December 7, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



949 



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PEACHES UNDER GUISS. 



I have under 



cester 



S, W. Lei- 



ft 



lean-to 



my care a 

 vinery, aud. my employer wishes to root out 

 the vines and. grow peaches instead. The 

 glass roof is 18tt. from back to front^ and 

 the house is 24ft. long-. The border is an 

 outride one, the bottom of the border being 

 at the groun:d level. There are 4in. flow ana 

 return pipes along the front and part o-f the 

 end, with staging over them. Down the 

 centre of the house is a staging 6ft. wide, 

 and this is needed for housing plants during 

 the winter. Ventilation can be given at the 

 lop of the back wall. Between the staging 

 and the back wall there is an old flue^ which 

 we have njot cared to move, but if we cleared 

 it out there would be a wall lOft. high avail- 

 able. Kindly tell me how best to deal wdth 



this matter, so as. to make the best possible 

 use of the house . — Th e house has a moi'e 

 lowly-pitched roof than is usually regarded 

 as most suitable for peaches, but no doubt 

 a fair amount of success can be obtained if 

 reasonable care is taken. Several methods 

 of dealing with the problem present them- 

 selves, but some of these would involve plant- 

 ing and eventually cutting out supernu- 

 merary trees, and so w^e suggest four fan- 

 trained trees, two for the front of the house 



loug roof 

 the front 



and two for the back w^all. The 

 will allow ample head room for 

 trees and still a fair share of light to reach 

 the trees on the wall. Inside borders back 

 and front will very largely make for suc- 

 cess. There would still be room for a cen- 

 tral staging for housing plants during the 

 winter, but the old flue would have to be 

 removed, as we understand it, to make room 

 for the back border. The house is hardly 

 long enough for three trees in a row, but if 

 it seems desirable to cover the space as 

 ^juickly as possible, long-stemmed standard 

 tan-trained trees might be planted between 

 the dwarfs, to be subsequently cut out to 

 niake room for the permanent trees. Pro- 

 bably tile first method would be the best 



one, especially if a dozen good pot trees of 

 peaches find nectarines were grawn in the 

 house to provide fruit until the planted-out 

 trees are old enough to yield good crops. 

 For the borders take out the soil to a deptli 

 of 3ft,, and if the subsoil is clayey, it will 

 be necessary to make a concrete base, and 

 arrange so that there is an outlet for the 

 drainage. If the subsoil is gravel, a layer 

 of broken brickbats will suffice, over a system 

 of four-inch drain-tiles, placed end to end in 

 rows 4ft. apart, leading to the main drain 

 and outlet. Turves, grass-side down, should 

 be placed over the drainage. For soil use 

 roughly chopped loain, adding a barrow-] oad 

 of mortar rubble, a barrow-load of wood 

 ashes, and a few pounds of quarter-iiu'li 

 bones to each cartload of loam. The borders 

 should be 7ft. wide, but only a 4ft. widtQi 

 need be made up at first, using the rougher 

 portions of loam or turves to make a retain- 

 ing wall. Additions may be made to width 

 of the border in subsequent years. Plant 

 firmly, and get the work done immediateiv. 



EEMOVAL OF WEEPING WILLOW^.— 

 J. H. W., Eiding-Mill-on-Tyne: We Jiave a 

 weeping willow tree, about 7ft. high, and, as 

 far as one can judge, al>out nine or ten 

 yeareold. Would it take any harm if moved, 



and when would be the right time to move 

 it? — If the work is done carefully, tliere 

 should be no difficulty in successfully moving 

 the tree. Keep as large a body of soil and 

 roots attached as possible; excavate around 

 and under the roots, place stout planks under 

 the root mass, and then, by means of rollers, 

 convev the tree to its new site. Removal 

 should take place at once. After replanting, 

 spi'ead some manure litter over the root area, 

 and provide stakes and ties to keep tlie tree 

 from harm during the Avinter, 



CALANTHES.— Ignorance : Could you tell 

 me the cause of the disease that lias ai tacked 

 my calanthe bulbs. Tlie plants have been 

 grown in a proper temperature, and, so far 

 as I am aw^are, they have had no check. — 

 The trouble is due to an excess of moisture 

 during the flow^ering period, and, pn><ibly, 

 to a low temperature. There Avas ample 

 evidence of an infestation of scale on the 

 specimens ssent. ^^'e cannot advise you fully 

 because you have not sent your address, and 

 the post-mark \vas not decipherable, but we 

 mav point out that, w^hile calanthes may be 

 successfully grown in a rich and sul)>tantiiil 

 rooting medium right out in tlie country, 

 w-here air is pure and light good, a much 

 lighter compost ds nece-s'sary in and near 

 towns, and in these cirennl^tances manurial 

 aids are best omitted 



EUST ON CARNATION LFAVES.- 



Ignor- 



ance: Please tell me what is the cau,-e of 

 the disease appearing on the leaves fif the 

 perpetual carnation Lady E. James nnd tlie 

 Malmaison varieties Princess of Wale^ ;ind 

 Old Blush.— The disease is popularly known 



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*' Rust," and i,s due chiefly to cxces-s of 

 inoLsture. If o\xn*-pottod, wx^akly plants are 

 over-watered they soon iall a ]}roy to rust, 

 and it often happi'ii-^ liia1 wrak j)hnits are 

 -subjceted to some li<'ai and ^\ itioicst a1 mo- 

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 ages of the disease. A free circulation of 

 air is at all timos essenitial for carnations, 

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NAMES OF PLANTS. 



F. v., Fxoter. — 1, Cupressns funebris ; 2, 

 Odoutoolor.-um gloriosum ; 3, Azara micro- 

 phylla. 



F. L. E., Horsham. — 1, Aliio> Xordman- 

 niana ; 2, Juiiiporus chineiisis; Skimmia 



japonica. 



O. P. . WolviM-t (HI .— 1 . Sclagiiiella Krau?- 

 siana aurca ; '2. ('i i<mk tlagollilornn> ; 3, Tia- 

 rella cordifolia ; 1 JM innua Forbtvi. 



F. v. J., Dorking. — 1, Pteris ^,'rrulatn 

 cristata ; 2 and 3, hybrid cyprij);'(Iiums, 

 rather poor ones; 4, C. Harri-Leeanuni ; ."j, 

 Dendro])ium bigibbum ; 6, Gynniogranniia 

 Matthewsi. 



xa:\ifs of fruit. 



C. M., FarlV Colne. — L ('^nli^il Aromatic; 

 2^ Duclie>> ot ( )l(l(Mi))urgli. 



'S. 1*.. Cai iil'^rt 11.— 1 . Alhiigtou Pippin; 2, 

 a tine i'\a:iipl;' nt Xcwinn Wonder. 



(). \. S., Cli-rts^v: 1. ('l:iyq;tt Poarniain; 

 2. Maigil; ^, IJi-^marck: 1. 'WiiilT X.'li>. 



15. J. A., KingV Xorton. — 1. Hlenlieini i'ip- 

 ]V\u ; 2, not recognised; 3 a .small (jlolden 

 Xoble. 



J, G. H., Newcastle : 1. Lane's Prince 

 Albert; 2, somewhat out of character, but 

 ;ipp.ai> to be Bramley's Heedling; 3, Kerry 



Pippin. 



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