AUGUST I4, 1875.] 
IHE: 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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ES engen for ovs Peronospora to strike as 
far ahea сч climatal and vital conditions 
will adm e cultivator, pres | eci- 
sion in the first а leaf, thrusts in his fork and 
out with and stores the tubers boton the enemy has 
me Z reach them. „Ву so doi ing | he not only saves 
f has iis for ren неу all future seasons, Thus 
general and persistent early harvestiug of the had 
disease ed out. ither will there be 
much loss rhaps n of quality, by the 
early harvesting of Potatos, It is found that the early 
reaping at and some ot s improve 
he sample and makes finer flour, P 
o well nigh complete к 
`? The latter hits with mos 
growth and maturation ; h otatos are mostly 
full-sized before th eatly affected by 
isease. Early harvesting also enables us to crop our 
ound at once with ot e and possibly 
anti-Peronosporan, crops, m as Wi - CIC 
Lettuces, Endive, nions, 7 ыч Coleworts, Cauli- 
h 
h, and 
e anure, wo sate us 
for any reduction of bulk i in the weight of our Potato 
fice while it 
ronospora to the lowest limits. 
probabli t 
It seems, in fact, 
ing our crops 
g, and pro 
bre them out of its way at pes nishing. D. 
Fish, 
PLANT Gossip. 
THE following AcAVE RIONS are 
now showing flower-stems d the Eni em of Mr. 
JEAN VERSCHAFFELT at Ghent, Belgium :— 
Agave filifera major, a fine stem more than 15 feet high. 
A. univitta d stem about ro feet high, covered with 
А 
А, filifera minor, stem about 9 feet 
A. ү; сы м ust showing flower-spi ike. 
sctabemia nie two flower-stems about 3 feet 
high, seeding fre 
ely. 
eopoldi, a noble specimen, showed a spike a few . 
Finder es 
asylirion acrotrichum, stem 7 feet; 
grow to double that height. 
atum, about 5 feet now, will at least grow twice 
wil probably 
E funifera (Ch. m the only plant imported ; 
a fine stem about 15 feet hig 
eat number of ine өре of Agaves and 
their tribe are to hand, many others may ай ,expected 
to bloom this season. It is a rar 
e year, and this gives some idea of the importance 
ot d these collection’ in the above-named establishment. 
-—— CAMPANULA BARRELIERI makes a most 
оси decorative plant for conservatories at this 
ason of the year, Tues spere: rering 
freedom, have their 
€—— d with great "-— 
d som peci 
eated, make fine dn rative objects. It is an ex 
c basket plant, but it should not be starved, as is 
too often the case 
—— One 
of the large circular beds a ersbury 
— 
5р А-и grown іп a dry heat, or gen starved at 
e 
S; on the other hand, 
the most striking varieties is THAN with its i 
golden flowers and black throa 
New Garden Plants. 
ADIANTUM PRINCEPS, 7; Moore, sp. т.* 
The Adiantum princeps, represented by the annexed 
is y 
m o ion of the icultural demonstra- 
tion in the Royal Horticultural Society's garden on 
July 21. lant was brought before the Floral 
Committee à the following meeting (August 4), and 
` a wned with its well-merited First-class 
erti 
Not ae flees this Fern possess a degree of bold- 
ness of chara on account of the size of the fronds 
and the pi seri but the plants are also remarkably 
graceful, from their fulness of Яаа А and the 
Fic, 44.—ADIANTUM PRINCEPS. 
Barren and fertile pinnules, natural size, with sporangium and 
spore m 
agnified. 
arching or pendent position they assu Mes 
Veitch's specimen plant must be at te: least тан 
5 to 6 feet across. For so 1 a plant the 
he rachides are comparatively 
ules are remark- 
so, and this no gomht.is is mainly conducive to the 
habit, which is of the 
plant. Th are Modat a t the ; in our 
example they have a stipe of ome a foot, and a 
lamina of 2 feet in length, the lower pinnæ being 
abou ot i i 
a 
posterior side bipinnate, so e frond itself be- 
comes quadripinnate. The ules are large, 
upper corner obliquely overlying the rachis; the 
margin is entire, and slightly concave, the i inner side, 
or that towards the is, 1 ; while the 
mewhat rounded anteri te apex 
are cut into shallow lobes, and y 
t Gunn Li 
Park, Acton, is now very ome being nil paaa erminal pinnule | 
with the variegated Abutilon Tho psoni, р A y 
mingled wi Silium auratum in and | a fan-shaped figure, that at the top of the 3 ge Бон Le 
ios longiflorum round the circumferen "i E mig 14. юй жо. 4 л. мыш ti 
whol ed with a dark Coleus, combina- es con 
tion contrasts well with the rich green verdure of the AA de astie adamant they are e shown too small in 
ha the surrounding groups of s Feds the annexed figure. 
of Agapanthus um with are get- ^e 
ae жо and they seem to do well in eon a emm mor pote jd — iuro е 
the massive Cedars that form so striking 
soc lli 
of THUNBERGIA 
ive objects in a conservatory w. perly culti- 
vated in pots. requisite is ample root space 
гоо rich soil; and when the n the ent strong 
roothold they grow ower with great 
i are with red- 
very pale greyish green colour, slightly glaucous i 2 pinnate 
мү ек elong: uae trian; а ages x 
e anterior 
nci ch), round 
hortly trapeziform, sometime p most im a d vd 
ong scarcely shorter 
above: ek donk ун ' slightly — the anterior 
and D ix каме, ener lobes чене: чес Me poy ФА pote 
where e rte each a com sorus, 
joes appear two-horned ; indusium точ р, 
entire ; stipes and rachides glossy ebeneous 
lie tanen ‘ i Hooker's variet es, 
collected by Seemann in Veraguas Zn о be the 
me plant that now under noti Whether 
this be so or not, А, princeps is abundantly distinct 
rom A. tenerum, and in consequence of Lg fronds 
uming a charm Bly пу pend t character it is alto- 
gether a h t. eie ping 
tal plan 
habit, and the sot gems pete and flabellate 
te rminal pinnules, together with - ор sori, 
forming concave depressions and pro 
the ends of the lobes, and the 
uniform length, furnish well-marked distinctions. It 
n m one of the finest of all exhibition Ferns, 
Forestry. 
NING, — The skilled surgeon scarcely feels less at 
ease at the Np of the operator’ s s knife i in the hands of 
; and no pers 
or root 
as their relationship to one 
|: od me 
foresters who prune well, and yet know al i 
sci the 
pon. 
the one man has 
but never 
pra 
e between a pra 
ific man, an scientific unpractised r^s I 
ould unhesitatingly ane the former. 
an operation ped performed u 
an body, the general mis of the patient's it 
-å is fest carefully c li 
ning is to be рег ; whether gfe aod a theres 
a a small group, a shelter belt, an extensive plan- 
ta tation or forest, the state and condition of the subject 
and deliberated upon 
something in £ S OPINE manner :—Is the pim nd 
died or is it sheltered ? bara ME 
east, or When was, or when 
sint “thinning be reg As TE ha soil such = to i onn 
duce vigorous growth in it 
of this? Are the trees tà bé ideiei jak rie ship 
building, or boat building, z are they c к 
general economical and in ial purposes, о 
= only — for me to the estate, or dead 
d 
and 
uc orm d, eiim. consists in cutting over 
whose top or,upper portion has decayed, w еч 
from transplanting, barking, by gum, or other cause. 
Меп the plants are small І prefer cutting them over 
within an inch or so of the ground, when large 
I cut only back to where th owing 
to start shoots, 
in 
and lighten some of the top branches which o 
would decay, and which benefits the tree by prev 
ing th — unduly зенне its sergio 
e tle | 
n аре the one deepest 
When two separate 
root or pon жю of Шет, 
gro е stool, is chosen 
int lowest upon the 
remain for 
hen a tree divides E alo à dubie top, at a 
der the circumstances i 
hile M Ж pi 
sual нр to the main stem of the tre a rs | 
When its leader and 
ase’ pening y top, en of he bot dan 
must be selected as the top, and , if required, direction 
one by tying in an upright position till it acquires 
When branches, emanating immediately from the 
stem, become dead - ыд should be removed forthwi 
If allowed to bap long upon the stem they become 
embedded in the body of the tree, and ашам соп- 
stitute what dn termed black knots, a very objection- 
able ich detracts much the value 
of the tim реу чы More e С. 7, 
Michie, Cullen House, August 2, 
