Jan« 23, 1876. ] 



JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Mftbel; Feathered Bizarre', Maeferpipce and George Hayward; Flamed 

 Bizarrep, MaHterpiece and Paxton ; Fenthtred Bybkemenn, t^arah and Violet 

 Amiablo; Flamed BylikL'aieus, TuliBman and Carbuncle 4, \V. Wardle, 

 Feathered llimt's, Horoiue aud MrH Lciiiax; Flamed Rosea, Triumph Royal 

 and Afila'a ; Feathered Bizarres, Garibaldi and Paxton; Flaraed Bizarrep, Dr. 

 Hardy and Paxt'->n; FeatLered BybluTiiens, Adonis and Violet Amiable; 

 Flamed Bybla?menp, Adonis and lUichesa of Sutherland. 6, D. WooUey, 

 Feathered Roses, Mabel and Hen.ine ; Flamed Roses, Afilaia and Triumph 

 Royal ; Feathered Bzarre?, Catafalque aud Pniton ; Flamed BizirreB,Paxton 

 and Dr. Hardy; Feathered BjbkL'monp. Queen of the North and Bessie. 

 Flamed ByblcGmenn, Princess liojal and Bessie. 



Six Dissimilar Blooms, ouo in each class.— 1, C. Forman with Feathered 

 Rose, Heroine; Flamed Roee, Royal; Feathered Bizarre, Demosthenes; 

 Flamed Bizarre, Dr. Hardy; Feathered Byblo?men, Mary Forman ; Flamed 

 Bybloamen, Ducbtss of Sutherland. 2, T. Ha.^nep, Feathtred Rote, Heroii^e; 

 Flamed Rose, Aplaia; Ft^athered Bizarre, Masterpiece; Flamed Bizarre, 

 Paston; Feathered Byb'ttmen, Adonis; Flamed BybUtmen, Duchess of 

 Sutherland. 3, J. Turner, Feathered Rose, Rachel; Flamed Rose, Mrs. 

 Lea; Feathered Bizarre, Ape'les; Flaraed Bizarre, Paxton; Feathered By- 

 blcemen, Adonis; Flamed Bybloiraen, Duchese of Sutherland. 4, W. Whit- 

 taker, Feathered Rose. Mrs. Hind ley ; Flamed Rose, Mr. Headly ; Feathered 

 Bizarre, John Ratcliffe; Flamed Bizarre, Dr. Hardy; Feathered BTblcenjen, 

 Violet Amiable; Flamed Bybloemtn, Talisman. 5, O. Barnes, Feathered 

 Rose, Industry ; Flamed Rose, Mabel; Feathered Bizarre, Paxton; Flamed 

 Bizarre, Ajax ; Feathered Byblo^men, Violet Amiable; Flamed Bybla?men, 

 Duchess of Sutherland. 6, — Morris, Feathered Rose, Heroine; Flamed 

 Bose, Aglaia; Feathered Biztrre, Paxton ; Flaraed Bizarre, Paxton ; Feathered 

 Byblffimen, Violet Amiable; Flamed Byblcemen, Norval. 7, — Mellor, 

 Feathered Rose, St. Arnaud; Flamed Rose. Lady C. Gordon; Feathered 

 Bizarre, Paxton; Flamed Bizarre, Paxton; Feathered Byblo^raen, Besf^ie ; 

 Flamed Byblcemen. Duchess of Sutherland. 8, H. WilliarasoD, F.?atbered 

 Rose, IndUftry; Flamed Rofe, Magenta; Feathered Bizarre, Seedling; 

 Flamed Bizarre, Paxton ; Feathered Bjhitemen, Sarah; Flamed Bybloimen, 

 Duchess of Sutherland. 



Class of Six Dissimilar for Half-guinea Subscribers only. — 1, — Honseley, 

 Feathered Ruse, Mrs. Lea ; Flamed Rote, Aglaia ; Feathered Bizarre, Maf.t«r- 

 piece; Flamed Bizarre, Paxton ; Fea'hered Byblatmen, Violet Amiable; 

 Flamed Byblcemen, Viotet Amiable. 2. R Yates, Feathered Ro^e, Lady Lil- 

 ford; Flaraed Rofie, Aglaia; Feathered Bizarre, Sovereign; Flamed Bizarre, 

 Paxton; Feathered Bybleemen, Mrs. Pickeril ; Flamed Bybla^mtn. Talisman. 

 3, F. Richardson, Feathf red Rose, Heroiiie ; Flamed Rose, Royal; Feathered 

 Bizarre, Apelles; Flamed Bizarre. Dr Hardy ; Feathered Byblwmen, Adonis; 

 Flamed Byblo^men, Bessie. 4. E Booth, Feathered Rose, Mrs. Lea; Flamed 

 Bose, Aglaia ; Feathered Bizarre, Sovereign ; Flamed Bizarre, Paxton ; 

 Feathered Byblcemen, Adonis ; Flamed Byt- Icemen, Adonis. 



Three Featherfd, one in each clasf.-J,T. Haynes, Adonis, Heroine, and 

 Paxton. 2, — Huuseley, Mabel, Sovereign, and Adonis. 3, W. Whittaker, 

 Sstdling Rose, Demosthenes, and Violet Amiable. 4, C. Barnes, Sovereign, 

 Violet Amiable, and Mrs. Lea. 5, T. Lea, Industry, Bessie, and Seedling. 

 6, — Mellor. Paxton, Violet Amiable, and Heroine. 



Three Flames.— T. M'Uor. Masterpiece, Duchess of Sutherland, and Mabel. 

 2, — Haynes, Talisman, Paxton, and Aglaia. 3, C. Furman, Paxton. Sarah 

 Headly, and Duchess of Sutherland. 4. Rev. F. D. Horner, La Van Dikker, 

 Merit, and Duchess i.f Sutherland. 5, — War -le, Paxton, Sarah Headly, and 

 Adonis. 6, J. Hasne, Van Dikber, Prince of Wales, and Adonis 



Fairs, open to all, one Fiamed and one Feathered. — 1, ReV. F. D. Horner, 

 Adonis, flamed; Mrs, Lomax, foHthered. 2, T. Haynes, Salvator Rosa, 

 flamed; Masteipiec°, feathered. 8, 0. Forman, Duchess of Sutherland, 

 flamed; Heroine, feathered. 4, T. Mellor, Lord Denman, flamed; Master- 

 piece, feathered. 5, — Houheley, Paxton, flamed; Mrs. Lea, feathered. 



6, — Wardle, Dr. Hardy, flamed ; Heroine, feathered. 



Pairs, for Maiden Growers (who hove never won their Subs, at one Show). 

 — 1, — Peffg, two seedling Bizarre?. 2, — Dotchon, Captivator and Ma- 

 genta, feathered. 



Single Blooms.— Feathered Roses.— 1, 8, and 5, Rev. F. D. Horner, Count 

 de Vergenne. 2, — Colbert, Heroine. 4, — Wartlle, Circe. 6 and 9, W. 

 Whittaker, seedling and unknown. 7, T. Mellor, Charmer. 8, — Willison, 

 Aglaia. 10, — Haynes, unloiown. Feathered BizaiTcs. — 1, — Haynes, 

 Masterpiece. 2. — Williamson, John Sharp. 3, — Mellor, Storer's Seedlinj». 

 4 and 10, — Lea, James Lea and S^e^linp. 5 and 7, C. Forman, George Hay- 

 VTord and Lord Byron. 6, — Moor^, Paxton. 8, — Richardson, Demosthenes. 

 9, — Willison, J. Sanderson. Featlur'd Byblo^mens. — 1 and 5, — Haynes, 

 Mrs. Pickeril and Selena May. 2, \V. Whittaker, Adonis. 3, — Turner, Violet 

 Amiable. 4 and 6, — Richardson, Cupid and Queen of Denmark. 7, — 

 Cooper, Sarah. 8, — Willison, Mrs. Stowe. 9, D. WooUey, Bessie. 10, — 

 Mellor, Angelina. Flamed Eases. — 1 and 8, D. Woolley, Lady Sefton and 

 Arlette. 2, — Wardle, Lady C. Gordon. 3, — Barnes, La Van Dikker. 4, — 

 Mellor, Mabel. 5, — Murris, Aglaia. 6, — Barber, Royal. 7, 9, and 10, W. 

 Whittaker, Sarah Ann, Lady of the Lake, and N. Gibson. Flamed Bizarres. 

 — 1, J. Thurston, Paxton, 2, 3, 4, and 8, — Haynes, Ajax, Mrs. Lea, Dr. 

 Hardy and Pilot. 5, — Wardle, Lord Raglan. 6, — Lea, Prince of Wales. 



7, — Honseley, George Hay ward. Flamed Byblcemens. — 1, — Wardle, Duchess 

 of Satherlaud. 2, — Cooper, Lizzie. 3, W. Whittaker, Britannia. 4, Rev. 

 F. D. Horner, Talisman. 5, Willison, 690. 6, 7, and 8, — Hay nes, Martin's 

 101, and Duchess of Sutherland. 9, — Cooper, Director. 1*\ — Thurston, 

 Constant. 



Best Feathered Bloom in the jvhole Exhibition. Haynes, with Master- 

 piece. Best Flamed ditto.— W. Whittaker, with Paxton. 



NOTES ON VILLA, and SUBURBAN GARDENING. 



AcHiMENES AND Gesneras. — These are deservedly popular 

 plants with the professional gardener, and should also be bo 

 with the villa gardener. The merits of the first-named consist 

 in their being valuable decorative plants for a warm greenhouse 

 if the tubers are started early, but they will do well in the 

 ordinary greenhouse or amateur's conservatory if they can be 

 grown in their earliest stages in a heated frame, say among 

 encumbers or Melons. If from six to twenty tubers are placed 

 in a pot or pan they make sufficiently good specimens for the 

 decoration of any conservatory. 



I will name a few of the varieties which are grown for ordi- 

 nary decoration. These are Sir Treherne Thomas, a vigorous 



grower, and flowers a rich crimson ; Tubiflora, a purplish-red 

 flower, very ornamental, and quite a favourite; Mauve Perfec- 

 tion, a large flower and of good substance ; then comes Edmund 

 Bossier, a well-known favourite kind ; there is also A. Verschaf- 

 felti somewhat similar, but the flowers do not come large with 

 me ; Dr. Hopf, a good sort with white and red flowers ; Aurore, 

 scarlet, and yellow eye, and a good variety ; Carl Wolfarth, a well- 

 known sort and quite as effective as any other varieties named. 

 There are, of ci urec, numerous other sorts later introduced ; 

 among them is, I think, Rose Queen and Parsonii, Harry Wil- 

 liams aud Lady Lyttleton, which appear to be about the best, 

 but I do not grow them. 



The Achimenes does not require a great depth of soil, but 

 abundance of drainage is necessary. The tubers having fine 

 hair-like roots must be carefoUy treated as to watering. The 

 soil I have used successfully has been two gallons of turfy loam, 

 the turf pulled to pieces, one gallon of well-decayed but sifted 

 leaf soil, and about two double-handful a of thoroughly decayed 

 cow manure in a dry state, so as to be able to pass it easily 

 through a fine sieve : to this mixture a little powdered charcoal 

 and silver sand is added, mixing the whole well together with 

 the hand. The pots are well drained and filled with soil, which 

 is made moderately firm, up to within an inch of the lim, tho 

 tubers being selected and laid carefully over the surface ; these 

 are then just covered with silver sand. Before covering them, 

 if the soil is moderately moist, water will not be required for a 

 day or two. When the plants are well up great care is necessary 

 that some of their leaves do not get scalded by the moisture 

 laying on them when the sun is shining on them strongly; if 

 there is a chance of that the brightest rays must be kept from 

 them, but remember they do not like too much shade. 



As soon as the bloom buds appear it is time to stake-out the 

 shoots, and I know of no plants that give a better return for the 

 trouble of staking-out, for tbey can be trained to any shape 

 desired, and after staking the plants seem to grow much faster 

 and the foliage improves very perceptibly. 



As basket plants Achimenes are amongst the very best, for 

 they may be so trained for hanging as to hide the pots or 

 baskets they are growing in, forming perfect globes of flowers. 



Gesneras are stove plants, requiring rather more heat than 

 the Achimenes, but their foliage is perfect and handsome. They 

 require much the same treatment as to soil and drainage. I 

 have tried for two or three years in succession to note the 

 difference in the plants where good peat has been added instead 

 of leaf soil; but I think there is no advantage. Gesneras take 

 several months to come to perfection, but they are grand when 

 they are well grown. The best sorts are G. zebrina, G. cinna- 

 bariua, G. splendens, and refulgens. Great care is necessary to 

 keep the foliage in good order, for this is one of their greatest 

 ornaments. They are capital dinner-table plants, and the flowers 

 are produced on spikes which gradually lengthen and for a long 

 time produce a succession of bloom, which may be used for 

 various purposes. They are the more valuable because they 

 produce their flowers in autumn and winter when Buflioient heat 

 is afforded them. — Thomas Record. 



DOINGS OF THE LAST AND WORK FOR 

 THE PRESENT WEEK. 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



The early vegetable crops are very backward this season, 

 Sxcept where a little assistance has been given to them by a 

 temporary shelter of glass or canvas covering. We have found 

 the small glass coverings, invented by Mr. Rivers of Sawbridge- 

 worth to protect Vines, very useful for starting small crops such 

 as Lettuces and Carrots, or for bringing Cauliflowers on during 

 the early months of the year; but any covering (of course glass 

 is always to be preferred) that breaks the force of a keen frost- 

 wind, or that can be placed on in cold nights, leaving the crops 

 open by day, makes a week or two difference inearliness. Most 

 gardeners know the value of such aids to early crops, and there 

 are very few employers who do not value eailyPeas, Potatoes, 

 Cauliflowers, Dwarf Kidney Beans, &c. ; and yet they will in 

 many cases begrudge the outlay of a few pounds to provide their 

 gardener with the appliances that he desires. At the country 

 shows up to the middle of Jane in Essex Peas and Cauliflowers 

 were very poorly reprcEented. We gathered Laxton's William I. 

 on the 13th from the earliest border : they were just in, about 

 three days earlier a dish could not have been picked. Early 

 London Cauliflower was also in excellent order from plants put 

 out in the autumn under hand-lights, aud the coverings could 

 not be removed until April. 



The advantage of deep trenching and placing good manure at; 

 the bottom has been very apparent in the growth of the Peas 

 this year, as the crops on ordinary worked ground are very poor 

 indeed. April is usually showery, but our rainfall from the 

 Ist of April to the middle of June has been but 2 30 inches. On 

 the evening of June 15th 6 5 inches fell. Mildew and thrips are 

 very destructive to the crops of Peas in dry seasons, but they 

 are not so subject to thefe blights under deep cultivation. 



