56 THE COTTAGE GARDENER. April 22 . 
fully adverted to. Do not remove the chicken bulbs (offsets) until the 
ripening of the foliage is perfected. 
Drooping Pullet (R . H. P.).—Your Cochin China pullet shows 
symptoms of roup in an early stage. Give her, every morning, a dessert 
spoonful of cod-liver oil. Keep her as much as possible out of the cold 
wind. 
Bees Robbing Hives (R . S. Mount joy). —In all probability your 
i pillaged hives were rich in honey, but thinly populated, and those in your 
apiary that were the reverse attacked them. You will find by this time, 
that what few bees there were left have forsaken them. 
Bees in old Hive (/. B.). —Allow your bees to swarm. You will see 
what is said upon this subject in the next “ Apiarian’s Calendar.” 
Cochin-China Fowls’ Eggs (Ibid). —These are not quite so large as 
those laid by common fowls; the colour of the egg is generally a pale 
chocolate, or cream colour, but some are nearly white. 
Angelica Preserving (V —, Somerset ).—In April, boil the fresh 
stalks in water until tender; scrape off the outside, then put them into 
a strong syrup of loaf-sugar, boiling hot; let them remain in it until 
cold, and then take them out and dry them. 
Sussex Zinc Churn.— R . C. VP. wishes to know where that recom¬ 
mended by L. I. P. can be purchased. 
Carnations, &c. (Violetta). — There is no distinct work worth buying. 
See the directions given in The Cottage Gardeners' Dictionary. 
Asparagus Shoots Injured (J. K .).—The “little holes” must have 
been caused by slugs. Give the beds a good dressing with salt once 
a-week. 
Tobacco-water (Picciola). —To make this, pour half-a-gallon of 
boiling water upon one ounce of shag tobacco ; let it remain until cold, 
and then strain it. 
Rookery. —Will some of our readers oblige us by stating their expe¬ 
rience in answer to this query—“ Is it a good practice to kill a portion of 
the young rooks yearly ? I have a rookery containing 80 or 90 nests ; no 
gun has been pointed at them for four or five years. They have visibly 
decreased in numbers, and some of my friends attribute this decrease to 
the absence of the smell of gunpowder, but I must confess that most of 
these have a keen relish for a shot. A pair of rooks have taken a curious 
fancy into their heads, having built their nest between three chimney¬ 
pots, and they are now rearing their young ones, their cries being dis¬ 
tinctly heard in the room to which one of the chimnies belongs ; there are 
abundance of large trees within 100 yards of my house, many of them 
towering over it.”—J. H. B. S. 
Economical Boiler. — An Old Subscriber begs to inform several en¬ 
quirers, that the boiler was obtained from Messrs. Singleton and Tennant, 
of Leeds. The £\ ifis. 6 d. did not include fitting the cover or lid on. 
See other parts of our paper to-day, as to the treatment of hyacinths 
done blooming. 
Sugar Beer (A Country Subscriber). —The bung-liole at the top of 
the barrel need not be larger than that on the side, and may be less if 
desirable. There is no magic in the diameter. The beer may be bottled 
as soon as it is clear. The slides you allude to may be arranged either 
with broad-headed nails or screws. 
Box-edging (J. L. C.).— This planted last month should be watered 
twice a week until rain occurs. 
Advertisement (B. G.).— If you directed your note as in that to us, 
“ J. H. Knight, Sussex,” no wonder it has not reached its destination. 
The direction is “Mr. J. H. Knight, Florist, Battle , Sussex.” We are 
not at all responsible for the statements in advertisements. 
Orage Orange (W. S. P.).— Can any of our readers inform us what 
hedge plant is known by this name ? 
Joslin’s St. Albans Grape. —A gardener, and good authority, 
writes as follows :—“ A correspondent having enquired after this grape, I 
beg to say that I have several vines of it, but am cutting them away as 
fast as I can get others to replace them. A more worthless grape does 
not exist; at least it has proved itself so with me. Its qualities and 
defects may be summed up thus:—As a vine it thrives well, is very pro¬ 
lific, and the fruit, when properly ripe, of good flavour, having that pecu¬ 
liar musky taste peculiar to the Grisly Frontignan ; but these are all its 
good properties, while, on the other hand, its bunches, though long, are 
exceeding thin ; and it does not set very well, and, worst of all, as soon 
as it begins to ripen, it begins simultaneously to decay. No apricot, in 
an unfavourable season, is worse in that respect. The berries crack or 
burst at the end just as if an incision was made by drawing a sharp knife 
across them, and of course decay follows. This evil proceeds so rapidly, 
that in a short time only the skeleton of the bunch is left. Now, this is 
a sad fault in a grape that was sent out as one suited for late purposes, 
as with me it is quite useless long before the Hamburgh’s, and other kinds 
it is growing with. Perhaps I ought to say, I have only grown it in a 
late vinery, but then that was just the place it was said to be adapted for; 
but for which it has in several cases, as well as mine, been proved to be 
utterly worthless.” 
Morels. —J. K, T., whose address we have, would gladly send W. M., 
of Niton, postage stamps for a few of these, to ascertain if they grow in 
his neighbourhood. 
Names of Plants (A Young Gardener). —1. Othonna pinnata. 2. 
Phlox reptans, variety crassifoliu , is sometimes called verna. 3. Saxi- 
fraga hirta. 4. Aubrietiu deltoidea. 5. Is a species of spindle tree, 
Euonymus , but uncertain which. We cannot assist you in the name of 
the plant from the leaf alone—send us a specimen when in bloom. 
Euphorbia jacquinieejlora , is E. fulgens in The Cottage Gardeners' 
Dictionary. 
Deodar Cedars (J. C. W., Paris ).—We do not know of any one who 
has trees of this cedar to sell, of the size you name (ten l'eet high). 
Messrs. Knight and Perry, King’s Road, Chelsea, have very handsome 
plants of it four feet high, in pots. They are half-a-gumea each. 
Deformed Anemone (Rev. J. F. G .).—The bloom of the anemone 
you sent is an example of morphology. The floral leaves are partly 
changed into real leaves. Except as an object of curiosity, it is not worth 
keeping, there are such numbers of beautiful varieties that always come 
true, that it is not worth while to encumber the garden with such a poor 
variety. Some of the floral leaves or petals are partially variegated, 
which is a rather uncommon feature. We would advise you to save the 
seed from it this year; sow it next spring, and let the seedlings flower ; 
you might, perhaps, obtain a double clearly-striped variety, which would 
be curious and novel, perhaps beautiful. Should you act upon this hint, 
we should be glad to know the result. 
Calceolarias and Cinerarias (Lora). — The following have 
been raised within 1851-2. They are chiefly shrubby, show varieties, 
averaging from 5s. to 10s. fid. each. Calceolarias. — Holmes's Lear, 
Goneril, Timon, Flavius. Major's Conqueror, Glory , Cupid , Delight, 
Nobleman, Conqueror. Cinerarias. — Henderson's Mr. Sidney Her - 
bert, Marianne, Mrs. Sidney Herbert, Mrs. Charles Kean, Primu Donna, 
Rosy Morn. Ayres's Magnum bonum, lago, Gustavos, Orpheus, 
Unique. Overy's Hammersmith Beauty. 
Gardenia Stanleyana Shedding its Buds (Eothen). —No plant 
will drop its flow'er-buds if its roots are healthy, heat proper, and water 
applied rightly. In some one or other of these points of culture you 
have failed. Your Gardenia Stanleyana is a native of a hot climate, and 
requires great heat to bring the flowers to perfection. Examine the roots ; 
if they are decaying, which we strongly suspect, you must repot the 
plant into a rich, light compost; plunge or place it where it can have 
bottom-heat, and a top heat of 70° to 8U°. It will then recover health 
and vigour, and will probably flower next year. If the roots are sound 
and active, your heat is too low, or you keep the soil too wet. 
Hardy Aquatics (Sagittaria).—Aponogeton distachyon (floating) ; 
Butomus umbellatus; Culthu palustris ; Hottonia palustris (floating); 
Menyanthes trifolia; Nuphar adoenu (floating); N. lutea (floating); 
Nymphcea alba (floating) ; N. odorata (floating) ; Calla cethiopica; 
Sagittaria latifolia ; Stratiotes aloides (floating in the water, not on it ; 
Villarsia nymphoides. There are some others, but they are mere water 
weeds. 
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