SEPTEMBER 5, 1874.] 
PHE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
—— 
the mixed border here a fine clump or two of Funkia 
Sieboldii, which, if a stove plant, w 
much of, but ardy i 
seed saved from this last year has given 
scores of which we hope to putt 
Boh she should ae ce can 
for them at 
esi’, Gilias, wickets Nemopihilas, 
Peas, and Virgin 
ring. W. Wildsmith, Heckfield, Hants, 
FRUIT HOUSES. 
CucuMBERS.—Push for 
out exhausted p nts as psa offers, an 
everything sweet and clean, that ther 
= when ov — = r planting arrives 
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forthwith. 
supply of moisture must also 
and gently rece the rig and walls 
il ould also sprin 
ventilat: 
Aedia. fo 
sale frames 
a back-going condition, ; 
arefully looked over while the pae a Pags ones 
still i ka foliage e, and stamped with 
at once it will be tin at a glance which 
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tations of Larch ed Scotch Fir. 
S. Webster 
Aas to Correspondents. 
ould be thought 
pana good us 
a — agan on fo i are eva of 
can b 
Silenes, Sw reinian Stock; these will 
come into flower Sm April and May, and fur- 
nish a cheap supply pring flowers EW, 
Privet, and other hedges if not yet done; also tie in 
Trish Yews, Funipers, and Retinosporas, to prevent 
breakages and preserve the symmetry of the plants. 
rai mes any of these that have to be 
planted or transplanted may be done at o prin 
iscou 
ad 
to come, after the disastrous “yandles of those planted 
sp 
ard the work of pay 
make 
ere be no hite h 
ermenting 
e thought about for e Ap er 
kled 
ormer 
S are 
the marking-iron. 
are 
ontinue to pit and 
erwise for planting. phlei plea 
Look after Birch 
ic 
eep down weeds in nursery-groun 
so as to ‘give young stock all the air ENEA 
_ The Editors would ales obliged ty such 
g as early in the week = 
Letters nN to Adverh i 
d to the Publ: 
SI the Fiora! Commit = ei ei 
Ouari 
AS : A, _0.—From the imperfect infi 
: M H. Dean Herbert's book on Amaryl- 
3 from some second-hand book- 
itch. 
AMARANTHUS Hexoens This plant was oe 
reagent 
ormation 
as oe — le have 
Had 
Communications RECEIVED :— G. 
but not consi ‘dered of sufficient interest pe Ah season). —G. 
ewly imported eee vac 
be at once potted in a miai of sphagnum 
ae fs Tani . Robinson's The Subtropical Garden Fruit. 
(Mt urray), encore Hardy Herbaceous and s.d. s.d. | ia 
„Alpine Pian (biati aað Apples, per Dat iy : o- 1 6 | Melons ay 20-56 
CHANGE 0 LOUR IN THE POTATO : H. Harks. Apricots, ot doz... 20-40 | Nectarines, per doz. 2 o- 6 o 
there any recorded instan a change of soil pro- ee. res ios, © | a uts, p. lb. .. 10-20 
ducing a change of colour in the Potato ? : H-sieve “o or | Peaches p dos = 10 6 
COPROSMA : C. C. By posne ina — bottom-heat, Far meies ET 3 ae 
NA OF PLANTS: C, F. but riers, “dee 6 Binns p Jb ab x 60 
fruit not ri sale Watts. I themum berries, 040 Ce ee ee 
Soar Aod +? 2, a new specie ; td ; Grapes Engl a “i, 2 re i et vd o Walnuts, p. bush. My tg 
3, M. simile ; 4 M. potaa 5, M. corallinum ; mir n EN 
6 M. blandum ; 7, reum ; 9, eteropetalum ; 
, M. Haworth ; 13, M. albie aule ; 14, M. b “Cor FLowsss. 
rently 15, ns. DET, ma radicans. — s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. 
N. G. Oncidium Janeirense. Rekb. f-—N. M. Cym- | Carnations, per doz spe gpa teh 
bidium elegans,—as far as I know, flowerin for th — dated A T Ei serde tiv a 
: : ’ \ S Corn- flower, `p. doz. Pelargoniums, Ba 
first time in Messrs. Veitch & Sons w ill also nches 2 o per 12 spra’ © 3-09 
probably soon ae it i wer, chò. fi— Bue chasis , pe er doz o- 9 o | Pinks, ASA ao. +6 20-40 
urrey. mon priests Sola. nd: an Escholtzia, p. 12 baa. 20-60 s, indoor, p. doz. 1 ©- 60 
apparently haltttess form. —M. A. r plant “aie Gardenias, p. doz ieee’ = do... o 4- 10 
Kew specimen labela 4 H reita Gladiolus doz, sprays ‘o E 16 Spires, pe rig 2 sprays 1 o- ; : 
rson lemati flammula The Camii sprays -06 Senet Seas, ra bun. Ae o- p o 
Jenny is Lysimachia Numularis. Mignonette, 12 bun. 2 o- 6 o | Tuberoses, p. doz. .. 1 o- 2 o 
PLANTS IN Ports. 
„S. 
s. d. s. d. 
| Heathen, in var., do. zÀ o-30 0 
fibrous peat, wit oderate sprinkling es Balsams, p. doz, bate o9 5 
one-eighth crocks, or charcoal broken the size of | Be en "a ii p 0-12 0 | Hydrangea .. do go-8o0 
r s>: pl them in pots not more th a | Bouvar o-18 o | Liliums, in var., each 1.0- 3 6 
ple of inches larger e root of each plant, as Celestia, ‘shrubiy i A o | Mignonette, a doz. 40-60 
if overpotted before they commence to make new roots Coleus PEN -2970| M seal = FP ding 
= soil is — to sour. Give them plenty of ir fy ou sm do, s double S sold 
soil always te moist; they viridis .. doz. 12 0-24 0 carlet .. do. To : o 
should Fate Set aced in a temperature of 50 by night, with Fuchsia do. 40-1210 Eoi r .. do. 60-120 
a little more by day, until the spring, when, as the 
get warmer and grow, owe an 
= of heat. on of the age oe SEEDS. 
occupy be kage a little close, by giving n 
sos, A still damp atmosphere is what thay "delight 4 Ee aie the rant eu oh gee prada pa me’ hoe eed 
s Imported pla: are easily ag ses ush leaves, | trade. Trifolium nears is in good si at late 
ut the pan wr ih is to get them makeerroots, and tes. s. as nob r last, are now reduced 
if they do hey die off, after = nny appearance of 
going on Mit Ae 
Shas e AND OAK: W, 
yg an insect. 
E. The swelling is a gall 
_The galls on the Oak a 
F. It is quite Sgt to 
well as 
ush a 
VINE NOT Gas 
ma’ 
of the lies: 
lacks me fy T, an not grown muc 
put a little fresh soil to 7 thie roots if ge like, and close 
stem, so as induce the em of fresh roots, 
CATALOGUES fe a 8 - Robertso son & n 
le ow) Cat 
gran ‘Re ter, n N.Y. h TE; 
| Guide. 
rubs, Fruit Trees —Little & 
rea "Carlisle, Catalogue De Dutch aa and 
Descriptive mo a endrons, &c. 
Cransto 6 (St. Peter's Street, Heretini) 
Descriptive Rare Ae: of Dutch, Cape, and other 
Flowering Bulbs. 
A.—In our wE -a = Jate sane at Belfast 
rapes and other 
with being 2d 
Grapes, whereas he only took the 
N.— W. (received, 
Beech (next week).—H. T., Dublin.—W. G.—J. D. 
RIED.—On the tst inst., odie er zw n- 
Rocio oe the Rev. J. jing i ao elix 
of G. Clarke, Esq., Thorpe Marke, Norfolk. to 
MARY eee E riari} es da late 
Mr. W. | 
COVENT GARDEN, September 3. 
i Bape brisk than they Lagos = ey 
London BC 
The a. 3 
inferior, 
there was a slig 
choice lambs at fair 
4s. toi6s. 4d. ; calvi 
CORN. 
At sen e on Monday there was on sale a fair 
of h Wheat, but the trade was | D 
CATTLE. 
uality of beasts 
w nsequently deen © 
in sheep was active, at rns te rates, pe for 
adva T 
igo ia 
ves, 45. to 
| Take alteration in price. . Trade was be 
heavy for milch cows at about late rates. 
slow, | 
je onday’s market 
re dear. Trade 
choicest 
Sees pi aas for 
—Beasts, from 
The 
supply not io gin cs ew are HAY. 
ital Peaches and Nectari a becom ing e very From the Whitechapel market report we learn 
pent A large co consignment of St. Michael Pines | larger supplies of fodder have been on sale, and the 
hand, vier not in very good condition. Thos. , on lower terms. ow hay, 555. to 113s. ; 
T: Taylor ’ Wholesa le Apple Market. Clover do., 755. to 1275. ; Taw, 335. to per 
VEGETABLES. load of 36 trusses.—Cumberland Market quotations : 
RE sad snd, | Superior meadow agi 115s. to 1235. ; inferic š _ 
green 5 alg 6 Leet 6- ... | to 1055. ; superior evans, ta TIo o5 
ong rt og a a ee EA gss. to 110s. ; and straw, 40s. to 46s. per lo: 
et, d Seong jot : 
doz. > yo ` o 4-0 4 
Pi é F Pacey, pel kod. o 4-06 POTATOS. 
[despa abe 32 | _ The Borough and Spitalfields report s 
| Radishes, per bunch > a= o supplies of home-grown Potatos 
per AE 
