February 9, 1882. ] JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 121 
publisher for Z\d. As you require fruit for table, not for sale, the following 
would probably answer your purpose and succeed on a north aspect:—Pears— 
Jargonelle, Williams’ Bon Chretien, Beurre Hardy, and Marie Louise d’Uccle. 
Plums •— Rivers’ Royal Prolific, Czar, Belgian Purple, Victoria, Pond's Seedling, 
Oullins Golden Gage, Magnum Bontim, Purple Gage, July Green Gage. Cherries 
—May Duke, Late Duke, Belle d’Orleans, Governor Wood,Black Eagle, and Elton, 
the remainder Morellos. The Pear trees should be 18 feet apart, and the other 
trees about 15 feet—that is, if you have them fan or espalier shaped ; if you prefer 
diagonal cordons, which will furnish your wall quicker, maiden trees may be 
planted 18 inches apart. Your walk-and-border arrangement will do, but you 
may easily err by carrying out your proposed system of trenching your garden. 
We will refer more fully to this question next week. 
Heating a Vinery (F. C .).—We do not anticipate that you will have great 
success in growing Pines and Vines in the same house. The most likely means 
of doing so would be either to purchase fruiting Vines in pots or to plant Vines 
in an outside border, and have the front of the house so arranged that you could 
draw out the rods after pruning, wrap them with haybands, and winter them 
along the front of the house outside. In your rough sketch you have shown the 
boiler and furnace inside the house. This is a bad arrangement, and unless 
great care is exercised will lead to trouble. The flue may be taken under the 
bed ns you propose, provided first it is well made, and secondly that it rises 
regularly from the fire and without any sharp angles. If there are any dips or 
sudden turns it will not be safe. For providing the necessary heat for Pines 
you will need two rows of 4-inch pipes along the front of the bed, and one pipe, 
the return, next the path back to the boiler. We have not had experience of 
the boiler you name. If you burn coal a small saddle boiler would answer your 
purpose ; if coke, either an upright tubular or conical boiler would answer equally 
well. The form of boiler is, however, of little importance provided the outlet 
for the water is at the highest part and the return at the lowest, and the pipes 
are arranged so as to insure a free and smooth circulation; when this is the 
case there is little fear of incrustation, and none if soft water is used in the 
apparatus. 
Various (Idem).— In all probability your Clematis will not need repotting 
if you carefully remove 2 or 3 inches of the surface soil, and add fresh turfy 
loam with a third of decayed manure added and a handful of bonemeal. If there 
are several bold buds below the top growth you may shorten the stems below 
that growth, and you may then have a greater number of shoots and flowers. 
Top-dress your Auriculas the same as advised for the Clematis, and keep the 
plants in a frame or very cool house. Your Pelargoniums, we presume, are 
Zonals; if so they may be repotted if the present pots are small and full of roots. 
The tops of any plants may be removed, whether they are showing flower or 
not, if you desire bushy plants, and the unhealthy flower buds removed. If you 
refer to Show Pelargoniums the shoots not showing flower trusses must not be 
si opped. Carnations may be repotted when fresh growth commences, provided 
the pots they are now in are well occupied with roots. The soil advised for the 
Clematis will be suitable for Carnations and Pelargoniums, potting firmly in 
clean well-drained pots. Do not repot the Primulas, but remove all decayed 
leaves and flowers. You cannot employ a safer fertiliser than bonemeal. About a 
teaspoonful sprinkled on the surface of the soil once a week and watered in will 
be of much assistance to the plants, which we are glad to learn have proved so 
satisfactory. 
Bedding Arrangements (Inquirer). —You are quite right in thinking a 
ribbon border would look well. Among your plants there are plenty of old 
favourites of proved excellence for such a purpose—Cerastium tomentosum for a 
front row, blue Lobelia next, followed by Pelargonium Crystal Palace Gem 
with the flowers picked off, Iresine Herbstii, and Cineraria maritima for a back 
row. This order of arrangement gives grey, blue, yellow, crimson, and grey in 
five broad lines along the 6 feet border, which will be much more effective than 
more numerous colours in single rows—affording, too, sufficient space for each 
stripe of the ribbon to stand out clearly and be kept from encroachment upon 
the others. Straight lines need not always be formed. Serpentine lines with 
semicircular clumps at front and back of the border afford pleasing variety, 
and are certainly less formal. The front clumps of carmine Alternanthera, 
and the back of Iresine Lindeni, would harmonise admirably with the other 
colours. Such a border admits of an infinite variety of designs—spirals, raised 
circular clumps, onwards to the most intricate geometrical figures of the popular 
carpet patterns ; but we counsel you first to try what you can do with some 
simple plan, and gradually feel your way to others with which growing ex¬ 
perience and practice will enable you to cope. Nothing could be better for the 
bed visible from the windows at the extremity of the garden than some such 
tall plants as Wigandias, Cannas, or Solanums ; but do not introduce too much 
variety, or it will not prove effective. Let the carpet consist solely of Salvia 
argentea with a rather broad fringe of Iresine and a bold mass of Canna spring¬ 
ing out of the carpet, or else the mixture of other tall plants if they are par¬ 
ticularly desired. For the 10 feet circular bed a series of rings around a central 
clump would tell well. They might consist of 1, Mesembryanthemum cordi- 
folium variegatum ; 2, Alternanthera amoena ; 3, Golden Feather Pyrethrum ; 
4, dark Heliotrope; 5, a central clump of pink Geranium. Or, 1, Echeveria secunda 
glauca; 2, blue Yiola ; 3, deep crimson Verbena ; and 4, a bold mass of yellow 
Viola. Four broad rings with a tolerably bold centre afford quite enough 
variety for such a bed, and we have had them very beautiful with less. A pair 
which were much admired had an outer ring of Iresine Herbstii kept pegged 
and pinched, with the soft grey Gnaphalium lanatum next it; then both colours 
were repeated with the same plants around a bold clump of Farfugium grande, 
which gave crimson, grey, crimson, grey, andamixtiwe of deep green and yellow. 
Do not, however, overlook the great beauty of such beds when filled with mixed 
Verbenas with an outer ring or two of some soft neutral tint. 
Names of Fruits.—We have many times notified that only six varieties of 
fruits can be named at once ; still large packages reach us, the contents of 
which cannot be examined. Some fruits are not named because the sender’s 
name does not accompany them, and we cannot always determine to whom the 
respective parcels belong, even by the aid of letters received by post. Pears, we 
have previously intimated, ought to be ripe or approaching ripeness when sent, 
or a number of them cannot be identified. All packages must be carriage paid ; 
unpaid parcels are sent every week that are not taken in. The fee for naming 
fruit to non-subscribers is 5.?. It is important that these conditions be attended 
to for preventing disappointment. (E. C. M.). —1, New Bess Pool; 2, Golden 
Nonpareil; 3, not known ; 4, Winter Hawthornden ; 5, Dumelow’s Seedling. 
Names of Plants (T. F.). —The specimens were so withered as to be 
scarcely recognisable; 1, Aloe dichotoma; 2, resembles Veronica Andersoni 
variegata; 3, Adiantum macrophyllum variegatum ; 4, Pteris serrulata cristata. 
(X., Northampton). —1, Sparmannia africana ; 2, Acacia platyptera; 3, Acacia 
dealbata ; 4, Cypripedium insigne ; 5, Cypripedium insigne Maulei; 6, Dendro- 
bium aureum ; 7,Epidendrum evectum. (R. IF., Lancashire). —1, Scolopendrium 
vulgare ; 2, Adiantum cuneatum; 3, Asplenium cicutarium. 
COTENT GARDEN MARKET—FEBRUARY 8. 
Trade slightly improved, with good demand for well-kept Grapes and best 
Apples. 
FRUIT. 
ApricotB. 
Cherries. 
Red... 
Figs. 
Filberts. 
Cobs. 
Gooseberries 
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Oranges . 
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Asparagus. bundle 0 0 0 0 
Beans,Kidney .... 100 1 0 0 0 
Beet,Red. dozen 10 2 0 
Broccoli. bundle 0 9 16 
Brussels Sprouts.. } sieve 2 0 0 0 
Cabbage. dozen 0 6 10 
Carrots. bunch 0 4 0 6 
Capsicums. ^ 100 1 6 2 0 
Cauliflowers. dozen 10 3 6 
Celery . bundle 16 2 0 
CoIeworts....doz. bunchas 2 0 4 0 
Cucumbers. each 0 6 0 8 
Endive. dozen 10 2 0 
Fennel. bunch 0 3 0 0 
Garlic . Fit. 0 6 0 0 
Herbs. bunch o * 0 0 
Leeks. bunch 0 3 0 4 
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Mushrooms .punnet l 
Mustard* Cress .. punnet 0 
Onions. bushel 3 6 
pickling. quart 0 0 
Parsley. doz.bunches 3 0 
Parsnips. dozen 1 0 
Potatoes. bushel 2 6 
Kidney. bushel 3 0 3 0 
Radishes.... doz .bunches 1 0 
Rhubarb. bundle 0 4 
Salsafy. bundle 1 0 
Scorzonera . bundle 1 6 
Seakale . basket 1 0 
Shallots. P' tb. o 
Spinach . bushel 3 0 
Tomatoes . & lb. 0 8 
Turnips. bunch 0 4 
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POULTRY AND PIGEON CHRONICLE. 
CULTIVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HOPS. 
( Continued from page 103.) 
The best method of preparing the ground in readiness to 
receive the plants must now be considered. The top soil must be 
thoroughly broken down to the subsoil, the treatment of which 
we have previously spoken. Whether it should be reduced to a 
very fine and pulverised state on the surface or not must depend 
upon the nature of the soil to a great extent, for some soils, such 
as adhesive clays and marls, if made very fine are liable to become 
consolidated after heavy rains. It is advisable, therefore, that 
such land may be left rather rough than otherwise ; but if the 
soils are free, like the sands and gravels, the finer they can be 
made on the surface the better it will be for the reception of the 
plants, and the more readily the manure applied will act upon 
the young Hops. 
The Hops for planting must to a certain extent be chosen 
according to the soil and climate. In the Mid-Kent and East 
Farnham districts only the best sorts are now as a rule being 
planted, such as Goldings, and Golding Grapes, and Whitebine 
Grapes. In the Weald of Kent, in Sussex, Worcester, and Here¬ 
ford, Grapes, Jones’s and Mathon’s are usually planted. Cole¬ 
gate’s are not now esteemed as formerly, for though they are 
heavy croppers and not so liable to blight or mould as the choicer 
varieties, they are coarse and have a rank smell, resembling 
somewhat that of new inferior sorts imported from America. 
Experience should here guide the planter, because upon land and 
situations where blight has prevailed to a greater extent than 
usual on the average of seasons it may be advisable to plant 
the Colegate’s. In parts of Kent and Sussex they have been 
known to produce as much as from 20 to 30 cwt. per acre, and 
even in some years when the better sorts have suffered greatly 
from mould and blight the Colegate’s have realised most money 
per acre. In spite of this, however, they are generally receding 
in public estimation, and have not lately been planted to any 
