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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. __ 
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Gardeners’ Chronicle 
No. 1687.—SA TURDA Y, APRIL 26, 1919. 
ONTENTS. 
Alpine garden, the— Orchid по and 
Cortusa Matihioli . 201 gleaning 
cow rhin as sum- Dendrobiums from 
be ddin £ plants 206 нр d Cy WES er & 
Bir d erty Eo Poids s 209 Sons .. . 901 
Broce! uli- Orleans public 
Кер; : ... 199 iced Ar а . 204 
Chrysanthemur ns iro Plants for dwelling 
encre. Rothesay 205 сеа f . 207 
Copper sulphate and Que coccifera ...208 
blast-furnace flue dust 205 Rainfall i in March .. 204 
Cultural memoranda— Ros the— 
The culture = = ybr id- -P SRODA 
Ramondia 201 ose: pee a 
Fernery, yya Rubus Barko as fodder for is 
P British е we horses ... 205 
200 à 
- Flor ista" lowers E d ie - 208 
Verb ++ 201| Royal Botanic.. . 204 
Fruit R egis ster— ed Horticultural 
Apple . 206 Ben d Pro 
dien rati Instructor dent, > . 209 
for Durham 204|Spen oor, succe ssiu il 
Nitrate of eas 5 айко holders А 204 
Notes оп Irises— Trade notes . 209 
The Snake's Head xs 206 Salix Salamon rubs— 
Notes f rom Tasman: z monii 
Apple ppe $us a 207 ud o WE Villae, 204 
Notices of book: Watt, Sir Geor: ge 1904 
Text-book of p 208| Week's work, а 202, 203 
atid ae oe and Prac- Windsor Rose s 204 
ow 
uring ... 208 tomni in ОУ 208 
LLUSTRATION 
of Man 
Apple Sure Cro A^ rah totes: “98 
а гре USE Ske to UN 
Clivia DAR Hy Hah) dim" : 207 
ut я, or ae aculeatum var. г. pulcherrimum Drueryi 200 
а serbica . 201 
ind pyrenaica 
. 205 
Salix salamonii by the lakeside at Kew 
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BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWERS. 
Ps Bossa d of Broccoli and d 
has Aic much impro 
: Ж Маа 
varleties ое are equal to t e finest 
‚ Са ower, эе that by careful selection 
. of varieti | hn and Cauli- 
flowers roper system of cultiva- 
tion an roken supply of th 
vegetables y be maintained throughout 
e year, provided the winter is t 
патот old Much may one to 
g late Broccoli by care- 
fully selecting $ ad preparing the site 
e to be grown. Broccoli 
i ring 
e pes recommend planting late 
n ground recently occupied by 
but although aod. crops 
may rhe ob in this way it is à better 
(еу ыш to t dn open ground which 
prépared for them ime pre- 
usly. The Strawberry plot might then 
. be trenched a erop of 
. early Cauliflowers. To ob ds 
B li ne inter and spring, seeds 
should be sown now; from April 25 do 
May 10 is a time. At Frogmore 
» or. May 10, but. Ls bio. 
seeds 
Brodo oli 
e sown thinly ш. _ shallow 
cand Aa ge kep ы 
sow on, or about, 
cold districts it is n ary to so 
ET east fortni 
Scd should be 
i before the plantations of studia 
^ be pecie fir] ‘soon 
sets in сузы the à ый и» i allowed 
is better to plant Бед su 
and water freely oy to Sw them to 
remain too m the 
eed bed. The 
varieties gro bu Pics a to provide 
a regular ан ате : Ta tch’s Autumn 
Pro otecting and  Sutton's Michaelmas 
Vhite for November and December; these 
varieties require ric round and 
space of 30 inches ch y. or 
January and February, Dickson’s Sno 
rop, Early Market, Early Feltham, 
B r Hei grim Sutton's Christmas 
Superb Ea Er W 
amongst pm best. For March and 
e Main Crop, St. Patrick's D 
ham White.. slg тет latest 
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All, Late Feltham, Model, an 
Victory are eee е. “and should 
be planted two ац 
position where a is not 
wn a fort e earlier 
than in the sou ith. 
CAULIFLOWERS. 
By careful ip ee of varieties, deep 
cultivation, a liber use of UN 09 
in the and num Dh sowin 
broken 
in August or September, Mee da to the 
locality. At Frogmore we sow M seeds 
as near the middle of September as pos- 
winter the plants in ‘sold pits. 
otted into 4 
Februa The young plants are pricked 
оК into cold pits аз soon as large enough 
own there until they are fit for 
nih ок З in the open garden. This is, in 
my opinion, the most Baer batch, 
as the heads should be ready cutti potas 
raise 
plants become — € rufen, here 
will be LA break in 
outdoor sowing. The latest ешт 
ing should be made еа and 
this should provide for supplies gen into 
November, he w which time the autumn 
B li wil be r for use. rl 
Giant, Veitch’s Autumn Giant, and 
Halloween Giant are suitable vp Sie cit 
d the last-named 
November as 
d wife pro tected from frost 
5 ample foliage. _ 
T fui all eases ‘Cauliflower eee os 
and neve! оа rm seed 
SE enough to 
` Ros Commandant Félix Faure, 
alvaya ge in ya dorm eng ; Ben 
т ae Wf 
either drawn кка, overcrowding or 
stunted from lack of nourishment. Cauli- 
d 
will do much to conserve moisture in the А 
soil and promote quick, healthy growth | 
in hot weather. As the crop quickly 2 
suffers from lack of moisture the planta- a 
eue should receive е M u pplies of VER 
r during dry early n 
М DüttonTag ^ “Gat be "he PATH Т | $ 
of ns formation of fine heads. John a 
Dun we 
THE ROSARY. T 
id EU PERPETUAL ROSES 
brid-Perpet Ros fter their 
first D e fro. теме had a very long 
and beneficent rei d were much more ear- 
yea 
fascinating tam of neers nt pace 
for the ДО раг ely 
culture and с e gr rown with clit in any 
garden that is наче for thei mo 
Such varieties as Duke of Edin ire , Vic 
да ugo, and Duke - AA are M included 
I 
гна These 
that laid р bright foundation of our fin 
ition - = I question much 
al Jacqueminot, which i still 
in “gardens, has not been the ' 
original or chief progenitor of them all. 
I well remember that the late sock 
Paul, of Waltham Cross, always 
Duke of Edinburgh was hh 
days at Cheshunt, from a scel of 
Jacqueminot. 
Benign whose descendants 
е d enumeration, -is 
Barones Аан» and its first notable produc- 
which, initially, made a great sen- 
e beautiful, scentless мене Je 
‘Many ‘of the finest of the old Hybrid 
еа are still assiduously cultivated in . 
modern gardens. ч 
Conspicuous among these аге А. К. Williams, 
aea had a long геи ар its dark-crimson 
ontemporaries as exhibition Ре: Charles 
Lefevre; which was a а supreme favourite of Dea 
Hole; Duke of Edinburgh агі characterised 
Duke of Wellin ington, uy Jam Hor, 
bi^ eie and the amie Fisher 
ong crimson Hybri 
par Sayas recent origin, f 
eminent Rose, 
be 
m А 
among the "most entirely Mae nr es D 
ornamental white Воды within the зе ; 
w 
acquaintance, two of the finest are cim: 
Queen and ila а Ы derivative, Candeur 
Ly onnaise, Roses of almosi rless beauty, 
h ter is a on t limi- 
tion. But so Voss уб, is their impressive- 
ness that they valuable for exhibition. 
Maharajah is a fascinating variety, with large 
single, dark-crimson coloured flowers; David R. 
Williamson is a richly fragrant variety, of exqui- 
ite carmine-rose colour, which has been very . 
pular, cially in land. Other Hybrid- 
Perpetuals of various and distinctive с that 
may be highly ded are: John 
Laing, Mrs an Cr 
i Suzanne 
larie Rodocanachi (rosy cerise); Hagh Dickson, 
Skapa the most beautiful of all. diee en mson . 
hich’ 35 is 
Cant, Ten 
Lyon. David RW 
