54 LHE 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
On June 28 a thermometer, with blackened bulb 
in vacu on full rays of the sun, 
did not read higher than 81°, whilst on June 29 an 
J i this i ent _ 
o trum 
The lowest readings at 
grass, with its bulb fully 
f sky, bei 434° on June 29, 46}° on 
ten S 1, and 46" on uly 
verage dieti many eii Ai a which A 
iisnogen-wangensta caste es 3 and 4, on whic 
days brisk breezes maxim 
pressures on the square foot were 6.6 Ib, and 5.1 Ib. 
ively. 
was generally cloudy and showery, 
atit tinkes bright and fine. Rain fell 
and 
on-T 
mean low night.tem 
from 54 rs at Blackheat 
e, the 
- being §2: 
the week was 1 ar Ap ull to 134° 
at Liverpool. The mean temperature for the ae 
was 60°, the highest being at Blackheath, 613°, an 
the lowest at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 64° nS tor 
of rain measured at the several stations varied from 
seven-tenths of an ie at Eccles, to one-tenth at 
Sunderland ; the average 
Was 69°, 
the lowest at 
a GLAISHER. 
Garden Operations. 
(For THE even Age's Foarmiont.) 
PLANT HOUSES, 
GREENHOUSE HARD-WOODED PLANTS. —Let the 
treatment of the general stock in n this departm ent be 
oa ex y the je weather, If favourable, give ve plenty 
y, and h 
ality pi he by a liberal ae Rot dare under 
stages. This is a matter that does not 
when we reflect that 
apill 1 . "han ; 
are ina vty different 
Here the enclosed 
or small gro stock 
ité objectionable sry fe | 
of the air circulating through them, acting upon the 
ie neice small body of soil enclosed i z the little 
pots ng them up ias betii se younger 
Plants” should always s =e pe Ren moisture- 
holding material, such i ixture of sand and 
fine ashes g always damp wird ough the growing 
seas This essary moist condition of the air 
m yet 
to aan some suri-heat 
plants wi 
ey; ih 
is treatment the 
1l make as much pire in a month as they 
delayed until late in the evening, or the houses 
altogether left open. 
A A n nothing i is so beg adapted as 
whilst in a small sta’ It is sur- 
i eep in gute io ndition 
great advantage is that they 
crease in size so little whilst ina dwelling-house that 
it is long before they get too 
i aoe i also 
to regretted that t 
that will submit to greenhouse treatment 
cower nash in number, h 
i E E 
may b Dracena Drac 
a 
D. australis, Abutilon Thompsoni, fro crassifolia 
Az; Re abe olia, reticulata, A. ldii, 
eaucarnea recurs 
lamentosa, Y. atole 
ay hians aay esia, 
licifolia, 
lati atifolia bari 
nts He antaen are 
ticularly well adapted for purposes of indoor decora- 
variegat ety ; 
a Ki edad 
and Y. srede 
(Hete 
the 
Pied shies should be plunged, 
not too pii in “ashes i in the sun ; the surface of 
the should be inulched with tot zaki 
to well anure-water ti 
allowing them to pr too 
mildew a 
for winter b ming : for ‘bouquets the fed] of the 
un E S the 
rage tat the fore e trees es thew 
of the ies. Pink: Lmpératrice Eugénie 
Madame Marie Crousse. Scar tlhelm 
Pfitzer, 
let : z 
Victoire Lemoine, Beauté de Poitevin. These 
should be prepared by full exposure out-of-doors, as 
in the case of the single Ny dee ed i but older y 
are p be preferred, these havi 
to flower young 
gesn HERY 
ate Seg 
flow 00 
fetter. pAr is the be 
Plunge 
i 
ery other time they requir 
soon as their roots mes „got il hold e of t thes 
after being placed in th F 
few, if any, 
a Sas eye on the uag 
are best st got Ti Bataa 
th 
Taiti 4 af these pi F the eed 
y t nsects i 
intended to ay” Crassulas and Echeveins w À 
with a oo henge oni e-water once a week. Plant 
LEchew E. fulgens intended for 
lowering doula te UNA liberally for the next t 
mths. T oe tribe want as much care in 
now as during “ages or they lose their roots. Neni 
imported Aloes must have all the s 
be kept perfectly dry until they sho 
they are almost sure to rot. It 
in mind that we cannot give them such dry a 
their native habi 
y They are Hott of 
soil, Pa cr as give them manure-water 
ucher. 
D —This is a good time to pot Ca 
Boine and Lelia purpurata, as e plant: 
into growth ; Jerit it be done with c: 
that the eyes be not dam ep 
and baskets of the 
per fi whose elegant form of growth ren 
very suitable for this pu rpose. The 
k ä 
take measures at their destructio 3 $ . 
the Rose, when its s are confined in a pot, wers ; there are sever 
bcp sre A for one requires évery attention toi snte suitable. Many of the 4 rig i oe 4 
its floweri oon i well for 
Sher wodtas GREENHOUSE PLANTS.—No ti A. argen ws, A, gantephal, 
should now be lost preparing a quantity of ene soni ; it will be site they wi e ro! 
; TET Big $3 little heat, for when grown ph 
he most fre weer p ate if pror a F +7 these have pi ty of water, those 
Plants fo ring is growing in too large a crock 
pots vein spot vigorous growing plants, unless | tilted, to admit air ; 
confined to very small pots, when submited to heat plants are liable to rot off : it is also a good 
they run all to leaf instead smallest | remove the glass for two or three 
eaved eties pan best | Ventilate the ho 
suited for this winter work. AS R suai i nothing is | ig, and close t 
esuvins, which is a free-flowering and and plants overhead, es 
small-leaved sort, standing katie much better ce yes le mear 
most others, Plants ants struck last i by spr 
floors, and ventilate freel 
should be left ss all night. 
FLOWER een ttn &c. 
HARDY ORNAMENTAL TREES 
u 
the foliage is 
