тоо THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONTCELE. 
[JULY 24, 1875. 
they become a prey to red spider, which soon does 
igeparsble 1 i njun, damaging the foliage, and quiehis 
ood, 
inducing a hardened condition of the w which 
nts free miig a state from which Te Lei or 
never, fully recover, be above remark in 
general to the different species, but, as in other matters 
relative js their culture, they differ considerably, i 
will be ssary to treat of them in some 
individ 
The first Ы the tamp пайроња: is de — tk 
sea ; this variety forms the largest 
proportionately larg wers, w 
freely from the points of the shoots in ies ball-like 
bunches, white suffused at the points with ros e 
om their begin- 
ning to open until they fade, wey will last about three 
eeks. This plant will grow in either peat or loam; I 
PUR. the aer where it en P" ai 
i i of 
You 
orld be patte ied about 
i Eh. M 
roots give them 
m a small 
: n --sixth of clean 
drain чаза and po (o Aet t 
wilre r for three 
ho 
the pos lightly 
time. so mut kd care- 
"lys shaded ‘al “through their growing 5 n when 
po tter is not n eg 
E Чи седан ябы 
e su ^ о fa m syrirging 
is ted to spoil the p by allowing them 
too long in the branch She the number of 
shoots they ca The right distance to cut them 
Conti p to the end of August, 
iay be discontinued, as also the 
early closi h p shade, to € them up a 
little for the x" they should be placed in a 
41. 
а uen require ver y little ; a few A may 
3 мрз aced t 
о them so as to bring. the branches downto 
, they “Heed nothing more, 
[rein the they will not want near so much | 
чаш but - pee] not be сна to get so dry as 
occupants of the hard-wooded house. If 
thé. itention isto grow them o: peci size 
quickly, it be advi je to remove the flowers 
again in the spring as th in О 
cutting back the Шын ӨШИ, and treating in every 
way the s size of the po y are movi 
зага degna уша y the greater or less quantity of 
they have d if very РИХ П require 
* ach oo а using the little more lumpy 
state. As the plants get ү уз will need greater 
care in getting the s wW h the syringe well to the 
ide leaves, without ^ lich е сен о 
ome affec ed spider, and if once they are 
injured by this pest по after-ti ent can set the 
plants to rights. e f n as advised for 
the рге‹е ing sea By the end of this summer 
they w , 
ыз et i0 à аге size for decorative pur 
for some hime, мирта Бед during the growing season 
with ma water which, if they become at all 
bare of UM or indicat getting ‘weak, they may be de- 
stroyed, t to make w th 
P. Hendersoni, т. тр апі Р. decussata are 
h 
species of much smaller growth, and produc 
profusion of тарй dw flowers ps than iie 
P. spectabilis ; like they are compact, neat- 
habited, dwarf bushes, псе іа М 4 se; 
they als loa 
M or 
r they grow ckest, in the cst th 
owers are usually higher pierces they all ar 
grow attal early so Hub. a 
ould be well syringed every day, 
getting ng the water dà the under as well as the upper 
e eaves ; nothing less than this will keep 
em free ваб red s d 
inct Se^ with a 
n the ети : wo 
- ane ht much larger than in 
yellowish white in colour. ant makes stronger 
wood than the three last tivated of, and should 
well cut back each season after flowering or it gets 
into a somewhat straggling condition. It does the 
best in loam t ich is a Mot oF 
sand ; potting and general treatment similar to the 
th It also requires a liberal d the syringe 
during the growing season, and mus e the strong 
t yo 
branches well tr ained out whilst 
e 
ting. 
. Nei dr а smali- A 4 rico owered 
species, that bl yc isi g. Хы е ш back, 
tting, and gen vata and w anage- 
ment, it requires ib be Similarly aak. d the others 
already s ken oks t [кыа plant 
it succeeds the best in good fibras ous pea 
one-sixth or будай ч т of sand, according to the 
nature of the peat. 
P. hispida is also а somewhat weak-wooded 
of moderate 
sub- 
ject, 
zh 
s 
[nd 
> 
= 
growth it will set and at once bloo 
produced in loose bunches similar A those of P. specta- 
ili ; they are white, 
ummer or 
decotative subject fo 
best i 
reduced further 
ha 
fowet-biids sho uld be s formed 
the plants have t. ш something li t 1 15 iriches 
ater Which they in the 
inc i 
season—in spring, and Mus in Wa podes put of the 
summer. 
As to insects, it will be understood by what has 
been said that the whole of the species are more Eu 
most ез eene: to 2 attacks S red-spider, 
pt 
unless they e fro their Cultivation 
will Hit ке Mii. "The nied use of the 
syringe as advised keep them clear from thi 
Greenfly sometimes affects them ; for these fumigate. 
Brown will live upon th ut does no 
increase fast, and can be removed with a sponge and 
rush. affected with th een pecies of this 
insect it is better to destroy them the plants will 
T. Baines. 
not bear any dressing that Will kill it 
MEREWORTH CASTLE, 
THE SEAT OF THE RIGHT Ном, LORD 
ViscouNt FALMOUTH, 
_ Тыз is situated. in Mid-Kent, | one « of the puo 
raveller ap] Mereworth from West Malling, 
what is boim the New Road, cannot bu 
зе struck by the rich and luxurious vegetation prin 
iim, since he will pass through _Hop gardens in t the 
"iet um mrt 
TIE 
remain | an n European fame, along with which will be seen | Gran: e, Kent. 
t, to which add | 
ERES c 
orchards of Cherries, Annies and bush fruits by the 
hundreds of acres, from which the m arkets of London, 
chiefly draw their pete 
kitchen and fruit gardens being on the left, the Tun. 
bridge Road dividing them n entering the kitchen 
and fruit gardens I met Mr. H Horton, his Me. 
head-gardener, who very kindly show ed me 
the gardens and grounds. The oi objecst that sil 
the eye on entering are two very nice span-roof ho 
one of which was filled Bes a Байа collection of 
stove IM ы ki fine 
Fronting these houses is a lean-to pit for 
lants, 8 feet wide and 80 feet long, filled at a fine 
enis stock of the above, of which Mr. Horton puts 
out about 50,000. 
are thri ‚ І was pl 
vegetable department well cared for, as testified by 
the health and abundance of the , the 
pena: particularly well covered = fruit trees, 
Peach es do | wgusually well outside her 
Ti 
was filled with Melonsand Cucumbers, the plants tee 
in fine health, carrying a heavy crop of fine fruit, 
No. 2, French Bean-house: this was planted with 
Osborn’s forcing, of 4 Mr. Horton 1 des M 
—this, without doubt, is a fine Bea 5, 3a 
itho 
Strawberry-houses, all Sir Charles кы быш : 
fine crop, and highly coloured for this variety. Second 
range, herry-house: this was particularly: 
well dai, considering fickleness of the Ch 
as a forcing tregi the fruit being fine and plentiful, 
o. 6, early Peach-house, varieties Royal George 
and Noblesse : а nice crop, the trees looking remarke 
ably well. No. 7, early vinery, Be Panon 
the crop here was nearly cut, but 
showed they had finished — No. 8, Maa i 
here the crop was light, o Vi 
well finished. No. 10, 
e 
e m thi 
known as the straight walk, planted on еас 
a line of Yews h plant being 
mapes ; betw e Yews and the 
i of 
beddin 
the left side of this walk is the Rosery, 
queen of flowers appear to be at home, for t 
Y fine lot, Lady Falmouth being a great 
ses, the newest and finest varieties 
ais ng как the lower side 
ocks, where n 
de P es moon, I ken her horn ; 
s blinkin' in the lift sae Ме” 
ve of Mr. PI 2 ) 
