DECEMBER 26, 1874] 
THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
817 
42. £ > ASTI 
ę being 
7 1,795,000 Foe resis or little more than 3 
ser cent. of the whole nigh land. Pol re et 
oodland. equal 
u sence r communi- 
ca any places renders it unavailable. 
é a The ‘ownership of the forest lands is divided as 
in wn mines and works, 
,000 deciatines ; as appendages of Crown, 
487, E deciatines ; belonging to towns, churches, 
rent institutions, a 
s, and diffe ee 
R 
_—those subject to State Calcd those coming 
y — the domain of c 
fores e 
r the a aa, foe! are 
Senay co n 
_ subject to a code of regulation 
ceptions, Russia in 
extreme limits 
fuel 
_ ported from the ports of the Black Sea. - The Lime, 
Tilia ‘* parvifoli extends a on most southern 
; fy. a to the g government of St. Petersbur gand Lake 
but its sea is little one and only used when 
other can chiefly used for fire- 
= wood, ve even for this de it holds the lowest 
position of all. It has recently sequin 
; rtan 
importance as a mater per- 
Oak, Quercus mete a found osoa: 
Russia, with the exception ò northern districts, 
its limit being in about 58° N Ti in Livonia, and 
RY iatic frontier. The forests are 
i much usted injudicious 
felling. Besides the foregoing there are 
other trees, but cover relatively 
T are confined to the southern parts 
the empi h are the Beech, Elm, Hornbeam, 
Ash,- , White Poplar, Maple, various 
species o Willow, Be. eae system of forest 
only ca practice in Russia in 
1841. The system of leaving the care of cutting and 
clearing to the purchaser is a very serious evil, which 
» it is a 
ht men is always defective 
some 
‘ing new fo 
-= gress of the last few years 
Deciatines. Deciatines. Total. 
= . 2088 planted .. 2060 4148 
eg 3372 re! ad 2772 
» 1317 5 1690 3007 
” ++ 1447 » 2303 3750 
” s. 255 ” 975 1230 
as as 
A is still the custom in some parts, a exhausting 
il by repeated crops, to leave it for a number o 
ars, when it becomes "teas ea with » whi = 
pe ee the manure 
m Russia 
is 
1o}d, i O 
of 5.935.488 roubles one contributed by Great 
Britain, een sy and 1871 the value of forest 
ust doubled. 
eat for the training of 
one at St. Petersburg, and one at Moscow, 
s two | schools for officers s holding lower 
roprie of 
d into eae categories 
"tb memini A = ws apena of 
orests, Sat ipally in the eia ases 
Russia. The following ceria Big sper ol rate of pro- = 
they must 
- the joints of the keea or at the bottom 
Garden Operations, 
(FOR THE ENSUING FORTNIGHT.) 
PLANT HOUSES, 
STOVE.—Whichev 
halls 
o be embellished with flow 
y- 
8. 
® 
occupants of the stove and greenhouse. 
these, such should be chosen as 
habit of flowe arly, 
the least ies aca of fire-heat, for, as 
higher t 
come on quicker, and do 
flower. Where Rhododendrons are thus employed, 
the ager! ri ring sorts should selected—those 
vee ut-of-do Pre m so soon in the sea- 
so sd e often cut of b pring frost ; for this 
“ayer 
Ree ae oe a 
ge arè em 
_ Aspen, Populus tremula, flourishes up to 63° N. lat. ; areak 
lass 
um pictum there are, I believe, two 
grown ; that which I now referto is a very all- tent reny 
compact grower, with a profuse flowering habit, and 
like the preceding opens its blooms, which are qightly i 
ith 
k, with little heat ; the single fl 
moved from the truss with their foot -stalks entire, are 
malé useful for small and so used last for a 
week, lilac-coloured Syringa, or pa of 
éns, so much esteemed by the for forced 
flowers in a e (they the variety 
k as Charles X., which comes whiter in the 
were when so tre than the common gat is in 
ba has not with 
cess in this country, many of the atte ci eine 
too 
w. in many 
private establishments the convenience of a hot 
da rk chamber, mtha as ibe Larizian Slower. forcers use; 
Dgn 
not receive a ray of light either through 
where 
best means I have found 
=: peti rhen on eight, tis to place a few inches of sand 
box, and to have a 
in not flagging in th 
to oe Peas raag T dark, hot, unnatural 
conditions ich the flowers are dalip. 
The Guelder p (Viburnum Opulus) i isa fine -e 
lan gr 
ae to be in the best condition for forcing should be 
having its shoots st their 
oom during the winter, is 
ya ob eet ert 
. 
foe 
gë : 
is easily 
lowei ina Bite erme by whieh mens they come 
bit of 
way we turn there is 
the same cry amongst gardeners of a pea increased 
Ils, si » 
a the breakfast and the ome! tuble “alike ae: 
brought into bloom in the 
stove, and whilst there are very attractive, are totally 
s 
and will push forward with 
a rule, the 
a temperature to bring them into 
prodi one of the best is ae te called Cunni ing- 
_ham’s White, which is a dwarf, compact grower, the 
pA etme enh E i ee ee ee 
thus prepared by ing, make 
variegated-leav a 
decorative plant for forcing, for which zheng 
n n grow e 
plants that will make “rey be ec: that are not too 
in the roots for a pot, can now be oe 
ea Baines the hee of occuping little room. 
—Rest is of the greatest importance 
Orchids, pam care is necessa! 
a 
o° by day and 45° by 
should be used than i is kde to keep the fme fa nen 
heat. Thistreatment will induce a mo 
atmosphere at this season will cause serious injury ; on 
wed to become too 
the other hand it should not be allo 
dry or the stems leaves ei ehaivel + a little water 
should therefore be and benches 
poured over 
morning, when the weather is fine. The ore 
must be kept clean, so that the plants may get as 
much light as possible. Plants of Dendrobium nobile, 
which completed their pee wre should have their 
flower-buds in a fo placed in heat, and 
one of the finest nig nine plants. When it is neces- 
ch until May, yoo Big should 
tem 
o grow. 
any of the Dendrobiums make grand plants for exhi- 
bition. For that purpose it is n to retardsome | 
of the varieties sg they are paa to bloom at the 
end o ki arek as D. dens Po 
merii, D. macrophyllum teum are very y 
PAC] cool house, 
sphagnum should be got 
The sphagnum cannot be ‘sed’ too fresh ; if spread 
out me on a damp > oe, and kept sprinkled with 
aau be at in a growing 
F 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
The present severity of ee with a con- 
semble amount of snow on the ground, has pta, 
vQ 
-house. We l I od 
reba 
Tro ng ye ; but, where turf — 
De this, cut 2 inches thick and divided — 
into attip of 4 gcc wide, jeme rapier 4 ee 
for the purpose. trips s have a groove a 
down the centre, pa the depth of pi ee i eee 
the seed sown, and covered about 1 inch deep. When ao 
the ‘Peas are 3 to + aon high, the turves 
out and p 
A ae for man 
eee on ota with, Con- 
fermented material, as dung, 
eaves, nae, Pee areeni Paes of Pte, as 
also for Carrots, Cauliflowers, Lettuce, e se 
