It 



.TOURXAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE aARDENEK. 



[ JauaaiT 3, 18S3. 



prevent the atmosphere becoming too arid. In houses at low 

 temperatures, such as greenhouses and pits, from 40° to 45"^, 

 such moistening of the air will not be requu'ed, unless in 

 severe frosts, indeed, when sprinkling the stages and patlis 

 slightly may be an a'ivantage. In mild muggy weatlier, 

 the escape of moisture fi-om the pots, and the naturally 

 moist state of the atmosphere, will render all artificial 

 additions of moisture to the air unnecessary. A little fire 

 heat, to make it drier, will oftener be required, and that will, 

 too, give movement to the aii-, and thus benefit the plants. 

 A little consideration will make all right. — E. F. 



COTEXT GAEDE:^ MAEKET.— Dkceubee 31. 



In consequence of the holiilavd trade is no*, so brisk as it was beTore 

 Christmas, and supplies continne nmple for all requirement*. Apples and 

 Pears are still plentiful, but ihe best specimens of the latter for dessert 

 purpo-es command a hijib figure. Grapes and Pines aie quite sufficient for 

 the demand. Of the former some excellent Black HamburRhs .ire to be 

 had, as well as good bunches of Barbarossn. Green? of all kinds are abun- 

 dant: Cornish Broccoli is now befrinnin^ to come in in quantity; and of 

 Potatoes there are heavy arrivals both bv the Great Northern and coast- 

 wise. Cut flowers chiefly consist of Orchid.s Camellias, Azalens, Pelar- 

 j:oniums. Roses, Heaths, Chinese Primulas, Poinsetlia, Lily of the Valler, 

 and E.irly Tulips. 



ipples 



Apricots 



Cherries 



Cbcstnots 



J sieve 



doz. 



lb. 



...bush, 

 .•i sieve 

 .. do. 



s, 

 1 

 

 



u 













 40 

 70 







5 

 S 



d, s. d 

 to 2 

 

 

 20 

 

 

 

 60 

 8J 

 

 6 

 8 

 10 



VEOET 



Melons 



Mulberries ... 

 Nectarines 



ench 



punnet 

 doz. 



. ...100 



2 

 

 

 5 

 

 5 

 1 

 H 

 

 

 4 

 

 14 



d. a. 

 6 to 4 

 







n 10 







10 



6 4 

 8 

 

 6 1 

 6 

 

 21 



d 





 

 

 



Currants, Red. 

 Black 



Pe.iches doz. 



Pears (kitchen). ..bush. 





 fl 



FlBs 



n 



FUberts 100 lbs. 



Cobs do. 



Gooseberries ,.^ sieve 

 Grapes, Hambnrghs lb. 



Muscats 



Lemons 100 



Pine Apples.... 



Plums 



Pnmegrauates 



Quinces 



RMpberrles.... 

 Waluuts 



lb. 



. J sieve 



each 



. i sieve 

 lb. 





 

 

 

 

 







iBLES, 











B. 

 



10 

 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 

 

 2 

 1 

 1 





 

 

 2 



d. ». 

 to 

 15 

 

 S 

 3 

 3 

 6 3 

 G 3 

 



5 

 6 

 2 



6 3 

 6 3 

 3 

 8 

 3 

 6 5 





 

 

 

 

 

 6 

 

 

 8 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Leeks 



Lettuce.. . 



.. bunch 



R 





 2 

 1 

 

 4 

 

 4 

 

 

 2 

 

 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 

 n 

 



d. s. 

 2t3 

 4 

 6 2 



2 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 9 1 

 

 6 4 

 9 1 

 9 1 

 2 

 6 3 

 J! 

 



3 

 



d 

 3 







Asparagus 



bundle 

 .,i sieve 



100 



.... doz. 



bundle 

 3 i sieve 

 .... doz. 

 100 



Beans Broud... 



Kidner 



Beet, Red 



Broccoli 



BrusselsSprout 



Cabbage 



Capsicums .... 



Mushrooms ... 

 Mnstd. & Cress 



Onions 



pickliiier .. 

 Parslev ...doz. 



Parsnips 



Peas .. 



... pottle 

 , Dunnet 

 . bushel 

 ...'quart 

 bunches 

 .... doz. 



6 

 

 

 8 

 

 

 



Carrots 



., bunck 



doz. 



. bundle 

 ....each 





..bushel 

 bunches 

 . bundle 

 ,«...doz. 

 . basket 







CaDliflowjr .... 



Celery 



Cucumbers .... 

 Endive 



Radishes doz. 



Rhubarb 



Savoys 



Sea-kale 





 6 

 6 



n 



Fennel 



., bunch 

 Hots, lb. 

 .. bunch 

 , bundle 







OarUc and Sha 



Tomatoes 



, 4 sieve 

 ...ouncb 

 owsdoz. 







Herbs 



Horseradish .. 



Turnips 



VegetableMari 



6 

 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



•|j* We request tiiat no one will write privately to the de- 

 partmental writers of the " Journal 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 HorHcul- 

 turc, ^'c, 171. Fleet Street, London. E.C. 



We also request that correspondents will not mir up on the 

 same sheet questions relating to Gardening and those 

 on Poultry and Bee subjects, if they expect 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. 



AtimrrriA dixtoidk* (J. /.).— Thp Anbrlotian very much rrflcmble the 

 ArablMB. the Arabis dcitoldoa belnn properly Aubrietla dcltoidoa. Arabia 

 pnrpurea is fho «'imo att Aubrlptia purpurea. The Aubrictia dcltoidca In 

 ihc name an the lltMc lilac ArabU. 



Re^tikc Gmmkrah fj/. 7J.) — Oewera« nhould be brought to a Btate of 

 WU after blfiominir by withholdinft water anri placinjf them in a drier atmo- 

 TOlwrc. The usaal period of re>t in the flr»t four rnontb" of thp year If 

 they bloom laie, u$ yoor« have done. The lant edition of thn " Cottiifco 

 Oardrncr** Dictionary" Is tho »cventb, publlehcd by H. G. Bohn, York 

 Street, CoTcnt Garden. 



CoTTAOK GAnrjRNxnV DicrroifART {Tt. i/.).— Wo have no Interest in the 

 work. It belongs to Mr, Bohn. No supplement haa been published. 



SmiNoiNo ViNKs (SarMJHK— You are right in syrlnciiig' the Vines, now 

 bn?aking, every morninpr with warer of the i-arae temperature as that of the 

 house. If the eyes of the younp; Vines nre round und plump you niay 

 force them U they aro in pots autBciently luvtjtJ- If not alrenrty in pots 

 \2 or 13 incht's in diameter, pot them into such at once, and if you expect 

 A. crop of fruit next year do this without disturbing the b;ill. If not large 

 enough to fruit another year pot them all thr> .same, und cut down to two 

 eyes ; but if you fruit them they will not require pruning: at the lencth. they 

 now are. You should have stated for what purpose they were grown, and 

 then we could have been more explicit. 



Tritonia aurka— Saffron Caocvs not Blooming {Tdem).~Ot coursft 

 you will please yourself about the Tritonia aurea, ani keep it Becure from 

 frost. It i3 an everffreen because you force it into growth. The most 

 probable reason of your Saffron Crocuaes not bloorainp is their having been 

 taken up wnen they mostly flower, which woulJ weaken the bulbs so much 

 that they would not bloom in the following season. Ilatl you planted them 

 in spring instead of autumn it is more likely they would" have bloomed in 

 autumn. Ooce planted the roots should not be taken up in spring, but 

 remain in the soil tho whole season. They do not require any of the dry- 

 ing process. 



Hardy Feuns for ExHinmo:! {A JVou/ce).— Lastrea Filix-mas eristata ; 

 Athyrium Fili\-foDmina corymbiferum, A. Filix-fa>raina depauperatum ; 

 Blochuum spicant rainosiim ; Athyrium Filix-fojmlna plumosum, A. Fillx- 

 fojmina apuccforme ; Asplenium fontimum, A. trichomancs incisum, 

 A. marinum ramosuni ; Strutluopterls germanica ; Osmunda regalis ; Poly- 

 stichum angulare proUferura ; Adiantum pedatum ; Polypoclium alpestre, 

 P. vulgare carabricum ; Lastrea Filis-maa depauperata ; Scolopendrium 

 Tulgare, vars.subeornutu'n, multifidum, submarglnatum, ramosum, endiviae- 

 folium ; Polystichum annulare proliferum WoUa^itoni ; Aeplenium Halleri; 

 and Adiantum cupillus-Vcneris Moritzianum. You may grow all the fore- 

 going In a frame deop enough, shaded in summer, and protected in winter 

 from severe frost. " The Taxidermist" gives directions for stuffing birds. 



PttopiTs OF A ViNKRY.— I, Rs woU 33 soveral of my neighbours, would 

 feel extremel}' obliged to your correspondent '* S. Ryder " if he would detail 

 a few particulars respecting his vinery— viz., as to the time of cutting his 

 Grapes, pric*^ \>cv pound, &c., as we find great difficulty in disposing of any 

 garden produce at all, being nearly 100 miles from London. As to any 

 profit we never dream of it. — H. H., Leicester. — [Although the house men- 

 tioned by me at p. 512 is heated, it is tho same apparatus* that was put in 

 when an orchard-house was contemplated. There is no forcing used ; the 

 Vines are allowed to break naturally, there being no fire used except to 

 keep out the winter and early spring frosts, on account of the plants. The 

 first Grapes wece cut August 2fitb, and exhibited at the Botanic Gardens, 

 Manchester; but the cutting for sale commenced October Hth, and the last 

 were cut December 2nd. They were sold chiefly to Mr. Copland, Victoria 

 Market, Manchester.— S. Ktdkr.] 



Grubs [J. C. C, Safffoji Walde7}).—1:\\Q: grubs sent are the larvtc of a 

 very common two-winged fly — Bibio Marci, or an allied species. They are 

 generally supposed to feed on decaying vegetable matter, but would pro- 

 bably attack the roots of Pansies, &c. It would be well to dose the soil with 

 limo water.— W. 



Jerusalem ARTicaoKRs Hard (Frajilc Jf.).— We should think if planted 

 in fresh ground and well inauured, that they would produce tubers the 

 reverse of hard. They should have an open situation. "We can only account 

 for the tubers being as "hard as stones" through their being grovm in 

 poor soil under the shade of trees, or through some defect in the cooking. 

 We never heard of the like before. 



RiGDT TO Take away Manure (A Constant Reader, Campbclfown).—' 

 You can take away the dung u=ied for making hotbedf, unless there was an 

 agreement with your landlord that all manure mudo on the premises is to 

 bo employed on the land, and unless the Melon and Cucumber plants are 

 growing now on the dung, for an out-going tenant has no right Co destroy a 

 growing crop. 



Fountain at Dinorben.— We are informed that we are mistoken in 

 supposing the fountain at ])age 514, to bo a representation of the one at 

 Dinorben House, as it is only the upper 12 feet of it adapted for, and called, 

 the small Hebe fountain. li was made for the Exhibition of 1862, price 

 about £G0, and one like it for Sir Jamesetjeo Jcegeebhny ; but the grand 

 Uebe fountain, as it is at Tunbridge Wells, cost about £280. 



Mistletoe on Trees {Druidus). — We know of no place where you can 

 purchase trees with Mistletoe growing on them. It mav be propaeated 

 from seed, and the best months for wowing it are February and March. 

 Make two cut^ in the f'hape of tho letter V on tho under side of the branch 

 of an Apple tree; make the cuts qulto down to tho wood of the branch, 

 raise tho tongue of bark mude by tho cuts, but not so as lo break it, and put 

 underneath one or two seeds freshly pqueezcd froni the filistletoo berry, 

 lot tho tongue back, and the process is completed. If tlie seed is good, the 

 aeedlings, not unlike Cueuniber plants, soon appear. They remain attached 

 to tho braneh, and do not seem to injure the tree. Open tho bark under- 

 neath the branch to receive the seed, because It l^ thus preserved from an 

 accumulation of rain water, und Is whadoc' from the sun. 



Flowrr-o^hden Plan {F. W. B., Weston-super-Mare). — We have no 

 fiiu't to find with your plan only that you are attempting too much 

 in such a small Bpuce, and munt usu \ery law thingK tor bedn 2 feet 

 acro«8, and divided by wulkH 2 feet wide. Wu think that a plan with 

 half the number of bedu wouM suit better, and you have dono this ao 

 wrll that we are sure you will do that well too. Your two circles, 5 feet 

 in diameter, nH two centrei", are alreaoy large enrmifh for tho other bed8» 

 and raiding them with stakes or otherwise will niak'j them still more 

 conHpicuons, and ho fur drown the other beds. If these two oircles were 

 3 or 3i ftet in diameter, und raised ut tho I'ldcs 1 foot, and covered 

 with small-leaved Ivy, und the o'her 18 inchcH added to the surrounding 

 bods, the efTect would be butter. In either case they will form stand-points. 

 Unless very steep, mo Iiave no fear of the bank if tliero is good soil beneath 

 tho turf. Wo Bhould like tn know 'ho nlopr, tho sir.o of bank, &c., before 

 recommending DeodarN, Wulllngtonias, &c. If you send a stamped CDvetope 

 with your direction you Ciin tiavo the plan ruturnud. 



Fuchsia Cultcuk, &o. (iV«j(Al.— You can have "Florists' Flowers for the 

 Many " free by pout from our olHoo if you send five pontage stamps with 

 your direction. It details tho culiuro of tho FucIihIh. Rose spod docs not 

 rctiuiru to be sown In hont. Ilirdcniiig-utl' Is gradunlly lowering tho tem- 

 perature and giving air more freely to plantu, to prepare them for endnring 

 oxpoaury to out-door growth. 



