16 
tube was slightly flushed with rose. Filaments 
white, 
stamens 
slight tinge of pe 
Second week in gust: R. auriculatum 
eg E go and the T time. Nine flowers in 
the upper segments, a "E narrow 
tube opening ah at qu жк, dee x4 
Stigma € hite, stamen 
very pale b: 
ed Brennan's admirable picture in Mr. 
Millai Е gives a very idea of the 
dower, bet ba! shows how large it is. I put 
ts pollen R. hippophaeoides, since, un- 
fortimately, 1 had none of the larger Rhododen- 
n flower, but the two are so far 
that the cross is hardly likely to ha 
Also, I fertilised it with the rw of R. Cun- 
ningham's Yellow, kindly sen a friend, but 
no 
October : An imperfect flower of what 
probably h t. Itisa beautiful 
ruby-crimson on a dwarf, spreading plant. 
The third week in D ecember, Nobleanum, 
parvifolium, mucronulatum, and atrovirens were 
icranthum just 
in full flower; mi also j 
over. Smith's Early Scarlet and. barbatum had 
6 or 8 flowers out. I have never known - 
batum ; th i о 
on ei, 
ace i hybrid, y 
es the pollen parent eni: s a bud 
on mH резол бя as showing colour. 
The most dificul | problems p deal with in 
the Merida seedlings in зан vu -— R. 
auricula and R. 6,777.F., micro- 
form, fos called brachyanthum, “the former 
being woefully prone to damping off, and the 
—— strongly etu the process o of pricking 
or Tha beautiful blue , Tecophilaea Meri 
(see fig. 5) age ope са in the greenhouse 
December once г сото мөзү т 
the тые жг t Enys, but should be 
grateful if anyone cila. tell me what conditions 
t best in the 
rimulas do not dg very well I here— probably 
аг is = апа 
seeds ae oed y, and one ‘pale ре а 
maton! hybrid or two with pulverulenta. Last 
lovely mosalasi plant appeared 
e. 
light brown, stigma white with a 
ч 
i eriiflorum, : 
um, pss ambkeys (ambigua x Ee. a 
raised here, 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[January 11, 1919, 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
By G. ELLWOOD, Gardener to W. H. MYERS, Esq., 
Swanmore Park, Bishop’s Waltham , Hampshire, 
—This е нын vegetable may be 
е -bed. If e 
Hes soil, just touching sach other, 
Give a good watering to complete the opera’ ion. 
Keep the lights closed ess the erature 
rises above , when a little air shoul 
mitted. Close the frame early, and use the 
syringe in rs ros wea Pla h fer- 
mo eae ls around lights as the 
this ама applies to Pall hot-beds 
{от the een es mu nths. 
Seakale.—This vegetable end be regarded as 
almost in ее throughout the early 
' months of the y When am osts are hoiding 
omar ag оу А іп ee the ees of 
Beare enhanced. At t ts 
y for reed easily if er se placed | Ж light 
вой pots, boxes, or beds. a forcing house 
ired 
days. and 
syringe with tepid water when moisture is 
Tomatos — Tomato ER from seed 
sown in the autumn не ih в у 
^ weather having suited the 
ey will be greatly benefited by shifting them 
into 5 an nch , ac their size 
d sti . Use loam, lea 
mould, dash of d. Do not pot too 
firmly. a is season; wh ted grow the 
plants near the roof-glass in a house having a 
tempera‘ f to Be sparing 
ith -can f E 
S.—Short-rooted ies 
C. be sown at i s of a month 
en Es ч three months on prepared hot-beds 
pits. Sow the seed inches 
prepared. soil; that from und е potting 
bench is ideal for = E e, adding some 
TE sarden refuse ing it. Sow the 
in drills made Ба, ап "ET deep and let 
e roms be E inches apart. Water and syringe 
avourite for 
ater sowings 
THE овса, n 
By H. G, ALEXANDER Grower to Lt.-Col. Sir 
G. L. HOLFORD, 0704 C.LE., Westonbirt, 
Gloucestershire, 
Remarks. Опе of the chief diffi- 
вие has to contend with 
win is the aining tope atmo- 
spherie о ri rider in aha houses owing to the 
angeableness of the climate. The quarter 
opened with a touch of wintry weather Seek the 
part of England, and following this 
Seasonable Н 
аа а Orchi 
iue surf; 
ating ace to maintain 
temperature without having to over- 
necessary 
that the temperatures may not fluctu- - 
heat the pipes, and thus cause a dry atmo 
sphere. If, in these X T Mr shortage, the 
ше apparatus is not a afford sufficient 
mee 
er s and sides of the hoi 
These materials may be allowed to remain fixed 
in position until oe of or dle 
от gage sev e VE aes! materi; Ч 
у be employ over ower por orum FE 
ms 
od roof- “glass a © night but be should be re 
d the 
move V when the temperature 
ommences to ise e ЮКО ОКЫ if of con- 
venient pret me be found the most suitable 
place. for storin protective materials 
these 
Sabe ihe day, a there they, may he ups out 
to thaw and dry ready for 
ables: ures.—There i is ie Pu but that 1 
long 
inim uU pro on conditions are main- 
tained about them. I never advise 
stated | 
conditions AER be cons 
ery severe weather the thermo: 
bu should auri but little variation doring 
the 24 hour 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
men, 
loam, о which Tas b се п added а 
ertili ach 
B ok ea нге suitable supports in 
te TOL eio of ie wth. bs d the plants in 
place m Е 
= ab us.— a E hybrid 5a 
Schizanthus Is v indispensable for the ty $ 
decoration о s conserv: 
Plants ыз 
ш а Я 
greenhouse, and when k rooted sufficiently in аа 
fresh soil, water them occasionally cl lig 
man 
lias.—These sh - E. 
favour now than на Ее о 3 
blooms and “ decorative purposes generally- E 
The plants wil valusble i = et times 
a on shortage aari rar 
CE 
dry; when еу oe ager 
border with a plant fertiliser. 
