THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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Fuchsias (J . N.). —We should be most happy to name the three 
fuchsias, but there are so many varieties of them, and such a sameness, 
too, among many, that it is quite impossible to be certain in the name 
from a single blossom, especially when become shrivelled as yours were 
before we saw them. 
Leaf of Plant (J. P. Scott). — It is the leaf of Magnolia grundiflora. 
We shall be very glad to receive your mode of cultivating rosea in pots; 
and no one will read it with more pleasure than Mr. Beaton, from whose 
mode you say it differs. 
Low Evergreen Shrubs (A Parson's Wife).*— You wish for the 
names of six or eight ornamental shrubs, evergreen or deciduous, which 
would not grow above three or four feet high, and thus never impede the 
view from the windows. The soil is gravel, the situation a vale, but yet, 
when the leaves are off the neighbouring trees, much exposed to the 
north winds. A small piece of water is close by, and the house rather 
shades the place from the sun. Of all the plants in our new Dictionary, 
the common evergreen Berberry will suit you best. Berberis aquifolia 
will grow and flower most beautifully in the poorest soil in the kingdom. 
If it stands the sea-breeze, and we should be very glad to know if it does, 
; it would grow in pure sand banks, and keep the sand from shifting 
1 about. Rhododendrons would grow near the water, even in poor sandy 
i earth; and so would Luurustinus and a few variegated Hollies ; all of 
which would look better than deciduous things, which the shade of the 
trees might injure. As we are now old friends, you will not take it amiss 
if we say—few things well chosen for the wise, and long lists for the 
noodles. 
Gladioli Planting ( Rhodon ).—You ask if it would be a good plan 
to place under, around, and above the bulbs—when planting gladioli— 
about two or three inches of cinder-ashes, to improve the drainage ? 
| The remedy would be worse than the disease. Instead of improving 
the drainage by making a hole in “ retentive” soil, and putting a few 
inches of cinder-ashes in it—that would only draw water to the holes, not 
from them. 
Seed op Melilotus Leucanthus (J. B.P.). —Send four postage 
! stamps to J. H. Payne, Esq., Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, stating your 
I address ; he has kindly undertaken to supply you. 
Ranting Widow (Ibid).—*- Our correspondent says, that he noticed in 
the Isle of Man a plant seven or eight feet high, bearing an abundance 
of pink flowers, and there called “ The Ranting Widow.” It is an 
excellent bee flower, and he wishes to know its botanical name. Can 
any of our readers enlighten us on this point, or send us a specimen ? 
We do not know such a name ; and the only approach to it is Widow's 
wail (Cncorum tricoccum), better known as the Spurge Olive, and that 
j has yellow flowers. 
' Anacampseros (J. H. P.). —We were quite correct in saying, “ the 
whole genus of Anacampseros are either greenhouse or stove succulents.” 
j Your plant, “ perfectly hardy, and growing for seven years in an exposed 
situation,” is not an Anacampseros, but it is Sedum populifolium, a 
| species of Stonecrop. 
Flower-garden Planting (J. P.). —Wc cannot help you ; for it is 
| with extreme reluctance we advise, at any time, as to the planting of beds, 
and much more do we shrink from correcting the plans of others. If 
you refer to our indexes you will find Mr. Beaton’s and other opinions, 
and by a little thought you can apply them to the case in question. 
Metrosideros (E. P .).—The whole genus is comprised of greenhouse 
and stove shrubs, and must be treated accordingly. You do not name 
the species you have. It must, however, be housed immediately. 
Transplanting Moss (D. A. P.). —Remove it without disturbing 
the roots, and plant it in a place resembling as nearly as possible that 
which it naturally inhabits. That which grows under trees must not be 
placed in open sun-light, but in the shade. By attending to these points 
—that is, learning of nature—you will succeed. Can any of our readers 
describe minutely in what parts of Norfolk the Adder's Tongue and 
Moonwort Ferns can be found? Send us eight postage stamps, and we 
will endeavour to aid you. 
Drakes and Ducks (R. C .).—Four drakes are not too many to con¬ 
sort with sixteen ducks. 
Mice ( G. M. Hagleij). —See wliat Mr. Barnes says to-day. Roses have 
green centres in your garden, very probably owing to their roots being 
too wet, as you suggest. Green centres are only the stamens and pistils 
converted to leaves—an excessive production of foliage, which, in some 
form, may be produced in all flowering plants if supplied with excessive j 
moisture before the flower buds arc fully developed. Excess of manure j 
may, however, produce the same consequence. 
Heading-down Evergreens ( W . II. M.). —The best time for head- j 
j mg these down, “so as to leave nothing but bare stubs two feet long, in 
j the hope that they will shoot again,” is early spring, just before they 
begin growing. 
Right to Fallen Leaves (Justice). —You have a plantation which 
, overhangs the turnpike-road in the country, and you ask, “ Do the leaves 
J which fall from my trees belong to me, and have I a right to collect 
them, or do they belong to the person who buys the scrapings of the 
road?” We do not see how the scavenger can have any more right to 
the leaves from your trees than he can to any fruit or wood which may 
fall from them. 
Gladioli (F . G.).—Amphion —ground colour purple crimson, white 
blotch with purple rays; 1 ^ ft. Clotilde —ground colour salmon pink, 
| each petal margined with white pale blotch, with deep purple rays ; 1^ ft. 
j Elegantissima —ground colour salmon red, white blotch with deep crim¬ 
son rays ; ft. Gloria mundi—% round colour bright scarlet, light blotch 
with extended purple rays ; 3 ft. Heloise— ground colour pale scarlet, 
pure white broad blotch with purple rays ; li ft. Henriette— ground 
colour red, buff blotch with purple rays ; 3 ft. Heroine— ground colour 
scarlet, white blotch with light purple margin ; 2 ft. Fulgida —ground 
colour a dark shaded red, white blotch with light and dark crimson rays; 
2 ft.; good. Iphegenie— ground colour reddish pink, pure white blotch 
with purple and crimson rays; 2 ft. Jenny Lind— ground colour red, 
white blotch with purple rays; 2 ft.; extra. Madame Sontag —ground 
colour pink, large creamy white blotch with no rays—the two side petals 
mottled with white; 2 ft. Princess Alice —ground colour rosy pink, 
blotch, a white line with crimson rays; flowers late in the season ; 2£ ft. 
Princess Royal —pale scarlet ground colour, light purple blotch with 
Crimson rays—a beautiful variety ; 2£ ft. Purpurea —ground colour 
purplish pink, white blotch with crimson rays—fine ; 2 ft. Triurnphans-r- 
ground colour bright scarlet, long white blotch with plum and crimson 
rays—fine, and a good form; 1^ ft. The above 15 varieties of this 
charming tribe were raised by the late lamented Rev. Dr. Herbert, Dean 
of Manchester. They were purchased at the sale of the Rev. Dr. II’s 
bulbs, after bis death, by Messrs. J. A. Henderson and Co.; and 
bloomed finely in the open air in the nursery at Pine-apple Place, in 1848 
and 1849, and proved to be fine distinct varieties. 
Names of Plants (P, W. H ).— The plant you sent is Liutris pyc- 
nostachya; and your plant under the name of Narlhecium ensifolium is 
DianeUa tmsifolia. The other plant you have under the name of 
Arthopaganpaniculatum, must be Arthropodium paniculutum. They 
arc not different names for the same plant. 
Blotched Camellia Leaves ( K . 0. T). —The peculiar shaped 
markings upon the leaves appear to us as though the plants had stood 
out in the wet, where other wet leaves had fallen upon them, and the 
fallen leaves had retained a certain portion of moisture, and the sun 
shining upon them, the tender portions had become scorched. Whether 
this was so or not, they are sun-scorched in some way or other. Better 
ventilation early in the morning, so as to get the upper surfaces dry 
before the sun was up on bright days, would have prevented it, we think. 
Pick off the blemished leaves, and you will probably have no more. Let 
us hear if you do. 
Guinea Fowls (Ibid .).— It is only the hen that has the power of 
uttering their peculiar cry, so if both yours do this, no wonder you had 
no fertile eggs. 
Cider from Turnip Juice (A Recent Subsci'ibcr ).— As cider is a 
term formerly applied to any fermented juice, the above is no Hiber- 
nicism. Our correspondent wishes to know if any of our other readers 
can inform him whether the white or yellow turnip is preferable for 
making cider, or for making the Champagne which is prepared from the 
same root’s juice in one of the American States ? We will give you 
shortly more than one recipe for brewing beer without malt. We know 
of no recent or probable edition of Macculloch on Wine Making. 
Peat (A Constant Subscriber ).— That which you enclosed is only fit 
for fuel. 
Bottling Ale (A Young Housekeeper ).— It may be done at any time 
of the year, and always as soon as it has become clear or fine. Cork 
immediately. 
Ketsup become Putrid (J. B. P.).—We should fear, from your 
account, that some of the mushrooms were poisonous. We should throw 
it away; it cannot be wholesome. 
Name of Plant (Langley ).— Your plant is Eupatorium corymbosum. 
It is a freely flowering greenhouse plant, and if cramped in a pot all the 
summer, and shifted into a larger pot at the end of August and housed, it 
will flower all the winter and spring months. The Cottage Gardeners' 
Dictionary cannot be sent with Tiik Cottage Gardener by post. 
Cheap Greenhouse (C. D .).— You have to-day what you ask for. 
Newly-enclosed Land (J. Fleet).— Tell us the situation and 
character of the soil and its subsoil, and we shall be happy to advise you. 
Exhibitors at Shows (A Shucklewell Novice ).— It is neither usual 
for exhibitors to accompany the judges whilst these are making their de¬ 
cisions, nor should they on any pretence whatever be allowed to do so. 
Errata. — Page 30: “ Cupressus torulosa and latifolius" should be, 
Cytisvs racemosus and latifolius. Under “ Rhododendron," the word 
“turf” should be “protection.” For “ Halosanthus read Kalusanthuss 
and for “ Iloweii ,” read Boweii. 
CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER. 
ORCHID HOUSE. 
TnE dark days of November are not injurious to orchids, provided they 
are kept dry and cool: that is, to a certain degree. Air need only be 
given when the sun is very powerful in the middle of the day, and then 
only in small quantities, just sufficient to keep down the thermometer 
to 70°. In dull weather the heat should not exceed 65°, even in the 
Indian house. In the Mexican house, 60° will be amply sufficient. If 
possible, no growth should take place during the month. As, however, 
some will ^row even at this untoward season, they must have a small 
quantity of water given to them without wetting the leaves or young 
shoots. No shade is required at this time of the year. Some that arc 
growing and have not been potted will require the peat renewing. Now, 
also, is a good time to renew the basket in which are growing Vandas, 
Aerides, Renanthcras, Saccolabiums, and other Indian plants. Also, the 
