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JOUBNAL OP HOBTIOTJLTimE AND COTTAGE GAEDENER. 



[ J11I7 », 1868. 



earliest vineries. Oat of doors we fear good crops of Apples 

 and Pears will be small, and many of the former are dropping 

 from nice little trees. We conld have kept them on only by a 

 good watering at the roots, and that we conld not afford. We 

 coald only lessen the evil by mulching. 



OKNAMENTAL DEPAETMKNT. 



Dressed flower-beds, and twigged up plants where not secure, 

 as heavy rains and winds combined would do great injary to 

 plants not secured in our windy place. The removing of all 

 faded blooms and petals before rain is also important, as the 

 faded flowers then would greatly disfigure those that were fresh. 

 Some Scarlet Pelargoniums are very fine, the Viola cornuta in 

 one place is dead for want of moisture ; but no Viola would stand 

 such weather long without watering. Went on potting for 

 autumn, and sowing biennials for next season, Stocks, &c., for 

 ^Pf'i^gi &c. In the houses the chief work was to keep cool by 

 shading, and sprinkling paths and stages in preference to soak- 

 ing the plants too much. Pelargoniums done blooming are left 

 standing in a sunny place, and are principally watered by 

 damping the ground below the pots.— E. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— Jdly 22. 



There hare been heavy arriraU of foreign and home-frrown pro3nce, 

 comprising Apples, Pears, Ploros, Apricots, and Peaches and Neotarines 

 from open walls. Forced produce is now realising very low prices, the 

 supply being in excess of the demand. Potatoes are good, and in them 

 there ia a steady trade. Baspberries and Strawben-ies are nearly over 

 for thlB season. 



FKurr. 



apples Yi sieve 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bash. 



Ottrrants y^ sieve 



Black do. 



Pigrs doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs lb. 



Gooseberries . . qnart 

 Crapes, Hothouse, .lb. 

 Ldmons lOO 



Artichokes don. 



Asparagus 100 



Beans, Kidney H sieve 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli handle 



Bms. Sprouts H sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Gucnmbors each 



Endive doz. 



Fennel .bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



GU^rseradish .. bandle 



B. d. B. d 

 1 6 too 



d. 8 

 Oto6 



8 



Melons each 3 



Nectarines doz. 4 



Oranges 100 12 



Peaches doz. 6 



Pears (dessert) ..doz. 2 



Pine Apples lb. 3 



Plnms }< sieve 5 



Quinces doz. 



RaapborriPS lb. 



Strawberries., per lb. 



d 





 

 

 

 



5 



6 

 

 6 

 



Walnuts buRh. 10 16 



do per 100 1 2 6 



VEGETABLES, 

 d. P. d [ 

 OtoS 01 

 1 



2 

 

 8 



s 

 3 



Leeks bnnch 



Lettuce .... per a core 

 Mushrooms .... pottle 

 Mu8td.& CresR, punnet 

 Onions per doz tchs. 



Parsley per sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas perquart 



Potat.oea bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Soa-itftlo basket 



Sballots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes. . . . per doz. 

 Turnips bonob 



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TO CORRESPONDENTS, 



•«• We request that no one will write privately to the depart- 

 mental viriters of the *' Journal of Horticulture, Cottage 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman.*' By so doing they 

 are subjected to nnjugtifiable trouble and expense. AJl 

 commnnications should therefore be addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of HortictUture, <&c., 171, Fleet 

 Street^ London^ E.C. 



We also request that correspondents will not mix up on the 

 same sheet questions relating to Gardening and those on 

 PouUryand Bee subjects, if they expect to get them an- 

 swered promptly and conveniently, but wiite them on 

 separate oommunicatione. Also never to send more than 

 two or three questions at once. 



N.B. — We are obliged to postpone until next week many 

 answers. 



PauTT (E. if.).— Write to Messrs. Webber & Co., Fruiterers, Central 

 Avenue, Covent Garden. 



Red Spideb on Peak and Apple Trees (8. if.) — Give the trees a few 

 ffood eyringinsa with a solution of soft soap. 2 ozs. to the Rallon of water. 

 This and moieter weather will free the trees of these pests. The white 

 gnbstance on your brick wall is a result of the dry season. It will shortly 

 disappear, but the wall may be washed with lime water, thirty gallons of 

 water bein« poured over 14 lbs. of fresh lime, s'irrinfj well "up. Let it 

 stand two days and nights, then wash the wall with the clear liquid, which 

 will not dlsoolour It or damage the trees. It may be applied with a 

 ^yrin^e. 



Peaoh Trees aki> Vine Inpested with Red Spideu (Inquirer). — 

 The Peach-tree leaf enclosed is destruyed by red ppider There is no 

 trace of the bn^wn aphia. No amount of fumipfation with tobacco will 

 destroy red spider. Yuur remedy will be to Rive the treea a thorough 

 syrinj^ing with a solution of soft soap. 3 ozs. to the gallon of water, and 

 repeat it affain within a week, kfopiuff the trees well pyringed every even- 

 ing with Wiiter up to the time of the fruit beginning to ripen. If there U 

 no fruit ccntinne the BjTinging up to the middle of September, bat wo 

 fenrlhti leaves will all fall prematurely. The Vine leaves, we fear, are 

 'nfoHtod with the same pest. They should be well syringed until the 

 Grrtpes change colour. The red spider seldom attacks Aprio *t trees, but 

 it does oonas'on'illy when the season ia nDUSiiilly dry and hot, and the 

 supply of water at the roots not so plentifully furnished as required. 



Ebinos ltchkidea Cultore (J. a. E).—lt should have tfflcient 

 drainage, the pot being one-third filled with crocks, and then a little 

 moss, or a little of the rougher parts of the compost placed over the 

 rirainage. In pottiog use a comporit of light, sandy, fibious loam one- 

 third, and sandy peat one-third; silver sand and pieces r f s3nd-.tone from 

 the size of a pea to that of a hazel nut, in equal quantities, fonning the 

 remaining third, the whole well-mix d. M^ke the compost pretty fine, 

 aud keep the plant rather high in the oentre of the pot. It requires 

 to bo near the rNss in a greenhouse ia winter, and cold pit or frame la 

 summer, being cireful not to overwater in winter nor at any time, and 

 yet if it ever suffer by the want of water it rarely recovers. After 

 potting waterini; should be carefully done for a time until the roota are 

 working freely in the fresh soil, and in pottiog do not disturb the root« 

 mora than can be avoided ; indeed, the lees the ball ia dlBtotbed the 

 better. 



STEpnANons FLORiBirNDA IM WARM Grbbnhoubb \StfphanotU'' , — The 

 Stephan-'tis succeeds fairly ia a warm greenhoase, providing it is in the 

 warme§t part and baa a light situation. We have seen it very fine in a 

 vinery, the temperatnrd being at times as low as 40°. In summer the 

 tempernturo required is higher than ia usual in greenhonaes. it being 

 desirable to secure a good growth, and to have it well ripened. The plant 

 6hould he kept dry in winter, which will enable it to withstand oold better 

 than if the soil were kept moist, and it is better for the plant. 



Strawberries and CHERKTEa for Exhibition (A 7oun<j Beginner). — 

 The two best Strawberries for exhibition and dessert we think are Dr. 

 Hogg and Lucas. Two rherries for the beginning of July are Tartarian 

 Black and May Duke, both large and good. 



Melons not Setting (T. 8. Bt) —You should, when the Melons we»« 

 setting, have kept the surface of the beti rather dry, giving a gnod water- 

 ing so as to wet as little as possible the foliage or surface of the bed. We 

 can only suppose there has not been sufflcient moisture in the soil, and 

 that the plants have been kept too close. Qive more air, keep well Bup- 

 plied with water, and do not employ liquid manure again until the froil 

 ia the tige of a ben's egg. Thin out the shoots, keeping them from 9 inohea 

 to I foot apart— that is, the main branohee, and stop tho side shoots one 

 joint above the fruit, impregnating thd flowers. 



Tomatoes in Gbehnhouse (Idrm). — Tomatoes can be fruited very wbU 

 in 9-inch pots hu' they require to have plenty of liquid manure, but not 

 too BtroDg. We prefer 11 orlS-inoh pots^ and we would give yours a shift 

 now into larger pots withont disturbing the bolL Keep the plants well 

 stopped above every cluster of fruit» thinning the shoots when much 

 crowded, and stopping all one joint above the fruit. Continue btopping 

 all Bhoots one joint above the fruit. 



Saving Caeb ige Seed ( ).— The head of the Cabbage should not 



be cut off but allowed to burst, the plar ta for Bee<-1 being sown in May of 

 the previous year to that of their seeding. Tum'.ps in flower, if near, at 

 the lime of the Cabbage fljwaring will have a desenerating effect on thft 

 Calibage seed. They should be grown in plots a oonsidrriible distance 

 from each other. We thiol: yoa are mistaken about August grafting. 

 Bef i*r us to the pnge. 



Apple Trees I^FESTED with Rkd Sptdkb (L. B.). — Give your trees a 

 few thorough svringinga with so't-soip in solution tit the rate of '2 osa. to 

 the gillon of water, direotiag the force of the syringing sg^inst ihe 

 under side" of the leaves, and give tho trees a thorough watering with 

 liquid manure, not too strong, and mulch for a yard distimce all round 

 the "terns, using cow d<mg if convenient, or other rich compost. There 

 i< no preventive of red spider, except frequentlv washing the foliage 

 through syringing, and supplying proper nourishment to the roots in 

 tho shape of top-dressings of rich compobt, with liberal supplies of water 

 and liquid manure in dry weather. 



"Paleness of Koses— Good Yellow (G. H. if.).— "The paleneos of the 

 yellow lioses proceeds from the bads at tha time of expansion being 

 soaked with heavy dews, which are ev-porated by the sun; henoe the 

 colours fade. Soraetiiuea a Roee loses its colours from starvation ; this, 

 however, cannot be the case with your Roses, which pppear to be well 

 fed. The remedy is sheet-covtring. To provide for the loss of dew 

 water should be given freely, so as to reach all the points of the roota. 

 All Roses for exhibition should bo covered previously for one or two day^ 

 As you seem fond of Tea Roses, I advise the purchase of Bouton d'Or. a 

 perfect bulton-hole Rose and quite golden, also Madame Miirgottin, 

 a beautiful Tea Rose— in my judgment the best that has come out since 

 Souvenir d'Eliae made her appearance. This last, I Lincy, is the hand- 

 somest of the Tea Roses. The contest f jr primacy, however, rests be- 

 tween Dev^oniensis and the two last-name<t. I have seen Fisher Holmee 

 out since last week. It is handsome, but I fear it will not be fall enough* 

 I recommend in addition 1 .• those named in my last c )ntribution, Ex- 

 position de Brie, and Charles Ronillard. I have alBO had two beautifol 

 blooms of Miss M. Dombrain.— W. F. Radclyffk." 



Subscription Ceasing {FUnagan).—Ko other notice is necessary than 

 to write saying that you wish to ceaae from subscribing. 



Seedling Carnations (W. B.).— Yon put a letter into the " Sample 

 Packet," and we had to pay Sd, for it. 



Hardy Herbaceous Plants.— We never heard of such a plant as your 

 No. 3. Noa. 1 and 2 are hardy bulbs. Tho others are all hardy berbaceoos 

 plants, at least some species of No. 8 are. To avoid controversy, why 

 not ask the secretary which he considers admissible ? 



Caterpillar (A SubscTiber). — The caterpillar found in the Aspen is 

 that of the Goat Moth, Cobsus li^niperda. li ls pery de^tractive to the 



wood of growing trees. 



