THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
January 8. 
Frostkd Plants (J. II.). —Mr. Fish’s communication to-day is really 
a full answer to your query. It is almost superfluous to add that your 
gardener should not have heated the stove in the morning when he found 
the plants frosted ; and he rendered matters worse by syringing them at 
the same time. Shade and dryness, to secure a gradual thawing, should 
have been the treatment adopted. If water was applied it should have 
been as little above the freezing point as possible, and the house should 
have been kept equally cold. 
Heating a small Pit. — D. A. P. writes as follows :—“ I should feel 
j obliged if you would enquire of your correspondent VV. X. W. ( Vide 
Cottage Gardener, vol. iv., p. 56) how much charcoal his stove holds, 
and how long, when once filled, it will burn? Also, at what rate per 
bushel he can purchase charcoal? In this locality it fetches Is. 3d. per 
bushel, and if, as I fancy, it would take nearly ha'lf-a-bushel to fill the 
stove once, I cannot understand how this plan of heating can be called 
economical. I heat a small greenhouse with coke which costs 2d. a bushel, 
and, for the purpose of excluding frost, I find that quantity sufficient 
for a week. I much wish to find out some plan for heating a small two- 
light frame in a more handy way for an amateur than with dung, and feel 
I greatly inclined to try your correspondent’s stove, but the expense seems 
to me an insuperable objection.” Will W. X. W. obliged us by answer¬ 
ing this? * 
Temperature op Wine Cellar ( Syonina ).—A temperature uni¬ 
formly 52° of Fahrenheit’s Thermometer is best for a wine cellar. Essence 
j of Lemon is too stimulating for invalid stomachs. Brandy, rum, and 
I gin, may be of equal strength; how weak any one of them is depends 
■ upon the conscience of the retailer. 
Ice inside Greenhouse Glass ( L. C.), —It is quite possible, and, 
indeed, certain, for ice so to form, if the outside temperature is much 
below freezing, and if the thermometer in the warmest part stands 
only at 39°. Even if kept a few degrees higher, the moisture in the air 
would partially freeze against the inside of the glass. There is no need 
for a great heat in the flue to keep the thermometer from falling 
! below 42°, and then your plants will be quite safe though ice does occur 
on the glass. If your plants were frosted, thi inside thermometer in 
the night must have been below 32°. 
Greenhouse of Boards (W. F. E.).— The sides may be so con¬ 
structed and tarred, as you propose. See the full directions for such a 
structure in our 120th number, page 236. Au answer about vine grafting 
next week. 
White Turkies. —Anster Bonn, in reply to the Rev. R. E. B., says, 
I believe the best plan for commencing to keep white turkies would be to 
buy young ones fully fledged ; for, until they are so, they are very delicate. 
After this they do very well with common feeding and treatment. I have 
had a Cochin-China 'chicken begin to lay at.fourteen weeks, but lam 
very glad when I can put them off until they are seven months old, as 1 
consider the time may be much better employed. 
Henhouse ( Anonyma ).—Amoveable henhouse would be objectionable 
for many reasons. The trouble of moving would be far more than that 
of cleaning. There is nothing in the fear about the exhalations. 
Salvia nemorosa. — Apiphilus wishes to know where he can obtain 
seeds of this plant, so agreeable to bees. 
Names of Plants (Mrs. Delves ).—Your specimen is too small for us 
to be certain what is the name of your plant. We believe it to be a 
species of Rivina. Can you send us a better specimen with leaves ? (i!/. 
S.). —Your plant is the Leycesteria formosa, an interesting-looking plant 
in the plantation, when in flower, from the contrast of its deep green 
leaves and stems with the purple colour of its large bracteas and berries. 
It is a free grower, and free bloomer, and quite hardy, flourishes in any 
soil or situation. With us it sows itself over the whole garden, as the 
commonest weed ; therefore, we should recommend you to sow towards 
the end of February, or early in March, either in a pan or pot in the 
open air, and do not nurse it up in any heated structure. 
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