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JOTTRNAL OF HOUTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ June 20, 1885. 



2. LEAVES VARIEGATED WITH WHITE. 



Variegaled Nosegay*** (Turner). — Moderately dwarf 

 habit ; leaves whitish at the edge, cupped ; flowers abundant 

 and effective, but loose, cerise pink. — (Proceedings of the 

 Royal Horticxilhiral Society.) 



(To be coDtlnaed.) 



STOPPIJS^G J^WLY-PLANTED VENUES. 



I PLANTED in the early part of February six strong Vines, 

 every shoot showed fruit, which I, of course, took off. These 

 Vines have now reached half way up the lights, and are 

 looting strong and flourishing. A gardener' advised me to 

 stop the leading shoot, but my own impression is, that the 

 leader ought to be allowed to reach the end of the light, and 

 then be stopped some time in August. Another question 

 I would wish to ask is. Whether the tendrils of the leader 

 should be taken off?— H. E, Dir Pke. 



[Stop the Vines when they have reached about three parts 

 of the way up the rafters. It will cause them to grow more 

 robust from the base and upwards than when the cane is 

 allowed to gi-ow to the top of the house before stopping. It 

 often happens, in consequence of the sap always flowing to 

 the highest point first, that the Vine swells out largely 

 when it is about half way up the house, whilst from that 

 point downwards it has a very pinched appearance, the 

 stopping is, therefore, necessary to cause the Vine to grow 

 more proportionate. It also helps the ripening process 

 gradually from the base upwai'ds after the fii-st stopping. 

 As soon as the Vine has grown about 3 feet stop it again, 

 and as soon as it reaches the top of the house, stop it again. 

 The tendrils should be pinched out, and the laterals .should 

 be stopped at the second leaf.] 



POETEAITS OF PLA^fTS, FLOW^EES, A^^D 

 FEUITS. 



Ctpf.ipediitm conoolor (One-coloured Lady's Slipper). — 

 Nai. ord., Orchidaceae. Linn., Gynandria Monandria. — Native 

 ofMoulmein. Flowers lemon-coloured. Leaves beautifully 

 variegated with rows of crescent-shaped dark green spots. — 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 5.513.) 



Vellosia CANDIDA (White Vellosia). — Nat. ord., Haimo- 

 doraceae. Linn., Polyadelphia Polyandria. — Native of Brazil. 

 —(Ibid., t. 5.j14.) 



Dendeobiusi hedtosmum (Sweet-scented Dendrobium). — 

 Nat. ord., Orchidacese. Linn., Gynandria Monandria. — In- 

 troduced from Moulmein, by Messrs. Low & Co., Clapton 

 Kurser)-. Flowers white with orange lip ; scented like the 

 Wallflower.— (J6t<J., t. 5515.) 



AcAXTHUS MONTAfTus (African Mountain Acanthus). — 

 Nat. ord., Acanthacete. Linn., Didynamia Angiospermia. 

 — Native of Fernando Po. Flowers lilac. — (Itiid., t. 551G.) 



Eailliabdia ciliolata (Ciliate-leaved Eaillardia). — Nat. 

 ord., Compositte. lAnn., Syngenesia xqualis. — Native of 

 Hawaii, one of the Sandwich Islands, at an elevation of 

 10,000 feet. Flowers yellow, with prominent crimson anthers. 

 — (lUd., t. 5517.) 



Anemose (Hepatxca) anoulosa (Angle-leaved Hepatica). 

 — Nat. ord., Kanunculacese. Linn., Polyandria Polygynia. — 

 Native of Hungary. Flowers purplish-blue. Anemone Fal- 

 ooneri, recently discovered in Kashmir, so closely agrees 

 with Hepatica in almost all essential characters, that the 

 last-named gcnns has been abolished. — (TUd., t. 5518.) 



Rhododentiron. — Princess Alexandra, a cross between 

 E. jasminiflorum, and a species never sent out. Raised by 

 Messrs. Veitch. White with a pink tinge. — (Floral Mag., 



ZoHALB Geranium. — Venus (Bailey's). Raised by Mr. 

 Halley, nurseryman, Blackhcath. Awarded a first-class 

 certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society. Dwarf and 

 compact ; flowers bright scarlet. Lnaves yellowish green 

 centre, black zone, and dark greer margin. — (Ibid., pi. 24fi.) 



Hepatica anoulosa. — See above. Anemone angviosa — 

 (Ihid., pi. 247.) 



DotTELE-FLOWEKED MiMULtrs. — Raised by Mr. Bull. 

 Orange and yellow with dark crimson spots and blotches. — 

 (Ihid., pi. 248.) 



PELARGONitrM. — Amy Hogg. One of the late Mr. Donald 

 Beaton's seedlings, and now possessed by Mr. Wm. Paul, 

 Waltham Cross Nursery, and one of the best of the series. 

 Truss large, deep carmine; leaves with a dark green zone; 

 plant strong-growing and spreading. — (Florist and Poniolo- 

 gist, iii., 113.) 



JfY PLAKTS, 



AN'3 HO^ ANT) WUERE I FODKD THEM.— No. i. 



*' The increasinif bl,ist roared round the beetling rocks; 

 The clouds, swift-winged, flew o'er the starry sky." 



We will now quit for a time the wild and romantic hilla 

 and dales of North Staffordshire, with their picturesque 

 scenery and immense resources of mineral wealth ; we wUl 

 take leave of its towns, with their numerous manufactures, 

 for an exploring tour in the neighbouring island of Jersey. 

 I would, however, advise intending travellers to select the 

 calm and bright summer months for their trip, and not 

 expose themselves to the vagaries of the tides or the violence 

 of the storms in this part of the Channel, as we did at so 

 inclement a time of the year as .January. 



It was an eventful evening, that in 1860, on which we 

 quitted London, and securing a railway caj-riage for our own 

 and children's exclusive benefit, were whirled away through 

 the unsatisfactory and mysterious darkness of the night, 

 right onward to the port of Southampton. The bairns, 

 warmly ensconced in railway rugs and shawls, slept soundly. 

 Childhood's happy confidence, and full trust in the protect- 

 ing care of the parents who journeyed with them, dispelled 

 all fear of the noise and darkness which surrounded them. 

 Let us look for a moment at their peaceful faces by the 

 smaU light of the caiTiage lamp, and learn that difficult 

 lesson of faith and trustfulness in the Universal Father in 

 those dark days which come more or less to all earth's chil- 

 dren, and more especially do I address my own sex ; for 

 " Do 1 not know 



The life of woman is foil of woe ? 



Toiliof; on und on 



■With breaking he^rt. and tearful eyei, 



And silent lips, and in the soul 



The seci"et lonjtinps which ari*e, 



Which this world never satisfies! 



Some mor*^. some less, but of the whole 



Not one quite happy — no, not one ! " 



Still, in the midst of it all, "Nil Despernndum" is a very 

 good motto for a good wife, and also for a good Christian. 

 Nil Desperandum ! Hope on, Hope ever ! and have the chil- 

 dren's trust on your journey through life, and you shall have 

 also their calm awaking at the end of it. 



Immediately after our arrival at Southampton we found 

 ourselves on board the steamer appointed to convey us to 

 the island of Jersey, which island we hoped to reach at day- 

 break. In consequence of the roughness and severity of 

 the weather the mails had been detained in Southampton 

 the previous night, and many were the sunnises as to 

 whether our boat could with safety make the passage even 

 then. The captain, however, -nas determined to i-un across; 

 and my husband, the greater part of whose youth had been 

 passed at sea, only saw a night of pleasant excitement 

 before him, and cordially joined tlie captain in his wish to 

 proceed. What was a storm to him ? — he who could sit as 

 comfortably whistling upon the mainyard as chatting in the 

 easy chair at liome. bo tlie steam was got up. and away 

 we started. Never shall I forget my first apprenticeship to 

 the sea, or how dearly I " paid for my footing " within the 

 realms of Neptune. Uavingquietly demolished one's chicken 

 pie and visibly decreased the ham, how pleasant to sit with 

 one's feet on the fender, and having discussed the births, 

 marriages, and deaths in the morning paper in genuine 

 feminine style — road everything, in fact, excepting the 

 columns devoted to politics, and even if it is a wet morning 

 condescended to peep at these — we turn over the paper, and 

 our ej'e catches the advertisement, "To Jersey and Back," 

 "To St. Malo and Back," Sec, for some nominal sum. How 

 smoothly flow the words ! and no sooner have you read this 

 invitation than in imagination you are borne on the btuik 

 of "the swallow flying south" to the "gilded eaves" of 

 some fair one ivi this island of warmth and love. But it is 

 a very different thing to picture all this so prettily, or even 

 (to revert to the gilded gingerbread), to sympathise with tha 



