THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[Frznvany 15, 133. 
WINTER FLOWERS. 
I was interested in the lists of plants in 
flower in winter sent by your several corre- 
and ipea, the remarks by Mr 
Rickards on p. 32 relating - to Garrya..e liptica. 
ere, bic pen Queenstow n, there are three 
i of Garrya Seine: in rui male and 
I Wire: 
wish to refer ass side by Fike? in fact, touch 
one another. 
Each winter the male plant of Garrya elliptica 
has its appearance spoilt by frost, the female 
plant suffering no Дз age. 
h: t. ed suffers all over, and not only 
on cie side caught by the rob, but inside the 
bus. 
the leaves 
are Jess injured. € he ke - 
rfect ure; 
ni 1 
ance than it did after nc M b 
inter of have re 
ts 
pya a) are more or less 
is getting. quite 
pen e vith E. Be ckett, Fota nia ens 
ixi FLOWERS AT LA MORTOLA. 
EADERS of the Gardeners’ Chronicle may be 
terested in the enclosed list of plants e 
т um air at 
hich I have уши 
received from Mr. Jose li. Benbow, the head 
cia dealbat a, А 
cacia . cultriformis, A. Han 
A. E чект 
bury- 
A. Ricean 2 
rea, Cas 
unda, Cercis Siliquastrum (a de- 
owers before leaves 
e leav 
appear 
a most жеч пшр: ui greens on frag- 
rans, *Citrus Aurantium (Om ego). °С. Medica 
Spi *C. 
Тег А 
Correa 
nobilis (Mandari 
glauca, C. 
wsoniana, 
ae "ya D. fruticulosus, Echever 
achyphytoides and Echiu ic pede 
sey cds hs us macrophylla, *E. reflexa, 
Erica arborea, horbia splendens,  Eupa- 
ere randiflorum, E. micranthum, *Ephedra 
altissima, Eriocephalus africanus, atsia 
ошо *Freylinia аам, Genista т 
те та, Globularia Alyp m, Grevillea 
G. Thel - 
folia, _Hakea 1 varia, 
He xacentris coccinea, Heliotro ropium ii тайни 
у teropteris aceroides, Hebeclinium ian- 
, Tris unguicularis 
J. 
volu alanchoe Kleinia Anteu- 
votre n М атайн: Заан ‘gigantea, 
Lippia asperifo lia, Lantana Camara var’s., 
zabala biternata, Lavandula abrotanoides, 
L dentata, L. multifida, Lonice ra Standi a 
incan 
E 
a 
ms foe oet tidus, *Peumus "Bokdus, add 
are phenomenally early, whic 
Mr. Benbow attributes to the extraordinarily 
ry, autumn of 1918 on the Riviera. Cecil 
Hanbury, Kingston Maurward, | Dorchester, 
rRe 
FRUIT REGISTER. 
THE Mme icine 
December of treated one dozen 
1917 
pants of лу нету, Midi had been moved 
December, 1916, in the following manner, in- 
stead of e a as usua 
With a drain 
dee 
ir of 
he remaining spa 1 
object of the trenches is to nn 
whilst burying the manure, an e draining 
ade cuts them deeply with a minimum 
remain on each в 
t 7 feet ад, амі п 
above late 
its erop is large, 
of fine qua'ity. I have yet. to oleam m: effect 
of a very dry season. T. of Ki 
orum, re ulinum, 5 
HE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
By G. turi Gardener to W. H. Мүввз, Esq., 
Swanmore Park, Bis shop’s Waltham, Hampshire. 
Parsnips.—If the ground is in good, frial 
унон a sowing of ‘Parsnip seed may e 
from the middle of the month onwards, 
it; 
s the 
Мут saot E baie Me n reus 
оо the surface a ‚а garden rake, 
lake 
y 
in depth at 18 inches арай, 
filling the holes “with а a finely sifted compost 0 
loam, sh d lea 
о е к” c Bai: is an el 
fours aed [es raising Onions in boxes 
eated this w are hon vier and 
i from the nies fly than Ажо sow 
» | il аа 
germinate, then admit air on аа анын ble 
Ф 
HE 
EE 
ч 
© 
a 
are inju 
whereas Pea 
üi cul rly he zd TAR ured b; 
" b j e uc seeds Va е 
pulling y 
zig- ae double lines, as one would plan АМ 
Beans. Duke of Albans, Quite Content, Als 
man, and кыйыры are suitable varieties 1 
er 
of glass, ove 
germination dud. taken place 
plants уон to the light 
Where good autumn- e" теа 
t hand. {га е, them 
т 1 foot a Some of. 
forward plants should be placed i 
encouraged by good, dert soil and cà od 
ventilation. Seed ve varieties : 
now be sown in g 
Mint. 
ay be i ntroduced 
structure as required. If t 
Ба it e readily be increased В 
рая s fro 
E 
ER NN orc cA er s 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
ЕС si ed 
ceste! 
B .G EXANDER, 
ЖОШО K.C.V.0., C.LE., Westonbirt, Glou 
Cypripedium. — Many of th 
ve pi out of flower, and if 
esent is the 
f repotting the prese 
time "tor нар to them. 
"€ be given to root-bound 
eer уш roots freely. Use cle 
n 7 soak em in water f 
роњ mg 
rainage materi: 
should be pese. ng 
layer of rough Sphagnum 
fibre, t ind i 
material from becoming washed Чон 
