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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[ Моуғмвев 8, 1919, 
О. triloba, the species illustrated in Fig. 107, 
is a tufted perennial with pinnatified leaves six 
inches long. The large yellow flowers are pro- 
duced well above the каре and open in the 
evening or during dull weather, from June to 
August. In Nicholson’s s Dictionary of Garden 
ing, this species is desc annual, but 
Gray says t it is really a К: регеппіа 
e plant is illustrated in Bo ag. tab. 2,566, 
and described as an annual or biennial. Accor 
n annua 
ing to the Botanical аар the species is a 
i mos vio sage 
of the Red River, in North rem wher 
was патер. іп 1819, by венн "Хана, 
who sent seeds to Robert Вагс1а ay, Esq., of Bury 
Hill and from ts e plants а at Bul УН Z bes 
illustration was "pre 
The plant dows 1 VIN UE 3 and large c asters of 
plains of Ай 
NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PLANTS. 
GUNNERA CHILENSIS SIS AND G. MANICATA. 
th two species of Gun ointin 
that they are difficult to distinguish when in 
leaf only, but ено distinct at the time 
of flo owerin 
division, 
notes on the s. ct t and we 
not d by be e agree ит 
En on the diffic Fe "ot Ж G. mai 
ta from G. chilensis (=scabra) by the leaf. 
Puy for young plants only. 
the leaves reach their 
T тушап, гош tell С. 
e chie к difference 
nicata 
by the infl 
9 as Me "hat the green ruita eon ) 
ihe Rire n of G. manicata are not ripe is 
seeds germinate eadily 
In size G. icd is s not in the least inferior 
to G. chilensis. A specimen twenty-two feet 
ide and about twelve feet high attracts the 
attention of everyone who visi the Roval 
Moerheim Nurse Rutgers, Dedems- 
vaart, Holland. 
AUSTRALASIA. 
A 
ur issue of January 14, 1919, you describe 
dex {шаре a specimen of ‘Anthurium Pfitzeri 
(Fig. 147). А plant was rai xi by myself 
more than twenty yerrs ЖҮР fr the riim nt- 
ате mentio^ed artile, and. so far 
can ne, hs ч hern 
t. sent a plant or pla de 
St. Albans, who. pie ne b at "Ghe 
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Nest Howe; North pda. 
DT. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
ROI DES BLANCS AND OTHER 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
of all C 
duces the larg umber and keeps 
Hp the арр dor ш peter period. The variety 
eeds ial treatment. Cuttings should be in- 
serte i L soon as M ема shoots are procurable 
after October and the young plants transfer jos to 
5-inch pots in February and grown in a cool 
бова or pit xia they = eee abunda ance 
of light. ee should be stopped 
if early flow 
March. They 
ki is advisable to allow. the 
roo 18 inches apart in the rows is not too 
sat рыш н I prefer rows 3 feet apart, with 
Lettuc some other is чк which will mature 
quic tw een m rather, ji 
Chrysanthemums are er e Lettu 
the latter are planted fir: Hig Shallow riw n 
are made, and a good araning af half-dec sorts 
plants pony of 
phate, 
h the ae fen “planting the sail 
ver allowed to become dry, and as much as 
15 pele of йа: is given to each peus at every 
watering when they have grown to a good size, 
and being ай “hiss the gested d o 5 is 
wasted. The песи of 
t 
fore given when со bien d 
light ы ssing of M edes P ammonia is АК 
ond ently w watered in once a fortnight so long 
weather lasts. It is not desirable to 
А. ing i i r this 
application. 
the 
has to be ted. If the 
weather is very hot and д H "hight mulching 
at midsummer may be n 
A later batch may bs del. and in some 
seasons the plants will ei very well, but th» 
earlier ones, if prop ке managed, will last 
throughout the season. commenced cutting 
on July 5, which was бшу a month ни m 
he 
variety appeared in Covent Garden, and a 
lants were lifted at" plac mba rs is 
a first frost appeared in кые, way are 
producing an ee i of white 
and promite to ue daing so for 
xir time. The blooms aries a little tinge 
of be inr — dcs nights set m cold, but very 
n after h g there was sig n of colour. 
The не анд of flowers Еи. s A plants 8, 
to October 22, was 1,596—133 doz 
earliest had sh st 
the flowers to be dus in 
598. 
I now have Sanctity and Early Framfield 
White in flower, but these will bear no comparison 
d "s Mer hem can 
m nstead of putting the Santa into their 
permanent summer quarters from the cuttin 
boxes, they were planted 6 inches apart, and 
with the excention of the earliest flowering 
varieties remain so till after their fina 
stopping early in July. when they were trans- 
planted irto ground v had already borne 
crop of early vegetables They 
remarkably well, with less tro 
кылмы: . as 
sea while it was dry and oose, 
conseqnently water entered ‘realy p ai times. 
Wm. Taylor. 
E HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
By James E. HatHaway, Gardener to Јонх mma 
ча Baldersby Park, Thirsk, Yorkshir 
Fruit Trees. 
Pruning —The winter pruning of 
fruit trees of omm 
all kinds may be c 
ow 
with the exception of Figs and Peach ; these 
are better leit ere later. Where much pruning 
has to don work should proceed whilst 
he bed. om Pood It is a good ылы to com- 
follow with the espaliers and then the wall 
trees. Where summer pruning pn practised 
the winter pruning will not be us business, 
Protecting Fig Trees.—Outdoor Fig tree 
aH ould be covered with mats or other Жуу 
ing material before severe frosts set in, for if 
they become frozen the as of the shoots will 
die back. Bracken fern Spruce branches 
make excellent covering emi for it trees, 
Removal of Inferior Fruit 
Apples and Pears; So! s uer are re 
tai ses use bevy NE good croppers, in others 
because they a акай raised by ШӨ owner 
or Катада, and пт more value is attached 
to them than they merit. All trees a eid 
d 
varieties md be pur up make 
TOO! for good varieties of „the d E. 
Lanes рр Albert and Bramley’s Seedlin ie, for 
cooking, X's Orange Pippin, alae 
Pugin: ud. Rival, 
m. етеп Thes all 
fit for the best tables : 
on the marke numerous ae 
vo me of Apples, but [^ sindy yet be made 
of those which suit the district; some first rate 
Apples “which do well in the qus MPs useless 
in the no 
i. rries.—Fallen leaves, old growths and 
suckers should be cleared from Raspberry plan- 
tations. After cleaning, the ground should be 
lightly dressed with wood ash or burnt refuse 
i ug md fire heap, bon some 
d will result. This work finished, 
goo EOM of well decayed farm 
manure should placed 2 in. thick over e 
soil: failing this, is a tipi dressing of 4 part 
superphosphate and 3 parts 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
By James T MUR, Gardener to the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, 
D s n. 
i зи an 
intermediate temperature. Afford a top-dressing 
ual parts of loam а manure, | 
pply the roots of Azaleas and Lilies with liquid 
manure bu a ge the р pe nar until the 
owers to ореп, and s t the Lilium 
growth we th stakes 
Shrubs for vega —Rhododendrons, Azaleas. 
‚ Viburnums and other shrubs. 
uu 
EE 
LE 
& 
3 
E 
such a ATAN Azaleas, Camellias 
svringing in 
occasional Маат 
out ог in pots, oe 
at the roots to prevent bud droppi 
—The earliest een 
Las pe are s всей, 
