February 10, 1876. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTIOUIiTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Bevere, and the lights have been kept over the plauts, admitting 

 a little air at the back. 



We also coiitiiiue to potcft" Zonal Pelargoniums, and to place 

 Verbenas, Ageratums, &c., in shallow boxes. Cuttings of Ver- 

 benas, and any other plants oC which the stock is not sufficient, 

 are put into heat. Early spting-struck cattinga of such plants 

 are better for bedding-out tian the old plants.— J. DoccL.ig. 



HOKTICULTORAL EXHIBITIONS. 

 Secretaries will oblige na by informing na of the dates on 

 which exhibitions are to bo held. 

 Leeds (Spring Sho^v'. MMch 13th and IGlh. Mr. G. Forbe", 103, njde 



Park Koad, Sec. 

 Bristol (Spring Sliow). Msrch 22nd and 23rd. Mr. G. Weblcy, Holm 



Wood, WeBtbury-upon.Ti7n], Hod. Sec. 

 BovAL Caledonian HoRTiccLxrRAL Society. Shows April 5th, July 5th, 



and September 13th. 

 Westminster Aquarium. April 12th and 13th, May lOth and lllh, IMaj 



SOth and 31st. July 5(h and Clh, October 4th and 5th. 

 Tiverton. May '24th and 25th. Messrs. A. Payne end J. Mills, Hon. Sees. 

 Southampton. June 5th, and August the 5th and 7th. Mr. C. S. f uldge, 



89, York Street, Sec. 

 Maidstone (Roses). June 21st. Mr. Hubert Bensted, liockstow, Maid- 

 stone, Sec. 

 Spalding. June 2l6t. Mr. G. Kingston, Sec. 

 Richmond. June 29th. Mr. A. Chancellor, Hon. Sec. 

 SooTHPoRT. July 6th, 7th, and 8th. Mr. E. Martin, Sec. 

 Helensburgh (Kuses). July 12tb and ISth. Mr. J. Mitchell. Sec. 

 Bbighodse. July '29th. Messrs. C. Jessop & E. Itawnsley, Hon. Sees. 

 Preston. August 16th and 17th. Mr. W. Troughton, Hon. Sec. 

 Seaton Burn. August 26th. Mr. K. Eichardson and Jlr. W. Ellott, Sees. 

 Dundee (International). September 7th, 8th, and 9lh. Mr. W. K. McKelvie, 



26, Euclid Crescent, Sec. 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Stephen Brown, Weston-super-Mare.— /^/«s/ra^C£? Seed Cata- 

 logue and List of Bulbs for Spring Planting. 



Kelway & Son, Langport, Somersetshire. — Spring Seed Cata- 

 logue and Amateurs' Guide, 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*,* All correspondence should 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 doing bo 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. 



New CtiiMBiSQ Melon (H. B. B.). — We do not know to which. Melon you 

 refer. Tou must be more explicit. 



Royal Horticoltural Society (J. T.). — The address, " Secretary, Kojal 

 Horticultoial Society, South Kensington," is sufBcient. 



Showing Roses (R. C). — The Kosea are best shown with leaves, bat they 

 must be leaves attached naturally to the sprays bearing the flowers. Leaves 

 not belon^ng to the Rose exhibited are inadmissible. 



Heating a Vinery {L. D. E.). — To maintain the temperatare "of 80° 

 under all weathers " you will require 330 feet in the case of the thermometer 

 beiog at zero, which is one of the many extremes that may be drawn from 

 "all weal hers." Every requirement of the Vines, however, will be met in 

 your case by six rows of 4- inch pipiog the length of the house, including 

 returns and a flow and return across one end, or |aboat 120 feet including 

 syphons. 



Inarching Vines (Richard Walker).— The best time to do this is goon 

 after growth is mad.?, there being a few leaves on botU stock and scion to 

 appropriate the eap. andthereby lessen theliability of bleeding. The speediest 

 union is tffec'.ed when the growths of the current year are operated on, both 

 stock and scion beiog soft and unripe. The earlier it is done the greater is 

 the certainty of secoring a good growth and its thorough ripening. 



Flowering Stote Plants (G. B. U.).~1o addiiirm to Stephanotcs, Ea- 

 charises, Ixoras, Francisceas, and Gardenias, the foUowin;::; are of easy culture: 

 — Aphelaodra aurantiaca Ea-zlii, Bougainvillea t-'Ialiri, Burcbellia capensji^, 

 Centropogon Luceana, Conoclinium ianthinum,DalecharapiaRoe2liaDa rosea, 

 Eranthemum pnlchellum, Euphorbia j'acqaiDia^flora. Poiascttia pulcherrima 

 major, Rontleletia speciosa major, Scutellaria Mocciniana, and Thyrsacauthus 

 rutilans. We add a few bulbous plants — Pancratium fragrans, Hippeas 

 trum pardiiium. Imantophyllnm miniatum, Gesnera eioniensis, Griffinia 

 hyacinthina, and Urceolina aurea. Anthurium Scherzeriauum you must 

 have if jou have it not already, it being one of the very finest stove flowering 

 plants. 



CopREssns Lawsoniana ebecca tiridis (Viila Qarden). — It is one of 

 tbe most beautiful of Conifers for a small lawn, and you may plant it with 

 confidence. It is hardy, of free growth, dense and conical in habit, and 

 almost as green as a Laurel. 



Rahbits and Treks (J. DnmhiJl). — The rabbits mast be destroyed, or 

 excluded by 2 feet 6 in'j'ie* wire netting, which wa employ until the trees 

 aie considerably advanced, and even then many8uc;nmb to rabbits and hares. 



It is reroarbable tlie eagerness that rabbits exhibit in attacking recently 

 introduced plants; even the kinds they usually do not attack they will nibble 

 at for a considerable time after planting, whilst others of the same kind 

 grovrn on the spot they will not interfere wiih. Plenty of food is no safeguard, 

 we being surrounded by park land and rough young plantations, which give 

 us no freedom from thtir ravages. We might Lavo heli)'d you to a selection 

 of some shrubs which these animals do not greatly injure ; but yon appear to 

 have planted. 



Destroying Mice (Edtcard Fhhcr). — Arsenic will destroy the seed, an\> 

 is besides dangerous to use. We moisten, in fact make wet, every kind of 

 seed before sowing, and coat tbciu with red lead, and neither birds nor raico 

 interfere with them; rata even not caring to molest seeds well coated with 

 tbe red lead. Set a number of figure-4 traps baited with cbeese "crust," 

 atid keep a cat — not to be made a doll of. A gjod one is invaluable as a scarer 

 of birds and for mousing; ours being famous at catching crickets. 



Cinerarias "blind" (Ej-O/.P.).— The state cf the plants is a conaeqaence 

 of defective root-action, or a result of deficient light and temperature. If 

 the latter they will improve as the season advances. See reply to " J. S." 



Transplanting Fruit Trees {M. D.). — You may safely remove the trees 

 now, carefully preventing their roots being dried in the course of removal, 

 and the trees will grow as well as if they hrtd been planted in November. 

 Trees planted after the middle of November seldom make fresh roots untD 

 the spring. We have planted fruit trees with great success even when their 

 buds were swelling; but the roots were not exposed to the air mare than a 

 few minutes. 



Cinerarias not FLO-ft-ERiNG {J. S.).— If your plants are healthy, and 

 especially if tbeii' roots are in an active state, they will flower freely as the 

 season advances. It is common at tbis period for the petals to be slow in 

 their movementp, and as a consequence plants bavo occasionally been hastily 

 condemned. With patience and good culture, not allowing even a tiace of 

 insects, wateriug the plants rtj^oilarly, and occasionally with weak liquid 

 manure, they will eventually expand their flowers freely. 



Gardeners' Apprenticeship (4.). — We think no advantage would result 

 from binding the boy to his father. Let the parent give bis son good in- 

 struction for a year or two, and then seek to place him in some other good 

 garden, when his own skill and perseverance would meet with the reward of 

 promotion. 



Plants for Oct Flowers in June (A Subscriber). — White or light 

 pink will only be admissible for wedding bouquels. A few that may be had 

 in flower at that time are: — Stoi'c plants: Clerodendron Balfouri, Gardenia 

 radicans major, Ixora acuminata, Pentaa kermesina, Stephanotis floribunda, 

 and Eucharis amazonica. Greenhouse plants: AbutJlon fioule do Neige, 

 Aponogeton <?istachyon (an aquatic). Orange, by retarding in a cool house, 

 Dracopbyllum graciie, Jasminum grandiflorum, Mandevilla suaveolens, 

 Myrtles, Rhjnchospermum jasminoid^ s, Azalea indica, vars. Borsig. Comtesse 

 de Eibencourt, Nareissiflora, Raphael, Criterion, and Mdlle. Marie Lefebvre. 

 Pelargoniums.— Show : Claribel, Countess, and Coronet. French and English 

 Spotted : Emperor of Pelargoniums, Madame Mignon, and Fortnnio. Fancy : 

 Fanny Gair, Lady Dorothy Nevill, and Piincees Teck. Zonal Ptlarffoniums : 

 Delight and White Clipper. Double : Alice Crousse and Madame Lemoine. 

 Ericai : Exquisita, inflata alba, jasminiflora alba, ventricosa vars. Both- 

 welliana, albo-tincti, hirs-uta alba, and vestita alba. Rhododendrons : fragi-ans. 

 jasminiflorum, and Princess Alicp. Pimelea decussata, P. Hendereonii alba, 

 and P. spectabilid rosea. Hardy plants will bo represented by Roses from 

 walls, Mock Orange, Deutzia crenata flore-pleno. Lilac, Narcissus, Pinks, 

 Spiraa japonica, and many others. 



Climbers for Cold Fernery (J. Brown). — From the moisture and the 

 shade that will be necessary for the Ferns we do not consider flowering climbers 

 suitable, and we should cover the pillars with green and variegated Ivies, 

 and Ficcs repens. We name tbe following climbers for the roof :— Begonia 

 capreolata, Caprifolium luteiim, L-irdizabala biternata, Jasminum revolutum, 

 Bridgesia spieata, Berberidoptis coraliina, Ceanotbus azurens grandiflorus, 

 CratEEgus pyraaantha, Passiflora csrulea, Caprifolium brachypodum aureum 

 reticnlatum', Solanum jasminoidcs, Lapageri* rosea would probably^succeed, 

 but we do not recommend any of them. Deciduous plants may be Clematises 

 Albert Victor. Jackmanni, Henryi, and Glycite sinensi.^. Except the varieties 

 of Ivy, especially the emaU-leaved, and Ficas repens, we think them inappro- 

 priate. Why not cover the pillars with Lygodiom scandens, and shade the 

 roof in summer ? 



Sowing Holly Berries (T. F.).— Sow th^m now or in March on the east 

 border in the kitchen girdeu, but you might if tbe ground be valuable keep 

 the berries for a year in a heap in the ground, and not sow Ihem until this 

 time twelve months. The seeds wifl not, if you sow now, germinate until 

 the second year. 



Daphne not Flowering [R. S.). — The growth is probably too free. 

 Restrict Ihe pot room, and expose the plants fully to light after the growth is 

 made. With the Lopageriawc think the cape is different, it requiring more pot 

 room and more liberal supplies of water. You, however, give us no particulars, 

 and we cannot in the absence of those give definite advice. Onr " Greenhouse 

 Manual" would help you to their treatment, post free from onr office for lOd. 

 " Fairy rings'" may be destroyed by making boles where they appear with a 

 crowbar-, and saturating the ground with lime-water, made at tbe rate of 

 12 lbs. of quicklime to thirty gallons of water. It will ba clear in forty-eight 

 hoars, and should then be applied. 



Silicate Manure (H. M. i'.).— We cannot give yon tbe information yon 

 need; but we can say that we never knew an instance in which it prevented 

 the Potato disease. 



Low Tempeeatcres at Night (J. S.).— The remark does not call for any 

 severe comment. 



Kiln Dust (S. 5.).— Kiln dast is an excellent manure, much tupeiiorto 

 spent hops for either Onions, Peas, or Potatoes. We have used it with great 

 success wi'b these and other crops. 



Names of Fruits {J. D.I.— C, Braddick's Nonpareil ; 6. Scarlet Nonpareil ; 

 H, not known ; HI, Cockle's Pippin; 1, not known; F, Thompson's. [Con- 

 naught Subscriber). — 1, probably Cobbam; 2, Stnrmer Pippin; 3, Golden 

 Harvey. iL. Garnett}.— The large Pear is Huysbe's Prince cf Wales. No. 1, 

 vei7 like BeurrC- dAremberg. We do not know what else it can be. 2, Passe 

 Colmar. This requires a warmer climate than yours to riyen it properly. 

 Can you give us any account of the Greenwood Russet ? 



Names of PLiNTS {O. G.l. — -Justicia coccinea. Scarlet Justicia. (R. S.). — 

 We cannot identify plauts from their leaves only; wc must see the flowers 

 also. 



