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JOUBNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ February 21, 1967. 



mains yet to bo seen. Roses are eeverely out down, NoiBettes 

 and Tea-scented in general to the snow-line. The universal 

 favourite, CUoire de Dijon, looks as if it bad more life in it than 

 others, but appearances so early are often deceptive. Laurus- 

 tinuB and Bays above the snow, are, iu general, altogether, and 

 Berberis aquifolium partially browned ; tree Peonies are killed 

 to the roots; and even the tops of Leeks, not covered with 

 Bnow, are whitened. — .John Fekme. 



GiLLiNOHAM, Norfolk. — The thermometer used here is one 

 of Messrs. Negretti & Zambra's, placed 4 feet from the ground, 

 and facing the north. We are situated about fourteen miles 

 from Great Yarmouth, and twelve from Lowestoft. The greatest 

 cold was during the night of the 4th of January, it then fell 

 to 2°; or 30° below freezing. I may mention a few things which 

 have suffered from the effects — viz., a large quarter of Cabbages 

 is entirely killed, also about two hundred of Backhouse's 'Winter 

 Broccoli Btauding on a south border ; other kinds of Broccoli 

 have not suffered much. Monthly Roses are killed to the 

 snow-mark. Sweet Bay, Laurustinus, common Laurels, Rhodo- 

 dendron Smithii, Garrya elliptica, Elffagnus argentea, and Ilex 

 maderensis have all been much scorched. Of Roses, Lord 

 Raglan, Celine Forestier, General Washington, and a few others 

 are much blackened. — John Baitees, Gardener tu Admiral 

 Henry Eden. 



Si.iKEHiLL, NEAR MANCHESTER. — From a thermometer care- 

 fully tested for correctness and hung with the bulb '1 feet from 

 the ground, the lowest reading was 5°, 27° below freezing. 

 From 10° to 12° was the reading on most evenings. Except in 

 the case of slight drifts, the snow was from 2 to 3 inches deep. 

 The situation is bl( ak and much exposed on all sides, especially 

 on the W. and S. W. The following plants have suffered ; — Com- 

 mon Laurels, Portugal Laurels, Sweet Bays, Aucuba japonica, 

 Cotoneaster, Cedrus deodara, and Picea lasiocarpa, leaves 

 mostly brown and scorched in appearance ; Japanese Privet, 

 lost all its leaves ; Golden Hollies, Berberis Darwinii, Berberis 

 aquifolium, Wellingtonias, and Pinus excelsa, much injured in 

 the foliage, but not so much as those before named ; Cedar 

 of Lebanon, Thujopsis borealis. Bed and White Cedars, Irish 

 Yews, Garrya elliptica, Araucaria imbricata, Kiilmia latifolia, 

 Pemettyas, and some named Rhododendrons, injured more 

 slightly. The following are perfectly hardy and uninjured : 

 — Andromeda floribunda, Cupressus Lawsoniana, Skimmia 

 japonica, Berberis Bealii, Retinosporaobtusa, Cedrus atlantica, 

 Picea Nordmanniana, P. pinsapo, P. nobilis ; Thuja tatarica, 

 T. Lobbi, T. gigantea; Abies Meuziesii, A. Douglasii, A. cana- 

 densis ; Pinus cembra, P. Bungeana, P. austriaca ; Spruce, com- 

 mon and black, English Yew, Silver-leaved Holly, common 

 Holly, Rhododendron ponticum, R. hybridum, and most named 

 varieties ; Juniper, Siivin, Box. and Mistletoe. 



I have had no lime as yet to look over my deciduous shrubs. 

 My Roses were protected by a mulching of stable-litter, not yet 

 removed, and though many, I see, will require well cutting-in, 

 yet they are not nearly so severely injured as they were in 1860, 

 when all my Hybrid Perpetual Roses were killed to the ground. 

 On standards, short and tall, every bud was then killed. Of 

 those which I grew on their own roots, about three-fourths 

 threw up shoots and in time became fine plants, the remainder 

 were completely killed. I have for the last twelve years grown 

 my Roses principally upon their own roots as soon as I could 

 get them so. When I receive plants, principally new varieties 

 ■worked upon short stocks, I plant tbem almost horizontally, 

 not allowing the roots to he covered above 4 inches deep, and 

 pegging down the plants at the junction of the stock and the 

 Lead, this part is covered 2 or 3 inches deep with soil. In 

 this manner I succeed in having them upon their own roots, 

 mostly during the hrst season. Since 1860 I have invariably 

 treated my new plants in this manner, and I have now a good 

 collection of five or six hundred plants on their own roots. 



These notes on evergreens aie worthy of the attention of 

 any one about to plant, especially in Lancashire. Had I three 

 or four years since possessed the knowledge I now have, it 

 would have saved me some money and much of the vexation 

 which I now feel in looking upon so much withered, brown, 

 and blackened foliage in the borders. — S. B. S. 



WHAT SHRUBS AND TREES ARE NOT 



INJURED BY GAME" 



WocLi) any of your contributors be good enough to give a 



list of the shrubs and trees, deciduous and evergreen, which 



neither rabbits nor hares meddle with, for the information of 



those who, like myself, contemplate planting where these 

 animals are extensively preserved '.' Perhaps some one whose 

 grounds are much overrun with game would state what trees 

 and shrubs have escaped injury from these depredators. In 

 the little experience which I have had in such matters, I have 

 generally found that newly-planted trees or shrubs, even when 

 distasteful, are sure to attract either hares or rabbits, or both, 

 and to suffer accordingly, unless planted on a large scale ; and 

 where a plantation consists of one species only, even if that 

 is the reverse of a favourite with these animals, where they 

 have a choice, it is, nevertheless, sure to suffer where there 

 is nothing else. — E. F. G. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



It will be gratifying to our readers to know that at a meeting 

 of Couucil of the Royal Horticultural Society, held on Tuesday, 

 Mr. Wilson Saunders was re-elected to a seat on the Council on 

 the resignation of Earl Grosvenor, and also to the office of 

 Vice-President. This is not only a graceful compliment to one 

 who has served the Society so well, but it is to the interest of 

 the Society to secure the services of such as Mr. SaundeiE, 

 who can render such signal benefit to its prosperity. 



Mr. Bause, the clever propagator of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, has performed the great propagation feat of 

 raising plants of Chimonanthus grandidorus from cuttings. 

 This, we believe, has hitherto baffled the skill of all cultivators, 

 and the late Dr. Liudley offered a sovereign to the then pro- 

 pagator of the Societj' for every plant that was so raised. The 

 method adopted by Mr. Bause was to put in the cuttings of 

 the young wood of the current year, just after it was " set " in 

 July last, and furnished with leaves. The pot was placed cm 

 the surface of the bed of the cooler end of the propagating-pit, 

 and there allowed to remain till the end of November or begin- 

 ning of December. On examination, Mr. Bause, finding they 

 had calloused but not rooted, repotted them, somewhat dis- 

 heartened, and with little expectation of success. They were 

 placed in the same position ; and on Tuesdf.y last, when he 

 turned them out with the intention of throwing them away, te 

 his astonishment he found the pot tilled with a mass of strong 

 branching roots. 



■ The Rev. M. J. Berkeley, who has been investigating 



the characters of the trees known in nursery collections ai 

 Thuja gigantea and Thuja Lobbiana, has discovered that what 

 is known by the former name is not Thuja gigantea but Libo- 

 cedrus decurrens, and that Thuja Lobbiana is the true Thuja 

 gigantea. These facts Mr. Berkeley has ascertained by an ex- 

 amination of Lobb's specimens in the herbarium at Kew. 



WORK FOR THE WEEK. 



KITCHEN GARBEy. 



As soon as the state of the gi'ound will permit sow Walcheren 

 Broccoli or Cauhflower ; in hot summers it forms large headi 

 when Cauliflowers only produce " buttons." ('ahhn{]e. sow 

 Early York and a few of the fine Dark Red, also the Yellow 

 Savoy and some of the Large Green Savoy, to jireccde the prin- 

 cipal sowing of next month. Celery, sow a little White and 

 Red. Sow the seeds either in a pan or box, and place it in 

 a hotbed. About the middle of March prepare a slight hotbed, 

 upon which a one, two, or three-light frame is placed, so ai 

 to be iu readiness for pricking out the plants, which will re- 

 quire to be done during the last week in Mnrch ; the surface 

 of the bed is to be covered with slates or large pieces of turf, 

 grassy side undermost, and upon the slates or turf place a 

 layer 3 inches thick of well-rotted dung from an old hotbed, 

 which requires a good beating with the back of a spade, after 

 which add a layer of good soil 1 inch in thickness, and the bed 

 is then ready for the reception of the plants. Kidney Beans, sow 

 Early Dwarf Dutch where it can be sheltered, andiu pans in very 

 gentle heat. Lettuce, sow Paris Cos ; and a portion of those 

 Lettuce plants in frames may he planted out if frosty nights are 

 not likely to occur. Onion.'!, if the Portugal or AMiite Spanish be 

 sown on a good warm border, and afterwards transplanted, the 

 size will he greatly increased. Feat, sow ; Cormack's Prince 

 Albert, which is somewhat eailier than the Early Charlton, 

 Knight's Dwarf Marrow, and the Auvergne are varieties of 

 Peas proper to be sown at this time. Spinach, sow the Round, 

 also liadi/'ltes, between the rows of Peas and Beans. Prick 

 out Caulifiowcr plants. Plant Potatoes, Horseradish, Jcruealfm 



