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JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



t January 8, 1867. 



COA^NT GARDEN MAKKET.— .Jantaey 5. 



The wintry weather of the past week Ims shut out tbe greater part of 

 onr supjilies, ns the growers are nlmost nntible to tjet to mnrket, and 

 rou(,'h t'l tills have considerably advanced in price. Orange'; and Nuts are 

 plentiful, owing to the large stocks on hand ; but Pears are very limited 

 in quantity, and good dessert Apples command a ready trade. Potatoes 

 remain as before, liut there are few arrivals this week, and very little 

 business has been transacted. 



Apples i sieve 2 



Apricots ". doz. 



Cherries lb, 



Chestnuts bush. If) 



Corrantfl A sieve 



Black "..do. 



Piga doz. 



Paborts lb. 



Cobs lb. 9 



Gooaebemes ..quart 



Orapes, Hothouse, .lb. 4 



Lemons 100 5 



d. R. 

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Melons each 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges 100 



Peaches doz. 



Pears (dessert) .. doz. 



kitchen doz. 



Pine Apples lb. 



Plums { sieve 



Quinces doz. 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries lb. 



2 0to4 

 



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Walnuts bush. 10 











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VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes each 



Asparagus bundle 



Beans, Bronid. . bushel 



ScarletRim.A sieve 



Beet, Kcd '. doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Bras. Sprouts A sieve 



Cabbnge ."". doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . bundle 



B. d. s. d 

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B. d. 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 6 

 

 

 

 



3 

 3 

 8 

 3 



4 









 3 



1 6 



3 



4 

 

 8 

 6 

 3 





 

 

 

 

 

 1 



Leeks bnnch 6 toO 



Lettuce per score 2 3 



Mushrooms pottle 10 2 



Mustd.& Cress, punnet 2 



Onions per bushel 4 



Parsley, .doz. bunches 12 



Parsnips doz. 9 



Peas per quart 



Potatoes bushel 2 6 



Kidney do. 8 



Pvadishes doz. bunches 1 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 8 



Sea-kalo basket 3 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 5 



Tomatoes .... per doz. 



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2 





 5 







1 8 





 4 6 

 4 



1 6 

 

 4 



Turnips bunch 6 



Vegetable Marrows dz. 





 

 

 

 



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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. AJ] 

 communications should therefore be addressed solebj to 

 The Editors of the Jom-nal of Horticulture, d-c, 171, Fleet 

 Street, London, E.C, 



We alHo 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 . 



Eecrrf. de Rance Pear <J. J. 2".).— You were misinformed. There is 

 only one Pear known by this name. It is fully described and its syno- 

 nymes stated in Horn's " Fniit Manual." *We apologise for having 

 omitted this answer accidentally for so long. 



Nitrate of Soda for a Lawn (Bf.Wc //I.— Nitrate of soda is usually sold 

 under the name of cubic petre. It should be pnunded fine and sown over 

 the lawn in March at the rate of 1 lb. to each thirty square yards. 



OsrER Planting (Salix, D»;>7(h).— For white basketwork, the French 

 Willow, Salix triandra ; for other baskets and fine wickerwork, Salix 

 Forbyana. The annual shoots of the first are not less than 8 feet long, 

 and of the second not less than « feet. The sets should be planted 

 3 feet from each otlier. We do not know which species is locally known 

 as " The Packthread Willow." 



Books (A Sithsrribcr, Bandon).—'' The Garden Manual" for twenty 

 postage stamps, " The Poultrj- Book for the Many " for eight postage 

 stamps, and " Bee-keeping for the Many '" for five postage stamps. If 

 you enclose the stamps with your direction, the books will be sent to you 

 from our office post free, 



Gabden Walks (Idem). — You may make most excellent walks without 

 gravel, if you can procure gas tar and follow these directions :— A layer 

 of stones, brickbats, shells, or clinkers, G inches deep, to form a dry 

 bottom ; a layer of chalk or lime, in the proportion of one to ten of the 

 stones or other foundation, and well rolled and watered to the thickness 

 of 3 inches, with a rise of 2 inches in the centre ; over this half an inch of 

 gravel and lime, or fine chalk ; water and roll well again ; add one-eighth 

 of an inch of the best coloured gi-avel; and again roll until quite solid. 

 Have the wnlk 2 inches wider on each side than you desire, asthis checks 

 the turf and weeds from encroaching, and prevents the rain water getting 

 to the foundation of the walk. 



Stocks for Camellias— Propagating Azaleas (Cori'^tnnt Header, J. H.). 

 —The best kind of stock is the single-flowering Camellia. The stocks 

 are raised by sowing the seed, or fiom cuttings, but the latter are not 

 nearly so free-growing. The beginning of April is a good time to graft 

 Camellias. The varieties of Azalea indica are propagated by cuttings 

 taken from the shoots of the current year when about half ripe ; inserted 

 io very sandy peat and silver sand under a bell-glass on a gentle heat, 



they root freely. The " Garden Manual " will suit you. It may be had 

 free by post from our office by enclosing tKenty-six "postage stamps with 

 your address. 



Evergreen Trees for a Blind fi?cT().— The Weymouth Pine we fear 

 would not serve yon ; but Pinus austriaca and Scotch Fir would, wo 

 think, grrjw well when established. Pinus cembra will grow almost any- 

 where, and Pinus mnritima thrives in such a soil as yours ; so does the 

 Pinaster Pine, of which Pinus Hamiltonii, about which you inquire, is but 

 a vai'iety. 



Pteris serrulata Sowing fJf. H.).— The spore-cases on the part of 

 the frond sent us were ripe, and the spores shed. It will suffice to place 

 the fronds over the pans full of compost, and to rub the under side of the 

 frond with the hand gently, so as to cause the spores to fall on the sur- 

 face of the compost. If you do this nntil the surface is covered with a 

 fine brown powder perceptible to the eye, you have done all that is 

 needed. 



CAMELLLi Leaves Yellow (Irff m).— Your plant is only shedding its 

 old leaves. Continue it in the stove until the growth be perfected, beep- 

 ing it in the coolest, lightest, and most airy part. When the wood be- 

 comes firm, and the buds show in the axils of the leaves, remove the 

 plant to a cool housi. 



Netting to Protect Seed-beds (Tj/ro).— You can obtain the netting 

 of any dealer in fishing tackle, and such is frequently advertised in our 

 columns, y^ou may save yoiu-self much trouble in the prutection of seed- 

 beds by moistening the seeds you propose sowing, throwing a few pinches 

 of red lead over them, and mixing up so as to give the seeds a reddish 

 hue, or a slight;coating of the red lead. No birds take our seeds now, and 

 we simply treat them in the above manner before sowing. 



Mixing Anislu* Manure and Lime (7(ifm).— From the fact that lime 

 sets fi-ee the ammonia by causing rapid decomposition of animal matter, 

 it is considered wasteful, ammonia being produced faster than the plants 

 are able to appropriate it, and it is consequently often lost. Animal matters 

 had better decompose slowly, and thus give out ammonia gradually. 



Trenching {Idtm). — Your gi-onnd will be all the better of a good trench- 

 ing, bringing some of the subsoil to the toj), so that by exposure to frost 

 and air It will be rendered suitable for the growth of plants. The black 

 soil is best at bottom. The I'oots will go do^Ti to it. 



Grafting PELARGONimis (R. J.).— Your best mode of grafting will be 

 side-grafting, leaving the head of the stock partially reduced imtil the 

 union is complete. The operation would be much facilitated by placing 

 the plants worked in a geutle heat of 50" or 55", and a bottom heat of from 

 65- to 70", and maintaining a close and moist atmosphere, with shade 

 from brif^iht sun. The surest of all modes is grafting by approach, or 

 inarching, and you may follow that mode by raising the plants for scions 

 to the height required, they being in small pots. 



Bed Spider on Peach Trees {H. H..— Unnail the trees, and wash the 

 wall with a sohition of H ozs. of soft soap to the gallon of boiling water. 

 If tbe wall is very much cracked and full of crevices, have all the joints 

 made good w ith hair mortar, and wash the wall with fresh lime and soot, 

 mixed with sufhcient urine to bring them to the consistency of lime- 

 wash. Apply the mixture boiling, and take care not to drop the wash 

 upon the trees. Before naihng wash them with a solution of 4 ozs. of 

 soft soap to a gallon of water, and apply it at a temperatiire of 140", 

 taking care not to dislocate the fruit-buds. The best preventive of the 

 attacks of red spider is to keep the trees well syringed with water from a 

 garden engine during hot weather, and to aflbrd them plenty of water at 

 the roots. Avoid gas tai". 



Cucumber [L. A.). — "Telegraph'* is, as you say, one of the most 

 prolific and best varieties for early forcing. vVny of the principal London 

 seedsmen, we should think, could supply you with seed of it. 



Wood of Peach Tree [X. A. B.). — The wood enclosed by you was 

 perfectly healthy The dai'ker colour of the centre is natural. As you 

 do not state whether the tree was over-luxuriant, nor any other particu- 

 lars, we cannot suggest the cause of unfruitfulness. Cutting off the 

 branches most probably was \vrong. 



Drying Plants (Hortni*). — Put them properly spread out on dry sand, 

 and cover them with some of the same, and ch-y them in a gentle heat. 

 When dry fasten them by stitches of thread on cartridge paper. 



Greenhouse Constructing (J. F. C). — We like, as a whole, the pro- 

 posed plan of your house very well. We would advise that for a 14-feet- 

 wide house, the back wall should be from 2 to 3 feet higher than the 

 proposed 11 feet. The modes of ventilating will answer very well. The 

 proposed conical stages in the house— that is. four shelves on the one 

 side, four on the other, and one inder at top in the centre, will answer for 

 storing away great numbers of small pots in winter. For showing ofl 

 flowering plants in such a lean-to house, a flat-sparred table 24 or 

 27 inches ofl' the ground would do as well and cost much less money. 

 The proposed heating will keep out sharp frost. If you wanted more heat 

 you could take two pipes, smaller ones, along the back and as far as the 

 doorway. You could also greatly help by having a cistern where your 

 two proposed pipes terminate at the doorway. The IG-oz. glass you allude 

 to would do, and so would the^ rafters 20 inclies apart, but to have a nice 

 fixed roof, and be in little danger from hail, &c , we would advise the 

 rafters to be 18 inches apart, and the glass to be 21 -oz , though it would 

 cost nearly a third more. Wood will answer for the front shelf, but stone 

 or slate would be better. To do justice to the plants the Vines should 

 not be nearer than 5, or even 6 feet to each other. Conical boilera 

 supplied from tbe top ai'e easiest fed, but unless the grating works on a 

 I)ivot so as to let all fall down, they are worse to clean out. On the 

 whole we think a small saddle boiler mil be as useful to you ; in fact, if 

 the house had been ours, and the pathways had been tiled instead of 

 being flagged, we would have had a small flue all roimd below the tiles 

 instead of a boiler, and then on a cold day the warm tiles would be com- 

 fortable to the feet. We think your stokeliole and all else will do. 



Lifting Vinxs (5. T>. M.). — The Vines you propose lifting will, if the 

 operation be carefully performed, bear a crop next season, but we would 

 not take more than half a crop, and if the Vines show weakly, we would 

 not allow them to bear this season. After replanting cover the border 

 over the roots w'th 18 iuches or 2 feet of hot dung, keeping the honse 

 cool for a fortnight or three weeks, and allow the Vines to break naturally 

 — that is, do not force them. The chalk will answer £or the border instead 

 of lime rubbish, but we prefer the latter. 



