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JOUBNAL OF HOETICTJLTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDBNEK. 



[ Angnst 10, 1871. 



ton, is open for the use of the public, under the following 

 regulations : — 



1. The library is open for consnltation on nil week days from 

 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. ; except on the meeting and exhibition days of the 

 Eoyal Horticultural Society. 



2. The Trustees reserve the right of closing the library for purposes 

 of re-arrangement, cleaning. &c., when such may be required. 



3. The Fellows and officers of the Royal Horticultural Society shall 

 have access to the library at all times, when it is open, ou application 

 to the Assistant Secretary, Royal Horticultni-al Society. 



4. Gardeners and others, not Fellows or officers of the Society, must 

 make application to one or other of the Trustees, or to the Assistant 

 Secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society, for permission to use 

 the library, and shall sign their names and addresses in a book provided 

 for that purpose. 



5. Persons requiring the loan of books to be taken from the library 

 must make written application to the Trustees (addressed to the Libra- 

 rian for the time being, at the offices of the Royal Horticultural Society, 

 South Keusington), who are prepared to accord this privilege on the 

 following conditions — viz. : 



(a) Tbat the borrower be personally known to one or more of the 

 Trustees or officers of the Society, or at least shall produce 

 satisfactory references. 



(h) That the borrower sign a receipt for the volumes, before remov- 

 ing them from the premises, in a book provided for that pur- 

 pose ; undertake to restore the books in good condition, and 

 generally to comply with the regulations laid down by the 

 Trustees. 



(c) That not more than three volumes be lent to one person at the 

 same time, 



6. The Trustees will exercise their discretion as to what books shall 

 te lent out, but as a rule unbound periodicals, expensively illustrated 

 works, and works of common reference, such as are likely to be in 

 frequent requisition within the library itself, must not be removed from 

 the premises. 



7. All books borrowed shall be returned to the library within one 

 calendar month from the date of issue, but an extension of time may 

 be granted on application to the Trustees. 



8. The Assistant Secretarj' or Acting Librarian is empowered to 

 demand of the borrowers such books as are detained beyond the pre- 

 scribed time, and to take such steps as may be necessary to secure the 

 prompt return of the same. 



9. The loss of any book, or any injury sustained, shall be made good 

 by the person who has lost or injured the same. 



10. The Trustees reserve the right of repealing or altering these 

 regulations from time to time as may be required. 



The Acting Librarian is James Richards, Esq. 



— Knight's MiEKLT Admirable Peach. — We omitted to 

 state in our report of the last meeting of the Fruit Committee, 

 that the excellent Peach called Koight's Markly Admirable, ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Knight, nurseryman, Hailaham, received a first- 

 claes certificate. 



Mk. Eucker's Orchids — The following are some of the 



prices reolieed at Stevens's Booms on the first day's sale 

 (August 8th), of this magnificent collection : — 



Aerides Lobbi, splendid specimen, £12 12s. ; Masdevallia species, 

 bought by Mr. Rucker for M. elephauticeps, £5 10s. ; Cymbidium 

 eburnenm, fine plant, £8 10s.; Masdevallia Candida, £6 10s. ; Sacco- 

 labium gnttatum, Mr. Rucker's No. 3 variety, £8 ; Cattleya Dominiana, 

 fiue variety, showing flower, the finest specimen in the country, £21 ; 

 Epidendrum vitellinnm majus, best variety, very fine plant, in flower, 

 £16 10s. ; Odontoglossnm triumphans Marshallianum, £7 ; Cattleya 

 Rnckeri, very rare, fine plant, £15 15s. ; Vanda Denisoniana, fine 

 plant, fourteen leaves, £5 ; Cattleya labiata, autumn-flowering variety, 

 the finest specimen in the country, £36 15s. ; Vanda Batemanii, in 

 flower, twenty-two leaves, £5 10s. ; Phalienopsis amabilis, fiue speci- 

 men, one of the three plants originally imported by Messrs. RoUisson, 

 £8 10s. ; PhalsBnopsis Schilleriana, £6 10s. and £4 ; Cattleya De- 

 voniana, £15 ; Colas jugosus, very rare. £8 10s. ; Aerides quinque- 

 vulnerum, fine plant, in bloom, twenty leaves, £7 ; Angrscum ses- 

 quipedale snperbum, a fine specimen, £15 15s. ; Oncidium Barker!, £7 ; 

 Cattleya Mossise superba, splendid specimen, £9 ; Dendrobium Wardii, 

 fine plant, rare, £15 ; Cypripedium Isevigatum, fine plant, two strong 

 growths, £8 10s. ; Aerides Veitchii, fine specimen, £22 Is. ; Aerides 

 i'ieldingii, from Borneo, a rare variety, £14 10s. ; Cattleya exoniensis, 

 fine plant, £12 12s. ; Epidendrum verrucosum or nemorale, £11 ; 

 Vanda insignis, true, £12 15s. ; Dendrobium Bensonias, a very fine 

 variety, in bloom, £5 ; Dendrobium nobile pendulum, magnificent 

 specimen, in basket, £15. 



WORK FOR THE WEEK 



KITCHEN OABDEU. 



Pat due attention to thinning-out and surface-stirring 

 amongst all advancing crops. Gather and store seeds of such 

 choice vegetables as it may be considered advisable to preserve, 

 but anything very extensive in this way ought never to be at- 

 tempted in gardens exclusively devoted to the purpose of cul- 



tivating vegetables for family use, as in most cases disappoint- 

 ment and inferior qualities will be the result. Anyone at all 

 conversant with the nature of kitchen-garden produce is well 

 aware how much the quality of vegetables becomes deteriorated 

 when grown and seeded upon the same ground year after year. 

 Prudence and economy would, therefore, suggest leaving seed- 

 saving to those who make it both a business and a study. 

 Whatever remains undone in the way of planting-out Broccoli 

 and Winter Greens, must be finished without delay. Now is a 

 good time to sow a few Carrots to stand through the winter. 

 Sow also Parsley for winter and spring use. Still keep up 

 successional sowings of Lettuces and JRadishes, the growing 

 crops of which must be liberally supplied with water. Sow 

 also a tolerable breadth ot winter Onions, the Strasburg and 

 Tripoli are the best. Sow thickly for drawing young for salads 

 and for transplanting. About the middle of the week is the 

 proper time to sow Prickly Spinach for the winter ; the ground, 

 should be good, but not too richly manured, as it is apt to make 

 the plants grow too strong, which renders them the more liable- 

 to injury from frost. Seize the opportunity of a shower to sow 

 another breadth of late white Turnips. 



FEUIT GAKDEN. 



Peaches, Nectarines, and Apricots, must have constant at- 

 tention in keeping them well nailed to the walls to guard against 

 high winds ; the fruit, also, must be exposed to the action of the 

 sun as much as possible to secure fine flavour and good colour.. 

 Continue, to make fresh plantations of Strawberries; let the 

 ground be deeply trenched, and apply, if possible, a good 

 portion of fresh stiff loam. Strawberries generally succeed best 

 on ground with a cold bottom. 



FLOWER GARDEN. 



Propagation of the stock for next season should be com- 

 menced at once, and carried on with expedition, so as to secure 

 a lot of strong, well-established plants before winter, and with- 

 out the necessity of keeping them so close and warm as to in- 

 duce weakly growth and a watery habit. To be able to winter 

 bedding stock safely with ordinary care, the cuttings should ba 

 put in sufficiently early in the autumn to allow of having them 

 well established and fit to be exposed to the open air by the 

 middle of next month. Hollyhocks are very general favourites,, 

 but do not afford cuttings freely. These should be examined 

 often for any cuttings which they may afford, as those rooted 

 about this time will make fine strong plants for next season. 

 Attend to the tying of these and Dahlias, and go over the 

 masses of Verbenas, &c,, frequently, for the purpose of regu- 

 lating the growth, and preserving order and neatness. Sow at 

 once Ten-week and Intermediate Stocks for spring-fiowering; 

 also transplant Bromptou and Queen Stocks, and if the situa- 

 tions in which they are to flower are not at liberty prick them 

 out in nursery beds, allowing them plenty of space to prevent 

 weakly growth. Proceed with all expedition to layer Car- 

 nations and Piootees. Bemove decayed petals from those pods 

 in which seed is formed. Plant out seedlings in beds where 

 tbey may stand through the winter for blooming. Plant ouft 

 Pink pipings on rich prepared beds. The amateur must recollect 

 that if he requires fine laced flowers they must be planted and 

 well established before autumn. Water Dahlias ; at this season 

 they require a good supply. Auriculas and Polyanthuses in 

 pots must not be forgotten amid the many demands on the 

 amateur's attention at this season. Keeping in a shady place 

 and clear of dead leaves and weeds, will be sufficient. Attend 

 to saving choice perennial and biennial flower seeds ; these 

 should be watched daily, and collected as they ripen. I do not 

 urge tbis operation being carried out to a great extent, as the 

 returns would not be adequate to the expense and trouble of col- 

 lecting and cleaning, except in the case of those showy species 

 and varieties some of which every flower gardener possesses and 

 cultivates. Take the opportunity of fine days for collecting; 

 tie them up into bundles, and label them correctly. Those 

 which have burst their seed vessels should be gathered into 

 pans ; place them in the seed room till a wet day occurs, when 

 they can be rubbed out. 



GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 



We shall soon have short, sunless, damp days and long 

 nights ; therefore look over the stock ot pot plants, and see that 

 none of them are suffering from want of pot room or other 

 attention necessary to assist them to make young wood fo? 

 flowering next season. Also see that proper care is afforded to 

 any late-growing plants in the borders, for while in active growth 

 much more water will be necessary, and insects will be much 

 more troublesome than in the case of plants tbat have ooib- 



