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JOUBNAL OF HORTICULTUBB AND COTTAGE GARDEKEB. 



[ Janoary 3, 1£G8. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— Jaxuart 1. 



RocoB articles of produce hava made a Blight advance ; bat all the 

 rest remain nearly the same. Pearn are now becominR rather scarce, 

 and comprise Glou Uorveau, Ne PIub Meiiris, and Crasanne. Good 

 deseert Apples are in better request. The Potato trade is stationary ; 

 some fine samples of Regents hava como to hand during the past week. 



FROIT. 



P. d. 



2 6t 

 U 



Apples J Bieve 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Ghestnnts bush. 8 



Corrants ^ aieve 



Black do. 



Figa doz, 



Fiiberts lb. 



Cobs lb. 



GooBeberriea . . quart 

 Orapes, Hothouse, .lb. 

 Lemons 100 



.Vrtichokes doz. 



Beans, Kidney ino 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Bms. Sprouts i sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicmns 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling .... doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



GarUo lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish .. bundle 



Melons each 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges 100 



Peaches doz. 



Pears (dessert) ..doz. 



Pine Apples lb. 



Plums J sieve 



Quinces doz. 



Raspberries 

 Strawberries . 



d. B. 

 Oto3 

 



.lb. 

 lb. 



Walnuts bush. 10 IS 



do per 100 1 1 



VEQETA.ELfi3, 



8. d. s. d 

 U OtoO 

 » 



8 

 8 

 2 6 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce .... per soore 

 Mashrooms .... pottle 

 Mustd.A Cress, punnet 

 Onions.... per bushel 



Parsley per sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



ShaUota lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes per doz. 



Turnips bunch 











2 



d. 8. d 



3 tod 

 1 6 

 3 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEFV^ED. 



James Yeitch &; Sous, Eoyal Exotic Nursery, King's Road 

 Chelsea. London, S.W. —Catalogue of Hardy Trees, Shrubs 

 Conifem, 6zc. —Catalogue of Garden and Flower Seeds. — Li&t of 

 Oladiolus. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



* ** We request that no one will write privately to the depart- 

 mental writers of the *' Journal of Horti cult are, Cottage 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman.*' By so doing they 

 are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and expense. Ail 

 communications should therefore be addressed soUly to 

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

 Street, London, 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- 

 Bwered promptly and conveniently, but write them on 

 separate communications. Also never to send more than 

 two or three questions at once. 



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

 week. 



SLaud.— Let us know where you wiah us to send. We reciprocate all 

 good wishes. 



Pbat Charcoal.— " ^ Suhseribpr" wishes to know how this can be 

 made, eo that he can use it in Hays's stove. We think that coke might 

 lie burnt in it if a chimney tube were attached to the .5tove. 



Fowler's Insecticide (A'.J.-It is advertised in our number published 

 on the 5th of December. 



HtTLLETT Again.—" The writer of this is one of those who had the ill 

 luck [indiscretion?! Inst sprinsr of purcbasin<j some of Mr. Hullett's 

 Chmeee Sugar Grass seed to the amount of 2j. Not a single blade came 

 Kp. Has any one heard of any coming up, or of a single success'.'— 

 H. C. S. Q." 



Burning Sulphcr to Destroy Insects (Q. ij.).— It is quite true that 

 to one correspondent we advised this and to anothrr deprecated the 

 practice; but each reply was justified bv the circnmstauces. In the one 

 the wood and buds of the Vines were well ripent^d and quite dormant ; in 

 the other the shoots of the fruit trees were not well ripened. In the 

 latter case we objected to the use of burning sulphur. 



Flueless Stoves (J. B.).~'So stove without a flue or chimney can be 

 used among plants. This has been proved frequently. Our correspon- 

 dent wishes to know if the Royal Vineyard Grape has been found to set 

 its berries well. 



Window Gaedenino {Easton Park).— 11 yon enclose ten postage stamps 

 with your address, and order " Window Gardening for tho Many," it 

 shall be sent to you post free from our office. 



Pruning Roses {J. Grcni. Guernsey) —" Three feet is closer than I 

 should have cut Anna Alexiefl" with 9-feet-loug shoots. Supposing the 

 plant to have live such shoots, I nhould have cut the fiva shoots to 6 feet. 

 5 feet, 4 feet, 3 feet, and 2 feet. It is uot good to cut such strong shoots 



of strong -(fro wing kinds very jhort; it only promotes strong and blind 

 growth. If the whole wood of any plant is bad, it is best to cut it down 

 and look out for better growths, otherwise I never cut down Roses on 

 the Manetti. Hoses on the Briar require to be pruned more or less closely, 

 according to their rate of growth, annually. The Manetti stock supplies 

 such tides of sap that it requires a good volume of wood ready to take it 

 off.— W. F. Radclyffb." 



Pbcnino Hybrid Perpetual Roseb (C. O.). — " You do not say whether 

 the Roses are on a Briar, on a Manetti stock, or on their ovm roots. It 

 they are on a Briar cut out all useless wood at once, and in March, wheo 

 the weather is mild, the main stems may be cut to two, three, or four 

 eyes, according to circumstances. Roses on the Manetti or on their own 

 roots may be thinned-ont now, and cut at once, or in March ; or they may 

 be allowed to form all their buds, and be thinned-out, and some of the 

 tree be cut back in May. All my ground plants are skeletonised, and will 

 want but little more cutting. I thin-out my bushes after blooming is 

 over to let in sun and air, to harden the bark, and to help to mature tho 



W00d.~W. F. liADCLYFPE." 



RosKs FOR North Front of a House {C. TV. it/".).— "The aspect being 

 north, the Roses must be hardy, grow quickly, and bloom freely. Th» 

 following would do well, I should think ■.—Crimson : G6n^ral Jacqueminot, 

 Madame Louise Carique. Yellow: Mademoiselle Aristide, called also 

 Madame Hchultz, a very strong grower, not very double, but the hardiest 

 ypUow known ; and Gloire de Dijon. Hose-coloured : Anna Alexieff and 

 Baronne Prevost. Cfrise : Jules Margottin. Dark Purple Crimson : Due 

 de Cazes.— W. F. Radclyffe." 



P^SES (OrnwAirA.-).— *' 1, Panach^e d'OrK-ans is a pretty, semi-double, 

 striped rose. 2, Ardoisee de Lyon, slaty crimson; a hard opener, worth- 

 less. 3, Madame Standish, a pretty, small, pale pink Rose. 4, Name not 

 readable ; if intended for Madame Desprez, it is lilac rose. 5. Madame do 

 Trotter is cherry rose, fine colour, but given to green eyes ; the plant is a 

 strong grower, and never blooms a second time. Cut it down, and bud 

 some favourite on the new stems. My finest Lord Macaulay ia on stems 

 of this variety. 6, Frederick II. js a fine crimson purple polo Rose, 

 Hybrid Bourbon, semi-double. 7, Baronne Hallez, deep red, much given 

 to mildew, for which cause I gave up it and Geant des Batailles. It ia 

 the best of the lot, and very fine. 8, Framjois Arago, crimson purple; 

 good. 9, Sulvator Rosa, red. 10, Richard Smith, semi-double, blooms in 

 large corymbs; a good and continuous bloomer, useful to cut up foe 

 bouquets ; it is crimson purple. Aa the Roses are in your garden, bloom 

 them all the next season, and you will see which will please you and 

 which should be discarded. 7 and 8 are all that are retained in select 

 catalogues. As we have no striped Hybrid Perpetuals I should select 1. 

 Pavilion de Pregny, a new Rose, is a very pretty, variegated, abundant- 

 blooming kind, adapted for garden ornamentation and bouquet purposes. 

 — W. F. Radclyffe." 



Notice to Leave (Sittingbournc).~~You ask, "What notice in general 

 should be taken by and given to a gardener living on the place and 

 pflid weekly, without any previous agreement as to notice ?" " Lining on 

 the place " does not give a clear idea If living in the house, though 

 paid weekly, a mouth's notice is generally given. If you live in a cottage 

 on the estate, and nut connected with the establishment, the fact of your 

 being paid weekly would make you, we presume, a weekly servant, and, 

 we think, you could not claim more than a week's notice, as nothing was 

 said on the subject at the time of agreement, otherwise it is usual in the 

 case of gardeners to give and receive a month's notice; but we have 

 known cases in which that notice was not given. There are rules of 

 courtesy, consideration, and kindness more binding than custom, and 

 they who break these rules will generally suffer for it. The gardener will 

 be wise not to err in this respect, however great the provocation. There 

 nre cases, also, where staying a month would be little better than a. 

 punishment. 



Bedding Annuals (A Cotta{jer).—Yon will find a full descriptive list is 

 our number 306, published on the 7th of last February. 



Young Vines Bleeding (W. F.).—The bleeding now when cut is owing 

 to the free growth, the good border, the action of the roots still, and 

 consequently the sap still in motion and no outlet by leaves. Allow tho 

 house to be cooled-down with a little frost, the border also to be expesed, 

 and in a few weeks you may prune without any risk of bleeding. If it 

 troubles you oven then, use Thomson's styptic. We once saw a vinery, 

 the Vines bleeding when cut at Christmas, and the leaves all off a montk 

 previously; but in this case the Vine borders bad been made late iu 

 spring, and so much grassy sods and bones had been used, that there 

 was a considerable heat in the border in November. 



Vines for Forcing (ilus(tcu-i). — You require fourteen, and we recom- 

 mend you to procure four Muscat of Alexandria, three Alicante, threa 

 West's' St. Peter's, two Muscat Hamburgh grafted on Black Hamburgh, 

 two Lndy Downe's. These are recommended on the supposition that yea 

 want to force Grapes lor a late crop. If you require them for early 

 forcing you cannot do better than have four Black Hamburgh, two Black 

 Prince, three Royal Miwcadiue, two Salamon'a Frontiguan, one Mrs, 

 Piuce's Black Muscat, one Black Frontignau, one Grizzly Frontignan. 



Dissolving Bones (T. M. iV.).— Put a layer, 1 inch deep, of broken 

 bones, and sprinkle caustic potash over them and among them; tha 

 potash can be mixed with the bones as they are put into the vessel where 

 they are to be dissolved. Caustic potash is not soda. It can be usually 

 bought at druggists' or drysalters'. It is rather dearer than washing soda. 

 Heating by Stove Flues (A Bucks Bee-kefper).—'Re!eT to some of 

 our back numbers, in which are answers to correspondents as to heating 

 by a stove's flues. We are not sure of the size of your small house; but 

 we have kept the frost of this season as yet out of an orchard house, 

 75 feet long, by means of an iron stove. Now, first, you will not succeed 

 by placing your iron stove either inside your house or outside the house 

 and taking a flue from it. either through the house or returning from 

 it ; but you may heat the bouse well by such a flue and a common iomace 

 placed outside the house, and in such a manner that the bars of the fur- 

 nace arc 15 inches at least lower than the bottom of your flue. If, for 

 your small house, you merely want to keep out frost, then your iron stoTO 

 set in the house will answer admirably, provided you have a horizontal 

 pipe from it not more than from 18 to 24 inches long, and then an uprght 

 pilie passing through the glass roof, which is most easily managed by- 

 placing a zinc square with a hole in it instead of n glass one ; or your 

 stove might stand against the back wall, and the pipe go through the 

 I wall. There need bo no trouble with smoke, dust, &c., if the directicus 



