JOUENAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEK. 



[ May IS, 1865. 





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Lettuce per score 



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Onions ^►^ bushel 



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Poas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Radishes doz. bunche'? 



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TO CORRESPONDENTS, 



%* We request that no one will write privately to tlie de- 

 partmental wi'iters of the " Joui*nal of Horticulture, 

 Cottage Gardener, and Country Grentleman." By so 

 doing they are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and 

 expense. AH communications should therefore be ad- 

 dressed solely to The Editors of the Journal of SorUcul' 

 ture, Sfc, 171, Fleet Street, London, E.C. 



"We also request that correspondents will not mix up on the 

 same sheet questions relating to Gardening and those 

 on Poultry and Bee subjects, if they espect to get them 

 answered promptly and conveniently, but write them 

 on separate communications. Also never to send more 

 than two or three questions at once. 



^.B. — Many questions must remain unanswered until nest 

 we el;, 



iLFonD HoRTicuLTDBAL COMPAST (J. Cunven).—To secure the allotment 

 of t-kares yon phould send lOs. for each share yon intend to take addressed, 

 to **The Ilford Ilortlcullural Company. London and Westminster Bank, 

 Lothbury. London." No notice will be taken of any application that does 

 not contain the required remittance. 



Eaely Peas.— MesBrs. Sutton, of the Royal Berks Seed Establishment, 

 Keadlnf, inform us that they have made several sowinfis, in different eitna- 

 tloii% '' e; ch of the new early Pea? advertised in The Jouunai, of Horti- 

 CUI.TUR' nnd that they find that *'Satton*s Ringleader" came into bloom 

 several days before eitlier of the other new 8ort>», though all were sown on 

 the same day. and under exactly similar circumstances. FiO'n their observa- 

 tions durinc last season thpy have confidence that the podding and ripening 

 will be bClll more in advance of all otheri>. 



BiSEASRD Gbapes (C. TK. JT.).— They are very much rusted, but some of 

 them arc also spotted. The rust, as stated by Mr. Fish in " Doings of Last 

 Wetk,*' if* usually attributed to the berries being touched with hot hands or 

 head; hut we question whether it is not oftener cnnsed by sudden exposure 

 to cold correnta of air. The flpot is a gangrene nsnally eau?cd by the roots 

 being too cold, or having descended deeply into the subsoil. 



G&BEN' Fly cm Pe*cii Trkrs (A Subscriber, B. 5^o/.-ffK— Syringe your 

 Peecb trees every oihcr day with tobacco water for a week or so. This 

 sbotiid be done early in the morning, or after three in the afternoon. You 

 may always »^yringe the trees with perfect safety as soon as the fruit is set, 

 providing the tobacco water is not too strong. Use it at the rate of 1 lb. of 

 tobacco to eight gallonft of water. If you syringe your trees, say on 

 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with tnbiicco water, syringe them on the 

 other three dayn with clear water. If ihi« la well done we think the trees 

 fihODld be quite clear from these pests in one week. Your plan of dusting the 

 Gooseberry trees is very good, and we often a'lopt it with good euccesg. 

 We do not think it would have the desired effect on the P-jacIi trees. We do 

 not think the du"t would injure either the tv.Q or the fruit. There will bo 

 no harm in tryli g il; if it do no good ii can be easily washed off again 

 Tith the syringe. 



Ihskct on Vine (F. R. Reeves).— \i is the mealy bug (Coccus adonidum), 

 one of the womt ol^ penif. Brush with a very hard lirusli cartTully, fd a^ 

 to leave no part untouched, every stem and branch, after which thoroughly 

 pftlBt them with tlio following mixture:— Soft soap, 2 lbs.; flowerti of 

 sulphur, 3 IbB. ; tobacco, 1 lb,; and a wine-gl i»6 of spirit of turpentine. 

 Ulx the f-ult^bur, turpcniinc, and poap Into a paste with worm water ; boll 

 the tobiicco for an hour in a covered saacepan in some more water, (strain 

 It, mix it with the frapv mixture, and then add enongh water to makf five 

 gallons. More tender plant-i can only have their stems and leaves 8pong( d 

 with water at a temperature of 11 S"*, frequently, and so long as a alnglc 

 insect can V>o detected, 



Ij*fF.C7« {TT T).— Tho inspect, of which you sent a multitude, is the minute 

 Leplgmu flmttariii, which I* generally considered to fee-t upon decsiylng vegc- 

 t«blc fnatti-rn, and consequently not to be Injurious to growing plants. The 

 reaoarksbU' habit of ai^iioinblinR In Hucb va^t myriads, and in rnaAKun, Is well 

 known. {Col. II. W. It un bury ).—Tho bictks H»;nt ary thu Oliorhynchns 

 vaitator, a moot destructive kind of weevil. The be^t wny to get* rid of 

 tbcm Ik to lay a fhc^it t»eneath the tree* which they attack, and then wait 

 tUl after nightfall, when the beetlcii mIII hnvc mounted llie hMncheH, which 

 muAt be shaken, whf:n the beetles will full, and be easily Hoen on the hhcct. 

 -W. 



VAIIF.J FOR CmmwnvAinnr (/7fls(!/6oMrn/'),—Wc think your v.iflc" for such 

 ft place whoald be from 20 to 29 tncbcn in diameter, and from 3 to 3^ fcot 

 high. You will And all kinds In the .Marylcbonc Hoad, and elsewhere. 



Use op Puttt in Glazing (A. (^ ).— As yet we have found nothing 

 better than good putty for glazing. We have no faith in soft greasy putty 

 for keeping large squares secure. Putty on the other hand that is fro'^h made, 

 though of good materials, is onlv tit for patching. If made and sweated 

 a twelvemonth before using it will stand all the better. The only way 

 that we know of for securing good glass is to give a good price. Some 

 people boast of purchasing at Hve or six farthings a-toot, and then grumble 

 when they have smashes. So far as our own experience goes, most of the 

 cracking of glapa proceeds from light glazing, and this is one reason why 

 fixing without putty bymeansof screws and bits of india rubber, &:c., has not 

 hitherto answered we!l. If loosi'' ■■•screwed the glass will rattle and break, if 

 tirinly screwed there is apt to b- expansion and breakage. Wa have had 

 some hulf-do/en or more squares in an orchard-house cracked this season. 

 They were along the front of the house, a line 12 inches wide, in aqviares 

 20 inches long, placed closely end to eatl. Wo expect that In tunc we shall 

 lose the most of the row. Had wa merely put a thin card or p iper between 

 square and square to allow of expansion, instead of putting them closely end 

 to end, we do not believe that we should liiavo lost one. It is jawt aomo of 

 these little matters that aro of so much importance, and therefore those few 

 cracked panes may be of use if they prevent others makmi? the same mis- 

 take. As to puttying the laps, there can be no objection lo that, but they 

 so far obscure light, and in an orchard-house would demand extra care in 

 ventilation. If tbeUps are not more thrtn from one-eizhth to one-quarter of 

 an inch, and the glaesisput on according lo thebend, there will be very little 

 space at the laps, and if the roof is not very flat there will be no great 

 amount of raoitturo lodged between the laps. We ourselves have had very 

 little breakage from unputtied laps. We have seen whole rows cracked 

 from top to bottom of a sash, where the laps had been glazed and pieces of 

 the putty had fallen out. We therefore do not advise this extra expense, 

 unless for houses where a high temperature is wanted. We know a great 

 deal of what li^ht glazing will do. We told a friend last season that he was 

 glazing too tightly, and he says now he has lost a fourth. There are sotne 

 things about good putty that we cannot make out. Last season some sash- 

 bars got as rough as dried mud, whilst bars beside them were smooth and 

 firm. 



CucuMDER-HonsE (J. L. S., ComioiU) —We have not the slightest doubt 

 that your Cucumber-house, G feet wid*^, 7.i feet at back, and 4 in front, will 

 answer admirably, aad it is much the same as we use; but we have aa little 

 doubt that a house 10 or 11 feet wide, with a span roof, and a bed on each 

 side, would answer better, but it would cost more for heating. There is 

 nothing original in rour iron trough, ti inches deep and 2 feet wide, covered 

 with slate, for bottom heat. It would be cheaper, and answer your purpose 

 quite as well, if the trough or tank were 1 or 1.^ Inch shallower.and even 

 then the water need never come within hilf an inch of the top. You would 

 need to surround and cover this tank with 3 inches or so of broken bricks, 

 stones, or clinkers; it would then matter litilo whether yim grow your 

 Cucumbers in pots, or in beds in the usual way. Both plans answer well, and 

 from 3 feet in "width of soilis quite wide enough for Cucumbers. Wo seldom 

 give them so much. With such a covering for your tank it will be advis- 

 able to have your air-heating pipes a little lower than the tank, so as not to 

 afffct the covering of the tank, and for winter work wa would adviso either 

 two 4-inch pipes, or three 3-incIi pipes, for that purpose— in fact, if you con- 

 templated no covering for the gia^^s, we would prefer three 4-incU pipes. 

 It is much against Cucumbers in winter to have the pipes very hot in cold 

 weather. If your house is to put up we would advise you to think of a 

 span. The heating, and the glass and wood, would cost more, but the bricks 

 would cost less. Your proposed house will, however, answer very well. 

 Such a house will not only do for stove plants, but also make a good propa- 

 gaiing-hou^ic. We heat our pit, of similar size, by two a-luch pipes below 

 and two above, but there is not enough of heating power above lor winter. 

 Hound our pipes we pack so:iie rough rubble, and then close gravel, on 

 which we place the soil. We can send moisture among the gravel, &c., 

 when we lilte by drain tiles set upright. This we consider cheaper and 

 simpler thai heating by troughs, but we have nothing to say against trough- 

 heating. We presume you know all about having a moist atmosphere in 

 your house, which may ca-^ily be procured from the tanks for top or bottom 

 heat. If your tank had beuu about 3 feet in width wo would have made it 

 do for top and bottom heat. A small saddle-back or conical boiler will do 

 all that la necessary. 



LiMtJsis Wkakly (TT. G. Lonffliin).~Yo\iv host plan is to keep them 

 growing by watering freely until the leaves bc«in to turn yellow; then 

 gradniiUy refialn Iroin watering, and keep the bulbs In the pots in a sunny 

 place until the autumn. It requires a strong root of Lilium gigunteum to 

 throw up a good lluwcr olciu. 



Flowkr-oardkn Plans (^1 }'i)Ung Scotrhma}}) ^—Wa ilo not think that 

 your centre of curves and cin-lCH corresponds with the four aimplor groups ut 

 the sides. We think thece four groups would be as well wlt,hout llio central 

 oval. We have no doubt, ho\vever, tl.at the whole would look well when 

 planted, and, according to your plan of balancing the out'»ido clumps of the 

 groups, we do not ^ee how you can improve it. The Perllla, in the spaces 

 you mention, woidd ilo wtll if kept low. The alternating with silver and 

 goldin-cdged Geraniums i^ good. (/U/a).— Although there is a roominess 

 round your four circles, Sandy, they rather spoil the regularity of your 

 pi in. We do not think that planting all the eight bods round the centre tho 

 Mime, with lincH of tlve colours ucnms, will he any iniprovemont ; the grass 

 wllllnlcrrupt all auch lin«-n. We would rather pair them, and u'ivo each 

 pair a broad band of a contrasting colour. Thu-, as yellow will he iho out- 

 side of the central circle, we would nil two crossed beds with yoUow, ond 

 broad pur|)le erlgiugs ; two with purple, au<l wlilliBh cdglngti; two with 

 scarlet, und white edging ; and two with blue and pink. I'liou do as pro- 

 po--ed with (> und 7 ; but idge 10, 10, whi)lly with Lotyelia Paxtoniana, and 

 11, 11, wholly with Lobell'i Npcciuca. Thi;< will bctnuch better than breaking" 

 uptheedKing. (6'«;jfifltrti«).— We could not Improve upon your plan, or 

 tho style in which you have arranged It. Wo think you would please your- 

 self bettor i', instead of making your two f-quare groups with a walk between 

 ihem, you m»do oaoh group complete in Itself. If both groups were planted 

 with similar colours It would looit well. More variety will not make up for 

 simplicity. Your cronKed clUTup-*, now, such a-i 7 In one -quaru, and 7 in 

 the other, arc loo far apart. Juat tuke some coloured waforf, and try tho 

 following:— Do US you propoM- wiih I, 1, and 5, .'>, but balance 0. 8, and 8,9 ; 

 3, 2, and 2, 3 ; 0, 7, and 7, (i; 1, 4, and no on; then uso your own plan, If 

 you like it best. 



Sroi'piNrt Pklauoomiums ( ir. /T. I^.).— If thoy are to bloom In Augfusfc 

 they muttt not be stopped after the close of the present month. 



