December 22, 1863. ] JOTIRNAL OF HOETICULTURE AND COTTAGE OAEDBNER. 



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The Shall Gabdem at Trentham (F. E Jf.l.— To lay down the figure, 

 of wbich we gave a representation at page 394, the space enclosed between 

 the Privet hedge should be a blunt oval, the diameters of which would be 

 80 feet and 74. Then the central oval would be 18 feet by 14, alt ihe rest 

 of the figures round it may be curved lines nest iheoval as in the heait- 

 sbaped figures 3. and the paths between them and the oval 5 feet all round 

 — the same width being allowed for the path on the outcideof these figures. 

 The pathways between these beds, as between 3 and 6, 6, would be about 

 3 feet wide ; "the four heart-shaped figures would be 14 feet by 10 at greatest 

 width; the fuur circles would be 7 feet in diameter. If your Rroand were 

 only half the size— 40 feet by 37— the figures and walks would just be half 

 the size, the centre 9 by 7, and the hearts 7 by 5. The two circular walks 

 ■would be 2^ feet and the inner ones I4 foot wide. A piece of ground, 54 feet 

 by 50, would be two-thiida of the size first ppoken or, and would look very 

 well. It would be more easily laid down if the centre weie a circle instead 

 of an oval. Thus, fix on the centre, describe the circle, and run a line round 

 for the outside of the eight figures. Place two lines across the centre at 

 right angles with each other, so that the four ends shall come in the centre 

 of the four path openings into the garden, and this will give you the four 

 points of the heart-t^haped figures. Place other two striags d.agonally at 

 equal distances from these right-angled lines, and on these fix the centre 

 for the smaller circles. The figure will then make itself. We have great 

 pleasure in answering this because there hia been so much trouble taken 

 in giving the references. Let us add th it if the plan is followed strictly— 

 Privet hedge round ihe outside and all— that hedge should be proportioned 

 in height and width to the size of the figure. At half the size first spoken 

 of the height should not be more than 3 inches. 



Chrtsakthkmums fob Exhibition (Ga/Zier).— "We hardly understand 

 what you want, and you seem to be in the best way to get rid of your 

 difficulties ; but, if you want our opinion, we say decidedly that Chrysan- 

 themums ought clearly to be shown on one stem. We think, too, that the 

 more naturally they are giown the better. Some staking must be used, 

 but it ought to be as little as possible and to be concealed as much as can be. 



Plast-case Heating (Si^nja).— Heatf d by hot water, the only mode of 

 raising: the temperature of ttie interior above 60° is by having some part of 

 the floor uncovered by eanh, so as to allow the heal to rise more freely. 

 "We employ a plant-case heated beneath the soil by Child's night liuhts, or 

 rather kept from getting too cold ; and at Bi^ht we put a woollen cover 

 over the glass. We know nothing about the book you na:Me. 



VioLKTs NOT Plooming [J. L.).—A ficc and rich soil, with shade or a 

 deficiency of light and air, will produce the superabundance of leaves you 

 complain of. Too moiac and warm an atmosphere produces the same 

 result. At this season no more water should be given than just sufficient 

 to prevent flagging ; and if they have abundance ot air, and be placed on a 

 shelf near the glass — for wt; presume they are in pots or in a frame —we 

 should thir.k they would flower. A moderately rich and rather light loamy 

 soil, with perfect drainage, suits the Violet well. In the absence of par- 

 ticulars, we are unable to reply fully to your query. Inquirers would be 

 doing themselves a kindness by giving more details. 



Stove Plants Blooming in Each Month {A. S. S.).— January : Aphe- 

 landra cristata. Epiphyllum truncatum (vara), Eranthemum puichellum, 

 Gardenia citriodora, Hebeclinium atrorubens, and EuphoTbiajacquiniaeflora. 

 Februari/ : Franciscea confer tiflora, Vriesia eplendens, Thy rsacan thus 

 rutilane. Euphorbia splendens majcr. Stenogaster concinna. Pycnostachys 

 urticifolia. hJarch : Imantophyllum miniiitum, Franciscea eximia, 

 F. angusta, Gardenia radicans major, G. floridd, and Cyitanihera magnittca. 

 April: Centradenia floribanda, Ardisia crenulata, Gesnera macrantha 

 purpurea, Thunbergia Ilarrisii, Hibiscus rcseus grandifiorup, and Hoya 

 carnosa. Hoy : ^ichynanthus pulcher, JE. splendidua. Gloxinia (vars.), 

 Stephanotia floribunda, Medinilla magniflca, and Strelitzia Keginae. Ju7ie : 

 Mejenia erecta, M. erecta alba, Ixora coccinea, Jasminum dianthifiorum, 

 Boya bella, and Combretum purpureum. J^lly : Cyrtoceras reflesum, 

 Rondeletia ppeciosa major, Achimenes (vars.), Allamanda cathartica, 

 A. Aublelii, Ixora aurantiaca. and Dipladenia ciassinoda. August : Clero- 

 dendion fallax, C. Thomsona;, Echites splendens, Allamanda neriifolia, 

 A. grandiflora, and A. Schotti. September: Ixora Rollinsoni, I. crocata. 

 Torenia a.»iatica. Yinca rosea, V. ccellata, and Plumbago capensis. October: 

 Impatiens Jerdonice, Gesnera zebrina splendens, Beloperone violacea, 

 Begonia fuchsiodes acuminata, B. incamata, and Poinsettia pulcherrima. 

 November : Billbergia thyrsoidea, Torenia puicherrima, Begonia splendens, 

 MonochjEtum ensifevum, Ruellia macrophylla, and Begoniu Prestoniensis. 

 December : Geenera cinnabarina ignea, G. relulgens, Stephanophysum 

 Baikiei, Koeleria lanata, Aphelandra aurantiaca, and .^chmea Milmoni. 

 We thiiik "Flower Gdidenmg for the Many" and " Florists* Flowers lor 

 the ilany" would suit you. You can have them free by post from our 

 office for ten postage stamps. 



pELAEOONitMS FOR EXHIBITION IK JuNE {Constant Reader). — If, as you 

 say, your plants are growing too fast, you should pinch out the points :.t 

 once, tie out the shoots well, remove ail superfluous foliage from their 

 centres, and place in a light position close to the glacs. Keep them cool- 

 not higher than 40^ at night — when it is necessary from frost to apply fire 

 heat, and be very sparing with water at the root. Just give them enough 

 to keep them from flagging. These conditions are the most likely to prevent 

 a weak elongation of the tissues of the plants. If they get drawn up, know 

 you will never make exhibition plants of them. As to the lime of >hifting 

 them, that must depend on their being healthy and well rooted ; and for 

 showing in June they ought to be in that condition in the middle or end 

 of January, and should then be shifted, but not into large pots. Eight-inch 

 will be large enough. We prefer giving the last shut early in October. 

 There is then far less chance of too gross a growth, if properly managed 

 through the winter, than when shifted in spring. A rather strong loam, 

 wi:h a third well-rotted cowdung, and a little sand, will grow first-class 

 Geraniums and weak guano water should be applied when the bloom-buda 

 exhibit themselves, and left off when they begin to open. 



Names ok Plants {Alfred).—! and 2, not known; 3, Justicia speciosa; 

 4, Thyrsacuntbua rutilans; 5, Salvia involucrata; 6, Pteria cretica. (if. 

 Smith), — It is impossible to name such specimens with any degree of con- 

 fidence. 1, is some Primula allied to P. auricula; 2, miy perhaps be a 

 Solidago ; iJ, Stachys lanata ; 4, Pulmonaria officinalis. (./. JI. Bayly).— 

 Af-plenium lanceolatum. [J. Jtf.).— Phyaianlhus albens. [W. H.}. — Your 

 Moi*ses are— 1, Riccia fluitans; 4, Hypnum undu'atum; 2, Dicranum 

 majus; 3, Hypnum proliferura. {Nome7iclature). — Your plant is unrecog- 

 nised by any of the auihorities to whom we have shown it. It may be a 

 Gnaphalium or U may be an Antennaria, but we cannot determine unless 



we see some of its flowers. We think your plantis grown in gardens under 

 the name of Gnaphalium Unatum. [J. McBey).-!, Lastrea tenericiiule ; 

 2. Pieoptltis Blllardieri; 3, Adiantum pubescens. (A Constant Reader^ 

 Dublin).— Yo^r trailing plant is Disandra prostrata. 



POULTRY, BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHEONICLE. 



MR. HINDSONS GAME FOWLS AT THE 

 BIRMINGHAM SHOW. 



A3 a matter of common justice I must call upon you to 

 correct a statement which appeared in your paper of the 

 8th, impugning my character as Judge at the Birmingham 

 Show. 



For some years I have had Game fowls on a walk in the 

 neighbourhood of Welshpool ; and a short time since the 

 person in charge desired permission to lend some of my 

 bii'ds to a Mr. "Williams, a resident in or near Welshpool, a 

 request with which I promptly and peremptorily declined to 

 comply. 



Imagine, then, my astonishment when, in my capacity 

 of Judge at Birmingham, I discovered irom peculiar marks 

 (but not until after the prizes had been awarded) that the 

 birds in question, exhibited by Mr. Williams, were my own 

 property. I at once communicated the circumstance to my 

 colleagues, and insisted that the birds be disqualified. This 

 fact can be vouched for bv the members of the Council. I 

 am too well aware of the responsibility attached to my 

 position, and place too high a value on my good name, to 

 countenance any such imposition as that attempted ; and if 

 I can find means of punishing the principal in this dis- 

 graceful act, rely upon it he shall not escape scatheless. 

 His situation in life should have made him above such a 

 scandalous action. By inserting the above in your next 

 you will oblige.— Joseph Hindson, Barton House, Everton, 

 near lAvei'pool. 



Owing to absence from home, I have only just seen your 

 Journal of December the 8th, in which are some remarks on 

 certain Game prizes awarded at Birmingham to a Mr. 

 Williams, of Welshpool, and which were subsequently can- 

 celled. From infoimation I possess, as Mr. Hindson's col- 

 league, I am convinced that the imputation cast upon him 

 in reference to these prizes is entii-ely unfounded, and had 

 the real cii-cumstances of the case been known to you, I 

 believe the remarks which induce me to address you would 

 not have appeared in your columns. 



It is perfectly true that some of the Game fowls to which 

 prizes were awarded belong to Mr. Hindson, but it is not 

 true to assert or insinuate that they were sent to Birming- 

 ham with his knowledge or connivance. Of this no better 

 proof is needed than the conduct of Mr. Hindson himself, 

 for it was entirely upon information spontaneously furnished 

 by him, and on his express demand, that the prizes were 

 CI n r* p 1 1 #-^ fi 



It wiU,' perhaps, be asked. Why, then, were these prizes 

 awarded ? The answer is, that the facts which induced the 

 Judges to disqualify the pens were not ascertained with 

 sufficient certainty untU a catalogue was referred to after 

 the awards were closed, and the discovery made that the 

 exhibitor was a person Uving at Welshpool, where Mr. 

 Hindson's fowls are kept. 



Apart from the reasons which induced us to disqualify 

 the pens, I think there can be no question that they were 

 entitled to the position in which they were placed ; at any 

 rate, on this point I willingly assume the entire responsi- 



What explanation Mr. Williams, the exhibitor, may be 

 able to offer I have no means of knowing; but the conduct 

 of Mr. Hindson convinced me that he was clear of all com- 

 plicity in the matter, and that the presence of these iowls 

 at Birmingham was an extreme annoyance to him. No one 

 under the circumstances could have acted in a more open, 

 fi-ank, and honourable manner than he did, and this I am 

 confident would be the testimony of every one with whom 

 he communicated on the subject at Birmingham. I regret 

 the necessity of asking you to publish this letter ; but as 

 Mr. Hindson's colleague, it would be ungenerous m me to 



