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JOURNAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEB. 



( May 7, 1868. 



Datum elegans, yellow ; and E. rnbram, red, which I think is 

 the gayest of the race. There are others equally deserving of 

 cultivation, but these at present are my choice. 



LIST OF PLANTS IN FLOWEK. 

 April 2. Ulmus mouiana pGoduIa 



Ribes speciosum 



Viburnum opulns sterilis 



Double-blossomed Furze 



Lonieera tatarica 



Gooseberry 



Mespilus canftdcnsis 



Aubrietia Campbelii 



Viola comuta 



Fritillaria meleagi-is 



Ceraetium Bieberateini 



Araitia nlpina 

 5. Dielytra spectabilis 



Bt'rberia dulcis 



Corydalis lutea 



Scilla bifolia 



Anemone apennina 

 „ 7. Tussilago petasitea 



Berberis Darwinii 



Arabis hiranta 



Alyaaum 3:ixatile 



Cardamine pratensis plena 

 „ 12. Iberia aeuipervirens 



Lenrojum feativum 



Narcissua biflorua 



Prunus domeatica 

 „ 16. Daphne cneorum 



Lamium maculatum 



Anemonea, various 



Sasifraga hypnoidea 



Apples 



Pears 



Narcissus poeticua 

 „ 18. Saxifrafia tridactylites 



Viola montana 



Dab(i-cia polifolia 



Viola palmata 

 hirta 



April 18. Spirfea laevigata 

 „ 20. Iris pumila 



Corydalis nobilis 



Spircea alpina 



Anemone neinorosa plena 



Dondia epiijactis 



Tulipa Re.x Rubrormn and 

 Van Thol 



Epimedinm pinnatum 

 elegans 

 gi-andiflorum 



Getim montanum 

 „ 25. Pulmonaria virginica 



Saxifriiga cordifolia 



Adoxa moschatellina 



Tricboncnia columnic 



Veronica multifida 

 repens 

 ayriaca 



Cardmine cordifolia 

 „ 27. Arabis lucida 



Amygdalua nana 



Draba verna 



Ranunculus araplexicaulis 



Potentilla verna 



Ficaria verna 



Polyanthus 



Primula, double white 



Cbeiranthua Marahalli 

 ochroleucua 



Orobus vernua 



nelleborus foetidna 



Vrcntiana acaulis 



Fritillaria imperialis, red 



Oonvallaria majalis 



Ranunculus auricomus 



Auriculas 



30. 



— H. 



M., Acklam Hall, Middlesbrough-on-Tees. 



PORTRAITS OF PLANTS, FLOWERS, AND 



FRUITS. 



CocHLiosTEMA .Jacotiianum (General .Jacob's Cochliostema). 

 Nat. ord., Comelyneaocfe. Liivi. Monadelphia Triandria.— 

 Native of Ecuador. Flowers pink and blue, slightly fragrant. 

 {Bot. Mac,., 1. .5705.) . o j fa 



Ltcaste BAP,niNOT0Ni;E, var. omndiflora (Large-flowered 

 Mrs. Barriugton's Lycaste). Nat. ord., Orehidaceaj. Linn., 

 Gynandria Monandria.— Native of West Indies and South 

 America. Flowers white, partially green-tinted.— (rairf., f. 570G.) 



Eegoxia FALciFOLiA (Sickle-leaved BegODia). Nat. ord.. 'Be- 

 goniaceiE. Linn., Monoseia Polyaudria.— Native of Peru. Flow- 

 ers light rose. Leaves red-purple beneath, green spotted with 

 white above whilst young.— (76iV;., t, 5707.) 



Oncidium cucullatuh var. nubigenuji (Alpine Oncidium). 

 Nat. ord., Orchidaoea;. Linn., Gynandria Monandria.— Native 

 of Ecuador, at an elevation of 11,000 feet on the western side 

 of the Asuay ridge. Flowers white and purple.— (Zi/ti., t5708.) 



Loniceba Standishii (Staudish's Honeysuckle). Nat. ord., 

 Caprifoliace.TB. Linn., Pentandria Monogynia.— Native of China. 

 Flowers white. " A charming, fragrant, early-flowering Honey- 

 suckle." It is a deciduous shrnh.— (Ibid., t. 5709.) 



Tr.op.T.onjM— jlfc. Trcadwell. Flowers deep scarlet. First- 

 class certilicate from the Eoyal Horticultural Society's Floral 

 Committee.- (f/om; Mai,., pi. 385.) 



OsciniuM JIACRANTUUM HASTiFERUM.— Flowors goldcu yellow. 

 Believed to be a native of Peru, and requiring cool treatment. 

 [Ibid., pi. 386) 



Persian Cyclamen.— Ph)-;?)/, white. Delicate, white with 

 pink base. Mauve Queen, mauve with crimson base. L.rcel- 

 lent, white with crimson base. Novelti,, white tinged with 

 pink, base purple. Fire/li,, crimson.— (/ft/i/., pZ. 387.) 



Ataccia cristata.— Native of the Delta of the Ganges. Novel 

 and curious.— (/6iii., pi. 388.) 



Adricula Colonel Champneys. — " This remarkably fine 

 Auricula was raised from the variety called Chapman's Sophia, 

 fertilised by the pollen of Lightbody's Eichard Headly. It 

 belongs to the grey-edged class, and is remarkable for its large 

 showy pips, the ground colour of which is a bright violet, 

 partaking of the shade of colour met with in Sophia, while 

 the eye and paste are very round. The truss of flowers is 

 large, bold, and attractive, indicating a free habit of growth 

 and a robust constitution. We learn, moreover, that it is a 

 variety which increases freely. There can be no doubt that 



this will become a standard variety, for it is not only very 

 distinct, but it is also one of the most attractive flowers in the 

 Slough collection. 



" A first-class certificate was made to it at one of the spring 

 shows of the Pvoyal Botanic Society. It has been shown again 

 this season, on two occasions in great beauty, on one of which 

 a further award was made to it." — (Florist and Pomoloiiist, 

 3 s. i. 97.) 



WARNING TO INTENDING EMIGRANTS. 



Under the above heading in page 201 of the Journal I noticed 

 a communication from " W. T. G.," which is calculated to 

 mislead intending emigrants. 



I am somewhat of a traveller, and have more than once 

 traversed that portion of the United States between the head 

 of Lake Superior and the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Mis- 

 sissippi river to the Atlantic Ocean, and, to complete my edu- 

 cation, visited " W. T. G.'s " " happiest land upon earth," as 

 well as some of his " most distant colonies." He claims to be 

 a " horticulturist," and as I possess a smatteiing of art horti- 

 cultural, like him I propose addressing horticulturists. Having 

 travelled, and with eyes open, I contend that my conclusions 

 are as valuable as those of " W. T. G." 



With regard to the Pear on the Quince in the " western part 

 of the State of New York," I can assure your readers that in 

 the very locality mentioned are numerous nurseries, varying 

 from 50 to 900 acres each, and each proprietor cultivates im- 

 mense numbers of the Pear on the Quince. If the climate 

 were not adapted to its growth they would abandon the cul- 

 ture. I unhesitatingly assert that when the Pear on the Quince 

 is planted in proper soil, and receives proper culture, success 

 is certain in any portion of the United States north of the 

 35th deg. of north latitude. If planted in a heavy undrained 

 soil loss may be expected. I reside near the city of New York, 

 and have under cultivation an orchard of upwards of eight 

 hundred trees on the Quince, some of them planted more than 

 eight years, and not one has been injured by frost, and I never 

 heard or read of a Quince stock being injured by frost unless 

 planted in an unsuitable soil. If space permitted I could give 

 you positive facts regarding Pears on the Quince iu many por- 

 tions of the States — their size, age, and productiveness. If one 

 person by injudicious selection of situation and soil happens 

 to be unsuccessful, that is no reason why " W. T. G." should 

 resort to an unqualified condemnation of a vast country with a 

 diversity of climate, and in its adaptability to fruit culture un- 

 equalled. The " western part of the State of New York " is but 

 a small portion of the United States, and ere '■ W. T. G." had 

 given publicity to his opinions he should have traversed a 

 larger portion of this vast country. 



With regard to the Vine, I have a vineyard upwards of three 

 acres in extent, and have visited numerous others in various 

 localities. I endeavour to keep myself posted up on Vine cul- 

 ture, but never saw or heard of a case similar to that referred 

 to by " W. T. G." If the soil were heavy, with deficient 

 drainage, an accident might occur ; but no sensible man would 

 think of planting Vines in such a situation. If such accidents 

 frequently occurred yoti would not find thousands of flourishing 

 vineyards iu the United States, and numerous nurserymen 

 sending out their tens of thousands of Vines annually. Ad- 

 mitting that such a thing occurred annually in the colder por- 

 tion of the United States, that is no reason why the intending 

 emigrant should settle there, but, on the contrary, it he wished 

 to engage in Vine culture, let him settle in a warmer portion of 

 the country, where " W. T. G.'s " imaginary winter mean of 

 10° Fahr. could not be found. 



For the information of intending emigrants I will give a few 

 figures. The annual winter meeting of the Lake (Erie) shire 

 Grape-growers' Society was held at Cleveland, Ohio, from the 

 19th to the 21st of last February. Mr. Lewis, of Sandusky, 

 read some statistics regarding the yield in 1867 in the vicinity 

 of Sandusky, as follows — 



Lha. table Grapes shipped from Sandusky in 1867 1,822,000 



Lbs. wine „ „ „ 260,000 



Gallons wine pressed at Sandusky, Peninsula, Catawba 



Island, Kelly'a Island. Bass lalanda 4CO,000 



Lha. of Grapea from which the above was pressed 4,600,000 



Total Grape crop of 1867, lbs 6,622,000 



Average yield per acre, lbs 4,480 



Strange as it may seem, the above yield was from Vines 

 grown upon the eastern shore of Lake Erie, a portion of that 

 lake forming the western boundary of the " western part of the 

 State of New York ;" and what is most remarkable, the inhos- 



