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JOUBNAIi 07 HOaXICUI.TUBE AMP OOTIAQB ^AJUDSHS^. 



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pLANTrNo HrnAwnERKiES (An Old Suhncrihf-T, DuMin), —Wu think it 

 would bo ftdviHiblo to tflko n crop of Potiitoos, KJdiu-y iJcans, Ac, of your 

 slopini^bcd where Stniw!»errfe8 hrtve nsmilly fiuloil. If thnt is not Hutt- 

 able, Ihi'ii we would trench down tho oUU-qt imrt aH deeply ftH possible, so 

 as to secure thu ho-tsoil fortlio top, iind to Unit top wt; «o\il<l add dornvt'd 

 atablo munuro beforo fresh plimtinff. To iiiako sure of qitiek retnrnH w« 

 : irould plnut in rows u foot apart, and a foot botwi'oii tint plants in the 

 rowH, aud after tho Hrst Byason wo would remove every other row. You 

 tfeoDi to liavo hit on tho best kinds fur bonrinh'. n»d wo would adrinp you 

 to plant those that hnvo dono best, ii9 Strawberry plantrt nro not to ho 

 depended on ; tln^ kinds thiit will do ilrst-rate in one plnro will flomMtiines 

 fftil in luiotht-r. Keens' Soedling, British Queen, Sir Hairy. Sir Ohorlea 

 Napier, Wonderful, Dr. Hoytf, &c., arc all line kinds and ^-ood heurerfi. 



Compact Lobelia Plants (C. U'.l.— Sfledling Lnbeliiis nro not (tonr- 

 rally so compact as plants from cuttinRS. Tho most compact ftnd rich 

 bluo wo have Heon for a long time was a pan of Lobelia erinus m'pctaliiliH 

 at tho yhow at Itury. It is much tho same as wo grow and sent about 

 jeara nr^o as L. erinus compncta. We ihluk it was in Mr. Griovo's collec- 

 tion of hodding plants. 



VioCA coRNCTA. — " I Imvc tlio two socallod varie-ies of tho abovo now 

 growing at Osfberton— viz., Purple (iueeii, which hus boeu iiero S()iue few 

 year*, and Mauvo Queen, sent mo last autumu by tho kindness of Mr. 

 Wills. Of tho former I liavo sevcrtil thousands,' of tho latter a few 

 hundreds; both are doing eiiually well with me. As I fepl interested 

 alike with Mr. Wills in tho opinion »>£ your currespoutlents, I will not 

 mar the discussion at present respecting tho merits of the two varieties, 

 but Invite your corrospondonts to visit Osbertou and prove for themselvoH 

 tho compuratlvo value of tho two. H'-re a chain of Beaton's Variegated 

 Noaogay Pelargonium and Viola coruuta is to bo seen, cqmil to any com- 

 binatloh of colours to bo met with in tho country. I have also atiunntity 

 of Viola iuten, which I will speak of ou a fuluro occabion.— Kdwauu 

 Bennett, 0*hfrton Hall^ Worksop.''^ 



PiXM AND ApnicoT Treks Infested with Armg (.ri//m).— You may 

 overoomc tho aphis by syxinglng the trees with diluted tobacco water, mado 

 •fcy adding six gallons of water to every gallon of tobacco water as ob- 

 tained from the tobacconist. Wot tho leaves and every part thoroughly: 

 this should be dono in tho evening of w calm day, and in tho morning 

 ■ayringo the trees with a solution of 'Jo/s. of soft soap to a gallon of 

 ■water. Syringe with tho soap solution and pure water on aitoniato 

 .nights for a week. To keep down attacks of aphides syringe strongly on 

 ibtiir tlrbt appear.iuce with tho soap solution already named, wetting tho 

 foliage thoroughly. 



Grapes Spotted f.V. C.).— The Grapes were spotted from tho moistnro 

 in tho atmosphoro being condensed on tho berries, and the sun shining 

 poworfiilly on the drops causes tho skin to rupture. The evil might bo 

 prevented by allowing more foliage over tho fruit, and by giving air early, 

 BO that the berries may be dry before the sun shines upon them. 



Stkphanotis Kruit (7</fT7i).— Tho fruit will bo ripo in two or three 

 months (we nro not ablo to say exactly how long', according to tho tem- 

 perature, and the colour will change to a peculiar yellowish hue. Tho 

 irait is as large as an egg. 



DeVOXIENSIS ItORE NOT FLOWERING IN COSSERVATOnV \E. J.).— Your 



Roso cannot bo expected to flower tho first year, as it has grown so well. 

 You will do well to leave it alone, and train it down the other side of tho 

 arch. It will produce side shoots next year, and no doubt abundance of 

 fine flowers. 



VVhitf, Jasmine Flowebless (A Constant nf<nUr).~T\\e white Jasmino 

 flowers very freely if caro be taken to thin out Ibo old uselei^s wood and 

 to train in frenh in its place, the fororight and irregular growths being 

 cut in rather closely, so as to admit light and air to the wood on which 

 depends tho iloweriug of tho following year. .\s your plant is old, a top- 

 dressing of etjual parts of turfy loam, leaf mould, and rotten mannro 

 will tend to invigorate it. A top-dressing, 8 inches thick, should bo given 

 in autumn, removing at the same time some of tho old surface soil. 



Apricot and Plhsi Trees Kliohted f.-f Ynxleif GanUi^er). — Chooso a 

 calm evening, and syringe the trees forcibly with 2 ozs. of soft soap to a 

 gallon of water, and repeat the syringing ever>' other night for a weok,and 

 then givo a few good syriugiugs with clear water. 



Liquid JlANrnF. (7*iffn).— Liquid manure if piven in excessive quan- 

 tities and undiluted will kill the roots, and eventually tho trees to which 

 W is applied ; sooner or later, according to the description of plant or tree, 

 and the strength or weakness of the liquid. 



BuDDrSo Apricot Stocks {Idem) —Now is a good time to bud Apricots, 

 it being performed when tho sap runs freely, which it^ during moist 

 weather. In budding, care should bo taken to insert wood and not bloom 

 buds. 



CucCHniEns (L/^m).— Cucumbers cnn bo grown very fairly in a frame, 

 pit, or house during tho summer months ; but it is preferable to plant in 

 noil over a slight bottom heat, or plunge the pots, if grown in that w-ay, 

 ia a mild hotbed. Cucumbers are very frequently grown with no bottom 

 heat, beyond a little at the commencement. 



Planting C^NNA indica Oft of Doobs (John Dearvn). — Canna plants 

 may be planted out of doors in June in good, rich, light, sandy soil, and 

 remain in tho open ground until tho lieginuing of October. They nro 

 best planted iii a sheltered situation, as in one which is exposed their 

 foliage is very liable to bo damaged by wind. The leaf sent us appear* 

 to have been taken from tho Salisburia ndiantifolia, a hordy deciduous 

 tree: bnt wo must have flowers as well as the leaf to be certain of the 

 □ ame of a plant. 



List of Superioh EasKS {Idem).~H]ihritl PcrpftuaU : Andre Loroy, 

 Alfred de Uougemont, Anna do Diesbach, Baronuo Pelletan do Kinkolin. 

 Beauty of Waltham, Caroline de Siinsnl, Charles Lefebvro, Comte ile 

 Nanteuil, Due de Gazes, Due de Rohan, Frnni.'ois Ijnchorme, Gi-antdis 

 Batailles, Oi-neral Jacqueminot, Gloiro de Sautcuay, Jolm Hopper, 

 Duchessc de Morny, Le Khone, Leopold I., I^ord Maeaulny, Loui.-^o Mag* 

 nnn, Madame Boutin, Mad:ime Victor Verdicr. Marechal Vaill.int, P.iul 

 DflsgmTid. Pierre Netting. Prince Camille do Itoban, Prince L*'on, Senn* 

 teur Vaisse, Vainqneur do GoliiUh, Virginal, and Wlllinm Griftlths. Of 

 BourftoKt -say Acidalio, 15.\ronne Gonella, Kmotion, Paul Joseph, Rev. 

 H. Dombrain, Sonvenir de la Mnlmaison, and ilodelo de Perfection 

 China: Ccis inultiflora, Madame Brcoii, Mrs. Bosauquet, and Napoleon, 

 nlong with Archduke Charles. Tia-sccnUd: Adam, bevoaicuuis, Gloiro I 



do Dijnn. Lavs, Madame Willermoz, Maivchal Niel, Minn. Souvenir d'un 

 Ami. nod VJeomtesse de Cazo* »rnM ; Ad<»Io Prfrosl. <Kiliot Parfall, 

 ohl, I>uohesH of Buoclouoh, William Tell, and Coupe d'lleb.'r. Hyt^hil 

 China: Itlairii, Paul Uicaut, Comtoftso Lic.p.'de.Cbvu«dole,ajid Chuloa 

 Duval. Provtnci : Cabbage, Crested or Fringed Mo^s De Meaux, Uolno 

 do Provence, and Unique. ,Vo.«: P.nron do WnssemiFr, Comtcsse Ma- 

 rinais, Common, Lauei, Itcine Blanche, Mario do Blois, and White Bath. 

 Thu colours may bo known from tho catalogues. 



Cloth of Gold and Safrano Koheh (/d<;m).— Their being budded on 

 the Kriiir will not oauso tho flowor to have a large ctnlro. More liberal 

 treatment and a wanner situation would make good the defect. Water 

 freely, and mulch with hnlt-rotteu mannro. 



pKAcn AND Nectarine Trees Against a Woodrm Ffkois (K. P.).— 

 Fr.iiu tho flic tluit tho liurdier fruits do well upon your close- boarded 

 wooden fence, but not the Peaches and Nectarine treori. we see nothing but 

 a ronnrmation of our opinion (Bee July 11th, pft«o:JO).in your experience, 

 which is the same as our own. The aspect may be good, but the heat ia 

 not so effectually retained by a wooden wall as by a brick one, henco tho 

 wood of tho trees does not mature, and tlie fruit ripens very badly. The 

 wooden fence would, no doubt, answer admirably for Peaches and Nec- 

 tarines if you were to cover it with glass, and thus make an orchard- 

 house of it. 



DniDiNG Datallia canadensis {E. H'.\— You may divide Ibiii Fom 

 now, being careful to preserve somo portion of soil as well as root to 

 each division, and after potting keep it close, shaded, and moist until 

 established. You may tint rockwork for a Fern case white by dipping 

 the rock in limo water, and stone colour hy making a thin size of Roman 

 cement, and soaking tho rockwork in it. This Jourmil Li published ovoty 

 Thursday morning. 



Manetti Stock versus Briar Stock (J;;noramt«).~Tho M.'vnotti i« o 

 vigorous-growing kind of Rose now much iu repute hs a stock for grafting 

 and bu<iding the finer sorts of Roses on. For your soil wo would grow 

 them on the Briar, as the Briar docs very well on cold clays. Tho 

 Manetiiwili also thrive. Thompson's "Gardener's Assistant " iH pub- 

 lished by Blackie & Son.^, and tho price is UIj. 6d. 



PiMKLEA Culture (//. A/.l.— Tho Pimeiea may be grown well in a com- 

 post of tiu^fy sandy peat two-thirds, and one-third sandy turfy loam, with 

 the addition of enough charcoal about the size of a pea and silver aand 

 to amount to one-fourth of the whole. Tho peat nnd loira should be 

 chopped and made pretty tine, and the whole well mixed and incorpo- 

 rated. The plants should have a cool airy frame or pit during the sum- 

 mer, .and iu winter a light airy situation in a greenhou--e. from which 

 frost is merely excluded. They should be cut back after floworiug, and 

 when tho young shoots are a few inches long the plants should bo care- 

 fully potted, removing tho greater part of the old soil, but preserving tho 

 roots, and in jjotting providing good drainage, and keeping the nock or 

 collar of the plant slightly raised in tho centre of tho pot. After potting 

 keep the plants rather close and shaded for a few days, afterwards give 

 them plenty of air and keep them near the glass; then water whoa 

 necessary, but do not givo excessive quantities at any time, and yet suffi- 

 cient at every watering to show itself at tho drainage. Careful watering 

 is needed in winter, and plenty of air. 



Sf.lect Sthawiierries, Gooseberriks, Currants, and Raspberbibs 

 (John J. Ordj.^AH vou required bnt a few sorts, the following will suit:— 

 ,S'/rfli(^cniV» —Eclipse, Keens' Seedling. La Constante, Dr. Ilogg, John 

 Powell, and Sir Joseph Pnxton. rtoow-hrrrtrt.— Crown Bob, Red War- 

 rington or Aston, GrceU W*alnut, and Pitmnston Green Gage. CurranU. 

 —BUck Naples, White Grape, and Long-bunched Rod. Raiip6c»Ti«#.— 

 Fastolf, Prince of Wales, niid Red Antwerp. 



Sowing Ciner.aria Seed (C. K. S.) —It is now late to sow Cineraria 

 seed for spring bloom, but a good time to sow for a late bloom. The seed 

 should be sown in pans drained to half their depth with broken pots, and 

 then filled to tho rim with a compost of sandy loam and leaf mould, 

 adding sand libevnlly. The surfaco should bo patted und made level with 

 the bottom of a flower-pot, and tho see-l sown rather thinly. Coyer with 

 lino sou, nnd placo under a hand-glass iu a ahftdy plncP. hooping the 

 soil moist. When tho plants i\ro up remove thorn to a cold fnime, and 

 when large enough to handle, pot them off singly into small pots, and 

 keep moist nnd shaded until established. „,. , , . ». 



Wintering Pel*rgonicms in a Cki.i.ar (jE. .S.).— Oldphinta of ibese. 

 taken up before Lost, and hnviug all the leaves stripped ofli; may bo kept 

 in a cellar in dry sand. It is presumed that frost id excludod from the 



Dark Rose for Pegging Down (.V<tr For«I),— Hybrid rerpetnal, 

 Mar.'chal Sonchet (Guillott. , . . , . , t ./ i 



LAiTREA KiGiDA AND DiL-ATATA (XJfm).— L. Hgida hos Xronda ' narrowly 

 trinntmlar and bipinnate, \yith narrow tapering pinna*, and oblong blunt 

 pinnule'', which are cut into broad rounded segmeut". again tiotrhnd into 

 a varving number of pointed but spiuulose teeth." If you will apply this 

 to L.'dibitat^i, you will Cud the diifercnco in tho genentl appeorauce, and 

 botanicallvitdifTers matcri.illv iu other respects. Both are .leciduous, 

 and though L. dilatatawiU thrive in almost any soil, L.rigula is exclnslrely 

 found at a considerable elevation on tho limostono rangoH of Lancashire, 

 Westmoreland, nnd Vorkshire. , „ , i •,* *u 



Achimenes Foliage Browned (A Bepinnrr].-ln a 1 P»"oi'^';»]iy 'n^ 

 leaves are browned through some destructive .igentonthem, but whether 

 it be from thrips, from tho composition with which tho Vinos wero 

 dressed at the winter pruning, or from the sun striking powerfally upon 

 tho leaves whilst wet, we are not able to tell, having uu data to form na 

 ..pinion bv. nnd there being so many causes that may produce tho 

 appearances which tho leaves vou sent present, • ,^ . , 



Names OF Plants [P. I. .Yc.'(on).-Clemalis .Tackmanm. (Constant 

 liftidrr, .(Tv'f^rt/.nni).— Rhamnns franguU. or Alder Buckthorn. fVr^. 

 Tafiler, Prrth) -Que of the varieties of Tactes natula or > rench Man- 

 "old iT H D) —1. Rhns cotinus, or Vcnetinn bnmnch : 2. Isolepis gra- 

 eiiis"; \i, Selaginella denlieulata. (/Vlix-.-Primula sinensis (^n Old 

 Sub.icrihrri.~lt is AnacharU alsinastrum. Tho only way to destroy 

 promptly this widely-spreading aquatic plant would, undoubtedly, '"octroy 

 all the fish in the pond, and therefore is not advisable. The bevt thinR 

 seems to bo to let the plant .Uo ont when itchooses. Three summerssinco 

 the lake in Kew Gardens was filled with this plant ; last bumnier it was 

 entirely lofet there, another plant h.iviag taken its pUcc, wlu^e the present 

 season there is developed in equal abundance .^.ime Confervoid plant: 

 so that there being preuedenls, next season may witnesd an entire aO- 

 aencc of this plant from your grounds. 



