THE 
DECEMBER 18, 1875.] 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
787 
— 
Garden Operations. 
(For THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT.) 
The subjoined directions are intended to 
supply 
3 U eneral information, and must, of cours 
department of the garden frc 
week to week in te am accordi fo th нато" 
ments of the s Special directions for t 
easo Sp 
management ot f The Villa Garden” will be found i in 
the preceding colum 
PLANT HOUSES, 
who grow stove 
bring subjects as Difladenias and Гота, than which 
| o plants in existence will bear orrequire m t 
| grow them up to the highest standard of cultivation 
are capable of. Neither is there anything gained 
on ће score of having stove | plants i in flower early in 
1 keeping up the temperature 
lip. In most cases where there are hot-water pipes 
| mderthe bed used for bottom-heat, they would be 
h 
| sove plants very little of the cold ext 
should be given from the time they are started 
of the hou 
weakly, and the plants so much more tender when 
gown in bottom-hea purpose tk 
werequired for—either exhibition, conservatory 
‘ition during the summer, or the production of flowers 
ї cutting—half t their use is never brought out ; but 
neither necessa 
o time should be lost in 
1 | tan and 
eaves, with plenty in 
n the m 
easier 
vantage should be 
getting in the fermenting i. as 
the glass a good washing; by this 
be made of the little light we we 
pis is ma e 
them from ahrivelling but it is well 
y flag slightly. By this means 
esse eir 
secon 
is given them, and then only a very little ought to be 
applied, otherwise they will n en shed their leaves, 
The plants should not be ds t in a temperature of 
x ea di» osition w: — ue 
the 
odendrons are thus 1 Balf um iso 
of the most useful subjects i in cultivation for conserva- 
tory decoration, as it will flower as freely when the 
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as been w HA ch А as it vel 
when it has attained a large size. It should be gr 
in quantity, as xe er use of successional = ння it. мач 
be had in bloom from early іп the “er den ae erp 
few Genzstas should п gA be pla o get 
hem into flow thes e also йырга е for 
conservatory deco ratio di especia cially when not grown 
too large :their easy culture, free буена ng disposition 
and E oe r cutting "through the e rly months 
of the end them for being grown 
quantity. T Bai 
HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
With a egre gen y after the late frost and 
snowstorms, the e ger ч as at the present 
i rations of the season 
the trees on the w 
fruits should aig receive du Sig If bird 
too numerous to endan e destruction a the bud 
in severe weather, Meet are Ly aa ua 
berries and Currants especially as too often neglected 
at this season, and w rease of wo rk at a later 
fruit. is omitted, from ressure of other matters 
g 
ened in. should, therefore, have the 
wood "ыды thinned and the lo onger and stronger 
shoots shortened so as to form a symmetrical bush ; 
the more pendulous growing wA созе be encou- 
raged upwards ру keeping a clear stem and shorten- 
ing the points of the lower боа? 3 asto keep Me 
fruit, when in m v of t 
Black Currants also bea the y 
th 
required. The re 
spurred into the main branches ; these 
more numerous than requisite to form a well-shaped 
and 
| bush, keeping the middle open, so as to admit air 
light те ге 
ground, а good dressing of be given 
р nd whofe surface, and lightly forked 2 except іп 
case of is B rees, whic cropping 
bet ween, w e ground may be w ar deeper ; 
but established бы in fall bearing are е bette er forked 
ards, andt 
foedum: ~ half ripened занд shoots, producing 
little umn — Raspberries 
may m jen ik close the ground, 
previously taking up any date canes for 
planting, and mulching - stools with some 
ecomposed » Mrs disturbing the 
o дену) Lig 
e. dition 
inary fru he great mistake in its p tons 
S the attempt to take a Qm er crop, and afterwards 
expect a second late in n ; for this reason the 
canes oda | be cut xen as to direct the energies 
of the plant to produce vigorous growth for the autumn 
ор, which is borne e young growth of the 
urrent season, W. Cox. 
FRUIT HOUSES, 
— To have ripe Figs seri in Ea the forcing 
De ced, and w. ; 
of еи in pots may now 
а slight bottom-heat can be applie aa 
as to produce a regular but not too rapid growth, the 
f fruit will be all t 
8 
im 
sS И comm h 
odes with sun-heat from 60° to 65°. if. the 1 balls 
of earth in the should be well 
tree leaves com ef 
мес, or pit. The tre 
ice а дау, асс рте to the w 
al the light and sunsh & posible at this dull period 
ear. The аы where 
forcing Moe ima and where there is a later house 
the trees w pruned, арй. the shoots regu- 
aide and eet mei with t ixture for prevent- 
ing red-spider in the forcing time, "Will iam Tillery. 
Ei Weather, 
STA yi^ d THE WEATHER AT BLA CENA TH, тея 
HE WEEK ENDING WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15, 1875 
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Dec.| In. In аан ys | 4 | NNW In. 
30 20 | + 0.43/37.3 30.7) 6.634.4.— 6. 9» 7 5 .* 10.00 
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| | WAW | 
то | 30.08 | +0.30/39.4 27.9/11 .5/34.4 — 6032 5t w. се 
ыш | WNW: 
II |29.93 14 Pip 34.1| 9 239.4. — 1.4 37.7 d N.W.: |° 07 
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12 |29094 |+0.1544.037.2) 6.841.3.-F 0637.2, 86 | WNW о.оо 
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13 |30.03 +o. a 430.215.237.6 о 8 85 S.W. * 10.00 
3 3 45.4 5 3-0/33 W. 
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I4 |2996 |--0.16.39.2 27.8 11.434.0 — 6.7/31.2 891 cv 0.00 
| "man S.: 
15 | 29.99 +о.18 38 .3)32.4 5.9135.6— 5133-1 oxí S.S.E. [e o0 
| | үз 
Mean| 30.02 |+ 0.2341 -0| 3r.5 9.536.7 — 41 83-5 88 |variable ge 
Dec. 9.—Overcast, dull day. Cold. 
— 10,—Dull day, fine at intervals in morning, Fog in early 
morning. 
— ir.—Dullday. Slight rain occasionally. 
— 12.—Fine, but dull and cloudy throughout. Mild. 
— 13.—А fine cloudy day. 
— 4—A "rig d Cloudy. aoe frost in morning. Tempe- 
rature of vegetation, 2 
— 15 —Overcast, dull, and cold eiie Ben A 
uring the ko ending gei o ue It 
in the vicinity of London, the rea 
barometer at the level of the sea 
inches by about noon on the 8th ased to 30. 1I 
inches by ternoon of the Irth, and was $ 
ae at ра — of the week. ney preg Sa for 
he as 30.25 inches, bein 35 in 
pr y di: preceding week, and e © ‘inch shave the 
average. 
The highest NS of A air at the height of 
4 feet above the ground ranged between 431? on the 
11th and азов e 5th ; the mean for the week was 
Z5 on iA ai to 34° on the г, e mean value 
for the week being i^ The mean dail 
temperature in the week was 81^, gov егеси range in 
the day “ye 114°on the 10th, and the east, 6°, on the 
th. The mean dai i 
follows sth, v 234) 6th, 29*.4; 7th 
Kak us 11th, 39°. spa te 
*2, 10°7, 6*.8, 6°.6, 1^4. The 
vd temperature of E air for the week was 32°.9, . 
i below the аре of observations extend- 
ing over a period of si 
a thermometer with эз 
e sky, were 
ror p» the eth and nt on the 7th. Thesis the 
several low was 2 
he direction of the wind Ж = а p and 
N.W., and gentle in mo durin ng 
the week was very dull, ет vg the ay generally 
overcas 
coe fell on the 6th, 7th, ls ap On the 6th it 
was no A than hes in in 
The unt of rain тү ынын snow measured 
during the Vili was 0. 36 inch. 
In Eng the highest t atures 
the air observed on we night were 21° at Truro, 
и p Bristol, an 2 Pg Mitra к qon At 
was the lo E EA. week ; 
SEX 
eie PT e 
f temperature in ew was largest . at 
PUN 26°, and — Norwich, 12°; the 
ean range pace all sta was 19°. 
of the эңе high day ids pi was the greatest 
t Truro, 402^, and the least at D London, 
Моеса «аа pa Te е all 363^; the mean from all 
stations was seven en low Ag 
temperatures was the largest. at Liverpool, 3 
the smallest at Truro, 27^; the general аы VE, 
m all stations was 304°. 
mperature in the week was the greatest at Truro, 
I 135 and the least at Liverpool, 41 ; the mean daily 
e from tions was 
The tiem temperature of the air for the week from 
all stations was 34°, being 34° lower than the value for 
