JaBuaiy o, 1871. 1 



JOUENAL OF HOETICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GAEDBNEB. 



JiHr 20th, the thermometer registered 8° of frost ; 21st, 10° ; 

 22Qd, 20°; 23rd, 24°; 2.ith, 28°; 25th, 26°; 26tli, 18°; 27th, 18°; 

 28ih, 11°; 29th, 12°; 30th, 17°; 31st, 25°. The readings are 

 taken from a registering thermometer every morning at 8 o'clock. 



It faces the north, and is 4 feet above the ground. The rime 

 is truly splendid, especially on the Pinuaes, Araucarias, and 

 Holly. The Rhododendrons and Aucubas look very drooping. 

 — Stephen Castle, Bent Rill Gardens, Prestwich, Manchester, 



GROUND LEVELLING AND PRACTICAL GARDEN PLOTTING.— No. 10. 



DR.'i.WING PLANS. 

 Fig. 33 consists of eight hexagonal beds, and is drawn and | inserting a stake ateach point. Find half the distance between 



transferred to the ground in the following manner : — Draw 

 parallelogram A b c d and 

 the diameter lines E f and 

 G H. Draw lines 1 2 and 

 3 4, being half the dis- 

 tance between a h and n e. 

 Where line 1 2 crosses 

 line E p is centre a ; from 

 centre a, with radius a i, 

 draw circle i. Where line 

 3 4 crosses line e p is cen- 

 tre h ; from centre 6 draw 

 a circle with the same ra- 

 dius as a i. Find the dis- 

 tance from centre o (the 

 point is where the two 

 diameter lines cut each 

 other) to centres a and h, 

 mark the same distance 

 on each side of centre o 

 on line g h, as points c 

 and d, and with the same 

 radius as a i draw a cir- 

 cle from centres c and d. 

 With c and d as centres 

 find points / g and e li, 

 •which is done in the fol- 

 lowing manner : — With ^ 

 radius c a draw an are as 

 in /'on line 1 2 ; where the 

 arc cuts line 1 2 is centre 

 /', as shown : also draw an 

 arc as in g on line 3 4 ; 

 where the arcs cut the line 

 is centre g ; with radius 

 iJ (i find centres e and h in 

 the same manner, then 

 draw the circles with the 

 same radius as a i. Apply 

 the radius six times to the 

 circumference, as chord 

 r s, and it will form the 

 hexagon. 



To trace it on the 

 ground, the base line A b 

 is 41 feet 4 inches long. 

 Insert stakes in points a 

 and E ; from b to c is 

 62 feet ; insert a stake at 

 point c. With a and c 

 as centres find point d, and 

 there insert a stake. Lay 

 lines joining points a e, 

 DC, CD, DA, then lay the 

 diameter lines E p and gh, 



Fig. 83. Scale 12 feet to the inch. 



stakes a and h, and insert a peg as at point 1. Find half the 



distance between stakes a 

 and B, and insert a peg as 

 at point 3 ; find the cor- 

 responding points on line 

 CD, as points 2 and 4. Lay 

 lines joining pegs 1 2 and 



3 4 ; where line 1 2 crosses 

 line E F insert a peg as at 

 centre a. With a string 

 6 feet long trace circle ?, as 

 thown by radius a i ; where 

 line 3 4 crosses line E p 

 insert a peg, as at centre 

 6. From the peg at centre 

 h, with the same length 

 of string as a i, trace a 

 circle from peg h. From 

 centre o measure 10 feet 



4 inches on the diameter 

 line towards g, and insert 

 a peg as at centre c. Cen- 

 tres a and c are equal 

 distances from centre o. 

 From centre c trace the 

 circle with the same radius 

 as a i, with c as centre. 

 With radius c a or c h 

 trace an arc cutting line 

 1 2, as shown in /, also 

 trace an arc cutting line 

 3 4, as shown in g ; where 

 the arcs cut the lines are 

 centres / and g. Insert a 

 peg at each point, and 

 with the same radius as 

 a i trace the circles. Cen- 

 tres e, d, and 7;. are found 

 in the same ni inner. 



To form the hexagon 

 inside the circle, apply 

 radius a i six times to the 

 circumference, as shown 

 in )■ s ; insert a peg at each 

 point, as at points )■ s. 

 When the six sides are 

 found lay a line from peg 

 to peg and cut out the 

 beds. Proceed in the 

 same manner with the 

 other bed s until the design 

 is complete. — M. O'Don- 

 NELL, Gardener to E. 

 Leeming, Esq., Sjiring 

 Grove, Richmond. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM CULTURE. 



I CAN assure Mr. H. Benham (see vol. six., page 472), I have 

 no wish to mislead him, nor anyone, in my notes on Chrysan- 

 themums ; and when I said. Give no manure water till the buds 

 are formed, I merely gave my mode of treatment for the last 

 three years. I am perfectly aware I differ on this, as on several 

 other subjects, from many practical gardeners, still as long as I 

 confine my remarks to what my own practice has taught me, 

 no harm can be done. 



Eeverting to the subject of liquid manure for the Chrysanthe- 

 mum, I say pot the plants in good rich compost, withholding 

 manure water till the flower buds are well set, then give it in 

 moderation. I might possibly be tempted to use it earlier had 

 I not the material suitable for their growth. My own opinion 



of manure water is, that it has a tendency to create an undue 

 circulation of the sap, thus causing the plants to make more 

 wood than is necessary, and not giving any addition in size to 

 the flowers, whilst by giving it as 1 do when the buds need 

 additional stimulus, it improves them very much. I am per- 

 fectly aware that this is quite at variance with the practice of 

 most good growers, but having tried theirs under various cir- 

 cumstances, I prefer my own system. Plunging is and may 

 be very well for those who have not the time nor means to 

 attend properly to the watering, for, as I said before, nothing 

 suffers more than the Chrysanthemum from being short of 

 water. I consider it better to be without them it you neglect 

 them once. I am perfectly aware of the extra water they 



