628 THE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE: 
[NOVEMBER 14, 1874, 
receive a few degrees of a yeee will throw up 
succeed 
their flowers s e them must be 
kept near the light, and mit. sige eno water to 
keep them ly f there is any scarcity 
of these prepared plants, and any exist t ave been 
grown in pots se decoration or similar purposes, 
these, if pl i tle warmth, wil ow up a 
as year’s see ings, whiti [hoad all be 
kept where Pale will receive a little warmth during 
the winter, a nearer t lass the better. 
In da localities, where the T E ten 
which they have to be gro and u 
able for their cultivation, Pyimailat ikönki ave a Shelf 
or two dev o them in a nd th 
roof as possible (providing they not absolutely 
precon the gias h sy n the m Sac ences is kept 
near 50° as may be, and wher 
dueling the diy. and, Sil bane, a ile at n 
il 
FLOWER GARDEN, &c. 
MIXED FLOWER GARDEN.—Per- 
em with bra ttings of evergreens—a 
not to be a pied, especially if well done. Speaking of 
winter planting, now is the time to compare notes as 
to the Rare merits of the various types or styles of 
bedding out w 
ust o 
what j is pees termed carpet 
ding so y hardy plants can be used— 
are effective “ail the year roun 
designs out which no thunderstorm, wind, O 
Os ommend this 
plants Fap, e made to do 
o 
ffl 
could say Tia t 
en er? summer was Ba ts = 
I plants—viz., Semperv calcareum, Golden Thyme, 
a situation t 1 E yee Ajuga roii rubra, “Achillea umbelaa and Sedum 
fusely through the winter Giit pote disposition to | sfectadile—all quiet, effective colours, and much more 
damp, such as is usual in cold house he plant is enjoyable than + continually repented ot yellow, 
determined bloomer, and w i throw up its flow and bl The rage for 
whilst there is life in it, but in the winter season, when high colours is, we aut f- r oA us strive to 
it is the mosi ful, he temperature of an ary | encourage a more refined t arpet, succu- 
greenh use in this country is a little lower than will | lent, and mixed beddin ng” is aini a step in that 
keep it from damping. This necessitates its being kept direrti 0 Flo of any at this season are 
drier at the roots than is et ete ng its well-being most valuable, and should be looked up. Two of 
rown in such a temperature tion as above | the best on the rockwork here now = n are 
d , it will not become aiiis d water, espe- | Sedum Rare and Lithospermum frutic 
cially of a manurial nature, can it in plen latter is in flower certainly nine months it “of the 
without causing the damp at the collar twelve; dadio uld be grown in every g The pre- 
or producing flowers for cutting the semi- Ti sorts | sentis a good time to go over nearly all kinds of herba- 
are far the best, stan ut much longer than rysan- 
keri an Sa the advantage of ‘being themums just coming into bloom require protection in 
growers than the perfectly double forms t vent of asharp frost. Gauze, tiffany, or scrim 
Fuchsia ras $ “strat in August, from which by | canyas will keep them from all nas er. Riana y 
far the best and most satisfactory plants for next ow be planted. Some of the e bee ering 
summe on gr now, if not already | most profusely this autumn. Gloire d de Dijon, peyss 
done, be potted into 6 or 7-inch pots, and placed i tel, and Souvenir dela Malmaison are a perfect mass 
a house just free from bea. the » in a night | of buds. These three kinds should be planted largely 
te ture of 50 them tied Aye ad- | wherever the Rose is valued. Dahlias, re a 
- o fi f 
med has been lurking upon them through the autumn 
Old NOG that have done flowering, and w 
t into Ae e ep Ee to eae the above 
early, theyiko ould nor be keptjdus t-dry . The ey sh ould be 
placed anywhere under glass ey will ae a 
little light, be not where they will get drip from oe 
plants, w the ey will do if put 
much water ba Eeamete causes A at to be stinted, 
inj ring their flowers Mag agers! and shortening | their 
season of bloomin i ey should here receive a 
little ‘heat so as a" rais 
S 
_ preventive to mildew; should 
apply Homers < o sulphur, 
themums are ht 
t ear. 
. consequently gt! will be over sooner, an 
other things will be puns witha Sut t delay to tak 
their place. The earliest flowered Primulas should 
occupy the fanaa situation in the c 
Oo M 
ed to overcrowd ; 
; telling to the eye for 
ing, but they are short ives far plants so 
gia soon over as compared wi 
dhai eno thing space, t to o say A Dl of the 
injury done to the more permanent subjects in the 
house. _ With such plants as og OS he Epiphyllums, 
Solanum ; sapeicasiren, and S$. do-capsicum, 
pe" aap ieg 
best p a “alten and which should be used 
to on 00 often coarse, worthless s 
employed P “the roofs of conservatories, whe ‘do 
wal to improve their secant and a good deal to 
other occu e ; 
miana par ae ma o 
No tg lea et a moma ht as 
- to the plants underneath, T. Baines 
and the le 
seco pa; of Ca 
od |: 
annas enai no ra ka lifted, and one “aus 
into iry dry. The lat may T 
adi in any place f x ee from frost—a sa shed or r cellar 
suits them hia if a little al i be placed round t 
er Lobelias le Verbenas fail D n 
m 
rms, 
be given to such 
d e kept 
ony and if t day it seems 
bad as ever, our te ought to be that at all 
events r is — dirt. W. Wildsmith. 
ORNA —It the d 
tions oven in Jas dar have’ been carried 
out there will now be little to do in this department 
except ine general keeping a the prevention of 
weak-stem sad and standard ornamental 
porting them the protection o as are too 
tender to be poe exposed to hard frost or equally 
therla 
destructive winds. IV. Sutherla A, 
FRUIT HOUSES, 
Fi the time to prune Fig trees—an 
operation which requires pa ao xe experience and 
judgm certain growers 
are somew n of the force of a cal 
ci gen ae considerations, which, n all 
cases li ust, to a certain egree, bay ern 
the mode ad calito, aid likewise that of pruning 
sapa of trees which are culti- 
growth proper atten= 
tion in regard to stopping and thinning out the shoots, 
Trees w are not so restricted at the roots, 
and which are emra a agoa zon run of trellis, and 
where the object is to young growths 
over the whole surface of gy. the ‘tells from which the 
Tae tae as it is here) 
the rete: Roots, which ei of 
in ONY shat it may occupy 
ensuing season. Remove i 
Spurs, and reserve See desirable® a ty ot 
which are sho fruitful 
now afforded of extermin: 
mi the 
e taken t 
opportunity which = i 5 ine 
these abominable pests es exist, and which 
Re 
oftentimes in more advanced stages vati 
are the cause of much concern a ps 
exterior surfaces in the hou: use sho All 
e 
hed or uld either 
pal 
the trees, not’ too ight s ‘sigh htly = tie up 
> s t 
ae of the border, and r nily pri over the 
then apply a surface Ep “of partly 
manure, about ches thick, which should 
watered until th use is closed for forci 
hould be fully ventilated at all times, oe 
when frost pr .. G. 1. Miles, Wycombe Abbey 
E D NECTARINES,—All the 
want house having been properly dressed 
par formerly recommended should now be a 
o the trellises, so pa — may he co 
akani the middle of the 
tected with litter or dry fern wooden 
ee or tarpauling i iş put on the top, it will prevent 
ae ials from being blown about, All the 
ey pied Notes eh Be te devoid of their 
lei aves, and they 
according to there time of being force If any of 
houses require painting, n 
it done befor 
inish as 
if this is is spent already pria hét top eile 
as been formerly directed; 
e been placed for 
crop of fruit, ma 
accomplished, be surface-dressed and ret 
it; teal i 
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m sea } 
watering may again be given, after which ti 
should he well peaa up with dry litter, and they will 
pring, 
their roots slightly pruned t to 
surface of t il, they should also have at the 
me time a portion of light pon —_ jz in cone 
ith the ae ie encourage ch as possible 
. The soil of the “borders wherein 
such trees may be growing shoul again 
tolerably fem by Ee gently trod down, and oe 
one more should be 
soon after oie ihe: sia | ace 
how partially rotted manure, or so 
onducting material. If the 
rain-water, for about eo or more minutes, 
to the same, while oling, fc apn unce of soft soap 
And about ty wo or hres 
nged with Sie solution, they should be 
ther parts o l 
by pa commen of the potted trees being P the 
for ewhat close together. And w the 
Sate | deal set in severe, the ventilators © 
T 
Wherever e amen m -= deciduous A 
thinning and fi ing of n 
plantations iy oath hwith be co 
ais ook-out 
af ose t 
misin in pomii and likely toattain most value 
grown in her, m ka ve j every 
ree 
into an upright pails 
menced on a small scale by th 
tice common amongst 
ne he eke ge consignments of young forest trees ™ 
