Ffcbrnary 7, 1867. ] 



JOURNAIi OF HORTrcrULTUUH AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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superior to that fine flower, I think it ia enough lo stamp ifa 

 merit ; Uoldeu Beverley, a lino canary-colourod ila-ver, a Bport 

 from thit fiuo deep tlowor Ujvcrley ; Hereward, large, parplt^, 

 with a silvery ba-cU to tho lloret^?, very compact ; I»is, luediura- 

 sized, very doubles and compact ; .John Salter, rijddiali crimson, 

 shaded with orange — I should be sorry to think that a flo^'er 

 so named as this was not lirrft-rato, bat I have misgivings as to 

 its centre, with mo it did not HU up so well as it ought, and 

 I saw several blooms at 'Mr. Salter's iu a similar condition ; 

 it is a tine llower it this defect is not general ; — Josiah Wedg- 

 wood, rosy carmine, close and compact ; Miss Eyre, blush late- 

 flowering anemone, of medium size ami dwatf liabit ; I^Tr. 

 Gladstone, dark reddi;;h chestnut, incurved ; Sylvia, rosy lilac, 

 with silvery back. 



Of the Pompoues of ISGu there were — Faii-y Nymph, fine 

 pm-e white, witli rouud florets ; Little Baauty, while, bordered 

 with delicate rosy pink; Marie St-uart, lilac blnsh. with sul- 

 phur centre ; Prince Victor, dark red maroon ; Rose d'Amour, 

 tilear rose, very full and free ; aud Torfrida, bright golden 

 amber. 



Of older flowers in the large- dowered section I would recom- 

 mend the following ; — 



".UmeoFeiTirrcsilverj' white, beau- 

 tifully tipped. 

 Alf)(i MiUtiilorji, wbitc, incurved. 

 •Alfred S;ilter, delicLitc pink. 

 Annie Suiter, goklen yellow. 

 Attraetiou, blush, murgined with 

 pink. 

 ♦Bellrt Donna, delicate lilac, with 



lij^ht centre. 

 Betaard Piili^sy, fiery or.an^c. 

 ♦Beverley, flao white.' 

 Blanche of Castile, lino incurved, 



white. I 



Cardinal Wiseman, oarly-blooni- | 

 iup, reddish urimsuu. 

 *Cleopatra, rosy blush. 

 Dr. Brock, rcddlf-h uningo. 

 ♦Duehess of WeiUu^rton, delicate 



ro8t3, tipped with blush. 

 Dupoat do I'Eure, an old llower, a 



bad •^rti-.vcr, but vury fiao. 

 Edith Dombrain, Hlao blu-sh, a 

 beautiful conservatory plant. 

 'Eve, primrose sulphur. 

 General BainbrJ^j;e, du'li orange, 



amber and gold eentro. 

 Golden Eaglo, indiiin red and 

 orange. 

 *Goldeu Queen of England, golden 



canary erilour. i 



Golden Trilby, a sport from Trilby, ) 

 clear yellow liowers. i 



Hercules, lar^ze red carmine. 

 *Hei* Majesty, silvery blush, coin- i 

 pact habit. j 



Hemiine, bludh, tipiied with pui*ple. 



Jane, silvery pink, a good close 



llower. 

 *Jardin des Plantcs, splendid golden 



orani,'e. 

 Ktncj of Donmnrh, rosv Ulan. 

 *Julio Lagravi'-re, a tino old dark 



variety. 

 Lady C:u*ey, rosy lilac, silveiy back, 

 -Little Ilirry, bi-ight f^oldeti amber. 

 Lord Piilmcrstoi], rosy amaranth, 



tipped witli bUish. 

 'Luther, large i-osy crimson. 

 Mari^eau, rose, bordered white. 

 3Ii'. Brunlees, hirgo ; Indian red, 



golden tips. 

 ♦JIvs. E. ilHes, bright yellow. 

 iSIrs. Kaines, bluf^Ii. 

 Orange Pei'fection, dark salmon 

 orange. 

 *Prince Alfred, splendid rosy crim- 

 son. 

 *Princs of TV ale?, dark purple violet. 

 *Princess of AVales, pearl white, de- 

 licately tinted rosy lilac. 

 Kev. J. Dix, orange red. 

 *Sam Slick, ruby, with bronae tips, 

 something like Stafford's Gem 

 Dahlia. 

 Sir St.iffjrd Carey, dark brown 

 chestnut. 

 *Sparkler, red, tipped with bright 

 orange. 

 Triomphe du Nord, L-u'ge, light red 



chestnut 

 •Venus, large, lilac peach. 

 •Virgin Queen, pure snow white. 



^o.M^o^'Eg. 



•Andromeda, cream, with brown 

 points. 

 Aureole, crimson and orange. 

 Aurore Bureale. yellow buit'. 

 *Bijoude I'Morticultai-e, chai-niing 

 sulphm- white. 

 CapcUa, dark red chestnut. 

 Citronelia, pure clear yollow. 

 *Comte Achiile Vigier, pale salmon 



mottled. 

 *Duruliet, rosy carmine, voiy fine. 

 Fairest of the Fair. lilac blush. 

 Frani^ois Ire., reddish orange. 

 Golden Aurore, bright gold 



yellow. 

 •Julia Engclback, yellow and brown 



points. 

 La Vogue, bright gold. 



ANElIONE-FLOWEltED, 



•FlcMr &c Marie, fine white. 

 King of Auemoues, large, crimson 



pm-ple. 

 Lady Margaret, large, pure white. 

 •Mafguorite de York, canary and 

 dark yellow. 

 Prince of Anemones, large, lilac 



blush, find fine hi;^'h centre. 

 *Queen Margaret, rosy lilac. 

 St. Margaret, bright orange. 



For those -who might wish for a smaller number I have 

 marked with an asterisk a more select collection of varieties, 

 which are, I think, sure to give satisfaction, whether grown in 

 pots or out of doors. 



Tile past season was a peculiar one, many persons having 



*Lizzie Holmes, canary yellow 

 tinted with rose. ' 



Lueiuda, ro^y lilac and blush. 

 *AIadamo Fuuld, cream, splendid 



shape. 

 ■Marabout, white, fiinged. 

 Mdlle. Marthe, very fine, dwarf, 



white 

 Minnie Wan-en, rosy blush, with 

 yellowish centre 

 ♦Mrs. Dix, blush, bordered rose. 

 President Decaisno, rosy carmine. 

 Rose Trevenna, rosy blush, 

 •salanion, dark rosy cunuine. 

 ^Little Gem, delicate peach blush, 



late- blooming. 

 'Trophiic, rose mottled, fine. 

 White Trevenna, a beautiful sport 

 of Bose Trevenna. 



LARGE AND SMALL, 



Boule de Neige, white. 

 *Cedo Nulli, and its sports Golden 

 and Silver Cudo Nulli. 

 Madame Mantels, white, with yel- 

 low ceutre 

 •Madame Seutir, pure white. 

 Mr. Astie, bright goldcu yellow. 

 Heine des Anemones, white, very 

 fine. 



'sorqly complained of t'^eir, pot plants, while those in the opea 

 air hlo8somed more finely than I ever recollect, no frost having 

 occurred to hurt the hloom until they had nearly if nut fiuite 

 l9fjnijpleted their l}ovyi?ffDg.— B.^ j^e^?. 



RtJBBI3H HEAPS. 



Such is the title of a useful article by ilr. JX. Fbh at page 27;> 

 of tho last Volume of your Journal. Mr. Fish states that he 

 has two or threo hoap.s, which he treats diiTcrently. He de- 

 .scribes, indeed, four Iieaps, but he only treats the Lur in two 

 diiferent ways; the lirat two, consisting of weeds yecdiiig (!), 

 short grays from the lawns, i*'jc., to pass through, if I correctly 

 nndorstand him, the process of fermentation, and the other two, 

 consisting of tongh(?r refuse mattfir, to.be charred. 



In regard to these heaps Mr. Fish justly statey, " that much 

 future labour would be avoided, as respects weeds, &c., were 

 they always kept distinct by the workmen;" but "thoro's 

 the rub." I &hould like to know the secret of his success, if he 

 does succeed. My own efforts to produce S"od aud clean leaf 

 mould have been repeatedly baffled, from the dilKculty of " in- 

 sensing" (excuse the provincialism), the labourers with the 

 necessary care to be observed in separating the vile from the 

 refuse. Even the one whom I regard as head gardeiier ov 

 overseer I have found it hard to make an impression upon in 

 this respect; he 1ms sometimes smiled when I have beeai 

 delivoring my injunctions, evidently setting me down as 

 " mighty too pavtieklar." The consequence has been, that the 

 beds and borders, which have been dressed with the mould 

 from these heaps, have sometimes been covered again with 

 the Bame stones which the year before liad been carefully 

 picked or raked off, or swept from the gravel walks; and, as 

 tho spriyg has advanced, plentiful crop;^ of weeds, or of flovrer- 

 iug plants, as bad as weeds when growing where not wanted, 

 have started up in all directions. Tlic negligence and indif- 

 ference usually betrayed by this class of workmen arise chiefly- 

 from the wan; of careful training in their early years : there- 

 fore I prefer to put intelligent boys to work atVeeding and. 

 separating; the refuse, for I find them more docile and less 

 prejudiced. 



In spite, however, of the utmost care, dry nnd windy weather 

 often makes sad work whilst the heaps are "accumulating. The 

 lighter litter at ihe top, esper^ially if it be fallen leaves, ia blown 

 about and intermingled with the adjoiuiug heap; whilst groimd- 

 sel, sowtbistle. and other seeding weeds {these I at^jmlge to the 

 heap for burning), will, though thrown on green, rapidly mature 

 their seeds, which are scattered by the wind in all directions. 

 I was. Consequently, induced at length to construct two pits 

 about 11 feet long, 5 wide, and 8 deep, inside measure. They 

 are built of untooled stone, plenty of which is to be had Jn this 

 neighbourhood, the smoother side to the pit, and are c:3ped at 

 top with waste timber lying about on the premises. Tue two 

 only cost £5. They nearly join each other, end to end, aud 

 are not in the immediate vicinity of the rubbish heaps. 



When one of these pits is about one-third Iillud with clean 

 refuse, I have 1 cwt. of salt spread over it, and a httle waste 

 soil on that, to the depth of about 3 inches : old turves, balls 

 from old potted plants, road-scrapings, or any other.' The 

 heap 80on sinks to one-half of its previous height, during which 

 time fresh stuff is continually being thrown in, which, when it 

 is about 3 feet in depth, is trpated as hef->re, until a tolerably 

 solid mass reaches the top. This will again sink a little, when 

 it is treated with a dressing of fre^h quicklime, slacked with a 

 strong solution of salt and water, and spread about 1 inch in 

 thickness. Then more clean refuse is piled on, and a good 

 coating of soil packed about it, and it is left to stand while the 

 second pit is filled and treated in a like manner. 



By the foregoing process fermentation is continually going 

 on in the diiferent substances whiht the pit is filling; the grass 

 from the lawn mowings (and the smalle.-^t quantity is in this 

 way useful), the salt, and the rain, all tending to promote de- 

 composition, and if a few seeds are now and then thrown in by 

 mistake or heedlessness, their vitaHty is soon destroyed hy the 

 fermentation going forward. 



I may also state, that the men's water-closet, which is out 

 of doors, is once in the year emptied into the pit, when it is 

 about one-half or two-thirds filled, and greatly adds to the qua- 

 lity of the mass. This becomes immediately 'deodorised by the 

 soil or refuse thrown upon it, and it fertihses the plants in the- 

 garden, when rained upon or watered, quite as effectively as- 

 liquid manure, and without the same offence to the olfactory 



