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JOTTRNAL OF HOKTICTTLTTJEE AND COTTAGE GAEDEKEK. 



[ May 9, 1865. 



COVE^'T GAEDEX MAEKET.— IIat 6. 



The greneraJ supply Is good. Pines and Grapes are more plentiful, and 

 forced Strawberries are sent In in large quantities. Pears may now be 

 said to be over, thoujrh a few are still to be had. Green Gooseberries have 

 made their appearance in quantity, and are bringing 4s. par saUon. For 

 Lettuces and other ^ladinf; there is a brl»k demand, Cos Lettuces com- 

 manding a ready sale at Is. 6<L per score. The Potato market is still well 

 suppUed, New 'Potatoes from, Lisbon are sold at from 3rf. to 6rf. per lb. 

 English ftame Potatoes, at from Is. Gd. to 25. the pound. 



FETHT. 



fl. d. s. d 



Apples \ sieve 2 to 4 



Apricots .do2. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestntits bush, 14 20 



Filberts 100 lbs. 40 



Cobs do. 50 60 



Gooseberries ...^ sieve 



Grapes 7... ..lb. 10 15 



I^emons 100 5 10 



Melons ...each 



Mulberries .,., punnet 



Nectarines doz. 



Oransjes 100 6 



Peaches : doz. 36 



Pears (kltcheQ)...bush. 8 



dessert 4o7. 3 



I Pine Apples lb. 6 



Plums ^ sieve 



Strawberries ....".....oz. 



I Walnuts , bush. 14 



Oto 

 



VEGETABLES, 



Artichokes each 



Asparagus bundle 



Beans Broad J sieve 



Kidney 100 



Beet, Red....^, doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



Brussels Sprouts J sieve 



Cabbag^e .' doz. 



CaDsicums , 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliftower doz. 



Celerv bundle 



Cucumbers each 



Endive score 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic and Shallots, lb. 



Herbs... bunch 



Horseradish ... bundle 



8, d. R. 

 4 toO 

 2 6 

 



Leeks bunch 



L'Jttuce .per score 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mu^td. Sc Cres^, punnet 



Onions ».., bushel 



pickling' quart 



Parsley \ sieve 



Parsnips ....~. doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes ...bushel 



Radishes doz. bunche* 



Rhubarb bundle 



SaV'iys ...dJZ. 



Sea-kale bas'-te* 



Spinach bushel 



Tomatoes.... J sieve 



Turnips hunch 



VefietableMarrows doz. 



14 



45 



12 



10 



12 







6 1 



20 



a. s. 

 3 to 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



*«* "We request tliat no one will write privately to tb.e de- 

 partmental writers of the " Journal of Horticulture, 

 Cottage Gardener, and Country G-entleman." By so 

 doing tbey are subjected to unjustifiable trouble and 

 expense. AU communications should therefore be ad- 

 dressed solely to TJie Editors of the Jou-nw.l of Horticul- 

 ture, (^'c, 171, Fleet Street, London, E.C. 



"We also request that correspondents will not mbc 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. 



K.B. — Many questions must remain unanswered until next 

 week. 



KosB Leaves {A Lady SuJjcriJcr).— One of the leaves has been eaten by 

 some one of the leaf-ralninff Rrnbs. There is no remedy for this but pickinf? 

 off and cruHhln? the leaves attacked. The other leaves exhibit symptoms 

 of starvation. Liquid manure, (riven twice a-week, and mulching over the 

 roots, would soon remove tho^e symptoms. 



Cape Watti-e (F ).— '* Wattlf" is the Australian name for any Acacia, 

 but which Is the "Cape Wattle" we do not know. Having no information 

 as to the culture adopted by you, we cannot advise. 



OncniDft [K.^ ^f P-). — Your Bpecimen Is Oncidium luridum var. guttatum- 

 The tint of the preen of the bud« of Phalcenopsia vary in colour, but wo 

 never taw Ihem absolutely yellow. 



Rbododkkdeon Seedling (C. JF.).— There are many better in the fame 

 Btylo. but to form a definite judsrmentthe pl.int must be seen. Send it 

 to the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. 



GwAHO Liquid Mami'Iie ( IToorf&anJt). — Two ounces of euano to each 

 pallon of water will make a liquid manure quite atrong enough tor 

 P.ose», &c. 



Mamagrmpst op BcLnB {Kmily Cook),—Vfe think you will gain all the 

 Informallon yon require for the prcwnt by applying to Messrs. E. G. Hen- 

 derBon & Bon, of the ■Wellington Nursery, St. John'n Wood, for a copy of 

 their*' Bulb Goide.'* It wan published In 1H60. lU only fault is itfl being 

 too conciBo. Wo qnlte agree with yon In thinking that a work Bimilar to 

 the one you have dei-cribed would be very uneful to many lovers of bulbs, 

 but It would lake a confliderable time lu framing. Wo hope, however, to 

 prodacc a work of thU deM:ription at •omo future time. There is a series 

 of eMayH on bnlb« and their culture, by the late Mr. Beaton, in one of our 

 earlier volomei. 



MowifTQ Machikk (M. //.).— We know one called '*Boyd*(i;" but we 

 cannot gUe nr pubHiih any opinion* as t« relative meritfi. That which 

 yon nx^ntion it now antiqaated \ there have been great improvomcnti slnco 

 that ftr»t InTeoUon. 



Bketlk Dbstroting Pea Plants {A Suhscribett Rcarsley). — You must 

 endeavour ta render the Pea leaves as nauseous as possible to the Pea 

 Weevil-* (Sitona llneata), by dusting them repeatedly with soot or 'lime. 

 Increa'iin< the rapid growth of the plants hy liquid manure would help to 

 save the crop. The long dry weather has been very favourable to these 

 insects, but rain will greatly thin their numbers. — W. 



Wa,ter Cress Cdlture (Cress).— .\s you cin have a gentle current of 

 water through the bed every day for a few hours, you will be able to grow 

 Water Crpsges as they do in Herts and eUewhere to supply ths London 

 market. The trenches in which they are grown are so prepared that, as 

 nearly as possible, a regular depth of 3 or 4 inches can be kept up ; and 

 when to be planted the bottom is made quita firm, and slightly sloping, so 

 that the water which flows in at one end may run out at the other. If the 

 bottom of the trench is not sufficiently moist, a small body of water is 

 allowed to enter to soften it. The Cresses ara then divided into small sets 

 or cuttings, with roots attached to them ; and these are placRd at the distance 

 of 3 or 4 inches from each other. At the end of five or six days a alight 

 dressing of well-decompo?ed cowdung is spread over all the pUint-J, and this 

 is pressed down by means of a heavy boird, to which a long handle is 

 obliquely fixed. The water is then raised to the depth of 2 or 3 inches, 

 and never higher. Each trench i^ tha^ replanted annaully, and furnishes 

 twelve crops during the season. In the summer the Cresses are gathered 

 every fifteen or twenty days, but less frequently during winter. C^re Is 

 taken that at each gathering at least a third part of the bed is left untouched, 

 60 that neither the roots may be exhausted, nor t'je succeeding gathering 

 delayed. After every cutting a little decayed cowdung is spread over the 

 naked plants, and this is beaten down by means of the rammer above 

 mentioned. After the Water Cresses have been thus treated for a twelve- 

 month, the manure forms a tolerably thick liyer at the bottom of the 

 trench, and tends to raise its level. To restore it to its original level, all the 

 refuse should be thrown out. 



Vegetable Marrow (2". <?(7^(i(ri). — Look at p. 31 of our "Kitchen 

 Gardening for th3 Many," as you say you have our Manuals. 



CovENT Garden MASicEr Prices ( Z?. P. ./.).— Our quotatiiins are the 

 wholesale ar-id retail prices, and we should think, coiisldeving the uncertainty 

 of sale, and the perishable nature of fruits, that the retailer could no* give 

 more than half these prices to the growers. 



Restoring a Waterproof Tarpauling ( IF*.).— If the tarpauling has 

 been painted, it would be better to paint ic again Tne best paint is yellow 

 ochre and linseed oil, for it does nut crack and becoaio so hard as lead 

 colours. Most varnishes, gams, and mixtures of resin, and similar sub- 

 stances, though waterproof at first, invariably craok and let the wet through. 



Beaton'3 Good Gracious Polvanthus ( Tf'. ir ).— Jlessrs. Henderson, 

 ■Wellington Road, St. John's Wood, bought the stock. 



Catkrpillars o;* Apple Trees (ff. U. P.).— We remember that the late 

 Mr. Curtis, ofGlazen Wood. Essex, when his orchard Apple treps were inftsted 

 by caterpillars, had them dusted tharoughly with the powder of slacked 

 lime. He had a large tin vessel, like the rose of a large watering-pot, per- 

 forated with small holes at the top and aides, and with a socket to fit on to 

 a long pole. Only a little lime was put into the vessel at a time, otherwise 

 it was not given out freely. Applied early in the morning, whilst the dew 

 was on the leaves, it adhered readily, and Mr. Curtis told us that it was 

 eflfectual. 



CtJTTiNG Powx AN Old Ykw Hedge {R. R ). — Perhaps it would be beet 

 to cut out two-thirds or more of the stems of your Yew hedge, and plash or 

 lay the others Jn the same way as Thorn hedges are done, adding, at the 

 same time, some manure to the roots. This would at le<ist fill up the gaps 

 and vacancies, and, a portion of the green being left, the plants would grow 

 away again. We never like to cut any evergreen down entirely, without 

 leaving some foliage, and Yew is no exception to the rule. We hope the 

 situation Is dry, and if stony and porous so much the better. 



Seedling White Cdrrants (C. Ellis). ~\t is possible, but nnt probable, 

 that you may obtain a better variety of White Currant a nongiltho seedlings 

 which, we presume, are selt-sown, and have conie up amorigr^t your trees; 

 at the same time you may have many very indifterent ones. They will bear 

 removal in moist weather, and might be planted in rows IS inches apart, 

 and the planfj half that distance in the vow. It is possible some of the 

 strongest may make a shoot atrong enough to bear next year, but the 

 greatest number will require another season's growth. 



CuiTiNo THE Shoots op Pinus excrlsa {Idem). — Unless the tree is very 

 irregular in growth, we would hardly adviaC much cutting to be done, as 

 we certainly prefer a little extra growth on one or two sides to a clipped- 

 looking specimen. If. however, any of the side branches point upwards, as 

 if disposed to compete with the proper leader, the tips of these might be 

 cut oif at once ; or. what is better, as we sometimes treat I'huja, and similar 

 plants, bend the shoots downwards, and secure them in that position with a 

 string. 



Pruning Apple Trres ute in the Spring [P, i?«^/).— It would certainly 

 have been better had you pruned your young Apple trees before they com- 

 menced growing, but you may do so yet to a limticil degree, so us to give 

 them the shape you wi^h them to take ; but if your trees were only planted 

 In the past winter, it is quite us well to let thorn alone for the first year, and 

 next winter to prune-iu rather severely. It is considered bad practice to 

 closaly pruue-ln a young tree newly planted, an it tends to encourage 

 suckers from the st<-,«k ; but an old tree, with its roots necessarily much 

 reduced by transplanting, may have it^^ head cul-in In proportion. If, there- 

 fore, your trees are young, you had better lot thorn alone for the present 

 summer, and cut-in as you like when the leaves have fallen in autumn. 



Cook {G. /?.).— The book required H called " Arbres I-'ruitlers," par M. A. 

 Dubreuil (fl(th edition), at Victor Masson & Sons, Place do I'Ecole de 

 Medicine, Parle. Price about 35. in London. 



Names of Plants^*/- ^cff.). — 1, A^plenium vlride; 2, Biechnum occi- 

 dentale ; ."J and 17, vnrs. of AHpleniunx bulbiferura ; 4, 10, 13, Laslrea Flllx- 

 mas; 6, 7, Lastrcti dilatatu colllm ; lI,Athyrium Filix-roomina rhnjticutn; 

 14, Asplenlum adiantum-niiirum ; 16. 19, Pteris hastata mucrophylla; 

 l.'i, Bleclmum pectlnalum ; 18, Pterin hasiata; '20, Cyrtomium falcatum; 

 21, Polyntichum aculeutum lobatum; 8, Lastroa lomula ; 5, 9, 12, very 

 Imperfect. Tho Grape wiim Hmaslied. The root^ of thir Vme are probably 

 too cold. {A. A.}.— Lonlcera ulpigona. (T. £dwnrds).~-l, Amyf^dalus 

 nana; 2, Anemone apcnnlna; 3, Corydalls lutea; G, lipnnedium alpinum. 

 No". 4 and 5 cannot be ?atl«factorily named from hucIi scraps. They are 

 most likoly 4, Epimedlnm riolaceum, and, 0, E. macranthum. 



