November 20, 1873. J 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Yiolette Hative, say maiden trees, and not to be ranch pruned the first year, 

 but roughly tied to the back wall, as we do not think if the Viaes do well 

 that yon will have the help of the Peaches more than one or two seasons. 

 Then as to the character of the border. If you can manage to obtain turfy 

 sods from a good pasture resting on a sandstone, we do not think you will 

 want anything else either for the Vines or the Peaches, for the soil, probably, 

 already contains sufficient eandy matter to keep it open, and lime is not 

 needed; in fact, we often think it is too thoughtlessly applied to the Vine 

 border. As your house is not much forced you need not take out the Vines 

 in winter, and we think you will not do ranch with other kiuds of fruit trees 

 in pots, unless it be Vines, which you could set in the front and train up the 

 roof along with the permanent Vines, and if the canes are good, some good 

 frutt may be grown this way. You may also try Strawberries in the house 

 the tirst season, and, in fact, a few every year, as they ripen by the time the 

 leaves of the Vines occupy the house, which is not the case with Plums and 

 Ptars; and your house will be found handy in many ways. 



ErcALYPTUS GLOBULrs (St. Hon'Tt'). — It is a native of Van Piemen's 

 Land. It may be obtained in pots from any of the nurserj'men and florists 

 who advertise in our columns. The following is an extract from one of 

 Paxton's works: — " There is, however, no reason why it should not thrive out 

 of doors in tho south-west of England and Ireland, where the climate is as 

 mild as in Van Diemen's Land. It has angular branches which, when young, 

 droop, and are of a pale dull green colour. The leaves are firm, opafjue, and 

 unyielding, as if stamped out of horn, ovate-lanceolate, long-stalked, and 

 curved in the form of a bickle ; sometimes they are wider ut the base on one 

 Bide than on the other, and, by a twist of the stalk, always stand with their 

 edges vertically instead of horizontally. Ihe while Mowers are almost 

 2 inches across when the stamens are expanded, and are produced singly or 

 in clusters of three; sometimes, when the leaves fall off, the fruits seem as 

 if in spikes. The calyx is t^ingularly knobby and rugged, with an angular 

 tube, and a cover sliaped Uke a depressed cone, or Uke a couvexity with a rude 

 boss in the centre. These flowers are covered before expansion with a thick 

 glaucous bloom. The fruits are hard, woody, angular, rugged, knobby, urn- 

 shaped bodies, with five openings into the cavities of the capsule. The early 

 discoverers of this tree reported it to attain the heit,'ht of 150 feet ; but they 

 were far within the truth, as is shown by the blocks in the Great Exhibition, 

 one of which near the base is 5 feet 7 inches iu diameter; and another, cut 

 from 134 feet above the first, is still 2 feet 10 inches in diameter. "We learn 

 from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van Diemeu's Land ivol. i., 

 p. 157) that, on the 11th of October, ItviH.a paper was read by Mr. H. Hull 

 descriptive of a gigantic tree of the Gum tribe, 'occurring iu a gorge on 

 the declivity of the Mount Wellington range near Tolosa, about six miles 

 from Hobart Town.' Mr. Hull describes it as a Blue Gum (Eucalyptus 

 globulus), and says *it stands close to the side of one of the small rivulets 

 that issue from the moontain, and is surrounded with dense forest and under- 

 wood. ... It was measuied with a tape, and found to be 23 yards in cir- 

 cumfereoce at the ground (more than 9 yards in diameter), and '26 yards in 

 circumference at the height of 6 feet. The tree appeared sound, except at 

 one part, where the bark had opened, and showed a line of decayed wood. 

 The full height of the tree is estimated to be 330 feet.' " 



Stoke Newington Chrysanthemcm Show. — We are requested by Mr. 

 Rainbow to state that Mr. Monk was first, Messrs. Ponsford second, and 

 himself only third, for plants grown as for cut blooms. 



Grafting Vines (An Old Subscriber). — Ton may graft the Vines as yon 

 propose, after the shoots both on the stock and scion have started into growth. 

 The scions should have the ends inserted in soil, and be placed in heat to 

 t^tart them. The growths of the stock should be started about an inch when 

 the grafts aie inserted. The Trebbiano is not a good stock for the Muscat, 

 nor the Champion Hamburgh for Golden Champion. Muscat of Alexandria 

 is the best stock for Golden Champion. It also succeeds well on Royal Ascot. 



SoLA>rrM Capsicastrcm Berries (IT. S.). — Perhaps some of our readers 

 can inform our correspondent if the berries of this plant are poisonous. It 

 belongs to a genus of plants of which the berries of some species are virulent 

 poisons. The berries of S. Dulcamara are readily eaten for Currants by 

 children, and will cause death in afew hours. S. nigrum is equally injurious. 



Euphorbia jacqcinle flora Culture (J. H. B.).~lt requires to be grown 

 in stove or warm greenhouse, and to have a light airy position. During 

 growth it should be well suppUed with water, but lessen the amount towards 

 antotnn oi when growth ceases, yet keep the soil moist ; and when the plant 

 is showing fur Qower water more freely, but at no time must the soil bo sodden 

 by heavy waterings. After flowering keep rather dry for a few weeks, then 

 cut-in, and encourage growth with a moist atmosphere, repotting when the 

 shoots are an inch or two long. A compost of two parts light fibrous loam, 

 and % part each of leaf soil and sandy peat, with a sixth of silver sand and 

 good drainage, will grow it welL 



Celery Inferior (/'it-m).— The small size is a general failing of Celery 

 this season, probably owing to the dryne.^s of the early autumn. More liberal 

 manuring, and more copious waterings, and applications of liquid manure 

 would have increased the size. But you say you have a great deal of wet, 

 therefore the cause may rest with the lato planting. The want of whiteness 

 id owing to the plants not having been sntllciently long earthed-up to ensure 

 Uie blanching of the stalks. A month to six weeks will be fiutllcient to ensure 

 blanching, bat all blanching to bo good must also take place during growth. 

 The kinds are good. The white kind, we should say, will bo better than the 

 red or pink — we mean better blanched, and wo sbouid use it fixst. The other 

 variety is excelteut. 



Fi^wER Beds Planting (P. T. fl.).— We cannot undertake to plant flower 

 beds ; we only criticise proposed arrangements. 



Propaoating Medlar (W'-m).— The pips or seeds should be taken out as 

 soon as the fmit is ripe and sown immediately in light soil, covering them 

 abont an inch deep. The Bceds usually take two years to vegetate. Grafting 

 is the most eligible mode of propagation, the Pear being probably the best 

 stock for ordinary soils, the Quince in moist soils, and the White Thorn where 

 the soil is sandy and dry. The wood used should be of the previous year's 

 growth, and shortened so as to free it of the flowering parts. The scion must 

 have wood buds. Budding is also an eli^ble mode of propagation. 



Pises for Market [A ComUint /^•rt--//T).— Your space is rather small for 

 two rows of plants, and in length it will only accommodate thirty-two plants, 

 or with two rows sixty-four plants. To suit two rows of plants it should have 

 boon 2 feet wider. About one hundred fruit may bo had from such a pit in a 

 sca.son, and, considering the space, the fruit would not average more than 

 3 lbs. each ; but a gr« a*, deal depends on the treatment. Yon would need a 

 space eqool to the fruiting bed for succession plants. The kinds wc advise 



are the Queen for summer, and the Montserrat or Black Jamaica and Smooth- 

 leaved Cayenne for winter. 



Training Clematis Jaciomnni in Beds (F. J.).— Both the old and young 

 shoots may be trained evenly over the surface of the beds, pegging them down 

 to prevent their being blown about by the wind ; or the shoots may be secured 

 to a flat trellis from 4 to 6 inches from the soil. 



Planting Manetti-stocked Roses (Idem).— It will not fee too deep if 

 those with G or 8-inch stems on the Manetti stock be planted so that the 

 stems will be entirely covered with soil, the buds being an inch below the 

 surface. 



Vine Planting in Ground Vinery (Zticm).— Nothing will be gained by 

 planting the Vine in the intended ground vineiy and growing it a year before 

 the frame is placed over it, as the Vine iu our climate does not ripen its wood 

 in the open ground without the aid of glass. We should keep the Vine in a 

 cool house until spring, and when the shoots are an inch or two long plant, 

 placing the frame over it, and keeping close and shaded until re-established. 

 It should be grown under glass from the fii'st. 



Neapolitan Violets in Pots (<7('?ui).— Keep them near the glass in an 

 airy position, with water sulJlcieut to keep the soil moist. You can do nothing 

 more to bring the plants into flower at once, unless you give them a tempe- 

 rature of 45- to 50-, which we hardly think can be necessary if the summer 

 treatment has been suitable, as wo have them now in flower iu a cold pit. 



Names of Fruit (F. E., Whitton Dean). — Your Grape is Royal Muscadine. 

 (F. J. K.). — 1(», King of the Pippins; 17, Sturmer Pippin; 18, Scarlet Non- 

 pareU ; 19, Golden Knob; 22, Ribston Pippin; 23, Nonpareil; 24, London 

 Pippin; the others we cannot identify. {Centurion). — 1, Keinette Blanche 

 d'Kspagne ; 2, Tower of Glamis ; 3, Hughes' Golden Pippin ; the Pear is not 

 recognised. (S.). — 1. Lamb Abbey Pearraain ; 2, Winter Greening; 3, King 

 of the Pippins ; 5, Manx Codling ; the Pear is Aston Town. (Subsrriberi. — 

 4, Calville Blanche d'Hiver; 2, Wyken Pippin; 3, Card's Seedling; 1, Striped 

 Holland Pippin. {T. C). — The Apple is i'earn's Pippin, but we do not re- 

 cognise the Pear. (G. C). — Yoiu- Apple is very like Cockle Pippin. (Of. S. B.). 

 — 1, Not known; it is a very worthless Pear; 2, Bergamotte Eaperen. (H. 

 Shifjht). — 1, Christie's Pippin; 2, Braddick's Nonpareil. (A'. C. Cnrtcr). — 

 1, Autumn Colmar; 2, Winter Nelis ; 3, Seckle. (Ccnturwii).—d, Maris 

 Loui-ie ; 6, Margil; 7, Barton's Incomparable; 8, Autumn Colmar ; 5, Golden. 

 Hai-vey ; 4, White WestUng. (W. Q.). — Wormsley Pippin. 



POITLTRY, BEE, AND PIGEOU OKRONIOLE. 



CRYSTAL palace POULTRY AND PIGEON 



SHOW. 



Ovn notes on this leviathan Show must necessarily be brief, 

 seeing that the prize hst which we give alone occupies so large a 

 portion of our space. The Show, as most of our readers are 

 aware, commenced on Monday last, and will close this evening, 



THE POULTEY. 



In Coloured Dorking cocks the prize birds were good and in 

 beautiful condition. Coloured Dorking hens were a first-rate 

 class, no less than ten being noticed besides the four prize birds. 

 In Coloured Dorking cockerels Mrs. Arkwright secured the cup, 

 third, and four prizes, the second going to Scotland. The class 

 was good. Coloured Dorking puUets, though a large class, were 

 not so good in quality as the hens in this class. Mrs. Arkwright 

 took the cup and second prize, though very hard pressed by 

 Mr. Henry Liugwood, who was third. In Silver-Grey Dorking, 

 cocks Mr. Kaiues, of Stirling, took the cup with a splendid bird. 

 Silver-Greyhens were very good, Mr. 0. E. Cresswell taking 

 both first and second prizes. Silver-Grey cockerels were a 

 much better class than the pullets. Blue or Cuckoo Dorkings, 

 with the exception of the first and second-prize birds, were not 

 good. 



Buff Cochin adult cocks were a small class of eight entries, 

 the birds being remarkably good. In Buff hens several excellent 

 birds were exhibited, Mr. Taylor securing the cup. Buff Cochin 

 cockerels were a really first-rate lot ; the first-prize bird was 

 very large and massive, good in shape and feathering, but too 

 light in the hackle and saddle. Mrs. Acton Tindal's prize bird 

 in this class was a real gem. Buff pullets mustered strongly,. 

 Mrs. Tindal deservedly taking first with a splendid pullet. In 

 Partridge Cochin cocks Mr. G. Shrimpton distanced all with a 

 cock that could not be found fault with. Partridge hens were 

 not a good lot, neither were the Partridge cockerels or puUots 

 equal to what were seen some years ago. White Cochins 

 mustered well, and were generally good. Tn Black Cochins 

 there is a great deal of room for improvement, the most con- 

 spicuous fault being long stilty legs and want of chost. 



Brahmas were a show in themselves; never before were so 

 many really good birds brought together. The Dark cocks were 

 excellent in quality, but many of the best birds not sufficiently 

 recovered from moult. The Dark Brahma hens were the best 

 we have ever seen. The Dark cockerels, though a very nume- 

 rous class, did not strike us as being quite so good in quality as 

 last year. The Dark pullets were the most numerous, and 

 perhaps the best class in the whole Show, there being 101 entries 

 with very few inferior birds amongst them. The greatest ad- 

 vance in any breed in the Exhibition was certainly in the Light 

 Brahmas. The cup hen belonging to Mr. Maynard, the second- 

 prize hen belonging to Mr. Crook, the cup cockerel belonging to 

 Mr. Haines, and the grand pallets exhibited by Mrs. Frank 

 Cheshire, were as near perfection as possible. 



