156 THE COTTAGE GARDENER. [June 5. 
fore, it cannot arise from its leaves. The bitterness probably arises from 
some other weed. The wild Chive gives an unpleasant flavour to butter. 
Try the effect of a little chloride of lime added to the milk. Dissolve 
half an ounce of the chloride powder in a gallon of water, and put a tea¬ 
spoonful of the solution to every gallon of milk, as it is brought from the 
cow. 
Earth Grub (T. W. B.). —The grub just below the surface of the 
soil, which cats the stems of your flowers, can only be destroyed by 
Stirling the earth around them, and killing the marauders when found. 
It is the larva of the Dart Moth ( Agrotis segetum). 
Grass upon a Carriage-drive (W. T. P.). —There is no mode of 
destroying this wholesale except with common salt; and the most effi¬ 
cient mode of applying this is the form of brine, made by dissolving salt 
in water until an egg will float in it. Apply it two or three times, soak¬ 
ing the ground thoroughly, on as many following evenings. 
Concrete Walk (Ibid). —Your rough gravel, broken hard stones, 
and strong lime, arc just the materials required. The following extract 
from The Cottage Gardeners' Dictionary answers all your queries. If 
you need more information write again. “ Mr. Beaton’s directions for 
making the walk is as follow's : A layer of stones, brick-bats, shells, or 
clinkers, six inches deep, to form a dry bottom ; a layer of chalk or lime, 
in the proportion of one to ten of the stones or other foundation, and 
well-rolled and watered to the thickness of three inches, with a rise of 
two inches in the centre; over this half an inch of gravel and lime, or 
fine chalk ; water and roll well again ; add one-eighth of an inch of the 
best coloured gravel; and again roll until quite solid. Have the walk 
two inches wider on each side than you desire, as this checks the turf 
and weeds from encroaching, and prevents the rain water getting to the 
foundation of the walk.” 
Cottage Gardeners’ Dictionary (R. Rowell). —You will find 
I Clematis if you look again. Bryony we have not given, because we only 
| endeavour to give those genera and species which are desirable for 
cultivation. We cannot give definitions of botanical terms; ours is a 
Gardeners’ Dictionary ; neither can we give answers on its covers. 
There is no such work as a Cycloptedia of Rural Economy for Emigrants. 
Potatoes not Vegetating. — G. S. D. says—“About the beginning 
of March last, I planted some Walnut-leaved Kidney Potatoes, and at 
least a fourth part of them have not come up. On searching for them I 
find the sets with a few small potatoes sprouted from them, about the 
size of marbles. Now', I shall feel obliged by your informing me if the 
fault arises from the seed potatoes, or from any error of mine in planting 
them. I have taken shoots from those that came up the strongest, and 
carefully planted them, to fill up the vacancies caused by those not 
coming up. Do you think they are likely to produce a few potatoes ?” 
The fault was in the seed potatoes. They had been kept out of the 
ground too long; w'ere probably soft; and, it is not unlikely, had had the 
sprouts rubbed off more than once. Your transplanted stems ought to 
produce serviceable potatoes. You did quite right. 
Devoniensis Rose (E. R.). —Any florist or nurseryman who adver¬ 
tises in our columns will supply you with this. We do not know the 
Norwich florist whose Hollyhock seeds you require. 
Vine Scale (W. Franks). —You will see a drawing and description of 1 
this ( Coccus vitis) in The Cottage Gardeners' Dictionary , page 260 . 1 
Paint with a hard brush the stems and branches with a creamy mixture 
of Jib. of soft soap, 1 lb. of sulphur flowers, and ^oz. of powdered black 
pepper, to 4 gallons of w'ater; boil it for twenty minutes, and add lime j 
and soot sufficient to make it as thick as cream, and not of an offensive j 
colour. 
Glazed Waterproof Calico (Cambridge). —You must make it by \ 
applying the mixture, and in the manner described at page 13 of our | 
last volume. 
Pears and Quince Stocks (An Enquirer). —We, like yourself, have ; 
abundance, or rather superabundance, of bloom annually, but very little i 
fruit.. The reason appears to be, that they bloom so early as to have : 
their fertile powers destroyed by the spring night-frosts. Perhaps taking 
up the trees annually, and replanting them in October, might check this 
early blooming, and if so, it would account for your observation, that 1 
those trees which are newly removed from the nursery do bear. Do these ! 
bloom later ? 
Names of Plants (H. G. C.). —No. 1 is Brussia Henchmannii. No. 
2, Brussia maculata, and No. 3, Odontoglossum lame. (Elizabeth 1 
H— —!/)•—The leaf only enables us to say that it is a Crassulu, and pro- | 
baldy C. cultrata. It flowers, but is not worth much. Grow it in a 
sandy soil, mixed with limy rubbish, and well drained. (Mrs. E. J.). — 
Your trifling specimen does not enable us to say positively ; perhaps it 
is Cotoneaster tomentosa. (J. V.). —Your carelessly sent bundle con¬ 
tained Genista canuriensis , Coronilla glauca, and Mimulus rivularis. 
The Cinerarias, Calceolarias, and Heaths, no one could name from such 
specimens. (M. C. It.). —Your shrub is the bladder Nut (Staphylea 
pinnata). The seeds have been used as beads, and their kernels, though 
bitter, eaten. The other plant is Sherardia arvensis. We w'ish all our 
correspondents packed their plants as nicely as you have done. They are 
then a pleasure to examine. 
Climbers for a Greenhouse Conservatory (W. Pain). —Your 
conservatory is 25 feet high, and its heat need not fall below 40° in winter. 
The following climbers will suit:—Bignonia grandiflora, Hardenbergia 
monophylla, H. ovata, Jasminum odoratissimum, J. grandiflorum, Man- 
devilla suaveolens, Passiflora racemosa, P. ccerulea racemosa, Tropceolum 
speciosum (dies down in winter), Tecoma jasminioides nana, Zychia pan- 
nosa, Z. inophylla florabunda. 
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