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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTCllE AND COTTAGE GABDENER. 



( Oolobc 7, 1869. 



and for a few weeks tbe pole will be better set on a firm bottom, 

 Hs on a slate or tile, instead of being plnnRed. Before taking 

 them under glass the bottom of the pot should be examined 

 to see if the bole is all clear, for it frequently becomes choked 

 np, and the plant is water-logged, which is ruinous to an 

 Auricula. In such mild weather the sashes should be raised 

 back and front night and day, so that the plants moy have 

 abnndanoo of air, and be sheltered from rain. After a month 

 or BO they will pass more safely through the winter if the pots 

 be plunged in rough coal ashes, as tbe plunging is alike a pre- 

 servative against frost and dryness ; and thus treated, unless 

 is very bright winters, the plants will require little watering 

 ant ilthe spring. 



Polyanthuses require rather less trouble than Anriealas, and 

 the finest are well worthy of the extra attention. Pinks and 

 Carnations, if potted, should receive all the air possible, so as 

 to keep them strong and sturdy. Wallflowers may be potted 

 for winter flowering. Dahlias are still in their beauty, and 

 besides securing, they reed no attention, except when frost is 

 apprehended, placing .3 or i inches of soil round the stems, to 

 save the tubers. Dahlias generally keep better when not taken 

 mp until the frost has arrested all growth, but they should not 

 remain in the ground long afterwards, as, not to speak of frost, 

 the damp and rains lodging about the collars of the tubers are 

 apt to rot and destroy the incipient buds, even though the 

 tubers to all appearance are perfectly safe. 



In our cold pits, where the cuttings are striking, and the 

 bases swelling, where a little whitening was put on the glass, 

 we have removed the whole or the most of it, as the sun will 

 not be too powerful for them now, and the cuttings will keep 

 shorter and sturdier in consequence. Ere long we must remove 

 many summer plants from the corridors and the conservatory, 

 and replace them with winter plants. Now Heaths should be 

 kept from rains, as too much wet and a deficiency of air will 

 bring on mildew. These can rarely be kept in too airy a house, 

 and direct air, even when rather cool, seldom does them any 

 barm. Many hardwooded plants, however, though delighting 

 in fresh air, as LeschenauUias, Boronias, Croweaa, Gompholo- 

 bimns. Sic, like a higher temperature than Heaths, and do 

 not like a draught of cold air coming directly upon them. They 

 Bhonld rarely in winter stand opposite front openings that 

 communicate directly with the open air. A draught in which 

 most Heaths would delight, would soon injure such as these, 

 when blowing ou them at once. Proceeded with potting, &<:., 

 M detailed in previons weeks' notices. — R. F. 



COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— October 0. 



Wk have no improTement to report. Stocks nre heaw and business 

 qalet, inferior articles t>eiDg scarcely salcnble. 



Apples y, sieve 1 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



ChestnntB.... bnsbel 



Currants i.< sieve 



Black do. 



FIbs doz. 2 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs Ih. 



CxooBebernes . . qnart 



Grapes. Hothonse . lb. 2 



Lemons loo 10 



8. 



d. B. 



tol 

 



FRUIT, 

 d 





 

 4 



s. 



Melons each 2 to 5 



Nectwrines doz. 4 8 



Orances 100 10 



Peaches doz. 8 



Pears (dessert) .. doz. 2 



Pioe Apples lb. 8 



Plums }-j sieve S 



Qninces ' . doz. 1 



Raspberries lb. 



Strawberries lb. 



Walnnts bushel 10 



do 108 1 



16 

 2 



VEGETABLES. 



Artichokes doz. 



Asparacns 100 



Beans, Kidnev ^i sieve 



Beet, Rod....' diz. 



Broccoli handle 



Brns. Sprouts M sieve 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cftoliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cnctirabers each 



Endive doz. 



Fennel bunch 



Oarlic lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish ..bundle 3 



d. B. 

 0to6 

 





 n n 







n 







6 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce score 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustd.A Cress.punnot 

 Onions, .doz. bunches 



Parsley sieve 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas qnart 



Potatoes bushel 



Kidney ditto 



Radi«bes doz. bunches 



Rhnharb bundle 



Shallots lb. 



Spinach bn'*hel 



Tomatoes doz. 



Turnips bunch 



Veget. Marrows.. doz. 



d. B. 

 4 too 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 

 

 9 

 



S 6 





 

 

 6 

 

 

 

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 6 

 



1 6 

 6 



2 8 



TRADE CATALOGUES RECEH'ED. 

 W. RoUisRon & Sons. Tooting. London, S.W.— Catalogue of 

 Cape, Dutch, and other Bulbs, Koses, iCc. 



Thomas Mo Kenzle i- Sons, 31, Dawson Street, Dublin ; Bel- 

 fast; and Cmk. —Drrcriptirf CatAlogyte of {hitc.^ and other 

 FUi\cerin(j liulht, rfc. 



H. Lane A' Son, Great Berkhampstead. — DueWphr/ Calo- 

 loguf uf RoKi, Fruit Tree; Aneriean Plantt, Coirifeti, i^mlu 

 tndicii, dtc. 



John Scott, Merriott Nurseries, Crewkerne, Somerset. — Tin 

 Oreharditt, or a Cultural and Deneriptive Catakfut o* Prui 

 Treei. 



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 tolely t» 

 The Editort of the Journal of Horticulture, <tc., 171, Plte 

 Street, London, K.C. 



W« 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 get tkem an- 

 swered promptly and conveniently, but write them on 

 separate communications. Also never to send mora than 

 two or three questions at once. 



K.B. — Many questions must remain unanswered nntil next 

 week. 



r..MtDESFBS' Y«*K BooK (C J!.).— Tour friend w«« correct. It rontaio 

 a descriptive list, not only of frnits but of plants, Ac, Introduced during 

 the previous year. Yoa can have it post free from oorofflce if you encloso 

 fourteen postage stamps with your address. 



AsPABAOUS Kale A. C, Croj/rfon). — What you have lor Asparagus Kale 

 is Convo Tronchnda, or Portuguese Cabbage. It is sometimes called 

 Asparagus Kale, the thick, fleshy ribs of the leaTes being the parts used 

 like Sea-kale ; but the true Asparagus Kale is Cbon de Milan, which in 

 |he spring produces long succulent shoots like Asparagus. 



WniTK Geape (/. W. Pf7lar).— Tour Grape is not White Tokay, but 

 one of tbe numerous Trbite vintage Grapes of the south of France, and 

 of no value as a dessert fruit. We cannot say positively which it is, but 

 jt evidently belongs to tbe Espagnius. Graft it with something better. 



CoLoru or Grapes f.V. H. F.\. — K full supply of sap and exposure to 

 light, and abundance of fresh air, secure to Grapes their proper oolour. 

 You will find the colouring of flowers, leaves, and fruit fully discussed 

 in Johnson's " Science and Practice of GarJening," from which the 

 following is extracted :—" Mr. Smitbson's experiments, and those of 

 M. Schubler, seem to indicate that the colouring matter of flowers and 

 frnits is fundamentally blue— rendered red by acids or tbe addition of 

 oxygen, or yellow by the presence of an alkali or the subtraction of oxy- 

 gen. Mr. Smitli^oo says, that the colouring matter of the Violet !a the 

 same in the ruddy tips of the Daisy, Pelargonium, blue Hyacinth. Holly- 

 hock, Lavender, and various Plums, iu the leaves of the Red Cabbage, 

 and in the rind of the Salmon Radish. The acid which causes the red 

 tint seems to bo usually the carbonic." 



Gbapf.s Spotting [Sophia\. — The cause usually is ft defective supply 

 of sap to the borries. The roots of the Vine, either from being too deep 

 in the soil, too cold, or too dry, are not sufficiently active. 



FaciT Trees fob Pvbamids (TV. r?rffn). — The following will suit yon. 

 Plant in tbe course of this month. We have added the times of ripening. 

 Pears : Citron des Carmes, August ; Beurr^ d'Amsnlis. September ; 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey, October ; Seckle, October ; Van Mens Lt-on le 

 Clerc, November ; Foudnnte desCbameu, November ; Beurre Berckmans, 

 November to December ; Winter Nelis, November to February ; Beurre 

 Sterckmans, .lanuary and February. Apjttrn: Asbmead's K-mel, Novem- 

 ber to May ; Cockle Pippin. .Tannery to April ; Cornish Oilliflower, Novem- 

 ber to May ; Lamb Abbey Pearmain. December to April : Nonpareil, 

 January to May ; Sturmer Pippin, January to June. Piuirw : Green Gage, 

 Jefferson's, Cue's Golden Drop. Late Rivers. Damson. Cherriet : Early 

 purple Geau, Black Tartarian, Bigarreau, Late Duke. 



Gardenebs' Examination's fFrctrmoia . — If you write Mr. Richards, 

 Assistant Secretary, Itnyal Horticultural Society's Office, South Kensing- 

 ton, he will send you tho necessary information. If in addition to your 

 eight years' practice yon make yourself master of the contents of the 

 books you name, you oucht to pass a good examination. 



Pelahgosiums (It*. A.). — No list was enclosed with your note. W© 

 answered your query about Cyanophyllum on page SliS. f/rraoramiu). — 

 AU the so-called " Scarlet Geraniums," all the Z.inals. Tricolors. Ac, are 

 Pelarg.miums, and very near relatives of the Pelargoniums raised by 

 Gaines, Beck, Hoyle, and others. 



SEEDI.TNG Pelargonium {A.), — Thepotals had all f.allen. We think the 

 colour is salmon pink. There are many of the same tint ; but, perhaps, 

 jbo nearest to your seedling is Monsieur Rendatler. 



Mr. Cansell's Fcchsias. — The Fuchsias are very fine, tbe calyx and 

 tube very deep-coloured, but there seems a coarseness and want of ele- 

 gance, if the habit of tbe plants be good, and they are free-flowering 

 varieties, they will be a great acquisition. Many of tliese large-flowering 

 kinds are very shy in producing their blossoms. 



Rancncclcsrs im Pots ( Jri«t. — We do not advise their culture in pots* 

 though it may be practised ; 6 or 7-inch pots are tho most suitable- 

 They should iJe well drained, and if they are deep in proportion to the 

 width, all the better. Use a compost of two parts turfy loam, strong 

 rather than light, one part old cow dung, and one part river sand. Pot 

 at once, as we suppose you want them for forcing, filling the pots to 

 within 2 inches of the rim ; then sprinkle a little sand on the surface, 

 and place the roots on it, pressing them gently. Put three in a 6-inch, 

 and live in a 7-inch pot, and cover tbem just over the crowns with sand, 



and then fill to the rim with soil. Flange tho pots to tbe rim in ashes 



