Jano 18, 1868. ] 



JOUKNAL OF HORTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GAKDBNEB. 



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Pltim-trbk Leaves Whitkned (T. 6.).— The whitish or glaucons op- 

 Pfloranco of tho troes sent ua wo think is caused by tho lato powerful suu 

 heat, and the treo being iu want of water at tho root. Wo tbluk a few 

 good Boakin^^s of water at tho root, and a tliorouKb syringinR with an 

 InfuAion of 2 ozs. of tobacco iu a gallon of watci\ would free tho trco of 

 the few aphides which wc think exist on tho tree; or you may syriu!s'u it 

 with a Boluti"n of 2 o/.h. of Boft-Honp to tho gallon, and rIvc a good 

 syringing with clear water as often as you find couvcnionl. There in no 

 appearance of disease in tho leaves sent, only there aro traces of aphidcK. 



Sowing AuatcuLA Seeo (K. U. ^.).— Tho seed should ho sown iu good 

 time, say the beginning of March. Tho seed pans should bo well drained, 

 and filled to within au inch of the rlin with rather light turfy loam merely 

 cboppRd with a Bpado, so as to make it rathor smiill, then fill to tho rim 

 with finely sifted soil to which has been added a little well reduced loaf 

 mould or old manure. Give the pan a gcntio tap on tho potting bench, 

 and make the surface tjuite smooth by patting it gently witii tho bottom 

 of a Hiuall thiwcr pot. Scatter tho seeds tolerably thickly, and cover with 

 not less than tho eighth of au inch nor more than tho quarter of an inch 

 in depth of light soil. A geutlo watering should be given, and tho soil 

 should alwave bo kept moist but not wet. Sot the pan on the front shelf 

 ol a cool greenhouse, cold pit, or frame; place it near tho glass, and 

 where it will not bo shaded in any way. If the seed is good the seedlings 

 will niiiko their appo aaneo in a month after sowing, but it ni:»y bo more ; 

 and in eight or nine weeks they will need to he removed to a more shady 

 situation, where thoy ciiu liave the sun up to 9 or 10 o'clock a.m., and be 

 shaded during tbo remainder of tho day. Keep them well supplied with 

 water. At tho end of Juno or earlp in July they should bo pricked-off in 

 a shady situation, planting them nbout S or 4 inches apart, and giving a 

 gentlu watering. Water moderately every two or three days during tho 

 summer. 



IIoDSE FOR Camellias (F. G.).— Wo should prefer the house upon 

 which the sun's rays strike all day. The Camellias, and such Rhododen- 

 drons as Nuttallii and Edgworthii, would succeed well in tho same houso. 

 You can shade tho cuttings, or have a glazed case within tho houae, 

 which would bo best, as tho Rhododendron must have plenty of aii*. 



Berberidopsis corallin.a and Poinciana Gilliesu Cdltdre (Idem). 

 — Berberidopsis corallina succeeds admirably iu a cool house, and in a 

 compost of two-thirds fibrous loam and one-third sandy fibrous peat. It 

 also succeeds again&t a wall in sheltered situations iu the open ground, 

 and is one of the handsomest evergreen shrubs intri)duced of late years. 

 Poinciana Gillesii requires a cool bouse, a wall with a south or south-west 

 aspect, or a warm sheltered situation. It then grows freely, and is of 

 easy cultm'o. 



Narcissus albus tlencs odoratus Forcing (J. TT. E.). — This vei-y 

 fine and swt-et Narcissus may be foreed as easily as any of tho family, bnt 

 should not be brought on too rapidly. It should bo forced slowly, the 

 plants or bulbs being taken up in October with balls, and potted iu pots 

 suflSciently large to hold them well. In November tho pots may be placed 

 near the glass in a cool house, and in December should be introduced 

 into a house where there is a gentle heat, not forcing much until the 

 flower buds appear; then give more heat, keep them near tho glass, and 

 give air freely. We hardly expect you will have them fine in February, 

 but in March and April they will be very good. 



Pasbiflora vanigata (P. J. .V.)i— Passiflora (Taoaonin) manioata will 

 suooeed iu a grconhouso, but not in a cool ono, by which we moon a 

 house iu wbicli no fire heat is employed. It will do well, however, in an 

 ordinary groonhouse. Uad w« a border wn should plant out, but brick-off 

 a portion of tho bonier so as to confine tho roots, otherwise the plant 

 mitkoM growth instead ol flowers. It should have gorid dniinage, and be 

 well supplied with water when growing; but when it Ims iiiado good 

 growth water should bo {jraduilly withheld and a stale of rest induced, 

 keeping it dry in winter. The shoots should not bo allowed to become 

 thick, but bo kept rather thin and trained near the glass. 



Melons (Coval). — These arc ditficult to keep true, more especially it 

 two varieties are grown near each other. We had several kinds last ycai 

 from seeds produced by Golden Perfection. Wc do not know Scarlet 

 Perfection. 



Carbolic Aciti (W. ff.)'~Scc a commuuication in our Jonm&l to-day. 



New Plant iJ. E. 3/.)-— There is no rule by which to dccido what is a 

 " now plant." Ouo discovered two years before the award was not wrongly 

 admitted. 



Loniceha japosica ArEEO-RETiciJLATA {A. Ci odic at d),—li'i hloomlng is 

 quite common. 



Roses {James Philips).— Wc cannot name florists' varieties. Yonr seed- 

 ling is not equal to many others, and would not boII. 



Watering with Tepid Water (Alttcer Fnllax). — There is an advan- 

 tage in using heated water out of doors, until, as now, tho natural exposed 

 water is warm enough. The genus Callirhoe was named after the daughter 

 of Scamauder, a Grecian fabulous chartbctcr. 



TsRiPS. — "R. F." is much obliged to Mr. Hali. Nothing is farther 

 from his intention than controversy ; but the mystery is still nncxplained, 

 as he knows tho signs and the sight of thrips t.oo well to bo deceived in 

 jinything respecting them. He would know by the appearance of a leaf 

 whether thrips had been there or not. Thus f.ir it should bo stated that 

 the plants that suffered in those two lights were from old seeds, but a 

 plant from fresher seed, and ♦he same as nourished in frames, itc., was 

 aflected in the sime way. There may be soraethiog in the f^lass, but 

 nothing else has suffered except Melons ; and the same thing has happened 

 for several years as respects tho first crop. *• R F." believes that getting 

 the folifige'dry in certain circumstances as those referred to is of first 

 eonsequonce. 



Larue Fragrant Rose (A Lady in Cheshire). — "I recommend Charley 

 Lefebvre. It is red, has the desired qualities, and can be pot-grown. It 

 has no equal. Senateur Vaisso and Madame Victor Verdier also would 

 please. As a pink Rose Jules Mirgottin has no equal. Anna AlesicfF is 

 also large and fine, and good for your purpose. Of a rose-colour Baronne 

 Provost would suit. John Hopper, rose with crimsonifih centre, is splen- 

 did. These all would supply what you require — namely, 'the earliest, 

 largest-flowering, and most fragrant Roses to be grown in a pot to be 

 placed iu a hall when in flower.' They are all flne-constitutioned, free 

 and abundant bloomers. I advise you to have also Prince Camillo de 

 Rohan, dark velvety maroon or purple — the lai-gest, finest, and hand- 

 somest dark Rose known. — W. F. Radclyffe." 



Names of Plants {Richard Graves).— Yq\ix planl ifl Clitoria tcmatca, 

 and has been long in the country. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS in the Suburbs of London for the week ending June IGth. 



POULTRY, BEE, and HOTJSEHOLB CHRONICLE. 



HANTS AND BERKS POULTRY SHOW. 



ALTHoUGn our province is with poultry*, it may not be out of place 

 to take some notice of those events with which it is intimately con- 

 nected ; and above all to express our satisfaction if we find our 

 favourite subject foUowinji tho track in which we have always wished 

 to.find it. Poultry and agiiculture would seem to bo intimately con- 

 nected, inasmuch as the occupier of land has facilities deniedto others. 

 If, then, those who have the disadvantages of limited space, and the 

 necessity of Imyiut,' every article of consumption, can find it a self- 

 supporting Lobby, those who have food produced at the lowest cost, 

 and the space gi-atis that others would be content to acquire at a con- 

 siderable cost, should find a laige profit. Poultrj',at last, is urging 

 ita claims on the public at large ; and while we repeat that which we 

 have often written — that poultry will never Ijccome an article of general 

 consumption, we may say that the hundreds, .lye. thousands of pounds 

 sent abroad might with a little painstaldn-^ ho kept at home. When 

 we say it will never be au article of general conoumption, we would 

 not be thought to admit for a moment that there will not be always 

 good sale for all that can be produ-'ed. Eggs are things of general 

 use, and thc^e can he produced by the farmer at a nominal cost. The 

 age of pooh-poohing these things is passed away, and the increase of 



the Show with which we have to do will prove it. From the smail 

 exhibition of a few pens, some five or six yoara ago, it is now a con- 

 siderable exhibition, numbering 226 pens of choice birds from all 

 parts of the country. This would prove nothing, aa tho exhibitors 

 might be amateurs from many towns ; but tho tent in which the birds 

 were located was a chief point of attraction, and the conversation that 

 could be heard through the canvas walls before it was 0})ened was 

 new. It showed that poultry ^va8 rising, and taking as it deserves to 

 do, its place besides the quadrupedal denizen of the farmyard. 



Copying a powerful neighbour, the Society with which this Show is 

 connected has become peripatetic, visiting tho chief towns in detail. 

 This year the Show was held at Winchester, and with the remark that 

 there was an excellent show of cattle, a large exhibition of impltmenta ; 

 that the band of the 6t)th Rifles lent its attractions, and that the weather 

 brought so many spectators that the meeting was a puccesa and a 

 pleasure, we will pass to the consideration of that which is our especial 

 duty. 



The day is gone and past when tho success of one was rendered easy 

 by tho mistakes or shortcomin;^ of the others. All understand their 

 work, and those who were successful were so by force of merit. 



The Dorking exhibitors showed many of our best names. It will 

 hardly be marvelled at, that the first prize wc nt to Surrey, taken by 

 Mrs. Norris, the second to Col. Lane. The list we publish will show 

 the commended, they wore deservedly numerous. 



Twenty good pens competed for Oodtw honours, and we have seen 

 msjoy worse classes at very large shows. AU colonrs were weU repre- 



