THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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golden net-work. It is equally beautiful with the 
original species, but, if anything, more difficult to 
cultivate. Messrs. Low and Co., of the Clapton Nur¬ 
series, have imported another variety from Borneo, 
of a stronger growth, and on that account worth 
cultivating, though not quite so beautiful as the 
other two varieties. We must defer the cultivation 
of these interesting plants till next week. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
The winter lias hitherto been more severe than or¬ 
dinary, and, therefore, has called forth the extra care 
of the florist to protect his favourite flowers from its 
severity. Should the frost, notwithstanding your 
care, have reached the plants of Verbenas, Petunias, 
Calceolarias , &c., do not be in a hurry to thaw them. 
Keep them in the dark for a while after the frost 
breaks up; and do not water them over the leaves, as 
some recommend, or even water them at all. Mark 
this :— The more slowly they thaw, the more likely they 
are to recover from the effects of the frost. The sudden 
effects of heat applied to a frozen plant, as to a 
human limb, or body, does all the mischief. Plants 
in frames, that have been* securely preserved from 
frost may, when the sun shines sufficiently strong, 
be uncovered for a few hours, to dry up the damps, 
with the most beneficial results. 
Yellow Picoxees. —In answer to a correspondent 
(R. O., Ncucastle-on-Tyne), the following can be ob¬ 
tained at Messrs. Henderson’s, Pine-apple-place, by 
applying to Mr. Appleby :— 
1. Martin's Queen Victoria, 3s. (id. the pair; free grower, and good 
yellow; red edged. 
2. Princess Ida, 3s. 6d. the pair ; also a free grower, and good yel¬ 
low; pink edged. 
3. Pride of Punt, 5s. the pair; delicate grower, a good picotee, 
tine colour, and good substance. 
There are no yellow carnations. The following 
are extra good:— 
Brooke's Flora’s Garland, rose flake, 5s. the pair. This is the best 
carnation known, every quality being perfect. 
Wilson’s William the Fourth, scarlet flake, excellent, 2s. the pair. 
Hepworth’s Hector, pink and purple bizarre; a flower of good sub¬ 
stance. 3s. 6d. the pair. 
Mans ley’s Robert Burns, crimson bizarre; 2s. 6d. the pair; very 
good. 
Woolmcr’s Conquering Hero, scarlet bizarre ; the best of its class; 
3s. 6d. the pair. 
Auriculas. —In answer to another correspondent 
[G. Hodyeden, Tavistock), we are sorry the former list 
of auriculas did not suit. You asked for a list of the 
best. Below is a list of the same number of good old 
cheaper ones. 
Green edged. —Barlow’s King, Is. each; Buckley’s Jolly Tar, 
Is. 6d. each ; Ward’s Blucher, Is. each. 
Grey edged. —Ashworth’s Wan of War, Is. 6d. each.; Metcalf’s 
Lancashire Hero, Is. each; Taylor’s Plough Boy, Is. each. 
White edged.—Hugh’s Pillar of Beauty, Is.; Lee’s Bright Venus, 
Is.; Pott’s Regulator, Is. 
Selfs. —Berry’s Lord Primate, Is. (id.; Mellon’s Lord Howe, Is. (id.; 
Whitaker’s True Blue, Is. 6d. 
T. Appleby. 
THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. 
The severity of the weather has retarded many 
operations of the kitchen-garden previously recom¬ 
mended; as soon as the weather changes, advantage 
of the change should immediately be taken, and all 
those operations carried out without further delay. 
Cabbages. — Yery possibly the severity of the 
weather has made some havoc amongst the early 
cabbage plants; when the weather permits, no time 
should be lost in filling up all vacancies with the 
strongest plants from the reserve beds. 
Cauliflowers. —The early plants, which were placed 
under hand-glasses in November or December, will 
! probably be much injured, unless the precautions have 
been taken of covering over the glasses, and dredg¬ 
ing about the plants with dry dust. Those which 
have been grown in pots will be worthy of extra atten¬ 
tion when the season arrives for turning them out 
into well-prepared soil. The hand-glasses which have 
I been washed, glazed, puttied, and painted, and placed 
j away under cover, will then be in good condition for 
! nursing such things. Those which have been placed 
j under hand-glasses during the winter, if not well- 
I attended to throughout this present severe season, 
j will wear a sorrowful appearance at the time when 
rapid growth should be taking place. 
Jerusalem Artichokes and Horserapish may be 
trenched out, where not already done, and where the 
surface of the ground has been covered with some 
kind of mulch. Indeed, any sort of trenching of 
spare ground may be performed, where the wlieeling- 
on and spreading of the manure had been effected 
before the setting-in of the frost. 
Tarragon and Mint should be placed, for succes¬ 
sion, in heat. Parsley, in pots, should receive liberal 
soakings of liquid-manure. It is particularly fond of 
soot-water, 
Indoor-Work. —Attend especially to everything 
that can be done indoors whilst this severe wea¬ 
ther lasts. Potatoes look over; see that no diseased 
ones remaiu amongst the bulk; select a quantity of 
a suitable size for planting (to be planted whole), if 
this has not been done before. Have nothing in this 
way to do when the day for planting comes; attend 
to early planting, if you did not or could not plant 
in November. Onions, Carrots, Parsnips, Turnips, 
Beet-root, Scorzonera, and Salsafy. —See that no de¬ 
cayed roots remain among any of these; also rub off 
all fibrous roots and shoots. Let order and neatness, 
with cleanliness in all these vegetable store-sheds, be 
especially regarded. Those who saved their own 
favourite sort of Peas or Beans, and put them away 
in the pods, should now have them all thrashed out, 
or shelled, in readiness for sowing and planting. 
Labels may also be made, and written for the same, 
ready to put in with the crop. See that the Mush¬ 
room beds are well covered up in cold sheds; use re¬ 
fuse-hay for this purpose. Be on the alert preparing 
liot-bed materials, and pay particular attention to Mr. 
Errington’s plan for making up very strong early 
cucumber and melon beds, and make slight hot-beds 
for potatoes, carrots, and radishes. Sow radishes in 
warm borders, to be covered slightly with straw, 
fern, or evergreen trimmings of any kind. These 
sowings thould be made rather thick, and will be 
found very useful, as successional crops, to those 
which are sown on gentle hot-beds. Plant broad 
beans extensively, and peas also, as soon as the 
ground can be worked. Those who are short of let¬ 
tuce plants, might sow a pinch of seed with their 
early sown radishes, in frames, or in pans, and place 
them in a little heat; and when they are up and 
strong enough, another slight hot-bed might be made 
nearly or quite level, to be covered with an old frame 
if you have it; and if it be a deep one, fill it half up 
with the same materials with which the bed is made, 
adding from six to nine inches of good earth of any 
kind, in which to prick out the young plants three 
or four inches apart. Water them with a fine rose- 
waterpot, with tepid water, to settle the earth to the 
roots; put on the glass lights immediately, and let 
them remain so for two or three days; then give a 
little air, and continue to admit more and more air, 
and stir the earth frequently with a little pointed 
stick. Lettuce plants, nursed in this way, will be 
