JOURNAL OF HOETICUIiTOBE AND COTTAGE GARDENEB. 



[ July 9, 1868. 



good substance. When the flowers have dropped, cut down 

 the Btema half-way and prevent seeding, unless particularly 

 wanted, when one crown will be enough to leave ; and it ought 

 to be remembered that a stance in a vinery for a month in 

 antumn is of material consequence to the maturing of the 

 plants, as well as securing an advanced state of condition for 

 the following year. They may then be allowed to go quietly to 

 rest, by withholding water to a considerable extent, permitting 

 the soil to get almost dry in their pots. The plants will then 

 be quite indifferent whether they are placed above, below, or 

 behind the stage of the greenhouse throughout the winter; 

 only, if below, they must be turned on their sides towards the 

 sun, that they may enjoy any blinks that penetrate through 

 the openings. — (Tlie Gardener.) 



LILnjM AURATUM RUBRUM VITTATUM. 

 WoDLD any of the readers of this Journal inform me if they 

 or any one else had flowered the above-named Lilium in this 

 country before the 5th of last month ? With me one flower 

 opened on the above date, and magnificent it was. It far sur- 

 passes the Lilium auratum in the beauty of its markings. I 

 should have sent it to one of the London horticultural meetings, 

 but the distance deterred me. — William Owen, Gardener to 

 H. Neumann, Esq., Wimnington, Northwieh. 



A FEW WORDS ON MR. RIVERS'S NEW 

 PEACHES. 



tiviMo in a cold district as I do, my experience with regard 

 to Mr. Bivers'a new early Peaches is of some importance to the 

 public. 



This season Early Elvers was dead ripe on the 4th of June, 

 and had I been at home it would have been gathere-l two or 

 three days before. Early Louise and Early Beatrice followed 

 80 closely that all three were ripe in the first week in June. 

 Early Beatrice would no doubt have been ripe first, had not 

 the tree occupied a position close to the ventilators, and which 

 were always open from the beginning of May ; the other two 

 ■were side by side, 3 or 4 feet further from the front of the 

 house. These trees and a Dr. Hogg grafted on the Prunus 

 padus are at the cool end of the compartment of a house heated 

 by two 4-inch pipes above the surface, and by two under a slate- 

 bottomed bed. No attempt has been made to force early, a 

 large amount of air being always admitted ; and the condition 

 of the other trees proves that these new early Peaches are at 

 least what Mr. Rivers professes them to be. Grosse Mignonne 

 at the warm end of the same compartment is just beginning to 

 colour, as is also the Dr. Hogg referred to, and these will be 

 ripe, I should think, in about ten days' time. 



This Dr. Hogg was grafted in March, 1867, and is now a 

 sturdy pyramid C feet high, with the lower branches 2 feet 

 long, and I have left it one dozen Peaches to mature ; the tree 

 from which the scion was taken is at the warm end, and the 

 fruit has not yet begun to swell since stoning. I mention this, 

 as it must be due to the stock that it has become an early 

 Peach. It flowered and set its fruit several days before any 

 other tree in the house ; but it was overtaken during the stoning 

 by the Early Rivers, Early Louise, and Early Beatrice. I may 

 add that the flavour of these three early Peaches was first-rate, 

 Early Rivers retaining most decidedly the White Nectarine 

 bouquet. — W. KiNOSLEY, South Kilvington, Thirsk. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



We are pleased to hear that H.E H. the Commander-in-chief 

 has accepted the very liberal offer of Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridge- 

 worth, to supply to the camp at Aldershot a quantity of minia- 

 ture orchard trees for the use of the soldiers' gardens. 



Marvellous Eabliness of the Peach. — On the 4th of 



this month the new Peach, Early Beatrice, raised by Mr. 

 Eivers, was gathered from pot trees in the orshard house at 

 Sawbridgeworth, every other variety being perfectly hard and 

 green, and exhibiting no signs of maturity. 



WORK FOR THE WEEK 



EITOHEN OAEDEN. 



T&E market gardeners about London have now large beds 

 of early Cabbages sown for winter and spring Coleworts, and 



an early sowing of these for the same purpose or for early 

 Cabbages in spring should now be made. In private gardens 

 another sowing might be made a fortnight or three weeks 

 hence. Sowings of Salads, &c., for autumn use must now be 

 made oftener to guard against the uncertainty of our climate. 

 Broccoli, after the main crops are in if you have a spare 

 piece of good ground, you may try some ot the small plants left, 

 and these you may plant till the end of the month or even later, 

 planting them more thickly in the ground, and it they grow 

 too strongly they can be thinned out when tbere is more ground 

 to spare in the autumn. This will afford the chance of a. 

 longer succession next spring. These late plantings some- 

 times withstand the winter better than the main crops. ComU- 

 flowers, a good breadth of these may now be put in, as they 

 neither button nor run to seed late in the autumn. Spinach 

 will not run much to seed in autumn, and the sowings made 

 now may be twice as large as those made earlier in the season. 

 Spinach will grow best on a dunghill, and the ground cannot 

 be over-manured for this sowing, as it is not to stand over the 

 winter, and the weather late in autumn is against it. Turrdpt, 

 except for the earliest crops the kitchen garden is too rich for 

 producing good-flavoured Turnips, and unless you have a poor 

 light piece of ground upon which to sow a large breadth of 

 these it is better to sow in a field. 



FBDIT GARDEN. 



Have bunting or mats ready to put over Currants, Goose- 

 berries, and Cherries that you wish to keep late. Bud all the 

 stone fruit ot which you want an increase. Proceed with 

 thinning the shoots of Peach trees where they are too thick, 

 taking off the laterals and exposing to the sun and air all the 

 wood which is to be retained for next season. On old trees of 

 Plums and Cherries lay in a succession of young wood in all 

 parts of the tree ; such being kept close to the wall, will in a 

 few years furnish finer fruit and produce more plentifully than 

 old unsightly spurs. Shorten the side shoots ot Currant and 

 Gooseberry trees if not already done. On plants previously 

 shortened, the points of the leading shoots may be taken off 

 with advantage. The late sorts of Strawberries, such as the 

 Elton, should be well mulched with grass or straw to keep the 

 fruit clean. Beds that were covered early with grass now 

 wants covering again. Look after the runners of Keens' Seed- 

 ling and other early sorts. Sprinkle a few barrowsful of leaf 

 mould, old tan, or rotten dung and soil on the outside of yonr 

 Strawberry beds to encourage a stock of young plants to root 

 for making a new plantation by-and-by ; when these are 

 ready to plant out, take ii or 4 inches of the runners with each 

 plant, and make these pieces ot the runners firm in the soil 

 with the dibber, which is better than planting the young half- 

 formed plants deeply in the soil. 



FLOWEE GARDEN. 



Edgings of Alyssum, Virginian Stocks, or Sanvitalia pro- 

 cumbens are apt to overrun their space after this time, but 

 they stand clipping as well as Bux, and by a little attention to 

 this they may be kept neat till frost come. All the Petunias 

 and Verbenas must also be clipped as soon as they begin to 

 extend beyond the sides of the beds. Tbe Dahlias should be 

 pruned regularly through the season, likewise all kinds of 

 plants which straggle or are liable to grow out of bounds. Look 

 over the beds of Scarlet Pelargoniums and stop the leading 

 branches wherever a flower bud is perceptible. This will tend 

 to keep the plant dwarf, and the flower buds will be much in- 

 creased in size by the concentration of the sap. Still attend 

 to the cleanliness of Auriculas, keeping them free from decayed 

 leaves, weeds, and the green fly. Continue to part Polyanthuses 

 in favourable weather, also plant out seedlings. Of Tulips, 

 little can be said just now. The bed, however, must not be 

 neglected, dig it over and ridge it up so that the soil may be 

 sweetened by the action of sun and air. Great attention must 

 be directed to tho roots ot Ranunculuses ; as they arrive at 

 maturity, which is indicated by the leaves becoming yellow, 

 they should be carefully taken up, as it usually happens that 

 some are ready to remove before others, and should the roots 

 which have become dormant remain in too long, they are apt 

 to start, or commence throwing out fresh fibres, which is at- 

 tended with ruinous consequences. The blooming season for 

 Carnations has now fairly begun, and these favourite flower* 

 will continue to attract admiration during tbe present and sno- 

 ceeding month. As seedlings flower pull up all with single or 

 semi-double flowers, as well as all selfs, unless the variety has 

 some striking characteristic, when it may be worth while to 

 I propagate it as a border flower. Commence layering the shoots, 



