246 7 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [Avoust 22, yy 4 
a, , ay 
arie Baumann, André Dunard, La | great ide 4 a the extermination of spider and | care, not attended with any injurious conseguen 
Plane tae Rothschild, and o others, produc e | other insect pests, as with the syringe water can be | to take a round iron skewer the oes sm 
aa > te, and gorgeous hued flowers ; and fre- | got under the heal „and in their hiding-places. lead pencil and perforate the ball, m 
quently a bunch of beautiful full blooms excites the Every advantage of this should be taken whilst the | near the centre, so as to make a ey for Water, 
envy of less successful cultivators as they are proudly | weather remains fine, for if it comes wet the syringe but if this is carried too far, as will be obvious, it will | 
borne to London of a morning on the way to business, | cannot be used, on account of „wetting the soil too | seriously mutilate the roots. The very sound of this 
And then, as if to test the capacities of the ground to | muc Continue to use unremitting care in water- | iron amongst them produces not the most pleas 
the very utmost, and to fill up to overflowing the | ing, for although the e weather in all probability | sensation, and, except in the case of extremely pot. 
measure of enjoyment the garden affords, space is yet | will not pet be of so drying a pee as it has | bound plants, I would rather sink the ball a couple of 
Si 
‘ 
E 
i 
found at the foot of the trees to grow a few Potatos of | been, yet there -is no time in the year that healthy inches below the surface of the surroundi soil, ram. 
the scarcer early varieties of undoubted quality, for plants make ee a quantity of roots, interlacing the’ | ming the latter as hard as the ball itself, leaving itto 
our cultivator is great at Potatos also; and at the inside of the pots until, in some cases, they form a | form a sort of rim above the ball such as wi 
y su : 
local show at the middle of July, the classes in the | thick coat. A little reflection will ivna that where | the water through it. This should remain fos ae J 
schedule severally fora dish of kidney, and the same | such is the case a few hours’ negligence fo PE whole of the first season’s growth, after which pe ; 5 
und Pi 
of ro tos, are hotly contested: and the | a plant in this state to suffer for the want of water | roots will have freely porma the new soil, and 
ow, and the- interest to | must havea most in gids effect by destroying the | safe from injury from 
suburb widen its bounds, | feeding points of the ro s, which in many cases we SoFT-wooDED Guensnovse PLA 
y the addition of new resi- | weeks to restore to thei patel co’ öidirióa. It often | sown in the spring must be got on. eea p, 
loves gardening for its | happens that a plant assumes a hard unkindly appear- They should now be moved into their flo ering pots; 
steadily set himself to grow flowers, fruits, | ance without any kig n pey. and this more espe- | jf delayed too 1 in this they do not get the 
e the most h cially in the cas ee he best | pots sufficiently filled with roots before the 
e will surely attract to himself a host of | possible healt the & cause, if detectable, would pay short d re upon us. si u 
ms i traced to con itions deserve more attention than they sometimes receive, 
s to nborn in escribed. The 
ersons, and if Pgs the spark of th ere be | porary absence of the o pogr from the titiowontiad 
in idden i H 
: = laced i 7 ; 
: ee A iey chronic | the houses in any place t oroughly cleansed and | where their leaves become drawn, and the whole con- 
r ailments prevent the exercise of | painted. In most stovės PE A either inside or | stitution of the plant enfeebled ; a condition that can 
ired i is vi be remedi 
ired in cultivati kitc out, in it e, TY | ne , for the simple reason 
eces: to put forth in | little good, Houses of th ription, that have | that th gs of their nature whic to wn r 
just s ed! na | the woodwork almost saturated with water, con- | from the seed-pan, an under the twelve 
etency he usually retires from | Stantly in use, receive little benefit from paint, | months, have no time to 1 They should be 
best days of an active life ee they can be thoroughly ne Beating it is put placed in a good light pit, close to the glass, with 
is manhood. Bu occupa- This will be apparent to who has abundance of air, and a thin shade over them in 5 
to his existence, for the noticed stoves newly painted, that. Ín $ “few weeks | sunn y weather, but never allowed to remain on when 
uent on a business career | after have the paint all standing in blisters upon them | not required. Plants so treated are not half so liable , 
3 it has in- | full of water, » ae y the | to damp through a 
eradicable habits in the raph and what is more | outside is painted, showing that the bsorbed | the weak drawn-up things often me 
turn to a garden for the | from the inside was escaping outwards through the | Joam four parts, rotten dung and le 
almost indispensable to | Wood. That paint laid on the wood whilst in this quantities two parts, with a sprinkling of clea 
condition is simply money thrown away sand, will them ar 
is 
deny. If when, season, 
E of the most charming and healed t plants for | tO the hard-wooded plants now out-of-doors were r ; 
ai spring is the Oai ATE Pad e nowa | filled with the occupants of the stove, giving them the | Size. Soil such: ag: advised for Primulas will 
few seeds of each colour should be sown for blooming | Pecessary shade, and the stoves thoroughly dried by | Cinerarias well 3 but these latter should never 
by-and-by. A great deal has been said and written of | turning on fire-heat in addition to the drying infia: | the summer-season be stood upo iun 
kiei ing the East Lothian Intermediate Stocks, | ences of the weather, throwing them wide open, in as shelves or boards, of any description 
wo 
" tland, and of great ane ten days the wood would become thoroughly Tioga s mp, 
value for flower gard This ain d ii when paint will not only adhere to it, but the oil it Perfect cleanliness from aphides i 
yi er from Ea knees in cd will nie the pores, preventing the after absorp- on ïn Cineraria culture ; á 
Intermediate Stocks, being of a more bushy or branch- | tiOn of moisture, so far as p a is capable watching in this respect 
ing habit th, uch late blooming. Where ae i is taken e opportunity thus | like; the best method for these 
Therefore when Intermediate Stocks are required | [ aey cme ate may be i things is to always keep a vessel in readiness 
for flowering in pots, the London market strain en nites some oe mation, The great increase ing some tobacco-water, so 
as it is termed, should be asked for. There are.| that has taken place in the cultivation of stove plants found affected, it can at once be di 
of colours the scarlet, the white and iid he purple ; within the last cweatyifive years, and the much | to bear the stamp of good 
_ the last, however, is- what The ount of water used in the atmosphere | jy flower, retain green an 
can be sown in a small bed on a pete cool i bor- to what was at one time considered aS | bottom leaves ; ficient, not 
der, or in shallow boxes, and the soil forced the necessity for regular paintings upon us in general appearance spoilt, but the head of 
As soon as they are large enough to be a the they way that could not be overlooked unless there was a proportionately small 
can be placed, three in a 48-po a good soil in | disposition to s Il and see these moisture- | treatment which t plants now recei 
which plenty of decayec ch : z y with a rapidity | mine their comparative value at the time of 
ost th prehension of those who have | There are few pl hat will exist 
not had the apportas of witnessing it. ifferent treatment e 
Camellias.—Plants of whatever description grown t very often that they are m 
under cue are much more influenced by the weather | This generally aris ro 
outside at first sight might be supposed—at all | sufficiently fed with manure-water, Be ets 
events, by such as are only partially initiated in their | the size of ons pots they occupy. They are a wer 
culture. The extremely dry condition of the air con- | feeders, and m at be singh fed if pa to ian 
sequent upon the al of moisture | in the earth’s | well. 7. Baines Southgate, aa 
ace has, in addition to the sun’s. powerful and 
5 | Hines. cninnas the fora eg ta the Satay FLOWER GARDEN, &. 
every plant with which it came in contact; and if | PARTERRE AND MIXED GaRDEN.—Now tii the 
g use the root-supply has been deficient, | flower garden is at its best for the season, the gat 
the poe gee appar ons pa 2n been that the plants so | aim should be to kee eep it gay and attractive as long & 
situat has 
, pe suffered more than ordinarily. This ssible, To this end let every dead or decaying tea 
Gaden PEREN been the onditi on in which several lots of Camellias and fl ived, that no, 
and Oranges recently planted out, have been, that | j te 
(For THE ENSUING M a ) have e under m uring t r 
intended to supply dulce, “Plants of these when turned out into the 
course, be adapted | open borders are generally full of amib in fact too often 
locality. Other = are in the condition of be gi bc! 
Be ing portion of new soil over. 
eager h This soil, socie gey Prape just the thing to 
attacks of the para- | mislead us, from re fact of its having none to absor 
immature growth, The tai it ie 
im the moisture tained it remains wet, whilst in 
eather experienced since the plants | all peobability ¢ the ball underneath is quite | 2 
"were turned out will have had the effect of ripening the result being that plants are perishing 
the = 
them up very quickly ; italso gives the opportu nity | for want of water whilst eand E a 
free use € of the syringe every afternoon, which isa | wet, A not unusual practice, sag if pala ii Sai 
