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JOURNAL OF HOETICULTURE AND COTTAGE GABDEKER. 



[ liay 9, 18'?2 



tUo Other glass clear without at present resorting to ay of 

 these means, or even the simple cxpadient o window-hUnd.. 

 Wo fell back, therefore, on some milk, whitened w th hne- 

 powdered whitening mi^ed with it, say a piece of whitening 

 bout the size of au eg,' to half a gallon of milk. T^iose who 

 contemplate this mode should try some on a square of gas» 

 and lot it dry, and then judge it it is to then- taste as to thick- 

 no s or thinness of shade. It is easily apphed with a brush 

 rou"hlY merely drawing the brush down between the bars 

 To do it neatly in a particular place requires a good deal of 

 time, and two brashes, one to place the mixture thmly aU over 

 th.- square or glass outside, and the other to daub it all over 

 with the point of the brush. Wc have just done the upper- 

 part of the front of a corridor, leaving the lower pan free, and 

 it makes a great cUffcrence to the force of the sun mside 

 looks very neat, and, untU one comes close to it, one woxUd 

 ima-'ine that a light blind was suspended inside for a regalar 

 depth all the way along. We expect that will stand all the 

 summer Two things are essential to this work being done m 

 the manner stated so as to be lasting and look neatly— the g ass 

 should be perfectly dry, and if well warmed by the sun before 

 the application all the better. Skim milk is used. On the 

 whole we like it better than size or glue.— E. F- 



TEADB CATALOGUES EECEIVED. 



J Carter, Dimuett, & Beale, 237 and 238, High Holboru, Lon- 

 don —C-ttaloQit,'; of Bs.liUiig and other Plants. 



T Buuyard & Sons, Maidstone and Ashioi-i.—Catalunue oj 

 Bctidlng-ont Plants, Tricolor and Double Geraniums, Oreen- 

 honsc Plants, t&c. 



shoots wliicli of course, must be lioatled-back rather closely to produce slioots 

 It the 'requisite difitance apart tor famishing the waU ; but the side shoots 

 ,ve do not shorten to more than two-thirds thcu: length, lorn- trees after 

 a year's growth will not be any larger than when planted. 



PEvrHFs IN Pots not Settisq Feuit — Vines in Ghocnd Vikeuy 

 I !,„ r'. Nj i — In the nei"bboui-hood of Loudon we And that Peach trees iu 

 ,:'l, liiMi, th. iv woodweUif the pots are plunged out of doors in June. The 

 1, I 1". iliui I->r them is one exposed to the south and west, hut sheltered 

 Jium tku cast aud north. We do not understand your Peach trees in 15-iuch 

 nots not skowiu" blossom. We would treat the trees in this way : Turn them 

 out of the pots, and reduce the ball of earth ; place the trees m clean pots 

 of the same size as before, using a compost of five paits tm-fy loam to one ot 

 rotted manure, and ramming in the compost (luite lii-m. Do not allow any 

 roots to grow throush the holes in the bottom of the pots. Confine the 

 gi-owths of the Vines to the ground vmerj-. 



Peach-tbee Centkes BiEE— Tkainino Vises (T. H. T.).— We rrcsumo 

 yom-s are waU tree.i. If so, the shoots wluch arc britikiii-,' away Injin llie 

 base of the tree will cover the naked -wood. It is 1.. 1 i i ,1 1 ■ m. i. 1 ■ v m 

 theyoungwood too thickly, and thin it out freely 111 ; 1 ' 



is sometimes done. You wUl do little good with ti- . 1 \ t' 1 ' i- 



wall of your vinery. Wo find 2 feet 9 mchcs from car h -i Im 11 "■,'"',' 



distance to train the rods ; but at 8 feet 4 mches, as you have them, the li^-bt 



would be excluded from the back wall. 



Vine Leaves Puckeeed (H. P. Folfcr).— Sudden changes of temperature 



•e, probably, the cause of this. All the top lights of a yincry ought to bo 



loyeable In youi' house maintain a temperatui-e of C5 by mght, with a nso 



ot 7(1- to '75= by day, ami a maximum of 85^ from sun heat. Let the water 



which you apply to" the roots bs warmed by exposure to the sun, or by some 



other means, to" the temperature of the house. 



Vine Shoots Decwed (C. B.).— The roots are sluggish, and do not supply 

 sap saflicient to sustain the gi-owth. If they ai;e outside the vineiy, put a 

 heap of fermenting dung oyer them, and keep the surface mulched all the 

 summer If they are inside the vinery, water them liberally with very weak 

 tepid manure water. The insect i; one ot the weevils, Curcolio picipes ; it 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Back Nombek (S*).-Oar number dated .Jauual? 4th, 1872, is out of print, 

 aud we do not know where to obtain a c ipy. 



AODEESS {Dr. B.).-We do not knnw the addi-ess. Write to ilr. Corbett, 

 Seoretaiw, Farmers' Club, SaUsbm-y S'luare, London. 



FLOWER-BEDS Plantinb [A Yo,c,n R-alj,-).-Vfe never undertake the 

 planting. Send us another plan and how you iropose planting, and we will 

 criticise it. . , * -i 



Patent Fertiliser {Grange Ciu^l.-We know nothuig either of its com- 

 position or utility. 



L IWN MowEK (H. P.).— We do not kunw that you mention. Wnte to the 



nikcrs, aud ask for a reference to some who have used it. 

 s.— The P.ev. F. Fitzpatrick, Cloon Kectory 



Mrs 



Bli 



,ck Muscat aud the White Bomain will 



I'lUMUosES -rue j:.e». r. j....<.i....».c«, ... Mohill. Ireland 



would'be "lad if " D. F. J. K." would exchange for a light blush double Plumose 

 a plant oi°two of his bright mageuta, yellow-eyed smgle Primrose, n. ^.a. 

 cau exchange a root of single white Primrose for any other good one. Apply 

 to T. P. FernlG, Kimbolton. 



Geeeviiocse Climeeus (K. S. C.).-For the wall which receives no sim 

 we do no' kno-.y iuvtbiu' that will snit so well as Ficus repens, wluch, how- 

 cycr will ii.it succeed in a cool greenhouse, but does well ic one with a wmter 

 temperature of 40^ to 45 . Lygodium scandens, a climbing Fern, is also 

 suitable. 



LvcopODlL-31 Browned (I,.vco«).— We should attribute the brownness to the 

 so-d in the troughs becommg sodden or sour, though dr-yncss will at auy tune 

 ciuse the Lyeopods to die. Perhaps the troughs are not shaded from the 

 direct powerful rays of the sun, iu wliioh case the Lyeopods will bo^me 

 brown. Uthis is the cause shade will put them nght, and they shoiud ho 

 kont constantly moist; hut if the soil is som- from want of proper di-amage, 

 your only remedy is to take them out, refill the troughs with fresh soU, and 

 replant, providing efficient chainage. 



Jasjiisohs i-or Geeexhoose Walls (.4 Lover of Mo.OTrs).-Jasminum 

 azoricum, J. gi-acile, .1. grandigorum, and J. odoratum are aU suitable foi 

 ■•rowuig in pots in a c'riciihoii,c. where the shoots should he tramed to trcl- 

 iisesror they m 1 1.. ;.. hi. 1 ...li in the borders and trained to trellises. In 

 ashadedpositi' 11 11,. 1 . ;i .t u . 1. I. 



Striking II: .im i - - IMi. .u.< iH.l.— You have done right with the 

 cuttings; vouka-c „iJ.. t.j -Hard i„amst (Ump, aud wc have uo doubt they 

 will strike" freely. We prefer shoots from 3 to 4 inches long taken off at the 

 The cuttmgs strike freely under a hand-glass in sandy soil out-doors 



if put in after May. 



Syringing Grel — 

 visablc to syi'inge plautc . 

 practised when the flower 

 condition. 



PeLARGOKIcm v.]' (. 



PL. 



.NTS IN Flower {B. B. L.).—lt is not ad- 

 ir. It i-uins the flowers, and ought not to be 

 spected to last for any length of time in good 



c, I \. 1 1 J ]■.!.— What ai-e commonly called Gera- 

 j.niu.3 «^,. .. . ,1, 1 '. largoniums. There is no doubt that 

 thcrcls a* ■•ri 1 1 i" I ' ' StorksbUl and Crauesbill— they con- 



stitute two ilitt. I. 1.1 '■■■■-' II ; I'lii tl .re is no very gi-eat diflereucc between 

 what are comuionlv callcl the ucraniums used for bedding pui-poses, and the 

 Pelargoniums used for in-door flowering. Both are Pelargoniums. Pclar- 

 gonimn is characterised by having usually seven stamens, and unequal-sized 

 petals; Geranium, by having ten stamens, aud equal-sized petals; and Ero- 

 dium, by havlug five fertUe anthers usually. The three genera are nearly 

 iiUied. 



Shading Pansies and AnRlcuLAS (H<tni).— You will find tiflany stretched 

 on a frame answer very well, and it will he bettei- than planting under a uorth 

 walk 



Newly-planted Peach Trees Prdning (Ki((if).— It is hardly nccessaiT 

 to cut back to within 6 inches of then- origin the shoots of trees planted with 

 shoots 8 to 4 feet 6 inches long. Some pruning is necessary, but we have not 

 for some years practised this close headiug-back except as regards the central 



feeds on the Viue. - - 



ripen Grapes in an unheate.l house. 



Cactus not FLOWEnixci-PEAR Teee Barren (OW SiiiiscriScr).— From 

 the description we believe your plant is a species ot Echinocactus. Eemove 

 the offsets, and pot them singly in small pots in a compost of equal parts of 

 loam, peat, and mortar rubbish. Keep the plants veiy diy at the roots 11 

 winter, aud water very sparingly in summer. Under this treatment the old 

 plant ought to flower. Probably the Pear tree carries too much blossom ; 

 tliuiuiu.' the fruitful spurs may do some good, but it is, no doubt, a vanety 

 that doe's not set fi'eely. You should, if such is the case, graft some unproved 

 variety upon it. ,-«, ,i * 



Teop-eolum and Primroses (.4 Si.!..sfri!)«k-It would he very difficult to 

 say to which Tropieolum you allude. T. canariense, with pale yeUow flowers, 

 is 'much .Town, but it may be T. Lobbianum or auy other species, as you gi\e 

 no des"ription The single and double vaiieties of the common Primrose are 

 the best to plant. The double yellow, lilac, white, and purple are yeiy prett.y. 

 Of the other kinds, the best are P. ainceua, a variety of cortnsoides, P. ni- 

 valis P. intermedia, P. farinosa, P. dcnticulata, and the beautiful P. japonica, 

 ISema^t noble of all tk.. . 1. , 1 - 1 ,1.1 to be hardy in Britam. They may 

 be plMited either before . , 1 ''' ■ '■ "nug penod. 



Nfivly-plinted Fkii: I : 1 /i .,/i Siiiiscriiio-).— Mulch the sui-face 



over the roots, and keep the luclc!. ..u all the summer. If the soil is mode- 

 rately fertile they will need no m;miuo. 



Seeds of Stove Punts (C. B.).— Barleria variegata and Poinoiana pid- 

 cherrima are evergrceu, aud from India. Aiistoloehia grandlHora is a stove 

 climb»rfrom the West Indies; Tccoma stans, a cool stove nrwann cocen- 

 house ski-ub, subscandent ; QuisquaUs tndica, a stove climber inmi ■ ... ii ; aid 

 Citnls macrocaiqja, a warm gi-eenhouse or cool stove evei-vci ii .•! lli. lui^^c 



family. Thev must all be raised andgi-own in good heat, botli t laiil i ."i. 



uutU'establis'hed, and may then be hardened-o2 and kept lu a =t.j\c i i «..im 

 gicenhouse. 



Planting Goernsev ,Lilv (.4. C. S.).-Oa a weU-drained, wai-m, south 

 border of rich light soU, it will flower out of doors. Plant out now, placmg 

 the bulbs 6 inches below the sm-face, aud about a foot from the waU; water 

 woU in diy weather untU the leaves turn yellow, then discontmue watermg. 

 In autumii mulch with leaves, so as to cover the bulbs fuUy 3 mches deep. 



Climbers tor Stoto [West lofZyc).— Stephauotis floribunda, Ipomroa 

 Horsfallia;, Clerodendron Balfourii, and Bougainvillffia glabra. These will not 

 "ive you much shade, but if you wish tor those with a larger leaf-giowth, 

 Passiflora princeps, P. calycina, P. Decaisneana, and Biguoma venusta. 



NiRcissrs and ToLips NOT FLOWERING {J. S.).— We think the cause of 

 their not flowering is thcil- having been badly ripened, in consequence of 

 the forcing last year and the after-plantmg m cold ground. TVe aie not 

 suiTriscd at then- not flowering, especiaUy as yon b»^"%«°™'l t'j^'^fS''™; 

 The bulbs are ot no use tor forcing the second year-, and should be ptanted 

 out rgood, rich, light soil, where they may remain, aud will generally blooni 

 weU after a year or two. They are only fit for out-door cultm-e after the flist 



^'green Fly on Gooseberry Trees (N. S S.).-Wet all the leaves by 

 svi-m"in" them with water, and then spiinkle tobacco powder or Scotch snuff 

 over them. Select a cahn day for the pui-pose. V,'e have no work on the 

 cultm-e exclusively ot heavy Goosebemes. 



Diseased Pe.ar Tree (-4. Alkinson).-U is the worst case of Americai. 

 Wiobl Mint we ever saw. The insect causing those huge excrescences is tue 

 SslaS-era. The el th aromid where the roots were should be biu-ned, tor 

 trLS winter there. You will find Bugaiuvilla;a ^l-^^'^^"' ij '" '^° 

 ■' Cotta.^e Gardeners' Dictionaiw. Of " Gorrigore— Fragilus Caiacala--oi 

 Snake Plant" we know nothing by those names. It may be Phaseolus 

 Cai-acalla. 



Destroying Crickets and Woodlice {R. C. B.).-The best mode of 

 destroymg the crickets is by mixuig half a pint of oatmenl with 1 oz. ol 

 ai-senic, md half an ouuce ot aniseed and carraway seed, and laymg this mix- 

 ture on pieces ot paper near then- haimts. The poison should be kept tiom 

 the reach of domestic animals or fowls. Chase's beetle poison vJl also 

 answer The most effectual way of destroymg woodlice is to pour boihng 

 water on them. They will generally he found secreted about the ^.fj'-^ 

 boiled potato wi-apped in a Uttle diy hay is a good trap for them The tem- 

 perature of a fi-uit room should he as low as possible without treezmg. The 

 colder it is the longer will the fniit keep. 



