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JOUENAIi OF HOBTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ Augnst 15, 1865. 



will need much water after Angiist. An inquiry has been made 

 as to where Eehinocacti, Mammillariae, &c., are to be bad for 

 a small unique collection. No doubt there are many other 

 places, but the chief place we recollect at present, where a nice 

 select stock is for sale, is at the Bury St. Edmunds Botanic 

 Garden. We often wonder why some of eur amateurs, with 

 but little room, and little time to spare, do not take more to 

 this tribe of plants. Potted Cinerarias, Primulas, &c., for 

 winter and spring, and commenced propagating for the flower 

 garden next season. Nipped off the flowers from Geraniums 

 intended for winter blooming. Gave more room to feathered 

 Cockscombs, Balsams, and Chrysanthemums. Looked after 

 the watering of the latter, as the rains are deceitful, the 

 massive foliage throwing it past the pots, instead of into them. 



The chief work, however, has been mowing, machining, and 

 rolling lawns, and cleaning and regulating the l)eds in the 

 flower gardens after the hea\T rains. This work consisted 

 chiefly in piclcing out decayed petals and blooms, picking out 

 points of shoots in front of bloom-buds of Geranimns, and a 

 plentiful disleafing of the larger-leaved Geraniums, which, 

 owing to the wet, had become rather massive for the size of the 

 flower-trusses, and keeping the plants in their right places by 

 twigs and bands of fine string, which are generally concealed 

 in the course of a day or two. This and lowering some buds 

 which had grown rather high for the group, took up more of 

 our time then we wished, and the result on the whole was very 

 satisfactory as to appearances, the few days' sim having re- 

 moved, with such picking, &c., all the effects of the pelting 

 rains. But now, on the Thursday evening on which this is 

 written, after being pretty well pleased with everything this 

 afternoon, the barometer is falling rapidly, the lightning is 

 flashing, and the thunder rolling as if presaging another storm, 

 and if it C(.)me the beauty of the beds will be again impaired, 

 aU helping to give strength to the idea of ha%'ing flower gardens 

 under glass, as several times lately alluded to. At any rate 

 whenever we have the chance, we would lessen rather than 

 extend the space devoted to the grouping system of flower 

 gardening out of doors. 



Perhaps it is only fair that we should have the right of some- 

 what modifying our opinions as to the relative first expense of 

 Beard's metallic houses, and a cheap, rough, btit serviceable 

 orchard-'house, as we have it now on indisputable authority, 

 that the patentees intend putting up such elegant houses at the 

 expense of from Is. 9(/. to 2s. per squai'e foot. — E. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET— August 12. 



Increabing supplies and decreasing prices are tte rule now, for such 

 large quantities of Plums, and other fruit, have rarely been seen even 

 here, the great emporium. 



s. d. s. d 



Apples i sieve 1 0to2 



Apricots doz. 10 3 



CiieiTies lb. 6 16 



Chestnuts bush. 



Currants, Red ^ sieve 3 6 5' 



Black do. 4 6 6 



Figs doz. 2 4 



Filberts lb. 9 1 



Cobs do. 



Gooseberrie.s. . 4 sieve 2 3 



Grapes, Hambro.. .lb. 2 5 



Muscats lb. 3 6 



Lemons 100 8 14 



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0to5 

 6 1 

 



Melons each 2 



Mulberries. . . . punnet 



Nectarines doz. 4 



Oranges 100 10 20 



Peaches doz. 



Pears (kitchen)., doz. 



dessert doz. 10 2 



Pine Apples lb. 3 6 



Plums i sieve 2 6 4 



Quinces } sieve 



Raspberries lb. 6 



Strawberries lb. 



Walnuts bush 14 20 



VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes each 



Asparagus.... bundle 

 Beans Broad. . bushel 



Kidney do 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brus. Sprouts, -i sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling doz. 



Endive score 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic and Shallots, lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . bundle 



d. 8. 

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8 

 6 



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Leeks bunch 



Lettuce per score 



Mushrooms. . . . pottle 

 Mustd. & Cres3,punnet 

 Onions, .doz. bunches 



pickling . . , .quart 



Parsley ^ sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes doz. 



Turnips bunch 



Vegetable Marrows dz. 



s. d. 



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 2 



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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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

 mental writers of the "Journal of Horticulture, Cottaga 

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

 are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and expense. All 

 communications sliould therefore be addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture^ d'C^ 171, FUet 

 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- 

 swered ])romptly and conveniently, but wiite them on 

 separate communications. Also never to send more than 

 two or three questions at once. 



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

 week. 



Various (Martf C). — Add salt and pounded allspice to your dried Rose 

 leaves before putting them in the vases. (Tj/roj.— We would not advise 

 you to cover your Vine border with glass for propagating bedding plants. 

 The Currant is the Green-fruited Black ; the blue-flowered plaut is a 

 variety of Galega officinalis. 



Apricots Attacked by Earwigs (An Old Subncriber).—'The rotting of 

 the fruit is evidently the result of the earwigs making holes, and wet 

 lodging in these causes rottenness. Adopt the means recommended in 

 similar cases in last week's Journal. 



PROPA.GATiiiG-POT (T. Barnes). — If you send us one of your pots, carriage 

 paid, and it appears to us to be an improvement on those already in use, 

 we i\'ill give pubUcity to it. 



Kew Gahdens (J. B., lu-ar HiiU).—By all means embrace the oppor- 

 tunity. With care you can Hve on the sum you name. 



Hail-stones (TT. Gerrard). — We have seen much larger pieces of ice 

 jail in storms, if the sketch sent represents the natural size. 



Auricula Culture (W. E.). — " Florists' Flowers for the Many," which 

 you can have free by post from our office for five postage stamps, gives 

 all the infoi-mation which you require. We never recommend dealers. 



Mrs. Pollock Geraniusi (One Not Used to Plants). — The mould from 

 rotten sticks is decidedly bad, and so, too, was cutting off nearly all the 

 leaves. Under these circumstances success in striking the cuttings is 

 very questionable. Try what you can do by potting in sandy loam, leaf 

 mould, and silver sand, in equal parts, with a little silver sand at top; 

 then water gently, cover with the bell-glass, and it may yet succeed. 



Glazing Without Putty (.S. J., Salop). — We are unable to understand 

 your mode of glazing from the photograph alone, and shall be glad to 

 have further particulars. 



Fungus on Lawn (T. S. B., Streatham). — To kill the fungus give a 

 sprinkling of salt. The ground is probably worn ont; if so, an applica- 

 tion of guano will make the grass grow stronger, and the fungus will 

 then probably cease to trouble you. 



Trop.eolum Sports (Ttuhy). — We sowed tbe seeds sent us last year, as 

 we were desirous to learn whether the seedlings would inherit the pecu- 

 liarities of their parent. The plants have nothing to distinguish them 

 from the varieties of T. Lobbianum, and the flowers are inferior and very 

 different from the leaves and flowers sent us last season. Six seeds 

 vegetated, and no two of them were alike. 



AcHiMENES and GLOXINIAS IN A CoOL GREENHOUSE {Ehoraevm).~-Yon 



may flower them in a greenhouse if the roots are forwarded in a hotbed, 



and kept there until well advanced for bloom. They cannot be grown 



well in a cool gi-eenhouse, though they will flcwer well there, and may be 



kept in winter in the warmest part of the house with the soil dry. A 



dozen good Achimenes are Dazzle, Ambroise Verschaffelt, Longiflora 



major, Carl Wolfarth, Bnumanni hirsuta, Mauve Queen, Sir Treheme 



j Thomas, Margaretta, Camiinata elegans. WilUam MuUer. Meteor, and 



Sceptrum. Gloxinias: Sir Hugo, Angelina, Duke of Wellington, Most 



! Beautiful, Lady Emily Villiers, Wilsoni, Georgiana, Princess Alice, 



j Evelina. Raphael, Tisona, and Lady Victoria Howard. 



Plants for Rocework (L. T. .B.).— Rhododendrons hirsutum and 



I feiTUgineum ; Silene acauUs. S. Schafta, Cistus formosus, algarviensis, 



1 roseus, and pmimreus ; Cerastium tomentosum, Cineraria naritima, Alys- 



' sum saxatile, AcJena Xovje-Zealandis, Aquilegia alpina, Arabis albida, 



A. bellidifoUa, Bryanthus ereetus, Coraus suecica. Campanula garganica, 



Linaria cymbalaria variegata, Lithospennmu fruticosum, Iberis saxatilis, 



Lotus coruiculatus fiore pleno, Saxifraga oppositifolia, S. caryophylla, 



S. palmata. andS. affinis; Sedum pallidum roseum, S. sempeiTivoides, 



S. grandiflornm. and S. altaicum ; Vinca major elegantissima, Statice 



alpina, and OxaUs tropaoloides. 



Carnations Changing Colour (Felixstowe). — We have never known 

 this to be the case as you say from dark to light. Light flowers fre- 

 quently run and become dark, but we do not remember ever hearing of 

 the reverse taking place. 



Purple Spinach. — We have not observed this at the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Gardens and in the parks. Is it not either Amaranthus melancho- 

 licus ruber or Iresiue Herbstii to which you refer? 



International Horticultural Exhibition and Congress (Arffm).— 

 You may rest assured that no indi\'idual, or body of individuals, will be 

 permitted to interfere with the management, except the Executive Com- 

 mittee which has already been appointed. 



Cottagers* AxLOTaiENT Societies. — A society of this description 

 being in contemplation at Penzance, oiu" assistance has been asked in 

 procuring the rules of similar associations ; we shall therefore be glad if 

 any of om* correspondents can help us in the matter. 



Seedling Geranium (F. J).).— It appears to possess some good proper- 

 ties, but to form a correct judgment of it the plant should be seen. We 

 would advise you to submit it to the Floral Committee of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society. 



