274 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, [NovrwnER 29, 1919. 
E] ineries s as the leaves bo: 
have fallen prune the Vines and aii the 586 boe р tial shade. Rows of Currants да mm 1 quite ка nt 
and interior of the hou A’ considerable for dividing vegetable quarters. "The m хеке 3 ior a nine-inch pot. The green- seeded types are | 
he best for this sowing. 3 
rtion of this work may Бо don : 
y be. d athe се in rich soils they should be put 6 f лы сач аї 
г? qJ stage growth is strong, but when the Vines АП iue to run amongst Gooseberry plantations 
imd need most assistance root action does not pro- there are seldom any caterpillars, as they search 
А gress at the same rate as top growth, owing to for АП eat the larvae. 
The Week s Work. lack of warmth in the soil. In such conditions Nuts.—St 1 
$ the Grapes set badly and generally fail to henki. Be one Le gee of Cobnuts and Filberts 
: finish in good condition. To Bj e Grapes 2 a procured and planted during favour- 
fbr vi iie Au ca M cee pieni кын най, iig ande Du [pg ies 
fibrous roots near the surface, anf where dis Ы DAOS MI KOO- айша 
Aa vim ORCHID HOUSES. is not the case the borders should be renovated к lanted out їп е Бо for a couple of 
y H. LEXANDER, Orchid Grower to Lt.-Col. G. L. and the low-lying roots brought near the surface. ab t В { : ай (FUON be cut dow 
Ногғовр, K.0.V.0., C.LE., Westonbirt, Gloucestershire. Тһе drainage should be effectual as stagnant abaut dus Ru ош the soil. М well on 
e Earl — ntry weather moisture is harmful to the roots. ank sides or in high, well-drained land that is 
has already been experienced over the whole of Outsi - А ell exposed to the light, but sheltered ft 
the British EL Va w Китай Ө wras utside Borders.—All outside Vine borders cold winds. ey do best in shallow lo i 
general and frost an intensity probably un- should be cri from wet and cold by means deep loams and rich soils the trees make too 
pun e fas! November was тела.” In- üho of spare lights o ач re anis are not much wood гш. Low-lying and damp situa- 
Alen die of January 11th, I pointed out, there available, a thi xi cove of es, overlaid tions are not suitable for Nuts, as in such places 
should be sufficient piping in all Orchid houses with Bracken or ау “ш; "Sante a good the bushes rin preset ie injured by early frosts. 
Кайнай ue places. temperature without protection. Nuts are valuable for planting on the outskirts 
overheating the water in them. I again em- Strawberries.—For the production of fruits in T prn уат le a Sea be qub. tiom: EE. 
phasise the necessity of this, for the well-being the month of March a batch of Les should be 0 hs араб, абсо ,to the variety. Th 
ot the plants during winter depends largely ‘on started in the early part A Decem An early roots should be made emt in the ground, and the 
the pening apparatus and careful stokin vinery, just started, is suitable for x Ru аи fastened securely to SON. aged If 
Коош pn wasteful than driving the there is a mi ot- in the house the +e d - PT uality, be 
es, and having the pipes so hot that ^ plants may be placed over it, preferably on "Ple, pce П suckers “should he 
se MP muy bear is hand them; and  trelliswork, a space between the P" ed off the main stem 
а ng ey nes to mep plants than the fermenting material and the pots there is les 
se at оз ао 
is essentia at growth should be steadily THE KITCHE . 
and special pon а Gait seem ge healthy tol am pets A diae qe etna БУ ӨЗ tt aa еа Esq 
ea. oliage and s З Miu 
LA e ена deni, р be rne by. = pee of y poo s growth b м ecomes active th the party "Бола Жо. a Ыра Жандаш, Hampshire. 
ойвез. е removed to a sition near the roof glas 8, orseradish.—One of the est methods of- 
S of Г covering, rolled: “along the т E either in the vinery or ВА early Peach ee growing Horseradish is to form fresh plantations 
Pine’ тар ыва, ЕБ: Ba es Tas Jace de Before taking the plants indoors remove any annually. By this system of culture the roo 
sts T a шел Seek dud ал : d lie Eram leaves, Ee ae a and weeds. If any do not grow so large as when the plants are 
nl While, ] Koron P EEEE amid: ЖЕП spider are detected dip the older, but they are more tender and superior 
br v ^ would aks fools amplos чой igo in an insecticide. Ram the soil firmly for use than older, fibrous roots. Take up the 
little heat, | zi waht ида ү it is D bo^ otherwise сет Ше ега, roots from half the be ed, and lay the “ ware” 
artifici ` tion until the soil is in а more favourable con- in fine soil behind a north wall. re lants 
harm will often à result from а “stagnant atmos- dition. Worms are often troublesome; if pre- тау be raised from stout “ d | 8 eee жс 
phere in» mild weather than from a lower tem- t H m 1 acc ei 
Lebe cus asc An Ten add I JOa os sent in the soil put a peck of unslaked lime in in length, taken from the base of the “ ware," 
Poli emphase Ше буса А a barrel and fill up with soft water; allow it with the g ng or crown end cut squarely 
VER Xie “heating 1 a да Ее to stand until the water b clear and t across and the | end in a slanting direc 
SERES. ui dii жайа Бу. aight, at use it for watering the roots; this will clear out tion. Plant prepared sets in gr al 
thean AO. Deko" ае dl ben tk iue "o and re the ра th been liberally enriched with decayed manure - 
can be adnitted' i "inibiittro. fn ime. e supp f water dur ihe early decayed vegetable matter and they will | 
be ; to let е pass freely away. stag у 
e of forcing must be db. пан н, 8 вока quick, vigorous ка їп the one season. 
Temperatur ure.—In Aes issue of herr ae in oe over-vatering is the cause of many failures at Plant them one: foo apart in rows two feet 
advised prepari r winter reducin: е регі 
ае ali E houses a Jew bars by md E heredis й ам fat Peas 
: E avi abiks: ofon: : ere е avoured Marrowfa 
ight, The night Беа аниа АНЯ bs THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. are required duri E the eariy, spring, = И 
kept at СНЕ 60? 48«659- toe alin warmest By James E. HarHawar, Gardener to JOHN BRENNAND, а p plan to as ihep 
ions, 60° for the Cattleya or inter- S rri Baldersby Park, Thirsk, Yorkshire. should grow Medi over a ven А Pats 3 
iate ге, 58° {ог the соо —The planting of Currant bushes ог boxes may be used as receptacles for the 
int dia house, and | 54° for the cool- shouid Ъ Lg air sn with if the work pu жашы: or where glass houses are corey they may 
w degre in severe weather will not been done alr best time to plant e grown in the borders, which will need to 
result in no harm. During the daytime a rise of these fruits is as poon _as the leaves ра to fall; Бе а with decayed manure and super- _ 
m Ф 2 109 жа е; according they thrive best ich, deep loam; and heavy phosphate of lime. For 9-inch and 10-inch pots _ 
te of the wi r, but with artificial soil, such as Е асаа recei p a dressing one crock will suffice as drainage, over which 
iod Er ine piod these етина is of gritty material and тапи Currants place a covering of dried manure. Three-parts 
likely to eas le from insects. will grow satisfactorily on moist БЕТ but the fill the pots with good loam, with а small 
oil should not be waterlogged. Light, sandy quantity of wood ash d leaf il added. . 
Al din ме =p Өлө о e As AE ир hot ow six seeds i ch pot, an inch d Ф 
2 E uch soils should be dressed lace the ; in pits or a cool greenhouse, where 
FRUITS UNDER GLASS. with plenty terns mad or clay. Black Currants [eir er am will’ take place Slowly: 
By W. MEsseNGER, Gardener to Major J. A, BERNERS, a best in hot ns in the partial shade of cro c 
Woolverstone Park — ie att ich. : n wall; they xay. pom be planted in orchards Broad Маке a sowing pots and 3 
ee ; a 
etween Tb of Apple trees, con provide them id pin exactly as ena in] s he eas, a 
‘our seeds will 
s of 3 
y the outdoor hands. rong 
coating the Vines with a mixture of clay and rag жо 5 ft. in poor soils, for nothing Tarragon and Mint тыт ы ет з 
materials obnoxious to i is not to be by ан ‘them. The red and white the former should no е potted in "are WM 
, аз such a mi is not thin Einar are useful for training on trellises and ^ pots and placed in gente heat. ves - ЖН 
enough to enter all o tried walls. Those grown on north walls will give late may be laid in boxes of soil, made firm, watered, - 
mr emi i sae f Fa P M e Ue met E má amend toam ar A 
т i and m bu i pian: ig, care sho e xe 4 
ed sp ealy bug on Vines, 1 consider Ihe cack ah ae removed, and e bushes should 
paraffin peine! the — efficacious. When kare A d M6 don Abe ex 
pruning, the wood should cut hard and clean if inch pen EN. 1 
thoroughly ripened, if, on the contrary, it is Old plants that "have поё oed. satisfactorily nk M m I e ries of Smarronn, 
soft, there is a fault which requires remedying. ay be lifted and replanted i fresh soil, but y м uu Dong Заит d 
Overcrowding of growths or lack of other Very old plants are е royed and young, Wrotham Ра: er " 
— cultural conditions may account for vigorous plants substitut "is Shrubs.— eather is favourable, sen 3 
wood, but defective root-action is often Gooseberries.— These require similar treat- the soil is no wet and sticky, the bann ga 
vd hiet source of the эн Тоо deep a root ment as regards | soil and planting. As of planting shrubs should proceede ad 
run has a great influence on be -quality of the Som as the fi has fallen bushes that without delay оар there d 
wood, especially if the border is an outside one, ^ have been шее with ‘caterpillars should have ange to ore ry w is still excep 
as the roots are in cold soil "antil quite late in all dead leaves cleared away and the surface soil m: ally dry, and “therefore er mays УЫ 
. the season a the result is imperfectly ripened ^ about dí acad to depth of е жие, done їп onere Pee positione ne ^ ped ade F 
penetrat 3 
pe an irregular ''break"' — the substituting fresh soil mixed with bon too у. “ 
are re-started. Other evils тузо be traced This treatment is a к he! = іп n checking i the шен e old manure or leaf-mould over ho 
pest the following season. roots of all noy planted shrubs and trees 99 © 
S NA Mni мш. m ii in: the early 
