788 THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER 19, 1874, 
ulch En with rotten dung 
standards at once, and to m t 
r set in, it will be 
for spring potti stuff and enriching the 
fomir iei oid be got together i= this compara- 
slack ti else can 
should be ke eg y +e mat sible 
‘Alermitttheves, Coleus, and Titae must hike sliny 
of heat and light. W. Wildsmith, Heckfield. 
RUIT HOUSES. 
water at a 
e 
e 
aia followed, aided by th 
ther, the bud 
will now ithout the help of fire- 
heat. If a portion of this material is turn v 
every day to create steam and mois e 
will break strong and even, and the young shoots will 
luxuriate in a soft atmosphere which no ystem 
of artificial heati an supply. y outside 
e borders have not received their annual top-dress 
ing of ey sh be ed, 
yer of hard, in orms on the surface, and 
shuts off the opia froma fh moisture. 
this should be con- 
no bo: 
sidered satisfact factory until every ete has been care- 
fully removed down to the roots, and replaced with 
th Get rid of old 
possible, and prune quite up to the Grapes in use. 
and perhaps most 
neglected, operations p Grape culture is early pruning. 
vily-taxed Vi 
annot rest too es. and they 
will do so far more ly after than before the 
removal of the past nats ¥ . Coleman 
CH ig gets) eae m A mapa SE of ripe Cherries 
from about the middle mwards, uni 
outside t for eo is a valu ble addition to 
essert, part y at pE season in question, 
w a variety in fresh kinds is somewhat 
limited, and these very expen Houses A 
ve. 
o be adva vanced ie forcing or this 
An 
pu pose $ 
— Yature aan abou ae at ‘night. to so" in the 
Use no fire -heat unless it is holt aesa 
then be sparing at the commencemen een ae 
should be to, avoding P in tie. case of fo orcing 
attended 
here, at all times, a confined mospheric condition 
be that $ required 
ese aoo, the treatment of 
` Cherr; y and Plum trees being identical, th 
will ort o both, G T, Miles, Wycombe “Abbey 
CHES Rett! NECTARINES.—Fire-heat may now 
E eee fe eae LE hs be duly 
but the night tem 
used must “of me temperatur: e as gts" 
preg Fes pia of the earliest dishes of Peaches 
i e best procured from 
os which are perman til PE in large borders, 
as at this early period of ioei a slight 
warmth at st he muoti i beim ig 
provides such 
for a 
. 
ad 
ray of daylight admitted. Wage in 
worms at th and 
| than to pay a nocturnal vis 
when they will be four 
the bed. 
slices of f Tamip o or arti Tec on a the surface of the 
Fpoentationi which a good compact bed of leaves wil 
when ac 
afford d in te and firmly 
together. y; able, however, as they are in forcing 
perations generally, still in many pl they are a 
fertile source of introducing an senile pest, the red 
spider, into many forcing-hou me places 
(here amongst others) that destrative insect is to be 
ae tiem in oe numbers, such cir- 
mstances a good c "E of ome maittia whi ch 
will io its egress is ntially ne Assuming 
sary. 
the trees to be in pots, ad that hey were attended to 
in the manner z descr in this Calendar for the week 
r 3, and have mibeennent had the 
treatment ere advised, they will be fit for starting 
at any period when required. Commence forcing with 
a night temperature of 50°, and 55° by fire-heat day, 
allowing an advance of from 5° to 10° more with sun- 
shine, i 
If they have become very mmerse the 
pots in water until they are well saturated. Keep the 
air about the tial generally m oist by the usual means, 
and syringe the trees twice every day ; above all, give 
e trees a position where they will be full osed 
to every ray of lightand sunshine. Continue to venti- 
pon! early Fig owe ) sto are to be started at th 
ar, as before indicated, and 
proceed with the slain aa and tying of trees in "later 
ouses. Geo. Thos. Miles, Wycombe Abbey. 
THE ORCHARD HouseE,—Little at 
ime is required to be done he 
M 
t the present 
ann gi 
in the win nter 
rgreens, w 
d hardy berry-bearing _— 7 aer sorts ; and 
evia this has been don will, of course, 
p the p and ate A the pots with green 
moss, which will render little water necessary, an 
will prevent the soil in pots beco trozi 
ing very : Ai: P. Grieve, Culford, 
Bury St. pan it 
ERS.—The advice which was given in the 
last rinser Calendar expresses nary all that it is 
necessary to enforce on the cu r now. The 
winter fruiters are showing plenty af feuit, oa unless 
e plants be fairly strong, quite two-thirds o f these 
; fruits should , the ossoms and 
„and | tendrils also, piegas roots should, at the same time, 
rmed 
receive a modera e earthing up of p 
soil, 
aar sary in the su 
fair S Berei Blasts W- 
per! aps there i is no bentir way 
t with a lighted candle, 
travelling over the surface of 
thered up into a flower- 
cesible to to secure a healthy 
e roots, an 
ways seep. a couple of toa 
: n the house 
Be ever watchful al i 
Oak leaves, as tga STE tary baw oa rtunit 
Thomas Simpson, Broomfield Lod; he Lae 
otters, 
HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
the weather is open the planting of ira trees 
on walls or else sh 
SO as to expose a con- 
Sen 
Bey as much 4 
ers e ee; and after care. a 
let the remainder be at once ecaying Portions of a 
of compost, formed of about two parts of good 
siderable portion of the roots, bk 
y 
ne, used as a surface. 
dressing, will be sure to have the effect of bringing the 
roots of fruit te a all kinds ee the Phd 
ear frait trees of whatey: 
sal trained to w 
a Ms —— an = the 
maini Asso! i fpe nailing, A 
of wall, patie ‘av contonitraiyed Beate tt es, is fin nished, 4 
st tandard trees in the orchard or A Phi ss should 
have attention—remoying all superfluous shoots and 
branches, thinning 
regular crops of superior fruit, whil 
neglect of f aen will very frequently lead to a ve 
differen tetsch of considerab 
age m ty frott rom so uctive 
or where the epis is of i aeee castes orisu 
suited to the soil or the pee such trees 
no ted in M 
the sorts which experie ence ved to su a 
in that ee locality, withou t a altoge t 
excluding new or improved v arietie 
already becoming troublesome, iney early nc ior 
being generally directed tomas standard Damson 
and other Plums, as well as 
d AiAi omaa 
ant them 
nd, During such weather shreds n 
be prepared ae nailing, and nai be 
and pointed, that no time may be taken up’ 
this descri at ag of he weather is 
able for nailing, &c., i e open air. Z 
Culford, Bury St. Edmun 
Bo 
Variorum. 
THE LADY AND THE FLOWER. 
(FROM THE JAPANESE.) 7 
, red and white, 
That filled the gazer with delight. Aa 
re the sum 
= hs IS rms y 
> m & p 
= s 
a RR 5 
z y lips are mine, 
e foolish flower can never vie 
“With this fair er on Sea a 
usband vi the pretty scene 
The blossom i in its robe of Png 
in silken dress 
