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THE * GARDENERS 
“CHRONICLE. 
[JULY 25, 1874, 
A dreadful ru was current that the rere 
peimpeted intend to 1 to sell t rth ts about 
space—a 
surmise—for building purposes. We are 
loth to ethene that a wealthy mony ri can be so defi- 
cient in public spirit as to perm 
The were distributed re H. R.H. the Mar- 
chioness of Lorne. 
The Villa Garden, 
MAKING a call a few days ago on a neighbour who 
has a small attached to his Villa 
we found that, under the impression he was 
ripening their wood and laying the foundation of a 
good head of bloom next spring, he had placed some 
AZALEAS out in the burning sun, where they were 
osing their leaves 
This was a serious error, and it is 
certain portion of the energy of the planis 
that should have gone to the production of wood had 
been used up to mature the seed-vessels. As soon 
as Azaleas have done blooming the seed-pods should 
be picked from the plants, and the plants placed where 
they can be encouraged to make free growth, to 
furnish flowers next spring. The best plan is to keep 
the house i in which they a are > growing rather close and 
this can onl 
moist, yb 
house could be entirely set apart for their culture ; but 
as 
there will be little chance of getting them ba for 
bloom : hen of the 
esent favourable weather. uch as require more 
be ted. at once, and in doing 
Azalea 
with just a few handfuls of light fibry loam. wer 
Ii the m 
are to occupy a cold house daring 
Do not put Azaleas into the 
that comes to hand, quite irrespective of its 
aay to the plants, but get some proper soil, 
as just directed. The potting done, set the plants in 
a shady place in a house, and syri nge freely while 
the weather is hot and dry. Don’t over-pot Azaleas. 
This is a very common error with amateur cultiva- 
tors of this beautiful flower. If =p ae attended to 
eas can 
_ Shape. In pruning thin cat Jalela} “aa 
_ Shoot has to be cut away, cut it back to the main 
branch. Encourage the plants to make a nice free 
~ bushy growth—shrub-like, and Sot. a growth that 
nace as tog 
a semblance of form to the plants. oe that have 
biisinä : i . 
the blooming 
their buds. But 
this is not an insurmountable difficulty, and need not | 
one from attempting ` their culture. 
a and 
gps 
fully shaded 
inging them freely ai ai 
every evening, and as far as possible affording eae a 
_give them good soil t 
moist atmosphere. Any of the plants that require 
more pot-room should be shifted at once, using as a 
fitting soil one made up of about equal parts of good 
fibrous loam and peat, with a free admixture of silver 
sand. Those plants which pt fairly formed their 
flower-buds should either be ed aarp or 
in a cool dry house ; and it is aE 
cultivators that they be kept rather dry at fio roots 
th flower-buds) 
just now, as this ‘will; prevent them making a second 
growth, which young vigorous plants are apt to do if 
kept in a close moist situation after they have formed 
their flower-buds. 
BALSAMS will now be coming Jon fast, and should 
give it root-room, branch-room, light, air, and a a 
d 
and capital specimens can be grown in 48 and. 
32-pots. Those who cultivate area for market 
grow really wonderful plants e- 48-pots, and 
what they do can be at least approsinataly = by 
others. 
ants ; 
to grow in, and ‘then an Binat 
ance of water, and some weak liquid manure-wa' 
occasionally when the pots are full of roots, and fine 
heads of double flowers will be certain to result. In 
hot dry weather they may,be ee syringed with 
much advantage. any of the complaints 
which arise as to the want of qinli in the flowers— 
i.e., a tendency to come single instead of double, is 
in the great majority of cases traceable to the plants 
rved when they should be generously treated 
st t 3° gi a ar) 
edient by sea 
ake raaka = prolonged should be heartily 
plants can be grown in 48-pots, small, but yet quite 
large enough for decorative purposes. It is-a 
plan to cut back some of these after they have thrown 
their first crop of flowers, then to remove the upper 
soil, and replace it by some fresh rich soil, and induce 
the plants to break into new growth. This they will 
readily do, and bloom freely at the end of the 
summer, by the time that the larger plants are 
exhausted and getting a little shabby. Allow a 
plea to be put in for the fine old Fuchsia ful- 
gens, with its long trumpet-shaped rosy pink tube 
and carminecorolla. It is very distinct incharacter both 
in flower and foliage, and its peten eree 
acter is another. valuable trait no gardener 
overlook. 
May I nonr to the special gen of villa 
gardeners ru Pages little ti and it ess 
means, e to their Plot, the Sikei, of sundry 
species of ried (Sedum)? They are very cheap, 
pretty, Sag hardy. They r any amount of 
and will give i alike in summer an 
Geesa s S. acre, and these are followed by the dense 
the white S. album, the bold clusters of e 
i eee not only ws up 
rupestre, flowers, but is a striking plant all the year 
round, with its tufts of genet leaves shading into 
; the yellow flowers and the 
Vi talanta Boe hya &c.) on 
my plants at the same tes Fack Towel, 
suld | The ci te name 
super ; we aek Saaie, Denne 
| aan p 
i oe > = 
Obituary, 
with deep regret that Mr, 
indeni of Homelands, Ryde, and 
Knap Hil 
over exertion in travelling, early on 
the 2oth inst. 
Mr. 
survl 
wner, Mr, Ain 
carri 
There, with rest, c ange of ain and care ul treat- 
E APSR, REE at 1: Le 
ghisg 
and grounds with the <n trees and plants 
knew and loved so well, and d ir gi the past fe 
he seemed, in fact, = ohave e reg 
vigour. Ò nly a im, 
rently in robust health, the Birmingham 
where he seemed to take he interest in all the d 
of the exhibition. The fatigue of travelling, 
excessive heat, appear, however, to have been 
much for him, ’and now ioe 
passes fro 
L and 
Godfrey was in his 63d year. M. 
Apiary. 
HONEY PUTAS eRe are happy to know 
a luxury no! wealthy, bat i is Sele 
y poor man who hasi 
Mu 
bl: to a 
like m placed in a common white jar or 
gist’s pot. This will not encour 
and very few would care 
ur friends on 
ot only so, but the rope should be made of glass 
all very well, as 
It is 8 pet Do 
aes ts vices an common flower sae 
not deny that we can 
ca and then in i a mangled dry co 
a dish. 
E 
whilst showing me oft the. eae 
handsome in itself. Bell-glasses pues been very 
monly used ; these, however, do not answer 
table d e are two glass 
can be in most towns, which we can 
mend with dence to every bee-keeper ; indeed, 
should like to see them in 
one thing—if 
