August 20, 18f8. 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE OABDJINKR. 



137 



pleasure to all concerned were the attempt at good keeping con- 

 fined to one-balf or one-tbird of Ibo space. 



Many of the hardier stove plants, as Begonits, Ac, that do 

 well in a cdnservatory, may now bo propagated and kept in 

 small space daring the winter. In such cases as the Coleus, 

 intended for the (lower garden, it is best to keep a few plants 

 in a warm place during the winter, and then propagate in a 

 hotbed in March. 



Proceeded with propagating, pricking-out, potting, and fresh 

 arranging houses, as detailed in previous numbers. Deutzias 

 and other plants intended for early forcing should now be ex- 

 posed to the sun, and the sooner the earliest bulbs are potted 

 the better.— R. F. 



TRADE CATALOGUE EECEIVED. 



William Paul, Paul's Nurseries, Waltham Cross, London, N. 

 -Bulb Catalogue. 



C0\T3NT GARDEN MARKET.— August 1!). 



We have nnw n fnir supply of Ponchoa and NLCtarinea from the open 

 walla, the flavour of which is Rood, hut the fruit Rcnernlly small. Plums 

 are also sufliricnt for tlio demand, hut pood vepetahles are very much in 

 request and command high prices. Several cases of Potato hlight have 

 come under our notice. 



Apples ij sieve 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 



CnrrantB i', eieve 



Black .".. do. 



Figs doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs lb. 



Gooseberries . . quart 

 Grapes, Hothouse, .lb. 

 LemonB 100 



Artichokes doz. 



Asparagus 100 



Beans, Kiduey 'i sieve 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brns. Sprouts *j sieve 



Cabbage '. doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Oarllo lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish .. hnndle 



s. d. 

 1 6 too 

 

 



FBUIT. 

 s. d 

 



Melons each '2 



Nectarines doz. 3 



OranRos 100 12 



Peaches doz. 4 



4 Pears (dessert) ..doz. 2 



Pine Apples lb. .3 



10 3 Plums !-i sieve 3 



9 10 Quinces doz. 



9 1 I Raspberries lb. 



8 I Strawberries . . per lb. 



2 5 Walnuts bush. 10 



8 12 Ol do per 100 1 



d. s. d 

 0to5 

 6 

 20 



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6 















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TEQETABLBS. 



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 0to6 







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 4 



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 8 

 8 

 8 





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Leeks bunch 



Lettuce per score 



Mushrooms pottle 



Hustd.& Cress, punnet 

 Onions per doz, hchs. 



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 



8. d. a. d 

 4 too 6 

 4 



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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. All 

 communications should therefore be addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Uorticullure, d'C, 171, Fleet 

 Street, London, E.C. 



We also request that correspondents will not mix up on the 

 game 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. 



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

 week. 



Books (B. S. S.).— Tou can have the new edition of "The Cottage 

 Oardeners' Dictionary " free by post from our office for 7s. in postage 

 stamps. (J. ,-fndcrson).— Rivers or Pearson on Orchard Houses would 

 suit you. The former may be bad free by post from our office for S3. 6d. 

 in postage stamps, the latter for 1». Id. 



Back Volumes (.Vnria).— Vol. II. is the only volume of our new series 



bich you cannot obtain complete. All the rest may be had for 8b. Gd. 

 each, with the exception of Vol. III., which is 12j*. 



AuKRiCAN Agriculturist {J. Walker). — Apply to Trubner & Co., 

 Paternoster Row, London. 



Glass {.I Subscriber). — Small-sized panes for hothouses may ho pro- 



cured from the glnKs morchanls who adverliso in our pages. Wo cannot 

 rccouinifud one dealer in preference to another. 



CucfjiEKn (Tns.fi)-- Your Cucnmbir, which is of the smooth Sion 

 House section, nllhouKh very good and useful, has no particular merit 

 attached to it. It is interior to olhi-ri that are already in cultivation— 

 niiincly. Pe.iraon's LonR (inn a»d Holliason's Telegraph. It is too long 

 i> the neck, nearly oiic-tourlh of tljo largest fruit being uneatable. 



^L,^NT3 GnowiKO WHEN iNVEUTEi) (B. Tf.).— It 19 quito truo that Vege- 

 table (issue permits either gases or liiiuids to pass through with equal 

 facility upwards or downwards, so the tiasue ofTers no impediment to a 

 cutting being planted in an inverteil pnailion. Why that cutting at once 

 proceeds to emit roots and to establish a movement of the sap in the 

 irection contrary to that of its original growth iaone of the phenomena 

 df vegetable life lis unexplained aa i« the phenomenon that you may turn 

 a Polypus inside out, and that it adapts itscK to the revolution as if no 

 such change had taken iiluce. 



Soil for Bosks (7;. X. S.).—" I rubbed into powder the specimen of 

 loam sent, and there seems to bo much sand in it. If it were highly 

 manured with decayed manure, and a Turnip crop sown and dug in, 

 it would probably grow Roses. Manetti Roses are best for poor soils. A 

 fine clayey Rose soil looks brownish and is greasy after rain. Perhaps the 

 best of sin soils is calcareous clay, which wo here call ' white land. 

 There ore only two small patches of it iu this county. I never saw a 

 failure of any crop in this soil. By calcareous clay I mean halt chalk 

 and half clay. Unless the clay from which parti-coloured bricks are 

 made is marly, I should not think it good for Roses. It might do good 

 to sandv land by making it more retentive of moisture —W. F.Badcltffe. 



FoEJnNO A Collection of Roses (O. H. M.).—"l advise you to ac- 

 cumulate good sorts rather than purchase Ave hundred varieties, as they 

 are called. One hundred sorts will comprehend all that are really good. 

 Forty-three Roses are named for me to approve of or reject I will hrst 

 name those which you may buy. These are :-Alfred Colomh, Charles 

 Lefchvre John Hopper, Leopold Premier, Madame Victor Verdier, Mane 

 V-aumann Mrs. C.Wood. Son ateur Vaissc, Annie Wood (shows an eye), 

 Antoine Ducher. Black Prince, Charles Verdier, Francois Treyve, Abel 

 Grand Horace Vcrnet, Thorin, Charles RouiUard, Miss Margaret Dom- 

 brain. Prince de Portia, and Marguerite de St. Amand. With regard to 

 the others, I do not know them, or they are bad. If Mdlle. Jeanne 

 Marix opens well it will be a good Rose. It is not yet fully proven. I 

 had Sophie Coqucrelle when it came out ; it did not grow weU. Madame 

 Derreux Donvilh- is worthless. Try in its place ^ladame Alice Durean. 

 Among the Roses that I do not know. I should thmk MdUe. Mane Rady, 

 Hypolite Flandrin, and Frederick Biborol likely to he good.— W. t. 

 Radclvffe." 



Rose for a London Garden (.4 New !Jubscriber).—Yle think Gloire 

 de Dijon would be one of the most suitable for a garden within two miles 

 of the General Post OfHce. It has a good constitution, flowers at inter- 

 vals throughout the season, and is dcliciously scented ; but do you only 

 require one Rose '.' 



Clihibers for a London Garden (J.i,.m).-Tho best climbing plants 

 for your south wall would bo the Wistaria sinensis, the Virginian 

 Creeper, and Aristolochia sipho. 



Treatment of Lilium lancifolicm after Plowerino (Idem).— 

 Keep yoiu- Liliums in any shady place ; do not allow them to suffer from 

 want of water, aud as soon as the flower stems dry off, the bulb should be 

 repotted and placed in a cold pit or frame. 



Turf Pits [H. 1'.).- As you have no grass land or common from which 

 von can take turf, we can only recommend you to apply to some one m 

 your noi"hbourhood wh» deals in turf, loam, and gravel, who will know 

 where to go. Fine turf, such as is used for lawns, is not required. 



Insect (HI. E.). — From your insufficient description we suppose it 

 possible that the caterpillars on your Scotch Firs are those of Noctua 

 piniperda, which sometimes does much mischief in young plantations.—". 



Cucumber Bed (W. .S.).— A depth of 12 inches of soil wiU be sufficient 

 putting a layer of sods, grass side downwards, over the rubble. A 

 moist bottom beat is most suitable, but the moisture must not be 

 excessive. 



Forcing Strawberries (7(fpm).— To ensure success in Strawbeny 

 forciu". secure plants with good crowns, and well established in pots by 

 antunm. The plants should be kept in a cold frame or cool house after 

 the middle of October, until they are re.iuired for forcing, which may be 

 in January or February, introducing them into a cool house, and placing 

 them on shelves ne»r the glass. Water should not be given too hberally 

 until the plants are coming into flower, then water freely. They cannot 

 have too much air, and the temperature until they come into bloom 

 should not exceed 60 or 56^ at night. When the fruit is set and sweUing 

 well, give water freely and weak liquid manure copiously; they can 

 hardly have too much water at this stage. The temperature may be from 

 66^ to 60 at night; that of a vinery in which forcing is commenced 

 at the same time as the Strawben-ioa are put in will answer weU. 



Keeping Pabsion-Flowers Open (.1 Constant Reader).— ^e do no 

 know of any other means of keeping the flowers open except placing the 

 flower stalks in water. 



Orange Tree Management (H. X).).- Your present mode of treatment 

 could not be improved upon, only after the tree has been in the frame 

 in spring and a good growth has been made »nd well hardened off, it 

 might be placed out-doors at the end of June to be taken to the haU 

 window about the end of September. This will bo more suitable than 

 koeping the outside matted up, which we do not think Roo* or^'^'^- 

 PlacinI the tree out of doors in summer wiU 'destroy the scale and 

 black fungus. Your plan of washing the leaves is good The plant 

 should have a shift into a larger pot next spring before being placed 

 in the fram.. Good drainage should be given, n°'l." ^'"fP"^' "V°^° 

 from rotted turves is suitable, adding sand liberally if the loam does not 

 contain it in suflicient quantity. 



Destroying Insects (C. A. J.).-You would see an advertisement in 

 last week's number. 



Pruning Vines (IT. H. (}.).-Those addsing you to prune yonr Vines 

 as soon as the Grapes are cut, in order to swol the eyes, know nothing 

 of what they advised. Let the Vines remain as they are untU the leaves 



