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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



t October 22, 1868. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— Ocjtober 21. 



The cold weather has somewhat checked our supplies, but prices hnve 

 uot advanced. A fair amount of busiiiesa has been done during the past 

 week, and we may look forward to some improvement. Dutch Ham- 

 burgh Grapes ore still very good, and good samples of hothouse Grapes 

 are easily to be obtained ; out-door Grapes have also been well-ripeued 

 this season. 



FEUIT. 



Apples % BleTO 1 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



d. B. d 



6to2 





 



Chestnuts boah. 10 16 



Oarrants % sieve 



Black do. 



Figa doz. 



FilbertB lb. 9 10 



Cobs lb. 9 10 



Gooseberries ..quart 



Grapes, Hotboaae. .lb. 2 5 



16 



Lemons 100 10 



s. d. B d 



Melons each 2 0to5 ti 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges 100 8 12 



Peaches doz. 10 15 



Pears (dessert) ..doz. 2 



Pine Apples lb. 4 



Plums 3^ sieve 4 6 



Quinces doz, 9 16 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries., per lb. 



Walnuts bnsh. 10 IS 



do per 100 1 2 6 



VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes doz. 



Asparagus 100 



Beans, Kidney }^ sieve 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Bms. Sprouts % sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Cairota bunch 



Canliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cncmnbers each 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bonch 



Horeeradisb . . bundle 



R. d. e. 



3 0to6 

 

 3 4 



Leeks bnnoh 



Lettuce .... per score 

 Mushrooms .... pottle 

 Mu8td.& Cress, punnet 



Onions per bushel 



Parsley per sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas per quart 



8 Potatoes bushel 



! Kidney do. 



I Radishes lioz. bnnches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Sea-kale basket 



, Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes per doz. 



I Turnips bunch 



2 

 

 5 

 8 

 

 

 4 

 4 

 1 

 

 



8 

 2 



1 fl 

 6 



4 

 8 

 

 

 4 

 1 





 6 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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 

 communicationa should therefore be addressed solely to 

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

 Street, London, E.G. 



Ctclahen CtTLTORE (EdmuT,d).~ln Nos. 237, 288, and 239 a faU detail 

 18 given. You caa have them free by post from our office if you enclose 

 twelve postage stamps with your address. You can also have " In-door 

 hardening and " Out-door Gardening" for forty postage stamps. They 

 contain a full calendar for every week in the year. 



Removtog Trees (G. K.).— You cannot leRnlly remove the frmt trees; 

 bnt as yon say the landlord does not oppose " the removal, why ask the 

 qnestion ? If you merely mean that he does not know you wish to re- 

 move them, you had better ask his permission. 



Tricolor PELARooNitJM Cut Down (J. 3/.).--Tbo Tricolor Pelargo- 

 nram will very likely break, but not so freely as it would have done had 

 the top remained on it. If the top exhibits any symptoms of varica- 

 Uon, If the cutting is struck it will be sure to throw out variegated 

 breaks. Even if there is no sign of variegation, it may throw off varie- 

 gated breaks towards the middle or end of next summer, if the plant 

 from which the top has been taken shows any variegation at the base. 



Pears AS PyRAarros (An Amatcur).~A5 you wish to grow your Pear 

 trees in the psranud form, procure them grafted on the Quince. By this 

 way yon wiU have good epeciraons of the varieties you mention. The 

 ^^endid fruit^ budded on the Mahaleb makes a pretty tree, and produces 



Black Hamburoh Grapes (JTaf^l.-The bunch of Black Hamburgh 

 Grapes you have sent is of excellent quality, and the flavour of the 

 oerriee is very good. 



•..?i't?^^^^^^f^^ ^'^^ OMSu&5cn-6fr).-The spawn about the size of 

 peas may be taken up, dried, stored in drv sand, and kept in a drv cool 

 place free from frost until planting time in March. Or the spawn, on 

 i.^£?P' "^'^^ ?® potted in small pots, plunging these in a cold pit in 

 coal ashes and keeping them dry and from frost over winter. We think 

 the latter the batter plan. 



»,«?°.ff3^^J^ (Fan- i'/(it/).-We are very glad that you find Sheffield is 

 nox the hombly dusty and smoke-bogi-imed place," which Mr. Wills 

 representedit to be ; and we shall be verv pleased to insert a communi- 

 cation showmg how well plants can be made to grow there, but we cannot 

 spare a column merely to testify that Sheffield is not so smoky and dirtv 

 as are Manchester and the Staffordshire Potteries. 



PELABOOSitTM CuTTiNGS (J. G. D.).-Cuttings Strike more safely and 

 Speedily if inserted round the sides of the pots than when placed in the 

 centre. The cuttings when struck succeed better potted-off in small 

 pots ; and when these are full of roots repotting in others of larger size 

 as often as the roots fill the pots, will prodnce fine plants. Oulv a small 

 Shift should be given each time. The plants and cuttings taken into 

 your sitting-room will winter more safely if potted in sandy poor soil 

 rather than in nch compost. They should be kept dry, no water being 

 given so long as the leaves keep from flagging, and in spring when thev 

 De gin to grow repot in richer compost, and encourage with liberal water- 

 ings. It 13 not advisable to encourage growth in winter, for that is their 



per'od of rest. To insure bushy plants you must stop them in spring 

 when they bepin to grow, or cut them down to within 3 or 4 inches of 

 the soil, though the plants are better if merely the points of the shoots . 

 are taken out when they are young to induce the production of Bide 

 shoots near the soil. 



Sowing Pelargonium Seed {E. McDonnell). —Mv^vm^ no better place 

 than a small frame which you can place in a south window, you will not 

 do any good by sowing the seed now, but will probably lose the plants 

 from damp in winter. Wo advise you to sow the seed next March, in a 

 small pot — say, G inches in diameter, or one that the glass will cover, and 

 place the seed-pot in a pot of larger size, filling up with crocks so as to 

 bring the rims to one levc'. Fill the space between the pots with small 

 crocks, and at the top with silveV sand. The glass should then be set on the 

 sand between the pots, and the soil being kept moist the plants will soon 

 appear. To keep them dwarf they must have air by raising the glass a 

 little on one side, increasing the opening as the plants increase in 

 prowth, and removing the glass by degrees. This Mill Rive you plants 

 t-nrliur than by sowing in the frame out of doors; indeed, by sowing in 

 the window the plants will be fit to pot-off by the time the seed should bo 

 sown in the frame — namely, in May. 



Wintering Variegated Pelargoniums in an Outhouse (E. M. B.). 

 — Your house will answer for wintering all the Pelargoniums you name, 

 except Cloth of Gold, which we fear will not winter safely. The plants 

 should have poor light soil, and no water should be given except a little 

 occasionally to keep the wood from shrivelling. In mild weather and fine 

 days open the doors wide, but shut up before the air becomes cold. It 

 would be very desirable to hang in front of the plants mats from the roof 

 to the ground when severe weather occurs. The plants should not bo 

 taken out until May ; but when they begin to grow they ought to be 

 placed nearer the door and have water, increasing it in proportion to the 

 growth. The door should bo open, after the plants begin to grow, when- 

 ever the atmosphere is not frosty, for they must then have light and air. 



Shrubs and Trees for a SnRUBBERy (Belinda).— Wq suppose yoii 

 wish for evergreen shrubs, and we recommend Aueuba japonica, Berberis 

 aquifolium, Berberis Darwinii, Cotoneaster Simmonsii, Ilex ferox (gold 

 and silver variegated), I. balearica, I. angustifolia, and the gold and 

 silver-edged Hollies, Double-blossomed Furze, and Vihni-num tinus. Of 

 trees, such as Pines, have Pinus austriaca {the best of all for shelter), 

 P. cunibra, and P. escelsa ; Juniperus virginiana, J. chinensis, Cupressas 

 Lawsoniana, Thujopsis borealis, Thuja Lobbi, T. plicata, Taxus adpressa, 

 T. baccata fructu-luteo, and Abies Douglasii. If you wish for deciduous 

 shrubs or trees we shall be glad to assist you. 



Select CAaiELLiAs, Heaths, and Epacrires {Suh»crihcr).~CamelHas : 

 Alba plena, Augiistina superba, Carlotta Papudoff, Benneyi, Fimbriata, 

 La Pace, Leopold L, Perfection, Mrs. Cope. Prince Frederick William, 

 Storyi, and Valtevaredo. Heaths : Hyemalis, McN'abiana superba, Massoni 

 major, Wilmorei superba, Scabriuscula, Rubracalyx, Sprengelil, Shannoni- 

 ana, Ilybrida, Fairrieana, Gracilis vemalis, and Andromed^eflora. These 

 will be likely to serve your purpose. Epacriscs : Lady Panmure, Rubella, 

 Viscountess Hill, The Bride, Hyacinthiflora, and Grandiflora rubra. 

 Other plants for winter and spring blooming iire Correa Brilliant, 

 Speciosa major, and Harrisi; Cytisus racemosus, Coronilla glauca. Cycla- 

 men persicum, C. Atkinsi.and C.coum ; Acacia armata, oleifolia elegans, 

 longiflora magnifica, and Drummondi ; Linum Macraei and L. trigjnum ; 

 Epiphyllum Russellianum and E. truncatura ; Luculia gratissima, Mono- 

 chatum ensiferum, and yon can hardly dispense with Azaleas and bulbs, 

 as Hyacinths, Narcissus, Tulips, and such plants as Dielytra spectabUis, 

 and Deutzia gracilis. Nothing can be finer for spring than Rhododen- 

 drons ; they are very easily forced, and are very useful for planting oat 

 afterwards in the borders. 



Lucerne Culture (An Amntcur).— It may be sown in April, in drills 

 1 foot apart, in clean, well-manured ground, and should be kept clean 

 and well manured. It succeeds best on dry, sandy, or calcareous soils. 

 Guano water would suit it, providing you give good soakings. It may bo 

 cut twice or thrice the first year, but is not in perfection until the second 

 yenr, when it may be cut four or five times. It will last many years if 

 well-manured after cutting. 



Mildew on Roses (Idem). — We never knew vitriolised water (blue 

 vitriol, or sulphate of copper), to fail. We know of no other remedy 

 beyond dusting with flowers of sulphur the parts aft'ected, keeping the 

 plants well fed with bone dust, superphosphate, and dung, and well sup- 

 plied with water in dry weather, both as to the roots and foliage. 



Dwarf Peas (If/('fa).— The best very dwarf Peas are Advancer, Bishop's 

 Long-podded, and Yorkshire Hero. 



Stonemason's Chips for Ferns (C. r.P.).— The sand and wast© from 

 the stonemasons will do for mixing with the compost for large, and also 

 small-growing Ferns. 



Scale on Azaleas— Wi>-TER-DRES3rNo Peach Trees and Vines 

 (A. B.). — The compound you name is not safe to apply to Azaleas, but 

 you may destroy the scale by syringing or dipping the plants in a solution 

 of Clarke's insect-destroying compound, 2 ozs. to the gallon, and at the 

 same strength it will be a good dressing for your Peach trees, also Vines. 

 Though this is the proper strength for plants in leaf, it may as a winter 

 dressing be used stronger— say 3 ozs. to the gallon, and is then safe, and 

 better than the customary coating with sulphur, &c. It will not injure 

 the buds or eyes. 



Removing Vine Leaves (Idevi).— Yon must not remove the leaves 

 until they are yellow or brown, and have begun to fall. They may then 

 be removed. Bear with the Vines, cleaning the house, however, as well as 

 you can for the reception of the plants. It is very desirable to clean the 

 house before the plants are housed. It is necessary the Vines should go 

 to rest of their own accord. The foliage is of value to them so long as 

 there is greenness in it. It is a month or more too soon to remove it. 



Grapes Shanking (W. H. i.).— The bunches have shanked. This la 

 usually caused by a deficiency of sap, and that may be occasioned by the 

 roots being deep and in a cold wet border. The want of a sufficiency of 

 foliage also tends to cause shanking. We know of no remedy except 

 securing efficient drainage of the border, and the encouraging of mora 

 foliage, which will give a more healthy root action, and a more plentiful 

 supply of sap. 



Pruning Black Currant Bushes (Buxton).— In pruning, the old wood 

 should be cut out, leaving sufficient bearing wood, and the young shoots 

 will, therefore, be encouraged, and these give the finest fruit, but unless 



