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JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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flowering; they make a very fine display nnlil the Chrysfln- 

 themnms are ready, and therfl is very great variety in the 

 colours — piuk, rose, scarlet, and crimson heing represented in 

 interminable shades ; and then how easily they are grown ! Any- 

 body with a notion of potting a plant can grow them well, and 

 what is perhaps as much in their favour as anything is their 

 entire freedom from insect pests. 



Hardwooded plants require to he watched for spider and mil- 

 dew. Heaths are vtry liable to the attacks of thia parasite. 

 Erica Maasonii, and all similarsorts with that peculiar cobwebby 

 appearance on the leaves, suffer severely if nob taken in time. 

 The best way to apply sulphur is to lay the plants on their sides 

 over a large sheet of paper and thoroughly dust the leaves and 

 BtemK until they are quite covered with the powder. If the 

 plant is then gently shaken the superfluous sulphur will fall ou 

 the paper and none will be wasted. If the plants are dredged 

 in an upright position the sulphur falls into the pot, and if it ia 

 not removed the roots are injured by it. Ou one occasion we 

 were recommended to apply sulphur to destroy moss on the 

 surface of some Camellia pots; it killed the moss and some of 

 the plants, and others were much injured. 



The Hyacinths will soon be potted for the earliest flowers. 

 The bulbs should be potted as soon as they come in from the 

 nursery, and the pots plunged somewhere in the open ground in 

 leaf mould, or cocoa-nut fibre refuse is good if it can be obtained. 

 It will be time enough to pot the bulbs for late flowering about 

 the end of October. — J. Douglas. 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading. — Catalogue of Bulbous 

 Floiver Hoofs, Plants, d-c. 



Peter S. Robertson & Co., 33, St. Andrew's Sqnare, Edinburgh. 

 — Descriptive Catalogue of Dutch Flower Roots. 



William Paul, Waltham Cross, London, N. — Catalogue of 

 Bulbs, Camellias, tC-c. 



HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 

 Secretaries will oblige us by informing us of the dates on 

 which exhibitions are to be held. 



Dundee.— Angust 26th, 27th, and 2Sth. Mr. R. McKelvie, 51, Reform Street, 



See. 

 ■Wakefield.— August 28th. Mr. A. Holroes (Pariah Clerb), Sec. 

 CmpPENHAM. — August 3lBt. Mr. Alfred Wright, Sec. 

 Deal and Walmer. — AuRuat Slst. 



Bath.— September Ist aod 2Dd. Mr. B. Pearsou. 13, Milaom Street, Sec. 

 Great Yarmouth.— September 2nd. Mr. S. Aldred, Hon. -Sec. 

 Niton and Whitwell.— September 2Qd. Mr. E. W. Berry, Hon.-Rec. 

 Alexandra Palace (International Fruit Show). — September 2nd, 3rd, and 



4th. Mr. A. MoKenzie, Sec. 

 South op Scotland. — To be held at Dumfries, September 3rd. Mr. J. 



Blount Dinwiddie, 11, Buccleuch Street, Damfrifls, Hon. -Sec. 

 Crystal Palace Company. — Autumn Fruit and Flower Show, September 



7th to 9th — Sec, F. W. Wilson. Bees and their appiiancea, September 



21at to 23rd— Sec, J. Hunter. 

 Glasgow.— September 8th. Mr. F.G. DouKall. 1G7, Cannine Street, Sec. 

 Kilmarnock. — September 10th. Mr. M. Smith, 11. King Street, Sec. 

 Stamford (Bdrghley pARK).^September 15th and 16th. Messrs. Johnson 



and Laxton, Hon.-Seca. 

 Long Sutton. — September 22nd and 23rd. Mr. J. W. Swaiu, Sec. 

 Royal Horticultural Society of Aberdeen. — September 23rd. Mr. 



A. J. Rennie, 123A, Union Street, Aberdeen, Sec. 

 Alexandra Palace (Potatoes). — September 29th and SOfch. Mr. P. McKin- 



lay, 23, Upper Thames Street, London, Hon. -Sec. 

 Jersey. — Autumn October 13th, Chrysanthemums November 10th. Major 



Howell, Spring Grove, St. Lawrence, Hon. Sec. 



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 so subjects them to un- 

 justifiable trouble and expense. 



Correspondents should not mis upon 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. 



i.^" Wo request that no perishable fruits be sent at present, as our authority 

 for naming fruits is absent for a time. 



Books (St. Vinct'nt B.). — To contain descriptions of all the varieties of 

 floristB' flowers would require a very large volume. Our " Florists' Flowers " 

 enumerate small selections. Ton can have a copy free by post if you enclose 

 five postage stamps with yonr full address. 



Vine and Peach Shoots Destroyed (E. F. Bradley).— "We never saw 

 trees so abandoned to disease. The Peach shoots are ruined by the turtle 

 scale (Aspidititus conchiformis). Brush the shoots, without touchini;' the 

 leaves, with ammoniacalliquor from thegasworks. The Vines have been ruined 

 by want of water and mildew. Water freely and thin out all the buret berries. 

 We fear they are in a hopeless Btate for this year. 



Saline M.^nure for PorATOES (C. L. J).).— If you refer to p. 134 you 

 will see that the quantity of each salt for an acre is specified. We certainly 

 should not mis them with farmyard manure, but sprinkle them on the surface 

 just before the first hoeiog. 



Mav Queen Geranium (W. 8. R).— We think the specimenB are of that 

 variety, and as it ia not a Tricolor that would dinqualify the exhibit. 



CEnotheras (J. P. ^.).— The flowers were entirely faded. If you can pro- 

 pagate the pink sport it will bo an accession, but we (ear that you will find it 

 not permanent. 



White Everlastino ThOWEns.—'* A. B." finds they become rather brown 

 in drying, and wishes to know if this can be prevented. If not, they may, 

 before being used for decoration, bo dipped into a weak solution of bleaching 

 powder, which may bo obtained of any chemist. 



Snowflake Potato.— Mr. C. Turiior, gardener to H, Beevor, Esq., near 

 Worksop, says that 1 lb. of seed has produced 6^ lbs. 



Fungus {S. A. Brenan). — If you compare your plant with a specimen of 

 the true Mushroom you will find the two to be very different species. For 

 instance, your fungus has no riu;,' round the stem, a character which is 

 always present in the Mushroom, and the iii\U of your plant run down the 

 stem instead of suddenly twisting up near its insertion as in the Mushroom. 

 Your fungus is Au'aricus prunulu^; it is edible, and generally highly 

 esteemed. [Fhicaslh). —Tho scientific name of the disa:;jieeable fungus 

 known as the ' Wuod Witch" is Phallus impudicue. We know not whether 

 it is poisonous or not, but judging from its horrible and disgusting odour we 

 should think it hardly worth a serious trial. 



Thrips on Vines and Ferns (R. H. F., Vor?:).— Yours is a very bad case, 

 and you must have prompt recourse to remedial measures. In the first place 

 remove the Camellias, Azaleas, Pelargouiiimn, and hardy Ferns, and stand 

 them iu a shady place out of doors, aud^there syriuRe them thoroughly, ap- 

 plying the solution to every part. When you have taken the plants from the 

 vinery then syringe heavily the Vines, walls, woodwork, &c., with soft-soap 

 water of a strength of 3 ozs. per gallon, with a sixth part of tobacco water 

 added. Do this on two Buccossive evenings, and repeat the dose weekly for a 

 month. By that means you may destroy the thrips which are devouring your 

 Vines, and which will certainly do them permanent injury if not at once 

 eradicated. The plants may remain in the open air so long as they are safe 

 from frost and heavy autumn rains. Use the solution at a temperature of 

 liiO'^ and but little sediment will be left behind, and what little there is may 

 be removed by a thorough washing with pure water very early the following 

 morning. If the Grapes are ripe we would advise you to cut most of them 

 with 6 inches of the wood attached, and insert in bottles of water and keep 

 in a cool room. They will keep as well there as on the Vines in the state 

 yours are. Better, however, that a portion of the crop be sacrificed than that 

 the Vines themselves he destroyed by the myriads of insects affecting them. 



FftuiT Trees fob Hoube Walls (Selly Park).— A. south-east aspect is 

 not very good for Peaches or Nectarines. Violet Hative Peach and Violet 

 HativeiSIectarine are most lihely to Hucceed. A suitable Apricot is Moorpark. 

 The best Plums are Greeu Gage, Transparent Gage, and Coe's Gulden Drop. 

 The soil will suit the whole, it being efficiently drained; but we should plant 

 with some good turfy loam three parts, and one part each of old mortar 

 rubbish and well-rotted manure thoroughly mixed. The south-west aspect 

 would suit a Pear— Mirie Louise, and the north-east would answer for Pear 

 Jargonelle or Morello Cherry. 



Vines for Greenhouse {Ith-m).-~Hhree suitable kinds are Black Ham- 

 burgh, Madresfield Court, and Foster's White Seeiling. If you can have a 

 border of 3 feet or so inside the house in which to plant the Vines, the front 

 wall being arched to allow of the roots passing outside, we should advise that 

 in preference to all outside borders. Particulars for forming a border were 

 given last week, page 167, in answer to " A. M. B." 



Strawberries for Sandy Soil {An Irish Subscriber).— KeenB,' Seedling, 

 Sir Joseph Paxton, President, and Due de Malakoff are with us the best upon 

 light soil, also the one you name. Bicton Pine. They, upon such soil, ought 

 to remain only two years, the ground being well trenched and manured, and 

 the runners planted 2 feet apart every wav as early in the season as they can 

 be obtained. Of the four kinds named President does the best. Particulars 

 of culture you will find given from time to time in " Doings of the Past and 

 Present Weeks." The Birmingham brush-rake is a trade article ; you will 

 require to have one made. 



Wintering Lantanas (I«f*'m).— They succeed admirably if kept in a 

 greenhouse with only water sufficient to keep the wood fresh, otherwise keep- 

 ing them dry, and in February or March prune them well in, leaving a few 

 eyes upon each shoot of last year's growth, and repot when they have broken 

 freely, having shoots about an inch long, and, removing most of the old soil, 

 returu to the same size of pot, and keep rather close and moist, sprinkling 

 overhead frequently until the potting is recovered, then afford a liaht and 

 airy position. Young plants struck now will winter safely in a light airy 

 position in a greenhouse, with water only to keep them fresh. 



Seedling Cyclamen Culture iNfw Subscriber, Brighton).— The -plants 

 should be taken up carefully and potted separately in 3-inch pots, just cover- 

 ing the corm with soil, or about a (piarter of an inch deep, and after potting 

 place them in a cold frame, keeping cIoko, moist, and shaded from sun. If 

 you have beat— a moist genial atmosphere as that of a hotbed or cool stove — ■ 

 tbey would be the better placed therein, and continued in it until they are 

 advanced for flowering ; but as you may not have those conveniences, con- 

 tinue them in the frame, admitting air moderately, and in October remove to 

 the grsenhouse. A compost of two parts turfy loam, half a part each leaf 

 soil and sandy peat, with a sixth of silver sand, well mixed and made rather 

 fine, but not sifted. Provide good drainage, and shift into larger pots as they 

 fill with roots, but keeping them under rather than overpotted, and well sup- 

 plied with water. 



Greenhouse {Idem).—\Ye could not select a greenhouse for you, but you 

 may do so by referring to our advertising columns ; or if you were to write to 

 one of the horticultural builders stating what you wish, you would have 

 designs and estimates submitted for your approval. 



Nertera seapanoides and Siisthobpia europ.ba variegata Culture 

 (A Subscriber siJiee 1856).— Both refiuire to be grown in eandy peat soil with 

 one-third of jellow loam, and to be in pans well drained so as to allow of the 

 water passing away freely. Water very frefly, never allowin;^ to became dry, 

 and keep in the shade, and winter in a cold frame or a cool greenhouse. In 

 summer, or after May, the plants beiug well hardened off, success is best 

 attained by growing on a north harder or the northern side of rockwork, 

 where they will be screened from direct sun and have the benefit which free 

 exposure and the coolness with moisture affcirded by the northerly aspect. 



