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JOUhNAL OF nOBTICULTUBR AND COTTAGE GASDENEll. 



[ Augiut ii, 1B6}. 



oniBbiDg tbem. Wo Iiavo seen great numbers of tbem, little 

 donds in fact, on tbe wing, and that is not very common. 

 Sportsmen say that it will be a rare time for pbeasantr, which 

 are fond of tbem. They are friends to tbe gardener, and if 

 some entomoiogiat would enlighten us as to the time they gene- 

 rally take to piss tbrongb their variouB transformalioug, it 

 would be verj- iutcrcsting and profitalile, and help to do away 

 with much ignorance and misconception. We have Eeveral 

 times instituted expoiimcnls to satisfy ourselves, but chiefly 

 from accidents our experimenta were not fairly carried out eo 

 08 to be trustworthy. — B. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— August 25. 



OOB market is well supplied, and Ijuyinf-ss h:i9 been somewhat better, 



bat no advance iu prices can tio miintaincd. Pine Apples, Grnpe.s, 



Peaches, and Nectarines aro sufllcient Jor tho trade. The Potato trade 



is boavy ; there aro large stocks on hand, generally free from disease. 



iiiUIT. 



Apples . 



. }'^ sieve 1 



Apricots dcz. 3 



Ciierriea lb. 



Chestnats bushel 



Currants ;i sieve 4 



Black do. 5 



Figs doz. 4 



Filberts lb. 1 



Cobs 11). 



Gooseberries . . qa.irt 



Orapes, Hothouse . lb. 3 



IjemoQS 100 B 



d. e. 



to 1 



G 



G 



























G 











d 

 

 



1 







4 6 



6 



8 











1 



s 



12 



Melons each 



Nectirines doz. 



Oranges IW) in 



Peaches doz. 



Pears (dessert) .. doz. 



Pine Apples lb. 



Plums y^ sieve 



Qoinces doz. 



Itnspberries lb. 



Strawberries lb. 



Walnuts bosbel 10 



do 100 



VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes doz. 



AsparaCTS 100 



Beans, Cidney }^ sieve 



Beet, Red doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Bros. Sprouts ><; sieve 



Cabbage doe. 



Capeicnms 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers .... eich 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bsnch 



Garlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish . .bundle 



d. s. 

 0to6 

 



















6 



Leeks bnnch 



Lettuce score 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustd.& Crcss.punnet 

 Onions, .doz. bunches 



Parsley sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney,,., ditto 

 Rnclisbes doz, bunches 



Khuharb bundle 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes doz. 



Turnips bnnch 



Vegct. Marrows, .doz. 



It i< 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEmSD. 

 William Paul, Waltham Cross, London, ii,—BulhCataIoone, 



^ James Veitch Ar SonP, Royal Exotic Nnreery, King's Road, 

 Chelsea, S.W.—Catahguc of Hyacinths and othvr Bnlbovs Boots. 



B. S. Williams, Victcna and Paradiee Nurseries. — General 

 Bulb Catalogue, and Catalofjue of Fruit Trees, Boses, d'c. 



Jobn Scott, Jlerriotfc Nurseriep, Crewkerne, Somerset.— 

 Catalonue of Flozccr Boots, 



TO CORRESPONDENTS, 



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

 mental vrritera of the '* Journal of Horticulture, Cottage 

 Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so doing they 

 are subjected to unjustiGable trouble and expense. AU 

 commnnications should therefore be addressed solehf to 

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

 Street, London, E.C, 



Wo also request that correspondents will not mix np on the 

 Bame sheet questions relating to Gardening and those on 

 Poultry and Bee subjects, if they expect to got them an- 

 Bwered promptly and conveniently, but write them on 

 separate communications. Also never to send more than 

 two or three questions at once. 



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

 week. 



Books (7. Carri»/?/on).— The bcok yon nnme is "Thomson's Handy 

 Book of tbe Flower GnrdcD," fuhlii^hoi by BInckwood & Song. (Sub- 

 tmbfr).— There is no 6uch work, t.ut yon will find the subject trcited on 

 in Mcintosh's " Book of tbo Garden." and Thompeon's *' Gardener's 

 ABSistant.' (G. Tr.).— "The Garden Manual," which may be had post 

 iroe from onr office, for Is. 8rf. 



RKNDLE'a Patent Plant Protectors [R^v.E. H. ; E C. 5)— Mr 

 Rendle's address is 68, Welbeek Street. The beat book for tout purnoBo 

 18 the " Cottage Gardeners* Dictionarr." 



TwtK CccniTBxn {Cueumber).~-ThU !a not new, thoagh unuoal. 

 caused by the anion of two ovaries. 



CfrrunRn Dihfared (Svhrrib'rr. J. E). — We can offer yon no rerooAf 

 for tho (lii'C'iae. It has baffled all the most experienced cuitlvatora. Do 

 you not think ) our aprinR water is too cold, and contains some mlnerftl 

 feobstanco prtjtidiciai to the plant 7 



VicoMTEflsE IlKnicART DE TiicHY Rtra^-berry (F. H. G ).—lt wmfl 

 advertised in our number for An^^ust 5tb. We cannot depart from onr 

 rule of not r» c< uimendinR one dealer in preference to another. Nareery- 

 men who have a Aleck of this variety should advertif^e. 



Alpikk Strav.iierrieh {C. W.).— nianrhc d'Orlcane, white, larpfcr than 

 the oonnnon White Alpine; Gntande, dark red, of agreeable flavour, an 

 abundant hearer ; and Brune do Gilhort, nloinst Mi'.ck, very abundant' 

 beaTini:? in antumn. Alpioe Strawberry rnnnerH can be obtained of most 

 of tho principal nnrferynen. September is a Rood ttmo to plant for 

 summer buartuf?, and March for antumn. Wo prefer raiRinK plants from 

 Bccd, Bov. in^; iu M:\rch in a shalluw box, placed neir tho ain^a in a frame, 

 and imrdeniiiR tho plants well off previou!! to planting them out. We 

 plant thent 1 foot apart on an oast border. Plants from Heed are of freer 

 growth, and produce abundantly. 



WiXTKniso CoLEDSRS {J. W. C).— They require to be kept in ratber 

 email pots in a house, where tho temperature dues not fall below 40% bat 

 is generally 45 . The atmosphere sbouM ba dr>-, tiad no more water 

 ongUt to be given than is required to keep them frewh ; indeed, the drier 

 they are tho safer they will be in winter. If they are in tho open grooud 

 they Bhould be taken up bcftire frost, placed in small pots, just large 

 enough to hold tho rootj well, and stt in a light and airy position. 

 Tho soil ought to be san.Iy and not rich : Hcht loim with a littlo leal 

 mould is most Buitahlo. Yoa should write to Mr. Looker for the informa- 

 tion you require. 



BouGAixviLLKA LATERITIA (T. C).— When ths p!ant begins to grow it 

 should bo encouraged with an abundauce of moisture, nnd have freo 

 ventilntion. The slionta must bo trained nenr the glapa. This treatment 

 oughtto begin in March, and should be coutinnod uutil August, when the 

 atmosphere should be kept dry, and no more water given at the root 

 than is needed to keep the leaves fresh, though if th?y flag a tittle onder 

 powerful Bun no harm will result. The temperature should be propor- 

 tionate to tho dryness, and fully as high as when the plant was making 

 growth- From March to October it should have a stove heat; from 

 Octuber to March a temperature of not less than \', in severe frost, and 

 generally one ranging from 45" to XSP. 



PiGiTAtTS LUTEA (Td^ni).— We are not aware that it is indigenous to 

 this country. It Is a native of France. Seed may be had of the prin- 

 cipal seedsmen. 



CooL-HocsE Oncnros (/rfrm).— The Orchids, now that the Cnx-ea are 

 cat. and you wish to throw tho house open, need not be removed. They 

 will bo all the better of the increaauJ ventilation and dryness. Wo pre- 

 sume that it is nut intended X.a remove tbe lights, that tho plants will 

 be secure from heavy rftins, and that in very moist, cold weather, gentlo 

 (irc heat will be g;ven to dissipate damp. 



Blanchiko Cf.lebv in Sawdust (Amateur),— \qvl may blanch Celdfj 

 in anything that will exclude light. Seo " Doings of Last Week." 



Celeev Hollow (.<nm/fur).— The chief causes of Celery becoming 

 hollow nre pour soil and a deficiency of moislnre during dry, hot weather, 

 and not unfrequenlly sudden checks given in tbe early stages of growth, 

 in pricking-ofT, transplanting, Ac. Cole's Defiance Dwarf Red is an 

 excellent soit. Dickson's Manchester Ctampion Red, and Champion 

 ^'hite, an early sort of large size, are good for growing in quantity. 



Pnizns FOR Bouquets (J^rcrfjrffn).— So soon as you prove that there 

 was any injustice done, wc shall not be backward iu helping to expose it. 

 Your insinuations need no reply from ns. 



Peopaoating Hollyhocks (T.).— As there are no shoots from tho b&se, 

 and only the flowering stems, and as tho sort is desirable, we would cat 

 the stems cff to within a few inches of their baso. and make cuttings 

 of them. For each cutting two joints will be sufficient, and the stem 

 must be cut across belov- a joint. Remove the lowest leaf, and half of tho 

 upper one, and insert the cuttings round the sidfs of pots, woU drained, 

 and filled with moist sandy loam. Tho soil should be flrnily pressed round 

 the biae of the cuttings, tlien fill up the holes with sand. If the joints 

 are long, pnt in the shoots as oyes with but one joint, cutting in a sloping 

 direction about hnlf an inch below the eye, and abaut an inch above it, 

 and put into the soil so that tho tyo will be covered about half an inch 

 with line Suil. No water should bo given, as the soil ought to be moist 

 before tho cuttings are inserted. Plunge the pots to within half an inch of 

 the rim in a hotbed of from 70 to 75 ', using sawdust or ashes for plung- 

 ing them in, keep closely sliadfd, and admit no air, excepting a little 

 for an hour in the morning, to carry off any nccumulfition of steam. In 

 sis weeks the cuttings will bot^in to grow, and should have a little water, 

 without, however, wetting the leaves. When rooted, pot off singly in 

 small pots, rnd place in a cold frame, keeping it close and shaded for ten 

 daje or a fortnight; tlien pradually admit rir, and remove the shade 

 by degrees. Water s'ould ba f,'iven aa required, 8:id abundance of air. 

 No time should bo losjt in putting in cuttiugs, so an to hive them rooted 

 before winter. The old plant should bo taken np after flowering, potted, 

 and wintered in a frame. It may i>roduce shoots suitable for cuttings In 

 spring, tho tops only being employed. 



Leuco.ium vkrnum Sowiyo {M. D ).— The seeds shonld be sown now 

 in light snndy poil, and covered with fine soil about a qnarter of an inch 

 deep. The seeds may also bo kept through the winter in dry sand in a 

 cool dry place, b'lt are best sown as soon as ripe, giving a light mnlcbing 

 of parti illy rotten leaves before severe weather. 



PicoTEE Pipings (A. K. F. C).— Yon shonld continue the same treat- 

 roent until the cuttings or pipings begin to grow. This yon will know 

 by tho fresh leaves in the centre of tho cuttiugs becoming longer than 

 the old leaves. W hen this takes place the pipings have rooted, cr have 

 formed a callosity which will root. More air should be given gradaaUy 

 by day as well as by n'ght, and tbe shading should be withdrawn by 

 degrees. The plants will be fit to pot oflT singly in about six weeks from 

 the time of putting in, by which time thfy should be well hardencd-off, 

 exposing them fully at ail times, except during heavy rains. Give shade 

 from bright aun for a fi-w days after potting, and afterwards expose them 

 freely to tho air, but protect from heavy raina and severe frost. In mild 



