January 18, 1672. ] 



JOXJBNAL OF HORTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEB. 



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in : or if it is only a yonng plant, merely '^-f, '^^^elc^urlle"^ "tht?? 

 it has made shoots ^ 'ew mcheslong epot ^t and ™c»jr^^^ 

 plenty of moisture and heat. Having securea ago | j ^ f jj^j, g^est 

 fully to Ught and air to ^f '^'"^ ff "^'"^6^^" ^CTs for table decoration 

 of Wer-flo^ering P'f^^'t' ^^'^^t,''"^^ Tnl^^SiSt'^or Adiantum farleyense 

 ought to grow It in quantity. "<= I"™ ;,";' ° _„, nvp Afford more moisture, 

 losing its fronds by the dry heat, "'"'^'j '' f ^' fwyT indVe have no doubt it 

 and Si the ''^■"P"^'™ ^^ "^V^nbem °s toldu"s,ToBing its leaves in 

 ^do so m spnng. M-H^"^^ •'^^.g^'Se ends of the branches ivhilst the 



i;-LM;rs°tfgf£Bfog^^^^^^ 



a large tree, and so needs more room tnan can uo ».-.- 



it ought to he 3 ^^^^^:f'^\'^:^:^ir^^X t ^ameter at 3 inc^hes apart, 

 at the bottom with holes a quarter ol an ^'^ ^^ ^ ^„^ „, the 



and beneath this should be \';^"'y °'J' Jl.^e'tacle shoSd be water-tight, 



;:t«X s"un 2ld\°he fTiS ™se wm p'r°e"elft the light proving too powerful 



'"^.oiTx: or H0X.W...1, P1..S i^^rpY^^tz\tiz:Xit^:cm;'^ssi 



^:°'-^'lnT'nla«^£id*?SorrS-ou^? U' p?e u^cr^yo^ne against .it. 



^•er.^ S • tre^trrselves «j™>2jf ,^,,''>fjr£l'gol^g 

 the usual tempen^am made firmjnh a htt^e red ead.^^^ ^^^^^= 



Med to Se ouWde thai stood the wear of some thirty years, and are as good 

 as the day they were made. . . j 



D.™ .i^ATrvr (rrf,„il_\Ve fear we do not quite understand 

 vou^'^ouTpeS of"?^^g a c m ntta^in t?e centre of thl winery and the 

 Tou. Xou spcaK oi naxuifc ^ continuation and then as 



ought to be sufhcient to !'<'=;' "l J""™™. Y^^t^'^J, iron. Secondlv. what Uttle I 

 ^^tL^^tv^td^ rtlT^:?tirwot^le°:d u to hesU^^^^^^ 



hy a T-i^ctton Sect from the boUer, rising a little t°^y/'^"^^'=f^^rlT* 

 o^^-LlCS:" Thatendwewouldhave afewmchesb^ 



T^:'^:::^oS'iiT^Zel^:f^Z'^S:t' °By\'Sg^e';;^-e on the flow-pipe 



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ouier. We do not see how otherwise you can attam your object. By this 

 plan all is easy. i . »v 



ErFECT ON Pl,ANT6 OF NEW Pawt (W7)--U'itJtte sceut has tho- 

 roughly goue it will injure "^ jj^f j/*»8^;„^^JeTir^l%L top Si ^ght 

 Sa^^wSTee^trbudito/vS^s^bTci^™ ere fongV will Jd the sfent 

 Sa'gone It w?,id ^ advis'able to leave a little air on ;» the ^ for^a fort^ 

 nighl even if yo-i"'^'"-;^ 'tironcrwf SI™ So^ tof plant: lilt 

 ,\^^e\"S?wh:^Ch";e^Ldrpo^tLrrooTar?^\gauist our iud^ent^ Bear 

 ^3, too, that a week of fine weather at midsummer wiU do more to 

 ^e"tm a newly painted house than a month will do at Omstmas. As to 

 Mtotbig h?t-water pipes, there is a black paint generally used by tradesmen 

 For tWs^puJpose. Dried Unseed oU and lampblack or blue-black make a good 

 naint In either case, however, the pipes should be heated and the house 

 S open, so as to get the fumes from the paint off before such tender p'ants 

 S Ferns are placed in the house. Of course you know that tar pamt is 

 ruinous when placed on pipes. 



Shbubs roR Hedge (Far W^sD.-VTe do not think Gorse would be suit- 

 able as it requires an open situation, and in your shaded spot would grow too 

 we^^^ti keep back "intruders. We should plant Holly ^dBerbms 

 Saiw4ii-two Hollies, and one Berberis per yard 5?"; Thorn and HoUy 

 make a very good hedge if planted at the rate of five Thorns to one HoUy pel 

 TfSd Eithe? of those combinations would answer your purpose. We would 

 nW the w-ound as a shrubbery in such a position, for shrubs succeed better 

 Fh^floweS^rplants. We should bave Khododendrons.Chmese A^tor-Vite 

 Aucubas; Berberis AquifoUum, B. Darwmu, B. japomca, B. stenophjUa, 

 Tree Box; Cotoneaster microphyUa, C. Simrnonsu ; Cydonia japonca ; 

 Euonymus japonicus, gold and silver-striped. Holhes, the gold and sUier 

 variegated, aSd plain-leaved, as Hex HodgUnsu ; Common and Portugal 

 ISs; Laurustinus, common, and bla^k-leaved ; ^f JT'^'^I' Skimmi^ 

 iaponica. Yucca filamentosa and lecurva, Enghsh and Irish Yew Vmca 

 elSgantissima, Azalea pontica. Broom of sorts, Deutzia gracilis, Forsytlna 

 .rslensa, Hypericum calycinum, S)-ringa, Eibes, Thorns, ■« eigelas. Lilacs, and 



the others become full of roots ; and the -t^^^^^^^^ 

 glass without ^ouchmg it the stronger tlgy^vmi oe^ j^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^^ 

 lower in the soil at each potting, 1°' '"f "~°™ , j^ within 1 inch of the 

 stem; but at the last potting the ^'«?^^''°"|*X w^ The buds should be 

 seed leaves, We .»on«4er 9-.nch pots suttcienUy^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^ 



picked oft the mam stem mita there are^uas^nt ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ 



soil is most suitable. U the r_^ants '''0 '"'« •» t j^ave buds thr- 



themtodoso,continueto pick OS he buds, only jou ^^^^ 



of peas a 'ortoight betore^^ou «sh t" Ji^'^^^J ^^^ j^^^ ^^^^ ^ 

 combs must be sown early m ^i^^^'. "'.'*„,_ „-h.„ they are fit, and kep, 

 should be kept near the B^ss, pot edsmgly when tney ^^ ^^^^ ^^_ 



in small pots until the crowns show; then f '«" Xjt ^^o^iinl a good tern 



-sSis^Mats3^Sii±Ss« 

 l^iJsrsW^^S^-Hng^^^^ 



fine it to removing irregulwnties of Bl-owtll. Alter P^|' ^^^j^ j^ota. In 

 taking away most of the old soil. Use pots that wiU '"^"if ,? °^r!j flmeo after 



M.,™» or FnriTS {G. T. M.).-YoUT Apple is Flower of Kent. {W- A.). 

 'You^Tpple is KerettrGrise. It is tit for dessert from November to ApriL 



ToiEs OE P.AKTS (Be'''•«-'«^'"d'^eTl79u"^d°'is^l?a'r ^dte" 



?-?-S>BSSHS£-a^^^^S; 



Phytolacca purpurascens. 



5 after 



..^ Ten 



and it should 



BiisiMs AND Cockscombs to Feoweb in Jcet Uin .-Imalcur).— April is 

 soon enough to sow Balsam seed. We should sow early m the month ma 

 Bweet hotbed, with a temperature not below 60-\ The pots should be near the 

 glass; and when the seeiUings can be handled, pot them smgly m smaU pots, 

 Ind soThat the seed leaves may not be more than 2 inches above the surface 

 They should be continued in the hotbed, and be shifted mto larger pots as 



POTJLTEY, BEE AND PIGEON CHEOMOLE. 



A PLEA FOE JUDGES AT POULTEY SHOWS. 



Iv trenching itpon this delicate question I desire at once to 

 sav thlt it in no way interests me personally. I am not a, 

 pon£ jndg^, nor have I ever suffered from incorrect judging 

 have oiJy exhibited tlu-ee or four times, may never exhibit 

 aoIL and have never exhibited without bemg d^core. My 

 vok^isrled alike in the interests of judges, exhibitors and 

 managers of poultry shows. It is an unpleasant thmg for ^ 

 WlgeTo have his judgment questioned, to an exhibitor to feel 



She is wronged, *« =^ ^0°'-^"'=^*° ^'of XK s is to 

 vet I cannot see how in the present state of things this is lo 

 be avoided? A show is announced, some five hundred entries 

 perhaps are made, and one judge is appomted-a man who 

 Cws'urwork (although I «l^°-l'i. ^'^^^^^^f *°/™^t^f 

 comnlete knowledge of one man m Pigeons and poultry). 

 Wdf le? it be presumed he does. He is admitted to the room 

 he has three or four hours to decide on the ^a"°"^. «lf ?f^^,' *^ 

 look at examine, weigh the bh-ds, and he has jiist half a 

 mtute to ea™h pen. Now I ask, in the name of common 

 "re how is It possible for any man to do this ? more espe- 

 cially whin, as we, alas ! hear too often in the columns o the 

 JournaTtrhnming, and paintmg, and tricks of ^1 kmd« "e 

 nractised by some exhibitors. And is it any wonder that the 

 S glaring mistakes are made ? I do not speak without book. 

 Wehfvehad lately two shows in this county one at A—. 



and the other at M ; at both of them a Mr- G exni 



Mted a DorHng cocker 1. The ^^''f ^TuTil fr :^ryZt 

 experienced poultry-fanciers, a i^^m^l^^^'^Vl nt A tto 



who knows anytMBg of fowls. In the ^^f ^ »•*/— *7 

 cockerel was very properly passed by-it ^l'^;^,^™^ * w'eases 



mirabile dictu, at M it obtained a first prize Other <=ases 



of a simUar character have come before me ; but this is one 

 ^LnXch there can be no question, and so it will suffice to 

 Xuceit Nowlput it to the managers of shows whether 

 they cannot make ^some alteration. Curtail the expenses m 

 some way Let no judge go single-handed, there ought always 

 He Two and give them less to do. The taste is so widely 

 spreadTow tha?I think it would not be difficult to obtam 

 amateurs to act with professed judges, one m each division. 

 M there not be a conference held (as these are all the 

 fasMon now-a°days), of the secretaries of pou try shows o 

 de^se some pUn fir improving their management ? Evidently 

 sometMng is wanted as to the changing of clauned bnrds, &c. 

 iHact there seems to me an amount of roguery connected 

 ^th poultry exhfbitmg, which, were it not that tl^ey appeared 

 m vour columns, I should not have credited. I ha^e had 

 mu^ to do with flower shows, but the cases of dishonest 

 showing that I have hear^l of or -- ^-^^^'f^ S/uiS 

 ^:^^'t\::V^r^luf^^^^eTounry Chronicle bHstle. 

 wUh them One is, a as ! prepared to hear about cheatmg in 

 horseracSg and dealing, but that it should come m amongst 



