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JOUBNAL OF HOKTIOULTUBE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



[ Febraar; 2S, ises. 



half an inch in length the plants should have been washed or 

 well syringed all over, and then removed frsm garret, cellar, or 

 kitchen, to a place near the window. If the soil is rather dry 

 when you come to repot, you may shake the most of it away, if 

 you can do so without hurting tlie roots. If there is danger of 

 losing any young fibres, and you would rather have the advan- 

 tage of fresh soil, a good plan is to take the ball in your bands, 

 wash the earth carefully away in a pail of water, and then 

 place the roots in another pail of clean water at about 60° for 

 a few minutes ; this will secure the roots being all supplied 

 with liquid, a better plan than soaking the soil of a new- 

 potted plant too much. After such potting the plant should 

 have light, but not bright sun for a few days, and a sprinkling 

 of water over the top from a clean hair brush will be better 

 than too frequent waterings at the roots uniil these are 

 woiking freely in and occupying the soil. The reason for 

 pottiug at such time and in such a manner is found in tlje 

 simple principle that it is never advisable to give a double 

 check to a plant when you can gain your object by giving only 

 one check at a time. For instance, it is never deiiirable to 

 prune-in or cut-down a plant, and repot or transplant it at the 

 same time. When you have what pruning you deemed neees- 

 Bary the roots were left in their entirety to make the beginnings 

 of the fresh shoots, and as soon as these were growing the plaut 

 would stand better under house treatment the little injury 

 done to the roots in repotting, as, provided these little shoots 

 were kept growing, they would act reciprocally on the roots, 

 which would grow afresh, and in the new soil strengthen the 

 young shoots. 



We may also add that the Fuchsia affords an excellent chance 

 for gaining experience in propagation, as similar principles 

 apply to most plants. Pruned and managed as we have sup- 

 posed the Fuchsias to be, there will be more young shootg than 

 will be wanted, and when these shoots are from 2 to 3 inches 

 long they are just in a nice condition to strike root as cuttings. 

 Slipped off close to the old stem, so as thus to be a little firm 

 at the base, they will strike placed round the sides of a pot in 

 a window, especially if shaded a little, or covered with a funnel 

 of thin paper, when the room is hot and dry, or the Kun bright. 

 If there is a propagating case, as referred to last week, the 

 cuttings would root well in a quarter of the time. Wlien there 

 is no case, one of the best and simplest modes for those with 

 humbler means is the following : Take a o or G inch pot, put in 

 the bottom from 1 to 2 inches of drainage ; place soil and sand 

 as stated last week, but have the sand for receiving the cuttiugj, 

 &coording to the size of these cuttings, 2 or more inches below 

 the rim. Insert the cuttings close to the side, as stated last 

 week, and place a small square of glass across the mouth of 

 the pot. These little squares will cost a mere trille at the 

 glazier's. This at once secures a still atmosphere about your 

 cuttings, and in the brightest sunshine you will scarcely need 

 any shade, except a piece of paper. In very cold days yon can 

 heat your pot a little by pouring hot water into the saucer, as 

 that will rite no higher than, not so high as the drainage, aud 

 therefore will only affect the soil, &a., inside by the conducted 

 heat. In a bright day the pot with its glass square becomes a 

 little hotbed or pit, and more especially if the pot is turned 

 round, so that each side in succession may receive the force of 

 the sun's rays. 



A better plan still would be to place the cuttings in a small 

 pot drained, &o., but filled, and then put that into a larger 

 one. TLe pot might then be placed lor heat near the fireplace 

 at times. We knew a hard-working man, whose occupation 

 was a sedentary one, who was a very successful Cucumber- 

 grower. Whilst his Cucumber bed was getting ready he sowed 

 his Cucumbers in-doors, keeping the pot close to the fireplace 

 until the seedlings appeared. In cold weather he heated the 

 outside pot by placing it on the hob, and then set the pot, 

 covered with a square of glass, in the window. When the plants 

 required pottiug-oft' they were put in warmed soil in small 

 pots, and these again m an earthenware pot partly filled with 

 sand and about 15 inches in diameter, covered with a square of 

 stout glass, which cost, we believe, id. The sand when heated 

 retained the heat a long time, and thus nice stubby plants were 

 reared. Air at first was given by merely placing a peg under 

 the square of glass. These plans will answer when directed by 

 enthusiasm, but they are not so good as the simple wooden 

 case. However, simple as they are, we believe they are calcu- 

 lated to afford pleasure, aud open up new fields of thought aud 

 inqtiiry to thousands of hard-working men, who must fo.ster 

 their love of nature in general, aud of gardening in particular, 

 as they ply their usual occupations in the rooms of towns. 



From loom, aud last, and seam, and ledger it would often be a 

 relief to investigate even in a window the phenomena of vege- 

 tation, and experience that peculiar pleasure that can only be 

 realised by those who do everythiug their pet plants require 

 with their own hands. — it. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— February 24. 



TuERE is SO little change here that any alteration is ecareely worth 

 guotiu?. Pears are almost over for this season, but we have abundance 

 of Apples, good sorts, however, realising fair prices. Hothouse Grapes 

 and Piues are quite sufficient for the demand. 



PIltllT. 



Apples ^j sieve 1 



Apricots ! . . doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 10 



Currants ^^ sieve 



Black do. 



Figs doz. 



Filberts Hi. 



Cobs lb. 1 



Gooseberries . . quart 



Grapes,Hotbouse..lb. 8 



Lemons 100 4 



AHJchokea ...... doz. 3 



Asparagus 100 5 



Beans, Kidney . . hd. 1 



Beet, Red doz. 2 



Broccoli handle 1 



Brus. Sprouts }i sieve 3 



Cabbage doz. 1 



Capsicnme 100 



GaiTots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 1 



Celery handle 1 



Cucumbers .... each 1 



Endive doz. 2 



Fennel bunch 



B. d. 



2 0to6 







2 



Melons each 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges 100 2 8 



Peaches doz. 



Pears (dessert) . . doz. 4 8 



Pine Apples lb. 6 8 



Plums J^ sieve 



Quinces doz. 



Kaspbcrries lb. 



Strawberries oz. 3 



Waluuts bush. 10 16 



do 100 10 2 



VEOETABLES. 



B. d 



d. 



OtoG 























Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



liorseradisb ..bundle 3 





 2 

 8 

 2 

 8 6 

 2 

 

 

 4 

 2 

 8 

 

 

 

 

 B 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce score 



Mnshrooms pottle 



Mustd.A Cress.pnnnet 



Onions bushel 



Parsley sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



I Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. hunches 

 Rhubarb bundle 



d. s. d 

 4ta0 6 

 4 



3 

 9 

 



i Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes doz. 



Toniips bunch 



4 



4 



1 6 

 6 



2 



8 



a 



e 



6 



7 







1 

 3 

 8 

 3 



a 



6 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 John Soott, Yeovil, Somerset. — Catalogue of Vegetable, 

 Fliiwcr, and Agricultural ,Soeds. 

 I Sutton <Sr Sons, Bending. — Sutton's Farmers' Year-Book and 

 \ Select List of Farm Seeds, 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Baoua (Reader).— Ihcie is no work on the sep irate subjects you men- 

 tion. Keane's "In-door Gfirdeniog" includes them and the hothouse 

 also. Yea can h^vo it free by post from our oflace it you enclose twenty 

 postage stamps with your address. You are right in considering "cod- 

 lUing " plants the most fatal of treatment. 



The Cheddar Pink.— "Your correspondent, ' T. J. W.,' may succeed 

 in obtaining the Cheddir Pink by writing to tbe parish clerk of Cheddar. 

 A few postage stnmps enclosed would enable him to obtain some seed of 

 a villager either uow or in the summer. I obtained some from a villager 

 there many years ago, and gTcW it for twelve or fourteen years. — C. E." 



Time for Sowing Flower Seeds {Countri/ Sub.icrilrr). — If you will 

 enclose twenty postage stamps with your address, and order Keane's 

 " Out-door Gardening," you will have it sent free by post. It contains, 

 we think, what you require. 



HxBoiD Perpetdal Roses (MaWon Moon, Morriaville, U.S.).—" As I 

 am not asked to correct the list, but merely to add such Hybrid Per- 

 potuals as are good, I add tbe following;— Alfred de Kougemont, Ba- 

 ronne Pelletan de Kinkelin, Black Prince, Charles Verdier, Comte do 

 Nanleuil, Dr. Andry, Due de Cazea, Exposition do Erie, Fronrois La- 

 charme, Gloire de Dncher, Glory of Waltham for a pole, John Keynes, 

 Jean Goujou, Lady Suffleld, La Duchesse de Morny, La Ville de St. 

 Denis, Lord Clyde, Lord Macanlay, Madame .^Ifr.d de Rougemont, 

 Madame Charles Wood, Madame Emile Boyau, Madame Julie Daran, 

 Madame Knorr, Madame Vidot, Mademoiselle Annie Wood, Mademoiselle 

 Jlargacrite Dombrain, Slarie Banmann, Monsieur Nomnn, Prince de 

 Portia, Mrs. W. Paul. Princess Mary of Cambridge, Souvenir de Dr. 

 .Tamin, Souvenir de Comte C.TVoiir, Souvenir de la Peine d'Angleterre, 

 Tboriu, Triomphe de Paris, Vicomte Vigier, Baron Gonella, very fine, 

 choice and excellent, a Bouibon Perpetu.Vl. — W. F. RADOLvypE." 



Pbcnino Budded Roses (Ballinaslor, T. W. IF.l.- "Cut the Manetti 

 close to the started Roses at once, but not the dormants. As soon as a 

 disposition to start appears in them, cut them down. You may simply 

 bark the 4 inches of Manetti, and tlien it will die back. After the Roses 

 hkve started well, and sununer sets in, draw the earth over the point of 

 union at least 2 inches. 11 Manetti stocks are budded early, say in June 

 or July, it is lest to cut them down as soon as they have well taken. 

 I bought, August t'th, some dormant plants and cut them down at 

 once. I have just moved them. The plants are Marie Cirodde, a fine 

 grower aud with fine foliage. I have also moved five plants of Reine do 

 Midi, similarly treated. They were budded six weeks before I bought 

 them. Do uut prune the nice 'bubhy plants of Manetti-stocked Roses at 

 present, if they are forward in leaf and bud, hut thin them out, and out 

 back all the damaged parts after danger of frost is over, leaving tlie 



