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JODBNAL OF HORTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ September 18, 1866. 



under glass protection, but with plenty of air to keep them 

 robust and hardy. Went on potting Primulas, Cinerarias, &c, 

 keeping them cool, airy, and hardy, and giving full exposure to 

 beds of Violets, which will ultimately be covered with glass in 

 winter. Japan Lilies coming into bloom will be the better of 

 manure water, and those done flowering, and dying down, will 

 be the better of a dry, exposed place to ripen the bulbs. 

 Amaryllis should be watered until the foliage give signs of be- 

 coming yellow, when it should be lessened to ripen the bulbs 

 off, and where early Hyacinths and Narcissus are desired, they 

 cannot be potted too soon. See the excellent article by Mr. 

 1 'an] in a late Number. Among other things demanding at- 

 tention, we would corroborate the practice of Mr. Robson as to 

 lawn-making. Grass, however rough, if well mowed, and the 

 weeds picked out, will make, when well laid, a better lawn than 

 any sowing of seeds, at least that ever we saw, and next to 

 turves, the piecing of such grass sods, and then sowing, will 

 make an excellent lawn in a short time. — R. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— September 15. 



The supplies of home-grown and foreign produce continue ample 

 for all requirements. Of Grapes and Peurs there is more than sufficient 

 for the demand, and of Apples large quantities come in, but good kinds 

 are somewhat scarce. Pears are principally confined to Williams's Bon 

 Chretien, Louise Bonue, and Gratiuli. 



Apples J£ sieve 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 



Currants '-sieve 



















Black do. 



e. d. s. d 



'1 OtoS 









 

 6 

 



Figs doz. 10 2 



Filberts lb. 6 10 



Cobs lOOlbs. 6 10 



Gooseberries . . quart 

 Grapes, Hothouse, .lb. 2 5 

 Lemons 100 6 10 



Melons each 2 6 to 5 



Nectarines doz. 2 



Oranges 100 12 



Peaches doz. 2 



Pears (dessert) . . doz. 1 



kitchen doz. 1 



Pine Apples lb. 3 



Plums % sieve 7 



Quinces % sieve 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries lb. 





 





 



Walnuts bush. 10 14 



VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes each 



Asparagus bundle 



Beans, Broad. . bushel 



Kidney . . }-\ sieve 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli •. bundle 



Brus. Sprouts j£ sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Cjarlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . bundle 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce per score 



Mushrooms .... pottle 

 Mustd.& Cress, punnet 

 Onions . . doz. bunches 



Parsley Jjs sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas per quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes. . . . per doz. 



Turnips bunch 



Vegetable Marrows dz. 



e. d. s. d 



3 toO 

 16 

 6 















8 

 2 



1 

 4 

 9 





 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



E. G. Henderson & Son, Wellington Road, St. John's Wood, 

 London, N.W. — Catalogue of Bulls and other Flower Hoots, &c. 



Hooper <fc Co., Covent Garden. — Autumn Catalogue of Butch, 

 Cape, and otlief Flowering Bulbs, Seeds, de. 



Dreghorn & Aitken, Kilmarnock, N.B.— Catalogue of Bulbs'. 



Thomas Sampson, Preston lload Nurseries, Yeovil, Somerset. 

 —Catalogue of Flower Boots. 



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. AH 

 communications should therefore be addressed solely to 

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

 Street, London, E.C. 



We also request that correspondents will 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 communications. Also never to send more than 

 two or three questions at once- 



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

 week. 



Book (J. T. S.). — You cannot read your own phonography. The work 

 we mentioned is Loudon's " Self-Instructor," but it contains instruction* 

 only on architectural and surveying drawing. 



Quilled AsteBS' Seed (G. (?.). — Why not try whether you can raise 

 seedlings that will produce flowers as good as their parents? Facts are 

 better than opinions. There is some difficulty about ripening the seed, 

 and we have heard that in Germany the seed-producing plants are kept 

 under glass during the concluding time of their growth. 



Elms Visited by Hornets.—" Some Elm trees which have within the 

 last year been included in our pleasure grounds are suffering from 

 attacks of hornets similar to those spoken of by your correspondent 

 " H. M." The trees were formerly in a roadside hedgefcow, and pro- 

 bably the roots- have been much cut. The leaves are very small, and 

 have been yellow since the first week in August. Willi the late storms 

 they are now nearly bare. — E. S., West Wickham, Bromley, Knit." 



Soot for Manure (N. W. C.).— You do not state to what crop you wish 

 to apply it. Send us further particulars. 



Jbckes's Glazing without Putty. — A correspondent wishes to know 

 the direction of Mr. tf. Juckes, Shrewsbury, who described his mode of 

 glazing in this Journal, August 29th, 1865. 



Large Strawberries (R. L.). — The "large" Strawberries with the 

 most good attributes, including free setting, hardiness, and good flavour, 

 are Dr. Hogg, Wonderful, Cockscomb, and Frogmoxe Late Pine. Mr. 

 Kadclyffe is not yet sent out, but it is first-rate in every respect, hut has to 

 fruit and plant. The Koyal Hautbois, Frogmore Late Pine, Dr. Hogg, Mr. 

 Radclytfe, and Cockscomb are great acquisitions. The Kev. Mr. Radclytfe 

 advises " R. L.'' to purchase Sir J. Paxton in the place of Black Prince. 

 It is " of the finest constitution, early, pleasant flavour, large aud hand- 

 some, a sure setter, a good show sort, a great cropper, and a capital 

 forcer. Conite de Zana (not Zyans), is thus described iu Mrs. Nichol- 

 son's catalogue: — 'Conite de Zans'iCointe de Flandre '.'), 'a very large 

 heavy cropper, and a capital market kind ; large and good flavour.' " 



Grafting Roses. — "'Loch Ness' is sincerely thanked by ' M.D.' for 

 his obliging reply respecting his mode of grafting Rosea. The use of the 

 indian-rubber bands will facilitate the operation much for ladies. His 

 kind offer of sending to the office of the Journal a plant with the band 

 attached is gratefully accepted by 'M.I).' In return she will have much 

 pleasure in sending a cutting of any Rose she may possess, which ' Loch 

 Ness ' may desire to have, her collection being very good." 



Temperature Observations (J. B., Roynton).— The self- registering 

 maximum and minimum thermometers are read at Chiswiek at 9 a.m., or 

 soon afterwards, and the indications are set down to the preceding day 

 — for example, the meteorological day of September 18th begins vX B a.m. 

 on September 18th and ends at 9 a.m. on September 19th. This is the 

 system of registry recommended by the Committee of the Royal Society 

 on Physics. However, 8 a.m., if convenient, is as good an hour as any 

 other, and if you have made observations at that time for any consider- 

 able period it will be as well to adhere to it. 



Viola cornuta (A. O.). — Yours appears to be the small- flowered 

 variety. It is also of a tighter shade of colour. If your plants are grow- 

 ing in poor soil, and in a shady place, these circumstances would account 

 for their being so small. The plants appear to have been grown in a 

 damp shady place. Take cuttings of them at once, give them a fair 

 chance, and tell us in the spring if they do not then answer your expec- 

 tations; say if your plants are from seed. {Devaniensta). — We do not 

 think yours is the best variety. It appears to be identical with the spe- 

 cimen sent by "A. O." Let us know if your plants are from seed; if so, 

 they will scarcely have had time to assume their proper character if the 

 seeds were sown in the spring of this year. Propagate by cuttings. See 

 answer to "A. O." One of the worthless varieties grows much taller 

 than Mr. Will.s's variety of Viola curuuta. The other is much more dwarf 

 and compact in its style of growth, and produces not half the quantity 

 of bloom that the true variety does. 



Storing Apples (Rothlty Cottage). — The fruit should be gathered 

 when it parts freely from the tree, and not before it is ripe, as if taken 

 sooner it so generally shrivels. It should not only be gathered on a dry 

 day, but during dry weather if possible. Gather the fruit carefully, and 

 without bruising, and spread it out thinly on the floor of an airy room, 

 there to remain for a few days to part with superfluous moisture. After 

 this place the fruit on wooden shelves, or in bins, packing it in sawdust 

 from non-resinous wood, such as Beech, Oak, or Ash. First place a sprink- 

 ling of sawdust at the bottom, then put in a layer of fruit, fill up the in- 

 tervals with sawdust, then put in another layer of fruit, and so on until 

 the bin is filled. Finally, cover the fruit with sawdust to the depth of 

 3 inches. The best place to keep Apples in is a dry, cool, and dark cellar. 

 Care must be taken in packing them in this manner to select only the 

 finest, and those free from specks and cracks, as such do not keep nearly 

 so long as the sound fruit. Apples likewise keep exceedingly well on a 

 layer of clean, dry, wheaten straw on the floor of the fruit-room. We lay 

 them three fruits thick, and cover with a thin layer of straw. We also 

 keep them on shelves, covering them with straw, which we remove occa- 

 sionally in order to examine them, and allow moisture to pass off, giving 

 air during the day, and replacing the covering at night. Any cool room 

 secure from frost will answer for keeping Apples. It should be dark, and 

 not too damp. A dry and warm room causes them to shrivel, and if ex- 

 posed to the light they do not keep so long as in darkness. 



Eriobotrya japonica (T. M. K.).~ This, the Loquat, has been success- 

 fully cultivated in England for its fruit. With us it has grown freely in 

 the south-west angle of a kitchen garden, where it seemed to do well in 

 common garden soil. It is sufficiently hardy to endure our ordinary 

 winters in warm sheltered situations if trained against a wall having a 

 southern aspect. It may receive the same treatment as the Fig tree in re- 

 spect to pruning, which is confined to thinning out the shoots and stop- 

 pin" to cause the production of others. The shoots ought to be trained 

 to the wall at 9 inches apart. Afford protection in severe weather by a 

 covering of mats, but remove them in mild weather. It grows and 

 does best in a cool house. There is a drawing of the fruit, ripened at 

 Lord B.igot's, in the third volume of the Horticultural Society's 

 "Transactions." Rivers's " Orchard-House'' contains information on 

 tb<? culture of Orange trees for fruit. 



