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JOUKNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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after they Lave come. In addition to all this, when there 

 comes a quiet, fopRj', drizzly afternoon, wc shall amoho the 

 houses when dry with bruised laurel loaves. If the houses are 

 damp, niul especially the woodwork, the anioke will change the 

 colour of the paint; but even that, if let alone long enough, 

 will return to its original colour. These houses as soon as 

 thus tlcanod, will he filled with bedding plants, &c, until, on 

 commencing to force, the plants must be removed when the 

 heat becomes too strong for thcni. As wo have several times 

 stated, the labour of moving jilants about is great; but if 

 bedding plants can now be placed in such houses for a month 

 or two they will enjoy the greater amomit of air than can be 

 given them in pits and frames, and the greater circulation pro- 

 duced in tiiat air by a little fire heat in damp foggy weather. 



Moved a lot of Stnufbcrrics in pots where they can bo pro- 

 tected from wet and severe frosts ; will soon bring all that are in 

 pots under such protcctiim into the orchard-house, &c. In these 

 cold Louses, have cleared off all the leaves, and scraped oiT a 

 little of the surface soil, and when thoroughly cleaned and top- 

 drossed, there will be room for many little tilings out of the 

 wet, and dryness alone will be a great protection from frost. A 

 number of Black Prince Strawberries are showing bloom strongly 

 in a Vine-pit, where there is just a little heat, and others are 

 swelling pretty freely on shelves in a pit hot enough for Kidney 

 Beans coming into bloom. ^Ye have noticed many failures 

 with this nice little Strawberry from over-heating, and over- 

 watering. There should not be dryness, but there should be no 

 soaking, nothing like staudiBg water until the fruit is set ; in 

 fact, no standing water in saucers or otherwise at any time, 

 and as for heat, from 50° to 55° is quite high enough until the 

 fi-uit is swelling, and C0° is quite high enough when ripening. 

 Some 10° more may be added in bright sunshine, with air. 

 Under such treatment the fruit will be dark and weU flavoured. 

 In a higher temperature it is apt to come red, soft, and taste- 

 less. As soon as we have some leaves and litter hot enough, 

 we will make no some beds for frames, and in a mild heat, and 

 on the surface of the bed, we shall stand a lot of Keens' Seed- 

 ling, and make up other beds for Radishes, Asparagus, &c. We 

 must depend on the cleaned-out fruiting-houses for clearing 

 some of these frames of their present occupants, for just now 

 we have not a frame or pit of any kind that is not more than 

 ailed. 



OENAMENTAL DEPAKTMENT. 



Chiefly as in previous weeks, and regulating and fresh set- 

 ting stove ; cutting down Ferns, chiefly of the Maiden-hair 

 kinds, the fronds of which were showing signs of decay, and 

 keeping the fresher ones until those cut down shall be making 

 their fresh fronds. Placed Gesnera zebrina, and plants of that 

 description, where they would be warmer and drier. Will re- 

 pot and divide the Ferns spoken of, when they begin to move 

 afresh. Small pots of the Maiden-hair, &c., are useful for 

 table decoration. Small plants of Solanum capsicastrum, and 

 Ardisia crenulata, are also very useful, along with variegated 

 plants of all kinds. Small plants of different kinds of Mosses 

 in small pots are also useful for making up vases of flowers — 

 either in the pots, these being hidden, or taJsen out, and re- 

 potted when done with. Clear manure water, or rich top- 

 dressing, is also now useful for Chrysanthemums and Camel- 

 lias, and Cinerarias, Primulas, and other soft-wooded plants, 

 as soon as the roots reach the sides of the pots, and the flower- 

 stems appear. Young plants in pits and frames require plenty 

 of air, but given so as to keep the wet out. The weather 

 up to Thursday being so wet, the chief work among plants has 

 been looking over Geraniums, Fuchsias, &c., and examining 

 all bedding plants taken into the plant-houses, removing all 

 signs of decayed leaves, stirring the surface soil, &c. A great 

 deal of this can be done in wet days by choosing a favourable 

 time, and taking a good lot in barrows or sieves into a com- 

 fortable shed, and removing them also at the most suitable 

 times, so that the men may not get soaked. With a httle 

 forecast, there should always be plenty of work in-doors in wet 

 weather in moderate-sized gardens. We have worked with 

 others until the cold rains would gurgle out at our shoes at 

 everj' stej). and then go home at night to lodgings, where 

 clothes could not be dried. But what or where was the benefit ? 

 We are sure that the employer would have gained more if we 

 had been under shelter and idle ; but, as said above, idleness 

 1!- never necessary ; there are always plants to clean, walls of 

 hotses to whitewash, glass to mend, talhes to make, sticks to 

 poiul,pots to wash, covers for protection to make and mend, ito. 

 Even with this litth care and forethought, men will be ill, will 



faction to feel that such troubles arenot bi-ought on or inten- 

 sified by our carelessness, our wilful neglect, if not wilful 

 cruelty. One thing is certain, that good garden-men generally 

 tire of their shed work before it is nearly exhausted, and are 

 (juite as anxious to get out as the head-gard<.'ner can be that 

 they should go, and when they do go out in their dry comfort- 

 able clothing, they work with an energy and a will which you 

 might in vain expect to find among men who turn out after 

 sitting ill a cold fireloss place at their meals, and with their 

 wet-drenched garments flapping about them. lu our course 

 through life we have always found that a little consideration 

 for the circumstances, and the comforts of others, always 

 brings with it its own reward. At this trying time of the year 

 we trust we may be excused for thus, in passing, alluding to 

 this subject. — R. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— Nov km her 25. 



The Inle boisterous wcnthev has rather thinned our mipplios, and prices 

 for roiipli goods have sliKbtly advanced; but with a few days of favour- 

 able weather no doubt they will recede a^ain, as tliere are abundant 

 crops to come in. Large cargoes of St. MichaeFs Oranges arc to band, and 

 after very rapid passages are in fine condition. Pines are more than suf- 

 ficient for the demand. 



Fr.oIT. 



Apples \ sieve 



Apricots .". doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 



Currants, Red ^ sieve 



Ulaek do. 



Figs doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cob.s lOO 11,3. 



GoosebeiTies. . h sieve 

 Cirapes, Hambro.. . lb. 



Muscats lb. 



Lemons 100 



Artiehokea each 



Asparagus bundle 



Beans Broad., bushel 



Kidney .... 4 sieve 



Beet, Red ' doz. 



Broecoli bundle 



Brua. Sprouts . . 4 sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsiciuns 100 



Carrots buuch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling .... doz. 



Endive score 



Fennel bunch 



Garhc and Shallots, lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horser.idish . . bundle 



Melons each 



Mulbemcs punnet 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges 100 



Penchea doz. 



Pears (kitchen). . doz. 



deasort doz. 



Pino Apples lb. 



Plums ^ sieve 



Quinces ^ sieve 



Kaspberrics lb. 



Strawberries lb. 



Walnuta bush ll 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce .... per score 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustd. & Cress,punnet 

 Onions . . . .per bushel 



pickling quart 



Parsley A 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. 



TR.VDE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Andre Leroy, Angers, France. — Descriptive Catalogue of 

 Fruit and Oniamcittal I'rees, Sknilis, &c. 



W. Barron, Elvastou Nurseries, BorrowasL, Derby. — Select 

 Cataloiiue of Ornamcntnl I'tnnts. 



Dreghorn & Aitken, 79, King Street, Kilmarnock. — Catalogue 

 of H<^rl)aceous ami Aljiiiu' rUiiils. 



B. L. Pierrepoint, Horsemarket, Warrington. — Descriptive 

 Priced Catalogue of Dutch and Frencli Floiccr Rmts, Eases, 

 Fruit Trees, djc. 



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