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JOURNAL OF HOEIICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GABDENEE. 



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' Si.E orG:UPEi (./. iPL.^.V-D.-W. bdlevo that 0™P=; "Vf,,K!-°!^j'?iJ 

 si23 uevor attaiaeJ foi-ty yeivs sinM. We hare i-e.-eutly »e3a bsuie. ol tne 

 Lily D awao's variety that n^ Grape coald exceed. 

 a , T,,, „D,,--i-i" IT ^r N)—lt woild UD douljb benefit j-our 



those will help to o:cclude tbe moss. 



u_ , ,. „ ^ ,, -TT.v ; :R Hi —Cat the shoots onco, and do not excite them 

 i,tW t. V .1- Jm.'/j.u- aaothei- cutting the same season. On the 

 kW b 1,1 1 i "!lv remove the heating material. Ion need not dis- 



Sinu r 1 1 .I'l the shoots have been cut once. The Sea-kale 



s""alii.^. 1^ '■" --: jiii'.n to May. The plants must make a good growth 

 during the summer. „ , i -„t 



Pn-vivj Newly-planted Peak Tbees (.4 Constant R^ader).--V<e pie- 

 < , ni \^,u- tre»5 ars trained horizontally, in which case they will have shoots 

 SI II, jini. iii-j-^" ^^.^^ ,^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^-^^^^ ^i_ ^ inclius or a foot apart. Those 



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, . './iii'i,, , 1,., 1- r,i r.i! 1.1 ■ llio lea'li 

 ■, 1 , V 111— two vcars old— and this will 

 . Ii thi'numbor" to three. Train one as 

 '. ' 1 opposite silei of the stem, and 

 II t^ t esi ave "maidens" cat b.a';k to 



th'! Slii- -'■ ■ ' '1 !■ 1 1 



of ea-.-h t. ■ ■ . I ' 1 ' 



give you t:. ■ '■ ' ■ 



a leader, i'.f ■■■■>■■■ : ^ 



1 foot ff.iu IJJ,. u:^t 



13 inche-s. , ., 



devel but we are not sure that mildew was the cause of then- dj mg-off so 

 taddenlT We find those with angular and ■>»' . ™»".1 1''°'%"-'' T^S '' tee 

 toh-aHa-kel bra fmi-'us aul die-oft if there is drip from tho roof, bee 

 ttafM drin Ms on the stem-, or young shoots, give the plants perfect rest 

 in winter, wi'om-age growth when you can command a good brisk heat, and 

 accompany it with plenty of aii-. 



■Finrv Violets-Chilun BEET-i5HEUBS FOR Swamp (rippfrar!/).— The 

 be^t Vi.lct Lr earh Uoom are Russian and Czar, the latter best of aU 

 Chilian Beet for the fiowcr garden is best sown at the begmnmg of April in 

 pais pla-ei in veiT gentle heat. When the seedUngs appear place them near 

 a- "tass"ive plenty of air, and plant them out in moist weather at the 



The last thiee are trees. 



Stephasoiis fob Gbeensocse-Vines Plaxtins-Auccba Pollen- U 

 .?aliiri/jcr).-Stephanitis fiorib-onda would not succeed in a gi-eenhouse, but 

 it would do so in a warm vinei-v. In planting Vines it is not a good plan to 

 kjwa portion of the cane in the soil, but yon must spread out the roots 

 cover them with from 8 to 6 inches of soil, keepmg the settmg-on of the 

 roots just level with the surface, and cover the roots at that pai-t 3 inches 

 deeo. The best time to plant is after they have ''|Srm 'o gi-ow an inch or 

 two: Collect the Aucuha pollen when quite da-y, and fold it up in sheets ot 

 Sin- paoer. It will keep for a long time, or nntU the female plants flowei. 

 Four S"ti-a-.vb3ri-ies for an orchard house are Piesident, Sur Joseph Paxton, Pre- 

 mier, and Dr. Hogs, or Cockscomb. 



Sea-kale after Forcinj (A. S.l.-Wheu you have cut all the shoots, 

 nlSiMbe i-ooS 1-' bv 1.5 in»hes anart in rich soil in an open situation ; m plant- 

 Si s-lSonndea-bronrwitii a UUle sand or verv line ashes. Supply liquid 

 m„ soriouuu b-i-j "- - ' „,:,,,„,. ,,,■ -\r,,,- ,,, vi,,-,i,,t strength will thus be 



"^;r? ^'^'i^H, ; 1 ' - ' ■ - fi ■ ■..-U.l .iSilvtake np haU 



secui-edforfoui.r 11 . ' . • i i.- ■ i -, vering them with 



the roots, aUowi 11 ■ .,,,.,,.. .m h -Ut. The roots in 



pots and htt -1 ni 1 .1 1 _ „„, til 1 ill the open gi-ound will 



J^S^J:;^^;^: The uS;r w; ;,;;,uld .a^; up'm ,ho fonoJ^ng ?ear, aUc^- 

 in" those planted out fi-om the cellar to remain, and thus only take np in altei- 

 na°te years. In this way the roots will be strong, but if you take up cvei-y 

 yeir they wiU become weak. The position will suit Cabbage plants^but not 

 nearly so well as one having the sun on it aU day. \Miy have a frame for 

 forcin" Cabbages ? It is quite imnecessai-y. 



Selagin-ellas in- W.1RDIAN- CiSE (Mt.c/w-iiO.-It is remarkable that they 

 do not succeed where Ferns thrive so well. We think the failure oi-ises from 

 the dn-ness of the soU dm-ing the winter, lou might succeed belter if you 

 were to replant m August, for in some cases they become drawn, and then 

 when the soil or atmosphere becomes (U-icr they perish. As you succeed so 

 well with Ferns, do not spoil them for the sake of the Mosses. 



AcEE Neocn-do fhaxisifolidm Propagation iW. S.).— In November or 

 early in spring you may make cuttings of the ripe wood, 10 mches long, and 

 insert them two thuds of thou- length in lathei light soil m a sheltered situa- 

 tion out of doois but It IS he t pi pagxtel by gi-aftmg or buddmg on Acei 

 platanoides oi A campestie The he t plant are obtamed from teed. 



PAyETTA BORBOMC i IG B 1 — It 1 Uaiiult to sti-ikc : the easiest way to 

 do so is to makr tti 1 tl 1 If ipened hoots with a fli-m baw, and 



ln;ertthem 1 pcat and loam. Surround the base 



of' the cuttm 1 "t within one of a larger size, cover 



with a beU "1 ttom beat of 75 to 80 . Keep the 



soil no more tl 1 ri„ht sim. AVe cannot say whether 



any benefit an c It m i h 1 



Crystals of Amjioma {E. W. B.I.— Crystals of which of the salts of ammo- 

 nia-? Half an ounce of them to a bucketful of water will he ample of any of 

 tho salts to make a liquid manm-e for potted plants. To flowering plants it 

 should not be applied until the flower-buds are developed. 



Climbing Bose in Dry Siiuaiion iJ. S. if.).— A stone slab placed over 

 the roots of a liosc would keep tho giound dry and healthy in long-contuiued 

 wet weather, and moist in di-y weather. Moreover, the stone when heated by 

 the sun would geothei-matise" the groimd. Such a Rose as the Cloth of Gold 

 likes heat with an adequate proportion of moistme. "J. S. K." would be 

 more likely to succeed with Mal-cchal Kiel. The Cloth of Gold is vel-y tender, 

 and especially so at the tops of its flowei-ing shoots. The severe hoar frost in 



the sprin" it is a veiy eai-lv Rose — would perhaps destroy all the buds ; 



and, as it'is a shy bloomer, there may he no second series. I have two beau- 

 tiful -ilants of Rvve d"Or on my south fi-ontage. It is choice and distmct as 

 to fomi and colour. In coloui- it is pure yeUow with a coppery centre. I have 

 never bloomed it, bat blooms were sent to me. The plants ai-e breaking 

 Hucly. Rose i are forward here (Dorset I. I see a fat hud of " old Glou-e " and 

 a fe-.v others.— W. F. Radclvffe. 



Peach House anb Ccc-.:mber House IT. B. ir.).— From the plan and 

 doscriotion given, we cannot be sme of the reasons why the water m tue 

 Cucuiber house will not heat. We would da-aw yom- attention to the foUow- 

 ing points. Fu-st, Where is yom- supply-cistern placed ? U that commmii- 

 cates with the bottom of the boUer at once all the better. Is that c stem 

 sufBciently elevated to be 2 or 3 feet higher than the highest pipe m o 

 Cncumbei- house -.' Secondly, Do yom- return-pipes go near the bottom of the 

 boiler-' Thirdly, Aie the 2U-feet flow and 2U-feet return 2-mch pipes cou- 

 nectiii" the boiler with the Cucumber house right as to level -? They should 

 not dip at aU, nor slioiUd they be lower than the pipes m the Peach bouse. 

 If theL rise a little to the Cucumber house aU the better. Fourthly, Even 

 with this care, if there is no stopcock on tho flow for the upper pipes m tue 

 Cucumber house, we should expect them to heat more than the pipe on the 

 lower level for bottom heat. It is weU to be able to give bottom heat and top 

 heat independently of each other. Fifthly, If fhr- p,,,.-s rise .as you sta.e, and 

 there is no intei-mediate dip to speak of, uivl 111- --iiivl- -ii-'frn is propeil; 

 placed, then we should come to the conclu-i -.. IIm: tin - ii,,t ,.[ cu-cmation is 

 Swin" to the presence of confined au- m the i.ii - - ; mi 1 tin -cs. way to a^ol.t 

 that if prcoeut, and not always at the hisihd pumt. i.-, to keep the supplj- 

 ci.,tcm filled, aud allow your expansiou-pipe-, to run for some hom-s, oi lor 

 linlf an horn- at a time, until the water is changed. The suappmg and crack- 

 in-^' vou refer to in the pipes, also the overheating of the supply-cistem. almost 

 c .u';ince us that that is the cause. U even m these 2-inch supply-pipes yon 

 h-ive ■' mches of compressed air, the heated water cannot pass before it is 

 dislod"ed. See what was stated in "Doings of the Week" last week as to 

 heatln- a Cucumber house. With M going right yom- piping will not be 

 suffieie°nt for wiiite, rn.-nmWy^. Tt will ,1„ tr,„„ Miuch to November, or so. 



T'vTirv Ki-n r i.iiiii ■ " I .' r 1;.. i In be blamed if he allows 

 , vpI vi'ot-iliv'l I ' 1 - • 1. I ,1 I'.' : 'I ^luouls, &c., topoUute the 

 ah-ofthc kiteli'ii i ■- i) ' ' ">\ ■ -'■'■.i>' eell- lie is to be blamed it he can 



fin 1 time and iiil ' ■' ' "il sueh aiiimMiiiees, and does not do so. If 



there is time t" if' ■ I '■' ■" '" li matters, aud 'that attention is not given, wo 

 ^„,,.,,'fl„j „ ,,.,,„ i ' e . , -have come under our notice where the gar- 

 dei^;' to keep thine- ,i ,,.. -n/ut tj be hard at work for sbcteen out of the 

 twenty-foui- hours, and with Uu.t we have no sympathy. 



Letting G.vrden, &c. (F. P. 0.).-This matter we can scarcely enter into. 

 The terms seem easy enough for the gardenmg tenant, but then much 

 denends on the market to he obtauied. We have known gai-dcners decline to 

 take a large walled garden in the countiy for nothing, except keeping it in 

 decent order, and then pay a high pnce for land near London. That was 

 befoio raiJwa-Js were so coninon, but even they add to the cost, and s. on make 

 a rentaL We hope all wiU go well, and cannot but admire your anxiety that 

 tte gSiener should thrive and not lose by his bargam The diihcu^ ics 

 ahead will be when more than one day a-week is wanted for the flower garden 

 and pleasure gi-ound, and we presume there is a rineiy, a greenhouse, and a 

 ™nsM-vatory, of which nothing is said, but which will requne some daily 

 attention. 



SooLY-orv CccrjiBER (£ts(o>i).— It is thus described in the " Gai;deners 

 Year Book " for 1871—" A new Chinese Cucumber. A species of Cucm-bitacea; 

 (most pi-obab'y belonging to the Lufla section), producing fruits of enormous 

 size belli" between 5 and 6 feet long, and 18 Inches m cu-cmnference, re- 

 sembling huge Cucumbers. Received fl-om Foochou, where it is grown and 

 eaten by the natives in the gi-een state, boiled with rice, &c. 

 p ,,.',,,, i; MT-> V Pi in ( W. G.).— On the system adopted, the planting is 



„„ I 11 1 , ii.tfnl if yom- torn- 8's would not be better crossed, and the 



f ■ ?, I ,, 1, lit is, o"ue pair of one arrangement instead of two pairs. 



Thenii „,ii lii iiiug sunk, and coming thus more fuUy imder the view 



of the WU..1.-V, , i.eil up.-, thedoublc-paniugof eoch, as it would be more simple, 

 may strike the eye most. If you adopt tl,- i-i-i '■"' elm, tin n. He i n the 

 centre, Centanrea edged with Dell's Beet ' ' i ' i 



the Ii-esine Luideni, or even Perilla to tie I' '■ " '■ '"■ 



would look as well as the.. tliei. Theu f- i ■ ■ ' - ' Vy^.'J';' 



Rosew-illbe toolofty.iiii'i.'le . e . ei " t' " ', ' ' 'v lieins 



^ISS^XS!r:i-:^,v:i,;,e:'re :, ■^^.^;^^^^^^^^ 

 Tt^Z.t^r.:, . : :,„.!„:;";. Viwr':A;,;ea'Fionbi^a!t'5; 



p',„'f '" ttit. .1 - .-I edge with W.ilthiira Seedling, pui-ple ^ er- 



fifn „v T,P ■ 1. 1 ., e, ,l.„u,.c, and have wliite-flowerod Geraniums, 



SrKjSlGSmuuuea,:. 1 - eh ilvarf Ageiatum. 7,7.7.7. Asj,tated. K. 8, As 



the beds are lai-ge, we fear the Gazania would emi-i u ; . ., ,i u i,-^ 



it were raised. As you have it we would prefer « nil! ' ' ; - ' ' ' '■ 



and Golden Pelargonium round it, with au edgiii. : ■ ii . i 



LobeUa speciosa. 9, Scai-let Geranium; but if tie en . -e ; m i 'le > 

 should be in such a composition, aud unless the plimts ol Aeiitaureii aio 

 small, we should prefer a good edging of the Koniga mantuna or variegatsLl 

 Alyssum. , 



Covent Garden Me .s-v-- "-' P ' -The fnll„w,,e.evtia-t from our fcar-^ 

 deners' Year-Book" gi' e e.-i., , ,e.. e ■'"■ e ■ e ,. e - ■- -e 



made either of osier 01 lie - ' ■ , . . -i',,' 



madeof less flexible mat. 11 e .s.' /'■ ' ' ; , '.,';' "J_ 



top, and 7S inches at tl,e Ltlt.jm, .lu.l^ ii.e.i. a. . i- '. . • -> , 



8 inches diameter, and 1 inCh deep, if to hold sii hiuidf ; oi ,i i leiie- 'J ^ "'" 

 for tw-elve hands. M..sJ»-oom Piau.cf.-.-7 mdieshyl mch. .Sa.trteaP /«,■(=. 

 -5 inches by 2 inches. Half Sierc.-Contams 3 unpei-ial g""" ■ - I' '';.';'; 

 a"es 12* inches in diameter, and 6 mches m depth, iiei (.—Lentams seven 

 imperial gallons. Diameter 15 inches, depth 8 inches. A sieve of Peas is 

 eoual to one bushel; a sieve of Cunants twenty quarts. Bmkd Sierc—Ten 

 3 a half i^pei-ial gallons. Diameter at top 17} inches, at bottom 17 mches ; 

 Sthlli inches. Bum Ba^M-Onght when heaped to contam an unpenal 

 bushei: Diameter at bottom 10 inches, at top 14i inches; depth 17 inches 

 AVahiuts, Nuts, Apples, and Potatoes are sold by this measure. A bushel of 



hS-iamed clfSise'd weighs 56 lbs but 4 lbs. addit>ona are aUo^^^d if 

 thev are not washed. A junk contams two-thirds of a bushe . Po((tf-ls a 

 Ion" tapering basket that holds rather over a pmt and a half. A Pott e of 

 Strawberries should hold haH a gaUon, but never holds more than one quart , 

 a pottle of Mushrooms should weigh 1 lb. Ho«<f-Apphes to a bunch of 



Ead^h. - vhi-1 i.ttiins from twelve to thii-ty or more according to the season. 



R„,',ie ', ::,.■ ,1, ,e to tweutT heads of Broccoh, Celeiy, &e.; Sea-kale, 

 ,„.,,1 , , ■ . 1 , i,ds ; Rhubarb, twenty to thii-ty stems, accordmg to size ; 



„,,,,,, , .111 100 to T25. Buncft-Is apphod to herbs, &c., aud 



varies lo'.h lie" ■ a. eoi-dmg to the season. Abunch of Tiunips is twenty to 

 twcuty-fiTc; of Cairots thirty-six to forty; of greens as many as can be tied 

 to-ethei bv the roots. Grapes aie put up in 2 lbs. and 4 lbs. punnets. New 

 P°rtatres.'bvthe London growers, in 2 lbs. punnets. Apples aud Peai-s aio 



