April H, H69. ] 



JOURNAL OF IIOBTIOOLTUBE AND COTTAGE GAKDBNBB.- i 



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COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— Arnir, 7. 



nnJ rery Utile bneiness doing. Quotations re- 



A MODERATK SUl>I>Iy 



maiD macb the unmo. 



Apples % sievo 



Apricots Unz. 



Cherries 11). 



Chestuuts bush. 



CnrrantB f^. siovo 



Black .". . . do. 



Fiffa diin. 



Filberts Ih, 



Cobs lb. 



Ooosoborries . . quart 

 Grapos, Hothouse, .lb. 

 Lemons 100 



Artiohokes doz. 



Asparagus 100 



Beans, Kidney . . lul. 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brus. Sprouts H sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicnms loo 



Carrots bnnoli 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery.. bundle 



Cucumbers .... each 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish ..bundle 



'2 to 2 C 











10 n 



















1 (I 

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15 



4 



Melons each 



Nectarines doz. 



o5 



n 



Oranges . 



.KM) 4 1) 1'.! 







Peaches doz. 



Pears (dessert) .. doz. 



Pine Apples ll» 



Plum.s >j sievo 



(Juinces doz 



U 







Kaspborries lb. 



Strawberries oz. 1 *i 



Waluuts bush. 10 



do 100 1 







12 



10 



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VEGETABLES. 



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1 Leeks bunch 



8 ' Lettuce score 



2 I Mushrooms pottle 



3 Mustd.Jt Cress.punnet 



2 , Onions bushel 



3 fi ! Parsley sieve 



2 i Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz.bnnches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



j Tomatoes doz. 



I Turnips bunch 







10 

 6 

 2 



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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Books {,7". Will mm>'),~ J ohr.son'& " Science and Practice of Gardening," 

 and '• CbomiHtrv," iu Chambers' Educational Course. (Weston).~You 

 can have the '* Orchid Manu!'! " from our ofBce if you enclose tliirty-two 

 po3tage stamps with your address. 



Heated Fern Case (An Old iSubscriher).—A drawing and description of 

 one is in Xo. 69 of this Journal. You can have a copy by post if you en- 

 close four postage stamps with your address. 



BoDDiNG Roses on Manetti Stocks (R. Walpole).—'' You may bud 

 Manetti stocks aa soon as the bark on the stock will run, and as late 

 as it will run. Bud on the stock as closely to the roots as you can ; for 

 this purpose scrape away the eorth, if theroots are buried deeply. You 

 can use the stocks bought last season. Do not bud on the wood of this 

 year's growth unless the bark of the old wood will not run.— W. F. Rad- 



CIiYFFE." 



Wild Flowers (J. D. C.).—We cannot conclude the work until all the 

 native flowers have been pourtrayed, or the work would be imperfect. 

 We hoped to be able to pubhsh more than four species in each number, 

 but the expense of colouring by hand forbids. 



Greenhouse Propagating Box (./. ^.).— You will not succeed with the 

 propagation of Begouias in the way you are at present trying, the atmo- 

 sphere being not only too cold but "too drv. The box you propose making 

 over the flue will answer perfectly. We should make it from 2 feet to 

 2 feet ti inches wide, inside mensurement, and any length, malting it fully 

 2 feet above the flue, and of that depth we would have 1 foot of brickbats 

 for drainage, 2 orS inches of coarse gravel over these, and a few inches of 

 some kind of pluuging material, as' sawdust, cinders, or sand. Have a 

 glazed frame, which may be lunged at the back. Such a means for 

 propagation should be in every greenhouse, especially in those of amateurs 

 whose means for propagation are small. 



Cdlture of Acorus calamus (J. -B.).— It will be necessaiy to provide 

 the plant with H or H inches of mud or soil, two parts pent and one part 

 strong loam, and inches or 1 foot of water. Soft water is the best. It 

 will not be necessury to change the water, but add to it at intervals as 

 it evaporates, taking it from a pool or pond. Afford a light and airy 

 situation, as we presume from your remarks that you purpose gi-owiug 

 the plant iu a vessel in-doors. 



Cucumber Unfertilised {Korth TTrtJcn).— The fruit will swell whether 

 the female flowers be fertilised by the male flowers or not, but in the latter 

 case will not have any seeds. If the male flowers be all removed before 

 expanding, the female flowers will set, and the fruit swell, but as we have 

 stated before, there will not bo any seed in such fruit. 



Maranta zebrina Leaves Yellow (A Gentleman).— It is usual for 

 tho leaves to turn yellow at this season, and it is natural in Fern's, for the 

 old growths go ofl' as the young appear, and the former should be cut otY 

 by degrees aa the latter become developed, in order to make way for them. 

 The Camellia leaves falling is due to the repotting and time of year, as 

 a portion of the old leaves always fall when the new growths are being 

 made. There is nothing unnatural in the brownness and falling of the 

 leaves. 



Camellia Leaves Browned (Inscius).— The leaf sent is yellow, and 

 likely to fall, apparently from the plant making fresh growth. The brown- 

 ness at the tip or end of the leaf may have been occasioned by sjTinging 

 the plant, and allowing water to remain on the leaf for a ronsiderable 

 time. This might have been prevented by admitting air early iu the 

 morning, so as to dry the leaves before the sun shone puweriully upon 

 the plant. 



Roses ild€m).~lt will be well to remove all your Roges on the Manetti 

 stock, as that succeeds in almost all soils, and will do so in light soil with 

 good dressings of manure. The Briar does not succeed well in light soil, 

 sending up too many suckers, which weaken the stock, and, of course, the 

 Rose upon it. Roses on the Briar stock may be grown tolerably wellin light 



soil, if heavy dressingB of manure be given, espocially'if tho manure la of 

 a cool natnro, as cow dung ; and supply thorn with water iu dry weather ; 

 liut lor liKht soil we prefer Romos on thuir own rootH, ur butlded on tho 

 Manetti stock. You would do woll to remove tho twelve loads of clayay 

 pond cleanings to your new gnrdL'u,und to mix them wuU with tho soil 

 whore yon intend planting thu Huhch on the Briar. It i>t not a question of 

 Koaes sucoeedingwollin light mul, but of the stock Hinrceeding in »nch ^ioll, 

 for.nnlesH the soil is »uitiiblo for the stocks, the Roses worked on thora wiU 

 not succeed. You may remove any troes and bushew you huvo planted, 

 but you have no legal right to do so, though wo should think few would 

 object to your removing a part, thinning out every alternate one as you 

 propoHO, liut everything depends on your landlord's aciiuioscence and tho 

 agreemont. You may, however, now take ihom up, pot thorn, and tako 

 them all away with you. 



Pansy Divisions (F. A).— The Pamy slips now put in, though every 

 division has roots, will not under any course of treatment bloom wel! 

 enough in May for exhibition. Good plants from lust year's cuttings 

 should bo plfinted, and very carefully indeed to have them in good bloom 

 at the time you name. 



SuRFACE-DREBSiNa PLANTS IN PoTS (Idem). — li IS uot desirable la 

 cover the surface of tlie pots with cocoa-nut refuse, as you will not bo 

 able to know so well when the soil in the pots rctjuirea water as when 

 there is no such surface-covering. The surfacing would, however, lessen 

 the necessity for watering so froiiueatly, and the refuse is a good, if not 

 the best, material for the purpose. 



Shading a Greenhouse (Hiiii). — As you cannot attend to the house ia 

 the diiy, the best mode of shiuliug would be to colour the inner side of 

 the glass with chalk or whitening and milk, put on very thinly so as just 

 to make the glass white. It may very easily be washed off and renewed 

 as required. 



Pots for Zonal Pelargoniums (/^cm).— The plants from last autumn's 

 cuttings we suppose are now good plants in 4.\ or 6-incli pots. The most 

 vigorous and best plants may have H or 9-inch pots, but for the others 

 7 or 8-inch pots will be sufticiently large, and we would not have many in 

 pots larger than the last named. 



Vine Leaves Injured {Clerinis, OxO)i).~The leaf was much faded 

 on reaching us, but on examining it closely we thought we discovered 

 signs of the nibbling of the thrips. You can easily make yourself sure 

 of this by examining tho under sides of the leaves, and if present j'ou 

 will see little insects jumpiu'.', not wi<ler than the red spider, but larger. 

 If they are present, and iu "the state of your Vines, yon can have no 

 remedy but tobacco smoking. The thrips, however, would not cause tho 

 blotched marks on the leaves, that is the result of the sun shining on them 

 when damp with condensed moisture. The remedy is giving air early 

 before the sun strikes on the foliage. This Vine maybe more afi"ecttd 

 because the roots may uot be so str^^ng as tho.-^e of tho others, and, there- 

 fore, besides the early air, raav require a litt'e shading for a time, or lower- 

 ing 3 inches or so further from the glass. This will be easily done, 

 and the cure easily affected, but if you have the jumping thrips, you will 

 have to smoke several times before you free the Viues of it. 



Plants for Conservatory Wall (J. .4.).— The plants named at page 

 112 may be grown in pots, but are better planted out in borders. A better 

 selection for your purpose may be : -Habrothamnus elegans, Hoya 

 carnosa, Keunedya Marryattx', K. inophylla floribunda, Lapageria ro^ea, 

 Rhynchospermum jasminoides, and Sollya linearis. These mny be grown 

 well in pots, but thev must not be set on the flue. They shonid be raised 

 so as to be about 1 foot above it. We would not ailvise their being put 

 in large pots at once, for the one-shift system of potting has been long 

 ago exploded ; but for the first year at least keep them iu pots of a size 

 proportionate to the growth, training them so that they can easily be 

 taken from the wall, and when they become good plants you may pot 

 them in large pots, providing very good drainage. 



Dieffesbachia Management (A Constant Subscriber).— The Dieffon- 

 bachias are natives of South America— Brazil and Venezuela. They 

 require a stove temperature, or from 55^ to G'l'= in winter, and from fi5 to 

 H5- or Ou" in summer, and a very moist atmosphere, but avoid syringing 

 the plants, as thev are liable to spot from moisture remaining long on 

 them. They ought to be slightly shaded from very powerful eun. Water 

 the plants freely when growing, afford them plenty of room, keep them 

 rather near the glass, and give a moderate amount of air. Use a compost 

 of two ports turfy loam, one part sandy fibrous peat, one part old cow 

 dung or leaf mould, and one part of charcoal, in pieces from the size of 

 a pea up to that of a hazel nut, and silver sand. Let the compost be 

 rather lumpy, and provide good drainage. 



Annuals (B. B.).—The following would be likely to suit you :— Alyssum 

 maritimum, Cand>-tuft in varieties, Centranthus macrosiphon, Clarkia 

 elegans varieties, C. pulchella in varieties. Collinsia bicolor, Erysimum 

 Peroffskianum. Gilia tricolor. Mignonette, Nemophila insignis, Silene 

 pendula, and Virginian Stock. They must not be too much shaded by 

 the bushes. For the slopiug bank we should have lines of Venus'a 

 Looking-glass, blue and white, placing the white in the first line next the 

 walk, tiien the blue, then Miguonette; and iu order to the back Sweet 

 Alyssum, Virginian Stock, Saponaria calabrica, Trop;eolum Tom Thumb 

 yellow, and Tom Thumb scarlet at the back. 



Plants for Boggy Ground (C. B.).— The piece of ground being too 

 wet for Rhododendrons, probablv some of the bog plants would suit you, 

 as— Alisma ranunculoides, O^munda regalis, Mtnyanthes nympha^oides, 

 M. trifoliata, Epilobium angustifolium, E. hirsutum, Lythrniu salicana. 

 Valeriana officinalis. Iris pseud-acorns. I. fcetidissima variegata, very 

 ornamental. Caltha palustris and its double variety, Lysimachia vulgaris, 

 Arundo donax, A. donax versicolor (the last two should have a sheltered 

 poeitiou), Myosotis palustris, M. ctespitosa, Sibthoniia europ;ca (for cover- 

 ing moist shady rock^, if any). Carex Davalliana, 0. dioica, C. pulicans, 

 C. pauciflora, C. paniculata, "Cardamine pratenais, and its double vanety. 

 DiON.EA and Sarracenia Culture (.-1 Subscriber).— The pionx^mns- 

 cipula succeeds best in a pot well drained, indeed half filled with crocks, 

 and in a compost of fibrous brown peat two-thirds, and one-sixth each of 

 pieces of pot broken small and sphngnum, using a little fre^-h moss Im- 

 surfacing tho pot. Place the pot in another of larger size, so that both 

 rims maybe on one level, an-l fill the space between them with mose, 

 setting the pot in a saucer kept full of water. A bell-glass is placed over 

 the plant so as to rest on the moss between the pots, but it thould be 

 kept from fitting very closely down by two or three pieces ol thmcbar- 



