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JOURNAL OF HOKTICULTTJRE AND COTTAGE GAKDENEE. 



[ Jannary 24, 1865. 



B. S. TVUliams, Paradise and Victoria Nurseries, Hollovray, 

 London. — Descriptive Catalogue of Flower and Vegetahlo Seeds. 



Cliai-les Turner, Eoyal Nui-series, Slougrh. — Catalogue of 

 Seeds for the Kitchen Garden.ihe Flower Oarden.and the Farm. 



Smith & Simons, Ai-^yle Arcade, Glasgow. — Cultural Guide 

 •nd Descripiiee Seed Caialogue. 



COYENT GAEDEN- MAHKET.— J.\Nr.\RT 21. 



" Sapplies Kood. and quotations ncarli' the samp ns last week. Apples are 

 stm Tery abundant ; pood dessert Pears scarce. These consist almo.^t exclu- 

 sively of Glon Moree.m. BeuriC- de Ranee, and No Pius Mturis. Forced' 

 Asparagus can hardly be had; but of Sea-kale and fialaJs there is a good 

 supply. 



FKurr. 







p. 



d. 



s. 



d 



Apples 



J sieve 



1 



to 2 



n 



Apncols 



doz. 















n 



Cherries 



lb. 



















Chestnuta 



...bush. 



u 







Sil 



n 



Currants, Rod. 



..^ sieve 



















Black 



. do. 











40 





 

 





 

 61 





 







Fics 



Filberts 



lOO lbs. 



Cobs 



do. 



70 







81 







Gooseberries . 



. i f.i-ve 



rt 



n 











Grapes, Hamburghs lb 



3 







8 



n 



Muscats ... 





R 







in 







Lemons . . . 



100 



5 



10 











ETi 







B. 



i. 



R 



d 



Artichokes .... 







 10 



to 

 1.5 











AsparaeuB 



bundle 



Beans Broud..., 



•i sieve 



















Kidney 



100 



■1 







.•i 







Beet, Red 



.... doz. 



1 







.1 







Broecoli 



bundle 



1 







91 







BmsselsSproatf )t sieve 



2 



fi 



3 



R 



Cabbare 



... do/.. 



1 



n 



3 







Capsicums 



IflO 















n 



Carrots 



. bunch 







.■; 







s 



Canliflowor .... 



.... doz. 



2 











n 



Celery 



. bundle 



1 













Cucumbers .... 



....each 



1 



fi 



X 







Endive 









c 



3 





 



Fennel 



. hunch 



Garlic and Shallots, lb. 



II 



s 



n 







Herbs 



.. bunch 

 , bundle 







2 



3 

 6 



n 

 4 





 



Horseradish .. 



Melons each 



Mulberries .... punnet 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges 100 



Pe.icho* Any.. 



Pears {kitchen}. ..bu^li. 



dess'.Tt doz. 



Pine Applet lb. 



Plums ^ sieve 



PomefTi'iiDates ''ach 



Quinces ^ sieve 



Rtvpberries lb. 



(U n. d 

 toO 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 9 







1 

 

 



10 

 6 



Walnuts bush, 14 2i 



Leeks bunch 



Lettuce score 



Mushrotims pottle 



Mustd. & Cress, punnet 



Onions bushel 



ptcklin? qunrt 



Parslev ...doz. hunches 



Pur&nipa dov^. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes bushel 



Rttdisho** doz. bunches 



Rhubarb bundle 



Savoys doz. 



Seu-kale basket 



Spinach „ sieve 



Tomatoes A sieve 



Turnip-i ."hunch 



VecetobleMarrowB doz. 



B- '1. s. d 

 2 to 3 



i) 

 e 





 5 

 S 

 G 

 J 

 

 4 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 3 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



%* We request that no one -mU-wi-ite privately to tho de- 

 partmental writers of the " Journal of Horticulture, 

 Cottage Gardener, and Country Gentleman." By so 

 doing they are subjected to unjustifiable trouble an;l 

 expense. All communications should therefore be ad- 

 dressed solely to The Editors of the Journal of Horticul- 

 ture, Sec., 171, Fleet Street, London, E.C. 



We also re(iuest that correspondents will not mis 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. 



&KLr. OF Applhs (Cottager in the West). ~~On\y choice named varletica 

 rcaltK a. hiffli piice amon(f Lnndon fruitercrf. yoa bud better sell jours to 

 the frult^-reris In the towns nearest to you. 



CoRDos-Tc^iNpio (A Constant ffuftacnftcr).— We could not explain suffi- 

 ciently without illuotrattons. Buv a Jiitlo volume entitlcrl "C()rd<tn-trnlnin)f 

 of Fruit Trr...-," by the Rev. T. Colllngs Breham. It Is published by Mi ssra. 

 Lonpinun h Co. 



Grapp. Visfh (A Grape T'(iucier).—\ qm. had better pot your two-vcnr- 

 old Vine inim'^'litttly, injuring the rnota afl little it« you can. Whether u 

 White Grape Vine b-j In .rchod on a. Vine b^arine Black Griipep, or Gtapes 

 of its own colour, is ot no cnn-eqncncc. The Trebbiano is totally different 

 from the Portuf^al or White lIumburKh Grape** sold by grocers. 



AoRicnLAR iM A KooM 'jVtfopA v/c) .— The Auriculas will do very woH In a 

 eool room wh<!rc ih«;y ran have light. Orayson'M A^naracm is cmHldercd 

 the bcMt, but we think the ifatmcnt mak*^ alt ihe dlfr..rcnee. 



TwKLVK IlToniii P^p.pfn-UAT. TlosfH poa Pots f/rf/'m). — Caroline do 

 Sonsal, Comtc de Na-iteuil, OC-axii des fl itailtea, Gi'-nt'Tal Japqncminot, 

 T>otiifo Peyronncy, Loiiino Odler, Jules Maruoitin. Mrs. Charh-H Wood, 

 OlWier Delbomme, Trlomphc d'Alenron, Victor Verdler, William Grlffitht. 



CMunrns for Wau. f/'/rm).— Ja^mlnnm nodiflorum; the common white 

 Jatmlne; EKmlloni'i macrmntha. K. rubra; ChimoiiftnthuHlratrrann; Ceannthus 

 axorvus ; Ari*foIochla Hlphn; Lonicem nr.na, I^. J^fionica, L. reticulata, 

 Ac; ClRtnotin Hendersfmi, Sw*!ct*«centcd ClcmultB, ^c. ; Perlploca groica ; 

 Virginian Crctpcra ; and Tea Koscii. 



FiiriTS roa Q^ernsland (./. G. CWftfr).— Your letter of the 18th October 

 ha^ been receivml, and aUo tlie transfer of it. Not nmre than two or three 

 of the Apples can he hai in this country. We huve all the Pears except 

 Ot:t, ubout three of the Grapes, and all the Po4Ches but one. Thank you 

 for your interc-stint: letter. 



CoMHKNciNG ViNE-poRciNG AT TsvF.usEss (/. ilf." .— To stQTt in January 

 or February i^o Li-^ north you nhouM at least, in such n hiuse, have six pipea^ 

 instead of four. The two extra pipe* will soon save their expense in fuel. 

 It i.'i a (jrea' \v;tete of fuel to be f.trceri to make the w-iter boil in the pipes at 

 Huch a distiuce as 90 feet from the hniler. It will he better every way if the 

 water is rarely hotter than from 170^ to ISO®. With vo'ir present four pipes 

 in such a span-honse, we think from the 18th of Febrnurv to the lat Of 

 March would bf quiic time enough to befrin to force. Then you may have 

 Gr-ipes in the middle of July, or ther'^abouts, if you have a few early kinds, 

 aa Sweetwater. Muscadine, and Frontij^nan. 



Gardkk Walls {An Old Suhscribcr \—Th^ height of the wall would 

 depend on the layin-r o"t of th'i acre. If a square, or a pir.illelnsrani, with 

 the shortest sides ti the east and wea^, then the north wall mitrht be 12 or 

 more feet hiffji ; but it wouln be as w--li if the south wall were not more 

 than 9 feer.- In a narrow K.r.len a high south wuU keep^i tue half of 

 the ffirden shided. A nine-inch aoliri wall would do up to 9 feet in height. 

 If hipher 14 Inches would be better. A boUow wall would be the moat 

 equable in temperature and in dryness, hut it. must be Wfll tied by an 

 experien' ed bricklayer, ov i^ iiny not be stable enough for nailing, ladders, 

 Ac. In previous volumes we h'lvo expl linod how the tying is systematically 

 done, and a good bricklayer knows all aHout it. Built well in this way, a 

 14-iiich wall wi'l cost few more bricks thin a 8)Ud nine-iuch wall. Such 

 new waU-f should be studded or wired. 



Gauitf? Destkoyino Strawbkrry PLisrs (M. E (?.).— The white grubs 

 with red he id« ar^' the caferpillirs of one of the GliO'^t moth^ (flepialus sp.), 

 and the darker grubs are tho-^o of the common D.irt moth (.-^grolia segetuml, 

 which was so extremely abundant last autumn. We would recommend the 

 whole of the Strawberry idints to be cirefully taken up and the roots 

 examined, the bi'd-itself thor-iushlr dug, and the grubs picked out by 

 hind, which would be easy enoutrh from the grub being so large and con- 

 spicuous. The ground shou'.d then be well dressed with lime water and 

 soot.— W. 



Geomrtric T?Hns ( 0. Barton). — We have no doubt that your geometric cora- 

 po*iie bed will look very nice. We agree with you thityou h ivenotabit too 

 much sc'irlet. Tho sc:irlet, yellow, white, and purple, will mike an excel- 

 lent blending, and your bed is just large enough to give them effect. Such 

 a large bed so divided will look best wh'-n looked down upon and seen all at 

 once. If so viewed we do not see mucli odvantaire in raiaing the bed from 

 tlif outfible to the centre ; nor do we see much advantage in the raised 

 basket in ibe centre, unless that is high enough, nnd an open space below 

 to spe right throueh it over the re-t of the bed. These are minor matters, 

 however, of which tho-o on the spot can judge best. Our friend Mr. Robson 

 wa.-!, we believe, the first to attempt this plan of planting on a large scale. 

 His lin<^s and suhdiviiions are generally more artistic thnn geometric. The 

 only objection ti the general use of such beds ia tho dilflculfy of getting to 

 the plants ncurest the centre when th** bed bc^omcR one m^is^. Their great 

 interest consists ia the presenting such a mass of contrasted colour, like a 

 carpet, to the eye. 



Treatment of Vin^ Cuttings {J. A. J.). — From the time that young 

 Vines begin to root and grow they will enioy a bottom heat of from 75° to 

 80°, until the rnnt.'s fill the last pot you give them, imd the wood begins to 

 ripen. To thorouglily ripen that wood when it Is desired to fruit the young 

 plants nest season, the bottom heat should be continued until the leaves 

 liegin to turn yellow, when the Vines may be lifred out of thy bed for a 

 week, then moved to an open vinery, or a wall facing the south, fo as to get 

 well hardened by the sun and air. whilst only as iniKli water is given as 

 will prevent what is green of the 1 'aves flagging. When the leaves turn 

 yeUow tl\e pots mav bo packed on th" north side of a fenc, and kept cool 

 and dryi-ili there before you wish to start them asain, whicli is best done by 

 giving the n a temi)';rature of from 45° to 50* for a fortnight, and then, if 

 convenient, giving them a bottom heat of fiO^ increasing it gradually to 75% 

 and a few degrees more after the budn arc breaking. To nbiain nice plants 

 for planting mer<'ly bottom heat is not absolutely necessary, but you will 

 get mneh better plants if you can give them a Httle br)ttorn beat until they 

 are established in eight-inch pot-*. To insert buds, siiy on the first day of 

 the year, and gather Grapes (rom the plants tlius formed, say in sixteen 

 or seventeen months from the insertmg of the bud, then tlic bud should 

 at onco rec'-iv? a bottom heat of C)0°, and have it increased Gradually In 

 a month to 7^P and H °, the top temperature ranging from fi5°at nluht to 85* 

 during the d ly irom sun beat; and if pucli piant* can h-ive bottom heat 

 until they are weU c-tublished in 12 or 13-inch pots, ihe sooner will the 

 wood hn ripened, and tho sooner wiU the plants be fit for being rested, before 

 again exciting them into growth. 



STKAwnF.nif? FonriNQ — KriPUTU.VBis — Tho queries of "A Rhadku** 

 on Strawberry forcing; and those of " liri," who wishes lo have adctailed 

 account of the culture of Kpi|ihyliums, will shortly be auHwcred. 



Diuc;kn"a nouilis (A Yountj Gnrdcwr).— It is evident tho plant is in 

 very bad health, and you onlv accelerated the evil by potting it and cutting 

 It down. Your only plan now Is, to plunge the pot in a mild hotbed, so 

 lis to pnmotc root-nclion, and keep it there until freflh growths arc made. 

 Tho niois*. close air of a forncry is not suitable for it, though it would do 

 fairly there in winter ; but a viiiery would bo a better place for it in summer, 

 it isrither a free gi-ow^r. and ^equire^ a stove temperature to grow it well; 

 but you grow it fairly by keeping it in the fernery in winter, and vincry in 

 summer, only do not keep Ir, too wet. A cool vinery la too cold, and a shaded 

 fernery uufmit iblc for it. Your soil is suitable. 



Pi.ANTisn ViNKB {/>c/M). — Decidedly let well alone. There could bo no 

 harm in having a few Vines against th*" hack wall, however, hut these will 

 not bear ag.iinst the back wall after the Vines, 3^ feet ap»rl, cover the length 

 of the rafter. They will bear at ihe top where they have livht. The thick 

 tlanting Is cblefiy useful for getting a house soon tilled and soon In frtiit. 

 The early fruiting may then bo cut away to mako way for the permanent 

 ones. 



aQUAnp. Fi,owKu-roT8.— "Y. Z." wishes to know where these can be 



purch'ised. 



Mklos Framk (W. Ti. .1/.).— A frame 11 feet long by G wide, In quite 

 lirgc enough to grow Molonu. Tbey can give no opuiion as to price, It so 

 TuricH wiih quality of materials and other ulroumstancov. 



