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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
MINT  AND  TARRAGON. — More  roots  of  these  should  be 
placed  in  heat  to  keep  up  a  supply.  Place  the  roots  thickly  in 
pots  and  deep  boxes.  Water  with  tepid  water. 
SHALLOTS  should  now  be  planted  on  a  M’oll  prepared 
border.  Choose  a  dry  day  and  when  the  surface  is  in  good 
order. 
TURNIPS  AND  RADISHES. — These  should  be  sown  in 
frames  where  a  little  heat  can  be  maintained,  either  by 
fermenting  material  or  hot  Avater  pipes.  Soaa'  the  seed  thinly. 
The  Radish  will  be  used  as  they  become  fit,  and  AA’ill  not 
interfere  AA'ith  the  Tnrnips  if  properly  thinned.  The  soil  should 
be  light  and  rich.  Turnips  .should  be  groAA’n  quickly,  or  they 
will  be  of  indifferent  flavour. 
BRUSSELS  SPROUTS.— Seed  .should  now  be  .sown,  either 
in  frames  or  boxes.  See  that  the  .seedlings  do  not  become 
draAA’ii  in  too  much  heat.  A  cool,  airy  house  i.s  a  good  place 
for  these.  Careful  Avatering  is  important,  as  they  are  very 
liable  to  damping. 
A  BORDER  OF  POTATOES  may  be  noAv  planted.  See  that 
the  soil  is  in  good  heart,  light  and  Avarm.  The  sets  for  this 
early  planting  require  careful  preparation.  They  should  have 
been  stored  in  a  light,  airy  room  where  the  frosts  could  be  jiist 
kept  out,  and  no  more.  Long  blanched  Sprouts  are  of  no 
value ;  these  perish  as  soon  as  placed  in  the  soil  at  this  early 
date-,  the  soil  being  cold  and  Avet. — A.  T.,  Cirencester.  , 
The  Flower  Garden. 
PREPARING  SITES  FOR  PLANTING  SHRUBS.^Tho 
positions  intended  for  establishing  various  shrubs,  including 
evergreen,  deciduous,  and  floAvering  .shrubs,  should  be  pre^ 
pared  in  the  best  po.ssible  Avay,  so  that  they  may,  after  lArbper 
planting,  have  a  good  chance  of  succeeding.  ShalloAv  prepara¬ 
tion  does  not,  as  a  rule,  conduce  to  a  satisfaotoj;y  -.groAAth, 
therefore,  it  is  ahvays  advisable  either  to  thoroughly,  trench  the 
ground  or  add  a  sufficient  quantity  of  good  .soil,  into  Avhich  the 
roots  Avill  freely  permeate.  The  great  majority  of  .shrubs  Avill 
succeed  in  ground  .so  treated,  and  if  the  Avhole  bed  or  border 
cannot  be  trenched  over,  stations  for  single  specimens  may  be 
similarly  treated.  Rhododendrons,  Azaleas,  and  America?! 
plants  Avill  be  benefited  if  some  good  tuify  peat  can  be  inter¬ 
mixed  Avith  the  soil  previous  to  planting. 
PLANTING  ROSES. — As  .soon  as  dry  AA^eather  prevails,  and 
the  ground  is  in  Avorkahle  condition,  the  Avork  of  planting  beds, 
.and  bordei's  Avith  dwarf  and  standard  Roses  Avhich  may  have 
been  suspended  since  autumn  can  be  resumed.  In  the 
meantime  the  soil  has  been  fully  prepared,  and  as  soon,  as 
favourable  conditions  permit  Avill  be  found  in  excellent  condi¬ 
tion.  Climbing  Roses,  too,  against  Avails,  fences,  .  pillars, 
arbours,  and  trellises,  may  be  planted.  Dwarf  and  standard 
Hybrid  Perpetuals  and  Tea  Roses,  are  the  mQ.^t  popular  for 
beds  and  borders,,  the  stronger  groAving  and  rampant  climbers 
as,  for  in.stance,  climbing  Te.a  Roses,  climbing,  Poly.antha 
varieties  for  Avails,  and  for  other  po.sitions  Ayrshire,  Banksian, 
Boursault,  evergreen  and  mnltiflora. 
PRUNING  CLEMATISES. — Clematises,  embracing  as  they 
do  a  number  of  different  sections,  require  pruning  in  different 
Avays,  according  to  their  manner  of  floAvering  on  young  current 
year’s, Avood,  or  that  of  the  previous  season.  Varieties  belong¬ 
ing  to  the  popular  Jackmanni  section  all  need  very  close 
pruning,  in  some  cases  cutting  them  doAvn  to  the  .ground, 
^lontana,  patens  and  florida  Clematises,  floAvering  on  one  year 
old  Avood,  should,  of  course,  have  a  liberal  quantity  of  this 
preserved  and  laid  in.  Lanuginosa  and  viticella  types  may 
have  the  shoots  .shortened  moderately,  or  about  one-third. 
VIOLAS,  PANSIES,  CALCEOLA;BiAS.— The.se  are  now 
commencing  to  groAV  in  the  frames,  and  should  have  .abundance 
of  air  supplied,  removing  the  lights  altogether  in  favourable 
Aveather,  in  order  to  prepare  them  for  removal ;  the  former 
being  planted  out  in  beds  and  borders,  and  the  latter  trans-' 
pl.antecl  Avider  apart  in  other  frames  to  strengthen. 
PLANTING  ANEMONES  AND  RANUNCULUSES.— 
French  and  Dutch  single  and  double  Anemones,  and  French  and 
Per.sian  Ranunculu.ses  make  a  brilliant  display  of  bloom  at  an 
early  date  if  tubers  are  planted  noAv.  Plant  in  separate  beds 
in  soil  of  a  friable  character.  Form  drills  6  inches  apart  and 
3  inche.s  deep,  planting  the  Anemone  tubers  6  inches  apart,  and 
the  Rununculus  tubers  4  inches  apart. 
DAHLIAS. — The  old  roots  stored  aAvay  for  the  Avihter 
should  be  examined,  and  a  portion  brought  out  and  placed  in 
gentle  bottom  heat  to  encourage  them  to  push  groAvths  for  the 
purpo'se  of  taking  them  off  and  in.serting  as  cuttings.'  The 
rest  of  the  roots  m.ay  be  kept  stored  for  .another  month,  Avhen 
they  may  be  placed  in  cold  frames,  .surrounded  Avith  soil  to  the 
croAvns,  Avhere  they  Avill  .start  gradually.  A  packet  of  a  good 
strain  of  single  Dahlias  to  be  groAvn  from  seed  ought  noAv  to, 
be  sown  in  pans  placed  in  gentle  bottom  heat,  so  that  .  the 
seedlings  on  germination  may  have  time  to  strengthen  '  befobe 
the  planting  .season  arrives.— E.  D.  S.,  Gravesend.'  '  '  ‘  ^ 
Trade  Notes, 
Flower  Displays  and  Flower  Holders. 
Patents  for  use  in  decorative  floral  Avork  are  fairly  numerous, 
and  one  of  the  latest  brought  before  the  public  is  Bruce’s  Com¬ 
bined  FloAver  Displayers  .and  Adj instable  FIoAver  Holders,  the 
patentee  being  Mr.  A.  P.  Bruce,  The  Nur, series,  Chorlton-cum- 
Hardy,  near  Manche.ster.  We  figure  on  these  tAAo  pages  the 
Displayer,  and  it  Avill  be  .seen  that  figures  3  .and  4  are  made 
specially  to  fit  the  .standard  eartheiiAvare  exhibition  vases,  and 
are  made  in  four  sizes.  These,  Ave  think,  .should  prove  a  boon 
to  many  exhibitors.  They  are  easy  to  manipulate,  there  i.s 
nothing  to  get  out  of  order,  and  they  take  up  but  little  space 
in  transit.  The  adjustable  floAver-holders  are  found  vei'y  xisefut 
AA'here  cut  floAA'ers  have  to  be  suspended  from  curtains,  coiiien-^, 
friezes,  and  other  parts  of  a  building,  for  the  holders  can  be- 
hung  on  .sti'ings,  loops  being  made  for  their  insertion. 
Hop  Manure. 
W^e  hav^e  had  brought  to  our  notice  a  patent  chemical 
manure,  under  the  aboA'e  title,  by  the  manufacturers,  Wakeley 
Bros  and  Co.,  Limited,  Honduras  Wharf,  BanUside,  London 
S.E.  The  manure  is  of  utility  “  for  field  crops,  garden  and 
potting  purpose.?/’  and  is  nsed  in  the  ordinary  nay  at  the 
rate  of  about  one'-third  manure  to  two-thirds  of  loam  (tor 
potting).  It  is  sold  in  hags,  5s.  per  cwt. 
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Trade  Catalogues  Received. 
Conr.acl  Appel,  Forest  and  Agricultural  Seed  Establishments,  Darm¬ 
stadt. —  Tree,  Grass,  and  Clover  Seeds. 
Cartons,  Seed  Merchants,  Warrington.— Fnna  Seeds. 
Cemen  and  Bourg,  Hose  CroAvers,  Luxembourg  (Crand-Duehy.— 
Autumn  and  Spring  lidse  Catalogue  (in  English). 
Peter  Henderson  and  Co.r35  and  37,  Cortlancit  Street,  biCAV  4  oik.  ■ 
Everi/thing  for  the  Garden."  - 
Kehvay  and  Co.,  Langport.— /velmT/'s  Manual,  1904. 
Win.  Kerr,  Potato  CroAver  Expert,  Dumfries,  N.B.— Best  Potatoes  to 
Groic.  ~  ■ 
Vilmorin-Andrieux  and  Co.,  4,  Quai  do  la  Megisscrie,  Baris.— C/iri/i- 
•  anthemums. 
Webb  and  Sons,  Wordsley,  Stourbridge.— Fanii  Seeds. 
