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JOUBNAL OF HOETICULTDUE AND COTTAGE GABDENER. 



[ Jane IS, 1867. 



in insufficient quantities. It is almost only to grass that the 

 application is valuable, and to grass the quantity most snocess- 

 faUy employed is annually from 3000 to 5000 tons per acre. 

 The ground, indeed, must always bo kept in a state of great 

 moisture ; the habits of the grasses must be, as it were, changed ; 

 an artificial demand for food must be created iu the plant, and 

 constantly supplied, and this is materially interfered with if 

 the soil is allowed to become as dry as in its natural state. 

 We must not forget that when we apply, say, 3000 tons of 

 sewage to our land, this is only equal to a fall of rain of 

 30 inches, and this is about the actual difference iu the rainfall 

 between the western or grass-growing side of our island and 

 the eastern or corn-producing side. 



PORTEAITS OF PLANTS, FLOAVERS, AND 

 FRUITS. 



Amaryllis pardina (Leopard-spotted Amaryllis). — "Sat. ord., 

 AmaryllidacejE. J-.tmi., Hexandria Monogynia. " A truly mag- 

 Bificent plant." Native of Peru. Found by Mr. Pearce, Messrs. 

 Veitch's collector. Flowers yellow, densely studded with scarlet 

 spots. — (Uot. iJaff., t. 5645.) 



Bletia Shereattuna (Sherratt's Bletia). — Nat. ord., Orchid- 

 aceiE. iiHtt., Gyuandria Monandria. "Perhaps the prettiest 

 of the Bletias." Native of New Grenada. Imported by Messrs. 

 Low. Flowers rosy purple ; lip striped with yellow. — (Ibid., 

 t. 5646.) 



Billeergu sphacelata (Withered Billbergia). — Nat. ord., 

 Bromeliacea?. Linn., Hexandria Monogynia. " Very hand- 

 some, conspicuous for its magnificent crown of leaves, each 

 from 4 to 5 feet long." Native of Chili, near Conception, where 

 it is called Chtipon. Its fruits, sweet and pulpy, are called 

 Chupotics, and are the delight of the native children. Flowers 

 lilac— {Ibid., t. 5647.) 



SiEMONACANTHns Peaecei (Mr. Pearce's Stemonacanthus). — 

 Nat. ord., Aeanthacesp. Litin., Didynamia Angiospermia. 

 Named after Mr. Pearce, collector for Slessrs. Veitch. Native 

 of Bolivia. Flowers scarlet. — {Ibid., t. 5648.) 



Dendroeium macrophyllum, var. Veitchiancji (Veitch's 

 Large-leaved Dendrobe). — Nat. ord., Orchidaceje. Linn., Gjnan- 

 dria Monandria. Native of Java. Found by the late Mr. 

 Lobb, Messrs. Veitch's collector. Flowers greenish yellow ; lip 

 streaked with purple. — {Ibid., t. 5649.) 



SciLLA sib:eica. — Dark blue. — {Flore des Serves, 1677.) 



Eanunculuses. — Six varieties. — {Ibid., 1679.) 



Crocuses. — Omer Paclta, white, purple-edged. Grand Jaxine, 

 yellow. Scottish, white, crimson lines. Jilammoth, very large, 

 ivory white. Drop d'Or, yellow, crimson streaks. Louis 

 Napoleon, very large, crimson purple. Albion, white, tinged 

 and streaked with crimson. Lc Nuance, ivory white, crimson 

 base. Argris, white, crimson-feathered. Mont Blanc, white. 

 Beranger, lilac purple. — {Ibid., 1680-1.) 



Single Tulips. — Junger Gelber Prinz, yellow. Jagt van 

 Hotterdam, white, crimson flakes. Pottcbakker Wane, white. 

 Cameleon, sprinkled with scarlet, ilatelas rose, crimson, white- 

 edged. Dorothea, white, crimson-flaked. Grootmeester van 

 Malta, white, crimson-flaked. Gouden Standard, yellow, crim- 

 son-flaked. Ville de Haarlem, white, shghtly flaked with 

 purple.— (76M., 1682-4.) 



Double Tulips. — Couronne de lioses, crimson, while-edged. 

 Gloria Solis, scarlet, yellow-edged. Mariage de via Fille, white, 

 crimson flakes. Itcgina rubrorum, yellow, crimson flakes. licr 

 rubrorum, deep crimson. — {Ibid., 1685.) 



Single Early Tdlip. — Flower crimson, white-edged ; leaves 

 yellow-edged.— (/fcirf., 1687.) 



Cattleta citrina (Tellow-flowered Cattleya). — Nat. ord., 

 Orchidacete. Linn., Gynandria Monandria. Native of Mexico. 

 Jlowers yellow, lip streaked with orange. — {Ibid., 1689.) 



Scutellaria costaricana (Scutellaria of Costa Bica). — Nat. 

 ord., Labiatie. Linn., Liidynamia G^^nnospermia. Introduced 

 by M. H. Wendland, from Costa Rica, in Mexico, where it 

 grows at an elevation of 6000 feet. Flowers scarlet with orange 

 throat.— (76id., 1690.) 



Maranta illdsteis. — Leaves with ■white zone, purple under- 

 Burface.— (/Ziirf., 1691.) 



Magnolia Lennei. — A cross-bred between Tulan and pur- 

 purea, and named after the Director-general of the royal gar- 

 dens of Prussia. Flowers pale rose, edged with white. — (Ibid,, 

 1693) 



CRAT.EGue oxYACANTHA cocciNEA TLORE-PLENO (New Double- 

 bloBEomed Crimson Thorn). — " As a hardy ornamental tree for 



planting in the shrubbery and flower garden, we loop upon this 

 Thorn as the grandest acquisition that has been obtained for 

 many years ; and as a forcing plant it is equally desirable, for 

 the young plants appear to flower freely when only a few inches 

 high. This, indeed, has been sufiiciently shown by the examples 

 which have been exhibited by Mr. W. Paul at the Boyal Horti- 

 cultural Garden, South Kensington, and at the Royal Botanic 

 Garden, Regent's Park, several times during the spring of the 

 present year. 



" As there has been some doubt created in the mind of the 

 public as to whether there are not two new double Crimson 

 Thorns, issuing from different establishments, under similar 

 names, we are glad to be able to dispel the mystery. We speak 

 advisedly when we say that the plants shown by Mr. William 

 Paul, and the branches shown by Messrs. George Paul & Son, 

 are identical both in leaf and flower. The variety is a sport 

 from the double Pink Thorn, and originated in the beautiful 

 and well-kept garden of Christopher Boyd, Esq., of Cheshnnt 

 Street, near Wallham Cross, where it still exists. It has, 

 therefore, never been the exclusive property of any one nursery- 

 man. 



" The history of the sport is briefly this : About seven or 

 eight years ago some flowers of this intense hue were observed 

 on a plant of the double Pink Thorn, and on examination it 

 was found that a strong branch had started up from near the 

 centre of the tree, with leaves as well as flowers differing from 

 its parent. The branch was encouraged, and year by year in- 

 creased in size, retaining the colour and character originally 

 observed. The parent plant is apparently about twenty-five 

 years old, SO feet high, and as much in diameter, measured 

 from the outermost branches at its greatest width. There is 

 still only one stout central branch of this deep colour ; the 

 other branches, which are profusely adorned with flowers, 

 being of the original pale pink so well known to horticulturists. 

 When looking at the tree recently, so great was the contrast 

 between the sport and the original, that we could not rid our- 

 selves of the impression that the parent variety was in this 

 instance paler than usual, and we asked ourselves whether the 

 colouring matter had not been drawn from the larger surface 

 and intensified in this particular branch by one of those secret 

 processes which the student of Nature is often called upon to 

 behold and wonder at, without being able to account for or 

 explain. This may be fanciful, but here is certainly a lusus 

 naturce worthy of the attentive consideration of our vegetable 

 physiologists. 



" We do not hesitate to advise every one who has a garden, 

 to purchase this plant at once." — {Florist and Pomologist, 

 vi., 117.) 



DESTROYING WORMS BY CORROSIVE 

 SUBLIMATE. 



Can you inform me the proper quantity of corrosive subli- 

 mate per gallon to dissolve in water in order to destroy worms in 

 lawns ? I h.ave tried it during the evening on a small piece ot 

 grass, and the number of worms it brought out was surprising. 

 The quantity used was about as much as would lie on a sixpence 

 to a six-gallon watering-potful of water. Do you think this is 

 strong enough to injure the grass? — Philip Crowxet. 



[The quantity of the virulent poison you employed would not 

 injure the grass ; but birds or poultry swallowing the worms 

 would be injured or killed. One ounce to fifteen gallons of 

 water is the quantity usually employed. Lime water is as 

 eflicacious as the solution of corrosive sublimate, and involves 

 no danger. We are of the number who think it is better to 

 disperse the wormcasts every morning with a broom, than to 

 destroy the worms. We are of opinion that those wormcasts, 

 and the admission of air to the interior of the soil by the holes 

 made by the worms, are very beneficial to the grass. ] 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



We are requested to state that the following error was 

 published in the advertised prize list of the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society's Show in our last number. In class 7, for six 

 new Roses not sent out previous to 1864-5, in any sized pots 

 (open), it was announced that Mr. William Paul obtained the 

 first prize ; whereas the first prize was awarded to Messrs. 

 Paul & Sou, and the second prize to Mr. William Paul. In 

 our reporter's original report his notes were correct, and at the 

 last moment, when he saw the official prize list, he altered his 



