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JOURNAL OP HOBTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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to inclnde their Champion Etinner Beans, Peas, etc., bat no one came 

 forward to claim them. 



Mr. Yonng, Milford Nurseries, Godalming, sent a fasciated Cncum- 

 ber vine, bearing fourteen fruif, 



Flobal Committee. — Dr. Denny in the chair. Mr. Williams, of 

 Holloway, exhibited two good specimens of Erica TninbuUii, showing 

 its late-blooming qualities. From IVIr. Croueher, gardener to J. T. 

 Peacock, Esq., Sudbury House, Hammersmith, came a small collec- 

 tion of Agaves, of which Mv. Peacock possesses a large ajud valuable 

 selection. First-class certificates were given for A. Simsii, with very 

 large leaves, and for A. imbricata. Mr. Lamb, gardener to G. T. 

 Davey, Esq., Colston Bassett, exhibited an Amaranthus with yellow 

 leaves, flushed with purple, bat not so showy as Bicolor and other 

 kinds at present cultivated. Mr. Wheeler, Warminster, sent Gladio- 

 lus Duke of Buocleuch, but the flowers and spike were small ; also 

 Hollyhock, Eoyal Prince, but though good, not snfiiciently distinct in 

 colour from many existing sorts. From Ilili-. Macintosh, nurseryman, 

 Hammersmith, came a hybrid Cereus, with pretty rose-coloured flowers, 

 but not nearly so large and showy as those of some of the genus. 



Mr. Toung, gardener to F. Marshall, Esq,, 23, Avenue Eoad, St. 

 John's Wood, exhibited several seeJling Hollyhocks, small both in 

 spike and flower. The Eev. E. Hawke, Willingham Eectory, Gains- 

 borough, exhibited a fine stand of Hollyhocks. From Mr. Shenton, 

 Biggleswade, came double scarlet Pelargonium Mi-s. Fisher, a poor 

 specimen ; and from Mr. Trusler, Farnham, a nicely variegated Car- 

 nation called Sensation. 



Mr. Wilson, gardener to W. Marshall, Esq., Enfield, sent Lajlia 

 elegans Marshall^ ; Mr. Speed, Chatsworth, Viola Lavender Queen, 

 paler than Viola cornnta'; and Mr. Wills, Sussex Place, Brompton, 

 Pelargonium Duke of Edinburgh, with white-variegated leaves, of 

 excellent habit, apparently a hybrid Ivy-leaf. 



Mr. Green, gardener to W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., had a first-class 

 certificate for Anthurium ornatum from St. Martha, with a large pure 

 •white spathe and a singularly beautiful pale rose and white spadix over 

 4 inches in length. Mr. Green also exhibited several other plants, as 

 a handsome Dracaena from South Africa, Griffinia multifida with a 

 small head of bluish lilac flowers, and Jatropha multifida. 



PLANTS ATTACKED BY RABBITS. 



Babbits are fonder of the blue Lobelia than any other plant 

 which X know ; but with regard to plants which they will not 

 eat, I must observe that there is scarcely one of those mentioned 

 in the published lists which I have not found barked by 

 them when fresh planted and young. For instance, the ever- 

 green Berberry has been recommended for covers, and when it 

 is established rabbits will rarely touch it, but put out young 

 plants of it, and if the rabbits are numerous, scarcely one will 

 escape being gnawed over at the ground : hence the importance 

 of securely fencing at first. In a contemporary, Eoses are 

 mentioned among the plants which rabbits will not touch ; 

 with me Eoses in a small rosery are so much attacked that 

 until a rabbit-proof fence be put up I shall trouble myself no 

 more about them. With standards as yet the rabbits do not 

 meddle, but the dwarfs are regularly cropped — buds, shoots, 

 and leaves forming a most delicious pasture ground — though 

 there is plenty of sweet grass all round. About two-thirds of 

 each young leaf is eaten ofi, the base part being left. As for 

 young shoots and buds, they seem to be cut through chiefly 

 lor amusement, as they are left on the ground. There is hardly 

 a plant (including the Laburnum), which has been said to be 

 exempt from the attacks of rabbits, that I have not seen barked 

 and peeled, especially when fresh planted. There is no security 

 but a wire net, small enough in its meshes not to permit a 

 young rabbit to pass through, and high enough to prevent an 

 old one jumping over it. One must also look out for burrow- 

 ing underneath. The mode described some time ago of fixing 

 the netting would to a great extent prevent that being done. I 

 have found that young rabbits will make their way through 

 openings of l.J inch, and soon become too large to be able to 

 return. — E. F. 



LiLinMs. — How varied are the habits of the different species 

 of Lilies! The old common white Lily (L, eandidum), has 

 already bloomed this season, and the stems and leaves have 

 died, and the bulbs are now at rest ; consequently, it is the 

 proper time to take them up and transplant. If it is not done 

 soon, it will be too late for this season, because in the course of 

 three or four weeks the bulbs will again put forth leaves which 

 remain fresh and green during the winter. A few other species 

 like the Lilium umbellatum have also bloomed, but the flower 

 stems retain their freshness, and will for weeks, while several 

 species of the Japan Lilies have not, as yet, shown flowers. 

 And still all were planted at the same time last fall, and in the 



same bed ; but they are different species, coming from various 

 parts of the world, and change of climate does not change their 

 natural habits. One species may require transplanting in mid- 

 summer, like the L. eandidum ; another in the autumn, while 

 still another class is seldom successfully removed except in 

 spring ; and all these variations in habit must be known to 

 secure perfect success. Florists, and other dealers in bulbs, 

 are compelled to bestow more care and skill in preserving them 

 to an unreasonable time for planting, in consequence of the 

 ignorance of their customers, than they do in cultivation and 

 propagation. 



DAVENHAM GOOSEBERRY SHOW. 



This was held on July 31st at the Bull's Head Inn, Davenham. 



d^VtS. gTB 



George Beckett Twins Antagonist 38 10 



George Beckett .... Premier prize Clayton 28 20 



T. Dobell Steward's prize Mount Pleasant 25 4 



William EUey do Stockwell 23 7 



Eiehard Forster . . do Antagonist 24 1 



Faithful Jameson.. do Duke of Sutherland .. 22 17 



J.Sanders do Catherine 24 17 



G. Plant do Thumper 22 5 



J. Such do Lion's Provider 20 11 



T. Dobell Clayton 



G. Beckett London 



G. Beckett Kover 



T. Dobell Lord Liverpool 



W. Eyley Companion . . . . 



W. Eyley Lion's Provider 



27 15 



26 6 



25 



23 22 



22 10 



21 6 



YELLOW. 



G.Beckett Leveller 26 10 



G.Beckett Einger 25 11 



W. Eyley.., Oldh-am 23 10 



F. Jameson Seedling 22 9 



T. Dobell Mount Pleasant 22 1 



W. Eyley Stella 21 7 



GKEEN. 



G. Beckett Matchless 



G. Beckett Shiner 



F. Jameson Visit 



J. Sanders Telegraph 



F. Jameson Eough Green .... 



T. Dobell Plunder 



... 25 



... 24 16 



.... 22 6 



... 22 3 



... 22 4 



... 21 20 



WHITE. 



G.Beckett Antagonist 25 20 



W. Eyley Overseer 22 19 



T. Dobell Alma 22 18 



W. Eyley Freedom 22 12 



G. Beckett Victory 20 19 



F. Jameson Free Trade 20 10 



— TnoiiAS Dobell, Scedsvian, cOc, Northwich, Secretary. 



HOP CULTIVATION FOR ORNAMENT AND 

 USE.— No. 6. 



Hop Poles. — Hop poles being so large an item of expendi- 

 ture, attention is anxiously directed to them. As soon as pos- 

 sible after the Hops are picked, and very often immediately 

 afterwards, the bine is stripped from the poles, and these are 

 set up conical fashion in piles of about three hundred poles 

 each, or as many as are wanted for a hundred hills ; and these 

 cones, being placed regularly over the ground, give a peculiar 

 appearance to the landscape. The mode of setting them up is 

 to tie four poles together at about a foot or so from their tops, 

 and to spread them oat at bottom, so as to present an angle of 

 about 60°, and the rest of the poles are piled against them in 

 four groups, which is necessary to save the hills being occupied 

 by them. If the ground should be planted in triangles, six 

 groups of poles will be required to a stack, as the pile is called, 

 instead of four, as will be understood by the position of the 

 plants, one plant being always immediately under the apex, 

 and all the plants clear for dressing when the time arrives. 

 The stacks of Hop poles resist the winds unless the weather is 

 exceedingly stormy, and a wind which blows down the stacks 

 of Hop poles is a hurricane to be remembered. 



The great expenditure arising from the decay of poles has 

 led of late years to the almost universal custom of charging 

 their lower ends with creosote, which prolongs their durability. 

 This is technically called dipping, and poles so treated are said 

 to last about double the time which they otherwise would do. 

 The mode is this. A strong iron tank, 6 or 7 feet long, by 4 or 



