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JODBNAL OF HOBTIOULTDBE AND COTTAGE GABDBNEB. 



( Usy 13, U8». 



VEOETABLKS. 



Artichokes doz. 



ABparagQB 100 



Beans, Kidney .. hd. 



Beet, Ked doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Bms. Sprouts J-i sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicoms 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish ..bundle 



d. s. 



Oto6 



8 



























8 







6 



d 











8 



S 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce score 



Mushrooms. . . . pottle 

 Mustd.£ Cresa.punnet 



d. e. 

 4 too 



Onions bushel 12 



Parsley sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. bunches 

 Rhubarb bundle 



■kale basket 



6 



7 



Shallots lb. 8 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes doz. 



Turnips bunch 



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. Ail 

 communications should therefore be addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, cf-c, 171, Fleet 

 Street, London, E.G. 



We also request that correspondents will not vaXn up on the 

 tame 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. 



Books {J. J>.).— We are unable to publish more than four " wild flowers '• 

 monthly, and we purpose continuing them until all our native plants are 

 portrayed, or the work would be imperfect. I( we could have published 

 more monthly, the work would now be nearlv completed. (J E. B.).— 

 There is none better than the " Frm Manual." You can have it by post 

 u you enclose 58. 4d. in stamps with your address. 



Ode Volumes {A. itx-^.^r).— They commence on the first Thursday in 

 January and July. Ihe only covers are for binding without the adver- 

 tisements. 



GOANO Watee (E. il. B.).— Not more than half an ounce to a gallon of 

 water. Apply it in the evening once a-week whilst the plants are flowering. 



Pl.ANTpG FtowEB BEDS (G. F. J.).— Your proposed border jon have 

 thrown into diamond-shaped and triangular figures, the cross of the 

 diamond-shaped figures forming the points of two triangles. The dia- 

 mond-shaped beds are to be of Tricolor and vellow-leaved Pelargoniums, 

 the triangles white, a row of Beet at back, arid a row of Lobelia in front. 

 Beet 18 a matter of taste ; we would prefer Perilla nankincnsis, or Ama- 

 lanthus melancholicus ruber. The Lobelia will come in in front well if 

 next gravel ; if ne.\t grass we would make the front Cerastium, or white, 

 and the triangles neit the front Lobelia. 



•n7f-^,''t'^^° STErsGA {J. Olivf r).— This variegated-leaved variety of 

 Philadelphus coronarius is well known. We quite agree with you that it 

 forms a very attractive dinner-tablo decoration. 



Beddino-oct {A. S.).— The plants of Viola cornata, spring-propagated 

 and strong tufty plants, will bloom freely iusummeraswellasin autumn. 

 The Golden Feather Pyrethrum will grow from 6 to 9 or more inches high, 

 but it stands mpping to any height. It looks best in moist weather he- 

 mming greenish m dry, sunny weather. For the third row we prefer, 

 therefore. Mrs. Pollock to the Pyrethrum. For the fifth row, if warm 

 enough, the Coleus will be the best, and Iresine next best. We find it is 

 of no use to plant out Coleus until towards the middle of June. The 

 border will look very well if the plants are of the proper size. We pre- 

 Bome the border is to be looked at from the front. A green background 

 will greatly improve it. 



PlANTlNG IN Vases (P. i.j.-Nothing will suit your Ught-coloured 

 vasea so well as Scarlet Pelargoniums, planted out in the soil. 

 ^'^^^'x^y'^'^^T^^ — ^'^^r,^ Roses (H. C.I.— The manuacturer is Mr. 

 McGlashan, implement maker, Edinburgh. Jules Margottin, Cbarl»8 

 Lefebvre, Senateur Vaisse, Prince Camille de Rohan, William Griffiths 

 ?,'^P,'"'f ^7''y°^h Caroline de Sansal, Maurice Bemardin, Mar^chal 

 Vaillant.GIoiredc Dijon, Madame Victor Verdier, DucdeOazes. Thcvare 

 hardy, good, and distinct. 



Rose Leaves Falling (S. C.).— The leaves sent are not diseased, but 

 have fallen, we think from the plant not hnving had a sufflciency of 

 water at the roots, and the syringing so frequently with soap and water 

 would tend to the same result. Syringe with water only, admit air freely 

 keep the plants near the glass, supply water liberally, giving liquid ma- 

 nure occasionaUy, and place the plants out of doors in June. 



Gbafted Manetti Rose Stocks (Stroud. 0.).-Your grafts would no 

 doubt have taken had you placed the stocks in a gentle hotbed, plunging 

 the pots to the rim, and maintaining a moist growing heat. We think 

 had you done that, iusteail of losing all, nine out of ten would have taken 

 We should advise your fhifting the stocks, as vou propose, into larger pots' 

 enconraging a shoot from each, and that will be of a size fit for budding 

 hy the beginning of July. Bud them close to the ground, and if thev faU 

 you can graft them nest February. ■" 



Gakdexees' MicBOSCOPE (H. H.).— Send with vour address to our 

 office a post-oflSce order for 26s., payable to F. S. Angel, at the General 

 Post Office. 



Wateeing Roses (Q. g.),— It is not too earlv to water Roses both at 

 their roots and overhead. It is of no advantage to have the water warmer 

 than the atmosphere at the time of syringing or watering overhead and 

 for the roots it will saflice if its temperature be that of the ground The 



stirring of the ground ia quite right, it being as much, if not more, 

 desirable in dry than in wet weather. 



Watering Tulips, Ranunculoses, Anemones, and Pansies {Idrm). — 

 In dry weather they should be watered, giving thorough supplies, and not 

 dribblets, which cause more harm than good. Continue giving water 

 until the bloom is past. The Pansies should be well supplied with water 

 throughout the summer, but the others ought not to be watered after the 

 bloom is over. 



Planting Bedding Pelargoniums in Anemone Bed [Idem). — Yon 

 may plant them in the bed with the Anemones, not disturbing the roots 

 of these, and they will not suffer, providing the Pelargoniums be removed 

 not later than the end of September or beginning of October. 



Compost for Tricolor Pelargoniums (Mem).— Two parts loam from 

 rotted turves, light rather than heavy, one part old cow dung, half a part 

 sandy fibrous peat, and half a part charcoal, in pieces from the size 

 of a pea up to that of a hazel nut, adding one-sixth of silver sand, the 

 whole well mixed. Give good drainage, and place the plants near the 

 glass, but shade for a few hours during the hottest part of the day with 

 some light material. 



Select Show Pelarooniums {South TTalesl. — As you confine us to 

 flowers of the last two or three years, the following will, probably, suit 

 you — viz.. Troubadour, Lady of the Lake, Captain John, Emperor, Her- 

 mit, Example, Etob Roy, Prince Consort, Victor, Woman in White, Charles 

 Turner, and Heroine. 



Select Fancy Pelargoniums (Id^m).— Princess Teck, Fanny Galri 

 Madame Vilda, Silver Mantle, Victor Hugo, Tormentor. 



Dark-zoned Pelargoniums for Cross-bbeeding (J, M). — One of the 

 old varieties, Baron Ricasoli, is the best we know for your purpose ; it is a 

 variety from which we have produced large numbers of Tricolors in all the 

 sections. Make this your female parent, and by applying the pollen of the 

 Tricolors, both Silver and Gold, to its flowertt a great variety of Tricolors 

 of various shades will be the result. The seedlings will not, perhaps, show 

 signs of immediate variegation, but will afterwards break into it. 



Seedling Pelargonium (C. F. O.). — The truss you sent was first-ratei 

 and if the plant is of dwarf habit and a free bloomer, it will be a very 

 superior bedder. 



Zonal Pelargoniums (H. P.).— You do not say for what purpose you 

 require them, but we presume for bedding, and for that you may procure 

 Rose Rendatler, Christine, Madame Vaucher, Paul I'Abbe, Amy Hogg, 

 Rebecca, Stella, Lord Palmerston, Chpper, Scarlet Gem, Glory of Waltham, 

 and Lady Constance Grosvenor. 



Lawn Browsing in Subimer (/(fern).— The lawn may be to a consider- 

 able extent kept from browning by sowing over it now at the rate of 

 12 lbs. per acre of Suckling Clover seed; and if the soil ia light and 

 gravelly, 3 lbs. of Lotos comiculatus, giving also now in moist weather 

 a dressing of guano or bone dust. 



Supports fob Peas (R. G.).— We have had the following in use without 

 repair for several years, and can strongly recommend them. The only 

 alteration we find desirable is that, in-tead of having the supporters fixed 

 upright, as in these sketches, they should lean inwards, and their tops 



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touch in this manner— A> 'W'e paid sixpence for each bardie of onplaned 



deal, and had it painted over with coal-tar. To 



prevent confusion in the drawing we have only 



shown one of the hurdles as pierced with holes, 



and with string passed through them; but, in 



practice, both are Btrung alike. Each hurdle is 



5 feet long, and 3 feet wide letween the two 



bars ; for tall-growing Peas the width might 



be more. The upright ends are made of deal, 



and are 4 feet long and 2 inches square. 



Eight inches of the lower ends are charred 



and pointed, because they have to be fixed in 



the ground. The side hnra are 2 inches wide 



and 1 inch thick, also of deal, sunk into tho 



uprights, and then nailed. The Peas are 



sown in double rows, with a space of 9 inches 



between the rows. The hurdles are strung 



with stout wetted string, because when dry it 



becomes tighter, and rain does not slacken it 



afterwards. A hurdle is put outside of each 



row of Peas, and is made steadier by being tied 



to the one nest to it, and the whole made 



firmer by being united to those opposite, by 



pieces of wood about 1 foot long, tied as shown 



at No. 2. 



Pelaegontum Leaves Spotted (S. B.).— The leaf sent ia badly spotted 

 either from syringing or from condensed moisture on the leaves, owing to 

 the moi&ture of the house during the night, and the sun's rays falling 

 powerfully upon them whilst wet. It might have been obviated by reduc- 

 ing the moisture by more abundant air-giving, and leaving a little air at 

 night, so as to keep the moisture from condensing and falling on the leaves. 

 Syringing ought not to be practised in April, or, if it is, air must be 

 given back and front early in the morning, so as to have the foliage dry 



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