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JOUKNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ Aoffust 8, 1967. 



all, they are generally located near the junction of the old 

 crown, few of them need escape. 



Another enemy to the Rocket, although not so dangerous, is 

 the grey-streaked moth (Tinea porectella), the grub of which 

 sews itself up in and eats the leaves at the points of the young 

 shoots, but is easily extirpated by picking out with a pointed 

 stick. 



As before mentioned, the Rocket is most easily propagated 

 by the division of the young shoots in autumn ; but cuttings 

 of the flower-stems also strike very freely when cut into lengths 

 of three joints each and inserted in a shady border under a 

 hand-glass ; and the best time to do this is just when they are 

 going out of flower, before they become too hard and ripe. 



Interesting plants all of them, and with no mean pretensions 

 to beauty, the Hesperises have yet been singularly neglected 

 by the florist and hybridist, to whom they present a highly 

 promising field for experiment ; yet, so far as I am aware, 

 there is no reason why we should not have them with as rich 

 a variety of colours as the Ten-week Stock, wbich they already 

 greatly surpass in size of spike, and even with all their grub 

 onemies, in easiness of culture. — Ayrshire Gardener. 



PLANTS IN FLOWER IN JULY- 

 DISEASE. 



-POTATO 



ACKL\M HALL, MIDDLESBROUOH-ON-TEES. 



The Potatoes here are severely attacked by the disease. It 

 began about the 20th of July. There was thunder in the neigh- 

 bourhood, and the atmosphere was very close for three or four 

 days, with hot gleams of sunshine. I expected the attack, 

 and watched the tops ; the spots began to appear first on the 

 leaves, then on the stems, and in three days one of the finest 

 squares of Lapstone Kidney, Fortyfold, and IVIyatt's Prolific 

 Potatoes I ever saw was blackened and nearly divested of 

 leaves. The tubers are very much diseased. The disease is 

 spreading much in this neighbourhood, and I am afraid the 

 crops will suffer very severely. 



July 3. Phlomis RusaelUfina 

 Geranium disaectum 

 Heracleum sphondylium 

 V gicunteum 



II 7. Aubrietia Campbelli varie- 

 gata 

 Lysimachia verticillata 

 Sedum rupestie 

 t) 9. Sedum acre 



sexangulare 

 album 

 Campanula ffrandiflora 

 Specularia bybrida 

 Tbalictrum majua 

 Achillea rosea 

 plarmica 

 tomentosa 

 „ 11. Solidngo cambrica 

 virgaurea 

 Stachys germanica 

 Acroolinium roseum 

 •I 15. Aconitura vert*ieoIor 



Campanula iiitida cicrulon 



nitida plena 

 Allium moUe 

 Salvia bicolor 

 Eutoca viscida 

 Cladanthus proliferua 

 Pentstemon Scouleri 

 Spiriea tridcntata 

 „ 16. Galium verum 



Lathyrua pratensia 

 Spirsea laevigata 

 Chiococca raceraosft 

 Pyrethrum parthenium 

 „ 18. aSnathera biennis 

 Drummondi 

 macrocnrpa 

 Oxalis f^pecioaa 

 TaKetes pumila 

 Mathiola annua 

 Stachys Inodora 

 Lilium Thunberffiauum 



— M. H. 



July IS. Fnchaia coccinea 



Cerasua lauroeerasns 

 Latbyrus grandiflorua 



latifolius 

 „ 20. Sllcne iutlata 



nutans 



pendula 

 Senecio adonidifolius 

 Clematis intejnifolia 

 „ 22. Funkia Siebol'di 



Eryngium amethystinum 



Bom-gati 

 Hypeiicum quadrangulum 

 ■ Lysimachia nummularia 



nemorum 

 Lilium canflidum 

 Verittruiu nigrum 

 Kalmia augustifolia 

 „ 24. Cineraria maritima 



Campanula rotundifolia 



rotuudifolia alba 

 Epilubium roaeum 

 Lythruin aalicaria 

 Liatria pilosa 

 Agatba;a ccelestis 

 „ 28. Verbaacum nigrum 



Onopordi)n acanthium 

 Carduus Marianua 

 Sedum dasypbyllum 

 Linum Lewisii 

 Ononis arvensis 

 Tragnpogon pratensia 

 Origanum vulgare 

 Hypericum calycinum 

 r>orago officin.alis 

 Campanula urticifolia 

 Lavandula spica 

 Li gQ strum vulgare 



ovalifoUum 

 Vella annua 

 Tradescanlia virginica 

 Andromeda aerratifolla 

 Cichorium intybua 



Sawdust as a Manure.— The finest crops of Cucumbers I ever 

 saw were grown in sawdust. The bottom of a wet sheep-yard 

 was covered 2 feet deep with Oak, Elm, and Ash sawdust. 

 After having lain there two years it was cleaned out, and em- 

 ployed for heating. The Cucumbers were planted in this 

 with no other soil, and the result was the largest crop I ever 



saw. Sawdust from a stable when cleared out ought to be put 

 into a wet hole, and should lie there two years before being 

 used. — G. Taker, Seed-Grozver, Rivenhall^ Witham, Essex, 



Lanceley Red Seedling 20 



Beckett Yellow Seedling . . 17 



Lanceley Green Seedling 19 



Sbone White Seedling 18 



Wynne Twins Antagonist 89 



NORTHWICH GOOSEBERRY SHOW. 



This wns held at the Angel Inn, Northwich, Jaly 27th. The foUow- 

 g is a list of the varieties and weights : — 



dwta, gTs 



1» 

 7 

 19 

 11 

 18 

 

 12 

 18 

 15 

 4 

 1 

 IS 

 18 

 10 

 

 2'2 

 12 

 6 

 6 



Wynne Premier Prize 



Bale Steward's Prize 



Lanceley ditto 



Beckett ditto 



Shone ditto 



Ball ditto 



Forster ditto 



Plant ditto 



Jenison Careless 



Beauty 26 



London 24 



Leveller 22 



aiatcbless 19 



Antagonist 21 



Dnke of Sutherland 20 



Catherina 18 



Telegraph 17 



Beckett Red 



Shone Red 



Wynne Red 



Lanceley Red 



Shone Red 



Lanceley Red 



Wynne Red 



Wynne Red 



19 



London 23 



Lord Liverpool .... 23 



Seedhng Macaroni . 22 



Clavton 22 



Speedwell 22 



Fhitonia 22 



Beauty 21 



Registrar 21 



Lanceley Yellow Leader 24 



Wynne Yellow Mount Pleasant ... 23 



Lanceley Yellow Leveller 23 



Forster Yellow Catherina 22 



Lanceley Yellow Cramp 20 



Wynne Yellow High Sheriff 20 



Lanceley . 



Hale 



Lanceley . . . 



Wynne 



Lanceley . . . 



ditto 



ditto 

 Beckett . . . 



ditto 



ditto 

 Wynne . . . 

 ditto 

 ditto 

 Lanceley. 



Yellow Pet 19 



Yellow Peru 19 



Green Plunder 2S 



Green Thumper 21 



Green Shiner 20 



Green Stockwell 19 



Green Matchless 19 



Green Seedling 19 



Green Bravo 18 



Green Rough Green 18 



White Antagonist 26 



White EUzabeth 25 



White Hero of the Nile . . 23 



White Overseer 22 



Wynne White Snowdrop 21 



Lanceley.... White Peto 20 



Forster .... White Freedom 19 



Lanceley White Lady Leicester 19 



Thomas Dobell, Seedsman, Secretary, 







4 



16 



10 







15 



2 



6 







2 



16 



7 



19 



IS 



7 



12 



12 











11 



IS 



22 



2 



18 



17 



ESTIMATE OF ROSES— ACIDS IN SOIL NO 

 CAUSE OF VARIEGATION. 



Notwithstanding all that bas been written in favour of 

 Marccbal Niel Rose, I still consider it far inferior in some very 

 essential points to many older varieties. I bave not yet suc- 

 ceeded in blooming it on the Briar, tbe first year from tbe bud, 

 in anything like the profusion one would expect from the ac- 

 count given of it by some enthusiastic novelty-seekers. The 

 individual blooms are good when well grown, and of good 

 colour ; but unless a considerable number of plants are grown 

 it is useless expecting any flowers. It is good for a show Rose 

 in cut blooms when a considerable stock is kept ; but for any 

 one who can grow but two or three plants of a variety, it ia the 

 worst introduction made of late years that I know. 



Some writers recommend amateurs to visit the great Rose 

 shows, to see what varieties to purchase. No advice could be 

 more erroneous. To those who intend exhibiting Roses, and 

 wish to know the best varieties for that purpose, the advice is 

 good ; but for those who simply grow a number of plants for 

 floral etTect, the case is widely different, some of the exhibition 

 varieties being almost useless when grown for the flowers, and 

 Marechal Niel is one of the worst. Who ever saw a bed of up- 

 wards of thirty plants of Gloire de Dijon, Triomphe de Rennes, 

 or Cil'Une Forestier, with abundance of good, strong wood and 

 healthy foliage, with less than a dozen flowers on tbe whole lot, 

 buds and all counted? I should feel greatly obliged if any 

 correspondent can name a place within thirty miles of London 

 on either of tbe main lines of railway, where a stock of Mar6- 

 chal Niel is growing, in the open ground, with as many blooms 

 fully expanded, of good shape and colour, as there are plants. 

 Compare this with either of the varieties mentioned above. 

 In the bud state Mariichal Niel cannot approach Madame Fal- 



