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JOUENAL OF HOETICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GAKDENEB. 



[ November 9, 1871. 



used, then there is an explanation of these rongh-baiked speci- 

 mens. I state the facts to indnce others to ofier ns an opinion 

 upon the facts referred to. — W. E. 



THE ^^CTOKIA RASPBERRY. 



Hating paid a -visit to a friend the other day, I was mnch 

 sstonished to see such a large crop of the finest Easpberries. 

 To all who do not grow this noble autumn fruit I would say, 

 Make a plaEtation at once. A piece of ground well trenched 

 • Hnd manured, and planted with canes 3 feet apart each way, 

 will make a good plantation. 



My friend told me that he had gathered fruit from them 

 three times a-week for tarts for the family. He has been 

 able to gather fruit from them until the end of November in 

 other years, and I have no doubt he will do the same again 

 this year. 



When other fruit for tarts is so scarce at this late time of the 

 year, nothing is more acceptable than this fine fruit for a 

 gentleman's table.— T. C. G. 



BEDDING PLANTS IN 1871.— No. 3. 



In continuing the list of the flowering section of Zonals, we 

 come next to the cerise, and cerise shaded with violet or lilac. 



The first I name, and the best, is Yiolet Hill (Henderson), 

 which is still, in my opinion, the type of a bedding Geranium. 

 I have, however, so often spoken in its praise that I need not 

 add more at present. It is very dwarf in its habit and com- 

 pact, and some persona have not succeeded with it from not 

 giving it a sufficiently liberal treatment. The first bed in good 

 bloom with me this year was planted with it, and never on any 

 one day during the season could it be said that any other bed 

 uf Geraniums in the garden was superior to it. 



Amy Hogg (Beaton), cerise, shaded with violet. This still 

 keeps up its character as a free-flowering kind. The footstalk 

 is rather too long, so that it does not stand wet very well. 



Dr. Hogg (Beaton), cerise, with more violet than the last. 

 This -s a most striking kind in dull weather and in the autumn 

 months. It does not seem to stand sun well, as on hot sunny 

 days the petals shed very freely, and it is apt to run to seed. 

 It is very free-blooming, but the habit is rather straggling. It 

 would be very effective planted in a shady situation. 



Duchess of Sutherland (Turner), rose cerise, is of a very 

 pleasing but rather dull shade of colour ; very free-flowering, 

 but the flowers do not stand wet weather well. 



Lady Kirkland (Laing). — This is one of the very best; large 

 truss, and free-blooming. It has too long a footstalk, but is, 

 i n my opinion, decidedly an improvement on Duchess of Suther- 

 land. 



Arthur Pearson (Pearson). — Very like Amy Hogg, but a 

 rounder flower and stifier in the footstalk, and this year it was 

 decidedly better than Amy Hogg. 



Duchess (Beaton). — Too coarse and strong a habit. A good 

 pot plant. 



Cbarles Dickens (Bell & Thorpe). — Cerise, with a very glow- 

 ing liat of violet in it ; a very striking flower, with large truss 

 and good habit. This is one of the most promising Geraniums 

 sent uut lately, and, I think, likely to become a popular fa- 

 vourite. It won the first prize at Kensington this year for a 

 singli" hvbrid Nosegay, and well deserved the award. 



J. J. Liwe (Pearson), rose-coioured. A good pot plant, but 

 not good as a bedder. 



Lswrtrjce Heywood. — This is something like Lady Kirkland, 

 with a finer individual bloom, but not so large a truss, and 

 with me it did not flower so freely. It is, however, an unde- 

 niably good pot plant. 



Indian Yellow (Beaton). — This is a well-known free-flowering 

 kind, of a peculiar shade of colour — cerise, with a shade of 

 orange. There is no Geranium more constant in its blooming, 

 and no garden should be without it. 



Grace Holmes. — Somewhat more orange than the last ; free- 

 blooming, and of a dwarf habit, but the flowers are too similar 

 in form to the old Spread Eagle. 



Comet (W. Paul). — A strong-growing orange, with a large 

 truss; very free-blooming in autumn in pots, and would be very 

 good as a bedder in large beds. 



Fame (W. Paul). — Something similar to the above, but I have 

 not eufiiciently proved it. 



I next turn to the pink and lilac section. The first I shall 

 name is Eose Eendatler. This still keeps up its high character 

 with me. Large truss, free-blooming. A light rose pink, and 



a very telling colour, especially in dull days. Two opposite 

 match beds in my garden this year were planted one with Eose 

 Eendatler, and the other with Blue Bell, and it was curious to 

 notice how mnch further Eose Eendatler could be seen than 

 Blue Bell, and also how much better the effect was in combina- 

 tion with other colours. 



Maid of Kent. — This is Hke Eose Eendatler in point of habit, 

 but a deeper shade of pink and a finer colour, one that I can 

 strongly recommend, and about which I can thoroughly endorse 

 Mr. Luckhurst's opinion. 



Blue Bell (W. Paul) —Bluish pink, a good pot plant, but not 

 in my opinion a good bedder. 



Countess of Eossljn (Downie, Laird, & Laing). — Soft rosy 

 pink, with dwarf habit ; has been very good this year with me. 



Christine Nosegay. — Soft pink, dwarf habit. This has not 

 succeeded with me, and it was curious to remark, after the 

 first severe morning frost, out of thirty different kinds in one 

 bank this sort was killed, while very few of the others were 

 injured. 



Eose Perfection. — Light pink, pretty flower, but not free- 

 blooming enough. 



Ne Plus Ultra. — Like Eose Eendatler, a good pot plant, but 

 not so good as Eose Eendatler for bedding purposes. 



Beauty of Lee.— -A good bright pink, not sufficiently proved 

 by me. 



Pink Queen (Downie, Laird, & Laing). — A very beautiful pink, 

 especially in the autumn. It did not bloom freely early in the 

 year, but I think it will succeed better another year, as I had 

 continued to propagate from it too late in the spring. 



Dante (W. Paul). — A good pink, not sufficiently proved with 

 me. 



Penelope (W. Paul). — Somewhat like the above, but a stronger 

 grower. 



Hydrangea. — A beautiful flower, but not free-blooming 

 enough out of doors ; likely to be a good pot plant. 



These are all the pinks which I have tried out of doors this 

 year, as I have long since discarded Christine, as it always ran 

 to seed, and had a very small inferior truss. 



Of white kinds I think The Bride the best. I have also a. 

 very good dwarf white, sent me by Mr. Aldred. Madame 

 Vaucher, White Tom Thumb, and White Perfection are to aU 

 intents identical — in fact, Madame Yaucher comes so truly 

 from seed that it might almost be raised and sent out from 

 seed as Madame Vaucher, and a great many white varieties 

 sent out are nearly all the same. 



I have omitted one or two among the scarlets and crimsons, 

 notably Jean Sisley and Charlie Casbon. Jean Sisley has been 

 very much puffed ; it is a very fine round flower, and is a 

 brilliant-coloured scarlet with a white eye, but I do not think it 

 will make a good bedder, though it will certainly be a goo3 

 pot plant. Charlie Casbon, a dwarf crimson, is in my mind 

 much more promising ; it is more free-blooming, larger, ami 

 looser in the truss, and stands weather better. 



I will finish these remarks on bedding Geraniums with the 

 Bronzes, Tricolors, and others ; I will conclude now by saying 

 that the pick of those I have named are Bayard, Waltham 

 Seedling, Duke of Devonshire, Grand Duke, Lady Kirkland, 

 Violet Hill, Eose Eendatler, Charles Dickens, Maid of Kent, 

 Vesta, Lady Constance Grosvenor, and Sobieski. — C. P. Peach. 



ALL THE GRAPES POSSIBLE. 



I HATE a Black Hamburgh Grape Tine, which I intend shall 

 bear in a 13-inch pot. It is about 10 feet long, and I wish it 

 to bear all the Grapes that it will nest year. Ought I to cut it 

 back ? If so, how far ? I know that by letting it fruit so- 

 much I shall spoil it, but I do not mind that, as I only want it 

 for one year. — A. H. 



[In your case we would take a foot off the end of the Vine, 

 top-dress the surface of the soil with rich material, place three 

 or four sticks in the pot, and bend the cane or shoot round 

 them. This will cause the buds to break more regularly, and 

 you can thin out if you like ; for if all the buds break, and they 

 have been well ripened, more Grapes show than the pot Vine 

 can bring to perfection with the best treatment.] 



THE ONION GRUB. 



Ml own practice, which has been successful, is to get some 

 gas lime from the purifiers of the gasworks, thoroughly dry it, 

 and sow a thin sprinkling over the Onion beds as soon as the 

 young Onions make their appearance, and then give a second 



