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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



t July 11, 1867. 



VEGETABLES, 



Artlchohes each 



Asparapua bundle 



Beans, Kidney, per 100 



ScarletRuu.^ sieve 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Bm9. Sprouts i sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsictims 100 



Carrots buBoh 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling .... doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Eorseradish . . bundle 



d. 8. 

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Leoks bunch 



Lettuce per score 



Mushrooms . pottle 



Mustd.A Cress, punnet 

 Onions, .per doz. bchs. 



Parsley per sieve 



Parsnips 'doz. 



Pen.^ per qunrt 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



New lb. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoea. . .. per doz. 

 Turnips bunch 



s. d. 9. d 

 3 too 





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9 

 6 





 

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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*•• We request that no s>ue vrill write privately to the depart- 

 mental writers of the "Journal of Horticulture, Cottage 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so doing they 

 are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and expense. All 

 communications should therefore be addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, dc, 171, Fleet 

 Street^ London, E.C. 



We also request that correspondents will not mix up on the 

 same sheet questions relating to Gardening and those on 

 Poultry and Bee 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 questions at once, 



N*B. — Many questions must remain unanswered until nest 

 week. 



Motto (S. S. S.). — Yon have represented the sentence as three words, 

 whereas there are only two — " Considerate Lilia," or " Consider ye the 

 Ijlies." 



JouRNAi, OF Horticulture Prize {D. T. F.).— Yoq ask, "Will there 

 be any limit to the quantity of fruit on each dish V" To which we can 

 only reply, Not any; but we conclude that no exhibitor would either have 

 more or lees quantities than are usual on dessert dishes. Let it be re- 

 membered that good taste is required to accompany the gardening skill 

 testified by the excellency of the fruits. 



Grapes at Manchester Show (T. Hartcood).~We cannot say on what 

 ground the Judges awarded the prizes to the Muscat Grapes at Man- 

 chester, as we were not present. What w.ts the condition of the schedule '.' 

 If it was that all fruit exhibited must be ripe and fit for table, then un- 

 ripe fruit ought to be disqualified; but if there w«s no such condition, 

 fruit not perfectly ripe was admissible. We certainly agree with you 

 fthat it is impossible to judge Melous without cutting them. 



Grapes Become Brown (T7/is'.— They are severely rusted. The cause, 

 probably, is their being syiinged, and whilst wet exposed to a cold 

 current of air. 



Catalogue of Scb-tropical Pi.ants (J?. J.).— Though most of the 

 principal nurserymen give lists of these, we do not know of any catalogue 

 published in this country containing full descriptions of such plants. 



Trees a>d Shbubs for Cotswold Hills (B.). — We should think, as 

 the snbstratum of these hills is oohtic, that Beech and Spanish Chestnut 

 would be at home, likewise Birch, Mountain Ash, and all the Thorns, as 

 well as trees worked on that stock, such as Mespilus, &c. ; but it would not 

 be advisable to try Elms, Oalts. nor the taller kinds of Poplars. Many of 

 the Coniferft" would do well in such a situation, and Yews and Junipers 

 would be quite at home. The Scotch Fir and many lundred Pinnies would 

 succeed as well as, and, perliaps, better than in a lower situation. Of 

 shrabs, most of the Rhododendrons and the common kinds of Azaleas 

 and Andromeda will do. Box may be planted plentifully ; but we doubt if 

 Laurustinus and Portugal Laurels can bo depended on. Common Laurels, 

 .Donblc-flnwcred Furze, Cotonenster. and some other plants may be tried 

 with a tolerable certniuty of success. We doubt much if Berberis will do 

 8o well, and Daphnes, Pernettyas. and Weigolas like a stifi'er soil. The 

 Evergreen Oaks will also, probably, thrive, but that Hollies will do so is 

 doubtful, as they prefer a more sheltered position. Many deciduous 

 shrubs, as Lilacs, Deutzia scabra. Kibes, and Mock Orange will succeed 

 well. 



Verbenas for Exhibition (Constant 2ieafJer). — These are very fine — 

 Mrs. Turner, Lm-d Leigh, Annie, Black Prince, GOant des Eatailles, Lilac 

 King, Rose Imperinl, Admiral of the Blue, Le Grand Bonle de Neige, 

 Madame Hermann Stenger, Foxhunter, and King of the Verbenas. 



Select Pansies (J. H^i??)-— Alexander Tait, Cherub. Arab, Miss Muir, 

 Miss Ramsay, John Inglis, Lady Lucy Dundas, J. B. Bownie, George 

 Wilson, Masterpiece, Yellow Queen, and Alice Downic. 



Kalmia latifolia (J. G.}. — We do not remember the article to which 

 you_ refer. There is a variety of Kalmia latifolia called major splendens, 

 having largo deep rosy flowers ; also myrtifolia, with smaller and darker 

 flowers than K. latifolia. 



Fumigating a Vinery (Tobacco, B^.).— There is no danger of injury 

 from the fumigation of a vinery with tobacco when the Grapes are 

 changing colour. Use shag tobacco or tobacco paper. No amount of 

 tobacco smoke will destroy bug. 



Leaver (Mary Kino). — It is impossible to name a plant from a few dead 

 le; ves. They are of the same shape and fratrrance as those of the Willow- 

 Jeaved variety of the Bay tree, Laurua nobilis, var. salicifolia. 



Night-scented Stock Manaoebtent (A. S. W.).—Vfe think the "plant 

 has been potted in too rich soil, and has been soaked with water, which 

 circumstances would be sufficient to account for the bad condition of the 

 roots; the loss of foliage may be the result of keeping the plant in a 

 close atmosphere. You could not have done better than have repotted 

 the plant in light sandv soil, afl"ording good drainage, and have kept it 

 moderately dry in a cold frame with abundance of air, and more liberal 

 supplies of water when the roots were working freely in the fresh soil. 

 You may now put in cuttings of any of the young shoots, inserting two 

 joints in the soil. The surface should be covered with an inch of silver 

 sand- The pots may be set in a friane, which should be kept close and 

 shaded from sun. the cuttings being occasionally bedewed overhead with 

 water through a fine rose, and the sand kept moist but not very wet. The 

 cuttings will root slowly but surely ; or they may be placed in ft hotbed, 

 and when well rooted should be pitted off singlyin small pots in a com- 

 post of equal parts of light turfy loam, leaf mould, and sand, affording 

 good drainage. After potting pbice them iu a cold frame, keep close and 

 shaded for a few days until established, and afford a sprinkling of water 

 overhead every morning. When the plants rooover from the potting air 

 should bo freely given— iu fact, they should be fully exposed except 

 during very wet weather, when the hghts may be tilted. When the pots 

 are full of roots shift into pots a size larger, and early in October remove 

 them to a shelf in a cool tiiry greenhouse. The essentials to success are 

 a free circulation of air, a light open soil, and good drainage, with careful 

 watering in winter. 



Christmas Rose Propagation (Idevt).—You may take np the plants 

 now and divide them into as many pieces as you find crowns, preserving 

 as much root as possible to each. The divisions are to be planted where 

 they are to remain, or in a border 1 foot apart, giving a good watering. 

 A compost of tv/o-thirds turfy loam and one-third leaf mould will grow 

 it well, affording a mulching of about 1 inch of le.^.f mould over the 

 crowns early in winter. 



Strat\'berries— Estimate «r Sorts (G. B., Brr/M.— Sir J. Paxton is a 

 good cropper, handsome, and suitable for market purposes, also good for 

 forcing. President is said to be a good cropper, but it did not bear heavily 

 with me. It is better flavoured than Sir J. Paxton. Mrs. Nicholson sent 

 me Comte de Zans, but as it was sent by post it died. It is said to be a 

 good market sort. Dr. Hogg is a very hardy, healthy sort, like British 

 Queen in appearance and flavour. I specially recommend Cockscomb 

 and Wonderful as late market sorts. They are very hardy, great and sure 

 bearers, stand travelling well, and are of the British Queen flavour. The 

 I crops of Rivers'rt Eliza, Cockscomb, and V/onderful are very fine here.— 

 W. F. Radclyffe, Okeford Fitzpninc. 



Variegated Pelargoniums (W. H. M.>. — We stated a fortnight since 

 our opinions upon the subject. You will see some further remarks to- 

 day in our columns. According to the decision of the Floral Committee 

 of the Ri>yal Horticultural Society, they would consider Annie Williams a 

 Variegated Pelargonium, and Mrs. Milford not. We arc of opinion that 

 the Coffee tree does not come within the moaning of "a fruit tree," any 

 more than does the Oak. 



Vines on Open Walls (W. Spencer). — If you enclose five postage 

 stamps with your address, and order " Fruit Gardening for the Many," it 

 will be sent free by post. It contains what yon need. 



Grass on Heavy Soil (E. F.\ — The best treatment yon can adopt for 

 your lawn is to have it well and deeply drained. The proposed dressing 

 with small pieces of chalk may do good, but we fear the chalk would give 

 7 stony appearance to the surface. A dressing of compost formed of any 

 waste vegetable matter, as tufts of grass, &c., turned over frequently and 

 mixed with a load of lime to every four of compost, would form an ex- 

 cellent dressing for your la^vn at the end of twelve months. Apply it in 

 February. Draining the soil is what wo recommend, and then top- 

 dressing. A top-dressing of sifted cinders would tend to keep the surface 

 from becoming soapy. 



Peach Trees on Wooden Fence (Mem).— Yonr trees will seldom, M 

 ever, thoroughly ripen their fruit, and they sufl'er from mildew on account 

 of the wood being immature. They should be plauted against a wall with 

 a south aspect. To free your trees of mildew we recommend yonr washing 

 them forcibly every evening with water during the prevalence of dry 

 weather, and once a-week with a solution of soft so^.p at the rate of 2 ozs. 

 to the gallon of water. If this do not fi-ee them of mildew, dust the parts 

 affected whilst wet with flowers of sulphur. 



EHVNCnOSPERMUM JASMINOIDES AFTER FLOWERING (K. E.). — ThlS IS 



the plant of which you enclose a spray, and having been neglected it 

 should have any old long bare shoots removed, preserving as much of the 

 young wood as possible, and especially the shoots jiear the base. The 

 plant may be potted, if requisite, in a compost of equal parts of turfy 

 peat and loam, with a free admixture of silver sand. The drainage should 

 be good. The plant should be kept moist, close, and shaded for a few 

 days until it recover from the potting, and should then have a light and 

 moderately airj' situation, a sprinkling of water morning and evening, 

 and every encouragement to secure growth. Water copiously, but only 

 when necessary. Regulate the shoots when necessaiy. 



Insect on Peae-tree Leaves (A. M. Tf.V— The destroyer of the leaves 

 is called the SUmy Grub, it ie the Ini-va of the Selandria .Ethiops, or Pear 

 Saw-fly. They can be destroyed by dusting them with slaked quicklime. 



Forcing Vines (Subscriber, Norjcich). — You may plant inside as yon 

 propose, and you may force the Vines successfully that are planted out- 

 side ; but you would do better to have them in Juno the first year, and in 

 Jlay the succeeding one. However, in either case we would advise yon 

 to proceed thus: — Give heat in your pipes to hasten on the crop just 

 thinned, and have it off as soon in the autumn as you can, so as to 

 give the Vines a rest before you begin to force them. By the 1st of October 

 at latest, cover the border outside with 15 inches of litter to keep the 

 heat in, and if you can protect from cold rains so much the better ; 

 shut up your house and commence very gi-adually with 45^ in December, 

 raising the heat by degrees. 



Pine-Apple Leaves Browm (A Ecadcr).~'Try what a little shade will 

 do for your Pines. We suspect they are not quite right at the roots, and 

 too much sun with too little air has scorched the tops. Examine the 

 roots, and if not doing well shake away the soil, drain well, and repot in 

 fresh, rough, sandy loam. If the roots are progressing healthily let them 

 alone. Shade, and give plenty of moistuie, with air, however little, at 

 the top the first thing in the morning. 



