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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
May 11. 
' leaf around it near the huts of the leaves. It is separated 
according to quality, making three qualities. It is then 
i packed in a snug pile, the lints outward, to give them a 
! chance to dry well. Then, to finish the process, it is packed, 
in damp weather, in boxes large enough to contain three or 
i four cwt. 
The cost per acre, of raising tobacco, I make 77,00 dollars. 
A fair average yield per acre is 1,000lbs., although 2,000 lbs. 
is sometimes raised. It is worth from seven to ten cents 
per lt>. Growers in this vicinity sold the crop of 1852 for 
the latter price—the crop of 1853 is as yet unsold, but we 
1 expect to get as much as eight cents per lb. for it. 
The kind of tobacco grown here is, I believe, called 
“ Connecticut Seed-leaf," which is quoted in New-York city 
papers at five to fifteen cents per lb , according to quality.— 
L. Keith, Liverpool, U.S.—American Country Gentleman. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
*** We request that no one will write to the departmental writers of , 
Tub Cottage Gardener. It gives them unjustifiable trouble and 
expense. All communications should be addressed “ To the Editor of 
The Cottage Gardener, 2, Amen Corner , Paternoster Roic, London .” 
Flower-garden Plan (G . D., Penryn). —This is the first plan we 
have received of those pretty attempts of showing flower-garden designs | 
in models, so to speak, at local Horticultural Societies. We very much I 
approve of these models, as one step in advance on the common way of 
huddling flowers together, without any principle of arrangement. We 
shall engrave your plan, and give your own details in making and 
arranging it, with our own observations on the whole; and we invite I 
others to follow your example in sending such for public criticisms. 
Beetle Poison (A Subscriber). —Wc cannot recommend proprietory j 
articles, except as advertisements, especially when the recommendation 
is anonymous. If it is as effective as you say, it will amply repay for 
advertising. 
Gates in Chickens (F. A • C.). —If you will refer to the Index of our 
last volume, you will find all that is known upon the subject; and that 
causing the chicken to breathe the vapour of spirit of turpentine is the 
best cure. Wc believe that very liberal feeding in chickenhood, and 
extreme cleanliness, are an effectual preventive of the gapes. 
Orchard overrun with Nettles, &c. { IV . H. IK.).—Pare off three 
inches of the surface, and burn the whole ; spread the ashes over it, fork 
them in, and drain the orchard, Poultry for laying and fatting should 
be Shanghae pullets and a Dorking cock. We do not know the Pea 
called “ Lc Maun,” and shall be glad of a sample, as you say that in 
Scotland “it is very early, only one-and-a-half foot high, a profuse 
bearer, and the peas very large and sweet.” If it comes up to this 
description it is a pea without a parallel. 
Dying IIair ( T . P. i!/.).—We really know nothing about the matter. 
Guano in small quantities. —Several readers wish to know where 
this can be obtained, say in 14 lb. bags. 
Diseased Shoots of Peaches (J. E. M .).—We cannot write letters 
in answer to queries. Judging from the gangreened appearance, we 
• should say that the subsoil is wet and requires draining ; but as we 
j neither know the nature of the soil, nor the aspect, nor any particular as 
1 to the culture, or training, we have no guide. 
| Dorking Fowls losing Feathers ( E . H. S.). —It is not unusual 
j for poultry to lose the feathers round their neck first at moulting time. 
Let them have plenty of green food, and if any eruption appears on the 
neck, give them a little flowers of sulphur mixed with their soft food. 
Hives with Combs in them (C. C.).—You will have seen that 
Mr. Payne recommends these for hiving swarms into. We know of no 
j Society insuring Cows against disease. 
Maggots in Cow’s Back ( A Subscriber , Farnham). —Squeeze them 
out, and dress the places thoroughly with a dusting composed of 8 ounces 
of flowers of sulphur, 2 ounces of white hellebore powder, and 4 ounces 
of white lead in powder. Give your hen pills of calomel and tartarized 
antimony, so often recommended in our pages. Give her one every other 
day, and keep her upon soft food, and green food, until she lays eggs in a 
natural state. 
Ants Climbing Trees (A. A. J .).—If the trees arc standards, a 
piece of wool tied round the stem, about two feet from the ground, will 
prevent the ascent of the ants. If the trees are against a wall, the wool 
must be tied round the stems, and a broad band of coal tar painted 
along near the bottom of the wall. 
Cineraria Seedlings (A Novice). —We regret being unable to do 
anything in their favour as show flowers. 
Oxalis Bowiei (S. L.). —See what Mr. Fish says to-day. 
Names of Plants (A Subscriber from the beginning). — Ajuga 
reptuns , certainly. (Lancnstriensis.)— The little yellow flower is Poly gala 
chumcebuxus, and the other Henchera villosa. (T. W. L.) —Your plant 
“ found on a dry bank outside a cottage garden,” is Doronichum par- 
dalianches , an earlv-flowering, hardy, herbaceous plant, now considered 
a native of England. It is rarely found in a wild state. ( W. X. W .).— 
Boronia viminea; Solanum dulcamara (common English Bitter-sweet); 
and Neja gracilis. 
London: Printed by Harry Wooldridge, Winchester High-street, 
in the Parish of Saint Mary Kalendar ; and Published by William 
Somerville Orb, of Church Hill, W r altliamstow, in the County of 
Essex, at the Office, No. 2, Amen Corner, in the Parish of Christ 
Church, City of London.— May 11 th, 1854. 
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BEDDING PLANTS.—Many thousands of the 
above are now ready to be sent out by JOHN SCOTT, of the Mcrriott 
Nurseries, near Crewkerne, Somerset, at the very low price of 2s fid per 
dozen, consisting of 
100 Sorts of Verbena 100 Sorts of Fuchsia 
50 ,, Geranium 12 ,, Petunia 
12 ,, Calceolaria 12 ,, Lobelia 
With many other kinds too numerous to particularise. 
The above are mostly autumn-struck plants, for which early applica¬ 
tion is solicited. 
N.B. All other kinds of Nursery Stock grown extensively. 
EOR watering gardens, distributing 
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Bills 
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Botanical Boxes 
Brown’s Patent Fumi- 
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Cases of Pruning In¬ 
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,, Stands in Wires 
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pat- Gravel Rakes & Sieves ! 
Greenhouse Doors and 
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Hammers 
Hand-glass Frames 
Hay Knives 
and 
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and Hatchets 
Hoes of every pattern 
Hotbed Handles 
Ladies’ Set of Tools 
pat- 
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Wheelbarrows 
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