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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ September 3, 1B68. 



chiefly owing to the growers being so much engaged with the Hops. Peas 

 are quite over, fully a month earlier than usual. 



Apples ^ sieve 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 



Currants % sieve 



Black do. 



Figs doz. 1 



FUberts lb. 9 



Cobs lb. 9 



Gooseberries .. quart 



Grapes, Hothouse.. lb. 2 



Lemons 100 10 16 



s. d. B. 



1 6to2 

 

 

 

 

 

 3 

 1 

 1 

 

 5 



Melons each 2 



Nectarines doz. '.i 



Uranges lOU 12 



Peaches doz. 4 



Pears (dessert) .. doz. 2 



Pine Apples lb. 4 



Plnras J-2 sieve 3 



Quinces doz. 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries . . per lb. 



d. 8. d 



0to5 



6 



20 



8 



4 



6 



Walnuts bush. 10 16 



do per 100 1 



VEGETABLES, 



Artichokes doz. 



Asparagus 100 



Beans, Kidney }■• sieve 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



BruB. Sprouts ^- sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish .. bundle 



a. d. 8. d 

 3 0to6 : 

 



3 

 2 







4 0' 

 8 

 

 I 



2 ; 







16 2 



3 



8 



8 



3 





 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce .... per score 

 Mushrooms .... 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 handle 



Sea-kale basket 



Sballots lb. 



Spinach busbel 



Tomatoes .... per doz. 

 Turnips bunch 



B. d. s. d 

 4 too 6 

 2 4 



8 

 5 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Converting an Orchard House into a Ground Vinery (Experi- 

 menter). — It is well to make experiments, and to form a ground 

 vinery of vour aO-feet-square span-roofed house, supposing you mean to 

 grow the Vine as a standard. If we wanted the most return with the 

 least trouble, we would plant the Vines and train them under the roof in 

 the usual way. In either case you ought to have concrete and drainage 

 beneath from 18 to 24 inches of soil in your stifi'clay. Without heat the 

 Black Hamburgh, the Esperione, and the Royal Muscadine will suit you. 



Roses (A Beginner).—'' The best wbite Perpetual Rose suitable to the 

 Manetti stock is Baronne de Maynnrd. Madame Alfred de Rougemont is 

 also very good. The former is pure wbite, and as pood and abundant a 

 bloomer as Madame Plantier. I never hod Mrs. Bosanquet on a Manetti 

 stock. I bought one eighteen years ago worked on a Briar stock. It is 

 Still alive and well. It is beautiful, and the only China Rose worth pre- 

 serviug. — W. F. Radclyffe." 



Palms. — "Your correspondent, ' Patelin,' must have confined bis 

 search for Palms and other foliage plants to very few nurseries where 

 these plants are grown to find the price be names— viz., three guineas as 

 the lowest sum charged. Now, I bave purchased plants of this kind at 

 the nursery of Mr. Eurley, Penibridge Place, Bavswater. at from 5s. to 

 lOs. each, according to the size of the plants. Others also offer many 

 kinds of Palms, &c., at about the same price. Of course for specimen 

 plants half grown one would expect to pay three guineas ; but such 

 plants as those would scarcely be used for decorating rooms, except on 

 the occasion of a ball being given.— William Giles, St. James's Square, 

 NottingHiU:' 



Potting Shed Converted into a Vinery {G. Jf.).— Plant the Vines 

 outside in your case. Introduce them a font at least above the hot-water 

 pipes. Protect the stems outside with tbree-sided wooden boxes, the 

 empty side placed against the wall. Fill tbe boxes with sawdust round 

 the stems, and put a cover on the top to keep it dry. Then keep the Vines 

 inside all the winter. The bedding plants will do the Vines no harm if 

 you do not raise the temperature above from 40^ to 45'- with fire beat. 

 The varieties you name will suit. 



Pelargonium Cuttings (R. Smee).~In taking cuttings of Pelargoniums 

 the bottom or middle of a large slip in general does better than the top, 

 which is more spongy. After inserting, it is best to keep the soil rather 

 moist, but not wet, and drier in proportion to the succulence of the 

 cnttings. The smallest pots above thumbs do well for wintering them. 

 We keep ours thickly in boxes and pots, say 1-inch surface to each cutting. 

 Had we room, as you seem to have, we would place a single cutting in 

 a small pot at once. This would save repotting, and such cuttings are 

 sure to do well. 



Heating a Small Greenhouse by a Flue (T. Sedoley).— As you 

 have your ashpit out of doors, why not bave tbe furnace door out of doors 

 too ? All flues when damp and unused for a time are apt to have a back 

 draught, and this would not signify if the furnace door were outside. In 

 your case it would be worse but for the gradual rising of tbe flue. The 

 higher the bottom of the flne is above the fire bars the better it will 

 draw. Thus, 18 inches would be better than 10 or 12. You have increased 

 the chance of back draught by your arrangements ; first you have a deep 

 flue, 7 inches wide, we presume inside measure ; to this you add earthen- 

 ware pipes 3 inches in diameter, and have a chimney 2 inches in diameter. 

 If these diameters were more than doubled tbe draught would be better. 

 It is a mistake to nan-ow chimnies much near the top. You may keep all 

 the plants j'ou mention. 



Forming Strawberry Beds (.-1 Regular Victim).— Yfe do not quite 

 understand your case, as there are some words in your letter which we 

 cannot decipher. We would not be discouraged about the bank planted 

 last September. If the ground cracks, break the surface and add some 

 mulching. We would by no means take up and divide these plants. 

 Give them plenty of rotten dung in October as mulching, and see what 

 nest year will do. We presume your soil is very stiff, all the better if you 



can work it by deep-stirring and manuring. Meanwhile for a new bed 

 add some chalk and lime rubbish, and plenty of dung instead of ashes, 

 and take your time to that ; but as soon as possible take off your runners 

 of approved sorts, and prick them out 4 or 5 inches apart into rich well- 

 manured soil, with rotten dung at the surface, and shade if wanted, and 

 water well as needed. Theu, either in tbe beginning of October, or, as 

 we would prefer, in tbe end of Februarj', take up these plants with balls, 

 and transplant them into the ground left rougn all tbe winter, and merely 

 neatly levelled and wrought before planting. This would be a good plan 

 in your heavy soil. 



Raspberry Planting (Idem). — In planting a row of Raspberries you 

 may place them a foot apart if you train to a trellis, and from 30 to 

 38 inches apart if you mean to grow them from stools and fasten them to 

 a stake, or bend them over like an arch. We like the regular line of 

 trellis the best, and wire?, say three, are best to tie the canes to. Of red 

 Raspberries none are better than tlie Fastolff and Carter's Prolific, and 

 of the yellows the Yellow Antwerp. 



Dark Climbing Roses (Old Subscriber). — "The only very dark lofty 

 pole Rose is t-rederick II. It is a dark crimson purple Hybrid Bourbon. 

 It will grow 12 feet high, but it only produces one series of bloom. It is 

 handsome. The only dark Hybrid Perpetual pole Roses are Due de 

 Gazes, dark crimson purple, and Prince Camille de Rohan. The first- 

 named will, under high cultivation, grow on the Manetti stock 7 or 8 feet 

 high, and is very hardy and a free and abundant bloomer. The second- 

 named is very handsome, maroon-coloured, and will under the same 

 culture, on the Manetti, grow 6 or 7 feet high.- W. F. Radclyffe." 



Cockscomb Strawberry (3/. iV.).— It can be obtained from any nur- 

 seryman who advertises Strawberry plants in our colmuns. It was raised 

 in the Royal gardens at Windsor. 



Ryton Muscat Grape [G. .S'.).— In Mr. Rivers's catalogue it is said to 

 have been raised many years since at Ryton, near Newcastle-on-Tyne. 

 We believe it to be a form of the Muscat of Alexandria. The large 

 bunches may be a consequence of the vigour of the young Vines. 



Removing Rose Trees (Eden Grove]. — You have no right to remove 

 the trees ; but you may have them taken up and potted, and then you 

 can take them away. There is no danger in removing Roses after this 

 date, only take them up carefully, and have the roots secured from the 

 drying influences of tbe atmosphere by a covering of damp moss or hay, 

 and enveloping all in a mat. The sooner they are planted after removal 

 the better, giving a good watering to each after i>lanting. It is quite 

 optional on the part of the landlord or tbe new tenant to allow you any 

 thing for the fruit trees and vegetables, but something in such cases is 

 generally given. 



Guano versus Stable Manure (rarioits).- Guano is not equal to stable 

 manure for general purposes ; it is not so lasting, otherwise it is an ex- 

 cellent manure, and may be applied to all descriptians of crops advan- 

 tageously. It should be applied when tbe crops are in a growing state, 

 or it may be put on at the same time as the crops are sown or planted. 

 Half a hundredweight of Peruvian guano will be a good dressing for your 

 garden. The way to apply it is to sift it through a naif-inch sieve, break- 

 ing the lumps to make it fine. It may be spread broadcast over the 

 ground, hoeing or pointing the gi-ound afterwards ; this is not necessary, 

 however, if the surface is open and rain follow. 



Compost for Liliuii auratum (Wrm).— Two-thirds loam from rotted 

 turves, and one-third sandy fibrous peat, with a free arimixture of sharp 

 sand. If the loam is poor one-fourth old cow dung may be added and 

 intermixed. To answer all your queries would take up the whole space 

 of one Journal. You will find full instructions for the cultivation of the 

 plants mentioned, in the " Garden Manual," which you can have free by 

 post from our office if you enclose twenty postage stamps with your 

 address. 



Aebor-Vit.^ Propagation (Willson).—The Arbor- Vitse maybe raised 

 from cuttings, but best from seed. Now is a good time to put in the 

 cuttings, taking the points of the growing shoots when they have be- 

 come tiouiewhat ripened. They may be from 8 to 6 inches in length, and 

 should be cut below a joint. It is not necessary to trim off tbe spray, 

 but this may be cleared off to the extent the cuttings are put in the soil 

 —namely, from one-half to two-thirds of their length. They should be 

 inserted in a cold frame in a compost of sandy loam, the surface being 

 covered with an inch in thickness of sand. Make the soil firm about the 

 cuttings, and afrer giving a gentle watering put on the lights. Keep close 

 and shaded from bright sun. In a month admit air, and by degrees 

 harden them well off, exposing them fully when the weather is mild, and 

 affording protection from frost. 



Grapes Cracking (/(7cm}.— Your Vine is from some cause not healthy; 

 the cracking is due in a great measure to the berries being so small and 

 the late rains. We presume you allow plenty of foliage, so as to shield 

 the bunches from tbe sun. The leaves now yellow must be infested with 

 red spider, and tbe spotting of the wood we should attribute to mildew. 



Shrubberies (E. C. H.).— Loudon's " Villa Gardener " may suit you ; 

 but we shall have some bints on tho subject by planting time, which 

 would, perhaps, answer your purpose. 



Value of Camellias (J. P.).- We could not say without seeing the 

 trees what the value would be ; but if good specimens and kinds, £5 each 

 is what we have known given for plants of the size of those you name. 

 Such things, however, have no market value ; tbe price obtainable ia 

 solely dependant on the disposition and means of the purchaser, and the 

 necessity of selling. 



WooDLicE (A Thankful Onf).— The insects destroying your Fern fronds 

 are woodlice. Tbe simplest and best means known to us of destroying 

 them is to put a boiled potato, lightly wrapped in a little hay, at the bottom 

 of a small flower pot, and at night place the pot on its side near their 

 haunts, and in tbe morning shake out the woodlice. which will remain 

 by the potato in the hay. when they may be destroj-ed by shaking them 

 into a bucket of boiUng water. This repeated for a time will thin their 

 numbers considerably. If you could pour boiling water on their hiding 

 places that would be a speedy method of destruction ; but be careful not 

 to let it reach the roots of the plants, or come in contact with tbe foliage 

 Tacsonia Van-Volxemi Pruning (D. ilf.).— Tbe fruit of this handsome 

 climber we should consider eatable, but have no experience of it. It 

 may be pruned to any extent, the best plan being to thin out the shoots, 

 and cut back all tbe flowering shoots to within a few eyes of their base, 



