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JOURNAL OF HOBTICOLTUBE AND COTTAGE GAfiDENEB. 



[ October 14, 1875. 



The grass edgings and lawn mnst also be kept neat and trim. 

 In many gardenb there is a tendency to relax the attention that 

 has been bestowed incessantly daring the Bommer months ; this 

 Bhonld not be, and until the irost kills the plants we mast labour 

 to preserve neatness. 



Excepting a few Tricolor Pelargoniums that had been dag np 

 and potted, a sofBcient stock of all other plants were obtained 

 from cuttings. If it is necessary to lift a quantity of Pelargo- 

 niums it ought to be done at once, to allow of the plants being 

 established before the winter months. A very large proportion 

 of the oldest leaves should be removed before potting, for if the 

 leaves are left on they will decay and have to be removed in a 

 few days, and bv removing them before potting much after- 

 labour will be avoided. Cuttings of shrubby Calceolarias have 

 been put into boxes; these are placed in a frame against a north 

 wall until roots are formed, when the boxes are removed to a 

 more open place. . ^ 



We have planted out the Pinks in beds, but it has required 

 some ingenuity to have the ground dry enough for planting. 

 The beds had frequently to be forked over, and some very dry 

 mould from the surface of the Vine borders mixed with the soil 

 ■was of much benefit. The plants are put out in beds at the 

 distance of a foot apart each way. Cloves have also been taken 

 from the parent plants where they were layered, and planted in 

 the place where they will flower. Carnations and Picotees that 

 ■were potted a few weeks ago are now rooting freely. The lights 

 are entirely removed frcm the frames by day, and placed OTer 

 the plants at night or to throw off heavy rains. Miss Joliffe, 

 which is usually claFsed amongst the perpetual-flowering Car- 

 nations, is quite different in habit from the usual type of them. 

 Plants that were propagated from cuttings early in the year are 

 now in fall flower. They are now out of doors, and have been 

 in the same position all through the summer months. It would 

 be well worth a trial to plant a bed of this variety from spring- 

 struck cuttings. The plants would flower about the end of Sep- 

 tember or early in Octobtr, and would be quite a novel feature 

 in the garden. — J. Douglas. 



TBADE CATALOGUES BECEIVED. 



Jonathan Booth, Pole Lane, Failsworth, Manchester. — 

 Catalogue of Carnations, Picotees, Finks, and other Florists' 

 I'lntcers. 



Eag. Verdier Fils Ain§, 72, Bue Dunois, V&iis.—List of New 

 Hoses 



Andre Leroy, Pros la Station du Chemin de Fer, Angers.— 

 Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees. 



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 writo privately to any 

 of our correspondents, as doing so subjects them to un- 

 justifiable trouble and expense. 

 Election of Eoees— The retnrniiig cfficfr would feel oliligca by all lists 

 being Bent in by tte 20th Octcbcr, as he hi pes to have the portion pertaining 

 to the newer varieties in the itsue of the lirst week in November. His ad- 

 dresH is, Mr. -T. eeiih Hinton, W arminster, 



AiDSESS (C. Z.).— Wo cannot name a dealer. See advertisement in onr 

 colnmns last week. 



EoBE Trees MinnE-n-Er— Clematises (C. T.).— The Eoses, though yonr 

 lionse maj be in a low end ibady situation, may snffer from mildew owing 

 to want of water at the roots, especially as they are framed against the house 

 ■where ihe «• il is dry. Mildew is of two or three kinds. One is promoted by 

 a check to the sap caused by want of water ; auother kind by damp, owing 

 to stagnant air. The best Cleniatises are Jackmanni, Kubro-violacea, lanu- 

 ginosa. Miss Balfman, and Lady Londesborongh. There are none that bloom 

 either more lieely or so cominuously as Jackmanni. Do not discard your 

 Eosea till you have tried liberal treatment with plenty of liquid manure. 



Peas f-'R Exhibition {One in a fij:i.— Ci>mmander-in-Chief. James's 

 Prdific, Dr. Hogg. Connoisseur, Omtga, G. F. "Wilton, Duke and Duchess of 

 Hdfnburgb, and Be^t of All have been exhibited to pteat a-ivantage at the 

 principal shows this season. Mr. Turner's coming Pea Dr. Maclean is a grand 

 variety. 



Large Green Gooseberries (Irfcm).— General, Green London, Shiner, 

 Tbnmper, Telegraph, and StockweU. 



STRi^n-BERjilES IN AuTDMN (Mts! B.).— 'Weare glad to hear of yoursuccces. 

 It is common fur plants which have been forced in the spring to bear an 

 autumn ciop after being planted out, but not usual for estabUshtd plants 

 to do so. 



Forcing Ln-v of Vallet (P.P. S.).— Pot theclampiin two parts loam 

 and one part leaf njonld or old mouldy manure. Do not fill the pots too full 

 of soil and nearly cover the crowns. Plunge them in cocoa-ont bbre, cover- 

 ing them sliehily, and in January introduce them into a gentle heat. I' they 

 can be plungtd in a bed of leaver attoroing a gentle bottom heat, it will be 

 advisable i o do so. 'When in active growth place them in a light positlun near 

 the glans. The time of flowering deperds entirely on the time they are in- 

 troduced into heat and the temperature which is kept up. The temperature 

 which is given to Viues will be suitable for them, for the increaso of beat 

 which is needed as the Vines grow will be correct also for the Lilies. You 

 cannot have anything better than cocoa-nut fibre as a plunging material lor 

 ;oQr Hyacinths. 



EAEL-sr Beatrice and Eably Locise Peaches (F. 0. M.).—The Early 

 Beatrice is the earlier of the two, and the earliest of all Peaches. Ihe Early 

 Louiee is a little later, but is a larger and finer fruit. 



Tenant Bemovino Rose Trees (An Old SubtcribeT).—i. tenant bavin; 

 planted in the garden of which he is the tenant Eose trees of any kind, or 

 any other tree, shiub, or plant, has no right when leaving to take them or 

 any one of thtm away unless the landlord gives him permission. 



■S'lNES Unhealthy (A Sulscrihir).—1aie ofi the surlace soil from the 

 border iust baling the roots, and replace with 4 iccbes of fresh soil, and il 

 leaves and charcial can bo added all the better; over this place 6 inches of 

 rich manure, and the rains will wash in its viituts. Ilou have done right in 

 thinning the wood, and if jou now apply flie heat with air and a dry atmo- 

 sphere it will ripen, and Grapes will follow in due course. 



Vabiocs Kei'dses for Mani-re {Bowton}.— The sulphate of lime is a 

 uselul manure for Cloveis, and the spent tamer's baik as it slowly decom- 

 posed would afford some nutriment to the grass; but that decomposition la 

 very slow. Tanner's bark kept in a hiap until oecajed is a good manore. 

 Gas lime and sulphate of lime mixed with night soil as a disinfectant would 

 be a good manore for all kitchen garden purposes. To Buse trees the quantity 

 applied should be small. 



Maooots at the Boots op Pot Plants (TT. S.).— Themaggots are oidy 

 due to the piesente of decaying matter in the soil and may be destrojeilby 

 soaking the plants, alter sicpp-ng the holes of the pots with clay, with dear 

 lime water, which may be maue by pouring water to lime in a tub at the rate 

 of three gallons to a pound of trish lime, ana al owed to stand forty-eight 

 hours, and then employ the clear lime water. The pots shoold be deluged 

 with water for about three hours, and then have the drainage set iiee by re- 

 moving the clay sttipping. 



Evergreen and otbee Shrubs foe Small Garden (B. H.).— Aucuba 

 japoniia, Berheris Darwinii, B. aquifolia; Boxus artioreacens and var. margi- 

 natus, and Handswoithianus; common and PonUbal Laurels, Lex Hodginsl, 

 and the Mlver and Gold Variegated Hollies, Cuprestus Lawsoniana and var. 

 stricla, Juniperus hibemiia, Taxue baccata pjramioalis, T. elegantissrma, 

 T fastigiata; Ihujopsis borealis. Thuja plicaia, and I. aurea. The preced- 

 ing are all evergreen, and to those add Khododeudrons. Deciduous trees are 

 Double Scarlet, Double Pmk, and Double ^\hlte Thorns, and bcolch La- 

 burnum (as etandards for the outsidel, Deutzia cienata Hore-pleno, Kibes 

 sanguinenm and lis vaiiety album, Spirsa aria;folia, ajringa persica and var. 

 alba. Those will be ample, and all are very hardy. 



Storing Filberts (fe/ixi.— Remove them from the busks, and store 

 away in earthenware jars or packed in dry sand, and place them in a cold and 

 rather damp cellar. If you wish to retain them in the husks have them 

 thorou"bly cry and place in the jars packed in silver sand, also thoroughly 

 dry, an°d place in a coi 1 rather damp oehar. 'WalnutB may bo kept m the 

 same way, but " hulled" of course. 



FONGCS Rings on Grass (S. M.).— The cause may be doe to the dryness 

 and ptcuharily of soil, hut tho efieot is the luugus growing in cucles, and it 

 may be destroyed by making holes about ini;h..»dtep, and giving a thorough 

 soakiog of lime water. SmaU holes will answer, thoroughly saintating the 

 ground. 



Trees for Blind (E. O. H.).— Lombardy Poplar is of quick and close 

 growth, and the best of all deciduous trees for the purpose you name. Syca- 

 moie ia also quick-growing, and though good in summer is u .t nearly so good 

 in winter as the Lombaroy Poplar from its closer growth. The best evergreens 

 are Corsican Pine, Scotch Fir, and Austrian Pine, but the most beautiful and 

 equally eflective are the American Arbor-Vitai and Lawaon'a Cypress, ibese 

 glow at a rate of about hall that of the deciduous trees. 



Dahlias Broken bv Wind (A Seginmr).—1<, wiU not make any diHerence 

 to the stormg and growth of the shoots from the tubers in spring, lake 

 them up at once and store away alter drying in sand in a place safe from 

 frost, bit as cool otherwi.e as possible. The ground for Dahlias ought to be 

 well trenched, very liberally manured, and thrown-up roughly lor the winter 

 durin" dry weather in November, throwing it level by forkuig-over the first 

 dry w°eather af^er February. No manure will be required at planting time, 

 but some rich eoil should be placed aroundeich plant, supplementmg it by 

 mulching and copious waterings. 



Plants foe Outdoor Hasoinq Basket (TT. A. Groin).— For a basket of 

 the size you name we should have the different varieues of Ivy-leaved 

 Geranium, as the white and pink-flowered, and the variegated Silver Gem 

 with pmk flowers, and L'iligante variegated kind with white flowers. Pnt m 

 a ulaut of the kinus n.-.n,ed at the corner of the basket, and between each a 

 nlant of Lyslmacbia .•mmmularia, and have iu the c^nlre a good plant of 

 Tropa^olum Ball of Ki.e. The basket should be done-up early in April, using 

 ricn soil and by "r' ^ing-on in a greenhouse, and hardening well ofl, it wlil bo 

 iu fine condition by the end 01 May lor suspendmg outdoors. Water very 

 Uberaliy during the summer, and give hquid manure twice a-week. 



Definition of Pink, Clote Cabnation, and Picotee (Bom).— The 

 Pink difiers from a Carnation in being of lesser growth m aU us part*, and 

 the flowers are ■' laced," or have a circular stupe neai- the edge of each petal, 

 and have an edge of white both outside and inside, the ground Colour being 

 White T. e Clove Carnation has the edges of the petals se riated, the colour, 

 stripes, or flakes, or splashes running from the edge to the centre of the 

 flo.ers ■ or the flowers are sell-coloured, and all have the odour of Cloves. 

 Ihe Carnation has the marks on its petals from the centre to the edge, and 

 through the edge in flakes or stripes of colour. The Picotee has its coloured 

 marking only on the outer edge of its petals.. The characteristics and 

 piope, ties of each may be learned from oar "Fioiiats' Flowers,' Iree by post 

 Irom our office lor &d. 



Sand and Salad Oil as a Feetilisee (G. C.).— It will make an eiceUent 

 fertiliser. 



Rose House (E. B.).— Your house, we presume, from having to be fixed 

 a-ain»t a south wall, will be a lean-to; but we should have it, nevei-ibeless, a 

 hlll-spao. The width, 21 feet inside measurement, will b>»6 you S Jeet lor 

 border all around the outside. 3 feet for each pa hway. and a ce»tral bed of 

 a feet. All the Roses to be planted-out, the walls to be buUt in Ihe arched 

 fashion, or pillars of a brick and half -sith 'i-feet openings between, and 

 arched over just below the ground level; thi. wiU permit of the loots psaslng 

 Irom the inside to an outside border. The border to be 2 feet 6 luohes deep 

 with 9 mches of drainage, and having drains not less than 9 feet ap.r. with 

 proper tall and outlet. Good sound rather strong turfy loam with a third ot 

 well-rotted nanure and an eighth of hall-inoh bones would form a suitable 

 ,.., ,i.„ i,..,H.., Ihe walla we abould not take up higher than a feet 



compost for the border. 



