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JOUKNAL OP HOIiTICULTUliE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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inside, to meet the prejudices of the artistes of the kitchen. 

 One great advantage of this Turnip is, that if jour rows are 

 thick, and you wish a succession from the thinnings, you may 

 transplant them as securely as you would a lot of Lettuces, or a 

 bed of Swede Turnips. At present we have several pieces of this 

 Turnip where our bedding plants grow temporarily in the spring, 

 and if there ia any difference between them and those left from 

 sowing in the usual manner, it is in the more equal appearance 

 of the plants, the better form of the tubers, and, if possible, 

 their milder and sweeter taste. The fact of their standing 

 transplanting so well may often be turned to profitable account, 

 and so out it must come, as a secret too valuable to be kept. 

 Many crops as well as Turnips like fresh soil, but in their case 

 it must be rich, the manure sweet, and the plants grown quickly 

 and pulled young, to have the produce first-rate at table. 



Cli ared off Peas that were becoming exhausted. In general 

 we like to sow single rows a good distance apart, with other 

 crops between, but for two or three of the earliest crops it is 

 often well to have a few rows about 4 feet apart, so that the 

 space may ho cleared at once, and planted with Broccoli and 

 winter Greens. Have been busy filling such ground, and that 

 from which such Potatoes have been raised, with Greens, and 

 the later crops of Cauliflower, giving the latter less room than 

 the plants would require when planted earlier in the season. 

 Where the ground was poor, enriched it by trenching down 

 rotten short grass and compost from the rubbish-heap. Planted 

 out also more Coloworts, allowing no ground to remain empty, 

 but just managing that the crops may be removed at one time, 

 or nearly so, to suit succession crops in the spring. 



The first-sown Cabbages are just through the ground, will 

 scatter some wood ashes over them. Will sow a few more 

 by the end of the week, and a little Cauliflower for the earliest 

 next spring, and will sow again towards the end of the month, 

 and in September, for successions. Made a sowing of Onions, 

 to be repeated about the middle of the month, and again in the 

 first week of September, the two first, chiefly for drawing when 

 young, and the last for transplanting to bulb in spring. Sowed 

 Spinach for autumn use, and will sow in the middle of the 

 month, and again in the beginning of September, for winter 

 and spring gatherings. 



Celery. — Since a heavy hail shower this has been consider- 

 ably spotted on the foliage, and the larger, finer plants seemed 

 to have a yellowish tinge, of which the younger plants are free ; 

 and as they seemed damp enough, scattered a little soot over 

 the foliage and soil, and will leave the rains to clear it away, or 

 if they do not come soon enough, will sprinkle them over- 

 head with water from a rose. We like to see this crop pre- 

 senting a very dark, instead of a light green appearance. Those 

 seem the least dark that were large plants when turned out, 

 and the younger ones are making up to them in strength very 

 fast. The first were thinned out of a bed, a part being left 

 standing to come in early, and, therefore, the roots of those re- 

 moved were a little curtailed, and, as we think we noticed at 

 the time, they were planted with a trowel instead of a spade, 

 to give full spreading room for the roots. The next in size 

 were lifted with large balls from a border, and holes or trenches 

 were made sufficiently large with the spade, so that the roots 

 might spread out at once without any curtailment. We men- 

 tion this latter matter, because the advantages of pricking out 

 Celery in rich stuff on a hard bottom, are chiefly that the 

 plants may be easily watered in the young state, and that the 

 roots may be lifted in balls, and transplanted to the trench, so 

 as to be affected by the moving as little as possible. Y>'e must 

 find a place for some later Celery, for as yet we have scarcely 

 three successions. The end of this and the next month are 

 the great months for Celery-growing. Unless partially shaded 

 it grows but little in bright weather in July. By using a little 

 soot water in watering, we have scarcely ever been troubled 

 with the grub in the leaves, and if it do come, in answer to 

 several correspondents, we would say there is no cure but to 

 squeeze them and kill them, and make the leaves distasteful to 

 the insects that deposit the eggs beneath the cuticle of the leaf. 



FRUIT GAKDEX. 



Went on regulating trees and potting Strawberries very much 

 as stated last week. We regret now that we did not turn out 

 more of our forced Strawberries early ; but we could not find 

 time. Those turned early out of pots into a border havo sup- 

 plied us with nice and pretty regular gatherings after the latest 

 Strawberries were over; but to have them thus early, the 

 forced plants must be turned out not later than May, if earlier 

 all the better. As soon as we can find time we shall plant out 



many runners in a rich piece of ground, and the earliest kinds 

 will do for forcing next season, and others will come in for 

 making fresh plantations of well-established plants, so that 

 the ground destined for bearing Strawberries next season may 

 still be cropped this winter. These are some of the moves 

 which many must adopt whero much has to be obtained from 

 littlo room. 



Orchard-houses, — The first would have been in if we had 

 liked ; but finding the fruit would be more valued later, we 

 have given more air, even at the risk of causing a temporary 

 check. Top-dressed all trees in pots the other day with a mix- 

 ture of old Mushroom dung, hotbed dung, and a little soot 

 mixed with it. These top-dressings tend to diminish the fre- 

 quency of watering, and the waterings take down the nourish- 

 ment of this mulching with them. As Sir. Rivers states, it is 

 most amazing how soon this mulching disappears. Whether 

 it is eaten up by the plants, or the water, or the air, it would 

 be difficult to say ; but the great point, whenever it disappears 

 and the surface soil of the pot looks you in the face, is to re- 

 new the mulching. Other matters very much as in previous 

 weeks' notices. 



OHNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT. 



In addition to what was alluded to last week, havo been 

 chiefly engaged in potting, and preparing for taking cuttings 

 for the flower garden, regulating the same, and fixing after the 

 winds and rains, and were we to go much into detail, it would 

 be very much of a repetition of the excellent directions of Mr. 

 Keane at page 108. If we can find time we want to divide and 

 remove Violets, &c, and the sprinkling the Neapolitan Violets 

 with a little sulphur from a dredge-box or a good-sized pepper- 

 castor, will hell-) to keep them free of red spider. Syringing 

 them with the sulphur and lime liquid is also good for the 

 purpose. Whatever means are used, they should be perfectly 

 healthy before winter. The wind has given us a deal of work 

 in the flower garden. As for the beautiful Verbenas, we sup- 

 pose we must give them up here, as every night they are 

 cropped like a carpet by rabbits and other four-footed in- 

 truders. The few flowers of to-day are gone before the morrow 

 comes. Verbenas will never succeed until Rabbits are caught, 

 or sent out and kept out. — R. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— August 11. 



There is little alteration to be noticed here this week. Some fair 

 samples of Pears from tbo continent have come to hand, and include 

 Jargonelles and Beurrc il'Ainanlis, varying in price from la. to 3a. per 

 doz. All other articles are quite suilicient for the demand. 



FRUIT. 



Apples Yz sieve 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 



Currants sieve 



Black do. 



Figs doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs lOOlbs. 



Gooseberries .. quart 

 Grapes, Hothouse.. lb. 

 Lemons 100 



U 10 



d. s. 

 6 to 5 

 8 

 Oranges 100 12 20 



0to3 ! Melons er.ch 2 



Nectarines doz. 4 



Peaches doz. 10 



Pears (dessert) . . doz. 



kitchen doz. 



Pine Apples lh. 



Plums J4 sieve 



Quinces . H sieve 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries lb. 



Walnuts bush. 



9 



VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes each 



Asparagus bundle 



Beans, Broad. . bushel 



Kidney . . J$ sieve 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brus. Sprouts % sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundlo 



Cucumbers each 



pickling doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . bundlo 



p. d. s. 

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8 



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Leeks bunch 



Lettuce per score 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustd.& Cress, punnet 

 Onions. . doz. bunche9 



Parsley ^ sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas per quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes . . doz. hands 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes per doz. 



Turnips bunch 



Vegetable Marrows dz. 



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TRADE CATALOGUES RECETVED. 

 W. Cutbush & Son, Highgate.— Bulb Catalogue for 1866. 

 Hamilton & Wright, Surrey Seed Warehouse, Thornton 

 Heath, London, S. — Select List of Bulbs. 



