JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Oeiuniam lucidmu, Shining C 

 Kunguineum, Bloody ditto 

 Phfeum, Dusky ditto, 

 sylvationm, Wood ditto, 

 inolle, II..-. ■■ f ..t .li't I. 

 pusilhnn, - : •' . . 1 . 



Glanciurn lui, 

 Gymnadeniu . 

 Uabeuarii 



nod Poppy, 

 itic Orchis, 

 ■gieou Butterfly Orchis. 



utha, VoUi 

 m-idis, Frog Orchi.s. 

 Helianthemnm eannra. Hoaiy Dwarf Rock Rose. 



vul" 



.llfliore 



HeUeborus ^ ti . ii 



Hippm-is viil : i VI ,i. I nil. 



Hyperiemu ;.. . ;,..,i... I >its:in. 



raontauuiu, .vl..ui.L.i.ii .St. .lohu's-wort. 

 Humuius iupulus, Hup. 

 lutila Conyza, Plouglunan's Spikenard. 



Helenium, Elecampane. 

 Lathraea Squaraaiia, Greater Toothwort. 

 Chiysocoma Linosyris, Flax-leaved Goldilocks. 

 Listera nidus-avis, Bird's-nest Listera. 

 Lysimacliift vnl^ari-^, Yellow Loosestrife. 

 Mnf..nio]isi^ (.;imliri.-a, Welsh Poppy. 

 JI.. 111. .1.1 ..II.. iM .Ik. Yellow Melilot. 

 -M; .! - V eet Cicel.v. 



N\ I , ' iiimou Lady's Tresses. 



1)1,1,1,- PI I : , I Iv Ordiis.' 



Ori^amuu vul-ari', Cumiii.m llaij.jram. 



Parit'tai'ia offieiualis, Common Pellitory of the Wall. 



Paris quadrifoUa, True Love. 



Pariiassia palustris. Common Grass of Parnassus. 



Saiubucns 1 



SauguisorLii 



Scdum Tel, 



album. 1 



stonecrop. 



■Lt. Woody Nijllt-ibade. 



vulgaris, Primrose. 

 Hyacinthus nou-scriptus, Harebell, 

 albus. White Harebell. 



AUTUMN AND WINTEE-FLOWEEINO PLANTS. 



Acacias. — The Acticias are a useful class of plants, as they 

 ciui be wiutereJ in an,y house where the temperature ranges 

 from 35° to •10°, care being requirctl not to over-water them iu 

 the short clays ; but as the days lengthen, and sun strength- 

 ens, let them liave all the benefit of the sun possible, when 

 they will begin to show signs of moving, then every attention 

 should be paid to them with water. If allowed to come into 

 bloom without any assistance, they will stand longer in bloom, 

 and be richer iu colour. When done liowering, prune back iuto 

 shape, when they may be put in a frame for a short time. If 

 the weather is bright, let them have a gentle touch with the 

 syringe in the afternoons. In about three weeks let them be 

 examined, when those that require repotting should have pots 

 a size larger, using half loam and peat, with a good dash of 

 silver sand. If a cold frame can be had, place them in it, and 

 keep it a little close for a few days, shading if the sun is at all 

 bright. 



When they begin to grow, give more air and less shading. 

 If the frame is a moveable one, let it be raised G inches from 

 the ground by placing a couple of bricks under each corner ; 

 this will give a good ch-culation of ah', having the lights at 

 hand to put on in case of heavy raius. The pots should either 

 be placed on coal ashes or boards, or whatever is at hand, so 

 that it will keep worms from getting into the pots. Let them 

 have every attention iu watering tlu'oughout the growing 

 season , aiul on very bright days tla-ow a light shade over them 

 for a couple of hours, doing away with it as they finish then- 

 growth, when they should have full exposure to tlie sun, so 

 that the wood may get perfectly ripened before the short days 

 return. Cuttings root readily if taken off at a joint, and 

 put into a pot of sand and leaf soil with a bell- glass over them, 

 and placed in a gentle heat. 



L.iNTANAS. — These are fine autumn-decorative plants, some 

 of the newer sorts being a decided improvement on older varie- 

 ties. The many different shades of the flowers make a collec- 

 tion of them interesting. 



With a little assistance in the way of heat, large plants can 

 1)0 grown iu one season, in comparatively small pot.'i. Cuttings 

 which were potted- off a mouth ago, will have got over the pot- 

 ting and started .to grow. At this stage, and all through the 

 growing season, let them have a uight temperature of not less 

 than 65°, with plenty of moisture, allowing the house to rise to 

 80° and 85' by day, shutting up early iu the afternoon, to re- 

 tain all the sun heat possible, when the plants should be well 

 syringed overhead. Before requiring another shift it should 

 be decided in what form they are to be trained. If bush form, 

 which is the most common, pinch the leading shoot when 

 about 9 inches high, when the side shoot will soon begin to 

 push. Pinching should be attended to regularly as long as re- 

 quired, not letting the shoots run beyond, perhaps, two pah- of 

 leaves, further than necessary. This both weakens the plants 

 and loses time. The last pinchmg, especiallj', should be per- 

 formed at one time, so that the plant is iu flower at every 

 point at the same time. We are rather partial to standards, 

 from 1 foot to 18 inches high, in 7 and 8-inch pots, trained the 

 same as tree Mignonette. These are nice objects to mix 

 amongst zonal Geraniums. Most of them being of a yellow 

 or orange colour, they group well with the Geraniums. If re- 

 moved to a cooler house just as the flowers begin to open, they 

 will stand longer, and the colour wUl be richer. The last 

 pinching should be done about six weeks before the plan^ are 

 required to be in flower. They thrive well in a mixture of 

 fibry loam and leaf mould, with a sprinkling of silver sand. 

 After the last shift, and when the pots are getting fuU of roots, 

 the plants will be greatly benefited by regular watermg with 

 manure water, made of either deer or cow dung, with a little 

 soot mixed along with it. 



When the plants are done blooming, let them be well ripened 

 off, uDicli the same as Fuchsias, then store them away in .any 

 out-of-the-way place all the winter, just keeping frost from 

 them, until tlie following February, when they can be placed 

 in a vinerj' or Peach house at work, where they wiU soon break, 

 when cuttings can be taken, and the old plants treated much 

 the same way as Fuchsias iu repotting and pinching, when 

 they will come in very early. Many of the varieties are hand- 

 some as bedding plants, being extremely pretty as an edging to 

 either Coleus Verschaffelti or Iresine Liudeni. When so tre.ite.l 

 they require pegging down. — A. H. — T. (iu The Gardener). 



GRADATION OF COLOURS IN GERANIUMS. 



I WANT to make aflower-bed of Geraniums, either from white 

 to crimson, with Christine for a middle shade, or from sahnon 

 to scarlet. There ought to be a light pink between Madam-j 

 Vaucher and Christine, a deej) rose above Christine, and tlien 

 crimson, about five rows altogether. — B. B. 



[The following we think would suit you : — Madame Vauchor ; 

 Madame Weiie, or Blue Bell; Christine; -Amy Hogg, or Madame 

 Barre ; Vesuvius, Jean Sisley, or Tom Thumb.] 



Mouse Tuaps. — I do not envy your correspondent " Biioad 

 Bean " his energy and tact for overcoming diflicultics, seeing 

 that he finds a very great and troublesome one in pultiug a 

 piece of wire through a Pea before he can use the trap I advo- 

 cated. I assure him he need not take the trouljle to soak the 

 Peas all the time — there are wrinkled Marrow Peas in plenty, 

 which are those I use, and small bradawls with which to pierce 

 them; neither has ho any occasion to " make " the wire, for 

 with a few ponce he can purchase enough wire to last him for 

 years, and with a pair of small pliers ho may cut in five 

 minutes as many pieces of wire as will last him any lenglli of 

 time. There is one more advantage in using my trap whiclj I 

 did not mention — viz., in nine cases out of ten when the mou.'-e 

 is caught the Pea is not injured for future use, and the ti:ip 

 may be instantly set again without the trouble of getting 

 fresh thread or string as used iu the one advocated bj' " Bro,vd 

 Bean." — Thomas Record. 



CARTON.— No. 1. 

 The Se-S-t of the Duke of Leinster. 

 One can hardly write of Carton, cveu in a g.ii-deiiing point 

 of view, without taking a glimpse at the traditions of the place 



