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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
April 8. 
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j wands in scollops round it. The grave will have an open 
aspect to the south in a sheltered cemetery, soil about 
eighteen inches deep, dark loam, and a deep bed of grovel 
underneath.—A Subsckiber, Oxford.” 
[Evergreens arc the only shrubs suitable for graves, and 
of them the Yew is the best, as it is the easiest to keep 
; within the smallest space. The moment it, or any other, 
j gets too full, or encroaches on the space, it should be re¬ 
moved and a younger one put instead of it. Hotly is the 
I last plant wo would plant at the head of a grave, and we 
: would only plant at the head. AVe would plant only White 
! flowers on a grave, and either drooping flowers, or such as 
i opened only when the sun shined. Such flowers as come 
I before the leaves we also prefer. AVe have a meaning and 
a reason for the choice, but this is not the place to explain 
them. For the grave in question, the following flowers and 
arrangement would be suitable :—Three bunches of pure 
; White Crocuses, in the form of a star, and six or eight 
; inches apart on the head of the grave. These will remove 
now in bloom, and one kind, called Queen Victoria, is the 
] dwarfest and best for the purpose. At the foot we would 
plant three similar bunches of the lightest autumn Crocus, 
! which is a lilac. In the centre, between the spring and 
l autumn flowers, we would plant one plant of the Christmas 
i Hose, which will remove now before it dies down for the 
season; and on each side, close to the level of the ground, 
; we would plant a row of the Snow Flake, putting the bulbs 
four inches apart. These are all permanent, but give place 
to summer flowers by dying down at the end of spring; and 
for summer flowers we would allow free scope to individual 
selection, merely remarking that no flower is too good for 
! the occasion.] 
TEA-SCENTED ROSES IN POTS.—PRUNING 
CAMELLIAS.—TH RIPS. 
| 1. “I have, in my greenhouse, with many other things, some 
Hoses in pots (the Tea-scented ones especially), which put 
! forth such exceedingly tender shoots that the buds not un- 
frequently fall off without blooming. Are there any means, 
, under the circumstances, by which I can cause them to grow 
i strong enough to bloom well ? The house contains 
Camellias, Cinerarias, Pelargoniums, cuttings of various 
j things, Ac. 
V. “May I prune Camellias that have become rather 
straggling, and if so, when ? 
3. “ I have raised seedlings from the seeds of Pink Thorns, 
but am told they will not bloom like the parent trees—Is it 
so ? If it be, may I bud them from the old trees? 
4. “ Some insects, whose description I cannot come across 
' in The Cottage Gardeners’ Dictionary, have presented 
themselves in a pan of seedlings. They are of a brownish 
i colour, a good deal like the mould, about the one-twelfth- 
part-of-an inch long, and when touched will jump several 
; inches. 1 have sprinkled the surface with soot, but they do 
f not seem to mind that. AVhen magnified, the body presents 
many bluntish protuberances.—G.” 
[I. The Tea Roses will do very well at this season in the 
same house with Camellias, Cinerarias, Ac. At an earlier 
period, to produce good flowers, they would require an 
average, temporature of from 50° to with a sufficiency 
j of air. This extra heat and air, while it keeps the shoots 
short, enables you to make them strong by a manure-water- 
iDg now and then. You will see that those you put into the 
house now will do better, if the roots are right, and they 
i enjoy an open position. 
3. Pruning Camellias. —Do this as soon ns possible after 
the flowering is over. They can be cut back with the 
greatest safety, especially if at all healthy, and you do not 
i cut back to wood above one or two years old. When the wood 
i is a number of years old there is more care wanted to get 
them to break freely. As soon as pruned back, remove the 
: plants into a temperature of 60° to 05°, or as near 60° as 
possible; and, without saturating the roots, keep the stems 
and atmosphere about them as moist as possible. If the 
! pots are set on a sweet hotbed all the better. For very old 
j plants, a temporary structure could easily be contrived for 
such a purpose. 
3. You have been told quite correctly about the Thorn 
seedlings; but you may have some varieties. You may either 
bud or graft on these seedlings, but common Thorns will 
suit equally.well for stocks. 
4. AVe are afraid you have got the Thrips, and there is no 
worse enemy. If so, there will bo some shiny places on 
the under side of the leaves. Smoke the plants several 
times with tobacco, and syringe repeatedly with clear lime 
and sulphur water, containing a little dissolved size. If too 
small to syringe, draw a sponge over the leaves. We have 
cleared large leaves, such as Cucumbers on a trellis, by 
pressing a wetted finger on every one we saw before he had 
the chance of jumping. Lose not a moment, for if once 
the Thrips gets ahead, you will have trouble enough before 
you for a season.] 
GREENHOUSE IN A SHADED TOWN YARD. i 
“ I am the owner of a house situate in one of the streets 
of this town (Great Yarmouth), in Which I am about to 
reside. There are two large yards, one of which is entirely 
useless to me ; and as I am fond of flowers, a thought 
struck me that 1 might, with your kind advice, erect a 
small greenhouse or conservatory upon it. 
“ Being enclosed by buildings, there is very little sun 
reaches the yard, and that principally in the early morning 
and afternoon, hut of light and air there is plenty. 
“ The wall against which I should erect the building 
faces the south, and is about eighteen feet long, and 
twenty-six feet high. Expense is no object. 
“ Please say if the house would be better built entirely 
of glass, the shape, and how it ought to be heated.— 
T. O. N.’’ 
[You do not state the size of the yard, or how far south 
you can bring the house. The length of your wall is 
eighteen feet, and if the space was limited in front, say ten 
or twelve feet 'wide, you could have a lean-to roof, and glass 
at front and both ends, above a dwarf wall; or you might 
have a short-hipped roof to the north, joining a longer one 
to the south, and thus realize the benefits of a low' roof, and 
a low stage inside, as mentioned the other week. If your 
space to the south is twenty or thirty feet, or more, then your 
best plan would be to have a span-roofed house the north 
end the w r all, the east and west sides and the south end glass, 
above a dwarf wall of two or three feet in height. This form 
will give you most sunlight, as the sun visits the spot 
chiefly in the morning and aft.ernoou. I am presuming that 
you do not require to raise the highest part of the roof 
above ten or twelve feet in order to catch the sun’s rays. 
For laying out such a house, see Vol. XV., page 422. For 
such a situation, British plate glass should be used for the 
roof, and crown glass for the sides. If used as a greenhouse, 
soft-wooded plants, as Pelargoniums, Scarlet Geraniums, 
Cinerarias, Calceolarias, Fuchsias, Ac., would answer best, 
with Camellias and Primroses for winter, and Chrysanthe¬ 
mums for late autumn. Having once gardened in the midst 
of smoke, we found stove plants were eaisier managed than 
greenhouse ones, as they required much less air, and, there¬ 
fore, the blacks were excluded. A free use of the syringe 
helps all plants wonderfully in towns. In smoky places, 
the Ferns and Mosses can also be grown nicely, because they 
require less opening of the sashes than flowering-plants in 
general. Any early flowers will do for the border in spring, 
and Geraniums, Ac., for summer. If the house could be ! 
heated from the kitchen range it would be an advantage. 
If not, the best plan would be hot-water by a separate 
boiler, as expense is no object. You would notice, the other 
week, a good deal said of various modes of heating. AVhen 
you have made up your mind as to the kind of house, and 
told us how you are otherwise situated, we will advise 
farther, if necessary.] 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Rock Plants (W. Thomas).—We are informed that there is such a 
book us “ Lothian’s Treatise on Alpines and Rock Plants,” published by 
Me»srs. Highlev, London ; but we have never seen the book. 
Herbert’s Passion Flower. —A Regular Subscriber cannot meet 
with this flower. In what Nurseryman’s Catalogue does it occur ? 
