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JOTJKNAL of horticulture and cottage gardeneb. 



[ September 15, 1870. 



worked with a hearty good will ; the exhibitors were courteous 

 and thankful for the exertions made, and were neither the 

 rogues nor simpletons some have tried to paint them ; and I 

 need not add that my friend Mr. Wilkinson gave every aid that 

 eourtesy and kindly feeling could do. The assistants at the Palace 

 worked with a hearty good will ; and from first to last there 

 was not one hitch — save one, and that we had no control over — 

 the dinner was not what it ought to have been : at this we 

 grumbled, and rightly. Our Committee is formed ; and when 

 I saw it include such honoured names as Turner, Keynes, 

 Hughes, Peach, Holmes, Fraser, Cutbush, &c, I have no fear 

 of a successful course. Already one gentleman has promised 

 special prizes for new Dahlias, others have doubled their sub- 

 scriptions, new members have been added, and I think the 

 florists will show that they can keep alive a Society which they 

 have thus happily inaugurated. — D., Veal. 



RUNNERS FROM BARREN STRAWBERRIES. 



Aliosgst the various articles on Strawberry culture in your 

 Journal, thoEe on non-productiveness of runners taken from 

 sterile plants have particularly interested me, ana from a series 

 of experiments carried on duiing several years I am satisfied 

 that now the best and strongest runners have been sacrificed 

 to a theory quite at variance with facts. I give yon a table of 

 my trial in 1869 — 70, and this was carried on under my own 

 inspection ; every plant from which runners were taken I 

 marked myself. The parent plants which were barren in 1869 

 and which were fruited in 1870 are marked with an asterisk («). 



In 1870. 



President 144 runners 11 barren. 



Premier 96 „ 8 barren. 



^Turner's Seedling 24 „ none barren. 



*Vicomtesse Heri- ) . „ „ i, 



cartdeTnnry/ 48 •' none barren. 



— J. L. Thohas, The Cottage, Macclesfield. 



Mostly barren. 

 Several barren. 

 All old plants fruited. 



EARLY GARDEN PRODUCE FROM CORNWALL. 

 Veky few persons are aware of the earliness and value of 

 some of the garden produce from South Cornwall. Many times 

 we have heard the first early Potatoes in Covent Garden Market 

 stigmatised as " stale foreign things," when we knew the very 

 plot of ground beyond Penzance from which those Potatoes had 

 been dug not twenty-four hours before. The following interest- 

 ing statement was recently made by Mr. Denbigh, of the West 

 Cornwall Railway : — The average despatch of Potatoes from the 

 railway station for the past eight yearB has been 2337 tons per 

 year, and of Rroccoli 2627. The largest despntcli nf Potatoes 

 was in 1863—3146 tons ; and of Broccoli, 1868 3571 tons ; the 

 smallest— Potatoes, 1868. 1418 tons ; Broccoli. 1867, 1544 tons. 

 For the last season the quantities were resptc'ively — Potatoes, 

 2591 tons; Broccoli, 2574. These crops aie very similar in 

 amount, for the successful cultivation of the Broccoli largely 

 depends upon the land being previously occupied by the Potato. 

 Mr. Thomas had given him the following figures : — 



Acres. 



Broccoli 500 



Potatoes 500 



Raspberries 10 



Gooseberries 50 . 



Black Currants 25 . 



Asparagus 7 



Onions 80 . 





Average Value Total 



"Wages. 



per acre. Value. 



. £2000 



£20 £10.000 



. 45"0 



50 25,000 



80 



40 400 



. 400 



SO 1500 



. 200 



85 875 



20 



60 420 



. 800 



40 8200 



£41,395 



PLANTS FLOWERING IN AUGUST. 



August 3. Dracocephalum speciosnm 



moldavicum 

 Malva Morenii 

 Achillea tomentosa 



s errata 



macruphylla 



compacta 

 E chin op s Kitro 

 Sedum Telephium 



Sieboldii 



variegata 



spectabile 

 Schizostylis coccinea 

 Calystegia pubescens 

 Hieracium Pilosella 



alpinum 



aurantiacnm 

 Physalis Alkekengi 

 Plumbago eapensis 

 Cuphea platycentra 

 Godetia rosea 



. Yucca filamentosa 



gloriosa 

 Acroclinium roseum 

 Mitraria coccinea 

 . Lythium Salicaria 



roseum superbum 

 Datura Stramonium 

 Nigella hispanica 

 Helichrysum monstrosum 

 aiesembryanthemom tri- 

 color 



glabrum 

 Pentstemon ovatum 



Scoulerii 



venustum 



procernrn 



•zlabrum 

 Lupin us nanus 



mntabilis 

 JLinum perenne 



alpinum 



August 6. Linum narbonense 



graudiflorum 



Lewisii 

 Potentilla opaca 



insignia 

 Phlox Drummondi 

 Arundo Don ax 

 Chelone barbata 



glabra 



obliqua 

 Gaillardia grandiflora 



picta 

 Dianthus barbatu3 



deltoidps 



llarie Pare 



superbus 



petrous 

 Cyclamen enropseum 



hedera^folium 

 Acanthus mollis 

 Catananche ca?rulea 

 Cent aurea argentea 



candidissima 

 „ 9. Linaria splendida 

 Verbena venosa 

 Coronillavaria 



ib erica 

 Aster Amellus 



spectabilis 



la? vis 



Novse-Angliffi 



cyaneus 

 Briza maxima 

 Aloysia citriodora 

 Sanvitalia proeumbens 

 Pyrethrum grandiflorum 



Golden Feather 

 Scabiosa lutea 

 "Whitlavia gTandiflora 

 Sphenocrne speciosa 

 Gnaphalium margarita* 



ceum 

 Erica stricta 



ramentacea 



vagans 



ciliaris 

 Adonis aestivalis 



autumnalis 

 Tradescantia virgiiiica 



caerulea 

 Cacalia coccinea 



aurea 

 Tinea minor 

 Tntoma Uvaria 

 „ 12. Lathyrus frrandiflorus 

 Anagellis grandiflora 



Breweri 

 Oxalis Bowieana 



floribunda 



speciosa 



versicolor 

 Lychnis chalcedonica 



coccinea 

 Eudbeckia lacinata 



Newmanni 

 Alonsoa grandiflora 

 Brachycome iberidifolia 

 Ammobium alatum 

 Viola montana 



tricolor 



cornuta 



lutea 

 Clintonia pnlehella 

 Collinsia bicolor 

 Clematis integrif olia 



erecta 



Jackmanni 

 Gazania sidendens 

 Amaranthus speciosus 



hypochondriacus 

 Ginothera aCautis 



erandiflora 



biennis 



macrocarpa 



Fraseri 

 Crepis vixens 

 Aster tenellus 

 Athanasia annua 

 Calliopsis Burridgii 



tinctoria 

 Hirabilis Jalapa 



lutea 



striata 

 Reseda loiea 



odorata 

 Abronia umbellata 



| August 12. Callirhue digitata 



pedata 

 „ 15. Commelina ccBleati3 

 Erinu3 alpinus 

 Clarkias 



Hypericum perforatum 

 Tagetes patnla 

 Saponaria ocymoides 

 Callichroa platyglossa 

 Calendula Pongm 

 Veronica Candida 



incana glauca 



spicata 



elegans 

 Balsamina hortensis 

 Convolvulus major 

 Epilobium hirsurum 

 Calandrinia umbellata 

 Asclepias tuberosa 

 Djeris coronaria alba 

 Lysimachia Xummularia 

 „ 19- Maurandya Barclayana 

 Primula cortusoides 

 Campanula Lorei 



pentagonia 

 Centranthus macrosiphon 

 Hibiscus africanus 

 Cladanthus arabicus 

 Phlomis Russelliana 

 Polygonum Brunoni 



Sieboldi 

 Salvia fulgens 



patens 



snlendens 



bicolor 



argentea 

 Delphinium Consolida 



Ajacis 

 Funkia carulea 



ovata variegata 



undulata 

 Campanula rotundiiolia 

 Senecio elesans 

 Lavatera trimestris 

 „ 22. Portulaca splendens 



Thellusoni 



coccinea 

 Paponaria calabrica 

 Fpilobium angustifolium 

 Delphinium Belladonna 



Lovrei 

 - Anemone japonica 

 Matthiola annua 

 Calendula officinalis 

 Lathyrus odoratns 



magell aniens 

 Helianthus annuus 

 Lotus corniculatus 

 Malcolmia maritima 

 Zinnia elegans 

 „ 26. Tropa=olum neregrinum 

 Sedum coerulenm 

 Heliotropium roexicannrn 

 Arrap'anthus nmbellatus 

 Lobelia Erinus 



ramosa 

 Alyssum saxatile 

 Anchusa italica 

 Lupinus luteus 

 Pentstemon gentianoides 



coccineum 

 Sehizanthus pinnatua 



splendens 

 Silene rubella 

 Viscaria oculata 

 Eccremocarpus scaber 

 Tigri-'ia Pavonia 



conchiflora 

 „ 30. Leptosiphondensiflorus 



aureus 

 Anthericum Liliago 

 Astilbe rivularis 

 Silene compacta 



maritima plena 

 Schaftii 



Calandrinia speciosa 

 Tritwnia aurea 

 Statice Gmelini 

 Linaria alpina 



Cymbalaria 

 Hydrangeas 

 Bjsris Teuoreana 

 L ilium speciosum album 



rubrnm 

 Helenium autumnale 

 Liatris elegans 

 Gladiolus ramosus 



— M. H., Acklam Hall, Middlesbrough-on-Tee6. 



GRUBS DESTROYING THE TURNIP CROP. 



The grubs whicbhave devastated "acres upon acres of Tarnips 

 in E ast Kent " are the caterpillars of the Agrotis segetum, a moth 

 which in the dry season of 1864 also committed great mischief 

 on nearly all sorts of vegetables, and which the long drought 

 during the present year has also developed to a fearful extent; 

 the moths having been enabled to lay their eggs without inter- 

 ruption by wet in Jane last. The earth round the crowns 

 of the plants should be carefully moved by hand, and the 

 grubs, often several at one root, picked out and destroyed. 

 They are now Dearly full grown, and will soon bury themselves 

 deeper in the earlh to undergo their transformation?. When 

 the earth is moved by the plough in the spiing children should 

 be employed to pick up the chestnut-coloured ehiniDg chrysa- 



