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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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young shoot, and lay their eggs there : will they destroy it ? 

 —D.J. 



[The little room at the back of the greenhouso having a door 

 opening into it will be useful for keeping early bulbs in summer, 

 and for keeping your Vines in pots, Fuchsias, Japan bulbs, Roses 

 in pots. Ice., iu winter. With the door open that leads into the 

 greenhouse (there being no window in the room), and some more 

 light borrowed from the greenhouse in the shape of windows, 

 gome flowering plants could be kept there all summer as an 

 entrance to the greenhouse, and some pretty plants in the best 

 positions in winter, in addition to the commoner ones in a state 

 of rest. 



As to the unheated chamber below tho greenhouse, 4 feet 

 deep, with a window opening into a scullery, in which your 

 stove for heating the greenhouse is situated, no place could be 

 better for resting your pot Vines when the wood is mature. 

 Then as to utility, hardly a better place could be obtained for 

 growing Mushrooms in the summer months if kept cool, or 

 with the heat turned off if there were pipes in it ; but as we 

 presume you could easily take two or three pipes through this 

 chamber from the stove in the scullery, then from this time to 

 next spring we know of no better place for easily securing 

 during the winter Mushrooms, Sea-kale, Rhubarb, Chicory, Ice. 



We suspect yon have something besides ants on your Peach 

 shoots in the shape of lice or scale, and the busy ants visit 

 them to obtain what provision they can from them. We have 

 noticed them housing lice and scale as carefully by covering 

 them up as a poor man would house his cow. Be this as it 

 may, you cannot too soon wash all the shoots with a brush 

 and soap and water, and then it would be well to water the 

 ground with guano water, or if not handy lime and soot water, 

 using both the lime and soot fresh. Ants rarely do harm to 

 the wood of trees, but they will cut the parts of fructification 

 out of flowers, and will dig into fine fruit with as much gusto 

 as they will partake of the sweet exudations of insects.] 



XoTES AND GLEANINGS. 



The Royal Horticultural Society's Show proposed to be held 

 next year in conjunction with the Show of the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society, will not take place, the situation in proximity 

 to the Agricultural Show not being suitable. Is it absolutely- 

 necessary that they be close together ? Will not the inhabitants 

 of Bury St. Edmunds make an effort to prevent the disappoint- 

 ment which we know will be widely felt ? 



The continued rains have been productive of con- 

 sequences far more serious in France than in England. In 

 many vineyards the Grapes have rotted on the Vines. In one 

 department, Lot de Garonne, 900,000 Tobacco plants have 

 been destroyed by the inundations. 



It seems that salmon may be cultivated in private 



gardens. Last February twelvemonth Mr. Dale, the gardener 

 of the Middle Temple, obtained and deposited in the little 

 pond in the. Temple Gardens a small quantity of salmon spawn ; 

 and so well has this thriven that now a really considerable 

 number of salmon fry, some of them 8 inches long, may be 

 seen sporting in the waters of the fountain. 



WORK FOR TPIE WEEK 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



In this department proceed with such operations as draining 

 where required, laying Box-edgings, gravelling walks, and the 

 trenching and surface- stirring of all spare ground. IU . t, cm- 

 brace the first dry weather for taking it up ; also Parmijjs and 

 Carrots. Let them be taken up in the early part of the day, and 

 spread them on the surface of the ground to dry tiU the after- 

 noon, when they may be taken to the storing-room, and there 

 spread out again till they are quite dry, after which they may 

 be stored in dry sand. Brussels Sprouts, remove the decaying 

 leaves from these and Broccoli, also from all other growing crops, 

 carrying them away at once to a piece of ground where they 

 can be trenched into the soil, sprinkling them first with quick- 

 lime to destroy the snails and slugs, with which they swarm at 

 present, as well as to hasten decomposition. Cauliflowers, stir 

 the soil amongst the plants under hand-glasses, and sprinkle 

 the surface of the soil with charcoal dust if it can be had. 

 Celeni, attend to the earthing-up when dry. Lettuce, constant 

 attention will be necessary for some time to preserve the plant- 

 ations from slugs. 



FRUIT GARDEN. 



Prepare ground for new plantations of Gooseberries and 

 Currants. Cuttings of favourite sorts of Gooseberries may now 

 be made, and planted in beds manured with leaf mould and 

 sand ; the latter will aid their rooting, and the former will 

 hasten their growth. Planting fruit trees either in the open 

 quarters or against walls may be commenced at once, suppos- 

 ing the borders to have been sufficiently prepared for their re- 

 ception. In planting trees between old-established ones against 

 walls a hole of considerable size should be made for the young 

 tree, and refilled with fresh compost. In preparing new soil 

 for planting fruit trees endeavour to keep it as dry as pos- 

 sible, and choose a dry day for planting, that the soil may be 

 iu a favourable state to encourage the growth of fresh roots this 

 autumn. The present time is also the most favourable for 

 relifting and root-pruning such trees as are too luxuriant, and 

 require checking to induce a fruitful habit. We prefer lifting 

 the trees entirely, unless they are very large, to cutting off the 

 roots as they stand. After shortening the roots proportionally 

 to the strength of the tree, spread them out near the surface, 

 and fill in with compost, on which a mulching of half-rotten 

 dung should be spread to prevent frost from entering the 

 ground ; but while the above is often necessary with existing 

 trees planted in too rich or too deep borders, it should be' borne 

 in mind that it is only a palliative measure, and in the course 

 of a few years will require repeating, unless steps are at the 

 same time taken to make the border more shallow or poorer, as 

 the ease may be. We are of opinion that most wall trees 

 would be more fruitful were their roots confined to borders of 

 very limited extent, compared with what is generally the case, 

 and by which the balance between the roots and branches 

 could be adjusted without the trouble and expense of lifting 

 and root-pruning. Clear off the remaining leaves from wall 

 trees to give the wood the advantage of sun and air to assist 

 its ripening. 



FLOWER GARDEN. 

 Take every opportunity of removing from the flower garden 

 any remaining plants which it may be desirable to keep over 

 the winter. Half-hardy plants and shrubs will likewise require 

 some protection on frosty nights. Some of the best appliances 

 we have for this purpose are conical and pyramidal baskets 

 made roughly with common Osiers ; they admit air, and in 

 severe frost should be thatched very slightly with Fern, Beech 

 branches with the dry leaves on, or the light spray from the 

 Yew or Spruce Fir. In this form they are not unsightly, and 

 are cheaply made. As soon as the flower-beds or borders have 

 received the first shock from the approaching winter, a general 

 trimming of the decayed shoots should take place. Previous 

 to this, however, the final remarks for the season should be 

 made as to any re-arrangement of height, colour, or kind in 

 the ensuing spring. This is more especially necessary where 

 alterations of any kind in the design of the garden are in- 

 tended. When the beds are cleared of decayed matters, a 

 quantity of such biennials as the dark Wallflowers, Sweet 

 Williams, &c, may be planted in blanks, or bulbs may still be 

 inserted for a late display. It may be necessary to pot some 

 plants for spring propagation. Ornamental climbers on trellises, 

 arches, Ice., in blossom, should have protection on nights of a 

 frosty character. Much valuable late bloom may sometimes be 

 insured to the proprietor by such simple means, as it not un- 

 frequently happens that after ono or two severe nights the 

 weather becomes mild for weeks. 



GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 



One of the chief evils we have to contend against at this 

 season of the year is humidity ; while we are anxious to afford 

 our plants the advantages of a continuous supply of fresh air 

 by the ordinary contrivances in our plant-structures, the ad- 

 mission of this grand essential is the introduction of the crude 

 unwholesome fogs of November, so fatal to many exotics ; the 

 remedy lies in an improved sy3tem of ventilation, by which 

 the air could be rarified prior to its entrance into the con- 

 servatory. A series of small orifices below the hot-water pipes 

 and ventilators at the back of the house is a ready method, 

 would secure a constant supply of fresh air, and cause a desir- 

 able activity in its circulation. Restrict water in the case of 

 all plants which have perfected their growth, withhold it 

 entirely from bulbous plants from which nothing further is 

 required this season. Hybrid Roses and Chrysanthemums may 

 receive manure water occasionally. They may be associated 

 with Cinerarias and Chinese Primroses, which require pro- 

 tection rather than a forcing temperature at this season of the 

 year. The Camellias will form moot prominent objects in 



