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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



{ October 28, 1875. 



Faueube Apple (G.J?.). — Tbis the pynciDyme of De Neipe; tUe fnllowiBg 

 isthe depcription piven in Dr. HoRg's "Frnit Manual:'* — "Fruit about the 

 mediiun size, 2^ inches broad and 2 inches high ; roundish, sometimes oblate. 

 Skin tend*]-, tmcotb, and ehiniDg, of a beautiful pale waxen yellow colour, 

 tinged with pale red on the tbaded side, but covered with deeper red on the 

 side next the fun. Eje small, half open, and eet in a phallow and plaited 

 basin. Stalk half an inch long, inperted in a round and pretty deep cavity. 

 rieFh pnre white, very tender and delicate, eweet, and pleasantly flavoured. 

 A very hear.l iful Apple, but not of great merit. It is for dereert use. and is in 

 perfection from November to January. The tree is of a small habit of growth, 

 hardy, and bears well ; but in some soils it is liable to canker. This variety 

 is suppoEed to bf of Canadian ori^'in, and was introduced to this co-jntry by a 

 Mr. Barclay of Brompton, near London. It is grown very extensively in 

 Canada, and is very highly appreciated." 



Introduction of Bhiibaeb (J. F. N.). — Gerard, in 1573, mentions that 

 one species was then used as a pot herb like Spinach. 



Gladioluses and Hollyhocks (A Young Qardc7}cr). — To print the names 

 of the numbers you name wculd require us to copy the whole in a florist's 

 catalogue. Obtain ore of these and select for yourself. 



Hibiscus syeiacus Peopagation (Amateur in Trouhh-'^, — This is the 

 Althaa fiutex, which flowers in August or late summer, continuing up to 

 frost. It is propagated by layers which may be made now, or cuttiugs of ripe 

 shoots now under a banolipht, not to be removed until liie weather becomes 

 warm. It is a very handsome plant, especially the double variety, and 

 requires a rich light soil and a warm sunny situation. 



Fruit Trees for a Garden (T. Taylor). — Pyramid fmit frees answer 

 well, but Peers and Apples, if you are in an open position, may be best as 

 espaliers, being in that form more secure against windt--. They may be 

 trained upright to wires a fcot cpart, and 6 feet hi^h or less, or horizontally, 

 but the upright is certainly best for Pears. Pyramids or bushes, however, 

 answer. Pcais — Doyenne d'Elt!-, "* Jargonelle, Beurrc- de I'Assomption, 

 ^Williams's Bon Chretien, Fouvenir du Congrts, *Eeurre Superfin, Louiso 

 Bonne of Jerpty. Benrrc Bardy, *Marie Louise, Thomppon's, Eeurre Bosc, 

 General Todtleben, Doyenne du Cornice, ''Beurre Diel, *Bfeuric Bachelier, 

 *Benrre d'Arerobeig, Gloa Morceau, Ztphirin Gregoire, and ^Bergamotte 

 Esperen. Stmivg Pears— Catillac and Verulam. Apples, Dessert — ^Mr. 

 Gladstone, BedAFtrachau, s^ummer Golden Pippin, *Kcd yuarreuden, '''Mother 

 Apple, Piue Golden Pippin, Margil, *Kirig of the Pippins, ^Cos's Oiauge 

 Pippin, Ribptru Pippin, Golden Pippin, *ScarIet Ntnjareil, Court of Wick, 

 ♦Duke of Devorshire, Melon Apple, Manningfon Pearmain, *Keinetfe du 

 Canada, and Slurmtr Pippin. Kitchen ^pp/fs— *Kfswick Codlin, *Lord 

 Buffield, *Cox's Pomfra, Maux Codlin, *BUnheim Orange, Gravenstein, 

 *WarEer'fl King, *Mere de MenaRO, *Dumelow's Stedliug, BedforJshire 

 Foundling, 'Northern Greening, and Gooseberry. Dessert Plums — Early or 

 July Gage, =*Golden Gage, I'o Mnntfort, '''Green Gage, Golden Esperen, 

 Jefferfon, ''Kirie's, Tratsparent Gage, and ''Coe's Golden Drop. Kitchen 

 Pluvis — *Farly Biveis, Diamond, Priuce Englebert, '^Victoria. Pond's Seed- 

 ling, *TelIow Magnum Bonum, Cluster Damson, and White Dameon. 

 Cherries — Empress Eupi-nie, Way Duke, Koyal Duko, and Nouvelle Iloyale, 

 with Kentish and Morello fir culinaiy purpctses. Qooseherries — Tehov? 

 Champapiie, Grcm Gage, Keen's Seedling, Red Warrington. Large hiiid^, 

 J?cd— Crcwn Bob, Prince Regent, Hop!ey's Companion. TT/itfe— Ostrich, 

 Sheba's Queen, Wandering Girl. Green — Angler, Corqnering Hero, Thumper. 

 Yelloxr — Marigold, Husbandman, ard Viper. lia^^herries — Antwerp Red, 

 Fastolf, Prince rf Wales, and Yellow Antwerp. Fur the wall we should have 

 Apricots Oulhn's Early, Peach, aud Moor Park; Dr. Hogg and Noblesse 

 Peaches. Ton do not say what the heating apparatus is required for, aud we 

 could not name any dealer. We may have named far loo many kinds of fruit 

 trees for your purpose, but those distinguished by an asterisk will suit if you 

 only require a small number. 



Evergreen for Screen {D.).— The American Arbor-Yit® would anawer, 

 and we should plant a double row as you propose, and 18 inches apart every 

 ■way ; procuring plants well furniehed to the bottom, and 5 to 6 feet high, 

 which remove well of that size. 



Packing Cuttings of Gooseberry and Currant Trees for Exporta- 

 tion iH. E. Fisher). — Decf mber would be a good lime, tying the cuttings in 

 small bundles, inserting their lowtr ends in moist clay, aud then pacbiog 

 tightly in dry straw in a bos. It is likely our kinds would succeed fairly ; 

 the only fear is it would he too warm. The Goosebeiries may he — Eedn: 

 Atlas, Crown Bob, Hopley Companion. ^^'hite : Ostrich. Sheba's Queen, 

 "WaLdering Girl. Green: Angler, Conqueiicg Hero, Thumper. Yellow: 

 Marigold, Husbandman, and Broom Girl. Cuirants— Black Naples, Lee's 

 Prolilic Black. Red : La Hative, Red Dutch, Victoria or Houghton Castle, 

 and White Dutch. 



Tea Roses against a Wooden Railing (F. J.). — Man'chal Niel would not 

 do well, for the fence is tco low. Such a position is httle better than the 

 open; hut the hardier kinds of Teas would do fairly. 



Pruning Clematis Jackmanni lldem). — There is no necessity to cut back 

 to 6 inches of the base acnually ; but having the thoots evenly disposed, cut 

 back cnly to firm well-riptried wood, deferring the pruning until spring. 

 Liliums of the hardier kinds would succeed in a north border if the wall 

 which causes the northern exposure be not over 10 feet high, aud the Liliums 

 not planted neartr to it than 4 feet. 



SopnoEA ietrapteha micropii\'XLA (Amateur in Trouble). — We do not 

 know the species. It is probably Edwardsia grandillora or E. microphylla, 

 both f'f which require to have a wall with a south or south-west aspect. 

 Send ns a tpray of the shrub, and we may be able to identify it. 



Laburnum Infested ■with Insects (G. li.). — From your description of 

 the insects we think they are a fpecies of Acarus or red spider common to 

 Laburnum and Elm trees in a dry soil and hot dry season. We should now 

 dress the trunk and principal branches with paiaftin oil, applying it with a 

 brush, aLd reaching well the cracks and crevices of the bark, bvt keeping it 

 from runnirg down to the roots. Give also a mulching over the roots 2 or 

 3 inches tbick of fresh soil or well-rotted manure, lightly stirring the surface 

 BoiJ. Eorly in July, or upon the appearance of the pest, syringe the trees 

 thoroughly with a solution of eoft soap, 2 ozs. to the gallon of water, aud 

 repeat in early August. If you were also to water freely in any dry weather 

 iB June or July onward it would tend to invigorate the trees and probably 

 overcome the pest. 



Stove for Heating Small Greenhouse {A Bfnf/(r).— Only those stoves 

 consuming oil, and only heating the air as it passes through the stove without 

 beating the outer surfaces of the stove to a red heat, may with safety to 

 plants be used without a flue or smoke pipe. The " vapourieing stoves " are 



of Ihis kind, and one of those consuming a gallon of paraffin in sis days, or 

 144 hours, at a cost of S*;., or Id. per every four hours, will heat a space of 

 20 square feet. One kind is as good as another, and we cannot reconuaend 

 dealers. 



Trees and Shrubs for Seashore Planting (Brian £oj-u).— Evergreen 

 Oak, Pinus insignia, P. laricio, with Sycamore and Turkey Oak. are what we 

 advise of trees ; and of shrubs Tamarisk, Alaternus, Brooms, double Gorse, 

 EuoiiymuB, Escallonia macrantha, Hollies, Elders, Sea Buckthorn, and 

 Guelder Rose are most likely to succeed, but we do not consider they or only 

 some of ttem would endure in a position where they will " get well splashed 

 with sea spray." We should be obliged for information of sea- spray -euduring 

 trees or shrubs. 



Peaches and Nectarines for West Wall (East Worcestershire). — 

 Early Louise and Dr. Hogg Peaches, Balgowan and Lord Napier Nectarines. 



Royal Jersey Horticultural Society (D. de Ffly^).— According to its 

 eighth rule you would be eligible to compete for the Society's prizes with 

 " specimens bond fide your property and in your possession one month pre- 

 vious to the show." There is not a word about the exhibitor being the 

 grower of the specimens. 



Stephanotis Turning Yellow {J. K., Durham) —If yon have not been 

 applying any solution for killit g insects in too strongdosea we ehoold imagine 

 the change in the leaves is due to a low night temperature. With the increase 

 of heat in the sprang, and especially bottom heat, after repotting your plant 

 will resume its usual vigour. The flowers of your Lapayeria would in all 

 probability have increaecd in size with the strength of the p'aut aud generous 

 culture. Try L. rosea splendens, and do not *' part with it" hastily. 



Names of Fruits {U. 0., Pcii.'?^).— Gansel's Eergamot. (Mrs. Carlisle).— 

 Cratjegus coccioea, Scarlet-fruited Thorn. [Old Subscriber, Ncu-lay). — The 

 Common Almond. (Connaught Subgcriber''. — 2, Boston Russet, Hubbard's 

 Pearmain; 4, Gogar Pippin. Pear, No. 1, Suffolk Thorn; 2, Bergamotte 

 Cadette. {Q. M., Surbiton). — Yoa have not numbered or otherwiee marked 

 the fruit, and it is impossible to distinguish them. (E. H.). — 1, Warner's 

 King ; 2, Fearn's Pippin. {Thomas Parker). — 1, General Todtleben ; 2, Adele 

 de fct. Denis; .S, Calebasse; 4, Henriette Bouvier; 5, Benrr-'r d'Amanlis; 6, 

 Dunmore ; 7, Fondante de Charneu. [Mrs. E. Pigeon). — 3, Beauty of Kent ; 

 5, Blenheim Pippin; 10, Braddick's Nonpareil; 11, Sweeny Nonpareil; 

 23, Longville's Kernel; 25, Hambledon Deux Ans. {M. E. P.) — 1, Lncombe's 

 Seedling; 2 Golden Reinette; S, Margil; 5, Delaware; 6, Boston Russet. 

 Pears: a, Beurre Bance ; b and c, Beum- deCapiauraont; d, not known. {O. 

 Barfoot). — 1, Beurre Six; 2, Beurre DtrouiLcau ; 3, Ecurn; Luizet; 4, not 

 kcown; 5, A&ton Town; 6, Cockle's Pippin, (lius in Vrbe).—\^ Stamford 

 Pippin; 3, Ganges; 4, Hoary Morning; 5, Golden Noble; 7, Winter Green- 

 ing ; 8. Duck's Bill. We cannot name more than six fruits. (John T. Wood). 

 — Maiden's Blush. (Sviith d- Simons). — The Pear "Fair Magtiie" is quite a 

 local variety grown in Clydesdale, and has no other name. The specimens 

 were quite rotten at the core. (H. L.). — 1, Summer Portugal; 2, Winter 

 Nelis. (Bertie). — 1, Belle de Noel ; 2, Marie Louise; 8, Beurre Diel; 4, Louise 

 Bonne of Jersey; 5, Soldat Eeperen ; 6, London Pippin. (George Walpok). 

 1, Nouveau Poiteau; 2, Bergamotte Esperen ; 3, Emile d'Heyst ; 4, Wormsley 

 Pippin. (F. Pirn). — 1, Beuire Hardy; 2, Wormsley Grange. AppU-i : l.Pit- 

 maston Ruseet; 2, Winter Greening; 3, Royal Russet; 4, Gulden Winter 

 Pearmain. (T. Clements).— \, Due de Nemours; 2, Ducheste d'Angouleme; 

 3, Nouveau Poiteau; 4, Marie Louise d'Uccle; 5, Beurre Diel. {W. V. L.). — 

 A, Calebasse Grosse; e, Deux Sosotb ; c,Napoleon; D, Passe Colmar; E, Vicar 

 of Winkfield; f, not known. 



Names of Plants (E. C. B.). — The tree is the Hornbeam, Carpinos 

 betulns. {E, L., Ipswich). — We cannot name florists' flowers. 



POULTEY, BEE, AND PIGEON OHEONICLE. 



ALEXANDRA PALACE POULTRY SHOW. 



This after many delays is among the Shows accomplished, 

 and "^'e were delighted with the Exhibition, the arrangements, 

 and the management. Doubtlesa we could pick two or three 

 holes, but the managers will hare noticed them equally with 

 ourselves, and for the first Show the success must be considered 

 very great. We hope that when the reckoning time arrives 

 there will be a goodly balance. It certainly was a fine spectacle 

 to see the 2500 pens in one building, in one tier, with one glance; 

 but somehow it seemed poor after the Crystal Palace. Why we 

 cannot say, bat it continually gave us the idea of being some- 

 thing like a corn-exchange exhibition, and we think it must be 

 because the central hall itself was so much smaller and more 

 enclosed. We do not suppose this Exhibition will ever equal 

 the Sydenham Show, but with due observance to one or two 

 things we believe this may be made into an exhibition second 

 only to it ; but we should recommend in future its being held a 

 week earlier in October, for the better accommodation of exhi- 

 bitors wishing to send to older-established meetings. 



DoEKiNGs had nine classes, cockerels and pullets of each 

 variety being shown separately, with the exception of the 

 Cuckoos, which were shown in pairs. Why this exception was 

 made we do not know, as they are perhaps more difficult to 

 match than any other variety. The Coloured class had twenty- 

 nine entries. Here the Bath winner had an easy victory. If 

 he keeps right he will shortly repay Mr. Hamilton for his large 

 outlay ; but we fancy we see already indications of swollen feet, 

 otherwise he was in splendid condition. Second and third were 

 nice birds. Pen 21 (Infth) a promising Rose-comb, very young, 

 and we think when more advanced will supersede many that 

 were placed above him on this occasion. Mr. Lingwood was 

 highly commended with a bird of many good points, but h» 

 wanted the carriage of a Dorking. Pen 13 very crooked in the 

 toe ; in other respects we thought him equal to the winner. 

 Pullets, twenty-nine entries. First (Mr. Parlett) by far the 



