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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



L July 25, 1865. 



roots ami be ready for planting out next May. Pink pipings 

 put in early will now be ready for transplanting, and if so, this 

 should be done at once, as they will require time to establish 

 themselves so us to prevent frost from injui'ing them. If the 

 situation ultimately intended for them is vacant, they may be 

 planted there at once, but if occu])ied at present by something 

 else, let the young Pinks be planted 4 inches apart on reserved 

 beds in an open situation, the soil of which should consist 

 chiefly of light loam. Climbers on walls must be attended to 

 as they advance in growth, keeping the young shoots neatly 

 laid-in. The climbing Roses will also require to be gone over 

 occasionally for the purpose of cutting off decayed blooms, and 

 any wealdy old wood should bo cut out at the same time to 

 allow of laying-in the strong young shoots, which will bloom 

 much finer next season than the old wood woiild. Any of 

 the Perpetual-blooming Roses that have flowered very freely 

 should be assisted by a liberal watering with manure water 

 from the stable or farmyard tank ; indeed, too much of this can 

 hardly be given to any of the autumn-flowering varieties. Keep 

 them free from insects, and have the budding finished as 

 soon as possible. Also have Carnations and Picotees layered 

 without loss of time. These are exceedingly usefid border 

 flowers, being so much prized for cutting ; therefore, see that a 

 good stock of them is prepared for next season. 



GHEKNHOnSE AND CO NSEKVATORT. 



Specimens that have matured their season's growth should 

 now be more sparingly supplied with water at the root in order 

 to promote the ripening of the wood. Some of the larger speci- 

 mens will soon become exhausted, aud preparations having 

 been made securing a good reserve stock, such should be well 

 attended to in regard to timely shifting, watering, &c. If 

 such a course is duly followed up good specimens will always 

 be at hand to fill up blanks occasioned by declining stock. Let 

 young-rooted Pelargoniimis be potted olj in due time and pro- 

 tected. Cinerarias, too, whether seedlings or suckers, should 

 have regular attention ; those intended for autumn work should 

 be potted forthwith. The forward Achimenes will have pro- 

 duced abundance of suckers, these taken off and encouraged in 

 a propagatiug-frame will produce a very late display. Now, that 

 Camellias, Azaleas, and other ])lauts wilj be removed to their 

 summer quarters out of doors, painting or other repairs required 

 by any of the plant-houses will be more conveniently done than 

 at any other season. 



.STOVE. 



Let shading be used with caution. As plants should now or 

 soon be ripening their young wood they want as much light, and 

 even moderate sunshine as possible. In the case of Orchids this is 

 especially necessary, in order that the young leaves and pseudo- 

 bulbs may be thoroughly ripened. Plants already in this con- 

 dition, or nearly so, should be removed forthwith to a cool- 

 house, and care taken not to induce them at jn-esont to ])ush 

 again, as a fresh start would interfere with tlieir flowering next 

 year. Dendrobium nobile, and others of that class sufficiently 

 advanced in growth, should also be moved to a house where 

 they could have a moderate and steady temperature, abundance 

 of air, and little water till their stems are ripe, and their flower- 

 buds formed. Those Orchids which are still in a growing 

 state should be placed in the most favourable positions, and 

 encouraged by a nice growing temperature while the weather 

 continues favourable for ripening and hardening any growths 

 ■which they may yet make. Afterwards let them be put gra- 

 dually to rest. 



COLD PITS. 



_ The stock here will probably require re-arrangement at this 

 time, as some of the specimens having completed their season's 

 growth will be liett(>r in a shady situation out of doors. Cut 

 down Pelargoniums as soon as the wood is properly hardened, 

 and keep them very sparingly supplied with water "at the root 

 until they start into growth, but sprinkle them overhead fre- 

 quently, which will cause them to break more strouf'lv. — 



W. IiE.iNK. 



DOINGS OF THE LAST WEEK. 



KITCHEN GAr.DEN. 



Peas BUfihtril. — Proceeded in dry days with removing stakes 

 from the most forward Peas, and staking the later aud latest- 

 Kown ones. A heavy fog a few mornings back was attended 

 with a blight on the Peas. Many of the just-formed pods on 

 the top, which would have come in for succession, l)ecame 

 mottled and black, so as never to recover. We have suffered a 



little on the height, but the crops have been next to destroyed 

 in several gardens in the valleys. Some of the Potato haidm 

 was also changed iu colour. The fog was not at all cold, but 

 there was something in it that thus injuriously affected vege- 

 tation. The soil was, perhaps, more than usually wet owing to 

 the rains, but a short check to free evaporation could hardly 

 have i)roduced such a result. The pods seem much more 

 affected than the haulm or foliage. A few fine rows of our 

 favourite Pea, .T eyes' Conqueror, or Ne Plus Ultra, will be stopped 

 iu succession, but we have forked the ground, and as soon as 

 drier will give a good soaking of sewage water to induce them 

 to break afresli. Such blights derange our calculations as to 

 autumn Peas for the table. Has the like happened in other 

 neighbourhoods ? 



liarbj Peas. — ^We hope the trials on this subject will be pro- 

 ductive of good. We want not an increase but a reduction of 

 the number of varieties. The earliest with us tins season is 

 one obtained from an old gardener mider the name of Sebasto- 

 jjol. We have already stated that we judged it to be the same 

 as Dillistone's Early, but though sown the same day, aud the 

 appearance of both was much alike, we found we could gather 

 a good dish of the Sebastopol some five days before we could 

 gather one from Dillistone's, whilst the latter was fiUly eight 

 days in advance of Sangster's No. 1. The last with us, however, 

 is a wonderful cropper, and we use it, therefore, for our main 

 early crop, following with that wonderful crop])er, Dickson's 

 Favourite, and the also fine cropper and sweet, though small. 

 Pea, Harrison's Perfection. This last is a fine Pea for those 

 who prefer flavour to size. In the latter respect it is nothing 

 to Veitch's Perfection, Mammoth, and Ne Plus Ultra. Of a lot 

 of others we have tried, we find nothing in the new in advance 

 of the old. A few of the now earliest we have not tried, and, 

 therefore, like many more, will note the results stated by so 

 many correspondents. One fact we may mention, Dillistone's 

 Early does well with glass laid over it, as in a cold earth-pit, or 

 an open orchard-house. Sangster's aud others do not come 

 kindly. Tom Thumb as a dwarf does pretty well. From Dillis- 

 tone's v,'e had some nice early gatherings from a rov? sowti near 

 the front of an orchard-house, and allowed to spread to the front 

 without stakes or suiqiort of any kind, pulling them up as sooir 

 as the crop was plentiful out of doors. A few days difference 

 iu the time of gathering is, therefore, a great point in early 

 Peas, and well- authenticated statements of kinds sown near 

 each other on the same day, and in similar circumstances, 

 are very valuable. A few in an orchard-house do little harm, 

 aud they gr.atify the craving for this vegetable when they 

 could not be had for two or three weeks out of doors. A good 

 spoonful early is more thought of than a huge dish at a later 

 time. 



C'elenj. — Planted out as we got the trenches cleared of bed- 

 ding plants. Turnips, Potatoes, itc. Plant as soon as we will, 

 unless we give shade in bright weather, the Celery will not 

 grow freely until helped by the cool nights of autumn. Our 

 most forward Celery has been cleared of suckers at the roots, 

 but has not needed tying as yet. With the exception of a 

 si^rinkling of dry earth from the sides after watering, w-e shall 

 not do much, or rather nothing, in the way of earthiug-up, until 

 some three weeks before we wish to take it up for use, aud 

 even then will only do a little piece at a time, according to what 

 we judge will be wanted. As stated some time ago, the bit-by-bit 

 earthing-up is the fruitful source of bolted and run plants. We 

 had not a single run plant last year, thougli we had it in use 

 much earlier than we shall have this season. One word more. 

 Those who grow for shows m.ay feed it as much as they like 

 to grow it of a huge size ; but those v, ho wish for sweet crisp 

 Ccleiy, and that which will stand good in the beds, or rows, 

 until they want it, will be satisfied with smaller heads. With- 

 out a protecting awning it is scarcely possible to keep large 

 beads when earthed and blanched from rotting in the centre. 

 The most careful tying aud banking-up wiU not prevent the 

 rain and heavy dews trickling down into the centre of the 

 plant, and then the size and the many layers of the footstalks 

 of the leaves keep the water iu the centre without allowing 

 it to escape, and there iu time it putrifies aud rots the 

 centre. 



Pricked-out more Lettuces and Endive, and sowed suc- 

 cessions of these. Onions, and Cabbage, the latter for the second 

 spring crop. In a fortnight will sow again. Planted out 

 Greens, Coleworts, and Broccoli, as we could find room, also a 

 good breadth of Cauliflower for autumn use. Wh.at we plant 

 afterwards will chiefly be taken up for winter use. The rains 

 have done good to aU these things, and those planted a week or 



