October 31, 1865. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTOllE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



371 



down ili'op into tbe soil. Holding the plant in your hand you 

 will uotico that it has one main stem G oi' more inches in 

 lenRth, and from tliat proceed from three to five secondary 

 stems, and from tlies,; a numher of summer shoots. Very weak 

 ones of these we reniuvo, and the others we cut down to within 

 a joint or bud of the secondary stems. It piirticidiir wo smear 

 these cuts in dry soil, or better still, in dry lime. Wliilst 

 holding the plant in one hand, we dock otT most of the roots 

 that are lic^youd from 5 to (i inches in Icnf^th. We then pack 

 these roots lirmly and thickly in the pots, leaving the stems 

 chiefly above the rim, and fixing the soil well about them. In 

 such a pot may bo packed from a score to two dozen or more 

 of these dockod-in jilauts. If any very dry soil is handy we 

 fill up to within an inch of the top, give the pots a fair water- 

 ing before taking them to their winter (luarters, and when 

 well settled we cover with about half an inch of the dry soil. 

 This so far prevents evaporation that little or no water will be 

 needed in winter, except where dry heat in some way is applied 

 artificially. Bear in mind that the plants are more apt to 

 suffer from damp than from dryness, only the roots must not 

 be dust-dry. If you find the soil beneath is becoming too dry, 

 it is often better to pour tlie water through a hole made with a 

 stick, instead of watering all over the surface of the pot, until 

 the stumpy plants, with not a leaf left on them, begin to 

 make small fresh leaves. Comparative drviiess, airiness, and 

 freedom from frost are all that they require. We have for- 

 gotten to say, that when no dry soil is handy the potting soil 

 may come up to within half an inch of the rim, and then be 

 watered ; but as soon as the surface becomes dryish it should 

 be broken with a pin or stick, and left loose, to prevent evapo- 

 ration and keep moisture about the roots without more watering. 

 As the leaves come from the size of a threepenny silver coin 

 to the size of a shilling they must have more light, a little 

 more attention as to water, and be merely kept from frost. 

 By the end of March or the beginning of April the plants will 

 be hurting each other, the young shoots coming thickly and 

 the roots a wig of fresh fibres all near home, and then you 

 may either plant separately under protection, or pot the plants 

 separately, and keep them tmder calico protection, or in a 

 greenhouse, or window, or spare room where they will have 

 light, hardening oS until they will stand out of doors by the 

 18th of May. These old plants will not give so much trouble, 

 or require so much care by a great deal, as plants propagated 

 during the summer and autumn. The latter are more sensitive 

 to cold, and also must have full light all the winter, whilst the 

 old plants do with very little before the fresh foliage begins to 

 come. 



Cloth of Gold and Golden Chain Geranhan-i. — On the prin- 

 ciple, we presume, that it is pleasant to have comrades even 

 in misfortune, several coiTespondents have noticed what we 

 said about being disappointed with both of these when exposed 

 to the fnll sun iu this very hot summer ; l)ut they have not 

 noticed what we also stated, that in more shady places they did 

 very well. In a 1od'„' border, two-thii'ds of which was exposed 

 to the morning and mid-day sun, and a good portion of the 

 afternoon sun, the Cloth of Gold disappointed us, as though 

 the plants were very good when turned out, they actually be- 

 came much less during the summer. In the other part of the 

 border, treated every day alike, but considerably shaded, the 

 plants were strong and beautiful, with large handsome leaves. 

 In two beds in a sunk panel garden, fully exposed, the plants 

 were neither so good as the last-named, nor so bad as the first 

 — were middling. In a series of beds where the sun would act 

 on them pretty freely from between 7 and 8 a.m., to noon, but 

 which were shaded from the sun after that time, the Cloth of 

 Gold and Golden Chain both did very well, though with the 

 exception of the shade the plants were treated as much as 

 possible in the same way. Have any of our correspondents 

 found these facts corroborated in their experience ? — E. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— Octouku 28. 



Sdpplikh about the famo tis last week, ami we have DothinK frosb to 

 report. There nro utill Honio (food Salwi^y Ptiuchuii coming, and a few 

 Uishus of Strawburricrt iibouttho market. 



a. 



Apples ,J Biove 1 



Apricots do7,. 



Cherriort lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 12 



Currimttt, Rod ^ bk'vo 



Ulack do. 



Firs doz. 1 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs 100 n>8.120 



Dto2 

 



FHUIT. 



d 



GoosebemcB. . \ sieve 

 Grapes, jtlambro... lb. 



Muacata lb. 



Lemons 100 



Articliokos each 



Anpiiragus bundle 



Beans Broud.. bunhel 



Kidimy. ...k sieve 



BeiH, Red ". doz. 



Broccoli bundlo 



BruB. Sprouts.. i sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



picklins .... doz. 



Endive score 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic and Shallots, lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . buadlo 







20 

 

 

 6 8 

 9 1 

 140 

 

 6 4 



Illelons each 



Mulberries. . . . punnet 



Nectarines doz. 



Orftugea 100 10 



Peaches doz. 15 



Pears (kitchen)., doz. 



dessert doz. 



Pine Ai>plc3 lb. 



Plums ^ sieve 



Quinces J sieve 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries lb. 



W alnuta bush 14 



n. d. p 

 4 0to7 

 



















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 4to0 

 



VEOETABLES. 



d 

 6 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce .... per score 



Mushrooms i)ottlo 



Mustd. & Cress, puunet 

 Onions per bushel 



picklinj; quart 



Parsley ^ sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundlo 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes ^ sieve 



Turnips bunch 



Vegetable Marrows dz. 



d. H. d 

 3 too 

 2 



TR.VDE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Charles Turner. Rojal Nurseries, Slough. — Catalogue of 

 Bases, Fruit Tr^es, Cojiiferee, Hardy Trees, sShrubs, dx. Select 

 List of Nejc Pelarfjoniums. General Collection of Auriculas, 

 Carnations, Picotees, Pijiks, Cinerarias, d-c. 



Dreghoru&Aitken, 79, King Street, Kilmaraock.— CaJaZoawe 

 of Gladioli. ^ 



John Morse, The Nurseries, Darsley, Gloucestershire. — 

 Catalogue of CuttingSy including Chrysanthemunis, Verbenas^ 

 Pelargoniums, dc. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*,* We request that no one Tv-iU ^vl•ite privately to the depart- 

 mental writers of the '* Journal of Horticulture, Cottage 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so doing they 

 are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and expense. AU 

 communications should therefore be addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, dc, 171, Fleet 

 Street, London, E.G. 



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

 week. 



Storing Carrots {Waverley). — Until the shed is empty in which yon 

 purpose storing them in sand, we recommend you to make a lone heap of 

 them on the surface of the cround, and cover it a foot thick with earth, 

 smoothening the outside so that the rain may run off. 



Six Good Keeping Pears lA Constant Header). — Winter Nells, Jose* 

 ' phine de Malines, Bergamotte Esperen, Beurre de Ranee, Jean de Witte, 

 and Forelle. 



Spare TnrE (M. U. J5.).— If you devote your spare time to raising 

 Geriiniunis, &c., as you propose, the only market you must depend upon 

 is Wycombe and other places in your neighbourhood. The wholesale 

 nurserymen and florists raise such plants in their own gardens quite as 

 cheaply as you could. 



Gladiolus {Steicart <t Mein, Keho). — Tour seedling Gladiolus appears 

 to be of first-rate character, but it is too late in the season to form a fair 

 judgment of it. The broad, bright rosy featherings are very conspicuous 

 on the white ground, the individual flowers well formed, and the spike 

 everything that could be desired. There can be no doubt but that in the 

 proper season it will prove a very useful and valuable variety. 



WiGANDiA CARACASANA {H. G. M.). — It would smTive the winter in a 

 cold greenhouse ; it would do better under the shelves in a stove, but it 

 must have as much exposure to the light ns possible. The plant is 

 Nicotiana Langsdoi-fii. We cannot undertake to say what the insect on 

 your Pear trees is from youi* description. 



Wop.M Casts iltjnoramus). — Water your lawn T\ith lime-water twice 

 a-week, and it will banish the intruders upon your croquet ground. 



Vines Lifted not Growing tJohn Bovlhji^.—The Vines lifted last 

 winter would be better taken out at once, for though they might shoot 

 next year they will never be otherwise than weak, and more time will bo 

 lost upon them than were new Vines planted. We should not only plant 

 young Vines in the place of old Vines, which have not grown this year, 

 but plant a young Vine by the other old Vines that were lifted at the 

 same time, that have made weak wood this year, nnd that require a little 

 fire to ripen the wood. By this means you will have a house full of 

 young Vines that will give good and improving crops quite as soon as the 

 old weak Vines. When Vines are verj* old they are only worth lifting to 

 make room for new ones, though they may remain for a year or two to 

 afford fruit until the young Vines demand all the space. 



Seedling Verbena (J. N., Barmtaple).— A. pretty flower, but not 

 superior to many others already well known. 



CccuansER (J. H. P. M.). — It is impossible for us to give an opinion of 

 a Cucumber we have never seen. If it possesses the merits you state, 

 and when you have a stock of seed you had better advertise it, and state 

 where the seed is to be obtained. 



