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JOURNAL OF HORTIOULTURK AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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where they can have more heat. The plants are well syrioged 

 twice daily, and besides artificial heat, the honee ia shut up 

 early, say at 4 p.m. It is necessary to shade when the sun acts 

 directly upon the tilass. Small plants have been repotted ; 

 good turfy peat without any other mixture is the best potting 

 material for Azaleas. The pots mast al>-o be drained well, and 

 some fibry material be placed over the drainage to prevent the 

 finer particles from mixiug with it. Azaleas when making their 

 growth require considerable supplies of water, and if it cannot 

 pass through the pot freely the peat becomes soured, the foliage 

 assumes an unhealthy tint, and the chances are that the plant is 

 dead before the cultivator knows it, unless he has large experi- 

 ence in plant-culture. A few Carnations and Picotees arranged 

 amongst the plants have a very good effect, and the run flowers 

 of Carnations are quite as attractive to the uninitiated as are 

 the pure flowers, and they are very useful for cutting; indeed, 

 some that run to selfs of the scarlet and purple shades are even 

 more useful for this purpose. 



The pendant drops of the Fuchsia ought not to be dispensed 

 with in the greenhouse all through the summer. It is thought 

 to be a common flower, and therefore not aristocratic enough 

 for some. Those who would like to see this old favourite trained 

 to the best advantage should visit Mr. Fraser's nursery in the 

 Lea Bridge Road, London. They are trained to the rafters of 

 his show house, and the effect of the crimson and white drops 

 pendant overhead is charming. Not all the varieties are adapted 

 for this mode of culture. Those grown and recommended by 

 Mr. Fraser are Arabella, white tube and rose-coloured corolla; 

 Delight, crimson tube and sepals, white corolla; Hugh Miller, 

 tube and sepals pink, purple corolla ; Noblesse, crimson sepals, 

 dark violet corolla ; Suowdrop, scarlet sepals, white corolla. 

 These are all single varieties. Amongst the double sorts are 

 foand the following: Alpha, tube and sepals red, corolla blue; 

 Avalanche, carmine tube and sepals, violet corolla; Diadem, 

 tube and sepals red, dark violet corolla; Empress, tube and 

 sepals white, red corolla ; La Neige, tube and sepals red, pure 

 white corolla; MarC-chal McMahon, tube and sepals bright red, 

 plum corolla. Fuchsias require to be potted in rich turfy loam, 

 and when growing freely they require plenty of water. 



Training the young growths of Lapageria. The white-flowered 

 sort is even more robust iu its growth than the older red variety. 

 They are now growing freely, and the young shoots require to 

 be carefully handled, as they are easily bruised. The best 

 trellis to train them to is one of iron wires placed a foot apart, 

 the intermediate spaces to be filled with string. The shoots 

 may be allowed to twine round this, but not round the wires. 

 The plants ought now to be syringed daily.— J. Douglas. 



HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 

 Seobetaries will oblige us by informing U3 of the dates on 

 which exhibitions are to be held. 



Darlington.— July 16th, at Southend, William Hodgson, Sec. 



Coventry {at Coombe Abbey).— August 17th. Mr. T. Wigston, 3, Portland 



Terrace, Sec. 

 Bbamley.— July 19th and 20th. Mr. R. Foi, Sec. 

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

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



Waddell, Sec. 

 Cleckheaton.— July 24th. Mr. S. H. Williamson Hon.-Sec. 

 Bridge.- July 27th. Mr. E. Hardeman, Hon.-Sec. 

 Preston.- July 28th and 29th. Mr. W. Troughton, 4, Churdh Street, 



Hon.-Sec. 

 Shrewsbory.— July 29th and 30th. Mr. H. W. Adnitt, Hon.-Sec. 

 SoDTHAMPTON.—July Slsc and August 2nd. Mr. C. S. Fuidge, 82, York 



Street, Lower Avenue, Sec. 

 Sedgely (Cottagers).- August 3rd. Mr. W. M. Hughes, Sec. 

 Weston-super-Mare. —August 4th. Mr. W. B. Frampton, Sec. 

 Ilkeston and Shipley.— August 4th and 5th. Mr. E. Blount, Sec. 

 Newport (Monmouthshire).— August 5th. 

 Otley.— August 7th. Mr. Jno. Lee, Hon.-Sec. 

 Eossendale—Newchubch.— August 7th. Mr. M. J. Lonsdale, Newchurch, 



Sec. 

 Canterbury.- Angust 12th. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*^* All correspondonce 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 

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

 cannot reply to questions through the post. 

 Wild Rose in Ireland —Rev. S. A. Erenan, Pomeroy Eectory, Co. Ty- 



one, writes, " In your issue of Jaly the 1st, answering the query in regard to 



a Eose which I sent to be named, you mention that you would wish to know 



the cireumstances of the Eose which you state is apparently ' Eosa Gallica.' 

 It is very common in the Co. Tyrone, Monaghno, and Fermanagh, growing in 

 hedges and by riversides away from houbee, seemingly in a wild state, which 

 has puzzled mo, as no notice seems to have been taken of it by botanists." 



Eose for Wall of Vinery U. L. C.1. — No Eose that we know would 

 give satisfaction trained to the back wall of a vinery, the position being too 

 dark from being shaded by the Vines; but if, of course, it were cnly mode- 

 rately shaded Miss Gray (Noisette) or Mari-chal Niel (Tea-scentedJ would 

 answer. We do not remember having overlooked your query. 



Evergreen for North Aspect ililcm). — Cntoneahter microphylla would 

 suit, and for a north wall nothing ia finer than Jasmiuum nudiflurum, which 

 fliiwers in winter, but it ia not evergreen. Berberis Darwini might aleo 

 probably succeed. For a north aspect nothing is comparable to Ivy in its 

 greeu and variegated varieties. 



Large Fungtts iC. B.]. — The large fnngua of which you have sent ft 

 portion is the " Giant Puff Ball," and is edible. You may conk them thus : — 

 "Slice them an innh thick; have ready some chopped herbs, pepper, and 

 salt; dip the slices of Puff Ball into yolk of epg, and sprinkle the herbs upon 

 them ; fry in fresh butter, and eat immediately. They are lighter and more 

 wholesome than egg omelettes, and resemble brain fritters," so eays Mrs. 

 Hussey. 



Dahlias (Delia Rocca). — The cause of your Dahlias making roots hut no 

 top-growth is, we imagine, the results of overdrying the roots during the 

 winter. If kept too dry the crowns shrivel and the buds are killed, while the 

 more fleshy part of the tubers remain sound and emit roots. 



CATERPiLLAJt iBiccps}.— The caterpillar crawled out of the box and dis- 

 appeared. Could you send us another ? 



CoNOPHALLUS BDLBiFERUS (H. G. W.). — This is quite a different plant 

 from " Lords and Ladies," though it belongs to the same natural order. 



Seedling Pansy (Viola).— The flower was completely shrivelled up, bat 

 we could see that the colour is good. 



Green Eose (H. W. Lowe). — The green Boae is n^t at all uncommon. 

 You will see it figured and many notices of it in our twenty-third volume. 



Chequer oh, Cheke Thee (J. P.). — This is Pyrus torminalis. 



Herba-Riom Specimens (G. B.}.— Apply to Mr. F. Y. Brocas, 4, MiU 

 Street, Hanover Square, W. He may also be able to inform you where the 

 seeds are to be had. 



Hybridisation (P. Stubbs). — There is no work on "artificial hybridisa- 

 tion " that we know of. There is no difficulty in performing the operation iu 

 an ordinary way, which may be done thu8:^\Vheu yon have chosen the two 

 plants which you intend to hybridise, and decided which of them is to ba the 

 seed- bearer, remove from this all the stamens as soon as the flower is suffi- 

 ciently expanded to enable you to do so. See that the anthers have not yet 

 burst and distributed their pollen on the pistil. Then take from the other 

 plant some of its pollen on the point of a camel's-hair pencil, and apply it to 

 the tip of the pistil, which is called the stigma, of the other, and that ia all 

 that is needful for you to do, Nature will do the rest. 



Plants for Spring Bedding (Paul). — Excepting annuals you have put 

 off until too late the sowing of seed of some plants which are useful for spring 

 bedding. We name a few for autumn sowing — Collinsia verna, Lasthenia 

 cahfornica, Linnanthes Dou^lasi, Nemophila insignis and its white variety, 

 N. maculata purpurea. Pyrethrum Golden Feather may be sown for its 

 foliage, also Dell's Crimson Beet, Saponaria calabrica and its white variety, 

 Silene pendula alba, S. pendula compacta and its white variety, and Silene 

 pendula ruberrima. 



Propagating Gooseberry and Currants (Serjeant). — Take cuttings ot 

 the current year's growth iu the autumn when the leaves have fallen, and cufc 

 into lengths of about a foot, removing all the eyes except the four uppermost, 

 removing the weaker part of the cuttings—viz., the points, and cut trans- 

 versely below the lowest eye or joint, and insert in rows a foot apart, and the 

 cuttings about 3 inches asunder, putting them in the soil about 6 inches, and 

 make the soil firm about them. They will be fit to transplant the autumn 

 following. What other fruit is it you wish to know how to propagate ? The 

 Apple tree "broken off" at IS inches from the ground we should securely 

 stake it there is any portion of bark left unbroken, and then bind the stem 

 over the broken part, and so as to bring close any splinters, with soft rope, 

 bringing it above and below tho broken part as far at least as the rent ex- 

 tends, and cover this with a pigment of cow dung aud clay well worked into a 

 stifiish mortar-like consistence, and cover the wounded part as in grafting^ 

 adding a little moss on the surface to keep from cracking. It may be sprinkled 

 every day with water, which besides keeping the pigment from cracking will 

 assist the flow of tbc sap. If there is no live bark your only plan will be to 

 wait until spring and then graft. 



Soil for Scarlet Geraniums (B. L. B.). — For the pot plants we advise 

 an admixture of three parts turfy loam, enriched with a part each of leaf soil 

 and well rotted manure, with a sixth of silver sand, and good drainage. 

 Those in the beds we should mulch with short manure, and point it in with a 

 fork if you can do so without injtuy to the plants, but do not disturb the 

 roots. The mulch may be put on an inch thick, watering freely during i.lry 

 weather. Do not remove the plants for the adding of fresh soil, but give the 

 beds a liberal dressing in the autumn of turfy loam, rather strong in texture 

 as jour soil ia light, and manure freely, digging it deeply in before winter. 

 This will make the soil more retentive of muisture, and will not cauee gross- 

 ness in growth, as would probably be the case were the manuring deferred 

 until spring. 



Pelargonium Show {A Weekly Subscriber). — Anybody may compete at 

 the Pelargonium Show, whether a member or not. 



Seedling Geranium (fl. it S.).— We cannot call to mind anything that 

 tallies with the description you give of your sport, but the varieties of all 

 kinds of the Pelargonium are so numerous now that it ia difficult to speak 

 positively. Send it up to the Floral Committee of the Eoyal Horticultural 

 Society. 



Zonal Pelargoniums (Subscriber),— The names of the raisers are given 

 in parenthesis— Hector, scarlet (Bull), Hector, rose (G. Smith), Warrior (G- 

 Smith), Clipper iBuU), La Grande (G. Smith). We have no record ot the 

 raisers of the contiuental varieties which you name. 



Camellia Leaves Scorched (F. O. ,1/.).— We do not think the scorching 

 is due to deficient ventilation, but to a lens in the glass. You can easily by 

 examination ascertain if this is so. It is easily preventible by applying » 

 thin covering of whiting mixed with milk to the glass, and thos secure a 

 partial shade, which is essential to the health of Camellias. 



