September 12, 1867. ] 



JOUKNAL OP HORTICOLTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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by putting a brimstone match lighted beneath the lower glass, 

 when the fumes will ascend and settle them quickly. 



Apricots we have finished gathering. A few were rather 

 hard on one side, but on the whole were in good condition and 

 a good crop. We were afraid to leave those a little green on 

 the side any longer. 



Could we find time we would give an abundant watering to 

 Nectarines, itc, on the open wall, as notwithstanding all the 

 rains, we find that the ground about the roots is rather dry, 

 and in such a case, in bright weather, the fruit is apt to drop 

 prematurely before either it has received its full size or flavour. 

 We commit an error in not giving plenty of water to such trees 

 after the second swelling, and only withliolding as soon as the 

 trees approach ripening. The Nectarines we allude to are as 

 yet as hard as stones, and will come in when most of those in 

 the orchard-house have gone. Where too abundant for use, 

 Nectarines make a fine preserve, only inferior to Apricots. 

 Some people say, even superior to them, at any rate far 

 superior to Peaches, which are too juicy for that purpose. We 

 found some flue fruit were infested with ants, and, therefore, 

 gave the trees a good syringing with weak clear lime water to 

 get them from the wall, and then scattered some guano along 

 the bottom of the wall, and then after a day a little soot and 

 lime, and they have decamped. If on the outside and trouble- 

 some we should have brushed the bottom of the wall (after 

 syringing), with tar, but this tarring will not do in-doors. 



Red Spider. — We have more faith in sulphur water, sulphur 

 fumes, soap water, &c., than our coadjutor Mr. T. liruhaut. We 

 have found the sulphur water and clear soap water useful in late 

 houses. In an early Peach-house the enemy appeared just as 

 the fruit was ripening, and when we could not use the syringe, 

 and chiefly on the front trees, where fumes of sulphur from the 

 sun striking against an open part of the wall could not reach 

 them. By the time the front fruit was gathered some of the 

 leaves showed webs and clusters of the spiders. By syringing 

 with sulphur and lime water as soon as the fruit of a tree was 

 gathered we kept it from getting to the back trees until the 

 fruit was becoming ripe,and when that was all gathered, a good 

 syringing, even in the middle of the day, and shutting up the 

 house in a bright sun, gave the trees and insects such a hot, 

 moist vapour sulphur-bath as pretty well to send every trace of 

 a living spider out of sight. This operation requires to be 

 repeated, as, unfortunately, though it pretty well does for all 

 that are alive, it will not injure the myriads of insects that will 

 be hatched in future tine weather. It is often puzzling to 

 think where all such enemies come from. Frequently in Peaches 

 we never see a trace all the season of the red spider until the 

 fruit is getting ripe, and then they will come, and if let alone 

 they will soon have their own way. In all such cases preven- 

 tion is better than cure, and one of the best preventives, we 

 agree with Mr. Bruhaut, is healthy vigorous growth. Even that 

 growth with us will not always save us from red spiders at 

 fruit-ripening time. 



ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT. 



We have already alluded to whiit we have been doing here, 

 and lawns, walks, and beds have occupied a good portion of 

 our time, and more especially as the damp season has caused 

 many things to grow stronger than usual, and therefore re- 

 quired more attention in the way of support in our windy 

 place. Wo can leave nothing without twig-bracing, whilst sup- 

 porting is not at all needed in low, sheltered places. It makes 

 a great difference when Hollyhocks and Dahlias, and the taller 

 herbaceous plants are the only things that need bracing. The 

 tender greenhouse plants must now be put under shelter, and 

 Pelargoniums cut back should not be too wet. Much time 

 has been taken up with cuttings. Heliotropes, Verbenas, i'C, 

 are doing well in a cold pit, and with very little shading at 

 first. We shall take off more cuttings and place them in a 

 spent hotbed, where there will be a very gentle heat. In this 

 latter circumstance, in case of any insects, we shall pass all 

 Verbena and other cuttings through weak tobacco water, and, 

 if the least signs of mildew, through sulphur water too, holding 

 the cuttings by their base and drawing the top tlirnugh the 

 liquid. This will save future trouble. — B. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— Skptkmiiei; U. 



RcAROR nny nlteratinn hns taken place here, business bcinir very dull 

 nutl no chmice of imiirovemeut yet awhile. Lfir*re quantities of Walnuta 

 reach us from Holland and Belgium in addition to other article!^. 



Apples J sieve 



Apricots doz 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 



Currants ^ sieve 



Black do. 



FiKS doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Coba lb. 



Gooseberries .. rjuart 

 Grapes, Hothouse. .Ih. 

 Lemons 100 



Artichokes each 



AsparajTus .... bundle 

 Beans, Kidnoy, ^. sieve 



Sc.arletRun.| sieve 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Erns. Sprouts ^ sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling .... doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs hunch 



Horserailish . . bundle 



FED IT. 



B. d. B. d I S. 



1 Oto 1 6 ; Melons each 1 



' Nectarines doz. 'i 



0! Oranctes 100 H 



Peaches doz. 3 



3 5 I Pears (desseit) . . doz. 2 



Pine Apples lb. 4 



2 3 PInms i sieve 2 



10 Quince'^ doz. 



0! Raspberries lb. 



I Strawberries lb. 



1 G 4 Wn'.nuts bnsb. 10 



8 12 1 do per 100 1 



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VEGETABLES. 



8. d. B. 

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 6 

 

 

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Leeks banch 



Lettuce .... per score 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustd.A Cress, punnet 

 Onions., per doz. bchs. 



Parsley per sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas per quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sen-Kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes. . . . per doz. 



Turnips bunch 



Vegctublo Marrows.dz. 



d. 



3 too 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVKD. 



James Carter & Co.'s.Higb Holborn, Gardem'rs' and Farmer.^* 

 Vadc ]\TtCum. Part *i: DutcJt and Cape Bulbs. 



Eobert Parker, Exotic Nursery, Tootin;;;. Surrey, S. — Cata- 

 hfjue of Stovi*, Greenhonsf, and Hardy Plants, Fruit Trees, 

 Hyacinths, and other Bulbous Boots, dc. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS, 



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 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so doing they 

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 The Editors of the Journal of UorticuUure, dx., 171, Fleet 

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

 I week. 



I VAniEGATHD Pet..\tigoniums (./. 0. H. H.) — Beauty of Oulton, I^una, 

 I and Golden N'uacet are not variegated Pel arfioni urns, but belornj to the 

 ' ?rolden Bronze Zonal section, and cannot be shown with Mrs. Pollock and 

 , Italia Unita. which are variegated Pehirgoniums. 



' Ground Vinery \Lincohitcn'<i^). — We see no reason wbyyour proposed 

 plan of a ground vinery should not sutve^-d ; but as it will be a true 

 lean-to we arc doubtful if the openincs in the bricks at both front and 

 back will tie sufficient for ventilation." as your back wall of slate will be 

 very hot in a sunny day. We should like opening.^ at the ridge to be 

 used in extreme cases. In this respect lean-to's are verj- different from 

 span-roofed houses. 



XECTARrNEs IX ORcnABD-HOUSE SHRn-ELi.TNG (X. Y. Z.)-— Wc think 

 the shrivelling of the Nectarines is chieflv owing to a deficiencv of water 

 and a bri<?ht sun. It sometimes happens from over-cropping, when at the 

 last swelling the Nectarines take water greedily. See '' Doings of the 

 Last Week." Some Nectarines, and fine kinds too, are subject to this, and 

 are exceedingly sweet, though not pleasant to the eye. We think in your 

 case want of water, overcropping, and bright aun were tlio cause. This 

 season has been so variable, bright sun after mucrgy weather, that the 

 fruit felt the extremes. We have several times dulled the glass in an 

 orchard-house to prevent the fruit feeling the sudden change. The 

 Noblesse of 9 inches in circumference are fine fruit. 



Heating— Vines IS Pots (Jiicnt). — Your mode of hfating will do very 

 well— that is. having one pipe from the top of the boiler, taking it round 

 the back border and then round the front border, and returning it to the 

 bottom of the boiler. No better plan can be tried for getting a good and 

 regular beat. There will not be too much piping, as you need not heat it 

 more than vou want. If you have the necessary heat, the less the heat 

 in the pipes the better Vou mav have very good bunches of Grapes in 

 pots if you take few of them ; but recollect the pots will bo almost solely 

 dependant on your constant attention. 



Grapes Cracking and Removing {B. -f.l.— As a general rule. Grapes 

 and other fruit will not be prevented cracking by partially dividing the 

 footstalk of the fruit or bunch. The cracking takes place more from 

 want of sap, or a sufficient temperature to mature it, than from their 

 haviug too much of it. Frnits liable to cr.ack in a low temperature will 

 not track in a higher one. ^^very case must be watched, so as tr. bo able 

 to decide. The taking off the frnit from a Vine in the orch.ard-houso 

 part would give greater strength to that part of the Vine which passed 

 into the fort-in^-houso. other thiugs bLii:g equal ; but it may not always 

 have that ehuct. In your c:iso the shoots in the forcing-house cease to 

 grow, whilst the part of the Vine in the orchard-hou^e grows vigorously. 

 Just so; the fruit may have been taken off too late to benefit growth in 

 the forced part, or the wood there getting matured so much sooner may 

 cease to grow, whilst that in the orch-urd-house is growing freely. Wo 

 have had a Vine with the top in three different temperatures, and there- 

 fore ripening in succession ; but it is best to have a Vine for each place. 



