120 
THE- GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
to thoroughly ripen their wood previous to cut- 
in _as much water as hla keep 
e w them 
t b 
Campanula pyramidalis make i i Plan yi 
ear weak. liquid daré water ice 
Take off suckers, and pot singly | in small pots E 
they like good fi Tete, ing sand 
in the soil than will be Wiessary a “after they 
e got well rooted. Lilium ut ag pee 
coming for later floweri will 
re- 
quire every attention with water; keep eae well 
ip. gyi with sticks as if out-of-doors; they 
re otherwise in danger of being broken off at the 
baie with strong winds, Plants of this Lily that 
have done flowering should be placed out-of- 
doors and also well attended to with water, as 
i Pipe SP ag ee healthy the 
mulated in the 
their retaining their leaves in a healthy condition down 
to the base until their flowering is over, tees which 
half their anthemums 
must be staked and tied up as they penisie in 
growth; i lected in this matter they are very 
subject to a broken with the cheered 
ere tasteful a 
lants, intermixed with niet Ho fowering subjects 
ortunity 
washing with the syringe or Sais: -engine 
can be done, so as to n of the house getting yh 
Before it i it is s required fo r the admission of company. 
; FRUIT HOUSES. 
Pines. —The fruits of early sorts, aga started at 
= early period of the p eent ear, be 
ff and of ‘ater varieties, 
which came np at about the same — will be suf- 
y. 
advance ey can be 
oa vi anie to grad Take 
advantage of this additional available space at once, 
to give the the o 
om, as i ? ts- 
before it is to be had. In the preparation of 
S | year care must be ex 
especially in the case of those w e com- 
t; only ; — erable 
judgment are required in matter, 
ly at this season, to avoid the a con- 
seqùences attending the production of too much heat 
. atthe roots. F ting beds which liberal 
supply of new material in the spring will scarcely 
thee Bh any more ce DOW, merely turning n beds over 
or 18 inches deep will suffice 
entir 
Melons through the spring 
where a plentiful supply a hot- water Pipes, or = 
old-fashioned flues com. e presen 
condition of the r Saaie is such that f same 
be eo 3; let fires, therefore, be 
i a Ps cad this will lessen 
ding over fire-heat 
much, Bu 
will be nec Sony Karanikas, to a off the crop 
now about to be got in. We shall wh week Bee 
“patch in boxes, in the same place and 
In regard to shadin 
recommended in ae week’s Calendar for Cucumbers, 
n pits and frames the last batch should now be 
either setting t their fruit or fast advancing tovriirds 
t condition, at which time b ring in 
regard to the supp re ; t permi 
flagging. Syringe eg and afford a plenti 
ful gA of water to the roots of all growing crops 
not actually in the settin or Üp g stage, and 
use the knife freely age wae the fruits are settin 
Bewa ie of cracked fr nits ning can at the’ collar, 
and attend to what has been ptt laid down as 
a certain preventive and cure for the same. o not 
as during the setting period. ploy a libe 
of flowers of sulphur weekly. Thos. Simpson, 
Brion 
CucumBERs.—The present hot rye sa a rather 
trying for Cucumbers, Spe wal if they are grow 
ing in a due south aspect. e onl otani of ob: 
taining a free and fruitful growth just now is to pay 
aclose and regular attention by way of ventilating, 
watering, shading, stopping, and well thinning out the 
growths periodically. Spare no e ore, to 
secure this end, for Cucumbers 
void th 
raw up the blinds, if only for a quarter 
me the entinie will 
service, 
is avoided, Mg many o evils. attendant 
e the ie ep for the ries ng 
and in 
copiously, ‘and syringe 
iid growing 3 pits o ae t be regularly 
ed, nd the tights. ee a about 
F Pits 3; no re. eat ise bs required just now. 
Ridge Cucumbers are not ing much yet ae them 
be well m and erid watered, gps ‘be ee 
shelter of a few gree eak “the force of 
the sun, would be beneficial. 7. Scion: Broomfield. 
HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
Look frequently over the various kinds of fruit 
trees trained to walls, &c., and nail or tie-in leading 
shoots, and remove those which are superflu 
apeg and in this 
thousands. 
green ; and d ants take Sri tion 
of the fruit the i injury they will speedily inflict upon 
it will be followed by rapid decay, w in 
even ag a the ripening process in the other portion 
of the fruit has been com leted Guano st ia in 
the ros ot ‘the ants is said to be distasteful to 
ng water poured upon 
a sufficient armoa can be found together to render 
is QUIRON. e effective. Possibly the best remedy, 
of jars at the foot 
2 
o E 
o place a number 
_ of the wall where the fruit is ripening, each jar con- 
and water, to the depth of an inch, less 
hey will drown themselves 
a ts serep erir E eLa cis of 
ickly emg ay into lengths of about 6inches and insert 
credit ven 
travel danar the night for the sake of ripe fruit. 
Late Cherries should by this time be darili; netted, 
ee ag here they can 
and air, 
are” pate paid | 
to preserve them from birds. The 
should be nailed or tied in, while the 
distance from the fruit, and the partial shade 
hey afford is also an advantage t 
Vines on open walls are in some 
attacked by mildew, and whe 
dust at once with teh 
ral waterings of dilut 
be afterwards mulched w ‘th ure, as this: 
greatly to counteract the ill aiieets of the p 
drou 
Raspberries have this season been exce 
the fruit has been much fin 
e 
ripen and mature T Wian an 
r 
when they may als es n 
fruit is gathered from them ; 
Ege may have beat eee ted o 
ecessary ta protect by nets í 
+ GF) Culford, Bur 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
With the unusually long period of dry we: 
rain having fallen me us since May I 
nerally gue ripe 
n a as with a change 
in an open pai — to 
a abioi 
that they may be well dr 
Where the Some out of late 
making sure there is suffici 
after earthing-up there i is little chance of 
wn 
W. Cox, Wadresheld ee 
FORESTRY. 
| of their vis a gic 
roi ac peg trys ary ee copi 
in the stroyed. When | those 
the i us: 
grass out from ope en di 
down Bramble, Faras, "Es, on division 
