January 7, 



'9.1 



JOURNAL OF HOKTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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with merely a pipe-outlet into the open air. It is well to com- 

 mence witli a frame or cold pit, but the little house is the great 

 object to aim at. — R. F. 



CO VENT GARDEN MARKET.— Jan iary 0. 



Business is very quiet here, and tnero is nothing to call fur any par- 

 ticnlar notice. 



FRUIT, 



B. d. B. d 



Apples HbIotc 1 6 to 2 



Apricots doz. 



Oherries lb. 



Cbestnats bnRb. 10 18 



Oarrants }^ eie vo 



BUck do. 



FIgB doz. 



Filbertfl lb. 



Coba lb. 



Gooeeben-ies ..qnart 



Grapes, Uothoa8e..lb. 8 



Lemons 100 4 



Melons each 



Nectarines doz. 



OranRea 100 2 



PencheB doz. 



Pears (desHort) ..doz. 2 



Pine Apples lb. 3 



Plums H eieve 



Qninoes doz. 9 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries., per lb. 



Walnuts buBh. 10 



do per 100 1 



d. B. d 



0to6 

 







1 6 

 

 



19 



2 6 



Articholfof) doK. 8 



Asparapns 100 10 



Beans, Kidney per bd. 2 



Beet, Bed duz. 2 



Broccoli bundle 1 



Bros. SprontB ^ sieve 2 



Cabbage doz. 1 



Gapsicams 100 



Carrots bunch 4 



CaoUflower doz. 3 



Celery bundle 1 6 



encumbers each 9 



Endive duz. 2 



Fennel bunch 8 



GarUc lb. 8 



Herbs bunch 8 



Horseradish . . bundle 8 



VEGETABLES, 

 d. 8. d 

 0to6 

 

 



Leekfl bnnch 



Lettuce .... per score 



Mushrooms .... pottle 



S i Mustd.& Cress, punnet 



I Onions per bushel 



I Parsley per sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



8. d. B. d 

 4 too 6 

 4 





 2 

 I Peas per quart 



8 ' Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes..., per doz. 



Turnips bunc^ 





 2 

 1 

 6 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Richard Dean, 8, Denmark Villas, Ealing, London, W. — 

 Catalo(mc of VegHahU, Farm, and Flower Seeds. — Ike Useful 

 Garden Ahnanaek for 1869. 



James Carter & Co.. 237, 238, and 261, High Holborn, Lon- 

 don, W.C. — Carter's Vadc Mecum for 1869. With numerous 

 Engravings. 



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 uujustifiable trouble and expense. Ail 

 communications should therefore be addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture^ <^c., 171, Iflcet 

 Street, London, E.G^ 



We also request that correspondents will not mis 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 than 

 two or three questions at once, 



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



Palms for a Coxservatory (A. B.). — Small plants of the foUowinc 

 would suit you — viz., Sea^orthia elegaua, Chamftrops humilis, Furtunei, 

 and palmetto, Phoenis dactylifera, Latania bor-bunica, Thriuax yarviflura, 

 Corypha australis, Rhapis flabelliformis, Jubieii spectabilis, Brahea 

 dulcis, and Sabal Adansonii. You will find some useful cultural notes 

 in No. 385, page 115 of our last volume. You have not heat enough to 

 ensure rapid growth. Apply to any of the leading nurserymen who 

 advertise in our columns; if they have not the species in stock they 

 can procure them for 3'ou. 



Rhubarb for Winter (S. P.). — We do not know what materials you 

 have for furnishing heat, but if you have a closet near a fireplace you 

 may have plenty of Rhubarb by placing roots in boxes, filling in between 

 the roots with moist soil, and then placing tho boxes in the closet. This 

 is the simplest and cheapest mode of forcing Rhubarb for winter use. 

 You may place chimney puts, old baskets, or boxes over the crowns of 

 plants in the open ground, and put on hot stable manure somewhat 

 higher than the tops of the pots or bosoH, and for 18 inches or 2 feet all 

 found, and then cover with loose long litter to keep off snow and rain. 



CoROHn.LA GLAtJCA Lo3::.a ITS Leaves (li. S, &'.).— It is very common 

 lor this plant to lose most of its leaves after being taken into tho green- 

 house in autumn. We consider the cause to be the closer and warmer 

 atmoBpbere by which the plant is excited into growth, and the old 

 leaves are consequently tbrown off, as in the caeo of most evergreens 

 when making new growths. The remedy is to house the plants sooner, 

 and give them a lisht and airy situation. We think plants intended for 

 blooming in winter ought not to be placed out of doors at any time, but 

 be kept constantly under gla^s, affording them as much light and ventila- 



tion as CUM posHihly bo given, and Ibtn the wood i« thoroughly ripened, 

 and the plants escape the evils resulting from a change from out of 

 doors to in-d'iors— a change which is in most cascH followed by a loss of 

 foliage, and often by tbe flower bnds falling, as with Caniellias. 



Rhododendrons not Flowering (Agnt^s). — Yours is a case of plants 

 not flowering owing to their having been taken up whilst in " full beauty," 

 and they are " beautiful tho first year," hut not coutinuously. Wo think 

 you expect too much; every plant removed is to a certam extent de- 

 jirived of roots, ond is conscfiuently enfeebled, time being necessary to 

 restore the balance between the roots and foliage; besides, your plants 

 are forced, and will need a year at least to recover from the loss con- 

 seqnont on tboir being excited into growth at an unnatural season. 

 The plants should bo kept in the greenhouse until tbeir growth be com- 

 plete, abundantly supplied with moisture, and plenty of nir given. After 

 frosts are past the pots sliould bo pluugt^d to tho rims in coal ashes out 

 of doors in an open situation, but sheltorcd from high winds and powerful 

 sun. This will prevent the sides of thu pots becoming heated, and the 

 roots from being injured. The Hurf;ice of tho soil in tho pots should bo 

 covered with about an inch thick of cow dung, plenty of water must bo 

 given iu hot dry weather, and tho plants may be syringed overhead every 

 evening. If they are in small pots for the size of the heads, and the 

 pots aro full of roots, or the ball very closely matted, you may shift them 

 into a larger size, but avoid large shifts, and aee that perfect drainage ia 

 provided. The best time to repot is when the plants are shedding their 

 flowers, and for jilants not iu pots, tho best time tu take them up aud pot 

 is in Sfptember. The soil, wo think, will ho suitable. Plants for forcing 

 are bcBt kept in a cold pit or frame in winter, affording an abundance of 

 air whenever the weather is mild, with slight protection in severe 

 weather, tbe routs being secured by plunging the pots to the rim in coal 

 ashes. 



Anastatica niERocHONTicA CULTURE (D. H. .S.).~Thi3, the Rose of 

 Jericho or Resurrection plant, is a greenhouse annual, though it will 

 succeed as a half-hardy one in the southern counties. The seed should 

 he sown iu March in a hotbed, affording a mild bottom heat of 70'^, and a 

 top heat of from &jr to 7U-. The compost most suitable is two-thirJs 

 very saudy fibrous loam with one-third leaf mould or fibrous peat, and a 

 free admixture of sharp sand ; the soil must be suudy and open, and good 

 drainage must be ensured. FiU the pots about three parts full of compost, 

 and then to within half an inch of the rim with fiuo sandy soil, using the 

 roughest at the bottom, and making the surface smooth. Scatter the 

 seeds rather thinly over the surface, and cover them with very fine sandy 

 soil to a depth equal to tho diameter of the seeds. Give a gentle water- 

 ing, and place in the hotbed, keeping the soil moist but not very wet, 

 and when the plants appear place them near the glass, and afford an 

 abundance of air. When large enough to handle, the seedlings may be 

 potted off singly in small pots, or two or three in a put, and again re- 

 turned to the hotbed until they recover from the potting, then remove 

 them to a shelf in the greenhouse. Careful watering is necessary; no 

 water should be given as long as the soil is moist. This plant should 

 have a light and airy position, for it is a native of the dry wastes of 

 Egypt, Palestine, Barbary, and Arabia. It is a dwarf bushy plant, about 

 6 inches in height, with whitish flowers, and when the seed is sown in 

 March flowers are produced in July and August, and sometimes in Juno. 

 It should be pulled up by the roots whilst in flower, or before it seeds and 

 withers, and should be hung up by the roots iu a dry room until drj-. It 

 may then be kept in a dry room for years, and when the root is placed in 

 a gia^s of water the whole plant will expand, tho buds of flowers swelling 

 and appearing as if the plant had been but recently taken from the 

 giound. When it has been long kept tho whole plant must be immersed 

 in water. We do not know where seed may be obtained. 



WooDLiCE IN CucuMEER PiT {The TTorm).— They like a dry retreat, and 

 from that fact, as often stated, may bo derived a lesson as to how to 

 destroy them. If your bed is very much infested water it well, except a 

 few inches in width at back and front, and cover that dry part with a 

 little dry- hay. Provide yourself with boiling water and a small-rosed 

 watering pot, and gently turn over tbe hay iu the morning, and sprinkle 

 the woodlice with the water as you proceed. If that is not practicable, 

 take a number of the smallest pots, place a piece of boiled potato in the 

 bottom, add a httlo dry hay or moss over it, lay the pots on their sides, 

 and take the pieces out in the morning. 



Vines for Vinery {Inquirer). — Your vinery is in two divisions — no 

 doubt one intended for an early, and the other for a late vinery— and 

 appears properly arranged, having the border partly inside and partly 

 outside. Three rows of 4 inch hot-water pipes along the front and both 

 ends will be sufficient for the early house, but we would have preferred 

 four rows instead of three. Two rows of 4-inch piping will be tuflicient 

 for the late house. Tho boiler would be beRt at the back where the 

 division between the two houses occurs, so that tbe hot water may soon 

 pass into the house, and that with as little heating of piping outbide the 

 house as p>stible. The Vines we advise for tho early house are three 

 Black HambuTghs, one Euckland Sweetwater, and two Foster's White 

 Seedhng. If you wish for more black Grapes than white, substitute one 

 Champion Hamburgh for one of Foster's White Seedling. In the late 

 house, where you appear to have six, we would have one Lady Downe's, 

 one Muscat of Alexandria, one Calabrian Raisin, one Morocco, and 

 two Mrs. Pince's Black Muscat. We do not approve of your having 

 Vines on the hack wall, but they will for a time do tolerably well. You 

 may have West's St. Peter's in tho late, but not iu the early house. 

 Black Hamburgh would be more suitable. 



Dwarf Peas and Beaks {Amateur),— V^c think it is a great mistake to 

 grow none but the kinds that do not require sticking. Tom Thumb or 

 Beck's Gem Pea is the best for the first crop, and it may be succeeded by 

 Little Gem (Maclean), and Bishop's Long-podded, which are the only 

 kinds that iu our experience are worth the trouble and the ground they 

 occupy. We trust some ready means of giving support to Peas will shortly 

 be invented, and then we shall hear no more of the very dwarf kinds of 

 Peas, which are at best poor croppers. Beck's Dwarf Green Gem, and 

 the Royal Dwarf Fan or Cluster, are both good dwarf sorts of Bean. 

 One quart of Peas will sow a row or drill 40 yards long, so that for 

 10 yards half a pint will be required. Of Broad Beans a pint will sow a row 

 of fi'om 8 to 10 yards. The distance between the rows should be equal 

 to the height of the Peas ; and the seeds should be covered with from 

 \\ to 2 inches of fine soil. Allow 1 foot 3 inches between the rows of 

 Beans.— G. A. 



Selection of Vines {H. Booth).— Vot your early bouse wc would 



