THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 
settle the soil, and plunge the pots 
WORK FOR THE WEEK, ^.t-w 
with a bottom heat of 75 to 80 degr< 
Keep f 
re hardened off sufficiently for roughly ripened wood. Later and sueces- 
near the glass, where a sional houses must have copious syringings, 
ind short-jointed wood and even when ripe fruit is on the trees it is 
■ras are not disposed to possible to syringe all around them in 
;ess the tips of growth hot weather w.tnoi.t at al damaging the 
ved During the early fruit; all other portions of the house should 
le rooting sjace should be thoroughly damped in order to keep down 
as possible alter at can be sliaKen irom tne be provided, but allow the plants to become pests. Gather all fruits as they become 
seed-pod. After the end of the present wo u rC oted before their season for flowering ready, carefully placing them on wood wool 
month the days begin to draw in very begins. A neat green stake should be pro- in a cool truit loom, 
rapidly, and seeds sown during the closing vided f or the centre of each plant, and the MELONS. — Plant oid " " 
ything like so young shoots looped carefully to it. From early nouse , where plenty of fire-li 
apidlv as i a Lound to be the ea.-e in the ;. u tting 3 taken at this season and required bo use to ripen the units thoroughly 
arly months of the year. In the case of f or early summer flowering, pots six or the early part of October; make the soil 
leyas, ladias, and others of the epiden- seven inches in diameter are quite large fi rm as possible by rai 
— gh. Use a good compost of loam and topping anr 1 • ■ 
! \^se a pla > ced P on the hot-v 
lly those in frame* 
g to the 
the plants have re- hea " t _ 
[ be plunged, and a sheet of covered from the check. Should larger speci- 
' ^bCm^ra'cSTnd po&^^V^-f»? 
quired. Another excellent planis to pot them clean and growing.-^ . A. Cook, 
up small plantB immediately after flowering, Leonardslee Gardens, 
prune back the flowering shoots to make THE FLOWER GARDEN, 
them shapely, and grow them steadily 
throughout the winter Mealy bug is by far SEEDLIX* ! CABIN ATIONS as a rule are 
are prepared, the work -in... id 1 1„. troublesome in-ert pent, being al- healthier and stronger than plauts propa- 
e.-uMderable time before they are „„,.,, in-eparahle from the growth ..1 ixoras. gated by layers, and it has been proved in 
<■<}■ It i- ..Im, ad viable that ^ the ..... d \\ ,„ U st be kept in check, or, as the flower- many gardens that when the latter^ have 
the hw.wu; this will give tune t..r become ii i.e.- ted h> badly that it is almost course, one has to chance the varieties, and 
su|M'rll.i«.iir. water to drain away, and impossible t.. clean them without some in- also to put up with a few singles, w h n h , n> 
eave tl ,d -utih i. ntU- nn.ir-t t<. permit llirv \ thorough syringing with insec- the way, are very useful for decorative pur- 
been shaken. g ptom»*in Staging a cl«a?5«&iy1rtock. * o^coiouM k obtained, and an abundance of 
KUM1 NATION. KTC.-Iu the case of (JEN KRAI, K KM A K KS.— All the stocks of flowers. These will now be leady for plant- 
it«.-lo,-nm- and allied go .e ra.^tl.e a winter-flowering subjects may now be mg, and may^ be given a little more room 
y precaution has U-en taken, and nothing advances, be given nn.re exposure to the A NT1 R 1! II I N K MS. — The dry, hot weather 
,M ''-" '" p'ocuiv -"'table '•"•'d'- .-un-bme. 'I hi., will greatly assist the ripen- experienced la-t month suited the antirrlu- 
+. Other seedlings have give, every ing ,,t' t he wood ready tor flowering. Liquid uum wonderf nil v well, and the beds are a 
.iae.iou, but the .dontoglo,-.,,,, .-ee<|., u.r.nyard manure, well d, luted, and soot mass of flowers. * They ar«, undoubtedly, «- 
i late .ii the spring have not made the water, may be used alternately with some cellent plants for bedding purposes, provid- 
re>, ..in could have de-ued; m I act, approved chemical fertiliser as a change i nff a gran d display for some considerable 
■ se. n *he -ame ca.^ ..i -eedl.ng.. make ,,. diet ; tl,:. treatment should be continued time. When the centre spike shows signs of 
f progress in a tew weeks in previous a t weekly or fortnightly intervals until the seeding it should be removed, thus throwing 
3 than has taken place in as many months plants develop their blooms. — John more strength into the side shoots. In fact, 
-ea..on. (.emulation has l>een painfully Donoohto, BardonHill Gardens. all spikes should be cut out iramediatelv tliey 
'"'! ; " V, u> a 'T' ar . •"' X roWi "Z finish flowering. Bv following up this method 
lay hope that a few days' moist weather FRUITS UNDER CLASS. the plants remain in bloom longer. The in- 
ng go<xl progress, and those who have and I am airaid in some cases the heat gP* SL a lSrf and' Carmine 
g plants developing the second or third bought the dreaded red spider in to many S?f Sp, 
will do well t<> fake advantage ,., th, vineries ; it comes into the best regulated splendid 
moist weather to pot off what plants are houses in such hot, sultry weather, and in DAHLIAS. — As growth advances the^Ao^ 
the' otters to rema^untU latertn^e ""the reason' that^ hLr^ntioned the and Si^from^rLlring them off. If blooms 
■n.— J. (h u'man, Oakwood Gardens matter. 1 h a \v t raced it coming through the are required for exhibition purposes the baas 
bottom ventilators, so I strongly advise the must be thinned to one on each shoot. Much 
STOVE PLANTS. qu ick clearance of all leguminous crops, damage is sometimes caused by earwigs, aa4 j 
NCKATTD MS. These bulbous plants winch invariably in their decline become a an inverted pot with some dry material in it 
nearly all completed their flowering prey to red spider. I have several times sug- should be placed on the top of a stake to form 
n, and mav Ik- brought to a state of ge*ted reined ie, tor red spider, but the re- a trap. 
ov gradually withholding water, and m^d.. m.-t b. • pei^tently used in spite of PROPAGATION. - During the coming 
mg a lav circulation ot air, with more pt'-w.g \" lk - "< ">" k '> "»v„, t ,, rtni! , ilt til . „, H . I:lt i(llJ vvi || demand nur -a 
ure to the .sunMnne. Viter they have of tin to g and act, against the proper atte „tion, and it is essential that everything 
• gone a thorough npeinng , they ripening or colouring of the grapes. It is 8 , lould be in rea^esT when a start in tak- 
oe turned on their -ales with the bulbs J P' ' "' to see a house ot grapes spoilt ing the cutti ig made . Kots and '-v- 
' " ' V ', Z] "V.Mr. ■ .' . ' Ml " ;,M e tl!U "' U1,h - UHlv soil . ^ in 
" - LU • - 1 ue.-e ,u„nA ex- tinn . The growths ot pela. gomums - 
In, lib, -hud be evanuned tin amined o , ,-,>,,, lly to see that the berries good condition this season for cutting., being 
to time with a view to watering should are not pressing each other; a lew may yet short-jointed and firm, and there should 
is necessary, as they have be much difficulty in rooting them. Lobeha 
>w them Keep the that is required for supplyinj cuttings should 
ugh during the be cut down to induce the plants to make ne« 
bright sunny weather they need not be growth. I lei i.,t r. .pi u m-. Salvia patens, 
i^Tus ^OTided and^ k neces^ry but fh^" 1 ? 8 pr °^ a f at0< J d at ° n e Ce ' 
sLuld%ne°weather*suddenly e Sge^^ th^n UngTot 5i5^ri^^°^u^Uy "wt. 
shouiTbTshiftedin^ 
ireciaieu. id proviue siock ior next .wuvumg „„. uecvcs.u > . can be potted up singl 
flowering, cuttings of hall-ripened KAlM.V PEA( BES.-r-Keep the foliage well in which they may beV 
u Id l>e -elected and placed singly in s.vringtd and the border tsupplied with 
day and night. Keep 
