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be able to produce a light much cheaper thau 



■ these candles, and Mr. Hil>berd will give the 

 subject his attention. Thei c is very little occa- 

 sion to put a Waltouian case in use till Januiiry 

 at the cariiest; from Feb. uary to April is the 

 period in which it is most usetul ; but it should 

 Be obtained in good time, and a few seedlings 

 and cuttings started in it, even if iliey are ol no 

 «se when roo ed, just to gel the hiind in before 

 entering on a sirious campaign. The caudles 

 will be offered through the agents of Messrs. 

 Price and Co. You had better water the straw- 

 berries on your top-shelf with a syringe, as the 

 way of watering by capillary attraction is very 

 inconvenient ill a house. Youmay get the squaie 

 pans, and any other garden potteiy, of tirst-rate 

 excellence, of Messrs. Adams, the Kilns, Belle 

 Isle, Kiug's Cro-s, Loudon. 



Peesebv.vtive Bed.— C. M.—ln what respect do 

 you wish for further particulars;' Wedonotsee 

 that much can be said about it beyond what has 

 appeared already. To turn roses out of u green- 

 house into such u bed would be a likely way of 

 losing them altogether. You had better winter 

 them in a br ck-pit, or well-protected frame. A 

 preservative bed is only adapted for things that 

 are nearly hardy, or at least to keep tender 

 things in till the turn of the year. It is, in fact, a 

 mere contrivance, to be resorted to in a ease of 

 ditiiculty, when the stock of potted plants ex- 

 ceeds the accommodaiion under regular glass 

 structures. In your chilly climate yuu had bet- 

 ter not risk daturas and verbenas in it ; salvias 

 and veronicas might do if pretty hardy already. 

 Coal-ashes certainly do not prevent the ravages 

 of snails, unless a new layer is put on every 

 week or ten days. Ihey will not travel over 

 them while they are fresh. 'We do not know 

 of any one in Loudon who supplies Haythorn's 

 hexagon netting. 



Sawdust .is Ma>"uhe.— S. J. TV. — Sawdust from 

 some kinds of wood reqidres a couple of years to 

 rot ; other kinds decay more quickly. It is of 

 very little value as a manure, but a good mate- 

 rial to soak up house-sewage or the drainage 

 from stables and cowsheds. The appearance of 

 mycelium an;ong decayins^ wood appears to be 

 local; in some districts such a thing is never i-een, 

 and wood rots into a jieaty sort of mould of 

 great value to the gardener. lu others the 

 smallest chui has a net-work of white threads 

 after a few weeks' exposure to damp, and any 

 living roots that may be near are pretty sure to 

 suffer. Our advice is not to use sawdust among 

 fruit trees at all ; put it at the bottom of the 

 muck-pit, and when that is cleared out you will 

 see for yourself whither it has rot.ed suf- 

 ficiently to be used as compost. The excellent 

 apple " Oslin" may be obtained of Messrs. A. 

 Paul and Son, the Nur-erie?, Cheshunt. 



F0BP.C0UKT IX THE Four Mile Ciecle. — 

 S. B. — The chapter on Forecourts in the " Town 

 Garden" Wi mid afford you some very valuable 

 practicable hints. Say, next the road, ever- 

 green, privet, and limes. In front of that row, 

 aucubas, laurels, and --ilver birches. In front of 

 that, a few clumps of Prinos lucid.i, Thuj i com- 

 pacta, Taxus adpressa, hollies, daphnes, and 

 Berberis Darwini. If you w^iut a centre-piece 

 for the grass plot, nothing better than Abies 

 deodara. It your tenancy terminates suddenly, 

 you will not lose much by this plan of planimg. 

 Campanula pyramidalis should be raised from 

 seed every year to bloom next .'■eason, and 

 always dealt with as a biennial. The Uielytras 

 may be left in the ground till they break in 

 spring ; then pot them, and with a little warmth 

 you will have a splendid l:»loom. 



Hoses for Beds.— if. B. — The two Tery best 

 roses tor beds are H. P. General Jacqueminot, 

 and II. P. Geant des BataiUes. On their own 

 roots they agree in habit, and give two shades of 



the same colour. H. P. Jules Margnttin is a 

 superb bedding rose, and makes a good match 

 for the General, though more of a cherry tint, 

 but it grows so fast in some places as to be 

 troubleaome in beds. Its first bloom is un- 

 equalled, but its late blooms are ueituer plen- 

 tilul nor first-rate. But the General ^uid the 

 Geant are good till tne la.-t, and will hold on 

 with a llower here and there till alter Chri>tmas. 



Fuchsias Diseased. — E. G. W. — We really can- 

 not siy, in the absence of facts to as.-ist us in 

 forming an (jpiniou, what is the cause of your 

 fuch.sias perishing. Are they in a good com- 

 post ? l5u they have enough water ? Are they 

 burnt by undue exposure to the sun ? Are they 

 starving in pots too small for them ? These 

 queries may suggest to jou some error to be 

 avoided in future. We give the names of plants 

 winning at shows when such are likely to De of 

 general interest. Very often it would be a dull 

 repetition of the same things from mouth to 

 month, and from year to ye..r. 



Peaks Eaten. — J. A. B. — We should suspect the 

 wasps, even though you beheve there are tew in 

 your neighbourhood. The ants are not the ini- 

 tiators of the mischief; they come into the 

 field only v/heu the sugar is set flowing by the 

 real enemy. Try the efi'ect of a few pieces of 

 sugar stuck about near the best fruit. The 

 wa--ps will not touch a fruit while they can get 

 sugar. A few breadths of Haythorn's netting 

 would pay for themselves in ono season in the 

 saving of fruit alone, besides the value they 

 would have as protectors in spring. 



Greekhouse roR Vijies. - A. B. C. — A south 

 aspect would certainly be best in the climate of 

 the West Riding of Yorkshire, but if your west 

 aspect is a good west aspect, with plenty of 

 suu on the alteruoons of the long days, you need 

 have no fear at all as to the vines doing well. 

 The best sorts for you are Royal Muscadine, 

 Esperione, and Chasselas Musque. We consider 

 the last-named the best "grape for cool houses 

 and open walls, and next to it the Esperione. 



Grape Vine Disease. — A. T. .B.— All your dis- 

 appointment is the result of neglect when mil- 

 aew first appeared. A dose 01 sulphur then 

 woidd have made all right for the season. If 

 this pest is not promptly got ri'1 of, the very con- 

 stitution of the vine must suffer. Get some of 

 the best wood well ripened this season by ex- 

 posure to all the sun you can get, and trim away 

 some of the rai.k growth, but do not cut away 

 ail at once. 



Ferns in Winter. — C. B. K. — However diverse 

 in character, you may observe one rule with 

 safety, and that is to let them rest during 

 winter. Many of the more delicate, even among 

 hardy ferns, perish entirely if frequently watered 

 in winter. They s..ould not be dust-dry ; those 

 that keep growing aU winter will need more 

 water thau tho.se mat die down ; they need not 

 have the best places as to hght, and should never 

 have siagnant water about them. 



Nerium Oleander. — H. B. Y. — Your plants are 

 stalled, and that is why the buds fall off. Grow 

 in peat and loam enriched v,'ith cow-dung ; they 

 like warmth a.ud pleiiii/ of water. If you do not 

 think it necesssiry to repot your plants, give 

 them a top-are>sing of three parts rotted cow- 

 dung, removing some of the lop soil to make 

 room for it. 



Sand fob Plunging. — 2fose may use sand if tan 

 is not procurable. But coai-ashes are more 

 manageable than sand, and preferable in some 

 respects, though sand is the cleanest. The 

 principal objeciion to it is that the plants are 

 apt to root through, and to sutler on being re- 

 moved from it. 



Names of Fekns. — Conalant Sul/scril/er. — l. 



Asplenium adiantum nigrum, 2. Adiantum 



I puhescens, 3. Adiantum hispidulum, 4, Scolo- 



