138 THE 
GARDENERS GHRONIGES: [AUGUST 1, 1874, 
state. — should now bear a 3-inch shift, and as 
soon as potted should be taken off the sted ad 
new ones put in a sufficient length to support the 
plants = the season, dispersing the shoots as before 
evenly over them. 
After jöttiii treat them as before, so far as the 
necessary shade, air, eae moisture in the atmosphere 
are concerned. If the plants do well they will this 
season show a profusion wed Deen which may be 
for decoration, and can ai for this purpose in the 
ervatory or elsewhere ; b i 
ised ceding seas this 
summer 6 will not require a second potting, unless 
in the of any ae eee, pian that appears 
annsually $ oii and g nce of more than 
in the open air, as 
such as are stronger in constitution, or require it to 
induce a ri ition. 
wooded sub- 
jects. In the succeeding May and June they should 
make good blooming plants, fit for exhibition if if so 
required. They spect not be placed where they will 
ieai w tem re, such as man 
in flower, 
Ae Pag A pushed 
as seem to require it a 
much as even the strongest 
dy i ts ng nn to red- 
spider, and ‘pointed to lo the i necessity for a vigilant 
look-out for is insect ; this is the more Hieteeeey as 
jeter; plants, and if once their sink 
injured the roots will suffer in pr 
tuft of R S, o distinct a 
ui i beautifully fringed flowe 
momen it, | stalk. of pink buds = = within 
three 
ain. stellaris (Starry Saxifrage) I was very 
n flower, as otherwise I should certainly 
mosses, 
The charming, w anit 
Aceto. sell Wood Sorrel) was in abundance, the leaf 
easier seen and better known than its delicate lilac- 
have pe it among the stones by the river bank. 
The last time [ gathere red this distinct Saxifrage was 
on the t ade of Queensberry Hill, some 6 miles off, and 
about 1500 feet rya ask feet is its Beea 
Th 
et flowers were tight tu cked up, and like Bg e Bor 
has: its fringed or rather hairy mouth was o be 
seen. Ina still portion oe bar river, Equise ia um ge 
sum (the smooth Horse-tail) like miniature Bam- 
ith 
c 
V: 
tail) was in great beauty, although its elegant droop- 
ing tiers of green leaves were not at their full extent, 
as those of E., arvense (common Horse-tail), grow- 
ingin a clayey field, were—this oe being NS Sa meee Tee 
and least interesting of the three. hat Mr. 
are, of Tottenham, has introduced E gk sere 
cannot see such flowerless vegetation as they walk 
ing through a bog meadow (a very different 
thing i from an English one)—and which may possibly 
e safely in rick by September !—Orchis maculata 
nd the i 
id fin e 
ovata (Great Twayblade) ; its large single pair of 
inspre leaves will attract siga g e y 
ower-spike might be passed nged for the 
oar cranes ptr Titolia) fn ae been 
in flower, but only got = mooth unspotted 
green lea aves. The whole stead ow was bristling with 
the erect-growing Rhinanthus Crista-galli (Yellow 
Hee with serrated leaves, and a labiate flower 
side of the stalk), Carduus pees 
(Marsh Thistle), at this stage of 
about 3 pian ey: high, was ~~ beautiful object, nly was 
the most p plant on the ground, dotted 
singly here nd ae there, and “beautifully set off with 
dark spines everywhere, Later this Thistle loses: its 
in e 
commonest Thistle, Carduus lanceolat tus (Spear 
‘istle 
at every joint, b but carryi ng its blue flower-spike well 
up, was abundant. Another gabut Prunella vulgaris, 
(Self heal), was =e so far anced, its ‘purple whorls 
n 
astures hard by. 
The pretty Re id pyas priii was just 
ursting into saon eye was at once caugh 
y the flat 
Comarum palustre (Purple Marsh Cinquefoil) was 
wing naie eoid of a site, y with siii g woody 
five ihe odd one 
at the end Teig the sees “Ts dark brown flowers, 
is the ‘largest), were ire — = roy . own it isa 
ort when whole genus, as 
this Potentilla-like 1 Hong se te Trollius Puketa or 
Oxalis wise for the young student not to fix 
to ra 
nation, and go on hammering with a p ed idea. 
Why the Comarum is = a Potentilla, and Vaillantia not 
a Galium, and Lavatera not a Malva, and why Orchis 
and Beata are different, it is well to distinctly learn at 
bead of flower, both male and female, the latter 
pene much the ae When in seed, this plant 
very mine closely. Caltha paii 
(Batter-burs are i: soon make a fine show ; $ 
have- oe them called in Y e 
(Exiting, t but parene maa Huntingdonshire 
villager” being tempted into any such wet ‘ yellow 
mead ” to ** gather King-cups ”— far too muddy a task 
t é 
tall thin- Aen. Flos Cuculi was in n profusion, sai 
ink d Robin was i d- Sen 
aquaticus (Water ma Fi at this season of g a fine 
Nay ete te ns ractive ; but a 
a its handsome loose head of yellow flowers 
pand, Sarat ae oe fall ome the dark hue will 
rata, 
striped white flower, with a yellow spot at the base of 
ach petal ; and that earliest grass to flower, Anthox.- 
sith odoratum (Vernal-grass) was already pleasant 
to smell. 
The peat-moss was white with ae of Erio. 
perun polysta ree ag -grass), and E, vagis 
m (Hare’s-tail Rush) ; its single ‘broad, Riga is 
tbe softest of the ag and makes a very nice cool 
ow. 
The faded Sphagnum was red with the interesting 
ms Dosa rotundifolia (Sundew), which one had to 
close to bat as its fan-like leav es seta : 
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with ed hairs were just beginning to 
stalk or spiral Rower stalk being yet visible. Kean 
to examine the Sundew, my eye caught a fl pi 
Vaccinium Oxycoccos—Cranberry—like 
scopic pink Turncap Lily; the crawling little 1 sk 
stems, with small dark leaves, require the flower 
or the fruit to assist the finding of this lovely trailer, 
The waxy pink flower-buds ith gr 
Bilberries (Vaccinium Myrtillus) were just ready to 
open, The largest Bell eather (Erica Tetralix) had 
y grey round flower-heads, but there was not 
H 
vulgaris, Narthecium Fs 
(Bog Aaa in get and growth the 
warfest Iris, was in plenty—the Sower stalk not 
et up. In the drains-was floa broad- 
d infl 
sun shone on them, otherwise ala tjo 00 hr “s 
the naked eye. Through the ores pikes 
Epilobium nee Se —— [eaved Willow berb) y 
leave 
bottom of the drain. Growing up the sides was 
Galium palustre (White Ladies’ Bedstraw), not as- 
yet in bloom. 
— up 3 or 4 feet on aor a — of reclaimed 
d I came on another of plants—weeds of 
„recane Galeopsis Tetrahit - (Hemp-lea 4 
o w 
o the low land, Veronica Beccabunga, the darke 
blue of “all the wild =: was in good = 
Myosotis palustris was just in bud, and Mi 
luteus a mass of yellow. The rising generik 
Sa will hardly believe Ei is an outcast from 
saa to my knowledge, Sin burn to burn in this 
eee a pren the neighbouring parishes. 
anks at Raehills, down to the 
Kim inn or Rina were = e aan of these favourite 
with its distinct Son west pair of pinne—no 
fronds of either Fern nas their full growth. De 
sylvestris, that excellent winter-garden plant, was 
abundance, and still in eea although i wishes 
e Edi um "a di able from ue 
e gras as the ariane, zaar Mela 
sylvaticnmn (Yellow ‘Cow-wheat), its pretty blossoms 
all growing on one a OF the stalk ; this wi was merely 
ad bud. Sanicle, with its shining dark green leaves, 
glossy below one be like a Geranium that it is well - 
-to find it this month (June) and in flower, its romd 
little balls of a eee. bloom settling sia > 
ti t on 
ce. 
Dog’s Me o prized in February, was 
orata) ; D ercury, so 
in seed, oa pair of hard little Er "each 
} stalk ; an rocks in the bed ot 
years there is = grent variety 
