September 25, 1873. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



239 



We are careful to see that the ball of earth is thoroughly moist 

 before it is tiirued out of the pot in which it has been growing, 

 and also as regards the compost. This should also be mo- 

 derately moist, and composed for the most part of turfy peat. 

 Heaths, Azaleas, Epacrises, &c., are potted exclusively in peat; 

 Leschenaultias, Statices, Phoenocoma, i'c, have a small pro- 

 portion of turfy loam added ; in aU cases the compost should be 

 made stifficiently porous with the addition of a little silver saud. 

 It is also necessary to place the drainage very carefully into the 

 pots, and cover the crocks over with the most turfy part of the 

 peat or loam. The loose earth should be shaken from it; no 

 plant will thrive if the drainage is stopped, and plants that have 

 to remain long in the same pot should have the most careful 

 attention. At this season of the year the freshly-potted plants 

 should not be watered for, say, "from three to six days after 

 being potted. We allude to hardwooded plants. Telargouiums, 

 Primulas, Cinerarias, and other things of that nature are not so 

 pai-ticular in that respect. Stage Felargoniums have started 

 into good growth, and the young shoots being fairly formed, we 

 had them shaken out of their pots and repotted. Our largest 

 specimens are grown in Si-inch pots. When they are shaken 

 oat we repot them in 7-iuc"h ; this allows of their being repotted 

 again in February into SJ-inch pots, which is sufficiently large 

 for a plant 18 feet in circumference. The compost in which 

 these are potted is turfy loam four parts, one part rotted manure 

 and leaf mould in equal proportions, and some silver sand. The 

 compost is made rather lighter at the first potting. Cinerarias 

 and Calceolarias have also been repotted ; we use the same 

 compost for them as we do for the Pelargoniums, except that 

 more leaf mould is added to make it lighter. 



The recent fine weather has been beneficial to the flower 

 borders, and have caused them to assume quite a gay appear- 

 ance; the flower beds would be much improved if the decaying 

 and dead flower trusses could be removed. All we have been 

 able to do has been to run the lawn mower over the grass ; the 

 turf is very fresh and green. Cold nights are now setting in, 

 the thermometer falling dangerously near the freezing point ; 

 we took warning, and are now getting in cuttings of all such 

 tender plants as Coleus, Iresine, Heliotropes, etc.; but Verbenas, 

 Ageratiim. and all other bedding plants except Calceolarias will 

 be put in at once. We have no other accommodation for them as 

 yet except a cold frame ; this will not suit the tender plants, 

 they will be removed to a house where they can have a little 

 artificial heat in a few days. — J. Douglas. 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Drtmimond Brothers, 52, George Street, Edinburgh. — Select 

 List of Hyacinths, Early Tulips, &c. 



John Harrison, Grange Nursery, Darlington. — Catalogue of 

 Flower Boots. — Descriptive Catalogue of Bases — Descriptive 

 Catalogue of Fruit Trees, Hardy Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. 



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FnriT FOR Garden near BmsiiNGHAM (Z. 0.). — Vrneri P?«m«— St. 



EtieDnc, (Ireen Ga;:;e. .Teflferson, and Late Rivers. Conkinff PIu;h«— Early 



Bivcrs, Prince of Wales, Victoria, and Belle de Septembro. Peadun in your 



locality will be very uncertain producers unles*! protected by glass. Frogmore 



Oolden, Early Grosso 3IigiioDDe, and Early Victoria. 



Zinc Tttbes for SnovrrNG Roses (C. J. 2).).— Where can they bo bongbt 

 for 4«. per dozen ? Our correspondent say that the tinmen at Cheater make 

 % moflt exorbitant charge for them. Some of our readera will oblige ns by 

 sending an answer. 



Cvmsn PiNCs acrtriaca {ImheVi.—li is not desirable to cut back the 

 shoots of thi'* Pine, as it does not produce new »4hnotH freely, and not in ad 

 caaes any. Sometimea the branches cut-in die bock to the stem, especially 

 when there are broiichefl left nnshortened. We therefore do not advise the 

 farther pmning of tlus tree than the cutting away of irregular growths. Let 

 them grow. 



BosES ON Manettt Stock (Om^jja).— Bobcs on the Manetti stock may be 

 Sftfely moTcd in the nntumn after budding, or, as you express it, whilHt the 

 bads are dormant ; bat they are ranch better left a year to grow before removal. 

 The put of the stock above the bad ahoald be out down to it in spring when 



the buds are beginning to grow. Cuttings of the Manetti Rose put-in in 

 November will be fit to bud nest yeai- in July or August. 



Terrace Walk — Flower Garden— Turf Slopes, &c. f Sussrj).— Twenty" 

 one feet from the house to the edge of the slope is au ample width for a super" 

 terrace, but you have allowed only 9 feet of this space for the walk. A terrace 

 walk ought always to be regarded more as a promenade than au ordinary 

 garden path, for which reason and from its important and commanding 

 position it should be 12 feet wide. It is not at all uncommon to see tbem 

 much wider. In your case an additional 3 feet may vci-y easily be taken from 

 the turf and border, which latter after it is prepared for the creepers we 

 would turf over. A narrow open border next a lofty mansion aflccts the 

 diguity of its appearance, to which and to the prevalence of an air of repose, 

 turf contributes so materially. As the terrace walk is 3 feet below the floor 

 line, the level of the flower garden should not be more than 2 feet or 

 2 feet 6 inches below it, or the flowers will not be visible from the windows of 

 the gi'ouud floor. All the slopes should be of a uniform angle of 30°. A wait 

 alou}; the foot of the slope and about 3 feet from it would, we think, be an 

 improvement to the flower garden, but it is not desirable to continue it in the 

 American garden. The design forthe flowerbeds, whileit ought certainly to b© 

 strictly geometrical, should be of simple outline. Nothing makes a better 

 appearance than a combination of circles and oblongs, with some groups of 

 circles or modifications of that form, taking care to maintain a due pro- 

 portion of turf. The size of the beds is a matter for the decision of in- 

 dividual taste. We prefer large beds and a massive style of colouring for a 

 1 ten-ace garden. For the Americau garden we would have large beds of a 

 I somewhat long irregular outline, having high raised centres, with broad 

 margins of turf and walks winding among thera. There might be a grand 

 central mass surrounded by other beds, or the entire series of beds might 

 spring from or surround a central plat of turf. The general arrangement of 

 the grounds is very good, and the situation of the croquet lawn is admirable ; 

 the shrubs between it and the diivo should bo of a dense gi'owth and ever- 

 green character, while the planting of the detached groups should be of a 

 more mixed style, so as to include flowering and berry -beai-ing plants. 



Newly-planted Strawberries Fruiting (.7. M. W.). — The Strawberries 

 you have planted this month will give you some fruit next year ; but to pro- 

 dace fruit the season following planting, the runners ought to ho put out in 

 July. It will be the second year that you will have a full crop on your plants 

 put out so late as September, though if the autumn be mild you may have a 

 fair crop next season. We should mulch between the rows and around the 

 plants, but not cover the leaves with littery manure. It will save them from 

 frost to a great extent. 



Remotinoi Soil from Geraniums and Fuchsias (Jd^ml.— We presume by 

 Geraniums you mean show Pelargoniums ; and those should have all the soil 

 shaken from them after they have been cut down and have made shoots an 

 inch long, repotting them, after trimmiug-in the roots a little, in a less size 

 of pot. If they are zonal kinds they should have the soil shaken from them 

 in spring, after they have been cut-in and are breaking afresh. The Fuchsias 

 should have the old soil shaken from them in spring after they have been 

 cut-in and have made fresh shoots an inch or so long. In all cases of dis- 

 rooting, the plants ought not t» have pots larger than those they were in 

 before, but a less size if the roots can comfortably be placed in them, shifting 

 into a larger size when the pots are full of roots. 



Peas to Yield a Dish Daily {Amaii-ur, Dublin]. — To afford a dish of 

 Peas daily from June to September inclusive, you will need to sow at each 

 time two quarts, which with good cultivation will meet yournoeds, unless yoa 

 require very large dishes, when you must sow more. 



LiLiUMS and Gladiolus for Rhododendron Beds (Mrs. Rcndcrson). — 

 Liiiums : L. auratum, L. Browuii or japonicura, L. bulbiferum, vars. umbel- 

 latum erectum, fulgidum, grandiflonim, incomi)arabile, and raaculatum; 

 L. cannidum. L. chalcedonicum, L. excelsum, L. eximium, L. longiflonmiy 

 L. loncifolium or speciosum and its varieties album, punctatum, roseum, 

 rubrum, rubrum cruentum, corymbiflorum album ; L. superbum, L. tenui- 

 foliuTO, L. Thuubergianum, varieties atrosanguineum, aureum, aureum macu- 

 latum, grandiflonim, multiflorum grandiflorum, and L. tigrinum. GbidioU r 

 — Brenchleyensis, floribundus, ramosus, Bowiensie, gandavensis, and varieties 

 Ne plus Ultra, Napoleon HI., John Bull, Penelope, Anna Paulowna, and Queen 

 Victoria. 



Early Flowers (W. H. T.).— Messrs. Standish, Royal Nurseries, Ascot; 

 and Mr. Buck, Covent Garden Market. We know no special growers of them 

 in Paris. 



Climbing Roses {H. H.).— Jules Margottin, Jaune d'Or, General Jacque- 

 minot, and La Reine are the best in your list for pillars, but none are sufti- 

 ciently free except Jules Margottin, General Jacqueminot, and Alba flori- 

 bunda. A few Hybrid Perpetuals for pillars are— Antoine Ducher, Anna 

 Alexieff, Alpaide de Rotalier, Berthe Baron, Contifolia rosea. Charles Rouillard, 

 Comtesse de Jaucourt, Docteur Hpitzer, Edward Morren, Elizabeth Vigueron, 

 Empereur de Maroc, Felix Genero, FranroiR Fontaine, Glory of AValtham, 

 John Hopper, La Brillante, Louise Odier, Madame Fillion, Madame Clemenco 

 Joigneaux, Mrs. John Berners, Prince de Joiuville, Vicomte Vigier, and Victor 

 Verdier. The poles tor training the Roses to are best of iron. Standard 

 Roses as creepers are best trained to an umbrella wire trellis. 



Tree Shoots Browned (J. R. P. P.).~Th6 tree if at all like the specimen 

 sent us, is, we fear, beyond recovery. It appears scorched by li;,'htuing, and 

 will probably die. It is unlikely the rats, by burrowing under the tree, would 

 produce the effect your specimen oxliibits, though it is possible thoy may have 

 gnawed the bark or outer covering of the roots, and so destroyed them. All 

 we can advise is the loosening of the surface soil Irom the stem as far as the- 

 branches extend, and giving a top-dressing an inch or two thick of tui'fy loom 

 and leaf soil in equal proportions. We fear it will bo of little use. 



Hardy Perennial {R. f>. S.).— It is probably Pentstemon Mnrrayannm, 

 but the specimen was very much smashed by Mio post-oflice punches. The 

 Begonia we do not know, and we cannot undertake to name varieties of them, 

 thoy are too numerous and too much alike. Begonias thrive in a compost of 

 sandy peat, fibrous light loam, and leaf soil in equal parts, broken up rather 

 small but not sifted, well mixed, adding a sixth part of silver sand, with good 

 drainage. The plants should be kept rather drj- during the winter, especially 

 if wintered in a greenhouse, in which they should have the warmest port. 



Peat Soil for Plants (Mrm).— The peat used for fuel is not the kind 

 suitable for plants. That for plants is of a very different nature. It is found 

 on the dry parts of upland mor>r9, and is covered with a thick growth of 

 heath, the soil being full uf its fibrous roots and containing a good rjuantity 

 of fine white sand. It is the very opposite with that tiKcd for fuel, which is 

 of a soft spongy nature, containing very little sand and partaking more of 



