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JOUE^iL OF HOanOUCiTUSE AHD OOXIAGS GiHOENBH. 



( Jaauai-y 28, 13i5t(. 



Roses for Bobdehs (Scotus) — " Two narrow bovdera, each 60 feet in 

 length, will take forty Rosea nt 1 yard apart. I name twenty Roses, 

 vhicL you should buy in duplicate, as the same Roses will do for both 

 borders. You ask for ' free prrowers, free bloomers, hardy, with bright 

 colours, and as showy and effectivo as possible.' The shade during a 

 part of the day will not atop the blooming of any of them. The follow- 

 ing ar*j a charming group. Plant them as I put them :— 1, Gloire de 

 Dijan; 2, Seuateur Vai^se ; 3, Anna Alexicff; 4, >I luriee Eernardin ; 

 5, JJuc de Cazes; 6, Charles Lefebvre ; 7, Marguerite de St. Araand ; 

 8, Madame Boutin ; 9, Baronne Prevost ; 10, Pierre Nuttiny ; 11, Madame 

 Victor Verdier ; 12, Madame Clemeneo Joif^ucaux ; 13. Acbille Gonod, or 

 Madame Boutin; 14, "William Griffltha; 15. Mareehai Vaillant; 16, Julc3 

 Margottlu ; 17, Souvenir de Dr. Jamain ; 18, Baronne de Maynird ; 19, 

 Prince Camille de Rohan ; 20, Jobn Hopper. Do not cut down your 

 Ulanetti Roses to two or three eyes, unless their wood is bad. As a 

 general rule, if they grow well, shorten the wood one-third all over the 

 tree. Prune them as Hybrid Cliina Roses. Prune no Rose at planting 

 time. Cover the point of union with about 2 inchoB of soil.— W, F. 

 Radclyffe." 



Flower Beds (W. G. Walcr.^).—V^e never undertake planting flower 

 beds, no one can do so without seeing the place. We criticise proi>o3ed 

 pQanting?, and noint out what are errors as to contrasts, &c. 



Large Canes of Vines (C. C.).— We received the four cuttings of 

 "different canes of Vines 25 feet loug, growing in a house that was phiuted 

 in the middle of April, 18t>8. They qU have shown fruit abuudantly on the 

 laterals ; but the fruit was taken ofl' as soon as perceived, excepting one 

 bunch, and that was cut on the IGth of January, wbenpr-.ming the Vines." 

 They are the stoutest, best-ripened canes from Vines so recently planted 

 that we ever measured— they were fully IJ inch in circumference. 



Delay of our Journal (J. M. Dublin).— The delay in delivering this 

 Jouroal is the fault of your bookseller. You could have it by post from 

 our office on the day of publication. 



Vines from Eves {T. J. .U.).— You will find the procegg of Vine-raising 

 from eyes fully treated of in former numbers of tbe Journal, and in the 

 "Vine Manual," which maybe had post free from our oflice for 2^. QJ. 

 Vines from cuttings are not so good as from eyes, though those from 

 cuttings answer tolerably well ; but Vines from eyes are by the host cul- 

 tivators prefen'od to those from cither cuttings or layers. The Vines you 

 have should be cut back to two eyes, and be fresh-potted at once, placed 

 in a brisk heat, top and bottom, and have every growth-encouragement 

 as stated at length in the work above named. The Vine eves or cuttings 

 put in during January will, with good treatment, be of a size fit for fruit- 

 ing in twelve months. 



Cucumber for Greenhouse {J. M.).—A Cucumber for every purpose 

 is Telegraph. To do well in a greenhouse the atmosphere must be close 

 and moist. 



BosEs FROM Seed (Tdcm).~A Rose variety seldom produces its like 

 from the heps or seed. The seedlings are, "in general, inferior to the 

 parent, many worthless. It is not advisable to soak the sesds before 

 sowing, and we do not think soaking them in hot water will cause them 

 io germinate sooner. Only some of the seeds germinate in the first year, 

 but tbe majority of them not until the second season. 



Forming a Croquet Ground {A Comtaiit Reader).—!! yoa send foiir 

 postage stamps with your address, and order No. 228 of tliis Journal, 

 you will there find full directions for making a croquet ground. 



Cacti IT. D. C.).— There are two cases filled with Cacti, and all named, 

 in the Conservatory of the Royal Horticultural Society at South Kensing- 

 ton. They were given by Dr. Waggett. There is also a collection at the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. In Loudon's "Encyclopicdia of Plants," 

 there are woodcuts of many, which would aid you to identify those you 

 have. 



Draining a Kitchen Garden (C. C.}.— You do not clearly state 

 whether the pipes are cylindrical, but we presume tbey are ; if so, 

 merely place them end to end. You may put your 3-iach-long pipes 

 over tbe joint, or a few stones, or anything vou can obtain. We think 

 most of what you want will be found in " Doings of the Last Week," in 

 last week's number, page 48. 



Orchard House (ir. A. Dtiri/).— Grow Peach and Pear trees pyramidally 

 and in pots. Inarching is a mode of grafting, the scion not being sepa- 

 rated from its pai-ent until after it has united to the stock. We fear you 

 must cut down the Vines that ;only break at the top, but we could not 

 advise positively without seeing them. We cannot suggest the amount 

 of rent, for we know nothing about the premises, &c., and if we did we 

 could not undertake to be valuers. 



iMPRoviNa Sandy Soil {T. N., Stafford).— To make it more retentive 

 of moisture, and render it more fertile, your only course is to put on as 

 much clay and limy rubbish as will render it more loamy. Marl would 

 also improve the staple. 



Cockscomb and Balsam Groivtng (Lwe and Learn).— It ia hard to 

 distinguish the plants that will give the best-formed "combs" whilst 

 tJiey are young, bnt it is well to grow them in .small pots, and keep them 

 in comparatively gmall pots until the "combs " show, and then discard 

 those th.'it are dispostd to run up tall, and have small ''combs," 

 encouraging tbe others with plenty of water, a moist atuinspbHre, and 

 keeping them dwarf by a position near the glass, and a moderate amount 

 of air. They are best grown in a hotbed or pit, keeping them near tbe 

 glass. They may be grown in a stove on a slielf near the glass. A com- 

 post of two parts turfy loam and one part old cow dung will grow the 

 Cockscomb well, the loam being neither heavy nor light, but the more 

 fibrous the better. To have them in good condition at the end of Aumist, 

 the seed should be sown by the middle of March. Thev will require to 

 be well supplied with weak liquid manure after the conibs are formed. 

 lisijams to bloom at the end of August should be sown in the lafct week in 

 Mayor frstweek in June in a gentle heat, and grown in a frame or 

 pit— a b'ght, moderately airy greenhouse will do. A compost of two parts 

 turfy loam fiom rotted turves, sandy rather than heavy, one part old cow 

 dung or weil-rotteJ hotbed manure, and one part leaf mould, with a free 

 admixture of sharp sand suits them. 



Black Paint for Vikf.rt (I. L.).— Black paint if composed of lamp 

 black and linseed oil with " dryers," wilt not affect the Vines or plants 

 in any way ; but why paint them black? Stone colour is by many pre- 

 ferred, and it answers admirably, both for appearance and durability. 



Ardisia chenulita Culture {A. M. F.).— The Ardisia blooms from 

 the growing parts of the wood, and therefore will not baar stopping 

 without sacrificing the flj.vers of the current year, and, ousequently, 

 berries by which the flowers are succ9edi?i, and which are the principal 

 object for which the plant is so largely grown for winter decoration. It 

 will not grow in a room, but requires a cool stove. 



Weedy Lawn (M. A'.).— We advise you to leave the lawn, if tolerably 

 even in surface, as it i», but to remove from it between now and March, 

 in mild weather, all the dairies and other large-leaved weeds, grubbing 

 them up with an old knife. A number of women or boys would, with 

 soma one to dirt-ct them, do much work of this kind in a few days, and it 

 would be far less costly and much more s ttisfactory than di/ging-up the 

 lawn and rcsowing with grass seeds. In March we would give the lawn 

 a pood dressing of very t-hort rotten manure mixed with an equal 

 quantity of soil, and rake it well with an iron rake. Early in Api-il sow 

 over it 4 lbs. each of Festuca duriuscnLi, Cynosurus cristatus, and Tri- 

 folium repens, 2 lbs. of Poa nemor ilia, and 8 lbs. of Trifoliura minus, in 

 mixture for cue acre. RoU well after sowing, scratching lightly with an 

 iron rake, and allow the grass to grow without mowing until the middle of 

 May, then mow and roll well, continuing to do so throughout the season, 

 OiiANGE TnEEs Infested with Scale (TT. O ).— The "honeydew " on 

 your Orange trees is caused by the Orange sci'le. It may be destroyed 

 by syringiug the plants so as to wet them thoroughly in every part with a 

 solution, 2 0Z3. to tha gxUon, of Clarke's lusect-destro^iug Compound. 

 It should be applied at a temperature of 120-. 



Clematis Sef.d (Idan).~~The seed should be sown now in rich light 

 soil, and placed in a bouse where there is a gentle beat, or in a hotbed, 

 Jccepiug the pots there until the plants ore well up, then hardening 

 these ofi"; and when large enough to handle pot oiT, and plnc^ them in a 

 cold frame, keeping them close and shaded for a few days until esta- 

 blished, and giving abundance of li'.:ht and air afterwards, with plenty of 

 room. The seedlings would do well in a cool airy greenhouse. 



Clarke's Compound (/J'TjO. — There i^ not tha*. we are aware any 

 preventive of mildew by extsrnal appliestions made some time previous 

 to tbe attacks of the parasite; but they act as a check to its advances, 

 and the compound is ns good a checlc to tbe attacks of mildew as sul- 

 phur, and both are complete cures for it, but the compound is much more 

 easy of application and less unsightly. It should not be washed off. It 

 is not injurious to the Vines or the foUage of plants. 



Rhododendrons in Pots after Flowering (.4;7n''?).— Your receiving 

 the plants in pois is not evidence that they had oeen in them for any 

 length of time, and we incline to the opinion that they wero taken up 

 from the open ground a short time only before you had them, and potted, 

 say in the autumn or wiutpr. Flowering at the end of May or beginning 

 of June, they should after flowering bo placed out of doors, and in a 

 position where th-sy will bo shaded from the sun's rays from ten in the 

 morning until four in the afternoon, but though shade is desirable, it 

 muat not be from overhanghag trees. K'3pp them well watered, aud the 

 pots protected, or rather the roots, by plunging the pots. 



Hare's foot Fern Trf.atment in a Room iC. C. F).—It may be grown 

 in a sitting-room in a va.;e or pot, but should be covered with a glass 

 shade, and it is well if thn sihade have a few holes in the top. The pot 

 should bo well drained, aud tbe plant put in in a sandy fibrous pe:it, and 

 a little sandv loam, care bsing taken not to overpot, but give it a little 

 room to grow. The soil should at all times be kept raois', but avoid 

 making it very wet whilst the Fern i;^ not growing ; when it is making 

 fresh growth copious waterings are necessary. Place it near a window, 

 shading from bright sun, if its rays come powerlully through tha window, 

 from nine in the morning until five in the afternonu. Its proper name is 

 DavalUa canarionsis, and it is propagated by dividing the root-stems or 

 rhizomes, taking them oft" with a portion of roots- 



Burned Clav for Garden Walks {T. K.).— We have no experience 

 in the burning of clay for g irden walks. We shall be obliged by any one 

 sending us information. 



Plants for Quarry (7*. J. TT''.).— After placing soil in the holes, or 

 niches, and on the ledges, you may plant in the situation not shaded, 

 Alyssum sasatile, Antennaria hyperborea ; Arabis alpina, A. albida ; Au- 

 brietia rteltoidea. Campanula garganica, Cerastium tomentosum. Conyol* 

 vuluB mauritanieus Draba aizoides, Ibcris sempervircns, Linaria alpina, 

 Lotus corniculatus flore-pleno, Saxifraga cymbalaria, S. aizoon, A. ai- 

 zoides, S. juniperina, R, hvpnoides, S. oppositifolia, S. palmata ; Sedum 

 acre, S. angUcuu), S. Forsterianmu, S. turgidum, and S. kamtschaticum. 

 Gordon's " Pinetum," is the work on the Fir tribe. 



Trees and Shrubs (TT^ O'^.).— We know of no work devoted to these 

 for ornaaiental puri)33ea. "The Cottage Gardeners' Dictionary" con- 

 tains them all, and has uotes on oraamentil planting. 



Heating by a Stove [A. D,).— The cheapest of all stoves are the sns- 

 pension stoves, bo commonlv in use. These consist of a pedestal, and a 

 top of cast u*on, and the real stove is a tube of plate iron, with a covered 

 opening for fuel, and another for ashes. The chief advantage of this 

 stove is. that when tbe plate-iron tube is wora out a fresh one can be 

 placed between the more durable top and bottom. The great disad- 

 vantage of this stove is that the fire is in contact with tha iron, and 

 the hotter the iron becomes the more is the air burned that comes in 

 contact with it, and that air is then very injurious to plants and all 

 human beings that breathe it. When only a little heat is required, and 

 the fire is kept from burning brightly, so as not to make the iron red hot, 

 or nearly so, these stoves are useful. The best stoves o! all for plant 

 houses are on Arnott's principle, with the firebox so placed in the centre 

 as to leave nn open space between it and the iron sides of the stove. 

 Such stoves, well regulated, send out verj- little heat through the chim- 

 ney ; the stove fromtop to bottom retains heat a long time, and yet the 

 iron'nevei becomes oflensively or dangerously hot. Brick stoves, intro- 

 duced by Messrs. Rivers and Line, are in this respect so far better than 

 iron, that the brick does not become so hot, aud retains the heat longer. 

 What we admire the iron stoves for is that they take up little room, and 

 after doing their work for the season can be removed and kept safely 

 until another season. Of course they might remain unhghted if tho 

 owner did not care about their appearance. How flues in connection 

 with such stoves are to be formed, we need not at present enter upon, 

 because the very object of the stoves is to do away with all flues, stoke- 

 holes, 4c., and these iron stoves will never answer for flues liko a com- 

 mon furnace. In fact, no iron stove will draw well if there is much 



