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THE GARDENERS: CHKUONFTULE. 
[AUGUST 28, 1875. 
the term ; by this it must not be understood that it | 
m ould be advisable or ageres with a view to health 
either these or o hings of s em заш to 
сЕ them on growing : ‘hoon ugh the dent 
such as they do in pgs € ‘Gas а> A to 
in 
intended to have, at any e, even a portion of 
their soil removed by shaking ge need a greater 
amount of sand inco гуе, и the pem they 
are can bear a certain part 
to be removed and ise. АА foy fresh ; dere wise, as 
fibrous се n in p soil becomes 
decom whole mass gets adhesive for 
posed, 
water to drain ета it ioe A ay ‘afford a healthy 
gouke for the roots to penetra 
require much more " water than many 
cse of the greenhouse, consequently psu must 
drained. In potting, make the il 
be tting, 5 
quite firm, and place them for xd 
where y wil be a little close; do not give 
too much water uni e new 
but this advice, as applied to these plants com- 
_ pared with many that have been already treated of, 
must ified as the sub- 
-being of many hard- 
things. Keep ек — the eke but away 
from cold currents, and as t 
re M a slight tla 
em 
oons, getting well under the leavesto keep down 
spider, SN if allowed to establish itself, will soon 
. do harm. Th ill continuously through 
n ta d n I throwing up flower-stems, 
which this first se is advisable to remove as 
whence it springs, and by this means the plant, as 
growth proceeds, gets fally Dhak In the hot 
summer weather they re progress stood 
bed or байы material than upon a 
dry shelf, as if not pla i t ca 
supply a 
they suffer more than most ; t 
natural structure of the 1 aporation is very 
t 
appear. 
In Mar arc again pot on, this time giving а 4-inch shift, 
in the previous every y way except that where 
dt is эн to get the plan 
y they m 
growing 
sional flowers 
eir appearance be 
hey will rides A interfere with 
owth. As the odis lengthen sufficiently bring 
down a rim of pots or tl 
that will from time ed i make t 
allowed to remain or 
the gr 
them 
cad са the potat of 
remain on for a at time after 
sive treatmen gh the 
чэн апа fem as before advi In 
spring pot a ime, giving again a 3 or 
са shift ; _the plants will this summer, if all goes 
to flower until midsummer, after which remove all the 
also all that push 
giving them weak applicat 
a-week through the summer, tih they are again to be 
mo 
these 
weis Rye tower if allowed 2 remain runt 
an be destroyed by fum 
gation, the на is bet kept own cm a liberal use of 
the syringe, and if Mike crane ve a good washin 
of ас s oz. to the 
oliais a larger-leaved kind than the pre- 
"ips Itisa Ld 
much more upright gro 
р in such sotalol but are bigger and more 
bran 
. imb ricata € a wig Dess free- ee 
sort, with a somewhat right habit. All t 
require similar sisson > S. dos ofusa as to soil, ы 
perature, water, and shade, ot want much 
training further than just s 
d 
the 
be ket. out, so as m neat, shapely 
heads. Treat for рез as in “the case of ‘the first- 
named variety. 7. Bai: 
deu сабаса E THE 
ED STATE 
THE ciate n from a recent report on the 
nd of San de be read with interest. 
A 
I 
o 
Angelos, and Lemon 
trees have been planted for many years, but not until 
lately in very large quantities. In the interior of the 
State these fruits can be grown quite as well as in the 
extreme South, it being only necessary to select a 
suitable soil and a somewhat sheltered position. The 
receipts in San Francisco from the South last year 
consisted of 4,544,000 Oranges, and 500,000 Lemons. 
uring the past two pem there have been es an 
immense number of trees, the produce of which in 
seven or eight years vil ’ probab ly be equal - the 
fequirements of А whole Ра == == ем es апа terri- 
tories ; but there o be n why, ulti- 
mately, tbe whole of she United States should not be 
dipped from this State, usually 
imports from th ite , 
о ,and a nearly equal quantity of Lemons, of 
an invoice value of over half a mi , besides 
uantity from the Ws ies, the 
ite te some ii the time 
В, 
the enint is — beyond the T requirements o о 
oad w 
in proba bility running фейл the tart 
he semi-tropical fruit-bearing districts, and it is 
reasonable to suppose that the growers, with the ad- 
va antage o of railwa 
of-the | country, will be able to compete successfully 
with hor European fruit, еы ide - of 25 to 
30 per cent. on the vo matter, 
iis, “ts favour of ppt ias она а is "chat Азтан Ъу 
he railway i is paid on weight and not on measure- 
ment. O chards are at present a 
urce of actual wealth to the owners, the f 
ting from 30s. to боз. Fifty trees or 
more are planted to the acre, and the yield of a ten- 
year-old will a — Oranges, increasing 
with 2000, О uts, Almonds, 
e to n mo 
Figs, Ed Aie s gov Toxuriantly over a large portion 
of the Sta d agriculturists who А... ауе а ы] the 
means and ius кабы. to plant th trees some 
are now rea a rich harvest therefrom. 
imr ago, ping a 
The product of the Vine during 1874 exceeded that 
year, and the estimates of — ges 
of any pre 
facture of wine vary from 8,000,000 to 
'Ther е wold Без а good d demand ке Dom m 
if if large orders any particular 
wine could 
executed, Я the quality of dee wine of the di dif- 
нде vineyards varies so much that it has been 
very difficult to procure a large quantity of any special 
character, except that made from the old Mission 
The exports by sea during the year amounted 
by 
vineyard peor situated are 
nes once begin to bear fruit. 
sold in quantity to of wine ; 
better de commands Z5 to £31 10s. эе. рет The 
wine from Mission for about 
the t 2s. per 
on board и ter- 
minus. recedens y ari the curing 
of fruits, which continues process 
doe Au к ка ое. 
ipu o. he drying of all kinds of fruit, so that 
the da is „кым not far distant when every farmer 
d any size will realise the ad 
age of having a drying -house attached to his establish- 
ment. Last year a good deal of the fruit which w: 
being dried in the open air was spoile 
early rain. Some of the Currants and Raisins 
- 
port cely a lim 
quantity of ‘Grapes and other fruit that s be grown 
n the ht, with the abundance 
of бө ‘Chinese wel suited for te ple connected 
wit before long 
invoice value of o 2,000,000 uantity of 
d fruits sent ist the city of. San угао. last 
year amounted to about 850,000 
In Portland also large quantities of fruit a 
ables are gr saan 
d vege. 
t Cabbages and Cu Ae are va 
extensively produced for pickling purposes; and in 
з uit ые greater interest is taken than ever. A pples 
very superior TN. and оса 
being fo flein in increasing numbers. It is est me 
that the annual value of orchard produce in Maine 
reaches to some 1,000,000 dols, and this value is 
increasing. 7. 
THE SPANISH BROOM AS A 
TEXTILE PLANT 
THE Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum), which is 
so well known in shrubberies for its o — cha- 
racter, has long had a reputation as a "fbr us plant ; 
the ancient Greeks are said to have "A p fibre 
prepared from it for mese иш се and cordage, 
s they formed into 
Maremma as a textile 
about the middle of the sixteenth century, at which | 
period the fibre was commonly spun into yarn for the 
In more 
avit of a coarse kind of cloth. 
quently the supply has far exceeded the 
the cuttings of the Broom are largely used dar Ме for 3 
heating brick- an pube ong ago as 1785 rous“ 
sonet recomm 
oped 
but until recently its use has 
ond 
it has occupied a i i 
the view of making it of real commercial valu 
Signor Vecchietti has patented а a process of preparing 
the fib asciana, mall town about 10 
2 
ог {һер turning out Ше 
bre on a e = but also 
ing the fib 
have a temperature of 2 eaumur ; ое. = mo 
called the process, and consists 1 
other S Ce umm of — cost with he "Casciana 
e fibres of thi 
ЖЫ sen separated m “the — 09 ortion in the 
space of three hours. The British Vice-Consul at 
b 
it is suitable for the finest 
may, therefore, supply the 
good absorbent, 
ith 
eat, 
place of w ool. It is 
x ie 
I5 per 
delivered 
and throughout ‘the besre ing dist a hee are _ 
rapidly becom e to the value of a a hitherto — 
used chiefly for fuel, w эм Her now find can be | 
me e res ур 
"чи the cultivation of the - 
Spe dtd as a textile Puit and of its pismo: n,as 
n his Mémoires d Agriculture, — 
the proper те of this plant for textile p 
en 
for di manufacture of 
and takes the most delicate dyes 1 
w be 
o ‚лен, d relative астан о of whi ne. “compar 
Md el peuple ptr ton for г 
price paid to the country реор on for | 
at the works, is 50 ote (abc e nont X sterling), — 
