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JOURNAL OF HOETICULTUKE AOT) COTTAGE GAKDENER. 



[ Jane 13, !8«5. 



EABEvFiupfTf ^. roj/nf^r).— The Peas wcreceiveiUrom you Mny 28th, I 

 and whith were Pel'infr m Taunton Market at 2s. Cd. por peck, were the 

 earliest and best grown out of doors that we have tasted this year. 



Stoppikg Vine Snoois (A Tounij Frtiner]. — By allowinK the terminal 

 bud to produce three Ifuves you will repair a g:reiit pcrtion of the injury 

 you have done bv pinchinp them back to the first U-aT. As soon ns the t-hoot 

 has developed three U-.tvcp;, pinch out the top of the shoors. the same ns 

 described in No. 218. As thn Grapes are not in flower they will not he 

 likely to j-ecoive so much Injury sis they otherwise would hove done. By 

 prcsep'incihe extra leaf above ihe bunch you will make up for tho loss of the 

 principal leaf that lias been des'royed. 



Tbf-atmknt of Espalifr Pear Trkk (Idem). — As the Pear tree is 

 makinp abunduncc nf shoots, it i^ evident the roots aie well at work. Ton 

 may, Ihereforp. irenl it in a similar way to ynuntr trees as regardfi thinnioL' 

 the shootp lind triiinir.p. &c. Put plenty of litter about tho tiee, to prevent 

 the drj'ir'c sun and wiml rpncliinfr the rnots. We hope you have not 

 planted it too deep. We strongly advocate planting nil kindw of fruit trees 

 as near the sur'ace a? possible. If planted deep you hjid better lift it in the 

 antnmn. It will do the tree good, by causing it to make double the quantity 

 of fibrous roots. 



Sowing Cucoibers— Twelve Fccbsias— Peas for Attgcst and Sfptem- 

 BEK (J. 5-).— Cucumbers from seed sown now would, if well attendefi to, 

 come into use at the end of Au^Uf-t, and bear until late if the bed wnre 

 lined. Sion Hi^uae Improved is a good late Cucumber, Lord Kenyan and 

 Kirklees Hall Defiance nre large and yood. Fuchsias with whit? s^paU : 

 Queen of Beauties, Minnie Banka. Schiller, Bridesmaid, Gipsy Girl, tind 

 Guiding Star. If you mean by white Fuchsias those with white corollas, 

 then White Lady, ?an&pateil. Bianca. Marie Cornelisfpn, end Henry Abts. 

 The best red : Coni^tella'.ion, Comet, Marvellous, Universal, Cloth of Gold, 

 and tfht;ke5pear. The best Peas to sow to come in in Augusi and Septem- 

 ber are Hair's Dwarf Mtiinmoih British Queen, Ne Plus Ultra, and Lord 

 Paglan, which t-hould lill be sown from lourfeen to sixteen weeks beiore 

 they are expected to come into use. Bishop's Lonp-podded, Burbidge*s 

 Eclipse, and others of the stcond early Peas may be sown now, and they 

 will come in in twelve or fourteen weeks. The others may also be sown, 

 but they will nor come in at the time named. 



."Book (J/. ^.)--Eenthttm's "TIandbock of the British Hora,'* will aid 

 yon. Its price is £3 10s. 



Mancbing Ropes (R. J. F.)-— Mulching: is not manurlng^. It is putting 

 long dunfr or c^coa-nut fibre refuse on the soil's surface to keep it rao.pt. 

 Guano forms a liquid nn-nure quite inoffeneive, and you can have the guano 

 in half-crown tina at our office. 



ERnoBs.— At p. -iSo. col. 2, 1. S7 from ibe bottom, the names should be 

 *' Adiantum capillus-Veneris, Asplenium marinum, and A. trlchomanes." 



Plahting thk Wateu Lu.y (.'. W). — We considor April a ROod time 

 to pliint the NympliEcas when they are about to grow. Wo h-^ve planted 

 from Marcli to September, simply fastening a stone lo the thick fleshy Vjoot, 

 and ihen lowering this at the place desired. In this cape the bottom was 

 niuddv cl ly. Where there was little mud we have fastened them to a thick 

 pod with wire, itrd then lowered thorn at the place desired. Sometimes we 

 h.vc put them into shallo^v wide pnis, fastening the thick flefby root to a 

 large t^tone vl-iced on the pot. and mIko tilled a shallow hamper with strong 

 clay soil using the Ptone to fasten the root to, as in the casa of apot, and 

 lowered these where wanted. All un-iwered well Tho greatest fault in 

 planting is doing so in too hhaUow water. It should not be leas than 1 foot 

 6 inches, nor more than 3 feet deep. 



Kainfat.l (R. Asqinth].~l&bS was a drier year than 1861 ; the total rain- 

 fall in that year at Cbiswick waa 15.76 inches, whilst the amount which fell 

 in 18()4 was 16. 8*"' inche«, or more than an inch of excess over the quantity 

 registered in 1858. 



Pansiks Dkcaying (A Ladi/ Subscriber, A'(7/c??int/).— Wc think you have 

 rather overdone them byplunting ihem in old co^v-dung and sand. If there 

 is dangi r of losing the whole take the idants up and divide them Into bitn, 

 and plant them in a shady place in light sandy loam until they recover 

 themselves, and then you may plant out into richer soil. If you dislike 

 this trouble, water with lime water. 



Gardkneu Emiorating (Gardener, Limerirk).—'VfQ never accept the 

 responsibility of recommending any place as desirable to emigrate to. Too 

 much depends upon the emigrant's acq'iirements and constitution, and of 

 these we know nothlntr. 



Packing Grapes (A. 5.).— Have a box made 5 inches deep, and not more 

 than 2 feer. long, and 10 or 11 inches wide; put some ti-sue paper In the 

 bottom, then place the boK sloping bt:fore you. With the .••houltiers towards 

 each pMe layin the hunches in two vows, and do not place anything between 

 them. When the bo.\' has been filled to the top lay in bunches up the 

 centre, the shoulders of each towards the bottom, till the box is full ; cover 

 the whole with tis-tue piiper, and on the lid of the box place a printed slip 

 in large lettevs, " Ilotliouse Graces, with special care.'* This is the advice of 

 a fir'-t-rate fiuitcrcr in Covent Garden Marliet. You can have the index 

 for the volume by sending your direction and two postage stamps. 



Bratn Cobai,— pETRiriED Moss— "J. L." would be very much obliged if 

 *' E. B ," who wrote " Fern Habits " in our Journal, would state where to 

 get " brain coral,'* also where " petrified moss" is to be had. 



Namfs of Plants (F.).—lt is Frinphorum angustifolinm, or Narrow- 

 leaved Cotton Grass. Country people use ir for stuffing pillows, but tho 

 silky down becomes very brittle when quite dry. {T. T. T.. Chesterfield).-— 

 Your evergreen thrub is Kalmia latifolia, a native of North America, and 

 quite hardy. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSEEVATIONS in the 8aburl>3 of London for the Week endin;? June 10th. 



Datk. 



B\RO> 



Max. 



ETEE. 





THERMOMETEn. 





Wind. 



Pain 



in 

 Inches. 



General Remarks. 



Air. 



Earth. 



Min. 



Max. 



Min. 



1 ft deep. 



2 ft. deep. 



Sun. 4 

 Hon. b 

 Tues. r. 

 Wed. V 

 Thurs. 8 

 Friday 9 

 Sat 10 



Uean 



30.260 

 30.306 

 30.204 

 30.424 

 30.406 

 30.344 

 80.167 



30.213 

 30.272 

 30.24.'i 

 30.3:9 

 30.226 

 .'.0.257 

 3n.C80 



76 

 78 

 82 

 75 

 79 

 85 

 79 



42 

 S6 

 49 

 39 

 4S 

 46 

 42 



61 



62 



63 



63i 



64 



64 



64 



60 



60J 



604 



60J 



61 



S.W. 



W. 



W. 

 S.E. 



E. 



E. 

 N.W. 



.00 



.00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .Oil 

 .00 



Very fine throuKhout. i 



Very fine, with hot .''un ; warm at nieht. 



Hot and suUr.v ; very hot ; fine throuRhout. 



Heavy dew; ovcrcjist ; hot ?ua ; very fine. 

 ^Heavy dew ; very tine ; hot; very fine at night. 

 'Quite eloudlecs ; very hot and dry ; exceedingly fine ; 



tine ; overea5t ; very fine throughont. [cloudy. 



30.il4 



30.230 



79.14 



45.57 



63.07 



60.38 







0.00 



POITLTEY, BEE, and HOTJSEHOLD CHRONICLE. 



THp BATH A^"I) ■WEST of ENGLAND POULTllY 



SHOW.— June .5-9th. 

 f The annual meeting of this Society invariably enlists the 

 warmest interest of tliose individuals who make the breed- 

 ing of poultry at once a profitable and pleasing occupation. 

 This year the Show took place at Hereford, and the atten- 

 dance of visitors proved most satisfactory. One great fea- 

 ture favourable to tho popularity of the Bath and West of 

 England Society arises from the fact, that at this Show it 

 is that the early chickens of the year first come into compe- 

 tition. To obtain a mastery on an occasion like this is, 

 therefore, much coveted by our principal breeders, as pre- 

 sent success is looked forward to as tho herald of ready 

 sale for all Buperfluous stock from the yards obtaining pre- 

 mioms at the Bath and West of England Exhibition, and 

 at prices also tlie most remunerative to their respective 

 owners. For these reasons alone poultry-breeders always 

 look forward with great interest to the classes for cliickons, 

 and winning-pens are not unfrequently claimed at sums 

 their owners had considered altogether prohibitory of sale. 

 We know several instances have occurred in which chickens 

 that have been thus claimed have secured the premiums at 

 almost every show at which they have aubsetiuontly com- 



peted until late in the season, when, as an inevitable con- 

 sequence, they have been at length compelled to succumb 

 to fresh rivals, whoso powers have hitherto been uninjured 

 by travelling and close confinemont. 



The general arrangements were most satisfactory, both 

 as reg.ards the poultry and also the Pigeons. They were 

 exliibitod all on one tier about breast high, excepting the 

 Turlceys, Ducks, Geese, and Guinea-fowls. These latter 

 species had commodious pens allotted to them on the grass, 

 and tho health and appearance of these birds proved this 

 new arrangement a good one, and a decided improvement 

 on previous plans. The area of tho two tents, which were 

 excellently ventilated, gave the most ample room for easy 

 inspection, and tho gre.at numbers of visitors constantly 

 passing through the poultry tents proved that at least there 

 was no falling olf as to popularity in respect to poultry, nor 

 did the Pigeons appear lei^s attractive than heretofore. It 

 is almost needless to add that the comfort and well-being of 

 the whole was as diligently seen to as coidd be desired ; nor 

 do we remember any sliow in which so few indifl'erent speci- 

 mens were exhibited, and the condition of tho bu-ds generally 

 was perfection also, so much so tliat not a solitary instance 

 of ill-he.alth could be met with. Singularly enough the 

 entry of Spanish fowls nearly doubled as to number any 

 other class in the Exhibition, and the quality of these birds 

 throughout was mo.'jt meritorious. 



Tho tipanish Silver Cup was taken by a very first-class 



