42 THE COTTAGE GARDENER. October 16. 
of your soil, and then we will advise you. Grasses that flourish in light 
soils will not do for heavy soils. Remind us, when you write, what you 
require the grass for. 
Fuchsias (S. J., Whitchurch). —Enquire of Messrs. Henderson, Pine¬ 
apple Place, London. Send flowers for judgment to The Cottage 
Gardener Office, 2, Amen Corner, London. 
Angola Rabbits (Noke). —Send your direction to Mr. H. Webb, 
27, Piccadilly, London. 
Zelinda Uaiilia.— B. W. K. and other correspondents wish to know 
of any florist that can supply them with this dark dwarf variety. 
j Drawing Instruments (A Cottage Gardener). — What do you require? 
[ Do you mean mathematical instruments ? Or do you mean a painting- 
box ? Go to the largest bookseller’s in your nearest town, and describe 
what you require. The Drawing-books in Chambers’s Educational Course 
will probably suit your little boy. 
Tecoma .iasminoides.— S. Y. writes to us as follows : “ D. B. remarks, 
at p. 367 , Vol. vi., that he has striven in vain to make the beautiful 
Bignonia or Tecoma jasminoides to flower very freely in-doors. I have 
had it for several years against the back of my greenhouse, and have had 
no difficulty in blooming it; for five month’s past it has been in masses 
of bloom, and is so at present, covering a space of about four feet wide by 
ten feet high. I hardly prune it at all, but twist its long shoots as they 
grow, upwards, downwards, and sideways, in all directions. It is planted 
in a wooden box about eighteen inches long, twelve deep, and eight wide, 
from which it has not been removed for about five years. It is one mass 
of roots, and merely gets a top dressing of good mould and rotten manure 
once a year of about one inch in thickness. Another contributor remarks 
| (p- 399), that he has been disappointed this year with a bed of Salvia 
j patens unaccountably dying off. I have always a large bed of it in flower 
for some months, perfectly healthy, and admired by all; it has grown so 
well with me I intend to grow it much more largely next year.” 
Wheelbarrow ( J.N. ). —We did not notice at the Great Exhibition 
the wheelbarrow with the wheel under the head, which you mention. 
We wish its inventor would send us a drawing and description, because 
we think with you it must make the labour less. 
Gardener (A Lover of Early Rising). —We regret that we cannot aid 
you, as you say your head gardener “ must understand the Welsh lan¬ 
guage ” to enable him to talk to assistants. 
Asparagus Beds ( Mertsham). —The best time for making them is 
the end of March or early in April. Trench the ground three feet deep, 
and mix abundance of dung, either from the stable or piggery, through¬ 
out the whole depth. Plant when you make the bed. Sprinkle a little 
salt over the bed once a month. 
Names of Plants ( R - 3). — Yours is Viburnum, opulus, or Gueldre 
Rose. (S. Wilkinson). —1. We think is Ceratonia siliqua. It is cer¬ 
tainly not the Coffee Tree. 2. A variety of Olea europeea, or Olive. It 
does not fruit readily in this country. 3. Diosma ericoides. ( Inquisitive). 
— 1. Rudbeckia purpurea. 2. Campanula axurea (?) 3. Arctotis 
aureola. 4. Rudbeckia fulgida. 5. Salvia pseudo-coccinea. 6. Salvia 
Grahamii, var. 7- Calceolaria integrifolia ? 8. Pentstemon campanu- 
loides. 9 . Pentstemon glaberrimum. 10. Lobelia pinifolia ? 11 . 
Jsotoma linearis? 12. Campanula glomerata alba. (H. W. M .).— 
1. (Enothera macrocarpa. 2. Not certain at present. 3. We think is the 
Fern-leaved Gale. 4. Pelargonium odoratissbnum. Sweet - stented 
Pelargonium. 5. Sweet Alyssum, or Alyssum maritimum variegatum. 
fi. A very beautiful species of Erigeron. We should like a small rooted 
piece. The pear is an Easter Beurre. (J. 0.). —Yours is Oxalis rosea. 
( D. A. B .).—Yours Francoa ramosa. 
British Madeira Wine.— A correspondent sends this as excellent, 
where much is required for the poor sick.—“ Boil 30 lbs. of good Lisbon 
sugar in ten gallons of water, for half-an-hour, and skim it quite clear; 
when about lukewarm, put to every gallon one quart of ale, while working. 
Let it work in the tub for a day or two, then put it into the barrel with 
one pound of sugar-candy, 6 lbs of raisins, and 2 ozs. of isinglass. When 
the fermentation ceases, add one quart of the best brandy, and stop it 
up. It should remain from six to twelve months in the cask. The cost 
does not exceed 4d. per bottle. 
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