July U, 1863. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GtAEDENBE. 



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Desteoyino Wooouoe ( W. T. Su#oi*).— Wrap a little hay loosely round 

 a boiled potato, and place it at the bottom of a flower-pot. Lay the pot 

 so baited on its oide near your Ferns, and etery morning shiike tlie woodlice 

 out of the hay and off the potato into boilins water, ttewrap the poiaio 

 la the bay, &c., and continue to do so until the pest is extirpated. A much 

 nicer plan lor ladies and gentlemen is to cut a raw potato in two equal 

 parts : scooping out the cut part a little with the knife, and then placing 

 the half-potatoes, with the cut or hollow side downwards by the side of the 

 eaten Ferns on the soil or sandstone. Every morning treat the woodlice to 

 a boUing bath ■ you will find them secreted under the potato and adhering 

 to it in tlie hollow. This is so clean a plan that any amateur gardener can 

 adopt it. The poutoes will last weU tor a twelvemonth, but not in frosty 

 weather. As your Ferns are so much eaten examine the plants after dark 

 with a lantern, and you will, not improbably, find some slugs at work ; if 

 30, pick them off into a flower-pot, and sprinkle some salt over them ; or 

 if you have any ducks they will thank you for the present unsalted. A few 

 Iresh cabbage leaves wi.l enable you to catch hundreds of slugs if the leaves 

 are placed near their haunts, and are examined every morning. 



LiPSTo.-jE KlDNBT Potato {A Nine-years Subscriber).— We think it 

 ought to be shown in the class for late Kidney Potatoes. 



Best Eiohtken Peststemoss {S. S. ,S.). —Admiral Linois, Brilliant 

 Charles Watson, Coecmea Magniflca, Cyrus, Flora, Dr. Hogg, Illuminator, 

 Juno, Li:-on Kern, Purple Prince, scarlet beui. Sultan, John Salter, 

 Tyninghainii, Kose of England, Carl Appelius, Albicans. 



Best EionTEES Phloxks (ISiii).— Boale de Niege, Conite Vigicr, Eblouis- 

 sant, Flore, Uebd, La Caodcur, Le V6=uve, Liervalli, Madame Lierval, 

 Madame Van Houtie, Mdlle. Anais Aubert, Ne Plus Ultra, Madame Slaudish, 

 Souvenir de Moi.s. Fries Morel, Suipasse Madame Eeadaller, Triomphe de 

 Twickel, Venus, and Mr. KoUisson. 



Six New and Good Gloxinias (iiiiti).— Bird of Paradise, Cosralea larie- 

 gata. Lady Diana Beauclerck, Lady Feodore Wellesley, Leviathan, and 

 Most Beautllul. 



Hakdy Herbaceous Plants (C. B. 5.).— You can obtain plants of the 

 less common fioai any of the florists who advertise in our Journal. Write 

 to them for a catalogue and you can select for yourself. 



Specimems of Plants (A. B. t'.),— No letter accompanied them, so they 

 were thrown away. 



FKaNs I.N Wardian Case (T. E., Dublin).— Too much light and too 

 little ventilation will make the fronds turn brown. Our Fern case never 

 has the sun shining upon it, and has the sides partly open all the day and 

 night. 



Seeulinq Pansies {Dr. C. Stuart). -OS those sent Midnight seems to 

 be the best (we say seems, for they were so dry it was hardly possible to 

 accurately judge themj. it is very dark; and if it have a good habit, as 

 you state, lor oedding, it will make a valuable addition to those we already 

 possess. In sending flowers a\oid wadding. A tin box with damp blot- 

 ting-paper (or one on Mr. Mellan's plan), should be uistd. 



AMAavLLis LOSGiFLOEA LOstA Faili.ng (Pojid-dfiu) .—The warm heat 

 oi a plant-stove or Cucumber-frame ought to have brought out the blossoms 

 of your Amaryllis, as they generally expand well enough when they are 

 toruied. The offset you mention will not bloom this season probably, but 

 by being well ripened will perhaps do so another year. Be sure and let ii 

 have a good long rest, rather cool than otherwise i and though it ought to 

 be kept dry, a too great extreme in this is not to be recommended. 



AuBRiETiA ruRpuEEA EDGING (/. £.).— Seedling plants of this may be 

 planted any time during the summer, or slips of older plants mcy be put 

 m during showery weather ; but it is better to put them into some shady 

 place to strike and theu plant them out. Old plants, however, yield rooted 

 layers or uflisets, which do very well. As an edging, it looks best when it 

 overhangs and grows amongst stones: but it may be grown ne-r a grass 

 verge, in which case about 10 inches will not be too far off; if you allow it 

 to attain a good 8iz:j afterwards. 



Pe,ves Decayikg on THE Teee (A', ir.).— It is no unusual thing for 

 Pears that have been attacked by an insect while in the bloom to swell t,o 

 a certain size and then tall off', but we never knew the who.e crop to be so 

 affected. It would be advisable in your case to examine the diseased fruit, 

 and see if there be any insect in them to account for the premature decay. 

 Many .Apples, and Pears too, drop shortly belore arriving at maturity m 

 coasequence of an insect which has either burrowed into their side, or its 

 larva being deposited while it was in bloom, and it advances with the fruit 

 There is no preventive to this, but there are generally sufficient left unhurt 

 for a crop. Write us again ii yours all drop at a certain size. Some kinds 

 we know are addicted to this in unlavouraole seasons. It seems as if the 

 conditions necessary to bring ihe fruit to pertection were not in existence 

 at the time, and the- tree retused its support to them and decay ensued. 

 We have seen a tree of Williams' Bon Chretien ao affected, but it is not at 

 all a common occurrence ; such a general failure often is caused by a para- 

 sitic fungus. 



HuME\ elegans Naked at Bottom [Bowdy), — The cold winds in May 

 were one ot the causes ol this plant losing so much of its foliage, as we 

 have plants lU feet high with the same lault; but as they are flowering 

 well at top we must not object to their naked bottom. We have, however, 

 surrounded the base of our plants with tail-growing things, as Chrysanthe- 

 mum regalium plenum, tall Lobelias, African Marigolds, and the hke; and 

 another season we may very likely plant a Mauraudja along with the 

 Humea. Do not by any means cut it down. 



Hybrid PEitPETUAL Roses on Their Own Roots ;.£". G.E.). — In favour- 

 able situations most of the ordinary kinds will do pretty well in a bed, but 

 some that we have tried did no: succeed, of those which do best we may 

 name Caroline de Sansal, Baronne Prevost, Baronne Hallez, G^ant des 

 Batailles, Jules Margottin, Souvenir de la Reine d'Angleterre, Madame 

 Rivers, Paul Ricaut, General Jacqueminot, Madame Hardy, and William 

 Jesse. Others might be added, but we prefer liaiitingour remarlis to such 

 as we have found do best. We are, however, promised an article on the 

 subject from one oi our contributors. 



Green Slime in Aquarium {E. D. S.). — The only mode of prevention is 

 by changing the water iiequently. We have a syphon, and change the 

 water ol one in a drawing-room daily. The " whitish powder " on your 

 Grapes is the mildew (Oidium Tuckeri), and will destroy them if you do 

 not dust them and the leaves thoroughly with flowers of sulphur. 



Heating a Small Conservatory I,A. i. J.).— No stove withont a pipe 

 or chimney ought to be admitted among plants— it slowly destroys them. 

 We had such a small conservatory once, and we heated it by a gas stove, 

 but with a pipe to carry off the fumes resulting frona the combustion of the 

 gas. 



Roses for Foeoino (Idem).— The following are good for the porpote. 

 Hybrid Per/jeluals.—Bdionae Prevost, Dr. Marx, Geaut des Batailles, 

 Jacjues Latttte, Reine des Fleurs, and William Jesse. Tea-scenleit.— 

 AbncotS, Comte de Paris, Devoniensis, Niphetos, Safrano, and Vicomtesse 

 de Cazes. 



Seedling Steawbeeey (/. Cookson, Lenton Furs, Nottingham).— Your 

 seedling Princess Alexandra is a large dark-coloured Strawberry of the 

 character of Sir Harry, and does not supersede that varretj m any of it,'= 

 points We theretore think, notwithstanding its great merit, that it is not 

 desirable to increase the varieties already in cultivation by addmg this one 

 to them. 



Vaeioos 'F. B. f.).— a zinc case kept filled with hot water wonld hasten 

 the eeruiination of seeds. Its top should be covered with sand, and the 

 seed-pans plunged in it. We could not say whether the flower you name is a 

 Carnation or Picotee, not having cither an inspeciion or de8cri,.tioB ol it. 

 Guano and superphosphate of lime would enable you to grow kitchen- 

 garden crops without other manure. 



POULTRY, BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE, 



ISLINGTON AGEICULTUKAL HALL POULTRY 

 SHOW. 



Having seen a communication from the autliorities of 

 the CrystaJ. Palace stating they had discontinued tol^ng 

 poultry shows and offering to seU to the Agricultural Hall 

 Company the pens used at their- Shows, I was asked my 

 opinion of holding a poultry show in conBection with a ilower, 

 fruit and vegetable show to take place in the last week in 

 August. Knowing the decision come to, or as every one 

 woSld suppose, had been come to, after ofiermg to seU the 

 pens used at the Show at the Palace, I advised a poulty, 

 pio-eon and rabbit show to be held in connection with the 

 flower show at the Agricultui-al HaU, Isling-ton, and this 

 was sanctioned by the Finance Committee and hbei-ty given 

 to offer a very Uberal prize list. We then go to the Crystal 

 Palace on the 28th June and are asked by the head ofticial 

 to buy the pens, kno^ving the Agricultural HaU Company 

 had in contemphition holding poultry shows. 



This I beg of you to lay before the poultiy exhibitors, as 

 I am higlily compromised by the recent announcements of 

 the Crystal Palace Company. It was neither the mtention 

 nor spirit of the Agriciiltiu-al HaU Company to commence an 

 opposition to the Crystal Palace Show; but they were 

 induced to adopt a poultry show tlu-ough my representa- 

 tions, and my object was for the benefit of poultry, pigeon 

 and rabbit breeders. j.i /-. x r 



After- having been informed by letter from the Cg-stal 

 Palace Company, and by word of mouth from its official, 

 who I concluded was authorised to seU the pens, now they 

 state that a i-umoui- has prevaUed that the Show was to be 

 discontinued, but that no such decision was ever arrived at 



After offering to seU then: poultry pens it seemed as il 

 poiUtry-breeders would be left without a summer show for 

 chickens; and as the Agi-icultural HaU Company kindly took 

 the Show up, it wiU be to the interest of aU breeders to 

 support their proposed poultry Show. I now l-^ive it m the 

 hands of exhibitors to say whether I was justified m doing 

 as I have done. — John Douglas. 



WHEN EGGS SAT UPON ARE UNHURT BY 

 BEING CHILLED. 



I NOTICED in youi- Journal the inquiry relative to eggs 

 being sat upon and then chiUed. The foUowing is my expe- 

 rience of two cases simUar to that of the inquirer. 



Some years since I placed foui-teen eggs (Golden-spangled 

 Hamburghs) under a Game hen about ^"1 "^'^^'^^ °^J^^^ 

 Satui-day night. She seemed to sit close, but the following 

 morning I found the hen off at six o'clock. I gave her 

 food^d water, but could not induce her to notice the nest 

 again for some hours. I removed the eggs and gave them 

 to her at 8 o'clock on the foUowing Monday moming.^t 

 think-ing to have a chicken ; yet at the e-xiJiration of three 

 weeks she brought me fourteen beautitm birds This year 

 I placed fourteeS eggs of Golden-spangled Hamburgh under 

 a hen on Thursdafnigbt, April 23rd, about nine odock. 

 She sat close till eight o'clock on the following morning. 



