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JOUENAL OP HOETICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ December 26, 1872. 



work has to be done, and neglect at this time cannot be made 

 up for by after-care. The Chrysanthemum is -worth all the 

 care that can be bestowed upon it, as it produces an abundance 

 of beautiful flowers at a time when, but for them, we should 

 have great difficulty in meeting the demand. 



As regards soil, this requires to be substantial, the Chrys- 

 anthemum beiug a gross feeder. The following compost is 

 the best I have tried : — Four parts good medium loam, one 

 part rotted manure, and some pounded oyster-shells, with 

 one barrowload of leaf mould to every eight of the compost. 



With regard to varieties, there is a good general list given 

 in The Journal of Horticulture for December 12th, but a 

 few of the best exhibition varieties are omitted, such as Princess 

 of Teck, Miss Mary Morgan, Her Majesty, Lady Slade, White 

 Venus, Aurea multiflora, Little Pet, Eve, William Edward, 

 White Globe, Golden Beverley, and Emblem. Amongst the 

 Pompons should be Mdlle. Marthe, Antonius, Astrea, and 

 Monsieur Astie. The Japanese section is best represented by 

 such sorts as Dr. Masters, Sol, James Salter, The Daimio, 

 Bronze Dragon, Comet, Red Dragon, Grandiflora, Elaine, 

 Fair Maid of Guernsey, Chang, Magnum Bonum, Tarantula, 

 Meg Merrilees, and The Sultan. — J. Douglas. 



JAPAN HONEYSUCKLE FRUITING. 

 It may interest ysu or your readers to hear of the fruiting 

 of the Lonicera japonica reticulata in the open air, as I do 

 not remember hearing of an instance. I have a plant against 

 a wall with a west aspect, and I may say that it is growing 

 wild, and competes successfully with a dense mass of Ivy that 

 overtops the wall from the other side. The Lonicera blooms 

 every year, and most deliciously fragrant it is in the evenings ; 

 but this day I was surprised to find that it had fully ripened 

 a. dozen berries. The berries bear a great resemblance to those 

 of the Laurustinus ; they are quite black, shining, and round, 

 without the metallic appearance of the Laurustinus. They 

 are borne either singly or in pairs — at least, none of mine 

 exceeded two on the same twig. I intend sowing these berries 

 in the hope of getting a still hardier variety than the parent 

 plant. I shall be glad if you can spare room for this letter, 

 as it may evoke further information on the subject. — Frederick 

 Ttmons, Clerk, Clogbran, Co. Dublin. 



ADAPTATION OP STRAWBERRIES. 



As no tailor can make a suit of clothes to fit everybody, so I 

 do not think anyone can select Strawberries that will suit or 

 please everybody. Soils, climates, seasons have much to do 

 with success. Few are the bond fide fragarians of extensive 

 experience. I have been just twenty years a student, and 

 have under my care at least 150 sorts of Strawberries. I know 

 those well which I name below. 



For Forcing. — May Queen, Black Prince, Keens' Seedling, 

 Alice Maude, Sir Joseph Paxton, and Eclipse. Later: Sir 

 Charles Napier, Dr. Hogg, Mr. Radclyffe, Frogmore Pine. 



For Out-door Culture. — Early : Black Prince, Eclipse, Sii 

 Joseph Paxton, Alice Maude, Prince of Wales, Empress 

 Eugenie, Marquise de Latour Maubourg. Mid-season : Rivers' 

 Eliza, Napoleon III. (Gloede), a first-rate plant and excellent. 

 I have just sent for some plants of it again. It is not suffi- 

 ciently known. John Powell (Ingram), quite first-rate. If I 

 were to keep one Strawberry only, it would be Eliza ; I 

 never knew it fail me. Lucas, fine form of plant and berry, 

 and of fine flavour. It has but one fault — it gives a few noble 

 berries, but does not bring on to size its after-rearage. Late : 

 Dr. Hogg, Frogmore Pine, Cockscomb, Wonderful, Mr. Rad- 

 clyffe. Late White Strawberry : Bicton Pine. I have given 

 up this Strawberry and Frogmore Pine, as the winters are 

 occasionally too severe for them in the vale of Blackmoor. 

 They are both first-rate when highly ripened. They are usually 

 gathered too soon. Best Hautbois ; Royal Hautbois. Best 

 Alpine, Bed : Galande. 



I see no use in keeping a curiosity-shop. The Strawberry 

 season is usually short, and can, I fear, be only lengthened by 

 the Alpines. I had a capital dish of Galande, September 6th. 

 My team is but small, but they do all I want. They are 

 Rivers' Eliza, Dr. Hogg, Mr. Radclyffe, Cockscomb, Wonder- 

 ful, Napoleon III., and Galande. I had a capital lot of Straw- 

 berries this year, and supplied Sir William Marriott with 

 two large baskets of Eliza, Cockscomb, Dr. Hogg, and Mr. Rad- 

 clyffe, as late as July 18th. He had a cricket match, and 

 ball, and supper, entertaining the "Wiltshire Wanderers." 



He sent his under gardener over, saying, "I have not a 

 Strawberry." 



Strawberries eor Careless People. — Alice Maude, Sir 

 Joseph Paxton, Empress Eugenie, Napoleon III., Eclipse, 

 Trollope's Victoria, Prince of Wales (Ingram), Rivers' Eliza. 

 I sent this last Strawberry to Mr. Farquharson's gardener (Mr. 

 Knox) some years ago, and what did he say to me? — " Sir, I 

 thank you for Eliza, for if it had not been for it we should not 

 have had a Strawberry this season." 



One word more and I have done. Scarlet Pine and Royalty, 

 which as sent to me are the same in plant, form of berry, 

 colour, and flavour, I cast out for being precarious setters. I 

 know no higher-flavoured Strawberries. I think Royalty was 

 the better setter of the two. Both were strong hardy plants. 

 I was sorry to give them up. I have John Powell in their place. 

 It is of very fine flavour, uniform in berry, the finest of all for 

 colour, and a good setter. It is of the same flavour as the 

 above, but slightly brisker. — W. F. Radclvffe. 



ELECTION OF ROSES.— No. 2. 



Before proceeding to give the votes of the several electors at 

 the late poll I would remark that in the last issue the printer 

 has, by misplacing a comma, made Mr. Cant's remarks on the 

 new Roses rather unintelligible. It should have been, " I 

 should have liked to have included amongst the fifty, three 

 new ones," &c, not " amongst the fifty-three," as in last 

 week's number. Another point to which I may draw the at- 

 tention of your readers is the fact that only a very few Roses 

 obtain the almost unanimous vote of the electors as in the best 

 twelve, and that the drop in votes after these six or eight are 

 named is something very curious. For instance, in the first 

 twelve Charles Lefebvre has 40 votes ; Marshal Niel, 37 ; 

 Alfred Colomb, 35 ; Madame Rothschild, 35 ; La France, 34 ; 

 Marie Baumann, 33. Then comes the drop of nearly half the 

 number of votes — John Hopper, 20 votes ; Comtesse d'Oxford, 

 19 ; Gloire de Dijon, 19. Comtesse d'Oxford, I have no 

 manner of doubt, must receive another year a great many 

 more first-class votes ; and, judging from the list, so must 

 Emilie Hausburg. 



Then I have drawn the attention of fellow amateurs to the 

 fact that we do not value some Roses in the same proportion 

 as the nurserymen. I venture to suggest to the nurserymen 

 that there is one Rose they do not sufficiently appreciate— 

 Souvenir d'un Ami : it is only named five times by them in 

 the fifty. True, two out of the five proclaim it first-class, but 

 five out of fifteen are a very small minority. For a Tea Rose 

 it is fairly hardy. It is a free bloomer. The blooms them- 

 selves are exquisite both in colour and form, and in my humble 

 opinion add vastly to the charms of a stand. Amongst the 

 fair sex— and of course they are the best judges of beauty — ■ 

 I know few Roses more admired ; and then, although " a 

 Rose by any other name would smell as sweet," no other name 

 sounds so sweet to them. It is in unison with the beauty of 

 the Rose. — Joseph Hinton, Warminster. 





Mr. J. 



Keynes, Salisbury. 



1. 



Marechal Niel 



33. 



Beine du Midi 



2. 



Devoniensis 



34. 



Senateur Vaisse 



8. 



Alfred Colomb 



85. 



Sophie Coquerel 



4. 



Charles Lefebvre 



36. 



Victor Verdier 



5. 



Emilie HauBburg 



37. 



Savier Olibo 



6. 



Duke of Edinburgh 



88. 



Catherine Mermet 



7. 



Madame Rothschild 



89. 



Madame Cecile Berthod 



8. 



Mnrie Baumann 



40 



Madame Camilla 



9. 



Marquise de Castellane 



41. 



Souvenir d'Elise 



10. 



Edward Morren 



42. 



Due de Eohan 



11. 



Countess of Oxford 



43. 



Duchesse de Morny 



12. 



La Franco 



^44. 



Dupuy-Jamain 







'45. 



Josephine Beauharnais 



IS. 



Beauty of "Waltham 



46. 



Louise Peyronny 



14. 



Etienne Levet 



47. 



Madame Vidot 



15. 



Ferdinand de Lesseps 



48, 



Mdlle. M. Dombrain 



16. 



Fisher Holmes 



49. 



Monsieur Noman 



17. 



Gloire de Vitry 



DO. 



Paul Neron 



18. 



Hippolyte Flandrin 







19- 



John Hopper 





TEAS AND NOISETTES. 



20. 



Louis Van Houtte 



1. 



Marechal Niel 



21. 



Lyonnais 



2. 



Triomphe de Kennes , 



22. 



Madame Bellon 



s! 



Souvenir d'Elise 



23. 



Madame Lefebvre Bernard 



4. 



Niphctos 



24. 



Madame Charles Wood 



5. 



Souvenir d'un Ami 



25. 



Ma.larre Victor Verdier 



6. 



Devoniensis 



26. 



Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier 



7. 



Madame Willermoz 



27. 



Mdlle. Marie Eady 



8. 



Catherine Mermet 



28. 



Marguerite de St. Aniand 



9. 



Madame Cecile Berthod 



29! 



Marquise de Mortemart 



10. 



Madame Camille 



30. 



Monsieur YVoollield 



11. 



Belle Lyonnaise 



31. 



Perfection de Lyon 



12. 



Souvenir do Paul Neron 



82. 



Pierre Notting 







