ГЕНЕ 
SEPTEMBER II, 1875.] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
329 
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for a couple of yeu garing which pps treat gene- 
rally as heretofore ain a 3-inch 
shift should keep them going ft saved? ML through 
which they will be benefited by an application of clear 
iae water once a week in the 
ici as 
little in other 
fied treated T ; in size and 
in every way the 
T. verticillata, : a species introduced um the Swan 
j bit and appearance to 
f rerik е elegant 
and summ 
well with its small linear apis borne in whorls 
wer it а very nice fresh look. 
Itisof smaller growth than the e preceding, not d 
Bei 
so large a size, although a free grower. very 
fine-rooted subject, it ilt by no means be over-poted 
It is almost continuous in its growth, and Id be 
kept in a night t ratu E 4 ° through the winter. 
Ordinary trade-si zed pla t have made go 
E the preceding A Sa $t about the end of 
arc c 
were shortened to the year pre 
closer than ad visable Moo T. erica, Eae T MA 
got a considerable ot-pow 
na a ies of shoots s, HEX get intoa a straggling 
conditio which ¢ t afterwards be remedied, as 
d for Т. ericzefolia. 
ummer Mae advised for the last.named 
riety w will a wer en this also, with the exception 
that it should bes 
less shade. eep them few 
slight sticks inserted inside the rim of the pots, and 
three or four in the middle, just sufficient to support 
eed tying out into > shape, мере pieng P 
the stoutest shoots well dow the rim of t 
ots, which must never allowe о ge 
too long and straggling. If they appear to want 
assistance give ure-wa. eak, clear state, 
а5 it 15 not advisable to put them in very large 
15 inches in diameter is big € h for the largest 
plant this species is n long-lived 
subject, and, to keep up a supply of good-sized speci- 
ns, a few small ones should be started every year. 
etrathecas аг c that os аме careful 
09 re th roots perish. 
£riczfolia is somewhat less impatient in this respec 
but wi g too ; it metimes 
Suffers from ? is must, as soon overed, 
be dusted well with sulphur, allowing it to remain on 
2 few days, and then washing it with th 
-spider sometimes mak appearance 
Upon them, When pest is found it should be 
exterminated at once by a thorough syringing à 
"ey Gishurst, laying the plants down so as to 
art. 
I do not approve of exposing Tetrathecas in the 
gained by subjecting ат 
wer fr ithout i 
it necess: v omia 
ts 
mildew, and ыйлаб ‘them to the direct of 
the sun and wind induces a rusty-brown i lock of the 
Tm ih that it is not éy afterwards to remedy. 
Apiary. 
THE ange BEr-KEEPERS' Авсан, — The 
great suc attended the A s first 
apiarian 4 exhibition at the Crystal Palace еі year 
bas encoura ree d the € тр, to announce a second 
exhibition, on Septem mber 
to take p 21, 22, and 23; 
and they h hope mg ете that the тү еке gaine i 
for the poor man’s harvest, ioa it already is on the 
continents of Euro 
bout Z100 has pen allotted for the prize schedule 
sd com ponds hope will be 
now announce 
voluntarily abet biel by the friends of the move- 
ment ; but they would like V^ see eue present number 
of members (about 250) so increased that their annual 
scriptions would be su to obviate the 
necessity of a special appeal for a pri d, which at 
nt they are obliged to make : and they ask all 
who are interested in the objects of the ироа 
“eit if is 
not al so), 
ey h 
and to use their influence to induce their ns t do 
A practical санара ck m of е. apiarian manipu- 
lation of live bees will ta ace during the show, 
when the best methods T b ing, making artificial 
swarms, transferring орага from skeps to frame кор, 
Ealing, Middlesex. 
PETTITT’s HEXAGON COLLATERAL BEEHIV 
Very ded ‘hing achieved the success of the Times’ Bee- 
æ FIG, 70.—PETTITT'S HEXAGON COLLATERAL BEEHIVE, 
wisely adds the collateral or Nutt’s system to the 
imes’ Bee-Master’s hive, and allows pss beekeeper 
i of either 
ompartment. 
the excellent i of feeding them from ben 
floo rd ; nor must we overlook the fact, it а 
beautifal sipbearanice, and, an addition 
all ivory-mounted the | 
hive is 2 feet 6 inches, width 17 inches; wit! 
height. For some retired or sunny nook in the garden 
no better ornament could be found than this excellent 
and well made hive. 7. 
HALF HOURS AT KEW.—VI. 
RARE OR INTERESTING SHRUBS 
AND TR 
THE present time bein ut the best for examin- 
ing outdoor Mans I propose devoting this an 
£ 
[3 
few su consideration of interest- 
ing and nem On die A occasion I will 
ask the reader to accompany me t 1 beds 
of shrubs at the north end of the large temperate- 
The first thing that 
es us i of j soil— 
nothing bu vel; and, unf y, it is little 
better in any p the gardens, except where it has 
m as in the old kitchen-garden. wever, 
there is an advantage even in vei for many етее 
tender things will survive "he wi nters here that would 
In the gravel they are Wy at 
oots, hence 
ese 
rth 
can pl ome of which are perfectly hardy, 
whilst gria will iy thrive in the more аны 
parts of the south and west est; and some are old 
ee whilst others are still very rare in cul- 
vation. Some of them are in a starved co 
be far from favourable example 
on n the other 
North peer a. 
A Lyciums, 
Y uccas, and oe N m eran and South European 
species of Smilax. 
The Sea Buckthorn, Miororhác rhamnoides, forms 
handsome small tree of Willow-like aspect, with 
slender ulo developing very few 
e sexes are borne on 
ifferent individuals. е the allied genus Elceagnus, 
this is clothed with scal ich are ry beautiful 
j r ҳе - OSCO on the 
coast, and in poor sandy ке Lue PR thisi is a very 
useful — recep mal 
The ele ant Comptonia i is cated: = some writers to 
require a peaty soil and mecs but its flourishing con- 
dition here speaks for 
ere is a description an 
Society's- S'ourna/. . Aralia — altho: 
inhabitant of our gardens, havi ben 
near] 
tion on account of its өл, rfi edictis foliage, Tt It i А 
— hardy and equally as effective as many tend 
things frequently planted in the шыгары icd 
Fora iin or as a single specimen with an un- 
cancion’ and di South European aspera. 
seers egre bane deciduous — are 
sanguinea variegata, C. 
sibirica есуй E thee of which rank with the best 
But 
in their class f the prettiest of pens 
variegated-lea us aucubz- 
folia, whose leaves are r cull — with white 
between the principal lateral nerves, becoming fewer 
owards the midrib. jais is a showy 
ies, now in flower. - was i 2 ctm 
about fifi rs ý vet a ыр у companion 
he Бекш elim iue S. j es, described in 
m € — the Old Walls at pce It was 
aS 
there described as being of surpassing beau uty, hardy 
even in the Highlands of Scotland against a south 
wall. Here it stands out as an hm shrub, and fully 
deserves the praise bestowed u 
pecimen in x is not a 
to see that ould pro 
more ненада етен? амы i foliage it has a general 
Sallow flo 
ant = орав is an interesting North 
AE to rre a family 
of which Mere are a few es, if we 
except the herbaceous tbe of Stellatæ. Iti is амат) 
shrub 
other 
inthis way. The 
e of Button-wood, which this 
shares in Erosion with the Plane a several 
small clusters of — Е 
appear in spring ; MN japonica, 
remarkable for the frente emblance its rs dieat 
