THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



THE ROCK GARDEN IN 

 DECEMBER. 



.ave undergone the 

 of Iho ginkgo to gouet 



ciipantsof llie garden, it will lliiive Ktill being pushed ! 



and the bulboiu> subjects are 

 ground in anticipation of tht 



town gard 



'ithoi,„pu 



latter is due to tho 

 the zesnious p.open 



firm 



GERANIUM SANGUINEUM. 



Alps, cap the highest^ projetiting poii 



l)luish-silver shade wliicli one gets in th< 

 ( harming Japanese pines, P. parviflora a 

 I' d<Musillora is vei v oflVi tive, and the va] 



rms of the No^\ Zealand voi 

 the dull montlLs. The inte 

 ■a f -fori 



CANKER IN APPLE TREES. 



14ft. ; it was a half-standard, 

 utifuliv-balanced head; the vi 

 Orange Pippin. The rooting 



Lad pen! 

 and the« 



The variety albuin^, which originated in greonery of V.'buxifolia," V. t] 

 the South of Scotland, is a very beautiful ' ' ' ' - ^ ^ 



ring makes for the gen. 

 !hann of the garden. Tho blue shades was reftiled with better loam, mixed with 

 mds in V. pinieoloides and others ; the .some of the original soil. The new corn- 

 greens of V. decumbens, V. carno- post was made very firm indeed. 



' V. Stuarti ; the jleep, intense Then the branches which were cankeied 



■-, were dealt with. Some of them were so 



.rplish hues of some badlv affected that perforation was com- 



tho finer hybrids, as well as the specific pR^te, and the worst parts were those 



■ms, tends to enrich the rock-garden con- where the branches joined the mam stem 



erably. This fact, together with the ,„• trunk. All the affected or cankered 



.V'"'^ filh''^'''if'\"^"!f i^'''"-l ^^'"^ T V' ^^^'^''^^ 



'? M.Hb>a!^n)'\l,e \v'iao"TI\\Kl' v" sah- oil ii^a l\'u<lo'"st Jle!'^ 'nireut m/iK 



oliaand V. Dietfenbachmna , give a won- at onc<> turned brown but commeuciMl to 



Filberts.— On properly-tranicd ^spe( 



n the eprini, when the small scarlet fiowe 

 ro viciblo, but all suckers should be remov, 

 ,t tiii« season, and a good dressing of lari 



. ,, , ''"'"^ rock-dweUers lor forming hillocks, yard ... , 



■^e Li Kc vaiK-fic.^ all [)t Ctrl a soiiu- ini>un<l.s, an<l ro.settes of foliage. Mossy far as the roots extend. If growing in the 



sandv and .stoM^ .sod. and <!(> hcs, snxiirages, with their deep-green masses, cultivated portion of the garden the manure 



full ex{M)sure to tho sun. I Im^v scmu n ro almost as valuable at the present mo- may be slightly pointed in with a garden 



nie almost true from .m.mLs. I hnw nienb as thev are in May, when full of fork. Uuslios which arc allowed to grow in 



found s*^e<lhngs of the wlut<' variety blossom. The silvered forms are very ii more natural way should have a portion of 



but white flowers, miuI s. ed- < fliH t iv(>. gleaminsr from the nooks, cran- ^^^^ y^''"' 



- " pio- nies and ledges- while the diverse manv vent overcrowding; all 



. perfectly as well. These l.ued '^edums^ in red, green, grey, aivd" ^^^^^ 



opeu'ov unTv glass,*^aml fl.\w!M-les.s glrden''''' ^^'"^ 



eas<Hl by division as weli. Here and there mav be a stray viola, a 



