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JOURNAL OF HOBTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENEll. 



469 



Nettino (AVmo).— Directions fnr inftkiuK' siiimrc-nitshfcd iicttinK ftro t TnANSPLANTiNd STiiAwnKiiRiEs rium NuRMKRy-nKDH (0. D.). 

 ^ireu in No. 20*2, first scries, pngoK4, Hud 11 iU(*ro mi>i(l mode in No. H18. pli ' ...._... 



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TursuKHoiA, WiNTEitiNu [N. »'.). — You do riol stiitc wlu'tlirr it is tbo 

 ybrubliy or Lcrbiiccous Und, hut, whichevi r it i<, it hlioultl hiivf u ll^lit 

 airy situntion in n houst- witb h trmiieniturn <d ri.l", imd uot Il'H» thau 

 50°, from lire beat, niid lu- ki-pt dr>' i»t tlio root, tboupL uot dust dry, 

 giviuj; n littlo wntor now find tbi-n to keop thu sti'iiiB froui drying up. 



Pkimclas with Shout I-'lowkh-stalkh (/. 0. (/.).— The iiltintH are. wo 

 prosunic, very vigorous, niid whnt is nilled '* K'lif-proud." Tbcir boiuK in 

 II teiiiperttturc of from r>^t toUO will not luakc tbo hIuIIih tirow iiny louder, 

 and it in iit luiint 1;. or 20 too bij/h. A teinporjitnro of -iri fr.iiu lire bent 

 would bn iiioro suitable. In hiu-Ii n t^-iupcnUurii tbo tlower-Htalkn will 

 beoome long (uuuKh nftor ii whili^ lu uutuinn tbo dowers nre iitmully 

 produced uu bburt jtlowtir-btviU£«, bat tlie^c become luu({er us tlie HeAHou 

 ndviLDueH. 



THiili'H AND Ilnoi\Tir SCAi.K fM(»»l. —Filling' tho bonno with tobnoco 

 stnoko on two ronHecutivo oveninj^i will kill the first— tbnt !«, all the per- 

 fect insects, but tho eRjiN no luiiount of fnmiK'ntion will kill, rind tbiit is 

 why somo people sny tobft<'o»t snioke will not kill thrip>J. Our iiruotioo is 

 to fnmiyuto whonover wo find one, for after the fli*st eomCrt rinothor, iiud 

 ver\- often a third mid foiirtb, u»*nerHtion bffore tJdH tronhlesome insert 

 can l»o rflV-etuftllv destroyed. We therefi>ro rerommend yon 1o fnmiffftte 

 on two ennserutive nit;ht-i. tillintf the hoiiso witb Hinoke' ho Hint n plant 

 cannot be seen from tlie out^^ide, nlwuys tiiking cure to have tiio leaves of 

 the iiInntR dry. and ehooNiii"^ u oilm ovenink' for the opevntiim. tii a few 

 day5 more tbripH will nurke tht-ir uppeanxnee. then funii<.'ftte, und so on 

 whenever n tbrips in found. Ilrmvn scnle on stfive plants niav be erfldi- 

 eftted by piekiui? nir tho Inseets whilst yonnt* tind noft with th«-'p<»int of a 

 ksifo. If left until they become brcjwii and htiid. tbiB mode of deHtrne- 

 tion is only n means of nuumentin^' their nnniborw. Wash the leaves 

 with n solution of H ozh. «>f K<)lt woap to tho Kallon of water, and syringe 

 immcdintely iiflorwartls with water at Ho , usiiiR u (ipon^je, and a brush 

 to HO into tbo ereviees. I*iTsist in ti course of cleunlinoss of this kind, 

 and the Hcale will be t^-aduully overcome. 



Shrubs to Flower fuom March to May (II.)— In addition to those 

 in vour list are Ledum liitifolium, Kalmia ^'lauca, Ilbododendrons of the 

 Nobleanum ftimily, l*yrns japonica, Deutzias, Prnuus triloba, double- 

 blossomed Cherry, Kerria jiijjonica, tree Pjeonies, Weij^ebi rosea (flower- 

 ing as early as some of those in your list), Forsythia viridissinia, and 

 Cistus in variety. 



Herbackocs Plants to Blooji in Spbing (JtZcwil.— You will find an ex- 

 tensive list at pages 367 and 385 of YoL YII. New Series, a few of which. 

 are herbaecouB Pjeonie.s, Trollius europaeus, and T. aniericnn;!. Anemone 

 vars,, A. apenniua and A.uralensis, Gentiana vemu and G. ;u'aitUs.(Jori»- 

 nilla iberica, Clieiranthus cheiri luteus, C. Marshalli, Prinuilft auricula, and 

 Primroaesin t^ieat variety, Adonisvernalis, Caltba palustris pkna. Aiibrie- 

 tia deltoidca andKiandiflora, Alyssum saxatile, Draba aizoon.D. aizoides, 

 Iris sibiricu, Polemonium cceriileuni, Kanionda pyreniucii. Pnlnionaria 

 azurea, Sentellarui alpina. S. altissima, Yincas, Diclytra sii«ctal>ilis,Pul- 

 monaria otHcinalis, and P. ^nrandiflora, Orobus vcrnus, Tussilngo fraprana, 

 Phlox amcKua, pilosa, and verna. Convallaria majalis. Uodecatheon 

 meadia, Cerastium alpiuum, Biebersteini, andtomentosum. Irjs pumila 

 and sibirica, vars..Cardaniine prateusis flore pleno, double Daisies, Arabis 

 albida and alpina, Trillium jjrandiflorum, and various bulbs, with Iberis 

 semperviiens ami Teuoreaua. 



Plants for Yases to Flower in Spring fTc/cj?(l.— Drnba aizoidos, 

 yellow; Linaria cjTiibalnria alba, white; Lotus corniculatus flore pleno, 

 yellow; Cerastium tomentosuni, white; Alyssum saxatile compaetum, 

 yellow; Arabis alpina. white; Phlox vcma, pink; and Aubrietia del- 

 toidea gi-andiflora, bluish pm-ple. 



Ferns (J*. £.).— None of the expensive books on Ferns contain direc- 

 tions for their cultivation. To meet your requirements buy Lowe's 

 "Native Ferns," and Johnson's "British Ferns." The latter you can 

 have free by post from our oflico for forty-six postage stamps. 



Pbotecting a Honeysuckle (C. Repton). — Your ver\- sweet Honey- 

 suckle is probably Lonicera odoratissima. It should be perfectly hardy, 

 trained to the wall of your house with a south aspect, and require no 

 protection ; but yon may, to make safe, protect it by mats during severe 

 weather; the mats need not be removed every day, but remain on day and 

 night so long as the frosts continue, taking them off, however, in mild 

 weather. \Ye think tho takiug-up of the plant and potting it woiild check 

 its growth too much for it to do well in the following year. 



Aphelandra Leopoldi Culture (.f AVh- Sub.?rn6('r).— Well may yonr 

 plant not grow, and only have two or three leaves no larger than those of 

 a M>-rtle, when it is potted in a compost of equal parts of dung (poison to 

 a plant without roots), turfy loam, and leaf mould. Turn the plant out 

 of the pot, and shake away all the soil, preserving the roots if any, and 

 pot it in a pot just large enough to hold it well, draining it properly, and 



ants or runners prickrd off laxt Aii^tot are none tho worse of not 

 being planted tn autumn. Your making tbo bod now is right; boauro to 

 dig it at li-a^t a feet di-ep, and to work in a liberal drunMing of luanure. 

 Tin- Soil will be pulverised and enni;hed by expo^uro to the frnstH of 

 winter; we would therefore advise, if the Hoil is at all buavy. to throw it 

 up in ridgeri, or at any rate roughly, to level it during dry froHty weather in 

 Febrtuiry, and to plant early in Marcli, and when the gr<mud is in gotid work- 

 ing order. Therunntrs may remain attuebod to the plantn until these are 

 pbuiti'd out in the beds, and may bo planted out at tho .same timo. 

 Though tho runners will not fruit that year, they will, ne%erthelon8, 

 lUiiko strong i)lants for fruiting another season. March is tho best of all 

 soiisons for planting Strawberries, and if done carefully witb ballM tho 

 plants scarcely sustain any cheek. Your old beds wouhl certainly bo 

 imi>roved by taking out even.- other plant if the plautK uro very close to- 

 gether; if not, then a good dressing of manure applied now or before 

 March, and then pointed in without going ho deep as to injure the roots, 

 would, we think, help to make the fruit larger. Your proposal to do 

 away with half the old beds now is beginning ut iUr wrong md, and had 

 better not he carried into effect until after tin- fruit has been gathered next 

 year; then break up the beds at onoe, and after nuinnriug the ground plant 

 it with Broccoli or Winter Greens, and after being occupied with oth.cr 

 crops for a year or two the same ground may be laid d(jwn in Strawl>errie3 

 again. Y'onr Black Prince. Keens' Seedling.and Sir C^liarbs Napier plants, 

 planted in small beds last October, should be planted out in March, and 

 they with tlie others will fruit well in tho following year, and if in suffi- 

 eicut numbers no loss will be oxpericnccd in consequenoe of tho destrac- 

 tion of the old beds. 



Vines IN Pots (/.fcwi).— You have not read the *' Vine M;inual " aright. 

 Your Vine!< being fruiting canes, extra strong, and 6 feet b'ug, instead of 

 being pruned to two eyes, should not bo pruned at all if you intend to 

 have fruit upon them next year; but if thoy arc not strong enough for 

 fruiting, then they should be pruned to two eyes, from each of which 

 will come a shoot ; the strongest only is to be retained, and tho other 

 rubbed ofl". The canes will not have side shoots, we think, or if they 

 have these will only be laterals, which should be cut oft' quite close to 

 the cane. If they liave siilo shoots, which is not usual, then you may 

 cut them in to two eyes. They should be potted now into pots 15 inches 

 in diameter, providing good drainage. Four or five stakes being pnt in 

 just within the pot, tlje cano shoiild be coiled round the outside of tho 

 stakes, talung care not to wrench the cano or break it, otherwise it will 

 bleed. The Vines nuiy be tnken into the greenhouse in Fel>ruar>', as you 

 propose, though they would sustain no injuiy if taken there now, if the 

 temperature from tire heat docs not exceed 40 . If yon keep them out of 

 doors the pots must be protected from frost by a covering of litter, other- 

 wise the roots will be injured, and wet will do them no good. 



Planting Vines {Tdem). — You have done wrong to pot the Vine yoa 

 intend to plant in the border next March; the roots will be disturbed, 

 a nd induced to emit fresh fibres, only to be liroken when again planted. 

 The other would be better if left where it isuntil next March, when it could 

 be taken up and planted in the border. March is the right time to plant 

 them. The " Vine Manual" will tell you how it is to be done. We are 

 far from desirous of discouraging you, but we do not think coiling Vines 

 at all desirable ; but there is no harm in trying it, only it is a waste of 

 time, space, and material. 



PvOSES Mildewing [C. Bark).—li would be a step towards preventing 

 your Roses mildeiving if yon were to trench the ground dei'[»ly. and work 

 in a liberal dressing of manure, and if you could replace your poor sandy 

 soil by rather strong rich loam, all the better. Your Roses, we presume, 

 are on the Dog Rose stock, and those so worked are very snbj ect to mildew 

 on light, sandy, dvy soils; to keep it down the waterings in summer 

 should be frequent and abundant, and to keep the soil moist, as well as to 

 enrich it, a mulching of sh<u-t manure should be given in spring, renewing 

 it in June. In light soils Roses are not so liable to mildew when on 

 their own roots as when upon the Dog Rose and Mauetti stocks. 



Potatoes from Seed [A. C.).— You cannot buy the seed of any variety, 

 you must buy tubers of it, plant them, and save the seed from the berriea 

 or apples when ripe. Dry the apples in the sun, place them in strong 

 earthen jars or boxes, and bury them deep in the earth, secure from frost. 

 In the spring have ready a plot of gi-ound the same as you would prepare 

 for Onions. Sow the Potato-ai)ples thinly on the ground, covering them 

 thinly witJi fine rich soil. Prepare a second plot of ground, and when the 

 plants are strong enough to puU up without breaking, transplant them 

 into your prepared ground, as they spring up in myriads and are liable to 

 become entangled. Have your ground ready in the usual way, and when 

 the xdantsare strong dibble them in, not too deep, taking care they get at 

 the manure at once. When they have begun to grow, a top-dressing of 

 diluted liquid mannre is the best thing that can be applied. Tlie first 

 ear the tubers of seedling Potatoes are very small, and never fit for table 



using a compost of turfy sandy peat one-third, and two-thirds turfy light ' use. The second year some of the tubers are of a size about that at which 



loam, adding about one-sixth of silver sand, the whole chopped with „ 

 spade and made fine, but not sifted. Give a little water to settle the soil, 

 and if you could plunge the pot in a bottom heat of 75' instead of 65', all 

 the better. Give no more water than is sufficient to keep the soil just 

 moist, but not wet, until the leaves are at least four times the size of 

 those of a Myrtle, then give water more copiously, but none until the 

 soil shows that it is required. It does well in a temperature of 60" in 

 winter from fire heat, and requires a rather moist atmosphere when 

 growing, a light situation near the glass, and a fair amount of air. We 

 cannot name plants from such bruised scraps as those you sent us; good 

 specimens in bloom ought to be sent. 



House Sewage [Z. Y.j.— It will injure, rather thau benefit, fruit trees 

 and Strawberries at any season of theyear. Letitbe thrown overvacant 

 ground, where kitchen garden crops are to be grown next year. 



Trees Suitable for a Churchyard (H. H. C.).— All evergreens that 

 will suit the soil and situation. Launistinus, Holly, Laurel, Berberia 

 Darwinii, and Conifers. 



Grafting Geraniums {Calcaria). 

 shortly be given. 



Book on Trees (./. Eohinwn) 

 since Loudon's. 



A few hints on the subject will 

 No such work has been published 



ERRATUir.— Page 440, 1st column, Alpine plants, Primulas, for*' Primula 

 formosa," read " P. farinosa.'' 



forced Potatoes usually are cooked ; but not until the third year are tubers 

 produced of an adult size. 



Planting Vines iAn Amateur).— I, If the Vines you have had four 

 years in pots in an orchard-house are strong, and if they have not pro- 

 duced much fruit, they would do very well for planting out for an un- 

 heated \ineiy. If they have fruited much in the pots, then we would 

 prefer young Vines one or two years from the bud. 2, In either case we 

 would prefer disentangling the most of the roots carefully, without break- 

 ing them, and spreading them out. In either case it matters little 

 whether you plant now or in spring, but if now, some nie ■ nired warm 

 soil should be placed round the roots, and the ground protected by 

 litter, so as to keep out the snows an<i frosts of winter. When this care 

 is not given it would be better to defer till March, and give similar caro 

 then. In either case, whether old or young Vines are used, the Vines 

 should be cut back, and nothing thought of excepting making wood the 

 first year. 3, Much the same answer. In many cases a part of the centre 

 of the ball may bo left, and the rest of the roots spread out. The chief 

 reason for spreading ouit the roots, is to prevent them running at once 

 down into the border, instead of extending more horizontally, and plants 

 turned out with balls are more liable to take the downward tendency. 

 4, You may have the rods in your viner>- from 30 inches apart, if yoa 

 have nothing but Vines in it. If you gi-ow anything much below them, 

 from 4 to 5 or 6 feet wiU be near enough, according as you give the pre- 

 ference to Vines or under-crops. The rods should be from 15 to IS inches 

 from the glass. 



