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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. [ SopUmber 10. 1B09. 



stop the circulatioD to r, aclcsa wbon wanted. Wo \huA mnko those two 

 pipes the muins or feoJcrs. and fruu tbcm we tnko wbut wo doom 

 necessary (ur CAcb liousi'. Fur iiiHlauco* your CucumltL^r bouse may 

 have coDVonicoccs fur duuR iu the clinrator bouontli. art you propose ; 

 bnt, liaving tho but watt-r, wo would disptnso witb Uuiik, uud bave two 

 4-iuch plpet) bcufatb each of tlio two piti<, and two pipu^* ahovo tho soil 

 on each bhIo fur tho top heat that would ho requin-d for mrly Cucum- 

 bers. To have plenty of heat iu a. yoii will Di;td thr<"o ro*a of pipes 

 — two fiowii and one rt-turo. Two pipes would do for the conservatory, 

 but three would bu better, as in aevero weathrr tho two v/>>ald do littio ' 

 more than kuepnut fro^t, and it is advlnnhio nuvr to have the pipes too 

 bot. The outsiiie border of 4 feet will do for the Vmea, but wo would 

 widen it inHi<lo to 5 or 6 feet, and plant inside. You may easily place 

 good soil under your (v'ravel piilba. 



Bbick Arnotts Stove fop. a GnKrsaocsE (IT. P.)-— We have not a 

 doabt that tho lirick Aruotl's Btovo will answer admirably. The S-inch 

 pipe will do for a chimney if tho itebt coko be used, and tho pipe be 

 lre<iuently c1eaue<^. For a pipe of this htzti wu nso n rod nearly the 

 diameter of thi> iuside, and ihut cleans b*:ttcr than any hind of brash. 

 All !^uch stovuii should have only a elicit horizontal pipe, not more than 

 Irom IB to '2i inches long. Your pmpotied oblique pipe, if tho iucliuo 

 were sharp, would answer ; but it wuiild be more complicated than a abort 

 horizontal and then on upri^;htp;po at onco. You would need more clean- 

 ing, and bavu more trouble with joints. Of course you could have your 

 pipe movca)>le at tho elbow ; but for the littlu additional cxp^nso it 

 would be better to havu no elbow at all, but take your short horizontal 

 pipe into a box, say of 6 or 8 inched tqunrc, and the same iu depth. From 

 the top of the box take your upii-^ht pipe, liaTo a door in the box on one 

 side, and you can do all the cleaning witJn>ul moving the pipes. The 

 door can escily bo made smoke-proof after each cleaning. When the lire 

 is much used it would bo well to put tho rod referred to through the 

 pipe every month or so, as a greasy matter w-iU collect and cake the 

 sides. Wti tbiuka of eet upright pipe will answer, but would prefer it one 

 a foot or two more, that the upper end may stand free of the gluBR, and 

 that end should be pr'^tected witb a cowl to prevent ruiu from freely 

 entering We have niadcj n fixed cowl by bending a biond slip of tin over 

 the end of the pipe, and tying it there with a wire, so as to allow two 

 ontlets for the smoke. Very dry wood ehould bo used for lifihting. The. 

 combastion must be rcgulnted from the ashpit door, especially after tho 

 Stovo is fairly warmed. A great help to the combustion of the smoke is 

 to have a SDjall opening at the top of tho furnace door, from onc-eigbth to 

 one-fourth of an inch in diameter, to be clo:^ed with a stopper at pleasure. 

 This allows a stream of air to pass over the top of the fuel, and smoke 

 and gases arc thus hnrned. 



Heating a CccniniEE House (Comtant /?ca<fer).— Many fine Cucum- 

 bers ore grown witb the help of a strong brick flue. It is always expen- 

 sive to use bot water for such a small house as one 12 feet by 0, and a 

 lean-to. We cannot tell you the expense, but a boiler would be about 5 «., 

 and 4-incb pipes, without elbows, would be about a shilling a-foot. To 

 beat such a bou&o for early or winter Cucumbers, you would require a 

 bed from 4 to 5 feet wide, and three pipes beneath the bed for bottom 

 heat, and then you would want from three to foui- pipes the length of the 

 bonso for top beat — that is, fully 8(J feet altogether For late spring work 

 less piping wontd do. For your conservatory, as you cannot bave a stoke- 

 hole, yon had better have a selfcontaJbed bitiler, which needs no brick- 

 work roand ; several are advertised in our p;iges. If the conservatory is 

 small, you might have an iron etovo with a pipe tbrouRh the roof. Cinild 

 yon not beat the conservatory from some of the lower tires in the dwBll- 

 ing-bouse? The fireplace in the diuin-^-room, witb an iron plate at the 

 back intitead of brickwork, would almost keep out frost. 



Arrangement of a Gbeekhouse and Vinery (X. X. XX — The best 

 way to arrange such a small vinery and greenhouse, would be to bave a 

 path down tho middle, and a platform for plants on each hide, as the 

 bonse is rather narrow to walk round. To lose no space, yon could have 

 a wide shelf suspended over the pathway. Both divi^ious wuuld then 

 look alike. You could store many things below tho platforms. Your 

 heating w-ill be sufficient for ordinary purposes. You can grow Cucum- 

 bers in tho greenhouse in summer, bnt you must take out your green- 

 house plants. You will not have beat for early Cucumbers, neither will 

 you bave b^at euouph in the vinery for early Cucumber?. If you must 

 have the boiler and furnace inside the bouse, you bad better have a 

 Riddell's, Marriott's, or Green's boiler. These will need no brickwork. 

 Yon must use a little care in lighting and cleaning, and there need be no 

 detriment. We do not know exactly about excavating. Flooring is a 

 matter of taste; some use nice gravel, others tiles, others stone slabs, &c. 

 Tiles look very neat ; gravel is easily kept clean. 



CrcLAMEN Culture (^.).— The corms of all the species and varieties 

 ought to be covered with soil ; they will grow if but partly covered, but 

 they do not succeed so well as when covered from three-fourths to an 

 inch deep witb soil. Wo have no experience of tho cultivation of Cycla- 

 mens in sand and water in glasses, and we do not think it desirable, even 

 if practicable. 



Compost for Alocasia metallica (J. B.). — It may be grown either 

 in pots or pans, but wo prefer pots. Use a compost of one-bftlf fibrous 

 sandy peat, torn to pieces with the hand and left rather coarse, ont- 

 fonrth librons loam, one-eighth charcoal in pieces from the size of a pea 

 up to that of a hazel nnt, and a like quan'ity of silver sand, the whole 

 well mixed One-eighth of old dry cow dung may be added with ad- 

 vantage. Good draiunge is necessary. 



Flax Refuse for Oncnina (Idem).— It is a good manure, and desir- 

 able when partially decompoBcd for mixing with the compost for plants, 

 In the proportion of one-third. We have no experience of it as a com- 

 post for Orchids, but think it a likely material, as they seem to thrive in 

 decayed vegetable matter. 



FccHSiAs NOT Flowering (Wtfrnl,— The tipsof the Fuchsia shoota en- 

 closed to us are very weak and poor, we think in consequence of the 

 plants having been kept too dry last winter whilst in a state of rest, the 

 wood probatiy having shrivelled. .\ little water ought to bave been given 

 to prevent that. Cut them d^iwn and encfjurage the shoots from the base. 

 The sprig belongs, we think, to Abntilon venosum, a greenhouse plnut, 

 succeeding in a compost of two parts sandy flb:ous loam, and one part 

 leaf soil. Prune the plant iu spring, keep it dry in winter, and grow it 

 in a light airy position. It is a fine greenhouse plant for late summer or 

 autamn flowering. 



Carbotb SfLiTTixo (TilburMtonc).~The couso of Corrota Rplittlng is 

 their growth helng arrested by dryness, nndthoy become mature. They 

 oucht to bo token up and stored In sand in a cool, mthcr dr>- pinro, for if 

 left in tho ground after tho fir»t moI»<lcnlng of tho soil i'.y r.»ins, they 

 bPKin to grow and split. Tho Enrly Horn and all early C 'rrolH arc more 

 subject to splitting than the later ones, as ibo Long Surroy, tho best of 

 all Carrots for winter use. 



Mealy Ilro on Vrxrs (.4. J. J.).— The fumigation of tbo house with 

 burning sulphur wilt kill tho iii« aly bug. and every Hving Ibins in the 

 bonse. Though, porhap=, it might iiot kill Vmes lenflr^s and iu a etat** 

 of rest, it is an e\|n ritnent we would nnt advise. The lumca of burning 

 sulphur aro destrndive to all vog<*tablo as well as animal life. If you 

 me'in by *' funiig aion with fiul|ihur." the painting of tho hot-water i>ipcs 

 or tlues with sulphur when they are heated to & temperature not exceeding 

 ISO', nor less than IGO. wo SCO no cvU in the proceeding; it will destroy 

 tho red Hijid»-r but not mealy hug. The Gripes bt^ing cut, wa would 

 syringe the Vines forcibly a few tiuies with water at 14 > , and tliii will to 

 a gre«t extent clean tbcVinefl As tho leaves fall they t-boiild bo col- 

 lected and burnt; and wbon thoy are all otfwath tbo Vinen, uf;< r freeing 

 them of tbo loose bark, «ith water at 140 , clearing out well all novice* 

 andufsiog a rather slilTbrush. but tnkingcaro not toiLJuro tbo ey.>-. After 

 tho Vines are pruned repent the washing, and |crm* every part of the- 

 house thoroughly witb water as bot as can be borne, and 1 <»7-«. of soft 

 soap dts<>oIved iu every gallon uf water. Tho sr>ap water on;;ht nnt to be 

 put on the gia^:. Wa^h the w.iUs witb lime and t^ulphur in equal parts, 

 entploying the sonp s-lution for mixing witb. Have nil tI»o woodwork 

 p-iinted. and then dress the Vines witb a composition formed of snlphnr 

 vivum, 1 lb. : fr. sb lime, 8 ozs. ; i^oft soap. 8 oza., tbo whole brought to 

 the consist-ncy of paint, by adding the tobncco water of tbo ?.bop8 un- 

 diluted, f.r thill made by pouring a gallon of boiling water over 4 o7«. of 

 the strongest shag tobacco, covering up until cool and then spraining. 

 Apply with a brush, rabbing it well into every crevice. To every galloD, 

 add six drops of spirits of turpentine. 



Melon Sowing (S, i".).— To have Melono early, tho seed may be sown 

 in January, but wc do not row, or if we do. only a few seeds, until Ibo 

 beginning of February. Melons succeed well iu "pits, but the fruit does 

 not attain the sume size as on plants turned out. The mo>t suitable pots 

 are those 11 or 13 inches in diameter. The plant:^ sb )uld havo a bottom 

 beat aver-iging 75'; not less than 7C»". nor exceeding 81''. The top heat 

 may be from P5^ to 7o'^ at night iu tbo early i>tages of their growth, from 

 fiO° to G^- further on, and 7i»'^ or 7J" by day'without suQ, and from 8i- to 

 80- or 90^ witb sun and abnndanco of air. 



Wintering Caladiujis (Idem).-~Tbe leaves will decay when the 

 growth is complete, and its completion may be promoted by keeping up a 

 good beat «rd withholding water, but not allowing the soil to become 

 very dry ; even after the plants have died down, a Jiltle water should be 

 given occasionally. If the Soil be allowed to become dust dry. the roots 

 are apt to become farinaceous, and to rot when water is applied in spring. 

 When at ro:-t they should have a teniperntnre of not less than C>. From 

 eo'' to G5- from fire beat, or at night, will be suiuble, though the tempe- 

 rature may at times bo lower. 



Planting Tea-scented Noisette Roses ^13.).— "There nrc no Roses 

 equal to them for earliuess, continuity, and lateness of blooming. The 

 most successful are Solfaterre, Glotre do Dijon, Triompho do Renncs, and 

 Celine Foreslier. The first must have a south wall ; the others will do well 

 anywhere, with or without a wall, on their own roots, on the Manetti, or 

 on tho Briar. I have not Solfaterre here, but the other throo .are here, 

 and the gnrden is now (Septemher 18th). full of Yello.v Rosos. Polfaterro 

 , and Celine Forcstier require a grenter height of wfiU than 7 feet. For such 

 i a hoigbt have (iloiro fle Uijon and Triomphe de Rcnnes. Ctlino Forcstier 

 is the best of all Roses for a standard. This and Gloire do Dijon are the 

 only Roses that I keep on a Rriar ; all the others are on Manetti or their 



own roots.— W. F. RADCLYtTE." 



Cdttins-eack an Old Yew Hedge (AUcp). — The best time to cut 

 back the Yew and all evergreens is in Bprinc, before they begin to grow. 

 You may cut it back as much aa you like ; it will push srhoots Ai.aia from 

 the stem and brunches, of whatever thickness or age. and iu a sbi^it lime 

 become quite green ag;un. It is tbo best of hedge shrubs. 



Plants for South Aspect of IIousf. (iiit-m).— Akebia quinata, Jilac 

 pluk; Rerbcridopsis corallina, red; Biltardiera longiflora, red; B. 5ca.n- 

 dcas, purple ; Escallouia macranthn, red ; Girrya elbptica, greenish 

 yellow ; and Lignstrum j;iponicum, white. Common ones aro Cratiegns 

 Pyracantha and Cotoneasler raicrophylln, both with white flowcr=,_«nc- 

 ceeded by rod berries, and having splendid deep green foliage, giring a 

 close mantling. 



Select Gooseberries and Ti^^sttso (K H P.).— Of tho sm all high - 

 flavoured sorts. Champagne, Yellow Champagne, Early Green Hairy, 

 Keens' Seedling, Red Warriugtou, and Pitmaston Green G;tge. Of the 

 Lancashire, or large sort^, leU— Hopley's Campauiou, Atlas !uu1 Crown 

 Bob. White— Sheba's Queen, Wandering Girl, and Ostrich. Green- 

 Thumper, Angler, and Conquering Hero. Yellow— Broom Girl. Marigold, 

 and Husbandman. The he^t time to plant them is early in Nuveniber, or 

 as early in autumn as the leaves have fallen. The ground should be well 

 and deeply dug or trenched, and a 3-inch dressing of manure mixed with 

 it. The manure should be well rotted ; farmyard mmure is best, though 

 stable maunro will do, but if tho soil is light, preference should be given 

 to cow dimg, as it is cool, and retains moisture better than others. 



Currants for Walls iIdrm).—Red : Red Dutch, Knight's Early, 

 Knight's Large, and Houghton Castle or Victoria, are the btst Red Car- 

 rants. Whitt': White Dutch is the only really good White Currant. 

 They require the same preparation of the soil as Gooseberries. 



Replanting Vines (.-f Suhxerihrr). — By replanting the Vines at the 

 end of this month you will obtain a certain amount of root action this 

 HUtumn, and in that respect they will have on advantage over tborO 

 planted next March or April. Nevertheless, wo consider the latter a 

 better time to lift and plant Vinos than the former. If you move them 

 now, no water should be given this autumn beyond that needful at plant- 

 ing to settio the soil about the roots, and they ought to have a gentle 

 heat, putting on fire in the day only, with abundance of air. until the 

 leaves are all off. It will be well if yon can remove them and get the 

 wood properly ripened without inducing second growth, but wo doubt 

 that as the border is outside. We recommend you to plant iu March. 

 Desteoyino LEATHEa-jAC»:BT8 {Idim).—\?6 do not know of any other 



