Maroli iVj l'M.'j 



,t6«KNAL of UOKTICDLTUUE and cottage GABDENE!ii> 



18S 



^^ too rich and tpnacioafl. or io a satorated condition from bod drainngo. 

 'I'horc is DOtbiU}^ in tht; Iliiwor hynt to acccant for the premuturo ftilling 

 'if thobl..(tiD3, nreanlt of iuip^ji-fcct roi.t actiuq. If the foUiigc fl.i«fl, tuouyh 

 water l& s^ivou, tho soil umy bo deOoient iu uiuibturc, and HufBcieot njay 

 not bo t^ivuu to reiich aud mulatt-n it in overj' part ; or tlie i>Iant:J may bo 

 ilmoat ontlrcly dL-Htituto of roots, and aro cxiatiug on, tho storod-up 

 Hsp. Without furthf-r particulars w« cannot aQ\i»c, but uoutd vugKCbt an 

 iKtminittiou of tho soil and rool9, paying pnrlloular attention tt> tho 

 draluofre. - . . 



Vine Couoku (.•? I.— Wo would advldc vou to uho IUl- clinkers chiefly 

 t.ir drainn^^e adovo a caucrcted botU'Ui, with drainago iu front bOBidea. 

 Vou arc ijuite ri^jht in laakinic the bord.r abi>vc tho natural lovoL 01 the 

 two, havo the insido bordtT tlio higher. Good rich loani, tiuch as can be 

 aad from a pasture, or tho sides nf many higlnvays, will suit you beat, 

 tod to ten loads of thi? wo would add three of the lime rubbish, hall a 

 load of bruised boiled bonea, and little of any other kind of manure. 



Patrviva Vines {Viiu-'jttrii, DaTct'y) —It you mean to obtain fruil from 

 your fresh-planted Vines, eliorten tho C-fect rods but litUc. If yon wish 

 the Vines to urow well and continue fruitful for year.^, then wo would 

 ndviao shortouSnj; them fully half their length. 



fiEMOvABLE Gbol'nd ViNERif (A ITrt/Kierij!;? Sy'j)\'r.'Ii(.r'i,— We would 

 nnder S'lnti circumstances mahe tiip ground vineries as simple as possible, 

 with moveable ends, either of (^laaa or wood. Wo would prefer tho aidoB 

 beinff of wood at least tl luchea wide, but 1;! inch deep would do. We 

 would make tho sides separate for package, and connect tbem with screws, 

 or bolts and nuts, at the ridge when ia use ; 9 feet Ions would be useful for 

 moving. All the climbers you mention w ould do admira'ily, and fio would 

 Jaamiuum nu'tiflorum, which would be a ehcet of yellow flowers in 

 winter. Yon had better have the hardier Loniceras and Clematises. 



ViKEEV — A3PABAOU3 iJ. C. L ). — In y^ur circumstances wo would keep 

 Iho Vines back as much ag possible until the season ie more adv meed. 

 Vou havo gathered Asparagus exriy {February 'JlJnd). Slo^t likely you will 

 have less to gather at a later period. We caiinot name plants from leaves 

 unly. 



CucrsTBER AND Mklon Frasies {T, B. C'.).— If yon can command suflQ- 

 cient heat from your steam pipes there ie nothing Uj prevent the plan 

 answering, and stone would be better than wood for covering the chamber. 

 Wood or atone laid across from brick wall to wall, Wonld be rather too 

 high, and scarcely leave enough of space for soil and air above it. Vou 

 would require at least from 6 to D inches more, and that would bring it 

 nearer to tho steam pipes — another advantage for securing heat. In 

 either case yon must have meaus for letting tho heat up by upr ght pipes, 

 i'C, communicating with the chamber. Wu have secured plenty of heat 

 by a flooring of rough strong elaba, net rather open, and the openings 

 tilled with brickbats rouyhly coated with lime. Much of >our success 

 will depend on the heat obtained by st<:-.am, and having that h'^at near 

 enough to tho floor of tho cbaoiher. As you say nothing as to how the 

 heat is to be o* tainod, we caunot judge in that matter. Steam miy be 

 very hot in 1 l-ineh pipes, bat it will require to be hot to give yon bottom 

 and top heat.' 



Heatino a GREENHorsE ( ). — Wiiat is called a cannon boiler will 



nuswer, 24 inches long, IH inches wide, and 6 inches deep; but it is 

 so little curved that a. saddle-baek wonld have answered better, or at 

 least witJi less care in tho management. After tho five is fairly lighted 

 and boTDiag at all brightly, the economy of heating will greatly depend on 



on 



the 



the proper u8« of the damper. Wo vronid s.ei suoha oiwiUnv boiler 



piers of firebriclt 1) inches d_'ep at oach end, and a pier at each aide io I 

 tniddle, leaving tvo holes at the, aides and ono at tliu farther eud, for the 

 boat to phiy on all sidea of tho boiler. With a BvdJle-back one or two 

 layers of firebrick at the bides would be sutH<;ient, according to (he depth 

 and si '.a of the boiler; and one opening at tho farther end would do, ou 

 as to bring tLe heat along the sid'-t* and top before reaching the chim- 

 ney. For such a smill house tho flat boiler v.ill an:,wer, but aaaddlo-back 

 or a conical one would answer witii less trouble with the damper. Za , 

 Btich a boiler as yours, after tho Are is U^'bted and becoming bright, some- 

 thing like an inch oponiTi.'j in tho damper will do, and very little air muflfc 

 be admitted by the ashpit door after the fire is burning well. Tho boiler 

 would do very well iu the [.pace marked at the end of the house. It wiU 

 act all tho better if you can sink it enough, flo that the top of the boiler 

 shall to from IH to '.il inches below tho level of tho floir of tho bouse ti> 

 bo heated. With tho pathway along tho front, and a doorway at each 

 end, the simplest plan would be to have the pipes nbout fi inches above 

 the floor, heuoath tho front of tho stage, and ju-"t behind the pathway. 

 Tho best way to do this would be to connect tho Qow pipe from the top 

 of the boiler with a socket Joint, to receive three pipes, take these to 

 tho farther end on a level, and connect them there with a noekel flange 

 for receiving four pipes. The fourth pipe would be the ontside, and go 

 back to the bottom of the boiler. If you did not like tho pipes in th.at 

 position, aud would prelor them to be placed under your bhelf at the 

 front of the house, ia front of the pathway, you must take a flow .and 

 retnrn from the boiler under the level of tho pathway until you pass the 

 doorway, and rising, you might connect three at each end in the mode 

 referred to above, or bring the return underneath the three flows. Tho 

 first plan would be simpler even here, if there were room for four pipes 

 abreabt under the shelf. In either case an air pipe would have to he 

 Inserted in the pocket at the farther end of the house, or there must be 

 an open cistern above the level of the pines. 



EDv^fiEDSlA MICROPHVLLA W. O'B.).— It is Edw.lrdsia microphylla. Th» 

 specimen within CO yards of tho sei beach, near Dublin, which has been 

 grow-ing in the open air f^'r the last ten years without any protection, and 

 is now about 7 feet high and covered with blonm, we can readily imagine, 

 both S3 regards foliage and flowers, is a very handsome shrub. 



ViKES (O. .^. //.).— We cannot, understand what you mean Ly growing 

 Vlno3 in cottages as an ornament. 



Select Camellias W- J- C, SoKeri.ii.loe).— Double White, Princess 

 Bacchioehi, Contessa de Hainaut, LavinLa Maggi, Bicolor de la Reine, 

 and Valtevaredo. 



Select A^ALEA3 fMfn) — Htella, Lizzie, Her Hajesty, Flower of the 

 liay, Madame Miellez, Sir ('.Napier, Ducliesso de Nassau, Etoile de (rand. 

 President Claoys, Arborea purpurea, Ghelsoni, Holfordi, Criterion, Loui£6 

 Von Badon, President, and Extranei. 



Nasie of Froit {J. /lmf/-rsoa).— Your Pear is Vicar of Winkficld. 



Names op Plants (./. H. S.).— Gynmograinma ferruginea. {Inquirtr'\. 

 — SLsyrinchiuui grandiflorum. (Loiti. tiaTTf^ate) ~-\^ Golden Yew; 4, 

 Thuja orientaUs ; 6, Juniperua rigida ; -, Uerberis Darwinii; 5, Erica 

 mediterranea. Nos. 2 and? are too small to be recegnisod by ua. {D. H.). 

 — 1, F.dwardsia microphylla ; 2, Foraythia viridisslma. (J. P., Wan).— 

 The name of the fungus gathered under the Cedar tree is Peziza Una- 

 Rioosa, a rare and highly interesting species, only recently known to be 

 British. If you can send tis two or three more specimens we shall be 

 obliged. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ia the Suburbs of Loniloii for tlie week ending March 9th. 



Wod... 



Thurs. 



PrL... 



Sat.... 



Sun.. . 

 . Mon.. . 

 : Tuc3. . 



lur.oyETER. 



Max. 



30019 

 30181 

 29 895 

 M.S.I) 

 :iil.l7.S 

 29.8-4 

 29.190 



29.979 



•Win. 



29.931 

 80.089 

 29.799 

 30.075 

 30.059 

 29.61S 

 29 410 



29 853 



THERM OUISTEB. . 



4;i 



41 



f.l 



47 

 K 

 41 

 'A 



4fi.l4 



21 

 26 

 39 

 21 

 21 

 24 

 33 



Earth. 



I 11. dp. 



44 

 43 

 43 

 41 

 41 

 42 

 42 



42.71 



■i ft. dp. 



43 

 43 



42 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 41 



Wind. 



N. 

 N.W. 



W. 

 N.E. 



E 

 S W. 



N. 



42.14 — 



Rain in 

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<ite«BXl,i|^BEJlABXS. 



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Fine and frosty ; very fine ; densely overcast. 

 Overcast ; densely ovorcist ; clear and flue. 

 Fine, overcast ; cloudy but fine ; boisterous. 

 Cloudy but fine ; cold wind ; clear and frosty. 

 Fine and frosty; very fine and clear; overcast. 

 Snowing ; snow showers ; overcast, fine. 

 Foggy; overcast: very dark in afternoon; foggy. 



POULTEY, BEE, AND PIGEON CHRONICLE, 



FANTAIL PIGEONS. 



In a February number of " onr Journal," page Xl>i, I notice 

 n few remarks on the Almoud Funtail, and reference is made 

 to the " Treatise on Pigeons " published in 176-"), where one is 

 mentioned wLich waa bought by a nobleman. I think it well 

 to mention I have had several, though not quite so rich in 

 colour as I could have wished, owing to the difficulty at the 

 period of getting a good deep yellow. Mr. Matthew Wicking, 

 if I remember rightly, also bred some, and Mr Cottle, of Chel- 

 tenham. To the latter gentleman I sent tbe last ol my strain, 

 the rats having killed tho others, and I believe tbat he has 

 some Almond b'ttntails, or an approach to them, at the present 

 time. 



I cannot say that I was pleased with the appearance of the 

 birds, nor do I think there is any colour to equal, much less 

 snrpaes, tho White. I had some very beautifully coloured 

 Blues which I imported from India, aud of fine and delicate 

 quality, but they soon died. Moat of the Saddle-back varieties 



I I have seen come from Germany, and they have been coarse, 



1 and to my thinking excecilinply ugly. Some years ago there 



was a pair of Blacks shown at Birmingham, which as Blacks I 



have never seou equalled before nor siuce. In carriage and 



size they could hold their own against Eome of the best Whites. 



I should like to see a few Powdered Blues of the same coloni 



' as Mr. Wioking and my-^elf produced in Owls many years ago. 



Perhaps some fancier will try to obtain it. A Fantail of this 



• colour would be lovely if good" in other respects, and would well 



I repay the trouble taken to produce it.— Haemson Weib, Weir- 



'< ki'ili, I'rnichify, Kc'i. 



THE PIGEONS OF VENICE. 

 I Ol' all the pights of Venice none is more remarkable in its 

 j way than the Pigeons. 



j How it came to be a point of pride with the Venetians to 

 defend these birds and to leave legacies to them, and after- 

 ' ward.^, in a bewildered sort of way, to seek sainUhips for them 

 I in the local calendar are matters involved in mystery. But 

 I thus much is known resjiectiug them. The Pigeons of VeniOB 

 I are the itrotiges of the city, ks tho Lions of St. Mark are its 



