THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, November 13, I860. 
two Tines can be trained under the same roof, and thus at a 
trifling additional cost double produce can be obtained. I have 
very recently planted some Peach trees in one of these slate- 
paved vineries, and feel assured that verv early and verv fine 
Peaches can be grown in such places. I have managed my 
trees in this way—I took two pyramids full of blossom-buds, cut 
off the shoots on one side so that the stem would lie flat and I 
then pegged it down with hooks made of stout iron wire, thrust- 
mg them into the soil between the insterstices of the slates. 
‘ l Cultivators will think of red spider making his home in such 
( or him) a happy, hot place ; but it may be made so uncomfort¬ 
able by keeping flowers of sulphur strewed over the slates till 
near the ripening season, that no inconvenience need be ap¬ 
prehended. It will be perceived that the ventilation is all 
lateral, and on the same principle as that of my orchard-houses, 
nothing can be more perfect. In the figure of the ‘ Curate’s 
V mery, with a furrow, it will be seen I have left a small aperture 
under the apex of the roof for the escape of rarefied ah. In my 
paved vineries I have not done this, and yet the ventilation is 
perteet. I have not yet ascertained in what manner the heated 
air escapes. The ventilating apertures are all on the surface of 
the soil, and at the same level; but I suppose it stoops to get 
out, having no other mode of egress. 
I ought to add, that, a ‘ Curate’s Vinery ’ for Peach trees 
need be but 10 feet long, in two five-feet lengths.”— Thos. 
Rivers. 
TRADE LISTS RECEIVED. 
Peter Lawson Sf Son’s List of Forest Trees, Shrubs, &c., is a 
copious catalogue of their usual 4to size, and contains the lists 
and prices of a very large collection of all kinds of ornamental 
trees and shrubsj Coniform, & c . 
A General Catalogue of Plants and Trees, offered by William 
Barnes, Camden Nursery, Camberwell, S. —This is an excellent 
catalogue of sixty-eight 8vo pages of closely printed matter," and 
contains large collections of every description of in-door* and 
bedding plants and fruit trees. It is particularly rich in Indian 
Azaleas, for the cultivation of which Mr* Barnes is celebrated. 
A Catalogue of Plants, Trees, Shrubs, Sfc., by Pickard Bradley 
and Son, JLalam, near Southwell, Notts, is an excellent general 
catalogue of nursery plants, and includes all novelties of merit 
both in trees, shrubs, house-plants, and plants for decoration. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Exhausted Garden (J. Turner).— Dig up some of the white sandy soil, 
spread it three inches thick over the whole surface, fork it in; then trench 
the whole two feet deep, bringing- the bottom foot to the surface for future 
cropping giving it a similar mixture of sand. Manure with stable dung 
and bricklayer’s limy rubbish. What you term “very fine growth” in 
Pears ve should describe, perhaps, as over-luxuriant 
growth. Dig a trench round them five feet from their stems, mine under- 
neath theni from that; cut away all the deep descending roots, put slates 
or tiles under to keep them from rooting downwards. Do not di°- the 
surface within that five-root radius, hut keep it mulched and watered well 
during dry weather to tempt fibrous roots to the surface. 
Planting Asparagus (TV. IF. B.) —The best time for planting As¬ 
paragus m a bed is when the shoots ri-ing from the plants are about an 
inch long. This is about the end of March or early in April. 
Melons and Cucumbers for Exhibition (TF. W. J.). —Of Melons you 
had better grow the Trentham and Beechwood. Of Cucumbers the Man¬ 
chester Prize, and Carter’s Champion. 
Decayed Leaves on Fruit-border (An Old Subscriber).— Your gardener 
is quite right in covering over the surface of the border four inches deen 
with last year s leaves. They will keep the roots of the trees from 
excessive cold, arid will tempt the fibrous roots to keep near the surface. 
The border should he neither dug nor forked, or the surface roots will he 
injured. 
Lycopodiums and Ferns in a Room (A Lover of Flowers L—The four 
species of Lycopodium that you mention (stolonifera, Schottii, esesium, and 
robusta) are certainly plants that require more heat and more atmospheric 
moisture than a warm room can give them. In a Wardian Case thev might 
do. You will hnd L. csesium will lose its leaves [and finally perish Yet 
we see so many anomalies in culture that it is possible vou may succeed. 
All you can do is to pay constant attention to syringing and watering as 
you have hitherto done. In regard to watering at the roots, your plan of 
keeping them in saucers filled with moss and kept moist cannot he im¬ 
proved upon. They are not marsh plants, and, therefore, do not require 
delugmg with water at the roots. We know of no work especially devoted 
to the culture of Lycopodiums in conjunction with Ferns. As vou have 
Vi 1 < kiw f +L lr L y?<>P ods °uly fourteen days, you have not had time to prove 
whether they will continue to thrive in your warm room. We strongly 
recommend you to procure a Wardian Case for them. Gold and Silver 
Ferns will not thrive long in your warm room. The dry atmosphere and 
low temperature will cause them to gradually sicken and eventually perish. 
H,p e i r P e 4p e B T P n nuSfT eS that wiU live you if kept moist, and 
the leaves frequently sponged to wash off the dust. You might procure 
Adiantum assimile, Cyrtommm falcatum, Davallia canariensis, Platyloma 
rotundifolia, Polystichum lonchitis, Pteris serrulata, Lastroea filix-mas 
• i a , , ln kycopods, obtain denticulata and apoda. Syringing of 
ihe Maiden-hair Fern during winter must cause the leaves to damp off. 
Cystopteris bulbifera is a deciduous Fern. It dies down in winter even in 
a greenhouse, but will spring up vigorously in spring. The Ferns we have 
recommended to you are all evergreen and hardy enough to live in a room 
M here the L ost is excluded. We should be glad to hear of such success or 
failure m cultivating these pretty plants. 
Cocoa-nut Fibre (Y. West). —It can only he had by sending for it to 
the manufactory at Kingston-on-Thames. 
Amaryllis-ltke Flower (F. Mackenzie). —Amocnum and not amancus 
was the West-Inchan label on your bulb. It is now called Hymenocallis 
arnmna, and formerly Pancratium amoenum. It has been for ages a 
favourite garden plant, and in most gardens in a wide belt of countries 
all round the globe within the tropics, where it seeds as freely as a 
Crocus, and varies as much as they. It is also an old favourite stove bulb 
m British gardens, and went by many names, such as Pancratium fragrans, 
pnneeps, andjjvatum. There is a figure of it in the “ Botanical Magazine,” 
xxx\i., t. 146/, as Pancratium amcenum, the difference between Pancra¬ 
tium and Hymenocallis being then not known. That difference is in the 
seeds. Tnose of Pancratium are hard, black seeds of little substance, while 
the seeds of Hymenocallis are large, soft, and green, after the fashion and 
substance of small and soft Peas. 
American Blight [Hamensis) .— The most effective application that we 
have used for destroying this aphis is spirit of turpentine, rubbed in with a 
hard brush into every crevice of the bark where the blight was visible. 
Old Peach Trees Transplanted (C. Morris). —Your master is quite 
r i? P L aS n ?^ Siring water. The drier the soil is until the leaves have 
all fallen the better, and if not extra dry the trees will be all the better if 
they leccive no watering until you wish to start them into growth next 
season on your glass wall. No watering now will swell or ripen the buds, 
out quite the reverse. It might help the trees if you cut the leaves in two. 
Grapes [shanked (J. Willingham). —You tell the cause when you say 
“ the roots are deep; no drainage; nothing to stop them going deeper.” 
Cut away the ueep, descending roots now, and do all that we directed at 
page / 6 of our last number. Your Apple is the Margil; the Pear is 
unknown and a had variety. 
Advertisement (E. M. Llanarthery). —Half-a-crown ; stamps will do. 
Tiffany ( ). That marked 15-D will not last half the time that 
Shaw s will last, and there is the expense of putting on. 25-D is too thin 
to be used however low in price. 
Seedling Geranium (J. Shield). —The truss and leaf are not differing 
from, or superior to, those of other varieties already in cultivation. Of the 
habit of the plant, of course, we can give no opinion. 
Name of Fern (B).— Athyrium filix-femina certainly, one of the more 
divided forms. Send us a more perfect frond if you wish to ascertain 
whether it is one of the named varieties. 
Names of Fruits ( IF. S.).—\. Crassane. 2. Beurrd Ranee. 3. Winter 
Nelis. 4. Coe’s Golden Drop. 5. Scarlet Nonpareil. 6. Not known 
7. Kerry Pippm. 8. Old Nonpareil. 9. Not known. 10. London Pippin' 
11 Blenheim Pippin. 12. Lewis’ Incomparable. 13. Norfolk Beefin. 
14. Kentish Fillbasket. (A Subscriber, 7\). — 1 . Crasanne. 2. Beurrd Ranee. 
3. Ne Plus Meuris. 4. Winter Nelis. 5. Duchesse d’Angouieme. 
/. Vi intei Nelis. 8 and 9. Marie Louise. 10. Louise Bonne of Jersey. 
11. Chaumontel. 15. Easter Beurre. Apples.- —13. Adams’ Pearmain. 14 
and 1C. Unknown. 
POULTRY AKT> BEE-KEEPER’S CHRONICLE. 
POULTRY SHOWS. 
November 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. West of Scotland Ornitholo¬ 
gical Association, Glasgow. (Pigeons and Canary Birds.) Sec 
Thos. Buchanan, 74, Argyle Street, Glasgow. 
December 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th. Birmingham. See., Mr. John B. Lythall, 
Offices, Unity Buildings, Temple Street, Birmingham. Entries close 
November 1. 
December 6th. Hull and East Riding. Sec., G, Robson, 25, Waterwork 
Street. Entries close November 22nd. 
December 12th, 13th, and 14th. Northern Counties (Darlington). 
Sec., J. Hodgson, Darlington. Entries close Nov. 19th. 
December 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th. Crystal Palace. (Poultry, Pigeons, 
Rabbits, Ornamental Water Fowl, and Pheasants). Sec., Mr. w! 
Houghton. Entries close November 10. 
December 18th and 19th. Lord Tredegar’s, at Newport, Monmouth¬ 
shire. Sec., Mr. C. H. Oliver, Commercial Street, Newport. Entries 
close Nov. 21st. 
December 21st and 22nd. Halifax Pigeon Snow. Sec., D. R. Edgar. 
Entries close December 8th. 
December 28th and 29th. Kendal. lion. Secs,, G. C. Whitwell and 
T. Wilson. 
January 30th and 31st. Ulverston. Secs., Mr. T. Robinson and Mr. J. 
Kitchen. Entries close January 10th. 
N.B.— Secretaries will oblige us by sending early copies of their lists. 
HOW to SEND POULTRY to an EXHIBITION. 
Going home moodily through Bedford Square, a door opened, 
and a good-looking girl flew from the passage into a brougham. 
Did it ever strike you, reader, that it is a very singular thing 
that a man like Lord Brougham should, to his other claims to 
distinction—law', chancery, politics, philosophy, theology, science 
—add that of having invented a carriage. The name will go 
down to posterity : and if there is no explanation, what diffi¬ 
culties will be caused by the fact that in the early part of the 
nineteenth century there wa3 a celebrated statesman, lawyer, and 
