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JOUENAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



broken off, anil the plauta are eonsonueiitly deprived of their 

 -only means of nourishment. With AprQ showers and briglit 

 and occasionally warm sunshine we must be in readiness for 

 mo^ving. Have the turf swept, well rolled, and made thoroughly 

 Mrm without loss of time ; and remember, if tlie first mowing is 

 deferred till the grass becomes long, it will require much time 

 and labour to put the turf in proper order. Wallcs should be 

 edged and otherwise put in proper order. Attend carefully to 

 the stock of bedding plants, pot-off rooted cuttings as soon as 

 they ai'e in a fit state, and encourage them with gentle bottom 

 heat and careful management to make quick growth, for after 

 this season there is no time to be lost with young stock. Cal- 

 ceolarias, if well established, may be planted out in a turf pit 

 in poor sandy soil where they can be protected from frost or 

 cold winds, but they must be jsrepared for this by previously 

 exposing them fully to sun and ah' whenever the weather 

 will permit. Their place under glass can be profitably occupied 

 with recently-potted-ofl' plants, and with ordinary care they 

 will do better planted out than stunted iu pots. Choice Car- 

 nations if at hand may soon be turned out in beds or borders ; 

 three in a group, in rich soil, produce a bold and striking effect. 

 The Mimulus family may soon be planted in fresh patches iu 

 moist soil, not forgetting that popular flow'er the Musk ; the 

 latter should be removed in dense masses or patches. Cam- 

 panula stricta appears to be a desirable plant, the flowers being 

 of a Ught blue colour. This, together with Salvia chamsedryoides, 

 as well as the blue Anagallises, should be cultivated, particularly 

 where beds are encompassed with gravel. Take advantage of 

 any hardy perennial plant, the habit and duration of whose 

 flowers are such as to render it suitable for grouping. 



GREENHOUSE AND CONSEEVATOBY. 



Many conservatories are very unfit places for Heaths, being 

 too lofty and warm ; but such varieties as Vernix coccinea, hy- 

 emalis, Lamberti rosea, Burnettii, cfcc, which bloom in winter 

 when the house is generally kept cooler than at any other 

 season, are invaluable, as they flower very profusely. These 

 varieties should be largely cultivated for the decoration of 

 conservatories, and for supplying cut blooms. They should be 

 cut back severely as soon as they have done blooming, giving 

 them a liberal shift when they start into growth, using rich 

 strong peat, and ii they are well attended to during tlie grow- 

 ing season they will overcome any injury they may sustain 

 though occupying a somewhat unsuitable position whUe iu 

 bloom. With Azaleas, Camellias, Roses, ifec., and a spriukUng 

 of New Holland plants, show houses should now be a blaze 

 of flowers. Lot every jilant, however, be placed in the most 

 suitable position, and aim at a pleasing uniformity of arrang- 

 ing aud displaying the colours to the greatest advantage, 

 bearing in mind that no amount of floral display will com- 

 pensate for bad arrangement, but will rather serve to make 

 the latter more apparent. Pick oft' decayed flowers and leaves 

 directly they make their appearance, and endeavour to replace 

 the plants with others as soon as they begin to grow shabby. 

 Sprinkle the surface of the beds freijuently, so as to assist in 

 keeping the atmosphere moist, aud see that the under soil is 

 kept in a imiformly moist state. Watch for insects and attack 

 them as soon as they are perceived, which is the only way of 

 preventing theii' doing mischief. 



STOVE. 



Proceed with the repotting of sucli plants as require it, and 

 give all necessary attention to those in active vegetation, 

 using every means to promote growth, combined with strong 

 short-jointed wood. The only way of eft'ectiug this is by se- 

 curing a vigorous root-actiou, aud keeping the iilants near the 

 glass. Specimens that were started early in the season will 

 require re-arraugemeut, so as to idace them in positions suitable 

 to their state of growth. Ixoras, Clerodendrous, and Alla- 

 maudas " feeling then- pots," will be greatly benefited by a 

 careful supply of manure water, but see that it is given iu a 

 tepid state. Look sharply after mealy bug and thrips, for if 

 these pests are allowed to establish themselves at this season, 

 they wUl furnish plenty of work for leisure hours dui-uig the 

 summer. Imported Orchids should have a mUd yet constantly 

 moist atmosphere for a few weeks until they begin to grow. 

 No water should be applied to them until that period, and 

 then with moderation. They will fill their pseudo-bulbs by at- 

 mospheric moisture alone, and all excitement otherwise will 

 be at the expense of the energies of the plant. Start other 

 Orchids into rapid growth as soon as possible, iu order that 

 they may have a long autumn to ripen them well — a most 

 essential point with most of them. 



PITS AND FKAMES. 



The portions of cold pits not filled with young stock may 

 soon be filled with some of the hardwooded tribes of the con- 

 servatory or mixed greenhouse, in order to make way for a 

 free aud healthy growth in the rising generation, and to afford 

 choice specimens abundance of air and room. — W. Keane. 



DOINGS OF THE LAST WEEK. 



The weather is still trying, and not the best for advancing 

 out-door work. A rising barometer leads us to expect sun- 

 shine, aud if so, a Uttle care must be paid to tender plants 

 under glass, as the suddeu change from very duU to very 

 bright weather is ever ti-ying. 



KITCHEN GAEDEN. 



To keep away birds from young Peas, &c., we have found 

 nothing better than a cord of fine string run over the rows, 

 with pieces of newspaper tied to it. Some friends of ours re- 

 commend cloth in stripes, black, orange, Ac, but on the whole 

 we think that white acts as the greatest deterrent. 



FHUIT GARDEN. 



Whatever is under glass should have air early. We hope 

 that beginners with orchard houses will not be alarmed about 

 these cold nights. Peach and Apricot bloom will stand a good 

 deal of frost provided the ah- be dry and close. We do not mean 

 too close, bat an atmosphere may be so far still without the 

 semblance of a gale. We have seen Apricot blossom kUled iu a 

 moist atmosphere with i" of frost, and have seen it stand 10" 

 uninjured when the atmosphere was dry. One of our hopes 

 not yet realised has been to have an Apricot orchard house. 

 We feel quite certain that an open any house capable of being 

 shut up m severe weather, would be very profitable, as Apricots 

 ripened under a full sun under glass have a richness and flavour 

 all their own. Nothing would repay better than a glass roof, 

 and we are only surprised that such numbers of our friends 

 have so many tiled and slate roofs in their gardens when glass 

 would be cheaper. — E. F. 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Dick Badclyffe X- Co., Vl\), High H.ilboni. Loudou, W.C.— 

 Catalugne of Bedilin'i -'».' /'. ' ..■■■- P' ■-"',, -Tc. 



George White, li.iL ^n \' r :.. : -i , J,,,/ne uf Flurists 



Flowers, Greenhouse . '/ - ' ' /•■ j-'uit Pliints. 



T. S. Ware, Hale Ymui >;ur.,ciiL~., luULuliaui.— Cato%!tB of 

 Florists' Flowers. 



Alfred A. Walters, Kensington Nurseries, Bath. — Deserijjlivo 

 Catalofjiicof Garden and Agrieultural 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 doing they 

 are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and expense. All 

 communications should therefore be addi'essed soleli/ to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, d'c, 171, Fleet 

 Street, Loudon, B.C. 

 We also request that correspondents will not mix up on the 

 same sheet questions relating to Cxardening and those on 

 Poultry and Bee subjects, if they expect to get them 

 answered promptly and conveniently, but write them on 

 sejiarate communications. Also never to send more than 

 two or three questions at once. 

 N.B. — Many questions must remain unanswered until next 

 week. 

 Maud. — A lottcr has beeu at the post office for you some time. 

 Waterciiess Ccltdee (Mrtt. T.). — Precisely the same proceediugs are re- 

 quired in a stream as iu the trenches. You may plant now. Widen the bed 

 of the stream if the water is deeper than 8 inches. 



TuE Ameuican Gemim.'- \'im .. " TIm i.iiiili. v.iuld cortaudy be glad 

 of fm-ther information I' ' " ' .i ' ^ i ' ' I rapes said to have 



been produced in a ^i I ii I have seen is iu 



the April number of ' Tlir \ :i i, ri.nn u Llummi' '. |m ' i;i, aud is too Incom- 

 plete to form any ai-'-umcut upon, iiic sujipi.sed icasnu for the enormous 

 crop (2 tons), of Grapes from a vinery B4 feet by M feet, is a row of squares 

 of violet glass on each side of the span roof. — A Soldier." 



[We will insert any information we receive on the subject, but at present 

 we have none.] 



Doa-ROSE Stem (y. Y. A.).— A Dog Kose or Briar 8 feet high and 1 to 

 It inch in cir-cumference, cut off level with the gi'ound, will not gi-ow unless it 

 has dormant buds, which may gr-ow and throw out roots, but the stem abovc- 

 gi'onnd will die. 



Ammoniac.Ui Liquor to Grass (L. F.). — Apply it now, and again in a 

 fortnight's time. It must be much diluted. Neither of the fowl houses needs 

 be kept wai'm. 



