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THE FEENEEY IN THE HIGHLANDS. 



I WILLINGLY comply with your wish to be 

 informed witli regard to the names of the 

 ferns growing in my fernery, in the open 

 garden, in the Highlands. They are — 

 Adiantura capillus veneris, pedatum ; 

 Allosorus crispus ; Asplenium adiantnm 

 nigrum, trichomanes, viride, ruta-muraria; 

 Athyrium filix foemina, var. multifidum, 

 var. marinum ; Cystopteris alpina, fragilis, 

 montana, rhsetica, augustata ; Lastrea 

 thelypteris, oreopteris, dilatata, cristata, 

 decurrens ; Osmunda regalis ; Ophioglos- 

 sum vulgatum ; Onoclea sonsibilis ; Lo- 

 maria spicant, alpina ; I'olypodium vul- 

 gare, serratum, marginatum, cambricum, 

 phegopteris, dryopteris, alpestre ; Poly- 



stichum aculeatum, lonchitis, augulare ; 

 Scolopendrium vulgare ; two other scolo- 

 pendriums, names lost ; Hymenophyllum 

 Tunbridgense, unilaterale ; Trichomanes 

 radicans. 



There are several others in the collec- 

 tion, the names of which having become 

 effaced, cannot be given. It is my inten- 

 tion to add to my fernery a number of 

 exotic ferns, as an experiment, and have no 

 doubt many will thrive well. The result 

 shall be communicated. 



Sgor-Bhea.um. 



N.B. — By inadvertence, in my commu- 

 nication in May number, " Cinerarias^' was 

 written: it shouldhavebeen"Crt/ceoferia*." 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Catalogues Received. — " Grimmond, 

 Laird, and Co., 15, Cannon Street West, 

 London. Morton's Patent Silent Sun 

 and Planet Lawn Mowers." A desirable 

 acquisition. — " Pridham and Sanders, 

 Sion Nursery, Thornton Heath, and Col- 

 lege Grounds, North End, Croydon. 

 Select List of Bedding and Border 

 Plants." A good assortment of showy 

 plants. — " Charles Turner, Royal Nur- 

 series, Slough, and Salt Hill, near Eton 

 and Windsor. Catalogue of Achimenes, 

 Azaleas, Auriculas, Bedding Plants, etc." 

 One of the best and fullest lists in the 

 trade, and contains a charming lot of 

 novelties. — " F. and A. Smith, Park 

 Road, Dulwich. Retail Catalogue of 

 New and Rare Plants." A substantial 

 listwith afine lotof new plants. — "Henry 

 May, The Hope Nurseries, near Bedale, 

 Yorkshire. Spring Catalogue of Dahlias, 

 Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, etc." A capital 

 selection. — " Dillistone and Co., Stur- 

 mer, Essex. Catalogue of Choice Plants." 

 A neat and well filled catalogue. — 

 "Ambrose Verschaffelt, , Horticulteur, 

 Rue du Chaume, 50, A Gand, Belgique. 

 Catalogue of Novelties for 1863." These 

 are divided into three sections — plants 

 suitable for cultivation in the stove, 

 greenhouse, and open air. — " Deane and 

 Company, 46, King William Street, E. C. 

 Prospectus of Onin, Franc, and Co.'s 

 Patent Sulphur Dredging Boxes, for the 

 Dry Sulphuring of Vines, Fruit-trees, 

 Espaliers, Hop and Potato Crops, Plants 

 and Flowers.'' A very useful machina, 

 which should be in the possession of 

 every one who has a garden. 



Planting a Fodntain. — W. P. — Nothing 

 better for the vicinity of a fountain than 

 Pampas grass, Elymus glauca, Tritoma 

 uviiria, hydrangeas, fuchsias, Lysimachia 



thyrsiflora, (Enothera Fraseri, Calla 

 Ethiopica, Osmunda regalis, Athyrium 

 filix foemina, Arundo donax, and other 

 such plants of graceful habit and fond 

 of moisture. You cannot have any- 

 thing grand to flower in winter, but you 

 may plant the banks with winter aconite, 

 Cliristmas-rose, and primroses. In a 

 sunny, dry position one or two Lauris- 

 tinas would be useful for winter bloom. 

 Hollies cannot be propagated by the 

 superimposing process recommended for 

 roses. 

 Hedge for Division. — F. A. S.,Ardmore, 

 — Cotoneaster makes a nice hedge if 

 trained to a trellis of stakes, or a lattice 

 of hazel rods, three or four feet high. 

 You could obtain from a nursery plants 

 of sufficient size to make an effect at 

 once, and they can be removed now or 

 any time in autumn, or spring. If you 

 begin with small plants it will take live 

 years to make a good fence. It can be 

 managed with very little trouble. Cut- 

 tings put in now in a shady place will 

 be well rooted by next spring, but they 

 grow slowly. If you are really anxious 

 for this fence, and cannot use large 

 plants, plant them when well-rooted 

 eighteen inches apart in the line where 

 they are to remain, and train to wires as 

 they get up ; this will do away with 

 the necessity of a trellis, and may be 

 added to as the growth requires. Strong 

 bushes we should plant three feet apart. 

 Veronicas would make a fine hedge, and 

 for these wires would do as well as 

 stakes ; none so good as V. Andersoni, 

 of which your purple flower is a speci- 

 men. This would certainly answer, but 

 must not be clipped, but cut back mo- 

 derately with the knife. The pea hur- 

 dles are fixed in their places by means of 



