JOUBNAIi OF HOBTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GABDENER. t 8«pt.mber 8?, 188». 



TnAT-.!? /^ tT \T nr' ITT? G ■RTm?T\n?n l roots with dry soil, and not water before M»roh. Pick off all yellow and 



IKAUt, CA1AJ^U(jU1!.B tiL.^jl^l\ r.U. ,icad lor.vo« na they appear, and any ahooU that decay cut oil cIom to the 



LoniB Van Hontle, Ghent, Be]f,mm.— Catalogue of Azaleas, livlnR wood but not Into it. Select a dry ant warm lutaation.-ii. A. 



Camelliax, Hhododmdrom, Liliums, iCc. 



Gautreau ph't. Brie Comte-Bobert, Seine-et-Marne. — Cata- 

 Jogne des iteilleiirfs varictes de Tiosea. 



'F. & A. DickBon & Sc^no, 106. EaatRate Street, and Upton 

 Nnrseries, Chester. — Catalogue of Bones and Ilolbjhnchs. 



William MasterB, Exotic and TauihallNurserieB, Canterbury. 

 — Hortxts Durovemensis, a Catalogue of Useful and Ornamental 

 Plants, Trees, and Shnibs. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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 mental writers of the " Journal of Horticulture, Cottage 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so doing they 

 are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and expense. All 

 communications should therefore be addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, dc, 171, Fleet 

 Street, London. F..C. 



U_B. — Many questions must remain unanswered tmtil next 

 week. 



Notice to Qcit Service «7. S ).— As you receive yonr wages weekly, 

 yon are not rntitlcd to a month's notice. 



Exotic pLowKRisn and Fine-foliaoed Plants (Sfcr«(arj/1.— An eiotic 

 Fern cuBht Dot to be exhibited in n class so restricted. A species of the 

 genus Begonin roiRbt be eihibiled in the class, for the restrictive words 

 ^eiclndiuc flcirist's flowers," have not yet been applied even to varieties 

 of the Begonia. 



Bci.Ba FBom South Asierica (Ker. J. IF. B.).— We believe them to bo 

 from the stem of Dioscoren aluta. If so, the root is often 8 feet long and 

 weighs SiJ lbs. It ie not even half-hardy hero. We did not intend to be 

 curt in oar former reply, bnt to have noticed the statement at all would 

 needlessly aronse attention : and even supposing our correspondent's 

 conclnsion correct, the error in chronology would no more effect the 

 Tolnme's basis of truth than its error in astronomy. 



Solpbate of Iron (S. S.).— This, commonly called preen vitriol, is 

 only beneficial as a manure vh^n applied to soils containing a large 

 proportion of chalk, and then only for some crops. It is useful to mis 

 with fermenting stable manure, to detain, or iil, as it is termed, the 

 ammonia. 



Garden PRonrcE (TT. B.).— You roust see or correspond with some of 

 the salesmen in Oovent Garden Market. A half-sieve contains three and 

 % half imperial gallons. 



PAXXTi>-f, Glass for Shade (T.).— We have tried painting the glass 

 with a thin ctmt of white lend i)aint, and we find it answers admirably for 

 a fernery. The glass should be thoroughly dry, and as the paint is put 

 on das-h a painter's dust brui-h upon it porp. nrlicularly, so as to give it a 

 frosted appeariince. Our pirnt was put on outside. We have no experience 

 of it inside, and fear it would peel off from the continual condensation of 

 moisture on the glass. The painting would not stop the leakage. If it 

 bo from the laps thevmay be puttiod-up. but we are of opinion that the 

 putty is off in manv" places. All that is loose should be replaced .after 

 giving a coat of paint. Only one coat of paint must be given the glass, 

 and we would not paint until next March 



TnASsPLASTiso RosEH (C. li. H.I. —The b(st time to Uke them np and 

 replant will bo the beginning of November. Kflii-ient drainage is essential, 

 but mildew is more a consequence of want of water in dry weather than 

 anything else. The ground being clayey we would trench it, working in 

 a liberal quantity of manure and ashes. Ait«r planting, mulch tboeoifaoe 

 with littery manure. 



PnoPAOATiNO Roses bt Cdttinob (C. r.).— The best time to stiiko 

 Rose cuttings out of doora is the end of September, bnt now will answer 

 very well. They should be pluced in a shelter, d situition. as a north 

 border, and if \'uu use a Boil composed of equtil parti of sandy loam, le*f 

 mould, and sai'd well mixed together, it could not bo better. Six inches 

 thick will be sufUcicnt. 



Roses or the Last Two Tbabs.— " ' D^conifMti' wishes me to give my 

 opinion of recently imported Hoses, and especially of those of the list 

 two years. It has been a bad season for novelties on weak atooka ; indeed 

 it bus been a trying season. I do not like to say much about now Roses 

 till I have them' upon strong stocks, and have had two or three seasons' 

 trial of them, liodiuse I have known Roses that I now appreciate do badly 

 when on weak stocks. The best of later years, and good, are:— Alfred 

 Colomb, Mario Baumonn, Baroness Rothschild, Lady Suffield, Felix 

 Genero, and Annie Wood, now out and beautiful : and tbe twoomamental 

 Roses, Dr. Jnmain nnd Baronne de Maynnrd. The whole of the above I 

 can recommend. As ornamental Roses (both jiraque pUine), I will name 

 as good growers, handsome, and free bloomers, Madame Barriott and 

 President Willermoi-.. The plants (two each), of these were weak and did 

 not grow well, but they may bo pronounoed promising— namely, Fran);ol8 

 Treyve, Monsieur Noman, and Mdlle. Marie R»dy. The last, I shoold 

 say, would on slrorg stocks be superior, but not, I fear, very distinct. 

 The following I have rejected— namely, Charles Verdlcr, not a tree 

 bloomer; Charlo« Rouillard. had colour and nim«y - it is not so good >8 

 Comte de Nanteuil or Felix Genero; Paul Verd'er, 1 cantilul, but not ■ 

 late bloomer; Madame Morean, much given to mildew; and Mdlle. Jeenne 

 Marix, a hard opener, and not a late bloomer. Roine du Midi is also s 

 fine Rose, but like La Roine, its parent, it is as bird as a cncket baU. I 

 shall keep it on one vear more, though I had only one good bloom from 

 ten plants. Adrienne Chrislophle is beautiful and distinct. Clotllds 

 Holland I saw in bud nt Blandford ; it promised to be good. I saw the 

 Duke of Edinburgh and Baron Hnussmann in Mr. Keynes's boxes «t 

 Blandford ■ they were good, and his best novelties The first. I shall buy. 

 I have incressed mv stock of Fisher Holmes ; it is fine, and better than 

 the Duke of Wellington and Horace Vemet. Horace Vemet and Thorin 

 have not yet been full enough.— W. F. Radclyffe." 



Blairii Rose not BLOoxnjs U- Jiochf).— It is a fine Hybrid China, 

 espcciallv as a pillar Rose. The reason it does not bloom is. yon prune it 

 too closely. All that is required is to thin out tbe old shoots, andshorteo 

 a little those to bo retained. 



Value of Turf and Ciittino (A. G.).— Good tnrf may be bad in most 

 places at 3.) per squire yanl, or 4d. it cut and loaded, but the price varies 

 with the localitv. For cutting and laying lid. is the usual price per 

 square vard. nnd for cutting and loading only M. per square yard. TWO 

 men will cut from 151 to 200 square yards per day, but the ground makes 

 a difference. Sometimes they do more, otlen less. For what yon de- 

 scribe the price per hundred ought not to exceed 10». for the turf and oat- 

 ting. Wo have known, however, 6d. per yard paid. 



Plants fob Pot Cultcre (C. .1/.).— Lilinm candidum floro-pleno, 

 L tiTinnm, nnd Diolvtra spectibilis are suitable for pot culture. They 

 succeed equnllv well ib pots or planted out. Dielyira spectabiUs is one 

 of the best of plants for a greenhouse or gentle forcing. 



Wintebiso Arctotis BEPT.ANS (Tij)— It should be kept near the glass 

 in a well-ventilated house from which frost is excluded. It ought to be 

 potted in poor sandy loam and a little peat, have good drainage, and no 

 Jnnro woterlhan is necessary to keep the plant alive. Cuttings struck 



LniXAXTHES DOCOLASII FOB SPBINO BLOOJtlNO (7"., A'O. 2).— Tho 



summer-sown plants now in flower are not likely to survive the winter. 



A sowing ought to have been made in the middle of September, but you luu.c ..»." "--"■----.;""■' ,„..,j ,|-,.„ „ij„r nlants or those taken DP 



may vet sow in the same bed.planting out the present occupants. If these in August are more casilj winK.edJlhan older Vi^l'-^0T^^^°2„i')^\^V 



tail the seedlings may survive, and if so will flower in May. f* ■" "■"" "' 



the best annuals for spring gardening. 



Wintering Fig Trees in Pots (Idcral— Tho trees in pots will do 

 well during the winter in a dry cellar cold enough to prevent growth. 

 Tbe soil oUEht to be kept dry. It is enough to merely exclude frost. 

 Bemove them to tho orchard house in April. 



Golden Feather Ptrethrcm (Jcirm).— It is quite hardy, and may be 

 left in the beds all wint-r. In wet soils it is Uable to ma'«e late gronths, 

 and suffer from severe weather. A sandy well-drained soil is best. (An 

 Amaitur).—\i yonr soil is not very wet, move the plonts this autumn, 

 with good balls ; plant them where wanted, and they will be better than 

 those wintered in frames, and plonted out in April. The flower stems 

 ought to be removed as they appear. 



Ccttings of Imperial Blce Pansv [An .,4ma(cur).— The cuttings in- 

 serted in July will now be well rooted, and ought at once to be planted 

 ont where they are to lilorm, whi'h will be a better position than under a 

 north wall. If not planted now, tlioy should bo put in a bed in an open 

 sunny situation, and he moved with balls to their blooming quarters in 

 Uarch. 



Sowing Virginian Stock fob Spring Blooming (Idem).— To have it in 

 flower early in spring it should bo sown by the middle of September, but 

 it may yet be sown, and will flower at the end of April or in Hay, accord- 

 ing to the tarliness or lateness of the spring. 



Planting Bulbs in the Same Beds SorcEssrvELT (Hem).— You may 

 plant all kinds of bulbs in tho beds they previously occupied. It is uil- 

 necessary to take out any of the soil ; give a liberal dressing of leaf soil 

 and manure, and mix it well with the ground. 



Wintering Bedding Pelargoniums (Jd<*ml.— Except in mild winters 

 they cannot be wintered in unprotected cold frames. The sides of tho 

 frames ought to bo banked-op with ashes to exclude frost, and in addition 

 to a covering of mats a covering of dry straw in very Sdcre weather 

 should be placed over the lights. This ought to remain day ond night 

 till a general thaw. Tbe pbints will not be injured by the darkness os 

 ong as thev do not grow. In mild weather give nil tho sir possible, and 

 do not water nor allow them to have rain. The plants ought to he potted 

 in dry soil, but a better plan is to pUco them in the frame, cover their 



more water than is necessary to keep 



gust are more easily winttved t hi __ . .,,..,. .- 



It is one of i from the open ground and potted. They ought to bo established m poU 

 1 before winter. 



Amv Hogg Pelargonich (rdrm).— It succeeds well in a bed, and, like 

 all the Nosegays, does tolerably well in smoky gardens. 



Peopacating Golden Ababis (Hfml.— We presume yours is the smooth 

 olossv-leavtd kind, Arabis lucida variegata. In some soils it is very 

 slow-growing but with us in well-drained rather strong soil it snccoeds, 

 but not neaily so well as the others ; and the beat plants we have seen of 

 it were grown on a gravelly subsoil overlaid by about 1.^ inches of sandy 

 loam Lent soil was used for enriching the ground, and the plants were 

 nronagnted in autumn by division, any unrooted divisions being placed 

 in sandy soil under a hand-light. We prefer taking cuttings or crown^ 

 wither without roots, in August, and insert them m sandy soil nnder B 

 hand-glass, keeping them moist, close, and shaded from bright sun, and 

 admitUng »i_r at^er they begin to grow. The plants are tit to plant out m 

 autumn "' "''" "' '''" 



March is likewise a lood tmio for dividing tbe plants, and 

 nutting in rootless divisions under hand-g asses. Side by side with the 

 other varieg.ted Arabises it will in some places only drag ou a miserable 

 existence, whilst tho others grow only too rapidly. 



Removing a Wellingtonia [Coiutant B/-adfr).— Transplanting this 

 tree is attended with great uncertainty after tho specin.en has been two 

 vears or more in one place, and 'S yours has been six vears where it is, 

 we cannot promise succss ; but from inquiries we have made, it would 

 annear that April or early in September are tho best times. Under pro- 

 seat circumstances, Ihereforo. we would advise you to let tho tree re- 

 main till late in spring. An experienced planter, whom we consulted 

 about removing trees nnd shrubs, stated that in his ooinion the WeUmg- 

 tonia is about the worst to manage, with the exception of Evergreen 

 Oaks. We hare always preferred smaU phints of both when wo have had 



'°Neoi'k"t"d Vise (Jn,r,eu.) — The Grape is too young to decide, but it 

 looks like a White Muscadine or Sweetwater, either of which will onswel 

 in the position and circnmslauces. As the Vine produ es so much wood, 

 thin it out well, leaving ouongh of tho strongest wood, and let that ba 

 well ripened for next seasons b-sring. We do not see, from what yon 

 sav, any reason for cutting the Vine down. Bettor try It another year, 

 ' and then if it fail you could plant afresh. 



