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JOURNAL OK IIORTICULTUUE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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William Paul, Paul's Nurseries and Seed Warehouse, 

 Wultbain Cross, London, N. 



Rose Catalogue, with a plate of Black Prinoe Rose. 



Select Descriptive List of Hardy Pictorial Trees. 



New Hybrid Nosegay and Zonule Pelargonium/. 



Special CataUi i, Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees, 



Shrubs, New Plants, die. 



Edmondson Brothers, 10, Dame Street, Dublin. — Autumn 

 Catalogxu oj Hyadntlts, Tulips, Lilies, die. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



•»• W'e request that no one will write privately to the depart- 

 mental writers of the " Journal of Horticulture, Cottage 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so doing they 

 are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and expense. All 

 communications should therefore be addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, die, 171, Fleet 

 Street, London, K.C. 



N.B. — Many questions must remain unanswered until next 

 week. 



Book ill. II. A.).— "The Garden Manual" contains what yon neod. 

 Yon can have it tree by post from our office if you enclose twenty stamps 

 with yoor address. Any nurseryman can supply the plants and seeds. 



He ITZKO a Vinery (/.'. M. 6\).— The best way to heat your house would 

 be by means of a Baddle boiler and two rows (a flow and return), of fonr- 

 inoh pipes along oie end and the front of the house. This would be 

 ample for a house 12 feet in width. If economy be the object, then a 

 flue running along the front and both ends would answer. 



Long-leaved Curled Kale (Harriet). — We are not well acquainted 

 with tin- I itiiety, but some kindred sorts are more highly prized at table 

 when they have b.en exposed to a little frost, and we expect yours will 

 he improved in due time by this agent. 



Fruit Show [A Subscriber, Eljin). — Wo know of no more fruit shows 

 this autumn. 



8ATFBON i A". B.).— The directions for culture and manufacture are far 

 too long for insertion in our pages. You will find full and lengthy 

 particular- in " Bee t's Cyclopaedia." 



Storing Apples (J. T.). — They mav he laid only one layer deep on the 

 Iwmnls, and the light should he excluded. There is no book devoted 

 entirely to hybridising plants. 



Frankenthai. Grape— Pear Trees Unfruitful (67. S.).— The Frank- 

 enthnl will be suitable for either an early or late vinery ; but it is most 

 advantageous to plant it for the general crop, and it is both vigor- 

 ous and healthy on its own roots. If only one sort can bo grown, 

 it is the one. It will succeed with a little assistance from artificial heat, 

 of which it will also bear a considerable amount. The Diarnant Traube, 

 or Scotch White Cluster Grape, may be grafted upon it if you want rods 

 to quickly reach the top of the house ; but it will also succeed on its own 

 roots. Tim- compost you supplied for the roots of your Peach trees may 

 do very well if you guard against too much dryness and other causes of 

 the attac) ol in ects. \Vi:h nL's.rd to your old Pear trees which have 

 never borne, that would have been an impossibility if you had checked 

 the strong shoots and encouraged the weak by all the means in your 

 power. 



Polyanthuses (F.ev. H. H.). — W'e have delayed answering this that we 

 might make inquiries. They have been unsuccessful. Our correspondent 

 wishes for ;, desci iptivc list of the best varieties, and he especially wants 

 a very old one which he thus describes — "It is a double plant, dark 

 hrown, with yellow edges, not the common single. When a boy forty 

 years ago we had several roots in our garden, and then called them 

 Black Jacks." 



Slightly Heating (IF. 0. B.). — We know of no lamp that would emit 

 heat enough to exclude frost from a greenhouse 12 feet by 8 feet. A very 

 small gas stove would effect the purpose. 



Seedling Geranium (A Constant Reader). — It has no merit as far as 

 one pip and one leaf euablo us to judge. 



Aralia trifoliata (F. W. B.). — It is hardy in favourable situations, 

 but not in those which are wet and much exposed. In cold wet localities 

 and bleak exposed situations it is necessary to wrap the stems from the 

 ground upwards with a hay or straw band, as they are liable to suffer in 

 severe weather. 



Artichokes {Idem). — The Artichoke grown in France is the same as 

 that grown in England. The reason of French Artichokes being so much 

 finer and later in the season is the climate ; ours is so much more 

 moist and cold, that the late heads are liable to be cut off by autumn 

 frosts. Another reason is that the French make fresh plantations in 

 spring, and these produce heads late in the season. If you were to take 

 off some of the strongest suckers in April or early in May, and plant 

 them in good rich soil, you would find them produce heads late in the 

 season. We have cut them on the 21st of December. 



Peach Tree Shoot Mildewed [A Youna Gardener). — The shoot sent 

 has had its point destroyed by mildew. Your best plan will be to wash 

 the tree now with -1 ozs. of soft soap to a gallon of water, and, whilst wet, to 

 dust the affected parts with flowers of sulphur. The mildew may appear 

 next year. If so, syringe freely, and dust with sulphur. 



Mignonette [D. N.\ — The plants from seed sown now 9hould be kept 

 on a shelf in the greenhouse, thinning them out to three in a pot. These 

 will flower next spring, if you are fortunate enough to winter them. 



Constructing a Cucumbep.-pit (J. ThreefaU). — Your plan seems to be 

 good, but the battens, we presume, of wood to support the plants should 

 be lathy, and no thicker and no stronger than necessary. Wo do not per- 

 coive in what way your plan can be improved. It will, no doubt, answer 

 woll. 



Chrysanthkmi:m Bros Thinning {A Lady Bendrr).— Early in Augnst 

 the flower-buds sliov\ thoiuselvos. Generally a single bud presents itself, 

 to ulii.ii a lundof strap-lent Is attached; this is the bud that produces 

 the finest flower. When that is well defined ami has a green and healthy 



li I . I . . . , , : l t , i-<-, ;it Uliec remove ;ill ntlli I tillil I v. Iiieh iin l-i innl nlnor it nil 



the extreme points of the plant ; these buds are usually formed in 

 threes, should the single bud alluded to be unhealthy, then select ono 

 of the three terminal bud. in it, placo. 



Dbutzxa cp.enata florf.-pleno not Flowering [A Constant Hub- 

 seri&6r)._The reason your plant did not flower last winter was its not 

 beta ■ let with bloom-buda in autumn. This lb ut/.ia is quite burdy, and 

 should have an open situation out of doors from May to November, pre- 

 suming the plants to have been foreed. If you have thus had your plants 

 exposed, and copiously supplied with water during, the summer, wo 

 should suppose that they will now have plenty of bloom-buds, and it kept 

 with the pots plunged in eoal ashes until January, and then introduced 

 into the greenhouse, they will flower well in spring. We fear that yon 

 are treating them as greenhouso plants. They will grow, as you say, 

 vigorously, but not flower. 



Alpines for Early Blooming (11. McLean), — Arabia alblda, A. alpina, 



Saxifraga oppositifolia, Alyssum aaxatile i ipactum, Aubrictia doltoidoa 



grandiflora, Anemone apennina, Iris reticulata, Omphalodes verna, 

 Orobus vernus, Primula acaulis Tars, double lilac, dark crimson, 

 sulphur, white, and purple ; P. auricula vars., Scilla sihirica, Cheiranthus 

 alpiuus, and C. Marshall!. 



Roses for Bedding (Idem).— Hybrid Perpetual: Madame Boutin, 

 Caroline de Sansal, Jules Margottin, Senatcur Vaisse, Gcant dea 

 Batailles, Marechal Vaillant, Charles Lefebvre, and John Hopper. 

 Bourbon: Baron Gonelta. China : Cramoisie Superienre, Clara Sylvain, 

 I :it>\ier, Mrs. Bosanquet, and Lady of the Lake. 



Gladioli i Idem).— Six good are: Ceres, Dr. Lindlcy, John Watcrer, 

 Goliath, P.eine Victoria, and James Watt. 



Wintering Cuttings (A. B. C.).— Your cuttings would winter more 

 safely in the boxes in which they have been struck. Pot them off in 

 February or early iu March, and afford them the benefit of a mild hotbed 

 until re-established. 



Propagating Golden Chain and Cloth of Gold Geraniums (Idem). 

 —Your plan of striking them at this season in pots on a gentle hotbed is 

 the only available process. What you have to guard against is damp. 



Salvia patens and S. cocctxea not Flowering (W. £.).— We think 

 that the cause of the flower-bads forming and then dropping off is the 

 wet weather. A period of dry bright weather would make all the 

 difference. 



Centaurea candidissima Cuttings (Idem).— The best time to take 

 cuttings is March, the plants having previously been placed m heat for a 

 few weeks to induce growth. They require a mild hotbed. You may 

 take off the side shoots now close to the stem, and they will strike in a hot- 

 bed, only do not over-water. Insert them in sand, and slightly trim off 

 the base of the cutting, merely removing any raggedness consequent on 

 the slipping off. 



Plants for Conservatory (C. C.).— Wo think that few pbnts would 

 do well in it, especially as von say Camellias never flower. You might 

 try Acacia armata, A. longiflora magnifica, and A. oleifolia clegans, 

 Brugmansia suaveolens, Yallota purpurea, Witsenia corymbosa, Plum- 

 bago capensis for a pillar ; Iudigofera decora, Hydrangea hortensis, H.ja- 

 ponicaand its variegated fonu, Chorozema cordatum splendcns.Lilium 

 auratum, L. lancifolium rubrum and punctatum, Imantophyllum minia- 

 tum ; Habrothamnus elegans, Abeli, and magnificus for pillars if you 

 have them ; Epiphylluin Ruckerianuin, Russellianum, and Salmonium, 

 Cassia corymbosa, Bnrchellia capensis, Coronilla glauca. and Cytisus 

 racemosus superbus. Ferns, however, would perhaps best serve your 

 purpose. 



Geranium (IF. B. £.).— It can only be a sport, if yon are sure that the 

 cutting was taken from a Flower of the Day Geranium. 



Rose Culture (Bugha).— 1, "When is the proper time for attend- 

 ing to Rose-beds ?" Attend to them at all times. November is the usual 

 time for planting, transplanting, and dressing with manure. September, 

 however, is the great autumnal root-making month. I have removed 

 about 1100 Roses between August 22nd and September 22nd, and their 

 soft wood is cut out, and the second growth also. Their eyes are fresh, 

 and they look well. If the wood is not hardened, November is better 

 than September. The best plantations of Manetti Roses I have ever had 

 were planted on the 10th of September and the 10th of October. Care- 

 fid removal stops over-succulent growth; the plants quickly make new 

 roots aud solidify their wood. I can move them any month in the year 

 without the least detriment. The leaves must bo kept moist till the 

 roots act. 2, " Is root-pruning advisable .'" When a Rose does well 

 do not interfere with the roots. If the plant runs to wood and does not 

 nroduce flowers, root-prune, or, take up and prune the roots, and do not 

 give it manure till it has formed its buds. 3, "Is manuring Roses de- 

 sirable'" Roses in inferior land will consume any amount of manure. 

 If you do not manure you will have worthless Roses. If you manure 

 highly the plants will be more subject to mildew and other fungi. Roses 

 fail oftener through want of manure than from hypertrophy, and also 

 oftencr from drought than from hydropathy or frost. Orange fungus 

 has done me far more mischief this year than mildew. I have cut away 

 all the injured wood, hard aud soft, to where the skin is clean and the 

 eve looks fresh. Some of the Manetti Roses transplanted here 

 Augnst 22nd are in fine leaf and bud.— W. F. Radclyffe. 



Dvctylis glomerata— Golden Araeis [An Old Shropshire Subscriber) 

 — Dactylis glomerata is perfectly hardy. If divided at once and pricked, 

 out in some good sandy loam ou a south border it will make good plants 

 by next May. The beds should be elevated a little abovo the general 

 level, so that no water may lodge about its roots. The richer the soil the 

 more luxuriant the plant will grow. It is, however, better to prick the 

 small side pieces out into a free sandy loam in the autumn, and remove 

 them into rich soil in the spring. If this is done early in April the 

 plants may be divided again at the end of May. Any common garden 

 soil wiU suit Golden Arabis. Divide it at once, as recommended for 

 Dactylis. We never heard of its being propagated irom seed. 



ERRATUM.-Page 263, 1st column, 40th line, " a sprinkling of hay over 

 the Mushrooms » should be " a sprinkling of hay over the cloth or mat. 



