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| E 27, 1875.] 
GARDENERS' 
"CHRONICLE. 
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the assistan th 
10 pes the mersa and the t of her 
| т {һе eem of weaving is чи inued, 
— besides wh iier deux for the 
n of fei the thread. separ 
=i bodkin, called ‘ "tof" for the same 
"Most of the females in Madagascar are 
sed to be able to weave, i many instances 
c y all the members of the family 
, ‚ at the mouth = ae азб Tharoka, 
of the 
LACHENALIAS. 
THESE are perhaps the most useful and beautiful of 
all the medium growing Cape bulbs, and not half so 
n as their 
me when flowers are scarce, without any trouble or 
h 
deci in forcing. -The a 
pendula, quadricolor, and t 
exceedingly showy ; the а “of the former being 
Ба tipped with 
dixit, be ж 2 
ite large enough for or агу parpots, 
E l'ai. correspon bet or with the height and size of the 
plants than would others of larger dim 
a rich w loam 
digging the top spit from any old 
isi use 
at may by 
is in general use in 
npe т Sache 6 this may be added a little 
sand and some well decom — cow manure, or any 
other that has lain for = rer so as to become 
thor ad of mixing much w 
еа over the crocks, as then the 
roots find it out just m the time the bulbs are emitting 
their flower- e whe is 
spikes— 
great use in developing hp pine and helping to 
carry them in the greatest state of perfection, 
this »* 
case were much mixed up in the soil, 
soot n with the r used я 
will be ond a poweral f fertiliser, rand. one that helps 
to give a healthy green tinge to t е foliage, and 
impart more brilliant tints to the flowe 
he number of bulbs required for tach aad = ы! 
ing to size and 
accordin 
roughly Stated at from seven to nea ез8 the ‘ge, 
raed el the 32 
and from шыш ec 
s ctr ihe sacs ot : 
