550 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[Остовёв 4o, 1878, 
plant- -growing to try their hands at, as it is not so 
It is 
pdoe being 
ings that some years 
mis comparative PS 
only m пана the way іп whic n pro- 
duced b e growers has shown 
nag effe an exhibition specim 
for late s er t fro ts continuous 
flowering position, rather than an ability to 
produce an extraordinary quantity of bloom at one 
o 
more 
essential, as ‘the plant will with ordinary care, last for 
ike the 
a number of years, moreover does not l 
 mutilation of its roots inseparable from Aged em out. 
It has спие of io run up, rather 
than bran nsequently a is neces: i 
selecting р lants 1 to DAS DE with—to obtain such as 
e 
h 
as above indicated, procured any time about 
Lus dus poni ing of March, should du uring the month be 
d into M a couple of inches larger, using a fair 
wan unt о inage, breaking. the soil up 
hand into пон about the size of NM 
and being careful that it contains no worms, 
be more mindful in this matter with ve 
c 
Hu 
used, t 
effect of iine the Soil to 
shrinks into little room as the — becomes further 
de "— 3 pot firmly, pinch out the * points of the 
shoots, and | at once train them out in a horizontal 
positi down as rum a level with 
the rim of je pots as they will admit of, 
If the plants can be placed in a li 
a night temperature 
ay ; yet, alt a will make much 
greater progress with a little extra warmth, such 
above described, it is me advisable to sub- 
ject it to stove treatment, which the effect o 
prod weak, el ed grow After a few 
р! tact with them. As 
the days get longer ipn e лс ia heat, 
in the oons, closing the house 
; by midsummer, if if 
made 6 inches of 
whilst the sun is ү, upon the D" 
не ey will h 
Ае bers sites points pinched 
^whils young, it is necessary 
all has gone 
Dos 
ar soil to 
u form. 
the winter let them be in a light situation, and in 
temperature of about 40° during the ow with 
considerably less water at He roo Again in March 
e them another 2-inch shift, and once » e pinch 
out the points of the s eem as her seed „keeping 
little er potting. growth increases 
hem a little close 
which will cause the plants as th strong | 
X d =з P gua 
back in the old wood 
summer C stopped, otherwise the flower, which is 
uced in succession as the growt vances, will 
sacrificed, The plants will now be very useful for | 
house, where 
of 45°, or a trifle higher, is kept 
eating salad during the: eee eina —— when 
. Lettuces, Onions, and s 
plentiful; then, too, though Есе Tiistinguish these 
thi by the name 0! 
dimid А decoration, to which structure they ma 
rem 
be re where they will keep on blooming until 
the pitas n is adv ced, when they should be trans- 
ferred to their winter quarters, in a similar tempera- 
wit fo an in which Sai. = kept the preceding 
sea he pre 's shoots will’ hav 
attained a good nita ooh | being allowed to grow 
Mirac stopping, they чае іп ing spring, a little 
e gro be cut back to withi 
r 
ot well аа. in this way the pu 
are not retained on the old wood nearly so long as with 
many things, e ve fairly broken into 
growth gi — and treat as 
previously advised me the summer and succeed- 
ter; in the spring ай асаа back the 
shoots, but unless ad. large specimens are wanted it 
wil 
the ri 
By stimulants of this “kin d the plants 
ce 
ay be in good healthy flowering condi- 
tion another summer, after which ‘it will _be 
needful to either give larger pots or to r 
inches of the surface-soil, and replace it with new, to 
ich has ма added one-fifth of rotten manure. 
is on comparatively few hard-wooded 
plants that will pe this ассан of Moi 
ar 
soil without danger of injury to the roots o 
This Cassia is equally well adapted for covering a 
back wall eenhouse or conservatory, or clothing 
a pillar ; in the former case ` lanted ou 
in a well prepared border of g , with 
rainag ugh to ensure a ready e xit t for the large 
quantities of water the plant with such an amount of 
f surface will require. Small plants previous 
to turning out sh be grown fi ason, as 
e them at once to lay hold 
of the soil when put жб which | eis E be done in the 
th has 
spring before growt r 
ought to be opened well o i eo н rst 
i their required position, for if just merely 
turned out with the ball entire, and t res "eet 
turbed il 
attained whilst confined in a’ pot, t e plants in all 
iris will make little 1 progress, In ee ng keep 
y, allowing 
the r ones a more upright position. TUS willtend 
to esis thestrength. Keep themstopp 
to cause them to break bra oots t 
required space, and to furnish each su eve 
n ae of Ste? кнн» branc When 
not the fault. ‘of mur 
t is so 
Е in only Blood С the extremities of the 
shoots, leaving a 
flower n such a situation can be kept in 
ds the use of manure-water and 
h soil, 
Meer = mot so much subject to the 
attacks of inse as things Red-s ider 
easily destroyed x fumigation or syringin 
with tobacco-water. like — live onit. If 
much affect ith t this pest t the best p is, in the 
wi 
spring, a short time before growth commences, to cut 
ong destroy the “scale, Repeat the dressing, 
brushing зм vers the inequalities of the bark three or four 
times befo e plant breaks into growth. 7; Baines, 
(7 : 
.ON SALADS. 
€: v the other vemm и time brings 
about, is ange in diet. at-grandparents 
did not live usd а the fashion " the generation 
preceding them, an 
parents did. Thes are re fishies in food as in every- 
thing else, and certain dishes become unpopular, not 
because they are disliked, but because they are never 
thought of, and this has doubtless been the case with 
salads. 
On the Continent the bowl of salad makes its 
M LA qs on - table once, often twice a don with 
as- rity as does our dish of Potatos, A 
Fren ec; dinner without a salad would be ike the play 
of Hamlet with the character of Hamlet omitted, 
lads, as e greatly ected, dia 
people leaning the bulk of t the аса only think of 
and 
f salad, they are no more salad 
garden and 
ings 
than any other vegetable taken from the 
Pt 
when they have a salad, 
e regulation salad dressing 
а ое ааа n the 
Lettuce, which, if it is anything, i 
crisp in e eG s to 
mong the к-к 7 Britons rm exists a most 
firmly Posté prejudice a agai inst the use of sala ao 
il ; indeed, in their estimation wei. sik 
but little higher than iod: iver oil, but Tittle better then 
imagine that, like Oli 
and 
proper appre 
ciation, the sooner edhe it be possible м enjoy а series 
xed à a a aor from the begin- 
ning to the end оГ the es 
, pepper, , &c,, may be used 
according to taste, -— with a multe of ingredients 
the sa = -s is no ue 
ary to use plenty of water. of must 
into the s wl, or instead of being a dish for an 
epicure the salad will be a fasco. In Fra 1 where 
salad is an important duty, 
taken by an ed wire eis 
in the form of a bowl are in common us 
itis amic. Кайны 
to and fro until every drop of moisture is thrown off, 
e have seen these salad ein in rg bat mi^ 
used them. We prefer cuttin 
Endive ‚ and кк it to drain Жылы before is 
ting it in the b ortion of the 
incr ecreased, according 
have md s when the ey are to 
by su 
Water-cress, sala: mer requires no 
thought and bit little outlay —" garden. stuff” is 
eain and cheap everywhere; but in winter it is 
quite а different matter—a salad „the n becomes a 
For «dm to se a Ae bitter taste is em Endive 
makes as good a as Lettuce, and ж excellent 
interspersed with thin ктиб of boiled Beet. Celery 
arbe а Sate cin and blanched тет might 
be had allthe year round, only they ar seldom 
iling the 
Victa 
HALF HOURS AT KEW.—VIII. 
OAKS, 
THERE are several Oaks from China and Japan and 
the mountains of Northern India, more or less cm in 
the United Kingdom, but I must confine my remarks 
to some of the hardiest and most desirable oe the 
vergreen species from Japan and No 
Amongst these, = glabra is зет {һе bak 
It isan ex handsome e shrub with 
us, dies I d in its native country it attains on 
ons of a medium 
3 
with a rogus green midrib, 
are from 4 to 5 inches long in the n А, 
