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THE GARDENING WORLD 
August 1st, 1885. 
Tie Amateiis’ Uaimn. 
THE GEEENHOUSE. 
Boof Climbers mil still require attention to keep 
them thinned, and the shoots regulated, as at this 
season their growth is rapid, and if left to themselves 
only for a short time they become entangled and have 
a wild appearance, especially in the case of such 
things as Passion Flowers and Tacsonias, which are 
of rampant habit if they have much room at the 
roots. Eoses of the Gloire de Dijon and Marechal 
Kiel kinds, both of which are grand for furnishing 
the roofs of greenhouses, only need free watering and 
plenty of air to prevent mildew and ripen and harden 
the young wood, a condition that is necessary for 
them to do well. 
Zonal Pelargoniums.— For making a display during 
summer and autumn, few plants surpass the Zonal 
Pelargoniums, but to get them to flower freely they 
must have full light and sun, which, for those to 
come in late, is best secured by standing or plunging 
them outdoors, where the shoots they form become 
firm, and these, when the plants are taken inside 
again, yield fine trusses of bloom. To encourage 
them to do this, and to keep the others flowering, 
liquid manure will be a great help ; but this should 
not be given strong, the better plan being to apply it 
weak and often, as then there is no danger of injuring 
the soil or the roots. 
Show and Fancy Pelargoniums that have been 
exposed for some time ought now to have then - wood 
sufficiently ripened for cutting the plants back, which 
may be done as soon as the bark looks a little brown, 
after which the plants should be stood under glass in 
a cold frame and be damped overhead now and then to 
help them to break and start again, when they must 
be shaken out from the old soil and repotted in 
fresh, that which is most suitable being loam, with a 
little sand to keep it open and porous. The shoots 
taken off in shortening back will come in admirably 
for cuttings, and if these are made in the ordinary 
way and put in anywhere on a half shady border, or 
in pots in a frame, they will soon strike, and may be 
grown on for next year, by which time they will 
make nice little plants. 
Primulas and Cinerarias will now require shifting, 
which should be done in a mixture of equal parts 
of loam and leaf-mould ; the best position for them 
after being a cold frame stood in a shady place, where, 
with plenty of air, their growth will be healthy and 
strong. 
Mignonette.— To have this early and good, seed 
must soon be sown, the way to have nice pots being 
to fill 32’s with rich soil and to sow on that, thinning 
out the plants to five or six when they come up, and 
leaving them outdoors till the autumn, at which time 
they should be stood on fight airy shelves near the 
glass, and receive careful attention in the matter of 
watering — an important consideration with this 
plant. 
PITS AND FEAMES. 
These will still be taken up with Cucumbers and 
Melons, which should have plenty of heat afforded 
them by closing the lights early in the afternoon ; but 
before this is done the plants should be sprinkled 
overhead with tepid water applied through a rose, 
which will keep up the necessary atmospheric 
moisture, and prevent red-spider, an insect that is 
sure to get on the leaves if the air remains dry. As 
Melons are so much improved in flavour by being 
exposed to the sun, the fruit should be carefully lifted 
up and placed on inverted pots or pans, or anything 
that will raise them above the foliage, and when it is 
ripening, the plants should have little or no water at 
the roots, but plenty when it is growing and swelling, 
at which time liquid manure is a great help, and the 
same with Cucumbers, which need thinning out 
frequently so as to give room for the young shoots 
and leaves. If there are any frames out of use, they 
may be profitably occupied by using them for a 
sowing of dwarf French Beans, which will come in 
after those outdoors are destroyed by the frost; but 
it should not be forgotten that soon pits and frames 
will be required for propagating bedding stuff, as 
cuttings cannot well be got in too early, especially 
those of Pelargoniums, the first being those which 
are sure to strike and do well. 
THE FLOWEE GARDEN. 
The Weather has been highly favourable for all 
bedding plants, but to keep them flowering steadily 
on they must be well attended to with water, which, 
where it can be avoided, should not be given overhead, 
as it wets and knocks off the bloom, especially that of 
Calceolarias, which fills and falls wholesale, leaving 
the plants naked and bare. To prevent this the way 
to manage is to carefully pour in the water among the 
plants, and if the ground is mulched, as it ought to be, 
there will be little or no washing of the soil, as it will 
soak in as fast as it is given, and quickly find its way 
down. To have the beds regular and uniform, it will 
be necessary to go over and thin out such things as 
Pelargoniums, which, owing to their fast growth, soon 
get bunchy, or so thick as to draw each other up, and 
when they do this they run to leaf and fail to flower 
in the free way they otherwise would. 
In taking out the superfluous shoots they should be 
snipped off long enough for cuttings, which strike well 
now if put in on an open border in the full sun, and 
kept sprinkled during the evenings of hot days to 
maintain the leaves fresh. Border plants will need 
to be staked and tied securely, especially such things 
as Dahlias, Phloxes, and others that have heavy 
heads to support, and all will be benefited by a good 
soaking of water or liquid manure, which will be a 
great help to them in expanding and carrying their 
bloom. Delphiniums and others that have done 
flowering ought to have their seeds removed, and the 
same with single Dahlias, as then they continue to 
branch out and blossom freely till late in the autumn. 
Eoses. —The first flush of beauty on Eoses is now 
over, but by cutting back the strong shoots a bit, and 
giving the plants liquid manure now and then, they 
will break freely and be gay again by-and-bye, but to 
have the plants in this desirable condition they must 
be kept free from mildew, which may easily be done 
by syringing the foliage with water in which sulphide 
of potassium has been dissolved at the rate of 2 ozs. to 
the gallon. 
THE FEUIT GAEDEN. 
Pears and Apples may now be considered safe from 
falling, and should, in all cases where they are at all 
thick, be thinned out at once by taking off all that are 
undersized or deformed, as they only rob the others, 
and will be of little or no use for gathering and stor¬ 
ing, besides which it is more satisfactory to have a 
fair crop, fine and good, than a heavier one of inferior 
fruit. It often happens that Pears crack, at and after 
this season, the cause of which is the check they 
receive through extreme dryness of the soil, followed 
by a glut of rain, the dryness bringing about a harden¬ 
ing and tightening of the skin, and the sudden soak¬ 
ing of wet such a rapid swelling of the flesh that the 
rind has to give way, and the Pears then split open 
or become woody within. 
To prevent this unsatisfactory state of things, the 
only remedy is to water, or, better still, to apply liquid 
manure to the trees, which will be a great help if given 
in sufficient quantity to wet the whole of the soil as 
far as the roots penetrate, but before it is done the 
thing is to mulch. If the trees have any shoots on 
that are not wanted for filling gaps, and do not form 
leaders to the branches, the whole should be taken off 
by stopping them back to within the last three joints, 
by doing which, not only will the fruit be benefited 
by a more full and free exposure, but the base buds 
will plump up and ripen thoroughly before winter 
sets in. 
Cherries. —Dessert kinds of these will now be over, 
and as aphis are very prevalent, the trees should be 
looked to and have these insects washed off, which 
may be done with soap suds driven on with force 
through a syringe. Morellos, if securely netted, will 
hang a long time, and be all the better for the keeping, 
and as they are so useful in so many ways, the wonder 
is that they are not more grown, especially as they do 
well either against north walls or planted and treated 
in the bush form or as standards. 
Peaches and Nectarines. —These, outdoors, are 
very late this season, but as they have got through 
the process of stoning they will soon begin to swell 
quickly, and should be assisted by giving the trees 
a good soaking, which will help to keep off red-spider 
and assist in maintaining the foliage in a fresh and 
healthy condition, but to insure having it in this 
state, syringing must be pursued for some time to 
come. 
Plums. —All that can be done for these is to con¬ 
tinue to pinch back the shoots, so as to have the trees 
well spurred, and to keep them free from green-fly, 
which are more than usually troublesome this year, 
and are everywhere, like a blight. 
THE VEGETABLE GAEDEN. 
Bidge Cucumbers and Vegetable Marrows.— 
These, like everything else, are attacked with green¬ 
fly, and unless seen to by thinning out the shoots and 
leaves that are affected, and then syringing the plants 
with strong soap suds, mixed with a little tobacco- 
water, driving it under the foliage, will soon go off, 
but if assisted in the way referred to, and well 
watered with tepid water or liquid manure, they will 
pull through, and be of great use in the autumn. 
Tomatos. —The weather has been all in favour of 
these, as they like great heat, but with it they must 
have moisture, as though they may grow freely, and 
look well, the blossoms fall if the plants get dry at 
the roots. This being so, they should be mulched 
with half rotten dung and then heavily watered, after 
which, and all through the season, it will be necessary 
to keep the shoots thinned out by removing any 
laterals or leaves that cover or overshadow the fruit, 
but the main branches should have every encourage¬ 
ment by being led on and tied up or nailed securely 
to the wall, fence, or stakes, on which they may be 
trained. 
Peas and Scarlet Eunners. —It has been a trying 
time for Peas, and it is only in deep, well-manured 
soils that they can be kept going, and then they must 
have water to enable them to set their bloom and 
swell their pods, all of which should be gathered close 
as soon as they are fit, as leaving them on distresses 
the plants. The same remarks apply to Scarlet 
Eunners, which cease to bear if allowed to carry seed, 
the maturing of it being a great tax, and as it is cheap 
it is not worth saving to ripen. 
Potatos.— The early kinds of these, such as the 
Ashleaf and others of that class, are now ripe enough 
for taking up, and the sooner they are out of the 
ground the better, as they escape disease, and there 
is no gain in leaving them after the skins are set, 
but those for seed will be improved by letting them 
be out a day or two before being put in a shed. The 
land set free after lifting the crop may be profitably 
utilized by sowing it with Turnips of two or three 
kinds to come in for succession, the best for the 
purpose being the Milan, White Stone, and Veitch’s 
Eed-topped Globe, the latter being a good one for 
standing the winter. 
Cauliflowers. —To have these late, a planting of 
Walcheren or Early London should be made now, the 
best way being to put them in in drills drawn with a 
hoe, as then they may be watered readily, and the 
gradual filling in around the stems is a great help in 
steadying and improving the growth of the plants. 
SHIPLEY HALL, DERBY. 
A charming place, is the impression left on the 
minds of visitors to the residence of A. M. Munday, 
Esq. The mansion is situated on an elevation north¬ 
west of the town of Ilkeston ; and from this busy 
town to the lodge entrance in the Ilkeston Eoad 
there is a drive from the town of a mile and a half; 
then turning into the grounds, a winding road through 
the park leads upwards to the elevation on which the 
mansion stands. There are two pleasing aspects of 
the park: its rising character from the level around 
it, and its fine trees. Then, at the circumference of 
the base of the elevation on which the house rests, 
there are five pieces of water, forming a ring, with 
patches of grassland and woodland between them; 
and were these several pieces of water connected, then 
Shipley Hall and grounds would form an island, and 
a picturesque island too. 
Bound about the mansion and offices are gigantic 
specimens of Beech and other trees; they are an 
indispensable protection on this elevated spot. The 
specimens of Beech are worth going miles to see. On 
