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JOURNAL OF HOBTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GAKDENER. 



[ Jvdf 2, 1868. 



damped or split, as reepecta the berries, from the watering 

 necessary to plants beneath them. This honse will also be 

 kept drier inside. The stage and every portion of the back 

 wall that could be reached has also been lime-waphed, and 

 plenty of air left on night and day, so that the fumes of the lime 

 should not be felt. The white surface thus presented will 

 throw more light to the foliage than if walls or stage had been 

 of a duller, dingy colour. Though these walls are regularly 

 washed every spring, the growing of many plants in the hou?e, 

 Strawberries, &c., renders them anything but bright by this 

 time of the year, and according as opportunity offers we make 

 the walls and stages whiter for the extra light that will thus 

 be reflected. 



Proceeded with thinning Grapes in the late houses and 

 orchard houses. In our vineries, to obtain huge bunches we 

 want fresh borders and replanting, meanwhile we have plenty 

 of fruit, for after cutting off bushels of bunches before thin- 

 ning, we have left still far more tlmn enough. These vineries, 

 contrary to what we would wish, have the roots outside, the 

 stems taken through a hole in the front wall in the old- 

 fashioned way, and the outside borders we have had watered 

 after merely breaking the surface. The first vineries covered 

 with litter, and used with ohl sashes, for bringing on bedding 

 plants, had no watering, until lately the covering was removed, 

 after the Grapes were colouring. Many early vineries, with 

 the Vine roots out of doors, suffer from removing the covering 

 too early. In some cases it would be better to give no covering 

 except a little dry litter, in preference to clearing all off too 

 early. Some of our best gardeners prefer mulching all the 

 summer, instead of watering much, if any, faither than what 

 the rains supply, and these they exclude from early houses by 

 August and September, by means of tarpaulin, sashes, &c, 



ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT. 



To this we will return with more minuteness nest week, 

 meanwhile our flower garden, with a little water at the roots of 

 the most needy plants, for eight or ten days, is looking as well 

 as could be expected, we are assured better than where the 

 plants have been watered well every day. It is so easy to give 

 too much of a good thing. — R. F. 



C0\T:NT garden market.— July 1. 



Falling prices and a slow demand rule here, nnd this, coupled with the 

 astonishing quantitiesof some descriptions of produce, such as Peaches, 

 Nectarines, and Pines, renders it difficult to effect sales for one-half nf it. 

 How long this may last we cannot say ; but it is very unsatisfactory at 

 present. Kent Shaw Potatoes bring 4s. per bushel, Regents 5». 



Apples '^ sieve 



Apricots doz. 



Cherriee lb. 



Chestnuts bnsh. 



Currants i^ sieve 



Black do. 



Figs doz. 



FUberts lb. 



Cobs lb. 



Gooseberries .. quart 

 Grapes, Hothouse, .lb. 

 Lemons 100 



B. d. B. 



1 (UoO 



2 4 



:t 1 











5 



8 







9 1 



4 



5 



12 



FRUIT. 

 . d 



Melons each ; 



Nectarines doz. 4 



Oranges 100 12 



d. 



Oto6 



Peaches doz. 



Pears (dessert) .. doz. 



Pine Apples lb. 



Plums 1^ sieve 



Quinces doz. 



Raspben-iP9 lb. 



Strawberries . . per lb. 



Walnuts bush. 10 



do per 100 1 



VEGETABLES, 



Books (Pomona). — "Fruit Gardening," which you can have free by 

 post from our office for five postage stamps, wo think would suit you- 

 {G. E. B.). — As you do not stipulate as to the price, we recommend 

 Me'Intosh's *' The Book of the Garden," Johnson's " Cottape Gardener's 

 Dictionary," the new edition, with supplement. Smith's " Ferns, British 

 and Foreign." 



Supplement to Cottage Gaedekers' Dtctionary (A Gardener and 

 Othtrs).—'Ihe Supplement will be publithed by tbo end of next week. 



Peas— Strawberries {A. J?.).— There are loo mnny varieties of Peas 

 for us to be able to name one from a few pods. The size of your Empress 

 Euemie Strawberries is a full average. The gardener who talked about 

 a Strawberry weighing six ounces must have been joking. Ho never saw 

 one of half that weight. 



Black Spots ok Rose Leaves (E. F. TT.).— "The black spots on the 

 Rose leaves are said to be caused by some fungus, but I have never yet 

 been able to detect a spore. I never saw them under glass, but I have 

 more than I like on my Roses now. It is not improbable that the cause 

 may be sudden and extreme atmosphericchanges. The leaves invariably 

 fall off in course of time. After a Rose has bloomed you may cut buck to 

 the first fresh plump eye. If a bad start and loi k pointed, cut to the 

 nest plump eye. — W. F. Radclyffe," 



Roses for Pegging-down on a Lawn (Idem). — "I recommend the 

 following thirteen Roses for pegging-down on a lawn ; they are very free 

 bloomers. For this purpose they must be plants with pliable wood. Stiff, 

 erect growers are not so suitable, Pink'—3i\]cs Margotlin; Maroon — 

 Camille Bernardin ; Vermilion — Maurice Bernardin ; While — Baronne 

 de Maynard, mot^t beautiful; Yellow— Celine Foreetier, it must not be 

 cut much, and requires great room; Rose colour— Comie de Nnnteuil; 

 Eed — Sanateur Vaisse ; Scarlet Crimson — Baronne Adolphe de Rothschild 

 (not Baron), beautiful: Purple Crimson, dark xhaded-Dxic de Cazes ; 

 Purplish or Brilliant Crimson — Marechal Vaillant : Waxy Flesh — Mrs. 

 Bosanquet; Bhixh — Marguerite de St. Amand; Eosjf (.Vimpon— Lady 

 Suffield. From these thirteen Roses selection is safe. — W. F. Radclyffe.'* 

 Sowing Peas [S. B ).— There is nothing new in the plan you adopted 

 to keep off birds. Thread or string stretched over seed beds may be seen 

 jn almost everj- cottager's garden. 



Skeleton Leaves and Seaweeds {E.E.). — It is impossible for as to 

 tell the value, so much depends on the specimens and their condition. 

 Such things, as a rule, are just worth what the buyer pleases to give, 

 unless you fix a price and wait a long time to effect a bale. 



BoRONiA SERRtjLATA Infestcd WITH ScALE (Drina). — The Specimen IS 

 much infested with scale. You will find It upon the stems and under 

 sides of the leaves, appearing as a small, browui^ih, slightly raised long 

 speck, that couus off readily when touched slightly with the point of a 

 knife. The gummy substance is honeydew caused by the scale insect, 

 and the black substance is the honeydew infested with b)ack fungus. We 

 cannot say what is the cause of the attack, but it probably is the plant 

 being kept in too close and warm an atmosphere. The best remedy is 

 to pick otF all the insects with the point of a knife, then lay the pot on its 

 side, syringe the plant forcibly with water at a temperature of 140^, tnm. 

 ing it and the pot round so as to thoroughly syiinge it on every side. 

 This repeated a few times at intervals will free the plant of the scale- 

 W'e advise you to keep it in a cold pit or frame during the summer. 



Making a Tan Bed (A Younff Beginner). — The tan or bark we presume 

 is old and spent, as it ought to have heated before it had lain "some 

 time," which we presume is some weeks. If fresh it would become 

 heated within a fortnight if the heap was Inrge enough. No sprinkling 

 with water would cause it to ferment or heat, nor ought Jt to be screened 

 — indeed we consider it worthless ; but tan may be spread out too thinly, 

 and there may be too little of it for fermentntion. For the width of bed 

 you name the tan should not be less than 4^ feet in depth, and it should 



s. d. B. d I 



Artichokes doz. 2 to 3 i 



Asparagus 100 2 6 



Beans, Kidney ^. sieve 4 



Beet, Red doz. 2 8 



Broccoli bundle 



Brus. Sprouts ''- sieve 



Cabbage doz. 10 16 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 6 10. 



Cauliflower doz. 3 6 | 



Celery bundle 16 2 . i 



Cucumbers each 4 10 



Endive doz. 2 



Fennel bunch 8 



Garlic lb. 8 ; 



Herbs bunch 8 



Horseradish . . bundle 3 5 i 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce .... per score 

 Jlushrooms .... pottle 

 Mustd.A Cress, punnet 

 Onions per doz bchs. 



Parsley per sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas per quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes. . . . per doz. 

 Turnips bunch 



d. B. 



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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



We request that co 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. All 

 communications shotild therefore be addressed solebf to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture^ dCf 171, Fleet 

 Street, London^ E.C. 



1 be fresh, putting about a foot of screenings of old tan— that remaining in 

 a half-inch sieve— on the surface for plunging the pots in. Cheilanthes 

 fragrans (odora) is a somewhat scftrce Fern, being rather difficult of cul- 

 tivation. It is iucluded in the catalogues of our principal nurserymen, 

 and is not high-priced. 



Impregnating Melon Flowers (T. TF.).— It is scarcely necessary at 

 this period to imi>reguatc the flowers, but it is well to practise it at all 

 seasons. The process is a very simple one. All that is necessary is to 

 take the male flower, wh=ch'is that without fruit, nnd nipping it off 

 the plant, strip it of the corolla, leaving the centre entire. This will be 

 covered with a fine yellow powder. Taking the flower by the stalk, place 

 it in a flower having a fruit beneath it. Twist it gently round a few 

 times, and the pollen or yellow dust will be diPtributed on the sti^>ma of 

 the flower. The flowers Vhould be impregnated when they are fully open 

 and fresh, and during tbo early part of a fine day. going over them fre. 

 quently for the purpose, so as to perform the opt-ration before they shut. 



Stopping Vines (JI. £.1.— It is not desirable to stop the leading shoots 

 until they reach the top of the house or length of rafter ; then they ought 

 to be stopped, and not turned back as you seem disposed to do. We 

 invariably pinch out the point of the leading fchoot when about 1 foot 

 from the top of the house or rafter, and allow the laterals to grow to some 

 extent before stopping. 



Strawberhies for Light Soil (OrTTistirA).— Forpreserving we recom- 

 mend Sir Charles Napier ; and for table use. Eclipse, La Con^ante, and 

 Frogmore Late Pine. Roses cannot be successfully cultivated in a draw- 

 ing-room. 



RHiprDOPTEBTs PELTATA CULTURE (S. A. ]\I.).—It is a very rare Fern 

 from the We^t Indies, succeeding admirably in a rather close moist atmo- 

 sphere. Avoid wetting the fronds more than can be helped. A moderate 

 amount of air is necessary, and shade from bright sun. When growing 

 freely water liherallv. and always keep the soil moist, but drier in winter 

 than'in summer. Keep it near the glass, and afford plenty of room. Give 

 a liberal amount of drainage; and for soil use a compost of brown, sandy, 

 fibrous peat torn m pieces with the hand and made fine, adding silver 

 sand freelv. The temperature may be from r.5- to ^5= or 70' in winter. 

 and from GD^ to 65^ at night in summer, and from 80- to SS*^ by day with 

 sun. 



Plants for a Eockwork Aechwat [A Twrlre-years Suhscriber).— Your 

 rockery archway being in the shade will answer very well for some of the 

 hardy 'Ferns; but there are no Lyeopods that would succeed, except, 

 perhaps, Selaginella denticulata planted in a sheltered cavity or crevice. 



