October 14, 1669. ] 



JOUBNAL OF HOBTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 



305 



its varieties are lesa numerous and interesting than tboso «f 

 th« other two; they are mainly useful for plaating along with 

 the commoner sorts of Cowslip and Primrose in woods and 

 fluoh-like places. 



P. Auricula is the parent of the well-known varieties of stage 

 and border Auriculas. In its native habitats on the GermRu, 

 Swiss, and Italian Alps, it is rather a variable plant, but not 

 to such an extent as to shadow forth, even remotely, the end- 

 less and beautiful combinations that have sprung from it in 

 the florist's hands. Yellow and red are the most common colours 

 in nature, with purple occaeionally, and selfs are more common 

 than variegated varieties, which is also true of the majority of 

 florists* varieties raised, only the variegated forms are the most 

 favoured. It would take more space than can be allowed here, 

 to notice in detail the method of cultivating and raising tha 

 finer varieties, which have been most favoured by florists; 

 and it is the less necessary to do so, because treatises on the 

 subject have been long in eiistence, and give details ample 

 and curious enough to satisfy the most particular inquirer. 

 Almost any of the varieties are worthy of cultivation, were it 

 for no other purpose than that of yielding early crops of cut 

 flowers out of doors. WTiere these are wauied in quantity, the 

 fragrance and pretty colours of the Auricula render them very 

 desirable. All that are suitable for this purpose may bo grown 

 in the borders of the kitchen garden, about the margin of 

 shrubberies, &c. ; and tbey will succeed in any common garden 

 soil, if not too heavy and wet. — W. S. {The Gardener.) 



PLANTS FLOWEPJNG IN SEPTEMBER. 



Sept. 



Tritoraa Uvaria trrandiflora 

 DeUibiuium formosum 

 AcoDitum autauiDiile 



Napellua versicolor 

 AJQga genevcDBiB 



reptana 

 Ziniua elegans 

 Artemisia maritima 



vulparia 

 Aubrietta purpurea 

 Heli:iiilhus aUDnus 

 liapthaimiuH saLicifoliain 

 SsuulioDia rubra 

 Fucht-ia globosa 

 Campanula muralis 



Hosiii 

 Chrysocoma Lynosjris 

 Clematis cserulea 



tubulosa 

 Crambe maritima 

 Dactylia plumerata variegata 

 CrucianeJla btylosa 

 DraooL-ephaluiu canariense 

 Erythrjea Centaorium 

 Eupatorium caunabmum 



pnrpureum 

 Corydalis glauca 



lutea 

 Gaillardia picta 

 SalpiglosBis atropurpuTca 

 Leycesteria furmu^a 

 Gazania Bplendcns 



ri:^fcns 

 Eapliorbia aniygdaloidea 

 Diaiithus deltuiUes 



superbus 

 Eryngium alpinum 

 Cyclamen eurnpseum 

 CoronillaTar a 

 Ponulaca ail a 

 i^avandula s]^ica 

 Culchicum autumnale 

 Ja&mmam officinale 

 Fraiikenia laevis 

 Geranium sanguine um 



lancastrienae 

 Silene ticbafta 



alpe&tiis 

 Hieracium aurantiacum 



maculaium 

 Xiinum candidissima 



Lewibii 

 Jasione percnnis 

 LiatriB spi(;ala 

 LyukniB Haageana 



coccinea 

 Solidago viri^ata 

 Hypericum caiycinom 

 , Lysimachia vulgaris 

 Ox alls Bowicana 

 MyoButis paluBlria 



.tzorica 

 Uirabilis Jalapa 

 Konguiuurm caiiadenbia 

 Papaver uricntale 

 Seoum dentaium 



Telephium 



Bcxan'^uiare 



piperita 



Pulegium 

 liObeiia cardinalis 



propiuqua 



bt. Clair 

 (EnoUiera grandiflora 



Sept. 9. CEnothera bicnnia 



taraxacifolia 



Drummondi 



macrocarpa 

 Cynara Sfolymns 

 Erica ^nilgaria 



cinerea 



stricta 



Tagans 

 „ 15. Tittadenia trilobata 

 Potentilla alba 



atroBaiiiruinea 



suliilnirt^a 

 Saponaria oilicinalis plena 

 KucR.eckui lalgens 



laciniita 

 Geum riva e 



montanum 

 Gladiolus brenibleyenBis 

 XiithoBpernium frTiticosuia 

 Helianthus mulliflorua pla- 

 nus 

 Hordeum juhatum 

 Hyssopus officinalis 

 ivonij_'a maritima 

 ODaphaliuni margaritaceum 

 Linaria Cymbalaria 



pmrpurea 

 Nepeia Tioiaeea 



MuBstnii 

 Polygonum Brunoni 

 „ 20. Miinulus uiaculosua 



ino»ch;iiu3 



cupreus 



atros»n?uiDeug 

 Phlox Drummnndi 

 Clintonia pulchella 

 Saniolinfl alpina 



inrana 

 Polemonium cserulemni 

 Stenactii ipwcinta 

 Pyrcthrum Golden Feather 

 ^enecio adonidifolius 

 Statice Armaria 

 atatice bt^llidifolia 



latifolia 

 Slratiotes aloidei 

 Abronia iimbellata 

 Eenlhamia fragifera 

 Armeria ft-rmoua 

 Watsonia rosea 

 Tigridia pavonia 



coiichiHora 

 Symphytum asperrimnm 

 Tanaceium VBlparo 

 Veronica Candida 



caneicens 



incana 



Andert?oni 

 Zauschneria califomica 

 Plumbago capentis 

 AlouBoa incisiiolia 

 Calendula Ponjjai plena 

 Callirhiie pedata 



ditritata 

 Anagalliti c^rulea 

 fJeniaurea depressa 

 Datura btramouium 



fastnosa 

 EatocaTiscida 

 Cealaurea gymnocarpa 



raguaina 

 Cineraria maritima 

 Calandriuia umbellata 

 „ Z5. Kudbeckia fulgens 

 Achillea tomectosa 



Sept. 25. Achillea Ptarmioa plena 

 Clematis Jackmanui 

 Oxalis rosea 



Iloribunda 

 Aletri'meria aurea 



tiara 

 Braba ninralia 

 Arabia Incida 

 Viola lutea 

 Arciotis brevipcapa 

 riethra alnifolia 

 Digitalis purpurea 

 Acapanthus umbellalus 

 Bromna brizscformis 

 Viscaria oculata 



c<Kli-roaa 

 Caanothus azureus 

 AfraibiPa ccel«stiB 

 I-7thiiis corouaria 

 Kbodiola rosea 

 AlyiBum saxatile 

 An*raone japonica 

 Chelono barbata 



8 pi en dens 

 Anthericum Liliastmm 

 Aristolochia Sipho 

 Calystcgia pubtscena 

 Asperula odorata 

 Aster spectabilis 

 Catananehe bicolor 



Cferulea 

 Cheiranlbus Marshalli 

 Aster Tripolium 

 Commelina tuberosa 

 Erigeron Villarali 

 Campanula graudis 



carpatica 



Lorei alba 

 Gentiana asclepiadea 



Pueumonanthe 

 ConvolTTiIus cantabricas 



mauritanicus 

 Erinus alpinus 

 Anchusa semperrirens 



Sept. 25. j\nchnsa italica 



Ammobium alatum 

 Typba lati'olia 

 Veronica spicata 



dentata 



Ribirica 

 tilium lancifolium 

 Acroclinium roseum 

 CalHopsis Alkinsonii 



Drummi>ndi 

 Antirrhinum majus 

 Cerastium tomeutosam 

 Clematis Vitalba 

 „ SO. Lonicera, Scarlet Trumpet 

 Gynerium argenteum 

 Fuchsia fulg^ns 



Berratifolia 

 Amaranthus tricolor 

 Tradescantia virginica 

 Trycirtishirta 

 Acanthus mollis 

 Ageratum citruleum 



mexicanum 

 Heliotropes 

 Cacalia coccinea 

 Helicbrysums 

 Rnse. Devoniensia 

 Hibiscus syriacus 

 Impatiens Noli-me-tangcre 



glanduligera 

 Meconopsis cambrica 

 Cobsea scandens 

 Argemone grandiflora 

 Ko&<^. Maria Leonidaa 



Monthly China 

 I>aTatera trimestris 

 Tagetes citrina 

 China Aeters 

 CodvoItuIus major 

 iilatthiola annua 

 Lychnis coccinea plena 

 Malra crispa 

 Aster puniceua 

 Spirasa tridentata 



— M. H., AcJdam Hall, Middleshrough-on-Tees, 



NEW BOOK. 



A Book about Bases: how to Grow and Show Them. 

 S. IIetxolds Hole, W. Blackwood Ss Sons. 



By 



A VERT captivating book, containing a great deal of valuable 

 information about the Rose and its culture, given in a style which 

 cannot fail to please. The following is an extract relative to the 

 Slarechal NielBose : — 



" There seemed to be at first some hesitation among our Eose-mer- 

 chants as to the x'ropriety of a nniou between this delicate beauty and 

 that rough, wild vagabond, the Jolly-Dog Kose ; and it was ' sent out ' 

 generally bndded or grafted npon the Mauetti, or recently struck on 

 its ^wn roots, about the size of a toothpick. We have since discovered 

 that, as fair damsels love stalwart knights, this Kose grows and blooms 

 most vigorously when budded upon the Briar. This is the best stock 

 for it, so far as my experience goes ; but there is another with which it 

 mates most happily, and of this I had last season a somewhat carious 

 proof. Be it known, then, and aproijos of mutes, that the lady whom, 

 on an interesting occasion, I endowed with all my worhUy goods, does 

 not avail herself of my matrimonial muniticence with regard to my 

 show Eoses, but contents herself during the exhibition season with the 

 produce of certain trees exclusively appropriated to her. One moming» 

 towards the end of May, I listened with amused incredulity to her 

 announcement, that she ' had just cut a beautiful bloom of the 

 Marcchal ;' and being perfectly sure that there was no tree of that 

 variety in her collection, and no expanded flower on my own, I ventnred 

 to ask, with affectionate sarcasm, which of her plants had distinguished 

 itself for life by this grand supernatural vickory ? The prompt answer 

 was — ' Gloire de Dijon : go to my room and look ! ' I went, expect- 

 ing to see some abnormal specimen of the flower, and I fonnd in all its 

 loveliness, Marechal Niel ! Thence to the branch from which it came, 

 and then the mystery was explained. I had mentioned to my gardener, 

 in the preceding summer, some remarks which I had read from Mr- 

 Rivers the younger, recommending the Gloire asastockfortheMarechal- 

 He had tried the recipe, as I now advise my readers to try it, and had 

 first perplexed and then pleased me with the prompt success of his 

 enterprise." 



NUN E HAM P^miC ONION. 



In the " Beport on Onions," in The Journal of Hobtictji.- 

 TUKE, page 286, the writer says that " the Nuneham Park is a 

 thick-necked variety of White Spanish." Now, if the specimens 

 exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society, both by Messrs. 

 Barr & Sugden and myself, had been examined, it would have 

 been seen that they were of the flattest and most even shape, 

 without the slightest approach to a "neck," of the whole 

 cullection on the stages. 



Now for my own opinion on the merits of the Onion which 

 I have studiously avoided puRhiug forward in any journal 

 hitherto ; but as I am backed up by scores of gardeners all over 

 the country, I will maintain that what I said at first is perfectly 

 correct — that it grows to the largest size and produces the 



