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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ August 18, 1870. 



wooded (Jiffs, with broad varied surfaces below, and a fourth of 

 a mile in length, affording the most beautiful site for a garden 

 I ever traversed. It is laid out as a garden, and not a sug- 

 gestion ean I offer to improve its plan ; the terraced walks, 

 mostly under thickly shading trees, the seats, the alcove, are 

 all judiciously placed, and the flower beds, croquet ground, and 

 bedding-out at the extreme end near Mr. Bell's residence, Rush- 

 pool Hall, are well-arranged and well-cultivated ; but the other 

 portions of this " Happy Valley " are most offensively neglected 

 and overwhelmed with weeds. I expressed my regret and sur- 

 prise, but was met with the reply, puzzling to the most astute 

 Chancellor of the Exchequer — "We have no funds." This 

 should not be, and I venture to prognosticate will not long be, 

 for visitors must increase in number, and if the inhabitants 

 would raise a fund and open a subscription, there would surely 

 be a sum annually subscribed worthily to sustain a garden 

 capable of being made one of the most beautiful in England.— G 



DEATH OF ME. JOHN GOULD VEITCH. 

 It is not yet twelve months since we recorded the lamented 

 death of Mr. James Veitch, of Chelsea. It is now our painful 

 duty to announce that of his eldest son, John Gould Veitch, a 

 young man of great promise, at the early age of thirty-one. He 

 was born in the nurseries at Mount Radford, near Exeter, 

 April 17th, 1839, and died at the nurseries, Coombe Wood, 

 near Kingston-on-Thames, on the evening of Saturday last. 



At an early age Mr. John Gould Veitch took an active part 

 in the management of the nurseries at Chelsea, and so early 

 as 1861, when only twenty-one years of age, became one of its 

 travelling collectors, and proceeded to China and Japan. He at 

 the same time visited the Philippine Islands, and during that 

 expedition he discovered and sent home many plants that now 

 form important features in our gardens and horticultural ex- 

 hibitions. He returned home for the Great Industrial Exhi- 

 bition of 1862 ; and again left for the Southern Pacific in 1864, 

 landing at Sydney, and afterwards proceeding as far north as 

 Cape York and the Gulf of Carpentaria. He returned early in 

 1866, and shortly after his marriage, in February, 1867, he was 

 attacked by a severe disease of the lungs, which has necessitated 

 his wintering in the south of Europe for the last two years, and 

 it has been by extreme care that his life has been preserved 

 so long. On the Tuesday preceding his death Mr. J. G. Veitch 

 visited Chelsea, and exhibited the greatest interest when he 

 went over the whole of that vast establishment, and the same 

 evening, on his return to Coombe Wood, he had a relapse of his 

 complaint ; and haemorrhage of the lungs having set in, he 

 gradually became worse till he sank on Saturday night through 

 pure exhaustion. Thus died a young man of great ability, 

 singular kindness of heart, and loved and esteemed by all who 

 enjoyed the pleasure of his friendship. The funeral will take 

 place in Brompton Cemetery this day, and the service will be 

 performed by the Rev. Joshua Dix, of All- Hallows, Friday Street. 

 Among the numerous plants which Mr. J. G. Veitch dis- 

 covered and sent home from his expeditions we may mention 

 TiiliTim anratum, Sciadopitys verticillata, Raphiolepis ovata, 

 various species of Retinosporas and Osmanthus ; Abies firma, 

 Aleoequiana, microsperma, polita, and Veitchii ; Cryptomeria 

 elegans, Ampelopsis Veitchii and japonica ; the handsome 

 Palm Veitchia Johannis, Juniperus rigida, many sorts of Bam- 

 busas and Aucubas, Cypripedium laevigatum, and large quan- 

 tities of the valuable Orchids Vanda Batemanni and Dendro- 

 bium bigibbum, which, however, had been introduced before, 

 but were rare in Europe. Of Crotons he sent no less than 

 twenty-three distinct kinds, and of Dracaenas twelve or four- 

 teen, among which were Regina, Mooreana, Chelsoni, and Mac- 

 leayi. The beautiful Phormium tenax variegatum he sent in 

 large quantities, and also the charming Pandanus Veitchii. 

 The now popular Acalypha tricolor and Amaranthus melan- 

 eholicus ruber were also of his introduction, and a new Ama- 

 ranthus not yet sent out, called salicifolius. Then there were 

 Aloeasia zebrina, Phyllanthus variegatus, Coleus Veitchii and 

 Gibsoni, a number of fine Lycopods not yet sent out ; these 

 and many more, of which it is unnecessary to extend the list, 

 were among the botanical treasures this indefatigable young 

 man added to our collections during his short but brilliant 

 career. 



applied to the old Scablet Geranium clasB of flowers. Bed- 

 ding or Scarlet Geraniums they were always called, and what 

 necessity is there for calling them otherwise ? We speak of Tall 

 and Dwarf Nasturtiums, Laurus Tinus, Althaea frutex, and 

 Rose Acacia, although they do not severally belong botanically 

 to the genera Nasturtium, Laurus, Althaea, or Acacia. And 

 why, then, this raid against our old favourite popular name 

 of — Scarlet Geranium ? " There is no doubt that the sudden 

 adoption of the name Pelargonium in popular speaking and 

 writing does startle old-fashioned and non-botanical gardeners. 

 It was after visiting Mr. William Paul's Rose Show at the 

 Crystal Palace a few months ago, we were returning to town 

 in the railway train, and a lady and gentleman occupied seats 

 in the same carriage with us. The gentleman had procured 

 a copy of Mr. Paul's nursery catalogue at the show, and was 

 carefully perusing it, when he ejaculated, " Pe-lar-gon-iums ! 

 What are Pe-lar-gon-iums ? Do you know ? " and the lady 

 addressed confessed her ignorance. " Whatever they are, there 

 are plenty of them," said the gentleman, and the subject 

 dropped. Now, in all probability the name of Scarlet Gera- 

 nium was well known to both. We confess to a weakness 

 in favour of the old name when used popularly. It is like 

 calling an old friend by his pet name after he has been 

 ennobled. 



Under the name of Chinese Mustard Messrs. Carter 



and Co., of Holborn, have sent us a pot of " small salading." 

 In the form in which we have received it, the plant is stout and 

 succulent, apparently more so than the ordinary Mustard, and 

 possesses an agreeable though a powerful pungency. The seed 

 which accompanied the pot is black, and much larger than 

 that of the ordinary Black Mustard. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 

 A correspondent writes to us remonstrating against what 

 he calls " the pedantic use of the word Pelargonium as 



WORK FOR THE WEEK. 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



The Celery and most of the Endive being planted, the cul- 

 tivation of the ground between growing winter crops should pro- 

 ceed in fair weather. This is a good time to plant Hautbois 

 Strawberries about 6 or 8 inches apart in beds. Those planted 

 earlier are apt to blossom in the autumn. Let all runners 

 be trimmed-ofi the Alpines, and slates placed under the plants. 

 Cut all hard or bursting Cabbages, in order to secure a good 

 crop of early sprouts on the stools to face the winter. Let late 

 Kidney Beans oe well earthed-up to protect them against 

 storms, and top or pinch all inclined to assume a running 

 character. In gathering Kidney Beans, good cultivators pick 

 the old with the young at all gatherings, whether of use or 

 not. It is astonishing how a few large or ripening pods will 

 exhaust the plant, and hinder succession. The Onions which 

 were laid down a fortnight ago should be removed forthwith to 

 a gravel walk, and the ground well manured, and planted with 

 late Coleworts ; these will be very useful. SMllots should be 

 housed directly ; these require a warm and dry room, where 

 they will often keep till May, or they will keep for a long period 

 suspended in a Cabbage-net in a kitchen. 



FLOWER GARDEN. 



Those who are fond of early annuals, whether in pots in the 

 mixed greenhouse, or in the flower garden, should sow soon. 

 Stocks and Mignonette should be sown forthwith ; the latter 

 may be sown in a warm border and transplanted into well- 

 drained pots, treating them with much care for a week after- 

 wards. The Moss and Provence Roses for forcing should now 

 be all turned round, if plunged, in order to break the roots 

 through the bottoms of the pots ; at the same time let all gross 

 sucker-shoots be cut away. The filling-up of blanks, staking 

 and tying-up, mowing, cleaning, and rolling, will, of course, go 

 on as usual. Lose no time in putting-in an abundance of 

 cuttings of flowers for next year's masses. Auriculas may now 

 be repotted. All decayed leaves should be removed, but this 

 must be done carefully, otherwise more injury will be sustained 

 by the plant than many people imagine. In potting, should 

 the plant appear at all unhealthy, carefully remove the soil 

 without breaking the ball, and examine the tap root. Should 

 this be decayed or cankered, as is sometimes the case, it must 

 be cut completely away. Avoid all complicated stimulating 

 composts, for, however, fine the plants may grow, the health 

 of the stock will be jeopardised. Well-decayed leaves, with 

 turfy loam, will form a good compost for wintering the plants 

 in. Many Tulip bulbs, from the serious check they experienced 

 last blooming season, and which reduced in numerous in- 



