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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Остовев 18, 1919, 
THE BULB GARDEN. 
GLADIOLUS MARECHAL 
Tur new Gladiolus nam med pee as 
Fig. 92) is said to flow 
FOCH 
al Foch (se 
сз earlier than 
A well- 
tive by reason of its pure and lovely colour 
and i legant and per е. е 
qualities e it one of t of w 
Gladioli and secured for it on July 22, 1918, 
a Certific. after it had been tested in the 
trial grounds at rlem, while this year, or 
August 4th, it was awarded a First Class Cer- 
tificate. Gladiolus Maréchal Е, is a seedling 
raised by Л d emen, at Sassenheim, 
Holland, the lea ading Gladiolus 
growers m bought p novelty for propa- 
gating pur 
PLANT NOTES. 
ж EM RR ee 
Охе of the finest spec he large ра 
fam mily і is s dori 5, и а» 
decorat pot 2 is he eli 
effective. It is ro Sube growing, 
déciduous plant, M poe ake shoots from two 
to four fet i in n length pisos showing flower buds. 
' "The leaves are brig 
ted a 
VA ае ог 
warm greenh trai 
u ү. sis and the roof o 
a W tory, Уан еге "it prodno E 8 
striking display. during the mon 
June, August. e eia should » 
allowed to € чыш үе LI and 
in order tha: ipis of 
ү be Nd 2 
In February they should Be аы back before 
make fresh E wth ere in the 
Marc] fo 
a day nis 
growing fre У. Бө the flow 
~ As a pot Po S. Wendlandii is { invaluable for 
_ greenhouse, conservatory аз other indoor 
ow 
ey e made 2in. to 3in " iem. t them 
in la jr e a few blooms 
in the autumn, e best giu is "e p the 
plants as strong pd vigorous le and 
thoroughly” ri ripe: s: the w r flow "aibi: the 
following When ouch plants are cut 
back rave yos growth and made 
shoots of Jin. to 4in Т. the old yin soit 
of the s, previous year ` should be shaken away 
from s and the latter potted into mode- 
"as oe aie cd pots: Then place them in a tem- 
ature 9 ај 60°. They will make growth 
rom lft. to 3ft. long before showing flower 
decor- 
d 
buds, and hong at that stage tie them upright 
to neat, green-painted sticks. 
Solan: ndii has ae out-of-doors 
еа s e 
ir 
a hot house and giv 
protection during the 
winter months, but ой with success. John 
Pos V.M.H. 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
LONICERA JAPONICA 
Your corresponden N., page 185, need 
not be in doubt as to kis plant rius the true 
species, st as regards the colour of the 
blossoms and other particulars. Mr. Bean, ir 
Trees a ане Hardy the British Isles, 
describes t ers as having a corolla 1} to 
15 inches long PRD Ире, the tube slender, 
airy, white, ‘changing to yellow with age, and 
Fic. COLOUR 
92.—GLADIOLUS MARECHAL FOCH : 
SOFT ROSE. 
bug imes tinged with red. He also states that 
s flowers are borne for a айе of months and 
have a charming odour. are three or four 
arieties of this Honeysuckle one of which— 
Bekuosd ia blosso pale red outside and 
white ees 
Tho: of variegated-leaved 
эй: vill de p PE Lonicera japonica 
aureo-retic mewhat delicate form, in 
which the [ovas the principal veins are marked 
with brigh à is iy some of 
r 
brachypoda Tre 
during the summ 
hard zi ber Mut before they were S нез into 
grow T. 
E FLOWER жыланы 
Ву H. Млвкнам, Gardener to 
Бтвағғовр, 
Wrotham 
the 
Park, Barnet, patie 
Sweet Peas.—Although it is somewhat s 
ity to — Sweet Em at this sea 
object of securing vi 
frequently t a the сше: 5 
we е оа геа iro 1 the north an 
n pots vate winter the seedlings in fram 
Drain a number of 48 sized pots отоору, 
fill them to within one inch from the rim with 
ood 
good quaut and s elect a few of the most 
of 
useful variet: 
—If pa mE hae not been done mei 
ar пой ү base о 
ou su itable nu 
Wallf — Аз soon as the beds and borders 
have en ed of thei mer occupants, 
deeply dug and well manured, set out, Wallflower 
plants. Lif refull ith plenty of soil 
anted as early as possible after this 
стя DY FRUIT GARDEN. 
By Jaw THAWAY, Gardener to JOHN BRENN: 
rum won Pa rk, Thirsk, Yorkshire. 
soil is not t 
типп. - 
work of root pruning : 
menced. There is an advantage in doing the 
[ен у in the season, for then the: is tim 
for roots and to h Ar those 
th $ ‘have beon еш e the advent of winter. 
work is done ime 
d 
eather beco 
ing is to produce i "iei 
making an exces 
and leaf growth. Root pruning Pond A the 
development of fibrous, surface-feeding roots 
which are necessary for fruit formation. 
od of Treatment.—It essary 
to discriminate between trees Фа а аге naturally 
strong growers on the free stock and those ao 
e been grafted on dwarfing тш such à 
aradise. Those on the free buc tock Xx 
need root runing, 
e pilae a Considera di дын 
he tree, but for those 
ie ae a closer 
feet m the hae the majority of the = bile 
woul uita! 
