February 12. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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pant propensities to have full sway. Such is the posi¬ 
tion ot their respective characters; such the position of 
affairs with those who have to teach them “ how to 
shoot,” during the first year. Moreover, it is not fair 
to “ lump ” the treatment collectively, of all fruits, at 
whatever age. Aud this leads us to say, that we are 
merely opening the subject for future papers, for the 
subject, in its proper details, is by far too extensive for 
a column or two. We will, therefore, say something to 
the point monthly, henceforth, and our sayings will, 
perhaps, assume something of a caleudarial form, for 
brevity’s sake. 
And now to return; the growing trees have to be 
pinched or stopjoed as soon as any given shoot is well 
developed, and the younger ones induced by high culture 
to form a full tree betimes. This we briefly hint at for 
the present, the month of May will be soon enough to 
go into detail. As some of our friends may be desirous 
of selecting aud potting a collection of fruits wherewith 
to commence operations, or to prepare for it in the 
following year, we will subjoin a list of kinds adapted, 
first making a few observations of a general character. 
Although Mr. Rivers, in his ingenious pamphlet, 
advocates wood and glass for such structures, he at 
the same time suggests that old houses may be soon 
rendered fit for this purpose, by merely lowering the 
root, it high, sinking a central pathway, aud introducing 
sliding shutters back and front. He says, “ The grand 
essentials arc, low roof, borders instead of benches, aud 
constant ventilation, more or less according to the state 
of the weather, through the shutters. As to distance, 
about two feet apart may be calculated on as absolutely 
necessary.” Prepared borders are requisite, for the 
trees have to root through the pots, aud thereby derive 
the chief of their nourishment from the border; the 
roots they produce in the border being cut away every 
October, from which period until February they may be 
huddled together to make way for chrysanthemums, 
roses, bedding stores, &c. These borders are, there¬ 
fore, made porous; coarse lime rubbish, cinders, broken 
bricks, &c., forming the foundation, aud a covering of 
fertile soil above, the latter roughly forked in amongst 
the bottom material. 
Kinds recommended by Mr. Rivers.—Apricots.— 
Early Red Masculine, Large Early Musch-Musch, 
Blenheim, Moorpark, Peach, St. Ambroise, Royal, 
Jardin d’Orleans. These give a good succession, and 
stand, as do all which follow, in the order of their 
ripening. 
Peaches. —Red Nutmeg, Early Anne, Early Tillot- 
son, Acton Scott, Gross Mignonne, Gallande, Noblesse, 
Royal George, Pourpree Hative, Reine des Vergers, 
Barrington, Chancellor, Walhurton Admirable, Late 
Admirable. These, Mr. Rivers observes, will carry on 
a constant supply from July until the middle of October. 
Nectarines. — Hunt's Tawny, Elruge, Hardwicke 
Seedling, Pitmaston Orange, Violette Hative, New White, 
Roman, Early Newington, Newington, Late Melting. 
Plums. — Early Favourite, Early Orleans, Royal 
Hative, Peach, Imperial Ottoman, Purple Favourite, 
Mamelonne, Isabella, Greengage, Columbia, Reine Claude 
de Basay, Tay Bank, Lawrence’s Gage, Jefferson, 
Knight’s Green Drying, Reine Claude d Octobre, Coes 
Golden Drop, lmperatrice, Ickworth Imperatrice, St. 
Martins Quetsche, Coe’s Late Red. 
Cherries. —Cerisse Indulle, May Duke, Archduke, 
Jeffrey’s Duke, Belle de Choisy, Early Purple Guigne, 
Amber Heart, Knight’s Early Black, Werder’s Early 
Black, Black Eagle, Elton, Bigarreau Napoleon, Bigar- 
reau, Holland Bigarreau, Florence, Reine Hortense, Late 
Duke, Griotte de Chaux, Louis Philippe, Coe’s Late 
Carnation, Belle Magnifique, Morello. 
Pears. — Dunmore, Brown Beurre, Beurre gris d’Hiver 
Nouveau, Doyenne d’Hiver Nouveau, Easter Beurre, 
Glout Morceau, Bergamotte d’Esperer, Gansel’s Berga- 
motte, Duchesse d’Orleans, Beurre d’Aremberg, Beurre 
de Ranee, Crassanne d’Hiver, Bruneau, Doyenne Gou- 
bault, Marie Louise, Passe Colmar, St. Germain, Van 
Mon’s Leon le Clerc. As early summer pears, the 
Doyenne d’Ete, Jargonelle, Citron de Cannes, and 
Colmar d’Ete. 
Apples — American kinds. — The Green and Yellow 
Newtown Pippin, Northern Spy, the Melon apples, Male 
Carle. Of English sorts, such as the Ribston Pippin, 
Nonpareil, Golden Pippin, Golden lleinette. Van Mon’s 
Reinette, Coe's Golden Drop, Stunner Pippin. 
Figs. —White Ischia, St. Jean, White Marseilles, 
White Genoa, Brown Turkey, Nerii, Pregussata. 
Grapes. — Purple Frontignan, Prolific Sweet Water, 
Purple Fontainebleau, Black Esperione, Grove-end Sweet 
Water, Cambridge Botanic Garden, Black Frontignan, 
Purple Constantia, Chasselas Musque, Chasselas Rose, 
August Muscat, Flame-coloured Tokay, Black Hambro'. 
In giving these collections, we have deemed it ex 
pedient to allow Mr. Rivers to be fairly represented, he 
being the originator of the thing. The selections, how¬ 
ever, in italics, are our own, and intended as a tolerably 
sure guide to be preferred by those in a small way. 
Other portions of this interesting subject will be 
handled in due course. R. Errington. 
BEDDING GERANIUMS. 
The Diadematum Section. —This is the most dis¬ 
tinct, and the most generally cultivated, section of all 
the old-fashioned geraniums, for you may meet with two 
of its kinds in almost every garden where such things 
are admitted. 
The old Diadematum, with hard, smooth, shining 
leaves, and peach-blossom-coloured flowers, streaked with 
small vein-like lines, crossing each other sometimes;— 
that is, the petals are between what a botanist would 
call reticulatum and striatum — between netted and 
streaked. I wish to be thus particular, because I have 
been asked, I know not how many times, what is the 
difference between the two Diadematums, this and the 
next one being often confounded the one for the other. 
I do not know the wild parents from which this section 
comes down to us, nor do I think it is in lineal descent 
from a wilding, but that it originated from an extreme 
cross; and one can tell to this day that the blood of one 
of the parents in this cross is mixed up in the large 
prize pelargoniums, but at this moment I cannot call 
to mind the names of any of the pelargoniums in which 
it is prominent, but a dry, smooth leaf, delicate consti¬ 
tution, and a loose style of flowering, are sure signs of j 
an affinity with Diadematum. It is next to presumption 
to say that this Diadematum is barren, but I believe it 
is quite so, although it yields pollen. In the language 
of cross-breeding, every anther on a plant may be full 
of pollen, and that pollen may act on a different flower; j 
but if the plant, with all this pollen, cannot be made to 
seed itself, we call it barren. Besides being a good 
bedder, Diadematum is an excellent basket or vase 
plant; it comes in pretty early for cut flowers, if kept a 
little warmer than greenhouse heat, but it will not stand 
much forcing or confinement. It comes from cuttings 
all the season, and one time is as good as another to 
make cuttings of it. It is very easy to keep over the i 
winter, and, like all Diadematums, the soil cannot be 
too rich for it, but it should not be stiff. 
Diadematum rubescens. —Of the two this is, considering 
all its qualities, the best bedder; and when in the height 
of its beauty many ladies prefer it before Lady Mary 
Fox, but to settle the question without raising a dispute, 
let us say they are both best. About London they call 
it Diadematum superbum of late years, but I had it by j 
