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JOURNAL OF nOKTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ October 10, 1865. 



Camellias Making Second Growths iPrimm).~This is by no means 

 nnconimun. and is mainly duo to maintaining the plants in a moist 

 growing heat after the first prowth is made, and to the soil being kept 

 moist, and the roots having nbundnnt pot room. Camellias very oUon 

 make second piowlhs in consequence of having been chi-cktd wliilst 

 making thoir lirst growth, either from a deficiency of moisture in the 

 atmosphere or at the root, and when a return is made to an atmosphere 

 ctrnducive to growth, fresh shoots are made instead of the buds already 

 formed swelling. The new growths indicate a vigorous root-action. To 

 prevent the buds falling keep the soil neither wet nor dry, hut moist, and 

 let the plants htive the advantage of a well ventilated light structure and 

 a temperature of from 40^ to 4r, \ 



LiLiCBi AURATUM (Idem).~lt is just likely that the plant in the cool 

 position was ready for free gi-owth and came into flower sooner than the 

 plant in the warmer position, which might be a bulb less ripened, ur so 

 dry as to remain at a stand-still, and so cause the later flowenng. It 

 is also certain that the falling of the leaves after the flowering of the 

 second root was induced by the plant being kept much di-ier than the 

 other either at the root or in the air. which caused the growth to be per- 

 fected sooner, hence the falling of the leaves at once. Under the same 

 treatment the same species of plant will flower at different times, some 

 individuals sooner and some later than others. This is constitu- 

 tional, occurring in the case of the progeny as well as in that of the 

 parent, but what causes this enrhness of flowering and ripening of the 

 gi-owth remains a mystery, though it might bo explained by those culti- 

 vating the plants so afl"ected from their noting the treatment. The one 

 may have had rich soil, the other poor soil, nnd this alone would cause a 

 difference in the time of flowering, and of the ripening of the roots, and 

 consequently of the fall of the leaves. 



Maranta vittata in Winter— Stepitanotis floribunda not Flo^\'EIi- 

 rNG (T(Jem).— The Maranta should be kept drv at the root in winter, but 

 the soil must be sufficiently moist to keep the plant from drying up. It 

 will require in winter about one-sixth the quantity of water' that is 

 necessary in summer when the plant is growing freely. The Stepha- 

 notis, if trained near the glass and kept dry at the root after the 

 growth is made, should flower freely. We fear the plant is induced 

 to rnake new growths in a close atmosphere, that the pot-roohi is too 

 limited, and the supply of water copious after growth is made. We 

 pot ours immediately after blooming— that is, in May, plunge the 

 pot in a mild betl of tan at one corner of a Pine-pit, and keep moder- 

 ately moist until the roots have taken hold of the fresh soil, and new 

 growths are being made. The supply of water is then copious, and the 

 shor.ts as they grow are trained neatly over a wire trellis. The plant has 

 the benefit of a moist heat until September, when the atmosphere is kept 

 drier, diminishing the supply of water at the root until in Novembernono 

 is given. It receives as little water as the Pines during winter, but 

 should the leaves become rather soft a little is given ; after March more 

 water is afforded so as to keep the soil just moist, and when in flower it 

 is plentifully supplied. Similar treatment, we think, would cause your 

 plant to bloom. The drainage should be perfect, two-thirds turfy peat, 

 and one-third turfy loam, with a free admixture of shari) sand "form a 

 Fuitahle compost. Too much vegetable nifittcr, as leaf-mould, in the soil 

 causes the production of strong and very long shoots, and such are not 

 likely to flower. 



Preserving Mountain Ash Berries (P., Prior's Marsfon).—The me- 

 thod we should adopt for preserving the bunches of Mountain Ash berries 

 for the Christmas decoration of a church, would be to cut ofl" the hunches 

 and hang them across string.^ in a cold cellar. 



Mealy Bug on Vines (T. U.}.— Vines attacked by it should have every 

 branch and stem brushed over sedulously with a hard lirush, and then 

 with a painter's brush as tbomnghlv painted over with this mixture: — 

 Soft soap, 2 lbs. ; flower of sulphur, 'i lbs. ; tobiieco, 1 lb. ; and a wine-glass 

 of spirit of turpentine. Mix the ^^lphur, turpentine, and soap into a 

 paste with warm water ; boil the tobacco for an hour in a covered sauce- 

 pan in some more water, strain it, mix it with the soapy mixture, and 

 then add enough water to make five gallons. More tender plants can 

 only have their stems and leaves sponged with water at a tempcratiu'e of 

 115, frequently, and so long as a single insect can be detected. 



Pleeoma Bentiiamiana after Blooming {A Sjibf^cribrr). — The plant 

 may now be cut-in, or after it has done blooming ; and when it has made 

 new shoots a few inches long it may ho repotted, mthout, however, dis- 

 turbing the roots much at this dull season. 



Ferns in Sphagnum against a Wall (E. G. H.). — Wc have no recol- 

 lection of the communication you refer to. There is no difficulty about 

 fastening moss against a fernery wall. Nr.il up v.ide-mcshed galvanised 

 iron wire, and pack in the moss as the nailing-up proceeds. There is a 

 good direction for forming fernery rockwork in our No. 437, in vol. xvii., 

 page 324. 



Ground Vineries (I. 2*.).— They are not sold ready made. Any country 

 cari'enter and glazier could make them. 



Names or Fruit fC A'.)— 6, Glou Morcean; 7, not determinable; 



8, Chaumontel. No others came into our hands. (O. B.) — Your numberg 

 commenced with 8. which is Cornish Aromatic; 9, Adams' Pearniain; 

 10, Beurre Bosc ; 11, tlrbanistc; 12,BeuiTt' Clnii-genu; 13, Cox's Orange Pip- 

 pin ; 15. BeuiTe Diol; 16, Duchesss d'Angoulcme. (31. P.)— 1, like Bollis- 

 sinie d'Hivev; 2, Hacon's Incomparable ; 3, acid and worthless: 4. Blen- 

 heim Orange. Plantsare notdeterminablewithccrtainty\vithout flowers. 

 (C W, H.) — A basket of Pears, with the leaves, fi-om Lancashire, without 

 any indication from whom it came, we presume to be yom-s. the hand- 

 writing being apparently the same; 1, Bourre Bosc; 2 and 7, Winter 

 Nelis; S and 12, Urbaniste; 4, Eycwood; 6, Passe Colniar; 8, Easter 

 Beurre; 9, like ,\Jthoii> Crassane, seems not suited for your climate; 10 

 and 13, Glou Morcean; ll,Beurr^ Diel; 14, EeuiTe Rnncc; IP, Napoleon ; 

 17. app.arcntly Broom Park. iPyrus Maliis,) — Applet : 3, Court-pendu-Plat ; 



5, Reiuette Blanche d'Espagne ; 7, Pearson's Plate ; 8, Dunielow's Seedling ; 



9, Blenheim Orange; 10, Hollandbury; 11, Golden llusset; 12, Boston 

 Russet; 14, Adams' Pearmain: 20, Court of Wick ; 23, Alexander; 

 24, Waltham Abbey Seedling; 25, Gloria Mundi. Pears: 1, Van Mons Leon 

 le Clerc ; 2, Passe Colmar ; 4, Beun-e Diel ; 5 appears to bo Figue de 

 Naples; 7, Althorp Crassane ; 8. Eyewood; 9. Knight's Monarch. Of the 

 rest some had theii' numbers detached from being fixed on with pins; 

 others were not determinable. 



Names of Plants (J. W. 0.).—l, Pteris treraula ; 2, a young silver Gym- 

 nogram ma— perhaps ptdcbella. (F. E. H.]. — A Lygodium, probably 

 japonieum. IX. D.). — Lilium tigi'inum— tiger-spotted Chinese Lily. 

 (A Youvij Gardener). — 1, Pteris scaberula; 2, Niphobolus rupestria ; 



3, BIcchnum, young; 4, Asplenimn fontanum ; 5. Pleopeltis venulosa; 



6, Pteris hastatamacrophylla; 7 and 8,Platyloma rotundifolium ; 9, Adian- 

 tum capillus-Veneris ; lO", 11. and 12, Sclaginellas, unnameable; 13, As- 

 pleninm trichomanes; 14, BIcchnum spicant. (F. S. P.). — Lastrea 

 ffimula. {D. S.). — Clematis tubulosa. The Grape is Esperione. (Holm' 

 wood). — Schomburgkiatibicinis. var. iEUznbeth). — Mirabilis jalapa. (Sam). 

 — G, Polygala cordifolia ; 7, Erica multiflor.a ; H. Cassia flm-ilumda; 9, Pa- 

 liurus aeuleatus. (EsAtiaZf).— Verbascum bhittaria. (T, iS'.).— 1, Eupa- 

 torium cauuabinum ; 2. Erythra-a centaurium ; 3, Scabiosa succisa ; 



4, Plantago coronopus, (J. L.). — Dimorphanlhus elatus, • 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS in the Suburbs of London for the Week ending October 7th. 



POULTRY, BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE. 



THE MUREAIN— A WARNING TO POULTEY- 

 liEEPERS. 

 " I CANNOT endiire a man with only one iJea," said a friend 

 to us. We winced a little, for we are apt to gauge all tilings as 

 they bear on poultry. We are in days of alarm, and it is the 

 fashion to talk of plagues, pests, and epidemics. Cattle, sheep, 

 and pigs are suffering. " Suppose," said Sydney Smith, speak- 

 ing of locking-iu on railways, alter emimerating the notabiUties 

 who might suffer in the event of a carriage catching fire, 

 " Suppose," said he, " one of the bench of bishops should bo 

 burnt ! why, Sodor and Man would be better than nothing." 

 So we say : Suppose poultry reaUy should be attacked, what 

 should we do ? 



We have the mm-rain in our district, and have taken great 

 interest in the treatment. In the first case, we saw an angular 

 pre-Eaphaelite-looking cow standing in " most melancholy 

 mood " under a tree, surroimded by five or six men, each hold- 

 ing a bottle. One said, " Brandy ;" another, " Glauber salts ;" 

 another, "Strong beer, with burnt tobacco in it;" then, "A 

 pailful of gruel, with a pint of castor oil in it ;" the last pro- 

 duced a piece of newspaper he had carefully kept, because it 

 contained a certain cure ; but on ojiening it found to his dismay 

 nothing but advertisements. He had inadvertently lighted his 

 pipe with the remedy the night before. " No great odds," he 

 .said, " for the cow was dying." All the remedies were tried, and 

 the animal was yet aUve, when some one saw an old copy o£ 

 the " Times," wherein it was stated that water iu which lots of 

 rusty iron were put was a ciu-e. AU the remedies were tried, 

 yet the cow lived ! 



The most successful treatment has been homoeopathic. AATiile 

 we were considering these things, and while we were asking our- 



