September i, 1806. j 



JOURNAL OF HOETICULTUIIE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



19.7 



next summer. The plants will stand all the better from the 

 snrJaco soil notboing ovei--ricli. GatlifreJ Dwarf KidiK'.y lioans 

 and llium*s, rather to iusnre continued fruitf uluoss. For those 

 comiug into bloom will liave some rout;li co\ering ready to 

 throw over them in any cold night. 



FRUIT OAIinKN'. 



Much the same as in the previous week. All fruit out of 

 doors is much earlier this season than usual. Have gathered 

 lots of Jefferson's I'lum from standards fi>r preserving, and 

 late Peaches, ite , are coming in. Oiui great advantage of 

 orchard-houses is, that in a forward season like this you may 

 prolong the siAison, by keeping tlie house witli abundance of 

 ventilation, so as in fact to make it cooler tlian Die out-door 

 temperature. If ever we should get the chance we would have 

 a cool glass house for such Plums as Heine Claude de Bavay 

 and Coe's Golden Drop, as, in many seasons, we believe they 

 could be thus had beautifully coloured, and rich in flavour up 

 to November. Jefferson on standards are now ripening freely 

 out of doors. Removed a few secondai'y shoots from dwarf 

 Pear trees, and gathered the riper Apples, as Ked Quarrenden, 

 Kerry Pippin, itc. Looked over Vines, as detailed last week. 

 Peaches ai-e better of being g.ithered before yuito ripe, and 

 allowed to he for a day or two on clean white jiaper, with, 

 pei-haps, a very little clean, sweet, dry hay beneath the paper. 

 They wiU hardly lie on a hard substance without being 

 blemished ; and some kinds, as Noblesse, when nearly ripe, 

 will not stand handling. We have seen well-meaning people 

 lingering such fruit as they went along. It is much of a piece 

 with a gentleman pulling oft' the blooms from the points of 

 Cucumbers, or a lady going through a vinery, and nipping 

 a number of berries out of each bunch to which she had access. 



ORNAMENIAI. HEPAHTMENT. 



To put matters right after the rains, we have been obliged 

 to leave cuttings and potting for a little, and go on picking the 

 beds, getting lawns shorn, rolled, &c., and switching and roll- 

 ing the walks. The few days' sun has done wonders, but last 

 night there was much sheet lightning, and there is a tendency 

 downwards again in the barometer, so that unless there be a 

 fortnight of tine weather, we fear that the great attraction of the 

 flower garden this season will have been past with the end of 

 July. 



We remembered some time ago how brilliant a row of the 

 Golden Chain was, but it being on the north side of a ribbon- 

 border that faced south and north, with a ridge in the middle, 

 the rain has punished it very severely, whilst in more open 

 places and with nothing higher above it, it still remains very 

 good. We iind, also, that beds in such changeable Vi'eather suffer 

 in proportion to the earliness of the time they were a mass 

 of flower. -All our first-planted-out beds have suffered most, 

 and though a gi'eat many blooms have opened within these two 

 days, it will requii-e a number of days to restore their former 

 brightness. Later-planted beds, and which were just arriving 

 at their best, have suffered less from the wet. The gardens, 

 therefore, that were late in July, are hkely to be better in Sep- 

 tember than those which \eiy good in the beginning of Jidy. 

 It is not easy, irrespective of the seasons, to have them first- 

 rate at both seasons. To have a fine show in the beginning of 

 .July or the end of June, presupposes thick planting ; but that 

 thick planting without much priming and disleafiug, especially 

 in such a season as this, will be sure to encom'age more foliage 

 than is desirable. It is amazing the difference as respects 

 brightness between beds fuUy exposed and those jirotected, 

 even on one side, from wind and rain. One annual, with the 

 exception of being double the height it was last season, has 

 given great satisfaction. We suspect it is the same as that desig- 

 nated Tagetes signata, by our friend Mr. Kobson, at page 

 164, or something in that way, bnt which wee ill Tagetes teuui- 

 folia pumila. Tiie Tagetes tenuifolia is a free-flowering single 

 Marigold, growing from 24 to 30 inches in height, and with 

 beautifully cut fern-liie fohage. The dwarf variety, pumila, 

 was a dense mass of orange-mottled flowers last season, and 

 scarcely more than 6 inches in height. This season we have a 

 row of it, but it is fully a foot in height, in some cases quite 

 14 inches, but in some other cases not more than 9 inches. 

 Many have taken a note of it, as a substitute for Calceolarias, 

 &e. Even this annual, however, is influenced greatly by posi- 

 tion. Part of the line referred to is pretty well exposed, and 

 especially to the west. Another portion is partlj' sheltered hy the 

 mpjision, at the distance of some 50 feet or more. In the 

 first position the plants are liigher, from receiving more rain 

 v.-e imagine, and though there is an abimdance of flowers, a good 



many of the pretty leaves peep tln'ough them. In the more 

 sheltered part the plants are lower and are a dense ma^s of 

 bloom witlj scarcely a loaf to be seen, except at the sides. It bears 

 tlio pruning-knifc well, and, therefore, is easily kept uniform. 

 The colour is all right enough, but the fastidious must not 

 meddle with it, as it emits, especially when touched, the strong 

 Marigold scent, i'or beds to be seen a little way off, it may 

 well take the place of the orange-coloured Calceolarias. 



Just like Clover in some fields, no doubt some gardens are 

 becoming Calceolaria-sicl;. A gardener told ns the other day, 

 that though he moved the soil from one bed into another every 

 year, his Calceolarias would fail every year. We merely plant 

 in diU'erent beds, as we have lu^ver yet attempted to change or 

 freshen the soil, liotation-croppiug is the next best. Calceo- 

 larias on the whole have done well. The time when we had 

 any trouble with ours was in the spring, the roots would not 

 flourish in the cold pit in which the cuttings were inserted in 

 the autumn. We believe it was owing to using old eil'ete Boil 

 mixed with some fresh. 



Chrysanthemums in large plants will want well and frequent 

 watering. Rains must not be depended on, as the showers are 

 tlu-own by the heads past the pots. Heaths and Epacrises, 

 and the most forward Camellias, should now be placed imder 

 cover, as excess of wot will injure them for the winter. The 

 more all house plants are gradually hardened in their v.'ood, tho 

 better wUl they pass the winter. — R. E. 



Peizes foe Window G.iedening. — Mr. Walter H. Bosanquet 

 has agreed to act as Hon. Secretary of the Window-gardening 

 Committee of the Royal Horticidtural Society, and to vmder- 

 take the sole management of the Society's next exhibition of 

 window gardening bj' the working classes. This involves the 

 collection of the funds required for the prizes, and at least 

 £150 wUl be needed. Subscriptions in aid of this ijraise- 

 worthy exhibition wUl be very acceptable, and may be sent to 

 W. H. Bosanquet, Esq., 22, Austin Friars, London, E.C. 



C0^^5^"T garden market.— September 2. 



The juarket is now overstocked with Peacbes and Nectarines. The 

 prices of these are consequently lower than they have been lor some 

 years. 



EEUIT. 



Apples i sieve 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries Ih. 



Chestnuts bush. 



Cun'auts, Red A sieve 



Black .". . . do. 



Figs doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs do. 



Gooseberries. . ^ sieve 

 Grapes, Hambro.. . lb. 



Muscats lb. 



Lemons lUO 



Artichokes each 



Asparagus. . . . bundle 

 Beans Broad. . bushel 



Kidney do 



Beet, Ked doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brus. Sprouts. .^ sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



CaiTots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celei-y bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling doz. 



Endive score 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic and Shallots, lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . bundle 



s. d. s. a 



Melons each 2 0to5 



Mulbei-ries. ... punnet 06 10 



Nectarines doz. 9 6 



Oranges 100 10 20 



Peaches doz. 10 8 



Pears (kitchen)., doz. 



dessert doz. 10 2 



Pine Apples lb. 3 6 



Plums 1 sieve 1 3 



Quinces i sieve 



RaspbeiTies ...'... lb. 00 



Strawbei-ries lb. 



Walnuts bush 14 20 



Leelcs bunch 



Lettuce .... per score 

 Mushrooms. . . . pottle 

 Mustd. & Cress, punnet 

 Onions, .doz. bimches 



pickling quart 



Parsley A sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Ividney do. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes doz. 



Turnips bunch 



Vegetable Marrows dz. 



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TR.\DE CATALOGUES RECERTSD. 



WiUiam Paul, Waltham Cross. — Select LUt of Hi/acintJis, 

 Earhf Tulips, Cwciisis and oilier Spriiuj-floKcrinti Flunts. 



Charles Tmmer, Royal Nm-series, Slough.— Cafa/offuc of 

 Bulbous Flower Roots and Tulijyi. 



J. Carter& Co., High Holborn. — The Gardener's and Farmer's 

 Vadc MccuM — Part IV. Dutclt anil Cape Bulbs. 



