February 21, 1867. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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ish floor, and a little covering of moss over the pots, in which 

 position the soil will remain in a kindly condition without any 

 aid from the watering-pot, and the moss will also do much tc 

 maintain an equilibrium of moisture and of temperature ; 

 and, secondly, the temperature even with all this care should 

 not be too low— it should seklom be below 55% and should 

 range between that and 60°. If kept dampish and in a lower 

 temperature the rhizomes will be almost sure to become hke 

 a mass of soap. We have several times found them much 

 shrivelled when kept hot and dry. — K. F. 



CO\T^NT GARDEN MARKET.— Febrttaey 20. 



The Markut renidins Btoady. but there has bcon no improvement in the 

 demaud for Jiny doacription of produce, couscquentl}- prices remain aa 

 Iflst weeli, and wo have uo new fenture to repoi't. Arrivals of Potatoes are 

 ample to meet thu daily sales, both here and at the water side. 



VEGETABLES, 



Artichokes each 



Asparagrns .... bundle 

 Beans, ICidney,per 100 



ScarletRun.iJ tiieve 



Beet, lied doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brus. Sprouts ^ sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery buudlo 



Cucumbers each 



piekUng .... doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



GarUc lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . bundle 



s. d. B. d 



6 too 8 



6 10 1 



3 4 : 





 











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8 



8 



5 

 2 

 

 







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6 



B. d. B. d 



Apples A sieve 2 0to3 



Apricots '. doz 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 10 18 



Currants 4 sieve 



Blaclt do. 



Figs doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs lb. 9 



Gooseberries . . quart 



Grapes, Hothouse.. lb. (1 



Lemons 100 5 





 

 



Leeka bunch 



Lettuce per doz. 



Mushrooms pottle 



]\Iustd.& Cress, punnet 



Onions per bushel 



Parsley per sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas per quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes per doz. 



Turnips bunch 



Vegetable Marrows dz. 



Melons each 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges 100 



Peaches doz. 



Pears (dessert) . . doz. 



kitchen doz. 



Pine Apples lb. 



Plnms i sieve 



Quinces doz. 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries lb. 



P. d. e. d 



6 too u 



2 3 



10 2 



2 



4 











4 



5 



1 l> 



9 

 

 





 6 

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1 6 

 1 6 

 4 

 3 

 9 

 

 

 

 



0to4 





 



10 

 

 6 

 4 



10 I Walnuts bush. 10 20 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



William RoUisson &: Sons, Tooting, London. — Catalogue of 

 Floricidtural and Culinary Seech, 



Mrs. Dixon, -iSA, Moorgate Street, London, E.G. — Select List 

 of Kitchen Garden, Farm, and Flower Seech. 



Sutton & Sons, Reading. — Sutton's Farm Seed List. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS, 



• «* We request that no one will write privately to the depart- 

 mental wi'itera of the ''Journal of HorticultiU'e, Cottage 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so doing they 

 are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and expense. All 

 commu?iications should therefore he addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, ct'c, 171, Fleet 

 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 an- 

 swered promptly and conveniently, hut write them on 

 separate communications. Also never to send more than 

 two or three questions at once. 



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

 week. 



Potato Ross's Early (G. A.) — Messrs. Lawson, nurserymen, Edin 

 burgh, could tell you where it is purchasable. 



CAaiELT>iA Grafting (Didcr^on). — April is a good time for the operation. 



Transformation of Plakts (W. L. C. G.}.—Huch changes as petals 

 into calices, and these into leaves, with many other such transforma- 

 tions, constitute what has been dignified with the name of morpbology. 

 The changes arise from various causes; but, why is not easily explained. 

 Twentv-eight postage stamps will fntitle you to a copy, fi*ee by post, of 

 " The Horticultural Directory for 1867." 



SiTccui-ENTs {C. J.). — We cannot recommend florists or any other 

 tradesman . If one cannot supply you, you must write to some other. 



Drip trom Roof of Stove (S, E. H).— The house must be kept exces- 

 sively moist for moisture to drip from the rafters. You may safely dis- 

 continue the syringing at this seftson, and, indeed, at any time syringing 

 llue-foliaged plants is not good for them, as the water hanging from the 

 points and edges of the leaves is apt to cause browmiess and decay. Tht- 

 only delect we are able to point out in the construction of your house 

 consists in the lights or ventilators not tittiug well, and letting in the 

 rain, and as water drips from several parts of the glazing, we conclude 

 that part of the house has been badly constructed Perhaps the putty 

 was bad and the laps of the panes of glass insufficient. No iutemal 

 moisture, unless it arise from excessive sprinKling and syringing, will in- 

 jure or destroy the foliago of the plants further than may be prevented 

 Uv the careful admission of air. and reducing the amount of moistui-e 

 within the house. The roof should be Seen to, and the ventilators made 

 more secure against rain. 



River Bank Planting (T. W. J?.).— We know of nothing that would 

 serve you except Cornus sanguinea and the dilTerent kinds of Willows. 



Pigeon Manure (Idem). — Pigeon-dung is an excellent manure, and 

 may be used with advantage to all vegetables. It is very stimulating, 

 and may therefori? bo of greater value to such as ai'e of quick growth. 

 We have used it with advantage for early Potatoes. 



Mistletoe Seed Sowing (A Youno Gardmirr). — Directions are given 

 at page 93 of our present Volume— the Number published on January 

 olst. It grows most readily on the Apple, but it succeeds also on the 

 Pear, Hawthorn, Hazel, Maple, Lime, Elm, and Willow. It rarely is 

 established on the Oak. 



Green Tcrf for Camellias. — H. E. would be obliged by Mr. Fleming 

 stating how it is that the grass in the fresh-cut tm-f does not grow in the 

 pots. 



Liquid Manure in a Stove (H. M. G.). — The ammoniacal vapours 

 arising from guano water applied to the stages (2 ozs. to the gallon) 

 would not irijiu-c the foliage of Orchids. 



PELAnooNiUMS (A. d' M.). — Cu'ith milk is a. silver-edged variety, the white 

 edging broad and softly clouding far into the green disk. This is very 

 peculiar, and so is the form of the leaf, if the specimens we have seen 

 were of their usual form, tor they were perfect cups, the under side of the 

 leaf being the inner side of the cup. 



Boiler Heated by Kitchen Fire {E. B. B.).— The common boiler at 

 the back of a kitchen range will suit your purpose. Of couvse the more 

 it is exposed to the tire the better. If your boiler is open you are aware 

 that your pipes should neither be above nor below the boiler. One-inch- 

 and-a-half pipes will be iiuite sufficient to convey the water from the 

 boiler to the four-inch pipes in the house to bo heated, which is 18 feet 

 from the boiler ; but in that ca^e these small pipes must be encased in 

 sawdust, &c., or means must be taken to prevent their lotting heat in that 

 18 feet,as the smaller the pipe the more would it be cooled if exposed. 

 See answer to *' F. F." 



Heating a Propagating-hocse (R. B. N.). — As your flue has to go 

 10 feet before entering the house, we think the flue passing below the 

 bed will bear the heat, though not knowing of what the ijipiug is, we are 

 not so sure of its doing so as if it were made of brick in the usual way. 

 If you were to have a small trough for water for the pipes below your 

 bed, and openings from that into the atmosphere of the house, to be re- 

 gulated by plugs, then we think you might dispense with the culvert 

 *• A," which would be mucli in the waj'. The other arrangements seem 

 con-ect, except that yon should have openings from the cliamber below 

 the front platform to let heat into the atmosphere of the house as 

 needed. 



Forcing Roses, Lilacs, Deutzias, &c. (17. Newton). — In the house 

 heated by hot water yoii may have in bloom a great variety of plants by 

 keeping it at a temperature of from 50- to 55- at night, with a rise of 10*^ 

 in dull days, and of 5^ or 10-^ more during clear days. The plants should 

 be syringed in the morning and evening, and a moderate amount of 

 ventilation must be afforded. If your house is devoted to greenhouse 

 plants you will do well to confine yourself to tbem ; and by pi-owing 

 plenty of Chrysanthemums, which will continue in flower from Ootober 

 imtil January, and Primidas, with Camellias, Epacrises. Correas, Cycla- 

 mens, Mouochietum ensiferum, and Coronilla glauca, which will succeed 

 the Chrysanthemums, it may be kept gay. Also have bulbs, such as Cro- 

 cuses, Tulips, Hvacinths, and Narcissus ; Lilies of the Valley, Dielytra 

 spectabilis, Deutzia gracilis, Weigela rosea, Lilacs, Philadelphus, and 

 Roses, which from their strength (.nd ripeness of wood are calculated to 

 bloom early in January, assigning them a light and airy situation. The 

 above, with the other plants that will be in flower, will keep the house 

 gay, especially when Azaleas come in. Pjtus japonica in a pot does well 

 gently forced, and nothing is finer than Rhododendrons. 



Protective Netting fur Peach Trees (B. W. Stannus).—The netting 

 you enclosed is a good protection for the blossoms of your Peach trees, 

 but should be doubled, or in readiness to be doubled, in case of severe 

 frost. It should be kept at the distance of a foot from the wall by poles 

 placed with one end under the coping of the wall, and the other in the 

 ground at 1 foot 6 inches from the wall. The netting need not reach so 

 far as the bottom of the poles by 1 foot. The poles may be 3 or 4 feet 

 apart, and the netting secured to them at top under the coping, and at 

 bottom fastened to the stakes or poles, which need not be more than 

 2 inches square. 



Vine Border (Idem).— It is not usual to have the borders shallower in 

 front than where planted ; so to construct them is decidedly wrong. 



Charcoal for Vine Border (E. G. D.). — The charcoal you propose 

 using in the formation of a Vine border may be employed with advantage 

 iu pieces from the size of a hen's egg to that of a walnut, or even of a 

 pea. It is, as you say, very useful to keep the border sweet. The lumps 

 are better thiiii the dust. 



Hyacinths done Blooming (Inquirer). — After blooming they should 

 be hardened off" or kept beyond the reach of frost in an au-y light situa- 

 tion. When all danger of "frost is past they may be planted in the open 

 ground, covei-ing the crowns of the bulbs with 2 to 3 inches of soil. Those 

 gruwn iu water are of httle or no value after blooming, and those forced 

 in pots are not worth forcing a second time. 



Ivy for Fernery {Idem).— The smaller varieties of Ivy do well in glass 

 ferneries ; indeed most kinds answer, and are very pretty climbing over 

 rockwork. 



