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JOUENAIi OF HOKTICXJLTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENEE. [ October 27, 1S53. 



Stoking Awat ArHlMENEs (A Country Curate).— KWoyi them to remnin 

 in the pots they have been grown in, which may be placed in any dry place 

 free from frost until the time for startinK them again. Tin.-* is better than 

 keeping the bulba in a drawer after shnklng the earth from them. 



Kitchen Gakden Infkst»i> with Swos (/rfcm).— As yon say you have 

 need lime and soot very freely with little benelit, a slight dressing of salt 

 may be used, or an application of gas water niav he of service, or, better 

 still, burninn or charring the surface will destroy'the depredators. A very 

 sharp winter is, however, a partial remedy, and if the ground were once or 

 twice turned over during the prevalence of frost, it would tend to thin 

 these pests. At the same time search out for them in all theit haunls, as 

 Box-edgings and all other permanent plants afford them shelter. 



■Weed on Gravel Walks (IK. X).-Most likely the -weed you complain 

 ol is Saglna procumbens, which is very like Spergula pllilera. Shadv walks 

 are sometimes troubled with it, but as you say your edgings are of Box, it 

 is Dot prudent to use salt freely. A careful application of hot water might 

 be of service, as that would kill the surface -weed and would he s'l much 

 cooled ere it reached the roots of the Bo.x as not to be likely to do them 

 much harm. If the walk is becoming discoloured and dirty, breskine it 

 up and turnmg it will be of great service, and a fresh surface will be 

 exposed which will lie less likely to be intealed with weeds lor a time. Of 

 course, a good rolling will be necessary at the time of tuining the walk. 



AnNOTT SrovL BoiLEii (J. n. S,).-Your letter was not prepaid. Upon 

 toe receipt ol two postage stamps your queries will be answered. 



Naming Plants {Alumniis).~1he best work to aid you is Loudon's 

 " Jincyc!opn?dia of Plants." 



Alocasia Loivh [J. O. Sim).— Your question was answered last week, 

 We cannot understand your question about Cerastium tomentosum. 



Bkitisii Fdngi (Ooerdessel).~T>T. I'.adham's book is a go(^d authority, 

 and Illustrated with coloured plates. We are making arrangements for 

 publishing a series of cuts with descriptions in this Journal. 



TRANSPLANTING Co.M.MON FvRZE (7rn//-;)o v)-— This is far from being a 

 good plant to transplant, as we hare known more than one case like yours 

 when the plants all died or only a small fraction of them grew. The best 

 way IS to dig the ground and sow the seed where it is to be grown, or if you 

 did try a lew plants let them be very young, sowing some seeds beside 

 thsm as well. 



Fast GiiowiNO Hedge (Jrfem).— Nothing grows faster than Privet, and if 

 mixed with Quickset, which in.aintains a greater amount of rigidity, it 

 makes a tolerable good fence, and will grow in any situation. 



Hakuv Peaches and Nectarines for a South Wall f/i/i'm). — The 

 Barrington, Royal George, and Noblesse arc good Peaches. »nd the Late 

 Admirable a useful one in the autumn. The Elruge, Newington, and 

 Ked Koman are good Neclarines.and will generally succeed against a smiih 

 ^S -. V" ■• '"'"«'•''■>", find more infonmilion on fruit-growing in the 



Fruit Garuening for the Many- published at our oltice, which would be 

 forwarded io you lor six postage stamps. 



Glass f"R I'lis (/iniWo,,).— Hartley's rough ph.te is the best of all 

 gla^ss for hmticultural purposes. It prevents scorching, does not obstruct 

 J'^^L"?' , , '• } '"'' ."'•'•'"afy fc'a'den purposes we prefer twenty-one- 

 ™lit ,',,.l? '"'"^ "l"" ,"^' '" "">" °"'"- ''''»'<■■> S'^«' 's o'ten so bad in 

 2^^H L t f„ L """■';<='' •'" 1'™''""' it. but when the quality is good it is as 

 fhe pr?ce of the oTlier?" '»'^°'J-<'"^-">^'=«= ^heet glass, though one is double 



n,o*f^,nrp'n*. ^„","" ^""^"^o Off (A. B.).-Sometimes from excessive 

 Hme f.f,' r„f ;■"' »*'"^f "' ""^ "o" '" "hich they grow; at other 

 ^^?en i, i „" ^'!*™n'' ^<^»^ and "gbt. Sour soil Occasioned by im- 

 hall ^P^p/f^ '"" '"■'"'"" ""^ '""" "^'»"- ^'-^ ■"'ter imagine you 

 hudstn?o^P .t V *"'", ^.'""' P"""" '" »"""»", which would cause the 

 then, fhr 1 ,^ 1 '?' °' "'S'' »""'' ""'' "°^ "'■'' '^e sap is impelled into 



H»T, P ni ,?,';.;",'-' ""","," °^' '""■'>""' 'heir structure cannot adnlit the sap. 

 kentfrelwin, „l^ " July supplied with water the buds would have been 

 ,hrh rtf Jifi? "^ ',"''' "'"' "'" i'' *''"' i^ *'"""1. Too much water goiges 

 flower hnlh , ," f =''/'?'' """ "*" •^"'""^ ">™ <" >"> 'l'""" "« : '>"= 

 elabo ^tedbv I i^l, v»""t ^°"""} ^^' ""= "^'^ending sap after it has been 

 S„ ^^If.l''. ,! ,:" ''i'T^-"- 1 "o ""X-'h water and a too dry soil are studiously to 



be avoided in Camellia culture 



the soil at all times beio!^ kept neither very 



wet nor ilr^- K,., K i.i,r ., ' " *'" i^'oes ueiug Kept neuiier ve 



sudden checlLu-"""^.""''"'- ^"'^'""- "'•ainage and the avoiding of 

 at one time n'n "'""^ ""^ ""■ ^"y dfy or very moisl, much ventilation 

 ?old a few dav , ',!' at ancher, watering wiih tepid water one day and 

 CamdlWs e^oami ■; • "'"' "^'"^""'^ "^ heat and cold, are all banelul to the 

 camellia s expanding or retaining its buds. 



sMndents w.f.fif*'*! ':f'';'")-- You do not say which scale it is. Corre- 

 c™munie.trn ,""""'"">' ''™' "» '""• «<■' ^ "'"'<' ''Pecitic reply to their 

 3wn Hc ,1 '''' ^''\'"" '"" P='t»'>la™ on the question asked. If it be 



and. hp,?l»i, ■"'"*'' ""= ph.ntswith water heated to I40«, laying the pot 

 the nhn im "" "" ""E '" "'^ ""= «»'"• ^ofs not reach the roots. Turn 

 rub them »i,PI','"''''? ""^ ''''"=' 0" "" ^i'^'*'- Then whilst the stems are wet 

 water as hltop,."^'''''' """^ "''en that is done syringe them with the 

 Jtemsar! nf,, • ,''''^'1' ""= ''™ '' 'h^ «'■>!' is not sultlcient, and if the 

 8 of>f m .^ ,',"^""'""'"h "'em with Oishurst compound at the rate of 

 eouallv eJh ^"^ '™ Ol water heated to 140-. Solt soap at the same r.te is 

 sS on n. """"C, "," is the white fc:de brush the parts infested with a 

 D?nt »„.,„, ''™''^°'' '°™' ™""'"' sPi'itinf turpentine one gill (hslf a 

 floweVro 1,1 K " I""*' S^t'^h snuff a quarter of a pound, and half a round 

 is not s^L ? '"■; V"" •"!" i*'!! I't^^lJ- bug as well as white scale, but it 

 ihose in.. . , T''''', " '" ""^ '''*^"- """'5' "'o "inch infested, pick off 

 nlams Tn , ' "J ''" ""' '■°''""' P'""'" °"-°° '"'»"y leaves, and place the 

 5.3 .h!,t ,1 ''•"'e-f''™'; P"!"- to its being earthed for Cucumbers, taking 

 .owp ,.'.■'"" 'snot too rank. It the steam does not cause the eyes 

 .a I dnn ". ""'■ '°° '■'"'''■ '" ""'"' °' >•"">■ h-'vingno such convenience 

 ar»hi^ ?'■■' """■ f"'"'" '" '^"^^ ""<■• <ia"b the leaves affected with gum 

 araoic, tour ounces being dissolved in a pint of soft water. A lewdavs alter- 



fh.ir ,*^''' . " 8""' ""f- The gum kills the insects because it prevents 

 ineir respiration. 



r?p«"'J'"' '""'''" '''"^■^ '" ^°'"' {Dorset).-lt is not impossible that Peach 



.rees may gn.vv as you wer- - 



together ; but we would ri 



(""JwfS.""'!"'*''"'.^"''' '"'d, in chalk and clayey 'gravel pounded-up 



the ^n.f ii, , ?" ■^""'''1 recominend in preference, strong clayey loam as 

 tne most likely to produce satisfactory results. » J / 



Wintering Geuanii 

 run answer next week, 



Wintering G£ranib.ms in a Room (,An Old Suhsciiher, Duhlm\.-A. 



i:osF.a poit Pot Culture (J. U. M. C-l-— You will find the following 

 kindd answer very well fur the above purpost;:— Anna Alosieff, Baronne 

 PreTOPt, baronne Hallez, Cdrdinul Patrizzi, Caroline de Sarmal, Charles 

 Lefebvre, Comte rie Nanteuil. C<>Hpe d'Hob^'. Duchess of Sutherland, Eugene 

 Appert, G»>aiit de.s Battailea, Gi5ndral J:icqueminot, Jules Margottin, La 

 Reine, Ldon dc^ Combats, Madame Kivers, Prince Leon, SenutLur Vaiase, 

 Souvenir de la Heine de I'Angkterro. and William Grirtiiha. The same class 

 will answer very well also aa standards, artdinfj a few more perliaps with, 

 a jrreater mixture of the Tea and CInnu breeds in their strain, as Gloire de 

 Dijon, Eniaiit de Lyon, Comte tie Paris, and several others, omitting, 

 however, many of this class if the situation be an unfavourable one. 



Fabfugium cnANDE Le.af Decayinu {H. li.).~\Ve see nothing wrong 

 with the leaf, further than that it seems to be discoloured by water dripping 

 or standing continually upon it. 



Geraniim CiniiNGS in Smali, Pots (Ca*).— For the sake of economising 

 room we slujuld keep the plants in the pots until tho bt-sinninf,' of March 

 UQzt year, when we would pot them Mnt^ly into 48-sizud pots. If you 

 could spare the hpace they would occupy, they would raako better plants by 

 bemg potted into small pots now, and shifted into larger in the Ppritig. 

 They will keep quite an well in small puts aw if you potted them into larger. 

 Alt thitt 13 wanted is to keep them safely through tne winter, giving aothing 

 in the shape of heat beyond that necessary to secure their eafeiy during 

 the winter, or increased pot-room, until growth commences in the spring. 



Wintering Calceolaiiias and Gkramums fjdcm). — Geraniums in a 

 cellar must have tlie leavea revnoved, oiherwise they damp the stems and 

 cauBe their deiay. Calceolarias need all the old growths to be removed, 

 those that come from the neck of the p'anis only being preserved. They 

 require light, but Geraaiums do quite as >\ell in the dark. 



Kaspekrries on a Light Soil (-4, Constant Jieader). —Vt'hAt you have 

 done ought to have made your Raspberries very vigorous but not fruitful, 

 for what you have lione this year will not be apparent in the fruit until 

 nest. Weshould manure heavily, uoing nothing but merely jointing it in, 

 for oigging would only injure the roots, and make the soil lighter and 

 more open, the last causing too quick evaporation of the moisture from 

 the soil. Whfii they liower water fieely, and wiicn that is past, give a 

 drenchmg twice a-week with weak liquid manure. This, we think, with 

 not allowing the canes to grow too near to>rether, nor too many from, 

 a stool, will ;^ive you a fair aninunt ol Raspberries another year. The kind 

 of Raspberry may have something to do with their unproductiveness. The 

 lied Antwerp does well on light soils. 



HoKSEHAoisn Culture {/^/c^O-— Horseradish should make first-class 

 roots in three years after planting. It is a good plan to make a bed every 

 year, no matter how small, and tlius secure a bed three years old for one 

 ye;ir*s supply, so that four beds would be wanted. Alter three years it 

 becomes woody and loses its pungency. 



Ants Invaoiko "Wall Fruit (!(Itm).~D\p some slater's laths in gas- 

 tar .ind place these close to ihe wall at its bottom. Ants cannot cross this. 

 The ^ul■e^t plan, however, is to kilt iliem ere tlie fruit is ripe. L'pC arsenic 

 and sugar in equal parts with sufhcient water to make them ol the consistency 

 of cream when niixtd. 'J'his will destroy them, but care must be taken to 

 prevent other animals from partaking of it. Lime water will make them 

 shift their quarters if it be poured into the nests, and so will guiino. 

 Boiling water poured into the nest kills all it touches, and ammoniacal 

 liquor fiom tlie gasworks, diluted witli four times its volume of water, will 

 expel ants from their haunts if it does not kill them. 



Mildew on Vines [Siffma).—'We thought the destruction brought upon 

 your Vines was by burning the fulpbur. Putting a p.m of water near the 

 burning sulphur would not have saved the Vines. Sulphur must never be 

 burned where there is a plant with a leaf or unripened shoot upon it. If 

 you treat the Vines as we directed in our last Journal, we think you will 

 get rid of the pest. Any ol the adveitisers of hot-water pipes in our 

 Journal would serve you well. Write aud ask them about what you 

 require. 



Hedge Umder Large Yew Tree [Dorset). — There could scnrcely be a 

 more ditficult position in which to get u hedge to grow and last lor a length 

 of time than that which you describe. Both the roots anil the shade and 

 drip of such old Yews are most formidable enemies to anything that you 

 could plant, while the trenching that would be neces'-ary within 5 or 

 6 feet ot the trunk of the tree could not faii to be injuiioua to it. Your 

 only chance is to plant something already a good size, such as Holly or tree 

 Box, which will remove well at the height of 4 to 5 feet. We have lately 

 been teased with a hedge under a lot of large Yew^s dying out, and the 

 only w:iy we have been able to establisli a li\ing fence is by iiecting a 

 paiiing and then covering it with Ivy. which thrives better in the shade 

 and drip and among the roots ot other trees than anything else we know. If 

 such a contrivance be considered too expensive, you might try Hollies of a 

 good size ; but we do not think they will do much good. 



Iodii:e a.m) Starch {W. jr.).— In what part of England can that 

 chemist live wlio does not know what iodine is? He ccriainly cannot have 

 read any book on chemistry published later than when acetate of lead was 

 called baccliarum Saturni. You can obtain iodine of any London chemist. It 

 is a greyish-black substance obtained from the a-^he> of marine plants, and 

 when combined with starch gives to it a fine blue colour. Its compounds 

 are exten^iYeIy used in medicine. We lannot tell you ;:ny more about the 

 proceedings of M. Cominandeur, for we publiKhtd' all the information we 

 have. We should mix half a pound of starch into a pa^le with water, and 

 add half a drachm of iodine in powder, mix the whnle thorounhly, and put 

 the mi.'iture in pots under a cover in places where the slugs frequent. 



Hyurid Peupetual and BounnoN Rosrs not Fiowering {A Header). — 

 We suspect Ihe bed of Koses to which you refer must have stagnant water 

 about it. The plethoric mildewed growth which you describe is indicative 

 of such a state of things. If jou find on txamination that the soil is wet 

 and soured, your beet way will be to lift the Roaes, renovate the soil, 

 drain the bed iborout;hly, and plant them again. Koses like a stiff soil, 

 but will not thrive in any soil where there is sta&nant water about their 

 roots. 



PsorAGATiNO Clematises (7(ffm).— The greater number of the hardy 

 Clematises ripen their teed in England, and are easily propagated by them. 

 They should he sown as soon as gathered, and some will come up the 

 following spring, and some will lie L-i the ground twelve months before 

 they germinate. They arc easily propagated from layers. They like a dry 

 caleareous toil. 



