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JOURNAL OF nOKTIOULTDEE AND COTTAGE QAKDENER. 



425 



plant 80 as to deserve its thanks, for, like a child, it has not 

 learned deception, but will look bright or gloomy just ae it is 

 considerately and intelligently used . — 11. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— Diui.mbku 2. 



A VERY free supply of EnpHwh Pine Apples is coming in now, also Romo 

 very pood ones from St. SlicluierB, chiefly of tho Smooth Ciiy onno variety. 

 VeffelablcB are iilf^o plentiful nud of KCO'I quality, tho Brocco li especially ; 

 but wo hnvo a very iaditTeront report to mako of PotatocH generally. 



FRUIT. 



S. d. B. 



Apples M sieve 1 6to2 



Apricota doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 10 



CniTADts y< sieve 



BUck do. 



Fipg doz. 



FUberts lb. 9 



Cobs lb. 9 



GooBOborries ,. quftrt 



Grapes, Hothouse.. lb. 3 



Lemons 100 4 



Melonff each 2 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges 100 4 



Peaches doz. 



Pears (dcflsort) .. doz. 2 



Pine Apples lb. !l 



Plums Ji sieve 



Quinces doz. 



Kaspberrios lb. 



Strawberries .. per lb. 



Walnuts bush. 10 



do per 100 1 



d. s. 

 OtoB 

 



9 



6 

 5 

 

 1 

 

 

 13 



a 6 



VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes doz. 



Asparagus 100 



Beans, Kidney }{■ sieve 



Beet, Ked doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Bma. Sprouts J^j sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bnnch 



Canliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucuuibera each 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bnnch 



Horseradish .. bundle 



B. d. B. d ! 



8 0to6 

 





 3 



2 



1 



2 

 1 

 



Leekfl bunch 



Lettuce .... per score 

 Mushrooms .... pottle 

 Mustd.& Cress, punnet 

 Onions ....per bushel 



Parsley per sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas per quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney de. 



Radiehes doz. bnnchos 



Rhubarb Iiundle 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes... . per doz, 

 Tomips bnnch 



d. s 



4 too 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



••* We request that no one will write privately to tbetlepart- 

 raental writers of the "Journal of Horticulture, Cottage 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By bo doing they 

 are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and expense. All 

 communicationB should therefore he addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, <&c,^ 171, fleet 

 Street, London, E.G. 

 "We also request that correspondents will not mix n|>on the 

 earae sheet questions relating to Gardening and those on 

 Poultry and Bee subjects, if they expect to get them an- 

 swered promptly and conveniently, but wiite them on 

 separate communications. Also never to send more than 

 two or three ques-tions at once. 

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

 week. 

 Books (Hairi/V— "The Modern Pcnch-Pruncr," by Brchaut, 3^-. &d.; 

 "Heatint!,' by R. Fish, Pr/. ; "The Cnttage Gardencrb' Dictionary," 

 B.*!. Grf. ; and Johnpon's " Science and Practice of Gnrdpning," 3s. You 

 can have them free by post from this office if you send in stamps, with 

 your addrcs?, for the first, 8?. 8(i. ; for tho second, 7'^. ; for the third, 

 Is. 2d. ; and f'^r the fourth, Ss. id. {A. 7i.).— Loudon's " Hortus Britauni- 

 cus" states the Latin nameg of planty. The "Cottage Gardeners' 

 Dictionary" states the names of all worth cultivating. 



Gkeen Gage near a Town' (J. ^.).— It is this variety, and not Plums 

 generally, that is spoken of in the passage you mention. 



Mahaleb Cherry Stock (A Header). — The Mahaloh stock is a species 

 of Cherry (Cerasua Mahalcb), and is raised from KucUcrs, layers, and by 

 aov.ing the stones. It is used as a stock for the Cherry because it dwarfs 

 the trees, and on that account is very de&irable, as the trees, as buehes 

 and pyramids, can be grown in a small space, and they come into hearing 

 much earlier than those on the wild C'heriy stock. 



|t> Forming Pvramid Cheery Trees (Wem). —Commencing with a 

 maiden plan*^, the head should be taken olT at 13 inches above the point of 

 union of the graft and stock. This will cause the production of side 

 shoots, the uppermost of which is to be trained as a leader, and all the 

 others should have their points taken out as soon as they have made 

 six leaves, commencing with the strongest and ending with the 

 vrealtest; when the shoots push again, take ont their points at the third 

 leaf. The leader may he stopped when it has grown lil inches, and it will 

 push one or more shoots. One is to be trained as a leader, and tlie others 

 should have their points taken out at the third lefif. In winter the leader 

 should bo cut back to within about 15 inches of the last stopping, and 

 any of the side shoots that are irregiilar may be shoitened so as to have 

 the tree widest at bottom and gradually tapi r.ug upwards. As respects 

 the leadtr the treatment is the same in tlie following year, and afterwardp, 

 until the desired beiRht cf tree is attiiined, and the side shoots are 

 allowed to make shoots with Fix leaves ; then take out their points, 

 Iteeping them closely pinched-in afterwards to one or tM'o leaves. Care 



must bo taken to Ftnp so as to form a perfect cone <it pyramid, encourag- 

 ing the shootn in tho iiollow plncts, nnd not Ntopping thetn uijtil they are 

 of cijunl length with the otherP, and when they are too prominent pinch 

 more cloSely. Pyramids on tho Mahaloh Htock may be planted 4 feet 

 apart, so that 'J-lTI will bo required to plant an aero. At that dit^tancc 

 biennial lifting is not necesMary, but it will auHwer very well. We plant 

 ourH 6 fuet apart, and only move thi-n when they become too vigoroup, 

 which is about every third 'year. At feet apart 1210 trees arc reriiiired 

 for planting an acre. 



Climbers for Fernery (Subaeriber). — If you are erecting a fernery 

 at the back of a wall which will give tho fernery a north aspect, few 

 climbers will succeed in such a house, as it will not receive much snn. 

 We can, however, recommend Lapageria rosea for tho roof, and tho back 

 wall we would have made to hold plants, and plant some of the Davaliiae, 

 as D. dissccta, I), cauariensis ; iJrynaria pustulata, Acrophorus hispidns, 

 Ncphrolepis tuherusa, Niphoholus rupestris, Plalycerium alcicorne, which 

 will grow if properly supplied with moisture ; and their rhizonifrs grow 

 over the wall, being very pretty if intermingled with Selaginella denti- 

 culata. Lygodium scandens is a liandsome climbing Fern, and will suc- 

 ceed in a groenliouso temperature, and so will those named. Vou could 

 not introduce flowering plants into such a house advantageously. 



Sowing Seeds from Australia (A. ilf. r.).— The seeds shi^;uld he sown 

 at tho end of Feliruaiyor beginning of March, in sandy peat two paris, 

 and one part liglit turfy loam, covering them with soil equal in thiekncss 

 to the thicknets of the seed". Place them in a hotbed, pluuge the pete 

 to the rim, and maintain a temperature at bottom of about 76 or 80^, 

 and a top heat of from G5' to 70^, with a rise from sun heat. They should 

 be kept close and moist, hut without making the soil very wet, until the 

 Plants appear, then give air and keep them near the glass. When largo 

 enough tu handle pot singlv in small pots, and forward them in the frame 

 until cataMished, then harden them ofl' and remove them to a light airy 

 gituation in the greenhouse, where they will succeed admirably. 



Grapes not Colouring {l>l/'m).—The cau«o of your Grapes not colour- 

 ing well is probably the abundant crop. Overcropping is generally the 

 cause of want of colour in Grapes, and in your case we think the sole 

 cause. 



Trentham Black Grape f7?^a^fr).— There is no discrepancy in the 

 opinions; it does keep woU under favourable circumstances, in some 

 places and reasons better than the Black Hamburgh, but in others not BO 

 well. Lady Downe's and White Tokny will succeed well in a cool vinery 

 if heat be given at the time of their blooming and of the Grapes stoning 



Pruning Vines (A gncn).—\ our young Vines newly planted ought to be 

 pruned now to the lieiglit you require them to bo in order to extend 

 through the wall, and up the front lights to within about 15 inches of 

 the roof. The shorter you prune them the more vigorously they will 

 start next year, bnt the canes ought to reach as high as the bottom of the 

 front lights. Fur planting out we prefer Vines one, and not more than 

 two vearsold from the eye, good strong canes that have not fruited, the 

 younger the better ; but wo sec no oVgection to yours, they will, no dnnbt, 

 do very well unless they have been fruited in pots for two or three yeare, 

 and then they do not answer so well as plantb of one year's growth. 



Melons and Peaches for June ( Tf. U'. C.).— The seeds of the Melons 

 should be sown early in February (Hrst week), and grown on in a good but 

 not too strong heat. Peaches should be started at the same time, bnt 

 the house ought to have been kept at about 40- for a fortnight previously, 



Jasminum guanditlorum Flowf.rs Falling (Dilemma).— We think 

 the flowers full prematurely from the plant not having enough water at 

 the root, and from the house being kept too close and moist. Give more 

 air, and keep the plant well supplied with water. The flowers at best are 

 not of long continuance individually, though they quickly succeed each 

 other, and the pl.iuts in that way continue a long time in bloom. 



Preparing Ground for Roses (A Coplcj Cottage Gardencr).~Vfe 

 would advise you to trench the ground at once 2 feet deep, bringing some 

 of the lighter soil to the top, and mixing it with the surface soil, which 

 you say is very stiff. Digging now cannot make it more adhesive, bnt 

 exposure to frost will pulverise it, nnd you may make it more friable by 

 adding Baud. In trenching throw it in ridges, and as ruuglily as possible 

 so as to expose it to frost. If you cannot obtain sand, ashes will answer 

 the purpose of making it more optn. The manure you name will not be 

 suitable, but you may mix it with soil, and let it lie for twelve months, 

 turning it over once or twice during the summer, and in the autumn or 

 winter it will be a good manure for Roses, and excellent for top-dre=f ing 

 Strawberries. Of course, tho ground will he made more close and mud- 

 like by digging it in wet weather. Chose dry weather, or dry for the 

 season. 



Select Hoses for Pots (Dilemma).— Hjihrld Perpetual : Madame 

 Vidot, Charles Lefebvrc, Senateur Vaiasc, Caroline de bansal, Jules Mar- 

 gottin, Madame Boutin, Lord Macaulay, Buronne Prevost, John Hopper, 

 and Due de Rohan. Tea-sccntcd : Devoniensis and Gloire de Dijon. 



Pear Branch Split {Inquirer).— Bhid up the split part with bast 

 matting shreds, and cover the whole of the binding with clay, as in graft 

 ing. If a Et'^ke be driven firmly into the ground bo that the whole tree 

 and especially that branch can be kept from being wind-shaken, the 

 healing will be promoted. If you eneloso five postage stamps with vonr 

 address, and order " Fruit Giudening for the Many," it will be sent to 

 you fiee by post from this oflice. 



Golden Queen Melon.— We are sorry to hear from Mr. O. Taylor, 

 that he has Deen inundated with applications for seeds of this Melon in 

 consequence of his offering a few to one correspondent. He has none left 



Repotting Camfllias and Azaleas (E. .S.).— When Camellias and 

 Azaleas are well eslablit-hed, they will do very well without potting for 

 several years, merely fresh-surfacing them. We prefer that to too fre- 

 quent potting. Potting every year will not hurt them if done judiciously. 



Watering a Vinery Border (A. U.).— We would water the inside 

 Vine border with water at 6j before beginning to force. The quantity 

 of water must depend on the dryness of -the soil, and the time for a re- 

 petition on the character of the season. 



Vines Ovi:r-forced (G. H. G.).— The Vines that have been forced so 

 hard and made weak, would be the better of being forced less, pruned 

 more, and of stronger growth being encouraged. The roots that have 

 come so liberallv from the Vine etems, show cither that the house was 

 kept moist and the border rather dry, or that there was something the 



