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JOURNAL OF HOBTICXJijTUREl A^) COTTAGE GAEDENEK. 



[ Febraary 15, 1872. 



nalam elcum ■ Grn-rinm araenteam, perennial ; Briza geniculata annual ; 

 dS,Snthum .ri.Ue, annual; PiplatlSrum Thoma4, annual and Hordeum 

 jubatum, annuaL Sow in pans at the begmmn.; ■>' ^P-^- P'"-= "fj^j^'^ 



i :_ -rratlc heat, and when up admit an: ^ef y- . ^^ ''«° '^^ '"„'"f S^ 



iiv „i.,.,t ..ut in soDlsoiJ in aa open situation. The percnmals 

 and sTOwu-on in a frame, planting out the first 



are fit to li 

 Bhould 1" 

 two abont 

 and the ^' 

 the two pc 

 Max 



, . . il the other.? will do at tha', distance the first . 



i 1 be a vavd aoart. Remove every alternate plant ol 

 .uiul . Ui.,i ^liiinl. 'Give liquid manure in hot dry weather. 

 Yew HBDOESISirinr,).— Manuring every year is not necessary' 

 buYai you wish for speely growth wo should top-drs « "i*,'^""-^ ''?/, ''=4';^ 

 on tha surfa-e ai it ca-inot well be du^-in without cansmg more or less mjiiry 

 to thero^^ Old manure mixed .ith leaf soil "f^'P^^f ""^s wouU be a 

 good top-dr«ssin3 for the Tews, Betmosporas and Chine,e J"°;P^^; ''"'J,^ 

 would not di' it in; we would merolv loosen the surface and put on tbe top- 

 SSsirS^au i'nch M- two thick. By ciitling the tops and not the sides of the 

 Yews in April, vou will cause them to break lower down. 



FlowEH-BED Plantixg (HfnD.-For the star belsyou may have Golden 

 Pvrethi-um, Altemanthera maTuifica, with Antenn.lria tomentosa for edging. 

 Let the circle be of the first, with a plant of Centaurea in the middle; flll-up 

 the points with the Altemanthera, and elge with the A''^™';?™-thf^ota?s 

 bed von can have edged with Ai-abLs alpma variegata anrca, flUmg the pomts 

 of the star with Aju^-a reptans rubra, a circle of Centaurea ragusma compacta 

 and a smaU plant of Abutilon Thompson! m the <;™'7- . ^"''^''L?!, J^!^ 

 mav have edjei with OmUs tropsoloides, the pomts of the star filled with 

 .SaiitolinainS^aua, a circle ol Ircsme Lindeni, and in the ".""t'^ "?'»?' °J 

 Conrosma Baneriana variegata. The other bed may be edged with Sempemvum 

 SuScum,t™^iuts filled with Golden Pyrethmm a circle of Echevena 

 metallica, with Dactvlis glomerata elegantissima for the centre plant. 



Bisr-! roK W.i.TEk Lilies (W-mL-It should have at the bottom about a 

 foot de% of mud formed of any goo 1 "cb team, and over that water- to th^ 



.__, L 1 ™...,.j dealers. 



oneu ground in April, and plant out 8 feet apart. Sow tree Camations in 

 pS^s il gSSe^eat, harden off the young plants, and pnck ^em out a foot 

 anart Take them un with baUs in autumn, and wmter them m a frame or 

 ho^e.. Plant SSiese Yams 18 inches apart, in row, 4 feet a.simder, takmg 



out soil between the tre 

 Heating a Sjiai.t. »i 

 to would be pcrfi '1- - 1 

 the burner into th< .]>. i 

 moisture uncontdniinit 

 purposes tills ' 



from our rule not to _ _ . 



Jasmixoi fbcticaxs-Sowing Orange Pips (^7car).-SmalI trees can 

 he^ownfrompipv s.w them now. ana plai-e the pot in a l^othouse. The 

 ^•FZ^r^fs^u.lylo^^ with a Uttle loaf nxould added, We do not thmk 

 1 wiU flower in the cusum- summer. It is a awan, 

 from the south of Europe. You may plant out at 



TiFH f3r>.— Tour an-an:;ement is con-ect. but you 



.1,'. ..f i,.-..i.-. bricks or some similar material over 



■ ^> The soil would then be 2 feet 



'1 rather more thau 12 yards of the 



are called inch bones ^ill he suffi- 



your Jasminum fr 

 hardy, deciduous spe 

 once. 



Bones for Vine Bor 

 should place at least 9 in. 

 the bottom before fillin 

 3 inches deep, and the 1> 

 compost. Tour huudr.j I 

 cieut. We cannot recoimu-.i i .i^>-.-.... 



WtRF Fon Hyacinths (Joseph Smithy— Yon -wiU find wire supports for 

 Hvlanths L gLssS at Lj rfspe.table seedsman's. We see them daily m 

 the seed shops of London. _ 



ca?o?Sn-^ua^^e^'S?^wi?aun^tTife%\^^^^^^^^^ 

 except what appears in the advcrtisem'^nts. 



rooT,ov Tuff.; r^miffrirl.— Ist, No harm will come to cordon trees ansmg 

 oufofX S'els :f t'he lall, if'planted against a wall i„.hnr^t 2nd The 



s;^^ rh^^rght'^'^'nrsr i6''i: Titcjes'-r^ 



S^^^eS^.'iVe^to^^att'lol^^^^^^^^ 



^llb3atThe end of the sc;ond autumn after planting, fix the mcknation 



permanently at 4 j -. ,..*„. 



Six H«dy Axs-cals for Clumps (K J.i.-Alyssum mantunum, white , 

 Leptosiphon densiflorus, lilac; Linnm grandiflonun coccmeum 



Nasturtium Kin" 'of"T'om Thumbs, EcSlet; Nasturtium King of Tom 

 TtaiS? "idTiTvellow; and Saponaria calabrica, pink They arc "t .omvmt 

 .-r™? nl-r V fvt or about a foot in height, and bloom a long tune. 

 LowVi ' ' '■'"" Imperial Dwaif come true from seed, and bloom as 

 frecv :^,but the plants are somewhat stronger, and are later 



infl ». MM "■-". north borderwe do not know of anything that will do 

 so weli , s L»l. ...1.UU,-. We would have Perilla at the back then yeUow CaJ- 



fopped Fotlt-Lr^d even Cauliflowers; but we should only have one row 

 between every two rows of Apple or Pear trees. 



DISTISGCISHISG POTiTOES BY THE Si'BOCI?-SELECI EoSES-yAElors 



(F«r n'«().-Tou ask ns " Why Sandrmgham Kidney Potato T^''^^* /^^ 

 l.atalo<mes as a novelty, and is not mentioned this year ? It is named m the 

 firsf wStel iSto The Potato that has tok bluish-green sprouts we should 

 Sy rK^afiXLf, and the other with very Ught sprouts, the colour of 

 teced ^paxa-us, we should consider Sandi-ingham, but we cannot be certam. 

 As^n ha" IJow^ both before, you wiU be able to distinguish them by the 

 -ro^h. Wedonot know how you will be able to insni-e t'^^,<}'7ne»s of the 

 wSl^thout repairing the thatched roof, and that wiU enable you to plant 

 vom-teee at the place you wish. We do not understand the purport of your 

 thMques ion. '^The site of the garden is good, but the elevation wiU not 



Sfeaeo^r-^rtht^'^^iJh^^^lattS.""^^^^^^^ 



i£io^r"Lv?n-S\«i^rBS;,'^#iIr^^^^^^^^^^ 

 01^0 aU Hybrid Perpetuals ; Gloue de Dijon, Tea-scented ; and for the w^ 

 I^ceGrev, Dundee Eambler, and Queen. Jhe waU is not good enongh^^^^^ 

 Xn,-settes or Teas. The Fern is Polypodmm vTilgare. BeUegarde omon 

 le^u&es to be so™ like any other-namely, as soon after the present tmie as 

 tKoundSta™od working order. -Angelica de Niort -^ow m diU s a toot 

 an^irT^ Id haU L inch deepTand thin out the plants to 2 feet 6 inches froin 

 - eScbXerwSen^inches high, or you -"^T P^^i" " 'f" rh\?one'"'^?.e 

 the distances named, and thui out the seedlmgs m each P'^h to one It le^ 

 nnires moist soU. Sow MeUlotus caM-ulea m common soUm March, bow 

 GeSdsTa hotbed early in April, and plant out in May aft«r hartenng-off^ 

 Jgiow the Melon in frames. Sow the varieties of Dclphmium elatum m the 



them a foot deep 



IH. N. O.).— We think the stove you refer 



I- if a quartcr-of-au-inch iron pipe led from 



1 the water-can or cistern would give off 



'ffects of the combustion of the oil. For 



■ necessary. For such a place we onr.-.clves 



wouirbe'qlute''satirfi"'ed'wi''thasmaU iron stove and a P»o of ™ter over it. 



Certaiulv a lamp mav be more ea-sUv manage L The hydronettes or h^ dropult», 



merely wautTo be placed in a bicket of water; they have all the force in 



themselves. 



EcoSO5IIClLLE»N-ToGHEBSH0C3E-GiS-HEiTls>i(n-n-().-The cheapest 



wavTo co^tmct a smaU house L, to have air in front and at top, and the roof 

 Sed, without sa5he-„ having the sash-bars from lo to 18 "?,=^ef "P'^rt- J°J 

 such a smaU house 20 feet by 8 feet, we would not *'""''''= 7''''J^°'''"l'7.et 

 all if we could have a moveable ventUator at each end, say as much as J leet 

 sqnie u^er the apex. In very hot weather m summer tbe door could stand 

 open,^d these end ventihitors con^d s and open -"Sbt and day For y,^ 

 heating refer to No. 341, where full dctaUs are given. No mode of heatmg is 

 so dangerous unless all the fumes ai-e earned oH. 



GRKFVHorsE Eaftbes (K. Brace).— As we cannot find the answer to yonr 

 fomer questtan we can give but imperfect advice with respect to the distance of 

 th™aftTrs the weight Sf the glass, and the size of the P^^e^-. ,^ « "^^^^ ' to 

 that rafter sash-bars from 15 to 18 inches apart will support glass from .ib to 

 2liz weight, that a good weight is 21-oz., and supposing the rafters to be 

 18 Shesipai-t, a good size for the squares will be 18 by 12 mches. 



Mushroom Ccxtube (T. Pori<TK-We have ?«"?•" ^''*™"?' i":'trn,? 



S^^e'rpaT^^^hrtn'ili^thlV^alfb^lf'w^^^^^^^^ 



S'shel at The back'^of greenhouses, and at the back of forcing houses but we 

 should like them to be at least four times the size of your,,, "^ we would 

 keep the temperature uniform with a little rough-hay covermg, and keep the 

 atnlosphere moist bv sprinkling the floor, walks, and waUs. 



MiKiNO A Hotbed of Leaves (H. A. i.).— The leaves need no prepara 

 tionb^ond werting them if they are diw. We prefer nnxing them w,th 

 their o^ bulk of stable Htterthat has been thrownmaheap, turned overonce 

 or t^cITand watered to bring it to a good heat. Mix this htter with the le^ve, 

 Cn making up the bed, putting the Uttery parts of the manure '^^thes^e..^ 

 a? to keep the bed together. A bed i feet high in front, 5 feet high at back 

 18 inches wider than the frame aU round, and weU Jeaten down wth the fork 

 i,, ,\,.iliin" it UD will be a good and durable hotbed, which, withhnings, wUl 

 S^TiS&eo^cuXgs or" seeds, and Cucumbers or Melons The heat w-m 

 conttaue for six weekl ; indeed, we had a bed of leaves and htter made at the 

 end "November, and it has stiU a good heat ; it is, of course, weU hned with 



°C4i^lAS AS Habdy SBKC3S (Subsciifc.TJ.-These may in warm sheltered 

 ncSks'S^^e f« s^h or south-western counties ^"^r.f.h ^hJvt^ fear of 

 we fear they would not thrive as such m Surrey, though we l»f ^ f " ''=^ "' 

 Siefrdoin" weU against a waU with a south-west or west aspect. At South- 

 ^Sonwetaow I waU covered with Camellias, which bloom weU and hfj^ 

 ?S^ nrotertioS. and in Yorkshure we have seen a plant of Alba plena with three 

 h2nSex^S.d?d flowers in January, in a house without any artificial heat. 



Rpr.oNiAs Damping tW. H.).— At this season they requne very Uttle water. 

 Ke™ them nS^r^^han just mast; potting in N<'-'«?tSf, ""i'^.^'f^im 

 cause them to "o oH. Let them have a temperature of 50', and they wUl 

 sorco^enceto grow freely. The leaf you sent is of LuciJia gratissuna^ 

 1 «,. (W«,^ dam^off "ive more air and a temperature of 4o to 50 . Do 

 noVwIteraUht'Z'tsLTuth^^s^il becomes dry, th'en give a good supply. 



DorBLE-FloWBEED Gerasicm (H<:«ri).-The plauts which bloomed late 

 sho.Sd be cut-in now, shortening each shoot to within a few eyes «« 'ts base 

 mSi the p°anTs have made fres* shoots about an inch oug, turn them ™t 

 of the pots, shake off the old soU.jmd place hem m 6-mchl«tsslnftmto 



Saveir5-inchpots,maTbe cut back if straggling; if not, they should bo 

 XnpS,"htSno?^ andi^epottedinthe same "f; ^ftjngtheminto larger 

 Dots as miuired. The plants from cuttmgs struck last aujumn wiU onJy need 



EHdf'T\rp':lroTiiM^sit:^rgS'>s'^:« 



S??Hrr ^er - ^L^L^n t sis CT^J^ ^ 

 cuttings sand is essential. 



Hakdy A-N-Nt-ALS FOR E.uiLV Flowerixg (J,fcm).-Bartonia a.iMa, Ccn- 

 tra^ns i^crosiphon, Chiysanthemum Bnrndseanum, Oarlaa^uia^^^ 



^^%'?S;'^'r;iner^pin''uJ\^"--rS^-"-'^^^^ 

 S^:rpoaahric.,sW^^ 



?,r-or mm'eicro" cS^rSg to Veeds 4h very ^e soil. Wat^ if the 

 l^thlr be .£7!™*;^^ out-the seedlmgs to 2 to 3 inches apart when they 

 aie about an inch high. 



IMPROVI^•G GutDEN SoiL {S. J?.).-We would trench the pi-ound that has 



^e^hL^^atis we^Wacethetop^soU^theb^^^ 



EiSSSSSi-Spe^sSi^i^a^ 



woSld no?'d" weU in this part. It wiU suit Potatoes very weU, the good 

 drainage tending to cause early maturity. 



