November 13, 19C6. 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Vines, &d., is t '• :| Room [An Amateur Just FcelhWjHU FPflff). 4 

 Black Hamburgh or ft White Muscadlric Vine, Id it good-steed box, «U 

 doin your loft against the gI(Vsa Basil opening pt 9 feel by U; hut of 

 course In sumtner the shade from the Vine would pretty well prevent 

 anything else ■■■ oi tug v ell beneath it. In such a lighted loft, 1 1 reel by 

 :t feet, yon can easllj keep many bedding plants in Winter, mora especially 

 as yon inivr :i hot-water cistern which would beat the place bo 50 ; it 

 had better rarely exceed from 40 to45 in cold weather in wintor; but 

 you must not think of laying Calceolarias down until they s'eem exhausted, 

 for if bo they will never do good afterwards, Everything growing y.m 

 must shift and bring nearer to your Mish-Iiu'ht in turns. Scarlet I'^lu- 

 goniums in a state of rest may go into more Bhady places. Refer to 

 "Doings of the Last Week " fur Oet.oher y:3nl for minute direotionSi. As 

 you hftve this hot-water cistern there wo would be tempted to advise yon 

 to take off the slates from the beat side and cover with glass; and if there 

 are rafters there about 18 inches apart, the glass would be nearly the 

 whole expense. You may do much with the plai:e as it is. 



Flower Gakden (F . F.).— The chief fault with your plan is that the 

 vaso in the centre, unless lofty, and Mate four small beds (2h will be over- 

 powered by the other twelve larger beds. There ia also great sanu ness in 

 the clumps, but if it pleases the planter that is the' chief point; and we 

 have no doubt thai if well planted It will look well. Of your four targe bods 

 in the centre, we would prefer a stripe with the centre us you propose, 

 and edging likewise. The Golden Chain would make a good edging for 

 the scarlet, and contrast with the low edgings of Purple King verbena* 

 We would cross these beds as yon propose, and, as there is ft pair of 

 outside beds for eaoh of these centre ones, theso should also contrast, 

 and then the plan of planting will bo both simple and effective. 



Ash Grafting (H. S.).— Take a last-year's shoot and graft it next 

 spring unon the tree you recently planted on your lawn. You will find 

 directions as to the manner of performing the operation in the " Science 

 aud Practice of Gardening," tube bad free per post from our office for 

 3s, 4-/. in postage stamp?. It should be grafted a little before the flow of 

 the sup. 



Propagating Apple Trees (Idem). — The slips of the old trees are of 

 uo use. You may sow the seeds or pips of the Apples and the Crab in the 

 open ground, and in three or four years you will have stocks for grafting. 

 The moderately Btvong shoots oj the kinds you wish are the only 

 shoots suitable for grafting, which should be performed when the sap 

 rises in spring. 



Standard Roses (Idem).— YoU cannot raise standard Roses by taking 

 slips off the standards and putting them in the ground 'or in'pOtS. You 

 must obtain Briar stocks of the required height and bud them next year. 



Floor of Pit [F. J<hiki ns). — We presume that by "quarries" as used 

 iu malt-houses you mean the square perforated tiles used as the floor of 

 the malt-kiln ; if so, we have no objection whatever to your forming the 



il i i" of your pits of such tiles, raised sntliri.'iiMy a,hove the ground level 



1 by bricks beneath them, so us to leave a ipace boneatfa then] for air and 



tor water to pass without letting worms. &c., up. There would only bo 



the extra expense. A similar object as t'i ipecl ■ pot plants 29 gained bj 



moveable trellises, or, rather, stages; but these would be inferior to 



yours when earth is to be put in for the plants. YVIi n this earth is 



1 used oyer the perforated bottom we do not perceive, why damp is to bg 



. thoroughly prevented, or how extra air will play among the plants, as all 



the holes beneath w in he covered* 



Heating a Pit from a Kitchen Fire [gubwriher). We think von had 



better read what is s;iid at page 339, and let. n . know the relative heights 



of yonr tire in the hack kitchen and the ground that would he the floor of 



your pit. If right as to level, you could take a flue from that fireplace, 



or, which would be better, piperf from a boiler; and as we presume you 



have the wall of the bouse there, why not make thai wall the bach wall of 



a little glass house, and you'would only have the front and end walls to 



build iustead of the four walls of a pit '.' Your frame would also be useful 



i elsewhere, and you could have ft fixed roof for your little house that is, 



: if not a tenant. We throw out this hint because a little phtcT! yon can go 



■ into, will yield more pleasure than one. you can merely look into. 



Bedding Plant {An Old Subscriber).— In the place of Calceolaria aurea 

 . we would recommend Tagetcs signata pumila. 



Exposing Vines to Frost (/•'. H.).— Thoro is nothing gained by ex- 

 posing Vines to frost* beyond the destruction of some kinds of insects. 

 and CO ordinary frost will destroy their egg.-. Tin? Vines would ho 

 much better of having the glass over them in winter, the temperature 

 from fire heat not exceeding 40 . The latter part of your letter is un- 

 intelligible. 



Camellia Buds Fai.t.ino (An Old Sithicribrr).—\\'c cannot see any- 

 thing in your treatment that would aeconut for the buds dropping. Its 

 most general cause is the roots being inert, or their not supplying 

 sap for the maintenance of the buds. The water from the lead cistern 

 will do the plants no good. 



Vine Border (Jerxen Subscriber).— Do not inere.ise the depth of the 

 border. If it is drained, the best plan would he- directly to begin at the 

 front, and raise the roots of the Vines to nearer the surface. Obtain 

 fresh material, and spread the roots out within 4 inches of the surface, 

 and use summer mulchings afterwards. If any of the Vines seemed bad 

 at the roots we would plant fresh ones. 



Names of Fruits (Iff, B.). — We do not know the Apple, and doubt very 

 much as to it being " Jenny Sinclair." What wc know under that name 

 is a round-shaped Apple. 



Names op Plants (H. W. E., UsI<:), — Tho plant is Isolepis gracilis, not 

 hardy. Daotylis glomerata variegata is hardy. ( W. B.). — The pod is very 

 likely to be from a plant of Clianthus pnniceus. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS in the Suburbs of London for the Week ending November lQth. 



POULTRY, EEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE. 



HAMBURGHS NON-ORNAMENTAL ! 



There arrived some years since, in a certain neighbourhood 

 a gentleman who happened very soon to be called upon to 

 make a speech. He rose and spoke exceedingly well. Those 

 present whispered, " How well Fluent speaks ! " for such shall 

 be his name in these pages. Soon afterwards Mr. Fluent was 

 asked to speak again, and a second time it was a success. A 

 third time, and those among the audience who had heard him 

 before said to new comers, " Now you will have a treat ! " 

 People nodded pleasantly across the room at each other, as 

 much as to say, " Now for the speech of the eveuing." There 

 was a dead pause of expectation when Mr. Fluent rose ; but, 

 oh, the horrors ! he struck all round, knocked (figuratively) 

 the chairman out of the chair, attacked the secretary, threw 

 doubts upon the treasurer, and ran full tilt in wrathful elo- 

 quence against the committee. Never was such a scene, such 

 a hubbub, such raising of eyes, blank looks, and mutterings of 

 " dear ! dear ! dear ! " The fact came out that Mr. Fluent had 

 proved to be too fluent. 



Now, something similar has happened to " Newmarket." 

 No one welcomes more heartily than myself a new writer to J 

 " our Journal," if a good one, whether the new writer's name 

 be "Maud" or "Newmarket." The latter had written so 

 well on Game fowls, that I had begun to look out with pleasant 1 



expectation for his signature, when, lo ! his article entitled 

 '• Ornamental and Non- Ornamental Poultry " came to hand. 

 I was sorry, I uttered many a " dear ! dear ! dear ! " I foresaw 

 the result, how " Y. B. A. Z.," and, perhaps, '• A. K. C," and 

 half the other letters of tho alphabet, would be ready to do 

 battle for their attacked favourites. Pens sharply pointed 

 would be drawn. I heard by anticipation the watchwords, 

 " Dorkings and old England ! " " Spanish and our aristocracy ! " 

 " Cochins and eggsfor ever ! " " Turkeys and good cheer ! " nay, 

 it might be even, " Malays and run a-inuck." 



Well, well, mistakes will happen now and then ; be thankful 

 if it be only now and then. Please not to cut your pens very 

 sharp, but rather nib them broad, for broad views are best. 

 Every one in praising his own special hobby is apt to be hard 

 upon' those of other people. " What can Mrs. So-and-so see in 

 those noisy Canaries?" While Mrs. So-and-so says in turn, 

 " Poor old Mr. Fogie ! how I pity him poring over his dusty 

 parchments ! " So of '• Newmarket," in his admiration of 

 Game fowls he looks with an unfair eye upon other varieties. 

 Now, every fowl that walks has its beauties, and the better 

 bred the more numerous they are. I admire Game exceedingly, 

 they have the beauty of form and colour; but " Newmarket " 

 is unfair (he must not mind my saying so) to Hamburghs, 

 when he places them among "non-ornamental poultry." Let 

 a jury of painters be empanelled. Hamburghs have specially 

 the beauty of feather aud colour ; in the Pencilled how elegant 

 the feather ! in the Spangled how baudsome ! All those va- 

 rieties are extremely beautiful, nearly equal to Gold and Silver 



