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JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



t April 20, 1876. 



Edinburoh (Scottish Pansy Society's Show). Jane 16th. Mr. N.M. Welah, 



1, Waterloo Place, Ediuburyh, Sec. 

 CovENTBY. Jnne 19tb. Mr. T. Wilson, 3, Portland Terrace, Sec. 

 Maidstone (RoaeB). June 21st. Mr. Hubert Bensted, Rookstow, Maid- 



Btone Sec. 

 Fakeham and Sodth Hampshire. Jane Slet. Mr. H. Smith, Sec. 

 Spalding. June 2lBt and 22nd. Mr. (i. Kiogstou, Sec. 

 Exeter (Roses). June 23rd. Mr. T. W. Gray, Hun. Sec. 

 Beigate (Rosea). June 24th. Mr. J.Payne, freusurer. 

 Leeds. June 28th, 2'Jth, and SOth. Mr. James Birkbeck, Delph Lane, 



Woodbouse, Leeds, Sec. 

 West of England (Uerefoed). Roses. Jane 29th. Rev. 0. H. Bolmer, 



Credenhill, See. 

 BiCHHOND. June 29th. Mr. A. Chancellor, Hon. See. 

 Fbome (Roses). Jane 29th. Mr. A. R. BaiJy Hon. Sec. 

 Oxford (Rosea). June 30ih. Mr. C.R. Ridley, 115, Aldate's, Hon. Beo. 

 Mabsden. July Ist. Mr. J. H. Edmondeon, Hon. Sec. 

 BoYAL Caledonian Hobticultdbal Society. July SthandSeptember 13th. 

 SouTHPOBT. July 5th, 6th, 7th, and Sth. Mr. E. Martin, Seo. 

 Newabk (Roees). July Cth. Mr. F. R. Dobney, Sec. 

 Helensburgh (Roses). July 12th and 18th. Mr. J. MitcheU, Sec. 

 Wimbledon. July 12th and 13th. Mr. P. Appleby, 5, Linden Cottages, Hon. Sec. 

 KrLMARNOcK. RosGs, July 18th and 19th,. General Eshibition, September 



14th. Mr. M. Smith, 11, King Street, Sec. 

 ToNBETDGE. July 19th. Mr. W. Blair, Hon. Sec. 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



J. Linden, 02, Rue da Chaume, Ghent, Belgium. — Illustrated 

 Catalogue of Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 



Louis Van Hootte, Gtient, Belgium. — Catalogue of Stove and 

 Greenhouse Plants^ Hoses, &c. 



William Bull, King'a Road, Chelsea. — Illustrated Catalogue 

 of New J Beautiful, and Mare Plants. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*^* All correspondence should be directed either to *' The 

 Editors," or to *' The Publisher." 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 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. 



Azaleas (3. Q. T.). — We cannot attempt to name the varieties of floristfl' 

 flowers, they are in legions and bo nearly alike. 



Botany of the Alps {R. Burroughs). — "The Tourist's Flora" gives a 

 description of each species. It is published by Messrs. Reeve & Co. 



Ledcophyton Beowni Seeds {A. C). — Apply to some of the chief flower 

 seedamen. 



Value op an Acre (B. X>. J.). — The Editors regret that they cannot 

 venture to give an opinion, for to render an opiuion of auy value the place and 

 many circumatanceB must be known. Consult an estate agent near yon. 



Gebanidms {A. B. P.). — The leaves are perfectly healthy, therefore we can 

 give no advice. Bronze and Tricolor varieties are highest coloured when not 

 over-luxuriant. 



Adbicula(G. B.). — Many are far superior. The varieties are too nameroua 

 and nearly alike fur us to name them. 



Vines Leaves Scorched (E. L.]. — We can only account for the leaves 

 scorching from the pipes having to be kept at a high temperature — "tbe 

 water nearly boiliog," aud the house being eteamed twice a-day we presume 

 by water sprinkled upon the hot pipes. This aud the Huulees weather wonld 

 be sufilcient to make the leaves thin and flabby, their tissues speedily drying- 

 npwith bright sun and air. The fault canuut rest with the glass, for were it 

 too clear the leaves would scorch in summer as much or more as ia winter 

 or ppring. We should double the piping, and with careful air-giving we 

 think you will not need to shade the roof. Siwrchiug most commonly arises 

 from the growth in the early stages feeing made in too close and moist an 

 atmosphere, ventilation not being atteuded to so a^ to have the growths 

 firm in texture. If you can keep leaves on the Vines the fruit will ripen. All 

 yoa want is more air, which it appears you cannot give without more heating 

 sorface. 



Aebial Roots on Vines (J. R. Boyd). — It does not show an unhealthy 

 state of the Vines, but rather that the roots proper are in a colder mean than 

 that of the branches, the atmosphere when ai;nal roots are emitted being 

 close aod moist. Leave them until they dry up, as they will when the roots 

 in the border are so active as to meet the demands of the leaves and fruit, 

 and after this cut cloBe to whence they proceed. The young canes intended 

 to take the place of the old rods should not be allowed to bear fruit, but the 

 wood fahould be grown as strong as possible. The greenhouse climber is 

 Kennedya monopbylla. 



Sweetwilliams (F. JU.).— The plants planted last May were probably 

 aowo late in the previous year, which w-mld account for their not flowering 

 last season, but if in an open situation they will certainly flower this season. 



Gbaftinq Coleds— Varieties {D. Drake u— The object in grafting is we 

 presume to have several varieties upon a pliut. Side or whip-gi-aftiog 

 answers, also cleft- grafting, but the plaut^ require to be kept close, moist, 

 and shaded until the grafts have taken. If you have not convenience for 

 keeping close a more certain method is by inarchiog, which would probably 

 suit you beat. A few kiuds are Duke of Kdiuburgb, Friuce of Wales, Queen 

 Victoiia, liarouess R(.thhchild, Prince Arthur, and Albert Victor, The best 

 Lobelia for a ribbon border is L. speciosa (Veitch's strain), bnt if yoa want 

 a very dwori kind, L, pomila grancUflora and L. pomila ntagoifloa are good. 



Pbopagating Bed ovkb Fltte (Dilemma).— lb will not answer to have 

 the flue for 6 feet of its length after l^avin^ the furnace 18 inches ia width, 

 and the width you propose to have it afterwards ia too namw. The flue 

 ought to be 9 ioches wide and a foot deep, the increased width for the propi- 

 gfttiog bed being quite unnecessary. You have only to take up a lA-moh 

 wall outside the flue, aud enclose it to 9 inches above its cover, fiUta'g the 

 space at the sidoa of the flue with rubble, ooverng the top to a depth of 

 6 inchoH, and having a frame with light to cover the bid, and when you put 

 in the framd 6 inches of cocoa refuse for plua/iuct tbe pits of cuttings, yoa 

 have what is required. The cocDa refuse may be kept moist by pouring water 

 in moderate quantity between the pots of cutting. 



LiXY CoLTURE {M. D.).— The potting material should bs turfy loam and 

 dry fiiirouB peat in equal proportion^; a fifth part of leaf mould should be 

 added to it and some sharp sand. Drain (J-iuch p-^ts well, and plaie some 

 moss or fibre over the drainage. The compost should be pressed moderately 

 firmly, and a little sand be placed round the bulbs. The top of the bulbs 

 onght to behalf an inch below the surface. 



Seedling Shaddocks Floweeing (Idfm). — It ia singular that all the 

 plants should fljwer the first year. We have plants seven or eight years from 

 the seed that have not yet flowered. There is no doubt but the plants will 

 grow after this and produce plants, but probably flowers will not show on 

 them again for several years. 



Gas Tab Fatal to Rose Tbees (T. F.).— Gas tar is most iDJorious to 

 any tree or plant. No wonder the Rise trees were killed by yoar painting 

 them with it. If there was no hiring for a period when you were enga'.jed, 

 and your wages have been paid weekly, a week's notice to quit is suffiiieat. 



VARiovai Mrs. Forbes) — Primula cortasoidea amceaa is hardy althiu^h it 

 is frequeutly cultivated ia pots as a half-hardy plant, aud ia improved by 

 that mode of culture. Tea Hoses should be pruned this month, but not 

 much if vigorous. Gloire de Dijon on its own roots is not more tender thiin 

 when worked on another stock. 



CiNEEAEiA Seedlings llnquirer). — They had all become loose, therefore 

 we cannot refer to the number ; one crimson with white-based petals is good. 



Climbees for Consertatoey ( WiUesdrn).— Your question is somewhat 

 diflicult to answer. If we uuler-i^aud you rii^htly you require olimbera 

 having red blue, white, aod yellow flowers, the roots of the plants being in 

 an outside border, aud the plants having some parts of their stems exposed. 

 As a yelIow-fli»wering climber we advise Martchal Niel Rose. VVe should 

 also plant climbing Devoniensis. Pa^siflora ccerulea, whitish, would also be 

 suitable. Tecoma radicans is a soarlet-fl iwered nearly hardy climber ; and 

 Berberidopsis corallina, crimson; Lardizabila biternata is purple; and Cle- 

 matis lanu;^ino^a, light blue. The ahove are nearly hardy, and will grow in 

 the outside border, bat the stems should have some protection afforded them 

 in severe weather. 



Names op Fbuits (H. 8. 8.). — We do not recognise the Pear. 



Names of Plants (W. M. B }.— Andromeda spinulosa. (Mrs. Forbes). — 

 The flower is Saxifraga crassifolia. The spotted leaf is not identified. (<7. 8. 

 E.). — Adiantum concinnum latum. 



POULTET, BEE, AND PiaEON OHRONIOLE. 

 POULTBY NEWS. 



PBOLOOnE, 



The more we move among our poultry friends, and the more 

 we correspond with those who from bnsinefls arrangements or 

 other reasons are not able to flit about from show to show and 

 yard to yard as much as others, the more do we find that every- 

 one is always ready to driok-in poultry news and glad to have 

 it, and so we purpose from month to month to give any news 

 which we think may interest fanciers and prove of use to our 

 readers generally. 



We hear from first-class authority that four Dorking hens and 

 a cockerel which were lately sent to a purchaser from the 

 Micheldever poultry yards of Mr. T. 0. Burnell weighed the 

 immense weight of 52 lbs. They had been fed on no especial 

 food, and were merely one of his breeding pens. We do not 

 wonder now that this gentleman's birds possess the huge appear- 

 ance and immense size that they do at shows. 



The Oxford Poultry Show will be held as usual on the last 

 Wednesday and Thursday in October. We learn that the Com- 

 mittee have arranged their dates thus early in order that no 

 other exhibition may clash with their old-established meeting. 

 The schedule is to be better than ever, and there is to be a 

 .ilO 10s. champion cup for best Black Red cockerel in the Exhi- 

 bition. There is, we hear, also to be a £10 10s. cup for the 

 champion Dragoon, if breeders will promise enough sapport. 



We hear there is a possibility of a new book on poultry, 

 highly illustrated, from the pen of Mr. 0. E. Cresswell. We 

 believe the work is already far in progress, bnt the date of the 

 appearance of the first number depends upon the writer's health 

 and the time he can give to it. We are confident that the work 

 will be highly appreciated whenever it comes by all members of 

 the fancy, as this gentleman ia a fancier and exhibitor of close 

 on twenty years standiog, and we know no one with a better eye 

 for a bird or anyone of stricter principles. 



We have had many letters asking for the continuance of "Lea 

 Basses Conrs d'Angleterre." Wo beg to say that they are in 

 no sort of way near their conclusion, but we are compelled 

 during the breeding season to put them on one side. We hope, 

 however, in the course of two or three weeks to find our friends' 

 yards are stocked with early chickens, and that thoy are once 

 ' more on view, when we shall continue the chapters. 



