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JOUBMAL OF HOBTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE OABDENEB. t 8eplemb« 9, 1889. 



from the incnrsions of enemies. Slags, ^c, are bad enoaKb, 

 bat they are nothiog compared to rabbits, rate, and mice. ^Ve 

 ODce had several hundreds ol good kinds, pretty plants in 

 4inch pots, cut down to the surface of the pots in one night 

 by rats, and in the pleasure grounds we have found massive 

 beds like a de^^ert in the spring by the incursions of hares and 

 rabbits. Hardly any fence will keep such intruders from them, 

 nothing but a solid wall which they cannot leap. Efforts must 

 be made to have the plants referred to somewhere, as for cut 

 flowers they cannot be dispensed with. 



Cutting-iiiakimj. — This has formed one of onr chief employ- 

 ments, so as to provide for the flower garden next year. Vie 

 have already alluded to particulars. It is of importance to 

 strike all we can in a cool place. Verbenas, Petunias, Lobelias, 

 Ageratums, and Pentstemons, do better under glass, shaded by 

 day, kept close, and with a little air at night, which prevents 

 drawing and damping. The air at night is very essential. 

 The simpler and lighter the material in which they are put the 

 better. All mixture of old soil should be avoided if possible. 

 Nothing is better than the sandy gritty loam which is obtained 

 from the sides of the highways, with a sprinkling of sand or 

 road drift. If leaf mould or dung is mixed with it, there is 

 the chance of fungus troubling the cuttings and young plants. 

 Sedding Pelargoniums will still strike well enough in the open 

 air. A little flagging is of no consequence. The cuttings of 

 all such plants as Verbenas should be drawn through weak 

 tobacco or quassia water, as it is better to secure the cuttings 

 being clean than to clean them afterwards. 



Where gorgeous beds and borders are desired, neither a 

 eutting nor a bloom should ever be taken from them until 

 the latter is faded. What we advocate in this respect, we have 

 not been able to practise. We have no space in which we can 

 form mixed borders for cuttings and cut flowers. We must 

 take both from beds and borders that come prominently before 

 the eye, but no one feels the impropriety of doing so more 

 than we do. We, therefore, delay as long as possible taking 

 off cuttings, and these and numbers of cut flowers diminish 

 the symmetry and massiveness of the beds. Lately we took 

 about two hundred cuttings from a line of Bijou Pelargonium, 

 and we wished afterwards we had delayed for a week. Where 

 there are large kitchen gardens, borders for flowers and cut- 

 tings could easily he placed there, and the show beds remain 

 SB such. — K. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— September 8. 



A VERT Blow trade indeed, with little signs of improvement. Im- 

 portations have largely added to our stocks this week, which comprise 

 all the nsaal varieties of Pears and Apples at this season. Flnms are 

 sofiiclent for the demand. 



FRUIT. 

 d. s. d 

 tol 6 



Apples 3j sieve 



Apricots doz. 



Oherries lb. 



Chestnuts bnehel 



Cmrants y. sieve 



Black do. 



FiKS doz. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs Ih. 



Gooseberries . . qnart 

 Grapes, Hothonse . lb. 

 Lemons 100 



do. 

 VEGETABLES. 



Melons each 2 



Nectarines doz. 4 



Oranges 100 10 



Peaches doz. 6 



Pears (dessert) .. doz. 2 



Pine Apples lb. 8 



Plums J'j sieve S 



Quinces doz. 



Raspberries lb, 



Strawberries lb. 



Walnuts busbel 10 



d. s. 

 Oto 5 

 8 



.100 1 



8. d. B. 



3 Oto6 

 



Artichokes doz. 



Asparagus 100 



Beans, Kidney fj sieve 2 6 4 



Beet, Bed duz. 2 3 



Broccoli bundle 10 



Bms. Sprouts 3-i sieve 



Cabbage doz. 10 2 



Capsicums 100 2 2 



Carrots bunch 8 1 



Cauliflower doz. 3 C 



Celery bundle 16 2 



Cucumbers .... each 6 1 



Endive doz. 2 



Fennel bunch 8 



Garlic lb. 8 



Herbs bunch 8 



6 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce score 



Mushrooms pottle 



d. 8. 

 4to0 

 2 



MuBtd.S CresB.punnet 2 



Horseradish ..bundle 3 



Onions, .doz, bunches 



Parsley sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney ditto 



I Radishes doz.bunches 



' Rhubarb bundle 



; Shallots lb. 



Spinach bushel 



I Tomatoes doz. 



Turnips bunch 



i Vcget. Marrows.. doz. 



TRADE CATALOGUES EECEm^D. 

 James Carter &, Co.. 237 and '2r.8, High Holborn. London, 

 W.C.— Carter's LUt of Dutch Bulbs, Fruit Trees, Hoses, rfc, 

 for 1869. 



I>. Gold McKay. Market Hill. Sndbnry, ?^nffo\\c,— Catalogue 

 of Dutch Flovcrr Rootj^ Scfds for Autumti Sowiti^t Herbaceous 

 VlanU, liofen. Fruit Tre^s, (tc. 



F. fc A. Dickson & Rons, 106, E<i8tf^te Street, and Upton 

 Nuraeries, Chewier,— Select Dutch Flower Rooti, t(c. 



Smith A: Simons, H6 and 3S. How&rd Street, St. Enoch 

 Square, GUprow.— Z>»(<r/i Root List. 



Charles Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slongh. — Catalogue of 

 Hyacinths, Narcvisn.i, dc* — List of Straxcherrifs. 



Stuart A; Mein, Kelso. — Descriptive Catalogue of Choice Hy a- 

 cintlis and other Dutch Bulbs. 



Hooper & Co., Central Avenne. Covent Garden Market, 

 London. — Autumnol Supplement to Uooprrd- Go's Genrral Cata- 

 lopue, containing Descriptive Lists of Dutch and other Bu bs, (tc. 



Robert Parker, Exotic Nursery. Tootiog. Surrey. — Cataloffue 

 of Hyacinths and other Bulbous Roots, Fruit Trees, d'C, 



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 bo doing they 

 are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and expense. All 

 communications should therefore be addressed solely to 

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

 Street, London, E.G. 



We also request that correspondents will not mix up on the 

 pame sheet questions relating to Gardening and those on 

 Poultry and Bee subjects, if they expect to get ihem an- 

 swered promptly and conveniently, but write them on 

 separate communications. Also never to send more than 

 two or three questions at once. 



N.B. — Many questions must remain unanswered nntU next 

 week. 



Books {An Old SubstfribiT) — " Briti'fh F^m*'," price 3*. 6(/.. or free by 

 post from onr office for 2t.\Qd. {W. ''.).— You cm have the "Cottage 

 Gardeners' Dictionary " free by post from oar office if you enclose Is. 2d. 

 in postage stamps with yoar address. 



Veebenas Fon ExeniiTros {A Learner).— The loUowinR are six good 

 kinds for the purpose— viz., Foxhnnter. Mrs. Revnolds Hole. Mrs. Perry, 

 Madnme E. Stengcr, Geant des Batailtes, and King of the Lilacs. The 

 " Cottage Gardeners' Dictionary," dt. 6d., or free by post Is. 2d. 



Seedling Pelargoxiuu {E. O.}.— It is impossible to give an opinion 

 without peeing the flowers. 



DiNT^EB LoDGK ( ).— The information in the "Horticultural Direc- 

 tory " is quite correct. 



QuEHCua Cerrib fTT.).— This, the Turkey or Mossy-cupped Oak, like 

 all the species, flourishes most on a deep rather tenacious boll, but we 

 hive seen good specimens on a light soil; and a chalky soil would pro- 

 bably produce it well if of good depth. 



CcxTUEE OF Leptopteris scterra (J. W. K" ).— The temperature and 

 moisture of your Fern house is too uneven for the Leptopteris. It 

 should be potted in a compost of two p^rts oaady fibrons p^at one part 

 yellovr light loam, and one part grit or sandstone, in pieces not larger 

 than a hazel nut, nor les^ than a poa. Use a pot just large enough to 

 hold the roots well, and allow for an incrcise in growth. Drnin it well, 

 and place it in a pot or pan. so that the rim^ of the two will be on the 

 uame level, placing the inner one on crocks The outer pot should bo 

 large enough to contain the fronds without their tonchinc the glass they 

 are to be covered with. Fill the space between th" pots wiih crocks to 

 within an inch of the rim, and the remiind'?r of the space with charcoal 

 made small, sifting it first through a haif inch Fiev.\ then Ihrough a 

 8 eve with an eii;htb-of-aninch mesh, and use what remains in the sieve. 

 Cove^ with a bell-qlass having hoU s in the top. It should rest on the 

 charcoal. The glass should be tikt-n off every morning and wiped dry. 

 If the bell-glass have three holes at top. it will girc Hufficient ventilation. 

 We find the plant succeeds well when thus treated, or in a honso kept 

 uniformly moist, but not from syriuciog over the fronds ; avoid tbaU 

 A glazed frame is useful for such plants. 



Marchioness of Hastikos Grape (W. F.).— It produces very large, 

 loose bunches, with watery and flivnnriess berries. Its only recom- 

 mendation is its size. It is an early Grape, and ripens in an ordinary 

 vinery. 



Muscat Grapes (An Old Su 6«cn' 6 (rr).—Thoy are only slightly rusted, 

 and being ripe, it will not injar« their quaiilv. hust, wo bcliove, ia 

 induced by sudden exposure to cold currents of air. 



Grapes {T. G. Partridge). — We do not know any private garden fn 

 which the (Jlliade noir and Schirns are cultivated, bnt you may see them 

 in the Koyal Horticultural Socitrty'H gordt-n at Chiswick. 



Vises not Growixo (A Be{}\nncr).~T\ie shoot and leaves are attacked 

 by red spider. Little can ho di-no this year beyond springing the Vines 

 every morning and evening, and shutting np the housi.- eirly in the 

 afternoon. ConUane this treatment throughout the present month, 

 alter which the house should be kept drier. Air should bo given early 

 in the morning, so as to have the fo!i.ige cool and the -ir in motion when 

 the sun shines powerfully, otherwi^^e the leaves may become frntted. A. 

 cood watering ought to !>e given the roots without dolav. and repeat it 

 in a forUiight. Cut the Vines btck lo two or three eves in !>ecember, 

 and paint them with Rulphur bron^ht to the consistency of paint by 

 mixing with it 8 ozs of Foft eoap ti a q.illon of tobicco water. Apply 

 the sulphur mixture with a brush, rubbing it well into every crovice, but 

 being careful of the buds. The liouse ought to be thoronglily cleaned, 



