906 



JOCBKAL OP HOBXICtJLTTJEE AND COTTAGE GABDEKEB. 



Uaieh U,18K. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 ..• We request thit no one wiU wnte privately to the depart- 

 mental writers of the " Jonmal of Horticulture, Cottage 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so doing they 

 are subjected to nnjustifiable trouble and expense. All 

 communications should therefore be addressed icUly to 

 The EdiU/Tt of the Journal of Horticulture, de., 171, FUet 

 Street, London, E.C. ,..„.. .. 



W« also request that correspondents will not mil up on the 

 same sheet questions relating to Gardening and those on 

 Poultry and Bee subjects, if they expect to get them an- 

 swered promptly and conveniently, but write them on 

 separate eommtmications. Also never to send more than 

 two or three questions at once. 



j;3. Many questions must remain unanswered until next 



week. 

 Booss ii- B. O.j^Thoee yon n»me are pabUshed by Heasn. Bmitli. 

 Elder* Co. „ „ .^. 



Ma. Bcix 18. Eoj^ri).— We presnme yon mean Mr. BnH, >iiTS«ijm«n, 

 Else's Eoed, CteUea. 



SracLiso CnreaiBii U. F. .S.i.-Thc peUli »re free from the notth 

 which florUts deprec»te, otherwise there »re many similar m colonr. and 

 SJ^J^perior. -Vo Judgment can be Jormed of any plant from a 

 single flower. 



GaanncBB'9 Day's Woei (Bo!>).-From 10. to IW and 10} nsed to be the 

 namber of hoora ronnd London. We beUere mj^^ pUce« haTeth«r oira 

 iS^ents. and lU stickler! to time shonld settle that beforehand. 

 Woonrse (rardeners do not work tbe«e hoars m winter, and very long 

 hours are g'eneraUy an injnry even to the employer. 



Potatoes foe Ptisrwr, as Acbe (DoIm*o»).-How can we tell how 

 many von will require without being ar« informed what sized sets you 

 Strad uirfng. and how far apart in the rows, and what distance between 

 Sc rows ' If the sets weigh 2 ozs., and are placed 9 mches ap«t m each 

 row, then if the rows are 18 inches apart, you will require S8,/20 s^. 

 eaual to « cwt. U the rows are SO inches apart you will reqmre 23.S2 

 ieuTeqnal to nearly 26 cwt. From these data you may calculate the 



quantity you will require. 



Euei ErvAi. Pea.— We hare had several letters (" A Gaecetee raoK 

 T.ncUTEBSBlB£," " Plscx.' 4c..) and we decline to insert any more upon 

 ttT^eet. The Committee of the P-iy^l Horticultml Society have 

 decided to repeat the trial this year, when the pubUc win be able to judge 

 for themselves. 



HEATno BT Hot Wati. (Z).-We do not lamk that • «"» "^ 

 poMess any snperi^rity over pipes for heating your rtore and Cncnmbei- 

 K^. UyooEr«m<%eabU opening In the tank, yon can jd|rit«I»« 

 from thew Into the atmorohere of tie hon« when the water u "ot so 

 «™ ^ caniTth. ™^ur to «»ld. TU. U almo* «i« "i^^-f- 

 ™nSg"of a tank in such clrcumstuicea. Ton are 1"««,'*^» J" "?: 

 cludiS? that in beatinj the two house, from oDf fire the t«nk must b« 

 liveUid higher than the pipen. The Unk would »!>"«*" .* ^^^ 

 .nnolv the Siiler. A tank 2* feet wide, with aides from 44 to 8 inches dm 

 f"S^?f riSliSng materii ™:h a, daU. brick, or. b«Ur. «nm^ cov«^ 

 with sUte or iron, the sides exposed, and wltha ''•'.<'Pf°J;«»^{?*jS 

 would give you enough of heat for Cucumbers and "^'^^^f^^ 

 March, but Would «»rcely be eaougb In winter. .^°?,-„'',;*^L^?^ 

 one or two four-inch pipes. Werewe to have such a house o"«l"5™ 

 !«, there were reason, for having a tank, we would "« "?i°'^S 

 pir*5 for U-,ttom heat: but if we reso ved on having t>icnmb«2J? {,"", 

 inour. then we would have three pipes for top h»t. it "•"«" °°; 

 little where placed, but it wonld be well to bare one at least at the «>«« o' 

 toTboiG^ Of^^ such a house mun be b«l«i '»'»^?^^°'J^ 

 Seenhou«. For Ihiis two pipes for the "■^- "f • ^* T!l^ 

 60 feet, would keep the honse safe in winter. We would P™'" 'J^;^»J^ 

 SenU yon wisbS^you could keep up • Wgher temi«ature. W e pr«nme 

 you kn^ how to arrange the pipe, and '°™,f .""fST^^J^'J^li^ 

 different levels. It does not answer so weU to "J", "'" j^,!^ 

 tanks to heat other places. In your case the '^P'*^ P^ '°^^ 

 tSTthe flow-pipe into a cistern, say 20 inchM ^°f^'-''^t^fSirS 

 iS7of the pipls,.nd from thence take a flow for ^,^^\^% 

 Sttmn heal, aS a flow for the greenhouse, to be regulated by plng^ an 

 having a return to the main return pipe. 



Excnn.»o FEosT (An Old S«*'^»'') -''''' ''J°i°Vr^bSSl»« 

 used for heating a greenhouse, unless the products of ««=''?^«'V" 

 SSrf InSTthe open «mo,T>bere We would prefer « ^^o?""" 'S^ "^JJ 

 with a smaU pipe leading out of the root or through the b«k w«a i^ 

 have only to put in a thin slate with a hole cut m it, or a P»««"' ">£" 

 Sm instLdof a square of gU.s. if the pipe go through the roof. We 

 wonldpSfCT the pipe to go from the side of the stove ^'"^^l^ 

 not from the top ; id if the top is level an ■""» 7"«' ~^?!J^^ 

 on it U. be snppUed with water. This is 'i'tT"'''/^!!?^. ,SS5l??o5 

 of healing such a honse. The next cheapen and b«t "■■P^»«*^ r"" 

 have a tiled or brick floor, to have a small flue below the floor. 



EEXOvnto Veres rEoa Pots (/d/n»,.-In m//st «'»«''* '""^^^ 

 aUlhe earth from the roots of Vines mi^b*^'/P«f^'jJ^^i 

 for planting. As to Fern cuUore, yoo had better buy the Fern Jlanuai, 



pnbUshed at our office. . , . ,. 



LOBEI.1A SsowruKE.-I bought a 2.. M. P«^ ?* «''f.«f«^ °'i°S','iJ 

 SuOTflake, which were sown a month ago and plunged m • '><>\'>«^ 

 rnrnShSi a niece of paper being laid UehUy over the soiL I speak 



T^C^^ ^AElTOC. rP. P.,.-The seed, sowu now^ a green- , ^ J^Ua ^J^ »Vc"^ 4"w"oSeJ?o;;S^n'feS5 tS^^" 

 hiSTwoid not vegetate unless the temperature were at ^^^^-^ not '"P* "™ "* °',''^;-^'I-^ fromtTeVo^^"? I did. and have 

 So^ recommend you to defer sowing MtU yon could command a t^- lows :- Did Jsemo f 'ijf j^f^^^ilXfi • - I bought • Snowflake' 

 JSrSnre of from 55 to 60 . and a bottom heat of about ,0... So- the s^d | a ^%^^^^.:^. j^S^^JHTwed t a dav or t-o^Lfterwards in a 

 S^,ns of good Ught turfy loam two-thirds, and one-third leaf mould, wed on ^^<^J='^°lJ;^flJ^2i.'^^„- and covering the seed very 



Sli^'l^'^hSt's^eSSIsL^-uSi-el'.Ld'V^^'^^^^ ;STh.i^'r'S?^"te^'^c'Sy as. I could expe<J _from the »^ 



It MayTlSen harden off and plant out in the flrst week in June U the 

 se^be sown early thU month and treated as above, fine plants will be 

 the resolt, onlv they wiU not be so silvery as those which are older. 



DiSBmniso' EosES (C. A. If .l.-It would »« ^e^able to Ifaiit the 

 flowers to one on each shoot, and to allow none to expand except on the 

 vigorous shoots. This would strengthen the trees !°f,»«™lly "^ffSi 

 tSir becoming speedfly established, and the denial thus exercised win 

 be amply repaid in after-years. 



SHECB8 rsoEE A HoESE CHEsnTTT (jMl«.rl.-Ancub«s are the bMt 

 of an shrubs which we have tried for planting m shade under freM. 

 Laomstinus does fairlv ; so do the .Ueiandnan Laurel, Butcher's Broom, 

 Itt to run along the ground, Berberis aquifoUum^ repens, Darwjnii, dnl- 

 cIb; Common llurel^ Hypericum or St. John's Wort, Common Yew, and 

 Periwinkles of sorts. 



PtASTS FOE PAETIA1.I.T-5HADED EoCKZET fr<fr»).-Anbnetia deltoMea, 

 AlTSSum saiatile. Iberis Tenoreana, L sempemrens. .irabis albida. Wall- 

 flowers, Chciranthus Marshalli, Campanula garganica, CeraJtium tomen- 

 tosum. Cineraria maritima. Convolvulus sepiran roseus. Dianthus del- 

 toid^ floribundus. and plumarina, Draba azoldes. Fnmana sobda. Gle- 

 ch^ hederacea foUis variegatis. Sedum acre. Forstenannm^d spu- 



. , _-, t»j — ; »vi;*a >,.mnnMe.g YMlmata. and aixoon. Phlox 



I 



vincrv It certainly was six weeis oeiove i »»» . . ^"»~ .r'ZZT'ii 

 "uTIT hai come up%uite as thickly a, I co^d ^I^^^^^^^ 

 quantitv of seed sown, and is now growing well. The Lobeliaj^p^iosa, 

 which I sowed at the same time, is nearly '»dy to prick ont^ A ntn^ 

 mil in this town sowed a packet of the Snowflake ^*J*^"^^ 

 S^m heat, which came up much mo« 1"?"^, ^T- " "sin« ^S2a 

 has not sown his too deeply he need not de»p«ir.-J. »«■*• „f """^^S? 

 S week a few of mv Snowflake Lobelia seed have come "P-»o«°i» 



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PEAS. Peeszevwo Geeet (B. S.).-They ""iT be P^fTf^ ^-VSk 

 neitSiing if some of the summer crop are treated as JoUow.^ ftck 

 to^^nfun grown. sheU them, ^^^ 8«"^''°' ^f^^, Ji ^ 

 then store them in canvas bags in a dry place. When "^fl"^ '.?' °ff, 

 S^J thS in water for a few hours until plumped up, and ^^ l^,"^ 

 ^e foUowing mode has been reported to ^ "^ VJ«^Slv J^ellS^^i^ 

 judge of such matters as being very sncceasful :-Carefnny «^<" ^ ^^ 

 thS put them in tin canisters, not too large ones : Pn' 'n a '"^ P*^ 

 rhntna hederacea JoUis vanegaiis. seoum acre, rurs^:.".— .. ■ — -,;- of alum, about the size of a horsebean. to a pint ol "l^^ , .""™ [r: 

 ritST^^wi^ PoW*. hvpnoides. palmala, «.d aixoon Phlox ; ^^^'j, ,aU of Peas fln up the interstices with «ter and soId«ont^ 



TQfjia, uroDUS Teruua. ajv^\xo ...^.».i„w— .— . — , — 



and its variegated variety, and Alchemilla alpina. 



Patstiso Hot-water Pipes (Ah Old Sulicribn-l.-Painticg with lin- 

 Beed on and Ump black wiU not prevent the free radiation of heat, but 

 SSer promote it. In reply to "CH." on the same subject we wotUd 

 not advise snch work being done now when the house is at work and the 

 weather U cold, as the fames sent off will be apt to mjure tendCT pl»n<f- 

 Better wait, at least, un-.i! the days are long and more air can be freely 

 nlven ■ better still, wait untQ the risks of the season are over. To X. 1 . £.. 

 Sao OD the same snbject. we would say that the best time to paint pipes 

 is when the house is empty, or when the plcnts are comparatively at 

 test • and the best mode then to do it is to have the water in the pipes 

 heated to about \VI\ and then the paint goes on thin, and soon b««»^a 

 dried, and the thinner the better, provided aH U weU covered. We like 

 as well when there is a little lead in the paint. 



IssECT o^ TntES :A. B.I.— The insect on the neglected Vines is the 

 mealT bug (Coccns adonidum . Lose no time in applying the nsnal nui- 

 tnre of soft soap, snlphnr. and tobacco water by means of a hard brush. 



Cosseevatoet Brnjirxo lA S«»»criS.«-).— We have no recoUection of 

 any one building with iron and without paint. 



Masaoekext or a Hotbocse I A Benlar SuhirrihfT).—To publish .a 

 Ton ask for to teach your gardener, would fin two entire Numbers oftms 

 JonmaL But Keane's - In-door Gardening r you can have ]t fr» by 

 poet from our office for twenty postage stamps. It contama directioiui 

 for stove management during each week m the year. 



lid nerfectlv air-tight, ana Bon ine camber i'" ," . j • / mi^ >«.< 

 theS^Ve them^ k cool place and they -U be found mJ.na«7 tat 

 litff. inferior to fresh, newlv-gathered Peas. BottUng is not so gooo— av 

 ^^l«hi?enotSSiditi>rthe air ?<^i°- 'J? "l"^'! 'r?\«™i ^^ 

 t^ Peas acouire a bad taste. The - Garden Manual, which y«« ««n 

 live Si^^ from our office if yoo enclose twenty fff^^"^ 

 Slth your addl^ contains the information you mention. A larser work 

 on garden plans is preparing. 



Meascees (Soall. CorawoHi.-" A quartern of OaU" is a J"J^»«« 

 peS -Covent Garden Measures" are in onr No-iSipubbshed Janony 

 23rd List. „ . ^. ■ r-, -...» 



Goon EEAEixo FEvrr Teees (A. O.'.-^P^f" ' ^*;?„r'^e!ff5S 



ES^I-a^'A-tf^or^STall^'^- ^^^ilSSiSl 

 loiariJLnt growiVind u some time before it wbers down, bat when U 

 becins bearing is rery prolific 



FEE1.S I, WAEniA-V CASE </ru\*"" -T^ ,F":°'jrnafa" tL°U^ 



damp off if yoncannot^dmit a^at .. -■ - ""^"J^"^^ 



Circulation of air is needful. The . TnlXed Al- 



thcpota. Theplant you have sent 1- '„t Wales and 



pine Saxifrage. It is a nauve of tn= -.5- cl wales ma 



Ireland. , „ . _. 



CrcnraEEs roE ExHramo. (A S«*«Ti»er).^tap«rTed ManchMtar 

 Prixe and Hamilton'. Surprise «r* as good as any others. 



