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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
December 18 . 
in the open ground, although those of some kinds of China and other 
roses will succeed as well in the spring as in the autumn. Laure Davoust 
is not at all a fit subject to plant against a tree. It is too modest to dis¬ 
pute the right of its roots with those of its huge neighbour. Plant 
Felicite Perpetuelle instead, and after a time bud the Laure on it, and 
the shelter of the branches will be in its favour. 
Garden close to a Foundry (E. S.). —The Evergreen and Ayr¬ 
shire roses in our lists, will grow as Climbers in your garden, but if you 
like them, take Cotuneaster microphyllu, Jasminum nudijiorum, as part 
of the Climbers, and as Fuchsias do well with you, increase the number. 
The Hollyhock is also a good thing to stand smoke, but as the ground is 
very damp, we would not advise many herbaceous plants. Have,you ever 
tried annuals ? Clarkias, Collinsias, and such like, with all the Larkspur 
tribe, would be more likely to suit you. 
Manure for Potatoes (E. D. B.). —Potatoes are best grown upon 
ground that is moderately fertile from being manured for previous crops. I 
If the soil necessarily used is so poor that manure at the time of planting 
is absolutely required, then use leaf-mould, charred refuse, soot and salt, 
and such like fertilizers, because the more ammonia there is in the manure 
employed, the more liable is the crop to be diseased. All dungs abound 
with ammoniacal salts. Spread whatever manure you use on the surface, 
and dig it in before planting. There being fruit-trees on the border 
(very bad gardening, by-the bye) is an additional reason for not employ¬ 
ing rich dungs. None of those we have recommended will injure your 
trees. If you plant on the surface, and earth over the sets, as recom¬ 
mended at p. 11", you will less injure the roots of your wall-trees. Paint 
over your trees, to destroy insects, with the sulphur compound so often 
recommended by Mr. Errington. 
Poultry (Philanthe).— Anster Bonn will feel much pleasure in con¬ 
sidering the questions proposed in the article on poultry, which will 
appear the last Thursday in January, as they require rather lengthy 
consideration, and are, at the same time, of general interest. 
General Index ( F. W. S.).— At present we have resolved not to 
publish one. 
Old White China Roses (Skinner Turner). — Apply to any of the 
large Rose growers; we cannot undertake commissions. 
Zinc Churns ( Bucoliu). —Can any of our readers state their experience 
in the use of zinc churns? If you write to Fisher Hobbs, Esq., Boxted 
Hall, near Colchester, we know that he will facilitate your object in any 
reasonable way. Our correspondent, also, wishes for a sow of the Chinese 
breed, which, she wickedly says, we, in a recent number, maintain, “ live 
upon nothing, and fatten on the same.” Biscuit siftings are most 
excellent for fatting pigs, and profitable, when they can be obtained cheap 
at the Admiralty sales. 
Hartley’s Rough Glass (Rev. J. S. L.). —We never heard of any 
valid objection to this glass founded on its not lapping well. It is a very 
great mistake to think that the laps of the glass for a greenhouse ought 
to fit close; so far is this from being the case, that we prefer the laps 
being open, and so does Mr. Crawshay, the distinguished grape-grower. 
Such openings keep up a gentle flow of air, which is highly beneficial. 
If you have the rough glass you will not require blinds to your green¬ 
house. This glass may be described as softening the direct rays of light; 
it does not exclude them. 
Asclepias tuberosa (J. B. H.). —This is a hardy bulb. You shall 
have a fuller answer next week. 
Exchange of Cuttings. — Flora Montague wishes to exchange cut¬ 
tings of a very large collection cf bedding plants, Fuchsias and Pelargo¬ 
niums, for plants of Campanula carpatica, &c. 
Eight Dessert Apples ( John Taylor). —The following will give you 
a good succession : — White Joaneting, Early red Margaret, Kerry 
Pippin, Hicks's Fancy, Margil, Pitmaston Nonpareil, Lamb Abbey Pear- 
main, and Sturmer Pippin. 
Cottage Gardeners’ Dictionary (Ibid). —It is now complete, and 
may be had bound in cloth, price eight shillings and sixpence. We 
believe Lindley’s “Vegetable Kingdom” may be had in parts, but it is 
priced thirty shillings. 
Insect (W. X. W.). —The insect on your Sollya salicifolia is probably 
the thrip. Try dusting your plant with Scotch snuff. 
Conservatory (M. C. A.). -If your present arrangement keeps the 
temperature, even in severe weather, at 10 ° above the freezing point, that 
is at 42°, that is warm enough if your plants are only such as are the 
usual tenants of a conservatory. If you require more heat and moisture, 
we do not think a single gas-burner will produce fumes enough to injure 
the plants, and it may be rendered very efficient by being beneath a pan 
of water, in keeping the air moist, which you say is now too dry. 
Mr. Edwards [A. R. S .).—We quite assent to your maxim, which 
in honest English is, the proof of guilt must be produced by the accuser. 
Such proof was produced. Two gentlemen came forward, who publicly 
stated they had marked the Tulip shown by Mr. Turner at one show, and 
that the one exhibited by Mr. Edwards, at a following show, had their 
mark upon it. 
Fastening Vines to Walls (J. Hemming ).—Nothing is more easy 
than having eyed nails for training vines to walls. We think they are 
sold made of iron, but we have used the brass eyes made for stair-carpet 
rods, screwing them into the walls in the places required. Thanks for 
the note on Solfatarre, which shall appear next week. 
Cheap Brown Paint (Deodara ).—We hear the following recom¬ 
mended as perfectly weather-proof. Dissolve eight pounds of glue in 
boiling water, with which slack a bushel of lime until it becomes of the 
consistence of paint, and colour it with Venetian brown to any depth of 
tint you prefer. Lay on three coats of this mixture with a painter’s 
brush, taking care that each coat is dry before putting on the next; over 
the third coat, by the help of a dredger, dust sand, or grey-stone powder. 
Peaty Soil (W.F.). —Our correspondent says:—“The land that I 
want a little advice about has been in cultivation for several years ; the 
top soil in some places is so shallow, that if we plough a little too deep 
we bring up a kind of decayed wood. It does not appear to benefit the 
crops, but more the other way. There are from two to three feet in depth 
of it before we come at the clay ; and, now I am naming that, I might 
as well say our land has all been well clayed. What I want to know is, 
as so much has been said about charring, and this stuff—you may call it 
what you like—burns so well in summer, whether it would not be possible 
to turn the top spit off, and char some of it for drilling in with the 
crops?” Nothing more easy. A furrow might be drawn, a spit taken 
out from the bottom ; then the top soil from the next furrow turned into 
it, and so on until a spit has been taken from beneath the surface all over 
the field. When this top spit has been charred, the remains might be 
spread over the surface, and ploughed in. Salt, to be sown on wheat 
crops, had better be put on in March, at the rate of five bushels per acre. 
Phenomenon Cucumber .—E. L -, Tavistock, wishes to know 
where this variety can be obtained ? 
Charcoal (W. Everitt ).—We will obtain some information for you. 
Hedgehogs. —Will some of our readers give J. C. information in an¬ 
swer to the following :—“ Can you inform me the best way of preserving 
hedgehogs ? I hear they are very useful in a garden, as they devour 
slugs and other enemies, and my garden being enclosed with" a brick 
wall on all sides, they cannot escape. In July last, I turned a hedgehog 
into my garden, and it appeared to do very well, and to get its living, 
until about a month since, when I found it dead in a hole under an old 
cucumber-bed, which was its place of retreat. Do hedgehogs require 
feeding, and do you consider them useful in a garden ? They are very 
fond of dead bees, as I saw great quantities devoured under my hives, 
and also living bees, when these were so unfortunate as to come in the 
way. They also greedily devour beetles, cockroaches, &c. I also turned 
about twenty toads into my garden, but they seldom made their appear¬ 
ance, and are now probably domiciled for the winter somewhere, if not 
dead.” 
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