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JODBNAL OP HOBTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. I NoTombw 18, 1989. 



Apples Vl gieT« 



Apricots do«. 



Cherries lb. 



CheetDOts buebel 



Corrants .... y^ siere 



Black do. 



FiCT doi. 



Filberts lb. 



Cobs lb. 



Oooflobcrrips . , quart 

 Ompes. Uotboaso . lb. 



Lemons 100 



Meloas euch 



FRUIT. 



<1 I B. d. e. d 



I Malberrlea qo&rt to 



I NectnriDcs doz. 



, OrftDRos 100 8 © 14 



PeacheB doz. 



I Pearfi, kitchen .. doz. tl 3 



dcsnert doz. 3 5 



' Pine Apples lb. 3 6 



Plums ^ sieve 3 G 6 



9 Quinooa doz. 3 3 



HaRpberrles lb. 



Strawhfirries lb. 



Walnuts bnsbel 10 16 



do 100 1 2 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



•#• We request that no one will write privately to any of the 

 correspondents of the '* Journal of Horticulture, Cottage 

 Gardenur, and Country Oenllem.an." By so doing ihey 

 are Bubjcetcd to unjustifiable trouble and expense. All 

 communications should therefore be addressed iolehf to 

 The Editors of the Journal of UorticuUure, dc, 171. Fleet 

 Street, London, E.G. 



We 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. i 



X.B. — Many questions must remain unanswered until next 

 week. 



Boo^^ [A Monthly Tf/'^/Jcr).— Rivers's "Rose Amntenr's Guide." free 

 hy post for 48. ; " Fruit-Gardeninc for the Mauy." 4(?. ; " Poultrv Book." 

 fid. ion can have it and the latter two from our office, if vou send with 

 your address the amonnt in stamps, with two stamps additional. There 

 are no articles such as you refer to. 



Vines in Orchard House (.-(. Q.).~VfQ arc glad to hear that yon have 

 heen so sacceseful in your cultiviition of Grapes without the aid of fire 

 t L }} ^crves to show bo well what can be dono by takinp pood care of 

 that which we have— sun heat. Your list alreadv includes the leading 

 varieties suitable foi your purpose, but as you seem fond of varietv, we 

 would recommend White Frontignan, a highly flavoured sort. Foster's 

 >Vhite Seedhi^g is a very good sort, but not so highly flavoured as the 

 other. Ingram's Prolific is not at all times a satisfactorv grower; there- 

 fore, we should not recommend it, excepting as an experiment. Roval 

 Ascot IS a most excellent sort, free-bearing, and of tine flavour, and we 

 should think, althon«h we have not proved it, suitable lor your cool 

 orchard-house. Try it. 



Emdle FcNors (F. A.. Ea^t n-fford]. — Your fungus is Agaricus 

 personatus, a well-known e.iible species, distinguished from its aUies by 

 the pale purple tint round the top of the stem. 



CHENOPODirsi (L. Tt*.).— Being a native of Brazil, it would require 

 •4reenhonae culture, and would, therefore, be too expensive to cultivate 

 as chicken food. As you do not know the species, wo cannot state the 

 treatment the plant would require. 



British Wild Flowers B. J. C.).— The work will be continued nntil 

 ournative flowering plants are portraited. The plates and descriptions 

 may be bound m their numerical order, because classified indices are in- 

 tended to be published when the work is completed. 



Heating by Gas (F. G.. Ancrle!i).—Yo\i can readily exclude frost from 

 your small greenhouse by means of gns. If you enclose four postage 

 stamps with your address, and order Xo. 341 of this Jnurnal, you will 

 there see drawings and descriptions of various modes of gas-heating, and 

 from them select that which you prefer. {R. H ).~K gas-heated stove 

 will answer for heating a greenhouse if there is a chimney to take away 

 the fames. A saucer filled with water should be kept on the top of the 

 stove. The cause of the Pelargonium leaves becoming yellow and droon- 

 ing, IB their being recently put into boxes. 



DwAKF Peas (hi cm). —The ground ought now to be trenched or deeply 

 dug, and a good dres&ing of manure given, though it may be well in case 

 the manure is rotten, not to apply it until Februarv or March, and then 

 lork Jt well mto the ground, mixing it with the soil. For early sowing. 

 Tom Thumb, .ind Little Gem (Jriclean). both for Februarv or March 

 sowing, when Bishop's Long-podded mav be sown at fortnightly or more 

 st/cks' "^ ^"^^^ '^^ ^^ '^'^'^- "^^^y ^^^ dwtt^f s-Ji'ts and will do without 



Transplanting a Cedar op Lebanon (A, G. F. C.).— It may bo safely 

 removed now m mild weather, care being taken to secure a good baU. If. 

 however, the weather be frosty, planting ought to be deferred nntil 

 March. The plant should be plnuted so that the uppermost roots will 

 not be covered with more than :) inches of soil, and if the ground is wet it 

 would be well to plant on the surface, or on a mound. Secure the tree 

 against wind, and give water in dry weather. Rich loam. light rather than 

 heavy, is the most suitable soil. No manure is required. The top spit of 

 a pasture taken off with the turf, and chopped up small, wiU answer per- 

 fectly well. ■^ 



Vabious (Patelin).~The Cockchafer grub is the "Verblanc" of the 

 trench, and we fear it would not avail if we told them they applied a 

 wrong name. Fallen fruit will not keep under any circumstances, the 

 extra damage to it from a brick edging must be verv trifling, and the 

 trouble of keeping Box in order, and the harbour it affords for vermin, 

 are far more serions. 



EvERoaEENs FOR STABLE Yard Walls (Co. -4n/rim}.— There are no 

 evergreen cUmbers except I%->-, which would suit the position vou name. 

 » e have not noticed ivy injure walls, and that is what wo advise, espe- 



cially as yon any Esmltonla mncrantha and Berborlfl Darwinli are often 

 injured by frost. You do not name tb« ■■peot, but waoonrludu that it ia 

 Dot south or went, as the KMcalloDia and Borborls snccoed tboro in much 

 colder locnlitief). Cutunea8t«r buxifoUa is a pood handftomo oyergrcoo, 

 bnt C. SimmondNii is more omamantat on acconnt of its fmit. C. ml- 

 cropbylla i« alHo close-growing and overffreon. All three would soil yoa, 

 and so would Craticgus pyracaotha and Litni^trum japonlcom. 



Price or Bllds and Seeds (C/rrifuj).— There ore none sold at sncb 

 prices as you name. The usual prices seem high, but when tbo limited 

 demand, loss from stock unsold. Ac, are considered, the prices are not 

 very excessive. There ii so much opposition, that lower prices woold be 

 charged if they would enable a seedsman to live. 



Crotos pictum Treatment (Er«).— It requires a atovo, a light mo- 

 derately airy position, and plenty of room. In shade H becomes badlj 

 coloured. At thill season give no more water than enough to keep the 

 loaves fresh, and in March repot the plant, employing a compost of two 

 parts flbrons loam, and cue part peat, with a fourth part of leaf soil and 

 old row dung, adding Hand liberally. Give good drainage, and remove 

 as much of the old soil as can bo done without injury to th«» roots. Water 

 the plniitB carefully until the roots are working well in the fresh soil, 

 then water it freely, and liy maintaining a moist atmosphere, and 

 brisk heat of from G5 to 70 at night, and 75 by dav, with a rise on fine 

 days to 65 or 00 . the plant will ^ow well. Have the foliage dry by the 

 time the sun shines powerfully on the house. A gentle syringing In the 

 evening will do good. A winter temperature of fiO at night, and 65^ by 

 day, with a rise of from lu^ to 10' from snn heat should be maintained. 

 Keep the soil moist, but not wet in winter. 



Casiellia Fr.owER-DUDS Falling (^njriV/i/).— In the majority of cases 

 the buds fall from a defective root action, the roots heroine inert by 

 being grown in a close, imperfectly drained soil. Tlie roots are kept more 

 healthy in an open free soil than In one which becomes in a short time 

 a close mass. The top of a pasture whore the aoil is a sandy loam, taken 

 off an inch thick, pulled to pieces by the hand. Is the best soil we know. 

 Pot firmly. Sudden change^ of temperature and irregularity in watering 

 will also cause the buds to fall ; too much water destro^^s the roots, and 

 too little deprives the foliage of the needful sui>p<Jrt, aud though the budfl 

 may not immediately full, they do so when they ought to bo swelling. 

 Another cause is maintaining such an amount of heat and moisture as to 

 cause a second growth, and the plants cast many, if not all their bnds. 

 Alter the buds are set the plants cannot be kept too cool and well aired. 

 They are ruined by being kept in too much heat, and in an imperfectly 

 ventilated atmosphere Camellias are all bat hardy, not needing half the 

 amount of heat to which they are often subjected. Camellias arosacccss* 

 fully propagated iu this country. 



Pine Apple Leaves Spotted (.4. O.).— The leaf sent ia spotted owing 

 to moisture having dripped on it, and the evil may date (mm the timo 

 you name, for the spot is very small at first, and when it begins spreads 

 rapidly. The spot is also a result of cold arising from the roots being in 

 a wet soil, and inactive. It may also be a consequence of recent potting. 

 Preserve a drier atmosphere, and keep the plants near the glass; witJi 

 plenty of room sideways. We should think the plants weak if the leaf 

 sent is a specimen. 



Various (A Lady Suhncrihtr). — The shoot sent wo shonld say was of 

 the Damson, but it is difficult to distingnisb between a yonng aboot of 

 Sloe and Damson. Mrs. Pince's Mut^cat Grape Vine requires more heat 

 than the Golden Champion, the latter succeeding in the same tempera- 

 ture ns Black Hambiirghs. and being equally good for forcing or cool 

 vineries. Mrs. Pince is a late Grape, and like all Muscats recjuires a high 

 heat. Both are good Grapes, February would be sufficiently early to 

 start seedling Vinos for fruiting, though you may place them in a vinery 

 in December; the house not be forced until January or February. 

 Cliveden Pansy, and Viola cornuta, ought, for spring blooming, to have 

 been divided at the end of September or beginning of October, but this may 

 now be done in mild weather, the divisions being large and well-rooted. 



Evergreen Trees fob Shelter ( W. J.).— The situation being exposed 

 none of those you name would succeed. Nothing would ser^•e yDu so well 

 as the Austrian Pine. Of those you mention, the Berherry, Arbor- Vilw, 

 and Juniper would answer best, but we doubt their being sufficiently 

 hardy. We should have Austrian Pines at back, with Hollies in front. 



Agave americaka varieoata Treatment (.4n Old Subscriber).— VCo 

 should consider the fault to be in the soil, it being too rich. Turfy loam, 

 stindy rather than heavy, with a fourth part each of charcoal or crocks 

 about the size of hazel nuts, and old cow duue. will grow it well, good 

 drainage being provid«d. Little or no water will be required in winter, and 

 in summer it will suffice if a good supply be given when the soil becomes 

 dry. We should attribute the dying of the leaves to the points being 

 injured, though it may be occasioned by moisture dripping on them. 

 Place the plants out of doors in June, and house them before frost. Do 

 not pot tou often, but allow the pot to fill with roots. 



Passion-Flo WER for a Greenhouse lldcm). — PaFsiflora csomlea 

 racemosa and Comte Nesselrode are both good. Tacsonia Van-Voliemi 

 is the most ornamental of Passion-Fluwer-like plants for a greenhouse. 



Herbaceods Plants (0. F. W. iJ,).— Though we give you a list of 

 plants that will flower between August and June, we do not say they will 

 succeed in a border whore there are many trees and shrubs, and the soil 

 in winter very wet and cold. It is a question what will grow in such a 

 position :^Adon's vernalis, Ajuga alpiua, Aly^sum saxatile. Anemone 

 apennina, A. jiponica, Arabis albida, Aubrietia grandiflora, Bellis 

 perennis aucuba'folia, Cerastium tomentosum. Cheiranthus alpinus, 

 C. Marshalli, Ciuvallaria majalis and its varieties; Cyclamen neapoli- 

 tannm, C. rcpandum, C coum, C. europicum ; Crocus sativus, C. uudi- 

 florus; Dielytra spectabilis. Dodecatheon meadia. Draba aizoidcs, Eran- 

 this hycmalis, Galauthns plicatns, O. nivalis and var. plenus; Gentiana 

 acaulis, G. vema ; Hellehorus niger, Hepatica augnlosa, H. triloba, vars. 

 pink, blue, aud white; Iberis Tenoroana, Iris reticulata, Leucojuoa ver- 

 uum, Lythrnm roscum superbum, Muscari botrj'oides, Myosotis mon- 

 tana. Narcissus Ajax, N. juncifolius, Orohus vemus, Pironia in variety. 

 Phlox vernn, Primula acaulis, vars. doublo lilac, dark crimson, sulphur, 

 and white, P. Auricula ; Pulmonaria angustifolia, Scilla sibirica, Silene 

 Schafta. Stembergta lutoa, Trollinseuropncns audits variety albns, T.asia- 

 ticus, T. napellifulius ; Zephyranthes Candida. 



Roses fob a Tows Garden (W^m).— None do so well as the Hybrid 

 ' pepetools, and we have found those named succeed tolerably well :~ 



