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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGK GAEDENEB. 



[ August 22, 1807. 



weather, as contrasted with the result when no snch nipping 

 and cleaning is given, is very great. In the first case the 

 rains rather wash and refresh instead of greatly injuring, iu 

 the latter case every shower washes the colouring of the de- 

 cayed flowers over the fresh ones remaining, not only destroy- 

 ing their brilliancy, but, as it were, giving them a poisoning as 

 well, and these faded petals falling on and resting on the foliage 

 destroy its beauty and damp it into blotches or holes. 



It is of no use disguising the fact, that fine flower-bed.s out 

 of doors demand more unremitting care than in the great 

 majority of cases can be afforded them — a fact which should 

 lead not to less care being given, but to a lessened number to 

 care for. Our amateur readers may rest assured, that the 

 better kept their beds are, the less will these suffer in brilliancy 

 from changes in the weather. If all faded flowers are not re- 

 moved, then the beds will suffer greatly in their appearance 

 from every downpour of any duration. Another point should 

 be kept in view, especially in very rainy districts, and that 

 is, to have flowers that the rains affect the least. One of 

 the most successful and polished young nurserymen we ever 

 met, was at first quite surprised at this consideration being 

 brought to bear on a new bedding Pelargonium. He had grown 

 them chiefly in sheltered positions. But this simple fact con- 

 stitutes a great recommendation to many of the smaller- 

 petalled Nosegay Pelargoniums. The wind and the rains pass 

 through them without hurling them, which they cannot do in 

 the case of the larger-petalled line-formed kinds. So, too, 

 with Calceolarias. Those with small flowers and the openings 

 to the pocket or little reticule small and sealed-up, will stand 

 torrents of rain, when those with larger flowers and larger 

 openings to let the moisture into the bag, would be sure to fall 

 off, even by the weight of moisture added. This gives a reason 

 why many fine large-flowered Calceolarias are quite unfitted 

 for the flower-bed, and we must content ourselves with flowers 

 of less size because they stand so much better. 



But for the necessity of having the beds, lawn, and walks 

 in unusually good order, we would have been busy propa- 

 gating, and trust that we shall have done much in that way 

 before this is printed. Before this time all kinds of Pelar- 

 goniums would have struck freely in the open border, as the 

 mere flagging of the foliage in such succulent plants is of no 

 importance; but after the middle or the third week in August 

 it is as well to insert the cuttings in pots or moveable boxes at 

 once, so as to be easily moved, without fresh potting, under 

 shelter when cold nights come. At present the chief work 

 will consist to putting in Heliotropes, Verbenas, Pentstemons, 

 Gazanias, Nierembergias, Petunias, &e., using well-drained 

 pots and sandy soil. Placed under hand-glasses or sash-lights 

 in a cold frame or pit, kept close during the day, and shaded a 

 little if necessary, with a httle air at night, they will strike 

 freely, and be much healthier afterwards than if they had re- 

 ceived any bottom or other artificial heat. Where "the Cen- 

 taurea candidissima is looked upcpn as a main feature, the 

 cuttings should be put in during the third week of August if 

 possible, and have time to strike in a cold pit. as they will not 

 be hurried. After August they strike badly. July, and March, 

 and April are the best months for striking this white-leaved 

 plant. Sandy soil will do very well, and if there are plenty of 

 thumb or very small 72 or fiO-pots, it is better to put only one 

 cutting in a pot, as, if several are put in a pot, the very tender 

 roots are sure to be broken in the process of disentangling and 

 reshifting. — E. F. 



VEGETABLES. 



COVENT GAEDEN MARKET.— August 21. 



The dcmnnd being now so much less than in previous weeks, our market 

 quotations are only nominal. Wo have etill large importations of 

 Contineotal fruit, and heavy arrivals of Potatoes coastwise and by rail, 

 generally free from blight. 



8. d. B. d I 



Artichokes each 3 to 6 



Asparapus bundle 1 



Bcnns, Kidney, A sievo 2 S (i 



ScarletRuu.^ sieva 8 3 fi 



Beet, Red doz. 2 8 



Broccoli bundle 2 3 



Brua. Sprouts ^ sieve 



Cabbnge doz. 10 16 



Capsicums 100 2 3 i 



CniTots bunch 6 8! 



Cauliflower doz. 2 4 ' 



Celery bundle 10 2 



Cucumbers each 4 8 



pickling ..,, doz. 2 



Endive do:^. 2 



Fennel bunch 8 



G'lrlic lb. 8 1 



Herbs bunch 8 



Horseradish - . bundle 2 6 4 



PRUIT, 



Apples J sieve 



Apricots doz 



GherricB lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 



Currants ^ sieve 



Black do. 



Tigs doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs lb. 



Gooseberries . . quart 

 Grapes, Hothouse, .lb. 



Otol 



Lemons 100 8 12 



B. d. s. d 



Melons each 3 Oto5 



Nectarines doz. 4 



Oranges 100 8 



Peaches doz. 6 



Pears (dessert) .. doz. 2 



Pine Apples lb. 4 



Plums i sieve 2 



Quinces doz 





 

 

 

 

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Raspberries lb. 9 



Strawberries lb. 



Walnuts bash. 10 



Green.... per 100 1 6 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce .... per score 

 Mushrooms .... pottle 

 Mustd.A Cress, punnet 

 Onions, .per doz. bchs, 



Pnrsley per eieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas per quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Turantoes. . . . per doz. 



Turnips bunch 



Vegetable Man'ows,dz. 



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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Sutton & Sons, 'B.evLdim^. — Catalogue of Bulbmis Roots, 

 Plojits, Seeds, tOc. 



W. Cutbush & Son, Higbgate, London, N. — General Descrvp- 

 tivc Catalofiiie of Stove and Greenhouse Plants, Fniit Trees^ 

 d'e. — Brilh Catalogue for 18G7. 



B. S. Williama, Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper 

 HoHoway, London, '^.—Gnh'ral Bulb and Fruit Tree Catahgiie. 



Smitb & Simons, 1, Bucbanan Street, Glasgow. — Dutch 

 Boot LUt. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



♦•• We request tbat no one will 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 tberefore be addressed solehj to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture^ dc, 171, FUet 

 Street, London, E.G. 



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 aa- 

 swered promptly and conveniently, but write them od 

 separate communications. Also never to send more than 

 two or three questions at once.. 



N.B. — Many questions must remain unanswered until next 

 week. 



Son, FOR VrN-E Border {Suhscrihcr).~-i:\ie> soil will do admirably with 

 the addition of the ingredients you name. 



Rusr '^^ Beans [J. L. Z>.).— Your Beans are affected with rust,a fungus 

 called b - i otauists Uredo faba\ 



Spot ox Grapes {Aviatcxir Grnpe-grower, and Ten-years Subscriber)* 

 — The cause of the spot is no doubt too much humidity at the roots wifh 

 a deficiency of sunlight to enable the plant to digest the excess of food 

 it has taken up. The advice, therefore, which the two Grape -growers 

 gave you was bad. Instead of shading your Vines during the recent hot 

 weather, you ought to have given all the light and air you could. This re 

 just such a season as will produce spot, from the excessive amount of 

 moisture in the outside border, and the invent deficiency of sunlight; the 

 consequence is, we never knew the disease so prevalent. 



Grapes Shrivelled {G. H. L.).—ln your case this evil has evidently 

 resulted from the same causes as those referred to in the preceding 

 answer. 



Club in Cabbages {Ca/pt. S., and P(/rcro/it1.— Clubbing ia very fr«=- 

 quent in old garden ground. Frequently change the positions of the 

 crops ; dig, trench, and expose the soil well to frost ; lime it, or point in a, 

 dressinsi of soot. As regards the plants, transplant them frequently, 

 rejecting all tbat exhibit protuberances on the roots. A little wood ashes 

 or soot dropped into the holes at planting may also prove beneficial as a 

 preventive ; but when once a plant is fairly affected, the bfst tbiug to do 

 is to burn it; even if the protuberance is removed the plant rarely 

 comes to much. Club or anbury is most frequent in dry seasons. 



Compost for Themandra (Tetbatheca) verticillata {Dolores). — 

 Two-thirds sandy fibrous peat, one-third light turfy loam, with n free ad- 

 mixture of silver sand will grow this plant well, good drainage being pro- 

 vided. The soil should be kept moist, but extremes of wet and drj'nesB 

 are to be avoided. The plant does not require excessive waterings. 



Evergreens for Vases (Tdern). — You may render your vases very 

 ornamental by planting in them the different varieties of green and va- 

 riegated Hollies. They are of very compact growth, and will endure any 

 amount of cutting to give them the shape of pyramids or bushes. 



Cloth of Gold Rose not Flowering (Idevi). — The best way to in- 

 duce this Rose to bloom, is to plant it against a wall with a south-west 

 aspect, in good, lich, rather strong loam. In training against the wal)> 

 keep the shoots moderately thin, and prune very little, merely cutting 

 out the old wood, and removing the points of the very long shoots. 



Quick-growing Shrub for a Hedgb (G. B.) —The quickest-growin^f 

 plant for a hedge is the Evergreen Privet; but it does not grow very 

 strong, and is best planted alternately with Quicks. 



