178. 
THE GARDEN ERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
LETTERS FROM SOLDIER GARDENERS.” =- native “si aes country. There are notable speci- 
HE B ANIC GARD 
al aper (of which I have been a 
reader for ten гв) orticulture the 
various countries in w em members of our 
armies have found themselves, I thought your 
лее might be i еы ЫЛ in а short description 
Ё the Botani ge ee at poin. on my Rhine, 
hich city, of the Army of Occupa- 
to pul E 
so large in MuR or so seeks 
as the ay Б, engi which I rete 
visited, the gardens at Bonn nevertheles 
very com 
The gatas house contains several varieties o 
the Date pe all M = were in bloom, ды 
not much more of i 
ipe Cacti, exalts (есут mpera te houses e 
of e lean-to b aiding: | about 200 feet lon 
divided into ur compartments by has 
partitions. 
any 
H PETAN PE Жарчы ` Bta., 
a Douglasii, Cedar of Lebanon, and 
be aio also a very interesting speci- 
Ginkgo biloba, about 20 feet high and 
about six feet from the und ‘by a 
half of th s 
Nx. 
men of 
divided 
otch ; e tree i 
female, the latter half being weighted down with 
ruit. t the monoecious 
character was entirely natural and not the tog ult 
of either budding or grafting, ыш s faile see 
EJ. J. Plats, late 
ЕВ 
Many with whom I have come in contact hav 
expressed their ail for the йө ОЙЫР 
done in French small gardens; but usually that 
ap lies only to the summer, when ther re are many 
8, Beans, and similar small crops grown. 
These give an air and M of a ent seed 
have never seen in the 
French gardens are t for Leeks, 
hich ал n in zr PR in every 
garden. Seldom have 1 seen such winter vege 
abl B е Sp Я ae or Broccoli; 
and never once hav the Sprouting 
Broccoli or a bed of iia хте In the 
Fic. 76.—AUBRIETIA DR. MULES FLOWERING ON A DRY WALL. 
(See р. 175.) 
The collection of Cacti, consisting of more than 
300 — and s -— = very interesting. 
Orchid hous ell stocked with 
healt! hy plants, but roh wale very few in 
— a ripe pe white Brasso-Cattleya being the 
y note. 
In Wi: propagating арм yve рушса 
seeds of Victoria Regi e germina‘ 
All the еше врас ires was i Visi 
up by devoted to арун plants, and 
the cultivation of these ants .was, no 
doubt, the mo i ule EM pee 
жек t ; I found, i 
the work t that, without каат 
ee there has ence in 
your columns lately ың en re аыр ук 
ing plants at home. The two climates are 
йу кш and I see no reason wh то 
plants should not be cultivated successfully 
Gre st Beata. 
e garden e also carrying out 
experiments with "Миша B different varieties 
а e uercus, raising the Oaks from acorns for the 
Ре ЗИ contains nearly every tree 
grown in the temperate zone that is not a 
provision of fresh vegetables for winter the 
French oe are certainly far behind those of 
our country. 
In “the ummer find large patches of 
Haricot Beans, the almost тл ошо 
of other fo Runner Beans seldo 
grown, and Peas are usually аа to е 
wart ieties. I r ШЧ 9 nd so few 
Cauliflowers grown er on one 
occasion in early "September “tending that a 
баонджег in a shop cost a franc and a-half— 
this. w 
Nor I say that the garden produce 
equalled in quality tha in similar 
ardens in Жаап. did I see 
у vegetables in rag shown at any 
English village 
larger ga dud give one the same feeling 
of eic when compared with gardens at 
ome, but it must be said that they are more 
generally -used food production. | Flower 
ardening is secondary, it er 
in England for some time to come. One missed, 
, the flow ens, to which we 
єт ral 
in England. 
I рер “again qm my remarks only a apply 
to p: rsonal and limited observation, 
and I c t be sure that I am dis a in drawing 
general gus etae pna them . F. Howles. 
[Arr 12, 1919, 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
By James WHytocx, Gardener to the Duke of 
Воссіғосн, Dalkeith cms ирен > 
yclamen.—As Mere of flow 
those requir Manet dius ii 
гаа ү кыыс ina cold Паре апа air rather 
dr eeks. corms may then be 
nr fre "ша" soil, сыа in a Compost У 
loam, peat, leaf-mou uld and s 
placed in a moderately warm, moist Мис. cat 
Well rooted, e they can “ removed to cooler 
quarters. suitable time to sow seeds of 
Cyclamen. 
m in а moist, 
arm hou he new growths are 
2 inches to 73 ‘inches long, cut them off and insert 
ined pots filled with 
Tuberous rooted Begonias g RE or 
conservatory decoration the > tuberous Begonias 
о ѕоте бше. іп 
compost. Seedlings of doy s sowing "should 
be + A ina e d be potted singly 
large enough. 
Euphorbia jacquinizflora and E. pulcherrima.— 
Stock ee Г Bu ge oe vi POM - 
have been kept dry 90; me should n e 
be placed in sé warm pm dist daily, и 
kept well watered at th In th . 
ditions they n n , 
1 ро 
fine soil а and sand, an 
ing frame over тна heat. 
rooted, shift them into 4-inch po ol 
-mould and sand, and grow = 
elf i warm t until finally potting 
Ык уд ое 
of Joam, Jost 
THE ORCHID HOU 
By Н. б. ALEXANDER, Orchid Grower to Lt- 
Зәли K.C.V.0., C.I.E., Westonbirt, Glouces 
e Remarks.—Most Orchid sh 
org ctivity that ‘they appreciate 
sunlight, and this should be allowed to reach 
E 
of dry scorching wi h 
great attention, and cons nstant waicn Тн 
ised, because when the sun иш brig’ 
oisture 
for the ЖО, Е up me thrips 
camped 
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