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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
the drainage. The plants are best placed a 
4 the 1 rim of the pot. The compost 
of -third part of turfy peat or 
e pot- 
— then further gei disturbance 
a year or two. 
moist Trening 
hen giv 
боса А 
ould now be grow- 
and dev veloping ‘ite flower- EN freely. Both 
iP б goo is moderately 
dry, they last in perfecti a considerable time. 
The i pus to ot Platyclinis is when the 
mm a to make their appearance 
1 p ‘the ace of the new growths. 
UNDER GLASS. 
жор е pected жир from 
у in January and kept growing 
positio: ar the glass, will now 
ready for planting out in the The most 
к Е манан ‘cab Melons is by 
l placed 
^ M y rons ооо баси 
is season; also 
must be ur 
ree from drip. nting 
aterial should consist of үсеш parts stabl 
on. If th i. ud 1 воой ове 
- the soil is moderate when in- 
oduced into the hou: ae M ammed 
own ve firmly to uc gems wth ; 
the'soil be ташы. wa ation i n lay 
ely in the ridge until its condition is suit- 
f without the risk of 
ious oth w 
dry ewe orig and afford free cre in 
mild weather. w seeds thinks in a lig om- 
post, and ger te them in a temper: cies of 65°. 
When the seedlings are fit to handle put them 
in 3-inch p 
wn 
HE ami p GARDEN 
JOHN BRENNAND, 
rkshire. 
is e utmost importance 
fruit- growing should be drained 
perfluous moisture. Some 
е them free: уу 
soils 
cold and v 
und in them; or х fill with moisture a 
remains for more than a then 
sary 
g the 
ork a suitable ае dor a outlet at 
the lowest level of the ground. The land spins а 
n be levelled from 
with the surfac the poin utlet 
a a length of ао 15 ios should be levelled | ag 
ight-edge and spirit-level. 
by looking over these the third rod be 
ered Be: top is level with the ers. 
T Pg | ry to take another straight 
ser pee the point of;the 1 ER 
ae Tength a fairly accurate estimate of the 
d n T can be made. A certainin 
the a main 6-inch drain (4-inch 
i 3 ) should 
be d. This main gam ould run along 
the lowest point of the land with enough slope to 
give it a fall to the outlet. САП minor eec 
should enter main drain diagonally in the 
are р 
d should not be 
of fruit trees, and another foot below that 
ould be free agnant water; moreover 
drains, say, 2 t deep are ue become 
blocked with ‘tins roots of the trees. In layi 
Hi 
Where there is ry a aput fall it is batto 
a spirit level on each pipe. In filling the ганна 
here the soil is of a clayey or sticky ure 
cover the Psi with broken bricks, bey 
or clinkers, to 1 foot of the s 
ithin 
otherwise the soil "wil settle qwe the joint 
of the pipes and render my Wher 
is present in the soil it plan 
cover the pipes with straw Before toe" in the 
trench, as ers prevents the pipes silting up for 
a long time. The distance of side-drains fnust 
be гэх Ра пев by the nature of the soil; in the 
case of ad retentive soil they should be placed 
5 feet and for sandy soils up to 30 feet 
outl mise have an iron grating 
а: in оре. to kee t ls. Draining 
tools, consisting .of thr t-si spade 
a drag and DU e-layer, should be u 
Ем ате. made ‘narrower than ordinary. spades 
dud Ed the work to be done more expedi- 
“I 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
By Н. MARKHAM, Gardener to the E 
Wrotham Park, Barnet, ке 
arl of STRAFFORD, 
rdshire. 
Lobelia.—If Lobelia eee o be raised 
from seed instead of propagated pee cuttings, 
for beading purp uld be 
Pho seed sho 
h. 
bici specime ns, кое їп 
containing sweet, gri soi pressed satan 
Ban. and be very sparing with wate until after 
the ‘plan nts attai rable 
Hollyhock, ЫЛЕ к, t Y double sid 
single varieties raf Hollyhock 
with and, i 
eart 
rained gel. r seed-p 
ed w 
ihning and ART Shrub. —Where 
seater have become very crowded there is 
still tim t the work of thi 
Ыш. pris vi the ad area a 
of decayed manure and litte 
Pruning T —The vu of шшш тау Ье 
on Sage out i the weather is suitable. 
Keep the heads of the trees as хеее уйу and 
SU as possible, € rune Ао. va — is 
practically no evidence the and 
knife. 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
By JAMES WHYTOCE, Gardener to the Duke of 
BucoLEUGH, Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian. 
nthemum. —In all stages of its d 
should 
ed early 
vues for the purpose zb raising ‘plete produe: 
ing large blooms are ed, be 
shif to 4-inth pots 
into 4-incl The at нт con- 
sist of two parts loam, one part leaf- 
mould, mixed with manure from a spent Mush- 
n bed an sand. the plants 
on a shelf near the roof-glass in a cool house. 
Cuttings inserted three or four 3-inch 
pots for raising plants to produce cut blooms 
and for ‘decorative p ooted, 
should be shifted into 5-inch pots and placed 
on a shelf. For economy of space, cuttings 
rooted in a wa on a Us hot-bed 
should, as rooted, be aee or 
ur in each ama. pot, placed БА а 
fo 
"uk until their shoots are rigid, then removed 
o a cool house in a position near the 
s Cuttings of ae latest flo tap а varie- 
- may still ыд 
ecorative bu MER hese plants 
dou be fall potted in small E ere 
Pot ml rich. loam, 
plan Pron ra Place the a eg: dir pr 
ей. мамине ouse пе the  roof-glass 
Water the roots with extra care until growt 
_keep the Noc clean from 
Conserva and mes A 
a little nner it it ded a he diffe 
to Кее 
the houses gay with «ти that ree uris 
mild forcing, such bulbs ‘of Narcissus, 
Crocus, Scilla, Lilacs, Жк ndica, A llis, 
hich pond ily 
Camellias, here planted i E borders; may | be has- 
crede to flower with a giving the 
and 
sirged ‘ial to е „= їп "disable con- 
dition for forcing nex 
