FIB’ 
AUGUST 15, 1874] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
215 
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ee t— 
at Blackheath and tek at baat ig te with 
l verage value The mean low night tem- 
| ates varied fot 53. at Birmai hate to 484° at 
: Rottingham, with a general average of 51 
daily range of temperature in the week was 164°, 
varying from 214° at ottingham to 113° at Liver- 
pool. em emperature he week pe 
the highest being at Blackheath, 60}°, and the lowest 
at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 542°. of rai 
measured during the week eral stations 
varied from 14 i at Manchester at Eccles, to ws 
alors 
res from 474° at Greenock to 42° a 
Perth, their iverna bein 683 454° 
respectively. The mean 
was 563°, the highest being at Dun 
= lowest at Glasgow: s SSE e fa nged 
nch at Dundee and Greenock; to four seas 
Y 
lowest 45°, the mean 58°, and rain 
y JAMES GLAISHER. 
Garden t, Operations 
(FOR THE fron <7 FORTNIGHT. ) 
ections are intended to supply 
be 
ent i ake ‘The Villa stn ” will be found i = 
the eding co 
PLANT HOUSES. 
flowered late, and are w beginni 
uld 
arrive. Se e 
the glass as poss 
will keep the ponia iata from alier ering. 
useful pa plants, the Can should 
ed to 
no enco e as much grow wth as an or 
sible ; the quantity of Tares iia are enabled to pro 
ace is dependent the strength of the plants, but 
at grown up in a single 
jey ut al a pots, as in such 
are not near so handy nor look so well. Si 
inches are large en ; sed plants are large 
ra ea 
to red-spider, for whi 
be kept, as if allowed to infest them 
Boies so as to 
e; this el “induce 
the blooms so produce 
f | tenths of the flowering subjects that are 
to rooms. 7. Baines, Sout, agate, 
when, if the plants are ams too old and the > 
wed to flower ; or they 
€ prt 
Ww 
ass or taag can be do 
crowns, eneral ayer Saad smaller size will 
be placed ee eon and mo 
other plants, so roduce a batter general effec ct 
than subjects that iij require to be stood thinly, 
without their su aon he to any serious extent, if during 
their season of abe h they are allowed a good light 
ituati of similar habit, Lae fs bead 
Chi even 
chmeas, 
interior leaves 
fl 
olong 
stove plants ‘that are in 
trained to the rafters they i improve a ce of 
oe house, plants under 
exclude the een ligh 
ided b uent use of the 
this necessary training is carried out t 
flower produced by the plants underneath is 
tively sma mpared. rie pone where there 
is no obstruction io the full li 
—Where valuable rant such as Gleichenias, 
ing in 
a affect it le, the shape of 
dressing with insecticide during their season of 
growth be wi em ; i a ent 
and frequ hand - cl wit ong 
d brush must be resorted to, or they will idl pet so 
infestedjas to be seriously injured, independent of the 
increased labour involved by such neglect. Few plants 
are better adapted for a decoration than green- 
house or hardy varieti erns, tien a? oe 
y inured to such poeiras 
agg to the injurious effects of eae ert marco 
that are placed in fern- will do equally as well 
fu ally exposed in a room if they get well attended to, 
or in other words are under the care of those who gro 
for own sakes. I hands it is sur- 
prising how egy a the un nat 
starvelings that are often me Ferns in close 
t wil 
cases require little attention in the matte 
from the fact that the moisture in the soil, spears of 
s, and, 
enna ondenses on the inside of the 
running down again into soil, is not can bu 
when Ferns or other water-loving plants are grown 
exposed to the atmosphere of a room they must 
be well attended to with water, or they ainas assume 
any thing but an ah appearance. mmon 
Hart’s ripe pages a4 makes a fSretsenté 
i Aspi 
dows near where they are a should be o 
very little at the deer a otherwise the air in 
has too hg dove effect upon the fronds, With at 
tion to the above comparativel 
plants will continue in health much longer 
sei 
FLOWER GARDEN, ae. 
ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRuRs,—Plant ever- 
d of the month, or earlier or 
ter, accordi the growth and the 
ther. is tol 
many evergreens, 
so hard ee apend pitom a’ 
that a are best carters layers should be eae 
a if not already done. Coritinne h udding, if, neces- 
so long as state of growth is no: 
p 
grow 
Examine those budded early with the view 
ing inju over-ti t or 
pe inh a pe abo deciduoustres and shrubs. Wa 
TE ‘ 
RUIT. HO! 
begin change and drop 
off. This should be 
ning to 
assisted by gently brushing over the trees with a soft 
broom at times until the ripened acy - gradually 
shoots w 
ere too crowded ‘thinned. out. e 
4 4 
well ripen 
effects of its appearance will soon be kno 
nd wasps feedin 
ood 
quantities o ak flies a 
n the lea 
ee ey soa 
clear pt trees. After 
den i 
washing t 
enough to eradicate the red-spider, if it 
and the 
by the 
ng ve os honey-dew 
n of Gishurst, 
o 
e 
n 
“<n 
a 
za 
oO 
oe 
hi 
pe 
ct. 
S 
© 
as gained a 
eit during the ripening of the fruit. Withem Til- 
[e] 
"in 
"E 
@ 
possible are èin ore calculated to secure t 
ds. Encourage one stem only, and allow “it to 
Tuni well up the trellis before st 3 at 
the same time pinch out all ‘la hs 
that the is and the ectl} 
they are seen, and | reful only to 
as will maintain a nice ilibrium 
ontinue to vy 
of tables 
moisture bh they begin 
it s 
ing. Earth u 
have just mt ‘their Fruit, previously pene a little lime 
sin and 
to ripen, Du 
p those plants which 
ound the collar. La p frames should 
ve a nice steady botto tatan : nibns ‘the bed, 
Rak and, if necessary, a good lining, and 
afterwards beware yer K a sharp 
look-out for canker, both al collar and in the old 
taba Mi and a pri the Aity before suggest 
Thos. ld. 
Simpson, yr 
st ; 
the win onthe Pech 
the middl is end fle fre : 
rature of 85° and a minimum tem of 
y circulation of ‘on by night “ Y 
this treatment, assu that were well 
supplied with water fhroughout the swelling process, 
ow Vines will be sure to yield a satisfactory 
return, but where liberal aeng were neglected 
through the hot weather, heavy cr Grapes will 
very liable to shank above the verage. All 
lateral must now "be erty well ved ‘ geo tie ga 
laro the golden f finish, W: red- 
Ikoh for mildew ; ipeircene de its appear 
Vines were not well ripened off last year, a d firing 
has not carefully attended to through this season 
of extremes 0 and nights, this 
parasite ma put 
placed on the pipes : 
expected to in an app 
a such be the case, a plentiful ay of sulphur 
ut 
re e. 
p 
re =y te Aapee with a free ‘eirenla- 
ll, also.. ben y to l i 
bake Muscats, Lady Downe’s, al 
fresh and „plum; ap rongi 
ons fires, 
FORESTRY. 
is jd service to 
shelter. The plant bears 
into a close and dense mass. 
y to 7 epee in spring, and 
pioa abe 
all work preparatory for 
addition 
in winter, as it is 
