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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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should b-ar spores. Specimens should arrive in a fresh state in firm 
boxes. Slightly damp moss or soft green leaves form the best packing, dry 
cotton wool the worst. Not more than six specimens can be named at once. 
{A. C.). —1, A variegated Orange, which you will find in some of the nursery¬ 
men s catalogues as Citrus aurantiaca variegata j 2, Is Magnolia glauca. 
(T. F. Ii.). Lycium europasum. {J. T. W .).—The flowers are varieties of 
Hibiscus sjriacus, one of the most attractive of summer-flowering shrubs. 
{Name Omit ed).—l, Solidago virga aurei; 2, Melilotus alba: 3, Ley- 
c°stena formosa. 
Renewing Worn-out Comb (C. Scott).— Probably the article by “ Felix” 
m the present issue gives the information you require. 
COYENT GARDEN MARKET. —September 8th. 
The soft fruit being all over, our market has settled ’down to a quiet 
trade with heavy supplies. 
Apples. i sieve 1 
Cherries. 1 sieve 0 
Currants, B'ack .. £ sieve 0 
» Red .. J sieve 0 
figs . dozen 0 
Grapes.ft. o 
Lemons .. .. ,, «, case 10 
Artichokes .. .. dozen 1 
Asparagus .. .. bundle 0 
Beans, Kidney per bushel 2 
Beet, Red .. dozen 1 
Broccoli .. ,, .. bundle 0 
Brussels Sprouts .. j sieve 0 
Cabbage .. .. .. dozen 1 
Capsicums .... 100 1 
Carrots.bunch 0 
Cauliflowers .. .. dozen 3 
Celery .bundle 1 
Coleworts dcz. bunches 2 
Cucumbers .. .. each 0 
Endive.dozen 1 
0 
0 
FRUIT, 
d. s. d. 
6 to 4 0 
0 0 0 
0 0 
0 0 
0 9 
S 0 
15 0 
Melon .each 1 
Orauges .100 6 
Peaches .. .. .. perdoz. 2 
Pine Apples English., ft. 2 
Plums. j sieve 1 
St. Michael Pines ..each 4 
Strawberries.. .. per lb. 0 
s. d. 8. d 
0 to 2 0 
12 0 
2 6 
VEGETABLES. 
Herbs .. ., ., bunch 
Leeks .. .. .. bunch 
Aralia Sieboldi ,. 
Arbor vitas ("golden) 
,. ("common) 
Arum Lilies.. .. 
Bedding Plants, var. 
Begonias 
Caloeolaria 
Cineraria 
Cockscombs 
CrasBula 
Cyperus . 
Dracaena terminalis 
„ viridis .. 
Erica, various 
Euonymus, in var. 
Evergreens, in var. 
Ferns, in variety .. 
per 
per 
per 
dozen 
dozen 
dozen 
dozen 
doz. 
dozen 
dozen 
dozen 
dozen 
dozen 
dozen 
dozen 30 
dozen 12 
dozen 0 
dozen 6 
dozen 6 
dozen 4 
Abutilons .. 12 bunches 
Ageratum .. 12 bunches 
Arum Lilies .. 12 blooms 
Asters .. .. 12 bunches 
Bouvardias .. per bunch 
Camellias .. 12 b'ooms 
Carnations .. 12 blooms 
,■ .. 12 bunches 
Chrysanthemums 12 bches. 
12 blooms 
Coreopsis 
Cornflower 
Dahlias 
Epiphyllum 
Eucharis 
Gardenias 
Gladioli 
12 bunches 
12 bunches 
12 bunches 
doz. blooms 
per dozen 
12 blooms 
12 bunches 
Hyacinths.Roman, 12 sprays 
Iris.12 bunches 
Lapageria, white, 12 blooms 
Lapageria, red . 12 blooms 
Lavender dozen bunches 
Lilium candidum 12 blms. 
„ Icngillorum, 12 blms. 
. d. 
8. d 
s. d. 
s 
a 
0 to 0 0 
Lettuce .. .. 
to 1 
6 
0 
0 0 
Mushrooms .♦ 
..punnet 0 6 
1 
0 
0 
3 0 
Mustard and Cress punnet 0 2 
0 
0 
0 
2 0 
Ouions .. .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 0 
Parsley .. dozen bunches 2 0 
8 
0 
0 
0 0 
Parsnips .. .. 
2 
0 
8 
0 0 
Potatoes .. .. 
5 
0 
6 
2 0 
,, Kidney 
.. cwt. 4 0 
6 
0 
4 
0 0 
Rhubarb .. .. 
0 
0 
O 
4 0 
Salsafy .. .. 
1 
6 
6 
2 0 
Scorzonera 
.. bundle 1 6 
0 
0 
0 
4 0 
Soakale .. .. 
per basket 0 0 
0 
0 
3 
0 4 
Shallots .. .. 
0 
0 
0 
2 0 
Spinach .. .. 
4 
6 
2 
0 0 
Tomatoes 
0 
4 
3 
0 4 
Turnips .. .. 
0 
6 
PLANTS IN POTS. 
a. 
b. d. 
8. d. 
8. 
a. 
0 to 18 0 
Ficus elastica 
.. each 1 6 to 7 
0 
0 
0 0 
Fuchsia 
per dozen 2 6 
6 
0 
0 
12 0 
Foliage Plants, Tar. each 2 0 
10 
0 
0 
0 0 
Heliotrope 
per dozen 4 9 
6 
0 
0 
0 0 
Hydrangea .. 
per dozen 6 0 
12 
0 
0 
9 0 
Ivy Geraniums 
per dozen 0 0 
0 
0 
0 
6 0 
Lilium auratum 
per doz. 12 0 
80 
0 
0 
e o 
„ lancifolium per doz. 9 0 
18 
0 
0 
4 0 
,, longiflorum per doz 0 0 
0 
0 
0 
0 0 
Lobelias .. .. 
per dozen 0 0 
0 
0 
0 
12 0 
Marguerite Daisy dozen 6 0 
9 
0 
0 
60 0 
Mignonette .. 
per dozen 3 0 
6 
0 
0 
24 0 
Musk .. .. 
per dozen 0 0 
0 
0 
0 
0 0 
Myrtles .. .. 
12 
0 
0 
18 0 
Palms, in var. 
each 2 6 
21 
0 
0 
24 0 
Pelargoniums, scarlet, doz. 3 0 
6 
0 
0 
18 0 
Pelargoniums 
per dozen 6 0 
9 
0 
CUT FLOWERS. 
a. 
8. d. 
8. d. 
8. 
a. 
0 to 4 0 
Lily of the Valley, 12 sprays 0 0 
to 0 
0 
0 
3 0 
Marguerites .. 
12 bunches 2 0 
6 
0 
0 
6 0 
Mignonette .. 
12 bunches 1 0 
8 
0 
3 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 0 
3 0 
Myosotis .. 12 bunches 
Pelargoniums, per 12 trusses 
„ scarlet, 12 trusses 
Roses .. 12 bunches 
„ (indoor), per dozen 
„ Tea. dozen 
„ red .. .. dozen 
„ Moss .. 12 bunches 
Primrose 0 , Yellow, dozen 
bunches . 
Pyrethrum .. 12 bunches 
Spiraea .. .. 12 sprays 
Stephanotis .. 12 sprays 
Stocks, various 12 bnnches 
Sunflowers . 
1 6 
0 9 
0 3 
2 0 
0 6 
0 9 
0 8 
0 0 
0 0 
8 0 
1 0 
0 6 
9 0 
Sweet Peas .. 
Sweet Sultan 
Tropseolum .. 
Tuberoses 
Violets .. .. 
„ Czar, Fr., 
12 bunches 
12 bunches 
12 bnnches 
12 blooms 
12 bunches 
.. bunch 
8 0 
9 0 
2 0 
S 0 
0 6 
2 0 
0 0 
0 0 
0 0 
0 0 
AMONG THE CEOPS. 
Good Barley will this year be one of our most profitable 
crops, for taken generally the Barley grain is coarse, small, 
and discoloured. Some improvement has doubtless taken 
place in this crop, but the fine hot dry weather came too late 
to afford us a full, plump, clear-skinned grain, and some 
caution will be required in selling it. We may take it as a 
foregone conclusion that corn dealers will take full advantage 
of any inferiority of condition in the grain, and there must 
certainly be a limit to the reduction in the price of inferior 
grain beyond which we ought not to go. Till after the 
threshing it would be somewhat premature to come to a deci¬ 
sion about selling, but if prices rule exceptionally low we 
shall certainly devote all the inferior grinding Barley to pig 
feeding. Our success in doing so last year would, of course, 
induce us to repeat a process which was so clearly our best 
possible course, and of which the results were so eminently 
satisfactory. So far as we are able to judge the samples 
from sound, well-drained, mixed soils are the best, and those 
from heavy lands are the worst. Of two ears upon our table 
that from mixed soil is full 5 inches in length without the 
beard, with handsome clear-skinned grain, while that from a 
heavy land farm is not so long by 2 inches, and is also 
inferior in every other particular. It is only after a critical 
inspection of the Barley upon the whole of our farms that we 
mention this, and we may add that reports from thin light 
lands are unfavourable. 
In many districts Barley has been regarded as the only 
profitable crop under the depression, and a much larger area 
than formerly has been devoted to its culture. The fact of 
so much Barley having been spoilt for malting purposes last 
year, and the low condition of much of it this year, naturally 
gives rise to the inquiry, Is it desirable to extend the culti¬ 
vation of Barley in this country ? We have repeatedly 
cautioned our readers against flying to extremes in cropping, 
and we again say that we find it answers best to endeavour 
to improve on practice generally, so as to obtain larger crops 
of all kinds of farm produce, rather than to sacrifice some for 
the speculative growth of others. Wheat, Oats, Barley, 
Beans, and Peas may all still be grown profitably, if only 
the method of culture is sound, and the land clean, dry, 
and fertile. Pray note how we cling to this, how persistingly 
we repeat that the soil must have due care, if we would have 
it yield us crops as full and abundant as is possible. The 
nature of the soil, its condition, its requirements, its treat¬ 
ment, are all matters to be thoroughly mastered if we would 
be successful farmers. We have recently heard frequent 
complaints of the crops on light land, and we must own that 
before being able to accord sympathy to the holders of such 
land we should like to know all about their treatment of it. 
The mention of light land reminds us of a field under 
Mangolds this season where the soil is light and sandy. The 
crop is certainly a good one, but it has recently shown such 
clear evidence of suffering from drought that we know it might 
be better than it is but for a fault in culture, for which nothing 
can now atone. Artificial manure is of course highly neces¬ 
sary in root culture, but so too is farmyard manure. In such 
a light sandy soil as that of the field in question a double 
quantity of farmyard manure should be used for roots, simply 
because the large proportion of moisture contained in it insures 
them from harm from drought when once the plants are up 
and growing freely. This was not done, in point of fact the 
furrows were not half filled with dung, and during the hot 
weather the drooping foliage plainly indicated a cessation 
of growth, which must seriously affect the final result. Such 
a case as this is really only one of many where no thought is 
given to the special requirements of the soil. Mangold is so 
useful a crop that it should have much better cultivation than 
is usually given it. Stored with care the succulent roots are 
useful till midsummer, if only we have enough of them to 
keep up the supply so late as that. 
Swedes and White Turnips also repay us well for careful 
cultivation, if only we use them in the right way. They are 
aids to successful farming which we would always have in 
season as good as is possible. This year they are generally 
good, and the sight of them has been very agreeable to us in 
