M»y 2, 1867. ] 



JOUBNAL OF HOBTICtJLTUBE AND COTTAGE GABDENEK. 



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enjoyment. A visitor lately wished we would say how this 

 house was filled up, though it does not furnish any rare ex- 

 ample of the cramming system at this season. The house is a 

 lean-to, height at back, ioj feet ; in front, 3j feet ; the front 

 supported by wooden posts, and consisting of 12 inches of glass, 

 all wood below ; wooden ventilators, hinged. Sixteen inches 

 from the back wall is a trellised wooden pathway, 16 inches 

 wide, and in front are two rows of trees in pots, and sometimes 

 more. In front of the pathway in winter. Lettuces, Endive, 

 Ac, were put, and Strawberr]es in pots were kept secure. 

 Between the pathw.iy and the tirst row of trees. Potatoes in 

 pots were brought from a bed as soon as the temperature in 

 the house rendered it safe, and these, after being fingered 

 for the earliest tubers, are now taken out and placed under 

 some Spruce trees that have no branches within 6 feet of the 

 ground, and where they will have a fair portion of sun without 

 bein? liable to frosts, as some Laurel branches have been stuck 

 in behind them to break the north winds ; thus placed they will 

 yet afford good gatherings. Between the wall and the pathway 

 there is the row of pots of Tom Thumb Pea. Close to the 

 front there are two rows of Strawberries in pots, the one row 

 standing 4 inches above, and the other on a layer of turf. 

 About 3 feet from the front is the row of Peas with a line of 

 twig.s behind them to prevent them going back, and so forcing 

 them to go to the frout along the ground, which causes all the 

 blossoms to stand upright, and the pods too are easily seen. 

 Between the Pea's and the Strawberries, until lately, there was 

 a row of Kidney Beans in 10-inch pots ; but the Peas, as they 

 grew, required that they should be removed to a late vinery, 

 which we could not keep longer without shutting it up. From 

 these Peas back to the wooden pathway, wherever there was a 

 vacant space among the pots, it has been filled with bedding plants 

 requiring to be pushed on a little before being thoroughly 

 hardened off, so that the 16 inches of pathway is at present 

 the only empty space in the house, and the only drawback 

 is that ladies can scarcely venture along with their ample 

 garments. 



Before filling the centre of the house with these temporary 

 inmates in the shape of bedding plants, &c., the ground for the 

 front half of the house was well watered with liquid manure, as 

 in such a house we prefer watering at two or three times, be- 

 ginning at the back wall first, and with intervals of some days 

 between them. In this house we discovered on four or five twigs 

 our old enemy Aphis persicip, and either removed them or 

 washed with soap water and quassia water with a brush ; and 

 as yet we have seen no trace of other insects. After shutting 

 up in the afternoon, and especially it sunny, we frequently 

 syringe with weak soot water, as clear and bright as coloured 

 brandy. When we shall have taken the bedding plants 

 and the Peas out, we shall have little on the floor during 

 the summer, and then where the trees do not shade, the 

 sun's rays will have the chance of reaching the ground — a 

 matter of more importance than is generally imagined. This 

 is merely a slight sketch of what an amateur -might obtain 

 from such a house and yet keep it at all times neat and in- 

 teresting. 



ORNAMENTAL DKPABTMENT. 



The work was chiefly a repetition of that of previous weeks — 

 potting, pricking out. and cutting-making. We were very 

 much hindered in putting Calceolarias into temporary beds on 

 account of these beds having been soaked with rain, and we 

 dislike planting in such wet soil. — E. F. 



COVENT GAHDEN MARKET.— May 1. 



Wb hfive again to report a downward tendency in the prices here, 

 owing to the supply now considerably exceeding the demand in forced 

 fruit; and foreisTu importations have very much increased, comprising 

 Potatoes, Kidney Beans, Artichokes, Tomatoes, Asparagus, Salading, 

 Cherries, and Apricots. 



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Apples ^ sieve 2 OtoS 



Apricots doz 1 



Cherries bos 3 6 5 



Chestnuts bush. i 



Cnrrnnts ^ sieve 0' 



Black do. | 



Pigs doz. DO I 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs lb. 9 1 6 j 



Gooseberries . . quart 16 



Grapes, Hothouse.. lb. fi 10 I 



Lemons 100 5 10 ' 



Melons each 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges 100 5 



Peaches doz. 



Pears (dessert) . . doz. 



kitchen doz. 2 



Pin \pple8 lb. 5 



Pluoit ^ sieve 



Quince^^ doz, 



RaspberriPS lb. 



Strawberries oz. 



Walnuts bash. 10 



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Artfcbokes each 



Asparagus .... bundle 

 Beanri. Kidney, per 100 



ScarletRuD.^ sieve 



Beet, Ued doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brua. Sprouts ^ sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . bundle 



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Leeks bunch 



Lettuce per doz. 



Mushrooms .... pottle 

 Mustd.A 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 



ShaUots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes per doz. 



Turnips bunch 



Vegetable Marrows dz. 





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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Eliza Abraham, Fort Prospect Nurseries, Limerick - 

 loguc of Beddinci Plants and Florists' Flowers. 



3. Carter & Co., 237, 238, and 261, High Holborn, London, 

 W.C. — Gardener's and Farmer's Vade-Meciim, Part III. — Stove, 

 Greenhouse^ and Beddinij Plants. 



T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, London, N. — 

 Catalogue of Eases, Soft-wooded Bedding, Herbaceous, and 

 Border Plants. 



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. All 

 communications should therefore be addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, cCc, 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, but write them on 

 separate communications. Also never to send more than 

 two or three questions at once, 

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

 week. 

 Anrmone PULSATILLA lA. H. C.).— Any florist who advertises in our 

 columns could supply this native plant. We know that Messrs. Hender- 

 son have it. 



Cleome INTEGKIFOLIA (F. S. N.). — We do not know where seed of the 

 American bee plant, Cleome integrifolia, is to be had. Probably at Chicago. 

 Books (A Constant Subscriber). — If by "a botanical dictionary" you 

 mean a dictionary explaining the terms used in botany, Henslow's " Dic- 

 tionary of Botaiiical Terms" will suit you. ±1. W.). — "The Vine 

 Manual " contains much upon early forcing. You can have it free by 

 post from our oflBce if you enclose thirty-two stamps with your address. 

 (Af. H.).— The price of Mr. Salter's work on the Chrysanthemum is 5». 



Exhibition of Tricolored Pelargoniums {T. W. Johnson).— It is to 

 be at the Royal Horticultural Society's garden, at South Kensington, on 

 May 21st, and the public will be adm'itted by paying -28. 6d. 



Spent Hops and Malt Combs fob Mulching {Vitis) — We have known 

 spent hops used as a covering for the Strawberry-bed to keep off slugs, 

 and to answer the purpose of litter in keeping the fruit clean, &c. They 

 do not injure the flavour of fruit. Malt combs we have also known used 

 as a mulcLiing for the Vine-border. Whether the roots will take to it in 

 preference to anything else we cannot say, as we know of no esperimenta 

 on the subject. 



Verbenas FOR Exhibition {W. IT.).— Foxhunter, Charles Turner, 

 Geant des Batailles, Madnme Hermann Stenger, Annie, Mauve Queen, 

 Snowball, Lilac King, Admiral of the Blue, Wondeiful, Black Prince, 

 and Rose Imperial. 'To these you may add, if you do not object to the 

 higher price, some of Mr. C. J. Perry's fine new varieties. 



Substitute for Glass ( ).— Oiled paper was formprly employed ; 



but this has been superseded by linen or calico dressed with the following 

 preparation: — Old pale linseed-oil, three pints; sugar of lefld (acetate of 

 lead), 1 oz ; white resin, 4 ozs. Grind the acetate with a little of the oil, 

 then add the rest and the resin. Incorporate thoroughly in a large iron 

 pot over a gentle fire ; and, with a large brush, apply hot to a fine calico 

 stretched loosely previously, by means of tacks, upon the frame. On the 

 following day it is fit for use, and may be either done over a second time 

 or tacked on tightly to remain. Cucumbers and Melons may be grown 

 under such frames, but they require much more attention th.in when 

 glass is employed, the plants are so liable to be drawn and unfruitful. 



Double Wallflowers — " S." inquires if there is still in existence a 

 good double dark self Wallflower; as the only sort he can obtain is flaked 

 with yellow and not worth growing, though sold generally under the 

 name of double blood red. 



Driving away Ants {A Subscriber, Waterloo). — You may drive away 

 the black ants by scattering a little guano, or by pouring ammoniacal 

 liquor over their haunts. 



