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JOURNAL OF HORIICUIiTUBE AND COTTAGE aARDENES. 



[ May 30, 1SS5. 



any time after the leaves fall, and be kept with the ends in 

 soil until wanted 'for grafts, cuttings, or eyes. The plants 

 from cuttings may be planted out of doors in July, previously 

 hardening them off a little; or they may be planted under 

 glass or kept in pots, shifting them in July into 24's. and 

 again, when the leaves change, into eight-inch pots forii-nit- 

 : ing another season in pots iu unheatcd houses, or for forcing. 



The best system of propagation is by eyes. These arc 

 made in precisely the same manner as Vine eyes, and an- 

 inser'el upri'.i:ht in 48-sized pots in sandy loam, and witli 

 the upper eud of the eye buried half an inch in the soil. 

 They should be placed with the eye iu the sume position as 

 when it was attached to the plant. If laid flat the shoot 

 will not come etei.t from the eye, but take-an oblique direc- 

 tion, and an undesirable twist or turn is thus given, if a 

 straight stem is wished. If the pots are watered and placed 

 in a mild bottom heat of from 75'-' to S5°, a top heat of fiO- 

 or 65" from fire heat, and the soil kt-pt moist, the shoots will 

 soon appear and roots will quickly form. Keep the soil 

 moist, and besides maintaining a moi-st atmosphere sprinkle 

 them overhead twice daily, morning and evening. When the 

 plants are well rooted remove them to a vinery or any house 

 with a little artificial heat, which is necessary to obtain 

 plants quickly of a size for bearing, but any liouse 'vill do, 

 though the plants will not be so soon fit for producing fruit, 

 aad they should have the warmest part of cool houses. They 

 may also be planted out against south walls in June after 

 hardening them. 



If dwarf trees are w.anted, with the finger and thumb 

 pinch out the point immediately above the fifth leaf, and 

 side shoots will be emitted ; disbud to Ihree on the uppei-- 

 most, leaving one on each side and a leader. When these 

 have made five leaves pinch out the ends, iind we have 

 three shoots on each, all the rest being rubbed oif, and 

 we hnve the foundation of a tree to be trained fan-fashion. 

 If a tree on a stem 9 inches or 1 foot high is the object in 

 view leave the leader alone and disbud all shoots that 

 come along the stem, and if a standard with a longer stem 

 be desired disbud all the side shoots up to tiie required 

 height, and jjinch out the leader three joints above the p;irt 

 disbudded. If fruit show rub it off at once, and v.'hen the 

 shoots come, whether it be the same year as the pl.iut is 

 propagated or afterwards, and they have a tendency to 

 grow erect, tie them down to make horizontal growth and 

 a good-shaped head, stopping them at the fifth leaf. Disbud 

 the shoots where they come too close together, stopping 

 them again when they have made five joints or loaves, but 

 do not stop the midsummer shoots, and only the first shoots 

 should be stopped. 



In the above manner dwarf and standard Fig trees for 

 walla and trellises can be had in a short time for growing in 

 cool houses (those not artificially heated), for walls, and for 

 forcing, and a few hints on their culture will shortly be 

 given. — G. Abbey. 



sorts. From another vendor I obtained a plant of Leviathan ; 

 this I expected to be a fine white, tinged rose, but it tui-ns 

 out to be .a plain red. In both cases I complained, but by 

 both parties whom I blamed for sending me what was not 

 the variety wanted, I was told there were two Tarieties of 

 that name, and I believe both the sellers might be perfectly 

 honest. As an instance, three or four years ago I exhibited 

 at the Roxburghshire Society's Show, in April, a seeding 

 which had a first-class certificate and was that day named 

 Mirabilis. In May succeeding one of the Bagshot nursery- 

 men, I think it was Mr. Staudish, exhibited a seedling at 

 one of the London shows, and named it Mirabilis. This I 

 only knew by reading the report of the show. I did not, of 

 course, alter the name I had given, but added Deansi to it, 

 which would prevent any one purchasing from thinking he 

 was having what Wi^s not the variety intended in both cases. 



I What I should think is now absolutely necessary is, that 

 all new sorts should have the raiser's name succeeding the 

 name of \he variety, as in the case of Dahlias, Hollyhocks, 



: Carnations, &.C. Nurserymen in printing their catalogues 



; should aim a" this, and give the raiser's name or the person 



I sending the viirieties out, so far as known, but I have seen 

 no attempt at this, except in one instance, that of Mr. Veitch, 



I of Chelsea, in advertising the seedlings raised by his late 

 father. 



j I raise thousand.^ of hybrids and have a few good varieties 

 amongst them, but I should feel annoyed at sending them out 



1 with names which, unknown to me, were adopted by others. 



I Give tlie raiser's name, and th'?n the public know what they 

 buy, and raisers are free of all blame for what they sell, if 

 these suggestions are acted on. It is only what the public 

 are entitled to. — W. Deans, Jedburgh, N.B. 



EOYAL HOETICULTLTR.AL SOCIETY. 



In accordance with the Minute of Council of the 16th 

 M.ay, 180.5, the Fruit and Floral Committees met the Council 

 j on Monday, May 22nd, when the following resolutions were 

 un.animously carried — viz.. 



Proposed by Dr. Hogg, seconded by Mr. Moore, and 

 unanimously carried : 



"That in future, for the year 1866, Special and Great 

 Shows, at present held on Saturdays, shall be held on some 

 other day of the week." 



Proposed by Sir. Lee, seconded by Mr. Wm. Paul, and 

 unanimously carried : 



"That this Meeting recommend that the Fruit and Floral 



Committees on Tuesdays, should meet at 11 o'clock, and 



' the plants be removed not earlier than 5 o'clock p.m., and 



that exhibitors are earnestly requested to send all objects 



for exhibition before half-past 10 o'clock, a.m." 



NAMING RHODODEN DIJON'S. ! 



Vaeious articles have appeared in this Journal as to the 

 soil and culture desirable for the Rhododendron, but 

 I have for a long time expected to see in your columns 

 some remarks on another part of the subject — the nomen- 

 clature of a plant that has risen, and justly so, into such 

 high repute. The Rose has long and properly been styled 

 the Queen of Flowers, the Rhododendron is with as much 

 justice entitled to be styled the King of Flowering Shrubs. 

 The increase of new varieties is now very considerable, from 

 the number of per.'ions who have turned their attention to the 

 subject of hybridiflin;r. and the facility with whicli seedlings 

 are raised. AVe have yearly accessions of new sorts to the 

 numbers already under cultivation, and should matters go 

 on as at present, in regard to nomenclature, we must 

 shortly get into great confusion unless the names of the 

 raisers be given with the adopted name of the variety. 



What has led me to notice this is that I iinvo had expe- 

 rience of what is hcrestatcd. I cnltivato upwardsof 200 choice 

 named varieties, and in making my collection I purchased 

 from a rcsp'.-ctable nurs-jryman a plant of Prince Albert, and 

 a duplicate of what should have been the same frum another 

 «(jnaUy respectable party, but they are totally differeEt 



VINE CULTURE-STOPPIIS'G THE SHOOTS. 



I BAva a Vine spur-pruned showing fruit on nearly every 

 shoot. Should these shoots bo stopped, leaving one joint 

 between the bunch and where nipped off? and when the 

 laterals break at the bottom of the leafstalks after the above 

 stopping, should they be taken clean off, or should I allow 

 one joint, a leaf, &c., to remain? If the Vine is very vigor- 

 ous, and s.ay four years old, and bears on every shoot, will it 

 bo likely, when cut back on the spur-pruning system next 

 season, to produce fruit again on each shoot ? — A. B. 



[As the question you have asked is one of gi'eat importance 

 t'l many amateurs just at this time, I shall enter more fully 

 iiito details than I otherwise would have done. In doing so 

 I shall describe the operation of stopping or pinching the 

 Vine, and add a few instructions for its management after- 

 wards, in a plain and intelligible manner, so that those not 

 acquainted with the management of the Vino may be able 

 to cultivate it successfully with pleasure and profit. 



In the first plane, I sliall supjjose your Vines to hare 

 arrived at that stage of growth when they would require 

 stopping. The proper time to do this is when the shoot 

 hai made three joints above the bunch, then pinch out the 

 uppermost joint, leaving two joints between the top of the 

 shoot and the bunch. The reason of my advocating leaving 

 the shoot till it has mode three joints above the £ruit joint 



