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threaten. We find it best to encovirage 

 quick rooting by this means, as a pre- 

 paration of the plants to endure the win- 

 ter. All cabbage worts to be hoed be- 

 tween, and dead leaves picked off. Strew 

 quicklime over newly cleared ground, and 

 also over the stuff in the muck-pit once 

 a-vveek during this month, and you will 

 get rid of myriads of vermin that are now 

 preparing to lay by for the winter. 



Tulips to be sorted over, and arranged 

 or planting. In a bed of fancies, be par- 

 ticular as to heights, as it spoils a bed to 

 get first or second row flowers into third 



or fourth rows. Contrasting the colours 

 is of far less consequence than getting the 

 heights correctly, and some sorts grow 

 taller or dwarfer than they are marked in 

 the catalogues, where any peculiarity of 

 soil affects them. Border and bedding 

 tulips should be ordered in quantity at 

 once. See on this subject the remarks at 

 p. 117 of this year's volume. 



Vinery. — Prune the vines that are to 

 be started first, and clean the stems. Keep 

 the sashes off till about the 20th of the 

 month, and then put them on, and cover 

 the border with leaves and sloping boards. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



THE GARDEN* ORACLE FOE 1861 

 Will be ready with the November No. of the 

 Floral World, and it will be advisable for those 

 who wish to have it immediately on publication 

 to give orders to their booksellers at once. It 

 will contain Lists of the Winning Flowers of 1860, 

 Lists and Descriptions ofNew Florists' Flowers, 

 New Fruits and Ornamental Plants of recent in- 

 troduction and special value , besides the usual 

 selection of new and old varieties, suited to the 

 wants of amateur cultivators. Also, an account 

 of a new Spergula, which, in some respects, sur- 

 passes S. pilifera in its rapid growth on barren 

 soils ; an Essay on the Amateurs' Greenhouse ; 

 with lists ot subjects to insure a beautiful dis- 

 play at all seasons of the year ; besides Notes 

 on Herbaceous Plants, the Management of Bets 

 and Poultry, and various Hints for the Country 

 Housewife and the Gardener. Copies of the 

 Oracle for 1859 and 1860 may still be had, and 

 will be found most valuable for reference by all 

 who are interested in practical horticulture and 

 the growth of plants for exhibition, on account 

 of the permanent value of the lists and selec- 

 tions. 



Variegated Periwinkle, etc. — A.B.— There are 

 several varieties of variegated periwinkle ; they 

 are all of the same habit, and differ only in the 

 amount of variegation and peculiarity of mark- 

 ings. Yours is V. minor Elegantissima. The 

 Vinca major has larger leaves. In cold, damp 

 places these should be taken up and potted for 

 the winter, and in the spring may be propagated 

 from cuttings. To keep them true, they should 

 be grown in poor soil ; in rich soil they are apt 

 to run back, and acquire the healthy green of 

 the common periwinkle. We received a pru- 

 nella from you which was named, but not Chry- 

 santhemum segetum, though the latter came 

 from several other correspondents. The best 

 book on British wild plants is Dr. Deakin's 

 " Florigraphia Britannica," sold at £3 10s. 

 Babin^ton's Manual at 7s. 6d. may suit you. 

 Sedurn acre is not entered in the list you refer 

 to ; seed of it is seldom saved. We do not know 

 it by any other name. 



Shrubs under Trees. — C. L., Putney.— -We 

 have several times given lists, but as this is 

 planting time we will, for once, not object to a 

 little repetition. Common tree-box, Aucuba 

 japonic.t, common evergreen Euonymus, com- 

 mon privet, phidyrea, ivy, and periwinkle are 

 the leading subjects for such work. In addition 

 to these, we have, in the most luxuriant health 

 under the heaviest shade of horse-chesnuts and 



close walk, the following :— Taxus canadensis, a 

 beautiful upright yew ; Taxus adpressa, a still 

 more beautiful dwarf yew, which spreads late- 

 rally and almost as flat as a table, and is really 

 fine for a front row ; common holly ; variegated 

 holly; American Arbor-vita ; Ligustrum japoui- 

 cum, a very beautiful privet ; Ligustrum luci- 

 dum sempervitens, almost as handsome in 

 foliage as a camellia ; Skimmia japonica, very 

 dwarf, and a wonderful bearer of berries ; hy- 

 brid rhododendrons; Berberisj.iponicum; B.fas- 

 ciculaiis hybrida; B. aquifolium; variegated box. 

 These are all in stiff, ungenial loam, except the 

 rhododendrons, which are in peat. To these you 

 may add common yew, any of the ornamental 

 varieties of bramble, Hypericum calycinum and 

 elatior, and the noble Cepbalotuxus Fortuni. 

 Beware of conifers, laurels, Portugal laurel, 

 and Lauristinus. We had hopes that Thuia 

 plicata would answer, but in a row of a dozen 

 plants, three years planted, those in the deepest 

 shade are dying ; those in moderate shade are 

 shabby, and those slightly shaded are a little 

 browned. The first two seasons they exhibited 

 signs of being able to endure the shade well. 

 Finns rubra did well for a time but is now going. 

 We are rather surprised at American Arbor 

 vita doing so well ; one of them in most per 

 feet health is almost in darkness. Tou would 

 do well to consult the lists in the " Town Gar- 

 den ;" they include every variety of hard and 

 soft-wooded plants for suburban gardens, and 

 are the result of many years experimental 

 culture. 

 Catalogues and Books. — We have received a 

 large number of trade catalogues, which we re- 

 grettobe obliged to dismiss in few words. " List 

 of Bulbs and other Hower-roots, sold by Messrs. 

 E. G. Henderson and Son, Wellington Nursery, 

 St. John's Wood, London, N.W.," contains short 

 notes on culture, and rules for selecting varie- 

 ties, as well as copious lists. — "Milne and Co.'s 

 Catalogue of Hyacinths, and other Dutch Flower- 

 roots, sold at the Nursery, Wandsworth Boad, 

 London, S." Not a bulky list, yet a good one, 

 and containing all the best leading sorts. — 

 " Hooper and Co.'s (centre Avenue, Covent 

 Garden, W.C.) Autumn Catalogue of Dutch, 

 Cape, and other Bulbs, with Descriptive and 

 Cultural Notes." Beside bulbs, there are lists 

 ofalpines, ferns, herbaceous plants, roses, and 

 window elegancies, useful in plant culture. — 

 "Sutton and Son's (Reading) Autumn Cata- 

 logue of Hyacinths, Crocuses, Tulips, etc." 

 This also contains lists of geraniums, carna- 

 tions, roses, fruit-trees, etc.—" Catalogue of 



