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THE GARDENERS 
“CHRONICLE. 
[Max 21, 1887, 
the place of those bearing fruit this season. Autu 
fruiting varieties аге also grea or benefited e А 
the young pond hinn nal o now, enabling those 
left to form s ыр cones pA fruiting we would 
otherwise be "the ase. E. Ward, Hewell Garden, 
Bromsgrove. 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE, 
CAPE POND-WEED, spiri ome i ge DISTACHY ON. 
— Where proper acc eden 
plant nothing could be 
l at f Yea Artifici 
«eripe basins with a little coarse soil in the 
will v it very ¥ well, „апі ша ake ' the сета 
gay with its pearly-whit d blossom 
f planted 6 to 9 inches cg bis Shen E the 
water, it онны dens ctly hardy in 
in Ost severe зү ers. ` If ка А ач 
е Ж” rigen its , these drop to 
bottom, and germinate freely, product thousands of 
plants, very soon covering all the spac Se te 
them. А small tub, in the absence ofa ake ота 
suits very well indeed, many fine flowers have bee 
roduced w plants in e тау, placed ina 
ool greenhouse or со a 
placed ina үч ымын spot outs ide. It ma 
readily naturalised in 3^ — or stagnant pools. 
owers are useful i cut s em owing to the 
length of time they keep ical. 
NING OF ANEMONE. а Seer ae 
this ree Spei the same Greek r as mate, 
therefore the name Anemone 
. ence to беф It may Бе true, as stated by 
. C. Wolley Dod on p. 619, that the Anemone 
me чэк nev бон eless 
i 
birgt) weather. Possibly the Anemone is d е the 
of accommodating itself to a windy “ on- 
fitnt LG. S. 
THE FRUIT CROP IN Mus eed —The fruit 
crop, on the ied in the nort 
of Yorkshire is very 
promising. Scarcely have I ev ^s seen so much Apple 
and Plum bloom. da ars, to a ve their share. With 
мад so late, may expect to ie or loom 
Peaches where bu 4 in the open air have suffered 
very much by the frost i in April, ien, two nights being 
sions we had 10°. Os 1: in | exposed 1 places s suffered 
are thickly set ; res some trees have been icon 
and used for tarts. Cherries are loaded with bloom, 
but are often lost in stoning in the cold weather. All 
sorts of bush fruit promi se we e wonder we at 
Ар pril, but the wea 
er 
as parti cularly dry at nights, which was beige in 
their favour; now we are much in want of rain. Up 
to this time we are 34 inches below the average of 
rain since January 1l, consequently, grass and all 
other вор аге poles gt 
kinds rubs and trees 
planted where aap cann as z watered. 
have for fruit, I hope we 
of а Vig ig or oe м7 that s 
seasons have been much t aM + dull. 
When they w onld have ripened s were none, 
William Culverwell, Thorpe Per 
THE SELF-HELP SCHEME.—Mr. R. Dean seems 
to en under the impression rs d aed ДА 618) н 
I meant to disparage the Uni ety 
with the idea of promoting the DM of the self- 
t intenti 
r. Watson's letter, кан be 
such a кше эн the Self-Help was already 
existence ; but аа Мг. г lett tter э ш 
he United Provident I could see the 
had nothing in common 
with eo е ception of their 
beneficial intentions. Му opin 
10 
mean to 
n of the United 
will be a АА а when I tha 
esp ШП ст се would rs 
n во years ago i any idea o its existen 
I think “ \. D." is mistak says I in 
pinching | 
ainly not to other Lin аралас and is simply 
нАто into pare the old proverb, “ United we 
— divided we fall" I am ell aware there are 
eat many pee ie and the 
finding of а Ne 
principal on 
fact that pos ded are no worse o 
than other professions having similar ti 
who would have to find a basis at үт inception. If 
t é 
ЯЗА I 
tions don gardeners 1 the society ЫЫ fail because 
it was found the number чөт ding help was far 
out of и лдан өсне percentage anticipated by 
8. This di шепну (i (if it appears) сап 
n я mus E 
navoid 
deorttions T powe 
affairs are fo ond: ars ave а с cy to drift in the 
ана ү” insolvency a general meeting can be 
convened to decide u e ri beni hich can only 
be definitely fixed after an actual experience in the 
worki ea not claimed that t 
Society will increase the number of shay ead but 
it will certainly have a strong tendency to in 
the number of good gardeners, separating t the ê 
from the chaff, ш. hs ngin Е the К. he eer 
abilities into prom е. Iti much to 
expect at this — pun tat. the fall "xit of the 
power of influe this society may attain can be 
thoroughly werde tod or sibi deg ciated. But the idea 
of the promoters is to , 
ook а that danger and we 
mmarily with individuals. of that descri afer 
the protection of the many. And 8 
also, 
hinks there is à greater percentage 
f lazy, unprincipled men amo rs than 
ctu professions. I Tsto 
Mire vmm on the percentage of the money sub- 
cribed by every hundre оч» during the first 
fertig 
subscriptions wil e e 
amount of interest х therefrom will materially 
assist in defraying the ses incurred by adver- 
tising members out of employment, and I think the 
committee will be prepare ed to e fun the 
society in a pi lucrative синий than the 
Post-office Savings Bank at a per c 
annual subscription of 2s. 6d. to 
ment fund is 
n the horticultural 
Press have got such an ганра. f the 
poverty of gardeners, In ME e 
described as “most necessit d have spent all 
my life amongst pete und eden! in different 
parts of England and Scotland, and never pest 
coming in арга with a case of real necessity 
they Seer in situations—all 
seemed to ‘ave the necess: life in some 
cases a few of its luxuries, and generally enjoying 
more home comforts than t members of other 
professions having the same social ding. But 
Itho I have not m th necessitous 
rdener or forester when they een i 
situations, I have met cas of dire necessity 
when they have been out of em ent, or 
temporarily ployed in - ; теб ing 
less wages than the com 
labour 
and I think shame, if көйө pi v Өш to induce 
rdeners ~ foreste rs to make a strong effort to 
keep themsel as a heap of men occupying re- 
werd кэлин e Positions in life, from 
ing o obliged, when out of empl orams to descend 
to the level and do. the work of the nursery labourer 
for less wages than that labourer receives, which. is 
not onl 
to the labourer. It is quite a common occurrence 
been in a 
i 
his travelling expenses ше the necessity be 
al earn 
he the ihiak ce of a іну be brother на 
rrr menor id Dr entendi No. Theonly 
to is the v to be 
one he can ; 
under no to. Bat still here is no itr 
uation, an I 
man 
Pain at با‎ to атан нис У and eer 
require from wher 
ver he thinks he can d 
erve hi s эз лөк нен в? “Ау р” will s 3 
that his objections have been carefully considered, 3 
u at they are cet n more in the light o 3 
— to be overcome than otherwise. I will [ 
only say, in “conclusion, t agre, my sanguine tempera- 
ment may bly outru AE business discretion; —— — 
but it is эй "likely to e same kw 4 
experience, and thoroughly understand the kind of 1 
men be the difficulties they have to deal with, 
Foreste 
D GERMINATION OF ONION SEEDS.— I hear 
л 
e 
un 
o 
"^ 
the very co ry, erwise 
pire m e will “Kindly ülow Ө 
sponde their E through your 
pn к^. PN 
HARDY AMERICAN ORCHIDS. — Many of these 
em to be more amenable to cultivation in our 
0 
quite hardy in the open air; in su 
a little егей by other ا‎ as well 
of the ground, it ol perfectly at h The 
and spectab bile ped also 
gardens than those own he 
copses. hile a select few of the latter will be ў 
found to grow well for a few years, their Ame 
friends iie establish themselves pe tly in hot 
beds, and other places е maitable to their requirements. 4 
1 b di з, а ing little | id 1 
br ewe pubesce 
ood plants, the гене м cially, for early spring 
effect, and spectabile as a succ 
pubescens, where well sheltered, will also stand out 
n the air, its pretty foliage giving it quite a 
haracter of re lso many fine 
Habenarias, few of whi ch, — m at pre- 
sent in cultivation, but т of whic worthy a 
lace, even amongst the most select ; cii American 
erns do well these gre will also find a home. D. 
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UMMER DRINKS FROM HONEY.—There seems 
= very little doubt that in сер! =“ future honey 
will be used for many things, rimitive times, 
and nothing is more wholesome. The rustic, when 
he spoke of the cler, nd his s bees, said “he 
a 
I 
ittle fare * edecated ” ‘before 
various articles made from Hey: I have 
a very exhaustive list emanating from the honey 
depot at Reading, which I believe = its existence 
to the Rev. V. Н. Moyle. Comm with the 
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gathered. While on this subject, I „ес 
it a good thing ey and lime-juice; at 
any rate, it would n it some. machs. 1 м 
musty taste of most kinds of lime-juice mixed е 
oney does not seem the right thing. . y not 
generally known, however, that there is а lime-juice 
ich i 1, the name of the fac- 
to drink, mixed wiih rated or common water, 
also medicina, ipit &c. Walter Chitty, 
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MENTHA ARVENSIS — the plant from "- 
menthol is extracted, now much used in — =ч 
and im from Japan i in the form of crysta 
. icul- 
en proposed to grow this Mint as ап agrich 
tural plant, and gather the leaves at the proper ue 
( tion of the oil: experiments 
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