October 10, 1878. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 281 
dissatisfied with the farming of a piece of heath land, which 
has a considerable slope towards the north-east, resolved to let 
it out to cottagers at moderate rents in allotments. The soil 
of this piece, and of the district generally where the best fruit 
is produced, consists of a sandy peat mixed largely with small 
flint stones varying in size from a walnut to a hen’s egg, and 
contains very little loam. The subsoil is sand and gravel, but 
as brick earth is obtained in the locality it is probable it under- 
lies the gravel at no great depth. The surface in many places 
is almost white with flints, and a more uninviting material for 
gardening can hardly be conceived. It seems that an intelli- 
gent cottager, having noticed that Strawberries prospered in a 
market garden in the. locality, tried the experiment on a small 
scale on his allotment. Success attending the experiment he 
extended it, his neighbours watched and followed suit, and the 
Strawberry fever quickly became infectious. At the present 
time nearly the whole field, probably containing 15 acres, is 
deyoted to Strawberries, and most of the available land with 
nearly every nook and corner in the village from arod upwards 
is appropriated to the culture of that fruit. Gooseberries, 
Currants, Cherries, Apples, and Pears are also grown to a small 
extent, and in some instances with tolerable success; but a 
first glance is sufficient to show that these fruits, except perhaps 
the Cherry, are more at home in Kent and elsewhere than at 
Sarisbury. 
The course of Strawberry culture is somewhat as follows :— 
As early as possible in the season strong runners from fruiting 
plants are laid in, and about the last week in August or early 
in September, being then well rooted, they are transplanted in 
tows from 2 feet 6 inches to 3 feet apart, and about 18 inches 
in the rows; in some cases, however, the plants are put in 
about 2 feet 3 inches apart all ways, each plan having its ad- 
herents and appearing equally successful in its results. Harly 
planting is not resorted to on account of the difficulties and 
expense attending the artificial watering of the plants, but the 
work is deferred until the weather is somewhat cool, and in 
order that the newly-put-out plants may have the benefit of the 
autumn rains. My informant, an intelligent cottager, who was 
one of the first to adopt extensive culture of the Strawberry, 
stated that not only at planting time but afterwards those 
Strawberries on ground which contained the most flints did the 
best, the stones helping to check evaporation, to keep the 
ground cool and at an equable temperature, and the plants 
firm in the ground. The suggestion seemed an intelligible one, 
and leads almost to the conclusion that a mulching of stones 
would often be beneficial to other crops and plants as well as 
Strawberries, and recalled to my mind instances where Roses, 
climbers and trees, prospered with the material portion of their 
Toots beneath a paved surface. On stronger and loamy land 
free from flints 1 was told tkat the crop of Strawberries was 
not profitable. As the plants at Sarisbury are put in late the 
produce of fruit the next year is small, and that of the third 
year is considered the largest and best. The same plants are 
usually retained for four or five years, but sometimes until 
the seventh ; the ground is then dug over, manured, and re- 
planted with Strawberries again. 
The sorts grown are Sir Joseph Paxton and Alice Maud. 
British Queen and Elton Pine are also partially cultivated, but 
neither so profitably as the two first, although the Queen ap- 
pears to succeed on the soil. Elton Pine is, however, being 
abandoned in toto, as the success of the Sarisbury growers is 
a good deal owing to the precocity of the crop, Strawberries 
from Sarisbury getting into Covent Garden a few days after 
those from Cornwall, and preceding the Kentish by nearly a 
fortnight. 
It is said that a good crop has produced as much as £150 per 
acre, the cost of labour, marketing, manure, and other ex- 
penses amounting to about £50 an acre perannum. Mulching 
with dry littery manure is resorted to as soon as the fruit begins 
to swell, and after the crop is gathered the plants are lightly 
forked between. Stable manure is obtained from Southampton 
and Portsmouth by the river Hamble, which is navigable to 
the lower part of the village, but as the rise is considerable the 
cost of haulage is proportionally large. I fear, however, that 
without a liberal supply of this in hot dry seasons, such as 
those of 1868 and 1870, Strawberries on Sarisbury land would 
be a failure. 
The village is dry and elevated, and from it views may be 
obtained on the one side of St. Cross at Winchester, and on 
the other of Southampton Water and the Isle of Wight. ‘The 
Oak, Laurel, Cherry, Rhododendron, and Fuchsia Riccartoni 
seem to flourish in the locality, and since the cultivation of ke 
Strawberry has become general the price of land has increased 
largely, and for the same land a rental of £4 instead of £1 per 
acre may pow be obtained. It is rarely that a new industry 
is so rapidly developed, and it is not often in this country that 
the agricultural wheels can be so easily turned into horticultural 
ruts, and in these days of unprofitable farming a further ex- 
tension of fruit farming to such crops as the Strawberry would 
be of advantage to the community ; and as neither the sunny 
south nor our transatlantic brethren are likely to be compe- 
titors in this branch of fruit culture, at all events until veritable 
travelling Strawberries are produced, Sarisbury may probably 
look forward to a prosperous future. As English tastes are now, 
our Strawberries are not likely to be displaced by the Bordeaux 
Fraises des Quatre Saisons, which, on account of their better 
travelling qualities and the admirable manner in which they 
are packed, are the only foreign Strawberries likely to get into 
our markets.—T. Laxton, Bedford. 
HARDY PERENNIALS FLOWERING AT 
LONGLEAT IN SEPTEMBER. 
Achillea Ageratum 
A, aurea 
A. filipendulina 
A. Millefolium rosea 
A. Ptarmica plena 
Aconitum autumnale 
Alstrémeria psitticina 
Anchusa capensis 
A. italica 
Anemone Honorine Jobert 
A. japonica 
A. japonica hybrida 
Armeria alpina grandiflora 
Aster Amellus 
A. horizontalis 
A. longifolius formosus 
A. Novee-Anglia rubra 
A. patens 
A. pendulus 
A. pulchellus 
A. rosmarinifolius 
Calendrinia umbellata 
Campanula carpatica 
C. Portenschlagiana 
C. pumila 
Cassia marylandica 
Centranthus angustifolius 
C. roseus 
Centrocarpha grandiflora 
Chelone obliqua 
Chrysocoma linosyris 
Clematis integrifolia 
C. tubulosa 
Colchicum autumnale album 
- autumnale album plenum 
. autumnale plenum 
. autumnale striatum. 
. autumnale variegatum 
. byzantinum 
}. speciosum 
Coreopsis lanceolata 
C. proecox 
Crucianelia stylosa 
Cyananthus lobata 
Cyclamen europeum 
Erodium Manescavi 
Eryngium amethystinum 
E. Bourgati 
E. faleatum 
E. tricuspidatum 
Eucomis punctata 
Eupatorium purpureum' 
Gaillardia amblyodon 
G. grandiflora 
Galatella cana 
G. hyssopifolia 
Geranium striatum 
Geum coccineum 
G. coccineum plenum 
Helianthus multifiorus 
H. multiflorus plenus 
Hieracium aurantiacum 
Hypoxis villosa 
Tnula squarrosa 
aaanaa 
Lilium speciosum 
L. speciosum album 
L. tigrinum Fortuni 
Linum flavum 
Lithospermum prostratum 
Lobelia cardinalis 
L. syphilitica 
L. syphilitica alba 
L. syphilitica Fabrii 
Lychnis chalcedonica 
Lychis chalcedonica plena 
L. vespertina alba plena 
Malva lateritia 
Mimulus moschatus Harrisont 
Monarda didyma 
M. fistulosa 
M. mollis 
M. purpurea 
Myosotis palustris semperflorens 
Nepeta ccerulea 
N. macrantha 
Octinomeris helianthoides 
Cinothera Fraseri 
di. macrocarpa 
. riparia 
di. speciosa 
@. taraxacifolia 
@. Youngi 
@thionema saxatile 
Papaver nudicaule 
Patrinia scabioszefolia 
Pentstemon heterophylla 
P. in variety 
Phlox in variety 
Phygelius capensis 
Platycodon grandifloruny 
Plumbago Larpentze 
Polygonum Brunoni 
P. Sieboldii 
P. yiviparum 
Potentilla Hopwoodiana 
Pyrethrum in variety 
Sanguisorba media 
Scabiosa australis 
Scutellaria macrantha 
Sedum spectabile 
S. spectabile album 
Solidago elliptica 
S. multiflora 
S. reflexa 
S. squamata 
Spirea Filipendula plena 
Stevia canescens 
S. Mexicana 
Sylphinum trifoliatum 
Tradescantia virginica in var. 
Tritoma grandis 
T. Uvaria glaucescens 
Tritonia aurea 
Tunica Saxifraga 
Verbena venosa 
Veronica virginica 
Viola in variety 
Zephyranthus candida 
THE WARS OF THE ROSES. 
CANON HOLE’s position as an exhibitor of Roses is too well 
known to require any comment from me, but your correspondent, 
“WyYLpD SAVAGE,” haying relegated him to the third rank 
among exhibitors, and also stated that “It is almost a certainty 
that Messrs. Baker and Jowitt are first and second at any 
show,” I may state a few facts bearing on the matter. I 
believe Mr. Hole and Mr. Jowitt have competed together at 
only fcur shows within the last three years—viz., Nottingham 
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