THE 
JULY 17, 1875.] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
73 
en it is done a great кА of the T m is €— 
out and replaced with new, which i med firmly 
about the roots. They ate = plentifily watered eni 
the summer, and are, in fact, ted as 
and the pots stood in mH saucers filled with атау 
а Е they are housed in cons у, а апі 
wat sparingly ^g During 
iol seeds proce from frost, not heat, and the 
plants-should not be sto S а a shaded crowded 
spot, but suffe o have as mu h light as possible. 
Some years ago the. Agapanthus p to be plante 
out during the r, and succeeded well in the dry 
i ше ly for successive years, 
white Lily Aen the aches Tritoma p 
a grand trio of showy ornamental plants 
—— We have received from Mr. Laing, of Forest 
Hill, Surrey, a remarkably handsome HYBRID 
FUCHSIA, bred between харнаа d рен which was 
the female plant 
etm 
о Сот TIMBER TREES, — Олѓ is extensively 
and ies building purposes, furniture, 
used for shi; 
agiciltua implemen 
of o 
large 
le circum- 
otland, dox is less profitable to 
the oim ue. thana c of timber, and Larch can 
be grown more ре 
Oak is of slow 
xty or seventy 
о in suc v^ ald be better to 
'allow it to remain till full 
of the т EA cubic foot 
ug 
Fic, I5.—PLAN OF TERRACED GARDEN, 
and one of the most showy and attractive flowering 
ge we have lately seen. 
Among new rare d in annuals 
a foremost Tile must be o Рніох DRUM- 
MONDI SPLENDE 
priately designated, large, 
handsomely rounded, and of t substance; the 
colour vivid crimso: it pure white disc; the 
it will be a valuable bedding 
plant ; € e" come a to еа cdi rich beauty it 
an abundance 
of light id 
c— Phe oh little FUCHSIA PUMILA 
mention а agg cie Small plants bloom 
сету of plants, 
the cottagers of a large 
of F 
microphylla with its minute 3 
flowers. Iti i a Tex species to culfivate, 
BLE DEUTZIAS.. Bein 
William Willison, the R and 
» Whitby, Yorkshire, sends us a series - 
cutus | in У 
dry subsoil, it would be more profitable to allow it to 
grow to double that age.—A/der is generally in go 
emand at a 
d at all stages of i th, after arriving at 
sizes suitable for the clogger, and for turnery, or char- 
coal, and is seldom grown t 1 imension 
which sp 
Bash i is не at little value in its young 
seldom till well —Birch, like the’ Alder, 
can be ng down profitably at about is years old, 
being then in d for rs, charring, 
and turnery purposes; and, when of size and 
good quality, it is extensiv rely used for furniture, — 
Horse Chestnut is seldom эү for profit, but is 
ag sg 
can ro 
dimensi Lac ost value when 
of large size, and is in y cas T 1 1o or the same 
purposes a Tt is is most profitably cut down 
when about one hundred years old.—Z/ms (Scotch 
and English) are of little value they have 
arrived at tim , and should, therefore, never be 
тык gh уе they are from gene to one xd 
=: Son matured, be be of 1 arge dimensions, 
Elms wil, when matu so large a size as the 
| English Elm, but its timber is of more value when 
m 
value. Maple, 
Ithough in demand for t y purp when of 
small size, can seldom be cut down to full profit until 
hey have arrived at maturity and attained large di- 
mensions, when high prices are obtained for them for 
printin &c., and larger п xd oen Ie 
g blocks, 
portionally more valuable. 
planted in a good soil, , well draie ia sheltered, it 
T A P bly c dred 
and can be cut dow 
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ardness and susceptibili to receive a 
ese trees is much sought 
alnut, when matured, i h est 
iture, &c., but is of little Mer in P young state, 
and is Есостену planted EX its fruit o orna- 
mental tree ayne, i bot Neale ur i ‘Scottish 
Arboricultural Society." 
—— Asour N dei friends stand high as foresters, 
the article in your number of May 8 on for was 
read with some inter fest yA d сс а 
is calc culated most seriously to m at lea 
experience in the South (Sc cana) shows different 
results. Having cut Larch of about forty years’ 
= a ning v blown down trees ten we find that 
300 uce a ton of dry b и or there vare 
In a North it teen жөө to require above 
Our cost, м сути of е 
per ton. Oak, agai 
service; could you try and obtain it? И, 
The Villa Garden. 
DAHLIAS, —If the Villa gardener be a cultivator ot 
these fine тре summer and autumn flowering plants, 
advise him that they wil require water- 
ing during dy weather. The Dahlia is a strong succu- 
lent grower, requiring ample moisture if it would do 
well, and it must be kept constantly growing ; a check 
fom drought would half ruin the prospect of flowers. 
A good strong stake needs to be placed against the 
ain stem of each plant, to keep it in an upright 
a spell of 
loosen the soil slightly pees the plants and mulch 
ith a little man such 
an n occasional syringing of ола боса їп iy. cool of 
the evening does the plants much good, serves to 
keep in check aphides and all insects that e ае 
plants. Dahlias are fine, bold, showy 
garden, and if the autumn be mild and ме ов сои 
they bloom on to the end of Octobe er. 
оско 
Horry 
treatment as Pak Bode for the e Dahlia. 
sh 
some 4 or 5 m in height agains lant, tying 
ering stems securely but a agt a "ttle узш to it. 
the eaves the disease whieh ht. such Dee > with 
in 
put a Mate с 
est the progress of the fungus, 
over 
away those affected and 
of this character may arr 
if it does not get rid of it aie or 
THE MIXED BorDER.—Delphiniums; Chrysanthe- 
mums, Phloxes, and tra x гае, perennials— 
ions and Pico Lilies, and eo 
require up to ake and so keeping nea t 
TR isi older loser Bat їз attractiveness when 
еса in it i permitted o gr et ендо. 
