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^_ JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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ri o„ f t [ tu 01 U lhe first tirae 1 fruited a rod newly 
t l Black Hamburgh stock two remarkably large and 
S tSer the + , Cr ° P ’ and these having sill berries 
kelson and it lari t^ 1 " i"’ 13 ther ® an ^ improvement the second 
Ward nf T had to make room for a more reliable variety. Mr. 
prefer the^or^ ^ G ’ "v, 0 glWS the Gros Guillaume (I should 
have seen iH? pronou , nceable Kl ®e of Barbarossa) better than I 
with E elsewhere, kindly sent me wood from his Vines, and 
^n old Vine^T 6 • 8UC °?? ful in establishing a graft on the stem of 
Black Ha mb ™ rc h ln g a young Vine on a growing shoot of 
11m« r,U b i ° h ’ * E . very stron = lateral produced froin the rods 
Wrow to n H Was fru itf u l, and two bunches were left on each Vine 
Gur heaViest bunch this season 
berries rmi!.r d i° f 8 lbs, \ thls finishing beautifully, and all had 
these bip- arge as the Black Hamburgh. Unfortunately 
Lkla? of hWe value. They are sensational, and 
all ordinEr hat Can , ba , said in their favour, being too large for 
hivin^ ftm ? Urp ° Se f’ and therefore also unsaleable. If instead of 
weight wT, d k f ge n C EwT S w ®ighing 16 lbs. in the aggregate this 
would be nf d n i bU ^ ed through four or five compact bunches they 
would be of nearly double the value. Mr. Ward however secures 
“piril 68 w 'th fine berries well colored TndTuch 
S , ne 0n , eitber the exhibition or dining table. At 
Grane and^f 7 ' S ^ 9 s P 3ciall y constructed for this noble 
imnori.r,^ du , nn " the winter and early spring months they play an 
partSs are held ln H® adornment of the dining table when large 
L ves vlEif'f B ,- lng thoroughly well ripened the quality also 
berries whin ¥ 13 a mistake *o attempt thinning the 
at anv Jm! ^ n Ct ; - lu * act > Ver >' few - if a >W, need be removed 
*d sh o 7 r Sh^w h ° u? 1 i WISe a lo °f bunch - which would settle down on a 
out a fJw nM? hke * pancakeresuIts - It may be advisable to take 
which these irp .smallest or stoneless berries after it is certain 
“ are l this being done for the sake of appearance, a few 
small bemes detracting from the general effect. Very little 
Ward freelv- sb 6 f L °F gf wh but unless 1 a m much mistaken Mr. 
the varfetlT h °’‘t ens back th ? long shoulders, a characteristic of 
shoulderless’° r Th™ c , omes his bunches are comparatively 
varieties and T T f’ S - F^F answers we H m the case of other 
next Sson P?ft a m]y hope to try it with the Gros Guillaume 
fruit anTJL P1 J 0± fire ,heat is necessary both for ripening the 
r°° d Pf°Perly. There is no better stock for it than 
l ESt lnfl 11 d UI fi ’ 3U - 1 haV u e a9sisted yer y good bunches from 
fered wIFb ; L ' ldy Downe s ’ The rod of the latter was not inter- 
flult fT,e Imff an Zn Wa ^’ and annuall y Perfected about 20 lbs. of 
caused bv?mb!-° f Gudlaume being inserted at the bend 
S litter ^ Up the r ? of - 0nl y one large branching spur of 
these iElrTabll°fi me ?’- r ° m t* 113 b ? ing taken two bu "ches each year, 
plenty of bunel nl ® b mg ^ ell. Those who are anxious to obtain 
Evstem nf b rl™ 1 ° f tH?S Var,e ‘y from o d rods must not ad °pt the 
Eastern of closely spurring back the laterals. We cut to a good 
plump bud, or to either the third or fourth joint.—W. Iggulden. 
CHURCH DECORATING. 
toomimhPK 6 acc , ept , ed “ a ve /y good and safe rule to follow, that 
mtsEpE f bestowed on decorations is labour wasted. Simple 
aid nf*T ’ a , minlmara of material so long as there is sufficient 
a End pC.F 1UC r h T 17 ’ are tb f P° ints t0 keep 1,1 dew in producing 
ag d fl C - In doping walls, pillars, windows, &c., with ever- 
drllld f/ml Care Sh ,° uld b u exercised - Where the portion to be 
shmffi °I lar f e ’ t len wreathing of the same character 
than+ 1,0 P °y ed » and perhaps nothing is better for this purpose 
than the common Laurel, or where the shade of green may be con- 
TrZ e i jT J ,ght ■?;, Po ?»* 1 L “ rel "4 b. 8 „&”d. 
till oY \ ery 9Ultable - For wreathing of a lighter descrip¬ 
tion about 3 inches thick—common Box does very well. Wreath- 
mfof f f ° r i rapi F g P alpits ° r galleries, is very prettily made 
P t £ J of either tbe Silver Queen or Golden Queen Hollies, 
in the arrangement of the wreaths the style of the building has 
Ff,;m UrSe t0 be t ? ken as , tbe ke y to tbe whole . but in most if not all 
foundings a simple method of draping the walls as in the following 
manner will be as effective as a more complex arrangement. Taking 
the doors as points for the beginning and ending of the several 
p r ions of the design, it will be found most convenient to be^in 
operations at one or each of these Forming a hoop over the door 
the wreathing may be carried either to the nearest side of the 
window next the door, to the farthest side, or to the centre of the 
same, allowing the material to droop according to taste. If attached 
to the nearest side, then another loop is hung above the window by 
the wreathing being fastened to the farther side, and each window 
is treated in the same manner. If, however, the material is carried 
across to the side of the window farthest from the door, it is con¬ 
tinued in the same way across each window, and a second line of 
mateual begins from the near side of the window, crosses the other 
a ^ rr c . erdie ’ and so continues till the last window is reached. This 
method is most suitable when the windows are large and rather far 
.part. By attaching pieces of wreathing to the highest points of 
the material put up as above, and allowing them to hang down the 
sides of windows and doors, a very good effect is produced. Where 
o wreathing is fixed over the centre of each window, these hang- 
g pieces are attached either underneath the ceiling or where the 
'' I .® a ,, P a sses. Mottoes may be introduced in any way thought 
m a e > I 1 ® a 5uve method of arranging the greenery yielding a 
suitable setting to these. 
Ends and organ recesses should be treated boldly but simply. 
Galleries may have an edging of Holly wreathing, such as already 
recommended, run round the top cornice, and neat loops of the 
same material carried between each of the panels, finishing with 
short pieces hanging from the points of intersection. The pulpit 
must be treated according to its character. When detached from 
in+Fr therf l ls HJ or e room for diversifying the arrangement. If 
ie orm of a platform, plants may well be arranged on its stage, 
t merely a box, then plants must be grouped only at its base, in 
any case ie plants used should be as little formal in appearance as 
j'Z SS \ ■ e ’ j \ case a couple of tall Palms will be more 
ettecLve a nd telhng than any number of smaller plants, which would 
ta.il to show their character a short distance away. 
With regard to dressing a box pulpit, where it stands well clear 
ot seats a few Maidenhair Ferns dotted for a groundwork, with an 
u f-'° m ,® 0 or Isolepis and good Palms, Cyperus alter- 
1 o ius, am ^? os an d Curculigos not too thickly arranged among 
them with a Calla or two, a few Calanthe vestita, and cut stems 
ot l ate white and yellow Chrysanthemums have a very good effect. 
e ? , 1Y1 ^ d ^ rom ^e body of the church by altar rails, these 
may je lightly draped with long shoots of Aspaiagus plumosus or 
tenuissimus, Cissus antarcticus, or variegated Ivy, a few tall Palms 
and Callas set behind this screen, and a neat free group of plants 
arranged in front. We have arranged a font—a wooden one—in 
various ways Nothing prettier, however, can be made of it than 
v y . ra PTV it with hanging shoots of Ficus repens, Panicum, or 
eiried I uchsia procumbens, these plants standing inside an outer 
row ot Isolepis. A good plant, such as a Cocos several feet high, 
is re d lll J e< f f° r the centre. A few tall spikes of Pampas Grass, 
and halt a dozen growths of the same, cut a good length, is also 
placed near the centre, the long blades of the Grass, of course, 
». i oopmg all round. A few small Maidenhair Ferns and Cyperus, 
with say three Arum flowers and a few Calanthes or Roman 
Hyacinths, make up what is a very pretty arrangement. Flattish 
window sills may berepdered very attractive by standing a line of 
isolepis along the inside front, with a few Ferns or pieces of 
oerried Holly covering the remainder, and one or more good plants 
standing well up from the others.—B. 
JASMINUM REEVESI. 
Allow me to call your attention and that of the readers of 
your Journal to the Jasminum Reevesi as an evergreen flowering 
shrub which deserves far more extensive cultivation in suburban 
and other gardens than it at present obtains ; in fact, for many 
years I have never seen more than one plant of it. Its hardy 
nature, bright deep metallic green foliage, healthy habit, and its 
beautiful umbels of golden yellow flowers most freely produced in 
August and September, should ensure it a place in every garden, 
and yet I have never been able to find it named in any of the cata¬ 
logues of our principal nurserymen. 
The specimen to which I allude was growing, and may be still, a 
few years ago in front of a terrace of houses in St. John’s Wood, 
London, very near to the “ Eyre Arms,” and was perfectly healthy 
though quite uncared for. It grew in a cold stiff clay soil close to 
the dusty road, was sheltered from the east winds, but otherwise in 
an exposed and somewhat draughty position. Its height was about 
4 feet. Will you kindly call the attention of your readers to a 
shrub which possesses such excellent qualities and well deserves to 
be grown ?—W. M. B. 
DOUBLE PANSIES AND IIEPATICAS. 
Double Pansies. —In looking through Parkinson’s “Paradisus 
Terrestris,” a valuable old gardening book published in 1629, I 
notice that he thus refers to Viola tricolor flore duplici (the double 
Heartsease). “ We have in our gardens another sort that beareth 
flowers with more leaves than the former (the varieties of 
Viola tricolor are alluded to) making it seem to be twice double, 
and that only in autumn, for the first flowers .are single that come 
in summer, that is of that sort that beareth purple flowers ; and it 
is to be observed that the seed of this kind will not bring all double 
flowers, but some only, if the ground be fit and liking, si that if 
you once had a plant of this double kind, you shall seldom mis* 
