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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 18," 1874. 
they run a foot long during the season so much 
the better, Be object being to get a oe 
open framework a dation for 
a pait t, which can be sufficiently filled up hes 
Throug! tem 
last spring ; and as soon 
repot into I2 or T sary DENS 
eir 
l such, and they will push a 
gr set a full crop of buds by the end 
of September, or middle of October—a month pre- 
vious to which leave off syringing, give more air and 
keep the nee seen bead well up, with a drier 
atmosphere to ripen their buds, 
It will now aa time to determine what shape the 
nok are ultimately to be trained to, as there 
hould be a few i 
of the ‘pled hick, will have = a of a na 
ing one growth. On no account train them 
specimen fashion, but simply arange 
so as to | the foundation for- 
is season as they have wered 
into 15-inch sad Solty wad let Tet their general treatment be 
the same prescribed. 
will be neither nec 
growt ently, they will ipie 
to be iira Gat coker thant aeni A night tem- 
sans o£ 39: eeping the heat 
-ea i Š 7 th he day. Get oo tied 
turn upwards and assu ich 
will make them look mach b cae than if Tat to | 
before tyi 
bs in that 
ts proper 
upright position, Use no more sticks than are abso- 
-Jutely n I 
“In a house full of specimen Azaleas all 
aaeain enayi 
r mea can eere be don ea ent 
wider than others, some “higher, tg isak over 
the pots, again not so pointed at the 
top; and all more or less slightly irregular i heir 
outline, by drawing up a a branch 
d 
but i if, on. the other hand, they 
ve long egenos to — 
every shoot must be secured so 
oan chafing, or the flowers would be > literally Foon 
to Pa 
who have convenience a — large 
plants niay thus get up — mens stg pow than 
ed growing on you 
ng plan The » way to roceed is . 
o get good, healthy, hir-sized plants of shiciien; or 
as id tan on 
any of the strong growing, dark- flowered hybrids— 
do not like the white or light-coloured rae a 
wn similarly, but their pa nts 
ere not yet cut away, the grafts being placed evenly 
t ak tied o , which stretches a “Tittle 
so as to anew of the shoots thickening, The plant was 
its side in a one-light box, brought 
m stove, and the light, — tilted about halfan 
aek Afty of the shoots took, ani re grow ing nicely in 
ually given. 
were grafted. ant, being kept i = 
the ae with a night temperature of as 
possi grew away rapidly the "middie of 
pase the grafts had gro 
sos a oe whole fifty m 
E aa E 
grafted, an 
ted. These would have bee 
inarched, were it not tha 
d injuring the health of the plant, but of 
plant all at once would have aind the pami ad 
destroy 
ie desl the plant was removed into a No. I its 
e strongest shoots stopped, on te 
ecommended for the young plan In June it 
bads all over. These were removed at once, and the 
Ply tied — haa shape. It broke again pro- 
w put in the Azalea-house an 
in and 
By the end of September it 
buds and was Rare y tied 
and kept in heat until the pein ds tho- 
roughly ripe, n at that time a path Miniched plant 
4 feet 6 inches 
I have as yet aiá nothing respecting the Soc haga 
of insect pests to which they are liable. Thrips ar 
i ill much titre 
fu: and 
treated like the iheni 
e plants da down with 
eir heads over the trough, and s See them tho- 
roughly with acagey’ wen containing 1 z, of Gis- 
hurst to the gallon water is ‘sufficiently 
strong when colour of Leeson stout. In Feb- 
we even if t 
the sign of a pi rsp on them ; for although at this 
season there will be no livin: ng insects, unless the plants 
are in heat, yet there may be eggs that will come < 
life vances. 
mee off but leave it on to dry. Many of the shat 
not be affected by a single eo during the 
pees summer, some others may. wards August 
or agg we give the whole collection another 
was as in re mne If red-spider pakes its ap- 
pearance Ti e pipes as for Vines, which 
will also ‘eae living thrips if any exist, t but a 
their eggs—that nothing that I have tried will effec 
except the washing. 
For producing flowers Ke cutting, the Azalea has 
few equals; you may with pania without 
Kois plants 
for the 
te go 
rags best sj 
it at i vin the flowers do not stand well cut out of 
in One = stages. ing them to make 
l Tee Gdr sa 
growers, coloured 
flowers, but also such sorts as retain de ibik for 
of very great i 
wilk 
decora! me varieties 
flowers double the I lentes of time 
ch difference in the early or late 
There is also mu 
heard 
ee time. This is a matter that does not receive 
n, yet is 2 
whether thay are required for exhibition or ordinary ; 
habit of flowering in different kinds; by a judici 
selection the season of their blo be x 
prolonged. n be depended ç 
as worthy of ag and in pe Way possessi 
the above qualitie 
Lveryana. Still unsurpassed as a white, all- 
perties taken into accoun 
Flower of the Day. White, slightly striped 
rose ; a fine variety. 
Louise von Baden,—White ; splendid shape ; | 
habit ony profuse miak rer. 
Baronne de Vrier Phe pepe white, 
plished with crimson; ery large flowers. 
Magnfic white ; a good early-flow 
kind, paa = be depended upon 
Flag of Truce.—White ; very fine ; double va 
Brilliant. -Orange-scarlet 3 one of the very 
Azaleas in cultivation ; a go will 
into tat after most other varieties are over. 
e 
Stella, —Bright mea we with violet ce: 
a = son e and a pro ofuse e = 
ande. most 
—One of t 
_ distinct, and 
a place in even the most oan 
Liclatante.—The deepest aoe shaded rosi 
ery bes 
g er, and should “= irs; 
collection, however se “ate 
a Pax.—A vigorous, free-growing, telling W 
~ Marquis of Lorne.—Very bri ight red; a sp 
ay. variety. 
e Beaufort. 
maroon ; a magnificent wae 
—Very large, rosy purple ; 
ous grower ; pone. of the best sorts in Cultivation’ 
adame Loui outte. —Splendid ` 
ith r a semi-double sort, of 
me 
o Nulli. —Very rich purple ; fine in form 
; one of the highest coloured ya He 
S d way of Duc 
a really y splendid variety. 
—A fine old sort ; free grower, pi 
Socata and +e very effective. 
Madame Ambroise Sete Se —A fine eff 
lour pale-pink, edged with 
ervaene, — Dedicate rose bore 
with white, suffused with bright red; a most des 
. 
Leon Merikoik = Am 
ene mA form and habit unexceptional able. 
ensis —Orange-yellow ; an indispensable 
sort, “fine and distinct in eee 
For forcing in the winter s 
the best; nothing 
autumn and winter, co 
ny ehen- and lasting for 
succession, produc eaa its beautiful w 
striped flowers. 7: “Bain 
E AND OTHER 
—— aoa bo 
UR Wilson, 
Ba >, Feb. ee on the 
arnel, incidentally Daat the great 
ersten to correct the English translation 
books of the Old and New Testaments. It ap 
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