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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



t September 12, 1867. 



Planting a Vinery (B. W. Rtannus), — We approve of yonr plantinc 

 yonrwide span-roofeil house 'with Vines in the centre as well as at the 

 sides of the house; but if you wish the Vines in the centre to fruit down 

 to the floor, they must not be much shaded by the side Grapes. Of the 

 sorts chosen for such a late house we ■would dispense with Black Ham- 

 burchs «nd substitute Galabrian Raisnns and Trebbiano, which will keep 

 to February and March, and we would lessfu the number of Barbarossa 

 and Black Alicante, and substitute Lady Downc's. In any of the cases 

 we should not consider gi-aftiu^ necessary. 



Naerow Rose Border— Cebastium Cuttings {Fred).- -V or a Rose 

 border only li feet wide you should have good soil from 2 to 2^ feet deep. 

 The Cernstium may be planted at any time, littlo bits, a few inches apart, 

 from now to January, and they will be nicely rooted for transplantinp in 

 Api-il and May. Could you not bon-ow a little heat from your kitchen 

 for the small glass house ? If not, then n small iron stove would be 

 necessary. 



Uses of Border in an Orchard-house {M. H.). — You may grow Ca- 

 cnmbers in your bouse, plancin^i them in Ihe border by the will, nud 

 training them to the rnfters of the house on w^iies, about 15 inches from 

 the glass ; but you must clear your house of its proper occupants, the 

 Peach, and whatever trees you may have, as the bouse must be kept 

 much too hot for an orchard-hnuse to do justice to tlio Cucumbers. We 

 would not advise anything to be grown in such a border, except it were 

 one or two rows of Strawberries in pots, a row of early Potatucs or Kidney 

 Beans, or some such description of vegetables as would not interfere 

 with the well-being of the fruit trees. Tho border would be very useful 

 for Endive and Lettuces in autumn and winter and early spring. You 

 might introduce a few roots of Rhubarb, and have a row of dwarf early 

 Peas. 



Rose Cdttinhs (M. P.).—li is not now too late to strike cuttings of 

 Roses. They m.iy be inserted in sand in a cold frame in a warm situation, 

 affording shade from bright sun. They will root slowly but surely, and 

 be fit for potting ofT in April. During the winter thev cannot have too 

 much air, prtitection being afforded from heavy rains by drawing on the 

 lights, and from frost by a covering of mats over the ligbts- 



WoBMs IN Lav.x {I(l<->n). — I'ou may free your lawn from the worms by 

 ■watering it with lipic water, made by placing 1*2 lbs. of fresh or unsL-icked 

 lime in a hogshead, and pouring thirty gallons of watfr over it, stirring 

 it well up. and allowing to stand forty-eight hours. The lawn is to be 

 watered with the clear liquid by means of a rose watering-pot during 

 damp weather, giving a good soaking the evening succeeding one upon 

 which a good watering has been given. Ammoniacnl liquor diluted with 

 sis times its volume of water, will answer even better than the lime water ; 

 but it has tlie disadvnntage of making the lawn look brown for a time. 

 Both act by bringingthc worms to the surface, whence they may be swept 

 np and cleared away. 



Roses (P. I. iV.).— You will have seen the list of Roses at page 174 by 

 Mr. Radclyffc, all of which we know to bo first-r:ite. and by growing 

 them you cannot fail to have an abundant bloom in autumn. 



LiNDM FLAvoM (Idem). — Linum flavum is not a good bedding plant, 

 not flowering sulliciently long, nor .at a desirable season for a bedding 

 plant. It will never supplant Calceolarias for bedding purposes. 



Cumbers Fon Fepnery iIdcm).—Fov your cool house the following 

 may answer, as P.issiflora princeps does well in tho house— Bomarea mul- 

 tiflora. Clematis Fortunei, C. lanuginosa, C bybrida splendens, C. Jack- 

 manii, and C. Standishi; Cobcea scandeus vnriegata, Fieus repens (for a 

 wall), Hibbertia dontata. H. volubilis, Jasmiuum gracile variegatum, 

 Kennedya inophylla floribunda, K. monopbvUa. K. Marryatta?, Rhyncho- 

 spermum jasminoides variegatiim, and Sollya linearis. If shaded they 

 will not succeed. 



Celery Leaves Diseased {W. B., Upton).— The specimen sent us is 

 infested with a parasitic fungus, or the rust in its worst form. Your only 



remedy is to pick off the worst infested leaves and bum them, and to 

 dust those but partially affected with a powder formed of equal parts lime 

 powdered, and flowei's of sulphur, having previously givtn a few good 

 waterings over the foliage of lime and soot water, made by placing a peck 

 each of soot and unslaked bme. and pouring over them' sixty gallons of 

 water, stirring well up, and allowing it to stand two days, then water with 

 tho clear liquid, employing a rose watering-pot. The powder should be 

 applied in the morning whilst the leaves are wet with dew, so that it may 

 adhere to them. 



Peach Tree Leafless (.i Su^jscrfficr).— The ants have not caused the 

 "leaves on the young shoots to curl up and bo destroyed." You may 

 prevent the ants ascending the wall by drawing n line of coal tar an inch 

 broad along the bottom of the wall, a Uttle above the ground, and if you 

 sprinkle guano over their nests, it will drive them away. We think it is 

 mildew that has caused all the leaves to curl up, and we advise the whole 

 of the shoots to be dusted with flower.s of sulphur, having previously 

 given the trees a good watering, and two or three good syriugings over 

 the foliage with a solution of soft soap, 2 ozs. to a gallon of water. In a 

 day or two wash off the sulphur by syringing with clear soft water, and 

 dust again with flowers of sulphur. 



Plumbago capexsis Flowering in Solitary TRCssEa (Idem). — Yoar 

 only hope of having all the shoots in flower at one time, is by stopping 

 those that are disposed to flower at any early season, or stop all the 

 shoots up to a certain period, say July, and then allow all to grow and go 

 for bloom. A lengthened period of bloom is one of its many character- 

 istics, it being a fine old plant, very useful, yet much neglected. 



Cleaning Hot-water Apparatus (Amateur Gardtner). — It would be 

 absurd to take a hot-water apparatus to pieces for the purpose of cleaning 

 it, for the removal of the fur would ho more injurious to the pipes and 

 boiler than beneficial. Well put up at first, and the best materials being 

 used, the apparatus requires nothing more than a pipe at the lowest point 

 to let off the sediment, which should be done periodically, and the whole 

 of the pipes and boiler be occasionally emptied, and the sediment for the 

 most part being carried to the boiler by the return-pipes will be cleansed 

 by the drawing off of the water. 



Wintering Pelargoniums (MriH).— You may place them in sand in 

 chests after you have removed the soil and all the leaves, and allowed 

 them to lie a few days in an airy place to dry. It is better to have them 

 in single layers only, and not to cover the top much with snnd ; but they 

 will keep well in layers, in a cool, dry place. Vou may also place the 

 plants in the linen closet, hanging them heels upward ; but if it be very 

 dry and warm the roots and stems will, wo fear, shrivel considerably. 

 Tlie wine-cellar is by far the best situation. 



Parings of Horses' Hooves (Reading). — They are a good addition to 



a Vine-border, or to any other fruit-tree bordtir requiring a very gi-adual 



and lasting fertiliser. 



i Espaliers. Pyramids. Cordons (W. T.). — As every species of fruit tree 



j requires a different mode of pruning, to state the information you ask 



upon these forms of gi-owth would fill a whole Number of this Journal. 



Exhibition of Zonal Pelargoniums I Ipomea). -Yon can obtain ad- 

 mission to this exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden, 

 at South Kensington, on the 17th inst., by paying one shilling at the 

 entrance. 



Names of Fruit (R. S. i?.).— Your Pears are, 1, Glout Morceau; 2, 

 Dunmore. 



Names of Pl.ants (B. A. S,).— Cucumis Mclo. (Veritas).— I, _Lep- 

 turus incurvatu'? ; 2, Juncus lanipocarpus. (J. T.\ — 1, SelagineUa 

 Braunii; 2. S. Galeotti ; 3, S. Miirtensii. (H. H. W.).—l, Spdum Tele- 

 phium ; 2, Juniperus virginiana ; 3. Ononis arvensis. (J. F. Sinclair).— 

 Alonsoa caulialata. (Essex). — 1, Anemone vitifoUa ; 2, Stauracanthus 

 Garden!. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS in the Suburbs of London for the Week ending September 10th. 



POULTRY. BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE. 



TESTIMONIAL TO MR. HEWITT. 



I AM glad to see tbe project of a testimonial to Mr. Hewitt 

 brought forw:ird in The Journal of Horticulture, and doubt 

 not it will be lipiirtily responded to; and although I would not 

 praise up Mr. Hewitt at tbe expense of other good and able 

 judges of poultry, I think be has done more than most of them 

 t© diffuse a knowledge, and bring forward good poultry. I have 

 known Mr. Hewitt some time, and if I have had occasion to 

 think I have been not judged rightly, be has always given me 

 convincing proof in tbe most civil and courteous manner. I 

 shall feel a pleasure in subscribing my small mite, and do all I 



can in this neighbourhood to further the matter. — Wm. Church, 



Nantwich. 



Subscriptions. 



Proprietors of JoCRNAL OF Horticulture ^10 



Viscountess Holmesdale 5 



J. Pares, Esq 1 1 



J. Westgarth Wooler, Esq 110 



[A committee has been formed, and will be announced next 

 week. — Eds.] 



DUCKS POISONED BY CORN COCKLE SEED. 



I WELL remember when a child coming out of a corn field 

 with a handful of tbe black seeds of Corn Cockle (Agrostemma 

 githago, now called Lychnis githagn). My mother seeing what 

 1 had took them from me, and told me never again to gather 



