JOURNAL OF HORTICI-LTDBE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



I January 37, 1870. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



* •*« reoucstthat no one will write privately to any of the 

 ' Sres^ndcntsof the "Journal of Horticulture , Co.Uge 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so doing tney 

 are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and expense All 

 ZXnications should therefore be addressed . ; 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, etc., 171, *««* 



We al 8 " e reS°?natLe SP ondents will not mix up on the 



We s me sheet questions relating to Gardening and te on 



TWtrv and Bee subjects, if they expect to get them an 



swerd 7 promptly and conveniently, hut write them on 



"rparate communications. Also never to send more than 



N.B.'-Vanr^i^rur'main unanswered until next 



Manctti stocks Bhallow, so as to be alle to » . k Y may 



Gr.Tmor.nsES, Prize «. (W.^^.-The parties you mention may 

 refer to some 1^™ »' ^*™ ^.^ eg 



pcS MX e« ofU of ^species. Tiitwo yon mention are 

 iiliko in composition. , 



Wholesale Seedsmen (D. E.).-We can only refer yon to those who 

 advertise in our columns ^^ 



Rubus n CT ^ D8 w '°-»S7^%„e mfde ?Sm its berries is purchasable 

 S°En7and ta Mes^lo r rtnnml r Ma 8 on, or Messrs. Neighbour might m- 



'°SrP«r™ » ■.»""» <*>-**. first l" * V he fault H96° 



WmmmmmMm 



SillSSHotp^SSi 

 *Ste?» l »-tta' ass. 



s^aXg&^-^ngt^he shovels, is -rly^good.or 



Shad 'become carbonated lime it would be an efficient manure 

 r^TTv Kennedy Fig Tree Bake at the Bottom (A Poor Lady).— 



tbestem.bringtbe .opd^wn to Martnefc ^ calculated to give 



5S«S5sLfcffi=SRK5SB3 



vigour as possible to tbe shoots from the base. 



Em , „„ mosses (Htm).— Miss Plues" " Rambles in Search of Mosses 

 can be had post-free from our office if yon enclose twenty-six postage 

 stamps with your address. 



Utilising Wool Washings (H. A B.).-The wash con aimng m every 

 fortv Billions after one, 50 lbs. of grease, sheep's dung, and sand 1- IBs. or 



IrrtLtoJ «°rf : t for manure to farmers or nurserymen m a liquid 

 state as * w m only W 'or the labour where it can be run on the ground 

 by drains orhoso-lhat is, distributed without horse or manual power 

 The best use lhat could be made of the wash would be te add it as yon 

 propose to the straw and dung from your three horses, and so form a 

 solid manure by mixing with soil, chaff, or any other kind of refuse 

 vegetable matter. We do not think you would be able to make it profit- 

 able otherwise than by using it yourself. 



Violet Culture (J. W. i.).-Several good articles have appeared on 

 Violet culture, but we may have something more to add on the subject 

 in in earlv number, thoush we hope some of our correspondents will 

 state their experience, particularly of the new varieties, tree Violets, and 

 pot culture. 



Increasing Greenhouse Temperature [Clodhopper). -The ; house 

 being chiefly filled with seedling Pelargoniums, with Primulas, bulbs, and 

 Rones which you wish to flower early, and containing but few other 

 rdants' yon may now raise the temperature within a fortnight to 45 from 

 ire i he it at night it being presumed that the temperature has hitherto 

 averaged id at night for the past fortnight ; and in the course of another 

 tortniaht the temperature may be raised to 50 '-at night, and at the end 

 of another fortnight to 55' at night, which is the highest temperature 

 they ought to be subjected to from hre heat, and for our part except for 

 snecial ourposes we should not exceed 50 . By day, upon the tempera- 

 tures named " r se may be allowed ol 5° on dull days, 10 on those which 

 a" clS with occasional clear in'ervtls, and from 15° to 20= with sea 



„„,,„.„ .. „: r SvrincinK may now bo jractised, excopt in very 



dn'l and ver? c-old wether a^about 9 A .a. and 8 P.M., keeping up a 



n lieSe degree of moisture within the house, so as to secure free growth. 



Gold-edged Seedling Auricula (E. .^)--J^ green-edged seedhng 



"cutting Down Cyanopbyllum magnificum lBat r *\-ll ■™f£ t *« 



soil if plunged in a hotlied, and covered with a glass , and the eyes may 



good plant, but that is very seldom the case. 



Ctimferb for Covering an ARCH (Mar»).-For permanent plants w< 



suTmer There is no evergreen climber suitable except Ivy, winch we 

 think you would not like. 



Seedling Pear Fruiting (E. Jf.).-The fruiting of these 

 two years old would not be retarded by transplanting last autumn. .It 



they should be grafted or budded on stocks of another kind. 



furnished for fruiting. , . , .... 



Plants foe Pheasant Cover (Irish SubscWoar^-Berbens Auui.ohnm. 

 Canadian Gooseberry, Hazel, common Holly, Evergreen Privet, Oval- 

 leaved Privet XiSum ovalifolium), Snowberry, and Yew are all good, 

 leayeo i-rivei l^VMV*". , . rt8 o! your clay covert. For the bog 



which is well adapted for sowing in open spaces and near game coverts, 

 for cover and food for game. 

 t?ttif Heat instead of Dung Heat (JIT. E. T.).-You op not say what 



i^^SeSs^^s 



Due— mat is, y- '"b ■ % T thi -ase g or g inches wide would be sum- 



anl Sar 9 n b whicn°we pi"* ^ OrSJ upr.ght drain pipes 

 we?e"eft near the flue to let heat up and to pour water down. 

 ■d „,„,„ w.t, Tuffs (H F B.).— Merely to forward work.it IB ad- 



^".^■^^.ioXs-pSeS As to washing or painting 

 ? UdS fo^itfet" toe soouer°t isTone the Lore effectually will the young 

 rectfa^Ttfe tggs SO b°e n "cluded from the air-the chief use of such 

 washing and painting. 



the heat a little longer in .m e nour i 3 hing principles of which 



i"?" SS t t J !f P Ve e^ n We a w^uld e no t,under^uch circumstances. 



would wash in by degrees. We would not, under such circumstances, 

 use cold water if we could avoid it. 

 ■d „„„ 1^™,- „r Halifax) — The boiler-stove you allude to will suit 



n?ake a f hltle d 8 ust ^jff£fi&W*& !»« TthT^nte 

 bUn ° t bf ft SSSd'the retoe, ' be bett«, tho\igh the bulk of the stove- 

 !?"£ l! in Tthehoute if you could feed it trom the outside, or have a 



applies to Grapes that are re iiuiie ■ or f the floor in Raseberry-cane 



T^T^JonT^^ b^hTv^grhe'vines thin on the roof. 



, h utt « B Sdit" may ^Town infgreennonsef or in a warm situation out 



