Septombor 5, 1867. 3 



jouknaIj of horticulture and cottage gardener. 



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VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes each 



Aaparnfni!^ - ■ ■ . Imndle 

 Beans, Kidney, 4 sieve 



Scarh'tRunA sieve 



Beet, UuU (iuz. 



Brocc'uU bundle 



BrUH. Sprouts J niuve 



Cabbii^e doz. 



Capsicums luO 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumber.s ouch 



pickling doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horscradibh , . handle 



B. d. 8. d ' 

 8 too 6 





 2 

 •3 

 2 

 fi 

 

 

 

 6 

 

 

 4 

 

 

 3 

 8 

 S 

 6 



U 

 S 

 S 

 S 



1 G 







1 G 

 8 

 8 

 4 



2 

 U 8 

 

 



Leeks bunch 



IjCttuce .... per score 



Muthrooni!* pottle 



Mnstd.& Cress, punnet 

 Onions, .per doz. bchs. 



Parsley per sieve 



Pursnips doz. 



Peas per quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Rndishcs joz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea*iialo basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushol 



Toniatoeii. . . . per doz. 



Turnips bunch 



Vegetable Mnrrows,dz. 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



T. Sampfon, rreston Rnnd Nursery, and Houndstonc, Yeovil, 

 Somerset. — Cataloijuc of Flower UooU, dc. 



F. &: A. Dicksou & Sons, 100, Eastgato Street, and Upton 

 Nurseries, Chester.— C<ifaA)i/«<' nf Schct Dutch Flower Rooln. 



A. Henderson, Sion Nursery, Thornton Heath, London, S. 

 — Deseriptii-c Cataloijne of Bulbous and other lioot.i. 



B. J. Edwards. 222, Strand, London, W.C. — Autumn Cata- 

 logue of New and Choice Ilijacintha and other Bulbs, Fruit 

 Trees, dc. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*•• We request that no one will wi-ite privately to the depart- 

 mental writers of the "Journal of Horticulture, Cottage 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By fo doing they 

 are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and expense. All 

 communications should therefore be iidib-essed eolehi to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, cC'C, 171, Fleet 

 Street, London, E.C. 

 Cdcumbeks DAsii'iKfi Oft (J. H. B.I. —Thin out the younp Cucumbers 

 fio as to leave only a few on a plant: pive enough of bottom heat, not too 

 mach moisture at the roots, and plenly of air if it docs not lower the 

 temperature too much ; leave on a little air at the top of the sashes all 

 night. Surface-stir the soil frequently. 



Vise Boudek— Raspheurt Faxlukes I.T. .^.).— The Vine border, 2J feet 

 deep in front, may be from 20 to 24 inches deep at back. We would not 

 hesitate to use your stacked-up turf, cut a month since, by the middle of 

 October; but we would only make some 8 feet of the border to enable 

 you to plant the Vines, and next summer you might add a piece more. 

 Last season killed lots of Raspberry canes. We would advise yon to take 

 up and replant, so as to till the ground towards the end of October, 

 mulching with litter as you finish. 



Books [A Lnrer o.r" fVojrernl.^" Keane's In-door Gardening." ].<. fi/f.. 

 "Keane'3 Out-door Gardeninc," l.t. Grf., *' Flower Gardening." 4(i., "Flo- 

 rists' Flowers." id. You can have the whole free by post from our office 

 iX you enclose titty postage stamps with your address. A largo and com- 

 prehensive work will appear next year. Mrs. Loudon died some years 

 since. 



TRANSPLiNTl.\-o Paulownia iMPERlAlls (ff. .Y. E.'.— Your Panlownia. 

 12(eet high, maybe transplanted, and if you do not grudge time we would 

 cut a trench r.iuod it— say 2 feet from the b.all, in the beginning of Oc- 

 tober, leave the trench open, merelv covering it with some boards and 

 a tnrf, and tbeu lift the ball, bristling with small roots, in October, 

 1868. If you w.iut to move the tree this autumn, then shorten and thin 

 the head a little, so as to lessen the evaporating surface, as soon as 

 possible; then when part of the leaves have fallen begin with a trench — 

 say at least 6 feet from the bole, and carefully work the soil from the 

 roots, saving as much of them as possible, and if in addition you can 

 save a small baU all the better. Sieve the plant carefully on a low sledge, 

 and spread out the roots carefully in the new place, damping them as 

 you do so, but not watering, unless the weather in the end of autmnn 

 shouhl be very dry. Next April water, and syringe the tops in hot days. 



CoNsrnucTioM op a Vineuv (.St. E.). — The seeming discrepancy in the 

 •' Greenh<mse Manual " as to angles of roofs, is owing to one person cal- 

 Cnlating from one side of the quadrant, and another person from the 

 other side. The evil is generally neutralised by the context. Thus, at 

 page IS, a roof at 3b is said to be low, whilst at page 29, a roof with an 

 angle of from 25^ to S5° is said to be more near to the perpendicular 

 than one at an angle of 45^. This is our usual way of d<«cribing a roof. 

 One with an angle of A^^ is always formed when the width of the house 

 and the height of the back wall above the front wall plate are the same. 

 Thus, if your house were 12 feet wide, the front wall 2 feet In height, and 

 the back wall 14 feet, you would have a roof at an angle of 45 — a very good 

 slope for Vines, Peaches. Ac, but not a good one for a general plant-house 

 as well as Vines. On this latter principle, the farther you come back 

 from 4:i- towards 1^\ the steeper will he your roof, until yon reach the 

 perpendicular ; and the farther you go from 4,'»" towards 00-^' the flatter 

 will be your roof, a common garden frame, generally having a slope of 

 about 80^". At page 13 it is just the reverse; the low roof at 30' there 

 spoken of is just the same asone 60-' would be. counting from the perpen- 

 dicular. Now. for practical details for general purposes we hold to all that 

 is said of the comparatively low roof. It we were to have a house against 

 our dwclliug, 18^ feet long, we would make it 13, 14, or 15 feet in width, ac- 



cording as we settled the internal arrangements. Thus, for a house 

 12 feet wide we would have the front half glass, at least from oAlo 6 feet in 

 height, and the back wall 13 feet, which would give a good slope tor plants, 

 as the winter sun would fall on the npright glass in front : and in this 

 arrangement wc would have a platform of 2 feet round the front, a walk 

 of 2J feet, and a sloping stage from that to the back wall. There can he 

 no simpler mode, nor one by which more plants can be accouimodatcd. 

 If more convenient access to plants is desirable, and easy movement in 

 the house is a great consideration, then we would make the house 14 feet 

 wide, and 14 feet in height at the back walL You could then have a plat- 

 form all round. 2 feet 9 inches from the ground, except at the doorway, 

 and 1 ', foot wide, a pathway roimd of 2A feet wide, a platform in the middle 

 C feet'wide and 8 feet from the ground, or a hipped stige facing south 

 and north. Comellias, Oranges, 4c., might grow iigaiost the north 

 wall, above the I'foot jdatfoim or shelf ; or, if lieeping plants was your 

 object, the back wall might bo Ulled with shelves from bottom to top, 

 15 inches apart, for small' plants, and a shelf removed when you wanted 

 larger plants there. As respects the rafters described at page 13, we 

 would prefer that they should be 4J inches deep, and 1* inch wide, which 

 will allow a rebate of half an inch and a bed for the glass of half an inch. 

 These are soon and easily cut bv machinery. In default of that, we 

 would tack on a li:ilf-inch reli.ite along the centre of each rafter sashbar. 

 This is on the presumption that you use glass Is or 20 inches wide between 

 each two rafters. The two end rafters and one in the centre should he 

 of double width— that is, 8 inches instead of IJ inch ; and if the house is 

 14 feet wide the ratter sash-bars, when duly tixed in their places, should 

 he joined by a flat rod of iron aloni; the centre lonsilndinally, and a 

 screw passed I hrough the rod into each rafter. It might also be as well 

 to have a small iron pillar from the floor to this rod in the centre of the 

 house. If the house is only 12 feet wide such supports are not necessary; 

 hut the iron rod is a great help for securing the rafters lirmly in their 

 places, as then they are kept firm in the middle as well as at the top and 

 bottom. 



Plum Tbees GtrmnNG— Pears Cbackihs [A Utic Subscriber). — Gnm 

 oozing from the fruit of Plum trees indicates great vigour in the trees. 

 The tattered foliage may be caused by insects or -violent winds. Pears 

 crack usually from two opposite causes : either there is a deflcient supply 

 of sap, or the situation is too cold to permit the fruits' growth in propol- 

 tion to the sap suppUed to them. 



TiiiTELEiA uniflora (.4 CoHitant Subscriber).— You proposed charge is 

 very low. An advertisement of not more than sixty words would be 3j. 6d, 

 Variegated Pelargosiujis ((,'. S. S.).—U your six plants were, as yon 

 say, equal in growth to your competitor's six, we cannot say upon what 

 gi-ound the judge gave his award. It may have been a question of taste 

 as to the varieties ; or the colour, marking, and development of the leaves 

 may have influenced him. There does not appear to us to be any other 

 element in the question. 



Azaleas Infested by Thrips (AzaUa).—Tbe leaves sent us were 

 badly injured by the attacks of thrips. and there is little hope of 

 leaves so seriously damaged as those submitted to ns recovering their 

 health and freshness. To save the plants from becoming leafless yon 

 must at once commence battle in earnest against this pest. Upon a 

 calm evening shut the house up quite close, and fill it with tobacco 

 smoke so effectually that a plant cannot be distinguished through the 

 glass from the outside. The following morning avoid giving air if pos-, 

 sible, and sprinkle every available surface with water, but avoid wetting 

 the foliage of the plants. If the day be hot it will be well to admit air 

 and to shade the glass if practicable, so as to lessen the necessity f.ir air- 

 giving. In the evening syringe the plants forcibly with water, directing 

 it against the under sides* of the leaves, and again the following morning 

 early, giving air freely before the sun shines powerfully upon the plants, 

 la the evening, the foliage of the plants being quite dry, till the house 

 again with tobacco smoke as effectually as before, and keep as close as 

 possible the following day. shading the glass to lessen the necessity lor 

 air-giving. S>Tinge the plants morning and evening for the next week, 

 and fill the house with tobacco smoke once n-week lor a month, taking 

 care to have the foliage of the plants dry before fumisating with tobacco. 

 The cause of the attacks wf thrips is hai-d to explain, but they are mainly 

 attributable to the maintaining of the plants in a warm, dry, badly venti- 

 lated atmosphere. The best preventive is securing a moist, cool, well- 

 veutilated atmosphere, and the remedy is to &U the house with tobacco 

 smoke whenever a thrips is seen. 



Carrots Failing iVictor). — From the description given, wc think your 

 CaiTots are infested by the Carrot fly (Psila rosojl, which causes the 

 leaves to turn vellow, and is known to gardeners as Uie rust. Plants 

 ottacked by it should bo pulled up, and, as a preventive measure, the 

 ground intended for Carrots may be dressed with sand saturated with 

 spirits of tar, at the rate of half a gallon to 30 square yards. We never 

 have any of the attacks of this pest, nor of the maggots of the crane fly 

 (Tipnla bleraceal, and all we do is to trench the ground and throw it up in 

 ridges for the wmter, and in February to fork over the gi-ound, throwing 

 it level, giving early in March a good dressing of soot and lime at the 

 rate of a barrowful to 10 square yards, and neatly pointing it in with a 

 fork. 



Weeds on CBOurET Lawn (Hem).— The best plan of eradicating the 

 Plantains, Dandehons, and other weeds, is to grub them up by the loot 

 with an old knife or spud, and any time between now and next April is a 

 good time to do it, selecting showery weather. In March yon may apply 

 a hberal dressing of rotten manure or rich compost, and, giving it a goo* 

 scratciling with an inn rake, earlv in April sow. with the carhest pro- 

 spect of rain, 41bs.Fe3tucatenuifolia. 4 lbs. Festnca duriusciJa, 4 lbs. Cy- 

 uosurus cristatus, 21bs. Poa neinoraUs, and 2 lbs. TrifoUum minus, and 

 4 lbs. TrifoUum repens, adding 1 lb. Lotus corniculatns minor. We pre- 

 sume vour soil is light and the grass thin, and subject to bum or brown 

 in sommer. After sowing roll well, and allow the grass to grow a good 

 length before it is mown. Keep well rolled. 



Brows Beurrk Pears Gathering (Bfurn'l.— The Brown Benrre Peai 

 is fit to gather generally early in October, but is influenced by the sea- 

 son. When the fruit parts freely from the tree it is fit to gather. The 

 price is so dependant on the plenty or scarcity of fruit, that we cannot 

 say what the price per bushel should be. Consult a fruiterer. 



Vertical Cordon Frcit Trees Training (£. S.).— Fruit trees vertical- 

 cordon trained may be planted against a wall, or he planted independently 

 in borders, just as they are hardy or require protection. 



