Deoember 14, 1876. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND OOTI&GB GARDENER. 



517 



Snapdragrons flower late in the autumn and are useful for 

 outting. Dandelions and Daisies are peeping up here and there. 

 Lamium album, L. maculatum, Geranium Andrewsii, Fever- 

 few, Linaria Cymbalaria, Silene eompaeta, the old Monthly 

 China and other hardy Perpetual Roses, not forgetting Gloire 

 de Dijon; Primroses,';Polyanthuses, AlyBsums, Arabis alba, 

 Farsetia purpurea, Veronica Blue Gem, Leptosiphon roseus, 

 Senecio vulgaris, Capsella Barsa-pastoris bring up the rear of 

 November's flowers. — Obsekvee. 



PAINTING FRUIT TREES. 



Judging from the way that painting fruit trees is recom- 

 mended and practised this operation must in many instanoeg 

 be considered as forming an essential part of the gardener's 

 practice. It is generally under glass that painting is most 

 generally prosecuted, Vines, Peaches, and Figs coming in for 

 a very large share of it. Some of the ingredients used in 

 painting might no doubt be very injurious to insects at the 

 time of application, but the paint soon loses its strength, and 

 before the trees are in leaf insects have nothing to contend 

 against so far as the painting is concerned. 



Too much dependance is often placed on painting. I have 

 known instances where trees badly infested with insects re- 

 ceived no further attention to eradicate them than being painted 

 over, and when growth begun the insects were as plentiful as 

 ever. To make paint effectual it should reaoh every corner 

 and part, and not the upper surface of loose bark only, as 

 is too often the case ; but when the loose bark is cleared 

 off and the inner bark well washed with soft soap and water 

 it is quite impossible that any insect or any of their belong- 

 ings can be left or find a place, and when they are thus re- 

 moved there is no necessity whatever for painting. I have 

 not painted a tree with the intention of killing insects for some 

 years past, and insects have been much fewer than when J 

 painted. The labour saved in not painting is considerable ; 

 and in the place of dirt everything is clean throughout the 

 whole season. I found when the paint was put on thickly 

 that it oraoked in the summer time, and the crevices formed 

 an excellent harbour for vermin. 



I should like some of those who have been in the habit of 

 painting their trees to discontinue it this winter, and wash 

 thoroughly, leaving every part perfectly clean ; when, after a 

 season's experience, I am certain they would never be at the 

 trouble of painting another tree. — A Feuit-growek. 



SOME OF OUR NATIVE DECIDUOUS TREES. 



As the merits of flowering shrubs of the deciduous class 

 have been alluded to by a correspondent, would it not be 

 worth while going a little further than he has done ? Without 

 decrying the claims of the many popular shrubs which he 

 has named, I desire to put in a claim for some of the most 

 common of our indigenous shrubs and trees, which often occupy 

 the most unfrequented nooks and corners of our woods and 

 coppices, and yet in themselves afford a display of beauty not 

 always found in those that hail from a far-distant country. 

 For instance, what can be more beautiful than the golden 

 inflorescence of some of the Willows, which in some coppices 

 give a tint of bright colouring seen quite a mile or more away, 

 and at a time of year when flowers are always acceptable ? In 

 damp places the Willow very often overtops its neighbours, 

 and its appearance is the more conspicuous. Some of the 

 species are truly beautiful ; I believe the male plant of one of 

 the species is thought to be the most handsome, and the female 

 of some of the others ; the first-named not being very plenti- 

 ful, but the latter very common. Perhaps someone will ex- 

 plain this. These Palms, as they are locally termed in most 

 country districts, have in themselves a sort of poetic feeling 

 attached to them, apart from their intrinsic worth as objects 

 of beauty. 



Following these we have others with flowers scarcely less 

 showy — the Bird Cherry, or Haekberry of some districts, has 

 a flower not much inferior to the imported Deutzia. And 

 where is it possible to find any growth that will exceed that of 

 the Elm when it is fairly out with its clustered flakes of in- 

 florescence loading every particle of its numerous twig ends 

 early in May ? I have seen them used with advantage in an 

 arrangement for dinner-table decoration. 



Some other trees are also beautiful in their way. The wild 

 Crab is not inferior to the cultivated Apple ; while it is need- 



less to point to the beauties of the May ; poetic writers of all 

 ages have never ceased breathing its praises ; and many other 

 of our most common trees give us forms of beauty peculiarly 

 their own. The clusters of ABh keys exceed in beauty that oi 

 many an exotic plant for which high prices are paid ; and 

 the wild Briar is scarcely inferior to the Rose when it is seen 

 struggling through a hedge or mass of undergrowth wood o£ 

 any kind, neither is a solitary plant of it to be despised w hen 

 hanging over a dry bank or other suitable place. Therevare 

 many others of the common trees deserving notice. E en 

 sprays of the common Beeoh look exceedingly well when in 

 fruit, and the wonder is why what I may term the floral beauty 

 of common trees has not been noticed before. — J. Robson. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



The donations promised towards the National Rose Society 

 are as follows : — The Rev. Canon Hole, £5 ; Rev. C. H. Buhner, 

 £1 ; John Cranston, £5 ; Messrs. Cutbush & Sons, £2 2s. ; 

 MessrB. Paul & Son, £10; Captain Christy, £5; Herbert J. 

 Adams, £5 ; John Mayo, £5 ; R. S. N. Baker, £5 ; the Rev. 

 J. B. M. Camm, £5 ; E. C. Roberts, £1 Is. ; H. C. Mayor, £2 2s. ; 

 W. E. Ball, £1 Is. ; James Mcintosh, £5 ; T. Francis Rivers, 

 £5 ; Lewis A. Killick, £1 Is. ; J. Mann, £1 Is. ; B. R. Cant, 

 £5 ; Edward Mawley, £1 Is. ; Geo. P. Hawtry, £2 2s. ; John 

 Laing, £1 Is.; Charles Turner, £5; Herbert Bensted, £5; 

 William Paul, £5 ; J. L. Curtis, £3 3s. ; Maurice Xoung, £2 2s. ; 

 J. W. Parke, £1 Is. ; Journal of Horticulture, £5 5s. ; and 

 George Prince, £5. 



Nevee are Gladioluses more admired than when 



flowering in conservatories from the present time until Christ- 

 mas. In order thus to produce them it is necessary to plant 

 largely corms of the common yet beautiful kinds Brenohley- 

 ensis, Fanny Rouget, &o., early in June. These produce spikes 

 late in the season, and commence showing colour about the 

 end of October. The plants should then be potted, or if they 

 will not lift well, their spikes with foliage surrounding them 

 should be plaoed in small bottles of water, and these be sunk 

 in pots of soil. The new corms formed by planting thus late 

 are neoessarily small, and these should be planted early 

 the following season to produce another supply of large 

 corms. The spikes now unfolding are extremely bright and 

 attractive. 



We regret having to announce the death of Me. John 



Ingram, of the firm of Wood & Ingram, Huntingdon. He died 

 on the 10th inst, aged fifty-four years. 



At the Smithfield Cattle Show Messrs. Carter & Co., 



seedsmen of High Holborn, who recently held the extensive 

 root show in the Agricultural Hall, had a spacious and taste- 

 fully arranged stand. It contained choice stocks of Turnips, 

 Carrots, Potatoes, Onions, and Grasses in growth, Grass seeds, 

 and a nnmber of other things, the whole being grown from 

 Messrs. Carters' seeds. Among the horticultural lots were 

 some very fine Carrots, ParsnipB, Onions, &a., in great varisty. 

 Of Potatoes were specimens of Carter's American Breadfruit, 

 Improved Red-skin Flourball, and Porter's Excelsior. 



The following donations have been offered towards the 



fund of the southern branch of the National Aueicula Show, 

 and we are glad to learn that the Committee anticipate being- 

 able to provide a good schedule and to secure a good show : — 

 James Mcintosh, Esq., £2 2s. ; Dr. Masters, £1 Is. ; Journal 

 of Horticulture, £2 Is.; Dr. Denny, £1 Is. ; Mr. C. Lidgard,, 

 £1 Is. ; Mr. Meiklejohn, 10s. 6d. ; Francis Whitbourn, Esq. 

 Loxford Hall, President, £5 ; Mr. Charles Turner, Royal 

 Nursery, Slough, Vice-President, £5; Mr. E. S. Dodwell, 

 Clapham, Hon. Sec, £5 ; The Crystal Palace Company, £10; 

 Mr. Douglas, £1 Is. ; Rev. H. Honywood Dombrain, £1 Is. • 

 Mr. Laing, £1 Is. ; Mr. Thomas Moore, F.L.S., £2 2s. ; Mr. R. 

 Dean, £1 Is. ; Rev. F. D. Horner, £2 2s. ; Richard Gortan, 

 Esq., £1 Is. ; Thomas James, Esq., 5s.; Mr. J. James, Isle- 

 worth, £1 Is. ; Mr. H. M. Pollett, Bridgewater Gardens, Bar- 

 bican, E.C., £1 Is. ; G. F. Wilson, Esq., £1 Is. ; Messrs. Cut- 

 bush & Son, £1 Is. 



Our correspondents who write concerning Eucalyptus 



globulus will doubtless be pleased to hear of E. polyanthemos, 

 which is perhaps the hardiest of all. A fine tree iB in a quite 

 exposed position at Kew near the Museum. In the spring of 

 1S74, when the young growths of forest trees were injured by 

 frost and cold winds, it was quite untouched, though also in a 

 growing state. In 1865, when 20 feet high, the top was killed 



