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JOURNAL OF HOBTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



r October 10, 1866. 



the better. Bulb.s for forcing .shoulil be potted \Yithout delay. 

 Those intended for beds, which will not be at liberty for a 

 month or more hence, may either be i)otted or set on three 

 inches of rough leaf mould, and covered with the same ; they 

 may then be moved to the ground in rooted patches. It will 

 be necessary to have all the kinds named, so that they may be 

 arranged according to blooming and heights. 



Chrysanthemums showing bloom were afforded rich water- 

 ings, and it would be as well to place them so as to be able to 

 give them a little protection from frost if necessary. Cinerarias 

 in largish pots, keep as cool as possible under glass ; Primulns 

 as airy as possible under glass, preventing them being soaked 

 with cold rains now. Geraniums of the florists' kinds should 

 also be placed under glass, giving all the air possible, and no 

 more water than is necessary. 



All hardwooded gi-eenhouse plants if not housed should be 

 placed where they can be protected from frost and heavy rains. 

 Many Camellias and Epacrises do badly in winter, because, 

 without showing it on the siuface or readily on the foliage, the 

 roots next the sides of the pot have been frosted before the 

 plants were housed. Thinned climbers in gi-eenhouse and stove, 

 preparatory to a final thinning and cleaning ere long. All 

 plants should be examined for insects, the drainage made effi- 

 cient, and worms extirpated out of the pots before winter. All 

 cuttings of Verbenas, Geraniums, i-c, which are struck, should 

 be kept as hardy as possible. Where glass is at command they 

 will be better under it now, but with the sashes off in these 

 fine days, and air on back and front at night, except when cold 

 and frosty. The less of artificial heat all such plants have the 

 better will they thrive, and the more free will they be from 

 insects during the winter. In fact, the very best means for 

 keeping insects away is a low temperature with plenty of air, 

 for all such plants, yet high enough to be free from frost — sav, 

 ranging from 35^ to 40=. In such'a temperature, and the atmo- 

 sphere pretty di-y, the Verbenas wiU be free from mildew, while in 

 a moister atmosphere and a temperature from 45', and onwards, 

 they wiU often be smothered with it. Coolness, a certain degree 

 of moistm-e, and plenty of air, except when fi-osty, will keep 

 Calceolarias all right, when a very little fire heat will bring the 

 spot, the gangi-ene, and other diseases and evils. Coddling such 

 plants with heat is then- ruin. 



Have begun to curtail water from the Amai-yllis tribe, that 

 have had a rather close pit to grow in during the summer. 

 Cyclamens should now be set to work and watered. Syringe 

 Violets with sulphur and quassia water wherever there are 

 signs of the red spider, or even of mildew. For the latter the 

 plants when rather damp on the leaves may be dusted v.ith 

 flowers of sulphur from a pepper-box, but one of a good size, if 

 there is much to do. A dredger of any kind will do. Remove 

 all rimners from Neapolitan Violets. Only the ci'owns yield 

 flowers for the first year. The runners if struck will make good 

 plants for a second year. These, and double blue, and Russian 

 do very well in pots, as well as in beds ; but like Strawberries, 

 they should, for winter-flowering, be well estabhshed in the 

 pots in autimin. 



Although many such matters have come under our attention 

 during the week, the chief work has been collecting a few desir- 

 able seeds whilst the tlry weather lasted, and putting in great 

 numbers of ciitlhicjx of Geraniums and other bedilinfi 7)/oj7fs. 

 We are thus late partly because we could not get at them earher, 

 and partly from choice, as we did not wish to break in on the 

 regularity of the beds, and as yet we have no reserve gromid 

 to which we could go for cuttings. These reserve grounds are 

 very useful for such a purpose, and also for supplying cut 

 flowers. No beds will long stand cutting from without showing 

 it. At this time we insert the cuttings thickly in pots or boxes, 

 giving them about 1 or IJ inch between cutting and cutting, 

 and keeping them close under frames during the day, and giving 

 air at night to prevent damping. They will generally be struck 

 by the end of the mouth, and as the stiffest side pieces are 

 used they take up but little room during the winter. As soon 

 as roots are formed, of coiirse jileuty of air is given, unless in 

 frosty weather. About the middle of the month, if no frost 

 that would be dangerous threaten before that time, we shall 

 commence with Calceolaria cuttings, sli])ping off the side 

 shoots from li to«2; inches in length. We like them best when 

 about 2 inches in length and with a firmish heel close to the 

 older stem. Those plants that did best with us last year, were 

 inserted as cuttings from the middle to the end of November 

 after there had been a rather shiui) frost. We have already 

 mentioned that some of our rooted Calceolarias began to go off 

 in the spring, and we attribute it to dibbling them in a mixture 



of old and fresh soil. Fresh sandy loam suits tliem best. We 

 believe a fungous matter was about the roots. They recovered 

 after being turned out into earth-pits, and have done well 

 during the season. Of course, those that looked very sickly 

 were never turned out into the earth-pits at all, but were at 

 once thrown away. Some kinds, rather new, that do well in 

 certain places, seem too tender for us. We have seen Watson's 

 Bijou, a neat dark one, do well in some places, but it seems too 

 delicate with us, and for that colour we must use Victory, Crim- 

 son ICing, Victor Emmanual, and others of that dark colour. — 

 R. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— October 7. 



The market remnins mucli the same as last weeli, quotations beinj; 

 stationan.-. Dutch Hamhiirfjh Grapes are iinusitally f^ood this year, and 

 equal to those now imported from Jersey. Melting* Peaches may now be 

 said to be over. Great complaints are made among farmers and growers 

 as to the diseased state of the Potato crop. 



FKUIT. 



Apples ^ sieve 1 



Apricots doz. 



Chen-ies lb. (I 



Chestnuts bush. l(i 



ClU'rauts, Red ^ sieve 



Black do. 



Fics doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs do. 1 



d. s. 



flto2 

 

 







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GoosebeiTies. . ^ sieve 



Grapes, Harabro.. . lb. 1 



Muscats lb. 3 



Lemons 100 8 14 



s. d. B. d 



Melons each 2 0to5 



Mulberries punnet 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges 100 10 20 



Peaches doz. 10 



Pears (Idtchen) . . doz. 

 dessert doz. 



I Pine Apijles lb. 



Plums i sieve 



Quinces | sieve 



Ivaspberries lb. 



StrawbeiTics lb. 



Wahiuts bush 14 20 



2 



8 



4 



4 











VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes each 



Asparagus.... bundle 

 Beans Broad. . bushel 



Kidney. .. .^ sieve 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brus. Sprouts. .A sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



CauUflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



piclding doz. 



Endive score 



fennel bunch 



Garlic and Shallots, lb. 



Herbs bnnch 



Horseradish . . bundle 



B. a. 8. d 

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 8 



3 

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3 

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2 



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6 

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1 



4 



2 

 

 

 

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Leeks bunch 



Lettuce per score 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustd. & Cress.punnet 

 Onions .... per bushel 



pickling quart 



Parsley i sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes ^ sieve 



Turnips bunch 



Vegetable Marrows dz. 



s. d. s. d 

 3 too 

 6 

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 6 

 

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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Louis Van Houtte, Ghent, Belgium. — Catalogue de Plantes 

 de Serres. 



WiUiam Paul, Waltham Cross, London, N. — Base Catalogue, 

 1865-6. 



Ambroise Verschaffclt, Rue du Chaume, 50, Ghent, Belgium. 

 — Flantes Nouvellcs. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



».» We request that no one will write privately to the depart- 

 mental writers of the "Journal of Horticiilture, Cottage 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so doing they 

 are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and expense. All 

 communications should therefore be addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, d-c, 171, Fleet 

 Street, London, E.G. 



We also request that correspondents wiU 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 commimications. Also never to send more than 

 two or three questions at once. 



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

 week. 

 Books (Q. I?.).— The " Fruit Gardening for the Many " can be had free 



by post from our office for live postage stamps. 

 AcoBN Yeget.\tikg OVER W.iTEH (.Sn)« Wfllfr), — No doubt it would do 



if in a bottle so that the air about it was kept moist. 

 Gabcen Plans (Mrs. Fair/nr).— You had better wi-ite to Mr. Chapman 



Garden Besigner Ac, Richmond Surrey. 



