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JOURNAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAKDENEK. 



[ August 25, IS«S. 



Thomson are much the same as we adopt, with modifications 

 according to circumstances. Oiu- chief requisites are fresh 

 sandy loam fi-om the roadsides, or made so by tlie addition 

 of road drift if we can obtain it, or otlier sand if not, and a 

 sprinkling of Gil%-er sand for the surface. We make little 

 difference whether %ve prick out the cuttings at once into 

 frames, pits, small moveable boxes, or pots, large or small — 

 we strike in aU ways. We have commenced with Verbenas, 

 and these chiefly white, scarlet, and piu'ple. In taking 

 them off we select nice stubbj- side shoots, and although 

 there is more time taken at the bed, there is much less 

 required at the potting-shed, and a lot of cuttings may be 

 taken «-ithout at aU disfiguring the bed. We prefer taking 

 Verbenas first, because in September, though it is time 

 enough to strike them, they are often liable to be attacked 

 with thrijjs, and it is difficult to destroy it. Even now, when 

 the small cuttings are made, we puU as many as we can 

 hold in the thumb and thi'ee fingers through tobacco or 

 sulphur water, and let them lie a short time on the bench 

 before inserting tliem. This season, 60-sized small pots 

 being most handy, we have used them for the ni-st batch, 

 placing a few crocks in the bottom of the pot, fLUing nearly 

 up with the sandy soU, pressing down with a round board, 

 and placing a little sand on the surface. These pots, a 

 little more than 3 inches in diameter inside, hold about 

 twenty cuttings. They vnH be placed on ashes or sand on 

 the gi-ound mth a frame over them, as we dislike artificial 

 heat if it can be avoided. One advantage of having them 

 in such pots is, that if anything in the way of insects gets 

 on them they can be laid on tlieh- broadsides and cleaned 

 with the syringe. When we follow this plan we generally 

 move the cuttings into a larger-sized pot in January or 

 Februar}', and head them across for cuttings ever so often. 

 We never find room to single pot any, and we like spring- 

 sti-uck plants best. We wiU follow as fast as we can with 

 Heliotropes, Auagallises, Ac, and then with Scarlet Gera- 

 niums, and in October we will look out for Calceolarias, or 

 perhaps a few in the end of September. EoUed the lawn 

 and switched witii om- daisy-knife, as it is too bare for 

 machine or scythe. — E. F. 



TRADE CATALOGUES EECEIVED. 



W. Cutbush i Son, Highgate.— iJuto Catalogue for 1863. 



William Paul, Waltham Cross. — Select List of Hyacintlis, 

 Early TiiUiJs, Glndioli, and other BuVjs. 18G3. 



B. S. WiUiams, Paradise .and Victoria Nurseries, HoUoway. 

 —General Bvlb and FrvH Tree Catalogue. 1863. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET. -August 24. 



There is an abundance of every kind of vegetables. Peas are now or 

 very nearly over, but a few parcels are still to be had. There is no scarcity 

 of Grapes and Pine Apples, and of .Melons there is an abundance. Hlberts 

 are plentiful. Potatoes ure plentiful, llegenls, SUo. to lous. ; Shaws. 

 633. to SOg. per ton. 



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Apples J sieve 1 



Apricots doz. i) 



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Filberts .fc Nuts 100 lbs. 40 

 Grapes, Hamburghs. lb. 2 



.Muscats lb. 3 



Lemons lOO 12 



Melons eacb 2 



Mulberries quart 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges 100 



Peaches doz. 



Pears bush. 



dessert A sieve 



Pine Apples ."....lb. 



Plums.... ^ sievo 



Quinces bush. 



Walunts bush. 



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 3 to 6 

 5 10 



VEGETABLES. 



Beans, Broad bush. 



Kidney sieve 



Beet, red do^:. 



Broccoli bundle 



Cabbasc do?,. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots biinoh 



Cauliflowe.r doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling doz. 



Endive score 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic and Shallots, lb. 

 Gourds & Pumpk., each 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish ... bundle 



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» Lettuce score 



, Mushrooms pottle 



Mu3td.& Cress, punnet 



Onions LiUnch 



pickling quart 



Parsley bunch 



Parsnips doii. 



Peas bush. 



1 tj , Potatoes sack 



3 I Radishes doz. bunches 



2 I Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys per doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



■ Spinach sieve 



I Tomatoes ^ sieve 



4 I Turnips bunch 



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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Poplar Of Rapid Gitowxii, »S:c. { Jf. A, 5.}-~"We fear that your " greea 

 fly " is tbe tbnps, but in titber case till the pit with tobacco smoke, cover- 

 ing the lightH tij keep it in. Do this two nights iii succession, shading from 

 bright inn. The leiives should be dry ar the time of smoking, but a sprink- 

 ling of water over the loli.ige in the Hiorninjf a'ter the operation will help 

 to destroy the pe^ts. The Black Italian Poplar is a rapid grower, and eo is 

 the Bjlsam, but no Poplar grows so last as the Ontario. Uulesa your garden 

 IS wet they vmH not thrive long. We live iu a smoky atmosphere, and 

 are dreadfully pu.-*lered with wiaduws that, like eyes, are continually upon 

 U8, and m order to shut-out these we made a plantation of Italian Balsam 

 and Ontario Poplar**, wiih a sufficiency of Limts and Elms. The Pop- 

 lars from 12 feet at the time of planting attained a height of 2j feet in 

 tive years ; but they are now dying at the top, and will soon give place to 

 the Limes and Kims, whicli are better able to stan 1 the t*moky air ol towna 

 than Poplars, which hke moisture above as well as below. Lombardy, 

 Abele, and Aspen stand smoke better than any Poplar we have tried. Wc 

 would plant a row of Black Italian as large as we could procure them, and 

 a row of Limes in front, so that by the time that the Poplars are dying 

 the Limes will b^ ready to take their place. You will not be able to procure 

 Poplars we lear 30 feet liigh in any nursery ; at lea'st, we do not know of 

 any place wliere they may be had. Such extra-sized trees are best found 

 by visiting some large nursery, or by inserting an advertisement in a ga:» 

 dening journal. 



Cocoa-nut Fibrk Dust (D. S. C). — Light fresh loam should be mixed 

 with the dust tor puttmg. Two measures of loam to oue measure of tho 

 dust. 



DOUBLK-FLOWKRING pEACHES BECOMING SiNGLE [E. 0. B.).—X VCTy 



likely cause of yout Peich blossoms becoming single and bearing? fruit is, 

 that the soil in which the tree is growing id loo poor and light, and the south 

 exposure may have something to do witli it, a double flower being simply 

 one in which stamens and pistils are exchanged for p>^tals; and, thercfL-re, 

 if your Peach lacks nourishment at the root, and is exposed to a hot sun, 

 the tendency to single flowers and truitfuluess is sure to De the result. Many 

 of our douole-flowenng bulbs — such, for instance, as Narcissus— become 

 single when grown for a length of time iu a poor dry soil. Try what 

 partially lifting your Peach and substituting very rich soil will do for tha 

 continuance ol aouble tluwers. 



Liquid M.^nure eou Roses {Idem). — The frequency and quantity of 

 liquid manure applied to your Koses must be entirely guided oy circum- 

 stances. It they are gi owing in a poor gravelly soil from which water soon 

 drains away, you m.iy lor the next month, if the weather be dry, apply it 

 every day m a weak state. It is, however, better to give a fiood ooakingat 

 interval."^, and inulcli the surface of the soil to prevent evjporatiou. It your 

 Roses are in a t-trong adhesive loam, the applications of l.quid manure will, 

 of course, not be so much required. We always prefer frequent applications 

 in a weak slate to stronger ones at longer intervals. 



Heading-back afteu Budding (Idem). — No doubt the bending of the 

 shoots will to some extent check the flow of sap to the point of the shoot 

 and throw it back upon the bud. We would, nuwever, prefer shortening 

 the gi-owth in the usual way. The time and attention required to remove 

 the Lateral shoots will be very tritiing. and will not be »o ^teni as would be 

 required in bending the shoots at hiat. 



White Lilies— Bruoma-nsia arborea not Flowering (J/. J".).— The 

 term " White Lilies " is so perplexing an ai)pcllativ^ that we are rather at 

 a loss to know exactly to what plant our correspondent reftrs. It would 

 save a deal of perplexity if in asking for such intormation more particulars 

 were afforded, and if the proper botanic names were given to plants mstead 

 of the popular ones of which, in many cases, this being one of them, the 

 same name is applied to several. We, however, t'uspect from our cor- 

 respondent's having basins of water formed round the Lilies that they arc 

 Water Lilies. It is nut very easy to determine what may have been the 

 cause of their flowering weakly. We have always observed tbat the com- 

 mon Nymphtea alba and lutea have always thriven with the greatest 

 luxuriance in clayey soils— i.e., in pieces of water where the bottom has been 

 of clay, and if the Lilies ia this case are in a light material, we would 

 recommend that soil of a heavy nature be subatiluted. They are not 

 generally shy in flowering, and, perhaps, this may not be the c luse. Perhaps 

 by bome means the foliage may liave been prematurely destroyed, and that 

 would affect their flowering and cause them to be altogether in a weaker 

 state. If the wood of your Brugaiansias U, as you state, good, perhaps a 

 little more time may cause them to be productive of flowers as well as your 

 neighbour's, who may, perhaps, ha.*e started his plants into growth earlier 

 than yours, or may, perhaps, have kept them a little warmer. Generally 

 they are very sure in blooming, and if yours do not flower this autumn 

 it would be difficult to say what has been the cause. The on.y way that 

 you are likely to cause thtm to flower is to ketp them healthy by a plenti- 

 lul supply ot water when they require it, not to keep them in the shade of 

 other plants— such as climbers or Vines, and to keep the foliage free from red 

 spider, to which they are often subject. It they have made as good wood 

 as usual, it is not too much to hope that they will flower this autumn yet. 

 We have grown excellent flowering plants ot this Brugmansia from cuttings 

 struck eai ly in spring and grown on quickly a.nd exposed to plenty cf light 

 in stove heat. By September they make flue strong plants in ten-inch pots, 

 in which if well supplied with water they form very handeome plant?, bearing 

 plenty of flowers, and few plants die more pictuiesque and beautiful. 



ARCTOTIS ItEITANS AND DiANTRCS HTBRIDUS MULTIFLORUS— PROPAGAT- 

 ING Alyssum SAXAiiLE varieoatcm (,jl/ri. ir.J.-The two former of these 

 should prove hardy in your climate. The Aly^sum is usually one of the 

 most easy plants to propagate. The quickest and probably the ^ure8t way 

 of striking it at this season is to well drain a pot or seed-pan, or even a 

 wooden box, then All up to within 2 inches of the rim with soil composed of 

 half loam und half leat mould, and nil up with the same compost and sand 

 in equal proportions, sifted fine lor the insertion of the cuttings. In 

 selecting the cuttings take the stubby tide shoots that have not yielded 

 blooms, and alter being piepared in the usual way insert them about half 

 an inch apart in the pots or pans, and place them m a pit or irame in which 

 there is not much artificial heat, where it kept close and shaded they will 

 root, at least ihey iuvaiiably do so under our care. 



Seedling Thop.i;olum {Buijyard ^- Son). — Your seedling is not unusual. 

 We have seen it iu several places this season, and we doubt very much if it 

 possesses sufficient merit to warrant you In distinguishing it by any par- 

 ticular name. 



