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JOUKNAL OP HORTICULTCKE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. { October 14, UOB. 



indeed, it ia qaite hanlj-. Wo do not know where Achimenos alroaan- 

 goinea cnn bu obtainod. 



WiNTEniNo Beddino PELAnooMUMS IN A PiT (C. B.).— It IS difllcuU 

 to wiuttTthoRo phuits in n pit on nccount of tho damp, imd tbo lontf 

 perio.l dm icff wbirli liRht nod air bavo to ho excluded in fn^sty weotlu-r. 

 We sbould ftdviso yon to reuiovo tho Kuwdust. nn.l rcplnpo it with r<.ui,'h 

 flshcs or BTiivol. For Bo Pmnll a pit a fluo would bo tbo luowt economical 

 modo <.f liontiup, and tbat wo wouUl liavo fornifd alunfT tlic front of tho 

 pit, bnviuK tho f uriricf, which need not bo lurgf, at ono f lui ; 9-inch uu- 

 elazcderiitbt-uw»ropipiM would auB^vcrwcU for tho fluo innido th« pit, 

 tho (niniico bcinr,' of fire-brick*!. Tho juints maj* bo mado pnod with 

 cement, or firo-clay if >uu rnu obtain it. The fiuo alyn^ tho front will 

 be HQtHrieut Uavo the olbow outside for the chimin y, and <b> nut cc:'.;cut 

 that j'.iut but mortar it, and you can remove it at'anviitiiu and sweep 

 the fluo at will by pushing down to tho furuaoo a bunch of Holly. 



Skimmia oblata PnorAOATioK {J, S. Jt.].~li ia not monojciong. Tho 

 best sUiclt is S. j iponicii. and it in sometimes worked upon that, but tho 

 majorily of tho plants aro from cnttintrs or soeda. Worked tni Kcedliu^'H 

 of S. jiipouica thero c:in be no ohjccliou to plants of S. obI:ita, tUouKh wh 

 should not advise its beinR worked on plants frora cuttin(jB. SeeUliuc^ 

 are slronj;er-prowinjr. Tho plant > on have of S. ol.lata is probably a fotu- 

 linp. It will «ruw Btronucr than one from a rutttnK, but the latlor would 

 prodaco berriea Booner, and flt> would a KTa'tod plant. 



Stove FcnxiRnrKG and Tempeeatcri: (Iiu3].~0t plants for tubs, 

 which wo advise to be of t*lat*«. v.o should say yon will not have room for 

 many. I- our treo Ferns would b j enough :— Alsophila auslralis, Cibotium 

 princeps, Cyathea dealbata, and Alsophila cxi^rdia. Palms— Cocob coro- 

 nata, Areca Verschafft hi, a. auren. Phtcnix leoncusis, Cham:t;doroa 

 graminifo!ia, and Livistonia Jcnkinsii. Fino-folini;od plants— Crolon 

 pictum, vRricR:itam lonKillornm, and nnRnstifoUuin ; Drsciena ctricta 

 and I). Cooperi; Cabitbca Veitchi, Alocania motallica, Ovperua altorni- 

 folins variegatuf, DietTeubachia Pcarcei, Pandanus javanicus Tnrie;^atus, 

 Thci'phrnsta impcrialis, and CyanophvUnm niagniflci:m ; Caladinnis 

 Belleyiiui, Chitniini fulgcnH. and Verschaffelti. FlowerintT plantp— Authu- 

 rinm SchciT.ori inuin, Francifcca conlertiflora, Gardenia florida. Ixora acu- 

 minata. I. jiu'iiniea floribuiida, MediniHa niavjniflca. liondeletia spenioEa 

 major. Poiuset!iapnlcherriTi]n,Gyrtoceraftretlrium.ClerodendroiiIr.iKran9 

 pleiiHtn, CentrHdiuia grandiilora, uud Hoya bolla. Tim back wall you ra»y 

 entirrli rovei- wiih Ciskus discolor, and o'f climbers for the roof liave ste- 

 phanotifl floribuuda. I5'{:;nonia ar^yrca Tioleseeus, PasMflora quadraBRu- 

 laris. and P. Dtcusiueana. Tho lowest temperature should bo OS'' from 

 Octoter to February, Oranges and Figs would not do is such a bouse. 

 Thouf^'h the house would hold all tho plants named they would soon 

 become too birpe for it, especially some of the Pulms and tree Ferns. 

 ** Ia-d<K>r Gardeuing"' would suit you. It may be had from our office 

 for twenty postage stamps. 



Ground Vinery (SMJennis).— Yon might leave all tho Vines in yon r 

 ground vinery for next Peason, and theu on I v leave two, and those we 

 would select would be Black Hamburgh and Chaeselas Vibert, Most 

 Jikelv. as tho wood is weak, you will not have much fruit next season, kut 

 tho Vines will probably muUe good wood if well cut-in. It in of little 

 use turning out Btroii*:, tiny i)lant;< from pots, to fruit well tho first sea- 

 son. Yonr plants would have fruited well in the pots ; the turning them 

 out gave them a check at a critical period, and ihoui^h your canes shonod 

 fruit well, even after your thiuninf the btuichcs, the "blooms ref uied to 

 set. If you had merely plunged your pots, broken the bottoms a little, 

 and top-drefised with rich manure, ynu might have had a good crop in the 

 first season, hut most likely yon would have had to wait long for another. 

 If you had pUinKcd the pots after cracking the sides all ronud, no as to let 

 the roots out. and tak*n three or four bunches from each Vine, the Vines 

 would also have produced wood. Wo know wo phall di-^pleaso many, but 

 still we nm^-t in fairness Fay that, as a general rule, a high-priced, stroag, 

 well-ripened Vino in a pot should not bo planted out if fruit is exp•ct(^d 

 the next season. Uence for ground vineries, wo wouU prefer planting 

 ont only a moderate Vino as respccti strength, epreadinf out all the 

 Toots neatly, and shortly aiterwardu cutting down the Vine, so as to 

 leave only a few buds, taking no more than a bunch if it ssbowed, and 

 looking cbietly for a good strong Bingle shout tho first season, to make the 

 stem lor future years This is the surest wav of Koing to work. The 

 Vines taken up may be potted, but they will do littlo good the Qrst sea- 

 son, so far r.s fruiting is concerned. 



SLoriKo Bank (A Lady in C/i^-s/i ire).— Wo are sorry that after attempt- 

 ing to revive the blooms mid the little bit of shoot sent we have failed to 

 do so. Most likoly the plant is some kind of Lysimaibia or Verbascuni ; 

 but the specimen is too far gono, and too small, to enable us to say. For 

 your slnpiug bank of grass facing the south, 4 feet high, nothing will be 

 better than the grass ; and thonRh that is annually burnt up, this evil 

 zoight be avoided by greater depth and richness of s'oil. Tho idea, how- 

 ever, c f baviug Roses on a trellis is good, and if you adopt it, wo would 

 have the trellis in pieces, and hinged to as easily to reach the under side. 

 There is. or was, such a trellis on tho banks at a flower garden at tho 

 Earl of Derby's, at Kuowsley. For securing continual gi-cennesa with 

 but HtHe trouble, and which will ho little influenced by the drip from the 

 lartre IJirch trees, if we did not try grass again we would plant the bank 

 with Ivy, and onco or twice trimming in tho twelvemonth would be suffi- 

 cient to keep it neat. Of the Ivies, for this purpose we would prefer tho 

 common wild Ivy of the woods and hedges (Hedera heliij to thestn.nger- 

 growiui.' kinds, for th >ugh it would grow more slowly, it would need less 

 ■ttenlion after it had canieted the ground. The day will como when Ivy 

 will be more used as grouud covering. 



Sor.AscM RACEiiiOKRUM (An Inquirer).~YonT specimen is correctly 

 named. It is the Onrrant Tomato, and wo believe it to be as wholesome 

 as the common Tomato. 



IlEATiNO a CoNsEiivATonY (T. B". T.).— If yoH aro resolved on having 

 a galvanised iron tank, we would dispense with coils iu it, make it larger, 

 say cxteuding from the chimney stack as far across as not to be in the 

 way of the door to tho garden, and make it from VO to 24 inches wide, 

 with a division up the middle, except an open space at the farther end for 

 the eirculHtiou ; then merely take a pipe from the top of the boiler for 

 tho flow on ono side, and a return pipe from the other to the bottom of 

 the boiler. With water at 120 ', that will keep your bouse iu winter, even 

 if the weather be r;tther cold, at from HS' to 4^^^ If you want more heat 

 you must have more heating surTiice. Three 4-incb nipes— two flows and 

 one return— would do in the place of the tank. The tank need not be 

 more than from 5 to 6 inches deep. A foot deep, as you propose voald 



give yoQ a great body of water to heat, without any advantage. If yon 

 wantid mors heat, tho pipes might go right acros« the boufle In n trench 

 below tho level of tbf» paths. A brick and cement tAuk would be more 

 lasting than the gaWani'^ed iron. (/>M^/i^rl.— Tho I»-rI mode of heating 

 your houso would have been to have taken pipes from tho fln^placo in the 

 vault, having a boiler there, under your pulhwiiy. a flue would liavu done 

 equally well. As you have tho iron pipe, and that, as you ^av. br cornea 

 po hot, yon mf^ht ulint it in with bricks .and tilrs fsr ai least part of its 

 leuKth next tho fireplace. If it become nearly r«d hot it «ill iojiure 

 plautfi, nnlesH so guarded. Of courHe, without buvicK a toUrably fair 

 heat, its travcreing only about one-fourth of the size of the honso would 

 be of but little benefit Tho bricks and tiles would, therefore, lo nsefnl. 

 and you could use evaporating pans to c.iunlf^rart ihe drynei"*. ]>o not 

 thick of wood: there will bu danger of fire, ami there will not bo radia- 

 tion of heat. Wo would now defer potting the jilanli you bavn negleoted 

 until next Fpring. W« bop^ our corrcspnudent will tell how be oblaSzied 

 so many flowers on tho Lilinm auratum. ?ileanwhilc, let your btilb rest 

 as soon as tho leave:! are yellow, and next spring top.drc&s with rich 

 compost. 



Forcing Mnairnoovs, Ac. (A ror?;ji7:irrrn'ir".— Tf ynu had ser.l ne ft 

 section of your barn and ttablo wo should ■ ■ •. yoa 



meant. There need bo no diffl.'ulty in fur. , ;inrt 



Kb u barb in tho same bouao; but if you ■■ < rial 



alono for beat, and chit- fly on that for prei)arii:_: Tit Mul-Ltl m beds, 

 there may be at times too much rank steam and moistura in the honse 

 to suit tho crispness and the colour of thf Ithuo irb and .Sea-kale. Sncb 

 things without artiflcial boat do be^t whm the beds aro on the floor. 

 When raised tir^r abovo tier we should not tiue ti,c dung heat from a heap 

 exposed in tho house so well as n flue, as that will .-uablti you to have dry 

 heat or moist heat at will. We have done nil >oa propose with a heap of 

 fermenting duuR alonr, so as to keep np the atmospbtrjc heal, nnd using 

 heat, too, below the beds, but we would have preferred a flue. ** Cuthill's 

 Market Gardening" will suit yjn. 



McsnuooM Spawn M. //.).— There is no known moda of procuring 

 spawu from MuBbrooms for planting. Tho spawn that products Mosh- 

 rooms is too far gouo to be used for a similar purpose af uu— that is, as a 

 general rule. The only mode of secnrini: f-pawn fr^m Muslirooma is to 

 allow the Mushrooms to become ralhar old !or use. nud lo lie and bo ex- 

 posed over sncb organic material as half-dried horfi-' dropping!, where they 

 would spread their spores, and nitimateiy apread as epawu. As lo pro- 

 curing spawn, a heap of droppinys will often protluce i«pawu ; but if yon 

 are inexperienced, the best mode for yon to adopt will he to procure a 

 bnsliel of Bpa^vn from a roipectable nurseryman and fieedsman. Perhaps, 

 however, wo do not understand the drift of your nuestion ; but wo mnst 

 say that besides the above, wo know no other m/ido of obtaining apawo 

 from the Mushroom. If we do mot understand you, writo again, and we 

 shall do our best to meet your case. 



Violet Culture (A Sufcacrifcrr).— Tlioy like a situation shaded from 

 the midday STin in summer, and we grow them ou an east birder, and on 

 a north as well for snccosBion of bloom. The eo.l most suitable is a good 

 rich loam, well drained, and inclined to be sandy rather than clayey. 

 New plantations should be mado every year, n-ing tho runu'-r3 of tho 

 current year, and, as soon as large enough, planting in well-dui: ground, 

 enriched with leaf soil or old cow dung. 1'uc r^wa should be from 15 to 

 It inches apart, and tho runners 1 foot apart in the lines. Water well 

 nntil establishet*, and throuchoul tho summer ihoy should be well sup- 

 plied with water. To ward ulT attacks of red spidor, sprinkle soot over 

 the plants fretinently in summer, which will much invi^ornto them. 

 Keep them cloar of weeds, and in antunm lightly utir the soil between 

 tho rows, nnd give a good mnlching of leaf soil. * Yon can hardly fail to 

 have an abundance of flowers iu spring. Two years are as long as the 

 plants should remain. 



Evergreen fob Side op Bay Wispow (A .^libscnft^r).— Ceinothn'? 

 thyrtiflorus and Escallouia raacrsutha are fiue ; ilie former has bluo, and 

 tho latter red flowers, and it has bright browni^^h foliage. Berberidopsis 

 corallina is also line. 



Rehovino Oleander Flowee Steus (IT. D. P.).— Tho flower otemfl, 

 if of this year's production, woutd flower anain early next year if there 

 were any buds uuexpanded, as there usually arc, and in that case it 10 

 wrong to remove them; but they do not always havo such, yet it ia a 

 general occurrence. The finest flowers, however, are those from the wall- 

 ripened shoots of the year preceding their expansion, those from the 

 old flower stems being useful on uccoimt of their carlinees. 



CLiimEKs FOR Open-ground Trellis (A Constant iJ^odfr).— There 

 arc few evergreen climbers soitablo for trelli*.?3 in the optn ground. We 

 do nat know of any but the Ivies and the I-7crgtoen lloneyeucklci, and 

 the latter aro ouly jiartiaJly evergreen. All or most of the evergreen 

 climbers require walls with ionth cr south-went ae<pect9. The following 

 would be suitable:— Jaeminum nudiflorum, I.onicfra Perii'lymenum 

 belgicnm, and the Early White and Late hed ; L. lempervireus Urownii 

 and Shephcrdi ; Clematis Flammula, florida plena, montaua graudiflora, 

 Jackmauni, V'italha, hybrida splendida, Viticella. aud Helena; AmpelopaiS 

 niiin«iuefolia, and Itoses of tho A>-rshire family—AlJco Gray, Dundee 

 Kambler, Myrrh-scented. Qneen of tho llilgiaiis, Knpa, aud Thoreshyaaa, 

 and of the Hybrid Climbing— Rivers' Quern, The Garland, Wells' White, 

 and of the evergreen— Felicite Perpetuee.Princesse Louise, and Hampant. 

 All are of free, rapid growth, and speedily cover a large eilent of trellis, 

 being fine flowering plants, except the Am'pclopsis (Virginian Creeper). 



Celery Infested nv Flt (Hardriip).— The leaves sent are infoi-tedwith 

 thelsrva;of tho Celery fly (Tupbritis onopordinis). Woaro not aware of a 

 remedy. Tick off" tho leaves attacked and burn them, and when the 

 foliage is wet dust it with dry soot. We find that by dusting the loaTes 

 earlier in the season, before'lho eggs are laid, tho attacks of the laaf- 

 miner aro prevented. Tho eggi are laid from tho middle of May to the 

 end of July, but it is geuerally in the latter month that the antnmn- 

 bro>)d eggs are deposited. It is enough to remove tho part with tho 

 blist'T. (','. It.R, .— From your description wo should say your Celery 

 leaves were blotched aud spotted brown from the attacksof tho Celery 

 fly, which is unusually prevalent this season Tho only remedy is to 

 pick off the tpotleii leaves, aud either crush or bum tbtrm. The maggots 

 you find aro the larva' of the Celery fly. See the above answer, also 

 •* Doing^^ of the Last Week," page 2S9. 



F.UCALYPTU8 GL0«ui.t:3 (A. 6 A).— This highly-omamcntal nnd fast- 

 growing tree is, us you state, now extensivclv planted iu the walks and 

 stxuares of Florence, and we aro of opinion that it and &ome other species 



