JoJy 15, 18fi9. ] 



JOUBNiL OF HORTICULTUBE AND C0TT4.GE GAKDENER. 



are essentisl — plenty of room, pleuty of rotten manure, and 

 plenty of weak mauuiewatermg in dry weather. There are 

 many larger, more sbo'ivy kinds, but for summer use in small 

 gardens, few, if any, cou' beat Snow's Matcbless ; it ia so com- 

 pact ami hearts fo lirm'y, that when you take hold of the out- 

 side, yon might fancy you had the bole of a small tree instead 

 of a Lettuce. To our "regret we have lost the true kind. It is 

 often confonnded with Suow's Compact Green, a very different 

 though good variety, but chiefly valuable as an early spring 

 Lettuce, after snccesf fully coming through the winter. 



We may mention as regards Turuips, that «e have been 

 much assisted this season ty an early white, called the Flut- 

 toppc-d White. We are unable to say whether it may not be 

 out under some other name, hut with us, in earliness, it irns 

 been a great acquisition, bulbing so soon, and having but a 

 small head of foliage. We have for years passed off, or tried 

 to do so, crisp White Tuinip Eadishes for small early Turnip?, 

 but with such kinds as the above, even that little ruse will be 

 little necessary. 



FRDIT r,AP.I>EK. 



We are behindhand with summer-pinching, &c , owing to a 

 press of other work, but we hope soon to accomplish all. Some 

 trees require it less this season, feeling the elTectsof the drought 

 last year. We have been obliged not only to mulch, but to 

 water the later Strawberries. Birds are rather troublesome, 

 but some evils at times make themselves blessings. Some 

 scores of pheasant-coips w.&t the garden, gave us swarms of 

 sparrows and other birds, which made sad havoc with Peas and 

 fruit, notwithstanding all eSorts to frighten or annoy them. 

 Now, we presume, as the pheasants grow larger, the food given 

 is more agreeable to the sparrows, and there for a week or two 

 they congregatfd in myriads, and have almost let us alone. 

 Smaller birds might help us with Currants, for Iheto a; e at- 

 tacked by honeydew, and many of the leaves are marked on the 

 under side with green fly. As soon as we can we shall remore, 

 or rather shorten, the shoots, and then pive a good washing 

 with clear lime wafer before the fruit changes much, and a 

 future drenching with clean water will nearly clear them of the 

 pest. These and GooEeberries, after gathering for bottling, are 

 heavily loaded. 



OnNAMENTAI, DEPAHTMEKT. 



Here the fine weather is showing its efSects on the vaiious 

 kinds of Pelargoniums. The soil is not too warm yet for them, 

 and therefore we shall not water much nor mulch. Like the 

 Wheat, the foliage is becoming of a lichsr green from the sun, 

 and the flower trusses are now swelling and opening, so that 

 in process of time we may expect them to be as brilliant as 

 the Calceolarias now are. We never saw the bedders of this 

 family finer. Some flower heads of the low Aurea floribunda 

 are like large Ciuliaowers in size. These, as previously 

 stated, were watered last week, and were mulched with rotten 

 dung before this bright sun came, and from that, even in hot 

 weather, we expect a continuous bloom, as the ground with a 

 little surface-Stirling will be kept cool. Give a cool, moist soil, 

 and the brightest sua will just suit the Calceolaria. 



We hoed all beds whore there was the least sign of cracking, 

 and we shall be obliged to do a little planting by way of filling 

 up, which would have been saved but for intruders, such as 

 deer, makin,'; free with our edgings and Verbenas. We have 

 the blue Cliveden Tansy eaten to the ground several times, 

 where otherwise it would have been effective. Our good- 

 sized plants of Coleus turned out into beds are standing the 

 sun well. They were mulched with rotten dung after the soil 

 was well warmed. — E. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.-July 14. 



Two or three sultry days have largely added to our supplies, especially 

 of Curranta, Rospberries. and StrawberrieH ; the latter, however, are far 

 from be'Di; first-rate, and this will certainly not bo a Strawberry season. 

 Peaches, Nectarines, nwl Pine Apples are plentiful. For rough goods 

 there is an active sals. Good Lemons and Orf.nge? are becoming scarce 



Appleg }j, sieve 



Apricots doK. 



Cberrieg lb. 



Cbestnats bashel 



Oarrants H sieve 



Black do. 



FigB doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs \^. 



Gooseberries . . qaart 

 Grapes, Hothease . lb. 



d 



OtoO 



8 



FRUIT. 



■:. d 



LemoDS 100 10 





 

 6 

 

 

 

 6 

 6 

 

 14 



Melons cfich 2 



Necturines doz. 



Oranges 101) 10 



Peaches doz. 12 



Pears (dessert) .. doz. 



Pine Apples lb. 3 



Plums J-^l sieve 



Qninces doz. 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries .... lb. 1 



Walnuts bushel 10 



do. 100 1 



AvticboUes doz. 



Aspaiagua 100 



Bonne, Kidney .. 100 



Boet,R43d dm. 



Broccoli bundle 



Bros. Sprouts ^^ sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



encumbers .... each 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



GarUc lb. 



Herbs bunch 



HoreeradiBh ..bundle 



VEGETABLES. 



8. d 



to G Leeks bnnch 



G , Lettuce score 



, Mushronnis. ... pottle 



5 ' Mustd.&Cress.punnet 

 Onions, .doz. bunches 



, Parsley sieve 



2 Parsnips doz. 



: Peas quart 



1 ' Potatoes bushel 



6 I Kidney ditto 



2 I Radi&hesdoz.bunches 



1 6 ' Rhubarb bundle 



Shallots lb. 



Spinich bu-hel 



! Tomatoes doz. 



: Turnips bunch 



5 Yeget- Marrows.. doz. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



••• We request that no one will write privately to the depart- 

 mental wiitersof the " .Tonrnal of Horticnltnre,_ Cettago 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman."' By so doing they 

 ore Bubjected to iinjastifiable trouble and expense. All 

 communieatinns should therefore be addressed solely to 

 The Editors of the Journal of HoTticiUvre, d-c, 171, FUet 

 Street, London, E.C. 

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

 week. 



Chkysobactkos Hookeei.— We are informed by Mr. Smith, the abia 

 Carntor nt Kesv, that this pbnl, noticed in our last number, rage 20, is 

 Rtill in the gardens, r.nd is healthy and Boweving at tki-i moment. It lias 

 b?en in the collection for tba last twenty ye,ir3. 



Stand for Cut Fiowebs ( H. J'., Pi»fi,).— Any dealer in gUss, and most 

 of the London retail seedsmen, conld procure yon one. We cannot re- 

 commend dealers. 



Gabdekeks' RorAl, Besevolest I.iSTITtlTlos IT. v.. Plywoum.— 

 Apply to Mr. E. R. Cn'ler. Xi. Tavi^lock Row, Ci,Teot Garden, London, 

 W.'J. He will give yoa every inforraalion. 



Chinese Pbimclas (Irc-n-rte).— You had better apply to some nnrsery- 

 man in your neighbourhood. 



Mdsoat of AlEXANcniA GilAPES Shankiso (Standstill).— The berries 

 were smashed into a jelly. Shanking is the resnlt of very heavy crop- 

 pin? and a confined atmosphere, but more generally of dencient root 

 notion, and, of course, always appears just when there is the greatest 

 straiH on the powers of the Vino. Sometimes shanking takes place when 

 there is a tbin crop and vigorous growth; bat in th^t case the evil is 

 owin" to the wood of the previous year being imperfectly ripened, or to 

 the roots being too deen and too wet, and therefore the jmces absorbed 

 too crude. You wU bo' best able to judge as to the cause. Excessive 

 \igour from deep roots often causes the evil. 



Compost foe Vine Eohdebs (James Gorncfil.— The best compost yoa 

 could use for growing Vines would be as follows :-rirst p.ace a layer ol 

 tun-es of good yellow "loam, cut from an old pasture, on the top oJ the 

 drninagc, with the turfy side downwards, then about 2 feet deep of the 

 following, well incorporated together. Tlir.e parts of tho best maiden 

 yellow iSam you can find, one part broken bricks, or old lime rubbish and 

 burnt oarth, to every yard of which add halt a bushel of grour.l bones 

 .nnd half a bushel of charcoal. If your loam is not of a verj- rich and 

 excellent character, you might add a Utile Y'i'^"*^,"''" u^;,„,^S 

 addition of manure, bones, &c,, is. it must not be forgo ten aUogethet 

 dependant on tho quality of the loam used, which of >'"«" J' ™«1' f" 

 indefinite article, varying from s.md to ctay, that scarcely ^"f /"" ""Js 

 require the same admixture. Some soils of themselves, wiU produce 

 better Grapes than others with all the ingredients added. 



GaouND ViNEav (A Co/(..i;fr) -Your Vine wants m'^"e "1?'^° ^ *.^ 

 roots. A Vine planted in October should have been cut back in winter 

 to from 3 to 4 inches, unless it was a very strong plant. You seem, on 

 the contrarv, to have k-ft it at considerahlo length, wMch sufficiently 

 accounts foV'its weakened condition. It should have been cut back, and 

 its enerfrics confined to the formation of one good shoot, which next 

 year would bear fruit. Having been planted so la e, the roots had not 

 sufflclent action to cause all tho bods to break We should recommend 

 you now to check the growth of all the shoots exceptmg one, the one 

 nearest the root, which encourage to gro* to form he permnneat rod. 

 fhen in wmter cut it well back ; or, perhaps, you will state the result then, 

 and we will again advise you. Do not allow it to bear any fruit. 



Geapes Rusted (P. B.).-Tho berries are rusted. The evil is generaUy 

 attributed to handling them. We believe, 1»»^^.'^«^'. /' »"^^<^,J"" !?' 

 house becoming suddenly overheated or cooled whilst the Grapes aro 

 young. The pressure on the cuticle being excessive '« t*'"'ken8, and rnst 

 follows. A sudden increase of heat succeeding a sudden fall of tempe- 

 rature, or tho contrary, is often followed by this disease. 



Geapes Spotted-Araccabia imbeicata Losing "spo^'EB Bbakcheb 

 (J. B. JJo,-i).-We should think that the "'""^i""!? .^"'^ fP''""^,« Slffi 

 Muscat Grapes are owing to spots on the glass, which =1'™''' '''' ^'""J* 

 over to prevent burning. Your Araucaria is worth looking af ". It^"=°™ 

 the grass, top-dress with 3 or 4 inches of rich compost, \?'' R J?/ 8°°* 

 watering. Leaf mould or rotten dung may be "««''• ,f^°^fJia^an| 

 are injured by bedding plants round them, unless well mulched, ana 

 snpplied with liquid manure. ,a «, 



Vine Leaves (T. ir.).-We conld discover no »f " »' "'"ZrV"* 

 leaf of a Vine sent. It evidently belongs to one of "'^ ^ '°«^ '"*' ^^j 

 the under side of the leaves a little downy. The "'J^" '*,''™/. "ff^^er 

 healthy. If you have mildew, sulphur, gl" more ,»,';• "f„,^"P ''ft^b^e 

 Sflo answer to " Kate " Vou will have no difficulty in obtaining a snuaDie 

 man! « you wly t^" espectable nurseryman in your own neighbourhood. 



