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JOUBNAL OF HOBTICULTUBE AND COTTAQG OABDBNEB. 



[ March 4, 186!). 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— Mahcii 3. 



CoNSioNMENTS froiu abfoftd ?re atiain heavy this week, comprisinf? 

 Irfttuces, Endive, Green Peas, Artichokea, new Potatoes from BlMlta and 

 the West Indies Orauce-s nre, however, neitht^r so good nor bO plentiful 

 na they were. Cornish Broccoli is very uoi-d, and the Hupi>ly sD.ple. Of 

 tdd Potatoes there remains a heavy stock. 



B. a. 



FRriT. 



s. d I 



Apples )j sieve 1 G to 3 



Apricots dna, 



Oherries lb. 



Choatnnte boBh. 10 16 



Currantg .... Ji sieve n 00 



Black do 



Pips doz. 



Filborta lb. 



Cobs lb. 10 16 



GooaeberrieB ..qunrt 



GrnpeB,HothonKe..lb. 8 12 



Tiemons 100 4 8 



Melons esch 



Nect-)rine3 doz. 



Orflnges 100 ri 



Peaches doz. O 



Pears (dessert) . . doz. 4 



Pine Apples lb. G 



Plums ij BJeve 



Quinces doz- 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries oz. S 



Walnnt> busH. 10 



do ICO I 



s. d. s. 

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VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes doa. 



Aspiirag^ns 100 



Beans, Kidney .. hd. 



Boet.Red d.>z. 



Broccoli bnndlo 



Brns. Sprouts f^ sipva 



Cabbage doa. 



Capsicums 100 



CaiTots bnnch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery, t bundle 



Cucumbers ench 



Endiva doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



lTnr>T€radiHh ..bundle 



P. d. 



3 Oio 



5 



1 



2 

 1 



3 

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 4 



c 



1 



1 



3 



3 



e. d 



6 



8 



2 



S 



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S 6 



2 







10 



4 



2 



'2 











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Leeks bunch 



Lettuce score 



Mushrooms. . .. pottle 



Mastd.& CresSjPunnet 



a. d. B. 



4 too 



1 







Onions bnshel 8 



Parsloy ?ieve S 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 10 



Potatoes bushel 4 6 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz.bnnches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Sea-kile banket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes doz. 



Turnips bunch 



1 6 



^ 

 10 



4 



1 



e 



6 



7 







1 



5 

 6 

 S 



2 



TO CORRESPONDENTS, 



•»• We reqiiOBt that no cne will write pri^atoly to the depart- 

 mental writers of tJie ''Journal of HoitiQulture, Cottaj^e 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." hy so doing they 

 are subjected to unjnetifialile (rouble and expense. All 

 communicatinns fbould tlierefore be addressed solely to 

 The Editors of Oie fhntrml of Horticulture, d-c.y 171, Fleet 

 Street^ Londmi, E.C, 



We also request tbat correspondents will not mix np on the 

 same sheet qnestions relating to Gardening and those on 

 Poultry and Bee subjects, if they expect to get tliem an- 

 swered promptly and conveniently, but write them on 

 separate communioations. Also never to send more than 

 two or three questions at once. 



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

 week. 



Books (77. Onkey).— yie know of no book speciallv devoted to the 

 culture of Beetroot for Rusftr-raaking. It does not differ from the cnltare 

 of Mangold Wnrt7,el,ej'-cept that the plants and rows mav be closer. There 

 is no modem work njion Hop culture. Every comprehensive work on 

 agriculture treats on the f ubieot. In the *' Penny Cvclopredia " there arc 

 quite sufficient directions for the culture of the Beetroot and Hop. 



STRAWBERRiESFon aLioitt Soil {0. H., linIhiU, S'l/rrct/)— The varie- 

 ties likely to succeed oa the fioil you mention are Eclipse.La Constante, 

 and Frngmore Late Pine. Vou m'ay obviate the deft eta of your soil for 

 Strawberry produotiou by mulching thicklr between the rows and be- 

 tween the plants. 



Stra^vdebries for r.I/.ritEr (fl. .f: B. TiIa-l-/imith).—For early produce 

 Koena' Seedling, Sir J. PeKtoDj and Rivera's Eliza. For late produce Dr. 

 Hogg and Frogmove Lftle Pijie. Plant in rows a foot apart, and the same 

 distance between the pbyjtsi. Aftt-r the fir^t season remove every second 

 row. 



PniCE OP Gbapf.4 iP. £.).— Like all other saleable productions they 

 vary in price nocordiug to the eeaeon, supplv. and demand. If yon refer 

 to onr Covent Gurdou Alftrkf-f. returns vou wil! find there the retail prices 

 weekly. 



Tobacco (J. H. T7).— There is no such species as Nicotiana virginiaun. 

 N. virginica wns once the name by which N. fmtesceus wns known, and 

 if that is the plant you mean, its fumigating powers are very weak, 



AiJCtTDA Pollen {A »Vufs/:--.i";-> — SbaUo the polltu from the male 

 ■flowers on to a pipco of tissue paper; fold it up and keep it in a drv pl»ce 

 until the female flowers are :iiily opeu, and then apply the pcllen to their 

 pistils with a einifl's-hnir pencil. Yen mav put the'fcrtilised plant out 

 of doors immediately if tho woath^r t e dry and fine. The flowers of the 

 Cherry Plum are not double, ?.nd it may be grown as a hardy standard. 



CoooA-NtJT Fibre (S. E ).— Baking it would certainly kill any mycplinm 

 of fimgi which mmht be in the fibre. We doubt whether flowera of sulphui- 

 would be as efi'eciive. 



Pear-tree Buds Br:oWHEj> (CtHfur^onb— We do not think th:\t they 

 are either gmb rr bird-injnred, ^ut merely the white opening portions 

 are browned by night frop.ts ard subsequent sudden exposure to sun- 

 shine. We rannnt snrmi'ie ribout the Easter Beurre ; if you send us some 

 apecimens of tho fru'.t wa will again exauiino tlicm. 



Rose Phoning (D. T.).— "I have pruned ao Roses ob the Manetti stock 

 yet. They h.avo full folingo n-S'X buds forme'b I shall let ;;1I nlone awhile, 



nu \ after danger of frost is over cut out what is damaged or uijeless, and 

 leiive the remaiodt'r. I expect a severe March. Briar-- ticked Roses 

 should bo pruned at once. There are three seaaona when Mauelti- stocked 

 Roses may be pruned— as soon aa the blooming season is over, in. 

 February or Miirch, and after all danger from froal is over. I should 

 let the Ciloire de Dijon on a wall remain as it la, and in duo time, when 

 danger is over, cut out the weak shoots, shorten some of lhe,branche3 a 

 little, and leave on what is not injured by frost. — W. F. Radclyffe." 



Cut Roses (/In ^nii/cur).— The only holders for caiTving them in the 

 baud that we know are the usual bouquet tubes. To send to a distance 

 tbe flowers should bo cut when about half expanded, and.put ijito a box 

 between layers of damp moss. 



UosEB FROM Eves ((7. ii ).— Propagating Roses by eyes is but rarely 

 reyort(:d to, and is not practicable except where a good boitoln beat can be 

 had. The be^t time is immediately after the flowers are shed, and beforo 

 the buda have started ; select goud eyes, and cnt the shoot through im- 

 mediately below the eye, and then nbout half an inch above it in u 

 slanting direction U|)ward(i, and from the back of the bhoot towards the 

 eye. The other cut fhou'.d be in the op(jotite dinction. The leaf ought 

 not to be removed, and the eyes should be inserted so as to be half an 

 inch, and not more th:in three-qmrtera of an inch, in tho soil, and with 

 the leaf above Jt. Tbc pots should bo well drained pnd filled with a com- 

 post of light lo'im, Bandy pt-at, and sand in equal propdrtions. The 

 ehoot-1'ke portions thould be placed erect, at about I iuchnpnrt round the 

 sides of the pot. The eyti should be kept close, shaded, and inoint, but not 

 very wet. They will have rooted in about threo vrecks, and should then 

 have air and bo potted-ofl' singly, kept close for a time until well esta- 

 blished, then hardened oiT. You may strike cuttings out of doors under 

 a hand-glass, putting them in at the end of September, or immediately 

 after tho plants have flowered in July. 



Prpking and Plantikci Tea-scented Roses (.-tir Irish Subscriber).— 

 You do not say whethL'-r the plants are to be grown in po^e or planted 

 out. We presume the latter, in which case they should be kept in a 

 framo until tho beginning of April, and may then bo planted oiit in rich 

 rather light toil, enriched with leaf mould or woll-rotted manure. They 

 should not bo very c!o?>ly pruned: merely shorten the Ing shfots, and 

 thin ti:em out so as to remove those which are old and weak. If you 

 wish for dwarf plants they may be more closely pruned, but leaving from 

 four to six good eyes up"'u encli shoot, &o as to produce flowering shoots 

 profusely. The plants should have a plentiful supplv of water iiud liquid 

 raanm'O in diy wenther, and a muUhing of short littery manure. The 

 long straggling shoots of tbe Duke of Edinburgh Ro^e we would cut back 

 to three or four eyes each, the weak shoots to one or two eyes, and the 

 very strong to six. 



Scii.LA siBiaicA iTitro].~Jt is the fame aa S. praecox and 8. amcena 

 rar. eibirica. There is a portrait of it and depcrrpiion in the " Botanical 

 Magazine,"' t. 1025. Tbe flowers are bine ; it is four- leaved ; scapes half- 

 rounded, striated, two-flowered, decumbent after flowering. 



RocKwoRK (J. W.).— We cannot improve on your proposal to stick 

 shells, spar, lead ore, &c , into a cement covering the inside. You may 

 thus make what deBi;n5 you please, but doing only a Small piece at a 

 lime before the cemeut becomes firm. ' 



CANKER— Hartley's Rocgh Plate Glass (A, Y. ^.1.— Canker in 

 Apple trees is generally produced from the kind being too tender for the 

 place, and making mure vi^oro'is wood than cau be well ripened. The 

 remedies are frequent transplanting, or keeping the roots so near the 

 surface as to prevent rampant growth, and iu the case of cankered parts, 

 to cl*-ar out all the canker, fill up with a dough of clay and cow dung, 

 and tie a rag or piece of cloth over it. In using Hartley's rough plate 

 glass, wc do not thinli it at all sigoiSos which side goes outward; when 

 fluted on one side we gencraUy place that outside. 



Stage fob a Greenhouse {Hampshire Hir!hinn/}tr).~'For a lean-to 

 house nothing is better than a stage for plants that slopes with the roof. 

 For large plants the shelves may be 1 foot w ide, and from 12 to 15 inches 

 apart. For small plants, and to hold a great many, the shelves may be 

 from 7 to 9 inches in width, and from 6 to 8 inches apart in beit^ht. For 

 a spau-roof the stage may follow* the roof, one central shelf, and three or 

 four on each side, for a rather low ror f we prefer a sparred table in the 

 centre, a shelf all round, and a walk between the table and shelf. Thus, 

 for a house lU feet wide, you c<mld have a 1-foot shelf, two paths each 

 of 2i feet in breadth, and a table 4A feet wide; or with one 3-feet path 

 in the centre, you could have a platform on each eide of 4 feet 3 inches 

 in width. For mer^-ly ^howing-tff pl;inta, a good way, when there is a 

 central path, is to have a stage on each aide, tbe highest shelf at the side 

 of the bouse, and the lowest 1 foot or so nbovo tho path. If in a loan-to 

 climbers on the back wall are an object, the stage or table should not be 

 high. You cannnt grow plants and climbers on the^samo spnce. No 

 plant in a pot should be nearer the back wall than froni 2 to 3 feet. 



Cucumber House (A'/7 desperandum). — Your plan for giving bottom 

 heat to your Cucumbers i? rather complicated, but if yo^ obtain a tem- ■ 

 pcratm-e of from 75~ ty 8U^, it will no doubt au8«er^ Wo suspect the 

 covering of the tank becomes hotter than that, and tihnt tho roots run 

 too near it. If 6o, put some clinkers over it to keep the roots farther 

 from it. Tho pipes ri?-i ug from the tank fihould be furnished with plug?, 

 60 as not to admit much steam in dull damp weither, and more when it 

 is dry and sunny. You may have had too much moisture. Lower tho 

 atmoapheric temperature. Be satisfied with from G'f to 65^ at night in 

 the dark dtiys, and a rise from f5^ towards 70 iu the middle of the day 

 if rather dull, and from C-"^ to 10 more from euot-hine. Do not think of 

 .anything like BiP from fire heat, espechilly in winter. 



Flower Garden (J. JSoydl.— According to the simple plan of planting', 

 we prefer mode No. 1 to Ko. 2. We have looked over what we have said 

 at p:<ge 213, last v.,lums, and though wa h^vo no doubt that the four 

 largo beds of Roses, 8, 6,8, 8, will look ivell. thov will not bo in chi^rac- 

 ter with the other beds iu autunio. (LeicefiteT). — Your plan uf planting is 

 simple aud good, but the sis spokes of your two wheels will be much of 

 a similar sbade, thouj^b relieved t>y tLc edging. We think this is rather 

 an advimtage wlien contrasted with the colournof tbe larger beda outside. 

 ( Veronica). — We do not see that ibe system of cro^a-planting can well be 

 mproved upon, except by substiLuLiog a groy or purple edging instead of 

 the Mignonette. 



Trhes Anointed (lle'gah}.—We hope yoa will be agreeably disap- 

 pointed as to the trees. The ol and soft soap coald penetrate only a short 



