June 9, 1863. ] 



JOURNAL OF HOKTICrLlXJEE A3D COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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WooDLtcn in- Tanners' Bark ( IT'. J/.).— The -Brood. ice like old tan. If 

 you could move the tun you would gat rid of a good niuny. If taut cannot 

 be done you must destroy tbem thus: — water the bed over except about 

 6 inches "or so at the sides; ihey like dryness, and will congregate there ; 

 to encnunge them more, place some dry hay along the sides. Get some 

 boiling water ready in the morning, move the hay, and as you do so pour 

 tiie boiling warer on the myriads you will see. Turn the tan so as to pre- 

 sent a dry surface, place more dry hay, and repeat the process, and go on 

 and you will beat and annihilatethe enemy if you have patience and per- 

 severance. 



Peas Lewfs Brown-spotted [E. Sivalne). — "We think the spotted Pear 

 tree in your orchard-house is suffering from defective root-action and the 

 extra force of the sun in this hot weather. Prune off the woret leaves; 

 dust with sulphur, shade, and see that drainage and water are all right. 

 You have the fat scale on the Orange trees. Yon must wai-h eff with 

 a sponge and soap and water, and syringe with clear water in a day or two 

 afterwards. We are obliged for information about flues. Our own 

 opinion is, that if formed of pipes, such flues never should be less than 

 10 or 12 inches in diameter. Sum 1 pipes of 4. and 6 inches for such pur- 

 poses are great nuisances. With bricks near the furnace, and a brick 

 rest like a cesspool at the corners, any Mngle house not requiring a high 

 temperature may be economically heated by such pipe-flues, and with 

 these rests covered by tiles the flue muy never be moved. 



Vine Leaves Warteo {5. 77'.).— The brown marks or warts are the 

 effects of high feeding and keeping the house in the temperature you speak 

 of— 70« to 80°, with moisture in proportion. Loosen the surface of the 

 border, give more air, and let the house fall to at least 60° at night, and 

 from 70° to 85" with sun heat; if a few degrees less the Vines will do all 

 the better ; and as they are very healthy they will grow out of the warty 

 fungus matter. 



Peaches Mildewed (TT. J\'oIa?i).— Your Peacfces are far from ripening- 

 poiut yet, and we fear, if like the specimen sent, there wiil be little chance 

 of their ripening. Th?y seem to be eaten up with mildew. On the first 

 appearance of it on either fruit or leaves the parts should have been dusted 

 with flowers of sulphur as a remedial measure, and the more sulphur that 

 was used in painting walls, trellis, &c., the better. For a radical cure, how- 

 ever, the roots must be looked to. Two opposite causes will produce this 

 mildew. First, a cold stagnant moisture at the roots, when the top is 

 exposed to a warm dry air, or a very dry inactive state of the roots, ^ hen 

 the :op is exposed to the excitement of a hot moist atmosphere — in other 

 words, the want of correlative action between the roots and the branches 

 and leaves. 



Cccumber-pit Heated by Dcng (PateVin).— But for the expense of the 

 chamber and the bricks there is nothing to be said against your house or 

 pit, especially for late spring and summer work. "We think that long ago 

 Mr. Fish gave a plan of a Cucumber-house with chamber; but then there 

 were means for letting vapour out of that chamber at will, and means also 

 for giving dry heat at top when necessary. On the whole, then, we think 

 your house would be improved by raising the back 18 inches, and the front 

 6 or 9 imhes ; by having several moveable doors, as 6 in the wall c, to let 

 vapour into the atmosphere when desirable; and having tin pipes for lop 

 neat, such as one in front and one on top of wall c, these also furnished 

 with evaporating-pans, and then you may dismiss your mounds of dung at 

 each side. With your present plan of air-bricks you could not use that 

 dung unless it was previously sweetened, as a rank steam will soon settle 

 your plants. 



Diseased Grapes (Xeic Barford). — The ulcer in the Grapes is called 

 "the spot." The roots being grown over hot-water pipes, we iear they are 

 too dry. Without knowing more, we can only say that this disease is 

 usually caused by the action of the roots and of the upper growths not 

 being accordant. 



Apples (Dr. Davies, JPershore).—'We do not know the Comberton Pear- 

 main by any other name. It is very like Scarlet Pearmain, but it is not 

 usual lor that variety to keep so long as these seem to do. The seedling 

 from Sturmer Pippin is in good condition, and promises to be a useful late 

 Apple. The Fern is Cy stop tea is fragilis. 



Desde-obttji Paxtoni {OrcJiidop?iiltts). — We would remove the shoots 

 rooted from near the tips of the old stems, and either plant around the 

 parent or make fresh plants of them. 



Lapagerja not Growing (Idem).— Give the Lapageria a good watering 

 and try it a little longer, and then if it does not break it would be as well 

 to take it up from the greenhouse-border and repot it until it made good 

 growth. The want of a continued application of water is the probable 

 cause of defective growth. 



Melons Falling whilst Small (S. E. L.).— Is there no want of bottom 

 heat or moisture at the roots I Continue giving air freely, but try and give 

 moisture to the roots whilst the surface soil continues rather dry Dy making 

 holes for tilling with water. 



Peaches Mildewed {XTeacio).— There is no doubt that your Peaches are 

 mildewed, and sulphuring must be resorted to, as we have told another 

 correspondent to-day. If the ground is dry, watering would be serviceable. 

 Peaches are more liable than Nectarines to be thus attacked. 



Cerasticm tomextost/m Management (Amateur).— It is best to let it 

 flower at the proper time, and then cut the flower off when at perfection, 

 as the plant looks better without it. As the summer advances, there will 

 be some suckers rising from the side. Remove the distant ones, but let 

 those in the line or adjoining it remain, and now and then thin the shoots 

 witb a kni f e, laying ihe remainder in the proper line and pegging them 

 there. Clipping ought to be avoided, as it is apt to kill portions of the plant 

 aud disfigiire the edge. 



Heat Required for Melons (Melon),— From 7(P to 85° before air is 

 given is not too much for day heat; but there is no harm if the heat 

 declines to 65°, or even 60°, at night, provided everything else is favourable. 

 There need be no particular change made after the fruit is set; in fact, 

 Melons will not thrive at all under extreme changes, and any omission in 

 giving sir or taking it away is often fatal. See what Mr." Fish says in 

 61 Doing3 of the Last Week," also Mr. Eeane's "Work for the Week." 



Pansy Seedling ( Woodlands, S. S.).~ If the colour has not altered in 

 drying the Pansy is different from any we have seen; but if when fresh the I 

 tips or spots are white (as is possible), it is similar to, if not identical with, 

 the old Magpie, J 



Names of Plants (Philanthes).— The plant in the Lock garden is Collomia 

 coccinea, a hardy annual, native of Chili. (Student).—^ An Allium, no 

 leaves sent; 2 and 3, mere scraps, and undeterminable; 4, Asperula 

 odorata. (if. A. S.)— Your specimen is too small to judge from. It looks 

 like a pinna of a weak frond of Asplenium lanceolatum, and is certainly 

 some Asplenium of that affinity. (R. A. L.).— Asplenium adiantum-nigrum. 

 (G. S. A.).— Anthericum Liliugo, or St. Bruno's Lily, (if* E. R.).— Cea- 

 nothus dentatus. 



POULTRY, BEE, and HOUSEHOLD CHRONICLE. 



THE BEYEELEY AND EAST BIDING OF 

 YOBKSHIBE POTJLTEY EXHIBITION. 



The sixth annual meeting of this popular Society was held 

 on the 3rd instant, and proved to be most successful, the 

 poultry exhibited being of the highest class ; and the collection 

 of Pigeons also was such as to fully maintain the high repu- 

 tation of this department of the Beverley Exhibition, a feature 

 in which, from the very commencement of this Society's efforts, 

 its annual gatherings have always excelled. 



It is not open to doubt that few poultry shows have so 

 entirely won the confidence of the public as the one of which we 

 are now speaking, for the Committee are both painstaking and 

 industrious, so that the success of their meetings may he entirely 

 attributed to the personal exertions of these gentlemen, who 

 thus leave very little connected with the Show entirely to the 

 care of subordinates. For reasons with which we ourselves are 

 not perfectly acquainted, it appears, however, that a change in 

 the general arrangements has now for the first time been 

 attempted — viz., that of curtailing the public admission to a 

 single afternoon — a feature, we should imagine, ill-calculated to 

 increase the sum total of the receipts derivable from monies 

 taken at the doors. We exceedingly regret, too, that from some 

 misconception on the pait of several competitors respecting the 

 rule contained in the prize schedule as regards the time of 

 admission of the poultry for competition — a regulation, by-the- 

 by, so very plainly expressed that we can only attribute the 

 mistake to overlooking the necessary condition altogether— many 

 most valuable consignments of both poultry and Pigeons arrived 

 not only long after the onerous duties of the Judges were 

 absolutely completed, but some half dozen pens were so late in 

 their arrivals as the day following the arbitrations, consequently 

 after the Judges had left Beverley on their return homewards. 

 We can fully enter into the disappointment and annoyance of 

 the respective owners of these birds, whose losses from this 

 cause alone were not by any means trifling, nor can we do better 

 than again call the particular attention of exhibitors generally to 

 the simple fact that no point in the exhibition of poultry can be 

 of greater importance than a thoroughly careful general review 

 of the prize schedules, compiled by each Society for the govern- 

 ment of the exhibition for the current year, before taking the 

 first steps as to making any entries whatever ; and it is well 

 also to carefully put aside such rules for after-guidance and 

 reference. The neglect of this important rule on this particular 

 occasion no doubt threw at the least twenty prizes into other 

 hands, besides causing cards bearing the words " Too late for 

 competition" to abound in unseemly abundance throughout the 

 show-room. 



Beverley possesses many local attractions to visitors, its 

 minster being one of the finest architectural buildings in the 

 kingdom. It enjoys also another church of scarcely less high 

 repute, together with some of the most lovely rural walks 

 imaginable. Among the latter are "The Bushes," situate a 

 little better than a mile from the town, covering a large space 

 of many acres, the " bushes " being a collection of many 

 thousands of hawthorn trees just now in full bloom. The 

 fragrance produced by these immense masses of flowers thus 

 mingled in pleasing contrast of both red and white " May " is 

 scarcely conceivable except by its absolute enjoyment, and this 

 opposition of colour happily prevents the eye from palling before 

 so brilliant a display. In this truly lovely retreat a pair (or 

 more) of Nightingales have this season taken up their abode to 

 the no small delight not only of the good people of Beverley 

 itself, but also of many visitors from a distance. The con- 

 sequence is that nightly these public grounds are well filled 

 with large numbers of individuals anxious to hear the sweet 

 warblings of these universal favourites. Disappointment very 

 rarely ensues ; for, in spite of the hum of tongues and even the 

 cigar-smoking at such times so generally indulged in, Philomel 

 mounts her accustomed tree and delights her nightly audience 



