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PHE. GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[Novemser 7, 1874, : 
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he plants | about 300, To begin with, the er of all 
to advocate in view, and in introducing them we find | ashes to keep the surface smooth, so that the p kinds 
the following r marks from the pen of Professor | can be firmly placed on the bottom. The plants to pa ae beet Hp = m the — tted as as they 
Voelcker :— be wintered should be potted in some nice light soil, edd ay ters of deal boards 
S close to the gl s this climate is very damp 
Wheat,—** The ya Propoitions of these con- pressed firmly about the roots, and if the pots are | the Pelargoniums grow like Cabbages, an à ome ey 
t to 
stituents vary 
k aniy, cite fe) 
” 
heat. 
— “The grain of Barley, when ripe and 
dried in. the air, still contains about 14 per cent. of 
gives the average amnesia of the grain as deduced 
from numerous analyses. 
Now oge analyses differ in some very important 
tes gluten 1 re in the Wheat while 
the Barley aa - This points to the 
observed differences i a helt use : thus, Wheat may 
be to restore strength— pshenice: pons: is the 
best for working cattle 5 while Barley, a 
times, isth but, 
price sof Wheat, it is much cheaper in in every re: 
5] 
at pty present 
plunged in ashes, light dry garden mould, or cocoa- 
nut fibre, an additional source of protection is pro- 
vided. In arranging the plants in the frame, the aim 
should be not to allow the foliage of the plants to be 
too much crowded together ; and this can be avoided 
to a great extent by placing large and small specimens 
side by side. In this way a good number of plants 
can be disposed of during the winter, and while fine 
weather prevails all the air possible must be given. 
Very little water indeed, if any, will be required 
during the winter ; the material placed about the pots 
will keep the soil sufficiently moist and cool. Dryness 
it will be well to keep the frame close, unless the wet 
weather lasts for a few days, then the lights should be 
raised at one end, As soon as frosty weather appears 
imminent some covering must be used, such as garden 
mats, which form an excellent protection ; cnet leaves 
Another point of importance is brought at by the 
ysi 
compared with the latter, as seen from the follow- 
Ash Analyses of Wheat and Barley. 
Wheat | Barley 
. Ash. Ash. 
Potash ., cs 29.97 15.6 
Soda 2 i ay ‘ 3-90 5.03 
Magnesia .. : x 12.30 8.04 
Eae — n è 3-40 3.06 
Phosphoric a 46.00 | 35.68 
Sita nen ae 0.33 1.22 
Pena ; . 3-35 28.97 
ws ss af a 0.79 24 
Chicas of oe a we és 0.09 0.45 
100.03 | 99.30 
So that in every way, while z relative value of dif- 
ferent feeding stuffs remain ari are Wheat 
will be found to be the most econom 
can be piled up round the frame. me hard 
on eg keep the frame quite close, at if there 
reason to think the frost has been intense enough 
ts eas to the plants, keep the frame closed for 
two or three days after a thaw sets in, so as to allow 
the plants to thaw as ees as possible, 
If there are no glass-lights to make a covering for 
the frame, something must be mien to aes their 
place. en framework should be first con- 
structed, of a sze suited to fit nicely ne ay frame 
containing the plants, and covered with well-shrunk 
calico, which rane be stretched across the frame- 
oak, and nailed tightly to it at the sides. Then let 
the Eslis be well oiled and dried, and this will be 
found a good and serviceable protection, as useful for 
shade during the hot weather of summer as for 
protection from frost during winter. 
many plants can also be stored away 
within-doors, if ae inside sills of the windows are 
Still, there is a great deal of Sesion urged agains 
use: our men call it wicked 
| ni Villa Garber, 
- WINTERING BEDDING PLANTs.— 
me before Welw de and i in i 
but th are very desirous of pre- 
serving some of their plants if it can be m 
as Verbenas, the blue 
Now, such things 
_ Salvia patens, 
gest 
may be safely kept through a 
be a sufficient regard 
h = I may 
E they be i 1 pa ere } 
tes a grating is is aie the 
ma 
require but little water, and w 
` mild, air can be given by gushing the windows. 
the windows in which the plants are placed during 
winter have a-south aspect, more water will be 
than in a window in a nor eriy dices 
ts deiicealtp 
| wintered in a garret, being kept pretty dry, or only 
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moist enough to Preserve. life 
on to the floor of the room. Many hundreds of of plaints 
may be successfully wintered in this way, and made to 
d service the following summer. ry 
be Sige account for plants like 
ms that have been 
mild 
may be taken nie eed ee 
over. If the cellar is infested 
likely to go hard with the aa and they Aa se 
be re ifexposed tothisdanger. Inthe pare 
ment of this and other methods that will z 
themselves to the ardent meise, 
hard winter. 
for the plants to induce the 
necessary attention, satisfactory results will be certain 
to reward the painstaking cultivator 
ON WINTERING PLANTS. —Will you kindly tell me 
ee Succeed in of 
gate 
rner of each frame, 
e bs sari a all = ars to carry off the 
water 2-inc round 
fame, and is heated from from a eer c 
a valve between the two the hot water can 
confined to one frame, leaving the other id. I 
have about 450 plants, and each frame ill hold 
- in dien 
i would 
in the spring thinly Brae = 
; plants, 
g also very rich, I w 
old plants — plunge th 
lari ias to be trea ek romeri 
successions, say (I) spring bulbt : (2) “ie Hovey 
summer plants (what kinds ?) ; (3) autum n flowerslike 
Gladioli and Tritomas brought forward in frames and d 
greatest possible eM te aon my frames, 
cashire Amateur, October 
‘ A Lancashire hee ” had informed us w 
part of the county he lives in, we should have been in 
a better position to give him advice as to the tr 
of his plants winter and summer, th 
en n climate 
mp ;t 
pointed; two cents of thick Imena igive 
ing yea: as to ma ois 
sible The Pelargoniums will do i in fe pots ME 
or the winter; 
p 
push more growth in the spring, 
ahenn cuttings in August, a 
in store pots; 
ka ly and bed them out at the proper time. Calceo. 
laria TEG (>ot bares joints of i soft points of 
the shoot put in fram for removal, 
a, k pea apart, kept hae and little 
i i af e struck ; in March 
t im cold frames 6 inches 
apart, the fra ame just ae cted ma pe or 0 
a LAE at the pro 
ari i to their pse ei aoa i 
with all the aks 2 soil that will ad them, 
It is now too late to stri 
a! yY 
a 
gee 
for the purpose, the heat, 
to rn damp. oa frost, Sint the furthest str byte 
t them ; all the o Pelargoniu 
n occupy the pit that aaa ; 
bs, which it is eae to ner : 
5 y in beds until i 
a 
d be grown. 
a gen rmi 
out-o! A ai per 
lant a a few Tritomasand 
beds ) 
