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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



( August 29, 1867. 



Biennials and Perenwials (ffi/tifinprfonfan).— Biennials are those 

 plants which are Pown in one year, stand the winter, and after bloomiuK 

 the succeeding, die down never to appear acain. Perennials are those 

 which when they die down appear in the followinK year. Man-el of Peru 

 is so called from the generic name Hirabilis, signifying wonderful. 



White Muscadine Grape (H. Foy).~This will succeed perfectly in the 

 same house as the Hamburgh. 



Manetti Stock fob Rose.s— Select Varieties (Humhle Cottager).— 

 One "who takes delight in his garden, and hopes to become a Rose- 

 grower in time," wishes me to answer him, through The Journal of 

 Horticulture, whether Manetti Roses will suit his rather shallow soil' 

 which is very dry and hot in summer. It is the \ct\ stock for the pur- 

 pose. He al?o wishes to purchase one dozen of Roses', strong-growers ond 

 free-flowerer?, in the style of Jules Margottin. I presume he has Jules 

 MargottiB. I advise him to add these excellent Roses, or some of them ■ 

 —John Hopper, Baronne Prevost, Victor Verdier, Duchesse de Medina 

 Off'li, Margueiife de St. Amand, Gloire de Dijon, Madame Alfred de 

 Rougemont, William Griffiths, Charles Lefebvre, Senateur Vaisse.Mare- 

 chal Kiel, Madame Boutin, Due de Gazes, Prince C'araille de Rohan, and 

 Maurice Bernardin. He cannot choose wrong.— W. F. Radclyffb. 



Grapes Mildewed {W. M. M.).—By all means retain the Vines, .and in 

 fatnre attack the mildew on its first appearance, adopting preventive 

 meaeurea as well. Read Mr. Pearson's remarks in our last number. 



PRDNING DEVONIENSIS RoSE— STRIKING CCTTINGS {T. R. D.).— The 



Rose, I presume from its growth, is not the old Devoniensis. hut the 

 Cllmbmg Devnuiensig. In either case the treatment must be the same. 

 Tea Roses and Tea-ecented Noisettes require merely thinning when the 

 tree is overcrowded with shoots, and to be cut back to the first plump eye 

 on the tops of the shoots as far as they are ripe. The time to prune such 

 sorts depends upon tho character of the spring ; usually April or May is 

 the best time— I. /^., after severe frosts or sharp hoar frosts are over. I 

 should not cut nny of the shoots now. After winter is over " T. R. D." 

 will see better where to cut. No doubt after such rapid growth tiae tops 

 of the shoots will die back; he can then cut back to the first plump eye 

 belowthe withered tops. As regards cuttings for striking, the wood must 

 be ripe. He can in September (the best time, because the earth is hot 

 and the air cool), devote some portion of the old wood to this purpose. 

 Roses strike best with a heel. No. 4 shoot and the .shoot nearest the 

 window are the parts that should he used for striking.— W. F. Radclvffe. 

 Small Hothouse for General Purposes (A'.),— We are glad to hear 

 of your success, and that our recommendations proved of such service 

 to you. 



Melons Cracking (E. JanetD.—The roots must have gone to the out- 

 side, and absorbed more humidity than was required by the fruit. 



Glass Walls (B. L. i?.).- We do not know where vou could procure 

 the bars boiled in creosote, but you could prepare them for vourself, or 

 any hothouse-builder could furnish them. 



Vine Leaves Attacked by Thrips (G. H. IT ).— Your Vine leaves are 

 attacked by thrips, with which the leaf sent was swarming. Try fumi- 

 gation and subsequent syringing and ventilation. 



LA\TKG-orT a Flower Garden and Lawn {T. jj.)._Write to Mr. John 

 Gibson, jun., Surrey Lane, Battersea, London, S.W. 



Castor-Oil Plant (J. Bayly).— li is not the true Castor-Oil plant, but 

 a species of the same genus, bow the seed and see what comes of it. 



Ornamental Border Flowers (Moderation in all T/iinps).— We do 

 not know of any nurserymen who deal specially in these plants. If there 

 are such, it would be to their interest to make their collections known, 

 as there is now a gi-owing taste in that direction, which is rapidly in- 

 creasing. That several nurserymen have good collections of border 

 flowers we know, but it would be against our rule to name them. 



Carter's Ash-top Fluke Potato (F. Richardson, Chatteris). — The 

 sample of this Kidney Potato was very fine, the skin verj* smooth, the 

 eyes small, and few in number. 



Heating a Shall Hothouse (R. 0. 5.).— We are not acquainted with 

 " Moule's heacing apparatus." For such a forcing and general house for 

 flowers— a lean-to 3U feet long, and divided in the middle by a glass par- 

 tition—hot water heating would be the best, nnd the simplest would be to 

 have the circnlation perfect in the end next tho boiler, but to be con- 

 tinued by opening valves when deemed necessary. A small boiler, either 

 saddle-backed or conical, will answer the purpose, and there should be 

 four four-inch pipes in the first dirision, and two at least in the second. 

 We once managed such a house very cheaply and successfully by means 

 of a small flue entering one end beyond the pathway, going along the 

 front, and crossing the other end to a chimney in the north wall. This 

 always secured the greatest heat nest the furnace, .and if a little more at 

 times went to the farther end than was necessary, that was easily counter- 

 balanced by giving more air than otherwise would have been necessary. 

 Of course, when people ask the best way of heating such a house, we say 

 hot water, it gives so much less trouble in the house, and is ao cleanly, 

 but for a small house there can be no doubt that the flue is by far the 

 cheapest at first, and much cheaper every year as respects fuel and at- 

 tendance afterwards, and properly seen to, it is just as safe. No boiler 

 for a small house c;in be so managed as to prevent more heat going up 

 the chimney than from a flue 40 or 50 feet in length. 



EvERGEEENii FOR CONSERVATORY RooF (J. R., a Constant Subscriber). 

 — ^We cannot imagine what the object is for planting in an outside 

 border : but we presume there is nest to no fire heat employed in winter, 

 and we therefore advise Billardiera scandens, Bignouia capreolata, Cea- 

 nothus integenimus, Escallonia macrantha, Stauntonia latifoUa, and 

 Lardizabala biternata. Or the following will succeed with but a mode- 

 rate amount of fire heat — Berberidopsis corallina, Sollya linearis, DoUchos 

 hgnosus, Passiflora ca?rulea racemosa. Habrothamnus elegans, and Jas- 

 minum grandiflorum. 



Erratum. — In the eighth line of the report of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society's Floral Committee, page 137, for "blue," read lilac. 



Names of Fruit (J. Ji.).- The Grape yon sent is certainly Dncheas of 

 Buccleuch, and we are much surprised to see some of the berries cracked. 

 (A. B. B.).— Red Summer Calville Apple. (H. P.).— The Pears you sent 

 are much too immature. Send when they are ripe. 



Names of Plants (C. W., Eije, Herefordshire). — 1, Veratrum nigrum; 

 2, Potentilla atrosanguinea ; o, Phlox siibulata ; 4. Scarlet Martagon Lily. 

 (P. /. N.). — Clematis viticella purpurea. (J. A'.). — Tilia microphylla. 

 (J. T. S ). — Erigeron bellidifolius. 1, Phleum pratense ; 2, Triticum 

 repens ; 3, Calamagrostis lanceolata. (G. S.). — Aconitum cammarum ; 

 Campanula rhomboidea. {W. Lawrcnson). — 1, Red-berried Elder ; 2, Ley- 

 cesteria formosa ; 3, Viburnum opulus ; 4, Escallonia rubra. 



meteorological observations in the Suburbs of Loadon for the Week ending August 27th. 



POULTRY, BEE, and HOUSEH OLD CHRONICLE. 



TESTIMONIAL TO MR. EDWAHD HEWITT. 



I HAVE been thinking for some months past of proposing a 

 testimonial to Mr. Hewitt, the veteran judge of poultry, who 

 labours so abundantly in this department for the general good 

 of both committees and exhibitors, and whose decisions on the 

 whole give more satisfaction, and command more respect, than 

 those of any other arbitrator. It we look over the list of 

 Shows we shall find that Mr. Hewitt is employed at nearly 

 three-fourths of them, and this fact alone testifies that his 

 decisions generally inspire confidence in his judgment and 

 integrity; while if we look over the catalogues of those Shows 

 whose committees previously announce that he will be one of 

 the arbitrators, the numbers of entries are evidence that he is 

 highly respected by the great majority of exhibitors. Of course 

 there are, and always wUl be, some grumblers and fault-finders, 

 but I venture to say that if my suggestion be acted upon, the 

 generous response which will follow the appeal will prove to 



demonstration that Mr. Hewitt is the most respected and trusted 

 of all our judges of poultry. 



To make the testimonial more general I would suggest that 

 a subscription be entered into of not more than '2s. Orf. each, 

 to be expended in the purchase of a piece cf plate, a timepiece, 

 or purse of money, as may bo most agreeable to Mr. Hewitt's 

 views and feeUngs. I would limit the amount of subscription 

 so that it might not be the gift of the wealthy few, but that 

 the majority of exhibitors might thus be enabled to testify 

 their respect and esteem for a gentleman who has judged at 

 hundreds of Shows and travelled thousands of miles without 

 fee or reward, except expenses out of pocket, on purpose to 

 encourage the growing taste for high-class poultry, and to 

 benefit the Societies under whose fostering care the fancy has 

 risen to its present high standard. I feel sure you will allow 

 room in your columns to throw out this suggestion. — J. E. 

 Jessop, Bcrcrlry Bond, Hull. 



[Most readily do we insert this proposal, and no language we 

 could with propriety employ would express too strongly our 

 estimate of Mr. Hewitt's ability, integrity, and assiduity as a 

 judge of poultry. We cannot afford the time, or we would 



