October 27, 1863. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



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summer, wliilst the rains have injured the others very much. 

 This is the tenderest bedding Calceolaria we have met with. 

 In some sunny days we just dusted the Calceolaria cuttings 

 with a slight skii^ from the syringe, making a quart of 

 water, in the form more of mist than syringing, go a great 

 way. In one very simny forenoon, as Thiu'sday, we gave a 

 slight shade for a few hours. One rule is, to give no shade, 

 if a cutting will stand light without flincMng ; but it is a 

 good plan to prevent the leaves flagging, whatever plan be 

 used. The error generally committed, is to leave shading 

 longer on than it is roquii-ed, and that tends to di-aw the 

 cuttings upwards, and make them weak instead of encourag- 

 ing them to root downwai'ds. 



Repotted a lot of Pelargoniums that were cut dovm late, 

 and had broken nicely, shaking away the most of the earth, 

 trimming the roots a little, and repotting in fresh soU, and 

 into the same-sized, or smaller pots. Proceeded with 

 potting other things as we could get at them, as Cinerarias, 

 Primulas, &c., and gave the latter more room, as they were 

 so thick as to lose a few of the lower leaves. Would pot 

 some stove plants, but have not as yet a place for them. 



We may here remark how circmustances frequently alter 

 cases and the treatment to be adopted. A fnend of ours 

 generally beats us in beds of Scarlet Geraniimis early in the 

 season. We as regularly beat him later in the summer and 

 autumn ; in fact in the late autumn he will teU you he has 

 no beds. The reasons ai-e quite on the surface. We can as 

 yet keep no reserve ground for stock, and until late in 

 autumn we are chary in taking even cuttings from our beds 

 so as to mar the outUne, and this we wish to keep until the 

 leaves wUl spoil the lawn do what we will. October then is 

 pretty well ended before we take up any of the finer plants we 

 wish to keep, and frequently in iiue autumns it is November. 

 Now our friend's employers leave him in August. A ton 

 or two of pots is no object ; and no sooner are they gone 

 than smack goes the knife in the beds for large cuttings, 

 and ere long lots of Scarlet Geraniums are taken up, potted, 

 and put in the open air to gi'ow, root, and be hardened 

 before the end of autumn, and to be wintered so as to be tiu'ned 

 out large plants by the 20th of May. We could not house 

 enough of these large plants if we had them, and we could 

 not get them at present if we wished it, without injm-ing 

 the appearance of the grounds when visitors are the most 

 numerous. Those situated like our friend may plant their 

 beds early with bulbs after giving them every necessai'y 

 prepai'ation. Those wlio wish bulbs to follow after such 

 late-kept flower-beds should plant the bulbs, as previously 

 directed, as soon as possible in a temporary border in plenty 

 of rough leaf mould, and lift with balls and plant when the 

 beds are ready. — R. F. 



Rose Reine db la Pape. — M. Eugene Verdier gives me 

 the following reason of this name. There is in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Lyons a little hamlet named La Pape. In this 

 village M. le Mareohal Canrobert possesses a beautiful pro- 

 perty, and M. GuiUot desired to dedicate his Rose to Madame 

 Canrobert ; but perceiving that he had been forestalled, and 

 that another Rose of M. Liabaud's bore this name, he decided 

 to give it the name of "Reine de la Pape" in honom- of 

 M. Caui-obert, but this fact imfortunately no one knows. 



VEGETABLES. 



COVENT GAEDEN MAEEET.-Oct. 24. 



But little change has taken place in the supplies both from home and 

 abroad, which still continue amply sufficient; for the demand, and the prices 

 quoted are nearly the pame as tho>e of the two previous weeks. Fruit of all 

 kinds, bnth hothouse and ont-doors, is plentiful. Of Apples there is an 

 abundance from the continent and the Channel Islands. Filberts are rather 

 more scarce, but the prices remain the sanic. The vegetable market is well 

 stocked, and 5ome Kidney B&ins are still to be had. Cut flowers mainly 

 consist of Orchids, Koses, Pelargoniums, some Camellias, Verbenas, Stocks, 

 Dahlias, Ageratums, Violets, and Mignonette. 

 FRIHT. 



Beans, Broad bosh. 



Kidney ^ sieve 



Beet, red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers doz. 



picklinf^ doz. 



Endive score 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic and Shallots, lb. 

 Gourds i: Pumpk., each 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish ... bundle 







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 6 

 

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Leeks bunch 



Lettuee score 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustd. & Cress, punnet 



Onions Imnch 



pickling quart 



Parsley bunch 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas bush. 



Potatoes sack 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys per doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Spinach sieve 



Tomatoes ^ sieve 



Turnips bunch 



3 too 



1 



2 



4 



6 



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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*^* "We request that no cne will write privately to the de- 

 partmental wi-iters of the " Journal of Horticultm-e, 

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

 doing they are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and 

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Ripening Gr»pfs im Gree.nhouse (A. S.)— No periodical makes greater 

 efforts or mcuis more expense than we do to give full and accurate answers 

 to questions ; but, it we remember right, though you forget, yrm wrote to 

 us under the signatuie" W. K. J.," and we replied at page 258, giving soine 

 general suggesliims, but adding that to answer ail your questions would till 

 an entire Number ot our Journal. If you will ask two or three questions 

 on points in which jou are still in doubt we shall readily return the best 

 inloriuation we can obtain. 



Gloxinias— Tempekaturr .^nd Ven'tilatton of Plant otove (A Svffolk 

 Subscriber). —If you wish the Gloxinias to flower next summer or early in 

 autumn, the sooner their growing season is brought to a close now the 

 better by drying them off gradually. If yon do not mind their being late 

 next season again you may keep those yet to flower in a dry stove heat and 

 they will probably flower yet. As the bulbs become stronger you may 

 expect larner blooms, all olher things being equal. Keep the temperature 

 ot your little stove for tender Ferns, Begonias, ic, :it 60° al night, a:id give 

 air by day as soon as the heat rises to liSJ^ or 70^ ; but do not open the ven- 

 tilator and window in front lioth at the same time, es|iecially on windy 

 dijys, or you will create a . old drannht, which such plants do not like. 

 Sixty degrees with fire heat is heat suificient, and during severe frosts 53® 

 is preferable to a high temperature from an over-heated flue. 



Protecting Camellia Blooms from Wet— Grapes Damping or Mil- 

 dewing (6'. /r. C).— You may erect a temporary tramework over your 

 Camellias and cover it with calico steeped in oil. This will protect from 

 wet anil admit a good deal of light at the same time. It will be impossible 

 for you to keep Grapes free from damping and mildew alter this season in 

 your vinery without any means for artificial heat. The fire in the adjoining 

 house and leaving the door open v. ill not be sufficient. Ittakesgood manage- 

 ment to keep Hamburgh Grapes in winter, even with a flue or hot-water 

 pipes. Why not heat your house? You will then obuiiii better Grapes and 

 be able to keep them. The sooner Hyacinths are potted now the better, espe- 

 cially if to be forced into flower early in spring. But you may leave them 

 nnpotted for two months yet and still get tbem to flower ; but it is much 

 belter to pot at the earliest opportunity after r his date. 



Pdkple King Verbena Cuttings (S. .B.).— From the appearance of the 

 leaves you have sent there is no doubt you have a severe attack ot mildew. 

 With the management ordinarily pursued in the autumn jiropagation of 

 Verbenas, this variety is almost invariably attacked wiih mildew more or 

 less. Try what the eft'eets of keeping them rather dry at the root and 

 dusting them over with flowers ot sulphur will be. This is your beet 

 remedy. It is now too late to strike cuttings of this sort to have any pros- 

 pect of their being of much use to you. It is not too late, however, to lift 

 some ot your stubby plants and pot them in well-drained pots, using light 

 rich soil and placing them in a cold but not damp frame. If you can lilt 

 with little balls of earth all the better. In striking it another year try it in 

 a cold frame and begin early in .August, and after the cuitings are rooted 

 prick them oft into light bnt rich soil in well-drained pans or eight-inch pots, 

 and you will And mildew will not be so tronblesome aa when they aie 

 struck in hotbeds. 



Roses for Pegging-down in a Bed (.1/. 4- Z.).— Most, if not all, the 

 Hybrid Perpeluals do well this way, and ilie Moss and Gallicas particularly 

 well, while the China and Tea do not answer when pegged-down, as the 

 shoot often ceases growing after being thus laid down, and the plant sup- 

 plies its place by pushing up fresh shoots from the collar. It is needless 

 to mention varieties, as all the Hybrid Perpetuals, excepting those which 

 strongly partake of the Tea or China origin, do well so treated. 



Moss ON A Lawn (Jf., CTr:/f.ffoi/se).— During the monthsof February or 

 March scr.tch as much ot the n.oas off the lawn as you can with agarden 

 rake or light close-toothed harrow, carrying the rahings away. Then silt 

 .'Oaje good dry mould through a three-quarier-mcli sieve, and noxug same 

 Grass and White Clover seeds with the mould so sifted, give the ground a 

 good sprinkling with it, not so much ^is 10 kill the Grass plants left on the 

 lawn, but enough to partly destroy the moss and lava foundation lor a fresh 

 growth of Grasses. The addition of a little soot to the mixture will, per- 

 haps, prevent the small birds destroving the Grass seeds. When the growing 

 season sets in your lawn will appear liKe a closel.-sown corn field, andjwlU 

 wait frequent rollings to get a good bottom. In general a little moss on a 

 lawn is advantageous, and in winter is prefer.able to the multitude ot worm 

 casts a turf on richer ground is often infested with. 



