November 14, 1867. ) 



JOURNAL OF nORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



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of tbe Gnaphalium, kept low and moderately tbin, and (orrainR 

 a light, soft, and cottony carpetinc, through which peeped the 

 nnmerons tiny spikes of the blue (lowers of the Lobelia. This 

 edginR was in front of a row of Aurea floribunda Calceolaria, 

 backed with Peliirfjoniura Tom Thumb. 



Another chdnjjo of edging which I tried this year in front of 

 Calceolaria Aurea floribunda, was to plant Verbena Impera- 

 trice Ehzabeth amongst the blue Lot olia. Those associate very 

 well togetlier as to height and strength of growth. Owing to 

 the dwarf habit and fine foliage of this Verbena it is easily 

 kept within proper limits ; and its light-striped, pinkish-look- 

 ing flowers gave a somowhat subilued appearance to the other- 

 wise deep blue of tlie Lobelia when the bed was seen from a 

 short distance off. I shall try these again. — G. Dawson. 



PORTUAITS OP PLANTS, FLOWERS, AND 

 FRUITS. 



Ar.isTOLocniA Goldieana (Rev. Mr. G'"'''lie'H Aristolochia). — 

 Nat. ord., Aristolochiacii'. J. inn., GynanJria Hexandria. This 

 native of Western Africa bears the largest of known Uowers, 

 they being more than 2 feet in diameter. Inside they are 

 purple variegated with orange ; outside they are pale green 

 ■with purple veins. Their smell is very offensive. — {Hot. ilari., 

 t. rMTi.) 



LiLiuM LEicni'LiNii (Max Leichtlin's Lily). — Nat. ord., Lili- 

 aOR'. I.inn., Hexandria Monogynia. Native of .Japan, intro- 

 duced by Messrs. Veitch fr Sons. Yellow, spotted withcrimoon. 

 Much like L. tigrinum.— (/^iiV/.. t. 5C73.) 



CiELoc.YNE miMiLis (Dw.'irf Pleione). — Nat. ord., Orchidaceffi. 

 Linn., Gynandria Monandria. Native of Sikkim, Nepal, &e., 

 at elevations of 7000 to 80U0 feet. Grows in moss and on 

 trunks of trees in shady places. 'White, lip streaked with 

 crimson. It must be grown in a pot in the coolest and shadiest 

 part of the hoase.—ilhid.. 1. MMi.) 



Beoonia Claukei (Major Trevor Clarke's Begonia). — Nat. 

 ord., Begoniaceft\ Linn., Monoccia I'olyandria. Native of Peru. 

 Flowers scarlet. — (Ibid., t. 5G75.) 



CvjiniDiuM IIuriONi (Mr. Hutton's Cymbidium). — Nat. ord., 

 Orchidaoem. Linn., Gynaudria Monandria. Flowers yellow, 

 thickly spotted with crimson. " C. Huttoni is a native of .Java, 

 and is named after its discoverer, Mr. Ilenry Hutton (at the 

 request of Messrs. Veitch), in commemoration of his zealous 

 services and early death. Mr. Hutton, a most ardent student 

 nnd promising collector (son of the Mr. H. Hutton, head gar- 

 dener to the Right Honourable Lord Houghton), was sent to 

 the East by the ^^essrs. Veitch, and after twelve months' resi- 

 dence in .Java, when, as was hoped, he had become inured to 

 the climate, ho fell a victim to his enthusiasm. The plant 

 which commemorates his services flowered with Messrs. Veitch 

 in -June of the present year." — ([hid., t. 5G7G.) 



HcvsnE's Victoria PE,ut. — " This is another of the series 

 of seedling Pears raised by the Rev. ,John Huyshe, of Clysthy- 

 don, near Kxeter, and is also, we believe, the first of them that 

 fruited. It is now some years since Victoria and Prince of 

 Wales made their appearance together, the latter being then 

 named lluyshe's Bergamot, from the flavour somewhat re- 

 sembhng that of Gansel's Bergamot, its male parent. From 

 the time these two Pears were first submitted to the most com- 

 petent fruit judges of the day, they acquired a popularity they 

 have since continued to maintain ; indeed, there is every pro- 

 bability that they will not cease to be regarded as ranking 

 among those that are best adapted to the soil and cUmate of 

 this country. 



" Victoria has been so long under trial in every kind of soil 

 and situation, that its reputation as a hardy and prolific Pear 

 is now well established ; and these two qualifications, coupled 

 with the equally important one of being an abundant bearer, 

 recommend it not only to the private grower, but to the market 

 gardener and orchardist. For the latter it is well adapted, on 

 account of its vigorous growth, and the largo dimensions which 

 it acquires. The season, too, at which the fruit is in per- 

 fection, when most of the best kinds are passed, is one of its 

 great recommendations. 



" The fruit is medium-sized, oval or almost cylindrical, 

 flattened at the ends. Skin yellowish, freckled and veined with 

 russet. Eye small and open, set in a shallow depression. Stalk 

 very short and thick, inserted without depression on the end of 

 the fruit, and sometimes obliquely inserted as in BeurriS 

 d'Aremberg. Flesh yellowish, melting, rather gritty at the 



core, juicy, rich, sugary, and vinous. It is in use during 

 December and January." — {Floriet and Pomoloyist, vi. 237.) 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



Mr. James Cutiiii.i,, the well-known florist and market gar- 

 dener, died on the 5th inst. at his residence, Denmark Hill, 

 Caraberwell, aged sixty-two. He was gardener to Laurence 

 Sullivan, Esq., Broom House, Fulham, in 1831, and at that 

 time evinced his originality by advocating storing the roots of 

 Scarlet Runner Beans in the autumn, and replanting them in 

 the spring for early forcing. In 183<) he was gardener to Capt. 

 Trotter at Dyrham Park, near Barnet, and continued contri- 

 buting to the " Gardener's Magazine," chiefly on kitchen garden 

 culture. In 1839 he became a market giirdener and florist at 

 Denmark Hill, and favourably known as a supplier of Mu.shroom?, 

 Melons, and Cucumbers to Covent Garden Market. For the 

 vegetable last named he had been awarded a prize by the Royal 

 Horticultural Society in 1834, and he now published a " Trea- 

 tise " on its cultivation. In 1850 appeared his '• Practical In- 

 structions for Cultivating the Potato," and more than a dozen 

 other subjects. In 1851 he published " Market Gardening 

 Round London," and in 1800 " Culture of the Strawberry." 



Two hundred pounds was the share of the profits of the 



Royal Horticultural Society's Exhibition at Bury St. Edmunds 

 to which the guarantors were entitled. That sum has now 

 been paid, and the guarantors have presented .£70 in eqnal 

 proportions to Mr. Clay and Mr. D. T. Fish, for their services 

 before and during the Exhibition. The remainder of the money 

 has been presented to the Bury Horticultural Society, to be 

 kept as a separate fund, and as a memorial of that successfol 

 Exhibition. 



WORK FOR THE WEEK. 



kitchen garden. 

 Collect all decaying leaves wherever they appear, and carry 

 them to the manure-heap. Stir the surface between the rows 

 of Cahl)ages and other winter crops, where it is practicable. 

 Colcutirts — .\s those full grown and that have heads like young 

 Cabbages are rather impatient of frost in a severe winter, it is 

 advisable to take them up at this period, and lay them in near 

 the frame ground as thickly as they can be placed. They are 

 then covered up as soon as slightly frozen, with new straw, 

 laying a few stakes on them to prevent the wind moving the 

 straw. By this plan the ground is at liberty for trenching, and 

 fine young Cabbages are preserved with certainty all through 

 the winter. 



FRUIT GARDEN. 



Continue removing and planting all kinds of fruit trees as 

 previously directed. Take caro that the tibre.3 are laid in a 

 natural position, and that they are not reversed by throwing 

 the soil directly against them, instead of scattering it so as to 

 fall down amongst them, on moving the spade in a direction 

 from the stem towards the extremities of the roots. Standard 

 trees should be secured from shaking by the winds as soon as 

 planted, and if all kinds can be mulched to protect the roots 

 from frost, so much the better. As soon as Gooseberries, Cur- 

 rants, and Raspberries, are pruned, the ground should bo ma- 

 nured, and dug or forked over ; the latter proceeding is to be 

 preferred with regard to the Raspberries. In young plantations 

 of Gooseberries, the ground should bo trenched between the 

 rows in advance of the roots. Unnail and prune Peach and 

 Nectarine trees, fastening the principal branches so that they 

 may not be overstrained or broken, but the shoots of last sum- 

 mer will be better matured by remaining exposed away from 

 the wall whilst the weather "is not severe. In planting fruit 

 trees it is of great importance so to prepare the soil that the 

 trees shall be as faraspossibleindependent of extreme seasons, 

 whether of moisture or drought, and to take care that they do 

 not make superfluous wood, thereby giving much extra trouble 

 to the prunor, inducing an immature condition, and choking 

 the surrounding vegetables or flowers. To accomplish this it is 

 found by experience, that limitation at the root is absolutely 

 necessary, more especially as to depth. Thorough draining is 

 the first step, provided the soil is retentive of moisture. This 

 being properly accomplished, some good strong loam should, if 

 possible, bo provided, be the soil what it may (unless the garden 

 is new, and the soil of a loamy character), in order to mix with 

 and refresh the old soil, which, in the majority of gardens, is 

 effete, or worn out, however imposing its colour or consistence 



