August 16, 1877. ] 



JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



127 



WEEKLY CALENDAR. 



Day Bay 



of 1 of 

 Month Week. 



AUGUST 16—22, 1877. 



Average 



Temperature near 



London. 



Sun 

 Rises. 



Sun 



Sets. 



Moon 

 Rises. 



Moon 



Sets. 



Moon's 

 Age. 



Clock 

 before 

 Sun. 



Day 



of 

 Year. 









Day. 



Night. 



Mean. 



b. m. 



h. m. 



h, in. 



h. m. 









16 



Th 



Shrewsbury Show closes. 



73.0 



51.5 



62.2 



4 49 



7 19 



2 47 



9 51 



7 



4 2 



228 



17 



F 





72.7 



50.1 



61.4 



4 51 



7 17 



3 58 



10 32 



8 



3 89 



229 



18 



S 





73.2 



50.7 



62.0 



4 52 



7 15 



4 56 



11 25 



9 



8 86 



280 



19 



Son 



12 Sunday after Trinity. 



78.1 



49.2 



61.2 



4 54 



7 13 



5 39 



morn. 



10 



8 22 



231 



20 



M 





72.8 



50.6 



61.7 



4 55 



7 U 



6 10 



30 



11 



8 8 



282 



21 



Tu 



Royal Horticultural Society — Fruit and Floral Com- 



72.6 



49.7 



61.2 



4 57 



7 9 



6 32 



1 41 



12 



2 54 



233 



22 



W 



Chepstow Show. [ mittees at 11 a.m. 



71.6 



49.7 



55.6 



4 69 7 7 



6 48 



2 55 



13 



2 89 



234 



From observations taken near London during forty-three years, the average day temperature of the week is 72. 8 D ; and its night temperature 



B0.2-. 







INARCHING VINES. 



HE present time is the best of all the year 

 for inarching Vines. If the work is done 

 now, when much of the wood is only half 

 ripe, the canes unite quickly and form a 

 lasting connection before pruning time. 

 ^ Perhaps, before going any further, it will 

 be as well for me to explain for the benefit 

 of your readers who are not familiar with 

 the term "inarching," that it is simply the 

 easiest of all ways of grafting, and there are 

 none more sure of success. In beginning operations, sup- 

 posing a white and black Grape to be growing side by 

 side, the one may be inarched on the other. We intend 

 doing this next year, where there is a Muscat Troveren 

 and Black Hamburgh growing together. There is not heat 

 enough in the house to grow the first properly. When the 

 Vines begin growing next year a shoot will be allowed to 

 grow from the lowermost part of the Hamburgh. This 

 will be brought alongside the Muscat, and when ready 

 the Hamburgh wood will be joined to the Muscat, and the 

 latter will be cut away altogether from where they are 

 connected. 



Inarching new sorts on old and inferior varieties is a 

 very quick way of testing new Grapes. By inarching a 

 small cane of any new sort on a good root this season it 

 would make sufficient growth to bear fruit next year, but 

 it would hardly do this perfectly if planted out. 



In thinking of inarching any Vine, no matter what it 

 is, the first thing to be considered ig the securing of a 

 proper stock. Some varieties of Giapes do very much 

 better on another's roots than on their own, provided 

 the stock is well selected. That is a point that must be 

 considered to avoid failure. There are only two stocks 

 which I dare recommend for every Grape ; they are 

 Black Hamburgh and Muscat of Alexandria. Grapes 

 that will fail on both of these stocks will not flourish 

 anywhere. Other stocks might do well for a time, or 

 perhaps altogether, but it is a chauce which I would not 

 risk with any valuable sort ; but where neither of these 

 stocks are growing others may be tried. Always choose 

 the most robust grower. Never try one with tender roots 

 like the Muscat Hamburgh. After deciding on a stock, 

 select the young Vine that has to be added to it. If it 

 has to be sent for from a nursery, state what it is wanted 

 for, and procure a cane becoming brown half way to the 

 point. 



In inarching one Vine on another the head of the stock 

 is afterwards entirely cut away ; therefore the nearer the 

 root the two are united the better. Some Vines catch 

 the wires close to the surface of the soil, others go up 

 2 or 3 feet to the first wire, and, as a rule, I have found 

 this part the most convenient point to inarch at. 



The operation of inarching is very easily performed, 

 and no one need fail at it. With a very sharp knife cut 

 a clean slice off the part of the wood where it is desired 

 to make the connection. This slice should be 2 inches 

 or more in length and should penetrate the wood about 

 No. 655 —Vol. XXxm., New Series. 



one -eighth. Then cut a piece off the one that has to be 

 put on exactly the same size as the one just finished, so 

 as when they are placed face to face the edges and other 

 parts may meet. The best part to unite a young Vine 

 is about a foot or so from the root. Nearly all young 

 Vines which are inarched are in pots. When they are 

 united near the ground the pot may rest on the ground ; 

 but when this cannot be done, the pot must be raised on 

 a stool in a convenient position. Lay the cuts together, 

 and about 1 inch from the end each way tie a round or 

 two of matting. This assists greatly in keeping the canes 

 firm and steady. When the cut parts are pressed against 

 each other bind them closely round with soft matting and 

 tie it firmly. This completes the inarching. The two 

 will be united in a month, when the wood will begin 

 swelling, and the matting must be cut, or the wood may 

 suffer by the ligatures being too tight. Leave the top and 

 bottom tie, however, in case anything might come against 

 the united parts and separate them. It is well to leave 

 these ties on until pruning time. 



Water the roots in the pot regularly throughout the 

 season. At pruning time cut the young Vine away close 

 to the tie next the root, and do the same with the old rod 

 above the tie. This will leave the new rod free to take the 

 place of the one just cut out ; and if all goes well it will bear 

 fruit freely the following season. — A Kitchen Gardener. 



AUTUMN ROSES. 



" More about Roses !" I can well imagine some reader 

 may exclaim on seeing the above heading. " More about 

 Roses ! Surely we have had a surfeit of Roses. Articles 

 on exhibition Roses, on garden Roses, on old Roses, on 

 new Roses ; letters on climbing Roses, on Roses suited 

 for towns, and last week on neglected Roses. What more 

 can be said ? Happy shall I be when I can parody the 

 grace of the guest who was fed for one whole day on 

 nothing but rabbits — 



" 'Roses old, and Roses bold, 

 Roses tender, Bobbs tough, 

 I thank the Lord I've had enough.' " 



No, my dear but testy reader, you may not sing your grace 

 at present ; we have no intention of letting Roses drop 

 out of the columns of the Rose Journal for some little 

 time, and there are still many subjects connected with 

 the Rose left to us. What would you say 5 , my friend, to 

 an article on Roses suitable for churchyards ? "Ah, good I 

 (you chuckle) ; the best place for them. Bury them, sir, 

 bury them, and along with them inter the Wyld Savage ; 

 then we shall have peace for a time, and can look to our 

 Dahlias, and write about our Phloxes and Gladioli, and 

 other seasonable flowers. Bury them." Meanwhile let 

 me say a few words on autumn Roses. •"'•--.^' • a<--i:-. 



What do I mean by autumn Roses? Well, Roses 

 which do as well, if not better, in the autumn as in 

 summer. By autumn I mean August and September — 

 the present time, in fact. There are .some Roses which 

 bloom much later than the generality of Hybrid Per- 

 petuals, whilst others bloom niueh better in the autumn 

 No. 1507.— Vol. LVIII., Old Series. 



