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JOUBNAL OF HOBTICULTUBB AND COTTAGE GAEDENEB, 



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than the 11-inch ones you nee with snch success, but we prefer 

 16 or 18-inch pots as involving less trouble ; and our prac- 

 tice has been to place the pretty-well-established Cucumber 

 plant. Bay from a 5-incli pot into one of IG inches in 

 diameter, bo as to leave a fourth of the pot unfilled, and then 

 earth up by degrees, using turf and zinc rings above the surface 

 of the pots. So far as we recollect we never had a case of 

 Cucumber diseace when the plants were so cultivated. You 

 have done so well that we do not advise you to alter your mode.] 



BLUE BEDDING PLANTS. 

 A CORRESPONDENT in the Journal of May 9th, signing himself 

 an " Ayrshire Gardener," regrets the absence of blue bedding- 

 plants. He makes no reference to the lovely little blue Anagallis 

 Monelli, or Italian Pimpernel, I believe. It appears to me as 

 lovely as the Lobelia. I do not know the disadvantages of the 

 Anagallis, unless it is that it requires a very hot sun to make 

 it open. I do not have it here. My former garden was a very 

 sunny one, generally much burnt up. Possibly the Anagalhs 

 might not do well in Ayrshire. — A Subscriber. 



STOCKS FOR TEA-SCENTED AND NOISETTE 

 ROSES. 



I SHALL be much obliged for some information as to the best 

 stock for working Tea-scented and Noisette Roses upon. I 

 like the Manetti stock for Hybrid Perpetuals, and shall be glad 

 to know if it is equally good for other kinds of Roses. In this 

 wet and stormy part of the country I find that the kinds which 

 are not very double succeed best, as the flowers open more 

 freely than such Roses aa Due de Rohan and Comtesse C. de 

 Chabrillant. 



The two sorts that are my mainstay here are Gloire de 

 Dijon and GiuitaX Jacqueminot, as they afford abundance of 

 bloom for gathering from the end of May till Christmas, and 

 are both good of their kind, though very old-fashioned in these 

 days. — B., DolgclUj, Norlli Wales. 



[Excepting Cloth of Gold and Isabella Gray, neither of 

 which is suitable to your wet, cold, and windy part of the 

 country, I have always found the common Noisettes (I keep 

 none of them now), and Tea-scented Noisettes do well on their 

 own roots, on the Briar, and on Manetti. I specially recom- 

 mend to you Triomphe de Reunes, Solfaterre (south wall), 

 Celine Forestier, Gloire de Dijon, and Marfichal Niel (south 

 wall). The first, third, and fourth prefer a wall, but they will 

 do perfectly well in the open ground on their own roots, on 

 the Briar, or on the Manetti. I name a few easy and abundant 

 and late bloomers suitable to the part of the country described. 

 Some of them are old Roses, but they are still good and valu- 

 able. Those marked with an asterisk are extra fine. The 

 colours may be found in Mr. W. Paul's catalogue. 



Hybrid Perpetuals. — Anna ylexieff, Anna de Diesbacb, Ba- 

 ronne Prevost, Beauty of Waltham, •Charles Lefebvre. the 

 finest of all Roses ; Due de Gazes, Duchesse de Medina CoeU, 

 Duchess of Sutherland, Empfireur do Maroc, Eugene Appert, 

 Geant des Batailles, General Jacqueminot, Jean Goujon, 'John 

 Hopper, »Jules Margottin, Lion des Combats, Lord Raglan, 

 Madame Alfred de Rougemont, Madame Boutin, Madame 

 Hector Jacquin, not a late bloomer ; •Madame Victor Verdier, 

 Marichal Vaillant, Mrs. W. Paul, Paul de la Meilleray, •Prince 

 Camille de Rohan, 'Senateur Vaisse, •Souvenir de Comte 

 Cavour, 'Triompbe de Paris, Triomphe des Beaux Arts, not 

 full; VicomteVigier, Princesse Mathilde,not full; »W. Griffith, 

 Cardinal Patrizzi, Madame Louise Carique, Mrs. Elliot, Pius IX., 

 Reynolds Hole, and Pauline Lansezeur. 



Bourbons. — Louise Odier, Michel Bonnet, very pretty ; Bou- 

 quet de Flore, Queen, and Sir J. Paxton. 



Tea lioses.- — •Devoniensis (wall), Sombreuil, extra hardy and 

 fine. 



Autumnal Moss. — Salet ; Madame E. Cry is the best, but it 

 might not open in a cold climate. 



"B." would find the following summer Roses great acquisi- 

 tions with duplicates and cutting back by instalments, or by 

 the spring removal of one each of the duplicates, their season 

 of blooming may be greatly prolonged. They do well on all 

 Btocks : — 



Damask. — La Ville de Bruxelles, Madame Soetmans, or 

 Zoutmau. Galllca. — Boula de Nanteuil, La Voluptc, Kean, 

 Schismaker, pure slate, and Tricolor de Flandres. Hybrid 



China. — G6n£ral Jacqueminot, the best ; Madeleine. Hybrid 

 liourbon. — Charles Lawson, Coupe d'H6b^, Paul Ricaut. 



When I left Rushton I gave my stock of noble summer Roses 

 to Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson. They never had such a Rose 

 season before ! I bought the plants of Mr. Cranston ten years 

 ago, and nobly did they bloom and withstand all the shocks d 

 time. I brought here only Schismaker, a most curious Rose, 

 and Madame Zoutman, the finest of all white Rosea. — W. F. 

 Radclyeee, Okeford Fit^paine.] 



FEUIT PROSPECTS AT HADDINGTON, N.B. 



In a note which I sent you in February last, with some 

 remarks on the effects of the intense cold of the 1st of January, 

 which had then become apparent, I stated that some Pear 

 trees in my garden had suffered much, the buds having been 

 apparently deprived of all vitality. As the season advanced 

 this became quite visible, and while the blossoms on the un- 

 injured trees expanded, the embryo buds of the former withered 

 and became like dust. However, we had some fine warm days ia 

 April, which brought out the blossoms of all kinds of fruit, and 

 the Pear trees in this district were loaded with flowers. With 

 the exception of those of which the buds had been killed, ap- 

 pearances were so favourable, that I began to think that I 

 should be obliged to resort to the thinning process. However, 

 on the 13th of this month we were visited by a severe frost, 

 the thermometer falling to 25° during the night, and in the 

 morning all Potatoes and plants of equal tenderness, except 

 where under the shelter of a wall with a south aspect, were cut 

 to the ground. Since then we have had a succession of very 

 cold north-east winds, and occasionally some heavy showers of 

 hail, and this has materially altered the complexion of gardens 

 here, which were previously exhibiting a rich and healthy ap- 

 pearance. Many of the embryo Pears which were setting in 

 clusters, are now turning yellow, and dropping off, and al- 

 though we may still have a partial crop, yet in the cases of the 

 Duchesse d'AngoulC-me, Gansel's Eergamot, and other tender 

 kinds that require a high temperature while setting, the trees 

 are already almost bare of everything but leaves. 



The frost of the 13th browned the tops of the Apple blossoms, 

 and, no doubt, has killed many of the germs, but there is a 

 rich display of flowers, and, perhaps, as many will set as will 

 be sufficient for a crop. Plums blossomed abundantly, but the 

 result in such weather is doubtful. Cherries seem setting 

 badly, and look a scanty crop. The early blossoms of Straw- 

 berries are black in the heart, and a certain per-centage of the 

 crop is destroyed, but with good weather soon we may still 

 have a fair crop. The plants look strong and healthy, and 

 bear plenty of flower-trusses. Gooseberries and Currants show 

 well, but I hear complaints of the fruit of the former dropping 

 off in some gardens. 



As I write the cold still continues. The thermometer has 

 never to-day (May 22nd) risen higher than 47°. We have 

 seldom seen such unfavourable weather for bedding-out plants. 

 They must either be planted out with the risk of perishing, or 

 kept under cover to be drawn up. — John Fekme. 



THE FROSTS OF MAY. 



Shakballt, Ireland. — We have not escaped without some 

 loss from the effects of the frost during the past winter ; yet 

 when I looked this morning (May 23rd), and found the thermo- 

 meter (Negretti and Zambra's, 3 feet from the ground), at 20°, 

 and everything covered with hoar frost, ice in the gutter 

 of the greenhouse five-sixteenths of an inch in thickness, I 

 began to reflect whether we were past the worst even then. As 

 soon as the sun shone out, with a piercing easterly wind, I 

 found Potatoes, Kidney Beans, young Cauliflower plants, and, 

 I fear. Beet just up, all turned black ; Strawberries in bloom, 

 Roses, Peas, and strong Cauliflower plants, hanging their 

 heads as if dying. Even the young shoots of Plum, Pear, and 

 Apple trees, and of Beech hedges are scorched. I hope that 

 others have escaped better, or I do not know what will become 

 of us soon, for, however hard it is to replace Roses and 

 Conifers, I find it far more difficult to satisfy the cook when 

 Cauliflowers and good Potatoes are not to be found. — George 

 Beckett, Shanbally, Clogheen, Ireland. 



Naseby Wooley. — Last Wednesday and Thursday nights 

 (May 22nd and 23rd), occurred the sharpest frost that has been 

 known here for some time so late in this month. At 12 o'clock 

 at night the thermometer in a cool greenhouse stood at 29°, 



