The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-01-04 00:00:00

CALENDAR OF GARDEN WORK.

Apple and pear trees inflated with moss or vermin may be
much benefitted by being painted all over with a mixture
of Gishurst clay, or a mixture of lime, soot and clay.
If the painting is entrusted to • boy, take care that he
applies the brush by an upward movement ; if allowed to
brush downwards many Arnim will probably be destroyed,
Asparsgua —See that the soil of the forcing beds is
sufficiently moist. A heat of 55 der. to tIO deg. will be
sufficient, but it must not de..-line below 55 deg. Straw
hurdles are of great service to prevent a cooling of the
bed during severe frost and north-east winds. Azaleas
coming into bloom must be kept at • regular temperature,
and have plenty of water. Beware of urging them too
rapidly, and place none in the stove until they have been
tint gently stimulated by the warmth of an intermediate
house. Planta in dower will require • night temperature
of 50 deg., to rise to OD deg. and 65 deg. by day. noes for
late blooming should have a temperature not lower than
40 deg, by night, and es much ventilation as the weather
permits. Auticu'as. —Remove the old decayed leaves, but
In doing to he careful not to injure the plants, The
plants must never be dust-dry, let the weather be ever so
severe. We mention this because during hard weather
good collections are occasionally ruined, the growers for.
getting how hardy the plant Is, and how touch its
! constitution Is injured by drought. But beware of damp,
and during frost avoid watering until* favourable change
occurs, if possible. Cansellia&—These to have similar
trew ment to that advised for azaleas. The whole stock
ought to have been disbudded long since; if neglected, do
It now, for generally speaking the plants are loaded with
more buds than they can expand prooedly. Plante coming
Into bloom to be muted by sprinkling the borders, paths,
and pipes occasion& ly, to allow • diffusion of vapour.
There is no class of plants that more enjoy atmospheric
moisture, but as the blooms expand they require • drier
and cooler air. Cinerarias throwing up thoh flower stems
to be put luau Intermediate house for early dowers. The
most backward to be repotted at once, so as to make fine
specimens for • very late bloom. Keep the stock clean,
use sulphur wher , mildew occurs, and fumigate for rum
fly. Give particular care now to specimens for exhibition-
remove small roots, and peg down those that are beet
,;:ccsre,: to produce • round and solid heed of bloom.
Conservatory—Let nothing suffer now for want of fire-
her Forced bulbs will require warm positions but
heaths, eepaorier, and other hard-wooded plants may be
at the cool end. For succinsion now mignonette,l,o=ites,
violate, lily of the v=lrculla
euphorbias, and j valuable:
Keep the atmosphere pretty dry, to prolong the !mom
ef camellias, malaise, ác. Average temperature of
45 deg. by night, 55 dm, to 65 deg. by day.
Cucumbra —Bearing plants will require occasimal water
.ing with liquidl manure ,and as much light as possible
to keep them in health. Remove male Norms as fast
as they appear. Keep the atmosphere moist; tempera-
ture (JO deg. by night, 70 deg. to 75 deg. be day, SO deg.
with sunshine. Sow duly in pots for swami= plants.
Melons for • first crop to be sown at mos Sow them
singly; it is no min in the end to have to divide Chem
when several seeds are sown in me pot; It is too great •
check. Peas and bean,.--80w first early aorta ia boxes
or on • bed in • frame, in cam the open ground aorrisjpg
are all eaten up, when the reserves be useful to
t. The bast plan fee • few rows of very early
tguntl.:..w the seeds on turf sods, laid down.
wards; the turf should be cut about four Inches wide and
the seeds sown along the centre, and the whole regularly
laid out to form • bed in • cool frame. The process of
transplanting consists in removing the gods with the
pianta into the
_prepared trenches. As the plants ire apt
to push through the turf, it is best to lay the sods on •
bard surface, eo that when lifted there will be no da
to the roots, Rome should now be heavily innichadTraCi
half -rotten dung. If the d isroribitnes7 and rank It
will do me well, but ia 41/0011i
ler • mukh for roar —in • of minable
materiaL

TIM ROME FLEX.
The principal business to be thought of now is the
preparation of muck to be turned into money by its aid
of sanshine further on. But it must be remembered
that homemade manures am for the most pest bulky.
and entail a lot of autism to carry them out ; therefore ia
a place where horse Mom' is costly it wifj be well to
consider in good time the question of home-made arms
purchased manures. As a rule, the hoase-rnad• stud
costs nothing at first hand, and that is a great Point in
Its favour. Not unselciont it can be sold at a good profit
for gardening purpose', but whatever Its alumni, destiny
this may be said with safety, that waste of manurial matters
should never be allowed.

Meows. Moody and Sankey. tee American Brearell•••
have. It is said, aoorpted an invitatioa to re-rielt Great
Britain and Ireland. upon • almond canitsablns dutiful
MI. Mr. Moody has just pnrohased 300 sores of land.
and purposes astabliehlai • howl and farms for boys, th•
sacs of parents unable to educate them. with • rlsw to
securing missionaries from their rants.

Great- indignation is being expressed in Peril at the
discovery that some miscreant has been planing vitriol, or
other corrosive liquid, Into the receptaclei for holy water
in moo of the churches. Many Insirense are stated to have
had their fingers and fame barns on the soloing of Christ-
mas Day when crowing themselves with the water on
entering the chunsh in question.

SPORTING AOCIDINT TO 4 Nftlll.lllllAll. Oft Thunidel
afternoon, shooting in RMl•p_ Wood, new Mont.
(*miry, Lord Puede ma soculmtally shot in the right
thigh and hand by his brother-in-law, Mr. Calvert. The
accident occurred at a curve in the wood. Elis lordship
the inside, and was aim few the right had m
nd g,
was
a m
,oC aveirt's to wheel round. Mr. Calvert not knowing
this, shot at • har• a little heated him and struck big
lesdehip, who did not fall. bet leased against a tree till
amistanos arrived, when h• was convoyed to Lyman Mali.
It is sot thought that the injuries ars awrious.
ITU DAT, 80t, I Hawrres Ran Dustn the great
cure for Gangrene and paining in Ewes, Gsrget in Unniu,
and the unique r4goodr 1., cleansing all impure tastwir from tali Ismaili and the blood before and altar lambing and miring. checking hillsounatioa, rendering the atilt
pure for the off prim and earth" it hem the
. droadful
seri, death by virulent diarrhea—fa, Lawest-soreet. Baker-etteet LOOdni
THSOAT LIMITATION. —Sorenesnami dryttess,tickUnd
and irritation, inducing cough and affecting the voice.
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excited by the act of sucking, become, actively heal.
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sidtruhl• benefit (with or trit mediael treatment)
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= faithfully, Gordon Holmes, L.R.0.F.E.. Physiolaa 'to the Municipal Throat and Ear
Infirmity.