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THE GARDENERS’ 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
By James m YTOCK, Gardener to the Duke of 
BuccLEUcH, Dalkeith Palace, Midiothian 
іа. To "bind ain good p plants 
Begon of 
2 Gloire de Lorraine those tnat are sufficiently 
s may ‘be transferred to 
їп small 
ung an e-ha. ecay: 
Pase the d and c through a sieve, and ey 
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a sufficient quan of sharp sand to kee the 
compost porous. The soil should not hs pressed 
firmly. The plants £u e a S oA 
roofed house ór pit near the in 
eg: 
winter ene plant, 
n 8-inch 
an die bs анна тау be pots 
"in 6-inc! suitable for 
general ge ete aie , tempera- 
ture and general’ зны t ‘should: ^ ций: ” 
p om ended: for Gloire’ 
de Гота 
of this v variety may still be ected: on 
bott 
MAR Bote, "gen ik in om heat. Those 
raised in Viii Ы pings ни Јагрег 
pots Же they is 
Begonia is very. сфе Pe йна, of иче, 
and ithe house must. be fumi igated аз occas 
uires. 
Souvenir de la Ma almaison Carna 
now time to raise young stock of rimi Carnations 
by layering.. The snoots will es in frames, 
Бон the latter poa be fi soil-almost 
to the ‘glass. surface eb for layerin 
hould" consist of ‘sifted loam, -mould an 
sharp sand repare the or layering ; 
t Nebel. 
vai entirely ; soak the roots wall 
boli lifting the layers for potting, which should 
be don ein ly. 
E. ORCHID HOUSES. 
LEXANDER, Orchid GF to Lt.-Col. Sir б. L, 
pA Trim CLE. Westonbirt, Ghisewtershive, 
Cypripedium.—The group of Lady's- Slipper 
Orchids, xe og сп лика C. 
Rothschildian San О. Curtisii, 
C. callosum P АУ жаы D. Lenk Deb, wed 
the many others that us sually flower during 
late spring and early summer are attractive and 
useful kinds. These cies and D" E 
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im 
material to hose in 
ere. 
кесше me ica free over! 
eather is favourable. 
= бо ante зман ааа small 
group of succulent-leaved пуса com- 
CHRONICLE. 
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Begonia Gloire 
break the stem 
shake Tasting. the. peg. | The pane Soud be 
ed a 
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posed of C. concolor, С. niveum, С, bellatulum 
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and С. Godefroyae may justly be ш 
among the gems is extensive genus 
it cannot be said that these s are » 
und grown as Md ma; анаи of Cypripediums. 
Plenty of warmtn nospheric moisture are 
essential for their fecto] cultivation, and the 
pla ed ау je M d Ро either nded from 
the rox close н to the roof 
күч ture th plants are 
ecessary, 
irect situs under 
ы he foliage аа va ruined, but at the 
same time the plants should not be oversh . 
In affording water g the roots 
care is necessary all times, 
pecially during th the “winter months, when water 
pes not be wed t mai 
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n p dg 
hybrids н these species, d v 
good g 
y also be mixed with 
them are 
managed than 
be difficult of "ауаны, and require very care- 
ful treatment. 
FRUITS UNDER G! 
By W. МЕЗЗЕМӨЕВ, Gardener to Major J. A. BERNERS, 
Woskverstane Park Gardens, yis 
Strawberries.—Let there be no in layer- 
ing suitable runners to obtain ed for early 
forcing. he prolonged droug having 
serious ffected the development of early 
haste wo 
into rU 
and transfer es lants 
If the soil is Е 
sand with it, a8 it is Merlin for water 
io bas have a free P rough it 
alf- alf-inch bones he id 
pcs h when soil has b filled with 
roots. Soot over the crocks will deter 
worms from entering the pots during the time 
they are standing on the soil. T t runner 
nearest the nt plant should be selected for 
layering, and those beyond removed on- 
venience y 
for the purpose. ers kept in posit | 
tones root quicker tnan those pegg е 
soil. Water tl 1 A carefully until roots 
develop — in the soi and this is the more 
essary in case of large pots, for if the 
s soil becomes eue Minis acp 
and the voies à pnt 
sd 
plan 
bright dass sprinkle ma plants overhead during 
the late afternoo 
in ж "pole Should ipe т бегу at th 
oppa inns aa afterwards stood on a y layer of 
coal ashes in full exposure to the sunshine 
