September 10, 18G8. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



193 



They chiefly consist of Apples and Poar,'^. Plums arc sufliciont for the 

 tradti, which is now ohietly confined to London imd tho suburbs. Potatoes 

 remain at lormor quotations, and are excollcnt in qviaUty. 



s. d. s. d 

 1 6 to 2 















Apples K sieve 



Apricots doai. 



Oharrlee lb. 



Ohostnuta buBb. 



OarrautK ^ sieve 



Black do. 



Figs doz. 1 



yiiberts lb. 9 



Coba lb. 9 1 



Gooseberries ..quart 



Grapes, Hothouse.. lb. 3 5 



Lemons 100 10 O IG 





 2 



Melons each 2 



Nectarines doz. 



OrauRes 100 12 



Peaches doz. 4 



Pears (dessert) .. doz. 2 



Pine Apploa lb. ii 



Phuna 3'j sieve 2 



Quinnea doz. 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries., per lb. 



Walnuts bnBh. 10 



do per ICO 1 



d. H. d 



Otor. 







20 

 8 



Artichokes doz. 



Asparaffus 100 



Beans, Kidney ?:■ sieve 



Boot, Red duz. 



Broccoli handle 



Bras. Sprouts J^^ sieve 



Cabba(?e doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



CanUflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cncuuibera each 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . bon'Ue 



VEGETABLES, 

 d. B. d 

 Oto6 

 







2 







2 



G 9 







4 



D 



6 



Leeks bnncb 



! Lettuce per score 



4 ' Mnshrooms pottle 



8 I Mustd.&CresB.punuet 

 Onions per bushel 



d. B. d 



4 too 6 







1 







Q 







Parsley per bievo 



Parsnips doz. 



I Peas 



8 

 8 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bnsliel 



Tomatoes . . . . per doz. 

 Tnmipa bunch 





 

 

 

 

 

 



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7 















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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 Horticulture, ttc, 171, Fleet 

 Street, London, E.G. 



Wo also request that correspondents will not mix up on the 

 same 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. 



Removing Manetti Rose Stocks (A. Z.). — " I have just removed 

 Hanetti plants worked last year. I bought them in dormant bud. If the 

 wood is not ripe, or tolerably so, you must place a covering over them for 

 a few days, removinp it at night. Give them some water, but do not ketp 

 the ground in a swampy state. The Manetti roots, with, heat and 

 moderate moisture, will strike at once. — W. F. Radclvffe." 



Orchard House fJ. JJifari).— If you enclose four pootace stamps with 

 your address, and order No. 34-1 of this Journal, you will find full particulars, 

 and the name of a builder. 



Ground Chalk (Subscriber). — Common whiteninc pounded and spread 

 over your Vino border will be the same as ground chalk. You can have 

 Brehaut's " Modern Peach Pruacr" from our office if you enclose forty- 

 Jour stamps with your address. 



Seedling Pelargonidm Management (H. C,).— Tour sccdlingg in 

 S-inch pots should now be cut down to the fourth joint. They will push 

 strongly, and when the shoots are about an inch long place tho plants 

 in 4Viuch pots, and remove them to an airy shelf in a greenhouse from 

 which frost is excluded. Those now iu G-inch pota should also be cut 

 down to four joints, and when they have shoots an inch lonK slinke out 

 the plants and repot them in pots 4^ inches in diameter, placing them 

 on a shelf near the glass in a greenhouse, as above directed. Give an 

 abundance of air in mild weather, and no more water than enough to 

 keep them slowly growing. A close damp atmosphere must be avoided. 

 When the shoots are 3 inches Jong their points ought to be pinched out, 

 and in February they may be placed in their blooming-pots, 7-inch pots 

 being quite large enou!;;h. The plants will grow well in a compost of two- 

 thirde sandy fibrous loam, aud one-third leaf mould or sandy peat, with 

 the addition of a fourth of old cow dung or rotten manure, and one-sixth 

 of silver sand. Good drainage is necessary. Training must bo early at- 

 tended to. 



Gourds Unfruitful (JJom).— Your Gourds, most probably, have only 

 produced male flowers instead of all femnlo flowers. If they had been 

 female, as yoii say. we think some fruit would have swelled, though they 

 would not seed. We are imahle to account for the plants not fruiting. 

 Your treatment is proper. You may obtain feeds of the Mistletoe of 

 some friend residing in the localities where it abounds ; if not, visit the 

 greengrocerb' shops about Christmas, and buy a piece with berries on it. 



Potting Bedding Pelargoniums (Idrvi .—li ynu have room yon may 

 shift your plants, now in 2^ or 3-inch pots, into 4^i■inch pots in October, 

 and in March trnnsfer them to 6-inch pot--. That would give you siileudid 

 plants, but you Viill winter them iu much less room in the pots tbcy are 

 now in, sliiftiog them in February or March into 4,i-inch pots, and six 

 weeks nfterwariis into G-inch pots. By attending to stopping they will 

 be fine busby plants for planting out in May. 



Rhododendrons In.iurf.d dy Dry Weather (.S'. Ilriohl).--T\io Rho- 

 dodendrons being old we would advise your cutting them bnclt, and you 

 will obtain more ilwiirf and compact plants, r>r if left as thtjy are, and 

 tho branches are long, tho phmts will ho straggling and irregular in 

 growth. If they am small wo would do nothing to them until next April, 

 and then cut away any dead and straggling shoots, bo as to form compact 

 hushes. 



Manure for Asparaous and Sea-kale (fdewi).— No manure is equal 

 to seaweed. It nifty be placed all over the bed after the haulm is cleared 

 olT, to the depth of 3*or 4 inches. Failing seaweed, a good dressing, 8 or 

 4 inches thick, of farmyard manure may he given, the beds being pre- 

 viously clenred of weeds and haulm. Point the soil over with a fork 

 lightly, without injuring tho roots or crowns, and throw a little of tho old 

 Eoil from tho alleys over tho hcils. Ja the case of Sea-kale tho above will 

 ansv.'cr as regards the manuring. Lut will not he necessary if the jdants 

 are forced in the ground by covering witli stable manure or hot dung; 

 thKt is sufficiently enriching. If any other mode of bhaiching is practised, 

 tho Sea-kale may bo niauurud as above. In March the hede should he 

 neatly forked over, tbe rough manure drawn ofl" into tho alleye, the 

 beds "raked fine, aud tie edges straightened. Bo careful in forliiug not 

 to disturb the roots or crowua. A sprinkling of salt fchould bo given in 

 March or April. 



Sea-kale Planting (W. T.).— The ground phould have a good dressing 

 of manure 3 inches thick, which will be sufficient if the soil is light and 

 sandy, but if heavy it will bo well to add an equal thickness of sand and 

 leaf mould, which should bo worked into the ground in the process oi" 

 trenching. Trench 2 feet deep, incorporating the fertilising agents well 

 with the soil. The best time to plant iw in autumn, immediately after the 

 foliage decays, or in February or March. Plant iu rows 3 feet apart, 

 putting in one-year, and not older than two-year, plants three together in 

 the foim of a triangle, the plants G inches from each other, so as to allow 

 of their being covered with the blanching pots. 



Wireworms (/(Zl'hi).— Lime will not destroy those pests, but a dressing 

 of lime snd soot will in most eases drive them away. The best time to 

 apply the lime is iu March, and at the rate of 100 bushels per acre. Soot 

 may' be applied at the same time, and in similar quantity. It is a good 

 manure, as well as distasteful to most grubs. 



Planting Pansies U. J.).— You may remove the plants with good bolls, 

 nnd plant them iu mild weather any time between now and A[)ril, but 

 the earlier it is done the better. You can safely plant them from the 

 bcdnning of October to the middle of November. With your soil there 

 will be no risk in keeping them in tho open ground during the winter. We 

 presume the situation is sheltered from cold winds. Vie should certainly 

 prefer to tike up and pot the most choice kind?, keeping the pots plunged 

 to the rims in coal ashes in a cold frame during the wintf r, and phintinjr 

 out in spring with the b;iU entire; or you may keep some in pots and 

 grow them to produce exhibition blooms. We do not think blooms from 

 plants in pots are finer than from those planted out, but tbe plants can be 

 more easily accommodated and attended to, and on that account are by 

 some preferred. The bed you nan.o will answer well, adding some leaf 

 moukl and old mnnure, as the Calceolarias will have taken the '■ heart '' 

 out of the soil. You may give copious suppl es of water and weak liquid 

 manure during tho blooming season, particularly in dry weather, but 

 avoid strong doses of liquid manure at any time. 



Pelargonium Leaves Curled (Suh$cribfr).—'We do not think yon 

 have Crystal Palace Gem Pelargonium. Tho leaves look as if the plant 

 had been overwatcred, or as if the soil were too stiff and not well drained, 

 otherwise we cannot account for their curling up. 



Destroying Red Spider (T. J. 3/.).— Clear soot water and clear sul- 

 phur water will be tho best liquids for syringiug your plants infested 

 with red spider ; but in all cases where there is no fruit to injure, you 

 might use soft-soap water, 1 oz. to two gallons, well dissolved and put on 

 at a heat of 130", and then follow next day with the above. The soapy 

 water will also destroy the green fly, and so will smoking with tobacw) 

 in a close place. If Cucumbers and Melons in frames are much infested, 

 all vou can do will be to prevent them becoming worse. You can hardly 

 extirpate red spider there, because you cannot get under the leaves. 



Flue not Heating Well (/defjil.— A flue 3 feet in depth seems very 

 deep for a house 12 feet square. We thiuk half the depth would have 

 been ample ; but if the flue draws so well, it is hardly worth while filling 

 it up. You can regulate the draught by having a close-fitting ashpit 

 door, and giving very little air there after the fiie is burning well. 



Petunias (C. Barker, LitUehamplon).~Amoiig your numerous seed- 

 lings several are very fine, both as regards size and substance of flower, 

 and colours and markings. The beltings of several were very hold and 

 distinct, and others were beautifully veined. 



Various (Comtant Reader, Suvimerhill).~YoM give us no data by which 

 we can arrive at the causes why Pelargoniums and Fuchsias will not 

 flourish in your greenhouse now, when they did eo formerly ; but as Ferns 

 do flourish, we can only come to the conclusicin that you do not give 

 enough of air and light to the flowering plants. The sun leaving the 

 house at 2 p m. would not cause the flower buds to fall, provided the sun 

 shone on it during other parts of the day, if only for a few hours. Even 

 in Cork, we hardly suppose, mild as the climate is, that you will do much 

 good without a little fire heat ; hut you could have a tmall moveable stove 

 in winter, or, instead of that, you could open the door from the drawing- 

 room iu cold evenings. We have a house in which Pelargoniums stood 

 the most severe nights of the last winttr merely by opening the door of 

 the library, in which a fire was kept burning. In two or three very severe 

 nights the door of the room was left open all night. Ferns are very 

 pretty, hut we have no doubt in the summer months the PelargoniiunB, 

 &c,, will do well if duly watered, air given in plenty, and the class kept 

 clenn and unshaded, except a little shading during a Vfry bright fore- 

 noon. Your Ayrshire Rose on a trellis, healthy, but yielding no flowers, 

 will most likelv produce plenty of bloom nest year if you let it alone, or 

 give it the very slightest pruning, merely removing any small twig^i, and 

 leaving the most of the shoots of this year's growth at their entire 

 length, or nearly so, ju^t nipping oft' their points. We would try this 

 before planting a Clematis; but that is good, and might go elsewhere. 

 Wo would sow the Nierembergia now if you can keep the young plants 

 from the cold in the winter. If not, then sow in a hotbed nest February 

 or March, and hardenefi' before turning out. For edgings Nieremhergia 

 gracilis is pretty : but formixing with Scarht Pelargoniums, N. filicitulis, 

 which grows from 15 to 18 inches in height, will he the best. Such a mixed 



