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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



tecture. The third year finds the student progressing in his studies, and 

 frequent revision and examinations fix them upon his mind. He is now 

 able to appreciate the widespreading influence of the profession he has 

 entered, and so, ere quitting the school, he is instructed in all the legis- 

 lation affecting the industry, and allied subjects, such as beekeeping 

 and dairying, are dealt with. His education assumes a more commercial 

 aspect, and he may study special subjects, such as sugar extraction, dis- 

 tilling, brewing, wine making, Sec. The necessity of intensive culture is 

 made apparent, as also is that of economical methods of procedure, the 



with spikes of four or five blooms opened at once h 

 from sixteen to twenty expanded at once, these beinrtwir? n °? wc 

 the size of the old vanenes. 1 uein & tw| ce or three tim* 



When writing of the gladiolus there 



; T11V - U wiiiiii 5 W1 famulus mere is alwav* ^ • r , 

 noticed, namely, the decay of the bulbs, and the Das? J* 1 nfu J fact 1 

 exception to the general rule in that respect. When ! \\r?T as bee 



respect. When 



to be 

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the autumn I thought I had never had a healthier \L ■ , my com >s m 



had that soft silky appearance which us^ »«;the^ 



rr , , — underneath, but, alas ! for the vanity of human i wish* t a i alth y bu * 



necessity of insurance, and values of land, and capital and labour. Alto- point of stripping oflf the outer skin before plant a • ways maIcc a 



gether, a smart young man entering the Ghent School of Horticulture itiahMima a ma« nf rnrmntinn _ a .„ nn co and in verv mam. 



has an opportunity during his three years' course of obtaining such 

 general, practical, and theoretical knowledge as many a Briton would be 

 glad to possess, but which his Government does not provide. 



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WHATEVER may be the difference of opinion as regards planting gladioli 

 whether it should be done in March or April, no one will hesitate to plant 

 during this fine weather. I do not think that any fresh light has been 

 thrown upon the many questions which have perplexed growers of this 

 beautiful autumnal flower, and therefore the old ways" had better be 

 adhered to. There are some things which I have always advocated in the 

 spring work connected with this flower ; and there is one point on which 

 nothing need be said, namely, the choosing of a favourable day, and the 

 non-planting when the ground is at all wet. I have also advocated 

 for many years the cutting of the large corms in two where there is a 

 sufficiently pronounced eye to be seen ; it is better, I think, for the shoots 



grown 



instances a mass of corruption underneath manifested it«if ° verv , ma ny 

 fungoid growth which completely destroyed the vitality ■ S ^ a 

 all such cases the question arises : is this ithe cause of A / buIb ' In 

 result of it ? Opinions have differed and will dTffer h ?t f * y ° r *• 

 opinion the melancholy result is the same T have see Z T" the 

 bulbs imported from France as well as in home saved ones It is 'fT " 

 very aggravating when you have paid half a guinea for J corm ^ T 

 you have seen it start vigorously into growth** find h all a 

 ing its head and refusing to expand its flowers • 

 close upon forty years, I can testify that I am a= uiocn at sea now a 

 was at the commencement of my culture with regard to the diseL I 

 have seen a dozen bulbs planted of one variety, when nerWc ^. 

 of them have succumbed, and I have in other t „ loTn at S 

 whole collection. As my garden contains a good deal of old I II, I 

 may be, although I change position every ^ ^t thS is SSil 

 to the corms ; this is, I know the opinion of my friend Mr. BurS*S 

 Cambridge but I have never known anyone who has grown zladiol iwh 

 has not had to deplore losses. It is not everyone that haT^fh ,ptSd 

 soil as Mr. Burrell has ,n which he can grow roses and gladioli so we! 



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OF HORTICULTURE. 



GLASS STRUCTURES AND FRUIT GARDEN, GHENT SCHOOL 



onranofherfand w^th^ 'vlrie^ S "J?5£ ^ ^ [\ howe ver, this comfort, that anyone who wishes to contim 



double your'stock. Tknow sonif^ht^ ZlJZ^tt*!™*™ f^^Y * m the SniaU ^ m A 'T* l^Tto be in 



some varieties is v#»rv ok.,„j„~ti,r nr^nrpH and seems to oe in j 



hMr() , „ , 1 know some object to this plan, but I have never 

 l a V good reason against it, and as far as my own experience 

 fh^'ti K° rmS P roduced °y those thus treated are larger than where 



^vLh7 C . ? np , ,amed ; vho,e - Another point is that it is desirable to 

 give tne plants plenty of room, not so much for the sake of the nourish- 

 ment suppl.ed as for eas.er manipulation afterwards. I have seen them 

 grown very closely together, not more than four or five inches apart, and 



klol* SB 5 Ut a ". y lt>SS ° f vigour > but a °y one who has grown them 

 knn™ ^1 r , oots ^° not at all spread but go straight down. I have 



e?*h7\Sw P antCd a fo0t a P art ' but 1 do not think * hi s necessary | 

 2KtL^£2^ As 1 nearly all named varieties, I 



! ftS W and m« bemg - CarefuI] y labelled ! 1 use the labeIs about 

 fabe Ms Saced Tcl^ down the n * mes in a book > s « if any 



about five ithel aeep 3£" ft U ' • In P Ianting 1 bore a driI ' 



the bottom, so ^^hlt whe^ t }fe P rn lttl ? r ° ad , gnt ° f P owdeTed cha ^oal at 

 soil from it to the Z' m 18 planted there are about four inches of 



in andTh „ ex o v '' ^ the who,e row is P Ianted '« is covered 

 shoots are ah^^foS^fSS^ * from tbi s time forward until the 

 weeding. I n all these direc fo ns F^H qU \ re but . ,ittle attention save 

 the gandavensis section • I K ave S,mply m v,ew the va "eties of 

 nanceianus groups, and tW k-T* grown some of th e Lemoinei and 

 ground from year to ve^r^ u g robust S™wers maybe left in the 



some varieties is very abundantly produced, and seems 

 affected by the decay of the parent bulb 



shes to continue their 



- " hich • 



no »>T 



:i.icu oy me decay of the parent bulb. ■ „.„h«1 



It may be asked, perhaps, what varieties are to be recommenrteo. 

 lid surest that th* f^llnu/intr varieties be obtained, ™*J 



dark chocolate bro»n 



m - — ■ - ~ . f r ■ * 



I 



following 



Africaine, very 



Archduchess Maria Christine, white tinted and flaked with carmine, n 

 pale porcelain ; Baroness Burdett Coutts, lilac, tinted with ro» 

 purple ; Cameron, slaty lilac, striped with white ; Caprice, creamy^ 

 shaded carmine ; Carnation, pale fleC, 1' * * „ . J"^,,-..,^ , 

 bright rose ; Conquerant, dark purplish carmine ; Connne, carm 



* i Ualila, bright rose, striped with 



lchanterMCA ^«=„ ™h t P strmed with violet, l-^ c 



bite. 



white stripes ; uania, bright rose, striped wun wun* , 

 scarlet ; Enchanteresse, pale rosy white, striped with violet, 

 Eugene Souchet, bright rose, with large white stripes , r » 

 bright scarlet crimson ; Formosa, pale satin rose, large ana ^ 

 Cilaive de Feu, salmon rose ; < 

 Vernet, purple red, striped with 

 bright cherry «»d . i 



pale lilac rose 

 Ovide, purplis 

 rose, sliehtlv t 



ermilion; N^6*. 



'Ondfne, white, tinted "with lilac ; ^^^zsm 

 carmine, striped pure white ; Pactolus >eUo • . de , me 



ted orange ; ^^^W ' X 



ground from year to year eivincr i 1 growers may De lett m the orange rose : Ravon d'Or wIloW • Rossini, dark purpusn 



during the winter. ^J'eS Jo nVT^ * SS* ""fli* °* de ^° re ' ro ^ e ^ > s£te£J«%fi* very early tlower ; 



gandavensis section, either in length ? m ? mmd f qual those of the Monde, dark cherry shaded lihe L i thi 



yet be evolved CCt U s P lke . or colouring; what may 2^£S*JS5l- of much merit, but I * 



be 



section before one, difficult' t^tJn^i tfte T nence of the gandavensis 



ten , i remember when we were contented 



Monde, dark cherry, shaded lilac. • ' • hut j tbink tbo# 



There are many newer varieties of much merit, u sat .. s j a ctn» 

 named above are sufficiently varied, and will not fail to k }J h q>. 

 to the grower. 



