July 31.] 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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Bek Books (J. P. B .).—The new edition of The Apiarian’s Guide 
may be obtained of Messrs. Groombridge, Paternoster-row ; and The 
English Bee-keeper of Messrs. Rivington, St. Paul’s Churchyard. We 
suppose that the latter may be had free by post for five shillings, and the 
other for four shillings. 
Names of Plants ( C. Y- -, Windsor ).— No. X. Loasa hispida, we 
think, for the specimen was too small for us to be certain. 2. Malvu 
creeana. 3. Periploca gratca. ( Queen Mab). —1. Veronica latifolia. 
2. Inula salicina (.?). 3. Hieracium aurantiacum, 4. Erigeron spe- 
piosum. 5. Campanula azurea (?). (N. C. Horton ).—It was quite im¬ 
possible to make out your plant from such a dried fragment. Send a 
fresh specimen in damp moss. 
Garden Bonnet. — Linda writes to us as follows:—“Seeing sun 
bonnets recommended at page 247, made of cardboard, covered with 
calico, allow me to hint that these, as generally made, are almost too hot 
and close for such warm work as gardening on a hot day. My own is 
just like a large saucer, two feet in diameter, made of rough straw, and is 
what the Nice peasants wear, lined with pink calico, and bound with narrow 
black velvet. Strings are sewn inside the crown, and tie under the chin. 
It shades the sun fully, gives plenty of air, and is very picturesque.” As 
editors are always old, we may venture to express our conviction that it 
shades a pretty face. 
Silver Pheasants. — G. A. M. wishes to know the market price of 
young ones. 
Bees. —We have forwarded Mr. Taylor’s letter to “ A Country Curate,” 
and as both are searchers after truth, and both have advocated their 
own views, the subject may now be left to the decision of public opinion. 
Buds and Cuttings. — Mr. R. Tomlinson, Post-office, Banbury, 
says:—“ I am a rose amateur fancier, and quite approve of your notion 
of buying buds or cuttings. I have a collection of nearly 200 roses, and 
shall be happy to forward buds in exchange for cuttings of geraniums or 
buds of roses; or shall be willing to buy buds of roses, or cuttings of 
geraniums at a moderate price. Where can I procure Browston Hybrid 
Cucumber seed ? ” 
Strawberry Plants for Forcing (W. X. I.). —Those used for 
forcing this year will not do for forcing next year; you must have fresh 
plants. 
Twelve Show Gooseberries (Ibid). —Red.—Conquering Hero, 
Banks’s London, Saunders’ Wonderful. Yellow. —Bell’s Goldfinder, 
Pigott’s Leader, Hardcastle’s Gunner. Green. —Swift’s Queen Victoria, 
Riley’s Thumper, Fairclough’s Thunder. White. —Cook’s Eagle, Leigh’s 
Queen of Trumps, and Riley’s Tally-ho. 
Hot-water Heating (A Constant Reader, Staffordshire). —The hot- 
water tank in the centre will easily supply one on each side of it. All the 
precaution necessary, is to have the flow pipes to each on the same level, 
and the return pipes similarly corresponding. 
Ants ( W. B. A.). —These are most obstinate tenants, we can offer you 
no fuller advice than the following from The Cottage Gardeners’ Dic¬ 
tionary : —“ To drive this insect away, dig up its nests and haunts, and 
mix the earth with gas-lime. To kill it, pour over the nest at night a 
strong decoction of elder leaves. To trap it, smear the inside of a garden 
pot with honey, invert it over the nest, and when crowded with them 
hold it over the steam of boiling water, or turn a flower-pot, with its hole 
stopped, over the nest: the ants build up into it, and the whole colony 
may be taken away in a shovel. They may be kept from ascending 
standard and espalier trees, by tying a piece of wool round the stems and 
the supporters.” 
Ducks (Amicus).— You might'render your pond ornamental, and keep 
the ducks upon it, by running a low trellis of wire round it; and upon 
this trellis you might train the Larger Periwinkle ( Vinca major), which 
is always green and bright looking. 
Calceolaria (F. L. S.).-~ Your seedling, of course, is new, as all 
Calceolaria seedlings are, but it has no properties to raise it above a 
border plant. 
CALENDAR FOR AUGUST. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
Anemones (common) sow. Annuals, stick; water; clear from de¬ 
cayed leaves, &c. Auriculas, shift into fresh earth; water; seedlings 
prick out; sow. Beds, in which bulbous flowers have grown, fill with 
annuals from pots, to flower through autumn. Biennial seedlings, 
transplant. BuLBOus-rooted flower-seeds, as bulbous Iris, &c., to obtain 
varieties, sow. Bulbous roots remove or transplant; remove and plant 
offsets; plant. Carnation layers cut from old root and plant; water 
frequently ; layering may still be done, b. ; card the flowers, and shade 
from sun, e. Dahlias, stake; thin the flowers. Daisies propagate. 
Put in Cuttings of all flower-garden Geraniums early. Double- 
blossomed perennials with fibrous roots, as fine double Larkspurs, &c., 
propagate by division, e. Dress borders as required. Edgings of box, 
&c., clip in wet weather. Evergreens may be moved, e., if wet wea¬ 
ther; plant cuttings. Grass, mow and roll weekly. Grass Seeds 
may be sown, e. Gravel, weed and roll weekly. Hedges, clip in 
moist weather, except laurel and holly hedges. Heliotropes, put in 
cuttings under glass in a gentle heat, b. Mignonette sow in frame, b. 
Pelargoniums propagate by cuttings, b. Perennials, in pots and 
elsewhere, will require water almost daily ; cut down flower-stalks as they 
finish blooming; seedlings transplant. Pipings of Pinks may be planted 
out. Polyanthuses, sow. Ponds keep clear of green scum. Potted 
Annuals will require W'ater daily in dry weather. Ranunculuses, 
sow; plant in pots to bloom in November. Roses, bud ; prune in strong 
I straggling shoots ; cuttings of China and Tea-scented varieties plant 
under hand-glasses. Roses may be budded to the end of September on 
! the Manetti and some Bourbon stocks. September is the best time to 
bud, unless done at the end of May. Seeds, gather as they ripen. Even 
j those of Heliotropes and Verbenas will frequently be found to be fertile. 
Shrubbery, cut off the bunches of seeds of Laburnums and Lilacs, &c., 
to strengthen in the bloom next year ; also cut off the seeds of Rhododen¬ 
drons. Sowings, to obtain varieties, had better be done in boxes. Ten- 
week stock, sow, b. Tulips, and other bulbous-rooted flower-seeds, 
sow. Turf may be laid, e. Verbenas, put in cuttings of new kinds, e. 
Watering will be required generally in dry weather. Weeding, gene¬ 
rally attend to. Cuttings of Penstemons, Snapdragons, double Lychnis, 
and other herbaceous plants, will yet succeed, if planted and shaded 
under hand-glasses. Of the China Asters, mark the finest, and save for 
seed. D. Beaton. 
ORCHID HOUSE. 
Air, give in moderate quantities to the Indian-house, and more freely 
to the cooler. Baskets, plants in, that are growing, take down once 
a week, and dip in tepid water. Creepers, prune in and tie, to keep 
within moderate bounds. Dying Leaves and Flowers remove daily, 
as in this department they quickly rot and give out a bad effluvia, offensive 
to the visitor and injurious to the plants. Heat, if the weather con¬ 
tinues warm no fire will be needed ; but should cold nights and gloomy 
days visit us, towards the end of the month a little artificial heat will be 
necessary. Insects, look after and destroy diligently; they breed fast 
at this season. Moist Atmosphere must still prevail internally, as 
most of the plants will now be rapidly forming their new pseudo-bulbs. 
Rest : several species will by this time have fully made their annual 
growth, refrain then from watering, and, if possible, remove them into a 
cooler house. Shade, still use, from ten to three o’clock. Syringe the 
growing plants the same as last month. T. Appleby. 
PLANT STOVE. 
Achimenes going out of flower place in a cold pit and give no water 
to. Achimene pictu should now be coming on to bloom; in winter, water 
freely, and tie out. Cuttings of various stove-plants may yet be made, 
and placed under bell-glasses in heat; cuttings rooted should be directly 
potted off, and placed in a close heat till they begin to grow again. 
Gloxinias going out of bloom set out of doors, give no water, and as 
soon as the leaves are quite dead remove them in their pots into the place 
where they arc to remain till spring; do this before there is any danger 
of frost. Gesneras, treat similarly. Gesnera Febrina, repot and grow 
on to bloom at Christmas. Ixoras, finish potting for the last time. 
Passifloras, and all other creepers, reduce within bounds by pruning 
and tying in. Red Spider, a most tiny yet destructive insect, wage 
continual war with; wherever a leaf is seen spotted the enemy will be 
there ; frequent sponging is the best remedy. Stove Plants in pits 
and frames expose to gentle showers. Old Stove Plants grown strag¬ 
gling, cut down, and give no water till they begin to grow again. Tiirips, 
another very destructive enemy, may be killed by washing the flues or 
pipes with sulphur, and smoking the house severely with tobacco two or 
three nights in succession ; wash the house all over with soap and brush 
towards the end of the month. Winter-blooming Plants, such as 
Eryanthernums, Justicias, Aphelandras, Seriocographis, Sec., pot for the 
last time this year. T. Appleby. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
Auriculas and Polyanthuses, continue in their summer quarters, 
but keep clear of weeds and slugs. Carnations and Picotees, finish 
layering the beginning of the month. Dahlias, shade, tie effectually, 
and water freely. See to all Florists’ Flowers in Pots that the 
drainage is not stopped up, that all worms in the pots are destroyed; 
lime-water is death to them. Water no plants that appear mossy on the 
surface till the moss is removed, and the earth fresh stirred. Guernsey 
Lilies pot for flowering in September. Hollyhocks, mulch and 
water freely; tie to tall, strong stakes; put in cuttings of; transplant 
seedlings. Layering is a good way to propagate: layer Pansies and 
Pinks, and various other plants. Every attention must be paid to keep 
everything going at the right time. Ranunculuses must all be taken 
up immediately, and put away till spring. Tulips must also be taken 
up, if not done already. Seeds of various kinds must be carefully 
saved before they drop out of the seed-vessel. Let neither weeds nor 
vermin of any kind be allowed at any time, or in any place. 
T. Appleby. 
GREENHOUSE. 
Air, give plenty night and day, especially during the former. In very 
hot weather, it is often advisable to keep rather close with a moist atmos¬ 
phere during the day, even though the sashes should be entirely removed 
in the evening, to be replaced in the morning. This treatment will apply 
to Heaths, Azaleas, Camellias, See., that are now making their growth. 
Those which have set their buds may be removed to a sheltered place, 
and have no glass protection for a time. Budding, of all things, finish 
before the wood gets hard. It may yet be done with Oranges, Camellias, 
Stc . Cinerarias, propagate by rooted slips, and transfer the earliest 
to blooming pots. Pelargoniums: those done flowering cut down, 
and now pushing again may have the soil shaken from them, be placed 
in light soil, and in a close moist pit, to encourage free growth. Until 
that growth has taken place, however, give little water at the roots. In 
growing from cuttings, success will greatly depend on never allowing 
them to stand still, but keeping them constantly, but slowly, growing. 
Cut down successional plants as they get out of bloom. The fancy kinds, 
of the points, and old flowers, are merely removed, will flower again 
before winter. Greenhouse Plants in General, if healthy and 
their wood made, will be better out-of-doors in a sheltered place than 
within ; defending the pots from being too much heated in sunshine is 
even of more importance than shading the tops. All Young Stock 
growing freely begin to harden by exposure by the end of the month. 
Potting : finish shifting as soon as possible, that the plants may be 
feeling the outside of the pots before winter. Chrysanthemums, 
