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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
213 
p - night (using about one pint of oil); 
y days it will be unnecessary in the 
end 
In a week or ten days the piits yil er 
poc 
gh ; 
ad a sprinkling of 
: Pine Eus fen firmly, and allow room for a 
final top dres: Tis each plant neatly to a 
short ps Зь п апа 
artificial warmth will be necessary, but beware 
- of cold win nds and gloomy days. The Melon 
"plants w will soon begin to grow 
still be kept Бү moist. Атта 
- on either side of the greenhouse and turn out 
all other occupa: E n 
of pots in a P 
of old manure and loam, into which the plants 
will root through the drainage ho Fix a 
long с e f ak h ant [гош 
Е slanting roof o 
_ the gr ee) oe hue э Tittle we of ime 
rcund each m. From wards grea 
Pantin mus he ed in wate 
The first appearing female blos 
A p pet чо es as soon as a healthy ooking 
open fertilise it with llen 
ale "bl m. Do not,attempt with the 
root room of a 1l in , and th 
sequently small plants, to gr than one 
fruit t lant. Pollin ү fe 
ч 
B. 
on: 
‚жєн 
E 
nny 
ry. . At this San. sla eat les 
beginning to swell, the 
just 
should be kept rather dry, but as soon as Xm 
n to 4 se in size rapidly, rather 
re water may a e given; but now begins 
the most dangerous алоб, hen a few hours 
carelessness may п e work of months. 
Canker, a disease whi the stem of 
the plant just at the soil level is the te 
of Melon growers. I art as the 
and chill. Sri lime 
ve is a precaution against canker, 
p renew it from time to time an do not 
id to u; use it. e is ld w 
Б 
E 
асе р first. This is А-Ы remedied hy 
. shutting up the с hote, shading a little by mean 
pu e blind, if necessary, and orang 
ly atering a cankered plant will only 
ke matters worse, but себна the dis pais 
may be check r he lime round the 
ecked by renewing t 
ading and ee ө plant dry. The 
n whic 
en the traits an are as big as an Orange t 
they 
ould be su t 
4 by little net TE on ШШ е E geo or 
$E 
Eno ist made ttle Sen “in cas 
P. whi arecolects es dh ped and & wood, 
| Which may ca iara and Show ot a ^mi 
3 harm i in n а Me elon s to * 
Е. е t; 
© stnshine ; S panty s Fon at a P Tittle during g hot y 
the fruits will complete their ripening equally 
well on or off the plants. 
umble method of Melon culture, 
the use of fer tilisers is almos e nete and 
practically no cutting back o need be 
one, The points of the laterals i may roe жорго 
when they yi ve made a Meca of 
growth, and the main stem gig pped when 
Fic. i aos OF LILIUM TENUIFOLIUM X 4. 
VINSE p. 211.) 
i e Melo pi ae swell- 
dom uid ey 
rm or E top dre: 
Both may se. applied. to the soil in the а d 
EE shal 
Акт. 
low boxes in which the pots 
x. 
LILIUM MEDEOLOIDES ; 
NATURAL SIZE 
(See p. 211.) 
LETTERS FROM SOLDIER GARDENERS. 
Fic. 102.—BULB OF 
A GARDEN IN WESTERN GERMANY. 
ot 
E speaking, horticulture , 
appear to carried on to any large extent in 
Sg neighbourhood (near DM DO, ict 
uring one, and does 
an en residences. 
Bove at a fair-sized villa garden owned 
n American, I was set ч observe 
w hor. 
› 
in tain extent the effect of the war on hor- 
ticultu ermany, the method сш 
and the general principles of ga 
general effect in design and h- 
ment е this garden is а type of massive solidity, 
m to Engl y ic is d i 
easure groun: divided from the 
d le garden by a ‘call stream, which is 
ture (d the two раб ес 
cenducted down a channel made of со 
The str out is M e vea at bine by БДЫ ер 
of the sam iat anh appe inst strong 
erough to dar pies weight a ank.” 
The gre €: the — is diverted to form a 
О 
cascade but its effect is 
€ 
cor. sr giomeration of clinkers an 
ith in En lana 
P аг the plants used, on д very ordinary 
= bad adaptable y "remain, artly because 
igh and соу 
m of the den 
rabis 
humbler wc rum Асе 
The shrubberies are qox and thin, but a few 
Specimen trees of ae de ver Fir are in very fine 
Shale and, со with a fortunately 
uated clump of pue Birches, do much to 
Ке ak the monotony, *but on the whole the effect 
is disappointing. 
The kitchen garden has next othin 
egetables, and tare Tete there is is 
shows a poorness of soil and 1 of suitable 
sce 
e all standards, and have bay 
w a сыну bed sient and nerally in 
healthy condition : Apples ев 6-0 ү}: were in бга. 
rate туле 
те are a fe f Roses, wh ppa- 
e are greatly wes M and ане every 
attention, Lut I have not succeeded taining 
the names of the varieties E 
i a fairly light nature and 
omewhat stony, seems to require plenty ої. 
manure of a substantial nature. 
There one range of glass-houses, ‘a 
** ea vii of three ео, ба of which is 
the stokehole and potting shed, other two 
divisions pang ma y е sede circuit, 
There exists 
e was a LOMA fair rri 
of Chrysanthemums, which we ооа co! 
tion, although the plants were sonia at imer 
the stem than we соттоп] them in 
a 
hey 
zl pro suffer ed somewhat in consequence. 
resent there is а vere blaze of colour 
campo mall batch of pintas while a зеи. 
Lt HE ot the Gloire de Porn e type promi 
“The coming season’s stock of Pelargoniums 
dn tere Ju o ; fine, the plants 
x fe 
Kant GM беба in good сопа A 
plants A Hippead strums (Amar sis) wil shortly 
be in flower, also some Ri ias; the 
latter seem at starved, hoop. pie 
rently quite healthy and free f sopt disease 
ouse has a 
Altogether the houses a Morse 
and provide bb песне sight after all t 
Miri en one saw. little or nothing p 
garden. ` 
ARS s a certain amount of lawn, but it has 
m akr for some time, and is somewhat 
unkempt. 
e paths are well made, stone chippings being 
the principal material employ ved in their depen 
There are several large summ. 
very tastef 
десс light and a 
ing ss screens фән the h house 
in winter as well as in summer. It is the best 
А? xi gs P 4 faie zi ds 
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