July 29, 18«9. ] 



JOURNAL OF HOBTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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 same sheet questiona relating to Gardening and those on 

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

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 separate communications. Also never to send more than 

 two or three questions at once. 



N.B.— Many quebtiona must remain unanswered until nest 



week. 



TwENTY-FiTE EoEEB FOR YoRMHiHr [Emma).—" Buy these on Sfeet 

 standardB, and plant in NoTCmber. I have put, as wisheij, every third 

 Rose blush, white, or vellow. 1, Charles I.efebvre, cnmEon ; 2, Madume 

 CUmence Joigneaax. rosy red ; 3, Gloirc de Dijon, orange yellow ; 4, Pnnce 

 Camille de Rohan, maroon ; G, Barouno Prevost, rose ; 6, Barouno de 

 Mavnard, white ; 7, Madame Victor Verdier, brilliant red ; 8, Dr. Jamain, 

 maroon ; 9, MarguerUo de St. Amand, blush ; 10, Lady Snffield, rosy pur- 

 pUsh crimson ; U, Dr. Andry, crimson ; 12. Triomphe de Rennes, yellow ; 

 13, Alfred Colomb, brisht rod ; 14. W. Griffiths, salmon pink ; 16, Caroline 

 de Sansal, blush ; 16, Dae de Cases, purplj crimson ; 17, Jules Itfargottm, 

 bright light crimson ; 18. CtUue Porestior, yellow; 19, Marichal Vaillnnt, 

 pm-plish red; 20, John Hopper, liubt rosy crimson; 21, Madame Alfred de 

 Ronsemont, white : 22, Madame Boutin, crimson ; 23, John Keynes, red, 

 maroon shaded ; 24, MarKu^rito Bonnet, fleshy white; 23, Maurice Ber- 

 nardin, vermilion crimson. I do not recommend Briar standard Eoses, 

 unless the soil is rich and unctuous. I know the above Rosea chiefly on 

 the Manetti stock, which is the beet stock for light and inferior soils. I 

 do not recommend Tea Roses out of doors for Yorkshire. Instead of those 

 yon name buy the followiue, they urc !he cream— Devoniensis, Souvenir 

 d'Elise, Souvenir d'un Ami, Madame Willermoz, and the new Rose Adri- 

 enne Christophle. The h.irdicst Tea Rose known is Sombreuil. It is a 

 fine white Rose, but it is not so Kond a. flower as Madame Willermoz. 

 Soeur des Angea and Duchesse d'Orleans aro beautiful blush Roses, and 

 do well on the Manetti stock here ; but I doubt their doing well, especially 

 on a Briar, so far north as Yorkshire.— W. F. Radolvffe." 



HVBRn) PEBPETD.\r. R.)8E8 AT Dalston (G. B.).— Tho following will 

 succeed in your neiuhbnurhood:— Anna Alexieff, Baronne Prevost, 

 AuRuBte Mie, Beautv of Wnltham, Cbarlea Lefebvre, Comtesse de Cha- 

 briUant. (Jincral Jacqueminot, John Hopper, Victor Verdier, Jules Mar- 

 gottin, King's Acre, Lord Clyde, Prince Camille de Rohan, Princess Mary 

 of Cambridue, and .'senatenr Vaisse. They would all do better for your 

 purpose on their own roots, and good plants may he had at \^s. per dozen. 



KoSEs NEAR Manchester [Young Amateur).—" As your land is light 

 and sandy, procure your Roses on tho ManeHi stock. Mis plenty of tho- 

 roughly decayed dung with tho aoil. Of course, in such hot dry weather 

 aa the present, you must water them copiously at tho roots and over tho 

 foliage. When Roses ar:> coming into bloom a canvas shelter against the 

 snn would be highly advantaceoaa. All Roses intended for eihibilion 

 shoula be shaded" and their blossoms kept dry. Both the Cloth of Gold 

 and Marfchal Kiel are gfner.\lly mot universally) better suited for cul- 

 ture under glass than outt^ide of it. When you plant your Manetti Koscs, 

 cover the colliir of the bud with at least 2 inches of soil. Tread the earth 

 close to the stock. — W. F. RAncLYPFE." 



Roses Suitable for Fiixars (P. E.). — " The best autumnal Roses suit- 

 able for veran'iah pillars 14 or 15 feet high, and having yellow, dark, and 

 hght'Coloured flowers, are — Yellov, Celine Forestier, Triomphe de Rennes, 

 and Gloire de Dijon. Dark, Due do Cazes, Prince Camille de Rohan, and 

 Empcreur de Maroc; it is doui^tful whether either of these Puises would 

 grow that height, Due de Cazes :nigiit reach it. Light Ptoses, Acidalie, 

 white (Bourbon) ; Baroni'^ Prevost, or -\nna Alexiefl", both rose-coloured; 

 and Jules Margottin, cerise, or Charles Lefebvre, variable crimson. The 

 loftiest dark hose is brederiok II. (Hybrid China); but it only gives 

 one scries of flowers.— W. F. Radclyffe." 



Goose Grass {Forenauifhln). — It is commonly called Cleavers, because 

 its seed vessels, covered with small hooks, cleave to the coats of animais 

 and the dresses which come in contact with them. It is the Galium 

 aperine of botanists, and you must consult some work on British plants. 

 It is common in hedgerows where the soil is moist. Children pass its 

 rough stems over their tongues to cause a slight bleeding. 



Deep Well {Old Soldier). — There would be no diiiiculty to prevent 

 your raising water by means of a forcing-pump, and distributing it over 

 your garden by tubes, but you must consult some pump-fitter in your 

 neighbourhood. We cannot form any opinion as to the expense. 



Spanish Plants {An Amateur). — We know of no other method for 

 affecting your pur^iose than advertising. 



SoiviSG Carnation Seed (P. R. IT.).— The best time to sow the seed is 

 spring, so that good plants may be obtained before autumn, transplantiug 

 them when large enough to handle, and again before autumn. Let them 

 have a bed in a sheltered situation, allowing 1 foot between the plants. 

 The seeds should bo sown in a pan or pot, and to ensure their speedy 

 germination they may be placed in a gentle hotbed. When the plants 

 appear the pot should bo placed near the glass, and air given freely, so 

 as to keep the plants from becoming drawn up and weak. You may, 

 however, new sow the seeds in a cold frame or in the open ground, 

 covering them with a hand-glass, and if they be pricked off when largo 

 enough, and planted out next April, they may flower late next year. 

 The Lobelia reached us in so withered a condition, that we could form 

 no judgment upon it, except tbat it is white and blue. Good specimens 

 should be sent packed in damp moss. 



Choice of Strawberrv Runners (C. J.).— We can assign no scientific 

 reasons why tho second runner from a Strawberrv plant should he most 

 productive, further than this, that the extreme of fruitlulneas and the 



extreme of luxuriant growth are generally opposed to each other, and 

 there can bo little doubt that the first runner is the strongest and most 

 luxuriant. We have been at such trouble and cost in seasons like the 

 present to obtain runners, that we take all we can, but wo found a difler- 

 once when we kept them distinct. A fact is not less a fact, though we 

 be unable to assign tho " why." 



Conservatory Arranoement (B. B. B ).— Considering you have no 

 other house in which to bring plants on, we doubt if you can do better 

 than keep the stage, and devote the north waU to Ferns ; but you may 

 set the plants thinner on the stage, and thus have larger plants. For 

 mere ornamental display, the best plan would be to do awny with the 

 uniformity of the stage, and have baskets or vases in tho house, with 

 walking space round them. We bave seen small stages thus used with 

 good effect, so that you could walk round them. Even with a common 

 stage you cm make great variety by the arrangement of the plants, so as 

 to produce a fresh appearance every week or fortnight. 



Ventilating a Greenhouse (H. S.).— We see no reason why your 

 house should not answer very well. There will be plenty of sun for tke 

 generahty of greenhouse plants if you do not use much heat in winter, 

 but merely do a little mora than exclude frost. As regards ventilation, 

 opening half of the squares at top will be enough if you can open the 

 four sashes in front. Tho best nlan for tho top ventilators would bo to 

 have them all connected with a rod and rachet, and then you might have 

 all moveable. Tho simplest mode would be to have each ventilator pivot- 

 hung, and opened and shut with a cord. Tho simplest plan for the froBt 

 sashes would bo to hinge them at the top to open outwards, with a 

 small flat bar of iron attached, with holes every 2 or 3 inches in it to fit 

 into a stud of iron inside the sill of the sash. If numbers of plants were 

 your obi-ct, and a good show besides, then we would have a 2-feet shelf 

 round the front and ends, a 2.1-feet path, a flat trelUscd stage 4.1 feet 

 wide, and 3 feet from the floor. This, with a 2J-fe6t path, would give a 

 base of 4 feet for a steep stage against the back wall, the upper shelf 

 goiu" to within 2 or 3 feet of the top. This would hold an immense 

 number of plants with narrow s>-olves. The front shelf should be lower 

 than tho centre stage. You could have four Vines in the house, planted 

 inside against the back wall, and trained down the roof. Of course, with 

 the stage referred to, the Vines would do no good before they reached the 

 roof. Without the stage good Grapes could be obtained on the back wall 

 if the roof were not too much covered. With the high stage there, the 

 best place for the Vines would be a border outside the house in front, or 

 inside in front if more convenient. The heating with gas will do if no 

 gas fumes enter, and the opening of the dining-room window on a cold 

 night, after there has been a comfortable fire there, will do much. In- 

 deed, tbat window would do much to equalise the heat of the dining- 

 room and the heat of the greenhouse. 



Japanese Quince (C. P.).— It is tho Cydonia, or Pyrus japonica, so 

 common in our flower gardens. 



Grapes Diseased (Oafciooori).— We are quite at a logs to account for 

 the parboiled appearance of the berries of the Lady Downe's Grape as 

 they reached us, and more especially as the Viues are so healthy, and the 

 Grapes on other Vines not at all touched. We can do nothing but suggest 

 looking at the glass over these two Vines, and seeing if there are burning 

 spots. 



Mildew on Grapes (A Constant Subscriber).— Thin them at once, and 

 cover them thoroughly with flowers of sulphur. Wo have a plateful of 

 the sulphm- under each bunch, and bathe the berries, as it were, in it. 



Storing Anemones (A Conitant Beader).—Vre are unable to say how 

 long they may remain unplanted ; but as you have had them out of the 

 ground for two years, and in following years they have flowered well, we 

 think it likely they would retain their vtality for many years. Every 

 cultivator knows how apt the Anemone is to commence growth imme- 

 diately after maturation, and that tendency is often a source of anxiety 

 to the grower. His aim is to secure for the tubers a season of perfect 

 rest, but not to make it too long he plants in October, and at the end of 

 January or hcjnnning of Februurv. or as soon afterwards as the weather 

 and state of the ground permit. Keeping tho tubers out of the ground 

 beyond that time we consider iujurioua to the succeeding year's growth 

 and bloom. The tubers should be kept in sand dried in an oven, and 

 packed in a box so that no two touch. It should be placed m a cool very 

 dry room. 



Surface of Pond Green (E. H.).— Yon have not a sufficient number 

 of waterfowl, otherwise thev would keep the surface clear. A pair of 

 swans would, no doubt, serve you better than anything else. In the 

 meantime you may with a dry deal spar, and a rope tied to each end, tree 

 tho surface of the greenness by drawing the spar gently towards one side, 

 and then backwards. Tho vegetation can be cleared from the spar and 

 sides of the pond. 



Ants to Destroy (ATeic Forest).— Tilix some arsenic with treacle, spread 

 it thinly on pieces of glass or earthenware, and lay them near the nests. 

 You will soon be rid of the ants. 



Cedar of Lebanon (.4ji Old Subscriber).— Thfi Cedar of Lebanon and 

 all the Fir tribe succeed on chalk. Plants from 4 to 6 feet in height may 

 be safely moved if frequently transplanted and finally removed with a 

 good ball ; ineeed, they are rather diflicult to transplant unless a good 

 ball be preserved. We know some Cedars of Lebanon upwards of 60 feet 

 high on a chalky soil. 



Strawberries (wnniifcl-).- We cannot recommend nurserymen. _ Any 

 of the nurserymen who advertise in our columns could supply the Vicom- 

 tesse HiTicart de Thury. Wo have so many applications about this variety, 

 that we think any nurseryman having a stock would be repaid if he adver- 

 tised it. 



Errata.- In tho article on the loss of the Peach crop in 1869, in the 

 second column, line nineteen from top, " produced " should be tiajihnj, 

 and in the seventh line of the second paragraph of the same column, for 

 " made " read unable. 



Names of Plants (A. I'.).— 1, Selaginella Braunii (often called S.WiU- 

 denovii); 2, Doodia caudata ; 3, Adiantum capillus- Veneris ; 4, Poly- 

 podium appendiculatnm ; 5, Gvmnogramma chrysophylla ; 6, Ptens 

 tricolor ; 7, Cincinalis flavens, als'o called Notbolirna chrysophylla ; 8, As- 

 plenium rhizophorum ; 11, Rivina laivis. We cannot undertake to name 

 plants from leaves only. (T. 1'.).- AUamanda Schotlu. (B. M.K.).— 

 2, Aaplenium flaccidnm ; 3, Jasminum Sambac. (H. K.).— Ptens tricolor. 



