July 18, 1867. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Aphtdes on Ro&e Tbees (A New Beijinner).—! have not iin aphl.i about 

 Uio place. There are two seasons to bo specially attended to in koopin« 

 down aphides— namely, the early sprint? and Suptombor. Catch and kill 

 all you can, and svrinRO closely after thociitcliinK and killing. Ald0 8>Tinge 

 (raquently, or, when vou water the Kosos, pour sonio over the leaves. 

 The water will wash off the helpless broods. The September aphides are 

 oviparous, but the ppring and summer broods are viviparous. Kill the 

 BprinR and autumnal broods, and you will not bo troubled with them in 

 tno intermediate season. They havo ten broods in a year. The first 

 broods are batched from the e^gs of the last brood of tlio preceding year. 

 Mr. Weaver is riRbt—" Catch 'em and kill Vm," and wash the Icavca 

 often. I liave, by watering tho roots and wasbinR the loaves, no sign of 

 fungus of any kind. The first aphides in tho season mrike their appear- 

 ance on tho plants under a south wall, and usually, whoro trees are lofty, 

 on the top branches under tho caves. There they breed and descend, 

 increase mul spread, as the ^yeatherKots hot, with inconceivable rapidity. 

 Tho blooms are still abundant and tU for specimens. They began to 

 appear on the 8th of Juno, and they will not stop till frost cuts them olT. 

 Crowds come day after day, and go away delighted.— W. F. Uadclyi'FE, 

 Oke/ord Fit:painc. 



Bef.t Lf.aves Inskct-eaten [BeH iJooO.—Tho leaves sent appear eaten 

 by slugs. Fnwls will certainly peck at tho leaves of Beet, and eat them. 

 but they and ship's may bo kept off by strewing powdered or dry lime over 

 tho loaves, and this repeated a few times, and particularly at dusk in 

 Bhoworv weather, will destroy the slugs and make the leaves very distaste- 

 iul to the fowls. 



Black CunnANT Bnsnns TJsTRiriTFur. {Younf)$teT). — We advise tho 

 cutting out of the old wood, and to limit the pruning to that and the re- 

 moval and shortenine of any straggling shoots. You should (,'ive a good 

 droBsing of manure in autumn, and neatly point it in, hut not so deeply 

 as to injure or disturb the roots. Yon may water thorn onco or twico 

 a-woek with liquid manure durini* dry weather, from May to August, or 

 ■guano water, made by dissolving 1 lb. in twenty gallons uf water. 



GCANo ron BKnnrNG Plants (I'/.fm).— You may water your plants with 

 •gnano water at the rate of 2 ozs. of guano to a gallon of water, it being used 

 onco or twice a-wook during dry weather, and a thorough soaldng given; 

 or you miiy sprinkle a little of the dust in between the plants over the 

 floiL, being* careful not to let it fall upon tho foliage of tho plants. It 

 ^bonld not bo given excessively; 1 lb. to every twenty yards of surface is 

 Bafflcicnt to givo at one dressing. 



Lawn Brown iv Suiimer (H. D.).— Yon may next February or March 

 iipply to your lawn a dressing of rich compost, and early in April, after giving 

 a good scratching with an iron rake, sow over it 4 lbs. Cyuosurns crista- 

 tus, 2 lbs. Festuca duriuscula. *2 lbs. Poa nemoralis, 2 lbs. Lotus comiculatus 

 oiinor, and 4 Iba. each TrifoUum minus, and Trlfolium repons, rolling well 

 afterwards. 



EvKRORF-EN FOR PoRCH [Idcvi). — For a waiTO aspect we advise Escal- 

 louia macrautha ; if the aspect is bleak, Cratxgus pyracautba. 



GiLiA Acnii.LE.«FOi-iA (Dumbf4r-doTrn-dr<orT/),— Tbo plant oncloaod to bu. 

 is botanically Gilia laciniata nchillc.Tfolia of Bontham, and has parple 

 flowers. It is'not Gilia elonpala, of Do CaDdolle,nowtho IIa[;cliaeloDgata 

 of Bontham. which aro identical, baling deop bine flowers, and wooUy 

 foliage having a grey hue iu the way of a DidiscuH. It has not as yet 

 entered seedsmen's lists, and is not in cultivation. 



DiCTASrsrs fraxinella Ai.nua (7(f^m\~The plants of this from seed 

 sown in the third week in Mav, ouzht to appoar above ground early in 

 Juno, and probably have done so, and beon devoured by enatU or slags. 



CoNOCLisirsi lANTniNUM Cdltuue (A Koiinfl Subrcrife'-r). —Acompostof 

 equal parts of sandy peat and turfy loam will crow it well, adding sand 

 liberally, and providing good drainage. It roquirea the temperature 

 of a stove, or from 55^ to W in winter at night, with a rise of 10^ by day. 

 and 65^ to 80^ in summer. A light and airy situation ia essential, also a 

 moist atmosphere when growing, and a modorutuly dry atmosphere and 

 soil when at rest. 



Temperature for Peaches after Rtonino (Mem).— A temperature of 

 eri' at nisht, and not oxeeedinR fio ' from fire heat, is suitable for Peaches 

 after stoning until ripe, air being plontifully admitted. 



Ferns for a Glazeo Porch (7(fcm).— For such a place for a com- 

 meuceraont, we would use only British Ferns, such as the best varieties of 

 Hart's-toncue (Scolopendrium), which in surh a position would keep green 

 all tho winter and look well; and, then, as oecupyinR little space, you 

 should ba%-e Asplenium Trichomanos, Asplcnium rnta-muraria, Adian- 

 tum capillus-Veneris, Blechnum boreale, Asplcnium fontannoi, and Alio- 

 Borus crispus. These will not want more than 1 foot each. For larger 

 Ferns we would advise Athvrium Filix-frrmina, Lustrea ritfida, Osmonda 

 regalis, Polypodium dryopteris.and Pulypodium vulKare, which ia beauti- 

 ful in such aplacein wiuter, especially if covering the decaying stump of 

 a tree, &e. 



Vines in a Pit [Idem). — Wo havo no doubt that Vines will do if planted 

 out in the way you propose. Soil raised to c, and some strong loam and 

 six bushels or more of broken bones incorporated with tho black light 

 soil, and top-dressings of manure every year. Y'ou ore quite aware of the 

 unsuitabloness of the place for tho flue. Your idea of the board and felt 

 to cover it is good, and as it is so high, when you want heat in the house 

 it would be well to let that felt-covered board stand out only 2 or 3 inches 

 from the flue, and the heat will thns be sent out lower in the atmosphere 

 of the pit. If your stokehole and fumaco for tho propagating-house is 

 much lower than the Wxxo, then you might have a sm^Ul chamber over 

 your furnace, with a three-inch pipe from tho house going in at the 

 bottom of that chamber, and another one at the top. This would enable 

 you to have Grapes earlier. You can have good autumn Grapes by the 

 mode proposed, and we would suguest for that purpose three Vines, two 

 Black Hamburghs and one Uoyal Muscadine. 



NASfES OF Plants (TF. H. E.).~\ and 2, Lastroa dilatata. (C. Jf.).— 

 Echium plantagineum and Banksian Rose. (/). M.).— Equisetum arvense. 

 {J. S. i^.J.— Grevillea (Manglesia) glabrata and Chrysanthemum coro- 

 narium. 



POULTRY, BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE. 



JUDGING GAME FOWLS BY SHAPE. 



THE PROPEIl SHAl'E OF TUE G.\ME HEN. 



Ttfali, the same as described for the codk ; smaller, of course. 



t'i)m/(,/<ii-c, gills or wattles, and deaf ears, fame colour as the 

 cock's in red-combed sorts (a little less red), but darker or less 

 red in tho dark-combed sorts. Shape of comb, lon^, low, and 

 thin, reaching well to the back of the head, evenly serrated or 

 lobed ; lobes small and quite straight and erect. High, thick, 

 and short combs always show bad and coarse breeding. 



IJeail, long and sharp ; eyes bright and clear ; face, lean, 

 hard, and thin. Throat the same, and never too prominent or 

 large in tho gullet (cock the same). The deaf ears and gills or 

 wattles small, close, and neat, and cither red or dark gipsy in 

 colour in both cocks and hens, and never in the least whitish, 

 bluish, or yellowish. Deaf cars close to the face. Feathers of 

 throat close and neat. 



Nccf:, long, arched, and strong; close, short, hard, and neat 

 in feather. 



Hack, short and hard, broad at the shoulders, aud narrow at 

 the tail. 



wrings, very strong and well rounded, neither too long nor too 

 short as in tho cock, and carried rather higher and closer than 



the cock's wings ; shape of wing clearly discernible against the 

 side feathers of the body. 



Tail, neither too long nor too short, the two longest npper 

 feathers slightly curved, open, fanned, and spreading, carried 

 well up, and never at all drooping, for spirit. 



llrenxt, broad and hard, not too round or full, nor yet too 

 lean or sharp. 



TIniihs, short, hard, and muscular, and placed exactly as in 

 the cock. 



Lt'^s, neither too long nor too short, but shorter than the 

 cock's in proportion. Scales of legs all smooth, close, and neat, 

 and the insteps very smooth. 



/Vcf, as cock's in due proportion. 



Plumage, very hard, close, firm, short, strong, and neat in 

 feather. 



Carriage, upright, neat, quick, active, fierce, sharp, and fiery. 



Weight of hens varies, of course, they being much heavier 

 when with eggs. Average weight, 3 lbs. to 3} lbs., or one-third 

 smaller than the cock. Large Game hens aro bad and clumsy 

 in general, those of the middle size are best. 



Judges should carefully handle all Game fowls, both cocks 

 and hens, in judging them, if they have snflicient time to do 

 so. Full-grown birds are, of course, better entitled to silver 

 cups than any birds in the chicken classes, as cock chickens 

 and stags are never " fully furnished " as to their spurs and 

 long sickle tail feathers, as is well known to all. 



