November 3. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
corolla • stout and well reflexed. Mrs. Patterson (Patterson); white, I 
with purple corolla; large and line. If you have these you will possess 
some of the finest varieties of the season. , y You will 
Orchids in a common Stove (A Son of Witless).—Yes. You will 
he able to grow in a common stove, Oncidium altimmum, 0. flexuosutn, 
and StanhZeu insignis. The latter must be grown in a basket. The 
Others should be potted in rough fibrous peat, mixed with small pieces 
of Tarcoal Pot" them them high up in the pots, and give water only 
when thev are --rowing. The following may be added to your stock of 
Orchids -Vendrobium densifiorum, D. nobile, Ep.dendrum macro- 
All these will lit. 
"sp^nTm Moss' (Ibid ),—This is a white Moss, growing in wet bogs 
Bottom 1 He at from Flues (Agricola).— If, as we imagine, you 
nurnose earning a flue direct from the furnace under one bed, and re¬ 
turning it under the other, there is not the sl 'e llte8t ^"" bt ^ differ em 
ilurp sufficiency of heat, and answer pertectly well, lac mnerencG 
between it and dung-heating, is that the more d'yins ^ e f a ‘^ 
Hue will cause some little more trouble in keeping the bottom part or tne 
soil inwhich the Melons are planted moist; to meet which m a measure 
the flue must bv all means be covered with dl * h - t ‘ le "’ tffin the walls 
filled with water. We also suggest, that a few holesJuf. S 
forming the sides of the passage, to communicate with the chamber, ana 
each tobefitted w“th a slide or shutter; as, by this means, a thermo¬ 
meter mav at any time be introduced to ascertain the degree of heat, and 
allowed to escape, if necessary, which may probab yoften be the:cue if 
an injudicious hand attends the fire. You “V 5 *’ r a l“j^m or v^rv late 
a flue confined as you propose is not adapted for v y y y 
crons unless vou have some other means of obtaining top-heat. Atmos 
pheric moistme must be produced, by some means or other whe her^ 
confine your Hue or not, otherwise your plants will soon he tainted with 
t ^TVc t fioVi"s 0 (CT^i 4 w)-“^ < “r'questions being of general interest, we 
shall devote an extra column next week to the subject. At present 
th BSociety must not be 
blamed tbr‘‘ not growing a specimen of every b«lb they introduce ” It is 
ciuite enough that they introduce them, and see that the 1 ellows ot the 
Society have them with their proper names ; besides, no society ought to 
do things that can lie done equally well by private individuals. Address 
B.I.—The right name is Wistaria sinensis, not 
cZ^uXa flatter was a suggestion by Mr. toudontoinlame . 
after the man from whose garden, in China, it was first sent to this 
country but the law for naming plants is not so easily broken, lhe 
culture'is very simple indeed-to be planted agains a good south or west 
w all in good soil, such as would do for Peaches and Apricots ; and when 
ind^so on After a wS, short" side-branches come-,hey are to be 
spurred ^ 
^ras ^^Mree against a wall Young" plants'of it,' if once stinted, so 
" t° Mde-bound■ 
second best \vnyTsto train it along do"e to the surface of the ground to 
cause a sucker to come from the bottom, and to make a new plant of the 
cause a sucker to _ the plant—but this very 
R oft u eiidsti^el F S middle of March to the middle of April 
p“e be.? time to winter-prune, or to cut down, a plant of this climber. 
—“There is a fine plant of Sambucus race- 
SA “ B T, ,f f m,dc Gmdens Bury St. Edmund’s, and I shall have 
much pleasure “n forwarding cuttings (which, I have no doubt, would 
roorfreelyMo your correspondent “ H. Mif he will favour me with 
his address.—N. S. Hodson, Bury St. Edmund s. 
Diseased Fowls (Etoniemis).-l have never met with fowls diseased 
in the manner described; and in the absence of more specific details it 
a;ureas tas 
iz,; s. u jssss” 
,0 Tu P i y NiTY m MiLK (R JLs).-The small quantity of saltpetre you use 
^List's Vr'sui^ABL^FRmTa.—Forties' applying for them should state 
not only the aspect, but the elevation above the sea, and the locality. 
Peas ( J. C.). —You will have seen what was stated in our last number. 
\V> never liwrii of ** filtered walks. , , , . , 
PotItok Prince of Wales” is in private hands. 
The others you can obtain ol any seedsman in London. 
Asparagus Seedlings (A. SI.) If any happen to W * 
there Is a blank space from the failure of an old plant, let them remain 
there; otherwise, remove them all. f 
Treatise of the Vine (Cora), Look at page -j 
TO FiTb'erts (Lewis). —You cannot have the address. The Filberts may 
be purchased of any nurseryman who advertises in our columns. 
The Cottage Hardener (T. B.).-Send your address and statement 
of the irregularity to Messrs. W. 8. Orr&Co., Amen Corner, 1 aternoster 
K ‘bantTms'hving (Mr. S. D.).-We have no doubt they were poisoned. 
I ANDSCAPF. Gardener (A Weekly Subscriber).—Wc cannot recom¬ 
mend any one. Those willing to furnish plans, if they would advertise 
in our columns, would have plenty of applications. , . 
1 PlIns OF Poultry Houses ( A . H . II/.). We know an architect 
j who furnishes drawings and working plans of them at a veiy moderate 
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charge. You must send the size of the ground and the aspect. 
ings vary in price, from five shillings each to as many pounds. 
Crystal Palace ( A Young Gardener). —Write to Mr. Groves, Secre¬ 
tary, Crystal Palace Office, London Bridge. . 
Tottington Show (R. E. A .).—The Committee, not considering it 
of sufficient interest to our readers to advertise it in our columns, cannot 
surely ask us to differ from that opinion, and to publish their prize-list. 
Draining ( A. Atkinson).—As you very properly wish to drain tho¬ 
roughly, have your cross-drains twelve feet apart, and use pipes two 
inches in diameter. 
Wheezing in a Shanghai? Cock (S. B. T.).—We fear the symp¬ 
toms are consumptive. Keep him in a sheltered dry shed ; give him 
only soft nutritive food ; and a desert spoonful of Cod-liver Oil every day. 
Mix the latter with meal into small fingers, and push them down his 
throat. Thanks for your hints; the index, we fear, would not pay for 
printing. ‘ . , .. D , . 
Shellings.— A Subscriber wishes to know what is meant by Shel¬ 
lings ” for feeding poultry, and mentioned by H. G. at p. 50. 
Work on Gardening ( A Clerk).— 1 ' The Cottage Gardeners 9 Dic¬ 
tionary” will give you the exact information you require. 
Muss.knda frondosa (Moira). —Your account agrees with that of this 
plant. It is a stove plant, and if you have no hothouse, get some nursery¬ 
man to keep it in his through the winter. 
Names of Plants (C. 5.).—Yours is Mirabths Jalapa, Marvel of 
Peru, or Four o’clock Plant. (W. H. S.) No. 1. Manuleapedunculata. 
No. 2. Tagetes lucida . (D. G. C.) 1. Browallia elata. 2. Chdone 
obliqua. 3. Chrysocoma Linosyris. (A. K.) Eucomis punctata. (W. 
Carter). No. 1. Cannot tell from the tip of a shoot, but this is like one 
from Amygdalus nana. No. 2. Colutea arborescens. (Azile) Alyssum 
maritimum, or Sweet Alyssum. . _ 
Names of Pears (A. B. C..).— No. 1. Crasanne. 2. Marie Louise. 
3 . Ber«:amotte Cadette. 4. Chaumontel. 5. Brown Beurre. b. St. 
Leziu. C 7. Chaumontel. 8 . Not received, 9 . Marie Louise. 
POULTRY SHOWS. 
Birmingham. Dec. 13, 14, 15, and 16. 
Bristol. Dec. 6, 7> and 8. 
Cambridgeshire (Newmarket). Nov. 8, 9> an d 10. 
Cornwall (Penzance). Dec. 27 and 28. 
Derbyshire and Midland Counties. Nov. 17 aIK ‘ 
Dublin Amateur. Dec. 6, 7, and 8. 
Eastern Counties (Norwich). Nov. 29, 30. an< ‘ Dec. 1. 
Great Northern (Doncaster). Nov. 30 Dec. 1. 
Hitciiin and Home Counties. Nov. 18, 19, and-1. 
Honiton and East Devon. Dec. 28 and 29 . 
Kendal. Dec. 22, 23, and 24. 
South Hants (Southampton). Nov. 24 and 25. 
Winchester and Southern Counties. Nov. lb and 1/. 
Yorkshire (Leeds). Dec. 0, 7> 3, and 9* 
London! Printed bv Harry Wooldridge, Winchester High-street, 
in the Parish of Saint Mary Kalendar; and Published by William 
Somerville Orr, of Church Hill, Walthamstow, in the County of 
Kssex, at the Office, No. 2, Amen Corner, in the Parish ot Christ 
Church, City of London.—November 3rd, 1853. 
!HtlbcrttJ»nurnt£. 
THE ESSEX ASSOCIATION for the IMPROVE- 
MENT of the BREEDS of POULTRY. 
The FIRST EXHIBITION of this Society will be held at Mr. 
Griffin’s Sale Repository, Colchester, on the 24th, 25th, and 1.6th of 
All entries to he made and paid for before November 8th, after which 
day double entrance fees will be charged until November 15th, when the 
llS Certificntes y of entry are now ready. All entries must be made on the 
printed certificates issued for that purpose, and accompanied by the 
amount of entrance fee. , , . . , 
.Subscribers of Ids fid will he entitled to two cards of admission to the 
Private View, (Thursday, November 24th), and during the other days of 
exhibition ; Subscribers of Is to four cards of admission ; and Donors 
or Subscribers to a larger amount, to additional cards in the same pro- 
"°Copies of the Prize List and Regulations will be forwarded, post-free, 
on receipt of four postage stamps, addressed to the Secretaries, Essex 
and West Suffolk Gazette Office, Colchester. 
W. R. WILSON, Stanford-le-Hope, ) Hon. Secs. 
Wm. A. WARWICK, Gazette office, Colchester, J 
*„* Post Orders should be made payable to Mr. Wm. A. W arwick. 
CALCEOLARIAS AND GERANIUMS. - JOHN 
RARRFTT has to offer some fine healthy plants of the above, eight 
fnches over saved from first-rate kinds. Parties wishing to compete for 
nrizes will do well to avail themselves of this opportunity 15s. pei doz. 
Geraniums, fancy and show ; best show kinds, large plants for specimens 
"p^^ffi'ebVderUmnount 1 !or nrfe^ce. Pl^ttocomp^te 
for carriage.-Cotton Lane Nursery, Bury St. Edmund s^_ 
TO PIGEON FANCIERS.— Wanted to Purchase, 
r „f uiup nr Yellow Fantails, Blue Jacobines, Red or Yellow 
Ntms, P Red or YeUow^arbcs)' Red Owls, Blue or White Carriers, and 
B A C ddr P ei e s"st P atrnTprice and full particulars, to HENRY CHILD, Jun., 
Sherbourne Road, Balsall, Birmingham. 
A few pairs of first-class FANCY PIGEONS for Sale. 
