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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



2S3 



25. Comtesse de Serenyi 



37. Souvenir de Baron de Semor 



26. Emilie Hausburg 



S8. Horace Vernet 



27- Senateur Vaisse 



39. Marie Rady 



2S. Souvenir d'Elise 



40. Capitaine Christy 



29. Princess Mary of Cambridge 



41. Perle des Jardins 



30. Souvenir d'un Ami 



42. Comtesse d'Osford 



31. Dupuy-Janmin 



43. Marguerite de St. Amand 



82. Marie Finger 



44. Duke of Edinburgh 



33. Madame Caillat 



45. Elie Morel 



34. Deviaune Lamy 



48. Fisher Holme3 



35. Dr. Andry 



47. Victor Yerdier 



36. Adam 



48. Marecbal Yaillant 



Mr. EmouT, Woodhatch, Beigate. 



1. Charles Lefebvre 



7. Marquise de Castellane 



2. Baronne de Rothschild 



8. Marecbal Kiel 



3. Marie Banmann 



9. La France 



4. Francois Micbelon 



10. Camille Bernardin 



5. Etienne Levet 



11. Madame Victor Verdier 



6. Mdlle. Therese Levet 



12. Edward Morren 



13. Abel Grand 



19. Exposition de Brie 



14. Alfied Colomb 



20. Catherine Mermet 



15. Mdlle. Marie FiDger 



21. Perfection de Lyon 



16. Eugei-ie Verdier 



22. John Hopper 



17. Comtesse d'Oxford 



23. Marie Rady 



18. Beauty of Waltbam 



24. Annie Wood 



25. Horace Vernet 



37. Marie Cointefc 



26. Le Havie 



88. Lord Macaulay 



27. Duke of Edinburgh 



39. Devienne Lamy 



28. Madame Lacbarme 



40. Xavier Olibo 



29. Louis Van Houtte 



41. Capitaine Christy 



30. Ferdinand de Lsssfp3 



42. Madame C. Crapelet 



31. Pierre Notting 



43, Dr. Andry 



S2. Madame C. Wood 



44. Dae de Wellington 



33. Devoniensia 



45. Senateur Vaisse 



3J. Dae de Rohan 



46, Reynolds Hole 



35. Emilie Hausburg 



47. Prince Camille de Rohan 



36. Antoine Dacher 



48. Madame C. Joigneans 



Mr. John Sax 



gant, Beigate. 



1. Charles Lefebvre 



7. Marecbal Kiel 



2. Marie Baumann 



8. Etienne Levet 



3. Baronne de Botbschild 



9. La France 



4. Marquise de Castellane 



10. Louis Van Houtte 



5. Alfred Colomb 



11. Marguerite de St. Amand 



6. Francois Micbelon 



12. John Hopper 



13. Horace Vernet 



19. Due de Wellington 



14. Lord Macaulay 



20. Comtesse d'Oxford 



15. Madame Victor Verdier 



21. Marie Rady 



16. Mdlle. Eugenie Yerdier 



22. Xavier Olibo 



17. Souvenir d'Eliae 



23. Miss Hassard 



18. Exposition de Brie 



24. Monsieur E. Y. Teas 



25. Annie Laston 



37. Marie Vau Houtte 



26. Madame Hippolyfce Jamain 



38. Prince de Portia 



27. Dupuy-Jamain 



£9. Marquise de Gibot 



28. Monsieur Boncenne 



40. Camille Bernardin 



29. Reynolds Hole 



41. Comtesse de Serenya 



SO. Fisber Holmes 



42. Edward Morren 



81. Dr. Andry 



43. Ducheese de Caylus 



32. Annie Wood 



44. Hippolyte Jamain 



33. Monsieur Noman 



45. Cheshunt Hybrid 



34. Capitaine Christy 



46. Prince Camille de Rohan 



35. Emilie Hausburg 



47. Victor Yerdier 



36. Mdlle. Therese Levet 



48. Madame Laeharme 



Mr. J. Parsons, Frome. 



1. Alfred Colomb 



7. Camille Bernardin 



2. Marie Eaumana 



8. Devoniensis 



3. La Fraoce 



9. Victor Verdier 



4. Marquise de Castellane 



10. Horace Vernet 



5. Francois Micbelon 



11. Charles Lefebvre 



6. Mdlle. Eugenie Yerdier 



12. Niphetos 



13. Louis Van Houtte 



19. Duke of Edinburgh 



14. Etienne Levet 



20. Beauty of Waltbam 



15. Madame de Rothschild 



21. MdUe. Marie Rady 



16. Comtesse d'Oiford 



22. Reynolds Hole 



17. Anguste Rigotard 



23. Madame Victor Verdier 



18. Catherine Mermet 



24. Thomas Mills 



25. Dr. Andry 



37. Centifolia Rosea 



26. Emilie Hausburg 



38. Pierre Notting 



27. Princess Mary of Cambridge 



39. President Thiers 



28. Marie Van Houtte 



40. Gloire da Vitry 



29. Senateur Vaisse 



41. Hippolyte Jamain 



SO. Leopold I. 



42. Mdlle. M. Dombrain 



31. Cheshunt Hybrid 



43. Prince Camille de Rohan 



32. Souvenir d'un Ami 



44. Baron de Bonstetten 



S3. Capitaine Christy 



45. Jean Liabaud 



31 Fisher Holme3 



46. Triomphe de Rennes 



35. Edward Morren 



47. Marquise de Mortemart 



36. Gloire de Dijon 



48. Elise Boelle 



(To be continued.) 



GREEN VEGETATION ON WALLS. 



Whitewashed walls in vineries and other glass structures 

 are very apt to become green from the constant syringing re- 

 quired to k6ep these houses cool and moist. For many years 

 I could not overcome this difficulty. An old mason seeing the 

 wall of a large vinery covered with green matter offered to 

 cure it. He took a pint of common vitriol (sulphuric aeidj 



and mixed it in a pail of water, and with this brushed the 

 wall. This was done with the idea of destroying the germs or 

 seeds of this green mucilage. A few days after this the wall 

 was whitewashed, the limewaeh combining with the sulphuric 

 acid on the wall forming sulphate of lime. This operation 

 took place five years and a half ago ; the wall has not been 

 discoloured nor whitewashed since. — Obseever. 



CUCUMBERS. 



Having resolved in my mind that our requirements could be 

 met by two kinds — oce for everyday use, a cut-and-come- 

 again sort about 12 inches in length, short neck, symmetrical 

 in shape, swelling quickly, good flavoured, free-bearing, and 

 hardy constitution ; the other having the good properties of 

 the former but twice the length — I had fixed upon Munro's 

 Duke of Edinburgh as the everyday kind, and Tender-and- 

 True for beauty and good quality. Experience had Bhown 

 them to be all that could be desired. Why give space to 

 others which would take up room that might, as hardy fruits 

 were likely to be scarce, be more profitably employed with 

 Melons ? Buminating — seeing space not wanted for Cucum- 

 bers devoted to Melons— I was interrupted by receiving seed 

 of a new Cucumber — viz., Montrose Seedling, from Colonel 

 Taylor, Montrose, Weston Park, Bath, described as a cross 

 between Sion House and Lord Kenyon's Freebearer, pedigree 

 sufficient to convince it must be an everyday kind ; and seeds 

 of a new frame Cucumber were also received from Messrs. 

 Suttons, Reading, simply marked " a new frame Cucumber." 

 Why not pit these against the favourites ; give them a chance, 

 devote a frame to each ? It only represented so many Melons 

 less per light for every one set apart for Cucumbers, and why 

 not crop the Melon plants more heavily ? An extra fruit per 

 plant would balance the loss.- Who knew but what I might 

 have winners in the untried ? Of course, as Burns puts it — 



(i The beBt-laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft aglee," 



the space might be wasted, the Cucumbers would probably dis- 

 appoint, as new things often do ; and how well the Melons 

 would be appreciated, particularly when the luscious Peach is 

 wanting ! Only by trial could a satisfactory conclusion be 

 arrived at, and if the opportunity were let slip it might never 

 recur. 



Never have I let an opportunity pass of making an experi- 

 ment when it would not interfere with the supply. Experi- 

 ment is the key of information. More is to be gained by 

 experiment than a theoretical knowledge of all the ologies. 

 There is no denying the fact that experiments, if to be of use, 

 must be conducted upon such a scale as to show a correct 

 issue. A plant in comparison with a dozen stands no chance, 

 for there is great diversity in subjects of the same kind. 

 The experiment must be comparative — an equal number of 

 plants under the same climatic and cultural conditions, with 

 the same amount of space. Give a plant twice the space of 

 another equally requiring that essential and there is no com- 

 paring the doings of the two, as justice is only done to one, 

 which in a great measure accounts for the great doings of new 

 subjects. Seed is scarce, and they are thinly cast upon the 

 ground. The plants do wonderfully well, but when subjected 

 to ordinary culture, that of the standard older kinds, their 

 doings are not nearly so satisfactory as in the year of trial. 

 They come out at first all right, but after a few years it is 

 very uncertain what kind it will have degenerated into ; of 

 course it is all due to the difficulty in keeping the stock pure. 

 They have been so often and long crossed that they degenerate 

 or sport. I am fully acquainted with the great difficulty of 

 procuring seeds of some kinds true to name, but that it is due 

 to degeneracy is only an excuse for negligence in the selection 

 of stock. I have this year Early Longpod Bean for Seville 

 Longpod, a Pea about 2 feet high for G. F. Wilson, a short 

 white spine Cucumber for Munro's Dake of Edinburgh, and I 

 am to accept them as due to degeneration. Fortunately some 

 seed of the true stocks pronounce very decidedly against such 

 reasoning, and we must accept the fact, unpalatable as it may 

 be, that there had been a substitution — a very different word 

 from degeneration, and having a decidedly contrary meaning. 



I will endeavour to describe Montrose Seedling Cucumber. 

 Plant hardy, succeeding in a cold frame with a slight warmth 

 at commencement from a bed of leaves and a little old litter 

 to hold the leaves together ; foliage moderate, the leaves not 

 large, the bine not strong ; fruit at almost every joint — five, 

 six, or more joints consecutively, not a great number of fruit 



