November 5, 188(1. ] 



JOURNAL OP HORTIOULTDRE AND COTTAGE GABDENER. 



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gronad vineries, and a 7-feet length of it was layered in a pot, 

 where it rooted, and when it had established itself it was 

 severed from the parent Vino and became an independent 

 plant, which, when coiled round a lew short sticks, formed a 

 handsome pot Vine. 



A MiNiATDiiE Cherry tree, growing from 10 inches to 



3 feet high, with a round, globular head, as hardy as an Oak 

 tree, and bearing large crops of very sweet Cherries, is in- 

 digenous in Utah. 



A suooxn-i.EAVED Cayenne Pine Apple was grown at 



Colston Bassett, Binyhum, Notts, and was cut on the Kith of 

 October, the height of the fruit, including the crown, being 

 21 inches. The fruit was 21 inches in circumference, its height 

 12 inches : it was 10 pips deep, and the weight was lOJ lbs. 

 Mr. Lamb is gardener there. 



Eruoii. — At page 281, column 2, line i:-! from, the top 



for " 1300 from a two-year old bush," read " twelve-year old." 



WORK FOR THE WEEK. 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



All that is to be thought of under this head is to see that 

 young Lettuces, CauUjloucrs, Endive, &c., are well provided 

 for against the winter. Remove all decaying and damaged 

 CamUi, &o., from the root house or shed. Prepare suitable 

 places for a supply of 'Turnips, Cclcnj, &c., being stored up on 

 the first approach of severe weather. I'otatms, if kept in a 

 house, and especially it tiiUen up in a rather wet state, should 

 have flues formed of faggots passing through the heaps. 

 When sufficiently dried, the draught of air may be stopped or 

 regulated at will. When the flavour of newly-raised Potatoes 

 is preferred to having them like balls of dour, a quantity of 

 earth, neither dry nor wet, may be sprinkled amongst them. 

 With a little attention they may be kept as well in a house as 

 by any other method, and any labour they require in the spring 

 and summer can be performed in unfavourable weather. 



FRUIT GARDEN. 



After this time never lose an hour in which nailing can be 

 done, and never keep men at such work in cold weather. The 

 present changeable weather will furnish an opportunity of ex- 

 amining and removing all decaying fruit in the fruit room. 

 Those slightly specked should be taken out of ihe fruit room 

 and reserved for present kitchen use, as otherwise the atmo- 

 sphere of the room would become so tainted as to hasten the 

 decomposition of all the stock. Most gardeners are perfectly 

 aware of the importance of a close atmosphere, and an equable 

 rather low temperature for the long preservation of Apples and 

 Pears. Where, therefore, the fruit room must still be used as 

 a general receptacle, and where, consequently, air will be fre- 

 quently admitted, the fruit may be covered with clean wheat 

 straw, which will have a tendency to keep it at a uniform tem- 

 perature, and prevent its shrivelling by perspiration. It is 

 more necessary to attend to this in the present season, as 

 many of our best fruits are fit for table much earlier than usual. 

 The best-keeping Apples and Pears may be packed in jars or 

 new garden pots, covering each layer with dry sand. Chaff 

 should scarcely ever be used for such a purpose, as, however 

 well dried, the moisture from the fruit is apt to make it ferment 

 and vitiate the flavour. Chestnuts, Walnuts, and Filberts are 

 clearer in the shells, and fresher and moister in the kernels 

 when packed in sand than by any other method. ]Valnuti!, if 

 previously well dried in the sun, may be kept in a heap covered 

 with straw, provided they be turned frequently, but the kernel 

 is more shrivelled, and the inner pellicle adheres to it more 

 firmly, than when the fruit is packed in sand. The boxes or 

 pots in which it is packed in sand should not be too large. If 

 iept on shelves or in heaiJS, unless in a very dry place, the out- 

 side shell soon contracts a mouldiness, which, if not removed, 

 will find its way to the inside. A quick method of effecting 

 this is to put a quantity of the nuts in a clean sack, and move 

 them backwards and forwards quickly by two men, each holding 

 the two corners of the ends of the bag. 



FLOWER GARDEN. 



In some places as soon as the frost destroys the appearance 

 of a ted, the plants are pulled up and the ground smoothed 

 over with a rake ; it is then planted with the branches of 

 different evergreen trees and shrubs, trimmed up to the shape 

 of little shrubs from 1 to 3 feet high, with stems long enough 

 to be firmly fixed in the soil. They will thus remain quite 

 green till March, and no one can tell whether they are not 

 shrubs turned out of pots on purpose. Branches of Laurus- 



tinus will flower all the winter in this way, as well as if left on 

 the parent plant. With these, and others of variegated IloUies, 

 with the berries on, also pieces of Arbutus, vsrious kinds of 

 Cratiogus, &c., with the fruit, one might make a gay bod oppo- 

 site a sitting-room window all tlie winter. Pinetums might 

 thus be formed in miniature, and it is likewise a good way to 

 try the effects of planting the different kinds of evergreens in 

 a shrubbery or winter garden. Early-flowering shrubs may be 

 planted along with the above, also spring bulbs, and tho shelter 

 of the green boughs will nurse theso things from the cold. 

 Sweep as much as you will, you cannot clear up till tho leaves 

 are all down. Planting and transplanting trees and shrubs, 

 making and altering walks, and all kinds of alterations and 

 improvements will now and for awhile occupy tho time that 

 used to be devoted to flowers in this garden; but amidst all 

 this bustlo do not neglect to make the best use of all the leaves 

 and stems, and as much other refuse as you can gather together ; 

 and the rougher materials of prunings, old stakes, &c., burn the 

 first fine frosty morning. 



GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 



Chrysanthemums, Cinerarias, and Salvias are the leading 

 plants that flower just now among the more hardy kinds. 

 Hedychiums, Vincas, Clerodendrons, and Lantanas are just 

 over, and are removed to the stove, the first to be dried, and 

 the other three to be shaken out of the pots, put into small 

 ones, and pruned rather closely. This is hard treatment, 

 which would ruin some plants, but they will bear it. Justicias, 

 Erantbemums, and Aphelandras, with Gesnera zebrina and 

 Cactus truncatus, will take their place. Large specimens of 

 Orowea saligna, Luoulia gi-atissima, and even the old Coronilla 

 glauca make a good mixture with Chrysanthemums. The Lu- 

 culia, Gesnera zebrina, and Cactus truncatus are the best of 

 these for placing in rooms. The old scarlet Achimenes can be 

 had in flower later than any of the new ones, and as early in 

 summer. In order to have them in flower to the end of 

 this month, it is best to allow them to push in a cool place 

 early in summer, then plant them out in sandy peat in a cool 

 house on a front shelf or stage, and from this situation they 

 are potted from August to the end of September, and encouraged 

 by giving them a little heat as they are wanted. The whole 

 family is well suited for rooms. The greenhouse must always 

 be kept well ventilated, and especially during the present 

 month. On that account the plants will require to be looked 

 over often, to see that none suffer from want of water. Where 

 there are good cold pits, Heaths and many other plants are 

 much better in them than in the greenhouse until the weather 

 becomes severe ; indeed, when so much attention is paid to 

 forming all good plants into fine specimens, small plants 

 ought to be kept in frames, if only to have them out of sight, 

 as such plants are of little interest to any one except to the 

 person who must provide for them, however necessary they 

 may be to keep up a collection. lu that case specimen plants 

 will have more freedom, and not half the watering will ba 

 needed in the greenhouse, consequently there will be less 

 chance of dampness among the plants. 



PITS AND FRAMES. 



In the forcing pit mild moist spring weather should prevail. 

 Those plants in bottom heat should have it regularly. Tan, 

 leaves, &c., are troublesome as compared to the steady bottom 

 heat afforded by hot water. A moist atmosphere is always con- 

 genial to forced plants, and the more hardy they are the more 

 they stand in need of the syringe. Insects should be destroyed 

 as soon as they appear, and let everything be kept clean and 

 sweet. Cyclamens that have made good roots will stand forcing 

 for a short time, and will soon throw up their blooms, but hka 

 bulbs of all sorts, they are injured by forcing before they have 

 made roots. Indiscriminate watering must be avoided in the 

 treatment of the stock in cold pits and frames. Well-matured 

 plants with no stagnant water around the roots will resist a 

 degree of frost that would be immediate death to others of 

 the same sort that are succulent, of immature growth, and 

 saturated with moisture. Hyacinths may still be planted in 

 pots and put into glasses, and those which have been brought 

 forward according to previous directions, may be forwarded in 

 heat if required for early bloom. They can also be grown and 

 bloomed well in pots of moss kept moist. — W. Keane. 



DOINGS OF THE LAST WEEK. 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



CcUrij. — Took the opportunity of earthing the main crops 

 pretty well up, the soil a few inches, from the surface being in 



