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AUGUST 22, 1874] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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placed, and about 9 inches wide at 
do well. 
to deal w 
firm and tenacious, the plants gin hand into 
soil, and after paer a wit tting to prev 
oa uprooting e three kinds used for apis 
are S. aag i mrina Taiere , S. montanum or 
against this style ardening, it is still 
popular, and will continue to be so as long as it is 
kept in proper bounds, but if ted to the exclusion 
of flowers from the parterre, >a there will be some 
fear of its’dying out. ep the lines and divisions 
in such beds well defined by ST pir pinching and 
ing. be e they must well kept 
F 
ORCHID ct discipline must be commenced 
‘| now the weather fas become cooler, and the sun of 
{| less power’; the East Ind ouse must be ke 
_ moderately close, growing atmosph pt 
up. Ifthe weather should be dull the moisture must 
be ced e had t - t ain- 
tain a temperature of 75° by day 5° by night 
The blocks must be syringed and the houses damped 
nf i aut a as ied for the pro at 
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O 
O 
& 
TaI 
g wth 
oe the first is completed ; in that case the plant 
should be aes to complete its growt soon 
as possible. Where plants are apes ty to the roof 
ae or at the ends 
ering or pinging the 
ts growing on the padie will no pes the drip 
w become 
. s 
will be flowerin Ton 38 g to 
> In fact, ma a judicious selection of plants 
there should be 
flower, Calanthe Masu 
e 
e plants must be kept 1 me aeran the to 
dithe poc Y G Beie, Clapham Com i 
RUIT HOUSES. 
advised, In to 
u, - uses, sou e li 
may be closed and the plants se about 3 P.M., 
= an-roofed hous ning north and south 
* Operation ma o 
oo young growing 
subservient to ba condition 
ospheric moisture 
Trt the last batch of plants are y, weak 
about twice a week, 
ts or, boxes ; 
lorala till 
to fertilise bye female blossoms every day, maintain- 
ondition of both the ase and atmosphere 
h 
H pits sd frames husban good sun-heat 
Sonne dart? gently damp the foliag: the sa 
me, and omit to regularly dust flowers of 
Bewar 
at fae collar. Tiro aghty sida pits and frames as 
e crops become cleared off. Thomas Siaisaeh, 
Broomfield. 
Chee dabei tthe ee treatment in this de- 
ent also rem Ple 
out exhausted Pra: and make su 
fresh earth as the roots penetrate through. Encourage 
surface roots, which are a true indication that the 
a firm bed 
ripe ; 
talc only: which Kink to t to T bottom, a 
well dried before storing away. ted o 
in a former Calendar the advisability of fertlising the 
blossoms of those fruits w 
re see 
For pits and frames, see this week’s Melon Calendar, 
nd be careful not to over-crowd the foliage. Use th 
finge d thumb freely at every watering, nipping 
pee ire T points and spotted leaves, and giv 
e 
se ral cutting over once a week. Thomas 
Sinpoon, Brite fe Id Lod 
HE ORCHARD- HOUSE. EET this structure Peaches, 
Nastarin Figs, and Plums, &c., are fast becomi 
and will tezjairé constant attention, as such fi 
A hould n 
fally seat is the su 
become thoroughly ripened ; and in order to thoroughly 
clean the foliage let them be well fight San ne night 
r some time to come i ti 
the potted trees into the open air will afford vaditotal 
space to those trees which it is Boar st to retain “ate 
some tim Sane in the cture, su 
figs waag off the a second crop o cee, all af 
which should be rearranged and oriri attended to, 
although lit ittle if any mo re stopping or pinching will 
be necessary dur he present season. Diminis 
without Aig withholding it, the supply of water 
given to trees, whether 
g altogether for a 
dan oa per rat night as well as by 
day, en Se care to exclude birds =- insects by the 
use of the h gabi pirti or some other suitable 
material. P. Grieve, Culford, Bury St Edmunds. 
FRUIT HOUSES. 
—When the ano crop of Figs are all 
gathered, which will so e the case with early 
fore ees, pet v o which attention 
should be directed will the proper maturation of 
the ths, less these be fully perfected con- 
tinued success will be very doubtful, and particularl 
so respect rly forced trees. uming the 
o s have had ntion i 
ë thi and regulating e T 
from t time recommended in the Fig Calendar, 
here remains litt to done now n 
Now that the fruit 
nd airing. 
is gone, and the growths of the trees are 
neid} Compite they will not R so much rien m 
enaA agat: t: A to prevent the ers becoming dry 
will n and terse g shod be abandoned 
beiari ecek excepting for the purpose of keeping the 
free from insects. With regard to ventilating, it 
ave ni not had 
a 
o 
< 
J- 
fs et 
of this crop 1 
throughout 
eee as ergy trees which are planted out, therefore 
hey will be much benefited by expos atmo- 
ripe 
e for Migr they are required to 
I. Miles, 
HARDY FRUIT GARDEN, 
The great value of the Strawéderry asa useful and 
wholesome fruit renders its successful cultivation an 
object of considerable imporiance, an e present 
is a suitable time to poga pu for the formation 
of fresh plantations. Wherever this may be con- 
rip of trees. 
a be heavily manured and deeply trenched, as the 
f \the Strawberry plant are foun 
lants mand 4 
plantation in the open air, t 
selected now gale repared 
the yo 
e nee and best 
placed, which may be Jeft loose to ripen, or, i 
is danger of their being blown about too much b 
to secure them loos 
quite finished their 
w bushes of the 
berry may now be netted up, that t may by 
this means be preserved for some considerable time ; x 
this however pan be beiter sec ving a 
P ined t all, kept very long 
the fruit R be “like aye to lose its pnt while Red 
rrants will retain this for a much longer 
period, and “Mo vello Cherries will even ayore to 
improve in this respect until ei at nning o of October. 
In all cases, however, the gonal netting should 
eu ik echó des insects as well 
may soo 
mes Nectarines, Figs, Plums and Pears 
ow i ripen upon the open walls, an 
exceedingly destruc i to the softer-fleshed kinds, 
even before the fruit is nearly ri d it becomes 
necessary to use the pu n, W 
h 
them. Nuts 
crop this season, and the squirrels appear e de- 
termined than al to cl the lion’s ae of 
t me hardly feel otherwise t 
y is 
to hurt ne kegl peg disregard your 
prama wder, praeri 
be sapplenemed ty a pay ea or anal other si 
harm iles, this will generally have the 
understand cok ae 
