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JOURNAL OF HORTICOLTUKE AND COTTAGE G.UIDENEB. 



117 



1. For emnll seeds sown on the surface, dust with srinj, 

 cover the pot with a square of glass, and keep it dark until the 

 seedUngs appear. 



2. For most seeds, have the pots within '.) to 12 inches of Uie 

 Rlass. Every seedling is a perfect plant, and, tlierefore, should 

 have nil the light possible to make it sturdy and strong. 



3. To secure economy of managomeut, we prefer now to have 

 cuttings from ir, to 20 inches from the glass. At that distance 

 they will scarcely need shading— a matter of importance, as the 

 more shaded cuttings are, the more they will lengthen upwards 

 without making roots downwar.ls. Diffused light is very dif- 

 ferent from shaded light. The first will not draw cuttings, the 

 latter will. The lirst, tlierefore, until roots are formed will 

 promote robustness, the latter will produce weakness.— K. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— FEimuAHY 5. 



SUPPLIES hero have Romowhat dirainishcd, iiud n rat-her better demand 

 soems springiufj up. (lood Enqlish Pears are becnniing scarce, and fine 

 French ones command a hifjh pi-ico. They comprise Easter }!enrrt', 

 Reurre do Kance. and Ne Plus Mexiris. Forced produce is much improved, 

 and the supply of French salading is excellent. 



Apples ^Bleve 



Apricots doz. 



Cherriea lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 



Oarrauts j sieve 



Black do. 



Fips doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs lb. 



Gooseberries . . quart 

 Grapes, Hothouse.. Ih. 

 Lemons 100 



Artichokes doz. 



Asparapiis 100 



Beans, Kidney 100 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Bru9. Sprouts i sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . bundle 



FTIUIT. 



8. d. R. d I S. 



a fito4 Melons each 2 



I Nectarines doz. 



I Oransjes 100 3 



8 14 I Peaches doz. 



i Pears (dessert) ..doz. 2 



I Pine Apples Ih. ' 



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Plums .J sieve 



I Quinces doz. 



I Raspbcrrios lb. fi 







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2 



I Quinces doz. 



I Raspbnrrios lb. 



I Strawberries lb. 



10 I Walnuts bush. 10 



8 12 1 do per 100 1 



VEGETABLES. 



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Leeks bunch 



Lettuce .... per score 

 Mushrooms .... pottle 

 Mustd.Jt Cress, punnet 

 Onions.... per bushel 



Parsley per sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. bunchoa 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes. . . . per doz. 

 Turnips bunch 





 

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TEADE CATALOGUES EECEIVED. 



Barr & Sugden, 12, Kinj* Street, Covent Garden, London, 

 W.C. — Descriptive Priced List of Choice Seeds for Flower and 

 Kitchen Garden. Illustrated Sheet of Elegancies^ with List of 

 Garden Requisites. 



Kichard Dean, Ealing, London, W. — Catalogue of Vegetable, 

 Farm, and Flower Seeds. Catalogue of New and Choice Veget- 

 able and Flower Seeds. 



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." Ly bo doing they 

 are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and expense. All 

 communications should therefore be addressed solehj to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture^ d;c., 171, Fleet 

 Street, London, E.C. 



"We also request that correspondents will not mis upon 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 send more than 

 two or three questions at once, 



Gahdeners' Examinations {J. <?.;.— Tbe Iloyrtl Horticultural Society 

 have two— viz., one at Midsummer, the other* in December. Of the 

 precise dates due notice will be given. 



Books (Hor(t«).— Loudon's " Hortus Eritannicus " with its supplements 

 gives the particulars you require, and the "Gardeners' Year Book " pub- 

 hshes annually descriptive Usts of the new plants, &q., introduced during 

 the previous year, Appleby's Orchid Manual you can have free by post 

 from our office if you enclose thirty-two postage stamps with your address. 



{H. C.).— The report can be had. wo believe, of Mr. C. Lo Fouvre, Book- 

 Heller, 18, Bcresfurd direct,. I erscy. {Jiroitifht njt a l'loiighbaii).-A\'c tiliould 

 advise TOur not undertaking too mucli nt once, nor studyint^ more than 

 one subject at a time. *' Tho Garden ^Iiinual " contains much valuable 

 information o:i practical gardening', and it may be had free by post from 

 our oilice for twenty postage stamps. Al:io the following' work.s free by 

 lM)st at the prices named : '• Out-door Gardening," U. iid. ; *' In-door 

 (ianlcnin;?," U. &il. Having inaHtercd tbcso thoroughly you may add 

 " Science and Practice of Gardening'." :U. lad, which will furnish you 

 with enough of the thcoiy of gardeniiig. The " Cottngo Gardeners' 

 dictionary," contains the popular and scientific names of plants ; th.at yon 

 t-liould have, and when you have mastered it, take Thompson's " Gar- 

 dener's Assistant.'' But to become thoroughly proficient you will need 

 Ixtuks treat ug on particular subjects ; for instance, to bo well acquainted 

 with fruit nomenclatm*e you must study sucth works as the "Fruit 

 Manual," and upon any subject respecting which you require very full 

 particulars, wor'KS treating solely on the iiubjoct miist be procured. You 

 will learn enough of botany and chemistry from '' CasscU's Popular 

 Educator." 



Potatoes on Clavey Sorii {F. Z-aiw).— Ridgo the grround; plant on the 

 top of the ridges during dry weather in March. Plant Hogg's Early 

 Coldstream. 



History oy Plants (C. TT.).— Allamanda Scliottii was introduced in 

 18i(i by Blessrs. Hendcrwon, it is a native of Brazil. Olerodendron 

 Thtimsona;, native of West (loa^t of tropical Afiica, sent thence by the 

 Kev. Mr. Thomson to the Edinburgh Botanic Garden in ISfil. Bou- 

 gainvillea spectabilis. native of Brazil and Pens, introduced in 1829, and 

 in ls44 it bloomed at Cbatsworth. 



Chinese Pri^ihoses (J. B.).— The flowers were all bruised by the post- 

 oflice punches. 



Patent (An Old SHbacrt&er).— Messrs. Kewton, Patent Office. Chancery ' 

 Lane, will send you particulars if you ^vrite to them. We warn every one 

 against patenting horticultural articles. 



SiinEWSBURY's Gas-heating Apparatus {A Suhxcriber, ITnU). — Mr. 

 Shrewsbury's auvcxtisement is in this Journal weekly. His direction is 

 "Wholesale Ironmonger, Lower Norwood. Surrey." Yon had better tell 

 him what sized house you wish to heat. You must have a tube to carry 

 the fumes from the bm-ut gas into ihe outer air. 



Salt for Mandp.e [E. E.).—I( yuu put 1 lb. on each square yard yon 

 would destroy all vegetation ; 1 lb. on ten S(iuare yards would be quite 

 enough. Apply it, and dig it in a month before you plant your Potatoes. 



HyuniDisiXG AM> Crossing (G. H. TV.).— We Icnow no work specially 

 devoted to this subject. It is noticed at some length in Johnson's 

 " Science and Practice of Gardening." 



Cotton [A. B. />.).— It can be grown in our glass structures of a quality 

 as good as that giowa in America. ^lajor Trevor Clarke, Weltoa Place, 

 near Daventry, has had great success in so cultivating it. 



Gesnera cinnaearina not Flowering {A.). — As your plants grow well 

 up to tlie blooiuing state, your treatment is good ; all ynu require is more 

 heat. They should have a light situation and a temperature of 60^ at 

 night and of from 7U^ to 75- by day at this season, but the temiierature 

 will, of course, be somewhat higher with sun and air. 



Rhododendron Bed (.Su&scrrfcer).— You may make and plant a bed of 

 Rhododendrons at almost any season, as the plants lift with such good 

 balls. We should prefer doing it before the close of April, and as early 

 after February as we could, in order to save watering. A depth of from 

 15 to 18 inches of soil is ample. 



Wall Trees Infested with Insects {Brought up a Plou(jhboy).—Yon 

 may wash the wall with brine and soft ^oap, 8 ozs. of the latter beiiig put d 

 evi;i-y gallon of bruie, and dissolved. The brine may be made by dissolvirg^ 

 2 lbs. salt in every gallon of water used. The solution should be applied to 

 the wall as hot as possible, wetting it thoroughly, using a brush as in white- 

 washing. From your description we should sayyour trees are iufested with 

 scale, to remove which dress the trees now with train oil, being careful to 

 brush it well into every crevice, and not to dislocate the buds, which it is as 

 well not to paint with the oil, unless thej are covered with scale. The in- 

 sects on the points of the shoots, and which make the leaves curl, aud these 

 and the fruit sticky and black, are some species of a])hi-s. which may be 

 destroyed by gyriiighig the trees upon a calm evening with tobacco juice 

 diluted with ten times its volume of water, 2 ozs. of soft soap being^ 

 dissolved in every gallon of the diluted tobacco water. The trees should 

 be thoroughly wetted in ever>- part, and well syringed two ereuings 

 afterwards with clear water. The trees ought lo be frequently syringed 

 with water during the insect attacks. It may be necessary to repeat 

 the syringing with the tobacco and soft soap solution. We cannot state 

 the cost of dressmg a wall and trees with the above. 



Centaurea CANDiDissoiA FROM Seed (C. M. C). — Centaurca argentea 

 and C. candidissima are the same. It is the best white-foliaped bedding 

 plant, and will do well t^ mix with Scarlet Pelarponiums. Plants from 

 seed sown now in a hotbed and kept in heat until May. will, when well 

 hardened-olT. be of tine size to plant out in June. The best way of pre- 

 venting plants damping-off in a heated pit is to take care that there is na 

 leakage or drip from tlic lights, to give no water beyond wliat is necessary 

 to keep the plants healthy, and to give abundance of air on all favour- 

 able occasions, a gentle Tire being employed even in mild periods to dry 

 up damp and promote a circulation of air. You cannot give too much 

 air if you only exclude frost. 



Keeping Scions for Grafting (M. 5.).— You may keep them with 

 their ends thrust in clay and half covered with soil'in a noi-th border, 

 (irafting wax is better than grafting clay, but the former is much more 

 lroublt!>ome and expensive. Grafting clay should have some cow dung 

 mixed with it, which keeps it from cracking. 



Plants not Thrfving (Sttbscriber) —It is veiy likely you have been 

 giving your plants too much heat. Bedding plants do not require more 

 heat than is neces£.ary to keep out frost; from -40- to -1.^- from fire heat is 

 quite warm enough. Another essential is air. Yon cannot afford too 

 umch ventilation, only do not give air when the external temperature is 

 at or below 32 . Water but sparingly in winter, no more being given 

 than is sufficient to keep them slowly growing. Perb.aps you give little 

 drops and often ; that is bad. Let the soil become dry before watering^ 

 then give enough to show itself at the drainage, or come through the 

 bottom of the pot ; but do not let the plant flag for want of water before 



