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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTXIRE AKD COTTAGE GABDENER. 



[ September 29, 1863. 



the supply still continues very plentiful ; disease, however, is making its 

 appearance to a much more serious extent than was anticipated. Of other 

 vegetables the supply is also ample; a few Peas are still to be had, and 

 some Savoys are coming in, but as yet arelnot in request. Cut flowers for 

 the most part consist of Orchids, lloses, Pelargoniums, Asters and Mig- 

 nonette. 



FRUIT. 



s. d. 



Apples ^ sieve 1 6t 



Apricots doz. 



it'igs doz. 1 6 



Filberts & Nuts 100 lbs. 55 



Grapes, Hamburghs. lb. 1 6 



Muscats lb. 3 



liCmons 100 8 



Melons each 1 6 



Mulberries quart 6 



Nectarines doz. to t* 



Oranges 100 



Peaches doz. 



Pears bush. 



dessert 5 sieve 



Pine Apples lb. 



Plums ^ sievtt 



Quincea bush. 



Walnuts bush. 14 6 20 



VEGETABLES. 



s. d. S. 



Beans, Broad bush. to 



Kidney i sieve 16 4 



Beet, red doz. 10 1 



Broccoli bundle 



Cabbage doz. 9 1 



Capsicums 100 1 3 2 



Carrots bunch 6 



Cauliflower doz. 3 5 



Celery bundle 16 2 



Cucumbers doz. 2 6 10 



pickling doz. 8 1 



Endive score 13 2 



Fennel bunch 3 



Garlic and Shallots, lb. 8 



Gourds &Pumpk., each 



Herbs bunch 3 



Horseradish ... bundle 16 4 



1 Leeks baoch 



I Lettuce score 



6 j Mushrooms pottle 



I Mu3td.&Crea8, punnet 



3 Onions bunch 



pickling quart 



8 Parsley bunch 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas bush. 



Potatoes sack 



Radishes doz. bunches 



C Rhubarb bundle 



j S^ivoys per doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



I Spinach sieve 



I Tomatoes ^ sieve 



I Turnips bunch 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*^* "We request that no cue will m-ite privately to the de- 

 pai-tmental wi-iters of the " Journal of Horticultme, 

 Cottage Gai-dener, and Country Gentleman." By so 

 doing they are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and 

 expense. All communications should therefore be ad- 

 di-eesed solely to The Editors of the Journal of Horticul- 

 ture, cl'c, 162, Fleet Street, London, E.C. 



We also request that correspondents will not mis up on the 

 same sheet questions relating to Gardening and those 

 on Poultry and Bee subjects, if they expect to get them 

 answered promptly and conveniently, but write them 

 on separate communications. Also never to send more 

 than two or three questions at once. 



K.B. — Many questions must remain unanswered untU next 

 week. 



Seedling Trop.eoldm ( TT. F. S.).-The varieties are numerous and 

 teautiful, but it is quite possible to excel them. Whether your seedling 

 does 80 we cannot tell, not being claiiToyants. 



Nectaki.ve roR North Yorkshire (J. F. y.) .—The Violette Hative is 

 the vaiiety most likely to ripen ajiaiuet your south wall. 



Glass tor a Fernery (T. L. r.).— We consider 21 oz. glass painted on 

 the outside quite equal to Hartley's Patent for the roof of a fernery, and it 

 only costs about half the money. The elass must be quite dry when the 

 pauit IS put on, and the coat vpi-y thin, if it coyer that is enoufrh. Whilst 

 the pamt IS wet dasli a painter's dust-brush perpendicularly on the painting, 

 and that will give it the appearance of frosted glass. The only objection 

 we have to pamtmg glass is that it makes the house gloomy 'in winter. 

 Ground glass we have not tried, and fear it would not prevent the 

 sun s rays from scorching tha plants. We have a house glazed with 

 Hartley 6 patent rough plate glass a quarter of an inch in thickness, and 

 thougu we cannot see through, it doe>. not render shading unnecessary • in 

 fact. It has to be shaded with tiffany No. 3 from March to October, and we 

 think the same would apply to ground glass. We have a painted fernery 

 root little the worse at the end of four summers, and we never had a 

 aeorched leaf nor a pale-coloured frond, though the house is gloomy ia 

 vvi2it^er« 



Camellia Leaves Scorched (5. TF. C.).— The Camellia leaves are 

 scorched by the sun shininp: powerfully upon them whilst wet. The leaves 

 ol the Camellia should always be dry when the sun shines powerfully on 

 them. The cellular tissue ol' the leaves of No. 1 appears to us to have 

 become decomposed by keepinjc them almost constantly drippiuff-wet. 

 Byringe it very little after the leaves attain their tull size in future, and 

 shade them from very bright sun. or plant some creepers that will afford a 

 little shade in summer and obstruct the lifiht but little in winier. No. 2 is 

 spotted by allowing water to drip from the roof upon the leaves, or drops 

 ol water standmg on them when the sun shines fiercely will produce the 

 same result. The glass of the roof may be of a bad quality, and that would 

 account for the leaves being in the pitiable condition of No. 1 ■ but No. 2 we 

 are quite certain is spotted by allowing water in drops to stnnd on the 

 biayes. There is no disease that we can see but what will be easily removed 

 by keepmg the leaves dry in ihe early part of the day, and syringing only 

 latheevenmg; and then only when the plants are making new growths. 

 A syringing once a-week after the growth is made and buds formed is 

 enough to free the leaves of dust, and a thorough washing with a sponge of 

 both sides of the leaves is better than all the ayringings put together. See 

 that the soil about their roots is not sodden, and that stagnant water is 

 not lodging there, and admit abundance of fresh air. 



Shallot Culture {S.W.C). — The Shallot likes a rich friable loamy soil, 

 and if not rich it should be well manured previously to planting, and well 

 rotted and incorporated with the soil before planting time. Plant in beds 

 4 feet wide, and draw drills with a hoe about 3 inches deep, and 9 inches 

 from drill to drill, in which place the roots 6 inches apart, and fill in the 

 drills with fine mould level with the surface of the bed. The beginning of 

 February is the proper time to plant them, and if the ground be frozen at 

 that lime, plant as soon afterwards as circumstances will allow. Remove all 

 weeds, and when ihe tops of the Shallots turn yellow pull up the roots ana 

 let them lie on the surface a few days to dry, when they are to be housed 

 like Onious. 



Plants for Rockeey iF, TT.).— Creepers or otherwise small shrubs and 

 herbaceous plants for rockeries — Berberis buxilolia, and B. empetrifolia ; 

 Genista decumbens, G. procumbens, G. tetragona, G. tinctoria, and G. tinc- 

 toria plena; Cistus purpureus, C. crispus, C. salvifolius, C. Ledon, and 

 C. lu&itanicus; Cotoneaster microphylla, and C. rotundifolia; Genista tri- 

 quetra ; Daphne cneorum, and D. cneorum varie£;ata ; L'lex europaea, 

 U. europrea plena, and U. nana; Helianthenmm vulgare, H. vulgare flore 

 pleno, plenum album, H. roseum, H. macranthum, H. algarven^e, and 

 H. alpestre ; Gaultheria procumbens ; Kalmia glauca, K. angustifolia, 

 K. angustifolia variegata, rubra, nana, and ovata; Juniperus prostrata; 

 Ledum buxifolium, L. latifolium ; Vinca minor, V. minor argenteo-varie- 

 gata, aureo variegata, flore pleno, and V. herbacea ; Wiccinium buxifolium, 

 V. vitis-idsea, and the variety major; Yucca filamentosa, and variegata, 

 Y. angustifolia, Y. recurva, and Y, gloriosa. Hardy Heaths— over thirty 

 species or varieties, and the sweetest of trailing plants Epiga'a repens. The 

 small-leaved Ivy, and, in fact, mo^t of Hederus are picturesque in rock- 

 work. Of herbaceous plants — Alchemilla alpina, montana, conjuncta, 

 hybrida, &c. ; Ajuga reptuns variegata, and A. reptans alba; Alyasum 

 alpinum variegatuin, and A. maritimum varicgatum; Anteunaria hyper- 

 borea, A. triplinervis, and A. margaritacea ; Ar^ibis albida, beliidifolia, 

 ccerulea, sasatilis, variegata and stenopctala; Arctostaphylos alpina; 

 Arctotis breviscapa ; Aristolochia clematltis ; Armeria maritima, ditto 

 formosa and rosea, A. vulgaris alba; Artemisia marilima ; Aster alpi- 

 nus ; Aubrietia Mooreana, purpurea, and its variety grandiflora; Cam- 

 panula garganica and puUa; Cephalaria alpina and tatarica ; Cerastium 

 repens and tomentosum; Chelidoniuin majus, and the double variety 

 thereof; Circa'i alpina; Cochloaria danica, grcenlaiidica, and officinalis; 

 Convolvulus fruticosus ; Cornnilla minima; Dianthus alpinus, deltoides, 

 floribundus, hybridus; Dryas Drummondi and octopetala ; Fragaria mono- 

 phylla; Heucherea suffrulicosa; Iberis carnosa and eempervirens ; Lotus 

 eorniculatus, ditto flore pleno and L. cytisoides ; Phlox Nelsoni and 

 rosea; Saxifraga, over a hundred varieties, and more than sixty Sedums, 

 all charming for rockeries; and not less so are the Sepervivums, of which 

 there are more than a dozen species; and very many more plants suitable 

 for rocks may be had at any nursery of note. 



Roses for Border (/rffm).— Cabbage or Provence— Madame Laffay, 

 Baronne Prevoet, Duchess of Sutherland, La Keine, William Jesse, and 

 Gt'^ant des Batailles, and one and all of the Hybrid Pt-rpeiuals are excellent 

 border Roses on their own roots. They require no more care, and are every 

 way better than a lot of old-tasbioned Ruses formerly grown in gardens 

 which were infinitely inferior to a Dog Rose. 



ViNK CuLTDRE ( TT. B. J.I.— To givc all the information you require 

 would fill an entire Number of our Journal. Y'ou must purchase a work on 

 Vine culture. That by Sanders or by Thomson will suit you. As you do 

 not require Grapes early you need not begin forcing before December, 

 The air require-* to be kept moist by watering the paths, syrmging the 

 branches, &c. The border.-", if properly made, require no manure. As the 

 roots of the Vines are outside, the surface should be mulched in winter to 

 exclude frost and excessive wet, and in dry weather during summer to keep 

 in the moisture. The flavour of any variety of Grape depends on its good 

 culture and the amount of sunshine. 



List of Fruit Tr.EEs ( TT. M. C). — Dessert Apples. —lTi?ii Peach, 

 Kerry Pippin. Cox's Orange Pippin, Cockle Pippin, Old Nonpareil, Margil. 

 Kitc.hm ^;>;j/e4.— Keswick Codlin, Bedfordshire Foundling, Dumelow's 

 Seedling, Y'orkshire Greening, Striped Beefin<jr, Alfnston. Pears.— Jar- 

 gonelle, Williams' Bon Chretien, Baronne de Mello, Nouveau Poiteau, 

 AVinter Nelis. Josephine de Malines, Pln7ns.—i\i,\y Green Gage, Den- 

 niston's Superb, Jefferson, Green Gage, Purple Gage, Reine Claude de 

 Bavay, Kirke's. C/.'erriVs.— Black Tartarian, Jlay Duke, Elton, Bigarrcau, 

 Morello, Belle Magnifique. 



Box Edging ( W. li. J.I.— Your gardener is quite right abont there being 

 more kinds of Box edging than one, as is exemplified in our own garden, 

 where the difference of the two kinds may be traced to a plant. In fact, 

 there are ditferent grades of dw;irf Box, the very dwarfcr.t and best being 

 far from common, while a coarse-growing kind, better adapted for hedges 

 than edgings, has found its way into some gardens, our own for one. The 

 dwarfing of Box edging does not depend on soil but on the kind of plant 

 used, as we have detected three kinds in one line "nith clearly marked 

 differences. Box is the Euxus semnerviicns of botanists, and they have 

 two varieties of it, angustifolia (narrow-leaved) and suffruticosa (sub- 

 shrubby), and it is the last-named that is alone suited for edgings. 



Chassklas Musuuk Grapes Cracking, &c. [Hibernicus). — You will 

 have little chance with the Chasselas Mu^que unless you can keep the house 

 drier and prevent the roots being much soaked by placing a sash over the 

 borders. We think root-pruning will do the Grosse Mignonne good, and 

 thinning the fruit pretty well before they bec^ome so large. The Fuchsias 

 may be so grown in a cool stove, with a fair amount of air. If kept too hot 

 they will be apt to be leggy and too luxuriant. Y'our PernisNothochliena 

 nivea, sometimes referred to Gymnogramma. 



Size of Connecting Pipe (Tyjo). — The one-inch will do for con- 

 necting the four-inch pipes with the boiler— we presume tliat is what you 

 mean. It is amazing the rapidity with which four-inch pipes can be so 

 he:ited. Of course, you are satisfied your boiler ia large enough for the 

 additional work. 



DwAUP Trees in Front of Wall Trees [R. H. ^.).— If your trees are 

 not more than 4-\ feet in height they will injure the trees on the back wall 

 but little. It would be as well if the roots of the two sets of trees were 

 prevented interlacing by making a wall below the surface 6 feet from the 

 back wall, but that ia a matter of choice. Your ventilation will be more 

 than aniple, but it is best to have enough, and we never recommend any 

 one to put up a cheap house who prefers having such structures built in a 

 substantial manner. 



