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JOUENAi OF HOETICTJLTUEE AND COTTAGE GAUDENEB. [ December 2J, 1863. 



RlKOTiNo Sbckrhs prom HvAclNTBa (X S, Rampton).--We ma.)!.e \t a 

 practice to take off the ofTwta when we pot the bulbs. If any appear 

 afterwards we take them off with a knife clo.se to the bulb, taking care not 

 to injure the latter nor its roots. Offsets do nothing but rob the parent, 

 and are best remuved. Tou will apply this to your bulbs. 



Chkysantkemoms Done Bloomino («fm).-Take away all the wood of 

 the current year and turn the plants out of the pots, and plant in the open 

 border. You may select the strongest of the suckers and pot them sing.y 

 DOW. They should be headed or topped when 6 inches hi|>h-that is, if vou 

 wish to grow them oi; finele stems ; if you do not care about that, s'top 

 them now to obtam dwarfs or bushy plants. These will make earlier- 

 blooming and larger plants than if you defeiTed parting the plants till 

 March or April If you part them now, the young plants « ill require to be 

 wintered in a cold frame. Those divided in spring will do without that 

 protection. 



EsTABiisHiNG Grass Wai^s (R. il.).-We advise yon to sod the inter- 

 yeniiig spaces between the beds, and think yourself well off that vou have 

 turves at command. Tou may sow lawn grass seeds in March as "you pro- 



■""i!' i"" . ^°" ""?' ""^ '^P"^' '° ?»<"' an tff^t iis if the spaces were 

 sodded at once. Jn neither way would the grass be injured by treading 

 m the ordinary course of proceeding, and in both it will be improved by 

 rolling twice a-week. ^ ■' 



Plants FOE Enolobeo N.W. Window (.1. O. IT.).-1he plants best 



wo?lH d„ L^Ti'i^h"'""' ■■""■ *■""'• •»" "^ X"""' °f n» '^''"'"ers that 

 would do well in their company except varieties of Ivy, some of which 

 have highly ornamental loliage. Lygodium scandens and L. palmatum are 

 climbing Ferns, and would, no doubt, do well In such a place. The roof 

 ^r. l„;n''h r't ' "■' H.TV'""^ " '''" "■=' •""'" " i' be 81"" if Ferns 

 th^ wiMrtl ^, ?,, h' 'T'? 5" '■'i'"- !'■ yo" "^e not paiticular as to Ferns 

 i^H „ h„r. '^ K? '''''"""' V'^ Hyacinths, Cyclamens, Tuhps, Narcissus, 

 and other spring-blooming plants, which would be char,, iug in eari; 

 spring; and m summer the bed might be tilled with Geraniums and 



strflTf.'.l'.'^^^T''''"?'' ''""^■"di"'. and Lopho.permums running up 

 strings fastened to the roof, and about 6 inches from the window. 



Licar Chalky.soh,ed Flowrr-border [TorriiluD.-A dressing of salt 

 tV:;hiS'„°^r',*'" '" f™' ""'""" '^''^ '"e evaporation of raoisfure and 

 ZT^l.^ I T"' P'"','" '" '"'""■" ; ''"' J-O" "qoi'-e a more permanent 

 ^t^hT * rT'^^- ^"^ y™ n"' ""'"in e^"ll '■''"n the paring, of 



ditchts, &c., so as to deeiien the soil to 18 inches and improve its staple at 

 the same time? -iour "very shallow chalky soil ■• ,s worse ev,n than a 

 very clayey one tor garden purposes. We should increase the depth and 

 staple as we have said, and n,ulch the surface at least an inch thick in 

 summer with cocoa-nut fibre refuse. 



r.f^^f'xZ". f ;•',';,'"■ ',f «-;-We have used Gishurst compound at the 

 f.^,?h^ K,t; I "'?|""°n "< '^"'e,-, and find it kills this pest. We apply 

 herted to IG^P • Tr.J"-^!' "J""""'^ " '"'" ""l^^ ^°'e». or crevices, and 

 ^JlJ L ™,.= ' ^h ^'.'"V "PP'y "■ " a»es not injure the buds 



unless the scales are rubbed off them, when the rubbing ki.ls the buds 



Tl isuhih^?' "-^^"^1""^- ."■' "^"^ ""o f"""'^ ">e rollowmi: answer 



^se;7vM'hfnnw's"^'K '"."^ '" ''''™' l-'llitics formed into the con- 



Z ,n,Ll I, h^l, f the alditlon of boiling urine, and this we apply to 



uno ThpT,! -h w'h- '■",'"""« " "e» into the crevices when cooled to 



thL should he „.?h''vI'""'" "™ """"t "■" nn»'n ■■'"«^. and, if infested, 

 these should be painted like the stems. 



or^^'cole IL^bTZ'^^'^T '^- ■'^- "'•)-P™"ding the fumes of the charcoal 

 rj .^Lp f.^t,T^ '" P^'ll'nio the tin pipe, we see no danger but what 

 ThLiZjmZntTl"- T'"^ '^^ assistance of the blinds your stove 

 fp vrnr sf^^ ,„ ° ^^^P- '™''' °"t. We advise you if you can burn coke 

 Zke ,„ »?pr , ^ '•'l"^ 'b "■"' " " eniits a sulphurous smell you must 

 !^ .„»„! ,i ^ ' "' "■"'" "'"' ''e evident that the fumes which ought 

 dest w !e«ta'b''le"l^fe'""ri''"' 'V ^'""'' ^"^ """' sulphurous fumes soon 

 no rffLIfv!. f J It . '^^'"•"^' on the other hand, when burning emits 

 m^,«M P A.?,i '^1"'^ "7 appreciable to the senses, and therefore you 

 rnL"a' eer™ „^^" iM"' '!'.''"''' '^ gases escape from thegreenhoL, 



. ir la .. „ a ; " "' 'aieiy oe given to plants in a growing 



^■saWy b? ^^aiiiateu,. "'''"'"'"• '" '"""''' """"' ■""* "" "^ "PP""" 



and"vfn.^"s,?iL1 '//«'-i""'').-We fear you will not be able to grow Ferns 

 Aodl n vnur ip „"■ '"Selher. Tou might bring the Vines on until 

 vfnes reniovfnl to ''V'"'™ '\° '"""'^ ^'"n'* "1""' ^l^ading and .he 

 th?.^ ,s r, Ph'!„P ,'"'"'* ?'"' ""'■e light and heat. We do not think 

 but^f vou -h ,vp ofh"' '■'""' *"■'"» ^"^ to grow Vines and Ferns together. 

 favUrfhe removal orth™"-"-— ''"'""'^tne Fern-house, which would 



I thp r„^ Top-dress, but do not repot, and grow on in the fernery 

 1 ine urapts change for ripening, and then remove to a drier house to 



from „,,r ni; ""''"*!'' work than "Sanders on the Vine." It can he 

 iiom our oince. frpp hv nnei f^,- t;» o^ 



have the ViZJr "hT ^"''' " "■<= '™'= abo>e named, we advise vou to 



then seal the I'^T'* "' """' '"" '" ''"■■ the cuts wiih a red-hot iron and 



Placed ^n the Z," "' ™? """ sealing-wax. The Vine, should then be 



cainot L.P ,„ '''■ Pa/t of the 1 em-house until the buds break, when they 



mTh 101 them T.l''."«''t , nor would the heat of your le.nery be too 



until 



ripen 



had from our office, free'by post, for S*. 24. 



Ge^Tnmlm u-hfV''''''"' ^^ Subscriber)- Ader this we -n^ould not stop 

 Uter bEin^ H """■' '^r'''* '^^ ^^""'"^ early-say in April and May. For 



leaves le?tp-M''''''^P''^ ^ ^^"""^ ^'" ^"^"'^ f^'™ ^^^ ^'^'l «f ^ost of the 

 means fnr B^.n V °u^ pruning in autumn and this stopping are the btst 

 be more fnllv .^ ^h'*'^ ^^^ ^'- ^^^' '"*"^''- ^^^^^ dwelt upon, may again 



dozin^.hnT«„^ 'n^T'^^-r l**' ^"«tance: suppose a good-sized plant has a 



theothPr n n* m"* ^^.■:^l«'^ ^l^ese have more than double the strength of 



or thrPP .h ; '"?'■ '^^^ ^^""^^ ^'^ pinched, they will each throw out two 



strenifhr- ;■'''!'''' "^'^ *°"" ^^ ^^ ^"^""^ ^^ the nine, and thus the 



atiengtn la equalised. 



Compost OF Lime AND Mot-LO to Grass Lakd {Catawhiense). — Yon 

 itVf*^^^,Vr ^u ^°°",i^ ^^e autumn as the gras^ ceases growing and there 

 pfi 1 J^ ^^ '^^ ^^^^^^ ^0 ^^'^^ o"« ^8 it would be wasted by the dressing. 

 *ilty loads would certainly be a good dressing for a Scots acre, but if laid 

 on now we do not thitik it would kill any part of the grass. If laid on early 

 ^ tuk""*- ^^^ ^^^t ^^"^^^ exposed to frost to mellow them, it will all brush 

 n wun a ring or ihorn-bush harrow by February 



C.*LCKOLARi\ vioLACEA {J. ff., TT'AjVt'/e/rf).— We think the plants are all 

 that can be wi-hed. They will be quite warm enough in a greenlum-t-^ that 

 is seHom below 40^ and from which trust is excluded. Keep the plants in 

 an airy position all the winter. Do n-.t allow them to flag from dryness; 

 but so long as the leaves keep fresh and firm, let the soil be dry rather 

 than wet until the flower-trusses begin to show, and then water more 

 liberally. We shnil be much surprised if your strong plants will not be a 

 sheet of bloom in April, May, and onwards. When done flowering the 

 plants may be freely cut in, and when pushing freely be repotted in smaller 

 pots by getting rid of a ponionof the old soil. Cuttings taken otf in autumn 

 or spring make, however, the best, planrs. Those rooted early in spring 

 will bloom freely the following year. Ferh^ips your plants hive been kept 

 rather vigorous. Let us know if your plants are not ftrst-rate in April and 

 May. 



Syringing Trees Oot-dooks aftkr Dressing Them (N.).~l( you have 

 dressed the trees with a mixture of Gi>hurst compound and water in the 

 proportion of 1 lb. to the gallon, we hhould nut by any means advise the 

 syringe to be used until some growth takes place-say in the end of April 

 or May. The object of dressing at this teaBon with so strong a mixture is 

 to kill all insects or ttieir tarvse that maybe lurking in the bark or about the 

 tree, and to follow this up with a syringing of clear water would be simplv 

 to remove so much of the former as to render it less likely to perform the 

 duties expected oi it. 



Iron Dahlia-stake Rusting in the GR0t;ND iCatatcbiense). — 'We 

 should advise the lower part of your stake to he held in the fire a short 

 time to burn off the rust, after which coat that part, especially that which 

 is at the surface of the ground, with creosote or coal tar to which a Uttle 

 grease or oil has been added, and the whole made warm. The rem--indcr 

 of the stake we t-hould advise to be painted a lead colour, which is both 

 durable and, in our opinion, looks better than green, the last-named colour 

 being, perhaps, the veiy worst for lasting. We are not in general advocates 

 for iron Dahlia-stakes. Wooden stakes, to our mind, look better; but 

 where the former exist painting munt be resorted to, and in doing fo our 

 aim has been to obtain a quiet unusauralng colour and to avoid both vrhite 

 and green in the attempt. 



L'onstkuction of a Green house- VisERT (.4 Six-yetirs Subscriber, 

 Haiti mer smith). — Wedo not clearly understand your description, especially 

 ; s to the heitiht of the proposed yUss case and the height of the floor of the 

 said case above the It'vt-i of the outside ground, or the mode of coiiimuui- 

 Cdting with the pruposed house erc^pt the window of the dining-room is 

 made into a door, or h'W to aet to the garden in front except by another 

 door, :ind steps leading down to it. Uesides, you seem resolve^l to make such 

 a very superior thing of it, that vou would require to think the matter over 

 carefully and have an estimate from a builder m your neighbourhood as to 

 the expense. 1st, It is such a complicated affair; and as without threat 

 trouble you must have some fasieninga to the wallsand posCM in the ground, 

 and yet you 'Ai.-h the whole to be portable, we would say advisealy, Do 

 noth ng whatever without a dear understanding with your landlord, and al-o 

 a simple written agreement— there are so many quirks in ihe law in these 

 matters. A farmer has lately put tip a large glass house at the end of his 

 farm-house, ibinking he could move it when he liked ; but there cm be no 

 doubt, from the way it is built, that the landlord can eliim it if he chooses. 

 A curate put up a small house at the back ot his residence, and that lie can 

 move, as it is built in pieces and has merely blocks of wood tor afoun ation ; 

 but being a lean-to, a ridge-board was screwed to the wall just under the 

 upper-floor windows. To this the rafters were screwed by one end, and 

 lastened to the plate in front. By unscrewing Irom this plate, which could 

 be left, the whole house could be moved easily, without even leaving a hole 

 in the ground to fill up. A little nice sand did for the paths ouiside, and 

 the whole being wood and glass there was no dififlculty. To do much the 

 Siime, you would require a strong framework to support the floor of the 

 hou^e, as well as the hou^e itsell. 2nd, This secured, there would be no 

 diflSculty in planting the Vines on the lower level, growing them as long as 

 possible; and as soon as they arc long enough to get up to the house, 

 disbud all the stems, and cover them with a narrow wooden box packed 

 with sawdust. 'Ihey would do admirably in the wide part of the house, 

 and might be trained longitudinully in the narrow part and thus give a nice 

 shade there. The best sorts of Vines would be one Buckland Sweetwater, 

 two Black Hamburghs, and one Muscat Hamburgh. 3rd, The^e would do 

 well even without the stove, but would do better with it; :ind were there 

 no opposition you could heat the place easily from the kitcnen boiler. The 

 artificial heat would be all the more nectss^iry from the very warmth of the 

 place, a^ things will be apt to be excited by the heat, and will theiefore 

 suffer more easily and readily from cold. 4th, The Hartley's patent will 

 be the best, but it will be more expensive, and fur 21 oz. the sash-bars must 

 be strong. The front glass might be common plate, and that you could 

 easily shade. The shelves, if lined with zinc as you propose, will be all the 

 better; and if the floor is made of well-seasoned timber, well rabbeted, it 

 will be snfllcient. The syringing will do it little harm as it will soon dry, 

 and a little dust and wa-hing will fill the seams. 5th, With so many things 

 to consider, it would be impossible to give such an estimate of expense as 

 would come anything so near as you might obtain from a glass-house 

 builder in your own neighbourhood, or at Chelsea. We have frequently 

 stated what sucii buildings have cost; but with every desire to oblige our 

 readers, the giving estimates for supposed circumstances would be as 

 thorougkly impossible as planting 'he numerous flower gardens submitted 

 to us. We may assist, give opinions, and criticise ; but we cannot do more* 



Books [H. B. Z.).— There is no such periodical as an illustrated Florist 

 published weekly, nor any other so published on gardening, except this 

 Journal, which has illustrations. Mr. Hereman's book relates chiefly to 

 the culture of fruits under Sir J. Paxton's form of glass houses. It is to be 

 had at Mr. Herenian's office in Pall Mall. 



Pelargonivms, Camellias, and Azaleas {J, P,). — The following are the 

 names of twelve Felargoiiituns, cheap and good :— Ciirlos, Lord Clyde, 

 Lady Taunton. Patroness, The Belle, Conspicuum, Mrs. Hoyle, Roseun, 

 Lady Canning, Celeste, Norma, and Leviathan. Camellias : Old Double 

 White, Fimbriata, Imbricata, Candidissima, Duchess of Orleans. Azaleas 

 Sir C. Napier, Stanleyana, Gledstaiiesii, Vuriegata, Iveryana, Indica alba. 

 Optima. We never recommend tradesmen. Look into our advertising 

 columns. 



Zonale, or Horseshoe Geraniums (S. O. U.), — Geraniums having a 

 bliick hand on the upper surlace of their leaves are so called. Tom Thumb, 

 Commander-in-Chief, and Bithopstowe Scarlet are examples, but not 

 Punch. 



