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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ July 27, 1876. 



Filey. August 11th. Mr. Walter Fisher, Hon, Sec. 



Otlet. AuguBt 12th. Mr. Alfred Suttle, Hon. Sec. 



Clay Cross. August 15th. Mr. J. Stallard, Clay Cross, near Chesterfield, Sec. 



Weston-supeh-Make. August 15th and 16th. Mr. W. B. Frampton, Sec. 



Preston. August 16th and 17th. Mr. "W. Troughton, Hon. Sec. 



Shrewsbury. August 16th and 17th. Adnitt & Naunton, Hon. Sees. 



Ledbury. August 17th. Mr. J. B. Masefield, Hon. Sec. 



Norton, near Stoceton-on-Tees. August 18th. Mr. C. Turner, Sec. 



Mtrfield. August 19th. Mr. G. Senior and Mr. J. Rushforth, Hon. Sees. 



Came (Wilts). August 22nd. Mr. H. Blackford, Sec. 



Newbury. August 22nd. Mr. H. Seymour, Hon. Sec. 



Dorset County. August 23rd (at Dorchester). Mr. A. Pope and Mr. C. 



Parsons, Sees. 

 Chepstow. August 23rd. Mr. R. Thorn, Hon. Sec. 

 Cabshalton, Wallington, and Beddington. August 24th. Mr. J. 



Baines, Leicester House, Carshalton, and Mr. W. Clark, the Nurseries, 



Wallington, Hon. Sees. 

 Largs and Fairdie. August 25th. Mr. D. G. Glen, Hon. Sec. 

 Seaton Burn. August 26th. Mr. E. Richardson and Mr. W. Eliott, Sees. 

 Isle of Thanet (Margate). August 30th. Mr. C. D. Smith, 8, Marine 



Terrace, Margate, Sec. 

 Pocextngton. August 31st. Sec, Mr. J. E. Ross. 

 Yarmouth. August Slst. Mr. S. Aldred, Hon. Sec. 

 Thornton Heath. Septemher 1st and 2nd. Mr. W. Raines, 10, St. John's 



Villas, Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath, Hon. Sec. 

 Montrose. Septemher 1st and 2nd. Mr. Ales. Burnett, 2, High Street, Sec, 

 Dundee (International). September 7th, 8th, and 9th. Mr. W. R. McEelvie, 



26, Euclid Crescent, Sec. 

 Glasgow. September 12th and 13th. Mr. F. Gilb. Doughall, 167, Canning 



Street, Sec. 

 Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society. September 13th. 

 Kilmarnock. September 14th. Mr. M. Smith, 11, King Street, Sec. 

 Ipswich. September 17th. Sec, Mr. W. B. Jeffries, Henley Road, Ipswich. 

 Northampton (Chrysanthemums). November 14th and loth. Mr. W. 



Gutteridge, 51, Denmark Road, Northampton, Sec. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



%* All correspondence should be directed either to "The 

 Editors," or to "The Publisher." Letters addressed to 

 Mr. Johnson or Dr. Hogg often remain unopened unavoid- 

 ably. We request that no one will write privately to any 

 of our correspondents, as doing so subjects them to un- 

 justifiable trouble and expense. 



Correspondents should not mis up on the Bame Bheet questions 

 relating to Gardening and those on Poultry and Bee sub- 

 jects, and should never send more than two or three 

 questions at once. All articles intended for insertion 

 should be written on one side of the paper only. We 

 cannot reply to questions through the post. 



Books (H. T. F.).— T. Hogg's "Treatise on the Carnation, &c," and Mad- 

 dock's " FloriBt's Directory." Bat you -will find an epitome of all in our 

 manual " Florist's Flowers." 



Preserving the Scent of Flowers (W.J. C.).— Jasmine, Rose, or any 

 other flowers may have their scent preserved by the following mode: — Place 

 them between thin layers of cotton wool, dipping these into the finest olive 

 oil, and sprinkling a small quantity of fine salt on the flowerB alternately 

 until an earthen or wide-mouthed glass vessel ib quite full. Tie the top close 

 with a bladder, and place the vessel in a south aspect exposed to the heat of 

 the sun, and in fifteen days when opened a fragrant oil may be squeezed away 

 from the whole mass, little inferior, if Roses are made nee of, to the dear and 

 highly valued otto or attar of Roses. 



Strawberries for Exhibition (G. F. W.). — As you have Sir J. Paston 

 and Br. Hogg yon may add to them President and James Yeitch. If you cut 

 off the leaves of Sir J. Paxton do so now. 



Grapes in Ground Vinebt (J. J. M.). — The Grapes cracking is caused 

 probably by giving too much water and too little ventilation. We water 

 moderately twice a-week, leave the glass partly open night and day, and 

 never Byringe. Our Grapes never crack. 



Grapes Shaded by Leaves (F. J.).— Unless far more numerous than 

 usual the Vine leaves will aid instead of checking the Grapes colouring. 



Dragon's Blood for Pansles (Q. M. R.). — Whoever recommended such 

 an application could not have known what he recommended. It is a reBin 

 not Boluble in water. 



Dividing Proposed Vinery (W.H.). — Weshouldnot divide the vinery into 

 two compartments — i.e., one for early and the other late Grapes, which would 

 necessitate two sets of heating apparatus, though one fire would do for both, 

 and you would need to have a higher temperature for a considerably longer 

 period than were the house in one compartment. Late Grapes are the most 

 profitable, such as will haDg in good condition until the summer Grapes are 

 past. 



Cucumber Plants Infested with Red Spider (A. B.). — The leaf Bent 

 us was smothered with red spider, many alive when it reached us. H all the 

 leaves are in the Bame condition as that sent there is no hope of the plant's 

 recovering so severe an attack. Remove the worst infested leaves and syringe 

 the plants morning and evening, keeping the floors and every available Burface 

 wet during the day. If in beds water overhead every afternoon and shut up 

 the frame early (about four o'clock), the Bprinkling being juBt previously ap- 

 plied, and if the sun be powerful shade for an hour. Your only hope is in 

 fresh healthy growth, removing the old leaves gradually as new growth is 

 made. 



Vegetable Marrows not Swelling (G. V. C.).— It usually arises from 

 the soil being too dry. Give them a thorough soaking of water. The water- 

 ings you have given were no doubt insufficient, or applied after the mischief 

 was done. 



Ants on Rose Bushes (Bed Bill).— They do no damage to the buBhes, 

 and are only found where green fly clusters on the Bhoots. There is a sweet 

 subBtance dropped by the aphiB tribe which ants are fond of, and it is solely 

 for this that they go on Rose bushes. 



Roses (X. T. Z.). — Bessie Johnson is an excellent light pink. Mareohal 

 Niel and Baroness Rothschild are for outdoor culture. (Q. J. Barnesby). — 

 Such sports are not uncommon. (E. T.). — If you water the roots abundantly 

 daily and keep the surface mulched you will probably prevent the mildew. 

 ( T. E. C. ). — We cannot name any florists' flowers that have hundreds of varie- 

 ties nearly alike. 



Seakale (H. W. S. C). — The strong seedlings may he forced next year* 

 You mention a Rose leaf being enclosed, but it wasn't. 



Manure (E. C. 0.). — As you cannot obtain stable manure you must use 

 guano ani have all the weeds and leaves rotted in a heap, pouring over it 

 some ammoniacal liquor from the gasworks. 



Melon Leaf Spotted \N. N.). — The brown spots are not caused by red 

 spider. Applva little weak tepid manure water to the roots. Keep the air 

 moist and ventilate freely. 



Ivy on Church Walls (A Reader). — Builders object because Ivy renders 

 repairs needless. We know that it is both protective and ornamental. 



American Blackberries (G. D.). — Cultivate them as Raspberries are 

 cultivated. Liquid manure may be given now. The surface of your heavy 

 soil should be mulched over their roots. 



Strawberries foe Light Soil (Runner).— Keen's Seedling, President, 

 and Frogmore Late Pine. Trench the ground and have the surface mulched. 



Hollyhock Leaf Diseased (A. N.).— It is destroyed bya fungus. Abun- 

 dant watering of the roots and keeping the surface of the soil thickly 

 mulched would probably have prevented it. The old- woman- an d-knif e remedy 

 is the only mode of extirpating the weeds from your lawn. 



Shrubs and Trees for Seashore (S. 8.). — Evergreen Oak, Pinus in- 

 sigais, P. laricio, with Sycamore and Turkey Oak, are what we advise of trees ; 

 and of shrubs Tamarisk, Alatemus, Brooms, double Gorse, Euonymus, Escal- 

 lonia macrantha, Hollies, Elders, Sea Buckthorn, and Guelder Rose. 



Geraniums (J. N.}. — The three are handsome and vigorous. We cannot 

 name any florists' varieties ; they are too numerous, and nearly alike to 

 others. 



Shading for a Plant Stove (J. P.).— A portable shading is preferable 

 to a fixed one, as the former need only be used when required. We certainly 

 advise you to use the blind, although the material is somewhat stout. It will 

 only need to be down when the sun is powerful. By careful and correct 

 management it will afford you considerable aid, and we should prefer it to the 

 whitewash. 



Black Fungus on Vine Leaves (J. M.).— We can only repeat that the 

 vinery is mismanaged, or the leaves would not have been so severely affected. 

 More ventilation and attention to the foliage would have banished the disease. 

 The other plants being unscathed is no guide. 



Maggots in Onions (Porter). — Nothing will destroy the maggots without 

 destroying the Onions. Preventing the sawflies depositing their eggs in the 

 bulbs is the course to adopt anotheryear. Pull up all Onions that have mag- 

 gots in tbem and destroy them. Every maggot will become a chrysalis and 

 produce a parent fly next year. 



Names of Plants (Beckenham). — 1, Barren, and therefore ^determinable ; 

 2, Asplenium diveraifolium ; 3, Davallia dissecta; 4, Pelleea geraniifolia. 

 E. M. Body).— Cystopteris fragilis. 



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POULTKY, BEE, AED PIGEOff 0HR0NI0LE. 



A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE. 



A few days ago I removed a couple of hens from broods of 

 chicks with which they had been cooped nearly a month in a 

 croft close by my rustic dwelling, and by an odd coincidence, if 

 it be one, found next morning that an enemy had been in the 

 camp during the night, for there lay within a yard of its coop 

 the remains of a month-old chick half eaten. Some guessing took 

 place as to who or what could have been the marauder, but my 

 gardener was positive that " it mun ha' been that black cat 

 o' Brown's," which he forthwith requested permission to "mak 1 

 end on," on my account of course. It was certainly suggestive 

 that the most weakly among the several dozens of various sorts 

 and conditions of chickens running practically at liberty about 

 the spot Bhould have been selected, because the fact .seemed to 

 imply that its captor had been just nimble enough to catch it, 

 and therefore scarcely so active as a cat; besides which I thought 

 a cat would probably have made a heartier meal than half of so 

 small a chick, supposing it had not, cat-like, first carried it off 

 altogether. So " that cat o' Brown's," though under sore suspi- 

 cion, escaped molestation for the present — at all events till it 

 Bhould be seen what another night should bring forth. 



The nest evening the chicks were all left safe, cuddled up to- 

 gether in their coops pretty much al fresco t and with two acres 

 of croft and garden open to them in which to scatter and take 

 ref age in case of attack. Sure enough an attack came. A little 

 before midnight I was roused from my first uneasy attempt at 

 slumber — the weather being a trifle of the warmest even for 

 July — by loud and most piteous ories from my chicks, the more 

 audible inasmuch as the open window looked down almost 

 straight upon their harbourage. In a very few moments I was 

 down among the affrighted and distressed chicks in no little ex- 

 citement and the airiest of costumes ; but though chicks were 

 to be heard calling all over the place, nothing, except one or two 

 of themselves, was to be Been. There seemed nothing for it but 

 to hope that the little creatures would be too active for their 

 enemy and keep out of its reach ; but hardly had I returned to 

 my room before the Bame distressful cries arose again, and once 

 more, costume as before, I tried to discover the nature of the 

 foe evidently so feared by my poor chioks. As I stood beside 



