July 18, 1855. J 



JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



67 



VEGETABLES. 



Articiioltos each 



AHpaniKtiR. . - . Imndlo 

 Ii«iuiH Broftd.. biishrl 



Kidnoy do. 



Boet, Red doz. 



Broccoli (uiiidle 



Brus. Sprouts. . ^ hIovo 



CrtlduiKe doz. 



Capsicums lOl) 



Ciirrot-s l)unch 



Cftuliflowor doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbortj oacli 



pickling doz. 



Endive Hcorco 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic and Shallots, lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . bundle 



Leoks ,.. buitnh 



Lettuce .... per hc^jvo 



l\In!*brooni8 pultlo 



Mustd. &. Cress, punnet 

 Ouiouri. .doz. bunebos 



piclUiug . . . .quart 



Ptirsley ^ siovo 



Piirsuips dOK. 



Poas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Now bushel 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sca-kitle basket 



Spinach bushel 



Tomiitoea doz. 



Turnips bunch 



Vc;jetublo Marrows dz. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



••* We request that uo onr will write privately to the depart- 

 mcutal writers of the ''Journal of Hortieiilture, Cottage 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so doinj^' they 

 are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and expense. All 

 communications should therefore be addressed solcbj to 

 The Editors of the Juunml of IXorticultare^ <S;c.^ 171, Fleet 

 Street, London, E.G. 



We also request that correspondents win 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- 

 swered promptly and conveniently, but write them on 

 separate communications. Also never to send more than 

 two or three questions at once. 



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

 week. 



Back Numbers. &c. {Man of Kent). — You can have all butNos. 41, 42, 49. 

 50, 51, and 52 : and yon can have covers for any of the volumes. 



R-USING TiiEE.'!. &c. {A Young Nurserjiman). —There is no very modern 

 hook devoted to this subject. You would find Abercrombie's '* Gardener's 

 Vade-Uecuni" serve your purpose, if you can meet with a second-hand 

 copy. 



Onion- Grubs _(G. V. .S.).— The bulbs of Onions suffer from the ^-xihs of 

 two genera of flies — Anthomyia and Eumtrua. There is but one remedy 

 — burning every bulb attacked, and sprinkling a little gas Umo on the 

 surface between the rows, to keep the parent flies from approaching to 

 deposit their eggs. 



Roses Mildewed (C. Ham? ?(on).— Syringe them with lime water, to 

 destroy the fungi, but nothing you can do will restore leaves so virulently 

 attacked. Water the roots copiously ; mulch the surface ; and continue 

 watering abundantly during dry weather. Weak liquid manure once 

 ft-week will benefit the trees. 



AxTBtctTLA Culture (FT. E.). — To answer youi* queries would req'iire us 

 to detail the whole cultivation. You can purchase the good vnneties of 

 any of the florists who advertise in our columns ; and for four postage- 

 stamps you can have, free by post from our office. No. 201 of our Journal, 

 which contains full directions for their successful management. 



Select Roses (A Yoiin^ Subscriber).— The following Hybrid Porpetuals 

 will probably suit you, and are not expensive: — Senatenr Viisse, 0*>neral 

 Jacqueminot, Jules Margottin, Madame Rivers. Anna Alcxicff", Caroline 

 de Sansal, Eugene Appert. Geant des BataUles, Mndamo Domage, 

 Maurice Beruardin. Louise Odier, Catherine Guillot. All the above may 

 bo had as standards. 



Oroweng-Potatoes SpROUThiG (3. L.y O.ron). — It is very usual for 

 Potatoes in the ground to sprout (chit or sprit, as some term this gi'owth), 

 when rain occurs after long-continued drought. As the tubers of youi- 

 crop are a good size, we should take them up at once and sell them. We 

 should try phiuting again, if we needed Potatoes, and could obtain some 

 of last year's Potatoes for sets. We have known a July-planted crop very 

 productive, I'.nd ready for taking up in October. We would even try, as 

 seta, some of the sprouted tubers of your crop, taking care not to rub off 

 the sprouts, or allow them to wither,. 



Name of Cherry, &c. (An Old Suhscrihcr). — It is the Roy^l Duke. 

 Hedera Rfegneriana is an imjustified name for Hodera colcliis, discovered 

 more than a century and a half since in Japan, by Kipmpfcr, the discoverer, 

 as we mentioned last w^ek, of the Aucuba. Mr. W. Paul, who has paid 

 mnch successful attention to the genus, describes it as having its upper 

 leaves narrow -elliptic ; flowers in sinix)le racemes ; pedicels and calyx 

 covered with yellowish scales. It is found in the Himalaya, Northern 

 China, Loochoo Islands, &c. See " Names of Plants." 



Varfegated Plants — Fctchsias and Ger^vniums (Miss H.). — Bambusa 

 Fortuui variegata, Arundo donax variegata, Draciena australis. YucO!i 

 filamentosa variegata, Aralia Sieboldi variegata, and llhopala corcova- 

 densis — these are good greenhouse variegated plants. Fuchsias: Comet. 

 Emperor of the Fuchsias, Henry Abts, Minnie Banks, Universal, and 

 Rose of Caatillc. Giraniuins: Ariel. Excelsior. Symmetry, Modesty, Con- 

 flagration, and King of Scirlets. Now is a good time to obtain them to 

 grow into specimens for exhibition next year. 



Mildew ok Grapes iT*. H.).— Have a souji-plato full of flowers of 

 sulphur; dip each bunch into the sulphur, so that every berry may be 

 dusted all over. Leave the sulphur on for a week, and then sjiinge. If 

 mildew still appear apply the sulphiu- again. Admit air freely; this and 

 the 9\Tiuging vnll ilrive away the spiders. 



-*' Brain coral" may ho got at 



any shell siiop. " E. 13." got hia petrified mosH from a brook near Tenbury, 



torshiro. '* O. G." fiays, '* They are to be in-ocured at Buxton and 



Brain Coral— Petrified Mohh (J. L.). 

 ly shell 

 Worce:^to 



Matlofk. If your corrospondont has any fi'ionds in that locality notlxlng 

 is oasior to obtain." 



Nardoo Sowino (St. JJo'rUitr).— We had this germinating in 'a pan fillad 

 to within half an inch of the rim with peat, and cliopped ntoH», tho nporos 

 l)eiug sown on tho surface, and covered with about a quarter of an inch 

 of wator, and ki'pt so for six mfmth«i after sowiug in a close moist stove. 

 Tho next six months tho pan was kopt sprinkled with water every morn- 

 ing; tho pan stood in another pau of water, but not do as to keep the 

 surface covered. Hero our experience ends. Wc should be obliged by 

 any of our correspondents stating their experience of the successfol 

 culture of this plant. 



Managing Caladiums (B^-asih).— Pot them in March in turfy peat, loam 

 and leaf mould, in equal parts, with a free admixture of silver sand 

 Water sparingly at first, aud plunge the pots in a mild hotbed. When 

 growing freely water copiously, and shulo from very bright sun. Give 

 plenty of pot room, free drainage, and liquid manure at every alternate 

 watering. They like a brisk moist heat of Go- to H5' when growing, and 

 the heat of a stove in winter. When the leaves begin to turn yellow, 

 diminish the supply of water, aud stand tho pots on a damp floor, so that 

 the soil may not become dust dry during tno winter — that is, after tho 

 plants go to rest, which will be in October. Thoy should have a tempera- 

 ture of from tiO' to 70" in winter. 



Budding Roses (S. D. /V.).—- After inserting the hud you may cut the 

 shoot down to 6 inches above the bud, and as much nearer as you please, 

 only leave a gi'owing point above tho bud. Tho part left should not be 

 removed or cut down to tho eye or bud until the latter commences to 

 grow in the ensuing spring. When tho bud makes a fihoot the same 

 season as budded, that shoot should not be i)runed until the beginning 

 of the following March. When they push in tho spring they should be 

 allowed to gi-ow until July, when they will mostly flower, and after blooming 

 thoy may be cut-in to six or eight eyes, or, if no flower-buds form, stopped 

 at the sixth bud for a weak, aud at the eighth for a etong shoot. It is 

 best to bud on the main stem of the Manetti, removing the soil so as to 

 bud about an inch below the surface. Yon may bud on the side-shoots, 

 and when the bud grows place earth against them, so as to cover the 

 union ; but tbi.s is a ready mode of obtaining suckers. The shoots, after 

 budding, should be sbortcjucd to thrt'e or four joints above the bud. 

 After the bud grows replace the soil, covering both stocit and bud, and 

 cut down tho bud in March. 



Managing Vines (A. M. T.). — We think the course pursued by yotir 

 gardener is quite right. No harm can come of syringing the Grapes 

 with soft water up to their colouring; and bis thinning them three weeks 

 ago, and again now, shows they were too thick. Provided the thinning 

 is not done so as to make the bunches too loose and open, you will have 

 finer hemes, and they will keep much longer. There is uo fear of the 

 berries bmrsting, and, if there were, thinning would only aggravate an 

 evil of that kind. If there bo any sign of mildew, it is altogether iivrong 

 to continue ^^jTinging. They should have a drier atmosphere, and be 

 dusted with sulphur at the infested parts. We suppose they are infested 

 with red spider, and that is why the gardener syringes them. Syringing 

 with soft water, accompanied with fresh air early, can do no harm, but is 

 often necessary to keep down attacks of red spider, which is this year 

 unusually troublesome. 



Plants for Stove and Greenhouse (A Constant Reader). — Aphelandra 

 cristata and A. Leopoldi, BurehelUa capensis, Ardisia crenulata and 

 A fructu-alba, Eranthemum rubrovenium, Franciscea confertiflora and 

 F. Hopeana. Meyenia erecta and M. erecta albi, Poinsettia pulehen-ima, 

 Sonerila margaritacea splendens, Thyrsacauthus rutilans, Rondeletia 

 speciosa major, Medinilla magnifica, Luculia gratissima, Ixora acuminata, 

 I. coccinea, aud I. javanica; Hebecliuium atrorubens, H. ani-antiacum, 

 and H. iauthinum ; GraptophyUum pictum, Gardenia Stanleyana, G. radi- 

 cans, and G. citriodoi-a ; Euphorbia jacquinin?fiora, C>Ttoceras reflexum, 

 Clerodendron Fallas and C. Krempferi, Centradenia grandiflora ; to which 

 may be added, of chmbers suitable for training on wires, Stephanotis 

 floribunda, Cissus discolor, Clerodendron Thomsoniso, Echites splendens, 

 E. crassinoda, and E. magnifica; Hoya holla, H. camosa. H. camosa 

 variegata, and Schubertia gi-aveolens. The above are all free-flowering 

 or ornamental stove plants. There are many others equally, or more so, 

 but we give these as i-easonable in price for you to clioose ft^om. Green- 

 house Plants : Chorozema cordata splendens, Boronia Drunimondi, Cassia 

 coi-ymbosa, Aphelexis macrantha purpurea and A. prolifera BarnesU, 

 Acacia Brummondi, A. armata, and A. grandis : Abutilon venosnm, 

 CorouOla glauca, Crowea saligna, Cytisus Atlceana and C. racemosa ele- 

 gans, Erioste^non intermedium and E. buxifolium, IMonochirtum ensi- 

 ferum, Indigofera decora, Rliododendi'on jasminifl,orum. Swninsonia 

 Ferrandi, and Tremandr^ ericoides. Camellias, Azaleas, Ecaths. and 

 Epacrises we omit, as they are well-known plants, though quite indis- 

 pensable. 



Vises for Early and Late Vc^-ery (Iilnv).-—Five for early vinery: 

 One Foster's AVhite Seedling, one Buckland Sweet\vatcr, two Black Ham- 

 burgh, and one Pope's Hamburgh. Fimr for late vinery: One Lady 

 Downe's, one Alicante, one Bowood Muscat, and one Royal Vineyard. 



Vine Culture— Gp.ee n house (M. H. C. A\).— " The Vine Manual," 

 23.6rf., and " Greenhouses for the Many," fiti., may be had free by post from 

 our office, if you enclose Ss. 2(L in postage stamps with your address. 



Hybridising (H. T. A.).—Vi'e know of no publication confined to this 

 subject. Johnson's " Science and Practice of Gardening" contains much 

 upon the subject. You can haVe it free by post from our office for 3s. 4d. 

 in postage-stamps. 



Orange Tribe (S. r.,jim.).~In the " Cottngo Gai-dencr"s Dictionary," 

 under the head " Citrus," there are full dii'ections. Cranston's is a good 

 system of ventilation. 



Early Peas.— .1 SutscrificT- has m-itten to us about Dickson's "First 

 and Best." If he will furnish us confidentially with his name, we will 

 publish his commmiication. Such commnni cations from anonymous 

 writers are of no authority. 



Mowing Machines ( W.). — We cannot recommend one in preference to 

 others. They all do then- work weU if properly managed, and taken care 

 of. No specimens arrived in your letter. 



