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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGK GARDENER. 



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I certainly expected something better in this class than any- 

 thing that was exhibited. — D., Deal. 



[Messrs. Bertram & Roberts, although not competitors, had 

 provided a most effective attraction by the exhibition of the 

 Wedding Breakfast Table, of which we give an engraving. In 

 addition to a most tasteful floral display, not one of the 

 pleasant accessories of each a festivity was forgotten. There 

 was the colossal bridecake in the centre ; there was the well- 

 known bouquet, compoeed mainly of Orange flowers, placed 

 beside every second plate, obviously suggesting to the ex- 

 pected guests interesting future combinations. The fruit stands 

 were covered with the choicest products of the Bockhill 

 vineries.] 



WOKE FOR THE WEEK. 



KITCHEN GABDEN. 



Let a plot of ground be trenched and highly manured forth- 

 with to receive a good breadth of Cauliflowers and Walcheren 

 Broccoli. Grange's Impregnated, if true, is also very valuable, 

 as it is self-protecting, and if planted with the Cauliflowers it 

 will form a complete succession. These plantings will insure 

 a supply of those useful vegetables all through November, 

 December, and even January. Sow more Coleworts of the 

 dwarf and compact kinds, also a pinch of Chervil and of 

 Corn Salad. Sow a little Endive every week in July. Good 

 breadths of Brown Cos Lettuce may soon be sown, as it will 

 not be liable to run to seed. Cutting Herbs must be attended 

 to, choosing a perfectly dry day, and cutting the moment they 

 begin to blossom. Let the late Peas have every encouragement, 

 more especially by thorough sticking. Knight's Marrows should 

 be stopped when at the top of the sticks ; they will then branch 

 out sideways if the ground has been thoroughly prepared. Cut 

 off the late bloom from the latest Alpine Strawberries ; the 

 flowers after this time will be sufficient for the latest crop. 



FLOWEB GABDEN. 



Remove suckers from Roses, and clear the stems of wild 

 shoots. Strong shoots of Chrysanthemums may now be 

 layered in pots to prodnce dwarf, compact bu6hes. Those in 

 pots may soon receive their final shift. Attend to staking 

 Dahlias and all plants likely to require such support. Pro- 

 pagate China Roses and double Rockets. Auricula and Poly- 

 anthus seed ought to be carefully collected ; it should be kept 

 in the capsules till the proper season for sowing. Perhaps the 

 best way of preserving it is to tie the stems together in small 

 bunches, insert them in thin paper bags, and suspend them in 

 a dry, airy situation. Ranunculuses Bhould now be out of the 

 ground ; when the tops are withered they are extremely sus- 

 ceptible of moisture, and if not taken up will emit fresh roots ; 

 their doing so has a prejudicial effect upon them. They may 

 be parted with facility, and this is better done now than when 

 they are dry and hard. Seedlings should be carefully taken 

 up ; many of these will be very minute, and in order that 

 none may escape, it is a good plan to put the soil in which 

 they have been grown into a fine wire sieve ; then in working 

 it about in a tub of water the soil will be washed away and the 

 tnbers retained. They may be spread out to dry, and then 

 stored in any place where they cannot become mouldy. Put 

 in Pink pipings, shading them from extreme heat. Extract 

 decayed petals from the pods in which the seed is forming. 

 As seedlings of Carnations and Picotees show their colour, all 

 selfs should be removed, unless they are of fine form, in which 

 case they may be retained as border varieties. In the south of 

 England most of the main blooms are expanded ; where S6ed 

 of good quality is required, the proper fertilisation of the 

 various sort3 should now be attended to. By a little attention 

 and delicate manipulation, the varieties may be crossed with 

 great certainty. 



GBEENHOCSE AND CONSEBVATOBY. 



Many of the plants belonging to these structures will, in a 

 majority of cases, be set out of doors. Care must be taken 

 that they are thoroughly attended to with water, and the worms 

 kept out of the pots. Good depths of cinder ashes are efficient 

 for this purpose, yet even these should be lime-watered occa- 

 sionally. No drainage can be long complete in pots or tubs if 

 liable to the inroads of worms from beneath. Let every 

 attention be paid to young stock of Correas, Epacris, Poly- 

 galas, Ericas, and Chorozemas as to thorough watering, stop- 

 ping the gross shoots, and giving them sufficient room, with a 

 free circulation of air if in-doors. Such as are intended for 

 winter flowering should not be shifted after this time. If any 



Achimenes remain in a state of rest, they may be potted for a 

 late display. Cinerarias from seed should be pr.t into single pots 

 as soon as large enough, and suckers taken from the old plants 

 and nursed in a similar way. All Cacti exhausted with flowering 

 should have the old and withered shoots thinned completely 

 away, receive liquid manure, and have every encouragement to 

 rapid growth. Pelargoniums should be cut down in due time 

 before being thoroughly exhausted, and cuttings made. The 

 plants should be suffered to become dry in their pots before 

 cutting-in, to prevent bleeding, which exhausts them much. 

 They may be laid on their sides for a week after cutting, if 

 out of doors, to prevent them being wetted, and when the young 

 bud has fairly shown itself they may be disrooted. Fuchsias 

 in large specimens, Pelargoniums, Liliums, Thunbergias, Eu- 

 phorbias, and a variety of other showy and highly-cultivated 

 plants will, of course, take the place of the New Holland tribes, 

 Oranges, and Camellias. See that all such stock has due at- 

 tention in regard to watering, using constantly clear and weak 

 liquid manure, according to former directions. Clerodendrons 

 will also enjoy liquid manure constantly, with liberal shifts, if 

 not already done. The tree Violet should have the side shoots 

 constantly pinched off. Sollya heterophylla is a very useful 

 plant, and deserves a place in every greenhouse. Trained 

 to a trellis and constantly stopped, it forms a very ornamental 

 shrub. See to thorough watering daily, with a free circulation 

 of air. Keep up a constant war with all insects. The Per- 

 petual and Bourbon Boses which have been forced should be 

 placed in a cool situation with the view of repressing further 

 activity ; after a season of rest the soil should be shaken from 

 them and all decayed roots removed, after which they should 

 be repotted in fresh rich soil, removed to the protection of 

 a cold pit, and there plunged. A few plants of the dwarf 

 Orange3 should be placed in a shady situation as soon as the 

 young wood is sufficiently ripened ; an early bloom may thus 

 be obtained. In placing greenhouse plants out of doors I re- 

 commended in a previous calendar that a somewhat shady situ- 

 ation should be selected for the purpose, that they might to 

 some extent be protected from the midday sun ; at the same 

 time it is no less necessary that the roots should have a similar 

 protection, for nothing can be more injurious to the greater 

 number of plants than exposing the pot3 in which they grow 

 to the force of a broiling sun, for the least inattention in water- 

 ing is likely to prove fatal to the plants, more particularly to 

 hardwooded kinds ; it matters not whether the plants are in or 

 out of the house, this evil should be prevented. Out of doors 

 they may be plunged in ashes or have the space between the 

 pots filled with moss, and those plants in the house which 

 have their pots most exposed should have the pot inserted in 

 one a size larger, filling the space between the two with mo33 or 

 sawdust. This will prevent the excessive evaporation through 

 the sides of the pot, from the soil containing the roots, and 

 will save many plants from being lost during very hot 

 weather. 



STOVE. 



The plant3 in this structure should be closely watched, par- 

 ticularly thoBe with very large soft leaves, in order to guard 

 against the red spider which the present dry weather is en- 

 couraging. Syringe frequently to keep them in check, and 

 plants much infested with it should be dusted over with dry 

 sulphur. Let the sulphur remain on the plants for a day 

 or two, carefully shading them from the bud, and, if possible, 

 keeping them in a close place. This will be generally found 

 sufficient to kill the red spider, when the plants may be washed 

 with the syringe and placed in their usual situation. Endeavour 

 from this period to establish a robust rather than a rapid 

 growth in the majority of stove plants. Some of the stronger- 

 growing stock, such as the Poinsettias and Eranthemums, may 

 be stopped occasionally in order to keep them bushy, as also 

 to produce a degree of succession in the order of their flower- 

 ing. Attend well to the Euphorbias for winter flowering, more 

 especially E. jacquiniajflora, a very gay plant.— W. Keane. 



DOINGS OF THE LAST WEEK. 



KITCHEN GABDEN. 



Mast things are again suffering from the drought, for though 

 the rain frequently promises to come, as yet it tempts us 

 merely by drops. With the assistance of a little sewage water 

 in extreme cases, our chief help hitherto has been surface- 

 stirring and mulching. The latter operation we shall carry on 

 extensively, if this weather last. As yet we have not suffered 



