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JOUENAIi OF HOETIOULTORE AND COTTAGE GABDENBR. 



[ September 17, 1874. 



■weather mild, to plant them all over the bed thickly. Single 

 blue Hepatieas and Snowdrops, Snowdrops and Scillaa, red 

 Daisies and Golden Feather, Cliveden Blue Pansiea and white 

 Daisies, are all charmingly arranged according to taste. Prim- 

 roses and Polyanthuses are purely spring flowers, and make 

 enjoyable beds ; but the laced varieties should not be far distant 

 from the eye. Cheap varieties of Anemone coronaria, if planted 

 closely, make beds of surpassing richness. 



If bulbs are planted, put them in the moment the beds are 

 cleared, about 3 inches deep, covering with road grit, or if the 

 ground is very wet, with dried sand. The single varieties are 

 the best for massing. Set the best-ripened seed, gather, and 

 sow at once, and in the autumn following thousands of bloom- 

 ing plants are provided. That is the best way to raise in 

 quantity. Crocuses are indispensable for spring gardening, 

 but if used alone must be put in thickly — in fact, bulbs of all 

 kinds are very gay and pleasing, but the effect is spoiled unless 

 they are planted closely ; used in conjunction with the other 

 subjects named, a less quantity suffices. Everything named is 

 off the ground in time for summer bedding, and is easily 

 raised or procurable without serious outlay. It is hoped 

 "Subscriber," and possibly others, may be able to pick out 

 something to aid in making gay their home-surroundings, and 

 out of the few hints and suggestions may select the arrange- 

 ment which their own taste and circumstances may dictate as 

 the best. — J. Weight. 



EAELY AND LATE STEAWBEKEIES, AND 

 FOB PRESERVING. 



I WISH " D. F. J. K." would try La Constante for preserving, 

 as, to my knowledge, there is no kind so valuable for that pur- 

 pose. The fruit is of good size, regular form, rich colour, 

 solid, and as regards flavour unfurpassed, provided it is 

 thoroughly ripe ; it will then hang on the plants unaltered 

 for several days, be it whatever weather may occur. The 

 latter quality Unser Fritz likewise possesses in the highest 

 degree. 



I hope "D. F. J. K." may get Early Prolific true to name, 

 as there seems in certain quarters to exist a desire to depre- 

 ciate that noble variety. Cockscomb ought to be large in 

 whatever soil it is cultivated, the first fruit generally of enor- 

 mous size and of true cockscomb shape, colour bright salmon, 

 with numerous prominent seeds, and pure white flesh. 



I quite agree with " D. F. J. K." as regards VicomtesseHeri- 

 cart de Thnry ; this is certainly a valuable early kind, the 

 only drawback is that a large proportion of the berries is 

 rather small. " H." is right in calling Prince of Wales a late 

 Strawberry ; he ought to have added Cuthill's Punce of Wales, 

 as there is an early sort of the same name which was raised 

 at Frogmore. The Late Prince of Wales is exceedingly acid. 

 Lady Carrington is unknown to me, nor have I ever heard that 

 Wonderful was sold under that name, although the latter has 

 had the honour of being sold under five or six different names 

 in England, France, and Germany. Its true name was Myatt's 

 Prolific, which was given to it when Mr. Myatt sent it out, but 

 it seems not having then been brought prominently to public 

 notice. 



In conclusion, I beg to say to Mr. John Taylor, of Hard- 

 wicke Grange, that Mr. Eadclyffe certainly ought to receive 

 thanks for recommending Wonderful, and if Mr. Taylor is not 

 satisfied with it I must doubt whether he has it genuine. I 

 have grown W^onderful more than twenty years in various soils 

 and climates, and never found it to possess a fault besides 

 retaining frequently a greenish tip. It is quite distinct from 

 all other Strawberries, and cannot be bettpr described than done 

 by " I>. F. J. K." when he speaks of Lady Carrington. 



Wonderful succeeds best iu strong soils, as in dry land its 

 enormous crop does not come to perfection when hot dry 

 weather seta in. The greenish tips may be avoided if we would 

 go to the trouble of supporting the fruit by small forked sticks. 

 It was Wonderful (Myatt's Prolific) Mr. De Jongh raised his 

 grand and famous Strawberry Souvenir de Kieff from. — Fer- 

 dinand Gloede, Eppendorf, Mamhurg. 



DUNDEE HORTICULTURAL SHOW. 



The horticulturists of this busy capital of the jute trade 

 effected a first-class show on the iird, 4lh, and 5th inst., and it 

 ■was attended by seventeen thousand visitors. In the High 

 School grounds in the centre of the town were three large 

 marquees. The chief one, devoted to flowers, was 230 feet iu i 



length by il wide ; another, occupied with fruit, was 100 feet long 

 by 47 feet wide ; and the third, set apart for vegetables, was of 

 equal dimensions. The leading features wore the stove and 

 greenhouse plants, and a magnificent collection of plants for 

 table decoration. The local nurserymen, Messrs. Laird & Sin- 

 clair and Messrs. John Stewart & Son, took a large number of 

 prizes in all departments. Messrs. J. & R. Thyne, Glasgow, ex- 

 hibited a large group cf rare aud valuable plants ; Messrs. 

 Robertson A: Galloway, Glasgow, appeared to advantage with 

 Roses and Gladioli ; Messrs. Cocker & Sons, Aberdeen, with 

 seedling Pansies; and Mr. John McPherson, Aberdeen, with 

 Dahlias. 



Fruits were rich and abundant, the merchant princes excelling 

 in Grapes and Pine Apples. Bailie Moncur, one of the Magis- 

 trates, took five prizes in Grapes. Vegetables were remarkable 

 in size and quality. Col. Macdonald, St. Martin's Abbey, Perth, 

 and .Tohn Long, Esq., Kinbrae, Newport, Managing Proprietor 

 and Editor of the Dundee Advertiser, carried off the first and 

 second prizes for the beat basket of vegetables (ten varieties). 

 Balledgarno, a little hamlet in the carse of Gowrie, noted for 

 success at former shows, won no less than twenty-six prizes. 



Feru cases, miniature gardens, floral devices, window gardens, 

 table decoratioua, table, hand, aud coat bouquets, were an ex- 

 tensive, interesting, and popular exhibition. Mr. James Fer- 

 guson, a working man well known for defeating professionals in 

 flowering Lilium auratum, was again first in his class. Alpines, 

 never absent from a Dundee show, were shown in profusion, 

 rare, compact, and healthy. Edward Moir, Esq., a noted 

 amateur in Ferns, took the first prize for the best thirty. 



The Society contemplate holding an International Exhibition 

 in 1370. 



WESTWARD HO! 



It may, perhaps, suggest itself to some of the readers of the 

 Journal that " D., Deal," is a very peripatetic being, and that 

 he is continually " on the go." He turns up iu all sorts of 

 places — east, west, north, and south ; and yet after all it sounds 

 more than it is. The fact is, I learned from a very dear father 

 a lesson in early life — never to let the grass grow under my 

 feet ; aud being like him endowed with some degree of energy, 

 I am frequently on the move when others are quietly reposing 

 from their labours, and lay out for myself occupations for 

 three or four days which some would take three times as many 

 for, and I never spare myself when I can gain information 

 that can be profitable to myself or others. I remember once, 

 many years ago, in my unmarried days, I was staying with an 

 excellent clergyman, and in the morning (a very wet one) I 



said to him, " I must be off to ." He remonstrated in 



vain, and off' I started. It was some eight or ten miles, and 

 when I came back in the evening, looking rather moist and 

 damp, there were many sly winks and exclamations, " flouts 

 and gibes ;" and when I said the object of my journey had 

 been to see a Rose garden, there was a general exclamation of 

 incredulity. " Oh, yes ! a charming Rose I have no doubt 

 you saw this wet day !" for nothing could persuade my friends 

 that anything could have made me take the journey but the 

 charm of some fair face at the end of it ; but the plea was a 

 true one nevertheless. No Hero waited for her Leander. It 

 was our liege lady the queen of flowers I went to see in one 

 of her country homes. And so, now, sometimes the duties of 

 my caUing lead me away from home, and between whiles I 

 manage to occupy my time by seeing what I can. 



And thus it happened, that having to be at Cheltenham in 

 my clerical capacity for Sunday, August 9th, and having under- 

 taken to act as Judge at the Taunton Deane Show on the 13th, 

 I laid myself out to visit Mr. Prince at Oxford, Mr. Cramb at 

 Tortworth, to stay a day in Bath, and to visit Mr. Kelway at 

 Laugport, and concerning each of these visits I have " summat. 

 to say." I should have been glad to have also noticed a visit 

 I paid previously to Mr. Bichard Smith at Worcester, but this 

 I must postpone, merely for the present saying ditto to what 

 " C. P. P." has said. My first visit was to 



PRINCE'S NUKSEEY AT LONGWOETH. 

 I had been long desirous of seeing in situ the seedling Briar 

 Eoses which Mr. Prince has so made his own, and from which 

 he has exhibited such splendid blooms. As lq everything, 

 there ure those who look on this with favour, and others with 

 disfavour. The latter put forward that it is nothing new, and 

 that it is not a superior mode of culture. Now I do not think 

 it is any disparagement to the plan to say it has been practised 

 by the French for yeai-s. Iu all such matters the main issue 

 is, " Does it answer?" and it was in order to see for myself I 

 made this detour. My visit was a hurried one, owing to the 



