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JOUBNAL OP HOBTICULTUBB AND COTTAGE GAKDENEB. 



r u»T IS, un. 



nice mild showers, and protecting tbem {rom the changes of the 

 night ; potting and assisting the latest, and giving a warm 

 syringing to the cuttings of Verbenas, etc., inserted in a bed in 

 a frame as lately detailed, which promise to be all right in a fort- 

 night's time ; fresh arranging houses ; potting Fuchsias, Ge- 

 raniums, 4c. Some good plants of Rollisson's Unique Gera- 

 niums had a few greeu fly on them ; they were placed in a 

 smoking-box and smoked, and kept there for several days, and 

 then were cleaned and well syringed. A box, or a little close 

 closet or room, is very useful for this purpose, as a pinch of 

 tobacco will be as efFectual as a pound or half a pound in a 

 larger place, and tobacco is no trifle in some places where large 

 houses are smoked, and then the disagreeable odour of the 

 fumes lingers for days afterwards. Potted many plants, and 

 gave more head-room, and a little bottom heat to Ca'.adiums in 

 a pit ; shifted those in smaller pots, and started Gesnera ze- 

 brina and its varieties for autumn display. Potted Balsams and 

 Cockscombs, sowed more; and pricked out Stocks, China Asters, 

 and other annuals, &c. — K. F. 



COVEXT GAKDEX MARKET.— May V2. 



A GOOD snpply of ont-Joor proiluco is now coming in, and that from 

 undor glass is also irnprovint;, although far from what wo usually have 

 at thi-^ season. Str.iwborries especially beinti very short. A few Peaches, 

 Keotarincs, Melons, aud Figs of guud quality are to hand this wcok. 



FP.riT. 



Applos }i sieve 



Aorioois doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Cbestnnts bush. 



Carrants, Red }-• sieve 

 Black do. 



Figs 



F. d. 8, 



4 0to8 







2 3 









 



doz. 8 15 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs 100 lbs. 160 



Goosobarries ..quart 2 



Grape-s, Hothouse.. lb. 8 15 



Lemoas ZOO 6 10 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries oz. fi 



1 Waluuta bush. U 20 Q 



VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes each 



Asparagus bundle 



Beans, Broad., bushel 



Kidney 100 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brii^. Sprouts }.i sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling .... doz. 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



GarUc lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . . bundle 



fl. d. 8. 

 8 too 

 3 8 







1 

 

 

 

 





 4 

 2 

 



3 

 2 6 



Leeks bnnch 



Lettuce per doz. 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustd.ii Cress, punnet 



Onions bushel 



Parsley sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas }-2 sieve 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes . . doz. hands 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes.... J^ sieve 



Turnips bunch 



Vegetable Marrows dz. 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEI\^D. 



W. Hooper, New Wandsworth. — Descriptive Catalogue of 

 Planti. 



James Backhouse & Son, York. — Catalogue of Stove, Green- 

 house, ami Bedding Plants, Fern.'^, Orchids, d'c/ Supplcjnent to 

 Catalogue of Alpine Flant.<. 



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. Ail 

 communications should therefore be addressed soleli/ to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, dc-t 171, Fleet 

 Street, Londm, E.G. 



NJ3. — Many qucotions must remain unanswered until nest 

 week. 



Cedab or GoA (C. B. F.).— Tlie Cedar of Goa will not stand frost. It 

 reqttir«js protection in winter near London. 



Str.\wberry ST.ILKS Gbcb-eatf.s" {An Jrna^*-ur].— The stalks of the 

 leaves and flower-trusses are eateu throUi,'h by a grub, called by gar- 

 deners the "Leather Jacket." It is the Inrva of the daddy-lonplo*:^. 

 Scratch away the earth with a koile from around each plant, and deiJtroy 

 the grubs you find, ,.■> ;;y.i;-ojii.'. - : ..aU Jcii : 



B. d. s. d 



Melons each 8 Otol2 



Nectarines doz. 18 36 



Oranges 100 6 12 



Peaches doz. 42 GO 



Pears (dessert) . . doz. 



kitchen do;;. 



Pine Apples lb. 8 12 



Plums H sieve 



Quinces ii sieve 



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Books (A Yount^ Brfjinnfr).~Thoy treat on two differoat brAOcbes Ot 

 Kardcniug. The Dictionary onainenae-4 the speolrs of pUats and tbeLr 

 culture. "The Science and Prartico of GLirdentng" expUlod all Iho 

 opi-riitiuns of horticulture. You Hhould have b<>tb the volumes. {W. R.). 

 —The third edition of " Hof^g's Fniit Manual" 1m now published. Yoa 

 will have «ien it noticed last wtok. {D. A. B.).—" The Cottage Gardeoar'i 

 Dictionary " in nut published at our ofRco. No nddltions hsve been made 

 t/> it Hince IHOfi. (J. P. O.i—Tho •' Cottaife Oardenor's Dictionary" not 

 bavin;; had auy additions made to it for the last ten yeari, does not 

 iuctudo " all fluwurci now in cultiTatioa." 



pROPAOATiKo Beooniah a:cd GuoxunAR pBO» Leaves (Jt S.).— Pin ft 

 well-drained pot or pan (the latter is bent for Bfgonlas), to the rim with ft 

 compost of saudy peat and loam and silver sand iu equal partx, and cover 

 the surface with a thin layer of silver Hand. Take a Begonia leaf whiob 

 is about half or three partu developed, cut away the leafstalk to within 

 half an inch at the blade, and iuaert the remaiudcr of the Icafiitalk cloM 

 to the rim of the pot or pan. Lay the leaf flat on the anrfiicc. and peg 

 it down closely so that its ncrvures may be slightly imbedded in the bou. 

 and the whole under -surface lie flat. Kur Gloxinias the pot.-^ should be 

 yrcpared in the same manner, ouly the leaves must be put iu around the 

 sides of the pots like cuttJugs, and with their lower end.s from thre« 

 quarters of an inch to an inch in the soil. Give a gentle watering, and 

 place in a mild hotbed of from 70' to 75*, and a proportionate top heat. 

 JIaiutain a close and moiHt atmosphere, and shade from bright sun, keep- 

 ing the soil moist hut not wet. The Begonias will form litth- plants along 

 the midribs of the leaves, and when of sufficient fiize the y<>nng plants 

 may De taken with their roots, cntting the midribs on both sides, potted 

 singly and retained in heat until established. The Gloxinias will form 

 tubers beneath the fioiJ, and bo well rooted in six weeks. Thev should 

 then bo treated as old ]<lauts, and dried off towards autumn. In spring 

 they may bo potted off singly, and shoots will come from the crown of the 

 roots, and if grown un, flowers will follow in due season. 



Destroying Coltsfoot and Wild Garlic (J. N. P.).— Your only plan 

 will be to have the ground cleaned by a thorough ploughing and scarify- 

 ing, and then grow a root crop, as Swedes ; or you would do it mncn 

 better with a year's fallow, frequently ploughing and dragging the ground. 

 If you were to have the field well worked for a year, and in the following 

 spring have it cleaned by manual labour, using steel digging forks to 

 bring up the roots, and tlientook a root crop which required clean tillage, 

 you would do much to clear the ground. After another cleaning frmn 

 the roots of the weeds in spring, the laud might be sown with grass seeds, 

 or another root crop might be taken. 



Wire worms (T. P.).~1ii Ko. 60 of our Old Series of The Cottaok 

 Gardener arc drawingfi of the wireworm and its parent beetle, with 

 notes on the modes of trapping. &c. These are all very uncertain. The 

 mole feeds on them. If we had a garden much infested' with wiroworma, 

 especially if the soil were rather clayey, we would pare and born U inches 

 in depth of the whole surface. 



LiQCiD Manure for Celery (3f. A. £r.).— When young the plants 

 should ouly have water, but that abundantly. When trenched out, as 

 you wish to grow large heads for exhibition, yon might apply the drain- 

 age from a pig-stye or stable, diluted with an equal quantity of water. 

 In the First Volume of The Cottage Gardener, page 130, are full par- 

 ticulars of a very successful mode of growing Celery for exhibition. 



CcccMBER Lea\-es Injcred (T. H. J.).— Wefouud no insects, but just 

 a possible trace of thrips. We think the markings might be made with 

 sua heat when little or no air was given. 



WoiTE Bedding Plants (Bfum^).— Centaurea candidissima and Cine- 

 raria maritima are the best white-leaved plants, and the Cerastium to- 

 mentosum is the beat dwarf. The Cineraria offsets or cuttings, when 

 they become plants, will be richer in colour than seedlings. Brown's 

 " Forester's Guide " will suit you. 



Insect on Peach Shoot {E. S. i?.l.— Although on your Peach tree it 

 is the Vine scale (Coccus vitis). Brushing it with a creamy mixture in 

 water of softsoap and flowers of sulphur inil destroy it. 



Blistered Peach Leaves {W\iesidf). — This distortion is evidently 

 caused by a bursting of the sap vessels in the leaves by exposure to the 

 late spring frosts. Peach trees under glass never are affected with 

 blistered leaves. Thanks for the seeds. 



Gardenia not Flowering (H. G. J?.).— The plant is, perhaps, in too 

 high a temperattire, and has not been sufficiently rested in winter, for it 

 expands its blossoms very freely if afforded a mild bottom heat. We 

 grow our Gardenias in a vinery aud plunge the pot in Februarj* in a bed 

 of tan, and they bloom freely. They require an abundant supply of 

 water when expanding tbcir blossoms, and should be kept drj- and cool 

 during the winter ; at that season they do well iu a greenhouse baling a 

 temperature ranging between 45' and 5U . 



Evergreen Oak Newly Transplanted (E. if.\— Wc fear yon will 

 only save the tree by reducing the head cousiderably, and this should be 

 done at once. That, and copious waterings during dry weather, are the 

 only measures calculated to keep the tree alive, and we think that the 

 manure will not be of beneflt, but, on the contrary, hinder the turmatioB 

 of fresh fibres. No young growths ought to be removed. 



Shrubs fob Planting under Fib Treks (7J<rm.)— The following we 

 find do fairly: — Berheris repeus and Darwinii, Berberis or Mabonla aqoi- 

 folium, Laurustinus, Aucuba japnnica, common Laurels, Privet, Snow- 

 berry, and Yew, also Rhododendrons, none uf which are of very qnick 

 growth. 



Peaches aki> ApnrcoTfl kot Fbcituto (A Constant R*adfr).— The 

 cause of your trees not fruiting is the imperfect ripening of the wood, 

 which may be occasioned by the roots being in a cold, wet, rich, deep 

 border. If the trees are not old we adWse y.iu to take them up next 

 autumn and replant, not covering the roots to a depth of more than from 

 4 to 6 inches. The very rich and heavy soil put on the bed would do 

 barm by i)lacing the roots fariher from the surface. Bad pruning would 

 not hinder the fruiting, and the frost yoa say did not injure the fruit. 

 Look to the roots. 



Water Melon CuLTmn (A JTorff^l.— Sow the seed now in pots filled 

 with rather strong loam, and place in a mild hotbed of from 70" to 75*. 

 When the rough leaves show pot off the seedlings and grow them on 



treating them io the same laanner as ilclons. ■■.y^ tji^f, ^^,, 



