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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ July 15, 180B. 



Vines Growpjo Useqd ally— Leaves SconcuED— TniKsixo GnAPF.» ! 

 (J. Macktnsif, Jf./).).— It Is tmpoBeiblo it account for youDR Vines grow- | 

 ing aDetiuully, if troatcd aliko, and all propnftotcd in tbo snmc mnnnor. ; 

 We have seen mauy bouaos wbcro m'cry Vine was like its ncJKhlioar ; ' 

 bnt at otbor time.", from Hiniilur plants at tbo timo of plantiuF*, tbtro ban 

 been Rroat divtraity. The blotching and Bcorchin-j of leaves in your 

 case, if tfao dcBcription is qniti' correct, arc mos'. likely owing to a spnt in 

 the gln88, whicli mast bo kioktul far, and diuiScd with a liltU- paint. It is i 

 Tery prejudicial to Grnpos which sot thickly, to leave tho thinning until 

 tho btjrrics are stoned. Some tlilneettcrs may bo left nnlil the bout > 

 berries Bhow themselves. Mr. Foster's address is Bccston, near Not- | 

 tingbam. 



Mildew on Rose9 (Centurion, and H. W, P.).— "I do not nso Pooloy's ! 

 tobacco p|Owder, nor eulpbnr for mildew. If I use anythint*. it is 2 ozs. i 

 of blue vitriul diflaolved iu hot water and added to tbree gallons of water. 

 I have had mildew on my wall trees. I cat the points of the ahoots cd, 

 well watered the roots, and kopL tho trees freely Byringcd, and they bavo 

 grown out of it.— W, F. Radclyffe." I 



Twelve Rosffa for Half ^TANDAnns (/J'ni).— " Tho best twelve Rosea i 

 for half standards are Gloiro do Dijon, Celino Forcsticr, Triompho do i 

 Rennes, Charles LefebTre, Marsiurite do St. Amand, John ilnpp':r, i 

 Madame Victor Vtrdler, JnU's Margottlu, Raronne do Maynard, Dr. 

 Andry, Prince Cnmille do Ilohan, and Due do Cazes. Thcso will give you 

 all colours, aud they are all excelicut. — W. F. IIadclyffe." 



BoBBs NOT Blooming Well (R i'jH-lt).— " You must not be disheart- 

 ened about your Hoses. It has been a disnBtrous eprinp. We have had 

 twenty weeks of uorth-east wind, aud till lately but little sun. As you 

 have added to your Foil every autumn, it is probable tho rents are loo far 

 removed from the action of tho suu and atmo'^phero. In Kovombcr take 

 np all your trccbi, trench the Ki'ound, cut back the roots 1o their Renenil 

 length, and replant your trees. Remember, though Roses like firm s(.il, 

 they do not like to bo mortared-in. I'eoplo rarely manure Roses too 

 much, t^omc vai-ietiop, however, do not require po much manure i.s 

 others. Whether the character of tho summer is wet, or hot and dry, I 

 keep the hoe plied over tho puifi'ce; pcntly over the roots, and as 

 deep as I can go between the plants. Roses have been blooming hero 

 magnificently; I never saw a finer sight. Some of my trees have been 

 in bad health, but they are rccovcnng.— W. F. Radclyffe." 



CoKTFER.^ Fruited in England (P.). — One of our correspondents 

 in Kent has tho loUowirg species in cone — viz., Abies Morinda and 

 A. Menziesii, Araucaria imbricata. Cupressus C irneyana, C. Lawsoniana, 

 O. Lambertiana, C. fuuebris, and one or two more Cypresses, of v.hicb the 

 species are not ascertained; Cryptomoria japonica, C. Lobbii ; Cbama:- 

 cyparia tburifera and another Cbtimiocjparis ; Piceacephalonica, P. WcIj- 

 bi&zui, and P. nobilis ; Pinus insi^iuis and P. escelea ; Retinospora ohtusa, 

 R. squarrosa, R. pinifera, and R. leptoclada ; Taxodium scmpervireua ; 

 Thuja Lobbii, T. occidcntnlis aureo-variegata, T. Slenziesii, and another 

 Thnja from Pekin ; Tbojopsis borealif , and Wellingtouia gigantca. He 

 says that several of the above have fruited for mauy years, but that lio 

 has not bad Picea lirJCi o in c(te jtt. r.U hough he has a tree nearly 

 40 feet high. Tho largest and finest-looking cents arc Araucaria imbri- 

 cata, Picea nobilis, and P. Webbiana, the latter a beautiful purplish-black. 

 All the Conifets 30U name have produced cones in this country. 



Red Spider on Melons (J. JS. N.) —The leaves appear to bavo been 

 infested with rci spider, though we could not discover any. Tho only 

 mode of destroj in;? it is to coat the inside of the frame or pit with flowers 

 of siilphur, brought to the consistency of paint by tho addition of 2 cz?. 

 of soft soap to a gallon of water, previous to which the plants should be 

 Byringed with soot water made of one pec!: of soot to twenty gallons of 

 water, well stirred up. W^li]6t wet dust the foliage with flowers of sulphur, 

 shutting up the frame early in tho afternoon, a gentle sprinkling of water 

 being given previously. 



Dahlia Leaves Holed [Amateur Grtrrffnfr).— We conld not say what 

 is the cause of the holts in your Dahlia leaves, hut they are probably 

 eaten by some caterpillar or weevil, or by earwigs. If the cause is a cater- 

 pillar, you will mo&t likely find it on the under sides of tho leaves ; if tho 

 second, examine the plants after dark with a lantern, plico a white sheet 

 on the ground close to the plants, and shake them. The insects would 

 then fall on the sheet. If earwigs are the aggressors, traps should he 

 Bet. These may be had of any seedsman. 



Pear and Apple Tbees {Jamex Ncicman). — As you are a yearly tenant 

 we shoull advise, if your garden is sheltered. Pears on the Quince and 

 Apples on tho Paradise stock, both trained as pyramids ; if it is exposed, 

 dwarf or spreading pyramids would bo most suitable. Vou may obtain 

 trees which would fruit to some extent nest year. If yon have plenty of 

 groand, and can afi'ord to plant thickly and thin the trees out, taking out 

 every alternate tree at tho end of the third or fourth year, they may be 

 planted 4.J feet apart. You will have room for thirty-six trees, say two 

 dozen Apples and one dozeu Pears. Ticch'e Dessert Apples. — One Margaret, 

 two Lamb Abley Pearmain, two Mu-gil, two ScarU-t Nonpareil, two Court 

 of Wick, one Ribston Pippin, and two Boston Uussct. Ticeiv^ KitchcJi 

 Apple4. — Two Keswick Codlin, two Lord Snffield, two Alfriston, four 

 Wormsley Pippin, two Dum-^low's Seedling. TtreJrc Brsfert Pears. — One 

 Citron des Cannes, two Williams's Bon Chretien, two Bonrre do Capiau- 

 xnont, two Louise Bonno of Jersey, two Bearre d*Aremberg, two Berga- 

 motte Espercn, and one Bcurre Diel. The best time to plant is early in 

 antumn, after tho leaves have fallen. 



Grass Seeds for Light Sandy Soil (J. F. ff.).— Mix S lbs. of Meadow 

 Foxtail, 3 lbs. of Golden Bristle Gniss, with 4 lbs. of Sheep's Fescnc 

 Grass, 4 lbs. of Crested Dog's Tail, and about the anne weight of both 

 Italian and Perennial Rye Grass, with 4 lbs. each of White and Red 

 Clover, and double that quantity of Saiutfoin. You may also add a little 

 Milfoil and Yellow Trcfcil, aud a small quantity of Sweet Vernal Grass. 

 The above quantities are for an acre. We wonld recommend yon to 

 work tho land well, manure it, and sow the seed in the first week in 

 September. Sow, perhaps, half a busbt-l of Bnrloy with it for abade and 

 shelter at starting. If you do not object to expense, you might increase 

 the quantities of seeds given. 



Cottage Garden Pi-an ' Amntrur, TTarfto/ilc).— We do not think yon 

 can well improve your proposed mode of arranging your garden, nor* its 



cropping for another season, beyond being careful not to have such crops 



as Carrots succeeding any of the Cabbage tribe. In respect to tho rows 



of vegetables running north and south, we do not think in yonr locality, 



where all the snn there nsuelly is is wanted, that it makes much dif- 



ference. In the Bontb of England thero aro many persons who think 

 that lines running eait and wost are bettor, as sbftalDg the ground from 

 hot sun; but in a email garden where appearance is regarded, it is 

 common to arrange tho lines at right angles niib tho principal walk, and 

 in your case wo would certniuly prefer those on each aide of the main 

 walk running all ono way, Wo think lime will improve jour garden soil, 

 and your proposal to plant Currant ami Gooseberry plants on each side 

 of the main walk is good. Herbs may grow neir each other, hot care 

 must bo taken to prevent such robuHt-growing plants as Balm, from 

 overtopping a more humlde neighbour, such as Lumon Thyme. As 

 a useful summer screen to conceal the manure corner, we have seen 

 S-^arlet Runners used with advantage, or Peaa or Broad Beans might do. 

 Rhubarb i^ not unfrcquc-ntlv used for that puri>oBG. WV hardly know 

 what advice to givo you about making Asppr:)gnH beda: it i^nol always 

 that it can be made to do well, Sea-kalu ia hitter, but some means ol 

 covering it up must be thought of. otherwise as a vegetable without some 

 puch modo ol blanching its shoots, no good will result from it. It would 

 bo better to try all the ordinirj- vegetables first. We Euppo'^r you con- 

 template having an Onion bed. An arliclo on AspoTflgus nill ftrobably 

 appear shortlv. 



Exhibiting Ferns (.V^-ir ZtalamlY—Ihe word "distinct" as used in 

 the Manchester schedule is, where not otherwise slated, intended to apply 

 to varieties. For iuetance, " twelve Fenis distinct." means twelve distinct 

 varieties of Ferns. Twelve varieties of Adiantum, or twelve varictica of 

 Ptoris would cither be admi<;sible — any number of varieties in fact, pro- 

 vided there is not more than one plant of each variety. The collection, 

 however, which would bo the most distinct in character, including the 

 greatest nirniber of species instead of simply more varieties, other points 

 being equal, would be tho niMSt valued, on account of its greater variety 

 of form, and the greater difllcuUy of their cultivation. There should not, 

 as a rule, be more that two or three plants of any ono species cxliibltcd in 

 a collection of twelve Ferns. 



ViCOMTESSE Hl'.RICART PE TlItTRY STRAwnERin" (T. M. B!'hovt).—Aii7 

 respectable nurseryman could supply yon with plants. Our correspondent 

 is not a nurscrymon, and wo cannot trouble our contributors with private 

 correspondence. (J. F. .S., Aceriiigton ; P. Tralr). — Seo preceding answer. 

 {Fflix). — It deserves all that h:is been said of it. Tho synonymos given are 

 correct. Whether the nurseryman whoso cat:ilogue you refer to hnd the 

 true sort or not wo do not know ; and if he bad it, p issibly it mi^ht he of 

 inferior merit in his soil. Apply to a respcctal lo nurseryman, and try it. 

 [AVehave already had a SC' re of letters requesting " ARCHAsroAUD " to 

 supply plants, and to enter into pri\ate corresrondcnce. Too much incon- 

 venience and expense have been already caused to our contributors by 

 their good-uuturcdly responding to such requests.] 



Seedling Zonal PELAncoNinMS (A Subscrihcmnd Constant Reader).—' 

 It was impossible to judi;e of the merits tif yonr seedling Zonal Pelargo- 

 ni ..ms. The box contained simply a mass of petals of various shades of 

 colour. To ascertain the merits of seedlings'itis necessary that the plant 

 should bo seen. The foliage of No 1 is gojd, but the flowers not new in 

 colour, and No. 9 promises well. The seedling-* have this groat merit, 

 they produce large aud fine trusses ; but wo cannot discover anything new 

 aud distinct. 



Gcnnera scAnnA ant> Aralia SiEBOLDn Culture (F. O.).— Gnnnera 

 requires a moist peat soil and tho protection of tho greenhouse in winter. 

 It is very impatient of dryness. As j'ou have failed to raise plants from 

 seeds throo years consecutively, wo can only como to the conclusion 

 either that llie seeds are imperfect, or that they have been allowed to 

 become dry after germination. We would advise soaking tho seeds an 

 hour before sowing thorn; sow them iu peat and sandy loam, in a pot 

 well drained, tho soil being watered previously and allowed lo become 

 dry merely on the surface. Cuvcr sligttly with the samo soil, press 

 gently, thtn cover the pot with a ^quare of glass, and a piece of paper 

 to keep out light and too much air, and set the pot in a thady place in 

 a saucer with a little w.ater kept at the bottom, which will so far prevent 

 the soil becoming very dry. When the plants ure up prick ofT, and nUi- 

 rofftely pot separately, aiid attend as above to keeping tho plants moist 

 rather than dry. Treat Aralia Sieboldii much in the sumo way as respects 

 tho seed, but so much attention to moisture will not he required after the 

 seedlings are pottcd-off. Jnst after sowing, a little bottom heat and 

 suflicient moisture would bring on the sotdlings quickly, and then they 

 could be hardened ofi" gradually to the temperature of the creeuho?se and 

 R sheltered place out of doors. Much was expected from the finer Aralias 

 for ont-door decoration, but the severe winters some years ago destroyed 

 many of them. We looked recently for a noble specimen of Aralia japcniM 

 at Wrest Park, where it flourished in a sholtti-ed corner for years; but it 

 had succumbed, and near its old position there ia now a fine plant of the 

 Spiraea Lindleyana, also striking from its fine folir.ge and spikes of bloom, 

 but far inferior to tho graceful Aralia. If, by the above careful sowing, 

 you raise seedlings, we would keep them the fir^t winter in the green- 

 house, but try some of them iu sheUored places and close to a wall the 

 following f ummer, giving them some heath mould and leaf mould, along 

 with pood loam, at first, and a mulching of half-rotten dnngafterwords, the 

 mulching having a diflcrcnt cflect Irom incorporating such rich mannre 

 among the roots. 



Gentiana yerna Ccltubk (Idem).— With tliis beautiful edging plant, 

 only not so good as the upright -flowering, beautilul Gentiana acaulis, 

 much depends on sowing tho seed at once when ripe. Keep the seed 

 wrapped up duriug tho autumn and winter, and sow it next spring either 

 in a border or box ; most likely, if the seedlings c-^mo up, you will have 

 to wait twelve montbs before many of them make their appearance. We 

 have kept the seed of Gentiana acaulis two years iu a box before it vege- 

 tated. The host plan is to sow as soon as the seed is ripe, and keep in a 

 cold pit the first winter. Tho plant ia rather particular as to soil ; it will 

 not thrive in some places. Wo used it at one timo for edgings, and there 

 is no bedding plant to rival it for richness when it blooms profusely. A 

 deep rather heavy loam suits it best. In planting-out. which we would 

 do at once, we would after digging make the soil rather firm, and add to 

 it a little rotten dung, loaf mould, or heath soil, the first being the best 

 if tho soil is not very tenacious. The plants, with their pretty blue-purple 

 fl 'wers, aro seldom more than il or 4 inches in height. Your other ques- 

 tion is answered in a previons column. 



Insects f.4 Ladu in C/if'/tirr).— They are the larv.-P of Lady-birds (Cocci- 

 nellxj, which feed upon the aphides which infest tho Calceolarias in great 

 nnmbers. 

 1 >'AHES OF Plants.— (.4. S.).— Antbericum HooUeri,alFolaiown as Chry- 



