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JOURNAL OP HOimCULTURE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



[ Jano 27, 1867. 



with white. The blossoms wheu'just expanding are of a delioate 

 light pinlc, a rose colour, Rraiiually o!iaQ;;ing to a more or less 

 deep crimson hue. — Dn. G. Bennet (in Journal d/ Botanij). 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 

 The third Great Exhihition of Roses and Congress of Rosa- 

 rians will this year be held as usual at Brie-Comte-Kobert 

 (Seine et Marue). It will commence on the lith of July, and 

 last for the two following days. Brie-Oomte-Rcihert is the 

 centre of the greate<t Rose-gro.ving district of France, and the 

 Exhibition may fairly be expected to be a very line one, which 

 all English horticulturists who are at the time in Taris should 

 endeavour to see. 



ExHiiiiTioN-.s taking place in the month of July are an- 



noimoed by the following Floral and Horticultural Societies : — 



July 1st. 2ail St. Ann's Nottiusliam. 



„ 2ud Royal Horticultural Rose Show. 



„ , Erevyash Vallev. 



„ Wakefield. 



M .*ird Roval Botanic of London. 



„ 4th Alton. 



„ , Spaldinrj. 



„ 4th, 5th Birmingham Rose Show. 



„ nth Lnulh. 



„ nth West ot England Rose Show. 



„ 17th Lou^hboroULjh. 



,, yoth Buckingham. 



WORK FOR THE WEEK. 



KITCHEK GARDEN. 



Special attention must at once bo directed to those crops 

 which are to afford the chief supply during the coming winter 

 and spring, planting out Celi'ri/ in its various stagfs. Broccoli, 

 Gaalifioicers, lirmscU Sprouts, i'uro;/.*. Kale, &a. The ground 

 from which early Peas, early Potatoes, early Beam, and IVinter 

 Spinach have been cleared will be suitable for this purpose, 

 ifxhausted Strawberry-beds dug after the fruit is gathered, 

 will be excellent as a change for the better Broccolis and Cauli- 

 flowers. Deep digging and heavy manuring must be resorted 

 to in all these cases, more especially for the Celery, which 

 cannot be grown tender and crisp without manure and mois- 

 ture. See that nothing is delayed at this period having a 

 bearing ou the supply of the table throughout the coming ! 

 winter. To this end an extra labourer should be employed 

 by those overpowered by spring business. 



FKHIT GARDEN. 



Tlie foreright shoots of espalier fruit trees should now bo 

 shortened, precisely as directed to bo done last week in the 

 case of wall trees. This is the most essential step in a system 

 of pruning, by which those trees may bo made to bear from 

 the stem almost to the extremities of the branches. The 

 utility of espaliers, particularly as regards many of the new 

 varieties of Pears, is unquestionable, and the best and cheapest 

 mode of constructing and maintaining their supports deserves 

 consideration. It is now a good time to shorten the shoots of 

 dwarf trees. These trees may be well regulated and judiciously 

 cut within their assigned limits at the winter pruning, but an 

 abundant supply of shoots instead of fruit is the usual result 

 unless the summer pruning is properly attended to. Let a vigo- 

 rous shoot go ou untouched till winter, then cut it back to a 

 few buds, aufl the general consequence will be the production 

 of three similarly fruitless shoots in the following season, 

 whereas, by shortening such a shoot at the pre?ent time, the 

 formation of fruit-buds is almost certain. Therefore, with the 

 exception of some that may be required to fill vacancies, all 

 the shoots of the dwarf trained Apple, Pear, Plum, and Cherry 

 trees should now be more or less shortened. One-third of 

 their length may be taken off. Those who understand fully 

 the immense importance of thoroughly ripening the wood of all 

 wall trees and espaliers, will pay some attention early in sum- 

 mer to thorough thinning and training. Who can expect 

 Peaches to ripen perfectly when the young wood is dangling 

 from the wall until August ? 



PLOWEH GAr.DEN'. 



As soon as the leaves of Tulips, Hyacinths, Narcissuses, itc, 

 have begun to show signs of decay, the bulbs should be at once 

 taken up and placed in an airy situation to dry, and the bed in 

 which they have been growing should have a good soaking of 

 water if they are very dry, and then be dug and replanted imme- 

 diately. The earliest-planted beds should be kept well watered if 

 the weather be dry. Fill up all vacancies, and cut off dead flowers 



from Pffionies, Reckets, tie. Sow Brompton Stocks for the last 

 time this year, also Ten-week Stocks for next year. Trans- 

 plant Sweet Williams and other biennials that are now ready. 

 Hoe and rake borders, and sweep and clean as often as required. 

 Tying-up will be the order of the day generally, all is confusion 

 unless flowers are well staked. A thjrough thinning of the 

 shoots of various herbaceous plants should take place pre- 

 vious to the general staking period. A mixed bed will never 

 look well in which gross aud overgrown plants infringe on 

 the rights of their weaker but more graceful neighbours. 

 The Ranunculus-beds after blooming, when the grass begins 

 to assume a yellow tinge, ought, if possible, to be protected 

 from rain, as the Ranunculus is extremely apt to emit fresh 

 fibres, and when that is the case, if no worse consequences 

 result, to say t!ie least the next year's bloom is much deterio- 

 rated. The seedlings should also be carefully taken up and gra- 

 dually dried. The mam crop of Pink-pipings may now be put 

 iu ; with common care not one in twenty ought to fail. 



GREESnOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 



Many of the plants in the conservatory will, in a majority of 

 cases, be set out of doors ; also the principal part of the New 

 Holland plants may be placed iu a shady sitisution in the open 

 air, where they will mature and ripen their growth. In this 

 hardened state they will be much better fitted for winter con- 

 finement. The wood of greenhouse plants matured in the open 

 air is less likely to sutler from damp or long confinement than 

 that which has been produced during summer under glass. 

 The juices are much better elaborated ; the young wood alto- 

 gether assumes a firmer and closer texture, aud the foliage 

 a more persistent character. These truths are obvious to most 

 growers. Care must be taken that the plants are thoroughly 

 attended to with water, aud the worms kept out. Good depths 

 of cinder ashes are efllcieut for this purpose, yet even these 

 should be lime-watered occasionally. No drainage can be long 

 complete iu pots or tubs if liable to the inroads of the e.arth- 

 worm from beneath. Let every attention be paid to young 

 stock of Correas, Epacrises, Polygalas, Ericas, Chorozemas, &c., 

 as regards thorough watering, stopping the gross shoots, and 

 giving them sufficient room, with a free circulation of air, 

 if in-doors. Such of them as are intended for winter flowering 

 should not be shifted after this time. If any Achimenes re- 

 main iu a state of rest, they m.iy be potted for a iate display. 

 Cinerarias from seed should be put into single pots as soon as 

 large enough, and suckers may bo taken from the old plants and 

 nursed iu a similar way. All Cactaceic exhausted with flowering 

 should hive the old aud withered shoots cut completely 

 away, receive liquid maniu'e, aud have every encouragement to 

 rapid growth. Pelargoniums should be cut down in due time, 

 before thoroughly exhausted, and cuttings made. The plants 

 should be suffered to become dry iu their pots before cutting- 

 in, to prevent bleeding, which exhausts them much. They ma.y 

 be laid on their sides for a week after cutting, if out of doors, 

 to prevent them from becoming wet, and when the young bud 

 has fairly shown itself, they may be disrooted. Put out cut- 

 tings of hybrid Roses if firm, and let Chrysanthemums have 

 every attention. 



STOVE. 



Many of the plants which have been excited, and which are 

 coming into flower, such as Clerodeudrons, Gardenias, &c., 

 may be gradually exposed to a lower temperature until the.7 

 bear with impunity the temperature of the greenhouse, when 

 they may remain some time in flower. AVhea they are done 

 flowering they may be laid upon their sides and kept in a com- 

 paratively dry stale during the winter, or until they are excited 

 in early spring. Some of the stronger-growing stock, such as 

 Poinsettias, Eranthemums, Sic, may be stopped occasionally, 

 in order to keep them bushy, also to produce a degi'ee of suc- 

 cession in the order of their flowering. Attend well to the Eu- 

 phorbias for winter flowering, more especially the E. jacquini- 

 ajflora ; a gayer plant does not exist if well grown. They 

 delight in one half fibrous and gritty heath soil, and the 

 other half porous materials, such as charcoal, pounded crocks, 

 small gravel, &o., and the drainage should nearly equal that 

 for Orchids. Clear and weak liquid manure may be given 

 them.^W. Keane. 



DOINGS OF THE LAST AYEEK. 

 Until Saturday we had a dull, cheerless week, without a 

 sight of the sun ; but now a rising barometer and the disper- 

 ' sion of the hazy clouds give promise of a chance for hay- 



