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JOURNAL OF HOKTICTJLTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. [ Januavy lo. 1865. 



COVENT GAEDEISr 3IAEKET.— Januabt 7. 



The supply, both of fruit nnd vegetables, continuca good, and that of the 

 rougher kinds of both i» still heavy. Apjilcs anil Pears consist of the sme 

 varieties as mentioned in previous reports, and Grapes and Pines are sufti- 

 cient for the demand. Importations of salads from abroad are now frequent, 

 and eompnse Cabb.i>;e Lettuce, Endive, and Barbe de Capucin. Other 

 forced vegetables consist of Kidney Beans. Sea-kale, Asparagus, and Potn. 

 toes, the last of which mav be bad lor 2s. M. per pound. Ilie Potato trade 

 i3 still heavy and supplies large. 



FRUIT. 



Apples J sieve 1 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bush. U 



Currant*, Red...i sieve 



Black do. 



Fies dox. 



FUberts 100 lbs. 40 



Cobs do. 70 



Gooseberries ...J sieve 

 Grapes, Hamburshs lb 3 



Muscats 6 



Lemons 100 5 



Artichokes each 



Asparagus bundle 10 



Beans Broad i sieve 



Kidnev 100 2 



Beat, Red doz. 1 



Broccoli bundle 1 



BrusselsSprouts ^ sieve 2 



Cabbaffe doz. 1 



d. s. 

 0to2 



Melons each 2 



Malberries .... punnet 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranses 100 5 



Peaches doz. 



Pears (kitchen).... bush. 5 



dessert doz. 1 6 



Pine Apples lb. G 



Plums i sieve 



Pomegranates each G 



Quinces i sieve 



li'ispberrles lb. 



i. s. d 



G to4 











10 







10 



Walnuts bush. 14 2) 



VEGETABLES. 



d. 8. 

 to 



Capsicums , 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 2 



Celery bundle 1 



Cucumbers each 1 



Endive score 2 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic and Shallots, lb. 



Herbs bunch 



Horseradish ... bundle 2 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce. score 



MushrOiims pottle 



Mustd. & Cress, punnet 



Onions ^.. bushel 



piekline quart 



Parsley ...doz. bunches 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Radishes do^. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Sea-kale basnet 



Spinach , siev9 



Tomatoes ^ sieve 



Turnips hunch 



VegetableMarrows doz. 



d. s. d 

 2 to n 3 

 4 



2 



1 6 

 2 

 4 

 G 

 i 

 9 

 



2 C 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*»* We request tJiat no one will wi-ite privately to tUe de- 

 paxtmental writers of the " Joiu-nal of Horticulture, 

 Cottage Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so 

 doing they are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and 

 expense. All communications should therefore be ad- 

 dressed solely to The Editors of the Journal of Sorticul- 

 iure, S-c, 171, Fleet Street, London, E.C. 



We also request that correspondents will not mix up on the 

 same sheet questions relatint^ to Gardening and those 

 on Poultry and Bee subjects, if they exjject to get them 

 answered 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 until next 

 week. 



Muscat Hamburgh Vine (7^i«co/nl.— \Ve have this on its own roots 

 planted out in iin outside border, and this year fully one half the berries 

 shanked. It does very fairly planted in an inside border; but it is even 

 then more liable to shank than any Gr^po we know. Grafted on the Hlack 

 Hamburgh it is not liable t ► shank, and. unless it be so grafted, we do not 

 recommend it for plantintr in an outside border; ana we think you avIII be 

 actlne wisely to plan* Black namb'Jrgh Vines, and inarch the Muscat Ham- 

 bnrihB upon them after both haverstaited into (jrowth. (J. S. J.).— Write 

 to Mr. Pearson, narferjman. Chllwell. near Notiinftham, who has grafted 

 this variety largely on the Black HamburEh, and who has a large stock of 

 plantA for la'e. Vou cannot grow it anecessfully on its own roots. 



LiKKWAsn Fon Currant Busnrs— Prar Lfavks Spotted— SiniKiNr, 

 EVitttORERNs (Brink C/erA-).— Mix equal quantities of lime, iulphur, soot, 

 nnd BoftffOap with sufiicient tobacco water to brine the mixture to the con- 

 sistency of (hick paint, and paint the trees from the bottom upwards, 

 bnishlnK the mixture into every hole and crevice. Do this before the buds 

 begin to swell, from November to Febriiarv being the best time. The Pear 

 leaves arc browned through the dryness of the ground, your limcslonei oil 

 not probably being suitable for the ittock the trees are worked upon. Your 

 remedy is to manure well with cool manure, as cowdung, and to mulch the 

 snrface In summer In or'Icrlo diminish evaporation. Cuttings of evergreens 

 are best put in about the end of September or beginning of October. 



Tremandua Cutting Dows — Kh'ottino CaAs4Ui,A corriNr.A (n. H.),— 

 P.epot the Trcmnndra In March. an»I cut it down a month afterwards, leaving 

 a few Inches of the young wood. The Crassula mav be potted at the same 

 time, m a compost of equal parts of turfypeat, turfy loam, and leaf mould, 

 ■with a free adriiixkurc of sand, and pieces of charcoal about the size of a 

 hUzel nat, in quantity c/iual to about one-sixth of the whole. 



BiKKina HoTitKtis (/y»imJrK»i).— See " D'»lngs of the Last Week." There 

 U the advantage that the part sunk is not exposed to the cold winds ; and 

 if the son can reach the kIam as well there iji no disadvantage whatever, 

 provided no water lodgn Id tbo liole, and linlngg can be given if necessary. 



SAivi.i NEMOEOSA— EvERGKEEss ( S. B.).— We do uot know whero you 

 could purchase plants of Salvia nemorosa, which is so valuable for bees. 

 Perhaps some of our correspondents can lurnish the information. If yon 

 send your address we may be able to put you in the way of procuring a few 

 plants. Colletia bictonensis, Cotonea.ster Simmonaii, Chamtobatia foUosa, 

 bertieris Darwinii, Euonynuis japonicus aureo-variogatus, marginatus, and 

 ovatus aureo-variegaius ; Aralla Sleboldi, Aucuba japonioa vera, Cerasus 

 lusltanicus mvrtllolius, and the variegated form >if t:i6 common Laurel ; 

 Liguatrum glabrum, and its variety aureo-variegatura ; L, juponicum, and 

 Its gidd-leaved variety; Khaphiolepis ovata, and Skimmia japonica. m 

 addition to these there is a great variety of Hollies. Box, aud other ever- 

 greens, as Laurustinus, F.erberises, Arbutus, Cotoncasler, and many others. 

 The beautiful varieties of Osuianthus ilicifolius are new aud very fine. 



Raeishes Forciso— Law.v GnAss SowiNo (./. A. n. S.).— You may sow 

 Radishes in any light rich soil, cither on a slight or moderate hotbed. Give 

 plenty of air and all the light possible, a temperature of front 80° to "5 , 

 and in waterini; let the water be of the same temperature as the air of the 

 frame. Cover'the sashes at nieht and in frosty weather. You may sow 

 grass seeds in March or April whenever the ground is in good conditioii ; 

 but the end of March or early in April is generally the most favourable 

 time. A good lawn mixture should contain TiKoliuni repens, the White or 

 Datch Clover, also the Small Yellow Clover, Trilolium minus ; but without 

 knowing the nature of the soil and situation it is impo.^sihle to say what 

 the proportions should be. You had better consult some of the seedsmen 

 who advertise lawn mixtures in our columns, aud you will probably be able 

 to obtain a suitable mixture at a cheaper rate than you could make it your- 

 self ordering each grass separately. 



Heating a Small Gkeenhodse (Ccsfj-co).— We are sorry that you are in 

 such trouble with your iron stove. We really think you should try and 

 regulate it so that it .»hou!d not give out so much heat. All that we have 

 met with are e.isilv regul.itcd by the opening at the a.shpit pan. The pipe 

 going along the back wall must be an advantage. If tbo heat is so much, 

 you might place a plug in the end of the pipe, with two o, three halt-mch 

 iloles in the plug, to let a moderate current of heated air out. The opening 

 in the pun of the ashpit, however, is the great regulator. We advise you to 

 try such moles, and a pan of water over your stove, before incurring 

 greater expense. We have not seen Mr. Waiter's gas hot-water apparatus, 

 but we have no doubt it would answer if properly atteuded lo, whether set 

 outside or inside. Before making any change in this respect, read what 

 Mr. Fish says about heating such a small house, by a small flue beneath 

 the floor or path. If you make a furnace ontsiiie low enouRb, the bricks 

 and tiles tor the flue would not coit much ; and, to save the expense of a 

 brick chimney, yuu could have lengths of hard-burned earthenware, some 

 7 inches in diameter, though C Inches would to. Near a dwellmg-house 

 this simple plan does away with all Hlth in the house, and in cold damp 

 days the pathway is nice for the feet, and no appearance of a heating 

 raediuoi is to be seen. We have no objection to your planting three \ ines 

 in the way you prnpr,se, and then dividing each into two raain stems as they 

 enter the house; but if you do so jou will not do much good with plants in 

 your house in summer. You may, however, have these six stems of Vines 

 in an IS-feet house, and keep the house filled all the winter and early spring 

 with bedding and other plants. Y'ou would need at least Slilcet of three-inch 

 piping for such a house, and, unless gas was cheap, that would be no joke. 

 We think gas is best applied to veiy small hiiusea. Before the Vines cover 

 the roof you might have about ten trees in pots— say four Plums, four 

 Peaches, and two I'lgs ; but, after the Vines pretty well cover the roof, you 

 will not do much with these pots, unless the Vine-stems are G feet apart. 

 None of these things will ripen their woou, and perfect their fruit, without 

 plenty of light. You might keep Plums, Cherries, &c., in these houses 

 until the fruit was safe, and then place the plants out of doors; but then 

 you must talte care you do not give them a chock, or that will neutralise all 

 your labour. 



Cosbervatory Arrangements (il. E. G.).—Vfa fear you are attempting 

 to grow too great a variety of plants in one house, for if you plant eight 

 Amines as you propose, and train ttioni up the rafters ol the house, they being 

 only some 4 feet apart, you will not be able to grow Pouches or Cherries 

 successfully under them, ;-ior would the flowering plants do very well 

 trained to an east wall in such a house, nor the Pig thrive on a north wall, 

 though it would do as well as most things in such a position. Of creepers, 

 according to your proposed arrangementri fur the pillars, Bignonla jasmin- 

 oides. Mimosa prostrala, Jasminuio gvacile, Khyucospoimum jasminoides, 

 Sollya linearis, I.,unicera I'ragrantlssiina, Mandevilla su iveoleus, Kennedyas 

 ovau, inopliyilu, coccinea, monopliylla. and .Marryaltin ; and Lapageria 

 rosea. Of tlie-cBuine are sweet-scented fithers not. Of Grapes, have two Black 

 Uamburglis, two Lady Uownes', two West's St. Peter's, and two White Tokay 

 oriMoscacof Alexandria. The best of Pigs is the Brown Turkey or Lee'a 

 Perpetual. The plants you name for covering the east w.ill are as good as 

 any ; they may do fahly, and as ftu- Peaches and Cherries you will by better 

 without the latter, and if you have the former they should be either 

 pyramids or bushes in pots. Peaches and Nectarines would do very well 

 lor the first two or three years, but not so well alter the Vines cover the 

 roof, lor they would shade the Peaches too inuih. Neapolitan Vialets, 

 bulbs, &c., would do very well along the front. We caution you against 

 attempting too much. Have the. Vines nnd a few plants, and do them 

 well. 



CaouuET Lawn Levelling [A. M. .S.).— Now, when the weather is ralld, 

 is as good a season as any to level a lawn. Your pfojiosed jilan of paring 

 off' the turf and filling up the hollow places, is right, only do not pare the 

 turf too thin in taking it off. for it might Kill the grass. If the surface be 

 very uneven It would be the best plan to untutf the whole space required 

 to be made (luite level, aud lo level it and then relay the turf. The turf 

 should not be taken olf thinner thill 1^ Inch. Dy only taking up the turf 

 in the hollows and filling up these Willi earth, it is (luite as likely that the 

 fresh soil will ^eule conai.ieraidy, and the surface he but liitlo more even 

 than belore, besides in patching it is seldom that the new will unite well 

 with the old turf. Unless the hollows are very low a little soil put there 80 

 as to bring them level with the general surlace would not bo had, and to 

 sow th& places with seeds in March; but it the lawn Is very uneven the 

 best plan would be to take off the turf from the whole, level the soil and 

 relay the turf. Y'ou may proceed with either mode in open weather until 

 May ; but the earlier the work la done the less necessity there will bo to 

 water in dry weathur. The " Cottage Gaj lienor's Uiction.iry" is a good work 

 of reference. Kithcr it or *' Thompson's Oardoncr's Assistant," wo think 

 would suit you. 



