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JOUBNAIi OF HORTICOLTURK JlND COTTAGE OARDEKEB. 



( Apta M, IMS. 



so to grow and be well rooted for ultimate transplanting. Thia 

 ongbt to be completed soon, for the plants are now mostly 

 healthy and strong; in fact, we have for a groat miiny years 

 had little trouble with these shrubby bedding t'alccolarins ever 

 since we made thorn complete strangers to artificial heat irom 

 any soiuce, and especially fire beat in any shape. 



We have not been able to put in enough I'irhenax, &c., and 

 to save trouble we have made up four lights on purpose, covered 

 by two frames of two lights each. These bad been used (or 

 other purposes, as Asparagus and Badishes, and the soil being 

 removed, the beds were turned up, and mixed with a foot of 

 hot tree loaves and dung, between G and 9 inches more were 

 added to the surface, well trodden, then about 3 inches of 

 rotten dang and leaf mould placed ou the surface, well beaten, 

 and 3 inches or so of li(»ht sandy loam put over all, and then a 

 surfacing or scattering of drift sand. In ihis the cuttings wtre 

 dibbled about 2 inches apart, and we shall not meet with our 

 Qstial success if we do not obtain nice, bushy, leilthy plants 

 in a month. We would have liked those cuttings to have been 

 in eight days ago, but most (gardeners know what it is to be 

 nnablc to do as much as the head and judgment woi Id wish. 



Ail plant and other houses during these fine, sunny days 

 have made great demands on the watering-pot, and to save thia 

 in some measure and prevent the plants feeling the change so 

 much from dulness to brightness, &c., spattered the glass in 

 many of the houses with water coloured merely with whiting. 

 Wednesday being such a bright day, we gave a slight spat- 

 tering to the glass of the orchard-houses. The frames we 

 have spoken of above for cuttings we whitened slightly inside 

 of the glass, and in ordinary weather that will suffice ; but on 

 days like Wednesday a little extra shade must bo put on out- 

 .side. We admire blinds for all houses, and the advantage of 

 them is that they need give no shade except in sunny weather ; 

 but there are many places where the expense of shades must 

 not be thought of, and simple modes must be resorted to. 



We find we have neglected to say that the Calceolarias 

 turned out into earth pits will receive a little protection from 

 calico, old mats, straw hurdli-s, wattled hurdles, &c., and being 

 watered when turned out, they will receive Uttle more until 

 final planting-time. — R. F. 



CO\TENT GARDEN MARKET.— April n. 



Tbabe is still (lull for the season, and scr\rpply any alteratinn worth 

 notice has taken place. A few doasei-t Apples anii Pears mfiy still be had. 

 French produce in a fresh state comprises Lettuces, Endive, young 

 Carrots, Aspara^'ue. new Potatoes, Artichokes, and Peas. The first out- 

 door Asparajjus of English prnwth has come to hand thi^ week ; we have 

 also to report large arrivals of nevr Potatoes of jjoud quality from Malta 

 and LisboQ, aJso some from Cornwall. 



Appleg Ji sieve 3 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts hash. 8 



Currants, Red ^a sieve 



Black do. 



Pips doz. 12 



FUberts lb. 



Cobs lOOlbs. 



Gooseberries ^^ sieve 

 Grapes, Hothouse, .lb. 15 

 Lemons iOU 6 



FnuiT, 



d. R. d j s. d. 



0to5 Melons each 3 



Nectarines doz. 



160 

 

 20 

 10 



Peaches doz. 



Pears (dessert) . . doz. 10 



OranKes 100 6 



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n 





 

 

 

 

 



kitchen doz. 



Pine Apples lb. 



Plums ^2 sievo 



Quinces ?a sieve 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries oz. 



Artichokes each 



AsparajniK bundle 



Beans, Broad, .'bushel 



KJdney 100 



Boct,Rod dnz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brup. Sprouts ^j sieve 



Cabbage .'. doz. 



Capsicums lOO 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cocombers each 



pickling .... doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Hert>s bunch 



Uozseradish . . handle 



VEG 



a. d. 



6 too 

 6 10 



6 

 



s e 



1 Walnuts bush. 14 



ETABLES, 



di B. 



, Leeks bnnch 



Lettuce per doz. 1 



I Mushrooms pottle 2 



! Mnstd.A Cress, punnet 



Onions bushel S 



Parsley sieve 2 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas ^ sieve 10 



12 

 



d. s. d 

 3 too 



Potatoes bushel 2 



Kidney do. 3 



Radishes . . doz. hands 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea>kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bnsbel 



Tomatoes. ... S sieve 



Tumip'* bunch 



Yettetjible Marrows dz. 



2 6 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



KJB. — ^[any questions must remain unanswered until nest 

 week. 



SowTNQ Bdckwhbat (Cambrian). — Tho best time for sowing it is early 

 in May. 



BoiiKM (/?. Z. A'.t.— " The Gardener's Mngazino of Botany" ceased to 

 he publixhod fourteen yean) ago. {F. IV. L.\.~-T)\oto is oo botanical 

 dictionary t*uch aa you iuqnire for. Loudon'n " Kncyclopiedia of Planta* 

 Rivrft iho informalion you need, with very niinientn-* drawinga of tbem. 

 It U published by Messrs. Loncpnan 4 Co. (.9. .H.).— I>t. Uogifa Fruit 

 M.iuuil], Tliird Edi'.iou, will be publit^hod on the 1st of May. 



OLP.A FRA'iRASs NOT Fx-owERtNo {An OUl SuhteribfT). — We think that 

 Vftur plant will nev«r flower unless you give it more enconrngomonl. 

 You will do well to thin out the bend and cut it in now; and when th« 

 plant has broken, and made new shootn an inch or two in length, pot lt« 

 removing a^ much of the old soil as can be done without destroying thft 

 root!<. P'lt it in the same size of pot as before, draining well, and oinploy- 

 ing a compost of turfy sandy peat and fibry Inara in efjual parts, witb S 

 lr»i! admixture of wand. Syringe the plant frequently, and keep ahadftd 

 and ratluT chiso f»»r a few days ; then give a light and airy situation, and 

 when the pot becomes full uf roots give n shift into a 15-inch pot. Glva 

 plenty of air and light, and you will he rewarded by llowers in due time, 

 if you strcuro a good growth, and liavo that well ripened by autumn. la 

 winter keep in a ool hou^o just free from frost. 



Acacia pubescens not Flowkring {Idem). — T)io beauty of thisconsirta 

 in its foliage, and it is not a shy bloomer when it is liberally treated and 

 has plenty of room. You do not give it one-tenth the encouragement it 

 reqr.ires. In order to flower, it sliould be planted out in tho border of ■ 

 ctinl well ventilated greenliouse, and have abundance »if head room, and 

 light and air from all points ; not that it will not tlower if grown in a pot, 

 but 't needs considerably more encouragement than Acacia armata, 

 A. Druirniondi, and A. grandis. which bloom and do well with a ^'*^7 

 moderate amount of pot room, (iive it more enconr.xgement, and it wiU 

 be hand.^ome in foliage and bloom in due season. 



OuANfiK Trees SvitisoiNG (Idrv.). — It is well to syringe Orange trees 

 np to tho time of the blossoms expanding, but to discontinue the 83rrinfl« 

 ing for a i-hort time, or until the flowering is over, then syringe as nsoaL 



Ai'RicoT-PRUNiNO I Idem).— The shoots 1 and 2, being unhealthy, had 

 better bo cut in to good, ^ound, plump eyes lower do'.vn ; and the other 

 shoots should he reduced to correspond, or you will have a lop-sided tree. 

 If you cut in the shoots 1 and 2 to half their length, that on the right. 

 30 inches in lenqth, should be reduced to 15 inches; the one on the samo 

 sido, 24 inches long, shonld be cut in to 12 inches; that above on tho 

 same side, Itf inches long, to (s inches, the leader being reduced half iti 

 length. ^ , . 



Frame for Cctttnos (X. Y. ^.).— The best plan is to make up a bed of 

 leaves or dung about a yard in height .at this season, and It inches wider 

 than the frame all round, making the bed a foot higher in front than at 

 back. On this bed set the frame, putting on the lights, and in about a 

 week tho heat will have risen ; then take olT the lights, level the surface, 

 and cover it with a couple of inches of fine rather dry si^)il. The next ilay 

 tho bed will bo ready for the pots or pans of cuttings, and tho Cncumber 

 seeds may be sown at the same time in a pot by themselves. When the 

 first rough loaves show put the plants i iff. two in a pot. and grow uu, pinch- 

 ing out their points at the hccnnd rough leaf. You will obtain two batches 

 of cuttings and tweeds from this bed. and Cucumber plants for tho bed. Itt 

 order to make a permanent setting for a frame, excuvate a pit U feet wide, 

 or 12 feet allowing for walls, and the length of the frame, which, if wo 

 understand your letter, is feet. At the sides and ends of this pit, which 

 shonld bo 2 feet fi inehe? deep, have a 4!-inch wall built of the depth of 

 the pit. Then hnvc an upper course of brick-on-edge, which will project 

 on to the ground level half a brick, and consequently have a straight face 

 inside fln-^h with tlie 4i-inch wall. Tliis upper course will not bereiiuircd 

 at the ends, for on that the frame will rest, and both ends are to be taken 

 up 1 foot more. Now build two walls pigeon-hole fashion from the bottom 

 of tho pit, the width of the frame apart, so that you will hare an interval 

 of 2J feet between these walls, which are to carry the frame ,and the outer 

 side walls. Take tho inner walls 1 foot higher than the solid side walls, 

 and on this place the frame, having first found means to keep tho Cucnm- 

 ber plants in a neighbour's frame for a few days. The cuttings and seeds, 

 it is presumed, will by this time be cleared out of the frame. Upon the 

 pigeon-li'ded wall the franie is to ho fixed, the wall at back being carried 

 liigh enongli to give the lights a fall of 1 foot 6 inches in their length. 

 The upper course of bricks shonld not be pigeon-holed, and the frame 

 should be laid in mortar. A 4^-inch wall will bo ample. You may divide 

 the frame by carrying up a solid 4J-inch brick wall, so as to come in the 

 centre of the rafter, and thus partition ofl" one light, in which you can 

 grow Cucumbers; and the other you can use for Melons if you do not 

 require it in summer for plants. 'You can fill the pit to tho light with 

 dimg and leaves well trodden down, and these materials will settle suffi- 

 cientlv to allow room for soil and tho plants. Tho heat when declining 

 can be renewed by filling up the two-feet-six-inch spnces with the mowings 

 of the lawn, weeds, &c. The linings should be kept higher than the 

 pigeou-holerf, and it will be well to line only one side at once. The pit 

 should have an open situation, the lights sloping toward the south, and 

 it will bo all the better if protected from the north. 



Catxeolaria Ccttinos 1 7<f^Tn).— Calceolaria cuttings put in now would 

 become nice plants for planting out liuring the e-wly part of June, but 

 you must strike them iu a mild hotbed. 



OuASo Water for Laws (/(ff-m).— You may give a good drenching of 

 guano water at the rate of 1 oz. to tho gallon of water during dry weather, 

 but unless vou do it effectually it is only labour lost. A sprinkling of the 

 best Peruvian guano, freed of the lumps, applied at the rate of 2 cwt. per 

 acre, in the first niuist weather iu May. and again in .July, equally dis- 

 tributing it over the surface, and allowing the rains to wash it in, will be 

 found more effectual than four times tho weight applied in a liquid form 

 in small <iuantities at a time. 



GARDESERS' TlCKKTa FOR THE lNTBnN.\.TI0XAL EXHIBITIOS (An Old 



Subscriber). You can have one for yourself and one for your apprentice, 

 but no female will ho admitted by a gardener's ticket. Postage stamps 

 may be sent in pa>nncnt for those tickets. There will be a shilling ad- 

 mission day at the cjuclusion. You wQl see by the advertisement to 

 whom you must apply. 



Cineraria Seedlings (J. r.).— .Mthough mnch bmised and faded, th« 

 pips could bo sufficiently examined to discern that they are all inferior 

 to many olhers of the same colours named and long known. 



PrxE Apples {Old Sub!teribrr).—V!o could not tell the names front 

 seeing the leaves only. The lessons on botany will not extend for more 

 than three or four more lumbers, we boliore. , _ ,-, 



