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JOUKNAL OF HORTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEB. 



i March 18, 1869. 



flower a moBth later, and were quite gorgeous during the autumn 

 months. The locality is a late and damp one. — J. A., Wallhouse 

 Gardens, 



PLANTS IN FLOWER FEB. 11th. TO MARCH 1st. 



AT DRAYTON- 



Anemone sylvestris 



horteQsis 



coronaria 



pavonina 



ramiuculoides 

 Aubriotia purpurea 



purpurea variegata 

 Arabis albida 



blephoropbylla 

 Alchemitla vulgaris 

 Bulbocodinm veruum 

 Berberis aquifolia 



Darwinii 

 Calendula officinalis 

 Coronilla glauca 

 Crocus biflorus 



aureus 



Aucheri (chrysanthns) 



eusianus 



snlpburens 



nivalis (Sieberi) 



vemus 



versicolor 



Sir Walter Scott 



Pure white 

 Cyclamen coum 

 Cheirantbus cheiri, various 

 Dondia epipaetis 

 Dapbnc mezereum 

 Dorouicum cancasicum 

 Epimedium grandifloram 

 Erica bcrbacea 

 Erantbis byemalis 

 Erysimum helveticam 

 Galanthus nivalis 



flore-pleno 



pi i cat us 

 Helleborus atrorubens 



f'ii^tidus 



culchicus 



Olympic us 



nit?er 

 Hepatica anRulosa 



triloba alba 



carnlea 



rubra 



rubra plena 

 Hyacinthus orieutalis 



belgicus 

 Jaeminiim nndiflornm 

 Lamium maculatum rubrum 

 Leucojum vernum 

 Muscart racemosum 



neclectum (?) 



botryoides 



— H. Harpur Crewe. 



ADDITIONAL PLANTS IN FLOWER AT EITTON VICARAGE. 

 MARCH 3rd. 



BEAUCHAMP RECTORY. 



Muscari botryoides pallida 



moschatum 



macrocarpum 

 Narcissus minor 



maximus 



luna 



pumilus 



odorus 



pseudo-narcissus 

 plenissimus 



cemuus plenus 



biflorus 



Tazetta 



polyanthus, yellow 

 Omphaiodes verna 

 Orobus vermis 

 Ornitbocalum exscapum 

 Platystemon califomicum 

 Primula altaica 



auricula 



dcnticulata 



elatior, various 



veris 



vulgaris, various 

 Scilla tibirica 



hifolia 



bifolia alba 

 Sisyrinchium fp-andiflorum 

 Saxifrajja cymbalaria 

 Triteleia uniflora 

 Viola odorata 



odorata alba 



odorata, Early Russian, blue 



odorata cjprulea plena 



odorata alba plena 



Czar 



Queen 



Giant 



neapolitana 



tricolor, various 

 Viburnum tinns 

 Dcntaria dipitata 

 Draba aizoides 

 JIalcomia maritima 

 Matbiola incana 

 Trichonema colurannE 

 Ficaria aurea plena 

 Erythronium dcns-canig 

 Vinca minor alba 

 BelHs perennis (double white) 

 Iris persica 

 Erodinm hymenodes 

 Forsythia viridissiraa 

 Potentilla alba 

 Coronilla emcrua 



Forsylbia suspensa 

 Berberis Bealii 



dulcis 

 Anemone apennina 

 Corcborus japonicus 

 Lonicera fraffrantissima 

 Tussilago fraprans 

 Scopolia camiolica 

 Pyrus japonica, red and white 

 Vinca major and minor in vars. 

 Borapo orientalis 

 Polmonaria officinalis 



officinalis alba 

 Gorge, double and single 

 Garrya elliptica 

 Chinionanthus fraf^ans 

 Peach, Nectarine, Apricot, Plum 

 White Banksian Rose 

 Spiriea priinifolia plena 

 Iris tuberosa 



stylosa 

 Primula marginata 

 Cyclamen ibericum, purple and 



white 

 Spider Orchis (Mentone) 

 Aobrietia gra?ca 

 Leucocoryne alliacea 

 Anemone Hudsoninna 

 Sanguinaria canadensis 

 Hyoscyamus orientalis 



Symphytum, white 

 Narcissus propinquus 



bicolor 



aurantius plenus {Butter-and- 

 Eggst 



lacticolor • 



cemuus 



bifrons 



White Polyanthus 

 Helleborus orientalis 



trifolius 



dnmetorum 



viridis 

 Ficaria, white 

 Sasifraga ciliata 



oppositifolia 

 Iberis semperflorens 

 Eurybia eminens 

 Akebia qninata 

 Daphne indica hybrida 



Fioniana 

 Erodium roraanum 

 Scilla amcenula 



bifolia rubra 



italica 

 Ornithogalum nutans 

 Cheirauthu-i mntabilis 

 Claytonia virginica 

 Adonis vernalis 

 Dianthus chintnsis hybridus 



COATING SEEDS WITH RED LEAD. 



With reference to tbe advice in " Doings of the Last Week," 

 page 16-t, to coat seeds with red lead, I think it right to warn 

 your readers that plants have been proved to absorb lead into 

 their tissues when grown in soil containing this metal, and as it 



is a poison that aocnmnlates in the system, it is not very safe to 

 treat seeds of vegetables in the manner described. — A. 0. W. 



[We are very much obliged by this communication, and the 

 more because written by a gentleman largely interested in the 

 manufacture of lead ; but we think bis fear is groundless, for 

 red lead, or, as known in chemistry, the red oxide of lead, is 

 totally insoluble in water or even in acids, and consequently 

 cannot be absorbed by a plant's roots. This is not the case 

 with the grey oxide which forms on the surface of lead exposed 

 to the air. This grey oxide is soluble in water, and then is 

 capable of being absorbed by the roots of plants. — Eds.] 



GARDENING IN TOWNS. 



Of summer flowers that bloom tolerably well during summer, 

 though I have tried a great many varieties of Pelargoniums, I 

 find very few that will bloom. They grow freely in the smoke, but 

 do not bloom. Of Stella, Christine, Silver Chain, and Trentham 

 Scarlet I take cuttings off the old plants in September, and put 

 in 3-incb pots in loam and a little silver sand, and put them in 

 cold frames, shade them for three weeks in tbe middle of the 

 day, then take off the glass, and give them a little water, and 

 keep them out of doors till November, it the frost does not set 

 in too sharp. I then look to the drainage, and see it is all right, 

 then house for the winter in a span-roofed house I built myself, 

 4 feet under ground and 4 feet above, with the old-fashioned 

 brick flue. I scarcely lose a plant, as I give plenty of air all the 

 winter, and a little heat at night. I stop them in March, and 

 pot into 4-inch pots till bedding-out time. By thus treating 

 them they bioom very well. Tbe compost in borders and beds 

 is half fresh loam from the country, one fourth rotten dung 

 mixed with the common border mould well trenched up. The 

 old roots 1 dig up in October, or tbe end of September, and pot 

 them in 5-inch pots, with good drainage, and do not cut the green 

 shoots at all, or they mildew and die. I cut oS nearly all the 

 leaves, and give very little water through the winter. By this 

 treatment I generally save three parts of the old plants, and 

 they do very well for bedding and borders, and bloom freely for 

 two years. After that time I throw them away. They require 

 to be planted deep, or they show a long stem. By cutting-in the 

 old plants in the spring I do not obtain bloom till August; but 

 if not cut, they begin to bloom a few weeks after planting-oat. 



The Ccih^fotarins are excellent town-flowers ; they appear 

 less sensitive to smoke than any other bedding plant. The 

 ■varieties I grow are Aurea floribunda, Kayi, Gaines's Yellow, 

 Prince of Orange, Sultan, and Sparkler. They all bloom very 

 freely if attended to, as they are very liable to green fly. As 

 soon as they show the least signs of this insect I give them a 

 good syringing with Fowler's Insecticide, and this soon pats 

 them right. Of course, a few plants will go off during the hot, 

 dry weather, but I make good the vacant place by having a few 

 in 5-inch pots. The cuttings I take off', 2 inches long, during 

 the first week in October, take off the bottom leaves, and dib 

 them out 2 inches apart in a cold frame, within 6 or 8 inches 

 from the glass ; the bottom of the frame well drained to keep 

 out damp. Tbe compost for planting tbe cuttings in isilcam 

 with one-fourth sand. Keep the cuttings shaded for three 

 weeks, after giving a good watering to settle the earth round 

 them. After three weeks give a little air, and so on through 

 the winter. Keep the frost out of the frame, and if sharp frost 

 sets in keep tbe covering on night and day. I generally give a 

 ■little air in the middle of the day, or the cuttings are apt to 

 damp-off. In the first week of March I cut out the leading 

 shoot. This makes the plant break on tbe side, and give more 

 bloom. I i-'lanfthem out in April without potting, as it saves so 

 much time, aud I generally find they bloom very well ; of course 

 they would do better if potted for two months, but I do not do 

 so, and I grow some thousands by this treatment. — Samuel 

 Bboome, Temple Gardens. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 

 The Duke of .\rgyll has consented to take the chair at the 

 next Anniversary Dinner of the (Iakdenehs' Boyal Benevolent 

 Institution on Wednesday, iSrd June next. Lord Stanley has 

 promised to preside as Chairman at the Anniversary Dinner to 

 be held in 1870. 



WORK FOR THE WEEK. 



KITCHEN GABDEN. 



Asjjaragiis, see that the ground is in readiness for this, also 

 for Sea-kale and Ehubarb, which should be planted soon. 



