December e, 1867. ] 



JODRNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



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box or pot, the ekeletons of the plants will be nearly indepen- 

 dent of light and of much attention all the winter, and will 

 require little more than eecurity from frost. 



In hfting some of our plants we noticed what might be use- 

 ful to those who, instead of making skeletons, wished to inake 

 tine plants in winter and spring of tlie plants thus raised. 

 Last season, from a scarcity of pots, we put in a great number 

 of our autumn and spring-struck cuttings simply in pieces of 

 turf, say A inches square, and after setting them under glass at 

 first to grow at planting time, just turned them out, turf and 

 all, the liner fibres peering out all round the turf. On taking 

 these up every one might have been made into a tine specimen, 

 as the roots in the autumn all hung round the central ball of 

 tui-f, and when potted they scarcely felt the change. Want of 

 room prevented us taking advantage of this mode. It was 

 described last spring. The turf, about 2 inches thick, was 

 cut in squares, a hole scooped out in the centre of the earth 

 side, tne roots piaced in it with rich sandy loam, and the 

 pieces then packed closely in a bed, where they generally re- 

 mained until they were planted out. 



Tulips, Hyacinths, and Crocuses at all forv,-ard will require to 

 be protected from birds, mice, and even from severe frosts, and 

 in such weather all the best .\urioulas. Polyanthuses, Carna- 

 tions, and Picoteea should be safe under glass. Auriculas 

 should have scarcely any water until the spring ; but all the 

 air possible should be given in fine weather, and that is most 

 securely done by lilting the glass sashes back and front, and 

 only shutting down when frost is apprehended. If the frost is 

 severe protect with mats or litter ; but even then a little air 

 should be afforded in the middle of the day, as the plants must 

 not be excited by sun heat under glass in the winter months. 



In the plant departments the chief work in mild weather has 

 been to preserve a rather dry atmosphere, and as low a tempe- 

 rature as would be safe. Except for plants in bloom, and 

 .swelling their buds, the less water plants have, so long as they 

 have enough, the better they will thrive. It is only in frosty 

 weather, and when more firing is required, that we shall have 

 to trouble ourselves about a humid atmosphere. In mild 

 weather it is generally humid enough, except when we dry it 

 with fire heat. In watering great caro must be exercised not 

 to spill a drop unnecessarily, as it will rise by evaporation, and 

 be so apt to come back again in the form of drip. It is vexing 

 to see a house watered with a rose, and walks and floor flooded 

 with water, as might bo the case with propriety in .Jane and 

 ■luly. It is necessary to bring thought to bear on such a simple 

 matter as watering. In this world of ours the men who com- 

 bine thought with practice, and intelligence with every-day 

 operations, are the men who will leave behind the unthinking, 

 plodding workman, however good and excellent in other re- 

 spects. — R. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARIvET.— Decembep. 1. 



TnE ronph weatbor of the last few days has interfered to a considerable 

 extent, by diminishing the supplies. Prices, however, retaain about the 

 some, and bueiueBB is steady without Improvement. 



Apples j sieve '2 



Apricots doz. 



CherrieB lb. 



OhestnutB bash. 8 



OnmuitB i sieve 



Black do. 



Figs doz. 



Filbcrta lb. 1 



Cobs lb. 1 



Gooseberries . . quart 



Grapes, Hothouse.. lb. '2 



IjemonB 100 8 



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Melons eaofa 



Noctarinea doz. 



Oranges 100 



Peaches doz. 



Pears (dessert) ..doz. 



Pine Apples lb. 



Plums J sieve 



Quinces doz. 



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RaspborriAB lb. 



Strawberries lb. 



Walnuts bush. 10 



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VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes doz. 



Beans, Kidney ...KXI 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Bms. Sprouts ^ sieve 



Cabbagie doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling .... doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish .. toBdle 



s. d. s. d 

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8 n 



8 



Leeka bnnch 



Lettuce per score 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mn8td.& Crees, punnet 

 Onions.... per bushel 



Parsley i)er sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Khubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale baeket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes. . .. per doz. 

 Tamips bnnch 



d. H. 

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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Smith & Simons, 1, Buchanan Street, Glasgow.— Giadiolf 



Catalogue — Rose Catalogue. 



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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



• «• We request that 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. AU 

 commimications should therefore be addressed solely to 

 'Die Editors of the Journal oj JlorticuUure, dc, 171, Fleet 

 Street, London, E.G. 

 We also request that correspondents will not mix np 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 thaD 

 two or three questions at once. 

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

 week. 

 Book (CJenciw).— The volume on laying out gardens will appear very 

 early next year. The delay is occasioned pirtly by the numerous illus- 

 trations. 



Fowler's Insecticu>e (flompoic).— See advertisement in last week's 

 .Joui-nal. 



Fhdit Tkees in Pots (Z. 0. P.).— The information you need is ia 

 Pearson's " The Orchard House." You can have it free by post from 

 our office if yon enclose twenty postage stamps with your address. Peaches, 

 Nectarines, Apricots, and Grapes would be most profitable. 



Heaviest Gooseberries [A Florist).— Red: London, Wonderful, Con - 

 iiueriug Hero, Duke of Sutherland. IV-Iiou- : Leveller, Cntenou, Dnll, 

 Catherine. Orceii : Thumper, General, Telegraph, Stockwell. While z 

 Snowdrilt, King of Trumps, .Antagonist, Careless. ^ 



HoGr.s EDGINC5 Tiles (IT. J. iiaicliji^i.— We do not know who kce^ a 

 stock of them ; but we know that they are to be had at potteries near 

 London. 



lNTER.lEl>iiTE STOCKS (H. -V. 7i.).— Thp "tocks mentioned by Mr. Vt 

 Thomson, of Archerfleld, in our number of November 51, can be procnieo 

 of Mr. .Mcthven, Loith Walk Nurseries, Edinburgh. {A. S. yC.)— The fore- 

 going ftti'ords the information you need. Wecanuot tell the name of the 

 Balsam yielding the white polieu, the specimen sent was so imperfect. 



Pears for Pot Coltdre, &c. (Ah .4iiM«<-ur).— Any Pear you prefer may 

 bo cultivated in a pot. A lead-lined tank will not render water injurious 

 to plants. 



Pear Trees Severely Attacked dy Scale (J. H.).— The specimen 

 sent is very bad, and the tree can do no good with its wood so encrusted. 

 The simplest method of cure is to unnail the trees now, do away with aU 

 sbrc Js and ties, thoroughly wash the trees and wall with water a few degrees 

 below the boiling point, and then paint the trees with fresh lime wash, also 

 dning the same to the wall. If the limo wash is too glaring, tone it dowu 

 with clay and soot. Or, yon may scrub the tree and wall with wann 

 water, then fresh lime tho wall, and paint the tree with Gishurst, 8 ozs. to 

 the gallon. See in a previous page about the ground vinery. 

 Beaded Bricks ig. P. L.).— These bricks can be built into a wall 



without disfigming it, and faci- 

 litate training where tying is 

 adopted. We have never seen any 

 of the bricks so employed, so can 

 give no opinion as to their effi- 

 ciency, cost, or liabil'.ty to inj ury. 

 If we adopted the tying-in system 

 of training we should use one or 

 other of these nails. No. I_i3 a. 

 common eved wall-nail; l^o '- 

 was called 'bv its inventor. Mr. 

 Hill, "The Permanent Tie Nail." 

 Plants fob a Narrow Wall Boeder (ir.H. B.i.—WethinkHepaticas 

 would do fairly in the border you name. You may have clumps of them 

 alternately with Snowdrops and Winter .\conites, at 18 inches ap'^rt. 

 Hepaticas are of various shades of colour, as double blue and recLana 

 single blue, white, red, pink, and purple. Yon may have the common Prim- 

 rose iPrimula acaulis) and its van, lies. double lilac, crimson, sulphur, 

 purple, and white ; also Polyanthus, pulmonaria angustifoha, P. mouis, 

 and P. officinalis ; Trollius curopxus and its variety albus, T.napelUIouus. 

 and T. asiaticus. Nothing would succeed so well as Vmca major elegan- 

 tissima, Vinca minor, and its double variety. 



CnRYSANTHEUOM LEAVES WiTiiERlNO (F. B. 1.).— The ouly preventive 

 that we know is to keep the shoots well pegged or tied, and to .allow the 

 plants light on all sides, not keeping them closely together, so a,s to 

 deprive then- leaves, and especially the lower ones, of hght and air. if this IS 

 not attended to the leaves wither when the plants have a change of posi- 

 tion and more air and light arc atl^rdcd them. Allowing them to sutler 

 from the want of water will also cause the same result, an.l the lowest 

 leaves, being the oldest, are the lirst to show the effect of the drought. 

 Afford them abundance of air, let no plant be too close to its neighbour, 

 keep the shoots wcU tied out, and do not allow the leaves to flag. 



Kaspbekrv Canes. Plastino (A. K. B.).—U is weU to leave at their 

 full length the canes now planted, and in March cut them down to w-ithm 

 1 loot of the ground. If you leave them a sufficient length for fruitina. 

 and allow them to carry a crop of fruit the season alter planting, Vt 

 the Brst vcar, it is rarely that the suckers produced are so strong by th.- 

 autumn following that of planting as they were when planted, whilst il 

 cut down when planted or before they begin to grow, they throw up sucKcra 

 that are capable of producing Iruit in the following year. 



