July 4, 1887. ] 



JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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necessnry moistnro for the roots, with the exception of Calceo- 

 larias, which have hail a little watering at the rootfl. In other 

 departments the »oi k haa been the same as detailed in previous 

 weeks' notices. — K. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— .Tui.y ;?. 



OOR innrkotiN cicoedinKly "nil "iipplii^il. wilh torrnil trnitH cnpccinlly 

 KO. lu cunneiiiH'irj<i iTicttK aru InWLT iiiul Imvo ti (lowiiwtird tuuiU-ncy. 

 ForoiCTl ]iroiliico iiiclmlert (iroiin (iixt^a Plums uml Hovoral othtT vnriotiea, 

 also a c>m»iJ.riililo quantitv o( lro«h Figs. OooU samples of PotatoOB 

 «nd Pcaa arc frouly offorud at lower rates. 



Apples i slevo S 0to4 



Apricots dor. 8 4 



ChorrioH lb. G 1 G 



CheKtniits bush. 



CnrrantH J sieve 3 4 



Black do. i 



FlRS doz. » n fi 



FUberls lb. 



Cobs lb. !) in 



Gooseberries . . quart 4 G 



Grapes, Hothouse.. lb. a G 



Lornous 100 H 1:2 



rnniT. 

 s. d. a. d I ■. 



I Melons each S 



Nectarines doz. G 



Oranges 100 8 



Peacboa doz. 8 



Pears (dessert) ..doz. 



kitchen doz. 



Pine Apples lb. 4 



Plums i sieve 



Quinces doz. 



Kiispberrl.'S lb. 



KtrawhoiTies lb. 



d. s. d 



0to5 



10 U 



14 



21 n 











7 











8 



2 II 



Walnuts bush. 10 20 



Artichokes each 



Asparagus .... bundle 

 Beans, Kidney, per lOU 



ScarletKun.) sieve 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brns. Sprouts i sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Oaoliflowtr doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling .... doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . buudlo 



TEOETABLEa. 



R. d. s. d I 

 3 to C 

 G GO 

 



2 

 

 .H 



Leok0 bnnch 



Lettuce.... per soore 

 MiiehroomR .... pottlo 

 Mu8td.& Cresa, pnnnet 

 Onions. ... per busliel 



Parsley per pievo 



Pareuips doz. 



Peas p(ir quiirt 



Potatoes bubhel 



Kidney do. 



New lb. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Snvoy« doz. 



Sea-iialo baskot 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bn^hel 



Tomatoes. . .. per doz. 

 Turnips bunch 





 1 







4 

 S 

 fl 

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d. 8. 

 3 too 

 







6 10 



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9 



4 











8 



2 



3 

 6 



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 4 

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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*•• We request that no one will writo ]iiivnt,ely to the depart- 

 mental writers of the "Journal of Uoiticulture, Cottage 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so doing they 

 are subjected to unjustiliable trouble and expense. All 

 communications sliould therefore bo addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture ^ dc.^ 171, klect 

 Street^ Loudon, E.G. 

 We also request that correspondents will not mix np on the 

 same sheet questions relating to Gardening and those on 

 Poultry and B^e subjects, if they expect to get them an- 

 swered promptly and conveniently, but write them on 

 separate communications. Also never to send more than 

 two or three tiuestions at once. 

 Guide to Burv St. Kdmunds {An Intending Exhibitor). — "Wa recom- 

 mend you to send to Mei^srs. Jackson & Froat, P.ookscUers, Bury St. 

 EdmondR. for "Jackson's (juide t'> Burj'*" Themis iu it an excellent 



frlan of the town, and of the show-yards. We Bupposo you can haro it 

 ree by post if you enclose to them twelve postage stimps. 

 Tobacco Powdf.u {Suh»crihcr, Bolton). — It was advertised by two manu- 

 facturers iu our Journal hmt week. 



ViHERY ARRANfiF.MKNTS (Arixtoiu to Lcarn). — Vour ventilation will do 

 very well. The best Vines for oarlv work and niodora'e bent are Black 

 Hamburph, Dutch Sweetwater, Buckland Sweetwater, and Uoyal Musca- 

 dine. For more heiit you may have the Muscats. We approve nf your 

 planting inside, and aliowinu the roots to ro out if the bonier ia to be pro- 

 tected. Wo would for quii-k return-, [danl from 'Jt to 3 feet apart, if the 

 liouse is to be uS'-d B<dt-ly fi.r Viiiof. If you nro to hnvo rrops beuentb 

 them, then you would need to have them 4 feet apart, and as to distance 

 it makes but litll»i difTorenco whether you manage the Vines on the spur 

 or long-rod ^^y^teul. The louK-rod modopeueruly ^ives thoht.^t bunches; 

 but as a rule iho sjuir system matures them ratlier better. There is no 

 necessity for havint; tlio ho-ler and pipes done at the same timp as the 

 hoaseisbeine built, but it is often best to lini.sh all at once. There ia 

 noDecc-sf<ity for pulling' itown the back wall in any case. Your stokehole 

 -and boiler may bo pUced outhiile the wall, and do not be afraid to place 

 the boiler low enough, and all the disturbanco to the wall would merely 

 be the holort to let the pipes pass. Some people like the boiler to bo in- 

 Hide of the house ; but little is Rained by that if set in the usual way. It 

 is no b.id plan, however, to buihl a little chamber over the furnace and 

 boiler, and have lioh s from the chamber to thn ImuHe so as to ccjiiomise 

 the heat that rises above the boiler. For c. mmon puri>oseswo consider 

 iron-fllinc jnintu and joints mane with lint, rope yam, and red lend as 

 .good as any. Were wo putting down pipes that we should wish to take up 

 easily, then wo would u^o the Tiuts ^v>tem. All the systems acl%ertiscil 

 in this Journ-il will answer well if well done. We are sure that we could 

 work en oh of them sati-^fictoiily. A** to boilers, we have just ono pie- 

 jndicc — we like simplicity ; and, provi.ied they aro as simple as possible, 

 we c;tru little whether the bhape be t>aJiIlo-biick, conical, or tubular. 



Cpprkssch Lawsoniasa varikoata (F. F.).— Send it to the Klond 

 Committee of Iho Koyal Horticultural Hociety the day before one o< 

 their Tuesday meetings, writing al the name time to the Society's Uoore- 

 tary stating your wishoH. 



FoRCINO (>y STRAWDEBRtEB A .^^KCOND YEAR (A. B ).— Wfl hftVfl OttOn 



forced Strawberry plants a second season, more especially when thero 

 was a (iifticiilty in obtaining early runners. Wo used to let the plants 

 rest a little in their pots, giving them little W'^ter, and a rather shady 

 place for a month or so, then Btrip ofT some of the worst leaves, bbake 

 away a good vortion of the soil, repot in fresh, and then treat as for young 

 plants. ' ho results, which we used to hnvo, on the whole were these: — 

 Generally heavy crops. l)ut the individual berries scaicoly so Gne at in 

 the c ise of young plants. If wanted fia*) the boTies would require to be 

 thinned severely. This thinning is what some of us cannot overtake, 

 and fo the b- si IruJt without thinning go to table and the smallest to tha 

 kitchen lor creams, &c. The chief diflTL-renco as to results is that the old 

 plants yield the heavier crup, and the young the finer frnit. As yon go 

 north there are more old plants used. SmiU autumn runner* are aleo 

 often pricki^-d out in a bed, and, after standing the winter, are taken up 

 iu the following hummer and potted. 



IIeatino a Greekhocmk ynoM a KiTcnKNER (A Tounfj Gardener)^^ 

 Wo niiuht answer your incjuiry better d'd wo thoroughly know what you 

 mean by tho word " kiteliener." We consulted our artUte of the kitchen, 

 wlio show(!d us a rather largo iron vesHel, with a lid. for placing tho water 

 in, and with a brass tap iu front for drawing it off, wliich, when placed 

 over tho oveu at the side, or over the fire with a moveable hob, will 

 always give a supply of hot water when needed. ThoKo "kitrhonera" 

 t re used in public-houses for supiilvinc clean hot waterto mix with some- 

 thing stronger. N'ow, such a kitchener so placed that it could be heated 

 at pleasure, and yet be fixed in its position, would be rinito snfiicioDt to 

 keep tho frost out of a house on the other side of a wall, 50 feel long by 

 ? feet wide. What you would want would be two holes, one within 

 8 inclies of the top," and one within an inch of the bcittom, and each 

 drilled to receive one-mch pipes to go through the wnll, and there bo 

 Joined by a socket-joint to three-inch lipes to heat the house, two of 

 which, if the house is not lofty, would do; but if 1'2 or more feet in 

 height at back, three would be better. In such a case, h(iwever, tho 

 water iu tho boiler must always be as high as tho top pipe, and thfl pipes 

 in tho ho'iso should neither be higher nor lower than those small pipes 

 that come at once from the boiler. Tho water will not circulate woU il 

 taken at nil below the level of the Ititchenor. and it must not go hitrher il 

 it is supplied with a moveable lid. If tho kitchener lias a close lid, and 

 ia supplied by a small pipe from a greater height, the hot-water pipea 

 may go as liigh as the supply cistern. Altogether the kitchener, or what 

 we 'describe as such, will not answer so well and with so little trouble as 

 a boiler at the back of the kitchen range. Even iu such a case the 

 matter of levels must bo considered as stated above. Wo were in hopes 

 wo could heat a long glass corridor from a large kitchen-range; and it 

 could havo been done easily but for the fact that the kitchen-range is 

 considerably higher than tho floor of the place t > ho heated, and for par- 

 ticular reasons, Buch as doors, &c., it was necessary that tho pipes 

 should not bo higher than merely placed on tho stone flooring. Such s 

 house as yours will also bo hulpyd by tho kitch'^u chioinev; and this 

 would be done more eflectually if near tho fire-place the wall was made 

 thinner, or if an arch of 2 or .'J foot was made, and an iron plito inserted 

 inste id of brickwork. Such a kitchen chimney will give out ft great deal 

 of heat. 1 f the kitchener or boiler should bo too troublesome, we would 

 recommend an iron stove of the kind mentioned at page 440. 



Removino Leaves of Sthawberrieb (.1 Lfnrmrr).— We would not ra 

 move luxuriant leaves from •^trawberrj- .dants wbil'rJt swellinit their fruit ; 

 hut if you think they are rather too strong, apply next season a little dry 

 litter on the surface instead of dung. 



Roses from Ccttings {A Lady).— Tho best time to propagate Roses 

 from cuttings is immediately tho dowering is past. Any shoots that havo 

 bloomed are sure to have tho wood sufBcieutly ripeued. or any shoots of 

 an equal age with the flowering shoots are eligible for cuttings. Tho 

 cuttinuH, therefore, should bo taken from the wood of the current year, 

 and the time to tako them is immediately after thfit of blooming. The 

 cuttings may bo from 4 to fi inches in length, and have three or more 

 buds—eyes or leaves. 'The base of the cutting should be cut off with a 

 sharp knifo transversely below the lowest bud or leaf, the leaf being re- 

 moved, and the leaf next above, or for a distance of two-thirds the length 

 of the cultini,'. Tho cuttings aro to be inserted eiualv two-thirds their 

 length in pots, in a compost of equal parts of sandy loam and silver 

 sand, the pots being well drained, resting the Kisc of tho cuttinj? on tho 

 drainage. They m-y then be placed in a cold frame. keepinff them close, 

 and sprinkled with water every morning, shade being ofTorJed them by 

 means of a covering of mats. It will sufTice if the cuttings have two 

 joints, ono being inserted in the soil ; but it is better if they havo three, 

 two inserted in tho soil and one out. Cnttimrs will also strike in the open 

 ground, but tliey should not be put iu until the midd'o of September, 

 and a warm exposure should be chosen. Cuttings put in in a framo wlU 

 be well rooted in six weeks, when they must havo air and be repotted. 



Azaleas after Bi-oomino (South rro^rfonl.— Those phnuld be kept 

 under glass and eucouriiged to make new growth by a rather close and 

 moist atuiosphore, and that should bo maintained until tho growth is 

 complete, and then it is not desirable to plunge them in the shade, but to 

 keep them in a light, co.d, airj* house. If the plants were potted last 

 voar (and they do not appear pot-boundi, we would not recommend n 

 shift. If vou d 1 repot them, a cmnpost of two-thirds peat and one-third 

 turfy loam' with one-six'.hof silver band, will grow them well. 



Melon (J. iJou-Ii-y).— It is impossible to name a Melon from the seeds. 



Eglantine (J". A/a/coIm).— What plant was meant by " Kglantino" by 

 ancient writers has been disputed, but we are of opinion that they BO 

 niiinod what we term the Sweet Briar. Sh.akspeare puts into tho mouth 

 of Ubcron the linos— 



" I know fl bank whereon the Wild Thyme blows, 

 Wlicro Ox-Iii'H ^^^ th'- mxldm? Violet ffroviS : 

 Qui;e over-c;in«'pie.l with lu'^h Woodl'iro, 

 Wilh sweet Musk Roses, and wilh Eglantine." 



So tho Eglantine could not have been the Woodbine ns some frappose. 

 and in " Cymbeline" the same poet speaks of the sweet perturoo of the 

 Eglantine's leaves. Old Gerarde snvs— "£f:l«»ti»i<'. t^**^ *» Sweet Bner, 

 aud Turner, o stiU older herbalist, caUs it " EaltnUne, or Swclo Brere. 



