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THE ‘GARDENERS  - CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 14, 1874, 
a ae prove q we have had a good supply all Nader the 
= of Br ritish Queen, 
. for mixing with li ight sil ka the process of trench- 
For and indeed for all 
rees in light soil, I have found much 
mix 
appear 
lifting some trees 
e peA to it most tenaciously ; and it likewise s 
sret health and a vig 
Sesion al 
very great. 
of ae utility re it ‘that I am now having a 
large ca sia worked into = soil of our pyrami al 
Pear garden, The Quince is such a Moisture loving 
that it is im impossible to obtain a anything 
ock vu Hy it 
Pear, It is therefore of the greatest 
importance that Pears on aia Quince stock should re- 
in swelling, they are wk only small in size, , but 
inferior in igati Mulching should not be deferred 
he 
on directly the winter rains ar 
tain its moisture that would otherwise be los 
Tillen , in the cely gard 
that fe looks on Pine as the 
it is so, and insures su 
ances not exist, I would s say—mulch, but are 
A Shasad We way of protecting the roots of 
ts, F Sheppard, Woolverstone Park, 
ils 
"e 
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PLANT GOSSIP. 
TRICHOMANES PETERSII is a recent a 
of much interest in the collection of filmy Fern: 
at Kew. It forms 
P 
e are mde 
D fine specimen of ARALIA — (now 
called. Fatsia japheices 1 is flowering in the tem 
house at Kew, where it is tal, from 
Hansorianvs FASCICULATUS ; its cee al wt 
its habit is is good, and when 
. TA rape E No plant can be more suitable 
y organ uinea ; ; 
RS ees and the 
must have six Pi 
Flower must 
House before One o’clock ; and no Person to win Two 
Prizes. Every Person, that shews a Flower, to appoint 
an Umpire.—N. RA Ther e will b a good Twelvepenny 
Ordinary at One o : 
The pong quoted *€ Good Wheat” are en » 51s, a 
and 52s., aF. few superfine 538.3 “ New Hops in 
Bags,” a tos. to £5 5s.; “New Pockets j Fs to 
£6; “Old Hops” from £4 to £41 
—— PLATYSTEMON CALIFORNICUM (PAPAVERA- 
in the herbaceous ground at 
year r 
The leaves 
— In sonnaction with St. Ti Church, 
U, -Kensington an exhibition of Chry- 
ursday, November 5, and 
po following days, in the pao opposite the church, 
the progs being devoted to incre nds 
i Home for The 
aaa exhibited were the joint prodociigi of two 
gentlemen, residents in the loca Ne viz., z 
r, Es 
© 
ne 
£ 
ofthe most popular varieties. 
being cultivated for size of bloom; aanp, them w 
such as would have been an acquisition to an 
os iios, Of others there were large specimens, 
y of Pompons, and they were well 5a 
The whole BF 2a great credit on re I 
the employ of the above gentlemen, Sz Mr. S. 
Monk and Mr. Gough, i 
—— Excellent Prag of CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
are a on view Yo Veitch’s Royal Exotic 
Nursery, Ch Messrs, William Cutbush 
& Son's’ nursery at Highgate, 
—— DAHLIA IMPERIALIS is strikingly handsome 
in the} Palm-house at Kew, We do n 
et 
p” 
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and the hope was also expressed tha 
for physiological ruoan the surmise wag in correct— 
such from this one experiment seems to he case, 
It would be unfortuna’ cee that this fine TE should 
not attain the full development of its capabilities for 
+} cee oe the requisite, and, perhaps, very simple 
CATTLEYA GIGAS, 
THIS fine Cattleya, of which we as happily abie to 
give an iasta $ is Siale the very finest of the 
deur and yai ty toti are 
i r as at ppo 
C 
comparative 
state. Acco g to its Ay introducer Mid 
of eapi carries in its native country sev 
flower single stem or bulb, each t flower 7 to 
8 chart a breadth, and 9 to 10 inches length ; its 
most conspicuous characteristic S the S large pale 
yellow eye-like spots at ha. paek of the e thrash $o 
with a mottled lip of 
Soa sapa pow, PA The petals oud ey eee pe 
e mann 
(jel 
z matt 
pro- cowed to get Pin ed the hottom 
iously checked 
„onde coughs © collection at Norbiton, and ie 
s ener, 
the hint on the caltere oe gar thi al sts are indebted for 
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GREENHOUSE PLANTS.—xyjq 
THEIR CULTURE AND ee 
PINGALA —These han daome g very distinct 
plants are na om of t cs ie e deserving of 
pms cultivation, not en for exhibition purposes, 
but as aei deoorstiyà mhjertt. they are 
not more ally grown seem ange, as their 
colour (bright 1 sary purple) is ple amongst h 
wooded plants, and their defion perane 
in or ou of flower, from most thi 
cultivation of har 
sometimes get Banm rtened by be 
ng practice, and 
its and 
been properly started by being pinched and cut back 
rst s — = growth "n —_— the cut: 
e the close, c 
of the Tai Wwddol 
course of the first s sty ‘thei tee habit of 
endering un nsequently, if they 
have plenty of roots = sho shi 
= no too inara Break the peat into 
n 
upon which they stan d must also be regu 
morning and afternoon, closing 
upon the glass. At this tim: s 
should all be brought do w so as toinduce a es 
act bushy habit, with a disposition to clot: ‘he 
base of the plant well down to the Peye 
they have taken to the new sol á 
apparent from their pg! shoots comeing oR 
eely, give inarily, and com ate, val 
ing them over! ae me evening; get the water a 
er the leaves and t f the p 
o down n 
most plani | t 
of growth, if not checked, induces a en 
bottom, and, if not stop 
perne 
already prescri 
cutting, which is a loss ore a by reducing their E 
Kee fe 
the shoots well spread out, and support 
with a few nice sticks, so as to een the yo 
too much form 
ears, p 
igo it they must 
of the ball, or pent 
were stoppe 
at once to push y 
closer, as 
sine tines then ve, Gg 
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y 
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