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NOVEMBER 21, 1874] 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
e: oy Carrots will then take their 
fi 
with advan 
Pi fallo lows, then, tha when the er oh spats 
may b wn with , pro ‘ofit t; espe- 
cially ah for any site there is a ene ie ae E G the 
best, as e smaller roots will be equally serviceable 
at 
The vi la Garden, 
E PLANTING.—A Villa Garden 
= jewelled setting that so enhances its v 
= must be Roses if there be a suburban garden; ahd no 
| can be borne to the Popular estima- 
a hardihood of constitution and htta 
=s growth, a then to have a fine decorative 
at is what is mainly required to 
omament the Sct plots of ground surrounding 
flower should be of large size, full, 
of fine = man substance. A third 
is m of bloom, the colours distinct and good, 
sth the pretek incense of nes. Sew rising up 
fine pores of wee scented petals. Given 
all ie excellent qualities in a Rose, an it stands 
forth conf essed as penra a caicaate for a Villa 
requirement 
Te owing selection of varieties possesses gene- 
t enumerated :—Alfred 
e reverse 
i  Tohn one clear rose, 
- one 
i Te Marie 
on, deep rose; 
glowing scarlet ; and 
tinct. Add 
de Dijon, and 
e, Celi 
and all decayed portions, and those likely 
sucker as those injured in 
shoots, as well 
sped othe Rose (hough it seems 
_ to flourish in almost ` any soil, provided due care and 
attention be bestowed on it) is a stiff rich yellow loam, 
some I2 or 18 inches in i dinih ant at a time when 
the soil is moist without being stioky—neither ai wet 
o dry. : Some excellent su o the 
should be planted were Phi 
sth: Mr. John Cranston, of Here- 
ford, for the tae benefit of those who are in the 
rudiments of Rose cultivation :—‘ Dig holes 18 inches 
or 2 feet wide, and nearly as deep, and fill this to 4 or 
inches above the surface with good fresh loam 
Se sade and one-fourth of rotten manure, either 
horse, cow, or pig dung (the latter being the best), the 
whole well mixed together. Remove a spadeful from 
the middle of this, and in the hole ag made serie 
the Pars taking care to op out the and n 
to plant too deep. d soil firmly nana che 
roots, holding the plant in one hand to prevent it 
sinking deeper in the soil, and put a stake to all the 
standards above 2 feet high, to prevent injury from 
wind,” The points of the shoots of vigorous growers 
should be cut back a few inches when the trees are 
planted, as they do not then offer so much surface to 
the action of the wind, which is otherwise apt to sway 
the pl nts about and prevent them rooting into the 
soil. The pruning proper should be reserved till the 
persons, 
vI 
month of March. Saaja guided more 
considerations of m than bya solicitude 
for the par oft their ne back to three 
or four eyes when the trees dare plant ted in the autumn, 
T 
cultivators, for various sit which it is not neces- 
sary to feeders arise. 
Inc igor ner are planted on grass ape 
a dep of from 12 to 15 inches on Siate 
should be “left round ë iiai forming in this way a 
miniature circular bed. The subsoils of many Villa 
Gardens are manufactured or artificial, rather than 
natural; all sorts of rubbish is employed to t oe le 
spac 
face watr soon passes through it to ‘some AAN 
When a spell of dry weather sets in Roses are apt to 
sufter, and the watering-pot must be called into 
requisition, if good flowers are to be produced. pe 
grass be allowed to grow right up to to the stems o 
of short dung, greatly assists the plants, and it is in fact 
absolutely necessary if blooms worthy the name be 
wished for: one cannot mulch in the grass, and at 
the same time give advantage to the Rose. In summer, 
if mulching be not absolutely necessary, the little cir- 
cular beds at the foot of the Rose trees can be plant 
with dwarf-growing ae such as Lobelias, Sedums, 
ivums, Echeverias, and many others, and 
Ivy-leaved Pelarg oniums sometimes trained up 
them, which relieve the nakedness the stems, and 
result in pleasant floral pillars of a tasteful character. 
AN a Abate Vine.—It seems scarcely eg 
sible at the present day, and just 
ond par t up at some expense; a 
Se ‘mismanaged literally in every rapen and as 
rsonal allusi s, and the 
Sei = eo in nyo own a sket 
of its condition 
Tatai ; and, Tana cay et siota be vay 
glad of any suggestion myself to remedy the 
irs. 
> The vinery is small but in good order (aow), eaa 
accommodate one Vine we 
the late owner had raised th 
that it was impos: 
quite upon hands 
arrangement, for, 
difcates, how wa: 
to gather 
inconv venien 
besides all aii 
the lady 
ssible to sent to the Vine except 
and kn most 
eg ar ae and, being ape the next point was 
had wis wl ex ree 
general appearance of d wae ie jat 
rick part Fm I ery ye io 
mm ming, 
„young rods about “half the 
e main stem, ho 
plete ‘pale, laterals having bee 
pr 
from ches of side shoots (three or 
more A a joint), and the stems eki afri maer E 
the admitted, habe trimmed 
rm rs with two 
on the laterals have endeavoured red 
bunches of s to one, cut back also, and at the 
rks to cut awa l desirable, and x 
. : 
u 
if any brother correspond is ve a 
ien F ailas it would be thankfully accepted o pe a 
Amateur, 
Aotices of Hooks. 
Poultry Yard Accoun k (Gro 
bridee & Sons) supplies a want Sach felt by poult 
a and Sayen cially vehe ama or saith la is simply an 
unt- Far neatly ruled 
pposite tower ones cor 
t 
ore are n t “ Hatching Memoranda,” the 
columns here being arr: Saget tors qpecliaition or Fad 
scription of the hen, date of oe number of eggs, 
when due, number hatched, r reared, and a 
column for remarks, The rest f the book consists of 
pirado pairs of pona prain no P sees an a the 
debtor, the other the cred ari pd 
hese { 
give on idean dete oe rt eto 
and the items of recei ith the details of 
quantity and of price received, all distributed in 
separate columns, under the headings of eggs, fowls, 
so A 
for e of fowls used in the household, 
fowls an urchased, and , atid also another 
column for ia Jabour, requisites, and sundries under 
one headin: count- is so clearly arranged 
that — the help of “the Somme and example 
of method of filling up given on the rote of the 
cover. it on be kept by any For 
ity, a useful on likely to Kiper 
ret 
—that is, only t Gaia ok Fema to each week 
for Sunday, whic ch in en matter must have equal 
consideration with the ot! These two lines would 
and food p , wit 
ries; and a double nu of would let 
each subject, or group of s bjects, have its line as well 
column for the six working read ilst the occa- 
sional cas ones ay accommodate anything more 
that needed. Another praa mn ‘a, or peer 
oul 
page fo pion r deaths “hen disease 
x great service. These forma ee larger item 
all agreeable in most amateur poult : 
rience; and if und of- 
