60 , Coveiit Garden Market. 



engine should be used, 'and will be found truly beneficial in washing the 

 soot off the plants. 



June. — The same directions apply to this month also. Watch and care- 

 fully pick off the plants all grubs and insects of every description, and destroy 

 worms, snails, and slugs, by copious waterings with lime water. 



To July, August, and September, the directions for May,will equally apply. 



October.^ — The frost and soot now attack with deadly force every plant 

 unfortunate enough to find itself in London. Cut off the leaves and 

 stems as they become disfigured or perish. Take up the roots of dahlias, 

 marvels of Peru, &c., and preserve them in dry sand. 



November. — Trench the beds two spits deep, and leave the earth in as 

 rough a state as possible, to be pulverised and sweetened by the action of 

 the frost. This is essentially requisite, for the soot will otherwise render 

 the earth sour, and of a fetid smell. 



December. — Nothing to be done, unless it be contemplating and laying 

 plans for your spring work. 



Should you deem the above worthy of insertion, I will shortly do myself 

 the pleasure of sending you a more particular account of my method of 

 coaxing certain plants to bloom amidst the soot of this or any other town. 



I remain, Sir, &c. 



MATTHiEUS SyLVATICUS. 



Art. VI. Covent Garden Market. 



Cabbage plants, or coleworts, from Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per dozen bunches ; 

 red cabbage, from 4^. to 105, per dozen; Brussels sprouts. Is. per sieve; 

 vifhite broccoli, from Is. to 5s. 6d. per bunch; green, purple and .Cape 

 broccoli, from 9d. to 2s. per bunch; kidneybeans, forced, from 3s. to 

 4s. 6d. per hundred ; Jerusalem artichokes, from Is. 6d. to 2s. per half sieve ; 

 carrots, old, from 4d. to 6d. per bunch, 2s. 6d. to Ss. per bushel. Parsneps, 

 from 4d. to Is. 6d.; and red beet, from Is. to Is. 6d. per dozen. Horse- 

 radish, from Is. 6d. to 4s. per bundle ; red radishes, from Is. to Is. 6d. per 

 dozen hands (24 to 30 in a hand) ; spinach, from Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per sieve ; 

 sorrel, from Is. 6d. to 2s. per half sieve ; onions, old, from 2s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. 

 per bushel ; leeks, from 4d. to 9d. per dozen bunches ; 'shallots, from 4d. 

 to 6d. per pound; asparagus, from 5*. to 9s. per hundred; sea-kale from 

 Is. to 4s. 6d. per punnet ; cabbage lettuce, from 40!. to Is. ; endive, from 

 3s. to 6s. per score; celery, from 9d. to Is. 6d. per bundle (12 to 15); 

 small salads, from Is. 6d. to 2s. per half sieve ; water cress, Sd. per dozen 

 small bunches; parsley, from ls.6d. to 2s. per half sieve. Fennel, from 2s. 

 to 5s. 6d. ; thyme, 2s. ; sage, from 2s. 6d. to 4s. ; mint, and from 4s. to 6s.°per 

 dozen bunches. Mushrooms, from 9^. to Is. 5c?. per pottle ; truffles, Eng- 

 lish, from 8s. to 10s. per pound. Apples, Nonpareil, from 15s. to 36s.; 

 Golden Pippins, from 30s. to 60s. ; Golden Knob, from 15s. to 24s. ; French 

 Crabs, from 9s. to 12s.; and Biffins, from 10s. to 14s. per bushel. Straw- 

 berries, forced, from 2s. to 4s. per ounce. Pine- apples, from 6s. to 12s.; 

 and hot-house grapes, from 20s. to 30s. per pound. Frame cucumbers, from 

 4s. to 10s. per brace. Oranges, from 4s. to 18s.; and bitter oranges, from 

 5s. to 16s. per hundred. Lemons, from 3s. to 14s. per dozen; eggs of 

 silkworms, id. per dozen, 6d. per hundred ; garden snails, 4c?. per quart. 

 Culinary vegetables of every kind abundant and cheap. Salads rather scarce. 

 Brussels sprouts were brought in on the 8th instant in such abundance, 

 that a cart-load was thrown down in the market, and left there by the 

 owner, who could find no purchasers at any price. — J. G. March 13. 

 1828. 



