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JOUBNAIi OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 



( KoremlMr 4, 1809; 



OS eradicating Iho plnDtB by scoojiinR them out with a knife ; ft pinch of 

 common Bait inserted in thu vacancy nmdo renders the doBtnictlou donhir 

 Bnro. If there aro nny bare plnccB visiblo where the Plantain was, put in 

 them a litllo frc^h soil, and sprinkle a littlo Hood of Suckling, TrifoUam 

 minna, in cnrly sprinR. 



Eari-y Potato {A Mnnthhi IiradT).—'iSyiitVs Prolific is a gOf>d oarly 

 Potato, but all early Potnloos aro llrm find waxy until mature. The best 

 uf all Potatoes fur nioaJiness is the Lapstouo, bul it is not a first bat 

 a Becond early. 



Removing FnciT Thees (I(Ifm).—lt romoved now with Rood roots, 

 Bbaking oS no moro foil thiiu is unavoidablo, they will fruit next year, 

 if farnislied with fruit buds. Alter their romova), mulch the ground with 

 2 or 8 inches thick of littery mnnare to about h foot fartlicr from the 

 stem than tho roots extend. Water next spring and summer in dry 

 woathor. 



WiSTEaraa CoLEUSES {Conntant Suhgerihfr).—To winter them safely, 

 the temperature should not be less than -15 at niKht, and no more water 

 Bboold be given than suflicicnt to keep tho leaves from flagcing- Light 

 loam with a little leaf foil is tho most snitable compost. Tho canBcs of 

 yonr plants datnping-ofl' aro most likely the alniosphero being too moist 

 and cold, and too much water being given at the roots. Let them have 

 tho warmest aud lightest part of tho honso. Tho best way to winter 

 them is to have cuttings struck early in September, to pot these singly 

 when rooted, and grow thorn in a 'cool stove with a temperatuie of 

 50-' to 55^ ftt night, and CO" to'C3' by day, or more from sun heat. They 

 should be kept near tho gl.iss. They will thus ho kept slowly growing 

 dnring the winter. 



Boiler on the Surface (S.).— Your chief difficulty would bo with tho 

 nearness of the water to the soil's surface; hot yon may do much by 

 raising the pipes a little insido the houses to be heated. It is well to 

 have the boiler sunk, Imt if tho main flow pipes are only a little above 

 the top of tho boiler, tho circulation will go on well enough. Keeping 

 this in view, any boiler will do if the top of tho boiler bo lower than the 

 beating pipes ; a few inches will do. Tho most shallow boilers we have 

 seen are such as are made by Mr. Hughes, of Bishop Stortford. for Mr. 

 Rivers's brick AraoU stoves. These, IG inches square, are slightly 

 saddle-backed, the ends being 4 inches deep, and tho centre 2 inches 

 deop. These boilers could be set on the top of a furnace a foot deep, 

 and with the heat to play over them, and thus, with a small ashpit, you 

 could manage without going down to the water level. Nothing could 

 bo simpler. To heat 400 feet of piping, we would recommend a boiler 

 34 inches square, or longer by less in breadth. These must, how- 

 ever, be fed from below. To feed at the top, as you require, a cylinder 

 boiler will be best, such as a cast-iron one 24 inches in height, and 

 20 inches in width. An ashpit of 9 inches would bo required, but the 

 top of the boiler might stand above the ground level if the pipes in the 

 house rise a little rather than fall. Either of these plans would keep you 

 above the 3-feet water level. 



VAJUons (F. G ).— There is no separate work on the culture of Succu- 

 lents. Tho Echeverirts are not diificult to winter if taken up early, and 

 established before dull autumn weather sets in. It is tho dull, damp 

 weather we have in autumn that is so injurious to them, by causing suc- 

 culency of growth, A poorer soil and drier atmosphere arc what they 

 require. Sonchus macranthus is only hardy in the south of England in 

 warm situations and well-drnined soil. Hardy shrubs of scrtrce k'nds 

 are best kept in summer with the pots sunk in the open ground, covering 

 the rims about an inch deep. It is better than planting out, as pot plants 

 are more safely removed in autumn. 



Raising Fuchsias from Seed {A Ccttage GartfrTr^r).— The pods should 

 remain on the plant until they fall off, then place them on a shelf for a 

 few days, and squeeze and wash the seeds from the pulp, spreading the 

 seeds on paper thinly, and when dried, storing them in dry paper. In 

 February or March sow the seeds in a compost of two parts sandy loam and 

 one pari leaf soil, making the soil very fine at top, and just covering the 

 seeds with very fine soil. Give a gentle watering, and place the pot in a 

 hotbed, keeping the soil just moist. When the seedlings are largo enough to 

 handle, pot them ofi" singly, and return them to the hotbed. When 



c^tabliahed hirden them off and remove tbem to b groenhoufte. If yoa 

 have no hotbed or grci>nhou4e, tho sead mty he sown in a pot and placed 

 in ft warm window. OurmiuatloQ will bo ulower, but plants may thus be 

 raised. 



Standard Apple TnEr.g {Ki\mundJfnner).—\l yon intend the treon to 

 remain as Mtaudards, yon must just shorten tho branched iil>->ut one-third, 

 and make thorn grow bushy instead of linky, aud perhaps by tho time 

 they have made it goud liead they will have cxhauBtod tbe:r excessive 

 vigour. If you would CDtivert thi-m into pyramids, cut off their beads 

 and causo shoots to be developed nil ovor the ntom, which, whoD they 

 have made a good growth, may bo shortunod back to induce the prodnc- 

 tion of laterals. 



iNDIASRrBRER PLANT CUTTIVO DOWN ( TT'/^^id^-l.—ThO plant whlch iS 



too tall, may be cut down in February or March to within a foot ut tho 

 soil, bat wc cannot guarantee that it will not bleod, though we do not 

 apprehend any groat injury to the plant fr>m the Moodiui^. Tho parts 

 cut ofT may be inserted as cuttings ; aud from eyes the plant may be pro- 

 pagated in briek bottom heat. 



Late Pears fWnn).— Wo have fonnd the following good from a west 

 wall, nono of thoRo you name being good except from trees in the open 

 ground. Bourri- d'Aremberg, Olou MoTi;eau, Thompson"!?, Josephine do 

 Mftlincs, Borgamotle Eflporen, Xe Plus Meur's, Winter Nelis, and 

 Knight's Monarch, are all good, and in uso from November toMareh. We 

 cannot tell your Pear from the description and oatUne. Send as a 

 specimen. 



Names of Frthts (E. TT.).— Both Ponrs are tho Winter Bon Chr^Hieo. 

 Tho Apple is Golden Russet. (An Old .Sufcacnt^n.— Tho specimens areso 

 small it is not easy to recognise them ; but wo think that No. 1 is Bonrrc 

 de Ranee, and 2, Knight's Monarch. (S., Gurm^rv).— Golden Reinette. 

 (.V. F. fl.).— 1, Consoiilcr do la Conr; 2, NouvonnPofteau. ('.V^//i).— 

 AfipUn : 1, Lewis's Incomparable ; 2. Beauty of Kent ; ll, Dnmelow's Seed- 

 ling; 4. Autumn Pearmain. Prarii : 1. Oomto de I'landro ; 2. Doyennr 

 Musquo ; 3, Duchesse de Brabant. (C. .Ifunt(fcn).— Tho two Pears were so 

 decayed we are sorry wo could not identify them. (Crnturion^. — 4. Ne Plus 

 Meuris ; 5, Beurrt- Dlel ; 6, very like Beurrt- d'Amboise : 7, is correct, it is 

 also called Tardive do Toulonso ;9, certainly Xouveau Poitean ; 10, Adanu'a 

 Pearmain; 11, Horcfordshiro Peirmain ; 12, Brougham.* We shallkeep 

 the others and endeavour to discover their namct. iJ. T.) —1, Vicar of 

 Winkfield ; 2, Beurrt- Diel. (D. »*. H., Crr>;n.— 1. Trioraphe de Jodoigne; 

 3. Glou Morcean; 3, Easter Beurrr; 4, Duchesse dWngoub me ; », Beane 

 Nantals. (H'. B., Xorth iVales).—h Conseilter dc la Conr ; 2, Be nrr6 

 d'Aremberg ; 3, Glou Morijeau ; 4. Eastor Beurre ; ."», Broompark ; 6, Bemre 

 de Rancc; 7, Passe Colmar; 8, Beurre Diel ; 9, Van Mens L<-on le Clerc; 

 10, Winter Nelis; 12, Hampden's Bergamot; 13, Golden Winter Pear- 

 main. {K. B, Jlf.).— Pt ars : 1, Nouveiu Poiteau ; 2. Belle de Noil ; 3, Na- 

 poleon ; 4, Van Mons Leon le Clerc; 6, Beurre Diel; 7, Old Colmai; 

 8, Arlequino Musqu.- ; 9, Easter Beurre; 10, Chaamontcl. Apple$T 

 1, Margil ; 3. Grange's Pearmain ; 4, Golden Winter Pearmain ; 6, Tower 

 of Glamis ; 7, Wormsley Pippin ; 8, Golden Harvey . 9. V<.rl;phir6 Green- 

 ing ; 11, Franklin's Golden Pippin. (G. «'.).— 5, Kingston BUck ; 6, Golden 

 Winter Pearmain ; 8, Adams's Pearmain. The others appear to be all local 

 sorts, with which we are unacquainted. Only two Pears arrived, and we 

 can identify neither. ( G B.C. C.).— 1, Ltjon Gri goire ; 2, Bt-urri'; Amande ; 

 3, Bon Chretien Fondante. The Apple is tho Autumn Pearmain. [C. A.), 

 —1, Thompson's; 2, Doyenne Gris ; 8, Suffolk Thorn; 4, Boorr.' Diel; 

 5, Winter Nelis. 



Names of Plants (A^ori^n'-iVft).—!, only leaves ; 2, Pemettya mncronata; 

 3, Cassiopo ericoides. {J. Bill, Qufenstoicn).^-!^ ^schynanthus porpa- 

 rascens ; 2, Begonia maculata, also known as B. argyrostigma ; 3, BegonUl 

 incarnata, also known as B. iosignis ; 4, Bouvardia splendcns ; 5, Eccre- 

 mocaquis scaber, otherwise Calampelis scabra. (G. Tl'. .4.).— One of the 

 hybrid Veronicas near to V. Andersonii. Give greenhouse treatment. 

 {J. J. D.). — A Canna, apparently one of tho hybrids now used for snb- 

 tropical bedding, but we cannot say which from tho specimen sent us, 

 Slost probably the rhizomes will bear tho winter, if mild, uninjured. 

 especially if covered with litter. (J/. H.).— 1, Aster Novl-Belgii; 2, A. 

 Novie-Anglite ; 3, A. lasus ; 4, A. cyaneus. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERYATIONS in the Suburbs of London for the week ending November 2nd. 



Wed... 27 

 Thors. 28 

 Fri.... 29 

 Sat.... SO 

 Son. . . 31 

 Mon.. . 1 

 Tues. . 2 



Mean.. 



baroubteb. 



Max. Min. 



29.732 



29.775 

 80.182 

 f0.076 

 80.172 

 30.237 

 30.232 



29.683 

 29.737 

 SO.Ofrl 

 29.831 

 30.150 

 30.196 

 29.856 



thebuomster. 



30.051 29.931 50.29 



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Very fine and frosty ; clear and cold ; fine at night. 



Sharp frost ; very fine ; clear, cold wind. 



Fine ; very line, cold wind ; overcait. 



Densely overcast ; slight rain ; densely overcast. 



Densely overcast; foggy; dull, aud very hea\->-- 



Cloudy, but fine ; overcast ; clear and fine, overcast. 



Densely overcast ; very fine ; overcast, mild. 



POULTEY, BEE, AND PIGEON CHRONICLE. 



A BUNCH OF FEATHERS. 

 Rather more than six years ago I began poultry-keeping, 

 moved hy the pleasant articles with which your joiu-nal abounds. 

 At the same time you courteo<isly published some strictures of 

 mine on certain impropiieties connected with the entrance of a 

 few exhibitors and others to the Birmingham Poultry Show 

 before the general public wore admitted, and before the judging 

 was over. It is a coincidence, as I am giving up poultry- 



keeping from want of time and room, but not from my interest 

 in poultry and in pouUry-kccpera waning, that in my own neigh- 

 bourhood a similar impropriety' should have called forth a like 

 condemnation. Your Journal has already expressed disappro- 

 bation of such proceedings. This is enough. Let bygones be 

 bygones, and let us hope that the oiTenders \vill amend. 



Your correspondent, signing himself " JrsTicE," in the Journal 



I of October 21st, opens several questions, however, with regard 

 to poiiltry shows and their committees generally, which must 



I not be passed by if poultry-sho\ving is to be the amusement of 



I ladies and gentlemen who "are disposed to use the shows for other 



1 purposes than pecuniary gain. 



