Jme 26, 1868. ] 



JOUBNAIi OF HOBTICULTDBB AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



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eleaned Azaleas. If the dull weather continue must reduce 

 our shade of whitening from plant-houses, or the plants will 

 be too much drawn. Attended to the security of bedding 

 plants in the high winds. Were we to enlarge we would only 

 be repeating the doings of some previous weeks, but we must 

 refer to 



Watering, as alluded to last week. Two or three notes have 

 come, which, though without true names, state in so friendly 

 a manner the inability of the writers to appreciate the im- 

 portance of watering plants out of doors in drizzly weather, 

 whether the weather afterwards should be wet or dry, that we 

 would gladly clear up all these doubts if we could. If they 

 were sure the weather would be dry, it would be all right 

 enough, but why water, when, as the event happened, there have 

 been heavy showers since, and rather dull weather ? To this 

 we simply reply, that we were not weather prophet enough to 

 make sure that we should have so much rain ; but besides all 

 that, we have occular demonstration that it was right to water 

 under the circumstances described, whether the succeeding 

 weather in a moderate degree should prove dry or wet. The 

 beds so watered at the roots have gone on nicely, a bright burst 

 of sun did not affect a single leaf. A part unwatered, and 

 chiefly on account of the showers of that and the following day, 

 does not look nearly so well. Though the showers have been 

 heavy, and have wetted the ground considerably, yet they were 

 long in reaching the roots of the fresh-planted plants, and, 

 therefore, there is the fact, that whilst the watered plants have 

 not a single yellow leaf, there is a considerable number of 

 these signs, and proof of a want of reciprocal action between 

 the roots and the branches in the beds of plants that were not 

 so watered, even with the frequent showers up to the time of 

 writing. All these plants were watered separately at planting, 

 but the second watering, as detailed last week, has proved of 

 benefit.— E. F. 



COVENT GARDEN iLARKET.— June 2.^. 



Heavy supplies may be noticed in all departments of our trade, and 

 reduced prices in some ; but a fair amount of business is now doing. 

 Among our imports is a large cargo ol West India Pines, being the first 

 tills season. Good samples of Potatoes stUl come from the Channel 

 Islands, and seem to take the lead in point of quality. 



VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes each 



Asparagus bundle 



Beans, Broad. . bushel 



Kidney lOO 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brus. Sprouts ^ sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers each 



pickling doz. 



Bndive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish .. bundle 



s. d. s. 

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 2 6 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce per doz. 



Mushrooms pottle 



Uustd.& Cress, punnet 



Onions bushel 



Parsley ^^ sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas per quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney do. 



Radishes . . doz. hands 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basket 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoea per doz. 



Turnips bunch 



Vegetable Marrows dz. 



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Apples H sieve 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 



Oorrants sieve 



Black do. 



Figs doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs lOOlbs. 



Gooseberries . . quart 

 Grapes, Hothouse, .lb. 

 Lemons 100 



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Melons each 4 



Nectarines doz. 10 



Oranges 100 6 



Peaches doz. 10 



Pears (dessert) . . doz. 



kitchen doz. 



Pine Apples lb. 5 



Plums )i sieve 



Quinces ^a sieve 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries lb. G 



Walnuts bush. 14 



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TR.VDE CAT.U.OGUES RECEIVED. 



F. & A. Smith, Park Eoad, WestDulwich.— iic<ai7 Catahgue 

 ef New ajid Choice Plants. 



Smith & Simons, 1, Buchanan Street, Glasgow. — Descriptive 

 Priced Catalogue of Dutch and other Flowering Bulbs, New and 

 Select Roses, dc, 1866-7. 



George Matthews, Moray Place, Dnnedin, New Zealand. — 

 Gaiden Calendar, and List of Seeds, Trees, Shrubs, etc. 



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. AU 

 communications should therefore be addressed solelij to 

 The Editors of the Journal of Horticulture, dc, 171, fleet 

 Street, London, E.G. 



Wa 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 



NJ3. — Many questions must remain tmanswered tmtil next 

 week. 



" Li^-E AND Learn " will oblige by returning the plans to Gaylard Had- 

 wen, Esq., Birch House, Lees, near Manchester. 



Bedding Geraniums. — I must correct an error in my notes on these. 

 I said that Senior Wrangler was exhibited by Mr. Jabez Chater, of Brain- 

 tree. It should have been of Gouville Nursery, Cambridge. — D., Deal. 



Tobacco-growing in England {.4 Gardener, Winchester). — You will 

 have seen what is stated in our last Number. Legally it cannot be grown 

 at all for gardening-purposes. 



Propagating Paclownia iuperialis (C. E.. Suffolk). — The readiest 

 way is by layers ; the shoots being layered in spring will be well rooted by 

 autumn, and may then be dt-tacbed from the parent. They are best 

 layered with a tongue. Sometimes suckers come from the root ; these, 

 taken off in spring with any root they may have, and potted in sandy 

 loam and peat, strike readily in a gentle heat. Another mode of increas- 

 ing the plant is by cuttings of the growth of the current year taken off 

 when three parts ripe, or in September, with three or five leaves or joints, 

 cutting them transversely below the lowest joint, .\fter removing the 

 leaves for two-thirds of the length of the cutting, insert the part thus 

 divested of leaves in sandy soil, cover the cuttings with a hand-glass, and 

 keep them close and shaded from bright sun. Their rooting will be 

 hastened by placing them in pots in equal parts of sandy peat, loam, and 

 sand, plunuing the pots to the rim in ashes, tan, or sawdust over a gentle 

 hotbed, and affording them the protection of a greeuhouse iu winter. An 

 equally certain method is, when the shoots have made a growth of 5 oc 

 6 inches, to take them off clo.so to the stem whence they take their rise, 

 and with a sort of heel. This is to be pared smooth with a knife, and the 

 cuttings inserted half their length in the compost previously mentioned, 

 but with their base resting on silver sand, with which, also, they should 

 be surrounded by tilling up the pot with it. A mild hotbed of from 70- to 

 75- is essential, and a moist atmosphere with slight shade from bright 

 sun ; care should be taken not to overwater tho soil but to keep it just 

 moist. In a month the cuttings will bo rooted, or a callosity will bo 

 formed ; then admit air more freely, and harden off. 



Vine Ccltcre (T. K.).— You may now apply a dressing of bone dust, 

 aud neatly point it in with a fork, but this is best done before the Vines 

 commence giowth. The Vines would be all the better of a good syring- 

 ing at the time of shutting up the house, which we apprehend you do 

 early ; and maintaining a moist atmosphere by syringing or sprinkling 

 the floors, walls, 4c., mice or thrice a-day is also calculated to promote 

 growth. With the late heavy rains the ground will be sufflcieutly moist, 

 but you mav water the border well if a dry period occur before September. 

 A little Lettuce may be grown on tho border, but it will not do tho Vines 

 any good. By night the temperature at this season for Vines iu active 

 growth should be from 60' to 05 ; from 70= to 75 by day in dull and some- 

 what cloudy weather; and from 76 to 80' on clear days. The tempera- 

 ture may rise to 85" or 90' on hot days with plenty of air. 



Clutbees for Conservatorv (W. L.).— Habrotbamnus Abellii, H. aa- 

 rantiacum, and H. elegans; Mandevilla suaveolens, Rhynchospermonj 

 jasminoides, Sollya heterophylla, Passiflora Xewmanni. P. ccerulea race- 

 mosa, and P. Impiratrice Eugenie; Lapageria rosea, Jasmiuum gracile 

 variegatiim, Plumbago capensis. Clematis Jackmanni, Kennedya ino- 

 phvlla floribnnda, K. rubicunda snperba, Hibhertia Cunninghami, Big- 

 noiiia jasminoides, B. grandiflora. Mimosa prostrata, and Brachysotoa 

 acuminata. 



Sand on Shelves— Destrotino Theips (.<n Old Suhscriher). -Com- 

 mon red sand put 3 inches thick on the shelves of a stage wiU not pro- 

 duce thrips, and it is, as far as we know, not injurious to plants standing 

 upon it in pots. Fine gravel, with the sand or dirt sifted out, is better 

 than sand. A dry atmosphere is the principal cause of the presence of 

 thrips. Tho best remedy is to have the foliage of the plants drj-, to close 

 the house, and on a cabn evening to fiU the house with tobacco smoke, 

 so that the plants inside the house cannot be seen from the outside. 

 Repeat this fumigation the next night but one, and again in a week twice 

 as before, and do this ovcrv week for six weeks. Syringe twice daUy, 

 directing tho force of the water against tho under sides of the leaves, 

 and along with this keep the paths, floors, waUs 4c., sprinkled with 

 water twice daily. Sj-ringe and give air early in the morning before the 

 sun shines powerfully upon the house, ^\e fear yon do n..t f'lnjiSaW 

 sufficiently, and expect one good smoking to kiU the insects. Tliat it 

 wUl do ; but no amount of smoking will kill their eggs, and these hatching 

 in a short time give you as many insects as before. If you continue to 

 tiU tho house with tobacco smoke whenever an msect 19 seen you wiu 

 assuredly overcome thrips. 



Grapes Colocrino (M. T.j.-Continuo watering the greenhouse to 

 secure a moist atmosphere, and admit air very freely. Colour m the 

 berries depends mnch upon tho free circulttUon of air. •(\c admit it aU 

 night in warm weather. 



