AUGUST 2I, 1875.] 
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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 
245 
Obituary. 
DIED, on August 15, in his T year, 
: of the Webber & 
Co., Covent Garden Ma T ith great 
ee that we ke this announcement, for in 
Ta lor's death we have los ape a 
for an ears has pe eke Neue 
the market report for this journal, ew 
mover in the formation, about ‘the gm eyb at the 
British gei Society, a a memb 
the Fruit and Vegetable Ted Ms 
Horticultural Society from the рабой of that body, 
Gardeners 
—Ó on its committee 
its accounts, and materially dontribatin 
mm. of its annual festivals by liberal Pe уйн of 
Th Bills Garden. 
FucusiAs,—One e most commonly grown of 
uchsia ; an 
complete without Fuchsias and Pelargoniums, because 
of their brightness and effectiveness, A few pl 
if properly managed, can be made to yield a succes- 
sion of flowers right up to the advent of winter 
Now it is not difficult to grow Fuchsias into nice 
кен» and have them well-bloomed at the same 
е: w is ja simple and Pleasant process, and, ex 
plant that so well repays the cultivator for his outlay 
of labour. And where accommodation is limited, 
and but little time can be devoted to the garden, the 
Villa gardener naturally enough desires to have 
something tbat can, to some extent, take care of itself, 
provided it be not too long neglect 
Our Fuchsias now in flower may be appropriately 
divided into two batches— plants that flowered last 
ar rs ere керы! throu 
till summer changes to the decs of autumn, and 
dying leaves lie thick in 
. We 
ехрегі‹ ienced some ‘difficulty in keeping any of 
through the severest part of last win ter. Those that 
assed through the ordeal of cold and frost uon 
now doing; and these poang Сота will flower 
Oc Thus our first 
batch of Fuchsias will also та сша a second term of 
floral service. 
ollow the pursuit of gardening accord- 
ing to the most Penty rules without coming into 
contact with sma ut valuable pre eriences that 
gardeners term *' wrinkles." One of these “© wrinkles 
1 
requir 
sir into pi pei which they do not doina 
cold house, especially if there be um absence =) solar 
heat. For the future—and. we have commenced t 
loom in the 
following spring. We have taken off some o 
young inserted them d sides of 
60-pots, using iee fine light sandy soil, and have 
placed th corner of | 
some shade ' за uiid the hottest portion of 
soon strike root, and 
ited to root-action 
Mie the spring than older plants, such as shows shire 
ibed. 
Our second batch of Fuchsias is made up of plants 
struck in early spring, and shifted into large 60-pots, 
in which came to us. They were then repotted 
in 48- ps pots, and the pae om fanm kept pinched 
th. They were 
off to encourage growt es shifted 
into 32-pots, and ome treated, w th 
are coming into fine bloom, and will im мея iain 4 
day. E also will ome in well for early bloomiig 
next s 
The. follow "E are our choicest varieties, and they 
llectio 
lesse, sca c 
Victor, way, f gre 
toria, id adii ex E 
flaked with pns at also double ; Arabella Improved 
. In addition, such species as 
corymbiflora, F. fulgens, F. pumila, F. globosa, 
i The group of species just ех 
are very interesting indeed, and Villa gardeners wh 
a gr ul 
have eenhouse should find room for the be Metti 
F. fulgens, which is really a superb Fuc 
saw it a few days ago in a small forecourt garde 
t streets in Newport, m h- 
wpo 
shire, pide luxuriantly and flowering fre 
E FLOWERED PELARGON Za = cat ngs of 
"a hos ld now be taken, if not already done, in 
order to have a supply of young plants for the follow- 
ing season. ur plants have been standing in the 
open air to ripen their growth before — cut down 
о 
uttings. 
our cutting box, which is somewhat elevated under a 
north wall and well drained. They can also in- 
serted in 48-pots, putting eight or ten cuttings into a 
n the green- 
upward growth they Bo be shifted 
aking an 
made ud ri 
singly into small 60- Jom 
fibry yellow loam, па 
Сат Ч m ust be taken 
The pots can ha safely wintered on a warm she 
greenhouse, or in any dry place that is moderately 
айу, and where frost will not harm the plants. If 
cts uri 
pee that are mae "a a Hle soft soap pr water 
will soon cleanse the leaves, or they may be fumi- 
gated with tobacco йы! will not catty rid 
the piante of this pest, but мн n the fly into the 
bargai i 
Garden Operations. 
(FoR THE ENSUING ae аш 
lone vein SE 
PLANT wien еа e of autumn and 
winter- flow ias, Ec thus р 
Euphorbia Yecqimiafora Plumbago rosea, e- 
'oraphis Ghiesbreghtii "will 
usual pios from 
in appear- 
ance, nor conducive to the production of a quantity 
of bloom i i ле size. The 
~~ 
E 
— 
proper course of trea for i 
keep the plants with thelr MA: all but touching the 
as much air 
short-jointed descrip- 
tion of growth. Leave ева air on at nights when the 
weather is not cold, the object being now to get t the 
B. 
€. 
оч 
y for tr nity, dm the 
nu 5 si а танта. in а way to cause 
from this time forward, to make the putt: 
possible amount of grow a moderate use of 
manure-water will be 
keep their bottom leaves in a green 
dition: not is i 
but 
produit Dicit fu full com| capt 
things being equal, Боронов to 
po — 
o account must Lai that have Б; filled 
thei г ром with roo lowed to want for 
water, as roach this Ey are sure to suffer in 
their leaves, much more than in the earlier stages 
of their growth. Any deficiency of water always has 
a tendency to me red-spider ; should this pest 
mo pants should be 
its ар nce fe 
immediately dipped in wea. on of rari t— 
oz, to the gallon is snae ead cavers o destroy the 
insects : with a tub sufficiently M to take pe мал 
of the plants оуег ne 
through in a few hours. Later сиға stock of the 
above things that are now in fall growth m ust be 
eceiving all necessary attention, to 
encouraged, by rec 
саа Ме them to complete it. Flowering stove plants 
that some tim were remov r decorative 
purposes to the conservatory— where in ordinary 
summers they ca kept so long as the weather 
warm injury—will, during 
season, require considerably 
n ordinary aie: for, although some days are 
he nights are unseasonably cold, causing 
tbe necessity of 06 vga. tender things well away from 
where air is admit 
intensified when it comes in a rapidly moving volume 
— upon the plants, Heat-requiring subjects 
re not so liable to injury from being in a much lower 
[o 
er reader than they will grow in - 
terval, such as an occasional cold night, if the inter- 
vening days are sufficien m rin 
tmosphere of the house p to a poi 
sufficie high to set the sap ving freely ; but 
€ ie have several days in succession much c 
than average verti er weather, it is th en that stove 
n suffer the 
orp 
evidently telling eae ly upon them in a way that it 
does not if they get warmed up once in the nty- 
fo : hen a considerable number of tender 
stove subjects are in the summer placed in the 
nservatory, ета а spell of Е weather e: IS, 
nts эта suffering [ 
о 
that does not ажна heat. During с 
also necessary to give water very sparingly to stove 
plants in such situations, and what is sh 
a tem ure of This wi 
perature o 
каке to their well-being than if applied consi- 
. Fine-leaved stove plants at this 
sparingly supplied with mois t the root. Most 
f will bear to drier than fl ing 
subjects, as the latter are sometimes liable to drop 
their blooms if kept too n exception to this 
ind of treatment must be made in the of Palms, 
that will be P , or the 
where its bright red spatbes, backed up by g 
foli | 45. as has. | 
e, ar 
peen" advise KE ock has been grown of 
"Echmeas D and discolor, the persistent coral- 
red flower: these will be now most effective for 
standing in V fot of taller plants, associated Mts such 
d Lycopodium 
things as ianium cuneatum an 
чр latter grown in 9-inc on 
ich a laced small pyramidal wire trellises, a 
of the 
LO Md thi; is very good. 7. Bain 
FLOWER GARDEN, &c. 
every 
perfect as possible, to compensate in some way for 
di ar. With this end in view it 
will be n to go frequently over the plants to 
remove a decaying leaves or flowers, and to 
trim, peg, or regulate the growth of such things as 
Petunias, Vite as, &c. seed- should be 
тостер, ieupadietely they are formed, for if allowed 
to rem ey tend greatly to the exhaustion of 
the leas Ld доя the further formation of bloom. 
Any beds showing signs of exhaustion should have a 
thorough soaking of manu Ree ier, sh kept well 
supplied with this and clear wat 
In the case of Pelargoniums, 
ab the beauty of their оде ea should 
ngly given them, otherwise, as plan 
arca on requires. 
as are grown 
be rather 
of that class 
Spe gee ee ae gp “than they 
uld if encouraged to growth too freely, in 
all guai when water i should be in 
cient , 
deep as the гоо netrate, vy a this 
— be left tall they require in. Such thorough 
rings are far —— to fae áribblets, | diat 
Lon pe to bring th he surface, where they 
o ari 
an 
on, so that an increased or 
