THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, June 5, 1800. 
ripened well, and produced a heavy crop the following May. 
Here, however, to gain time, there was much extra labour in 
shading and syringing, so as to prevent a leaf shrivelling or flag¬ 
ging until the reciprocal action between roots and branches was 
restored. I have said that there do not seem to be as yet 
thoroughly conclusive reasons in the case of these Yiues of “ A 
Beginner” to raise them this season ; but if there were reasons, 
and the crop was so small as to be of no consideration, I should 
not hesitate to raise them now, taking care to place the roots as 
raised in mats kept moist, and shading the house with thick 
sheeting, and syringing frequently and keeping up a moist heat, 
so as to keep all the leaves healthy until the roots were rooting 
freely in the new soil. The heat of the summer would soon cause 
that to take place, and then I should most likely thin out the 
old wood, and depend on new wood for the next season’s crop. 
It would, however, be madness to attempt this where there was 
neither the labour power, nor the skill to keep the house shaded, 
and in an atmosphere saturated with moisture. Where these 
can be commanded there need be no doubt as to having good, 
well-ripened wood for the next year. 
In geueral, however, the end of September would be the best 
time for performing such an operation with the earliest of these 
houses, as by that time the wood for next season would be pretty 
well matured, and the fruit be cut, and yet there would be a 
sufficiency of green leaves and fresh growth on the Vines. That, 
provided a fair amount of shade were given, would encourage 
immediate root action into the warm soil before the chilling 
nights came, and the following season the Vines would break 
with little abated vigour. All things considered, this would be 
the most suitable time for practitioners under general circum¬ 
stances. The shading and care at that time would be a trifle to 
what it would be in May or June. Tho next best, and what 
would involve least trouble, would be to wait until the leaves 
were getting yellow—say the middle of October. No shading 
would then be required; and provided the border was covered 
with dry litter, there would still be enough heat in the soil to 
encourage fresh root action. The worst time of all would be 
winter or early spring, if you expected much the following 
summer. 
By lifting the Vines in early summer, the wood formed after¬ 
wards will bo changed in its character. That will also partly be 
the case if the roots are raised early in autumn. If raised rather 
late in autumn, the bearing wood for next year will not bo much 
influenced as to productiveness, though the fruit, most likely, will 
be saved from shanking and wiring ; but the chief benefit will be 
found in the second year, as respects wood and fruit. If the 
Vines are lifted in winter and spring, unless great counteracting 
care is exercised in the way of artificial heat, both wood and fruit 
will be likely to suffer the first season, and it will be the second 
before the full benefit appears, and that only, if care Js taken to 
lessen the checks unavoidably given. 
Once more, as to cutting back the Vines when lifted, that no 
doubt may exist. What has been said on pruning will equally 
apply to them. Eor instance: Raise Vines now ; keep as advised 
every leaf and shoot inside that is green, until tho roots are 
working vigorously afresh. If the Vine is furnished well from 
top to bottom, I might keep and mature the wood it has, 
taking off the shading by degrees ; but in general it will be pre¬ 
ferable, after the roots aro acting freely, to cut back the Vines 
considerably and depend on new growth. Either plan will do, 
according to circumstances. In lifting in early autumn, you may 
pruno as you hke as soon as the leaves get yellow. In lifting 
later, you may cut the tops before you lift, or after : it matters 
little, but the first would be best. 
And once more. Recollect the roots must not be dug up. 
The work must be commenced at tho outside of the border by 
sinking a deep trench there below the roots, and working the 
face of the bank down carefully with a pick and fork, so as to 
save all the roots of any size. These roots should also be kept 
from a drying air, and kept moist until replanted. Much has 
been said of draining and forming borders. New soil of a rough 
loamy nature will be best, and a few bones will be the most 
lasting manure. Not long ago I noticed a border renewed in 
the beginning of September, and having a good deal of turf sods, 
broken up, incorporated with it. These heated so much when 
blended with bones and lime rubbish, that trial-slicks felt quite 
warm to the hands in October. Fresh roots were made at once, 
and the first season showed no signs of the Vines having been 
moved; but the second season the Vines and crops were mag¬ 
nificent. R. Fish. 
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li>7 
EFFECT OF WINTER ON HERBACEOUS 
CALCEOLARIAS AND BAY TREES. 
A steange thing and one noteworthy is, that while our Bay 
trees, almost without exception, have been killed by the severity 
of the winter, some herbaceous Calceolarias, which were turned 
out of pots and thrown on a border carelessly in the autumn, 
and never looked at afterwards, are now, to my great surprise, 
coming into flower. Tho seed-pan was also put out of doors 
with one or two plants in it; and though frozen over and over 
again, still they lived. The greatest cold here was 11°. These 
plants were in an exposed situation.— Rose. 
[The Moth you sent is the Callimorpha Jacobece, or Pink 
Underwing. Its caterpillars, coloured black and orange in alter¬ 
nate bands, feed on the common Groundsel. It is very common.] 
VARIEGATED HARDY SHRUBS. 
Those marked thus * aro deciduous; all the rest are ever¬ 
green. 
Aristotelia Macqui variegata (The striped-leaved Aristotelia). 
Gardens. Layers or cuttings. 
Aucuba Japonica (lhe Japan Aucuba). Japan. Cuttings. 
A. Japonica latimaculata (Broad-blotched Aucuba). Gardens. 
*£erberis vulgaris folds purpureis (Purple-leaved common Bar¬ 
berry). Gardens. Layers and suckers. 
Buxus sempervirens argentea (The silver-variegated Box tree). 
Britain. Layers and cuttings. 
B. sempervirens aurea (The golden-variegated Box tree). Britain. 
B. sempervirens marginata (The yellow-edged Box tree). Britain. 
Cerasus lauro-cerastis variegatus (The striped-leaved common 
Laurel). Gardens. Cuttings. 
*Corylus avellanapurpurea (Tho purple-leavcdFilbert.) Gardens. 
Grafts and layers. 
* Crataegus oxycantha foliis argenteis (The silver-striped, sharp- 
spined Hawthorn). Gardens. Grafts. 
*C. oxycantha foliis aureis (i'he yellow variegated sharp-spined 
Hawthorn). Gardens. Grafts. 
Daphne cneorum variegatum (The striped Daphne garland 
flower). Gardens. Layers. 
D. 1’ontica foliis variegatis (The striped Pontie Daphne). 
Gardens. Layers. 
Erica or Calluna vulgaris variegata (The variegated-leaved 
common Heath). Britain. Layers. 
Euonymus Japonicus aureum maculatum (The gold-blotched 
Japan Spindle Tree). Japan. Cuttings. 
E. Japonicus purpurea (The purple-leaved Spindle Tree). Japan. 
Cuttings. 
E. Japonicus variegatus (The silver-striped Japan Spindle 
Tree). Cuttings. All rather tender north of London. 
ILedera helixfoliis argenteis (The silver-striped common Ivy). 
Britain. Cuttings on a north border. 
U. helixfoliis aureis (The gold-blotched common Ivy). Britain. 
Cuttings on a north border. Both climbers. Messrs. 
Fisher & Holmes of Sheffield have a tree variegated Ivy. 
Ilex aquifolium albo-niarginatum. (Tho white-edged prickly- 
leaved common Holly). Britain. Buds, layers, and cuttings. 
I. aquifolium albo-pictum (The wliitc-blotched common Holly). 
Britain. 
I. aquifolium aureum marginatum (The gold-edged common 
Holly). Britain. 
I. aquifolium aureum latimaculata (The broad gold-blotclied 
common Holly). Britain. 
I. aquifolium ferox argenteum (The silvery fierce Hedgehog 
Holly). Britain. 
I. aqu folium ferox aureum (The golden fierce Hedgehog Holly). 
Britain. 
I. aquifolium marginatum (The thick-margined Holly). Britain. 
I. aquifolium medio-pictum (The middle-painted Holly). Britain. 
Juniperus Savina variegata (The striped common Savin). 
Europe. Layers. 
Kalmia angustifolia foliis variegatis (Tho variegated narrow¬ 
leaved Kalmia. N. America. Layers. 
*Ligmtrum vulgaris variegatum (Tho variegated common Privet). 
Britain. Cuttings. 
*Bhiladelphus coronarius foliis variegatis (The variegated 
garland Syringa). S. of Europe. Layers. 
Rhododendron hirsulum variegatum (The variegated hairy 
Rhododendron). Alps of Europe. Layers. 
