June II, 1868. ] 



JOUENAL OP HOBTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GABDENKH. 



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sensitive to approaching danger. Will any of our obBerving 

 readers tell ua of instances witbin their kuowledpe in which 

 vegetation was blotched and scalded after a sunny fliouer ? So 

 much for matters in the extreme. Our readers know well that 

 wo disapprove of watering in sunshine when it can bo avoided. 

 On the same principle, after this season it will bo best to water 

 during fflie afternoon and evening, as the plants then slowly 

 and leisurely absorb the water and derive tho benefit of it. 

 When watered in the morning, the sun takes tho moisture all 

 away too quickly. We prefer watering house plants in the 

 morning from tho middle of October to the end of April, where 

 no very high temperature is maintained, as the watering will 

 always tend to lower tho temperature, and that is best met by 

 the rising temperature of the day, instead of being decreased 

 by the waning temperature of the night. We have gone, how- 

 ever, from our starting point, which was merely to hint that 

 newly-planted subjects out of doors in very bright days may 

 often be benefited by a sprinkling overhead, when deluging at 

 the roots would hardly have the same result, if they are wet 

 enough already there ; and it is certain that one pailful of 

 water will do as much good over the foliage, when put on as a 

 fine bedewing, as twenty pailfuls would do at the roots. 



We intended saying something abs-ut cutting flowers, the 

 advisability of having plants for show, and plants for cutting 

 from, and a definite place for each; also, on the moving of 

 plants when done flowering, as Camellias, Azaleas, Epacrises, 

 and Heaths ; on pruning the latter two, and never cutting into 

 the old wood, unless rarely, however short be the spur left of 

 the last year's wood ; the importance of a suitable place for all 

 these plants, and when young the importance of pits, and 

 better still of wooden boxes for such purposes ; the superiority 

 of the wooden box being that not only can you give air top and 

 bottom as in a pit, but by setting the box on a brick at the 

 corners you can also have a free circulation of air beneath, and 

 through among the pots as well as the tops of the plants. Un- 

 fortunately such matters must wait, but much that we intended 

 saying will be found in the last articles of Mr. Keane, to which 

 we would refer our readers, as many details are there carefully 

 given, — E. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— J'Vifw' lO- 



Very little vtiriation is to be noted hnre. Supplies are ample, and there 

 are large quantities of Strawberriea from the open air. Old Potaioes 

 are almost superseded now by the new ones. The latter from Lisbon 

 bring from 15s. to 2Us. per cwt. ; Ashleaf, from 18y. to 22s. ; Comisb, 

 from 12s. to 15». I'l .i 't. :->)';;1>_ t 



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9. d. B. d 



a oto4 



2 4 



Apples ^^ Bieve 



Apricots doz. 2 4 



CberrieB lb. 9 3 



Cbestnats bush. 



Currants i. sieve 



Black ." . do. 



Figs doz. 10 15 



Filberts lb. 10 



Cobs lb. 9 10 



Gooeeberriea .. quart 4 8 



Grapes, Hothouse. .lb. 8 12 



Lemons 100 8 12 



s. 



Melons each 4 



Nectarines doz, 10 



Oranges 100 4 



Peaches doz. 18 



Pears (dessert) ,, doz. 



Pine Apples lb, G 



Plums ij sieve 



Quince"! doz. 



HaspbcrriAS lb. 



Strawberries . . per lb. 



Walnuts bush. 10 



do per ICO 1 



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20 

 10 



Artichokes doz. 



Asparagus 100 



Beans, kidney ,...100 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Bras. Sprouts ^i sieve 



Cabbage .". doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



CucomberB each 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlio lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish .. bundle 



B. d. 



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 2 

 







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VEGETABLES 

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 to 3 

















 1 

 3 

 1 

 

 2 

 3 

 8 

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Leeks bunch 



Lettuce per score 



Mushrooms pottle 2 



Mustd.& Cress, punnet 



Onions...', per bushel fi 



Parsley per sieve 3 



1 6 Parsnips doz. o 



Peas per quart 1 



Potatoes bushel 4 



B Kidney do. 4 



2 I Radishes doz. bunches 



1 Rhubarb bundle 



Sea-kale basket 



' ShaUots lb. 



I Spinach bushel 2 



d. B. d 

 8 too 

 6 1 



3 



Tomatoes.... per doz. 

 Turnips bouch 



8 

 4 

 1 



TRADE CATALOGUE RECEIVED. 



James Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nurserv, King's Eoad, 

 London, S.W. — Catalogue of New and Beautiful Plants. 



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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Floweb Bed ix a Churchtahd (<V/i(trr'nyrt.iY;i.— Your semicircnlar bed 

 would look well thus arranged— white Cerastium outside border, then 



blue Lobelia, yellow Calceolaria, and Pcrilla for tho centre ; or a pretty 

 bed might be carpeted with Mi{;nouctte, aud dotted with Uttle groufw of 

 white PulargoniuuiK. 



Seedlino ."VKTlEnuiNUMs (./. CaricT). — There i« nothing new among 

 your seedhng^. One, u large yc-Uuw variety, beeuis the best and would 

 be worth cultivating. Tho others rohcmble many other seedlings. 



Lettuce ron Wintku and brniNo [U. C.).— For use late in autumn 

 and early in winter you mny sow in the middle of July, but the main 

 winter sowing should take piacu in tho second or third wueJc in August. 

 Auuther sawing made three weeks later may be useful for spring if the 

 winter bo tolerably mild. 



Ammoniacai, LiQDon (.7. H. TT., Banbury).— Thni referred to in the 

 work you uamo is the bhujo as the U<iUor Iruui tho gas wi>rks, but it varies 

 iu strength, and must, therefore, be used with gi-cat caution even after 

 being diluted witli several times its huik ol water. We would not recom- 

 mend itd application to a Vino border. 



Ghapes Decayed (J. B. Boyd).— Tho berries you enclosed were de- 

 stroyed by what gardeners call " the spot." We believe it to be occaf^ionod 

 by the growth of the Vino and its crop being fafeter than the roots can 

 supply sap to sustain. Keeping the roots wtirmer, and the hou&e rather 

 cooler and freely ventilated, are the most ed'cctual remedies. 



Grapes (Nottinghavientiis). — Tho Jluscat Escholata is a synonym ol 

 the Muscat of Alexamhiu. Fertilisfition ghould be assisted as recently 

 directed. We do not knowthe book on Vines which you mention. 



Duration of a Vine Branch's Phoduotiveness {Jersey). —The time 

 that a Vine stem on the spui'-pruning system will continue to produce 

 fine fruit depends entirely on circumstances. We have known Vines 

 thus produce without any signs of decay for l^etween twenty-live and thirty 

 years. We have seen others that seemed as if they needed the stimulus 

 of fresh wood in five or ten years. In our own practice we seldom 

 renewed such a stem at once. We would begin by leaving a shoot at the 

 base one summer, which would Qll a third or a half of tlie length of the 

 rafter next season, tho ppurs on the old stem being cut off for that 

 length ; and only when we had a new stem and shoot to reach the top of 

 the house did we eutiiely remove the old stem. This is a good plan, for 

 renewing the strength of old Vinos, and there need be no inicmiisfclon of 

 crop. The only difference in treatment is, that there are few laterals 

 left on the bearing shoots of the old stem, but more strength is thus 

 thrown into the young ehoot, which Keeps up a good root action. 



Vine Leaves Bhowned (Mrs. M. 6'.).— The Vine leaf has the signs Ol 

 scalding with hot vapour, and early air-giving is the remedy. As only 

 one Vino is affected, and one side of your Peach tree, we think as the 

 latter is undoubtedly burned, so tbo Vine may also be burned. Examine 

 the glass carefully, and you will be tm-e to iind some scars and faults, 

 and daubing them with white paint ^vill prevent the bui'ning the Peach 

 leaves. 



Holes in Vine Leaves {E. S., Chelsea). —Tho mode of planting the 

 border and general management have nothing to do with the holed and 

 eaten appearance of the Vine leaves. This is done by weevils, which yon 

 must watch for at night. If you spread a sheet beneath the leaves and 

 shake them at midnight, you will most likely see some of your visitors 

 drop. After thus clearing the Vines, fix sjme wool or wadding dipped in 

 oil aud turpentine on the stem of the Vine near the gi-ound, tn prevent 

 them getting on the Vine so easily. We know no method of extirpating 

 them except by night-watching. 



Vine Blosso^i Injured {Black Hamhro^).—Yova Vine blossom has been 

 scorched by the late excessive heat before it was enabled to be developed. 

 There does not appear to be any disease. 



Deodoriser for Sewage {Opoponax). — Powdered charcoal, gypsum, 

 and chloride of lime (more properly called chloride of calcium), are all 

 deodorisers and might bo added to the sewage. They would promote 

 rather than iuinre vegetation. The earth itself is a powerful deodoriser; 

 and if you dug-in the sewage, or poured it into the trench made by the 

 spade aud covered it vrith the next spit, the offensive smell would at once 

 be removed. 



Gas Ammoniacaii Liquor (K, B. J.I.— The proportion depends entirely 

 on the strength of the gas water. We should be afraid to use it strong, 

 jjCtter be tru the safe bide. 



Management of Manetti Kose Stocks {Wijlde Green)— "Manetli 

 stocks cannot be planted too shallow if they are rooted plants; neither 

 can they be budded loo low. For this purpose it is best to plant them 

 in shallow trenches. It is preferable to bud them on the main stock ; but 

 they may be budded low on one or more branches if so desired. It is 

 usual to leave one shoot growing aud to cut the others off. This may be 

 done when winter sets in. or in the i-pring. I bought last winter a lot of 

 Manetti Roses in dormant bud with the plants cut d0T\*n. I planted them 

 in a trench, filled the trench with stable litter, and closed with earth 

 over the Utter loosely, so as net to exclude the air from the concealed 

 buds. They are now growing beautifully. If you wish to increase your 

 Manetti stocks by cuttings you may, without injui-j', let all the ?hoots 

 stay on till you wish to plant the cuttiutrs in September. The cuttings 

 should be 10 inches in length, and planted 6 inches deep, a leaf or 

 two being left on the tops of tbe shoots. They should be trodden-in 

 firmly, and horse litter or straw placed among them. After the shoots 

 have grown long they may be stopped by pinching off the tops. With 

 regard to Briars, where wind does not prevail, or where the shoots are 

 not so heavy as to break themselves down, they may be left on. It la, 

 however, safest to cut them back to 10 inches. Before budding water all 

 kinds of stocks well, and after tho stocks arc budded, if the weather is 

 hot and dry, it is a good plan to tie a dock or Some other leaf over the 

 bud to act as a temporary shield. If Manetti stocks are budded early, as 

 soon as the bud has token and swells you may cut off the shoot of the 

 Manetti to within 3 inches of the bud, ana flower the Rose in the 

 year of its bnddiog; but it is not good to do so late in tlie season.— 

 W. F. Radclyffe." 



Budding Roses in June {A Budding Greenhorn).~-''Fi{j.l in x>^ge2Ql 

 is a view looking down on the top of the stuck, and what appears to be a 

 Rose is the grain of the wood. The budding knife is shown in halves^ 

 because both ends are made use of — the blade in /p. 2, and the handle, 

 which is of bone, in fio. 1. Theao knives can be procured at any seed 

 shop.— T. J. S." 



