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JOtTENAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. [ December 15. im. 



thiiki /n ? I L^[' ^^"' *";■ °"'^ 'llf " "ft""*'-"" ; anJ therefore we do not 

 Pdlini ,^ '"' Cerastium well kept. If brightnes. is an object. As a green 



Irlwf In "k^T"* • ,""' ^K "-. f rtging it is not so showy a, the varie|ateS 

 Forth;.i^n^,°),'"'\''''"' '"«, Moss Saiifr;.ge makes a beautiful edging, 

 why vou «S,f H„°"^ w Tr''* ^"'i' '"^ Cerastlum, but that i« no rea,on 

 m«ff J.. S k ,,"^'' ''^'' everybody to choose for themselves in these 



tricninfA.nT ■^*^'"" '••^- "'' "''"*'— Of t^e Ferns mentioned, Pteris 

 tricolor, Asplen mm yiviparnm, Gynmognimma VHerminieri are stoVa 

 Ferns and sh.,ula occupy the wariest part of the house and of pUnts 

 with th'e" hrl"',''™''?' ""'"' ""^^^^ "-"^ «■ "'"^ require stive heat Th«e 

 hn„.» f. i"""' ^?''' "" '*""'''* ^■'"'"^ y™ '» discard, and keep your 



house fov greenhouse plants only. Yon cannot grow stove and Ereenhouse 

 plants together successfully. Of the others you name all w,ll do weU in 

 ordinary greenhouse heat, at this season 40» at night and 45"bv day "iS 

 a.r on all lajourable occasions w.th sun. or in mird weather The BrUish 

 Ferns should be placed in the coolest part of the house and be kent rather 

 more mo.st than the other plants. The warmest part of your house will be 



Turnace The'nL"nrw'l!'„"''H""'' ""' ""= '""^''' '"^ farthest f™m the 



S ,!,» ;„„T f "^ will need no synnging at this season, and only water 



, Z°\ i° prevent the leaves flagging, which may be once or twice 



a-week, but do not water them before they are dry, hen »ive enough ?o 



cordata'sSenden. A^fn^fh '^^f^T ^°""''^ Drumniondi, Chorozema 

 coraata splendens. Acacia hybrida, A. armata, Cyclamens of the Persian 

 spec.es. Daphne odora, Monochcetum ensiferum. Pimeka HendeJeoni pTt- 

 ga a Dalmaisiana, and Statlce brassicaMolia might advantageousTv be aWed 

 but that depends on the size of your house. Above all tWngf avo d crowding 



Iponi"a'' flcifot" HfbVer^r °P''^?' ■ ^• ,"'^""='' Mande'vilTea sua^olenl 

 iponia?a ncllolia, Hibbcrtiagrossulanajfolia, and Jasminum sracile one un 



U ao we s7reelv We ?eZ'" """T '"^'''''' "' "«"-§''; 'and theS 

 cuDanTs evcen^thp ll <^°^ are keeping the house too warm for its oc 

 cupants except the stove plants, which we again advise vou to e-schanie 

 for greenhoufc plants or discard. The Begonias should now be kept d?y at 

 the root, and the Selaginellas should be placed with the Ferns in nart of the 

 Sfa Usknuginra "S' °°'"^r^ "'^" '"" "'"^ P"" A^sMochTa' sipho! 



s^mSii^S'^^^a^Sa^ar^ve^iji'^-S's^r"^ 

 ,^iz>:^ps4 ^^ry"i2 :^Stitnrt,^ij°sr?^s 



si- «wa''ter'a?aThile Tariet' '"t^" """'"f"- »' ^ siack "and"Bu"c°kl'a™ 

 t„ grow Pine= vSes and p5 „ ^' m"""" ""^V'^ '•'"' "> "^"^ '"e attempt 

 1) i,row rines, lines, and Peaches in the same house. Vines and Pines irp 



?eTthfvn''efr."aten''„TS%r^'=.'.''^^ 



iBi. lue vines be laKen out for the winter to rest. Vines and Pparhes »rp 



f\°nTu7e cfr'al'te7o7th"=" "l ""'V"^ ""^ Peaches on' Ve^baSwa" a^d 

 leach the Peich tree," h?t '"?'• '" '" ''P"' "' "> '^' ^ '^" ^"are of light 

 io?es vou cannot V,„''"'p'!'""''' T™ .«"' '"™ both Vines and Peaches out 

 c°uW doThis Z pf»rh T' ^'v,'" ?' ''""* ''™«<^! and even if you 

 t„, M , ' Peaches do not like the heat necessary for Pines We 



The^rowth Of I^Zs bi^thl ""= ^T"""' ''"1^"'^' 'ogether.^nd nit attemp 

 ine growm ot rines m the same house. The V nes being vour chief ron- 



f™, „fT' l'^ "? "'if ' '"'"'8 ^'"' '"« P'^a'l'es. and nfecf not be turned 

 out of the house at all. You will And this arrangement satisfactorv hut 

 not the one you propose. There are few things that mi"' 'te so mnel 



plan?lrfa:frifg''differ''e^nt''" '"' ""^""'^ '5^' "' ">^'^' " S '°- - ^^- 



F,„ ,f ?T # ""ferent management in the same house. 

 ULLING-up BLiKKs IN * ViHEEY (4 Seginner).-lf your sole obiect is 



li^^tVwfp'J^sumT ?r„'°' "YT ■" "■' r,' ■" ^"^ vrerywLre'fherl 

 b^st and^uickest Tn; ■ . '''''^' ''1" "''''' "'"^•'y established Vines, your 

 nest and quickest way 15 to run up the renu red number of vonni- ernwths 

 from the bottom of the established Vines. This is a ver^ si.i7p°e matter It 



train°TuD the hlinrni "^ T^'"' ""'5' ''""' """ growth next season and 

 top ?f the house The ?,?,;r' ",?.?'"'' " """" *' S"' "'"'''' 3 feet of the 

 raSst of cou SP d.n»L "^r "v, '^™^ ''™°« Sf""""' ""»' yo" ""tist allow 

 Shid'th.t 9" I;, i P 1^ °" the blanks yon are desirous to till up, bearing in 

 your obiect' be to in?^/"""^'' ^V^' ""° ""^'- 'f- o" '^e other hand, 

 up Tour blanks vn ,r h "," '"''' .f'"^''"*- ™'ieties as well as to make 

 vSung shoots thaf ?„."'' r^y^i" be '» '"'"■'h the varieties on to the 

 the ?oung green s.IlJ'T ^'"'"'/ 'P",''™^ °'- ^'"''^ '" t*^^' <l™e by allowing 

 ,,„-,V»V, 8 '' f "'9'^'' ""'' i"^'"" '0 make 2 or 3 feet of growth and then tl 

 un te them about the middle of the young growths, which is a very eimnle 



Swwoodt'oow"TouC'' '°™' V"'?,'"-^"" "etter union tha^tC^i? 

 oiQ woou to Old. Young green wood wil un te with old nerfecllv well too 

 but we much prefer both the stock and inarch to be of toe seasonlTrowth' 

 All hat IS needed 1, to take a slice from the sides of each and fit the Two 

 fhe^Inof wm-b'e"effrcteS™.rH^"'^",""'' »?" """'"^^ " thJee';eers 

 fr^pos^ri:ildL'dfrf;1;ere^^r:sh^'sri V"f„n° t^in^trlr^^^ 

 S r "a^e anv°rt\o^ established Vines is a practice we do not Se ; but if 

 adont thaM, /,h„ ? ! '" T""' ''''"■' "•^' '■™ •>'" no' stated why you should 

 do i? t„ it., f '' "' """S"^ "P y"" ''''""''• then the best thing you can 

 do 18 to introduce as much fresh turfy soil with about a fourth plrt rotten 

 manure as you can without disturbingthe roots of the old Vines and ton ant 

 Jinen/d";;"^ ^'T, '" '"'^ '"'^ «»''• The Vines should Se 'strong weS 



tSasy"ou?l?ttll''«n'"'-""\^i;°"'"'' "H"^ « '^'' " "> of ^ood nelrTyas 

 }.rlll. f .7'°"r little hnger. When you plant them, shake them entirely out 

 Of the soil ,n which they have been grown, and unravel all he root, and ^^v 



fingTr^wo^Mt iX wereV''"," V,'- T' '""^'' '° "" ''"e ,,osS a's y u'r 

 ^nge^^ wo id be in were you to thrust your arm out throueh the brick wall 



™ M h^ T"; "'^ri^^^ "'^ ^^' P«"" °^ yo""- hand in the To"fwbere the roots 

 are to be la.d. Cover them over to the depth of 8 or 9 inches The end of 



Vines wm*fi?fnn°r^^ '' P'""'»i but the^ods broughraway from the^?d 

 neady.o whir^h u T'' T^ ''^°*^ '^^^ "'" ^^^' *« »•»« ^^P «f ^^e house, 

 .,r.^l^u •■ ""^" '^ "'^^'^ ^*^^" 5-0" can expect by plantinc vounff Vines 



ca'e'Vh'afan'L'T'''"''^ J' ''''^' "^ '^« ^*°^ ^"^ ^« mferaU^specia 

 cases tbat arise they would be ponderous volumes. 



»ill flnJ M^" t NORTH-KAST AND EaST WaLL {J. W. D. S ) — YoU 



^F uU MaSua?i'''Yn' f "*? " "' .^'^ '"^ ^^ the descriptive liU la tSe 

 where tw.riv. >, "' ^? 5°^ '?^ where you Uve. nor the soil and situation 

 Where they are to be planted. What suits one place will not do in another. 



Bonk Manurk foe Potted Vine3 (G. IT., aCojistantReader).—'We 

 would recommend you to use bone dust or half-inch boiled bones in pre- 

 ference to unboiled bones. Boiled bones are not richer than tho'^e that are 

 not boiled, but they are more rapid in their manunal action, and, therefore, 

 though less lastinc in their effects, are best for pot Vines, in as far as more 

 nourisbraent will be av.iilable from them in a couple of years ; but the pre- 

 ference is given to unboiled bones for lastint; effects in a Vine-border, for the 

 fat makes the de omposition of the gelatine, and the solubility of the phos- 

 phate of lime less rapid. An eight-inch pot mil of bones, one banowload of 

 calcareous— that is, rather tenacious— loam . and half a barrowload of rotten 

 horsedung, make a first-rate compost for pot Vines, Firm potting for the 

 last shift is advisable for more reasons thin one. M'ith such materials and 

 18-inch pots you should be able, all other thincs being equal, to grow very 

 strong Vines. They should be grown in a lieht place trained near the glass, 

 and if a little bottom heat can be given them all the better. These con- 

 ditions with a temperature fully higher than for Grape-forcing, should 

 enable you to give your neighbour a run for the championship, and keep 

 him from laughing at vou.— 13. T 



Trbep, &c.. for a Smokv Situation {A Lady t?arrfc?ier).— The follow- 

 ing trees, shrubs, and Roses do moderately well in and around our 

 large towns, and would, no doubt, suit you :— Acer campestris, A. pseudo- 

 platanus, ditto loliis variegatis; .^Esculus hippocaatanum ; Fagus svlvatica, 

 ditto aspleniifolia, cristata, fol. argcnteis varitgatis, pendula, and purpurea ; 

 Fraxinus excelsior aurea, ditto var. pendula, F- excelsior pendula, and 

 F. juglandifolia ; Liriodendron tulipiferum ; Platanus acenfolia, occidentalis, 

 ditto pyramidalis, and P. orientalis ; Populus abele and P. acerifolia; 

 Quercus nigra and Q. rubra; Robinia hispida; Salix araericana pendula, 

 S. caprea pendula; Tilia alba and T. alba penduLi.T. euiop^a, ditto laciniata, 

 and parvifolia aurea; Ulmus americana, campestris, fulva, macrophylla, 

 montana, pendula, and urticifolia crispa; Ailanthus glundulosa ; Hawlhoru, 

 all the species ; Sambucus heterophylla, S. nigra fol. argenteis, S. nigra fol . 

 aureis, S. nigra laciniata, and S. nigra purpurea ; Sorbus aria, S. aucuparia, 

 S. aucuparia pendula, and 8. aucuparia pendula variegata ; Salisburia 

 adiantifolia ; Betula nigra, populifolta, B. populifolia laciniata, and pendula, 

 and B. urticifolia. The above are mostly trees. Of shrubs Andromeda 

 floribunda; Aralia japonica; Aucuba japonica, A. japonica lati-maculata ; 

 Azaleas, most varieties ; Berberis arciica, Bealii, Darwini, and vulgaris ; 

 Buxus species ; Cerasus carolinlana, vulgaris aspleniifolius, C. vulgaris flore 

 pleno, and the double French variety ; Cornus mascula variegata; Cydonia 

 japonica; Cytisus alpinus, laburnum, nigrican?, and secundus ; Daphne 

 cneorura, collina, and mezereum vars ; Deutzia gracilis and D, scabra ; Erica, 

 australis, mediterranea, stricta, cinerea, vars. alba, coccinea, and pallidas 

 vagans, vagans alba and rubra, and vulgaris alba, Alporti, Hammondi, tenella; 

 Forsythia viridissima ; Kalmii angustifolla, glauca, and latifolia; Ligustrum 

 japonicum and vulgare ; Preonia Moutan, varieties ; Philadelphus coronarius 

 and P. coronarius flore pleno; Pyrusprunifolia rosea, and spectabilis; Prunus 

 triloba; Rbododendrons, the Laurels of towns; Kibes aureum, Gordon- 

 ianum, sanguineum, vars; Spiri"Ba callosa, Douglaaii, sorbifolia, and ariae- 

 folia ; Syringa Emodi, persica, rothomagcnsis, vulgaris, vulgaris alba and 

 vulgaris Philemon ; Vaccinium buxifoliura and froudosum ; Viburnum 

 opulns, roseura, plicatum, and lucidum ; Vincu major, vars. fol. variegatis, 

 reticul ita, V. minor fol. argenteis variegatis, and minor fol. aureis varie- 

 gatis ; Ilex aquifolium, ditto foliis variegatis, vars. Roazs.— Provence : 

 Cabbage. Moss : Common, Rouge du Luxembourg. French : Boula de 

 Nanteuil, *Kean, Ohl, Transon Goubault, Pierre Jaussens, Napoleon. 

 Hybrid China : Blairii, Brennus, Ch^nt-dole, General Jacqueminot, and 

 Madame Planner. Hybrid Bourbon: Charles Lawson, Coupe d'H^be, Paul 

 Perras, Paul Riciut, President Mole, and Charles Ouval. Climbing Roses. 

 —Alice Grey, Ayrshire. Bonraaulta : Amadis and Gracilis; The Garland, 

 Madame d'.^rblay. ot Hybrids ; and Felicit*^ Perpf-tuelle, Adelaide d'Orleans, 

 Rampant, Princesse Marie, and Princesse Louise aic the best of the 

 climbers. Hybrid Perpctuals : Beauty of Waltham, Baronne Prevost, 

 Caroline de Sansal, Colonel de Kougemont, Cornet, Anna Alesieff, Comte 

 de Nanteuil, Duchess of Norfolk, Duchess of Sutherland, Gt^nt'ral Jacque- 

 minot, G^ant des Batailles, General Washington, Leon des Combats, 

 Marquis of Ailsa. Madame Vidot, Lord Raglan, Madame Dumage, Prince 

 L^on, Senateur Vaisse, Souvenir de la Reine d'Angleterre, William Jesse, 

 and Souvenir de Leveson Gower. Of Tea-scented : Melanie Oger, Som- 

 breuil, Souvenir d*un Ami, and Gloire de Dijon. Brennus, we think, would 

 most likely suit you to plant by the house ; Vivid is also suitable for such a 

 situation. Why not water the Peach tree, and syringe it on the evenings 

 of hot days, and thus obviate the dryness of the situation ? We think most 

 of the trees and shrubs would do moderately we.l with you ; but you must 

 not expect them to do as well near a town ns they do in the country. 

 Laurels do not thrive in smoke, and the Laurustinua will not suit your ex- 

 posed situation. 



Twelve Good Hardy Rhododendrons {Donegal Subscriber).— T)xq 

 following are good hardy, not high-priced, late-flowering sorts; but we 

 would advise you to tell what you want and the money you witih to spend 

 to the tradesman, and he will do better for you than abiding by any list of 

 names. Say that the plants averaged from 35. 6rf. to bs. or more, if you 

 wish them rare and fine : — Abd-el-Kader, Alaric, Brayanum, Cannaletto, 

 Due de Brabant, Erectura, Maculatum, Marshaliii, Ne Plus Ultra, Sir I&aac 

 Newton, The Grand Arab, Vandyke. These are all good hybrids. You 

 could obtain a dozen very good varieties of the hardy Catawbiense section 

 for less money ; but we advise you to leave a good deal to the nurserj'man. 



Aphelandra Leopoldi Culturr {J. F. Datvson). — We experience no 

 difficulty in growing this plant. It requires perfect drainage and a moist 

 atmosphere, without wetting the leaves much by syringing them, in addition 

 to all the light practicable. Dribbling waterings are to be avoided, aa they 

 cause the leaves of this and many otlier plants to turn yellow and (all pre- 

 maturely. The soil should consist of light loam from rotted turf half, and 

 fibry sandy peat (not bog soil} the rest, with a free admixture of silver sand. 

 A moderate stove temperature suits it. We do not see why your plants 

 should not do well. Something must be radically wrong with the roots. 

 Are the pots well drained, and is the soil about them sweet? 



Cauellia Buds Falling {Idem). — We think either that the Camellia 

 roots got too much soaked in the border in which they were plunged, or 

 that the ball got too dry; either cause would produce the effect. We do 

 not know the Lastrea sufficiently to say. 



Various (C. i3.J.— The manual you mention is not in print, and Hogg's 

 " Fruit Manual" is far superior. You can have it free by post from our office 

 for 35. lOf^. Spirit of turpentine thoroughly brushed into the places where 

 the American blight appears will destroy it. The insects go down to the 

 roots in winter. For what purpose do you wish to *' wash "—we suppose 

 you mean to paint— your fruit-tree walls ? 



