damp PA, 1919.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 
lime are a for fruit- -grow ing. Loamy marl 
t soils for ey oye 
fruits. Ali 
Preparations for сла és шеше 
for grafting should be headed back, but п 
frosty weather. The stumps wer best left a Tittle 
the 
and eed 
tyi 
Clear away all 
mulching of 
The 
: ut Raspberri ould n orked 
{ deo ply, as this ноа, ‘damage the Feurface roots; 
. all that is necessary is to remove the eeds 
Wher farmyard manure is dita ail aleia am 
of 4 pare ЫРЫСЫ Ырк, 75 parts kainit 
bone-meal, at the СУ of 4 Ibs. to 
ut may 
_ taken All canes not җык. tae: forming 
arches rious be shortened to 6 feet or less. 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
_ By H. G., ALEXANDER, Orchid Grower to Lt.-Col. Sir G. L. 
1 та K.C.V.O., C.LE., Westonbirt, Gloucestershire. 
. , Thunia.—Although the тиан now re 
ferred, Кеш cally, to the g us Phaius s, the 
í "beautiful, and 
know no ot! thera TS 
e youn 
3 ong roots an freely produc 
. from theiz tale, therefore дерин should take 
7 et before this reached. Annual re 
. the new material The pots require extra good 
4 ge, as Thunias need a large amount of 
ir roots when in full growth, and 
Syd a moderate amount of soil, 
uire to be filled to Sne ШО 
rai The 
E А r 
at first, but as the roots E fill ue pota 
buo tion quete ы will each produce 
or more young growths, and provide a 
creasing р. Thunias will 
and the ne 
ac old stem, cu to len: 
5 6 inches, and in oor ps ue sides 3 
th sand id chopped Sphagnum- 
Pe. arm 
d giv XT Яй мече 
give is E 
ds a long rest the first. 
85 
season, and it will be at least de years before 
rering s Where a 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
By W. Maasahan, Gardener to C. H. BERNERS, Esq., 
Woolverstone Park Gardens, Ipswich. 
Pa Vineries.—Vines in the earliest ho ouse 
t will not be thin the bunches 
again. By this ims an jet ths Ain d be tied 
into position, and the laterals к m 
back, allowing suffici rowth to extend 
up r 
i very Sight and due account of pore should 
be taken into consideration when shoots are 
being stopped in the early stages of growth. 
The асаре locaton so rapidly at this 
time of the year that much harm be done 
in a few i Py by faulty v т 4 Main- 
tain a humid к беге, but not excessively 
so, and iw ata T yit of о 60° 
to 65°, allowi of 10° during the 
period affor 
admit a ape Pe price of fresh air, 
accord- 
ing to the climatic conditions. Black Ham- 
burgh and Foster’s Seedling Grapes require 
little assistance Забба a sharp tap on the Vine 
abo: id-day, to assist fertilisation, but set- 
ting be further assi by lig drawing 
he hand over the bunches. If not already 
str: Vines. Stopping 
and tins down the growths must be closely 
attended to, and 2 it is desirable to lay in 
young rods the best growth near on » base 
of «si Vine pee be allowed to grow un- 
chec ces a len р d feet, when it, may 
pe wth being allowed 
to extend $ Ше d Peng ot ‘the old Vine before 
further red. 
= iniri. 
4 
ry work prepa- 
о 
еза without delay, ne 9 ношр 
кыч» fire heat until t| 
ire, heat ih l| be ben Beneficial 
north-east 1 От: тарев from 
house kept up the ARMS x "dad the earliest e 
bunches were fit to b 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
AMES WHYTOCK, Gardener to the Duke of 
BuccLEUCH, Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian. 
Pelargoniums. — Pelarg c re- 
ired for the decoration of or 
conservatories in summer should be ingeni 
to 6- or 7-inch pots, using fresh зеня апа leaf- 
mould mixed ed with a plant food. ace th 
plants in a warm house. When еч bai are 
well filled with roots, give the latter a liberal 
pply of manure water. arieties of 
Pelargoniums suitable for erin 
gated from отаи inserted 
thes Sia plants retained for adt n in the орен: 
— Plants.—The ent is a suitable 
time to prepare climbers t the oui g summer, 
either in arm , а warm plan ant 
house, cool gr or ormer 
structure ун 55 Bougainvilleas, Clero- 
dendron Thomsonae (syn alfouri), and 
S tis are rang isa E s if p 
border not exc genie Em slender- 
eeding 3 
growing plants less space will be needed. x5 
Hed Pepe drainage, and soi bars of 
Dm ат case of 
n and pole а. top dressing 
d ut back the pre- 
3 sob Thin oe * For й greenhouse 
red and white Lapagerias, Passifloras, Plumbago 
с 
Есе 
subjects. Lapagerias grown in l house, 
eferable on the back wall of a house cer ange 
ean well ауны careful attention. Provide 
2 feet wide and 4 feet deep; put in 
2 feet of dr this place 
, sand and lumps of char- 
nditions La ias e 
a 
tion must be pro 
mls or apti or rings 0 
up the back wall ety ET Porra the e 
o ood drainage is equally 
Еа 
the Achimenes tubers 
t cover anom. li ghtly 
with soil, and provide a temper atu 
they make a little pris. mo the ыы ie 
be transplanted int or hanging baskets 
Foliage Plants. — Where it is desir: 
i tock of orn IDEM Ыш plants, 
ee ru Dracaenas may 
d f Dracaenas cut into кыта ps pet 
in sandy soil, and plunged in bottom 
M ie a ready means of increase. Coleus 
and many other pionta may be propagated from 
cuttings at this of the y 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
By Н. MARKHAM, Gardener to the Earl of STRAFFORD, 
Wrotham Park, Barnet, Hertfordshire. 
— роз — н varieties of 
herbaceous Paeo and include 
many ‘with beautiful. айкаша pe some that 
are xr scented. They should be „given a 
g n position, and be planted in d 
сату сэн, with plenty of rotted manure 
added; the site should be well drained. 
Paeonia Moutan.—Th aeonies should 
e given a partially sheltered 1 
severé weather a little protection should be 
afforded. i i 
buted amongst the i 
poda eapetially “if E soil is light and poor, 
will Тү help the ues 
p 
desi for the 
may be employed for summer flower- 
argonium  cutti 
; Pelar 
were rooted in "boxes sal autumn, for beddi 
is a good time to shake them 
free from the old soil and pot them into 3-inch 
pots, in a sweet and light со: к 
ately e vai е plants in each pot 
and e arm greenhouse to en- 
* Keep the soil just moist 
If more plants are 
elongate. 
«needed allow the Mein growths to 
and when sufficiently long cut them т and in- 
ert them as cuttin: Placed in heat these 
should root quickly “ind evelop into useful 
plants. 
Dahlias. Berar 6 stored 
to be 
1 - have 
planted out on rich land. 
