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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ Aupust 4, 1863. 



hind a north wall, shaking them out of their pots in July, 

 and repotting firmly in rich loam, and treating as for younger 

 plants ; but in such cases the fruit individually is not gene- 

 rally so fine. In the short article alluded to so kindly by 

 Mr. Gross, the chief subject of discussion was, whether it 

 was better to laytr the runner at once in tlie fruiting-pot, or 

 use a small pot, aud to that the remarks were chiefiy con- 

 fined. Om- own experience enables us to say that there can 

 be no doubt of Mr. Gross's plan being a good one. From a 

 press of other matters we are a week or two behind in the 

 potting, but there is every prospect of a fine autumn, and 

 a week of such weather soon makes up. 



ORNAMENTAL GARDENING. 



This, for various reasons, has occupied our chief attention. 

 Arranging conservatory, potting plants, Pnmulas, Cinerarias, 

 taking cuttings, nipping oft'every wasted flower from flower- 

 beds, Stirling where an inch or two of soil could be seen, 

 clipping and cleaning edgings, rolling walks that were like 

 adamant, so that no mark of the broom should be left at 

 sides where the broom had to be used for clippings, giving 

 a little water as if it were ^vine, where there were signs 

 of flagging — the Amplexicaulis Calceolaria being our most 

 troublesome customer in this respect, tying and fastening 

 where necessary, and rolling the short-shaven lawn that it 

 might be as smooth and easy for the feet as a Tui-key 

 cai*pet. Even the pleasure derived fi-om seeing a fine flower- 

 bed is very much diminished if you must reach it by a walk 

 enough to make a com scream, or a lawn in hard lumj^s 

 that the thin slipper of a lady is a poor protection against. 

 — R. F. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*^* We request that no one will write privately to the de- 

 partmental -wiiters of the " Journal of Horticultm-e, 

 Cottage Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so 

 doing they are subjected to xmjustifiable trouble and 

 expense. All communications should therefore be ad- 

 di-essed solely to The Editors of the Journal of Horticul- 

 ture, cj'c, 1G2, Fleet Street, London, E.C. 



We also request that con'espondents will not mix up on the 

 same sheet questions relating to Gardening and those 

 on Poulti-y and Bee subjects, if they expect to get them 

 answered promptly and conveniently, but \vrite them 

 on separate communications. Also never to send more 

 than two or thi'ee questions at once. 



We cannot reply privately to any communication unless 

 under very special cii-cumstances. 



Names of Plants. — Some of our correspondents are in the 

 habit of sending small fi-agments of plants for us to 

 name. This requii*es fi'om us such a great expenditui'e 

 of time that we are compelled to say that we cannot 

 attempt to name any plant unless the specimen is per- 

 fect in leaves and flowers. 



Pear Leaves Spotted {Mnnk-eye).— The leaves are infested -with the 

 *•* Slimy Grub "—the larva of the Pear Saw-fly, Selandria aethiops. Syringing 

 with lime water, or dusting the grubs with lime powder, destroys these 

 grubs.— W. W. 



GoosEBEfinY Catehpillaes (ff. ^.}.— There are two caterpillars which 

 attack the leaves or the Gooseberry. One is the larva oi the Abr.ixas 

 grossulariae, or Magpie Moth. This is figured iu "The Cotiase Gardener's 

 Dictionary ;" but the caterpillar which is the greatest scourge of the 

 Gooseberry is green, as you describe, and i'^ tbe larva of a Saw-tiy, Ten- 

 thredo gro-ssularitc. It has been frequently described in this Journal, but 

 was accidentally omitted in the " Diciionary." 



FuciJRiAS AND Pklaroonidms FOR A WiNDOW ( TF. Uaston). ~~ Oi dav^ 

 Fuchsias have Uiadem, Globot^a, and VoUigeur ; of light ones. Duchess of 

 Lancaster, Pearl of England, and Prince Arthur ; of Pelargoniums, Citrio- 

 doruro, Floribunda, Gaines' Scarlet, Prince oi Orange, Rullisson's Purple, 

 and Sidonia. 



ViNERv FOR Six Vines (^7! Old Snh$c7-iber). —yvith the exception of 

 havinp good heat, we know noth.ng of your vinery or what you wish to do 

 with it. At something like random, then, we would say, Plant one Dutch 

 Sweetwater, one Blacii Hamburgh, one Lady Downes", one West's St. 

 Peter's, one Muscat of Alexandria, one Bnwood Muscat. Any ot our large 

 nurserymen will get the Trebbiano for you if they have it not in stock. 

 You miiy inarch the Stockwood Vine now. To grait, you had better wait 

 until the Vine has re&ted, and put the gruft on a fortnight beiore you start 

 the Vine into growth. Or you may start the Vine early, and when in full 

 leaf cut back and graft with a retarded scion. We would try the first. 

 A white Grape, as a Muecat, Kaisin de Calabre, would be best. 



Eruatcm. — At page G5 there is no error in printing, but the period is 

 placed wn^ng in one instance. " All fine flourishes of penmanship should, 

 therefore, be generally avoided." *' Unless" should be the fir^t word of 

 the next period ending in '' sentence," which alters the senae as to the use 

 of capital letters considerably.— K. F, 



WiKEwoRMS Injuring Vink Koots (7". C). — We would try watering 

 with Boot and weak umraoniacal yas w..ter. The securest remedy is to 

 stick slices of Carrots, Turnips, and PDtmoes all over the border 6 int;hes 

 below us surface, examining ihem every morning :md taking uut from 

 them the wirewonn. A little perseverance will rid you of the enemy. If 

 you had examined the compost well by turning it and mixing some soot 

 and lime with it, you would most likely have et-Ciiped the pest altogether. 



ViNFs IN A Greenhouse {.4. A.).—\ similar inquiry was answered tha 

 other day. Your hou.«e, 12 feet long, is large enough for two Vines, aii L 

 we wouid recommend one iJiack Hamburgh and one Koyal Muscadine. 

 H you plant inside, and the roots are to go outside through the front wail, 

 be sure your inside border is higher than the outside' one. We do not know 

 the position of the house ; but in gener.d the easiest plan, when the roots are 

 to be outside chiefly, is to make a bole in the wall for the stem aud cover 

 what is expo-ed outside with a box. If you want to keep plants in wiuler, 

 and the thermometer is never above from 4i>^ to 4.0^, the Vines will not 

 break until the end of March or the beginning ot Apiil, so that you will 

 have no shdde of consequeuee to interfere with the plants from the end of 

 October until midsummer. 



Pf-ntillic Castle Garden (Xew Forest). — The smaller walks are 

 gravel and the scioll-beds are lilled with beading plants. We cannut give 

 iin opinion as to ** the smallest scale" to which it is adapted. 



Plaiting PlAspberrt Canes [Joseph C], — It i* a good plan to be satis- 

 fied Mith '• pretty well," rather than follow such an adviser's instructions, 

 who knows nothing about Kaspbciries, or he would not advise you to at- 

 tempt an impossioility— namely, to " cause the canes to fruit tu-o seasons." 

 Plaiting three canes together is a good plan: it saves stakes. Training to 

 an espalier rail is better, and staking them i3 an old plan not yet ceaten. 

 Haspberries require rich soil, to be planted in rows 4 feet apart and 3 leet 

 from plant to plant. Allow three to five canes to rise trom a stool and pull 

 up all the others, thus throwing all the sap into the tuiure fruit-canes. As 

 soon as the h"uit is all gathered cut away the old canes, and that will admit; 

 the sun and air, ^vbich will ripen the young canea peitecily and give you 

 abundance of fruit the year tollowinir. A dressing of manure, pointei-iu 

 in autumn, is nece?sai-y ; and the canes, if strung, to be shoriened to 5 feet, 

 or, if weak, to 3 or 4 teet, according to their strength. 



Moving a Lauok Hollv ( Tr. U. J".).— Some gardeners prefer moving 

 the Hex (Holly) in Hpnng, during showery we-ither, not later than May 1st. 

 The latter pan of September, ynd through October, is a good time to pl.int 

 or move somewhat larye Hollies; but more depends on taniiig them up with 

 a nice ball than on any parliculur season of transplanting, and being well 

 supplied with water in dry weather until the tree gets firm hold ot the soil. 

 Constructing a Fernert (Idem). — Autumn is the best time to make a 

 new ternery, far the rockwork and soil become settled before the plant.-* 

 are planted' in March. March is the best tune to reconstruct a fernery ; 

 but any time will do, providing every care be taken not to disturb any 

 plants iu growth, nur expose the roots of those at rest to sun and dry 

 winds. 



Thinning Melons (A Constant Iteador).—k\iQUt eighteen Melons will 

 be a fair crop lor your four plants. We have taken as many as tweuty and 

 twenty-four. We would advi.-^e watering the bed moderately, giving air 

 even at night, and letting the Melons become as big as pigeon's eggs before 

 you thin them. You can then select the best formed and the most regularly 

 placed fruit. When so aiuall ihey take little comparatively from the plant, 

 and will not require it. 



LoNicERA AUREO-RETiciTLATA {A, B. C.).— You do not stdte wherc you 

 reside; but, unless very far north, your plant against a south wall will 

 not need protection. 



Book on Landscape-gardening (B.). — Loudon's edition of Reptou's 

 " Landscape Gardening aad Landscape .architecture." 



Striking Geraniums in the Open Gaovi^D {Bl'indi/anum).— The kinds 

 you mention— Christine, Flower of the Day, Mangles' Varieg-ned, and 

 Cloth of Gold— may be all struck in the upen ground in August and the 

 early part of September; but we have generally found it advantageous ta 

 allow slow-growing varieties of the Golden section to grow the whole 

 season, and take them up in autumn, keeping them rather warm in. 

 winter and taking ofi" cuttings in the spring. Cuttings ot all the kinds 

 may, however, be put in now, the only tiuestiun being. Can they be spared 

 from the slow-growing kinds ! Cuttings ot Mangle.V Variegated ought to 

 be put in early, as iliey are more difficult to keep than most othexo; buo 

 none do belter than Christine. 



Pbopagatinr Hollyhocks by Cuttings [Idem). — As it is lato for 

 this work, you must seleci the young shoots that are not more thau 

 half grown, anu cut them into lengths ot two joints and insert them iu a 

 pot or pan, which plunge in a slight heat for a short time. June im a better 

 time tban August ; but they m.iy yet be propagated iu the way we have 

 described. About one-half of the leaf may be left on the upper joint, and 

 about I inch ol the leafstalk on the lower one. 



LiLiuM LANciFOLiuH TREATMENT {/. 5.). — The youHg roots recently 

 formed, and which have had one year's growth, may oe treated exactly as 

 the old one — namely, be npened grailnally, kept moderately dry till 

 planting time, and then potted as before ; but it there were a Khododendron- 

 bed on good peat, neither too dry nor too moist, we would plant them in it 

 and let them reniaiii until the bulbs are large enough tor flowering. In 

 many situations they flower better out of doors than they do in pots, and 

 their appearance is certauily not less beautiful. 



Layering Lonickra flava [BlandyanHin). — Wihowgh we have had 

 no experience in layering this plant, yei we believe the same rules will 

 hold good with it as with many others, the giowing season being the best 

 for the operation, and laying the young shoots into a sandy soil. In a day 

 or two the lips will turn upwards, when the layer may be half cut through 

 and secured by a hook so as to remain firm in thu toil. They will speedily 

 become plants. 



Watering [A Suhs(riher).—\i\ two Numbers, June 16th and 23rd, under 

 the title *' Using the Waiering-pot," tins subject was ^c y fully considered. 

 Names of Plants.— {.If. £.)— We do not recognise the phmt said to have 

 " sUte-coloured flowers," the scrap is too small to show much character. 

 The so-called Virgin's Kod appears to be a Phlox, probably P. divaricata or 

 :«ome near ally. It is a native of Virginia, and may be called Virginia Rod; 

 but the specimen is a very bad one, and ha^ t-nly th'-- remains of flowers. 

 Stnd a better specimen in flower. {J. D. iV. i'.).— Y'ours is Strophanthua- 



