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.TOUENAL OP HORTICULTUEe AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



[ July 4, 1865. 



seeds be collected, and those used for flower-beds in spring be 

 divided and grown on in beds for next season. Daisies we will 

 divide as we get time. Piiil;s and Carnations need supporting, 

 and gi-een tly should be brushed off if it make its appearance. 

 A fine brush and weak quassia water are better than using the 

 fingers and thumb. Pricked out seedling Cinerarias. Planted 

 out a lot of these done flowering to yield suckers. Put a tew 

 branches over them. Herbaceous Calceolarias done blooming 

 should be placed out in a shady place to form suckers and 

 shoots. One of these shoots rooted or struck as a cutting in 

 the autumn will make a better plant than could be made of the 

 old plant by any coddling whatever. These are invaluable for 

 display chiefly in April and May. After that the air is too dry 

 and hot except they are kept in a cool place. Tidips, cut oif 

 flower-stems, and the roots of fine ones should be taken up as 

 soon as the leaves decay. Lachenalias and many early bulbs 

 should be now in a state of rest, and may remain in the re- 

 versed pots, or be taken out and be iilaced in saueers covered 

 with dry sand. 



Went on potting stove and gi-eenhouse plants. Cockscombs, 

 especially feathered ones which promise to be fine, and Ba - 

 sams, giving the latter mostly rotten dung and loam in equal 

 proportions. Some of the Balsams had a little fly, and the 

 tops of the plants were, therefore, dipped before shifting into a 

 liquid of soft soap and quassia water, but not so strong as that 

 recommended by Mr. Eivers. Even in r.ather small pots they 

 promise to be strong and fine. The pots are plunged but the 

 heads receive plenty of air. jUl our large Chrysanthemums 

 are plunged to save water chiefly, but the plants are more easily 

 kept in a uniform comfortable state. Dipped baskets of Stan- 

 hopeas in manure water, and kept all plant-houses in a moist 

 state by damping the floors and stages. Clear weak manure 

 water suits almost every thing now, if the drainage is all right. 

 — E. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— July 1. 



The market is now well supplied with everything. The late \vanii 

 weather haviiiji driven all kinds of fruit funvard, prices have consequently 

 fallen considerably. Some good Apricots and Plums are now arrivint; 

 from the continent. The first cai-go of West ludiau Pines has ai-rived, 

 bat the froit is not very good. 



ERUIT. 



Apples \ sieve 



Apricots pottle 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 



Ctirrants, Red A sieve 



Black do. 



Figs doz. 



Filberts 100 lbs. 



Cobs do. 



Gooseberries, . ^ sieve 

 Grapes, Hambro.. . lb. 



Muscats lb. 



Lemons 100 



Artichokes each 



Asparagus bundle 



Beans Broad. . ^ sieve 



Kidney 100 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brus. Sprouts. .^ sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling doz. 



Endive scorce 



Fennel buuch 



Garlic and Shallots, lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . bundle 



4 6 







8 12 







fiO 60 



s. d. 8. d 



Melons each 8 Oto 8 



Mulberries punnet 



Nectarines doz. 12 24 



Oranges 100 6 14 



Peaches doz. 18 36 



Pears (kitchen) . . doz. 



dessert doz. 



Pine Apples lb. 4 



Plums i sieve 



Quinces | sieve 



Raspberries lb. 1 S 



Strawberries lb. 6 2 



Walnuts bu.sh 14 2U 



VEGETABLES. 



s. d. 8. A 

 4to0 6 



3 5 

 2 D 3 

 G 1 



S 











9 







U 7 



4 



2 



6 







2 6 



3 



8 



3 



2 6 







1 6 



10 

 8 





 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce per score 



Mushrooms. . . . pottle 

 Mustd. A Cress, punnet 

 Onions bushel 



pickling quart 



Parsley ^ sieve 



Parsnips '. doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



New.. per doz. lbs. 

 Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes doz. 



Turnips bunch 



Vegetable Marrows dz. 



s. d. 9. d 

 U 3 to 6 

 1 6 





 1 

 

 5 





 1 

 1 

 

 2 

 1 



6 

 2 

 

 





 7 

 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 4 

 2 



1 















2 



4 



6 



2 



TIUDE CATALOGUE RECEIVED. 



Osbom & Sons, Fulham. — Catalogtte of Hardy Trers ami 



Shrubs. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Plants Suitable for the Wall of a Stove (J. Bayley). — Wistaria 

 chinensis; Virginian Creeper; Lonicera flexnosa, L, aureo-reticolata ; 

 Clematis montaua, C. flamniula; Ai-istoloehia sipho; Bignouia radicans 

 major ; Hedera (the Iv}'), Gold-blotched Irish, maculata, palmata, Silver- 

 striped. Climbing Roses Ruga (this will grow in the coldest situation), 

 Amandis, Grevillii, Felicite perpetuelle. 



Prize Melon.— The scarlet-fleshed Melon with which I took first prize 

 at the Royal Botanic Society's Exhibition should have been named 

 Mounsden's Moreton Hall instead of Malvem Hall.— Thos. Patoh, CfutTle- 

 cote Park. 



Stopping Vine Laterals- Buds Bursting (W. D.J utu). —The cansu 

 of the buds bursting prematm-ely on your young Vine is very luxuriant 

 growth and rapid root-action. We had a young cane of Duche^riS of Buc- 

 cleuch this season that burst in a similar way. It is unfortunate when 

 this happens, as the Vine will have to be cut back at the pruning season 

 to the firbt good eye below the tir.st primitive bud. If this is not done the 

 Vine will always look very imsightly, as the spurs will I)e obliged to be 

 left long, and ^s-ill go on increasing in length each rear; but if the Vine is 

 strong and can be well ripened, the best way would be to take five or six 

 good bunches of fruit fi-om it next year, and encoiu-age a young can& up 

 from the base of the Vine for the following season. 



Muscat Vine Leaves Turning Buown (A Y'oiuig Gard-:^nci\ Lincoln- 

 8kire).~Yoiir Vines are very likely infested with the red spider. If so, 

 keep the atmosphere moist, and put a thick coat of sulphur on the pipes, 

 walls, or any other available pai-t of the house. 



Azalea Leaves Infested \\^TH Brown Thrips (X. Sidm6uth).~T:be 

 foliage of your Azaleas is very badly infested \vith brown thrips. Dip 

 them two or three times in a mixture of Gishurst compound .ind water; 

 put about two ounces of Gishurst to one gallon of water, and syringe the 

 plants two or three times daily with clean water. This will soon, clear 

 them. 



Grapes Diseased iJ. B.I.— The berries of the Lady Downe's Grape arc 

 very severely affected with what gardeners call *• spot." It is an idcera- 

 tion caused usually by the roots not obtaining a sufficient nutriment from 

 the soil, owing to their descending too deeply or into an uugenial subsoil. 

 We would remove the surface down to the flr.st roots, put over them a 

 little rich compost, and water with tepid water, at the same time venti- 

 lating night and day freely. 



Iron Greenhouse (P.). — Any of the hothouse manufacturers who ad- 

 vertise in our columns could supply what you require. A similar struc- 

 ture might be made of wood, equally removeablo and cheaper. 



Garden Turf Weedy (M. E. H.).~The Plantain and the Milfoil 

 (Achillea), which you enclose can only be eradicated by uprooting with a 

 chisel or knife. Then sift over the whole a mixture of thoroughly decom- 

 posed stable manure and earth to the depth of a quarter of an inch ; then 

 sow it with Suckling seed (Trifolium minus), and pass the roller over. 



Applying Salt to Asparagus-beds {W, E.).— We apply it at the rate 

 offour ounces to the gallon, dissolved in house sewage, by means of shallow 

 trenches made between the rows of plants. We apply it once a-week 

 throughout the gi-owing season — from April to October. We cover the 

 surface of the beds with about an inch in thickness of thoroughly decayed 

 stable manure. ^ 



Calceolaria Seedlings iKtioimthorpr, Lecdit). — Yom- seedling Calceo- 

 larias are some of them of first-rate quality. Those with a light cream- 

 coloiu-ed ground are especially good, the circular markings distinct and 

 novel. We should much like to see the plants. The dark flowers, though 

 of good form, are nut new in colour. Some of them are very i>romiiiiiig, 

 and of fine fonn. 



Mildewed Pear IjEaves \Chtliuorth). — The leaves so severely visited 

 by patches ai fungi, tm-ning black eventually and falling, indicate the 

 border requires manure, mulching on the surface, and abundance of 

 moisture. We should sjxinge copiously the leaves and the wall every 

 evening during dry hot weather. 



Cucumbers Deformed — Vegetable Marrows Falling iProspera).' — 

 Cucumbers have large stalk ends, and dwindle towards the other ex- 

 tremity, usually because the roots are defective m action, o^ving to too 

 little or too much bottom heat, or because there has been an irregular or 

 deficient supply of water. The Vegetable Mai-row fi-uit would fall from 

 gimilar causes, or from air not being admitted suflBcieutly fretly. 



An Ornamental Conifer — Propagating Flowering Thorns {P. -B.). 

 — You may take your choice for your moimd and screen of Wellingtonia 

 gigautea. Abies Douglasii. and Pinus insignis. The latter makes a noble 

 tree, but you had better inquire whether it is perfectly hardy in yonr 

 neighbourhood before you decide. Abies Douglasii is sure to be hardy. 

 Flowering Thorns are best from buds, which may be put in during August 

 and September. 



Placing Vallota purpurea in Water (P. P.I.— We have not tried this 

 Amaryllid in the open air. placed 2 or 3 inches in a shallow reservoir of 

 water, hut have repeatedly had it in a taucer of water from April to 

 September, and it seemed none the worso of this semi-aquatic treatment. 

 We have kept it in the open air plimged in a sunny place ; and we doubt 

 not it woTtld do with the pots jilaccd 2 or 3 inches deep in water in a large 

 shallow reservoir, very raucli exposed to the sun, as you propose, takiiiR 

 in the pots the end of Heptejnber. If you try the experiment we should 

 be obliged by your stating the result. 



Melons Turning Yellow (B. Allen), — Tlie usual reason is that not 

 giving air early destroys the pollen, and the Melons consequently do not 

 set. Another cause is too much moisture, which destroys or hinders the 

 distribution of the pollen, and prevents the stigma recei\-in4» it in a fit 

 state for fructification. The fruit sometimes turns yellow from a defi- 

 ciency of bottom heat preventing a supply of sap sufiirient to insure the 

 swelling of the fruit, and at times through a deflcien(\v of moisture in 

 the soil. Keep the shoots thin, so as to admit light and air; giv* air 

 early, and keep the surface of the soil rather dry at the time of setting^ 

 still quite moist beneath the surface ; impregnate the flower, and stop 

 above the fruit at the second joint; maintain a brisk bottom heat, and 

 then keep the atmosphere drj-. Avoid watering or wetting the surface 

 whilst in bloom, and, if necessary to give water at that time, do so 

 through drain-tiles inserted in the soil, or make holes, and pour the water 

 into them. 



Cutting Asparagus. — At page 468, second colnmn, line 19, for " finer,'* 

 read " fewer." 



RosF, News. — I cannot this week give the gossip that I gathered upon 

 my late visit to Paris, but I may give all Rose-growers a good bit of news 

 — "that Lacharmc, the well-known raiser of Charles Lefeb\Te, LouiPC 

 Darzins. and other excellent Roses, has a genuine yellow Hybrid Per* 

 petual, of the Centifolia type, to be let out in 1866.— D., Deal. 



