April 14, 1892. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
273 
FANCY DAHLIAS. 
Position in Present 
Analysis. 
Average Number of 
Times Shown in the 
Nine Years. 
Number of Times 
Shown in 1891. 
Name. 
Date of 
Introduction. 
Raiser’s 
or 
Introducer’s 
Name. 
1 
18-6 
23 
Mrs. Saunders . 
1872 
2 
16T 
22 
Kev. J. B. M. Camm . 
1873 
Keynes . 
3 
15 0 
15 
Mrs. J. Downie. 
1889 
Turner . 
4 
14 3 
5 
Gaiety. 
1879 
Keynes . 
5 
13-8 
22 
Duchess of Albany . 
1884 
Tnmpr ... . 
6 
134 
2 
Henry Bckford. 
1886 
Rawlings . 
7 
11 7 
13 
Matthew Campbell . 
1889 
Keynes . 
8 
10'8 
5 
Chorister. 
1881 
Keynes . 
9 
10-0 
5 
Flora Wyatt . 
1871 
Keynes . 
10 
9-9 
8 
Mrs. N. Halls. 
1881 
Rawlings . 
11 
9-7 
8 
Peacock . 
1877 
Turner . 
12 
9-5 
8 
George Barnes . 
1878 
Keynes . 
13 
8-8 
16 
Frank Pearce. 
1886 
Rawlings . 
14 
8*5 
6 
Hugh Austin. 
1881 
Keynes . 
14 
8'5 
7 
Rebecca . 
1883 
Keynes . 
15 
8-4 
6 
Professor Fawcett . 
1881 
Keynes . 
16 
7-5 
0 
Fanny Sturt . 
1868 
Pop?. . 
16 
7-5 
4 
John Forbes . 
1882 
Keynes 
17 
7-4 
11 
Edmund Boston ... 
1887 
Keynes . 
18 
71 
4 
Henry Glasscock . 
1875 
Keynes ' . 
19 
70 
7 
T. W. Girdlestone . 
1890 
Keynes . 
20 
6-7 
6 
Dorothy . 
1888 
Keynes . 
20 
6-7 
11 
Egyptian Prince . 
1873 
Keynes . 
20 
6-7 
7 
James O’Brien . 
1881 
Keynes . 
21 
6*5 
2 
General Gordon. 
1885 
Keynes . 
22 
5-6 
8 
Hercules. 
1877 
■pC PJTIPS 
23 
5-3 
0 
Miss Browning. 
1880 
Keynes . 
24 
5*0 
0 
Miss Lily Large. 
1876 
Keynes . 
Colour. 
Yellow and white 
Yellow and red 
Orange-and scarlet 
Yellow, red, and white 
Orange and crimson 
Yellow and red 
Buff and crimson 
Fawn and crimson 
Orange and red 
Scarlet and white 
Maroon and white 
Lilac and crimson 
Hose, striped crimson 
Orange and red 
Lilac and crimson 
Lilac and brown 
Red and white 
IMaroon 
Orange and crimson 
Buff and crimson 
Lilac and maroon 
Fawn and maroon 
Orange and red 
Yellow and crimson 
Yellow and scarlet 
Yellow and crimson 
Yellow and white 
Yellow and crimson 
PLANTING VINES. 
Outdoor Vines are, perhaps, best planted in the autumn, as 
soon as the leaves assume their ripening tints. The ground is then 
warm, and Vines, like fruit trees generally, can scarcely resist 
pushing new roots in fresh, warm, moist soil. Vines, however, 
outdoor or indoor, are safely planted after the sap becomes active 
and growth has taken place to the extent of an inch, or a little 
more. 
The borders for indoor Vines will have been prepared in advance 
of planting time, yet there is still time to form Vine borders, 
for a width of 3 feet is ample to “ setVines properly, and it can 
be added to as they require more root space. Inside borders are 
unquestionably the best for early forcing, especially of Muscats 
and Frontignans. Midseason and strong-growing late varieties 
may have borders partly within and partly outside, the front wall 
a mere skeleton—9-inch brick pillars about 3 feet apart, covered 
level with the surface of the intended border with stone headings 
or skew-back arches, thus leaving openings about 2 feet 3 inches 
wide for the roots to pass outwards when the proper time arrives. 
This may not be until the inside border is wholly occupied with 
roots, therefore the openings must be first walled up, yet so that 
the brickwork can be withdrawn without disturbing the pillars. 
The inside border will serve the Vines until they are coming into 
full profit, and then the outside border can be made in sections 
year by year, so that for several years the Vines will have fresh 
soil each year, and extra support given all the while to the crops. 
Then the inside border can be renovated without loss of crop, and 
when this part has become well occupied with fresh roots the out¬ 
side border can be served similarly, and the Vines kept for a long 
time in youthful vigour. 
The border should be concreted at the bottom, unless it has a 
substratum of gravel or other porous substance, and proper drains 
and outlets must also be provided. Clean brickbats or stone frag¬ 
ments 1 foot thick, rough at the bottom and fine on the top, like road 
metal, then 3 inches thick of old mortar rubbish or chalk, will form 
a good base. On that 2 feet in depth of soil, put together mode¬ 
rately dry and compactly, a yard wide, suffices the first year. The 
soil will settle a little, yet no allowance need be made on that 
account, for what is lost in settling will be gained in top-dressings, 
so that the Vines will have ample depth of rootage. 
As to soil, the top spit of the garden, where the cultivation has 
been clean, and if of a sandy or gravelly nature, mixed with a fourth 
of manure, will grow better G-rapes than the turf of many pastures, 
because it will always be open and friable, instead of settling into a 
close heavy mass like turf, with little grit or stone in its composi¬ 
tion. Turf, however, taken off a stony pasture, preferably gravel 
with flints, and which also has limestone or chalk in its ingredients, 
about 3 inches thick, will grow grand fruit. Chop the turf 
moderately small, and add some old mortar rubbish to it, say 
a tenth, some half-inch bones about a thirtieth, charcoal equal 
to the lime rubbish, and mix well. Vines like lime and potash, 
while a trace of iron secures chlorophyll, which at the right time 
imparts a golden amber or rich purple black to Grapes. 
Vines start growth only in proportion to their roots, and plant¬ 
ing canes in 7-inch pots have moi’e roots than fruiting canes in 
12 or 13-inch pots. The first are best, and in the right condition 
for planting when moving, having been cut back to the right length 
early in winter and kept cool since that time. Turn them out of 
the pots, remove all the soil, spread the roots out evenly in the 
top 3 or 4 inches of soil, which make moderately firm, supply tepid 
water at once, and mulch with an inch of sweetened horse 
droppings. If the canes have not been pruned remove the buds 
down to where the growth is wanted to proceed from, and cut 
away the bare part after the young cane has grown a yard. 
Sprinkle the Vines and house twice a day, but avoid rapid 
growth before roots are formed, merely employing fire heat to 
make safe against cold at night, also on dull days, say 55° to 65°, 
and close early with moisture. When the Vines take hold of the 
soil they will grow freely, and every encouragement should then be 
given to their future prosperity.—G. A. 
EASTER DECORATIONS IN CHURCHES. 
Permit me to take your readers to a church noted for its 
decorations, so that perhaps they may glean a little knowledge. 
As soon as we enter the church we are struck with the fact that 
an artist has been at work. There is no indiscriminate burying of 
the ornamental carving on the pulpit and reading-desk, nor yet of 
the delicate tracery of the reredos. Every flower or spray some¬ 
how or other seems to bring out more effectively the beauties of 
the church furniture. The flowers, too, for this work have been 
well chosen. Spring flowers of every hue are employed, but thi“ 
