310 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [SEPTEMBER 5, 1894 
mometer with blackened bulb in vacuo, placed SoFT-WOODED GREENHOUSE PLANTS.—Clematis, 
on in the ampe rays, was 127}°, the hig grin penne oy ae pepe are now so extensively grown 
Tes is thermometer being 136° o n pots rable in this gama of 
24th and 131° on y 28t e lowest prt a pt alo iaia eh conn ‘daahaet colours of som 
at night, by a thermometer on grass, with its bulb | the — usefulness of many for decorative purposes 
ex to the sky, were 34° e 24th and 38° | in the summer, when there is a paucity of flowering 
on the 23d and 26th. The direction of the wind was arin male thine very useful when grown in pots. 
variable and its strength g but during a gust o ch as have been gr d flowered pee te 
Su own an 
the 29th a pressure of 8 lb. on the square foot was | summer shotild now be well attended to, s 
i . The sky was generally ‘cloudy, and | make them - for next a tte S wo mir they hinkt bè 
showers of rain fell on four days; the amount col- supplied with water. not to stop their growth 
was a little a quarter of an inch, | suddenly. They may priv out-of-doors upon 
nearly half of “genome on the = of ashes, where they will receive all the sun aris light 
In England the extreme high day temperatures possible, so as to mature their growth well, not allow- 
ranged from 80° at Blackheath to 69° at Sheffield, the | ing their roots to get too much saturated with the 
ing 73%. The | rains, should such occur. On this matter it often 
extreme low night temperatures varied from 504° at | happens that an e pression exists, it being 
i rroneous im ts, it bei 
l to 40° at Hull, with a general average of supposed that the roots of a hardy plant when confined 
454 The mean range of temperature in the week | in a pot can stand out-of-doors socom! kpreni of 
was 28}°. for 
y i e- l. Such is b means case 
day ranged between 744" at Blackheath and 65} at foals ae ae reei 3 aati , na oo wet. prepa ote 
sear sigma Hull, th e general a being 68°. | have een’ winti treated sae flowering should 
2 p b d b ean fae ten they receive all the sun 
from 534 53E at Bristo to pip Hull, with an average | and plenty of air necessary to ripen them up; if 
value of | The mean daily range of temperature dian re is any mildew upon them apply sulphur in 
was 17? , ranging from 254° at Blackheath to 13°at | some way, either by dusting it upon the plants or 
e - „The mean temperature fo was | by washing them with Gishurst—the sulphur which it 
p78 » the highest being at Bristol, 593°, and the | contains will destroy the parasite. Ev mil- 
owest at » 544°. k fell re the ri ma em dew should, as far as possible, be destroyed, or it will 
maneg Amuse cight-tent s ar a cg mC ae m Wolver, be troublesome as = pes the plants ear ee in the 
-~ | winter. tıgnonelte.—Encourage necessa 
Kapton pea prsa ee : Ty seee yae as ofan or som attention, so ees impart all aie ie strength possible ie 
cheer ea te A eather Antag i dhean st “hes the plants, by keeping them near the glass in the pots 
} fine, bat generally ae or frames they py, and potting the onas t ey 
tland 
will produc 
In Sco hig esi “temperatures ra ranged more flowers than —— times the number indifferently 
80' Paisley and Perth to to 653° at Aber- are very Ban A 
= grown, easidand gare: 
deen. The | munch at or ae 
I ith to 384° a badei de for standing amongst oth st other things during the wint 
g a and - s.. The mean range of temperature spring months, and when en required to ‘be thus 
emperature for week sticks sufficiently strong to su the pl hic h, 
574°, the highest t being at Perth, s947, and the lowest | ‘when arrived at the height ire oni he ave dt 
at Aberdeen, oi he amounts of rain measured | _ brella-sha: wire to be trained o Mignonétte 
o! tenths of an inch at | is sometimes attacked by preni; must 
Aberdeen to two-tenths of an inch at Pai and | not ő to remain upon ~ 
Leith ; the average fall over the country was six-tenths > the leaves will aes oe royed i 
of an inch, in i Scntpletaly 
At Dublin the highest temperature was 78°, 
eir which 
lowest 4r? the idcan ¢o°, and the rain fall 1.29 stag spoils thes , for mles Dh hey retail their leaves to the 
> 
JAM 
end kes their flo owering, a and of a good dark green 
colour, they are not fit to be seen. Pelargoniums 
that \ ‘tie cut back some aces ago, and have now 
broken fresh growth, musa be shaken out and 
Garden Operations. ae ; if they have occupied the usual size—8-inch 
S GLAISHER, 
—they should be transferred to others 2 inches 
(For ane ENSUING F ORTNIGHT.) smaller ; trim the roots a little, and get nearly all ihe 
subjoined directi il from so as it as much n 
LUON; ane must, Or cot ted in place hich, = pg stuft, "Use 
the peculiar A ER n good yellow loam, which, if not mixed with manure 
rp satya the garden will be 7 t0 eis when laid up for use, should now have a liberal 
ments ¢ of the “ee s requires quantity of rotten dung added, such as has been used 
: for my work, and been exposed to a air so as 
PLANT HOUSES. to destroy worms, which T must b eans be 
GREENHOUSE HARD-WOODED PLANTS.—In the slowed | io enter ee pots, or the plants wille dol little 
or no good. Add sand in propo ortion to what the soil 
naturaliy pyre i "paf Pelargoniums do not Pa 
oa soil as oe plants. Pot the 
thotodgkiy "Ben by the e of” the potting-stiek 
pon Ave light in the soil bein id. Whe 
ey a dubie the quantity of aris 
eate 
r plants loosely potted do; these latter always 
por hi too Ea Bake eaf, etic te in Sheet 
—These 
than its is ett Being oy pa 7 these sho ould never be | growth is E onpa Eys strike freely. Good-sized 
left so long as to interfere w: pe she perce spi the a will root if taken off with a — cut, so as not 
coming year, which they d o if not removed in time. o bruize the fleshy portion of the shoot ; insert them 
: Soc dete atyerarg that | have finished tieit growth pam and keep a little close until te are rooted, 
_ Must now be treated wi ed off singl 
with water, so that 
ir roots may come up intact ; they should’ fee be 
to suffer for want of water; place them ina 
situation where they will receive ‘all we light Possible, 
so as.to keep them dwarf and s stont-—for upon this — 
wi 
have been planted out should now be lifted and 
potted in 6 or 7-inch pots, according to the 
size of me plants; these are strong-rooted | 
subjects, and will bear pisat ees te good soaking — 
with water. As soon as pot plas them undera { 
E : 
gun t ich 
soon pat if pas thorou E ode ; if not, i 
ag, to the certain a" on of the leaves, ‘hich ; 
spoils their appearan 5 
FLOWER GARDEN, & 
Sone ERRE AND MIXED cued The ie 
work in this department will no eat, as, in © 
addition to picking off bad flo fers and i foliage, "the 4 
beds will ly require cleari leaves ; for, 
by reason of the drought, Limes, Eln ; G 
ing up will now become a serious pm Pe. 
labour; but the tidy vesi = Sint 
broom, as as no other 
have pro he value of manuring well 
nd trenching deeply, for, with 
we e beds are filled, e 
had the most genial weather. Carpe 
brilliant, AZZ theras being 
and the new Golden Chickw 
recommend it strongly for next year 
Pelargoniums are—scarlets, 
t 
Fean Sisley ; pinks, rs. Haliburton a 
Christine; vari iegated (silver-edged), 
Bijou, and Flower of Spring ; golden, Crystal Palace 
Gem, Robert Fish, and Rev . F. Radel; 
this class, ‘The old variegated — 
Pelargonium regen oe maintains its 
so it xed with Pu 
s 
season iradiat it will, se: bes ¢ z y put th 
cutting Sae or pots at once, and un 
oe erpe all the air poaibis ‘i pe r oh 
re As stated in last fo ht’s C: 
itis is anaes ecessary ate a great 
Alternanthera, p aa to, propagate a gre themums, E 
ane + o long as there is a sufficiency for 
kran ere Fone all these are best pro 
then. Our U subtropiedl ” garden is 
affair, notwithstanding we have a few 
The best 7 ha ed 
Casi A 
and are now at least 5 feet high, and bushy 
ti Wig caracasa 
foliage quite 2 feet across, and the plants at I 
high ; it rene a noble bed. 
Worseeiies i, edged wi 
Drac 
wit 
kinds, s, particularly blaucum, lividum, 
new one, Sedum m acre elegans, eet likely t 
uable to this class of plants. 
californicnm eatereum pent germ arar 
a agag 
ecunda, £. 
glauca, A d several 
T) ee are all welladapted | for covering the 
_ ts. er scaly 
o! many varietios are now becoming 
should staid echoes over to remo Zeer 
ire up, | 
cor Asters and i Chan oncom 
