422 ҒАН 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER 2, 1875. | 
M ires for the sale of "psp ogy grime 
ties. Being ed bya e stock of planjs 
larger share of impu- 
y 
rarities 2 ? They had more 
Moss Roses: 
of perpetu OSS if any тн doubted, there 
were the Rose bushes duly labelled. y ha 
producing Pears more than 4 Ib. 
mo 
ed by the gaudy pictures кез {һе 
young trees. They h rpe berries 
gave even bigger fruit in October er an in July ; 
there were the plants, well-roo t I for- 
Queens, at least, point to a desideratum, 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS.—XXV. 
THEIR CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT. 
Abutilons,—These remarkably free-growing plants 
il natives of South America : their handsome droop- 
flowers are produced freely from the young shoots 
ре бри gast of di» cr growing season. They 
are at no time clothed with the profusion of inflor- 
escence characterises some things that open most 
of their flowers simultaneously, but this is amply 
compensated for by the continuity of their oben, - 
rendering them o t for a good part 
the year. Most of the greenhouse section are of à a 
somewhat straggling yet vigorous habit, 
ew degrees ae eX than the 
eed 
iui sr Ra ast тЫ: ien Pai MM om 
displayed through M the. dal баеса OF te the year ; M 
pus M d pef Mrs "E po 
habit fitting them for 
cutting, their 
associating with others "of pens upright form, The 
eve 
Mon are Mere opagated in spring from 
cuttings of ung wood, > taken off when some 
4 or 6 f with a heel all the 
£ 
make roots, and should Begone be 
moved into 6 inch pots. The suc n either 
peat or loam, but with these, as with most ether free- 
ich, w existant in too 
great quantities, is Prejudicial to free-flowering ; let 
the loam be of good quality, and mix with it 
sand to ea the озы in an open, healthy state ; if, 
whilst they are 
a little ecu ag is added, it 
soon as they о grow, dog out st ie points, so 
as to induce them ‘to break back. The free-rooting 
in the younger "E of their growth, 
assist them, As 
tive plants for the conservatory, and, as such, are very 
useful. After flowering they igs | be put anywhere 
vere a кзз ts re such as advised for the pre- 
i can be mainta tained, y here allowed to 
e spring, when they Беси be A dio. 
атаа da bead to wt within a foot or 15 inches o 
ave made a little 
growth, turn 
third of the 
If the p 
th ect in view. Ifa large space has to re — 
it will be better to plant out in a border 
in the first place, —— etiim dem e: bottom vill 
inches o n bricks, o ing sim IN 
over which place some е tently: such as 
of fibrous turf, on which put the soil, like in iem 
i and in this turning 
ts, the soil firm round the j 
* the same time training the branches so as best to 
effect the covering of the allotted space. Nothing 
further bagei fan required than attending vs training and 
a regular use of the syringe to keep in 
portion 
of the shoots will require shortening back at different 
lengths each spring, which will cause their breaking into 
fresh e o as to мер the whole space mus 
furnish young flowering wood ; 
attended Prag the bottom "will et bare and destitute T 
EET 
I cec po 
PE. ones in [d spring. 
secured from 
y may b 
The ME must be 
the soil being washed 
they require 
feug the summer. Kee 
pons well but not too osely t 
just Pues to uu ер the 
e they n the 
ир, the strongest кй should fe eut Sank at 
different points, so as to to induce the plants to break 
made some progress they ou. to be liberally su 
lied with manure-wat in a great measure 
will require to be sus as the limited 
will ae oa exhausted. 
season they 
bac эү out of the pots, a 
portion of the old soil shaken away, the roots thinned, 
replacing them in the same pots with new material ; 
further on in the season, if they show any signs of 
iv ure-water freely. Abutilons are 
gom feeders, “and will bear it moderately strong, Ву 
the use of thi 
soil with. new, the plants can be kept g going : for ye years 
in a healthy flowering condition, or at an 
any time re- 
road by young ones, as the ease with which they 
ed and nin eir quick habit of growth makes 
pisano. an easy та 
The following are ee varieties :— 
A. Duc de Mdb —A free 
a rafter or pillar. 
. striatum. —A trong- mur bright-coloured 
kind, ditable 1 for a well pillar, or rafter 
А. megapotamicum,—A ver free, handsome- 
flowered variety ; will answer either as a pot specimen 
or as a wn as illarium, 
^ album,—White, shaded with mauve ; 
a dwarf habited sort, suitable for a pot i 
'aceum. variegatum.-— Flowers 
reum 
purplish violet, the leaves 
ed effective, especially when covering the 
a conservat 
AR Séllowianum kevin rece —A very handsome 
age leaves beautifully suffused with yellow and 
giro em are plants not so much subject to insects 
handsomely variegated ; 
каап 
as many, although aphides дея нар will live 
them. The former can be des by fund pation | t 
hing ith tobacco or quasi ater; scale, if Г. 
exists, must be removed with s пре and brus 
spider, to which Dr are Чаран is best kept under M 
herus uz A the syringe during the i 
seas T. Bai 
WATERCRESS: 
ITs CULTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS, 
WATERCRESS is one of the most valuable vegetables 
consumed by mankind. It is accorded a high place 
both for its supposed medicinal and nutrient proper. 
ties. By all old authors rather more stress has been 
laid on the former "wn Ааа seems to justify, even 
though it is said to be u 
e 
the quantity of ah бреет chemi ement, 
r iodine, which it is supposed even to this day to 
contain, A hard itish weed 
the Watercress, 
which is casually produced plentifully along the course 
of fresh-water springs athwart the country, sometimes 
altogether without aid, unheeded, or unknown. 
** Watercresses !" formis rhaps as homely and 
residents, something at once wholesome, eee 
aid т efre = г. Unfortunately the bunches offered 
for Sepe —someti , it may e 
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fore, that if these are P over, ems prepared 
for consumption, and then placed in abundanc ce o 
fresh pure water for an hour before c ty are required 
or те. ey reassume their natural freshness and 
purpos 
liist мр from 15 t ui "i i e 
num, are often paid for "e em water spa 
wherein to рю — ‚ Бе ш under 
stood, otherwise worse than. usele ci som 
instan 1 
I ce occurs - e tw 
where a piece x land is let at £10 and § 
supplied with sewage brought underground by piping 
ook upon 
durs glad » ges Rees oy meet w 
table and nove toca 
, and 
be notic once ” gathere ed 
nearly, if not quite destroyed. 
case, чэн but a very limited 
i T in our native spring ow 
e suggested th that (gm zd att 
themsel ard to growin 
labour. I do not hesitate, therefore, to urge evi 
spring-head ” or small stream] 
treat the details in such a manner that those w: 
may grow them *'all the year round.” To do so 
5 
water is essential, 
W. 
I4 inches, or less. An average width o 
IO = кз the E eret to place a mo 
1 cross, upon which to walk with imm 
getting wet-footed. 
E onstant successional supply it will е ans. 
e narrow boards as Я 
divide the area veral separate ; 
divisions will ad ent to insure a successi 
supply, if planted as I vise. 
"Vig" oo ill divisions referred to, 
whether mud, gravelly mixture, or stiff loamy ap ; 
provide, as before intimated, the necessary supply 
wa advise to prepare the first division (Gg. go, No. i 
