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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



67 



heart chords, that in comparison the screeehiDg you complain 

 of would be the sweetest music. Direer, all such tastes aright, 

 ■and you may wield a mighty power on your loved young ones 

 for fostering habits of order, of attention, of thoughtfulness, 

 of cleanliness, and kindness. Be assured that the boy or girl 

 Viho will allo\v a bird to pass uuhecded its usual feeding time, 

 ■who will allow it or its cage to be encrusted with filtb, who 

 would act cruelly to animal or iusect, is not the most likely to 

 "be very careful not to wouod the feelings of his or her feliow- 

 creatuies in future life. 



In the country even the humblest may less or more indulge 

 ^he gratification of auch tastes, but in our large towns, where 

 TTOom is so scarce and dear, such humble people must pretty 

 well confine themselves to the smallest birds, and to plants 

 inside and outt-ide the windows. For this, in the case of the 

 plants, little more is required than constant attention, and a 

 peck or two of fresh soil obtained, if in no other way, from the 

 roadsides of some suburban highway. When such plants are 

 grown for their own sakes and the pleasure they confer they 

 will ever exert a power in arresting the indulgence in the low 

 and degrading, and the culture of them, therefore, should be 

 encouraged in every possible way. 



Previous to the conversntina referred to I had not been able 

 4o open the Journal of the 13th, and therefore did not see the 

 account of the Children's Flower Show at the Victoria Docks, 

 or the more-than-interebting comments of the *' Wiltshire 

 JIecior " (so like him) at page 26 ; but as he is very anxious to 

 receive hints as to the managing and conducting such societies 

 and shows to the best advantage in town and country parishes, 

 I hope that those experienced in such matters will kindly aid 

 iiim,aslhave had no personal experience in this promising field. 



In conclusion, I would add that the poorest and humblest 

 of us have our feelings, and that therefore the more a warm 

 .sympathy is developed in unobtrusive deeds rather than as a 

 .matter of ostentation, the more that a kind patronage is felt 

 rather than paraded, the more that a kind regulated help is 

 given 80 as to enable the poorest better to help themselves — the 

 more likely will be success to follow all such well-meant benevo- 

 ■lent effort.— R. Fish. ' 



THE NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS. 



I WISH to ask particulars as to the situation, aspect, &c., in 

 ■which is growing the fine specimfn of Cereus grandiflorus de- 

 scribed by Mr. M'ii'land, at page 28. If he can give particulars 

 ■of its native countiy I shall be glad, as I have ia my collection 

 ihree plants, all under the name of Cereus grandiflorus, and 

 all different. One plant came from Demerara, one from New 

 l*rovidence, and one from an English collection, and under 

 any circumstances I shall much value the details of culture, as 

 I have never had more than three flowers upon either of my 

 plants in a season. — C. M. Major. 



[In reply to your correspondent, the situation in which the 

 plant is growing is the souih end of the plant stove. It is 

 planted-out in a border 18 inches wide, by 9 feet long. The 

 compost which I use consists of one-fourth old lime rubbish, 

 one-fourth broken bricks and charcoal, and one-half fibrous 

 loam, well mixed. As regards culture, plenty of moisture is 

 given while the plant is growing, and until it has completed its 

 -fresh growth ; then I gradually withhold water until the end 

 ■of September, from which time up to March the plant is left 

 perfectly dry. The native country of this Cereus is Jamaica, 

 and the plant we have came from there. Its flowers are white, 

 and have a strong Yanilla scent. Any further detnils I will 

 give with pleasure. — Robert Maitland, The Gardens, Pen- 

 "dyffryn, near ConiDay.~\ 



THE BOTANY OF LOWER WHAKFEDALE. 

 Being on my summer's ramble, and a great lover of natural 

 history, I took up my abode at Barden, Skipton-in-Craven, on 

 ■the lower part of the '* lordly Wharfe," beneath the barren 

 and rugged gritstone heights of Simon Seat and Barden Fell, 

 contrasting well with those aged and noble groves that over- 

 hang the rocky river, and the fertile and luxuriant foliage be- 

 Jieath. The natural woods of the hillside are chiefly Oak, with 

 more Rowan and Birch, and less Hazel and Ash, than across 

 the river in the hmestone dales. The principal Mosses of the 

 Btream are Racomitrium aciculare, Hypnum- flagellare, and 

 Hypnum palustre; the bogs upon the hillsides abound in 

 -Sphagnums, Bartramia fontana, Brjum ventricosum, Hypnum 



fluitans, and cuspidatum, here and there Mnium subglobosum, 

 and the moss-covered walls abound in Weissia, Dicranum, &g. 



Within an area of only 100 acres, I never in all my botanical 

 rambles met with so rich a display of plants and Ferns; and 

 as many may be seeking quiet and repose, and may wish to 

 refresh their memories, or become acquainted with botany, I 

 am induced to send a list of the flowering plants and Ferns 

 which surround the comfortable farm house in which myself 

 and family have taken up a temporary abode. 



Towering mountains, extensive forests, and rapid streams, 

 constitute a grand and awe-inspiring scene, while we 



" Sit by mossy mountain 

 Where a sweet etreani has birth, 

 And look around with admiring eye 



On the lovely things of eartb,^ 

 The LicheD, tbe Moss, and the mountain flower, 



And the wild bee revelling theie." 



On the antiquities of the district I will not dilate, but simply 

 mention llkley, with its Saxon crosses and Roman encamp- 

 ments, Bolton Abbey and its princely demesnes, Barden Tower, 

 and Xilnsey Hall. All tend to make this now-easily-accessible 

 place one of the most delightful summer residences in the 

 north of England. — D. Feeguson, Coatham, near EedcaVj 

 Author of the " Natural History of Redcar.^^ 



P.S. — In my garden with a north-west aspect. Cineraria 

 maritima, Sllene pendula, Lasthenia californica. Calceolarias, 

 and seedlings of self-sown Geraniums, endured the winter, 

 which was very severe. 



PLANTS OESEEYED AT DUBLEY, IN THE HIGHEST PART OP LOWER 



Verbascam Thapsus 

 Centaurea scabiosa 

 Orchis conopsia 



uatulata 



bi folia » 



maculata 

 Scabiosa succisa 

 Thahctrum flavum 

 GeraDium sylvaticum 



phiBam 



HoberLianum 



molie 



diss ec turn 

 TroUius eai'opceus 

 Lamium amplesicaule 

 Yicia Cracca 



sepium 



saliva 

 Polygala vulgaris 

 Spiriea Ulmaria 

 Galium veram 



saxaiile 



pasillum 



boreale 



cruciatum 

 Plantago major 



lanceolata 

 Helianthemum vnlgare 

 Achillea Millefoliam 

 i»ilene inflata 

 Chrysanthemum leacan- 



themum 

 Rhinanthus Crista-galli 

 Prunella vulgaris 

 Eiica Tetralix 

 Fumaria capreolata 

 Digitalis purpurea 

 Myosotis arvensis 

 Hyacinthus non-scriptus 

 Oxalis Acetosella 

 Sagina proeumbens 

 Picris liieracioides 

 Saxifraga tridactylites 

 Bellispeiennis' 

 iianunculus aquatilis 



Ficaria 



acris 



repens 



Lingua 

 Veronica serpyllifolia 



officinalis 



ChamEedrys 



Beccabonga 



arvensis 

 Scropholaria nodosa 



WHAEFEDALE. 



Scropbularia aquatica 

 iVntirrliinum Orontium 

 Steilaria nemorum 

 Tardamme amara 

 Viola odorata 



cabina 

 Pynis Aria 

 Epilobium angustifolium 



roseum 

 Semper vivTun tectorum 

 Sambucus Ebulus 



nigra 

 Taraxacum palustre 

 Carduus Marianus 

 Andi-omeda polifolia 

 Vacciuium Myrtillus 



Vitii^-Idfea 

 Thlaspi bursa-pastoris 



alpestre 

 Cerastium vis co sum 

 Betonica officinalis 

 Epilobium montanum 

 Senecio vulgaris 



JacobEea 



aquaticus 



lividus 

 Chelidonium majus 

 Primula vulgaris 



veris 



elatior 



farinosa 

 Lychnis sylvestris 



Flos-cuculi 

 Geum rivale 

 Siachys sylvatiea 

 Prenantbes muralis 

 Campanula rotundifoUa 

 Solidago Virgaurea 

 Lotus major 

 Lysimacbia vulgaris 

 Valeriana officinalis 



dio I ca 

 CircaBa lutetiana 

 Merpurialis perennis 

 Picris ecbioides 

 Lonicera Periclymenum 

 Salvia verbenacea 

 Chenopodium bonus-Hen- 



ricus 

 Blalva sylvestris 

 Euphrasia officinalis 

 Galium uliginosum 

 Alchemilla vulgaris 

 Kumes Acetosella 



Rumex obtusifolius 

 Potentilla verna 

 Rumex Acetosa 

 Trifulium ocroleucum 

 HjTJericum hamifusum 



hirsutum 

 Linum catbai-ticum 

 Caltha palustris 

 RibeB rubrum 

 Tamus communis 

 Mentha birsuta 

 Glechoma bederacea 

 Ballota nigra 

 Thymus yei-pyilum 

 Origanum vulcare 

 As peiula odorata 

 Sanguieorba officinalis 

 Campanula laiifolia 

 Barbarea prteeox 

 Arabis birsuta 

 Rosa Sabini 

 Spergula nodosa 

 Ratjus saxatilis 

 Ribes petrgeum 

 Galium sylvestre 

 Hieracium anglicum 



mm-oram 



gothicum 



prenanthoides 



crocatum 

 Arenaria verna 

 Draba incana 

 Viola lutea 

 Rubus Chamfemorus 

 Turritis glabra 

 Montia fontana 

 Steilaria uliginosa 

 Chrysosplenmm 

 Card amine sylvatiea 

 Crepis paluiosa 

 Equisetiun palustre 



Tehnatiea 

 Poh'pudium vulgare 



oreopteris 



Di-yopteris 



Phegopteris 

 Pteris aquilina 

 Asplenium Trichomanea 

 Athyrium F lix-f cemina 

 Elechnum boreale 

 Lastrea spinulosa 



dilatata 



Filix-mas 

 Aspidium aculeatum 



KOSES AT THE JERSEY EXHIBITION. 

 I SEE in your number of the 20th inst. that "Toukist" re- 

 marks on the absence of medals for Eoses, and the fact (?) of 

 tbe Exhibition having been founded on the Rose Show. As I 

 was Judge of the fruit and flowers I can assure you that these 

 statements are not correct. A bronze medal was actually 

 awarded to the best blooms of Koses, and the show of these 

 merited no more. The Exhibition was founded on the show of 

 Channel Islands' cattle. — T. 0. Bkehaui, Bichmond House, 

 Guernsey. 



AiTEEiOAS Eaely Eose Potato.- — Mv exriprierce of the Early 

 E^se Potato is the Eumo a= ijjnt ul JIi. T. J. Hiiiiisou (page 26). 



