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JOTTHNAIi OF HORTICULTURE AOT> COTTAGE GARDENER. [ November 29, 1861. 



COYEST GAEDEIT MARKET.— November 26. 



The supply of out-door fruit continues plentiful, and consists of the same 

 varieties as mentioned in previous reports. "Winter Nelis Pears have made 

 their appearance this week. Of Grapes there are sufficient for the demand • 

 of Pines there is a hetter supply, and prices have somewhat declined. 

 Oranges and Lemons are now coming in more freely. All out-do^r veget- 

 ables, such as Cabbages, Brussels Sprouts, and Savoys, are sufficient for the 

 demand. Potatoes are abundant, but rather dear; and Onion3 have also 

 increased in price, though some consignments have come in from Germany. 



Apples \ sieve 1 



Apricots doz. 



Cherries lb. 



Chestnuts bush. 1-i 



Currants, Red...£ sieve 



Black do. 



Figs dos. 



Filberts & Nuts 100 lbs. 60 



Cobs do. 70 



Gooseberries ..^ sieve 

 Grapes, Hamburghs lb. 1 



Muscats 3 



Lemons 100 5 



Artichokes each 



Asparagus bundle 



Beans Broad £ sieve 



Kidney 100 



Beet, Red.. ..„ doz. 



Broccoli bundle 



BrusselsSprouts -| sieva 



Cabbage doz. 



Capsicums 100 



Carrots bunch 



Cauliflower doz. 



Celery bundle 



Cucumbers eacn 



pickling' doz. 



Endive , score 



Fennel bunch 



Garlic and Shallots, lb. 

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Mulberries .... punnet 



Nectarines doz. 



Oranges , 190 



Peaches doz. 



Pears (kitchen). ,.bu*h 



dessert doz. 1 



Pine Apples ....lb 



Plums A sieve 



Pomegranates f acli 



Quinces £ sieve 



Raspberries lb. 



10 Walnuts bush. H 20 



VEGETABLES. 



TTorseradish ... bundle 



Leeks... bunch 



Lettuce score 



Mushrooms pottle 



Mustd. & Cress, mm net 



Onions ~.. bushel 



pickling quart 



Parsley ...doz. bunches 



Parsnips doz. 



Peas quart 



Potatoes ....bushel 



Radishes doz. bunches 



Savoys doz. 



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Spinach sieva 



Tomatoes \ sieve 



Turnips bunch 



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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



* # * We request that 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 Soriicul- 

 twe, fyc, 171, Fleet Street, London. E.C. 



"We also request that correspondents "will not mix 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. 



Tritonia a urea. Culture.— I advise all those interested in this plant to 

 try both systems— viz., that of Mr. Abbey and that I advocate, and to judga 

 for themselves. I never found Tritonia aurea in a state de70id of growth, 

 or leaves more or less green. — W. Earley, Dig&well. 



Grass-land Management (Miles).— The best work on the Grasses, and 

 giving some instructions for the improvement of meadows and pastures, is 

 Sinclair's " Hortus Gramineus Woburnonsis." There is also a good essay 

 on the economical improvement of Grass lands in the seventh volume of the 

 "Quarterly Journal of Agriculture." 



Select Chrysanthemums (P. /. IT. D.).— Of Tasselled flowers, Triomphe 

 du Nbrd, reddish chestnut ; and Invincible, white. These are the only two 

 which we can recommend to you. For twelve good incurved kinds have 

 Jardin des Plantes, Cherub, yellow ; white Queen of England, Beverley, 

 white; Lady Hardinee, t.ady Slade, Her Majesty, Bella Donna, rose and 

 blush ; Sir Stafford Carey and Lord Ranelagh, brown ; Prince Albert and 

 Dr. Rosas, crimson. Sis Pompons — Fairest of the Fair, Madame Fould, 

 Danae, Salamon, Capella, Madame Eugene Domage. 



Wintering Coleus Verschaffelti (J. T. 0.).— The large bay window 

 is preferable to either cold frames or the window with a north aspect: Keep 

 the soil dry, giving no more water than is sufficient to prevent the stalks 

 shrivelling. It wilt not bear much cold, and not the least damp, and requires 

 a temperature of 45° to winter it safely. You may winter it, however, by 

 beeping it dry, and excluding frost by heating the room either with a lamp 

 or hot water, the latter being preferable. It should not be cut down now, 

 and not in spring until it commences growing afresh. "Florists' Flowers," 

 which may be had free by post from our office for live stamps, contains the 

 information sought. 



Azalea ajkena Potted in Loam (J. 21.).— We have grown Azaleas very 

 fairly in loam and leaf mould, and we think your plant will also do well 

 until the blooming ia past, when we would pot it in peat soil. It is only 

 natural for the leaves to turn yellow and fall, though more have fallen than 

 we should like at this season. Ours are Temarkably fine in foliage this year. 



British Ferns for Exhibition (A Tounrj Gardener). — Lastrea Filix- 

 mas cristate-. Potyftichnm angulare proiiferum, Athyrium. Filix-fcemina 

 plumomm, Scolopendrium vulgare lriuliifidum majns, Asplenium tricho- 

 manes incisum, Blechnum spicant ramosum. Take the Strawberries under 

 cover at once, and by the beginning of January place them on shelves near 

 the glass in a vinery at work, bringing them, on slowly. 



Thrips on Ferns — Climbers rqu_A Conservatory — White Helio- 

 trope (Flora).— On a calm evening till the house with tobacco smoke by 

 burning sha? lobicco in * fumigator, and repeat the dose on the next night 

 but one. Fumigate afterwards whenever a thrips is seen. Our corre- 

 spondent wishes to know how to preserve Arbutus berries, so as to use 

 them as an ornament for dishes. As to creepers for a conservatory, no men- 

 tion is made as to how many are desired. Lapageria rosea, MandeviUa 

 saaveolens. Mimosa prostrata, Passilora Neumanni and Clowesiana, Hib- 

 berria grossnl arias folia, Jasminum heterophyilum, Sollya linearis, Tacsonia 

 mollissima, Kennedya monophvlla, and K. rubicunda superba, are all suit- ■ 

 able. We know of no shrubs that wi":l thrive in extremely wet soil without 

 drain ge excent Willows, Alder, and bog plants, and not one in a hundred 

 aie shrubs; So far as we know, a white Heliotrope is not now to be had. 

 H. linifolium. from the C-ipe, we have grown, but thought little of it. Most 

 of the white kinds are annuals and biennials. 



Vines for Greenhouse— Ferns for Glass Case [21. P.).— Yon will 

 require five Vines if thev are planted along the front, the first one being; 

 1 font 6 inches from the end, and the others 3 feet apart. You may have 

 Black Hamhurgh, Buckland Sweetwater, Black Champion, White Fron- 

 tignan, and Trentham Black ; but we would only have three in so narrow a 

 house, and plant in front a Black Hamburgh 3 tVet from the end of the house, 

 Buckland Sweetwater in the centre, and Trentham Black 3 feet from the 

 other end. When they reached tna rafter we would let two shoots grow, 

 and train one to the right and the other to the left, and up the house when 

 each had run 1 foot 6 inches. In this ease you would have rods at 1 foot 

 6 inches from the ends, and a little less than 3 feet apart, just the same as if 

 Eve Vines \re r e planted. You may have either British or exotic Ferns, just 

 as the situation is cold or warm. S*y British— Lastrea Filix-mas crispa ; 

 Polypodium vulgare, P. vulgare auritnm ; Scoiopendrium vulgare, and the 

 varieties sub-cornutum, ramosum, marginatum, and multiforme; Blechnum 

 spicant ramosum, and B. spicant lancifoliuui ; Asplenium marinum, A. sep- 

 tsntrionale, A. viride, and the multifid form (bifidum or multifidum), A. tri- 

 chomane", and varieties multifidum, incisum, anddepauperatum; Adiantum 

 capillus- Veneris ; Asplenium fnntanum ; Polypodlum cambricura ; Poly- 

 stichum lonchitis, and P. angnlare proliferum. Exotic Ferns— Asplenium. 

 monantb.em.una, obtusum, recliuatum, rarlicans, dimidiatum, flabelliforme, 

 and ■ attenuating ; Adiantum reniforme, setulosum, afnne, and cuneatum; 

 Davallia canadensis, pentaphylla, decora, and solida; Lastrea glabella, 

 acuminata, and quinqusn sularis ; Acvophorus Nova?-Zealandiffi ; Niphobolus 

 rupestris, pertusus, and lingua; Nephrolepis tuberosa, and peetinata ; Dry- 

 naria Fortuni; Platyloma rotundifolium ; Pleopeltis pustulato, and stig- 

 *matica ■ Pteris uretica, serruUta, cretica albo-lineata; Woodwardia (Doodia) 

 aspera, 'media, and corymbifera or caudata; Sslaginella-densa, and S. denti- 

 culate, for surfacing. 



Ridging Light Soil (K. if.).— Your gardener is probably correct. Ridg- 

 ing light soil, and exposing it thus to the frosts of winter, has little or no 

 enriching effect, but it confers a benefit by destroying the larva? of vermin 

 if the frost is intense. Your best culture would be to grow your Turnips, 

 &c, in narrow beds, deepening the soil of these by throwing on to them 

 the earth from the paths, and mulching your crops with cocoa-nut fibre 

 refuse and o'her material. 



Case for Striking CuTTracs (A. JP. D., Salop).— The Bijou Plant Case 

 made by Mr. Stock, Archer Street, Westbourne Grove, answers. It is heated 

 either with gas or Child's night lights. 



Mushkoom-growing (A Bender).— See an article on this subject by Mr. 

 Fi*h in No. 169. It is just the old concluded story repeated. Place spawn 

 in the ground anywhere, and prevent it being lost there by heat and mois- 

 ture, and it will produce Mushrooms without any chemical waterings ; but 

 such spawn will soon exhaust itself. To secure a good lasting bed the spawn 

 must run in rich manurial matter. The article referred to, and " Doings of 

 the Last Week," will tell you more than we can well repeat now. We have 

 no faith in such short cuts to success. We have had plenty of Mushrooms 

 in the open air by merely placing bits of spawn below the ground an inch or 

 so, but they were soon'exhdusted. All the chemical waterings, &c, are 

 mere theoretical delu^ons. 



Vises in Pots (E. S.).— Any bind of Vines may be grown in pots in a 

 vinery. For ;in orchard-house. Black Hamburgh, Royal Muscadine, Dutch 

 Sweetwater, and Buckland Sweetwater, are perhaps the best. See remarks 

 of Mr. W. Paul the other week. Plants in puts and in the open ground are in 

 different circumstances. With. Vines you may keep the soil in the pots open 

 until thev are placed in the fruiting-pots. After that, and when starting 

 for fruit, the soil should be firm. When mere growth is the object keep the 

 soil open : when fruitfulness is t object keep ic firm. 



Shrdb for a Gallery (21. D.).— You say nothing at all about me sun- 

 HqhL the most important circumstance. Gaslight is prejudicial to plants, 

 unless nicely managed as to ventilation. No plants will flourish long without 

 the light of day. If, as we presume, yon are without lhat light, the only 

 thing you can do is either to grow large plants of Geraniums, keep them 

 in the gallery for a few days, and then replace with others, taking them in 

 and out. Shrubs, such as Aucubas, Laurels, and Cypresses, may be treated 

 in the same way. If you have light any shrub will succeed. 



Sulphur Paint for Fruit Trees (C. P).— Sulphur and clay is a capital 

 paint, and you may add a little lime, but not much if the lime is fresh. If 

 the lime is mild it' will have little more effect than any other earth, and we 

 would prefer u little soot instead. The main object is to shut up all the buds 

 and wood from the air for a time. We would decidedly paint the trees, 

 though they showed no signs of insects during the summer, doing it chiefly 

 all about the buds with a soft brush. Prevention is better than cure. We 

 have not painttd our Figs for several years, and saw nothing until this 

 autumn, when we noticed scale. We washed with soap water, and then 

 painted with clay, sulphur, and a little soap in the water. As the buds 

 swell the mixture will drop off, and you can help it gradually by slight 

 syringing. 



Vines— Pears on Quince Stocks (IT. J2.).— The "Vine Manual," which 

 you can have free by post from our office tor thirty-two postage stamps. 

 The point of union of the t-cion and the Quince stock should bo buried 

 beneath the surface of the soil. 



