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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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lighter sandier soil on the surface. The cuttings are dibhlod in 

 froui 1 to 1 i inch apart. Tlio variegated lands may liave a 

 cold pit, ami sumo old lifjlits laid over thom ; tho commcni 

 Scarlets will mostly stand in tho open air. The hoxes we prefer 

 at first, hecauso it saves lifting and potting if tlio cuttmgs are 

 placed first in the gi-oimd ; and tliough we have no objection to 

 using rather largo pots for cuttings, wo think wo can move 

 them about more (juickly and easily in these boxes. Tho 

 boxes aro so roughly made that we do not need to trouble oiu'- 

 selves about drainage ; the water escapes by tho sides fast 

 enough. There is just ono disadvantage in the use of such 

 rough boxes — they aro apt to liavo fungus .about them when 

 standing in a damp place, hence the limewashing. Pots, 

 however, will always be tho favoiu'ites with many, and for 

 scarce things 'thi-ee or four cuttings in a foiu'-inch pot is a 

 good plan for securing quick-strildng and healthy plants. We 

 have had numerous inquiries about striking Scarlet Geranivims 

 from leaves. Wo have no laith in it as a matter of practice. 

 Striking a leaf, with a bit of tho stem at the bottom enclosing 

 a bud in the axil, is a tUfl'erent thing, and is not leaf-striking. 

 As a general rule, little is gained by using cuttings less than 

 3 iaehes in length. — K. F. 



C0\'T:NT GARDEM MARIvET.— August 2fi. 



All kinds of fniit and vegetables in season continue to be abundantly 

 snpplied, and quotutions are nearly the same as last week. 



FRUIT. 



Apples 4 sieve 1 



Aprieotg doz. 1 



Cherries lb. 1 



Chestnuts bush. 



Currants, Red ^ sieve 3 



Black do. 4 



Figs doz. 1 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs do. 



Oooseberries. . \ sieve 



Grapes, Hambro.. . lb. 1 



Muscats lb. 3 



Lemons 100 8 



Artichokes each 



Asparagus bundle 



Beans Broad. . bushel 



Kidney do 3 



Beet, Red doz. 2 



Broccoli bundle 



Brus. Sprouts , . ^ sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums IWO 2 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 3 



Celeiy bundle 2 



Cucumbers each 



pickling .... doz. 2 



Endive score 2 



Fennel bunch 



Garhc and Shallots, lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . bimdle 2 



s. d. s. 



Melons eftch 2 Oto 5 



Mulljerrieg punnet 6 1 



Nectarines doz. 16 6 



Oranges 100 10 20 



Peaches doz. 4 



Pears (kitchen)., doz. 



dessert doz. 1 



Pine Apples lb. 3 



Plums i sieve 2 6 



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Quinces J sieve 



Raspberries ..."... lb. 00 



Strawbemes lb. 



Walnuts bush 14 20 



VEGETABLES. 



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6 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce per score 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustd. ifc Cress, 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 biinch 



Vegetable Marrows dz. 



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 3 to 6 



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TR.VDE CAT.ILOGUE RECEIVED. 



W. Cutbush & Son, Highgate, London. — Descriptive Bulh 

 CataJnpue for 1865. 



Wilham Bull, King's Eoad, Chelsea. — Retail List of Neio, 

 Beautiful, and Rare Plants. 



B. S. Williams, Paradise and Victoria Nurseries, Holloway, 

 London. — General Bulh Catalogue, General FeUuyonium Cata- 

 logue, and Fruit-tree List. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Hamilton on the Pink Apple iE.S. J'rHc.s).— It is out of print. This 

 mode of culture is included in " The Pine-Apple Manual," just published, 

 and which yon can have fi*ee by post for thirty-twopenny postage stamps. 



ScHiNCS molle {A Constant Subscriber). — Your plants are each worth 

 about 5s. 



Czar Rcssian Violet. — Several applications have been made to us for 

 imformation where this variety can be piu'chased : reference to our ad- 

 vertising colimins of this and last week will supply the desired imforma- 

 tion. 



Pea and Potato (B*. C.)-— We do not know the "Yorkshire Hero " Pea. 

 *' Rivers' Koyal Ash-leaved" Potatoe is early, productive, and pood. 



Plan of Garden {Rev. T. TK/fi/t-).— We know of uo gardener who would 

 give you a plan. You had better write to Mr. Chapman, Garden Designer, 

 Richmond, Sun-ey. 



Storing Filberts and Xuts iW. E.). — Nothing more i« required than 

 to put them into stone jars, leaving all the husks on, and placing the jars 

 in a cool cellar. If the cellar is damp all the better. 



PnopAOATiNa LonELiA specioha {F. T. C).--Wo always propagate Lo- 

 boIiaH from cutlingH in preforenco to seed. You had bettiT procure half 

 iL duzen plantH of tho true varioty from some roHpectubli! nurseryman; 

 from six good plnnl^ procured now and kept through tho winter, you may 

 easily propagate between the mnnths of February and May 1,5(J0 or 2,000 

 plants. To proHervo plants through tlio winter tho best plan in to strike 

 some cuttings late in the spring, keep them in store jxits till about thiK 

 time, when thev should bo cut in closely and potted in lur«e «>i- Kinall GO-potH. 

 Thoputting-suilwillbe none the worse of being kept in n lioiisf, prnvidingit 

 is not kept too dry nor too wet. Wo should be gbid if we coidd obtain 

 from a rich pnstui'o a few loads of the yellow-looking soil y(ui name ; if it is 

 the kind we take it to be almost anything would grow in it. If tho fibry 

 part of it is used, when taking it from the pasture out up the sods about 

 2 or 3 inches thick. 



Cutting down Pelargoniums {Affncn). — The plants should be placed la 

 a frame after they are cut down ao that they may be easily shcltorod 

 from the rain, and exposed to the sun in fine weather. In ubuut tlireo 

 weeks after they have been cut dnwn they will have pu^licd out their 

 yiuiiig shfMitH. All tlie snil shoUld then be shaken away from their roots; 

 iipMl, thi-in in iis sniiill pots as it is possible to put them into, then plac« 

 thcMi in a friinif, k(tfi>int^ them close for a few ilays till the roots have 

 taken bold of the fresh soil; afterwards they should bavo all the air that 

 can possibly l)o given them. When the young shoots huvo grown U 

 or 4 inches long pinch out their tops early in February, and repot 

 the plants, but they must not have too larpe a shift at once ; it is better 

 to put them two or three times than to ovorpot tliom the first time. In 

 a fortnight r)r three weeks after each potting pincii out the top of every 

 shoot; by these moans you will keep your plants stocky, and they will 

 l>roduce double and treble the quantity'of bloom in consequence. At all 

 times see that they are kept free from "green fly; when the slightest traco 

 of this pest is seen fumigate with tol)acco at once. In tho spring months 

 the green fly may be kept down by svTinging the plants \vith quasaiit 

 water. This'is made by boiling the chips for ten minutes ; 1 lb. of quassia 

 chips will nuike five or six gallons of watervery bitter. Tho chips should 

 afterwards bo put into a tub or cistern and fresh water poured on them, 

 into which any plant much affected \vith green fly or any other insect 

 may be dipped ; but it is not safe to syringe the plants in the winter 

 mouths, unless you have plenty of heat at command so that you can give 

 abimdance of air and heat to dry the foliage as quickly as possible. If 

 the foUage is allowed to remain wot long in the winter it soon decays. 



Planting Strawberry Runners (Jdfm}.~Thc Strawberry plants will 

 be more likely to produce a crop of fruit tho same year if they are planted 

 in Februai-y or March than they would if planted in the peraianent beds 

 in autumn. The plants when taken up from the nurseiw beds in tho 

 spring must not of course be pulled up carelessly, they should be taken 

 up with nice balls of soil attached to them and be carefully planted, 

 malting the hole for each plant large enough to put the plant in without 

 cramping its roots. The soil should then be carefully scraped in around 

 the plants with tho hand. If the weather is mild at the time of planting 

 the plants will be all the better of a little water. This should be poured 

 on them with a rose and not from the spout. If the plants are mulched 

 with a di-y light substance, such as leaf-soil, directly after planting they 

 will be all the better, as it will shelter them from the drying winds ; care 

 must, however, be taken that the hearts of the young plants are not 

 covered up with the mulching. If the plants are managed as described 

 above, and in the previous article, they ■\vill never sufi'er from their removal. 

 Almost any kind of Strawberry will produce a good crop of fruit in, tho 

 first year if Managed in this way. 



Caterpillars and Slugs (QiierT/).— Hand-picldng is the most effectual 

 and cheapest mode of clearing Cabbages of caterpillars. Dusting the 

 surface of the gi'ound and the plants with slaked quicklime vnl\ destroy 

 the slugs. If the soil is rather clayey, and has been so long neglected, 

 pare and burn the top 6 inches of "the whole siu-face. It will effectually 

 destroy the seeds of weeds as well as vermin. 



Geranium cuttings [K. C.).— We have not the direction of "W. C." 

 who had given the cuttings away. 



Syringing with Hot Sewage (-Y. r.).~The urine you mention mtist 

 he diluted with at least five times its bulk of water before it is used. 



Eatable Funguses {F. L.}.— Tho work entitled " The Eatable Fuugnses 

 of Great Britain," is published at our oflice. The Editors aro the Editors 

 of this Journal and others. Three Numbers have been published, and 

 they may be had free by post from our office for forty postage stamps. 



Azalea Versch-*j'felti. — "J. P. F." wishes to know where ha can 

 purchase some for grafting on. 



Slugs on Lawn {.-! Long-standinfj .Sa&scri&^r).— Water it well with 

 lime water during an evening when the slugs are on the stirface. Tliis, 

 repeated two or three times at intei-vals of a day or two, will extirpate th© 

 marauders. 



Tomato Culture (A Learner).— Sow the seeds early in March in loamy 

 soil, and place in a frame with a gentle heat, such as a Cucumber- 

 frame, or one used for raising half-hardy annuals. When the plants 

 appear and have made a pair of rough leaves, pot them off singly into 

 pmall pots, retaining them in the frame a few days longer until they 

 become estabUshed in the pots. For convenience they may be removea 

 to a viuery or other house at work, and have a shift in about a fort,uight 

 into six-iiich pots, using a compost of turfy loam with a little leaf mould 

 added. Kept well supplied with water they will grow fast, and stiff and 

 strong also if they have a due share of light and air. Towards the end 

 of April or earlv in May, thev should be hardened off by placmg in a cold 

 frame, and be planted out from the middle to the end of the month, in 

 the intervals between fruit trees on south walls, which is the only aspect 

 of any value for them. Thev should be well watered in di-y weather, and 

 have "the shoots trained to the wall as they grow, and when the fruit 

 shows they should be stopped at the j.iiut above it. After a sufficient 

 quantitv of fnut is set, and, in fact. tbr.>nghout the season, keep tho 

 shoots closely stopped to one joint above the fruit, and take off those shoots 

 and leaves that cover the fruit so as to expose it as much as possible to 

 the sun. 



Climber for North End of House (H. N., Barnet).—Tlie Vii-ginian 

 Creeper (Ampelopsis hederacea), will do fairly on a north aspect, but it is 

 deciduous. Ivy. being an evergreen, we should think preferable. Hedera 

 Rfegnerianaor Riegncr'a Ivy with magnificent heart-shaped leaves would 

 suit your pm-poso. 



