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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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■ iNTEBSATIONAl, HoHTICULTrHAI, EXHIBITION.— Tho third prize for 

 six etandnrd Koses (Class 115) was not awarded to Massrs. Paul and 

 Son, as st*ted at puna 391. but for the lollowini; varieties :— Adam, Paul 

 Kicaut. Madame St. Joseph. Anna AleiieCf, Gloire de Dijon, and Jules 

 Marguttin ; exhibited by WiUiam Earlojr, gardener to F. Pryor, Esq., 

 Digewell, Welwyn. 



Seedling Tuups (H. H. H.).— Your Tulips are large in size and bright 

 in colour, but there is a coarseness about them which is a decided objec- 

 tion. There are many bright-coloured varieties of Tulips imported every 

 year, which are equally effective and much more perfect in form. 



Peach Tree Leaves Fai.mko [Aiijriom).—The leaf sent is certainly 

 perforated by some insect, but such perforations would not cause the 

 leaves to fall. The leaf scut was very thin, and would seem to have been 

 formed in a close moist atmosphere, and if you bad not stated that the 

 trees were well attended to, we should have said that the leaves fell in 

 consequence of waut of water. Have vou been using any solution to 

 free the trees of insects V If not, then we think the fault rests with 

 the roots. If the trees have been neglected in respect to water, then 

 well watering them now will not keep on leaves like that sent. It was 

 ripe. 



Keens' Seedlixc, Strawberry Barren (J. 3/(ic/.'ciiriV).— .Ulowing the 

 plants to grow too close may have made them barren, or the soil may be 

 too rich. If vou thiu out the plants so that they may he 18 inches or 

 2 feet apart every way, and keep all runners cut off as they appear, we 

 kave no doubt your line plants will have by autumn very fine woU- 

 ripened crowns, calculated to produce a good crop another year. We 

 find that most ol the plants in our beds of Keens' Seedling have this 

 year gone off in consequence of canker, and though those which remained 

 have shown well for bloom thev have failed in throwing up the trusses well, 

 Mid the flowers are verv imperfect. We have some beds in another 

 garden about two miles off, and the pbmts are there remarkably healthy, 

 and promise an abundant crop. We think that our Strawberry planta- 

 tions have been injured by the late frosts, especially those of Keens' 

 Seedling and British Queen. Black Prince and La Constante are fine, 

 but the first two wiU be nest to failures. 



MciBERRY Propagation (A. B.).— The cuttings are best selected from 

 tie bearing wood, for tho trees thus obtained fruit when nuicS smaller 

 than those propagated from any other part of the tree. Tho cuttings 

 should be taken from the wood of the previous year in the same manner 

 as for Currants and Oooseberries, and may be 6 or 8 inches in length, 

 cutting them transversely below the lowest joint or eye. Insert them 

 about 4 inches, or two-thirds of their length, into the soil. They require 

 to be put in early in spring, tho end of February or beginning of March 

 being a good time. A good, rich, and rather light soil ;s all that is re- 

 quired. If two or three shoots appear, rub ofl' two and leave the strongest 

 if von wish for standards ; f..r bushes leave all the shoots and stop them ; 

 and for fan-trained trees for walls or espaUers if two shoots are pro- 

 duced disbud to one, and cut it hack in the following season, hut if three 

 Irads grow retain one as a leader, and train the others right and left. 

 The Mulberry may also be increased by layers, in which way trees may 

 be obtained "of a larger size than by cuttings. It may also be raised 

 from seed. 



Pansies Deteriorating and Changing Coiodr (C. R. H.).— We think 

 that the Pansies have deteriorated from long continuance m the same 

 place, and that neglecting to take cuttings and make fresh plantations 

 has caused them to change colour. The late dry and cold weather has 

 been unfavourable to Pansies, and nuless well watered in such weather, 

 the blooms soon fade or run. ■V<iu are correct in saj-ing " that to have 

 Pansies up to the mark in si/.e. colour, and shape, it is necessary to take 

 cuttings annuaUy, ami to throw away the old plants, makmgnewbedsin a 

 different place." Pansies like a good, rich, and rather strong soil, with 

 good drainage, and abundant suppUes of water when in flower. The sou 

 required should be deeply and well worked. No blooms came in tho 

 letter. 



Diseased Cccumbers (ir. S. C.l.-Gardeners call the disease which 

 affects your Cucumbers " gumming." The cause is obscure, but a remedy 

 is nsing for the soil in which tho plants are grown a rather poor loam, 

 such as the surface of a pasture after the turf has been removed, and 

 trusting to top.drcssing ami liquid manure for nourishing the plants. 

 'This is the plan rccomm^'nded by Mr. Fish. 



Gbeenhocse Management (3fi« E. J.).— Keane's " In-door Gardcn- 

 illK" is the work you probably refer to. It contains what you mention, 

 andean be had free by r""' 'rom our office iJ you enclose twenty postage 

 stamps with your direction, stating the name of the book. 



Spotted Leaves 'Ru^fic).- Watering the trees in yonr orchard-house 

 daUv. and then suddenly reducing the watering to once a-week, is the 

 probable cause of the biack spots. The supply of sap must have been 

 extraordinarily changed bv such a transition. When you reduced the 

 watering it should have been gradually, and the surface over the roots 

 should have been mulched. 



Filberts Storing (Banjl.— You are rightly informed. The nuts should 

 not be gathered until fiillv ripe, should not bo taken out of the hmks.and 

 should bo placed in atone jars having lids, burying the jars in sand in 

 a cellar. Thev keep firm lor a long time, bat they shrivel considerably 

 if kept in a cupb.iard. If tho cellar is damp, it will aufUco if the nuts aio 

 put in stone jars, and tho jars buried to tho rim in sand. 



Frcit Storing (Mem).— Tho difficulty in keeping froit is a suitable 

 place, and knowing the kinds, for manv decay because their season is 

 past. The floor of tho store-room would do for Apples, placing them oa 

 clean wheat straw, and covering them with a thin hiyer of tho Bame. 

 We presume that the store-room is not heated, that it Is not wet, that 

 frost can bo kept out, and that air can be given. It it offers those con- 

 ditions, then it will do for Apples, but if very dry it will not suit them ; 

 for, though keeping well in such a place, they will be apt to sbrivol, ana 

 it is desirable to have them firm, crisp, and jucy. The fruit mast not 

 be laid tbicklv or in heaps, hut should, on gathering, ho spread out thinly 

 for a few davs.' Afterwards thev should be carefully stored away in single 

 layers, keeping them from light either by having shutters to the windows, 

 or covering with a thin lavor of dry clean straw. It is not necessary to 

 turn the fruit, for the handling in doing so causes bruises, and the Apples 

 spot ; but it is desirable to have thorn so laid thinly that they can be 

 examined, and those which are decayed picked out. Apples will do weu 

 enough in this wav, but Pears require a drier place, and do not keep at, 

 aU well where Apples will do so. They require morn care, and for them 

 shelves of some non-resinous wood are required, as Elm. beech, SC. 

 Deal gives a taint of turpentine to the fruit. In your store-room you 

 may have Pears on the shelves. naiUng a strip of wood, 2 inches deep, on 

 the edge, and placing on tho shelf an inch of sand dried in an oveu.. 

 The fruit should he gathered on a dry day, and w-ith groat care, so as to 

 prevent bruising. It should bo laid on the shelves for a few days before 

 being finally stored awav, and tho room should bo opened on lino <^' 

 davs. The Pears will pai-t with somo moisture, and in ton diys or a lort- . 

 night should be placed verv carefuUy in a single layer on their aides on 

 the sand ; thev will thus rest more easily than if laid on the hare wood. 

 This mode of'treatment will do for those that are not expected to keep 

 long, but the late kinds should be covered with dry sand. On dry oays 

 air may be admitted to dispel damp, if the room be at all damp ; other- 

 wise keep it close and dark, and go over the fruit occasionally in order , 

 to remove any that may be decaying. Avoid handhng the Pears to oscer- - 

 tain when they will he ripe, for that can he much better determined by 

 their changing colour, and immediately they are fit for table commonca , 

 to use them, for no fruit will keep for any length of time afterwards. 

 In frosty weather, the windows should be covered with some protecting 

 material. Wo fear, from your having no fruit at Christmas, that your 

 Apples and Pears are early autumn kinds, as many of the autumn kindi 

 will keep till Christmas, when the winter '"!"' come m. ,f"™y/°*. 

 have Apples that will keep over Christinas. We had P™fs this yei^r m 

 April and Apples in May, and yet wo thought they ought to have kopt^ 

 longer. 



Mr. Newton's Models.— Mr. Newton has written '".".»''« '".'"''^J^?^- 

 " I desire to correct an error in your report of my exhibition o models 

 in the International Horticultural Exhibition. You state that no one 

 was there to explain them, and that that was the reason the Juror.i did not 

 seem to appreciate them. I had an attendant there from the openmg of 

 the Exhibition, and he attended there every day, to explain the """-kms 

 of niv models for warming and ventilating by warm air in '■''.n°''^''™ 

 with hot-water pipes, &c.: also to explain the coUeetion of ""'^.ng plans 

 for laying out grounds to scale, which I have exhibited. I am tho onl/, 



andscipe gardener who has exhibited plans at the International Horti- 

 cultural Exhibition without competing for prizes, and although entered _ 

 in the catalogue, no notice was taken of them." 



Heav^- Marly Soil (J.ilia ilf.l.-To render it fitter for a «"/«"• J» 

 would remove tho surface soil, and burn 9 inches m depth of the subsoa 

 of the whole space. Mix the burnt earth with the removed surface sod,,, 

 spread it over the entire area, and manure as needed. ,, 



Irish Plants (S..S'mi(M.-Tho " Bell Heather" you enclosed is upaidly;,, 

 called Menziesia polifoUa, or Irish Worts. The shrub is J;>niperus 

 sahina, or common Savin. They are not marketable, nor is Oa.nunda 

 regalis. 



ONION (K. O. T.I.— The Onion which you received from BriLsscU 

 under the name of Oignon jaune plat we think is the W elsh Omon 

 UMliimi flstulosum). At least, in its present state it entirely corresponds 

 with that kind. _ 



Names oe Plants (X 0. F.).-You must send better specimons of the 

 confferousplants. It is almost impossible to identify small scraps and 

 to do so costs more time than we can afford. ^B<iraU).~-\. Kuni^V^f- ^ 



enn?s destitute of rav florets; 2, Euphorbia platytAylla. (fol/oni Koi««. 



Sm^S-Cheilanthes fraf..ans; Aristotelia ^l--^'^\^,l^:'"^J^^^^,\ 



AmvL'dalua nana: Polvpodium colpodes. (6. '-■J,— ,*"'"'*. '<,".,,i° 



iTRl)rnke) -1. Polvstlcbnm nculeatum : and 2. Cystoptens fragUls, as 



nearly as we can teU from the very young fronds sent. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS iu the Suburbs of LondonJo^^b^Wook^u^^ 



Son. .. 27 

 Mon... 28 

 Tnes. . 29 

 Wed. . 80 

 Thnrs. SI 

 Fii. .. 1 

 Sat. .. 2 



Mean 



barometer. 



Uax. 



29.727 

 •29.S14 

 •iifl.HB.'i 

 •29.932 



2'.i.f.ii:i 

 ■-'9.770 

 •29.WS 



29.811 



Hin. 



•29.1)62 

 •29.774 

 29.752 

 •29.788 

 29.«l:)9 

 29.fi2B 

 29.810 



29.721 



THERMOUETEB. 



Mai. j Min. 1 1 ft. dp. 



7,'i 84 



70 



73 



70 



69 



74 



80 



50 

 42 

 40 



651 



57 



57 



67 



57 



68 



58 



8857 67.07 



2 ft. dp. 



53 

 63 

 64 

 64 

 54 

 54 

 64 



53.71 



E. 

 S.W. 



S.E. 

 S.E. 

 S.E. 

 S.E. 

 S. 



Rain in 

 inches. 



.00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .fO 

 1.35 

 .00 

 .02 



1.37 



Geneeal BzsuaKS. 



Fine: densely clouded; overcast and cold. 



Verv fine throughout; at freezing m the night 



V^^ So throughout the day ; below free^mj^ a' "'g"- 



Very fine ; dry air ; overcast at ght ' l;^^^^"^-^^^ constant rain 



Overcast: shower in the "''"'"«;. '°!^S^ |al night. 



Fine; partially clouded ; '"^ ,«"" '^"."/^^bfight blue sky; hot; 



Vers- fine ; masses of anow-whito clouds, m Drigni ^ _^^_ 



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