June  12,  1902. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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ST.  JOShPl-I  STKA^VBEPRY  TO  FRFIT  LATE  (Icmoramus) 
S  fnrpp  f  .  '  “‘'7  7’'^  limners,  and  thi.s  ivill  concentrate 
bnd<c*7i^l  fl.  ^  1;*  and  the.se  will  form 
7q17  u  ’^P7^>^trus,se,s  of  bloom  in  late  .summer,  fruitincr 
and  October  if  the  weather  prove  favourable.  The 
Opfnb7,.  naturally  and  in  succession  from  June  to 
I'ilotb^l’  7  the  produce  will  be 
Jdw  coiitinued  up  to  frost.  If  you  recpiire  the 
bl  imtt7l^7  "•  f  small  runners  should 
shift^H  mi  * 77  k^^Pt  in  these  until  spring,  and  then 
P°^"’  growing  outdoors  as  for 
frusses  forcing,  keeping  off  all  runners  and  all 
n  Ibf  If  ’  «o  fliat  all  strength  is  thrown  to 
be  gio'i  th,  and  by  so  doing  large  quantities  of  fruit  will 
be  produced  late  in  the  season,  and  being  in  pots  the  plants 
ventiHteT7'’'‘'  preferably,  .shelved  in  a  freely 
ventilated  house  with  a  temperature  of  50deg.  If  you  have 
runner^  ''  "'""TT  trusses  and  keep  ofiF  all 
^  fruit  late  m  summer,  it  not  beiiio- 
bui-^fp^Vrif  file  plants,  they  being  in  oin  or  Gin  pot.s\ 
frnn/-7^  1‘berally  witl.  liquid  manure  and  keep  the  foliage  free 
from  insect  pests,  particularly  red  spider. 
rly  red  spide 
NAMES  OF  PLANTS.— CorresponJenis  whose  queries  are  un- 
nswered  in  the  present  issue  are  respectfully  requested  to  consult  the 
following  number  (Y.  M.).-Blue  flower  is  Mu.scari  comosum 
monstiosum  very  hue;  yellow,  Lycaste  aromatica.  (F.  Jackson).— 
9  n .  1^°^’  k*iemillea.  as  the  genus  is  now  named)  rosea- 
,  )i  mthopdum^  umbellatuiii ;  3,  Pulmonaria  cftieinalis ;  4  Thalie- 
trum  aqmlegitolmm  ;  5,  Corydalis  lutea.  (Roxburgli).-l,  Sa.xifraga 
hjpnoides  ;  2,  Trientalm  europiea  ;  3,  Streptosoloii  Jamesoni  ; 
4  Renlia  glaueeseens  ;  5,  Posoqueria  longifolia  ;  6,  Magnolia  tripetala! 
^  ivA;  .m  ’  f^li®™ioif,i!  Montana;  2,  Ornithogalnm  argutatum  ; 
3,  DieiMllea  Eia  Rathki,  which  is  comparatively  little  knoivn  vet  • 
4,  Viburnum  Opulus ;  5.  Muscari  comosum  monstrosum ;  6,  Cleanothu.s 
papillosus.  (J.  B.).— 1,  Hyacinthus  amethystinus ;  2,  Epimedium 
1  ubrum  luteum ;  3  E.  maerantlium  versicolor ;  4.  Polygonum  euspi- 
datuni ;  5.  i\Tpii\'.<i.iifliPt!  ii-imuoi.,  t? —  i> a  t->i  ,  •if’  ..  P 
la 
a 
vm4eenVn’  the  Bog  Bean  ;  6,  Phalarfs  arundinadi 
var  9^11^'  ''ni’iegateil  Oround  Ivy.  Nepeta  Gleelionui 
lariegata,  2.  Begonia  glaucophylla  ;  3.  Dicentra  e.ximia. 
COMMUNICATIONS  RECEIVED.— H.  H.  R.,  J.  M.  Sin 
.  - V'“‘  to  as.sist;,  ±1.  v.,  A.  W.  C., 
K^wledge,  M  Marriott  J.  \V.  Bentley  (Agreed!  Next  week); 
W.  H.  and  Son,  Sutton  and  Sons,  J.  Eing.smill. 
- - - 
A  Few  Poultry  Notes. 
Nature  Notes. 
I  noticed  a  few  days  ago  an  old  .stub  Hawchorn  bearing 
flowers,  both  led,  wlnte,  and  some  flushed  pink,  on  the  same 
twigs,  even  some  on  the  same  corymbs.  It  was  quite  a  novelty 
for  one  corymb  would  be  red  and  the  next  white.  How  is  it 
accountable? 
I  have  knovu  the  old  stub  for  several  years,  but  have  never 
before  seen  the  peculiarity,  although  it  may  have  existed  — 
M.  Jri. 
Bees  fail  to  .swarm.  Although  the  present  hot  weather  may 
help  them  out,  they  will  be  vei'j'^  late.  ^ 
The  warmer  weather  has  brought  about  almo.st  a  pla<rue  of 
queen  wasps. 
Swifts  are  more  numerous  tins  year  about  here  whicli  is 
something  of  note,  for  they  as  a  rule  are  practically  scarce  — 
H.  R.,  Kent,  June  4. 
Trade  Notes. 
'We  are  asked  to  announce  the  election 
Toogood  as  a  Fellow  of  the  Linnean  Society. 
of  Mr.  E.  Kemp 
The  whole  of  the  Grass  seeds  required  for  sowing  the  Royal 
parks  of  London  this  year  have  been  supplied  by  Me.ssrs  .John  K 
King  and  Sons,  Coggeshall,  Es.sex,  and  Reading,  by 'order  of 
His  Majesty  s  hirst  Commis.sioner  of  "Works,  an  honour  also 
conferred  on  the  firm  in  1897,  1898,  1899,  and  1901.  A  daily 
paper,  recently  referring  to  the  condition  of  the  turf  in  the 
Royal  parks,  stated  that  *  the  park.s  looked  their  be.st,  the 
verdure  having  reached  its  mo.st  beautiful  green ;  ”  which  is 
testimony  to  the  excellence  of  the  .seeds  supplied. 
Mes.srs.  J.  Meeks  and  C'o.,  Limited,  horticultural  builders 
and  hot  water  apparatus  manufacturers,  Am.,  124,  King’s  Road, 
and  48,  Fernshaw  Road,  Chelsea,  S.W.,  inform  us  that  they 
will  be  engaged  immediately  in  providing  heating  arrangements 
for  the  east  galleries  of  the  Victoria  and  Albert  Museuiig  South 
Kensington,  S.M’.,  and  also  for  warming  the  new  seed  ware¬ 
house  of  Messrs.  J.  Veitch  and  Sons,  Limited,  Chelsea. 
We  have  not  been  to  Madrid,  either  to  see  the  King 
assume  his  Royal  dignities,  nor  to  see  the  bullfight,  and 
not  even  to  see  the  big  poultry  show.  Madrid  seems  too 
far  away  for  us  islanders  ;  but  w  e  had  as  representative 
there  even  Mr.  Ed.  Brown,  who  may  take  rank  as  our 
greatest  poultry^  expert ;  and  there  was  an  English  lady 
e.xhibitor  (Hon.  Florence  Amherst),  whose  sister,  we  believe", 
is  the  pleasant  writer  on  gardens.  This  show  has  been 
much  on  the  lines  of  the  great  Congress  at  St.  Petersburg 
three  years  ago.  The  Government  is  awakening  to  the  fact 
that  after  all  there  is  something  to  be  made  out  of  poultry, 
and  the  show  is  part  of  pageant  attendant  on  the  Corona¬ 
tion  festivities.  The  King  is  honorary  president,  and  the 
show  is  organised  under  the  auspices  of  the  Queen  Regent. 
Breeding  fowls  were  on  exhibition  from  May  1  to  12.  That 
seems  to  us  a  very  long  time  to  be  away  from  home  and 
exposed  to  all  the  risks  of  public  life.  Tlie  show’  is  in  the 
open  air,  and  in  some  cases  houses  and  runs  are  provided  ; 
but  still  this  only  lessens  the  risk — does  not  do  away  wTth  it. 
Although  there  are  many  English  breeds  and  English- 
bred  fowds  there,  the  only  English  exhibitor  is  the  lady 
before  mentioned,  and  she  sends  Rouen  ducks,  golden 
Wyandottes  (cock  and  hen),  buff  Orpington  cock,  and  silver 
grey  Dorking  hen,  and  she  brings  home  three  prizes.  The 
French,  German,  and  Belgian  exhibits  are  very  numerous. 
Belgium  sends  500  specimens,  and  British  and  Belgian 
varieties  make  the  biggest  display.  The  black  French 
turkey  is  a  fine  bird,  quality  and  size,  not  so  large  as  the 
American  bronze,  and  hardier  than  the  Norfolk  variety. 
It  is  curious  that  the  Andalusian,  Spanish,  and  Minorca 
are  mostly  descended  from  English  fowds.  W e  suppose,  as 
in  the  case  of  many  other  kinds  of  stock,  we  have  so  im¬ 
proved  upon  the  original  variety.  It  seems  a  pity  that 
some  of  our  big  breeders  xvere  not  there  to  strike,  as  it 
were,  while  the  iron  w’as  hot,  and  “  bag  ”  a  proportion  of 
the  orders  that  wdll  go  to  the  Frenchman  and  the  Belgian. 
Perhaps  some  of  our  gentlemen  are  better  breeders  than 
linguists,  suggests  one  writer,  and  we  think  there  is  some 
truth  in  this.  It  would  be  difficult  to  discuss  “points” 
when  your  idiom  was  not  very  sure,  and  wdren  the  dictionary 
is  your  main  stand-by.  M^hen  it  came  to  a  question  of 
price  we  think  an  Englishman  could  always  make  himself 
clear. 
Utility  Poultry. — In  this  instance  the  reference  is  to 
.  laying  propensities,  and  we  are  indebted  to  James 
Long,  Esq.,  for  his  summary  of  wdiat  may  be  called  “  the  lay¬ 
ing  contests.”  Now’,  fowds,  like  cows,  differ  greatly  in  their 
productiveness.  Some  fine,  handsome  cow’s  are  poor  at  the 
milk  pail ;  some  fine,  fat  hens  are  shocking  bad  layers.  The 
fine  profitless  cow*  and  fine  fowd  must  both  be  condemned 
to  the  shambles.  There  have  alw’ays  been  prejudices  in 
favour  of  certain  breeds,  and  tradition  had  it  that  such  and 
such  birds  were  grand  layers.  Well,  tradition  is  often 
wrong,  and  wdien  it  comes  to  a  practical  test  we  get  to 
know  the  w’orth  of  tradition. 
The  Utility  Poultry  Association  has  for  several  years 
had  laying  competitions,  the  time  chosen  being  the  wdnter 
months,  or,  rather,  perhaps,  those  months  when  eggs  are 
the  scarcest  and  dearest.  The  test  began  October  16  and 
lasted  till  February  4.  Any  hen  can  lay  in  the  spring  and 
early  summer,  but  what  w’e  w’ant  is  a  wdnter  layer.  It  is 
an  astonishing  fact  that  the  pure  bred  fowls  do  very  badly. 
Their  purpose  is  for  crossing,  and  it  is  the  cross-bred  that 
come  out  the  best.  It  is  this  crossing  that  supplies  stamina, 
robust  health,  and  vitality.  The  old-fashioned  fowl  is  quite 
out  of  the  running,  and  the  more  newly  evolved  breeds  (if 
we  may  so  designate  them)  come  out  the  best. 
Personally  we  do  not  know  anything  better  than  golden 
Wyandottes,  and  we  find  in  this  competition  they  came  out 
first,  four  pullets  laying  200  eggs  in  sixteen  weeks.  We 
have  pinned  our  faith  to  white  Leghorns  for  many  a  year, 
and  we  find  their  total  was  185  in  the  same  time.  Buff 
Orpingtons  came  next  w’ith  16-1,  and  the  list  finishes  up  w  ith 
