JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 



it is veiy certain that a tleep and frequent stining of the soil 

 must contribute very materially to such desirable results. — 

 Edwabd Luckhubst. 



BOTANIC GARDENS, GLASNEVIN, DUBLIN. 

 The following is a list of plants in blosm on the 18th of 

 May: — 



Atragene austriaca 

 Azaleas 



Aconitiim Nap«Has 

 Adonis autimiQoUs 



vemalia 

 Anemones 

 Aspliodelus lateiis 



albiis 



tauricus 



Anemone palmata 



thalictroides 

 Ajnga pyiaraidalis 

 -UchemUIa alpina 



fissa 

 Aster altaicus 

 Arenaria montana 

 Allium triquetnuu 



suaveolena 



an^Tilosumi 



lineare 



tenuifoliiim 



caspicum 



at rtipuTpiireiun 

 Arabis vai-iegata 

 AiTim crinitiuu 

 Anchusa semperrirenr. 

 Alyssum sa^atile 



maritlmunsi 



olynipicum 



sinuatum 



spiniilosom 



denticulatuin 

 Antennaria dioica 



plantaginea 

 Aubiic'tia Columnfe 



Mooreana 



gTEECa 



deltoides 



grandiliorffl 



enibescenB 

 Alopecurus ruthenieiEi 

 Avena pubeseens 



pratensis 

 Armeria pm-purea 



Holleri 



oblongifloi'it 

 cephalotes 

 Beiberis cuneata 



sibirica 



duJcis 



canadensis 

 Biscutella fnitesccns 

 Cytisus creticus 



biflorus 



capitatus 



purpureus 



nitbenicus 



ciliatus 

 Clematis montana 

 Crataegus 

 Cares pendiila 



brizoides 



intermedia 



tomentosa. 



stricta 



cfpspitosa 

 Caraway 

 Cowslip 



Claytonia Bibirica 

 Calceolaria violaees 

 Cypripedinm Calceolcs 

 CorasuB japonicus 



Padus 

 Cydonia japonica 



Chest nu-fc 

 Cai-agana Kedowski 



Altagana 

 Cerastium vor. 

 Centranthus 

 Coroniila Emems 



velntina 

 Campanula speciosa 

 C-entaurea altatca 

 Chelone gracilis 

 Daphne Cneorum 



pontica 



coUina 

 Dielytra spectabilis 

 Doronicum 

 Dabcecia polifolia 



Dodecatheon obscurum 



elegans 



Meadia 



Jeffreyii 



giganteum 

 Dianthug pallidifloms 



CaryophylluB 

 Dryas integrifoUa 



octopetala 

 Dactyl is hispanica 

 Erica mediteii*anea 



ai'borea 

 Erodium hyraenodes 

 Eriuus alpiuus 

 Epimedium grandiflomna 

 Elaeagnus anfjOistifolius 

 Euphorbia CharMias 



procera 



palustris and oth^s 

 Fragaria vesca 



elatior 

 Fedia comucopite 

 Fabiana imbricata 

 Galium 



Galatella incana 

 Gentian a veroa 

 Globularia vulgaris 



cordifolia 



mflcrophyilum 



heterophylluiQ 

 Genista prrecos 



pro strata 



pilosa 



Scorpius 

 Galeobdolon Inteura 

 Gilia tricolor 



\ tetraptera 



Helianthemum XDontaniim 



Tulgaie 



tomentosura 



ai-matum 

 Hippocrepis helvetica 

 Hyacinthus pumilus 

 Iberis Durandii 



Tenoreana 



Garrexiana 



gibraltarica 



Pruiti 



Indian Pink 

 Jonquil 

 Iiis detiesa 



florentina 



Guldesntadtii 



gerraaniea 



Hvida 



pumiJa 



Swertii 



tenuiiolia 



missouriensis 

 Kalmia glauca 

 KeiTia 



Lamimn Orvala 

 LaguruB ovatus 

 Lignstrum ovatum 

 Ijedum thymifolium 

 Leueojum iestivnni 

 Linum pnlchellum 



fift\'nm 



fruticosum 



a£i- 



Lithospermum prostratnm 



orientale 



piu*pureo- cferuleum 

 Lychnis Viscaria 



dioica 

 Lilacs 



Libertia ixioides 

 Lupins 

 limnanthes Douglasii 



alba 

 Mfttthiola ffTfeca 

 Milliiun effusum 

 Muscari amethystiniira 

 Myosotis alpestris 



syh'atica 

 Mimalus 

 Magnolia Lenno 

 Marigold 

 Mexican QoTer 



Melica nutans 

 Malva campannlata 

 Nepeta Glechoma 

 s poeticus 



Orchis mascula 



coi'minata 



latiioha 



militaris 

 Ornithogalum umb^Iartu] 

 Orobus vemus 



lilacinus 



sy It aliens 

 Othonna cheirifoHa 

 Onobrychis montana 

 Pemettya speciosa 

 Polygonum bistort a 

 Polygonatmn multifolia 



Tulgaie 

 Primula farinosa 



cortusoides amcena 



sitkimensis 

 Pentstemon Scouleri 



Fendlerii 

 Phlox umbellata 



Nelsoni 



Potentilla alba 



Dombeyana 



alpestra 



chrysantha 



rupestris 

 Peonies 

 Pansies 



Pin^niicula gi-andiflora 

 Pulmonaiia mai-itima 



mollis 



angustifolia 



sibiiica 

 Pyi-ethrum rosenm 

 Platystcmon califoniicnna 

 Polemonium cffimleum 



grandifloram 



\Tllosum 



Itaunnculu: 



aconitifulius 

 platanifulins 



Rhododeuib-ons 



Rockets 



Rose, Boursanlt 

 Stellaria spinosa 

 Symphytum aspenimum 

 Saxifi-aga Mawiana 



icelaudica 



Guthrieana 



alHuis 



umbrosa, and thii'ty-fouc 

 others 

 Spiroea ulmaefolia 



saliciiolla 



flesuosa 



prunifolia 

 S cilia patula 



nutans 



campannlata 

 Solidago aurea 

 Smilacina etellata 

 Sieveraia tiiflora 

 Solanum crispvim 

 Saponai-ia calabrica 



fastigiata 



ocymoides 

 Silene pendula 

 Salvia verbascifolia 

 Symphiandra Wamerit 

 Sesleria cfenilea 

 Smelewskia alpina 

 Sedum mpestre 



Trollius europjeus 



napelliflorus 

 Tulips 



Tiillium gi-andiflonim 

 Thermopeis labumifolia: 

 TrifoUum pratense 

 Uvulaiia pubeiTula 



gi-andiflora 

 Valeriana dioica 



celtica 



sambucifolia 



tripteris 



tuberosa 

 Veronica pallida 



pectinata 



circaeoides 

 Vieusseuxia gra?ca 



utriculata 

 Viola cornuta 



montana 



lutea 



palmensis 

 Viburnum maci 

 Wallflowers 



Waldsteinia geoides 



ophyUu 



—P. N. W. 



BEIDAL OEANGE BLOSSOMS. 



I THINK it is quite time to give up that relic of pagan cere- 

 mony, Orange blossoms for the bride, for ■n'e were charged very 

 high for the bouquets, and there were no Orange blossoms in? 

 them ; but some had other natural white flowers in them, and. 

 other bouquets had artificial ones. — Pater. 



[Crowning the bride with a chaplet of flowers was and is a. 

 custom — a deserving custom — among all civilised nations. It- 

 is not a custom merely of pagan derivation, for the Hebrews 

 in the very earliest times practised it. It is true that the- 

 selection of the Orange blossoms is of eastern origin, but that 

 can be no reason against adopting them. They are white — 

 emblematic of purity ; fragrant — emblematic of escelleuee r- 

 they are in the east on the tree even when its fruit is ripen- 

 ing — emblematic that attractiveness may endure with fruit- 

 fulness. 



It is quite true that from Covent Gai'den florists bouquets; 

 containing Orange blossoms are not always obtainable, for a- 

 good authority informs us that *' When Orange blossom is 

 very dear and scarce, and we have cheap wedding orders to- 

 execute, we use the blossom of the shrub Sjringa as the near- 

 est approach to it in nature. We are likewise obliged to resort 

 to imitations of Orange blossom in hard wax, in leather, and 

 also in paper, all of which ai'e perfumed, and made to bear so 

 close a resemblance that we do not wonder people mistake 

 them. Still, I do not think any of our principal bouquet- 

 makers would venture to use them without stating what they 

 were."] 



MAKQris OP LoENE CvcuMBER. — This was introduced by 

 Messrs. Sutton & Sous this spring. It gained the first prize 

 at the Reading Horticultural Society's Show on Thursday last. 

 The specimens, which were very handsome, and only eight 

 days old, measured over 2 feet in length, and "were giro»wn by 



