Aveust 22, 1874-] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
243 
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Agave? 
so numer- 
loñgæva 
f i ‘feet: and the flowe 
Lar] 
at anot o, in its native country, Mexico ; whilst 
gigantea, unfortunately for its e, which was 
tes before former was known, has no trunk 
buat aid two others are slam into flower 
w. F. longzeva flowered at Regent’s Park a few 
"Two species of Das asy irion- acrotrichum, 
and yan ago, Twos bear their radi and the 
ah 
ep eaba enus whi, ose é Hower rs 
sree ppuolnta, —A fine specion of this TNI 
n here 
2 
f= 
an, 
5 
< 
all such hard-wooded plants me Clerodendrons, 
5 ias, all. the Shi ag iscus sinensis, 
Ep s, thedouble- > ever Tabernee- 
owering most profusely now), 
1es 
shade of a 
nths. ot only 
under this treatment, 
er which, if seen by many 
could not fail to cause 
r aa fore: oonenng plants 
oo rarely seen now-a-days i 
th 
Wall of an old lean-to consetvatory, some 20 feet 
height and breadth, now bearing some hundreds of 
; hin i range-scarlet trumpet-like fl j 
. T. F., Philadelphia, U.S. 
in ye an7 
Tat is seen is vais’ i down se 
midis cag, the pie wid desert the place as 
ong Where ae 
~ ani MaN -trap, tien is pa safe to` 
here iias (fig. 52). It should be set upin an 
outhou t of a barn or stable. It 
_ This is set upon another 
b 
the first bo Pg ede the top part of the second box ; 
part there is a loose ee rte fitted upon pins, 
so aa ap Kig wnwards with the weight 
of a of lead is fastened to it to beep 
it CHp dea, “OE restore it to its place after it 
has kici disturbe d. The front of the box is r 
hidden with a couple of aa on of corn stalks or rye 
ed, which pe Peon the 
will of the building into a barrel re hae ie 
h 
the ground outside, as shown. e trap i 
also fitted at the end of the t The Pihel is 
covered with a wide board, with a hole in the centre 
to admit m ae A few pailsful of water are put 
egs are take 
, and the rats are caught one after the 
is Fr gaan ng, a ny for 
the attention it requires, It is not a new thing, and 
DAD LELIE SE REEERE IE ELEAN V0 iA A À 
FIG. 52,—A PERMANENT RAT-TRAP. 
has been used with great success for many years, but 
is probably new to most of our readers. American 
Agriculturist. 
Phlox Miss Robertson.—I wish to put in a 
ae or two of high praise in favour of this beautiful 
white Phlox. I have at ~y prese: nee time 
a yet undevelop 
and some 
ry 
plants in condition. If Miss may 
think we mah do better with 
ry, w str 
meadar have as onali of re equally fine 
ae a with Miss Robertson. Richard Dean, Eal- 
W. 
poet as 
é e of, if not the largest, one of the 
nd finest col ections of Hollyhocks anywhere 
tacle of bed after 
amongst them many marten, He sabtlings, which had 
rs of f remas ce and anxiety to produce. 
And again, pel a share and the management 
of this business phere, infected collection fell to my 
isease since i 
competent friends could sugg 
reminded of Condy’s parce fluid diluted with water, 
and at once procured a bottle of the green quality, 
and ap lied it in the ainara of a large table- 
poonful to one quart o 
the plants dressed twelve 
i 
tre tant death to the pest, 
leaving no tra a pa cE A iage. As to 
its application, ri advocate sponging in all dressings of 
this description ringing is a very ready 5, 
but very t N 
TAr e 
gardens, ent, if spared 
until another season, that by the applibation of this 
remedy in time, of being able to keep this opllecti tion 
healthy and clean so far as Puccinia malvacearu 
concerned, I Sre eve planting th the e Hollyhock in 1 in ine 
owded beds s: ed, as I 
the closer they oe gies the more viru Pity does 
the disease attack them, whereas isolated rows and 
plants are but little e. igre E. Speed, Gonville 
Nursery, Cambridge 
range Trees.—I fear your ‘ Bay ga for 
Thirty Years” will be disappoint orangery. 
The O ve of the poet comedian very pretty, but 
the’ t far short of the ion. The 
Q i ection at Ni 
grows from 12 to 29 feet in height. As to its 
thriving best rk roof, I 
moonshine, e sun at stro mion the m of 
winter, is as bright, and very nearly as hot, as it is in 
many parts of England during thedog days. I would 
strongly advise your Subscriber to keep his trees in 
tubs, as they are more manageable. I have seen 
trees in Switzerland in tubs preserved in a faa sab 
in winter which were infinitely more pon ul = La 
Orange tans o 
mon, however, is a much more ofal. a Be 
the O It branches like a Quince; 
i wers are a Foring 
fruit is likely to 
wn under glass in England are, the value of ddan 
being very little, O ons both like a 
sandy soil whi c amount of clay well 
mixed through it. Plenty of atar ant liquid manure, 
joined with thorough drainage, is both Orange 
d p aroas sy . Ora ll grow in 
et 
low-lying, d er spot, wh 
but it is — rst dy in such pnp They both 
d he side pA a dpr 
