October 18, 1860. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



299 



ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT. 



The dry days furnished an opportunity of raking, ro-raking, 

 levelling, and rolling the walks which had been becoming green. 

 This will make them slightly rougher on the surface in winter, 

 and prevent their sticking to the solos of the boots in wet 

 weather. Rolled, also, the lawns before mowing them some days 

 hence. Most of the walks will now look pretty bright and clean, 

 and a little picking will mako the Bower garden look fresh and 

 gay for some little time longer, but for the falling leaves, which 

 always remind us that the gay season is about over. Elms, 

 Horse Chestnuts, and Beech, are losing their leaves early, and 

 even Oaks are becoming tinged, and as the leaves fall it is 

 endless labour to keep pleasure grounds neat and clean. As 

 everything about spring is joyous and exultant, so most of the 

 prognostics of autumn and its end speak of the sombre and 

 the melancholy ; and though there may be something beautiful 

 in the hues of the changing leaf, whilst as yet it is attached to 

 its kindred tree, it loses its associated interest when it becomes 

 the sport of tho breeze across a green lawn. Clean walks and 

 smooth green lawns are ever attractive in the gloomiest months. 



Went on preparing plants for winter, housing some and 

 taking others under shelter; also put a lot of rough hay and 

 dry litter in a shed ready lor use, that many tender things 

 might be protected quickly if a sudden frost should come. 

 Propagation has chiefly been confined to the Amplexicaulis 

 Calceolaria, placing the cuttings in pots, and plunging these in 

 a frame, in which there is just a little bottom heat ; also to pre- 

 paring a pit for the hulk of the bedding Calceolaria cuttings. 

 This pit, being sunk, is too deep for the purpose, and therefore 

 we place at the bottom about 9 inches, or in some places a little 

 more, of dry litter, with a little grass and leaves, trodden firm. 

 This secures drainage at least, and at first, perhaps, a little 

 more than the heat of the common ground. On this was 

 placed about 4 inches of old hotbed dung, chiefly rather more 

 than half-decayed leaves, well broken, the finest left at the sur- 

 face, and as there were some worms, quicklime in a powdery 

 state was wrought backwards and forwards in it with the points 

 of a fork, to prevent the worms rising into the soil above. This 

 was well trodden and levelled, and on it was laid about lj inch 

 of sandy soil from the roadside, and about one-sixth part of 

 fine leaf mould ; on this again 11 inch of such sandy soil, with 

 about one-third of sand and road drift added, and then from a 

 quarter to half an inch of pit sand and road-drift sand in equal 

 proportions for the surface, which was nicely levelled and firmly 

 beaten. This bed we have left open, that any fumes from the 

 lime may escape, and in a week or so we shall begin to insert 

 the small cuttings firmly, affording them a space of 1 J inch one 

 way, and about three-quarters of an inch or an inch the other 

 way. They have hitherto, when so treated, kept nice and green, 

 and begun to root about Christmas, or a little before if kept 

 close, and wanted thinning out about March, when they could 

 do with very little protection. We have often had thirteen 

 lights thus filled, and not lost one cutting in a thousand. Time, 

 however, must be given. Less trouble would be required if the 

 bottom of the pit or frame were hard and above the surround- 

 ing ground level. Then we would merely put in a couple of 

 inches of leaf mould for a bottom, and soil as above, and then 

 plant the cuttings, or rather make a mark and stick them in 

 with the fingers and thumb. — Ii. E. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— October 13. 



The improved condition of the'weatber has had a marked effect on 

 business, but owing to the! heavy stocks in hand, we cannot quote any 

 advance in prices. Pears consist of Marie Louise, Seckle, Louise Bonne 

 of Jersey, Ganger's Bergamot, and Marechal de la Cour. Apples com- 

 prise Ribston Pippin, Cox's Orange Pippin, and King of the Pippins. In 

 addition to former supplies, we have just received six thousand barrels 

 of Portugal Grapes in good condition. The Potato trade is better, and 

 there are fewer complaints of the disease. 



FRUIT. 



s. d. 



Apples H sieve 2 0to3 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 12 



Currants. 



Black do. 



Tifts doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs 100 lbs. 



Gooseberries . . quart 

 Grapes, Hothouse, .lb. 2 

 Lemons 100 8 



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 .}*• -sieve 







1 

 6 

 6 





 

 



Melons each 2 



d. fl. 

 6 to 5 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges 100 12 20 



Peaches doz. 



Pears (dessert) . . doz. 



kitchen doz. 



Pine Apples lb. 



Plnms Yi. sieve 



Quinces J£ sievo 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries lb. 



Walnuts bush. 10 



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VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes cr?ch 



Asparagus .... bundlo 

 Bean . Broad. . bushel 



Kidney . . J$ sievo 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brus. Sprouts Ja sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish .. bundlo 



B. d. B. d 

 2 to 4 I 

 





 8 

 8 



1 6 

 8 6 



2 

 4 





 G 

 8 



1 

 

 

 

 

 

 4 



Leoks bunch 



Lettuce per BCOTV 



Uushxooms .... pottle 

 Mustd.it Cress, punnet 

 Onions. . doz. bunobi 1 

 Parsley.. doz. bunches 



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 



Vegetablo Marrows dz. 



s. A. s. a 



8 toO 



9 







2 



8 



6 















8 

 2 



1 

 4 

 9 



1 6 



2 6 

 

 6 



3 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Andre Leroy, Angers. — Supplement an Catalogue de VHiver, 

 18G5. — Tableau den Arbres Forestiers el d'Ornement, deja forts. 



T. Warner, The Abbey, Leicester. — Catalogue of Hoses, Orna- 

 mental Trees and Shrubs, Climbing Plants, tie. — Trade List of 

 Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees, and Shrubs. 



Charles Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough. — Select List of 

 Pelargoniums, Auriculas, Cinerarias, Pinks, dx. — Catalogue of 

 Rase;, Fruit Trees, Coniferce, Hardy Trees, Shrubs, die. 



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, etc., 171, Fleet 

 Street, London, E.C. 

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

 week. 



" M. D." has received the plants, and sincerely thanks " Loch Ness" 

 for his kindness. 



Arundo conspicua (L. J. P.).— It is hardy. Now called usually Cala* 

 magrostis conspicua. 



Pear-tree Leaves (Clericus DevonieiuU). — The rough spots beneath 

 the leaves are a fungus, called Rcestelia cancellata. 



Bailiff (W. H.). — You had better employ a solicitor for drawing up 

 leases and agreements. Brown's "Forester," and Loudon's " Sell In- 

 struction," will afford you the other information you need. 



Grapes (A Subscriber, Norwich). — Apply for the information to Messrs. 

 Webber & Co., Grand Row, Covent Garden. 



Heating a Vinery {E. A".). — In a late Number in replies to correspon- 

 dents, you will see that we prefer having the greater number of pipes 

 flows, and the best mode is mentioned. The stems of the Vines should 

 be 18 inches from the pipes. 



Keeping Filberts (Bhime).— We find Filberts keep well in the husk, 

 closely packed in stone jars, and put in a cellar, the lid_ being covered 

 with sand. 



Seedling Gladioli (Idem).— Take up tho seedlings when the foliago 

 changes, or before it becomes dead, and keep them out of the soil until 

 spring — February or March. The beginning of this month is the best 

 time to sow Gladioli seed to obtain bulbs next autumn, to bloom in the 

 succeeding summer. 



Salt for Destroying Moss on Lawn (M. H.). — Wo do not recom- 

 mend the sowing of salt on a lawn to kill moss, for wc find what will kill 

 moss will kill the grass. Moss is an indication of the poorness of the 

 soil and dampness of the surface. To destroy it, nothing will serve you 

 so well as a dressing of fine rich soil or well-rotted manure, and you 

 may apply it, after having given the lawn a good scratching with an iron, 

 rake, from this time up to the middle of March. Now is the time to kill 

 moss, this being the season of its most active growth. The soil or 

 manure will make the grass grow so as to overcome the moss. A dressing 

 half an inch thick wUl answer. 



Transplanting Roses (W. H. M.). — The Roses budded this year, and 

 having shoots from 3 to 5 inches long, may be safely moved to their per- 

 manent quarters early next month, or at the end of this month. It wiU 

 be better done now than a year hence. 



Sphjep.ogyne latifolia Stem Cankered (J?. M. 67.).— The stem has 

 from some cause been injured, probably by a cut or bruise, which has 

 spread until the whole of the bark has been destroyed. We are not 

 aware that the plant is subject to canker. 



Alocasia macp.oriiiza variegata Leaves Decaying (A Yottnrj Oar- 

 dener). — From your description we should attribute the decay of the 

 white or variegated portion of the leaf to a deficiency of heat. In sum- 

 mer the plant should have a night temperature of from 70 ' to 75°, with a 

 rise by day of 15°. In this temperature, and a moist atmosphere mode- 

 rately ventilated, it grows most freely. In a sweet atmosphere its leaves 

 are not more subject to spot than those of othor plants of the same 

 family. 



