Port 17, 1919. 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. —— 
238. 
FIG. 116.—MAGNOLIA KOBUS 
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Bl hi views, eg., nur rial eve 
phate ‹ of iron, or the ‘advisability 
manufac turing w 
wh E 
sound, 
allotment 
me as both Lre and instructive. 
PLANT PRODUCTS AND CHEMICAL 
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further. The volume covers the cycle fro: 
factory to fertiliser, from fertiliser to field, an 
from field to factory once more.” this work 
the author has supplied a much-felt want in 
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FLOWERING ON WALL AT KEW, 
MAGNOLIA KOBUS. 
MAGNOLTA Japanese species 
hardy in the South ‘of Toland: Professor аг. 
found it growing in the forests of 
a е it a a аны 
ers 
EC karnak. 
"^ ameter. When 
Jey 
fee 
з ite in colour 
some to five inch 
crushed, Fn: young ndn es also fragrant. 
M. Kobvs usually кошы its flowers 
nike Кешир е middle of April, 2 
the uds open in succession, 
gen бо flower for t a mon е 
subject P "tà ilustration was planted many 
ears ago against a wall, but failed to flower 
until recently. This failure was no doubt due 
to the fact Be + the tree was kept Pee igesa 
pruned, as e it has been allowed m 
dom it has pones with increased "season 
each yea 
mmon with all the ег гу flowering 
Magnolias, ihe flowers of this species are pe to 
become dama; by inclement weather, there- 
fore, although hardy in the e it is well 
wo: shelter of a wall, especially a high 
one, where it тау have room to develop into a 
good specimen. J. C. 
obviously be unfair to compare by this standard providing argricultural and сано! students 
a ries of Marie van Houtte or Comtesse du with a text-book on the chemistry of plant 
Cayla aliowed to grow freely, and practically products and fertiliser The КОЁ 18 divided 
unpruned, with an exhibition ЇЇ Г. such as Mrs into four parts, whic eat of fertilisers, soils, 
Theodore Roosevelt or Mrs ка Coxhead, which crops, and the production’ о at. The rt 
is cut to the ground every on. Again, are г again ivided into sections which dea 
all blooms to be counted, or pe^ those that are With the separate branches of the subject in the 
sufficiently good to be typic al of the variety manner of a special article or monograph. The PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
easonal vell grown? se are details, book is rendered stil ore valuable by. the 
no doubt, but notwithstanding their importance references to important papers and standard By James Wxxtock, Gardener to the Duke of 
he Editor of the American Hose Annual is to works d Ais e acts as a guide to the BvccLEvcH, Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian. 
be congre itulated on breaking new ground a standard ире on the subject. Car — Perpetual-flowering Carnations 
doing good wo e style o ook is very good. d t are mo Y serv БЕМ plants at this season for 
The matters ‘referred to above are d ү {уре апа рарег excell nt. The index is good— flowering under glass They require careful 
xhausting the Annual, which con any perhaps its greatest fault is that it 1з too attention jus w, and if not s ed from 
short articlés not only from Au. p^ ста complete, for turning up Bachelor of Science bright sunshine the flowers do not develop their 
all pau ot the vod. т also a preliminary list ©: Раве we find that “One Bachelor of nest colours. Souvenir de la Malmaison 
of American raised Roses. White Rose Science is farming on his own account, nother varieties should be cya supplied with water 
is managing on behalf of a big company." at the roots, and be fed treason tty ке a con- 
semester OF A ALLOTMENT GARDENER Again, we look up the page referring to Spain centrated fertiliser. Fum the nts occa- 
The author of this little book* has a style and » hat it is one of a n er of countrie ionally. to prevent eus. n fly. Dam 
of his own, and has produced a chatty, read- where experiments he jim made in the he benches anı r of the house, afford plenty 
able work, yet one which is brimming over wiih ребе, of the Soy В of air and attend t tying of all youn 
growths. Flowering plants of perpetual e rna- 
tions should frequently be supp is 4 with а liquid 
fertiliser, & f an lants requi f 
another year's flowering, re them about 
the beginning of June. Plants mai cut- 
tings inserted last autumn should now be shifted 
into their flowering pots in a com f three 
parts best loam, cne part ru ble and wood ash 
an 6-inch pot full of Carnation manure to 
each barrowful of these ingredients. Pot firm 
place the plants in a cool house on а peu re 
on ashes and spray them lightly on e days, 
but water the roots carefully until the plants 
make new growth. Spring struck ct а igs should 
w ме eady for placing i ts 
Sp en Flowerin lant: ‘or eenhouse 
and чп дымы decoration Fuchsias шау be 
potted into larger eceptacles, the soil to consist 
of two parts loam and one part leaf-mould, with 
some dried cow manure sand. Retain and 
regulate the side growths, pinch out the point ot 
the shoots and train them as pyramidal specimens, 
Young ed 1 cuttings inserted 
last aut may now be ted into 7-inch 
pots. t  straight-stemmed lants tor 
standards; stake them rem all side 
growths. Those chosen for py ramids should also 
staked, but the side growths should remain 
Ivy-leaved Pclargonit:ms may also either 
trained as specimens. standards or pyramids 
potted in good fibrous loam and à nue е 
i 1 
i of air and 
re-establisned allow an abunda 
inc flowers and the 
points of the shoots until specimens of a desired 
shape and size are obtained. 
ORCHID HOUSES. 
By Н. G. ALExANDER, Orchid Grower to Lt.-Col. Sir Ө. 1. 
Hotrorp, K.0.V.0., С.1.Е., Wes tonbirt, Gloucestershire. 
Cattleya citrina.—This beautiful dwarf 
leya, сашшошу known as the Моо " 
ould be z, and the 
plants. 
мен bn Tint 
кез о other way сап 
n 
abet to a blo 
the latter “being кые; 
material can then be packed 
Me е h dos н pru th 
Duri 
[crm once with "impunity, 
flower buds show themselves, а 
season of active growth it should ! have a 
vet rot excessiv :upply of v 
a nopsis. —Afte 
ason pin erienced, 
Vid plants rather 
brighter, otherwise 
and during the 
liberal 
the long, cold and = 
it "ill be necessaTy to $i 
closely now the weather 7 
the foliage will suffer. 
