THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



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may be cither broken crocks or prepared which must be eradicated immediately— ONIONS. — Autumn-sown onions that 'M 



bracken roots. John Donoghue, Bardon Hill Gardens. transplanted to permanent quarters in £ 



ab™conL^two^ P fibrourb^^ FRUITS UNDER CLASS. W£* \ it^thTnSVa^S 



broken into fairly large lumps, the remain- STRAWBERRIES. —Runners that were or bent down to check the upward [ft* 



ing compost consisting of about equal por- placed in small pots a few weeks ago will sap, and. Help to plump up the bulbs. An 



tions of oak or beech leaves, broken up and De ready for putting into their fruiting of the earlier varieties that are ahead 



passed through a half-inch sieve, and chopped pots (or,' at least, the majority of them). The matured should be pulled up to dry, so ft, 



sphagnum moss, with -n ttii-it-ut ,aiid added w eat her has been suitable for quick root nig. the, km- mu\ ..,,,„„.• hard before storing 



to render the whole porous. The compost aml ore this the runner, should have been If the weather i, at all showery the 



should be pressed moderately, firm, and the separated from the parent plant and stood should be placed in a cold frame facing 



surface may be covered with a layer of together in the open on a bed of ashes, sun and be given all the air possible. Onioi 



chopped sphagnum moss. The plants should The soil should consist of good fibrous loam, that were sown and planted out from bos 



bewS wate/ed with rain water as scon as old spent mushroom bed manure, a little are growing vigorously since the web , 



repotting is completed, taking care to wet bone-meal and soot, and old mortar rubble rams came, and they should be given we, 



the compost through. The plants should or plaster, to keep it open. The pots should liquid manure about once a week, and k 



then be staged where thev may be shaded be well drained, and have some rough turf a little soot dusted over them occasional 



from glaring light until the root, push into plnml ,,ver the crock,. Have the soil ... a to give colour to the foliage and km i 



the nv-1, material. I find it a good plan suitable condition, neither too wet nor too sects at bay. The Queen onion is almo 



to sprav the trebly potted plant, once or ( ] rv . an(l iU ,v plant, that are not tit to pot, ready lor harvctu.g, and is a very usef 



tu.ee a day. as this not only assists in re- place on one side for a week or two, as sort for early use and the ground where 



taining the bulbs plump, but also acts as a nothing is gained by potting too soon ; has occupied can be utilised for other thing 



it also acts as a nothing is gained by pott 

 H. J. Chapman, neither should they become . 



" the small pots, as they do not then readily 

 ve to the new soil. When potted, stand 



lite "make ^Ir** useful heaefs 

 supply. The planting of^brocc 



Oakwood Gard< 



STOVE PLANTS. 



BEGONIA G LOIRE DE LORRAINE. — be damped over if necessary. 

 Kxamples of this u,ct'ul begonia ought to be M A Dl! KSl'l 1 .1.1) COl'KT GRAPE. — This 



transferred to their final pots without further j S( perhaps, one of the most difficult grapes 



delay; pots of 6in. or 7in. diameter will be t o cultivate, and especially to colour; the 



quite large enough. The plants must be bunches usually come out too large, and are 



weather pre- 



thoroughly incorporated with it .will be found off excessive rains;' after they have started Fresh'young'fruits "are "the "most 



the soil should be lumpy and porous, vails, and the roots are partly outside, these the shoots to become o\e.-. ... d.d . 

 small quantity of well decayed manure should be covered up with old 1" ' ' 



lights to keep the fruits become too old before c 



f iQ ]f Z^tL ZI 3 m CO l° nr ' aU P J an i S ?° Ul f d b? r f mov ^ d £ f om CELERY —The maggot of the celery 

 rrowth. I hpve noticed that this begonia the house, and p entv of air be admitted , , , , r „^„ i Q „f ;„ h,; . a; .f t 



nakes rapid progress during August and Sep- whenever possible" anil in dull, wet weather, *g* ^l^X^l^ 



allv damped down sat'otv be left on at night, as a free , 

 " ir will be the best met 



i ,nane i.ni,i ne gi\en hit .on ot air will he t He hest means ot colour- „ i ' h"j„„. „ thom t?„ this - : ncl 



^^^.^wassa ^jg&^s&siszz S^^ffiSlis; 



K-^^iss&ssnk iHI£I-SHS 



regular applica^^^^^ and as they require more water, it is diffi- ™ Q *™ be seEed and wrapped round with 



rhemi.al te,t.li-e. ..mi ,l.-. t .,oot ^atei. Tlu LV1|; M( . S( ATs _ In ( . old so ii s the roots theTamTTime^ev^can ^"more 'liberallr 



1 \ ZTr???l%% in™ 7 y „M !, TV* " { * ,;, >'^ ai '° lH '^ 1ho - v " ,l,st f «» with liquid manure and artificials, 



colour to the foliage, which is much appre- not be over . cr0 p pedj and wa tering should will also be found by this time that the 



afsoon a^hevmake^thch. Z near uu- '. I'.l ' ' ' ll ' , ' f " ll "» lld on finp da .™ Keep a surface of the trenches are a mass of roots 



aum, a month or^six weeks before t he plant ' ft?,' 1 war ?f ] }. in thp l^f* *\ with . a that will be greatly benefited by a top-dre- 



E is^eatilv ^nlrom \^ S rnluluT' " i' "™ " * ? ! rfnSL? TW? t^arSing willt highly 



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W^^J^^i^ S^JiSKt?; a net d tMidt CARROT^ that have 



are now placed singly in small pots, and ... ,. ,,,;].,,,. , n T 1- , ti, > arc tor pulling voung in tin- .«»n.H.... 



allowed to remain in them during the n ; o t to ome ex e t P be thinned out t^hree inches apart. IV ■ 



w inter, thev will prove most valuable exiem. after showers of ra in . apph ■ I " - ' 1 : - 



IITT..M \< L ,„,„„,„ ,,,,,, , lft u MO\sTI:1:A Dl'.!.!! K >S.V. — This is now and destroy all weed, as soon a, they an;.- 



ting.' are rooted' near the cd'g.'s ..r'humb ^"TrT^ W,licU w il1 m ^ f -vieeable later on 



pots, and afterward- t , a.^t'em,! into ,>.- ; .. "!, : / ^ e.", rp a ^ MT'SU H< )l)MS. — When there is a r h'.: . 



sized pots they will soon develop into use- SaJot^molHoun^ SSfs ^^wing^ ^ of 1 mat f rial 3 ^ f £.Eft2 



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PAXKTM VARIEGATUM. — Another mvtovc: i a t Q v«t„i. ,.~n washing the walls, and putnui 



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PANCR ATIT'MS. — As these pass out of litter, thev will be t'renllv eueiited. Wate." i,or 't h,'!'!!,..!/ '"collect manure daily an" ■• 



bloom thev ought not to be ripened off too ing should be done very carefully in dull it well turned over 



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ripen off the plants by a gradual reduction ;m d admit a little air by the top ventila- iV'mI'w.^ vlM-v'^n.udi i pari icr ^tli'^re i- * l " y ] 



toliage lias ripened off the pots should be he grown, and should not be over-cropped. f P ossl,)1 l'b* °f a good ,,M1 . iN r] . ,i . - 



vai r s ne wit°h a th lV^Vaterfng"»mm if PEACHES AND NECTARINES IN POTS. Hng'lo nof bl/ome strong enough^^ 



rjffidSTf 4 the bulbs must not in il §"SF2 d Iv"4rS r 3, - ^^SitS^ 8 ^! 



(JEXKRAL REMARKS.— Now that the warTdavI. ^Cv shouM \'of°lt aH-.u'e'd ' to ,,',.„.., i- ' 



