THE 
AUGUST 7, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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The Villa Garden, 
.—If ever the Mas Garden 
w, after the 
All soils n are at all 
re 
SURFACE-STIRRING 
d out their roots just beneath the 
While the rain lasted they were 
en and healthy-looking, because the constant fall 
of nini kept the soil somewhat open, but as soon 
as it ceased, and the sun came out brilliantly, the 
surface hardened, a 
from this cause, and the danger is 
aggravated by the fact NM our soil is clayey, and, 
consequently, sticky and ing 
It is worth while re marking how the clay will € 
te it you have it as a subso t 
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and aluo little wet aeger n which ook much 
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àt cii read ing up the 
and now the plants appear as if they w = гарне din =. 
and well, though the nights rcely i 
harmony with the laws of growih at this Роны of фе 
ear. 
This stirring голе yt be applied to - — 
beds that ае ted, On the ground of 
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nly want genial summer 
weather, e hav As season, but it is not a bit 
better than a * prolonged mae spring. nd su 
must soon come if w rem di it at all, ad be 
able to enjoy it, for are we iot already in the opening 
days of August, and the shadows of night begin- 
ning to steal over us soon after 8 — in the 
evening? 
HoziNG.—In like 
кы. ыеп ОБ сагана апу 
from the recent rains. The hoe needs now 
anner we are busy in the 
-— effects 
o be the 
as Cabbage, Winter сарез, 
auliflower, and Broccoli, Celery, &c. We 
the hoe deeply, the 
the life-inspiring win 
n the ordinary broad hoe cannot be used, as 
among our pet an of iis our Carrots, Parsnips ^ 
&c., we hav w one, about 2 inches in width, 
weeds among 
It is o 
of the unfo Hunat 
that weeds put in 
mem and a tidy бачи must give 
quar 
rom a w бше 
ce with great vigour and 
them no 
EARTHING-UP CELERY,—The ce rd gt fast 
ady 
from a an pen exposed to 
! m was quite fill 
ing-up was done. We have the Incomparable 
White and Williams Matchless Red, the latter gear 
rong, as the rainy wea appears to suit it 
The tissue paper is employed to keep any soil 
mec ing its way e rts of 
Slight wrapping « soon rots away 
leat stems have closed Ку round the heart, without 
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nds of heaven may Era on it. 
CARNATIONS, CLOVES, &c. —Owing to the back- 
ward season, these are very late in e ie this 
year, but they are now in the full o 
e clumps of the 
lly 
h profusion. 
a 
year. А carmine-r ne 
one that came to m Russia, with a vigorous 
growth and great бе . It is quite free 
from that tendency = split i in the pod so common to 
many of the Cloves and Carnations. 
LAYERING.—This should be i lost e, 
and it is a process so simple that 
soil he will see what particular joint c best 
uried in the soil. Previously, however, he shou 
have provided n depo some fi dy soil, some 
m Fern stalks, disused Pea-sticks or 
any such material ; or failing these, em of stoutish 
flexible wire 6 or 8 inches in len gth, r hair pins, 
which are are not very expensiv an a теше 
with a short, sharp, narrow blad To thes 
should be added a mat to kneel on, fo it is in this 
ork, 
the next pries is ibn loosen the 
soil about the plants de shoots of which are to be 
layered, and remove it to the parie of 2 inches or so, 
putting in its place some of the soil previously pre- 
pare ything will do for the 
urpose, even if it be the siftings of soil from the balls 
of decayin plante at hav out of their 
ots. t = is laid — in 
be commenced. First cut d) the leaves i. to 
a joint or two above that wher i 
then make a ‘at заста into the centre of the stem 
an eighth of an inch below the joint, drawing the 
knife god upwards € through the joint, and 
nto the soil, so that the 
A tS и pai 010 into contact with the 
soil; then press it gently into it, fastening i РОУ 
with a peg inserted "E a d the c cut, and pile s 
soil about p ; and so go on til T a circle of Буй» 
is formed round ud gf parent p ^ Eventually the 
cut parts Ыса callused, and in course of tim 
they throw out roo ч Тһе soil Sout them must be 
kept moist in dry weather, sprinkling the layers over- 
о 
he о e-rose watering po 
Carnations and Cloves are excellent things in a 
Villa Garden, as they will grow in somewhat 
n posi and in almost any solls a good 
: re too fre- 
years throw up se ower-stems, and a plant will 
flourish for a long ken without gre In the fall 
of the per some assistance ought given them 
plants by Surely lifting the 
il beneath the : 
We encourage our 
jest per АН Dr 50 а d. and aroun 
the stem, and t ith manure. The 
— branches are ha gon oh the PE 9p dressing, eh 
e good soil piled up among them quite 
mound v earth is ны about them, os kind of 
dressi of the greatest value to the pla 
If iar’ one woke to make ani what clamps of single 
plants _ of. any "e mined à can be m pes 
са — opcre 
me process be repeated 
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— they make the 
und the main stem, a iul me 
the second year. Some top- qr worst 
each autumn, to strengthe e plan кай in this 
way they speedily attain a uem size, s yielding a Аы 
valuable harvest of flowers in due se 
Garden Operations. 
(For THE ENSUING Р 
[The subjoined directio nded to rey 
PLANT HOUSES. 
PLANT. STOVE,—See that plants of Zschynanthus 
suspended in pots do not want for water; they look 
best grown in shallo Mig: plung baskets lined 
with moss. So treated they Bait рн the best 
subjects om for hanging up in conserva- 
rg ii ilar n. , but in p^ sitions they 
are sometimes Жане tb о suffer for want of water, whic 
causes the or an excess o 
jisture at the root will hav 
natural drooping habit of these plants 
es them 
| ell мкм foe for basket-work, They veni grown 
ling fiers ueri og 
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during the winter, MEAE up ът the eee in the 
stove or similar s uations, where room t 
ul as well as beautiful. "d 
ough to grow a fine speci 
require, nor is benefited ys a ы of Hifo oki. It 
does the best in sandy pea 
The earliest flowered үз xinias will non, be 
shabby 5 ; gradually pid them off, but 
this is sometimes do h 
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and kept i 4 а good н» situation 
G. exoniensis shoul 
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up weakly ; 
Franciscea confertiflora. — The earliest flowered 
plants of this Aranciscea that have been put into the 
stove to make growt 
е to stay too lon e 
formed, as there is danger of their falling off from the 
Prey they receive when 
Allamandas that hav 
must be regularly capped with manure-water ; 
as are planted ou 
а for sometime flowering 
this 
Every other dine the e v water will not be too 
much; they will also т it stronger than тапу 
a us iced er like wid mas 
See eal a cap ar eee EEE 
tenance to enable them to on b so 
or so 1 as they would sep on fed. 
better to give it them in this way than by adding 
large reef aa of solid cd he the soil at the time 
of em g, as by the form ns it is given when 
most wanted, The same spies r^ other subjects of 
prid сое es md E make a deal of growth in the 
th 
Ew аай И an agreeable perfume are 
ЕЕ scarce. Тһе S. African ZoxzcopAlaa Thun- 
bergii. is deserving of cultivation for its odour, ifi it ‚ роз- 
pans, of good compact Be not unlike a Gardenia 
its growth. The uced 
the 
leaves, It is neary allied to T кан, which is 
very vie ar in habit, m also a desirable plant ; a 
few flowers of either will scent a [ee use, They do not 
тейге а өү deal of б room, blooming freely in а 
all state ; sandy p nswer best for them. 
Conia have been struck during the spring for 
winter floweri well nded to 
allowing them to get root-bound by moving them at 
once into their flowering pots, so as to get them well 
established before the short days come em 
from 8 to 12-inch pots, according to the size of the 
aim : : 
а ila cee 
Tillandsia Lindeni ; fa looks. - igo atri ı in small 
plants, with sin of EE dotted 
about the side t tables sof t m Stove, =ч very effective. 
After flowering it thro these, when 
eii ped should be Tuba of, ^ pes of their leaves 
oved and placed "gd in small Lg and not over- 
watered until they have made when they may 
be encouraged to g 
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out ede rum the suckers, 
ly treated, f; Baka 
