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aOURNAli OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ Jane 24, 1875. 



into 11-inch pots. We have cut-bact the climbers closely. It 

 is certainly a mistake to allow the roof of the house to be much 

 covered ; the best specimens are obtained where no climbers 

 are overhead. 



Poinsettiapulcheniraahas been removed to a cool greenhouse; 

 the plants may even be removed to a sheltered position out of 

 doors with advantage during the summer months. Cuttings of 

 some of the softwooded species were put in during the spring 

 months. They have now been potted-off, and are growing freely. 

 Attention is now required in regard to shading and ventilating ; 

 much injury results from not opening the ventilators early in 

 the morning. Houses that catch the morning sun ought to be 

 attended to before six in the morning in hot weather. 



Many of the Orchids are now being repotted or placed in fresh 

 baskets. Dendrobiums that have just flowered are starting 

 into growth. As the growths advance fresh roots are thrown 

 out; and this is the best time to repot, or, if this is not necessary, 

 to add fresh peat and sphagnum to the pots or baskets. Cattleyas 

 and &\l other Orchids may be seen to now, as nearly all the 

 specieB are rooting freely. Red spider and thrips must be 

 watched for on Dendrobium Devonianum and many others. It 

 may be necessary to sponge the young growths with soapy water, 

 but the plants may be syringed daily. 



Some of the Cypripediums are very subject to the attacks of 

 thrips, C. Veitchianum, one of the scarcest and best of the 

 C. barbatum section, particularly so. The thrips attack the 

 centre of the young growths, and it is very difficult to destroy 

 them without injuring the plants. Puffing tobacco smoke in is 

 as good a method as any. Many different species of Orchi-is are 

 being imported at this season, and the plants require careful 

 management at first. It is a good plan to pot Cattleyas and 

 L^lias amongst clean crocks, adding the peat and sphagnum 

 when fresh roots are formed. Saccolabiums and Vandas may 

 be suspended from the roof until roots are thrown out. Cypri- 

 pediums do well if laid out on clean moss, and all of them must 

 be sprinkled with water once a-day at least. — J. Douglas. 



TKADE CATALOGUES KECEIVED. 



E. G. Henderson & Son, Wellington Road, St. John's Wood, 

 London. — Stove, Greenhouse, and New Plant List. 



M. Alexis Dalliere, Ghent, Belgium.— GejieraZ Plant Cata- 

 logue. 



Ant. Roozen &c Son, Overveen near Haarlem, Holland. — 

 General Bulb Catalogue. 



HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 

 Seoretaries will oblige us by iuformiug us of the dates on 

 which exhibitions are to be held. 



Stowmaeket.— June 24th and 25th. Mr. 3. Prentice, Hon.-Sec. 



Cbystal Palace Company.— Rose Show, June 26th; Autumn Fruit and 



Flower Show, September 7th to 9th— Sec, F. W. "Wilson. Beea and their 



appliancep, September 2l8t to 23rd— See., J. Hunter. 

 Beioate (Rose).— June 26th. Bashby Britten, E«q., Hon.-Sec. 

 Herefobd (Eosos).— June 29th. Rev. C. H. Bulwer, Hcn.Sec. 

 WiSBEACH.— June 30th. Mr. C. Parker, Hon.-Seo. 

 Maidstone.— (Roses), June 30th, at Vintera Park. H. Bonatead, Esq., 



Hon. Sec, Roue Club, Mill Street, MaidBtone. 



NOBFOLK AND NonWICH HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.— RoBe ShOW, JuDO 30th. 



E. A. Field, Hon.-Sec 

 Birmingham.— July Ist, 2nd, Srd, and 5th. Mr. Quilter, Aston Park Sec. 

 Spalding.— July Ist and 2nd. Mr. G. F. Barrell, Hon.-Sec. 

 TuNBHiDGE Wells.-— July 2Dd. Mr. E. F. Loof, Sec. 

 Marsden.— July 3rd. Mr" J. H. Edmontou , Hon.-Sec. 

 Brookham Rose Show.— July 3rd. Rev. Alan Chealee and Charles Mortimer, 



Esq., Hon. -Sees. 

 Southoate.— July 3rd. John Miles, Esq., Hon.-Sec, Southgate, N. 

 Grantham.— July 6th and 7th. Schedules, &c, from Mr. Lyne, Bookseller. 

 Huntingdon.— July 7th. J. Oldman, Esq., Hon.-Sec 

 Durham and Northumberland.- To be held at Elswick Park, July 7th 



and 8th. Mr. R. Revely, Sec. 

 Leicester.— July 7th and 8th. Mr. W. C. Mirrip.S, New Street, Seo. 

 "WiNTEaTON.— July 7th and 8th. Mr. McCallam, Sec. 

 Fbome (Roae).— July 8th. Mr. A. R. Baily, Hon.-Sec. 

 KiLSBY.— July 8th. Sec. Mr. C. E. Bracehridge. 

 Richmond.- July 8th. Mr. A. Chauoellor. Hod -Sec 

 Nottingham —Rose Show, &c, July 8th, 9th and 10th. Apply to Alfred 



Kirk, Municipal Office^, Nottingham. 

 Oxford (Roses).- July 9th. Mr. C. R. Ridley, Hon.-Seo. 

 Grange-over-Sands- July 9tb. Mr. Thomas Awhley, Sec. 

 Heworth.— July 14th. Ml-. U. H. Feltoe. Hewortb, York, Hon.-Sec. 

 OuNDLE.— July 14'h. Mr. Allred King, Sec. 



ToNBRiDGE.— July 14th. Mr. W. Blair, Free Press Office, Hon.-Sec. 

 Wimbledon.— July 14*,h and l.Hb. Mr. P. Appleby, 5, Linden Cottagea, 



Sunnyside, Wimbledon, Hon. -Sec 

 Darlington.- July 16th. at Southend. William Hodgson, Seo. 

 Bramley.— July 19th and 20th. Mr. K. Fox, Sec. 

 Brecon.— July 22ud. Mr. W. J. Roberts, Sec. 

 Helensburgh, N.B. (Rose Show).— July 23rd and 24th. Mr, W. Urc, 



Waddell. Sec. 

 Oleckheaton.— July 21th. Mr. S. H. Williamson, Hon.-Sec. 

 Bridge.- July 28tb. Mr. E. Hardeman, Hon.-Sec. [Hon.-Soc. 



Preston.— July 2Mth and 29th. Mr. W. Troughton, 4, Church Street, 

 SiiBEWSBURV.— July 29th and SOth. Mr. H. W. Adnitt, Hon.-Scc. 

 Southampton.— July 31sc and August 2nd. Mr. C. S. Fuidge, 82, York 



Street, Lower Avenne, Sec. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*,* All correspou'^Jence Bhould be directed either to *' The 

 Editors," or to " The Pablisher." Letters addressed to 

 Mr. Johnson or Dr. Hogg often remain unopened unavoid- 

 ably. We request that no one will write privately to any 

 of our correspondents, as doiug so subjects them to un- 

 justifiable trouble and expense. 



Correspondents should not mix up on the same sheet questions 

 relating to Gardening and those on Poultry and Bee sub- 

 jects, and should never send more than two or three 

 questions at once. All articles intended for insertion 

 should be written on one side of the paper only. We 

 cannot reply to questions through the post. 



Seedling Flowebr {It. N). — Of such withered Bpecimena wo can only 

 say that the Ivy-leaved Pelargonium is darker thaa the parent fl-iwer, and 

 that the Rose in form has no epecial merit. No useful judgment can be 

 formed of any flower unless the habit of the plant can be seen. 



Selling Garden Produce {T. H. T.). — We adviae you to have no con- 

 sideration of what you in other years sold the produce for. If you were the 

 incoming tenant you would not submit to anyone intruding upon the ground 

 and gathering the crops. 



OsMDNDA REGALis (R. F. B.).— The name "Royal" applied to this Fern 

 is a translation of the specilic name " regalis," and was evi<lently ap- 

 plied to it because it is the tallest and most handsome of our European 

 Ferns. It has the same name in most of our continental languages. In 

 Dutch and tierman it i-j Konigliche, king-like ; in Danish, Eugelregne, of 

 similar reference ; and in Spanish and Portugese the name real, kingly, ia 

 applied. Osmund in Anglo-Saxon means " house-peace," and the combined 

 names, " House-peace royal," may have had reference to the wound-healing 

 powers our ancestors ascribed to it. 



Fobeign Florists {C. /T.).— Write to M. Vorschaffalt. 134, Fanhourg de 

 Bruselles, Ghent, and M. M. Jules Margottin, ii B>jurg-la-Reine, Paris. 



Strawberries Unfruitful {T. C. J.).— The plants not having been 

 planted until last autumn we are not surprised at some of them not showing 

 fruit this Feason, the crowns not having been eufliciently developed for 

 flowering. We should leave them until another year, when they will probably 

 fruit ; but if you want runners for a new plantation we should take them 

 only from fruitful plants. 



Read's Melon (R. A. TF.).— In a house this Melon does not show nor set 

 its fruit so freely as a majority of Melons, but in a frame it shows abundantly 

 and sets freely. We think in your case there has been a deficiency of moia- 

 ture at the roots, and that the atmosphere has been too moist. It requires a 

 rather high and dry atmosphere to secure a good set, with a good moisture in 

 the soil. It is a fine Melon, one of the finest-flavoured of Scarlet- fleshed 

 kinds. 



Constructing a Greenhouse (J. P.).— You do not give us any data as 

 to what height you can take the back but we presume it may be 13 feet, in 

 which case we should have the width 12 feet, having 2 feet 6 inches of front 

 and end walls above ground, and S feet of lights in front and the ends above the 

 wall glass. The rafters for such a house should be 7 inches by 2^ inches, and 

 chamfered on the under side to half their thickness, and these may be fixed 

 8 feet apart, and between each we should have two sasbbars 2^ inches by Ij, 

 and chamfered on the under side to one- third the thickness. The ventilation 

 we should provide in the upper part, having a light the whole length 18 inchea 

 wide, and made to open with crauk and lever, and the whole ot the front 

 lights should be made to open. As to glass, 2I-cz. sheet thirds quality is 

 best, having the squares of 3U tu 36 inch in length, and with laps not exceeding 

 a quarter of an inch. Yuu may have five Vines at 6 feet apart, which will 

 not shade the house too much for plants, being no more objectionable in that 

 respect than any other climber. Plant the Vines inside, having at least a 

 3-feet width of border to plant them in, and have the front wall arched so as 

 to allow of the roots passing from the inside to the outside border. 



Climbers for House ( J. C). — For the south-east Cvdonia japonica and 

 var. princeps, Glycine (Wistaria) sinensis, Jasmiuum officinale grandiflorum, 

 and Tea-Hcented Roses Sombreuil, Niphetos, and Martchal Niel, to which 

 may be added Clematis Lucie Lemoine, Lawsoniaua, and Heuryi. For the 

 west — Caprifolium tlexuosum, Lardizabala bitemata, Jasminum revolntum, 

 and Tea-scented Rose Marccbal Niel, and Noisottes Ci'line Forestier, Cloth of 

 Gold, Lamarque, and Revo d'Or. It may be that you want evergreens which 

 are of neater growth, such are for south-we^t — Ceanothus floribundus, C, in- 

 togerrimus, C. Veitchiauus, Escallonia macrautha, E. glaudulosa, Garrya 

 elliptiua, Berberidopsis corallina, and Magnolia grandiflora Exmouth variety. 

 Soutli-cast, Berboris Darwinii, Cotoneastor miempliylla, Crataegus Pyraoantha, 

 and I/lgustrum japonicum. The best material for walls ia the diamond-wire 

 trellis fixed at from half to three-quarters of an inch from the wall, the nearer 

 the better, providing it will allow of the tying material being passed around it. 



Ferns not Thriving {M. P.). — The fronds you sent us were scorched, 

 and no wonder when yon have for a cold house 80 feet lon^; only three venti- 

 lators of 4^ feet each, the temperature rising to SJO-, and 100- in hot weather. 

 The Ferns are simply roasted. It is indeed a higher temperature than ifl 

 needed for stove Ferns. The ventilation youuimo ought to have extended 

 the whole length of the hjuso, and at this time of the year he left oi en day 

 and night, having over the opening some wool netting, which would prevent 

 injury from a drying current of air, as would be the case were its force not 

 broken by some obstructive yet open material. The burrs are not good. A 

 porous material is preferable, but it would not prevent the Ft-rns from grow- 

 ing satisfactorily, providing the rockwork ia so con&tructod as to allow of the 

 water escaping. It would not do any good to cement them over, only it 

 would add immensely to the appearance. Watering with the garden engine 

 is too heavy, and will cause them to brown undt-T so grtat a heat. What- 

 ever watering is required should be done with a watering pot or with a hose 

 pipe, and not overhead, and the moisture for the atmn.-phere should be main- 

 tained by sprinkling the pa'h, the rockwork, and other available surface 

 morning and evening, i^hich with the shade you name will give you all the 

 moipture required. Ferns require a moist soil without soddeimess, and 

 moist atmosphere, col and shaded. 



Bddding Roses {Covnnittecman^ — We prefer removing the wood from the 

 Bhicld. No. 561 contains the rales you mention. Yon can have it if you 

 cDclose four postage atampe with your direction. 



