December 15, 1870. 3 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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double price to have a triple assurance of success. The thinner 

 plants stand, so as to so far un-mtrsery them, the more they 

 must be paid for, and the more fitted will they be for exposed 

 cold situations. — R. F. ' 



PLANTS IN FLOWER DURING NOVEMBER. 



Nov. 2. Heeler a Helix ai-borescens 



Helix digitata 

 Jasminura nutlifloriun 

 Asperula odorata 

 Potentilla alba 

 Collinsia bieolor 

 Dianthus Caryophyllus 



barbatns 



deltoiiies 



Marie Pare 



superbus 



petrseug 

 Crncianella stylosa 

 Monarda purpurea 

 Primula acaulis 

 Arc to* is breviscapa 

 Claytonia perfoliate 

 Ef igeron alpinus 



Vill arsii 

 Aubrietia deltoidea 



purpurea 



Mo ore an a 

 Delphinium Belladonna 



lormoaum 

 Cyclamen europreiim 

 Jasminum pubigerum 

 Phlox Drummondi 

 Eecremocarpus seaber 

 Lonicera Douglaari 

 Aconitum autumnalo 



versicolor 

 Pyre-thrum roseum 



Pai-thenium plenum 



Golden Feather 

 Escallonia rubra 

 Leycesteria formosa 

 CalUrhiie platyglossa 

 Rudbeckia fulgens 

 Saponaria calabrica 

 Echeveria metallica 



glauca 



secunda 

 Echinops bannatieus 

 Aster prandiflorus 



formosus 

 Myosotis palustris 

 Antirrhinum majus 

 Tajjetes patula 

 Crocus sativus 



Boryi 

 Hamamelis yirginlea 

 Garrya elliptioa 

 Abi'ouia umbel'ata 

 Sileue compacta 

 Centaursa cimdidissima 



gymnoo^rpa 

 „ 5. Nepeta violacea 

 Godetia rosea 



Colchieum autumnale plenum 

 Pentstemon coccineum 



venus'.um 

 Rose Gloire de Dijon 



Monthly China 



Crimson China 

 Chrysanthemums 

 Fuchsia coccinea 



globosa 

 Aniaranthus stieciosissimus 

 Phlox procumbens 



various 

 Koniga maritima 

 Hydrangea hortensis 

 Polygonum Sieboldi 

 Thymus lanuginosus 

 Gilia tricolor 

 Omphalodes vcrna 

 Cetironella cana 

 Hesperis matronalis 

 Nieremberffia gracilis 

 Plumbago Larpentse 



eapensis 

 Auiniobiuni alatura 

 Clematis Jackmanni 

 CEnothera fruticosa 



macro carp a 

 Salvia coccinea 



fulgens 

 Anagallis grandiflora 

 Tricyrlis birta 

 Verbena venosa 

 Helichrysum monstrosnm 

 Verbena pulchella 

 Malope grandiilora 



Nov. 5. Campanula pentagonia 



muralis 



carpatica 



pyramidalis 

 Daisies, double 

 Gynerium argenteum 

 Brachycome iberidiiolia 

 Erinus alpinus 

 Tropceolum majus 

 Cerastium tomentosurn 

 Aster chinensis 

 Trop.'eolum peregrinuni 

 Coronilla varia 

 Mirabilis Jalapa 

 Bidens atrosanguinea 

 Antirrhinum majus 

 Anemone japonica 

 Dracocephalum moldavieum 

 Chi-ysanthemiun nanuni 

 Salvia Horminum rtfbrum 



purpureum 

 Cencaurea Cyanus 

 Nigella hispanica 

 Veronica dentata 



in can a 



speciosa 



spicata 

 Rose Mrs. Eosanquet 

 Auricula alpina 

 Geum rivale 

 ,, 9. Sedum purpureum 

 Nolana paradoxa 

 Oxalis rosea 

 Petunia grandiilora 

 Tradescantia cserulea 

 Hibiscus africanus 

 Leptosiphon luteus 

 Nemophila insignia 

 Lupinus nanus 



mutabilis 

 Celsia cretica 

 Linariabipartita 

 Cenfaurea nigra 

 Obeliscaria pulchorrima 

 Polygonum Brunoni 

 Lobelia Erinus 

 „ 14. Arbutus Unedo 



Meconopsis cambrica 

 Hypericum calycinum 

 Xoranthemum purpureum 

 Matthiola annua 

 Convolvulus mauritaniens 

 „ 18. Adonis autumnnlis 

 Linum grandiflorum 



alpinum 

 Lysimachia ciliata 



vulgaris 

 Centranthus macro siphon 

 Althaja chinensis 

 Coreopsis grantliflora 

 Agrosttinma coronaria 

 Clarltia pulchella 

 Delphinium Ajacis 



Consolida 

 Armeria maritima rosea 



vulgaris 

 Calendula officinalis 

 Gnaphalium lanatiuu 

 Zauschneria calii'omiea 

 Calytjantbus floiidus 

 Erica stricta 



ramentacca 

 Calandrinia speciosa 

 Alyssum oompactnm 

 Clematis florida 



Vitalba 

 ,. 25. Athanasia annua 

 Agathcea ccelestis 

 Lupinus polyphyllas 

 Achillea Ptarmica fl.-pl. 

 Viburnum Tinus 



lucidum 

 „ 2S. Vinca major 



minor 

 Viola odorata 



tricolor 

 Statice Limoniurn 

 Chelona barbata 

 Linaria alpina 



Cymbalaria 



purpurea 

 Daphne Cneoruni 



Laureola 



-M. H., Aclrtam Hall, M iddlesbrough-on-Tees. 



WONDERS OF AN AMATEUR 

 I wonder why, among all the remedies suggested for worms 

 in pots, the simple one of mu3tard and water is never men- 

 tioned. I have used these ingredients — a tea-spoonful of 

 mustard to a gallon or so of water — applied when the soil in 

 the pot is somewhat dry, and have found the result most suc- 

 cessful. Not only is the enemy dislodged, but the looker-on 

 has the gratification of seeing him come to the surface as soon 

 as the liquid is applied. I may add, that I have never observed 



any id jury result to the plants from this treatment, though I 

 have tried it both in the case of bulbs and of hard and soft- 

 wooded greenhouse plants. 



I wonder why we amateur gardeners are so often advised to 

 turn out our Camellias into hot pits while they are making 

 wood, and then to keep them out of doors till late in the sum- 

 mer. For two years I have treated half of my Camellias in 

 this way, and have kept the remaining half in a shady part of 

 the conservatory with little other attention than watering and 

 syringing, and have found those treated in the latter method 

 greener and healthier in appearance, earlier in their blossom, 

 and equally full of bloom buds — buds, too, which are not so 

 liable to fall off as they are from plants which have been 

 exposed to change of temperature.— Rush. 



HOT-WATER CIRCULATING DOWNWARDS. 



I have read the letter written by "Poor Gardener " (page 

 370), in which he laments the water not circulating in his 

 fernery owing to the pipes being a trifle lower at the end 

 farthest from the boiler. He will not believe that water will 

 go down hill in pipes ; therefore, it may interest some of your 

 readers, els well as " Poor Gardener," to know that water will 

 easily flow down pipes. We have a greenhouse where the 

 flow-pipe enters at one end, and in the entire length of the 

 pipes the fall is 22 feet, the rate of the fall being 10 inches 

 in every 4 feet. There is an air-pipe fixed in the top of the 

 fall of pipes, and another at the elbow at the other end of the 

 house. The return-pipe goes back to the boiler on a level, and 

 I have not found any difficulty in keeping out the sharpest 

 frost we have had during the last two winters. — R. Giddings, 

 Gardener to W. II. Michael t Esq., Cholmcley Park, Highgate. 



[There can be no question as to heated water going down if 

 the proper conditions are attended to. We never like a hot- 

 water pipe to go lower than the boiler, but we understand the 

 present Mr. Weeks and his veteran father, who paved the way 

 for all improved heating by hot water, get over that difficulty 

 likewise. Meanwhile we would rather have every hot-water 

 pipe above the level of the boiler, except where the pipe returns 

 to the bottom of the boiler. At the same time we do not con- 

 sider the arrangement of heating you have in your greenhouse, 

 and that which a " Poor Gardener" has to contend with, as 

 at all desirable, because additional air-pipes are necessary. 

 With your air-pipes you need have no difficulty, but the " Poor 

 Gardener" is not allowed to have an air-pipe, and in such a 

 case, in general, free circulation would be impossible. The 

 more, from different causes, that the water varies and sinks in 

 level in the pipes, the greater will be the tendency of air to 

 accumulate at the highest point, where the piping enters the 

 house ; and if the air there should fill the pipe from top to 

 bottom, even though the length of the tube of air should only 

 be a few inches, a strong fire would be more apt to burst the 

 pipe than make the heated water pass through the air. A small 

 body of air thus shut in between two bodies of water becomes 

 pretty well as impassable as a firm wedge of marble. Have an 

 air-pipe there and always open, and there will be no confined 

 air, no stoppage to the water's circulation. The late Mr. 

 Weeks had taps and pegs in such places. We are not sure 

 who first used the small open pipe. Your kind statement 

 would have been in unison with the answer given at page 370, 

 but for the mistake of leaving out the word "not." A period 

 should read thus — "The air-pipes might be tried before lifting 

 the water-pipes, but if even that be ' not ' done, the heating 

 will never be properly effected," &c. Where there is much 

 pressure, it is as well to have the end of the air-pipe outside 

 the house, and the end bent a little downwards, as then it 

 is less likely to get clogged with dust, or from insects lodging 

 in. it. A small gas-pipe answers admirably.] 



NEW BOOKS. 

 The Miniature Fruit Garden, or the Culture of Pyramidal and 



Bush Fruit Trees, &c. By Thohas Rivers. Longman & Co. 



Sixteenth Edition. 



We do not usually notice new editions, but of such a popular 

 work as is this, and its being the sixteenth edition, we make an 

 exception, though only to quote the following from its preface : — 



" As a prominent but not new feature in this enlarged edition, I 

 may refer to the management, and above all the protection of low 

 lateran cordon fruit trees. I have also pointed out more forcibly than 

 in former editions the capability of growing choice Pears and Apples 



