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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Apeix 5, 1859. 
in different soils and localities; hut 
the following table, 
being about an 
average, may guide those who are at a loss in ordering Seeds :— 
Per acre. 
Per acre. 
Turnip . 
3 
to 
4 lbs. 
Clover, of sorts, with 
Mangold Wurtzel. 
Ryegrass . 
.... 10 to 12 lbs. 
Do. do. dibbled 
•1 lbs. 
Oats . 
.... 4 bushels. 
Do. do. drilled 
G lbs. 
Barley . 
.... 3 bushels. 
Italian Rvegrass, sown 
Wheat, broadcast .. 
.... 3 bushels. 
alone. 
3 bushels. 
Do. drilled . 
.... 4 to 6 peeks. 
Do. do. with Clover 
1 
to 
li dn. 
Trifolium Incarnatum 24 lbs. 
Mustaid . 
12 
to 
IS lbs. 
Lucerne, drilled .. 
.... 12 to 16 lbs. 
Rape, sown broadcast 
12 lbs. 
Gorse, for feed, 
or 
Do., drilled. 
6 lbs. 
cover. 
.... 12 to IS lbs. 
Carrot . 
5 
to 
G lbs. 
Chicory . 
4 lbs. 
Rye . 
.... 3 bushels. 
Ox Cabbage (to trans- 
Fetches. 
.... 3 bushels. 
plant) . 
2 lbs. 
Buck Wheat . 
.... 1J to 2 bhls. 
Kohl Rabi do. 
2 lbs. 
Sainfoin, common. 
.... 4 bushels. 
Do. drilled . 
4 lbs. 
.... 5 bushels. 
Clover, of sorts, with- 
Linseed, for flax . 
.... 24 bushels. 
out Ryegrass . 
12 
to 
1G lbs. 
Do., for seed . 
.... 3 to 4 pecks. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Work ox Flowers (IF. Fisher). —The best modern work with coloured 
pictures, is the Botanical Magazine, published monthly. There is no cheap 
work on the subject. 
Grotto Work (C. F .).—There is no publication specially on this subject; 
but there is much about it, and the construction of summer-houses, in 
Loudon’s “The Villa Garden.” 
PituaiiTO Fig Trees (Flora). —Probably, Mr. Ashman’s notes, at page 
403 of our last number, will give you the requisite information. If they 
do not, write to us again, and state what further information you need. 
Names of Plants (M. C. D.). —Your alpine plant is Soldtinella alpina. 
(J. IF.).-—No. 1. Begonia manicata. No. 2. Franciscea latifolia. No. 4. 
Pittosporum undulatum. No. 3 was too much bruised to be identified. 
They should have been folded separately in blotting paper. 
Bookwork (IF. F. C '.).—We know of no work devoted to the construction 
of rookwork. There is much information about it in Loudon’s “The 
Villa Garden.” 
Diseased Vine Leaves (A Subscriber). —The brown fungus on the leaves 
is promoted in growth by too much moisture in the air of the house. 
Dust under tire leavss with flowers of sulphur. Do not syringe them; 
keep the air drier; and ventilate freely. 
Flower Garden Plan (G. H .).—Your garden is well laid out and 
planted. We would only alter Lady Plymouth and Golden Chain beds,, 
and put the latter next the windows. Then cast your eye over these two 
variegated beds from the windows ; and if any of the other variegated beds 
come in on the same line of view, that is a blemish. It strikes us that 
Lady Plymouth, Mangle's, and Flower of the Day beds, run on the same 
axis looking from the windows; and if so, pray alter them, or else do not 
tell any one that you asked our advice. If Cheapstead Beauty were changed 
for Mangles's, it would do all we require. 
Flower Garden Plan — Vallotas (A Subscriber). —The beds 1 and 2 
will not do at all as you propose—that is, Zinnias on one side of the walk, 
and Phlox Drummondi to match. They never will match. But put one 
half of the Zinnias at the back of each bed, 1 and 2, and one half of Drum¬ 
mondi in front of each bed, and you have the thing at once. These beds 
arc so marked on your plan; hut'in the letter you say that they are to he 
planted with Nasturtium, edged with Purple King Verbena, and Petunias 
edged with white Verbena, which would do very well. The Vallotas are 
all but hardy, and like strong loamy soil, and a great deal of water from 
May to September, and as much as Geraniums in winter. If they flowered 
last year, you may depend upon them to bloom every year as long as they 
are in health. 
Tan for Heating ( C. C. Hopkins). —You say it is fresh from the tan- 
yard. You had better throw it intqa heap for a week ; and when it beats, 
turn it over, and let it be a few more days, and then put into the pit. If 
it do r.ot heat quickly, cover the heap with mats or litter, to make it do 
so. If the pit were deep, and the tan in a good heap, this sweating process 
might be avoided by putting the tan in at once. But if it lie tnen, it 
might not heat to your mind. By heating it previously, and thus, too, 
sweetening it, you are sure of beat’at once, and a healthy heat, too. 
Seeds of Shrubs for a Pit (A. J .).—The seeds from Australia, sent by 
your brother, as the “ Wattles,” are the different varieties of the tine¬ 
leaved Acacias, of which, and a list of other things to be raised from seed, 
you will find in late numbers. Any London seedsman would supply you 
with Heath and Epacris seed ; and you might also try the following :— 
AbutUon striatum, Azalea Indica (varieties), Beuvmontia grandifiora, 
Cnllistachys lanceolata, Clianthus puniceus, Chorozema variant, Coronilla 
glauca, Cytisus racemosus, Eriostemons, Leonotis leonurus, Lotus Juco- 
bmts, Nerium oleander, Salvia (of sorts), Swainsonia, and Tetratheca 
verticillata. 
Culture of Quisqcalis (A Beginner). —It is of importance that be¬ 
ginners should not only base their practice well, but get the habit of ex¬ 
pressing themselves clearly. Your note is a pattern of conciseness, hut 
deficient in all other requisites. We have to guess that your plant is one 
of the Qui&qvalises, such as Indica. If so, do not yet despair; give the 
plant all the light you can, and lessen the water given, so that the plant 
has just enough to keep it from flagging. It is just possible that you may 
yet have a huge panicle of bloom at the end of each shoot. If not, grow it 
oil, ripen the wood well before autumn, cut it down within a few buds of 
the base of the shoots in winter or spring, and grow on again, and success 
is next to certain. 
Mignonette for a Window Box ( S. B. H.) —As to Mignonette, we 
presume you have got no plants in pots to go to, or do not choose to apply 
to a nurseryman to get such pots for you ; as thus you might have the box 
filled at once. Failing that, put an inch of rotten dung over the drainage 
in the bottom of the box, fill up with sweet, mellow soil, with a little leaf 
mould, or very little rotten dung in it; sow in rows, or broadcast, and set 
in your Cucumber-box until the plants are two inches high; thin, and take 
to the inside of a window in the kitchen, to harden off by degrees, and 
then place on the outside of the lady’s room. Stick a few hits of Forget- 
me-not along with the Mignonette; and if you do mean what is right, no 
half-dozen of the finest valentines would ever excite such a magic spoil. 
Cucumbers will flourish in any sweet, fresh, light loam, enriched with 
rotten dung, or rotted tree leaves. 
Various. —A Young Gardener and Constant Subscriber will much 
oblige us by turning to the indices of a few of our last volumes, not for¬ 
getting the present; as then he will find articles on every subject he wants, 
and save us the unpleasantness of re-writing several numbers entirely for his 
own use, at the risk of displeasing our other subscribers, as this we must 
do, to tell about greenhouse and stove plants that bloom in winter, the 
treatment they require, soils, watering, and “such like;” and the same 
as respects greenhouse Geraniums, Azaleas, Camellias, variegated plants, 
Ericas, and Epacrises. We are not quite sure if we comprehend the iden¬ 
tical mode of planting the Vines described as, “ I have opened out the roots 
in the old way,” because we have met with many editions of old ways ; 
but one thing is certain, that so far as the treatment the first year is con¬ 
cerned, our correspondent cannot err in encouraging the Vines to grow as 
much as possible, both at roots and tops. Considering the very unhealthy 
state of the Oranges and Lemons—unless the fibry loam were very light 
indeed—if we had “no sand by us at the time,” we should have deferred 
the shifting until we had, and used that pretty liberally with the soil, in¬ 
stead of much, or any leaf mould, and put the plants in as small pots as 
possible, and then, when roots were produced, we should shift again, 
and give them richer food in which to revel. With this exception, we do 
not see our correspondent could have done better, unless he could have 
managed to plunge the pots in a bed of sweet fermenting material. Our 
correspondent has no idleness before him, if he means to keep such a place. 
POULTRY SHOWS. 
May 25th and 26th. Beveeley. See., Francis Calvert, Surgeon, &c. 
June 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 1859. Bath and West of England. At Barnstaple, 
Devon. Director , IS. Titman, Esq. 
June 6th, 7th, and 8th, 1859. Glasgow. See., Robert M‘Cowan, 17, Gordon 
Street, Glasgow. 
July 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th. Sheffield. Wilson Overend, Chairman. 
Entries close the 15th of June. 
N.B.— Secretaries will oblige us by sending early copies of their lists. 
A DAY’S SPOET WITH A SCIENTIFIC FEIEND. 
{Continued from Vol. XXI., page 406.) 
“But, Markham,” said I, “my wife is dying with curiosity. 
Do tell us what is in that box.” 
“ My shooting tackle, and a quantity of gunpowder.” 
How we did laugh. 
lie was fatigued, and retired early. I knocked at his room 
door in the morning ; but found, from the servant, he had been 
out some time. He was punctual at the breakfast-table ; and 
was already loaded with specimens of curiosities, but did not 
litter the house with them. A neat portfolio contained them all. 
It was delightful to hear his histories of common things—of 
plants that spring up all over our lanes and hedges. He was 
eloquent on ferns, and had secured two that he had long sought 
in vain. He gave a glowing description of his fern-case at home, 
and of a hotbed he had made on the top of liis house. He dis¬ 
coursed most amusingly on his aquarium. In fact, what with 
his discoveries and explanations, he proved we lived in the most 
highly-favoured spot in the -world. He certainly invested trifles, 
or apparent trifles, with a new character. 
“But the shooting,” said I. 
“Well,” was his answer, “we will wait a day or two. You 
see I am still town-dressed—l must get used to my sporting 
costume by degrees. You know 1 am not much versed in fire¬ 
arms ; and, therefore, for my own sake and yours,! have provided 
myselt with the newest and safest inventions of every sort.” 
My blood ran cold when I heard that. In many people’s 
hands there is nothing so unsafe as a safety-gun, or other weapon. 
“ Well, you will have time. It want3 a week to the 1st of 
September: and you can wear your clothes, and try your gun, 
and put yourself in training for your first appearance as a sports¬ 
man. But how was it you did not try your old pursuit of 
fishing?” 
“Because medical men said it did not cause exercise; nor did 
it relieve the mind as much as shooting. I must be candid with 
you—I used to take a book or two with me, and I sometimes 
forgot my fishing.” 
1 could not help laughing. I then asked him if he would walk 
round the farm with me. He declined, as he had rather an 
important paper to finish, and he had gained some valuable in¬ 
formation in his morning ramble : he was also tired. I warned 
him against continuing his studies ; but he assured mo it was 
only recreation. 
Ihe next day he said, with a little of awkwardness in his 
manner, if I would wait ten minutes lie would walk round the 
farm with me. He made his appearance in the first part of his 
