December 24, 1BC8. 1 



JOURNAL 0* HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



485 



into a drier, wanner atmosphere the green fly will soon find 

 them ont. 



Hoses. — It is time that all (rosli plantations were made, but 

 we have some to plant, and cannot do so, as the ground ie far 

 too wet to enable us to do the work neatly, and planting when 

 the ground is too wet is as bad as digging stiff soil in spring 

 when it is too wet. After planting, it is best to defer pruning 

 nntil the buds begin to swell, but if the shoots are long, a piece 

 may be taken off the points, and the rather close pruning be 

 left until the buds swell. Leaving the shoots thus longer helps 

 the making of fresh roots earlier. Some of the hardier Koses, 

 as the Damask, Trovence, and the more robust Perpotnals, may 

 be pruned, but all the more tender kinds should be left until 

 the spring. Teas, and the tender Noisettes, i-c, if not taken 

 np should be protected with litter over the roots, and green 

 twigs, fern, or straw, fastened lightly over the heads. If 

 against walls, they will generally be safe enough with a few 

 thin evergreen branches placed securely against them. They 

 are well worth this little extra trouble, and if on their own 

 roots, which is the best way, a little dry litter may be fastened 

 over the surface of the ground. Placed Tea Roses, Perpetnals, 

 and others in pots in a slight bottom heat, in a pit, along with 

 Deutzias, Weigelas, &c., and put a lot taken from the open 

 ground without any preparation into a slight hotbed out of doors. 



This is a plan that can easily be adopted by anyone who can 

 command a few barrowloads of tree leaves, or other fermenting 

 material. Most of the plants we thus use would otherwise 

 have been grubbed up, and we have often been as successful 

 with them as with those grown in pots all the summer. In 

 taking them up, we like to secure a good number of roots, 

 caring little whether these roots are long or short. By twisting 

 or otherwise, we put them into as small pots as they can be 

 squeezed into, using rich sandy loam well firmed for the pur- 

 pose. These plants, plunged into such a mild hotbed iu the open 

 air, and the pots just covered at first, and then covered a little 

 deeper as the heat declines, will generally be tolerably well 

 supplied with fresh roots iu from a month to six weeks, whilst 

 the bads on tho shoots will scarcely be beginning to swell more 

 than ordinarily. After the root feeders are thus secured, the 

 pots may be moved to a forcing pit, a hothouse, or even a 

 window or a greenhouse, but the slight hotbed would be best, 

 with plenty of air at first. We have had the plants doing well 

 in a greenhouse. Most shrubs, deciduous or evergreen, may be 

 treated successfully in the same way. In fact, we treat them 

 much as we would do a bulb, secure roots before wo attempt to 

 bring the flower stem much into excitement. Often when we 

 could not procure bulbs when we wanted them, we have hurried 

 them on after potting in a similar way, plunging the pots iu a 

 mild hotbed, and leaving the tops of the bulbs, exposed with 

 only a few dry leaves over them in the case of frost. As soon 

 as the roots nearly filled the pots, these pots were transferred 

 to a hotbed or forcing pit, taking care to give plenty of air at 

 first. Bulbs so treated we have had in fine bloom a month or 

 sis weeks earlier than it would have been safe to have forced 

 those potted and placed in a cool, dark place in the usual way. 

 Bear in mind, that with unprepared fresh-lifted shrubs, as well 

 as with bulbs, you force successfully only when you have secured 

 roots to meet the wants of the swelling flower i^u^g^andjgtowing 

 flower stems.— R. F. ','1'\ "'. 



TEOETABLES. 



Artichokes doz. S 



AHpiirncus 100 10 



Hcans, Kidney per bd. 2 



ISeut, lied doz. 2 



Broccoli bundle 1 



Bras. Hprouts ?jBieve 2 



Cabhape doz. 1 



Caiisieums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cftullflower doz. ?• 



Celery bundle 1 



Cucumbers ench 



E^udiTu doz. 2 



Feuuol bunoh 



Oarlio lb. 



ITerba buneb 



Uorseradieb .. bundle 8 



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Leekn bunch 



I^ettnce per ecore 



MnBbroomB .... pottle 

 Mustd.& Crene, punnet 

 Onions . . . .per bushel 



Parsley per sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas per quart 



Potatoes bnsbel 



Kidney do. 



Radisbes doz. bunches 



Kbnbarb bundle 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bnsbel 



Tomatoes per doz. 



TamipB bunch 



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 4 too 6 

 2 4 



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TRADE CATALOGUE RECEIVED. .; -v m 



James Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, King's Roa^, 

 Chelsea, S.W.^Cataloi/ue of Garden and Floii-er -SVct/s, Horii. 

 cultural Implements, etc., for 18(59. With one Coloured Plate. 



. -■ -^ i'-A ; .liiObW -'.11 10 d'lC. 



COVENT GARDEN MARTOST.-^IJecember Taf 



Qenebaz. supplies abundant, with scarcely any variation in prices, the 

 only active trade being in the various evergreens us,ed for decoration. 

 Of these there is no scarcity, as may well be supposed iu the present 

 open season. '• ''-^-''^'' 



ApptoS v..if.. ^a!eic 



ApriobtB doz. 



CEeniea lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 10 



Ottrranta ^jeie;e 



Black do. 



Figs doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs lb. 



Gooseberries . . quart 

 Grapes, Hothouse, .lb. 

 Lemons 100 



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MeIon8,i.».fj',..^|Bao1i 2 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges ..100 *J 



Peaches doz, 



Pears (dessert) ..dcz. 2 



Pine Apples lb. '.i 



Plums l^ sieve 



Qninces doz. 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries., per lb. 



Walnuts bush. 10 



do per ICO 1 



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TO CORRESPONDENTS . 



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 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 bo addressed toUly to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, <£c., 171, Fleet 

 Street, London, E.C. 



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

 week. ■ .. j/.i ,^ ■ J.:. -.., 



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Books (T. rroctol.—KeaiiB'a "In-door. Gardening," which yon can, 

 have free by post from our office if you eucloso twenty postag:o stamps 

 w ith jour address. 



DiRKCTioN (E. S. B.).— The direction is 24, Bonverie Street, Fleet 

 Street, Loudon. 



Meloh ApptE (Duprc).~-Yon are quite correct in stating that this is_a 

 moKt superior des.sert Apple, but we were no less correct in statiup; that it 

 is all that a culinary .\pple should be. When in a boiled puddin;; its flesh 

 becomes a complete pnlp, with a flavour and perfume unsurpassed by 

 those of any other Apple. 



Barbarea vulgaris varieoata (A Lndy, Somera€UhiTc).—^'a have 

 had so many applications for information where this can be obtained for 

 winter (,'arden decoration, that any nurseryman who has it would find it 

 remunerative i( he advertised it. Wo cannot trouble " Ayrshire Gae- 

 DEN'ER '' on the subject. 



MADRESFlEtD Co0BT Grapb (North of Irclanii aardrner).— The de- 

 scription of this Grape in the " Florist and Pomologibt." is quite correct. 

 There is in that periodical a coloured portrait of a full-sized bunch. 



Zonal PELARGO>fiuiiis FOE Winter Blooming (Runh).— To flower well 

 ill -winter the Pelargoniums you name require a temperature of from 

 45° to 50= at night and In dull days, and ought not to be in small pots, 

 but should have been shifted into larger ones as soon as those they were 

 in became full of roots, keeping them well stoppcl until August, so as 

 to produce compact plants, and then allowing them to advance for bloom. 

 As you wish tlie plants to flower in March, wc would shift them now into 

 pots a size larger, afford a light, airy position near the glass, koepinff 

 them gently growing, and by increasing the temperature to 40 or 50^ 

 about the middle of February, they will bloom in a month or sis weeks. 

 They should have an abundance of air, and be kept carefulUy watered ; 

 avoid making the soil too wet. For blooming at the time named the 

 shoots most not uow be stopped. The old plants are not good for winter 

 blooming. They will not bloom well nntil April. 



Watering Kalosanthes and Fuchsias in Winter (W.ia).— The Ka- 

 losanthes ought to bo kept in a light, dry, and airy situation, and no 

 water given except to prevent them from flagging. The Fncheias, if 

 young phints, should be similarly treated, the object being to keep them 

 slowly growing. Old plants of Fuchsias may receive no water during the 

 winter, providiug the wood is not permitted to shrivel. They will do in 

 any place secure from frost, if kept dry, and not unduly excited by heat 

 without affording at the same time light and moisture. 



Planting Vines IK. S.).— Yonr Vhios. seven years old, which have 

 been cut back end trained this season with one good strong shoot, wilt 

 be suitable for plonting out iu the greenhouse. Wo have planted Vines 

 when their shoots were 2 or 3 inches in length, but it has been from pots 

 and young canes. In your case we would take up the Vines early in 

 March if they are to be planted outside, carefully preserving all the roots 

 possible, and at once plant, spreading out the roots, and covering with 

 from S to G inches of rotten turf. If the Vines arc to be plsntcd inside, 

 xv(^ would at once take them np and plant, keeping the house cool, end 

 not watering them until March. They ought to be at once pruned to the 

 IcDgtb required. ,, , 



QujcKLi-GBowiNO Evergreen (IL S. S., Woodoatc).—ln,youi soil we^.., 

 think Berberis aquifolium would onswer your purpose. ^■.. 



Hays's Patent Stove.— Wo cannot tell you where you can obtain fael,^ 

 It was peat charcoal we believe. There is now no agent for its sale, we 

 believe. 



TACsnNfAiMoLT.TS3TMA KOT Flowbkiko U. F.) —We think if you were 

 to keep your plant drj- at tho roots during the winter, or after it had made 

 a good giowtu. and were to well harden it off by giving an abundance of air, 

 it w<,uld flower well. Perhaps the roots have unlimited room, and on that 

 account the growth is strong. Your only plan will be to allow the shoots 

 a con-esponding amount of room with tho roots, or confine the latter 

 within suiallcr limits, training the shoots not very closely together, but 

 so as to be clear of each other, and not further from the glass than. 

 n inches— better 6 inches. Encourage the plant to make a good growth. 



