June 20, 1365. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTA.GE GARDENER. 



475 



Manaoino Hare's-foot Fern {R. F. iJ.).— The Hare's-foot Fern U 

 Davallia fianarietisis. It does very well in a Bundy part of the greenhouae, 

 aod will do faTly in a fern-case if not kept too moist. Plant it in the driest 

 part of your fern-case, or shifc it into a l>tr(;er pot, and so that the thick 

 roota or rhizomes may rest on the soil. Drain well, and use a compost of 

 turfy peat two-thirds and loam one-third, with a frre a'lmixture of silver 

 sand. Water freely when growinp, and keep the soil moist after the fronds 

 become mature. It usually loses its fronds when the fresh ones be(?in to 

 appear, or shortly before, and we think your plant wna onW dolnf? this pre- 

 paratory to commencing' to grow. If you hive a greenhouse or a vinery, 

 that would be the beat place for it. 



Peach Treks Gumuivo (F. H. X'zne).— Gummin* In frnit treea la to be 

 attributed to the sap not being- aufficienily elaborated in the leaves, through 

 an excess of food being absorbed by the roots. It U very common to the 

 Peach and Apricot on the Plum stock on dry gravelly soils. Yonrs is a very 

 bad case. We think tbfi roots are deep in a bMd poiI, and know of no remedy 

 except taking- up the tvecs and replantinrf them early next autumn. We 

 had some equally bad, and we took them up, though very old, and with the 

 loss of many branrhes from gummy exudation, and found the roots had 

 X)enelrated into the cravel to a depth of 3 feet, and were only bare sticks. 

 The trees were replanted in turfy soil from sods 6 inches thick chopped fine, 

 slates were placed over the bottom of the border at the depth of 20 inches 

 to prevent the roots ^oing do^n, and the latter were covered with only 

 6 inches of eoil. The trees are now free from gum, and have set too many 

 frnit by ten times. The Apricot-; are also free from gum, and not niabinff so 

 much wood ; and the Ponches. little better than sk-let ms before lifting, are 

 faal filling with short close-jointeil wood. Gum being a diseas'? of the sap, 

 though not communicated from one individual to another, soon sprea'ls to 

 all parts of a tree, just as a disease of the blood in animals spreads over the 

 whole body. 



Gardening Apparel {An AmaUur Gardener) .—Yon should wear a sub- 

 stantial pair of boots, and any old habiliments you have whilst you are at 

 work in your garden ; but if you wish to be spruce buy a tourist's grey suit. 



Calceolaria Seeoling (Loch iVes5).— The flowers av^ ffood in form and 

 colour, but not unlike many olher seed'ings which are riised every year. 

 Thi Rose leaves are extremelv fine specimens of healthy and vigorous 

 grrowth. 



Abundance of Grapes f Tf. B. d'AlmeiiiaK—The Black Hamburgh under 

 ordinary circumstances would yield you the largest and most unfailing 

 supply. Your jlher query is answered in "Our Letter Bos." 



LiLitiM gi«antedm aftkr Blooming (P. Q ).— Unless you wish for seeds 

 we would, when the flower-stem turns yellow, cut it off just below thi? seed- 

 pods. Continue watering as usual for at leas' three monfhs looser. In 

 September remove to a cold frame in the full sun, and give but little water 

 after this with abundance of air. Protection from frost is all that isreq-iired 

 in winter. It may liloom another year if liberal treatment be given when 

 growing, and the bulb:* be well ripened off in autumn. Ahnnlant moisture 

 with free drainage when growing, plenty of pot room, and well ripening the 

 bulbs in autumn are the essentials to success. Pot in spring. 



Taking up Crocdses — PkEMOviso Polyanthuses (J.). -Crocuses are best, 

 left in the ground all the year, and only need taking up every three years 

 or so to divide the roots, planting asain the anme day. They bl.iom better 

 when not taken up. The Polyanthuses should now have a rather shadv 

 and cool border, one shaded (rom the midday sun, and if theyh;ive this with 

 a moist soil they need not be removed, unless the roots are large, when it 

 may be desirable to divide them. Plant on an ea9^ border, or where they 

 can have the mornina and evening sun with protection from the burn-ng 

 heat of the sun from Id a.m. to 4 p.m. A little fresh mould placed around 

 the crowns will be of service in preserving the roots from drought, and 

 during very dry wrather the plants should be sprinkled with water in tho 

 evening— that is, if you do not move them. A little sand placed between 

 the plants up to the crowns is very good at this sea^^on. Keep cool and 

 moist. 



Expelling Earth Worms (Jrffm).— Mix 141hs. of fresh lime with forty 

 gallons of water, Riir well up, uixd alio a- the mixture to stand for forty-eight 

 hours. Water with the clear water during showt-ry weather when the worms 

 are near the surface ; they will then come to the surface, and may be cle.sred 

 away. This repeated a few times will clear the ground. Soot sprinkled on 

 the surface is not liked cither by worms or slugs, and is, besides, a good 

 manure. 



Planting out Lilidm oiganteum (H". W. .E).— We shonld not advise 

 you to plant out your Lilium gigant^um unless vours is a verv f-heltiired 

 place. The soil should be well drained if it is ulafited out. If you have a 

 spare plant and wish to plant it out, tou had better do sn at oticp. Let tUe 

 bulb be placed ab-ut 2 or 3 inches below the surface of the ground. We 

 prefer growing them in the greenhouse, and as soon as thev have done 

 flowering put them out in the open air to ripen g-adually. They will not 

 require much water, imd during their season of rest they are best kept in a 

 cool greenhouse during the winter. We believe that no portion of the 

 patent you mention is sustainable, but ft-e cannot advise on such a subject. 



Phormidm tkv\x Seeds not Vegetatino (Cer).— Tour seedo seem all 

 right, but we cannot say whether they will germinate or not. They are 

 sound for the most part, thom^h many are defective, and some abortive. 

 The seeds ought to have germinated in one or all of the ways in which they 

 were sown b>' you. We have sown the seeds repeatedly, and had no trouble 

 in making them germinate. We drain a pot well, and 811 to within half an 

 inch of the rim with rather strong loam, and sow the seeds, just covering 

 them with fine soil. The soil is kept constantly m'>t3t, and the pot placed in 

 a mild hotbed until the seed'ings come up, when they are removed to a cold 

 frame or greenhouse, standing the pot on a cool bottom, or failing that, it 

 is placed on an inverted saucr in the midst of a larger one filled with 

 water, so th^t the bottom of the pot just touches the water. The young 

 p'ants are potted off when of sufficient size, and grown on in a cold frame, 

 protected in winter by mats. We should say your seeds are too old to ger- 

 minat", or the*' may not have been sufficiently ripened. We have had them 

 from New Zi^aland, and found steeping them in water at 100" induced ger- 

 mination when they otherwise failed. They were steeped about twelve 

 hours, and sown immediately afterwards, or not allowed to become dry 

 before sowing. 



Grranxums in Rich Soil (F. C). — We think you have added by far too 

 much minuTe ; so much, in fact, that the plants not only refuse to root into 

 it, but those already existing are destroyed. As the leaves flag, and copious 

 watering* only aggravate the evil, your best plan would be to take up the 

 plants, remove the soil, and replant in loam from rotted turves if you have 

 it— if not, in good rather Ueht loam. The rich soil will do very well (or top- 

 drps«-ing the beds of Calceolaria^, Roses, &c. Turfy loam with a little leaf 

 mould is most suitable for Geraniums. In rich soil they go too much to 

 growth, whilst in that which is very rich they will not grow at all, or only 

 for a brief period, aod then go off just when they ought; to be growing freely. 

 One-fourth of well-rntted manure is as much a^ can be given along with loam, 

 to <jer.iniums with advantage. Mure may give vigour, but at the expense 

 of the bloom. 



GMAfHALiuM UNATUM (P. P.). — Gnaphallum lanatum is a very useful 

 plant for edging lan;e beds with, but it is rather too coarse for small beds, 

 it is perfectly hardy. The spring is the beat time to divide or propagate it. 



Cherries Falling (Dublin) —The very heavy crop borne by the trees 

 last year, and the very hot dry weather now prevailing, evidently weakened 

 tiienn. The gangrene or brown ulcers on each Cherry intimate that there is 

 a deficient, supply of sap. We should manure the soil for some feet in a 

 circle round each tree, mulch the surface, and water plentifully. 



Inarching Muscat of Alexandria on White Tokat (D. TT. C. If.). — 

 You should have allowed both rods to grow on till the pruning season had 

 arrived. All fhit waa necessary to be done was to pinch in ail the laterals 

 on the stock, so as to throw alt the strength you could into the graft. You 

 might have taken a good crop off tho old rod without doing the growing 

 cane any injury. VVe should not advise you to depend on the Tokav as a 

 stocU for all yonr Muscats. We prefer the following kinds for stocks for 

 the M'lBcats— namely, Black Hamburgh, Trebbiano, and Lady Downe*s. 

 The reason why the leaves are turning yellow is this, the union was not so 

 complete as you expect, and, from cutting the old rod away, the stock has 

 thrown up more sap than the young cane could absorb, and no doubt a 

 large portion has been lost. If the union was not complete the sap would 

 flow to the point where the old rod was cut off, instead of flowing into Uie 

 youns cane . 



Insects (V. G. C.).— Neither of the insects described above is a wire- 

 worm. The first is evidently Snake Millipedes fJnUis pulchelius or allied 

 specif'S'. We cannot determine the longer one without seeing a snecimen, 

 but it is probably the Gordian Worm ^Gordius aquations). We know no 

 better remedy than that of placing slices of vegetables in the places they 

 frequent, as they are especially food of vegetable matter in an incipient 

 state of decay. {E ffarrey).~The fact of the Holly buda being attacked 

 by the dirty green larvfB of one of the Tortricldaa or Bell Moths is new to 

 US (those of Polyommatus Argiolus feed on tbe-n) Thuj havo now gona 

 into the chrysi'is state, and we expect the moths out very shortly.— W. 



Various (J?. A. P.).— You may remove the tips of the Gooseberry shoots, 

 and thus ren-.ove the aphides without injuring the bushes. The ti'eatment 

 of Azaleas after flowering is stated at page 453 of our last Number. The 

 Nile Lilv. which we presume is Nymphoea Lotus, must be allowed to com- 

 plete its growth where it is. 



Namks op Plants {M'cssi?ie).—\, Platyloma flesuo-nm; 2 and 3, missing ; 

 4, Ble^hnum spicant; 5, Onychium lucidura ; 6 and 7, insufflcieHt ; 3, Chei- 

 lanthfts hirta ; 9. Cyrtomium falcatura ; 10, Adnntum formognm. Lex 

 must send a specimen in flower. (/. S ). — Virgilin lutea. (A Donegal 

 Subscriber) .~-Tecc\ma jasminoides. (B. TV.).— Erysimum oehroleucum. We 

 cannot determine the Calystegia from the specimen s?nt. (O. Grove).— 

 Tamarix gallica. (T. ^.).— 1, ChEerophyllom tremulum ; 2. Buninm fiexu- 

 osnm ; 3 Galium saxstile; 4, Cerastiutn vulgatnm ; 5, Campannlata glo- 

 merata [A Youiig Gardener).— 'i. Polemnnium ccoinUunt; 4, Aubrietia 

 delToidea; 5, Spirrea fiHpendula. {E. D. 5.).— Bed flower Valtrlana rubra, 

 and the other Cotyledon umbilicus. The last-named is popularly known as 

 Wall Penny-wort. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION-S in the Suburbs of London for tlie Week endlns June 17th. 



Date. 



BAH03 



Max. 



lETEE. 



THERMOMETER. 



Wind. 



Bain 

 in 



inches. 



General Remarks. 





Air. 



Earth. 





Min. 



Max. 



Min. 



1 ft. deep 



2 ft. deep. 



6'i 



61 



61i 



61,^ 



61 



61i 



61J 





San. 11 

 Mon. 12 

 Tues. la 

 Wed. U 

 Thnrs. 15 

 Friday 16 

 Sat 17 



Mean 



30.334 

 30.^09 

 30.381 

 30.415 

 30.373 

 30.379 

 80.266 



30.142 

 30.395 

 30 3.'J2 

 30.346 

 30.342 

 30,3.59 

 30.225 



70 

 68 

 81 

 SO 

 76 

 80 

 74 



30 

 35 

 40 

 3H 

 46 

 43 

 38 



64 



r,3 



62 



63 



624 



63 



63 



N.E 

 N.E. 

 N.W. 



E. 

 N.E. 

 N.E. 

 NE. 



.00 



.00 

 .00 



.00 

 .00 

 .01 

 .00 



DryN.F). wind ; fine; very fine; below freezine at nieht. 

 r^old, with dry easterly wind ; overcast and cool at night. 

 Fine; very fine ; hot and dry; fine. 

 Very fine throughont ; rather cold at night. 

 Very fine throughout 



Very fine ; low white clouds ; hot sun ; fine at night. 

 Overcast; fine : low wliite clouds in clear blue sky ; cold at 



(nlifht. 





30. set 



30.308 



75.57 



38.00 



62.93 



61.35 







0.00 





