Septcrabor 11, 1866.] 



JOURNAL OF HORTIOULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAliDENEI!. 



207 



24 inches from the glass, such care will not bo necessary ; but 

 in frames tlio fruit is often not half that distanco from the 

 glass, and then a slight shade over the fruit, whilst the foliage 

 is exposed, will often bo advantageous. We used to like the 

 paper to bo suspended, better than laying it on the fruit. In a 

 bed, four little sticks atnoi in the soil and their ends through 

 the paper answered admirably. 



on.NAMKN'TAL DEPABT1DSNT. 



Our lawns for a few days have been too wet, either to mow 

 or machine, or roll, but the rapid growth of the grass will give 

 lis more work in future. As for the bods, they looked well 

 eight days ago, and after the tremendous rains of Tuesday, 

 Wednesday, and part of Thursday, the 28th, 29th, and 30th 

 nit., they began to look cheery on Saturday and Sunday, but 

 now they look like so many half-drowned miserable mice. They 

 have had no mulching this season as usual, and though a little 

 broken and shaken, and the blooms something dismal, we feel 

 sure that after all this rain, if the weather should clear up, and 

 there should be some sunshine, there will yet be a line display 

 in September and October. 



On tho whole, such a season as the present would teach us, if 

 we would be taught, tho importance of depending less on large 

 lawns and large flower gardens for our enjoyment, and de- 

 pending more on those styles of gardening which the weather 

 cannot so easily mar. Who will be the first to give us an acre 

 or two of first-rate flower garden under glass, with means to 

 let in the rain, or shut it out at pleasure? 



Proceeded with inserting great numbers of cuttings, and 

 potting and cleaning plants, but for particulars as to bulbs, 

 and greenhouse and stove plants in general, we beg to refer to 

 Mr. Keane's clear directions of the last and present week. — R. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— September 8. 



Very little alteration in the state of our market. Pears comprise the 

 ■varieties named last week- Peaches and Nectarines are much more 

 abundant than could have been expected from the reports a month back. 



Apples }£ sieve 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 



Currants jjj sieve 



Black do. 



Figs doz. 



filberts lb. 



Cobs lOOlbs. 



Gooseberries . . quart 

 Grapes, Hothouse. .l!-». 

 Lemons 100 



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 bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . bundle 



p. d. 



2 













 5 



5 



1 

 6 

 6 

 



2 



6 



FRUIT. 



d. r. 

 6to5 



10 









 1 

 



to 3 Melons each 2 



I Nectarines doz. 2 



u oranges 100 12 20 



Peaches doz. 



6 Pears (dessert) ..doz. 



8 kitchen doz. 



Pine Apples lb. :> O 



Plums % sieve 7 



Quinces .... Yi sieve 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries lb. 



Walnuts . 







bush. It) 







3 







5 



















14 



VEGETABLES. 



d. s, 



2 toO 



8 































4 











4 











d 



4 

 





 3 

 3 



1 6 

 



2 



3 

 6 

 6 





 



; Leeks bunch 



\ Lettuce per score 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustd.& Cress, punnet 

 , Onions., doz. bunches 



1 Parsley $£ sieve 



I Parsnips doz. 



Peas per quart 



< Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



! Radishes . . doz. hands 



1 Rhubarb bundle 



I Savoys doz. 



- Sea-kale basket 



| Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes per doz. 



J Turnips bunch 



, Vegetable Marrows dz. 



p. d. s. 

 3 toO 



1 

 2 



2 











9 



9 















8 

 2 



1 

 4 







6 







1 6 

 1 3 

 4 

 6 

 1 

 8 

 



3 

 2 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



B. S. Williams, Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Holloway, 

 London, N. — General Bulb and Fruit Tree Catalogue. 



John Scott, Yoevil and Merriott Nurseries, Crewkerne, 

 Somerset. — Catalogue of Flower Roots. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



We request that no one will write 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. All 

 communications should therefore be addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, <£c. t 171, Fleet 

 Street, London, E.C. 



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

 week. 



1 :■ i ■ i ii I'hke (Blue Gum).- This It tho Eucalyptus globulus. The 

 best tiling you can do with your plant is to plaoe it with its pot under glass 

 In winter— a cool house will do for it, take ome cuttings o! it in spring, 

 and then turn tho plant out against a wall, or on a hillock ma sheltered 

 place. It will not stand much fro t, buttbeli Ed summcrtbe 



hardier it will be out of door>. it room under '/lass. 



Veheena Cultdbb (E. JO. 8.),— Yon will find the information which 

 vou requiro at page 148, and in papers by Mr. J>. Thomson and Mr. Fisb 

 in No - 138 and 380. 



Tran°pt.anti\.. a Mai.m>i.:a -' Moist weather in the end 



of September or beginning of October is a good time to transplant an 

 evergreen Magnolia, which at it is now flowering. 



The end of March and beginning of April are the next best periods. It 

 will be necessary to dig out a tn och at leasts yard from the Btem, if it if; 

 of moderate size, vaj tance of course with the izi of the tree, 



sothatinanj ci ■ m >] the fibres or a good proportion of them wit? 

 t' [>r< -i rved along with it good ball. If you dig out a trench around tht 

 tree at some distance from the stein, and find only thick roots, find tiu 

 soil towards the trunk comes away fre< qoI plentifully filled 



with fibres, then we would recommend you to Jill up the trench "again, 

 and let the tree remain until that time twelve months; but if the eoii 

 from the trench towards the centre of the ball be full of roots, the soil 

 coming away with difficulty, and requiring to be picked out with a fork, 

 thru work away any loose soil from amongst tin; -nut-, and move the tret 

 at once with a good ball, and after planting spread a little fresh and 

 moderately rich soil under and around the roots, and lay them care- 

 fully out. Give a good watering, stake, and tie with rope, interposing a 

 hayband between the rope and the trunk to prevent the former cutting 

 the bark. 



Dressing Asparagus-beds (A Subscriber since March).— When the 

 stems become yellow they should be cut off close to the ground; the beds 

 may then be covered with from 3 to inches of half-decayed manure, and 

 the soil from the alleys neatly dug out and thrown on the beds. The 

 only good that can result from' the stalks being spread over the beds be- 

 fore covering with manure will arise from the berries being left on the 

 beds, and young plants coming up in the following year. Some pick- 

 off the berries and scatter them on the beds, covering with manure 

 afterwards, and remove the stalks ; others remove the stalks and weeds, 

 and then cover with manure. The one plan is as good as the other. 



Shrues tor Planting under Trees (J. ,9.).— If very much shaded, and 

 the ground is much occupied by the roots of the trees, we fear that very 

 few shrubs will grow ; the best" in that case would be Aucubas and the 

 Periwinkles. If it be possible to dig holes for the shrubs, then the follow- 

 ing in addition to those named, which are the very best, would do 

 tolerably well : Common Laurels, Laurustinus, common Yew, common 

 Holly, Box, Ivy in variety, (it and Periwinkle being best for surface- 

 covering or near the margin), Butcher's Broom. Alexandrian Laurel, Ber ■ 

 beris aquifolium, B. repens, and B. Darwinii, Rhododendron ponticum, 

 and Privet. 



Removing Bark from Vines (H. A.).— Yon may strip the loose bark 

 from the Vines after the leaves have fallen, not going so deep as to in- 

 jure the fresh bark, and afterwards dress them with Gishnrst compound 

 at the rate of 8 ozs. to the gallon. 



Applying Urine (Idem).— It may be diluted with six times its quantity 

 of water, and then applied to all kitchen-garden crops in the ordinary 

 way of watering, pouring it between the rows of growing crops. 



Nursery Ground {China Aster).— 1, Forest trees impoverish the ground 

 more than ordinary farm crops, but not to the extent of rendering it 

 unfit for tillage afterwards. A green crop or two will bring it round. 

 2, The rent of nursery ground is very variable, ranging from £5 to £2,0 

 per acre, locality and quality of ground making all the difference. 



Beds fop. Dahlias, Pahsegs, and Asters [Idem). — To grow these well. 

 it is necessary that the ground should be deeply dug or trenched, and 

 thoroughly exposed to the atmosphere to render it sweet. You cannot, 

 therefore, do this and have the beds gay when not occupied with these 

 plants, for that is the time when the soil" should be thrown up roughly te 

 the weather. 



Alpine Plants (31. A. E.).— Plant Silene acaulis in loam and grit 

 on a ledge of rockwork in a sunny exposure; Linaria alpina in a 

 sunny chink of rock amongst i am, peat, and grit, which must be kept 

 moist ; Saxifraga aizoon and S. aizoides in moist loam and grit on a ledge 

 or in a crevice of rockwork in the full sun ; Rhododendron femigineum in 

 peat and grit in a sunny fissure, which is to be kept moist ;"Erigeron 

 alpinus and Crepisaurea in a sunny opening in sandy loam ; Ranuncu- 

 li- alpestris in peaty loam and grit in a well-drained fissure, keeping the 

 soil very moist ; for Dry aa octopetala, chosea sunny fissure, and if the rock 

 is not of limestone, place some of that material therein, and plant in peat 

 nml grit, keeping moist ; plant Aretia helvetica in a sunny fissure of rock 

 in grit with a very little peat, kept moist; Primula viscosa, in a some- 

 what sunny opening, among well-drained loam and grit ; Rumez nivalis, 

 in a sunny opening in sandy loam; Sedum dasyphyllum, in well-drained 

 sunny fissures, in gravel and sandy -loam. Hutehinsia alpina requires a 

 sunny fissure, with limestone, nnd'a compost of loam and grit. The large 

 blue Gentian needs a sunny slope of rockwork, and planting in fibrous 

 loam and gravel, with an open exposure ; the small Gentian a sunny 

 bank, deep rich fibrous loam, gravel, or limestone. The Alpine Rose or 

 Cistus strikes freely in peat and sand, covered with a hand-glass; select 

 cuttings of the half-ripened i 



Ventilating a Wall-case (Bus in urbe).— We think that with the doors 

 open, and the space above the doors, in hot weather, your 6 inches of 

 ventilation top and bottom will do, as it will be continuous ; 3 inches 

 more would have been better, and though left open, with power to close 

 when deemed advisable— a matter of importance in early frosts, and for 

 ripening Grapes in autumn. In addition to Black Hamburgh you can 

 have White Muscadine and Buekland Sweetwater. With the above your 

 arrangements will answer. 



Caterpillar Gnawing Ripe Grapes (B. .*>.).— The hairy caterpillar 

 which has gnawed your Black Hamburgh Grapes is that of tho large 

 Ermine Moth, Bombyx (Kpilosoma) Menthrnstri. It is quite an unusual 

 habit, although the insect is a very general feeder. — W. 



