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JOURNAL OP HORTIOUIiTURE AND COTTAGE GARUENBR. 



[ Janaary 11, 1877- 



trasses will grddaaUy expaad, aad they remam along time in 

 beauty. After fljwerin^ let the plants be f;rada4lly exposed to 

 the open air, and in May they should be planted in the border 

 from whence they were lifted. 



Dentzia gracilis is a fivoiirite plant, easily forced, and con- 

 tinues for a long time in beauty; its clustsra of pure white 

 flowers have a charming effect, aad are a most distinct feature 

 amid the dark foliage of Rhododendrons aud the lively green 

 leaves of the Rose bushes. Lilacs, too, are most enjoyable, and 

 who would be without a few small bashes now that they can 

 be obtained at such a cheap rate ready for forcing? They 

 are easily managed, and the abovd directions apply to them. 

 Shelves near the glass may be fitted-up for Hyacinths, Tulips, 

 Polyanthuses, Narcissus, and other Dutch bulbs. A few pots of 

 Dielytra spectabilis ought also to find a place. Clumps of this 

 when well grown form a very striking feature. The roots, as also 

 those of the Lily of the VaUey, are better with a little bottom 

 heat. — J. Douglas. 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Downie & Laird, 17, South Frederick Straet, Edinburgh.— 

 Descriptive Catalogue of Vegetable, Flowery and Agricultural 

 Seeds. 



John JefEeries tt Sons, Market Place, Cirencester. — Illustrated 

 Garden Guide, and Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, 

 &c. 



Vilmorin, Andrieux it Cie., 4, Qaai de la M^gisserie, Paris. — 

 General Catalogue of Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Strawberry 

 Plants, tC'c. 



H. & F. Sharpe.Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire. — Wholesale Cata- 

 logue of Agricultural arid Garden Seeds, and List of Seed 

 Potatoes. 



Richard Bradley & Sons, Halam, near Southwell, Notts. — 

 Abridged Catalogues of Roses and General Nursery Stock. 



James Wm. Mackey, 40, Westmoreland Street, Dublin. — Illus- 

 trated Seed Catalogue and Attiateur's Guide. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 *.* All correspondence should be directed either to *' The 

 Editors," or to " The PabliaUer." Letters addressed to 

 Mr, Johnson or Dr. Hogg often remain unopened unavoid- 

 ably. We request that no one will write privately to any 

 of our correspondents, as doing bo Bubjeots them to un- 

 jastiflable trouble and expense. 

 Correspondents Bhoald not mix up on the same sheet questions 

 relating to Gardening and those on Poultry and Bee sab- 

 jeots, and should never send more than two or three 

 questions at once. All articles intended for insertion 

 should be written on one side of the paper only. We 

 cannot reply to questions through the post, 

 Violets. — "D. W." iuqairea wliera Violets odorata peodula, Blandyana, 

 Itcine Louise, Beauty ot Louth, and Wileioii caa ba purchased. Ha hai 

 applied to several anrderymen, but cannot procure them. 



Sulphate of Ammonia {Red Hill).— It dried it may contain 24 per cent, 

 of ammonia, bat if cryBtallised it contains about 22^ per cent. It may be 

 applied to any growing plant. Half an ounce to a gallon of water is 

 «tifiicient. 



Attrigtjlas, — *' G. S." wishes for the dirflction of florists in the north of 

 England who can supply Auriculas. If ther advertised, our correspondent 

 sAys '* a briak demand wonid soon sell out any grower." 



CoBDON Fruit Tbees (P. Af.).— The diatanco of :t') yards will take fire 

 trees, the fii6t trees to be 9 feet from the ends of the wire, and the three 

 intermediate trees being 18 foat apart. They miy ba plantei wider than 

 that, but the trees will take so much longer to fill the space. 



Management op Camellias and Azaleas (Youthful ^nuirur).— We 

 think yon are rather impatient. If the Camellia buds do not drop they will 

 swell oat and open in due time. We are afraid the compos" will not d > for 

 Azaleas. They ought to be potted in turfy sandy peat, not bog peat, wlthont 

 any loam. Bog peat does not answer for Caraelliaa either. Good turfy loam 

 one-half and the other half turfy peat, the eaiio as that used for Azaleas, 

 will answer. The temperature is all ri^ht, and so is the other treatment. 



PoiNBETTiA rci.cHEHRiMA (W^rm).— This plant blooms beat in a tempe- 

 rature of from 60^ to 6J-, bat will do with a lover minimum, say oS"^ for an 

 average, a tew degree* lower and hii^her than this according to the weather. 

 The leaf enclosed sooms to be from a species of Fuokia. 



Mould on Cyclamen Corms (A. F. i?.).— The mould will not injure the 

 corms, aa we apprehend it is a mossy coveriug cooseqneut upon the plants 

 having been kept very moist in an ill ventilated atmosphere, the enrfaoe of 

 the pota as well as the corms having t!ie same green miuldy covering. lie- 

 move it from the aurfaco of the soil with a piece of wooi, and also from the 

 corms if it comoa away readily and may be done without injury to the akia, 

 leaves, and flowers, which must not be damaged. 



Chinese PRIMROSE!* pbom Cuttings (/-("m) —Except for the double 

 virieties propagation from cuttings is not nearly so goo I as raiding plants 

 from seed. The cuttings are boat taken so soon as the flowering is past, or 

 from March to June, they reiiairing a rather close aud warm atmosphere 

 with shade to root freely. 



Old Plants of CnavsANTnEMUMs {Wfm>.— We should mt keep the old 

 plants only to give what outtintja were needed in March, aud if none were 

 required at that timo we should throw the old plants away. We have fre- 



quently disrooted the old plants after flowering, cutting away moat of the 

 old roots and potting in entirely fresh compost (all the old being shaken oat) 

 into 5 or 6-inch pots, keeping the plants in cold frames until April with 

 abandanco of air daring mild weather, and shifting into larger pots then, and 

 giving the flowering pots early in June. They did fairly, but the flowers were 

 neither so large nor well formed as those affjrdod by plants from cuttings. 



Carpet-bedding Punts from Seed (P.F.S.). — The Coragtium, Cinera- 

 ria, and MesembryantheiHums may be raised from seed, bat are much better 

 raised from cuttings. The seed may ha sown thinly in pota of light soil, 

 oovarinj,' the seed very slightly and keepin* the soil regularly moist, the pota 

 being placed in a hotbad until tha seedlings appear. After that a light and 

 cool position mast be afforded to harden the seedlings, which must, when 

 largo enough, be pricked-out in bjie3 or be potted singly in very small pota. 

 Coleuses mast be raised from cutttu-js. These and cuttings of all the plants 

 mentioned will strike readily in sandy aoil iuyoar hotbed, affording moisture 

 and shade to prevent the cuttings from flagging. We advise your procuring 

 cuttings of the plants you require. 



Lily of the Valley (Fifteen-years Subscriber).— The roots are not dead, 

 bat will grow and produce flowers in due time. 



CrcLAMENS Deformed [R. 3. F. Qillinghani]. — Remove the decayed flowers, 

 and, if possible, place the plants in a little more heat. They will improve as 

 the season advances. Tae name of the plant is Garrya elliptica. 



REMOvisa Trees from a Nursesy (E. E. £.).— All trees, shrubs, and 

 plants that you, as a nurseryman, have planted in the naraery as etook-in* 

 trade you caa remove. If any of the trees have become too large for removal 

 you must leave them nniajurad, aud cannot enforce payment for them from 

 the landlord. 



Names of Fruits (Bo5).— Your Apple U Court of Wick. (J. J. S.).— The 

 Fears ware nnripe, aud we are sorry that we are unable to identify them. 



Names of Plants ilrl.^). — All forms of the very variable V. salioifolia. 

 f.4itefl<f.T».— 1, Polypxliam vaL-are; 2 and 3, La^trea apinuUsa; 4 aud 5, 

 Soolopendrium valgare. [R. Alaitlanii. — Loucadendron argeuteam. 



POULTfiY, BEE, AND PIGEON OHRONIOLE. 



POULTRY AND BIRD NEWS. 



In the Journal of Horticulture for Augast 3rd laat we de- 

 scribed the result of a sitting of Leghorn eggs sent from Mr. G. 

 Brown of Brooklaadville, U.S.A., to Mr. Norwood of Salis- 

 bury. The eggs hatched on Jane 23rd last, and several of the 

 pullets frona them laid when only five months old. We learn 

 that the third-prize pair of this breed at the Ute Show at Kings- 

 tjn-on-Thames came from this hatch. We observed them 

 there because of their spotless purity of plumage and the colour 

 of their legs, which were of a deeper orange hue than any wa 

 have before seen. 



We know of one amateur who keeps two breeds of poultry, 

 and those of kinds which most frequently have to go into a 

 variety class. He has exhibited seventy-two pens in 1876 and 

 won eistytwo honours. Of the ten other pens twice the judge 

 missed them when making his awards. We consider this good 

 work, and it shows us what au amateur can do. These birds 

 have only been kept in enclosed runs in town gardens. 



We wonder Silkies are not more kept for useful purposes. 

 They can always be depended upon for laying or being broody 

 at this season. It is true they do not cover very many eggs, 

 but they take every o.ire of what they have, and rarely does one 

 come to grief. We know of one exhibitor iu the midland 

 counties who has seven of these birds now sitting, and we have 

 some broody hens ourselves waiting for eggs. The breed is to 

 have a class at the coming Aquaricm Show at Westminster, 

 and as a certain number of entries had to be guaranteed wa 

 hope all will enter a pen who keep the variety, or the loss will 

 fall up jn private shoulders. 



Turbitj seem to be the present fashion in Toy Pigeons. Mr. 

 SaltiT ha? lately sold a Black for ±'40. Mr. O. E. Oresswell has 

 recently refused i*20 for one of the same colour, and a Blue was 

 sold at Birmingham we believe for .i'12. 



It will be remembered that a few weeks back we recommended 

 the fanciers of the various breeds to make themselves into 

 clubs like the Leghorn fanciers had done. We hear the Spanish 

 breeders have done this, aud that one or two more such clubs 

 are on the tapis. After this we shall want one large general 

 club to embrace all these subdivisions, and so make, if possible, 

 all fanciers members of one body without cliques or petty 

 jealousies. 



The Oxford Committee are already at work getting ap caps 

 and classes for the neglected breeds for another year's show. 

 There will be, we hear, i'lO lOs. cups for Black Red cockerels 

 and pullets, and a large sum of money has been offered to pro- 

 vide Langshau classes. We hope tbe Committae will refuse 

 thij offer, or suggest that the money should be expended in 

 classes for Pekin Ducks or some other breed where there really 

 is something worthy of encouragement. 



We are glad to say the defaulting Committee of the Ports- 

 mouth Summer Sliow have bean brought to book. The Hon. 

 and Rev. F. Dutton placed the matter in the hands of his soli- 

 citor, who issued a summons for the amoant owing. Not only 

 has the prise money tj be paid in full, but they have also tha 



