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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, November 24, 1857. 
a true bronze,\or a clear scarlet. True bronze is made of 
green and purple ; but here is a splendid assortment for you. 
Yellow , General Canrobert. 
Orange , Francis I. 
Bronze, La Pactole, dark bronze. La Promise, lilac 
bronze and sweet-scented. Alexandre Pole, reddish bronze. 
Purple , Requiqui. 
Pink, Trophee. 
Scarlet, Brilliant and Scarlet Gem, both very atro- 
sanguineum. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Decayed Tree (A. B.). —Remove as much of the decayed part as 
you can, and then fill the hollow with a mixture of equal parts clay and 
cowdung, made of the consistency of mortar with the drainings from a 
stable. Smooth the outer surface of the plaster and sprinkle over it 
some quicklime. When dry paint it over with tar, which will exclude 
wet. 
Preventing Cheese Mites ( A Constant Reader). —A cheese painted 
over with melted suet, so as to form a thin coat over the outside, never 
has mites we are informed. 
Orchids (S. S .).— If fresh specimens packed in damp moss and in a 
tin box are sent they will be named, although it is very difficult to 
name some without seeing the plants. 
Rooted Cuttings (A Subscriber).— Cuttings of bedding-out plants 
well rooted cannot have too much light and air in mild weather. 
Onwards Potatoes (J. Steward and others ).— We regret that we 
have none to part with. Not one of them has decayed, so we have 
resolved to plant our whole stock ; indeed, we have begun doing so. 
Celery Decaying (An Old Reader). — The splendid summer and 
the mild autumn have done the mischief. We have seen much Celery 
just in the state ot decay it often has when a mild spring occurs after a 
hard winter. Taking it up, trimming off the decayed parts, and burying 
it in sand, leaving the leaves uncovered, would preserve it a long time. 
Golden Stonecrop. —“ Finding there are many of your correspond¬ 
ents who wish to have the Golden Stonecrop, but cannot get it, as it is 
scarce, I will try to furnish a few' with it; but you are right when you 
say it is not so gay during summer : it then grows very fast, and is green. 
It is now coming tipped, and will soon take on its golden colour. I will 
engage to supply a few hundred applicants with sufficient to make a 
plant with a little care should it escape the post-office punches. The 
Stonecrop shall be sent in a piece of damped paper, on receipt of a pro¬ 
perly addressed prepaid envelope to * It. S.,’ Post Office, Staincliflfe, 
Batley. The first come first served until my stock is done, if so many 
apply. I am wishful to have a collection of Aquilegias. Can any one 
who applies for the Stonecrop oblige me by sending half a dozen seeds 
or a small plant of any of the more rare kinds, or of A . glandulosa, 
true to name, as I have been twice disappointed with it?”— Rustic 
Robin. 
Victoria regia in the open air. —“You state, in a paragraph 
relating to the Victoria regia grown here (Weeks and Co., Chelsea) in 
the open heated pond, that it was protected by an awning. We beg 
to say that the covering was quite removed by May, and the plant fully 
exposed during the remainder of the summer and autumn. The 
Victoria flourished amazingly, ripening a quantity of seeds, from which 
we raised a number of plants. The fifty-ninth flower was shown at 
the Regent Street Rooms, Nov. 4th, 1851, and the plant continued 
flowering till the 22nd of the same month, producing altogether sixty- 
seven flowers. A gold medal was awarded for its successful culture by 
the London Horticultural Society.”—J. R. 
Horticultural Society (The Cottage Gardener's Friend). —Write 
for information to the Secretary of the Society, 21, Regent Street, 
London. We cannot venture to give information on the subject without 
a voucher for its accuracy. 
Garden Plan (An Old Subscriber). —Hundreds of times have we 
declared that we cannot advise upon the planting and arrangement of 
gardens unseen. All that we can do is to tell what plants proposed to 
be associated will or will not agree. After the trouble you have taken 
we say this regretfully ; but we should probably mislead you and injure 
ourselves by venturing to guess at what would be judicious and pleasing 
for your garden. 
Yucca Blooms (W. H. Pigeon ).— The frost will destroy them. You 
cannot preserve them much longer, but a tripod of poles covered with 
frigi domo will protect them as well as anything. 
Frigi Domo (W. H. S-, Sheffield). —Alone, without extra covering 
during severe frosts, it would not protect Geraniums, &c.; with’proper 
care it would. We have more than once given full directions for pro¬ 
pagating pits and frames. Refer to back volumes. 
Mushroom Bed (Amateur). —You may make now a bed as directed 
by Mr. Errington in our No. 472. Your dark loft will be a very good 
place, but you must have a mild temperature. 
Black Tripoli Grate (J.S.L.). —It is not so hardy as the Black 
Hamburgh, and, indeed, requires a stove. It is prolific, bunches middle 
size, and berries very small. Flesh rich, high-flavoured, tender, and 
juicy. It is not so black as the Black Damascus, and ripens a month 
earlier than that variety in the same temperature. Mr. Thompson, one 
of our best authorities, says, “ I presume that no gentleman will be 
disappointed if he plants one of this kind even in a small collection.” 
It was grown by Speechley in )789. 
Names of Fruit (T. B. G .).— No. 1 Pear, Swan's Egg. 2. Doyenne 
Blanc. Apfles.— No. 2. Nelson Codiin, 3. Emperor Alexander. 4. 
Beauty of Kent. 6. Russet Sable Pearmain. 7. Cockle Pippin. 8. 
Devonshire Buckland. 9. Reinette de Canada. 11. Bess Pool. 13. 
Pomme deNeige. 14. Hambledon Deuxans. 
Fruit trees for the North of Scotland (Scotus).-We would 
recommend you to observe what varieties of the best fruits succeed best 
in your neighbourhood, and grow them. Few of the more recent in¬ 
troductions have, we imagine, been proved so far north ; but perhaps 
Lord Aberdeen’s gardener, who is, we understand, an Englishman', or 
has at least had considerable experience in the south, will be able to 
assist you better than we can. However, in Pears you might try 
Red Doyenne, Thompson's, Marie Louise, Beurre Did, Louise Bonne 
of Jersey, Seckle, Althorpe Crasunne, and Eyewood. In Apples 
Devonshire Quarrendon, Autumn Pearmain, Golden Winter Pear- 
| main, Kerry Pippin, Margille, Court of Wick, Fearn's Pippin, Golden 
Reinette, Ribston Pippin, and Braddick's Nonpareil. But why do you 
give up all your wall and espaliers to Apples, and leave tlie Pears to open 
dwarfs and standards ? 
Various (C.). —Mr. Rivers’s Grape is a variety with a Muscat flavour. 
Rain water will not corrode iron pipes. The best climbers for the back 
of your greenhouse very hot in summer are Snlunum jasminoides, Rliyn- 
cospermurn jasminoides, and Clematis Sieboldii. We do not know Mr. 
Coles’ Calceolarias. We cannot devote the space you suggest. Those 
who wish for exchanges must advertise. 
Ice Stacks (A Reader). — Buy .our 114th number. It contains full 
directions for making them. 
Late Gooseberries (W.).—Roaring Lion, a red ; Warrington, red; 
White Lion and Gregory's Perfection, green, are all late ripeners, and if 
grown on a north wall and protected will keep a long time. 
Names of Plants (M. G .).—Your Salvia is the Salvia involucrata, 
a very pretty one, but like S- fulgens, Camrnertonii, Gesnercefolia, and 
many others, it is a large grower; but such plants can be lifted with care 
out of the borders in the autumn into large pots, so as to be bad in flower 
half the winter in the conservatory. The Periwinkles, both the varie¬ 
gated and green, are very suitable plants for edgings, or beds in secluded 
or shaded situations, where many other things will not flourish at all. 
(An Old Subscriber ).—Your Cape of Good Hope Gooseberry is Physulis 
edulis, or Eatable Winter Cherry. Your other plant is Veronica Ander- 
sonii. (A Constant Subscriber). —Your Fern is Adiantum cuneatum , or 
Brazilian Maidenhair. 
THE POULTRY CHRONICLE. 
POULTRY SHOWS. 
November 25th and 26 th. Gloucestershire. Sec., Mr. E. Trinder 
Cirencester. 
November 30th, and December 1 st, 2nd, and 3rd. Birmingham. 
Sec., Mr. John Morgan. Entries close the 2nd of November. 
December 8th and 9th. Crewe. Secs., S. Sheppard and D. Mar- 
getts, Esqs. Entries close November 26 th. 
December 16 th and 17 th. Nottinghamshire. Entries close No¬ 
vember 18th. Hon. Sec., Mr. It. Hawksley, jun., Southwell. 
December 30th and 31st. Burnley and East Lancashire. 
Entries close December 1st. Secs., Mr. Angus Sutherland and Mr. 
Ralph Lafidiess. 
January 1st, 1858. Paisley. Poultry, Pigeons, and Fancy Birds. 
Sec., Mr. W. Houston, 14, Barr Street, Paisley. 
January 4th, 1858. Kirkcaldy Poultry and Fancy Bird 
Show. Sec., Mr. Bonthron, jun., Thistle Street. 
January 9th, llth, 12th, and 13th, 1858. Crystal Palace. Sec. 
Mr. W. Houghton. Entries close December 12th. 
January 13th and 14th. Dublin. Secs., T. M. Hutton and R. P. 
Williams, Esqs., Council Rooms, 212, Great Brunswick Street. 
Entries close November 21st. 
January Iflth, 20th, 21st, and 22nd, 1858. Nottingham Central. 
Sec., Mr. Etheringtou, jun., Notintoue Place, Sneinton, near Notting¬ 
ham. 
February 3rd aiid 4tli, 1858. Preston and North Lancashire. 
Secs., Mr. R. Teebay and Mr. Hi Oakey, 25, Fishergate, Preston. 
Entries close January 18th. 
N.B .—Secretaries will .oblige us by sending early copies of their lists. 
THE CATTLE AND POULTRY SHOW IN 
BINGLEY HALL. 
We are now enabled to report that the statements which 
we have made from time to time with respect to the 
prospects for our next local agricultural gathering have been 
amply confirmed by the result, the entries having proved in 
all cases such as must be most gratifying to the active pro¬ 
moters of the Exhibition. Bingley Hall will be again com¬ 
pletely filled, and while there is no lack of material we 
have good grounds for believing that we shall find also a 
very high degree of general excellence, as the catalogue 
will contain the names of all who have become eminent as 
exhibitors in the several departments. The subjoined table 
indicates in what particulars the present entries differ from 
those of the previous year, and furnishes at once the means 
of comparison with the Show of 1850. It thus appears that 
the entries of Cattle have increased from 109 to 135, the 
largest entry with one exception (in 1851) since the esta- 
