JOUKX.VL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ May 16, 1872. 



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eon^c u. weU. Hyou^ad a line of l^t^ t^Se^^LSror^v^ r.^ey 

 the Golden Feverfew it would improve '^^l^ZTci^Ts^A ■> lozeDge-we 

 dwarf AKeratum. Of the other tto«i,*f J-'^atS^'oi' pS-ethi-om, but we 

 would plant the circles as. proposed with "" /°|^-f "i^^i^g it, we would 

 would have no Pjrethrmn m 'he 'ozenge. tosteiut^i mjw o • ,.^,,„„) 

 centre with .carlet, BUiTOund '"'^ f^^'^J.^";^ tUs-T^Tom centre clump is 

 -We could improve on y?''"-/''°t'"« °?i^'",.''^ould horder 5 and 6 in 

 of yellow Calceolaria l'?'''!"";''* '^..{^^'^^^s'aijrce SemwithblueLobeUa. 

 the same line with ^^esme, but sunound ciys^ir^^ ^^^ 



Bijou; better border with scarlet, pmk, or purple. ^ ,„,^ 



Mills's book on Pine Apple culture. 



lion you need. , , , . „„/i 



«.^ -Tt^t 1 r 7T r 1 —Your Viola is of a pleasing shade of colour, ana 

 lsof'^?he^merre«^nSc,S"a Perfection. 'ihe flower sent is infenor 

 to oth^ei oTthLTvp^already in the trade. Habit Vrot-s.on^r.iv^^^^^en^ 

 of bloom are the chief points. Ton should plant it out near others oi lue ^ 

 same class already seat out. 



hrauohes that overhang the roof. 1 



PE-iCH Tbees akd Vises rs the SiJiE Hoose (Wo Gnrrf««fr).-Probahly 

 thrtea^saretui-ning yeUow and faUing "^ ''?" J?"' °' 7'l';„^a^,"^'^I 

 +ho soU a foot or more he ow the surface. Syrmge the tiees e.ery day. ii 

 To^mesie newly planted and intended to be permanent, do not fruit , 

 thSiVi^eTtlSch have been established one season may cai-ry two bunches 

 toe"chroi Ptochthe side shoots at two leaves beyond the bunch. Keep 

 ip a supply of moisture in the atmosphere of the house as you propose. 



L-iF OF APPLE Teee Blotched -PE.1CH Tree Gummed -Vn.-ERV 

 TREATMENT U».ate«r).-Xhe leaf sent is burned by the sun Jou *oiUd 

 4ateh ST effect on the. leaves, and daub the »P°' "Tf T* ^.^,"^ P^'^t'ain 



^?i=gi=&?o^t sfe rx'»^^ 



«on above the gummed parts at once ; remove it a httle at a time, ine 

 SneSe of frfnlry which contains principally Black Hamburgh Grapes 

 sSd be" om 65= to 70= at the time the fruit is setting, men the Grapes 

 Srset the n"ht temperature need not be above 6.5=, and a moist atmosphere 

 SoSdhematotained When the Grapes show signs of colouring, a small 

 SshoSl ta left for air aU night. If the weather .'^ hot and diy the 

 bISs and surface of the borders should be gently sprmWed twice a-da^.^ 

 lucl wii be sufficient moisture. In damp weather omrt the spmilmg 

 Xgether. The temperature by day from sun heat should be from 10 to 

 15" above the .night temperature. Muscat Grapes reciuure 6= more heat than 

 -the above. 



WIREWORMS rN- NEW-G.UIDES GK0T7KD {WaUall).-U i^ '^T lUBcuit to 

 drive wireworms from newly-hroken-np pasture ground We ^^-^^ '°™| 

 die.ssin-' with lime and soot useful, also guano .ind salt, which aie all good 

 feSers, and we advise their appUeation, but they wiU not tree the ground 

 if wireworm. Gas lime is the best thing we have tried ; apphed at the rate 

 of ten bushels per acre it drives the greater part of them away, hut it should 

 ^e put on some weeks before the ground is requu-ed for cropping. Spiead it 

 «veily over the surface, allow it to remain ten days or a fortnight, and then 

 lork it in. Ammoniacal Uquor diluted with sb: times its bulk of water applied 

 to the ground with a watering-pot at the rate of three gaUons to 6 sqimre 

 yards blfore sowing or planting, acts as a manure as well as a preventive of 

 therava^es of wireworni and other grubs. We should crop with the Cabbage 

 -tribe, C<Sery, Peas, and Beans, and plant largely with Lettuce, winch forms a 

 sood tran. Take up all the Lettuces which the wnreworms attack; they wu 

 le knowS by the plants flagging under the sun. PuU them up and you wiU 

 find the wireworms at the root-stem, or in the soil near it. We have found as 

 many as a dozen on a single Lettuce root. Plant as baits, between the rows 

 of other crops. Potatoes and CaiTots, the Potatoes whole but with the eyes 

 taken out, and the Cairots cut into pieces U or 2 inches long. Place them m 

 the "round about 2 inches deep, cover them -with soil, and put in a stick to 

 Indicate the position of each. Yon may thus entrap many wireworms ; ex- 

 amine the baits every second or third tlay, and after destro.ving thowirewonns 

 search should also be made in the ground, then replace the baits and cover 

 them with soil. 



Insects (Reader). — "Lice 

 Send us specimens. 



Names of Plants (^r(fi?»icc).-It certainly is not a seedling Ai-hor-Vitie, 

 ■but one of the vrild Mustard tribe, but we cannot say which species from 

 merely seein" the leaves, (r. S. H.).— Pyrus pmnatiflda, or Pinnatifid-leaved 

 Moun'tain Ash. (B. D. S.).-l, Kerria japonica; 2, Pemettya muoronata; 

 ■8, CvtisuB multiaoms; 4, Cytisus pnrpureus; 5, Phalaris aiundmacea or 

 Gardener's Garters. (M. F.).— The fungus found near the roots of old trees 

 -IS PhaUus fojtidus in a yonng state. (P. S-).-We cannot name plants from 

 leaves only. We need flowers as weU. (Sfrickiond).-!. Only leaves ; 2, Po- 

 tentilla argentea, SUvery CmquefoU; 3, We thmk Echiumvulgare, "Pipers 

 Bngloss, specimen. Imperfect; 4, Kema japonica. I.L.B. S. C.).---l, Ptens 

 creticaalbo-Uneata; 2, Polypodium (Phymatodes) pustulatnm ; 8, Asplemum 

 -bnlbiferum; 4, Pteris sermlata; 5, Pteris serrulata var. cnstata; 6, Fahiana 

 imhrieata; 7, Polvpodium cambricum; 8, Nephrolepis cordiioha ; 9, Libonia 

 floribanda. {F. P. G.).— Acer japonicum, Thunb. {SuhscrtWr, CormcM).— 



" aphides," " gnats," all from the s 



1, Salria verhcnacea; 2. Cardamuie pmtensk ; S^LyctaU d^^^^^^ 

 l^^^S!S^'f^ri^n^^^^^^ 6^.^rAspleninfn (Oi- 



plazium) dubium. _ _ _ 



POULTET, BEE, AUB PIGEOIJ OHEOmOLE. 



WHICH IS THE BEST BBEED ?— No. 1. 



I KECEivx SO many inquii-ie. as .to whicli is the ^est br^ed of 



practical subject m-iT """; \,„„„„se i have knoWB cases -where 



o,er any o^'^i-^^';? ^""^^f obTeeUonT^^^^ Tre generally hardy, 



. latter there is always °'i''. °!?J^®^™° ' f ten be selected so as to 



I and with P;°P-;,^^,^|e"stu\?LycL never be depended upon 



prove «f 1y f ."^^^Sakes them unsuitable for the large number 



not to sit, and this maKes tue ^^ ^^^ 



of cases where only one ="^^11 Ja d or lun can g 



, fowls, and where ch.ct-sca'^on g 



1 advantage, ibeir "1°°^^'=;, non-sittui':' breed, would be 



trouble, -'^!'l^;,^yf;efXre one o? two Sroods of chickens 



entirely avoided Ev«n :^f^\^u holds good, as it is impossible 



J can be reared the °'^]^™''f, '!" „ „ ° if a non-sitting breed 



to set all the hens ^'^'l^^Vorlwo hens for sitting each season. 



; be kept, to buy or hire one °^ *^° ^^''^^erin to lay they can be 

 When these bea^ off then^chid.en^andhegm ^y^.^_ 3 ^ 



T^fs fin?sherand\hey stw an^ incUnation to sit again, they 



mav be killed for table. , breeds is not 



) The objection often made to tbe pric^e of I»- ^^.^^^ 



nearly so gi-eat as many ''"I'^"^S,„„_j° means when he con- 

 understand what Mr. KmnardB. Edwards means ^^^ ^^^ 

 trasts the prices of really ^.st-cia^s Du ^o^^^ ^^ 



those a " year or so ago F^f ^^l^J^ '^^^ that birds of such 



and therefore costly ; ^"^^^ ^%l^^''ll e Jsiom such, can now 

 quaUty,fromasho-^pomt of view.oie^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ 



be bought cheap, aU I can say i» ne ^^ ^^ 



matter, for there i^^vct was a time when duos g jj^^ brief 



win would realise better l'""\ ^^".^^Jth^r hand, he means 

 months of the poultry mama. J^*'.""^,*^^ °A""'-^^^ is, birds 

 what the gi-eat breeders oall their ^ast rs ^ ^ ^^^^^^^ 

 which have aU the useful quabties of th^ 'l"4"i ^o„ld say that 

 of feather -^e disabled from bemgsho^, then^^ -^^^ ^J^^,^ 

 I have never known the *"»« ^t^''"/"+o iq? each, and most 



t^rfr^-^r:£|g^--i^--^ 

 ^s:pSt»n:|2§r^y|^%^^ 



I have f ^^y^/°^? fifet^er^ln Tat case, also the first ex- 



^tfe'o?tL'^^:ck\"Il|te onlyone.^^^^^^^ 



f ither be hatched, or a sitting °r,X°ns being STowed fi-om the 



S:r«fyiytrst^^^^^^^^^^ 



breeding to e^iibition standaids excep^t ^^^^ ^^.^ 



inclination for it ^^^^^ '^^^^^,^,1^;° "^^e the introduction of 

 |;%-i%ol^^.e^.{oren5riecVa^^^^ 

 case of a fancier, it always does and "^^^ g j J^^ 



lute eco'nSi^^al alTan^ges of tie best breeds may be secured 

 ^"^oTiir^o'St.bo^^vrr; care sbould be devoted In every lot 

 of hens some will be better layers than others. Le^ us suppose 

 we s?art with six Houdans-a cock and five hens. P^obfly out 

 rf th" five two may lay thirty eg.gs per annum more than either 

 ^f tVio oHiers ■ their eggs should be noticed, and only tnese 

 :ggs et°' ByfoUowing^Ws plan for a^-ry few years a vei-y 

 o?pat increase in egg-production may be obtained. My attention 

 ^as al-awn to this"si^bject by a fi'iend having a Brahma pullet, 



