May 24, MM 
leaving the top ventilators open a little during 
tho night. 
pots.—If tne pots are filled with 
8, ress the latter with rich, turfy loam, 
adding manure from a spent Mushroom bed an 
wood ash. Ап increased amount of water and 
ili на he Ro as growth progresses. 
In the case of planted o 
be well piis with. half-rotted cow 
should 
manure. 
—Fruits on the tite — ДЕ 
0 he ripening. The fruit certain 
varieties of Melons separate 5s 'om the poils red 
n readily than others, and these should be 
cut on the first signs of s paration. Healthy 
root action should be encouraged up to the 
time the fruits are rea o CU Damping th 
house should be discontinued, as it is desirable 
to maintain a warm, dry atmosphere to develop 
the best flavour in Melons. Afford sufficient 
water to the p soi ist. 
ons.—Successional Melon plants a 
necessary ems 
мея nets being ihe or the purpose, m oug 
squa песе of board suspended by string 
is a м employed. To prevent the frui 
decaying, the board should have a hole 
about e А e e — in th 
mid par gue wp 
dle, be 
to one side, in ton y ed may n 
Add a mad quantity "a of p^ 
the ridge when the grow 
ace. 2 
de 
e quantity applied. Keep the plants 
be hd ship wk NE on the first signs 
of this pes e bare spaces of the е 
hen the 
noon with plenty of  atmosphe sture 
Pla: Ж flowe hers approaching. that 
stage im ntion in respect of the 
E мл of a poten blooms. Regulate the 
'th by pinching, in er obtain the 
requi т blooms to open at 
the same time. More seed should be io ki 
raising successional plants as circumistanc 
quire. From seed sown now the plants pet 
Li od fruits in fourteen weeks in normal 
con 
THE ORCHID HOUSES. 
Ву Н. G. Atexanper, Orchid Grower to Lt.-Col. Sir G. L. 
HoLrogp, K.C.V.O., O.LE., Westonbirt, Gloucestershire. 
gran ra. e plants of this 
species have been late 
partially develo 
А co compost inis T that peo 
sed rather 
house where the 
ctoations, where 
and where they ma 
immer. 
su 
kim m is good T vint 
e carefully sh 
.—This house hs v 
be zoo a stem growth are 
THE GARDENERS’ 
more active. Watchfulness is essential, apani 
for pianie growing close to the light; never 
allow them to remain dry for long t always 
let the Sog — 1 be somewhat dry 
in. e r supplied. The weather is 
ually — E эзи season of Lo year, 
op ery necessa Lower the 
"Strict ред 
v 
aga ST the foliage gets MA 
sh id 
be paid to ventilation; the earlier 
2" vent. cota are opened the longer may 
shading be delayed, as s the current - air ur playing 
over the foliage A coo]. t of 
amping ust be governed by bes RV. 
the bright sun and drying winds т» ш time 
of y n drying up the moi from 
Hoors ar t n» e am did of 
Cattleyas was negl ing winter, рс ен мы 
ect 
will now appa 
temperature insects of ‘all как, especially th thrip 
-— — sd become very activ incre 
an alarming rate. v plants cannot ya 
properly jay these pests are destroyed, ағ 
they - the best and ber, om ot growths 
On the nc re — should 
be fumig qeu 
compounds dip pi 
insecticide ШТ 
eradicating ‘this pet. 
For 
М 
ES 
[i 
plants n teda 
tender young growth y be p 
--The wing season of most of 
tleyas, Laelio-Cattleyas oa 
ces soon after the blooms 
repot- 
roots to ram amble 
4 
i 
2 
= 
ul 
У 
$ 
- i a ер 
оът" 
material, only “when pottin 
as little as poste. 
Tess ee themse 
Loves thev є can Ae, ile нзр wg 
and a 
sg ere А 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
By prc E. HarHawar, Gardener to JOEN BRENNAND, 
., Baldersby mos MN qe 
—This often gr ont wed to 
thro ni lect, gr if the are 
jenes ъд le, bn: Hoty with 
insecticide, it aay А kept in check. The 
the t 
е eggs are laid they hatch 
bou: — and the grubs feed o: 
the ng nut, but 
— until e are fully grown. The b 
way 0 e e 
to 
s e d effective cure is shake the 
trees well in August, when the infected n 
wili drop. They should be gathered and burnt 
Es e Jc mn is carried out each season the 
will soon be rid of the insects. 
trees showing 
signs ng crops should have 
another thin mulch of manure over the 
& the soil afterwards well —— È x 
res! 
t need 
provided it is in good 
ing would cause it to 
ihe Chery tthe larva of the small 
Rime. Moth will now begin to show itself, and 
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253 
also various other Caterpillars. Prevention is 
better than cure, and I find that pre — 
Quassia extract before the pier fe me 
is a good preventive of the рев 
green and black Aphides. 
repr ve Чо Chern И allowed to spread, 
aris green used at rate of 1 oz. to 15 
illo a I— will kil the in — but should 
ee when EM in pro 
m th е dod me the 
sho wi > d me Ss ore the leat buds ену 
and again after the trees » blossomed, but 
used after ie pes have com- 
should, “rot : es 
enced to swell 
oving Surplus Shoots on the Morello 
Oherry.—This work should be done as soon ив 
ап be 
fill the space with ni ec A ding. It 
growth, р 
point required to go lled. In pin 
stopping som must, in all cases, be left 
beyond the fruit, or on a ‘level with it, other- 
wise the fruit will not swell. 
the ser ч oat the 
the grass mowings as a 
he mosture in the soil. 
p-dressing to retain 
rdener to 
Palace, 
е 
vell as liquid тшше Plant: to be potted m 
ether > he "lv ided te increase "the iru or shifted 
о poe - * [vea size, and po 
E loam, leaf- oe 
and bone 
anure, wood ash meal. Plan 
non 
` in pois атте an abundance of water at the 
root: m вашег 
Lilium.—Lilies in = conditions do best — 
vo! treatment. The 
Жали their flower ng ete shou laced а 
н бон, and given a suppert to each shoot. 
Pos d sufficient space - been left in the pot, 
a $ s dressing. rich compost may given; 
i ition the r quire frequent applica- 
tions of liquid manure against aphis 
es he point of the ummer 
tow rirg kinds "^ as L. aura 
-of-doors in a part bero situa- 
a hes a base of coal vi re plants 
m oed €— 2 buds Eod gt the 
n frequent occasions. 
goda men. е ae C yoma raised from 
d 
wn last autumn and no wing in 
3-inch may e shifted eral 4} or 5-inch 
ts. se a rich com consi of loam, 
leaf-mould, sand and P. manure. 
In potting, keep the the surface of 
the soil, ar en Е шайы: the soil very firm. 
е, plants d be grown in а wi frame 
е. heel the MAT е " ash base *hat retains 
us kee roots moist. Syringe 
теч “foliage daily mti "dh roots are formed. 
Keep shaded from bright 
shine. i ü in advances syringe at a 
ur, closing for an hour an 
the frame 
ventilating fullyagain in the — Cyclamens 
бееде. с u a low-roofed 
aint rie өйден, where е necessary con- 
ditions of moisture can be provided. 
