i^ptember 19, 1867. ] 



JOURNAIi OF HOUTICULTURE A.ND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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lullv ripo. and the lenTeR tarnloff yellow, nnd thoy ought to Im pruned 

 early in October. The Itlaek Hamburgh is the better of the two tor on 

 eiu-ly vinery. 



Primula intfumkdia Culture (7f/cml.— Primula Intormedia Bocceods 

 wpII in ft ronipost of linht fibrous loam ami peat, or old cocoa-nut fibre 

 refuse in equal partH with one-half ktU or sandbtoiiu broken Hmall. The 

 JrainaRe »hould be w»>od, more particularly in winter when the soil need 

 not be more thau nioiMt ; but durinjj tin* time of v;rowint,' in Kumim-r it 

 cannot be kept too nioint at the root. In very hot, dry weather a nlight 

 rthade iH eH.Hentinl, and not leuH so in an opi>u situation. 



Prf.skhvinu Aucuba Pollkn lTil<'m),-~lt may b«! wrapped in clean, 

 'Iry, white paper, and kept In a cool, dry place. 



Potting FnuNTH hinknsih {A Cunntant Iii-nd':r).-Sov,- ia a Rood time 

 Ui pot thtH shrub, removing the drainage niutoriaU and picking away 

 with a peinted piece of wood an much "f the old soil as possible ; but 

 U the ball is very hard merely l(»osen the Mido-*. A coinpoMt of two- 

 thirds rather light turfy loam and one-third leaf nicuild. witli a free ad- 

 mixture of wand, will grow it well. He careful not to overpot, but keep it 

 in a nioderate-Hlzed pot. If the plant is not required in a large pot, you 

 may cut away the old roots or reduce the ball and repot in the 8amo sized 

 (Hit as before. 



HF.I.I.AnONNA AND GUEnNSEY lilLIEM AFTER Fl.OWF.niNO f /(/f nO.~Koep 



them with the puts plunged in coal allies in a cold pit. atlnrding protec- 

 tion from frost, and supply them well with water up to May. or you may 

 keep them on ft light and airy shelf in n greenhouse, the jKits being set 

 on a pan of wet sitnd up to the end nf May. Do not repot the plantn, 

 but keep them well watered until the leaves aliow sijfns of n)aturity, then 

 lessen the supply, and keeping the sand moist will be sufficient for the 

 bulbs when at rest. When growing keep them well watered. Do not re- 

 pot the plants until they ^row and crack tlie ])ot.s. The bulbs will not, 

 we think, (lower next year, but in all probability thoy will do so in the 

 following year. 



Caskkr Worm (J. T. .S.).— The canker worm (Anlsopter>"X pomotaria), 

 Is very difficult of destruction. The moth appears early in spring. The 

 male has wings, but the female is win«less, and, therefore, crawls up the 

 plants on which it deposits its eggs. The larva appears towards the end 

 of Blay, and i^ of a dusky brown or ash colour. The only efTi^ctual 

 remedy is to destroy the female by tying strips of calico smeared with 

 some glutinous substance, as bird lime, around the stems of those trees. 

 We do not think that it is the canker worm which you have to complain 

 of. but that the maggots of the Onion-lly i '\nthomyia ceparumt, are at 

 work on your Onions. Soot applied tu the ground prior to sowing is the 

 best preventive, and powdered charcoal is excellent for strewing around 

 and over the plants along with dry aoot. The Brassy Onion-fly lEumerus 

 flenens), attacks the bulbs and spoils thorn. The grubs of the spotted 

 giirdcn-guat {Tipula maculosa), cut off the btem>^ of Strawberries, espe- 

 cially the flowor-stalk-f, nnd the larvae of Otiorhynchus tenebrirosus, He- 

 pialus lupuUnus, and other insects prey on the roots. The only remedy 

 ia the destruction of the old and the making of new plantations in freah 

 KToond. 



EtTLDB (J. C. /f.). — The bulbs you have from a late importation you 

 will du well to keep in a dry cool place, as little exposed to the sun's rays 



as poasibl*-. The sooner you plant the Crocuses the better, and the 

 Hyoclnths are all the better planted as early after this as can be. Tha 

 Tulipn also would bo as well planted. 



CucCMiJEU I'^R WiSTF.K {A <Jnril^ner), — Wo consider Telegraph on* 

 of the best lor winter use, but Kirklees Hall Defiance, Lord Konyon'u 

 Favourite, and Sion House Improved are also good. It is now quite time 

 to prepare for planting, and to get out the plants for fruiting at Christ- 

 mas. 



Transplamtino KiiRrns {Inquirtr). — You may with safety remoTo 

 during the tlrst showery weather after this, the Urge Laurustinus and 

 Arbutus, being careful to preserve a good ball to each, and as much of 

 the routs as practicable The raoviug of them but a few fi-et is greatly 

 in favour of the operation. After planting give a good watering. The 

 largo white T-ilae may be moved when the leaves fall, taking the same 

 care as to the preservation of a ball ; and it would be well to take ad- 

 vantage of the moving of the tree and cat away any long, »tr.ig;.;ling, and 

 bare shoots. 



HoLrAiiocK Seed Sowing (fd^m).— The seed of Hillyhocka may bo 

 sown from May up to July ; the seedlings pricked off when largo enough 

 in iines 1 foot apart, and t» inches between the plants, will make fin* 

 plants by autumn, and may thou be planted out in good rich soil whore 

 they are intended to bloom. Hollyhocks are biennials, not flowering th« 

 same season ns sown, but the second year. 



Varikoatkd ALVssrM (/f'rm).— It in not hardy except in well-drained 

 soil in a warm dry situation, and in an unusually mild soasou and locality. 

 It requires the protection of n. house from which frost is excluded. 



Irfsink Hf.rbstii il(Irm) — This may be grown from seed sown m 

 March, in pans, in a gentle boat, and the plants when large enough to 

 handle, be potted off singly in small pots, .^.fterwards keep them growing 

 in a mild hotbed, and when they become fine phints gradually harden 

 them otl", and plant out early in May. The seed, bo far as we are awanj, 

 is not procurable, as the plant is increased from cuttings. 



CuTTiNii Dows Riiododf.ndron (7(Irm).— Your Rhododendron which 

 has become very straggling should not now be cut down, but defer doing 

 80 until May of next voar, or until the blooming is past, when you may 

 cat it down; but we "are not certain that it will flower in the following 

 year, as that depends upon the formation of bloom-bud»4. It certainly 

 will not flower next spring if not cut, unless you leave bloom-buds upon it. 



Names of Fruit [It. S. R.). — A mistake was made by us last week. 

 Your Pears were— 1, Dunmore; 2, Williams' Bon Chretien. (T. if.. Semen- 

 oaks).—!, Scarlet Nonpareil ; 2, Blenheim Pippin. 



Names of Plants \J. E. Cro«*).— Prunus padus, or Bird Cherry. [Jnm, 

 rmfieng).—\, Tecoma radicans ; 2, possibly Paulownia imperialia, but 

 specimen much too incomplete to decide upon. (R. A. A'. .—Spiraea For- 

 tunei. (J. A. 0.).-Sciudap3Us pictus, a climbing stove Aroid. {J. M.).~~ 

 Spinea arifefolia. a native of North-west America. (D. U'.).— Seems to be 

 a leaf of the common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), but there are many 

 allied plants with leares like it. {Lady King\.--^ome genus allied to 

 Cbrvsantheraum, perhaps Gozania. hut wo cannot make it out fi>lly by 

 means of the specimen sent. (K. F., jun.).—li is impossible to identify 

 such a dried flowerless specimen. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS in the Suburbs of London for the Week ending September 17th. 



POULTRY. BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE. 



LADY HOLMESDALES POULTRY. 

 Evert one interested in the promotion of poultry exhibitions 

 M an honourable amusement, and for the prolitablo improve- 

 ment of our domestic fowls, will hear with Rreat regret that 

 Lady IToImesdale has determined — reluctantly determined — to 

 withdraw from the arena, and to dispose of all her justly highly 

 distinguished stock of Dorkings and Spanish. No words we 

 could employ could so effectively announce this as those in the 

 following extract from a letter addressed to us by her ladyship : 

 — " Lady Holmesdale is pleased to look back to the years she 

 has kept poultry with unalloyed pleasure. She has found it 

 a very pleasant occupation, and has never had anj' disputes or 

 ill will with other exhibitors, which is saying a good deal, as 

 there mu.st be always some jealousy. She wishes she could 

 keep them on, but her increasing occupations and absence 

 from home render it difficult. Her chief regret is her poultry 

 man being thrown out of employ, and she can most thoroughly 

 recommend him. The whole of her poultry arc for sale. Lady 

 Holmesdale will never cease to fool the greatestj interest in 



poultry ; and she is very sorrowful at the thoughts of separat- 

 ing herself from all the associations ariaing from a connection 

 with them for so many years. If she can ever be of any use 

 in forwarding any schemes for their improvement she will 

 be happy to do so. She never had such a collection of Dork- 

 ings and Dorking chickens as she has now, and she must see 

 her favourites winning shown in other names ; still, if she can 

 leave off with the good will of other exhibitors, possibly regret 

 of some few people, she feels amply rawarded for the years 

 she has been showing. 



•' If any exhibitors are desirous of seeing her poultry previouj 

 to the sale, they are quite welcome to see them any day at 

 Linton Park." 



TESTIMONIAL TO MR. HEWITT. 



The Committee for obtaining subscriptions to this well- 

 merited testimonial have printed the following circular, and 

 we hope the appeal will be promptly responded to, so that the 

 testimonial may be presented to Mr. Hewitt at the next Bir- 

 mingham Toultry Exhibition : — 



•• There is no room for doubting that poultry exhibitions have 

 added to our list of pleasant occupationi, and increased largely 



