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JOURNAL OF HORTIC ULTURE AND COTTAGE GABDEKEB. 



[ Feliraary 29, 1812. 



caveriiigof the glass at night, and P.^tecting the back jal 

 with a thatching of straw, or even at times placing a hnmg ol 

 fermenting material against it. To be safe without «nch cover- 

 ng in midwinter we would need double the pipmg for top- 

 heat. If we were to do the work over again wo would use 

 I'nch pipes, two beneath, and at least three above for top 

 heat The more confined the space the more will Cucumbers 

 suffer in winter from having the heating VV?''°;':^^'^^^ 

 Many people think they are very economical if they can save 

 a few feet of piping. Whenever pipes must be made very hot 

 the economy'- actual waste. We know of many instances 

 where in moderate-sized houses the saving of 40.-. m piping 

 has occasioned the spending of more than that for ackh- 

 Uonal fuel every year, and then the enclosed atmosphere was 

 anything but so genial as a further supply ot pipes and 

 these less heated, would have rendered it. We have made our 

 pit do very faiiiy, but with more pipmg we would have saved 

 Ltra labour and care. We could furnish more examples to 

 the same efiect. , „, „, i,„„ 



Our general work has been chiefly a repetition of what has 

 lately been aUuded to in detaU. In the kitchen garden we 

 took' the opportunity in a dry day of sowing Peas and Beans 

 and planting Potatoes on a raised bank, and in such mild 

 weather giving more air to these and other things m pits and 



' In The fruit garden, besides pruning and washing out of 

 doors, we were engaged in cleaning and washing the waUs ol 

 the orchard house and late vineries. . 



In the ornamental department, besides moving and tiaus- 

 planting out of doors, we have done much potting m^"^^.^"'^ 

 Lamined and repotted as needed Camellias that l^^d tegun 

 to make fresh growth after blooming. Most Justicias, Eranthe- 

 mums, and similar plants have been pruned back and placed 

 in a rather cdoI place to break afresh, when they wiU be re- 

 potted in the same-sized pots. Poinsettias have been laid 

 down beneath the stage in a cool house to keep them ahve, 



and allow them to become dry b«!°«. P™f^"S J'^.^.-lXv 

 Many plants of a simUar nature requure httle trouble until they 

 begin to grow. Few things in winter are more gorgeous than 

 huge heads ot these Poinsettias. Even when a head begms to 

 fade, the leaves that are fresh come m well for dressing 

 For fine heads there must be strong stems We have had 

 some httle plants in 4-mch pots with two or three small heads 

 and the plants only from 6 to 9 inches m height, that looked 

 very nice The heads, of course, were smaU. Potted Gloxmias 

 to obtain the flowers for dressing.— R- F. 



TRADE CATALOGUE BECEIVED. 

 George Yates, 29, Little Uuderbank, Stoc-kpoi-t.-DescripUve 

 Catalogue of Select Vegetable and Flower Seeds. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



• We request that no one will write privately to any of the 



* ' correspondents of the " Journal of Horticulture, Cottage 



Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so domg they 



are subjected to unjustiflable trouble and expense. iUl 



communications should therefore be addressed soJc/y to 



The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, d'C, 171, I'leet 



Street, London, E.G. . 



N.B.— Many questions must rdmaiu unanswered untu next 



week. 



PEiCH Blossoms FiLUSO lPeach).-The boaring wood was ™' 'If '•™="/ 



ripened, either from being over-sliaded or Ul-ventilated m the oi-ebard bouse. 



MiBECBil, NielKose-bcds (B. fl.).-W6 sbould advise you *» If ™ "f^ 



youn? buds and ends of the Marecbal Niel on some of "i<= »'V™S''^' !?7i;» 



for tbe sake of experiment, as, if the weather do not soon ^^'''^"''"y ^''^'v',^ 



bnds may come to perfection. Thin out weak shoots, and shor.ou OW s'lfniiy 



the stronger ones on which you do not leave the buds Asa '"le, MaitchaJ 



Niel does not requii-e much pruning. Oiu- weather ot Jannaiy ;md Febiuary 



of this year is equal to that of March and April of last year. 



Me Fodntun-e's Fecit Hoose.— " In the report of the Horticultural 

 Dil-eciors, page'ui, it is stated that m-the Bev. Mi-, Fountame's house at 

 Chiswick, where the Madrestield Court Grape was so successfully P^own by 

 Mr Barron, there is no provision of any kmd fur artihcial heat. WiU yon 

 kindly state, to prevent mistakes, that although the heating apparatus has not 

 vet been applied to the Cbiswick bouse, artificial heat is necessary for growing 

 properly stone li-uit, flowers, and Grapes in these v-meries, and they aie pre- 

 pared accordingly ?— John FousTiCJE." 



Twelve Good Vaeieties of Polwoes (K. jV. H.l^Hogg's Early Cold- 

 B*ream Turner's Union Kound (early rounds) ; Mona 3 Pride, Myatt s ProliUc 

 (early k'itoeys) ; Daintree's Seedling, Dalmahoy (round, second ear y Eegents) ; 

 EivS ETal Ashleaf,or Veitch's Improved Ashleaf, «Ahnond s Yorkshire 

 Hero (second early kidneys) ; 'GiySe Castle Seedkng, *Emtonl 3 I«ew White 

 Don (round, class Begents) ; ♦Paterson's Victoria, 'Dean's Excelsior (kidneys). 



The asterisks denote good keepers an.1 '^"■t-" ^."^i* .^'i^, '° „^„%''Scb 



is^sJcSsfs/^^^f^lSSS^ S^ 



Cottagers' Red. A Potato lit to displace Hogg s Collstream^s a new ^o 

 f:Sn."erOn:rdt b-Velame trf al^a^ ^itZ 



;?^\1 sf rfa^Lt^i^cormtrri^ rs XosS M 



crSreers or tor very^or, sandy, light soil they may be approved.-EoEEEl 



and to spread and incorporate the ashes with the next spit. 



in 9 inches of soil -' '^^^-^^^T^^tSf empToy\?o'ugSs to Selons. The 



TlLTetSfit^rMr St ?\:'ut'wi]irsu£en'tV; 



SHSaS^E-^ssiTistir^s^ 



Heckfleld Hybrid is also a free-bearmg sort. .,„,„„„ 



k^-j-?„^t^^?t3r|H^i2iS 



taking care not to use it too strong. , ..i * ii„n 



I S-HS^S-n-f f 2 sfesSSt 



one pal t silver sana, ^"•""^ j^ j ^^ introduce the cuttmgs and fill aU 



temoeratui-e of 60- from fii-e beat. 



FOECIVG PIT (J. e,),-The manm-e or leaves should be ^^je^d about every 

 six'^weS ,''praUson^efr.*onthetopeve^ te^^^^^^^^^ 



rrSe, so that^e plants may i^ceiven^^^^^^^^ 



^MCSAEOE WiltH GEEEKHOrSE-AEECiLrlEA iO«ieOa)-^US^^^^^^ 



most of tbe principal nuisei-ymen s catalogues. It would tniue in your t, 



rcSLtH-Mt'-n lelf «Thout fontflowe^ W pi^^j^S ^^t-^^^/ 

 fAe°rw"have not^seen ; i f-y^:\l^^^f^ir^,rLT£.^:^^ol°^- 

 flowers ^"Sl"' P"^,l'j*i^°7eL''i„^^indS SeTwide would be planting 

 The best ^'^J^^^^.^^^^l^f Two ptants of either would be sufficient. The 

 J amfv^oul^eTe^ i^SS f or ^rsfg plants from seed and for cuttmgs, and 

 mi"ht afterwards be used for either Cucumbers or Melons. 



° „ -nr -r-^ IIP TT\ Tlip ■wall beint^ a liisli onG, we suoiua 



I'vfs^^T^an teeTer^fc^e'iatf VitJlbru^^^^^^ fo? anev^rgreen, Ivy 



r'rst\mrwe°''ll SyaTowwall, then Jasminum nudiflorum or Cotone- 

 aster micronhylla, tbe latter au evergreen. 



T „ m„ FxmiuM THiNSiNG {A Constant Snb,crlt,ey).-Do not remove any 

 o,^h"eToo^ts,™Uop-'Sqs wi/h rich compost witbon^ delay The bulbs a^^^ 

 "ulnSSelfi^^aft! ttttte?'leS.g™w.l' you s'^^ur-eTh'^ 7eker fs the 

 prosp°cc^ oTflow"^ another year if tbe growth is weU ripened. 



SELECT CMELLIAS (C B.).-Fimbriata, ^^y^^l-J^''tZ^''^Zy"^\ 



iss^rS"M^t^ss^SisSrnirsi:sSi&^^^ 



refer you to that variety. 



