JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ September 12 1865. 



Caufornian PcifPB.— The pomp described in the last Nnmber of the 

 Joomal, by Mr. Freek, of Norwich, has no resemblance to the one I 

 > Bpoke of in the same Number, mine being made of iron and brass, and 

 lorcing water to any reasonable height, as well as lifting it like a common 

 pump. I dare say they are cheaper than other pumps. How their dura- 

 bility may be I do not yet know.— W. N. Baxter, Thurnton-le-Moor. 



EVEHGREEKB tJNDER Larch AND FiR Treks. (S. R).— In addition to 

 Rhododendrons, which you find do so well under them, Berberis Darwinii, 

 B. aquifolium, or Mahonia aquifolium, and B. repenw would do equally 

 well, also Laurnstiniie. if not too much shaded and exposed to cutting 

 winds, and Aucuba japcnicaand Skimmia japonica. Laurels do fairly, 

 Yew, Box, and Holly moderately well. Butcher's Broom excellently, and, 

 better than auj-thiuf?, Vincae or Periwinkles. Ivy, to carpet the ground 

 and clothe trunks of trees, is good, euliyened with Snowdrops, Winter 

 Aconites, Primroses, Harebellt;, and some of the commoner kinds of 

 Feme. 



Vine foe Greenhoube (New Suhtcribfr). — Wc suppose the nurserjinan 

 meant the "Finger Grape," if so it is the Comichon blanc, and worthless. 

 Have three Black Hamburghs and two Lady Downc'y, An Apricot 

 might succeed on a trellis against the glass end of the house. Figs 

 would not jiroBper under the Vines. 



Pbopagating-beds and Melon-Beds in a Hothocke (A. Y. Z.)— The most 

 economical plan would be to surround your pipes at the bottom of the 

 beds with brickbats, clinkers, &c. to the depth of a foot, and then some 

 clean-washed gravel, and then the soil for Melons and Cucumbers, and 

 what you like best for the propagating-bed. A more perfect way would 

 be — have the pipes in a chamber, the chamber covered with slate ; hut 

 we like the rough mode rather the better. In placing on the soil, leave 

 some upright drain pipes, with the lower end among the rubble, so as to 

 let dowQ water when desirable without soaking the aoil. If you keep 



your six pipes for bottom heat— that is, have no slides to let the heat oat 

 then you will require two pipes all round the house for top heat instead 

 of one. A specimen of Mr. Beard's houses may be seen at the Botanic 

 Gardens, Bury St. Edmunds; also at Mr. Sanders', Victoria Works, Bury 

 St. Edmunds. You have evidently missed the advertisement that ap- 

 peared on the 15th of Aiagust. The volume is out of print, but all the 

 Numbers can be obtained with the exception of five. 



Boiler foe Cucdmber and Melon Frame (E. S. B.).— If you mean 

 the boiler to do no more than the 21 feet of pit, then a small saddle-back 

 or conical one will answer your puriiose. Any bricklayer that can set a 

 copper properly, will also set a boiler to the beet advantage. To ha^e 

 Cucumbers and Melons early, you would require two four-inch pipes for 

 top heat, and two for bottom heat. We have two three-inch pipes 

 but they are not enough for early work- The simplest plan would be 

 to take two pipes along for sui-face heat, and return them in the chamber 

 for bottom heat. Have the top of your boiler below the level of the 

 lowest pipes in the chamber, and there will be draught to bum anything. 



ViNEH Shrivelllng {Durham.)~Yon do not say what the size of your 

 lights is, as, if from 2 to 3 feet in length, the back and front airshould 

 have been suflacient, more especially if the back air was given early. 

 There could be no harm in having some square holes in the back wall, if 

 you are at all doubtful as to the quantity of air. Most cases of such 

 shrivelling that have come under our notice have been owing to the 

 leaves being within a few inches of large squares of glass, and neglect- 

 ing to give air early enough in the morning, so that something like scald- 

 ing took place. In such hot sunny days as we have lately had, sprinkling 

 the floor with water to neutralise the dryness would also be of benefit. 



Names of Plants {A. £.).—!, Spiriea sorbifolia ; 2, Viburnum opulus 

 (Gueldres Rose); 8. Alnus glutinosa. (W.W.). —Tamarix gallica, orTama- 

 risk. (June.).— I, Leaf of an Orchid; 2, Cyanotis vittata; 3, Begonia 

 fuchsioides. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS in the Subui-bs of London for the Week ending September nth. 



POULTRY, BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE. 



THE NATION.VI. POULTRY COMP.VNY. 



Between the Bromley and Bickley stations on the London, 

 Chatham, and Dover Kailway, the traveller perceives the build- 



This land is laid out for six similar buildings running from 

 south to north. Between each of the buildings is a market 

 garden 00 feet wide, and about a thousand pyramid fruit trees 

 will form a border to the vegetable garden. On the south, and 

 parallel with the liailway, a range of buildings upwards of 

 500 feet long will serve as inward and outward offices, stores, 

 manager's residence, and labourers' dwellings. Between this 



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ing of which the abote is a representation. It is 350 feet long 

 and 20 feet wide, of peculiar construction, and erected on a piece 

 of land of about six acres. The site is bordered on the south 

 by the Kailway, on the east by the Bromley Gasworks, on the 

 west by extensive hop plantations, and on the north is sheltered 

 by high trees on the estate of Coles Child, Esq., of the Palace. 



range of buildings and the poultry-homes the space is divided 

 into several fore courts, in which chickens of a certain age, and 

 classified according to sex, will be left to roam. The inward 

 and outward gates will be formed by two towers surmounted by 

 water-tanks, to obtain high pressure service for the poultry- 

 homes and market garden. The north side of the land is 



