November 1(1, 1870. 1 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



369 



•we have a capital little glass roof, which you msy set up as high 

 as yoa like on bricks, and covering a space of 27 tquare feet, 

 at a cost of 15s. 6d. I have seen no gronnd vineries nor plant- 

 protectors to tqnal these frames either for cheapness or ntiliiy. 

 and for that reason I have endeavoured to describe them accu- 

 rately. If I have omitted any important oarticular I am sur.i 

 Mr. Peach will willingly oorrect me. —Edward Lcckhukst, 

 Old Lands, Buxted, Sussex. 



PLANTS FLOWERING IN OCTOBER. 



3. Fuchsia, fulgens 



coccinea 



gracilis 



microphylla 



serratifolia 



eorymbi flora 



globowa 

 Auchusaitalica 

 Betoniea btricta 

 Armeria maritima rosea 

 Centranthus ruber 

 Kochia scopnria 

 SUene Atocion 



rubella 

 Zinnia t-legans 

 Perilla nanki ensis 

 Verbena venosa 



pnlehella 



officinalis 

 Alonsoa compacfa 



Warscewiczii 

 Matthiola nnnni 

 Seduin ca^ruleum 

 Rose Gloire de Dijon 

 Lupinua nanus 

 Abronia mnbellata 

 Acomtum album 



amumniila 



japonicQin 

 "Viola odorata 



tricolor 



cornuta 



lutea 

 Anoda Dilleniana 

 Convolvulus minor 



monstrosus 

 (Enothera acaulis 



Drummondi 



Lamarckiaua 



biennis 



macrocarpa 



Selloviana 



mbicunda 

 Tricyrtis hirta 

 Trilolium repens 

 Calendula Pongei plena 

 Hibiscus africanua 

 Collinsia bicolor 

 Oxaiis tropffloloides 

 JBriza maxima 

 Pentstenion gentianoides 



coccineum 



azureum 



procerum 



pulchellum 



venusMini 



ovatum 

 Adonis autumnalia 

 Phlomis hoa'ieiliaua 

 Viburnum Tinua 

 Ajuga reptans 



variegata 



genevensis 



purpurea 

 ■Campanula muralia 



carpatica 



garganica 



frrandis 



gigantea 



pyramidalis 



pulla 

 Asclepias tuberosa 

 Dahlias 

 Eellis perennis 

 Antirrhinums 

 Veronica carnea 



gentianoides 



incana glauca 



Boica'ta 



speciosa 

 Sedura album 



Telephium 



purpureum 



iSieboldi 

 variegatum 



spectabile 

 Verbascum nigrum 

 Vinca major 



minor 

 Linaria alpina 



oymbalaria 



purpurea 

 Phlox verna 



proeumbens 



setacea 

 Eudbeckia lacinata 



amplexifolia 

 Rhododendron hirsutum 

 "Datura stramonium 

 Obeliscaria pulcherrima 

 Salpiglostia atropurpurea 

 Veronica syriaca 

 Viscaria oculata 

 Erica stricta 

 ramentacea 



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Oct. 11. Polygonum nrientale 

 Centanrea depressa 



raimsina 

 Cpr.ist r um tomentusnm 

 Hup'hatmutn salicifolium 

 Double Daisies 

 Arabia Incida 

 Cineraria murrtima 

 Calystegia p'ibescens 

 Areaaria marina 

 Anemone japoni<-a 

 Dianthus Caryophyllus 



euperbug 



rieltoides 



CaSSlUS 



Chelone barbata 



gl ibra 



obliqna 

 Saponarin officinalis 



ocymoides 

 „ 15. Artemisi-t Dracunculus 



annua 

 Teucrium variecntum 

 ^euactis spaciosa 

 Malva Morenii 

 Hjdran2ea japonica 



hortensis 

 Tritoma Cvaria 

 Gvnerium argentenm 

 Echmoos Ritro 



sphrproc^phalns 

 Helianthus diffusus 



maitiflnrus 

 Lychnis fnlgena 



chulcedonica 



Haa?eana 



djoka 

 Dracoceohalum oanariense 



moldavicnm 

 Loasa aurantiaca 

 Kccremncarpus scaber 

 Cyclamen '■uropaBuni 



hederfefol'um 

 „ 20. Crucinne'la stytosa 

 Anthohza coccinea 

 Convolvulus cantabricus 



mauritanicus 



soldanelliflorus 

 Andryala l:in>ita 

 Clematis Jackmanni 

 Beta mwritimi 

 Crocus speciosua 



Boryi 



grcecus 



antumnalii 

 Coroniltaiberica 



varia 

 Achillea tomentosa 

 Colchicum autumnnle 

 Calandrinia umbellata 

 Tagetes pumila 

 Aloysia citriodora 

 Aster chinensis 



Tripoli um 

 Senecio elegana 

 Geum rivale 



coccinenm 



montanum 

 Hesoeris matronalia 

 "Vtttartenia trilobata 

 Zauschneria californica 

 Ageratum odoratum 

 Tropaeolnm majus 

 „ 24. Inula trlnndnlosa 

 Salvia ful gens 



patens 



verbascifolia 



coccinea 

 Thymus vulgaris 



lanuginosus 



officinalis 

 Nepeta violacei 

 ISierembergia gracilis 



rivnlaria 

 Meconopsis cambrica 

 Monarda didyma 

 Lavandula Spica 

 Koniga variegata 

 Hibiscus roseus 

 Funkia csrulea 



grandiflora 



ovata 

 Scabiosa late a 



cermanica 

 Scrophularia variegata 

 cantohna incana 



alpina 

 Galium verum 

 Tradescantia cajrulea 

 Eryngium alpinum 

 Lathyrns odoratns 

 (Gladiolus ramosus 

 Lophospermnm scanden 

 LJipinus polyphyllus 

 Glauclum flavum 



Oct. 21. Linnm alpinum 



narbonense 



L-wisii 



flavum 

 Eupatoiium purpureum 

 Alyssum saxatil* 1 

 Amsonia salicifolia 

 Solilaso fl^xuosa 



cambrica 

 „ 29. Delphinium Relladonna 



H>ndersoni 



Consolida 

 Arctotis fjvandiflora 



breviscapa 

 Coreopsin grandiflora 



lanc^olaf.* 

 Astpr urnndiflorus 



lam* 



ly.xus 



spectabilis 



Aineiius 



Oct. 29. Aster Novi-Relgii 



Novae-Ansliaj 



bessnrabicus 



dumosus 

 Ceanoihus azureus 

 Echeveria glauca 

 Hedyaarum coronarium 

 Omphalodes verna 

 Slyosotis alpestris 



palustria 

 Oxalis floribundi 



versicolor 



apeoiosa 

 Gaillardia picta 



gran'iiilara 

 Chrysocoma Lynosyris 

 ttatice latifolia 



Limouium 



bo lidifolia 

 Stachys germ»nica 

 PJumbagb Larpentai 



-M. H., Acklam Hall, Middlesbrough -on-Tees* 



PEAS IN 1870. 



Referring to the couniueatt? on my article on Peas by Messr , 

 C irtwr & Oj., on turning to my note-book I nad that on July 

 9th, 1870, what I obtaiued for ningleadec (SuttonV) measured 

 3 feet (i iucbes in hniaht. The weed I procured in I860 from a 

 well-known firm in Manchester, at the same fine I had a packet 

 of Carter';* Firt-t Crop from another firm here ; both were 

 sown at the same lime and received the same treatment, but I 

 saw almost immediately that they were two distinct varieties. 

 Beinfl fully aware of the old Btory respecting the twu Peas, I 

 determined to save my own need of Sut'.ou's Ringleader, and in 

 order to hive it fine I saved ike pods that were well-formed, and 

 wiih not less than five fine Peas in a pod, and the result this 

 year has been the bast row of Peas I ever saw, and certainly 

 there are those iu this neighbourhood who cn,u bear testimony 

 to what I say. 1 should «dd, the height Ia*t year was 3 feet. 

 This year, thoagh I grew Smpster No. 1, DiUistone's Prolific, 

 and what was sent to mo as Carter's First Crop, none proved 

 equal to my own saved seed. I have saved this year sufficient 

 for a single row, and at the proper time I shall, in order to get 

 the First Crop true, send my order to Messrs. Carter & Co. for 

 this nod Laxton's Prolific. I have now before me two catalogues 

 for 1870, of well-known old-established firms. In onp, the 

 height of Ringleader (SuttonV), or First Crop (Cartm), is given 

 at 3 feet, which is th* height it erew with me in 18GU. Iu the 

 second, Ringleader and Cirter's First Crop are made to read as 

 distinct varieties. In conclusion I would ask, Is it not possible 

 for a system of high cultivation to raise the height of Peas ? In 

 my case I have proved that it does. 



Coming to Mr. Gilbert's remarks, permit me to inform him 

 that all gardeners are not aware of the fact of Peas requiring 

 the ground being prepared as I have described, because, if they 

 knew, I should both see and hear less of failures than I have 

 been accustomed to do, as no one cau make me believe that for 

 the sake of a little extra labour he would endanger the crop 

 of what I consider the best of vegetables. 



In the next place, I hope Mr. Gilbert does not compare Man- 

 chester to Stamford, Prestwich being the same distance from 

 Manchester as Burghley is from Stamford ; if he does heia 

 certainly wrong, both as regards rain and smoke ; and, as I said, 

 my Peas sown in March were as early as those sown in the 

 previous November, leaving out of the question birds and mice. 

 I speak thre from experience, and certainly I consider my Peas 

 gathered on the ISth of June as early as his gathered on the 

 6th of the same month. 



Lastly, I can inform Mr. Gilbert, that to have Peas in Oc- 

 tober on this side of Miuchester must be very rare, I myself 

 having seen none; in fact, the subject of my earlinesa and 

 lateness in Peas is spoken of by many, though I still hope to 

 have later gatherings the coming year, though I despair of 

 gathering here on Lord Mayor's day. — Stephen Castle, Bent 

 Hill Gardens, Prestwich. 



Messrs. Carter & Co. in your paper of the 3rd inst., page 

 345, say that " it is utterly incorrect that Sutton's Ringleader 

 is 3h feet high," and that they "challenge anyone to name an 

 early Paa of 3| feet high," which is earlier or so early as 

 Carter's First Crop. As an amateur I have grown Sutton's 

 Ringleader for two years ; each year it has grown 3i feet high, 

 and would, I think, have retched 4 feet if it had not had the 

 tops fnqaeutly pinched off. Daniel O'Rourke grew 4J feet 

 high, though it is neither earlier nor so early as Ringleader. 

 There could be no mistake about the seeds, as I had them 



