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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ October 13, 1870. 



all the fibres ; yon will thus be enabled to cut off the suckers close to 

 their point of origin. Use a compost of fibrous loam, adding one-sixth 

 of old lime rubbish, or, what is better, chalk in pieces from the size of a 

 walnut to that of a hen's egg, not removing the fiaer portions. Do this 

 as soon as the leaves fall, and do not cover the fibres with more than 

 3 inches of soil. Mulch over the roots with about 3 inches of littery 

 manure. The aspect is suitable. 



Deciduous Trees for a Lawn and Sheubbert (W. G. W.). — Of trees 

 proper, or those which attain 20 feet in height or more, we advise Acer 

 platanoides colchicum rubrum, A. platanoides laciniatum, A. rubrum, 

 A. Pseudo-Platanns (Sycamore) and its variegated forms — viz., albo- 

 marginatum and foliis pnrpureis ; iEsculus Hippoeastanum, and the 

 pirLk and scarlet-flowering varieties — if you have a wet spot, Alnus glu- 

 tinosa laciniata will suit ; Betula alba and pendula, Castanea vesca, and 

 var. aureo-variegata, Cerasus Padus, Fagns syivatica and vars. asplenii- 

 folia, purpurea, and pendula ; Fraxinus excelsior pendula, Juglans regia 

 laciniata, Liriodendron tulipifera, Magnolia acuminata, M. conspicua, 

 M. purpurea, Morus alba, M. nigra, Ornus europa?us, Populus argentea 

 for a wet place, Pyrus communis and vars. pendula, prascox, and Bollwyl- 

 leriana.P. Mains prunifolia, Quercus Eobur aspleniifolia, Robinia Pseud- 

 Acacia, Salisburia adiantifolia, Salix americana pendula, S. babylonica 

 Kilmarnock Weeping, Tilia europsea, T. laciniata, T. sanguinea, TJlnius 

 campestris aspleniifolia, U. fastigiata, U. montana crispa, and the Cani- 

 perdown Elm. 



Geranium Confederate (One in Suspense). — Confederate was sent out 

 by Mr. Morse, of Dursley, and raised, we believe, by Mr. Glenny; it is 

 intermediate between Tom Thumb and Little David, and no doubt a 

 seedling of the former, a good bloomer, but not sufficiently distinct to 

 make it worth while to keep it as a separate sort, but it may be used with 

 Tom Thumb. 



Rose's Leaves almost Black {J. Sudford).— The Rose leaf enclosed 

 seemed to us to be suffering from the effects of some deleterious chemical ; 

 and we should fancy from its appearance, that during the hot and dry 

 weather at the end of September the leaves of your trees have suffered 

 from the smoke of some chemical works. The wind having been very 

 constant for some time, and the atmosphere very still, any Rose trees 

 situated in the line of the smoke of gas works, agricultural manure or 

 dye works, would be more liable to injury than usual. Although the leaf 

 sent was eaten in places by insects, yet the general injury to the leaf 

 does not seem to arise from insects. We should be glad to learn more, 

 of the position of the trees. Constant syringing with clean soft water, 

 and an occasional application of a little soft soap, will be the most likely 

 remedy. 



Heating a Small Greenhouse (Grimsby). — A small moveable iron 

 stove, with a flat top to receive an evaporating basin, would be the best 

 for your small house. You should have the stove lined with fire brick, or 

 large enough to have the fire-place in the centre, and a couple of inches 

 or so from the outside iron. You will thus have plenty of heat without 

 the outsides of the stove becoming dangerously hot. You may, as you 

 propose, burn charcoal in such a stove, or, more cheaply, use coke or fine 

 cinders; hut in neither case will you succeed unless you have a pipe 

 from the stove going right out of the house. The simplest plan is to 

 have a plate-iron pipe going through the glass roof, a square of the iron 

 with a suitable hole for the pipe taking the place of a square of glass 

 taken out. Regulate draught and consumption of fuel by the ashpit door. 



Melon and Cucumber House (A Lover of Our Journal).— The plan 

 sketched out will do for Cucumbers and Melons late in spring, in summer, 

 and in autumn ; but for winter and early spring use the piping would not 

 be sufficient. In the latter case we would advise having 4-inch pipes in 

 the tank instead of S-inch pipes, and making the tanks 5 inches deep 

 The position of the top pipes will do very well, but we would have two 

 instead of one on each side of the house, having one on the side next the 

 pathway. There, too, we would have 4-inch pipes instead of 3, as such a 

 span house will radiate a great deal of heat if no covering is used for the 

 glass. We would, in the case of the tanks as well as the top heat, have 

 the flow pipes next the outside walls. It would be well to have upright 

 open-ended pipes from the tank to admit vapour into the house. With- 

 out that you would require evaporating pans on the top flow pipes. 

 The pitch of the roof would answer very well. Were we erecting such a 

 house we would have a double ridge-board, with 8 inches between for a 

 ventilator, and a hood of two boards— A placed over, to let air in and keep 

 out wet. 



Names of Fruits (B. M.). — Nonesuch. (J. A., Woodlands). — Pears: 

 la, Fondante d'Automne ; 2b, Doyenne du Cornice ; 3c, Winter Nelis ; 4, 

 Urbaniste. Apples : 5e, Lord Suffield ; 6f, King of the Pippins; 7g, 

 Fearn's Pippin. (F. A. F.). — Apple: Emperor Alexander. (W. B. t North 

 Wales). — Apples : 1, Manks Codlin ; 2, Fearn's Pippin ; 3, 4, King of the 

 Pippins ; 11, Beauty of Kent. Pears : 13, Due d'Orleans ; 14, 16, Beurre 

 Diel; 17, Fondante d'Autfinine ; 20, Bon Chretien d'Hiver. We must 

 decline to name so many at one time. [William Mills). — The Pear is at 

 present unknown to us. It may probably be Gansel's Bergamot. [A 

 Subscriber). — Pear: 21, Marie Louise. Apples: 8. Margil; 11, Downton 

 Pippin ; 15, Kerry Pippin ; 26, Waltham Abbey Seedling ; 78, Court of 

 Wick. (Parcel received from Grediton without Name). — Apples: 1, Cox's 

 Orange Pippin ; 2, Early Nonpareil. Pears : 1, Beurre de Ranee ; 2, Ur- 

 baniste ; 3, Marie Louise ; 5, Glou Mortjeau ; 6, Nutmeg ; 7, Van Mons Leon 

 le Clerc; 9, Winter Nelis; 11, Fondante d'Automne. (Wyke Cross).— 

 Pears : 1, Beurre de Ranee ; 2, Passe Colmar ; 3, Vicar of Winkfield ; 4, 

 Doyenne du Cornice ; 5, BeurrS Diel ; 6. 7, Knight's Monarch. Apples: 

 3, Prague; 6, Blenheim Orange. We decline to name more of them. 

 ( J. U., West Lodge). — Your fruits, we regret to state, got mixed up with 

 others, bo that we entirely lost trace of them. (S. L.). — 1, Trumpington ; 

 2, Manks Codlin. We cannot tell. (Bruno). — Your Apple3 are unknown. 

 The present is a good time for the removal. (G. W. C.) — 2, Bergamotte 

 Cadette ; 3, Beurre de Ranee ; 4, Ord's Apple ; 5, Cobham. (E. B. K. L.). 

 — 1, Beurre Diel ; 2, 3, Glou Morceau ; 4, Napoleon ; 6, Deux Sceurs. The 

 prickly plant is Datura Stramonium. [K. Jenner). — 1, Messire Jean; 2, 

 TJvedale's St. Germain; 3, Not known; 4, Grosse Calebasse. (M. H., Ack- 

 lam Hall). — The Pear is Suffolk Thorn. No. 2 Apple, Scarlet Nonpareil ; 

 the other two Apples we do not recognise. (M.). — Red Autumn Calville. 

 (J. H. t Elmhurst). — 1, Grosse Calebasse ; 2, Conseiller de la Cour ; 5, Red 

 Doyenne ; 6, Beurre de Capiaumont ; 7, Kentish Fillbasket ; 8, Mere de 

 Menage ; 9, Stamford Pippin ; 11, Golden RuBset ; 12, Lewis's Incompar- 

 able. (J. L. C.).— 2, Court-pendu-plat; 8, Claygate Pearmain ; 6, King of 



the Pippins ; 6, Golden Russet ; 7, Robinson's Pippin ; S, Yellow Ingestrie ; 

 10, Adam's Pearmain; 13, White Nonpareil; 14, Pitmaston Nonpareil; 

 15, White Melrose. (Rev. Mr. McCalnwnt). — The Pear is Hampden's Ber- 

 gamot, and the Apple we cannot identify, as the specimens are evidently 

 small and uncharacteristic. (E. U., Lysiuays). — 1, Golden Noble; 2, Drap 

 d'Or ; 3, Early Nonpareil ; 5, Yorkshire Greening ; 6, Augustus Pearmain ; 

 7, Stunner Pippin ; S, Maiden's Blush ; 11, Vicar of Winkfield ; 12, Lewis ; 

 13, Napoleon. (W. G.). — Your Grapes are correctly named, with the ex- 

 ception of Muscat of Alexandria, which is White Frontignan ; and we 

 have great misgivings about Royal Muscadine, which we think no amount 

 of shade would have altered to the appearance of the Grape you sent us. 

 (W. J. H.}. — We are sorry we cannot identify the Pear. 



Names of Plants (A Halstead Subscriber). — You must send fresh speci- 

 mens, each numbered, or we cannot apply the names. [G. M.). — Ruscus 

 hypoglossum, Double-leaved Butcher's Broom. (A Very Old Subscriber). 

 — 1, Bomaria edulis, often called Alstrcemeria edulis; 2, Acacia decipiens 

 var. prtemorsa. (H. A.).~ Your plant sent in bloom is Clerodendron foatl- 

 dum, a native of North China. We certainly should not recommend you 

 to aliow your Ivy, however ornamental it may be, to entwine itself round 

 the Laburnum. Try to find a less objectionable situation for it. (A 

 Constant Reader). — The Crataegus sent proved to be C. coccinea. 



POTJLTKY, BEE, AND PIGEON CHEOUICLE. 



POULTRY SHOW REFORMS. 



There was an article in il oar Journal " a short time since 

 on the management of Canary shows. May I be allowed to 

 offer a suggestion or two as to Poultry shows ? First, as to 

 catalogues. Now, I take it for granted that every exhibitor at 

 a show, at all events every exhibitor whose entries amount to, 

 say, 10s., is entitled to a ticket of admission ; but at every 

 show it happens that there are many exhibitors who cannot be 

 present themselves, but are naturally anxious to learn as soon 

 as possible what success has attended their efforts ; and I think 

 in such cases they should be entitled, on returning the ad- 

 mission-ticket to the Secretary before a certain date, to have a 

 catalogue and a list of the prize-winners forwarded to them 

 free by the first post after the award of the prizes. It need 

 not give the Secretary much trouble. Let him procure a num- 

 ber of the halfpenny stamped wrappers beforehand, let him 

 write the addresses on them as the returned tickets come in, 

 let him file them, and when the great day arrives it will not 

 take him long to wrap up the catalogues in them and consign 

 them to the post. It is very annoying to have to wait day 

 after day ' ' in dread suspense," and after all, as has several 

 times happened to me, ; receive no prize list until it has already 

 been announced in a public journal. 



And now as to these same reports, dear Mr. Editor, could 

 you not make them rather fuller and more detailed ? In the 

 summer I have often noticed that the poultry portion of the 

 Journal is compressed into a very small compass. Now, I have 

 no objection to that. I am very fond of my flowers, and I look 

 with interest for the reports (and very well written they are) of 

 the great flower shows, new roses, and so on. But in the 

 autumn and winter they are gone by, the poultry shows come 

 on thick, and I turn with equal, or, perhaps, greater interest to 

 the doings in the poultry world. Now, could you not at this 

 time of year take a leaf out of the gardening book and push it 

 back for a page or two ? I am sure the value of " our Journal," 

 in a poultry-fancier's eyes, would be greatly increased if we 

 could have more detailed accounts of the poultry exhibited. I 

 do not mean such an account as that of " Wiltshtee Eectob's" 

 journey to Stroud, in which the journey occupies about ninety 

 lines, the fowls thirty, and the Pigeons eight. (No offence to 

 our good friend, whose letters are always amusing, and whose 

 acquaintance I hope some day to make.) What we want is a 

 more detailed account of the birds and their points. We are 

 not much wiser after reading that " Cochins were good, Game 

 moderate, and Hamburghs poor." We want to know what 

 were the good points of the winners, what the failings of the 

 losers. 



I am told that the reports are mostly written by the judges 

 themselves, and if that is so, who is so fit to criticise the dif- 

 ferent specimens ? What disputes would be saved ! Breeders 

 would know what points to try for ; for there is a fashion in 

 the points of poultry as in most other things. Valture-hock 

 controversies would not have occupied so much space. Dragoon- 

 breeders would know what to do. Fantail-fanciers would not 

 be in doubt whether head or tail was to be the first thing to 

 see to. Turbit-breeders would know whether the turn-crown 

 or the point-head was to be considered " the thing," and so on. 

 If the critiques gave rise to some disoussion, so much the 

 better. The reporters, after giving their ipse dixit, need take 

 no further part in it, unless they wished. 



