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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER 2, 1875, 
e laid by one agg ol From one tree in a 
lantation Mr. M 
"ur mines, but the larvae 
eaves, 
h n the Coffee crop in Brazil 
by at least one-fifth ; the e little ann has E bye in 
, Island "of Martiniqu of Rio 
Janeiro, and over the whole Coffee region P e 
or twenty- ree 
ears since, being apparently brought from the Antilles 
th Н introduced about that time. 
ches, and a 
by putting on ae gen carefully wat 
afterwards, and destroying it as fast as 
othe begin æ — from Ше 
cocoons ; lighted torches may also ied abou 
the grounds in the paces a ; the эне ка богі 
by n T m of the fires, soon cause their own 
destru 
Чы ray in the letter referred to at the сош- 
mencement of this article expresses his belief that the 
e plants on my sm 
lantation, amounting perhaps 2 15,000 or 20,000, 
ve been got from coun 
I mention this to show that Coffee Meine to grow 
ca, апі that bens and enterpris 
poems Kew. E 
Florists’ Flowers. 
LAS AT KIRKBY MALZEARD, RIPON.— 
the N: uri ociety is doing much in the 
direction of calling attention to oe: thi 
one of the most and beautiful of our 
hardy spring flowers. During the past ten or twelve 
years, or i a e inthe popular 
favour, and fine varieti ost or 
entirely lost, "When the area of the cultivation of a 
cir » many of its 
forms are in danger of being lost, and tiis i is true of 
the Auricula, "There are now man desirous 
of forming a collection, but it is very difficult indeed 
to obtain plants, and some varieties, though not wholly 
-— of boris cannot now be obtained for love or 
ucing. Id garden 
| put over them to 
appears to e bes of the generous quality of ozone, the 
massi of the Auriculas being the outcome of 
pamiti makiaa eminently favourable to their 
well-being, while the most preca ca 
attention greatly aids what the bountiful heart of 
ае so richly gives. І recentl 
de ag a line of somethin 
each co yc Й about ЫЧ. five 
Plants, a lage majority of t eir ming 
pots. There is inside these nam a "rabble 
hes, 18 per or so in depth, which brings the 
The line of frames is pla 
Mot ne 
T. 
favours w i 
blooming time. Some extra strong plants are put int 
32 eg e number are in 485 The ne 
o f eir roots at the sides o pots, а 
et 1 
therefore if at shifting time they have jarge roots, they 
mer y cut woe to fit the pots ; tap-root an and 
fibre e are unsparingly cu is 
t away. Mr. Horn is against 
long tap-roots to Auriculas ; and = states that if it 
away, that portion eet ow the 
leaves soon throws out plenty of new 
The larger portion of the so oil used b Horner 
is fibry loam, well rotted, but with plenty of oo 
Ses fibre init, With this is mingled manure from 
t hot-bed and powdered charcoal instead of d; 
the action of the former being chemical, that of be 
latter purely yop loam i is chop 
up small, ; the presence of fibre in the Soil 
of great mast. to the plants, and lumps as big 
as walnuts are Horner pots hard, and 
he takes care to ha few pieces of fibre near the 
roots. He turned one out for meto inspect the roots, 
and they were a to have — about the pieces 
ext the sides of the and 
rooted very 6—4 indeed. "When tted the 
to make their summ 
weather is fine the debis ace | are SET of bu t placed o: 
when heavy rains fall, plenty of air being given at the 
same time, Coolness are ше, m 
essentials to the well-being of the Aire this 
season of the year. Offsets wera at the thue of 
potting were in small pots, wing ie into nice 
plants, The great еен with Auri 
bagy ” gro ut with a nicely pointed Cocoa-nut- 
like centre ; and such centres will ved certain to throw 
of flower in 
Offsets are taken off at any чай when the plants 
ns m en oe bern uts in i| 
w. scarce and 
тане varieties are placed in go ind a nr 
о give them every 
A very few varieties of ril mci des prm one 
or two Mr. Horner — кзы ers, such as 
Ashworth's Regular, the offsets Tin which almost 
uire to be layered to induce them to root, Another 
ow uch promise, 
1. е А 
а he offsets strike freely, P Wia 
those placed round the fer WE 
s bra are potted singly into pots and grown 
on in 
ме "Horner flowers - Auriculas i in a lean-to house 
under a west wall. slightly raised stage is devoted 
to the plants, and here they develope Term exquisite 
owers in early spring. "aed е Алар; to 
house is fitly inscribed—** t cara : 1872" 
( t is rare is dear). 
The quality of the flowers bloomed at Kirkby is 
well-known at the meetings of the National Auricula 
With such a fine collection of Auriculas, it 
that L2 Rei] should be e 
ili w 
obtaining a desired end. He has a small span- 
house, constructed mainly for raising veld ag 
Auriculas, and it has been erected on the coolest side 
of his garden ; it is 19 feet in length by 
with an almost level stage on either side, 
The. hou 
below the stage open and admit 
s among the plants on the 
The front stage is the widest, an эе der Seven shelves, 
коп rising 2 Tar woe the level of the other. т, and 
olly filled with seedling Auriculas, 
in n мае. 
The seed is sown in 32-sized pots, some of the ol 
uricula soil obtained when re-potting being sifted for 
the pu esum The seeds are placed thinly on the surface 
after the soil is ere 
ed, as the roots are че to turn do 
towards the soil. is placed over each 
r. Horner considers essential. If 
ight in , and e nien to grow rapidly, 
During the « mer er gives his 
ee shifts, as he finds the to they are moved the 
better they thrive, and he s 
worth knowing. 
February and dr dis plants sown pup = flower 
within a year ing, i 
some of the se 
о 
[2] 
in h 
large enough, space is left for other seedlings to make — 
growth, It is worthy of k M though Mr. 
Horner does Sot; grow a single alpine 
ing plan d from a fine 
throw flowers Шоны dent e it in gem 
. A select collection of fine old laced Polyanthuses 
Fav Sai kbird, very fine ; 
Kingfisher, S" 5 ‘Lord Lincoln, Cranshaw’s Exile, 
Buck's George Lancer, 
e follow. oie es varieties of Auricula = {һе 
those in cultivati 
Greens, very fine ; 
Lord Р Palmerston (Campbell), Lady Ann Wilbra 
Lovely Ann, Traill’s G 
Richardson ' (Gavin), Beeston's Apollo, 
Wales, and Highland Laddie. 
ume eadly e 
ere Unique. 
now very scarce; 
and it is thought z improvement on it; 
Taylors Glory, а a grand old variety, for Taylor, th 
raiser, died some ninety = igs ; Taylor's Favourite, 
Taylor's Incomparable, s Earl G a 
worth’s True Briton, Sonico m Catharina, Smith 
s Regular, an 
Lightbody. nn E the оар Pizarro, bro 
Meteor Flag, b Lord of Lorn 
ne; Duke of “Argyle, deep cima? W. 
Nimrod, black ; Kay's Topsy, dark maroon ; Spald- 
ing’s Metropolitan, UE C. J. 
Maur 4 Hole, deep maroon—the 
e 
the of all the yellow varieties ; Oth 
's Garibaldi, black; Master Gar 
Ж Sr and даган — T 
thing re o be stated— 
A in tha North of "Fagland i is Sn more 
applied than in the South; and flowers ie 
ur 
North 
O ITT 
12 in width, 
glazed sashes - 
of a free circulation 
stages above, 
grown nerously, - 
The seed-pots shoal. ‘be kept for a twelve th, as _ 
ricula in his | 
ae some ы-ы terc Д ire among the - 
same fashion as the . 
George Jeans, Imperator, r, Lady 1 
Me of 
Geo 
Conqu 
Colonel — Кыны Alexander Meiklejohn, 
raill, Lancashire 
1 
" 
Beauty, nE 
ohn КЕ a new rival to Smiling 
Ded 
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