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JOURNAL OF HOETICULTURE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEB. 



r Sopt«mbor 17, 1868. 



from tboin for large parties late in autumn, after the crop in the 

 open air on the walls had ripened and been used. Vv'ho wiil 

 set the example of a range of houses to have Peaches in Oc- 

 tober and Plums in Noveaibsr, and costing but wood and glass, 

 or iron and glass ? 



We find the earlier Apples decay so soon after gathering, 

 that we have left a number on the ground for the benefit of 

 the wasps, as that keeps them from harder and finer fruit. 

 We would like to defer gathering the later kinds a little longer, 

 as they are acquiring such a fine colour in this weather. 

 Lessened the late growths by removing and stopping, so that 

 the sun should have freer access to fruit out of doors. 



As to wa.<pf, we are more convinced than ever that an en- 

 couragement iu money payments should be given for wasps as 

 soon as they appear in spring. Paying for nasts at this season 

 ig something like trying to wash a blackamoor white. In fact, 

 we are doubt. ul if we do not often make it worse for the gar- 

 den. Whilst the nest or a pemblanee of it remaius, be it in 

 the shape of a bottle sunk in the cfound with a hole at the 

 neck open, and some tempting liquid at the bottom, the wasps 

 have an inducement to return ; but when all is gone, when 

 once they come back to the garden they return no more. If 

 even the nest is taken at night, numbers will be out, and if a 

 bit is left to them they will flock to it during the day, and, as 

 lately stated, a hand-light put on at night will catch numbers 

 next day. In some cases we really think we fare worse after 

 a nest has been demolished, if no modes are adopted to entice 

 the outsiders and survivor?. A cold night and a coldish rain 

 will be our bf?t aids in ridding us of these pests. Heaps of 

 slaughtered ones seem to do little as yet in diminishing their 

 nnmbers. When once they seize on a fruit it is best to leave 

 it to them. Before they managed to leave nothing but the 

 aldn of a large Pear, it served as a grave for a score or two 

 at a time, and then other wasps were more ready to come to it 

 than to a fresh one. 



OBNAMENTAL DErARTSrENT. 



Here we intended saying much, but must confine ourselves 

 to stating that cutting-making has been the chief business of 

 the week.— R. F. 



inij Descri2>tn-c LisU of Dutch, Cape, and other Flowerivg 

 Btilbs, lix. 



CO^^ENT GARDEN MARKET.— Septemdeh 10. 

 There has been Lnt little change in quotations since our last report 

 Supplies are quiie sufficient for the demand. 



Apples "K Bleve 



Apricots .~, doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Ghestnats bush. 



Currants ^ '< sieve 



Black .".. ao. 



Kga doz. 



Filberts. 



Cobs lb. 



Oaoseberries . . qunrt 

 Grapes, Hothouse, .lb. 

 Lemons 100 19 



d. s. d I 



6 to 2 



I 









 ■i 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges 100 12 



Peaches doz. 4 



Pears (dessert) . . doz. 2 



Pine Apples lb. 4 



Plnms y^ sieve 2 



Qninces 7. doz. 1 6 



Uaspberries lb. 



.Strawberries . . per lb. 



Walnuts busb. 10 



do per 100 1 



VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes doz. 



Aspara^s 100 



Beans, Kidney ^j sieve 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli t}undle 



Bros. Sprouts ?2 sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Canliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



Endive doz. 



Fonnel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs linnch 



Hurseradisb . . bundlo 



2 







1 Q 



8. d. B. d i 



S Otofi I Leeks bunch 



, Lettoce .... per score 



4 Mnsbrooms pottle 



3 ! Mustd,& Cress, punnet 



Onions per bushel 



I Parsley per sieve 



2 I Parsnips doz. 



I Peas per quart 



8 Potatoes bushel 



I Kidnc?y do. 



2 I Radishes doz. bunches 



1 I Rhubarb bundle 



I Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Ol Spinach bnit-el 



I Tomatoes ppr doz. 



5 I Turnips biuioh 



B. a. 

 4 too 



8. d 



8 

 3 







8 

 4 



1 B 

 6 



_, d. s. d 

 Melons each 2 Oto5 







20 



12 



4 



4 



2 







u 



16 



2 6 



TRADE CATALOGUES EECERTJD. 



J. W. Wim?ett, Ashburnham Park Nursery, King's Eoad, 

 Chelsea, London, B.Vf.—Cataloovc of Stove and Greenhouse 

 Flants, Trees, Shivbs, Bulbs, Pctarqoimims, dx. 



Eobert Parker, Exotic Nursery, Tooting, Surrey.- Catalogue 

 oj Stove, Grecvhouse, and Hardy Plants, Hi/acinths, rf-c. 



Hooper A- Co., Central Avenue, Covent Garden Market, Lon- 

 don, W.C.— Autumn Sjqyiilemcnt to General Catalogue, contain- 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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

 ruental writers of the "Journal of Horticulture, Cottage 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so doing they 

 are subjected to nnjustifiab'e trouble and expense. All 

 communications should therefore be addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, <&e., 171, Fleet 

 Street, Loudon, E.G. 



We 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 Bend more than 

 two or three questions at once. 



Notice to QtriT {One in a Fix).— It you are a yearly tenant the land- 

 lord must t^ivo you a notice to quit sis months previously to the ex- 

 piration of the current year's tenancy, and so as to expire at the same 

 period of the year as that at which you entered upon the premises. If you 

 entered at Lady-day the notice must be given at Michaelmas reqoiring 

 you to quit next Litdy-day. 



SEEDLrNG Gladiolus iJ. P. Sharp^.—The flower is handsome, but 

 many are like it, and many superior. 



Value of Trees (Oa/:?<:!/).— No one can possibly value trees of which 

 he neither knows the names nor the condition. 



Instructioxin Garden-ikg [Flora). — We should decidedly sayaUhongh 

 you have been more than five years in the various departments 

 of gardens. Go to the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden at Chiswick, 

 for a year or two, study hard, and compete for honours. A diploma of 

 intelligence is a great advantage, if it is not trusted to and made to 

 stand in the place of constant uninterrupted attention to alt details ot 

 practice. Of course, we answer this in the hope you are able to go to 

 the Society, as in many cases the going will involve a temporary sacrifice. 

 Plan Disqualified (FT. S.). — The design of a house and walled garden, 

 but no g.ite or opening by which to gain admission, we think was properly 

 disqualified. What would you say of the design for a house in which the 

 architect had forgotten that an entrance door is needed ? 



Forming a Musheooji Bed (.f^ir-'cus).— Your proposed plan of pre- 

 paring your stable dung for a Mushroom bed will answer well. Do not 

 use it too wet, as then it will heat violently ; nor too dry, as then it will 

 impoverish the Mushrooms, but in a medium state, neither wet nor dry; 

 and be sure the beat is not too strong after spawning, never more than 

 miUtwarm. 



PoT-BouND Myrtles (Tdem^. — Pot the Myrtles at once, rubbing off s 

 little of the outside of the balls, by using the fingers and a pointed stick, 

 and thus get rid of a lot of the old soil without much injuring the roots. 



Orchard-house Plaktikg (.J Young Gardener). — As your back wall 

 is now planted with Peaches, J^c, and you intend having Vines 5 feet 

 apart, planted in an outside border, we do not think you will obtain 

 good results long in the border inside the house, more especially as Vines 

 are already planted there. Trees in pots would occupy the spaces before 

 the Vines tilled up. For your outside border, as the wall is 2 feet in heigbt, 

 we would remove the soil to a depth of a foot, have a foot of drainage* 

 and fill up with loamy soil, half a ton of boiled bones, and three loads o£ 

 lime rubbish. Write again if we have not met yonr case. 



Weight of a Eujtch of Grapes (C P.). — No general answer can ba 

 given to your query. The bunches of the numerous varieties vary in size. 

 Speechly bad a bunch of the Syrian Grape weighing 2li lbs. A hunch of 

 the Trebbiano has been exhibited weighing more than 12.^ lbs. Bunches 

 of the Black Hamburgh should average 2 lbs. 



Cocoa-nut Fibre Refuse (J. K.). — If yon write to Messrs. Barsham, 

 Kingston-on-Thames, we think that they will forward what you require 

 by the Great Eastern Railway. 



Fungus on Pear Leaves (J. B. White).— The large rusty-brown patches 

 with rough papillated surface, are Roestellia cancellata, a parasitical 

 fungus, "rhey are said to be removable by dusting the leaves with flowers 

 of sulphur, and if this is repeated in any year they reappear, they may 

 be entirely prevented. 



Peach Tiiees in Pots (Somersei).— It is likely that your vigorous 

 Peach trees will have better-flavoured fruits when their growth is less 

 luxuriant. The stock influences the scion, and the scion the stock, but 

 there is no correct theory on the subject, as the results are not according 

 to any rule. 



Grafting Peaches— Meredith's Aucante Grape (7<;<m).— The beat 

 time to graft Peaches is in February and March, when in an orchard 

 house. It is as well to have a little bit of the two-year-old wood at the 

 bottom of the scion. Whip or side-grafting is as good as any. Budding 

 can ba done at any time, when the bark opens and good buds can ba 

 obtained, generally in July and August. Meredith's Alicante Grape is 

 sweet, has a fine aroma when fully ripe, and then it has a jet black colour. 

 It requires a good heat. 



Pine Pit (Southerner'. — Under the circumstances we would have pre- 

 ferred a lean-to roof, but have no objection to the hipped ono you pro- 

 pose, nor to the plan of getting more room by digging out a path in front 

 of the present wall. In either case the bed should be from 30 to 3G inches 

 from the glass, and that will give you a criterion as to the height of tho 

 roof. This will do for good stubby plants. For large ones of the Provi- 

 dence kinds you will need more room. For stubby plants you must reckon 

 from 21 to 30 inches, plant from plant ; for young plants one-half or one- 

 third of that distance. You can thus calculate the number you will want, 

 according as yon buy fruiting or merely young plants. For general cul- 

 ture nothing is better than the Ripley Queen, and to that may be added 

 a few of the Smooth Antigua, the Black Jamaica, and the Providenco 

 for size. 



