June 4, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
739 
DSSS __——— 
perfectly hardy, requiring the same treatment as 15 
germanica. 
1. GERMANICA VAR. SIWAS. 
Rhizome, foliage, ‚ and inflorescence as in ty K 
ge ermanica. ve that the leaves are —€— 
narrower эл less stout, and their green has 
more yellowish « 
The spathe-valves, as In he ty pe are flushed with 
ple, and scarious 1n e r half at flower- 
ingtime. Tl ls are mar + spathulate, and 
the standards ovate, the s ыз т т * 
with sharply denticulate с bright 
Ovary 
green, trigona, with а slight EU on each side. 
Tube pur 
The lamina of s fall isa -E — blue- Rega =т= 
айко — might ven o call The 
grou oth the claw of the "fall isa light blue- 
pur age the d ns on 
much less conspicuous than in nag type. where 
the groundwork is white. whiter than in 
type, the hairs being only slightly tipped with 
Standards, dark blue-purple, containing very little 
an Oxford-blue 
Ripe apne ш, with sharp ли very short, 
being not much longer than wid 
The several varieties of I. germanica (I mean, nf 
rue E the 
Irises ” of the tra 
opinion, a distinct varieta 
Dried specimens have probably been labelled simply 
Iris apum 
'The roots came to me mixed with the roots of I. 
Biliotti, ыя described, as kindly obtained for me 
ae otti, aud probably grew at or near the 
I dum ave ise urged the desirability of indi- 
eating varieties of а species differing slightly only 
from the type by making use of simple geographical 
urned i i I have, therefore, 
called the variety by the name Siwas from the name 
of the province in which it was found, . It is a 
handsome plant. M. Foster. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
Brpprxa-ovr. — Finish up the bedding-out work 
ily ssible, reserving a few of each 
variety of plant - to make good any blanks that 
ay appear. Stakes should be put to Dahlias and 
1 the 
an 
having the plants well hardened off, к» 
А 
soil, which should be 
ot 
manure before replacing the 
а s when well 
of a rich 
id ot be overshadowed by tr 
pen nature of the plants they “will Кае 
- ible. in habit, but give them all fhe air and sun 
Sweet Peas he late Lom Stake 
hey fall 
3.—Sow 
Up previous sowings before Water 
у with E le бы in dry weather and 
frequent] 
pick off the seed-pods.as soon as formed, € 09 
plan Make es- 
hardy 8. st seeds of early flowering 
plants ere € get shed by the wind. Sow Brompton, 
and East Lothian Intermediate Stocks, the latte 
Sow Pans iiy ё бй Prick off into nurse 
lines biennials as soon as fit to handle, and transplant 
are sufficient] Tak 
Ge rink 
y assist in maintaining 
mee in good condition. W. M. Baillie, Luton Hoo 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
с VINE Вовр ааз That Үїпев growi ng 
the roots during a dry mer than they do from 
the reverse during a wet one, no practi it 
grower deny. Ho a dry summer, x — places, 
unches re 
ap- 
peara n маанн pom а бет 
leaves d compact, хела ‘bunches when pro- 
duced by the same Vines when the summer happens 
үт" Vines 
o 
ings of liquid manure in & temperature 
= di М 
е. 
vinced that the ready ш 
iquid food are not employed so often as 
ndoubtedly — to be. 
— Houses in which Peaches are approach- 
d airier atmo- 
soft tiit netting under the 
а way as to prevent the fruit from ro 
int in the netting a h from 
or » placing a good t s on 
the border енед "the s. 'The thinning, 
stopping; and tying down he trellis of the young 
should be to in succession-houses, 
and the trees should have copious peciam of water 
given them at the roots when ssary, and be 
syringed overhead morning and afte oon at vg 
time, when the — à may be run up to 
& few degrees ply to Ti with sun-hea he above i" 
THE HARDY FRUI FRUIT GARDEN. 
` (TRAINING Wit TREES. fala Walt trees of all kinds 
sir leading shoots 
— 
place. м 2 often ts necessary to have a tie 
made near the base of the 
enable ther to start Жар from the main 
Extra strong veh ire shoots should ш their 
points pinched off, and others in the centre of the 
Че dio not mede for la сеа shoul d be entirely 
oved. Young trees that are grow ing v vigorously 
abo uld also receive careful ere eat in disbu T 
€ md regulating their shoots, by pinching back, 
ng-in 
ines—'These should now be disbudded, and as 
soon as the sh v^ = sufficiently long enough, they 
should be stopped the и - € beyond the 
ній carrying 
of a of 
ерір. the “fruit йал, UL "Ward, "Нак, ны pon. 
THE KITCHEN - GARDEN. 
CAULIFLOWERS.— Autumn ETE —Plants from the 
earliest spring sowings which хоё prick 
cold frames will now be large en 
fh — extra fine quality are агы, plan 
trenches is to be Энерг айн d, - by this method 
the нуз come into со adily wi 
e placed at 
ke O 
l n 
These trenches should be thrown out, as for single 
ows of Celery, 1 foot wide and n feet iie the 
fee e row 
plants 3 feet а n the ro ure 
an scarcely be t and t be well incorpo- 
d with the soil зал to planting. Wh 
planting is done on the level the ground should be 
ell prepared previous ly, b ‘trenching manuring; 
n be taken 
Great care must 
s0 
iai infiictin ng any с on growth; 
a теп se k should be аем to lift them, so that 
t as much of the soil M 
and 
— теч discoloured a portion of 
e br eru ош Шеш, ог, irr is 
better, а cines aa can 
Cabbage.— Moa succession on rich 
m the beds ; 
vede 
ontinue to in 
ground, and prick out коз seedlings fro 
a liberal sowing та made sie 
sort, such as Winn 
e late autumn 5 
Одит should al 
J, Austen, Witley Court Gardens 
——— 
т ONE WOMAN Dip. pen тоту рн 
жаша, Ри ing an hour ог two each day to spare 
m housework, decided to try sing Strawberries 
t 57 feet square. 
The plants were well taken care er ев the sea- 
кече ч de coming into uox 
Ss — s of 
purpose, 
ived good 
15 cents а basket. 
baskets, for which she received 
were 21:55 dols., le аи; е кый profit үт; 31 25 ой, 
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