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JOITKNAL OP HOETICULTURE AND COTTAGE GABDENEE. 



[ September 29, 1803. 



Geranium, edged with C'erastium : opposite bed. Calceolaria 

 Aurea floribunda, then Pm-ple King Verbena, edged with 

 Cerastium. Seventh bed. Imperial Crimson Geranium, then 

 Madame Vaucher Geranium, edged with Cerastium ; oppo- 

 site. Imperial Crimson Geranium, then Purple King Verbena, 

 edged with Cerastium. Eighth bed, Trentham Kose Gera- 

 nium, then Bijou Geranium, edged with Cerastium ; oppo- 

 site. General Pelissier Geranium, then Purple King Verbena, 

 edged with Cerastium. Ninth bed, Christine Geranium, then 

 white Ivy-leaved Geranium, edged with Cerastium; oppo- 

 site. Cerise Unique Geranium, then Pm-ple King Verbena, 

 edged with Cerastium. Tenth bed. Cerise Unique Geranium, 

 then Piu-ple King Verbena, edged with Cerastium and varie- 

 gated Mint alternately; opposite. Imperial Crimson Gera- 

 nium, then Pui'ple King Verbena, edged v.-ith Cerastium. 



The next scene is a border at each side, with a HoUy 

 hedge in the centre ; the north side backed by shrubs. The 

 back row at each side is PerUla nankinensis, then Calceolaria 

 rugosa, then two rows of Punch Geranium, then Purple King 

 Verbena, edged \vith variegated Mint. The next is a row of 

 double white Feverfew at back, then two rows of Punch 

 Geranium, then a row of Heliotrope Miss Nightingale, edged 

 with Scarlet Nasturtium. 



The centre of the next compartment is planted withDahlias, 

 with Aucuba japonica in front at one side, and on the other 

 side backed by shi-ubs ; the back row at each side is Purple 

 Orach, wiiieh is now faded, then two rows of Ageratum 

 mexicanum, then two rows of Lord Eaglan Verbena, edged 

 with dark-flowered Nastm-tium. 



The foui-th compartment is fm-nished with PerUla nan- 

 kinensis at back, then two rows of Bijou Cxoranium, then 

 two rows of Verbenas Ariosto and Mrs. Holford, edged with 

 a broad band of Gazania splendens in full bloom. 



The fifth compartment is backed by a row of PeriUa, then 

 two rows of Prince of Orange Calceolaria, then two rows of 

 SteUa Nosegay Geranium, edged with two rows of Lobelia 

 speciosa and variegated MintI plant for plant alternately, 

 and a very dressy appearance the edging has. 



On the west side of the compartment facing the Park is 

 a magnificent riljbon-border 400 yards long by 5 yards wide. 

 At the back is a row of Privet, then a row of Dahlias over- 

 topping a row of handsome Aucuba japonica, then a row of 

 PoriUa nankinensis, then a row of yellow Calceolaria rugosa, 

 then two splendid rows of Punch Geranium, then Purple 

 King Verbena, edged mth variegated Mint. 



Having passed the Park Lodge the next scene which 

 presents itself is a strip of pleasm-e ground extending to 

 the Marble Arch. The first bed is a cu-cle planted with 

 Coleus Verschaffelti, which looks shabby in comparison with 

 the plants at Battersea Park. Another circle is planted 

 with Verbena Lady Pabuerston, edged with Cerastium; 

 then an oblong bed of Minnie Geranium, edged -with. Lobelia 

 speciosa ; then a cu-cle bed of Trentham Eose Geranium ; 

 then an oblong filled with Cannas and Eicinus communis 

 (Castor-oU-plaut or Palma Christi), conspicuous for their 

 fine foliage ; and an olilong bed of Prince Albert Petunia, 

 edged with Cerastium. In the next dej)artment are two 

 circular beds of Tropasolum elegans ; an oblong bed of Punch 

 Geranium, edged with Bijou Geranium ; and the opposite 

 bed. Punch Geranium, edged vrith Heliotrope Miss Nightin- 

 gale ; then two circles of Lord Eaglan Verbena, edged with 

 Cerastium, and two oblong beds of Canna indica. In the 

 next scene are two cu-cles of Lord Eaglan Verbena, edged 

 ■Kith Cerastium ; an oblong of Punch Geranium, edged with 

 Heliotrope Miss Nightingale ; and the opposite. Punch Gera- 

 nium, edged -nith Bijou Geranium ; then two circles of Tro- 

 pseolum elegans. In the last department are six cii-cles 

 furnished -with Nastm-tiums, which were dignified with 

 the names of Tropajolum Pet, T. Eyebright, and T. Aurora 

 at the Eoyal Horticidtural Show on the 9th inst. The leaves 

 may be useful in salads as a substitute for Cress, Init to 

 approach anything like an ornamental efl'ect frequent atten- 

 tion must be given to the removal of the leaves. The four 

 circles planted with Heliotrope Miss Nightingale are in full 

 feather. 



A bed of Wigaudia oaracasana is conspicuous beside the 

 ride near Hyde Park Corner. In the height of the London 

 season portions of the Park bounding the ride are furnished 

 ■with chairs. It is amusing to see the movements of our 

 country cousins : they sit themselves leisurely down on the 



chairs until they see a gentleman at a short distance stretch- 

 ing out his leg and thrusting his hand into his breeches- 

 pocket, who deposits something in the hand of the young 

 man standing before him. The hint is suiBcient, the seats 

 are sUently vacated, and it is then that the following notices, 

 nailed to the young trees in the immediate neighbourhood, 

 are visible. " The charge for the hire of chairs is not to 

 exceed 2d. for each arm-chah-, and Id. for each common 

 chair. The collector on receiving payment for the hu-e of a 

 chair to deliver a ticket, which -will be available for the day 

 on which it is issued for any chair of the same description. 

 The charge for season tickets is not to exceed 7s. for an arm- 

 chaii- and os. for a common chau-. Office, H.M. Works," &c. 



William Keane. 



HOT-WATER T.ySTKS. 

 I THINK if "A Country Curate" would procure a slate 

 tank he woidd find it the most serviceable kind he could have, 

 and the cheapest in the end. I have -worn out two wooden 

 tanks, and am convinced if I had only had one of slate in the 

 first instance I should not have needed another at all. The 

 slate is about an inch in thickness ; the sides and ends ai-e 

 grooved into the bottom, and it is fastened together with 

 screw-bolts and nuts. I make a loose wooden frame all 

 roimd the inside, and a strip of wood on edge the height of 

 the frame nms do«-u the middle nearly to the end, so that 

 the water can pass freely round. This is to support some 

 slate of the ortlinary thickness on which the phmging ma- 

 terial (I use sand) is placed. The tank is then complete. 

 A little strip of wood across the most convenient corner of 

 the wooden frame is requii-ed to provide for the supply of 

 water to the tank, and the opening can be closed with a 

 small lid or plug. A slater who is accustomed to make baths 

 v,'Ould have all the materials ready to hand, and would make 

 the tank either for so much per gallon, or, if the size were 

 stated, he would charge so much for the material and the 

 labour. There is not much difference in the cost of a small 

 tank : )>'at I think a large one would be cheapest if prociu-ed 

 after the latter mode. — J. E. Jessop. 



GLADIOLUS DISEASE AND NAME. 



A LIGHT soil does not confer immunity fi-om disease, as 

 Mr. Cattell, of Westerham, could tell " D.," of Deal. 



I imagine that Gladiolus is pronounced Gladee'iJlus or 

 Glady'olus according to accent, and not to quantity. Nu- 

 tricula is surely nutric'ula. Puteoli is pute'oh. Does " D." 

 wish the accent to fall on the last syllable "lus ?" 



The following rule is given in the jjreface to Edwards's 

 " Latin Grammar :" — " If the penult or last syllable but one 

 be long, the accent is on it ; but if the penult be short, the 

 accent is on the antepenult, or last syllable." The ante- 

 penult is the third syllable fr-om the end. — S. D. S. 



Large Sale of Chinese and Japanese Plants. — A large 

 and important sale of plants fi-om China and Japan is an- 

 nounced for sale by auction by Mr. J. C. Stevens, at his 

 gi-eat rooms, 38, King Street, Covent Garden. They have 

 been introduced to this country by the weU-knovm traveller 

 and author, Mr. Eobert Fortune, and have been cultivated 

 and propagated by Mr. Standish, in his nm-sery .at Bagshot. 

 Amongst those from China are the Abies Kfempferi, or Golden 

 Pine of the Chinese, a noble timber tree of great beauty ; a 

 fine evergreen Yew named Torreya grandis ; a hai-dy Palm 

 which may be seen growing in the open afr in Kew Gardens, 

 and finer stUl, we believe, in Her Majesty's garden at 

 Osborne. There are also some strange-looking Pine trees 

 brought fi-om the country about Peking. Many of these 

 plants have been discovered in districts far inland wliich ai-e 

 not visited by foreigners, and such plants are not likely to 

 be again sent to Europe. The trees and shi-ubs from Japan 

 are also of great interest. The curtain which has been 

 drawn round the capital of that country for so many 

 centuries was lifted for a brief space, and enabled us to 

 see a high state of cultivation in so far as gardening is con- 

 cerned. Here Mr. Fortune found nurseries on a very ex- 

 tensive scale, filled with new shrubs and trees of great 



