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JOURNAL OF HOBTICULTOBE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



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rows were anything but good, 3 foet high, and having thin, 

 soft, pithy stalks, being upwards of not one-third so good as 

 the others. Growing in a very moist soil and atmosphere, 

 they are already rotting very fapt. I fear if I had not acted 

 with some precaution, and put in a few single rows before the 

 turn of the day, I should have been without any Celery. 



I have no doubt the bed system may do well in dry gardens, 

 and I intend another year to modify the system of planting, 

 as it is well worth a fair trial. I will have three rows instead 

 of five, and plant a dwarf kind, such as the Incomparable. 

 Thus, more air will be admitted to the middle row, which seems 

 to be the great drawback. Although Celery delights in mois- 

 ture, and to a certain extent in shade, it must have plenty of air 

 to be good and stand the winter well. As I am not writing for 

 any other purpose than to learn, I ask some of your readers 

 who have succeeded in the bed system to give, through " our 

 •lournal," their experience — J. T., ilueigicynne, South Wales. 



Jardin des Plantes, Guernsey Nugget, Golden Eagle, Prince of 

 Wales, Prince Alfred, Nil Desperandum, and Progne, the last, 

 which is most brilliant in colour, being freely introduced, espe- 

 cially in the back row. Several of the new Japanese varieties 

 seem also to be very attractive to the public. In the beds on 

 the lawn the Pompons are in good bloom, especially the diiie- 

 rent colours of Cedo NuUi, Aigle d'Or, Salamon, and Aurora 

 Bor^ale. 



Mr. Dale, in the Middle Temple Gardens, has also a show 

 of Chrysanthemums, though much less extensive than Mr. 

 Broome's as regards the large- flowering kinds. Of these Gloria 

 Mundi, Venus, Beverley, Mrs. G. Bundle, and Cherub are the 

 best. Marabout, white, with fringed florets, is very pretty. 

 The large circular beds of Pompons are excellent, the kinds 

 consisting of White and Lilac Cedo Nulli, Aurora Boreale, 

 Duruflet, Drin Drin, Madame Pepin, Gonural Cmrobert, and 

 one or two others, together with Mr. Murray. There are also 

 two good banks of these and other kinds. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS AT MR. FORSYTH'S, AND 



THE TEMPLE GARDENS. 



Me. For.sTiH's Br.uNswicx Nursery, Stoke Newixgton'. — 

 The display of Chrysanthemums in Mr. Forsyth's show house 

 is always excellent, and this year it is better than ever. The 

 plants are now in full bloom, and the mass occupying the centre 

 of the house forms a beautiful sight, for though perhaps a little 

 crowded, owing to want of space, the varieties are well dis- 

 tributed so as to afford a diversity of colour, and many of the 

 blooms are remarkably massive. Conspicuous among these is 

 Princess of Wales, a most beautiful flower, which is a favourite 

 with everyone, the white being delicately tinted with lilac rose. 

 Several blooms of this are quite H inches in diameter. Em- 

 press of India and White Globe, also white, and Prince of 

 Wales, purplish violet, have splendid blooms equally large. 

 Tho following are also very fine : — Rev. J. Dix, St. Patrick, I 

 General Harding, General Bainbrigge, .John Salter, Ali Bibi, 

 Golden Beverley, Jardin des Plantes, Gloria Mundi, Anrenm 

 multiflorum. Prince Alfred, Lord Derby, and Virgin Queen, the 

 purest of whites. Mrs. Heale is another very tine pure white ' 

 flower, a sport from Princess of Wales, which it resembles in ] 

 all but its colour. Mrs. George Bundle, though not equalling 

 the preceding in the size of the flowers, fully maintains its i 

 character for free-blooming, and forming admirable specimen 

 plants, and for this purpose Dr. Sharpe is equally good in its 

 colour. Of both of these Mr. Forsyth has large specimens 

 grown BO evenly and well, and so abundantly covered with 

 flowers, that even he may be proud of them. Somewhat re- 

 sernbling Dr. Sharpe in colour is a seedling with larger flowers, 

 which is very promising. Princess of Teck, delicate blush, is 

 a finely incurved flower of last year, and another very pleasing 

 but older variety is Empress Eugenie. We also noticed Isabella 

 Bott, white tinged with lilac ; Enamel, delicate blush ; and Miss 

 Mary Morgan, a new delicate lilac, broadly incurved kind, first 

 shown last year at Stoke Newington. Mr. Evans, Mr. George 

 HasMn, and Blonde Beauty, new kinds sent out in the spring 

 of this year, are coming forward, but have not yet attained 

 perfection. 



Fine specimen plants are placed on the side shelves in the 

 show and other houses, consisting of Mrs. G. Bundle, Dr. 

 Sharpe, Defiance, Annie Salter, &c. ; and among Pompon 

 kinds, the different colours of Cedo NuUi, Sainte Thais, Andro- 

 meda, and Golden Aurora, are represented by admirable speci- 

 mens. Several of the large-flowered Anemone varieties, as 

 Madame Godereau, Glnck, &c., are particularly fine this year, 

 and interspersed among the mass of incurved varieties in the 

 show house are some of the showy Japanese varieties, serving 

 to increase the diversity of form and colour. The Daimio, 

 Red Dragon, and Comtesae de Beauregard are very bright and 

 effective. 



The Temple G.ieden3. — Mr. Broome, in the Inner Temple, 

 has an unusually good display, and to the varieties printed 

 names are attached. This adds much to the interest of what 

 has become one of the sights of London, and which, be it re- 

 marked, is visited by thousands of all classes. Chrysanthe- 

 mums about London are generally very good this year, and Mr. 

 Broome grows bo many, that to give the names of all the 

 varieties which are well represented would occupy a large 

 amount of space. We must therefore confine ourselves to 

 mentioning, as a few of the best. Lord Derby, Mrs. G. Enndle, 

 General Slade, White Globe, Beverley, Vesta, Golden Hermine, 



BRICK EDGINGS FOR GARDEN WALKS. 

 I WAS glad to observe in the columns of your instructive 

 Journal, your recommendation to " A. B.," of Mr. Robson'a 

 mode of forming an edging. Permit me, therefore, to add my 

 testimony in corroboration, as I adopted it about three years 

 since, and although as yet on a somewhat limited scale, still 

 sufficiently to confirm my good opinion of its merits and worthi- 

 ness of unlimited adoption, combining, as it does, the useful 

 and ornamental, especially when the edging is constructed o£ 

 dark blue Staffordshire bricks. These may be coated with 

 stone-coloured paint brushed over each alternate angle, with a 

 little white sand sprinkled over it, to deaden the gloss of the 

 paint. This produces a very pleasing and decided effect, the 

 paint will remain in good condition for several years, and its 

 cost is almost nothing. The uninitiated are invariably puzzled 

 prior to inspection as to the composition of this kind of edging, 

 entertaining the idea that it is terra-cotta. At the terminations 

 of each line of edging, I insert one of the bricks vertically, thus 

 forming a suitable and substantial finish to the bricks set 

 obliquely. — W. Gardiner. 



SOLAXUM CAPSICASTRUM CULTURE. 



TocR correspondent "G. H.," page 349, wishes to know 

 when to sow Solanum capsieastrnm, and likewise, I suppose, 

 how to grow it afterwards. I have plants averaging 18 inches 

 high, 16 inches through, and having on each a hundred berries, 

 which are just changing colour, contrasting beautifully with 

 the dark green foliage, which is seldom seen when the plants are 

 grown in the usual way— i.e., in pots throughout the summer. 



Sow about the middle of February in light rich soil, and 

 place the pots in a temperature of CO'. As soon as the seed- 

 lings are large enough to handle prick them off into pots or pans 

 at about li inch apart. When they begin to be crowded, pot 

 them off singly in 3-inch pots. Keep them in the same tem- 

 perature until thev are well established in their pots, and then 

 gradually harden "them off, the same as you would bedding 

 plants. 



About the latter part of May plant them out in an open piece 

 of ground 18 inches apart each way. All the attention they 

 require during the summer is to keep them free of weeds, and 

 if the weather should be very dry give a good soaking of water 

 occasionally. About the end of September lift them carefully, 

 and pot them in some rich loamy soil, adding a good portion 

 of river sand to keep the soil open. Pot them firmly in large 

 32. pots, set them anywhere in the shade out of doors, and give 

 them a good soaking of water at the roots, and frequently 

 sprinkle them overhead until they are established in their pots. 

 They may then be placed in the full sunshine, and afterwards 

 removed to the greenhouse, where they will make a fine display 

 all through the winter and spring months. Larger pots can 

 be used, but not smaller ones, as they cramp the roots too 

 much. I was obliged to pot mine in small 32's, as I grow them 

 chiefiy for table decoration, and larger pots would not go into 

 the vase that is used. 



Solanum pseudo-Capsicum may be treated in the same way, 

 with this exception— it requires to be stopped when about 

 2 inches high, otherwise it will be a foot or 15 inches high 

 before it begins branching, and will have the appearance of 

 a standard. , 



It is necessary to feed the plants with Hquid manure when 



