February 25, 1892. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
155 
Though the flowers are not so durable as those of the Gloxinia, their 
abundance amply compensates for their short duration. The seeds may 
be sown at any time according to the season it is desired to have them 
in flower, but from February to April is the most general time for the 
purpose, and the plants will flower from June to October if tbeir 
requirements are properly attended to. In sowing place the seeds, 
which are very large, about 3 inches apart, using soil similar in 
character to that recommended for Thunbergias, and cover with an inch 
depth of soil. Give a good watering through a rose, and place them in 
the warmest position at command. As soon as the seedlings have 
developed their first pair of ordinary leaves let them be carefully trans¬ 
planted singly into 48-size pots, using a compost of loam and leaf mould 
in equal parts, and a little manure and sand added. Place them again 
in a growing temperature as near to the glass as possible in order to 
encourage a sturdy growth. Give them good supplies of water, and in 
about three weeks they will be ready for transferring into 32 or 24-size 
pots, but in most cases the former will be large enough. At this potting 
rrse loam, leaf mould, and manure in equal proportions, and add sand 
according to circumstances. Make the soil around the old ball mode¬ 
rately firm, and replace them in their growing quarters until the 
blossoms appear, w'hen they should be moved into a cool and shady 
position. Unless it is particularly desired to retain the seed pods they 
should be picked off, because they rapidly develope and will exhaust 
the plant proportionately. 
frames of Fruits.— Notice .—Special attention is directed to the 
following decision, the object of which is to discourage the growth of 
inferior and promote the culture of superior varieties. In consequence 
of the large number of worthless Apples and. Pears sent to this office to 
he named, it has been decided to name only specimens and varieties of 
approved merit, and to reject the inferior, which are not worth sending 
<sr growing. The names and addresses of senders of fruit to be named 
must in all cases be enclosed with the specimens, whether letters 
referring to the fruit are sent by post or not. The names are not 
necessarily required for publication, initials sufficing for that. Only six 
specimens can be named at once, and any beyond that number cannot 
be preserved. (f9. G. 0.') —1, Possibly Golden Winter Pearmain, but 
the eye is defective. 2, Boston Eusse>^, both shrivelled and appear to 
have been gathered too soon. ( W. C. B.'). —1, Huyshe’s Victoria. 2, 
Lane’s Prolific. 3, Mere de Mbnage. 4, Cockle’s Pippin. 5, Beurrb 
Bauce. 
iM'ames of Plants. —We only undertake to name species of plants, 
not varieties that have originated from seed and termed florists’ flowers. 
Flowering specimens are necessary of flowering plants, and Fern fronds 
should bear spores. Specimens should arrive in a fresh state in firm boxes. 
Slightly damp moss, soft green grass or leaves form the best packing, dry 
wool the worst. Not more than six specimens can be named at once, 
and the numbers should be visible without untying the ligatures, 
it being often difficult to separate them when the paper is damp. 
(fl. A'.).—Leucadendron argenteum, the Silver Tree. (./. i7.).—-Acacia 
dealbata. (^Fragile ).—It is useless marking a parcel “ fragile,” unless 
care is taken in making it secure. This you do not appear to have done, 
as the box reached us in a smashed condition, with the labels torn from 
the specimens, rendering it impossible to distinguish them so that you 
would recognise them. The Dendrobium, however, is D. fimbriatum 
oculatum. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— February 24th. 
Supply of Grapes falling off, with prices improving. Trade steady, with hothouse 
goods in better demand. 
FRUIT. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
Apples, J-sieve. 
1 
0 to 4 
0 
Grapes, per lb. 
1 
6 
to 3 
0 
Apples, Canada and Nova 
Lemons, case . 
15 
0 
2 1 
0 
Scotia, per barrel .. 
12 
0 
25 
0 
Oranges, per 103 .. .. 
4 
0 
9 
0 
Cobs, Eeut, per 100 lbs. .. 
0 
U 
40 
0 
St. Michael Pines, each .. 
3 
0 
6 
0 
VEGETABLES. 
S. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
Beans, Kidney, per lb. 
0 
9 
to 1 
6 
Mustard and Cress, punnet 
0 
2 to 0 
0 
Beet, Red, dozen. 
1 
0 
0 
0 
Onions, bunch . 
0 
3 
0 
5 
Carrots, bunch. 
0 
4 
0 
0 
Parsley, dozen bunches .. 
2 
0 
3 
0 
•Cauliflowers, dozen .. 
2 
0 
3 
0 
Parsnips, dozen. 
1 
0 
0 
0 
Celery, bundle . 
1 
0 
1 
3 
Potatoes, per ewt. 
2 
0 
3 
0 
Coleworts, dozen bunches 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Salsafy, bundle. 
1 
0 
1 
6 
Cucumbers, dozen .. .. 
6 
0 
10 
0 
Scorzonera, bundle .. .. 
1 
6 
0 
0 
Endive, dozen .. , 
1 
3 
1 
6 
Seakale, per basket .. .. 
1 
6 
1 
9 
Herbs, bunch .. , 
0 
3 
0 
0 
Shallots, per lb. 
0 
3 
0 
0 
Leeks, bunch . 
0 
2 
0 
0 
Spinach, bushel. 
2 
0 
0 
0 
Lettuce, score 
0 
9 
1 
0 
Tomatoes, per lb. 
0 
4 
0 
G 
Mushrooms, punnet .. .. 
1 
6 
2 
0 
Turnips, bunch. 
0 
0 
0 
4 
PLANTS 
IN POTS. 
s. 
d. 
S. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
S. 
d. 
Arbor Vitm (golden) dozen 
6 
0 to 12 
0 
Perns, in variety, dozen .. 
4 
0 
t0l8 
0 
Azalea, per plant 
2 
6 
3 
6 
Ficus elastica, each .. 
1 
6 
7 
0 
Cineraria, per dozen .. .. 
8 
0 
12 
0 
Foliage plants, var., each.. 
2 
0 
10 
0 
Cyclamen, per dozen .. 
9 
0 
18 
0 
Genista, per dozen 
10 
0 
12 
0 
Daffodils, per dozen .. 
9 
0 
15 
0 
Hyacinths, per dozen.. 
6 
0 
9 
0 
Dracmna termiualis, dozen 
?4 
0 
42 
0 
Lily of the Valley, per pot 
1 
3 
2 
0 
„ viridis, dozen .. 
12 
0 
24 
0 
Marguerite Daisy, dozen .. 
G 
0 
li 
n 
Epiphyllum, per pot .. .. 
1 
6 
2 
6 
Myrtles, dozen. 
R 
0 
9 
0 
Erica gracilis, per dozen .. 
9 
0 
12 
0 
Palms, in var., each .. .. 
1 
0 
21 
0 
„ hyemalis, dozen 
12 
0 
18 
0 
Pelargoniums, scarlet, doz. 
4 
0 
6 
0 
Euonymus, var., dozen .. 
6 
0 
18 
0 
Solanum, per dozen .. .. 
9 
0 
12 
0 
Evergreens, in var., dozen 
6 
0 
21 
0 
Tulips, dozen pots .. .. 
6 
0 
8 
0 
AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES.—CUT FLOWERS. 
Orchid Blooms rather scarce in variety. 
s. 
d. 
S. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
Arum Lilies, 12 blooms .. 
3 
0 
to 6 
0 
Maidenhair Fern, dozen 
Azalea, dozen sprays ,. .. 
0 
6 
0 
9 
bunches . 
G 
0 
tol2 
0 
Bouvardias, bunch .. .. 
0 
6 
1 
0 
Mignonette, 12 bunches .. 
1 
G 
3 
0 
Carnations, 12 blooms 
2 
0 
3 
0 
Mimosa or Acacia (French) 
Christmas Roses, dozen 
per bunch. 
1 
6 
2 
0 
blooms . 
1 
0 
1 
6 
Narciss (French) dozen 
Clirysanthemums, dozen 
bunches . 
2 
0 
4 
0 
bunches. 
3 
0 
6 
0 
Pelargoniums, 12 bunches 
9 
0 
15 
0 
Cineraria, dozen bunches.. 
9 
0 
12 
0 
„ scarlet, 12 bunches 
6 
0 
9 
0 
Cyclamen, dozen blooms .. 
0 
3 
0 
6 
Poinsettia, dozen blooms.. 
3 
0 
6 
0 
Daffodils (double), dozen 
Primula (double) 12 sprays 
0 
6 
0 
9 
bunches . 
4 
0 
6 
0 
Roses (indoor), dozen 
1 
6 
3 
0 
Daffodils (single), dozen 
„ Red, per doz. blooms.. 
4 
0 
9 
0 
bunches . 
6 
0 
10 
0 
„ Tea, white, dozen .. 
1 
0 
3 
0 
Eucharis, dozen. 
4 
0 
6 
0 
„ Yellow, dozen .. .. 
2 
G 
6 
0 
Euphorbia jacquiniseflora 
Snowdrops, dozen bunches 
1 
6 
3 
0 
dozen sprays. 
3 
0 
4 
0 
Tuberoses, 12 blooms.. .. 
1 
0 
2 
0 
Epiphyllum, dozen blooms 
0 
6 
0 
9 
Tulips, dozen blooms.. 
1 
0 
2 
0 
Freesia, dozen bunches .. 
4 
0 
6 
u 
White Lilac (French) per 
Gardenias, per dozen 
4 
0 
8 
0 
bunch. 
5 
e 
6 
6 
Hyacinths, dozen spikes .. 
4 
0 
6 
0 
Violet Parme, French bchs. 
2 
0 
3 
0 
Hyacinths (French) dozen 
„ Czar 
1 
0 
2 
0 
bunches . 
1 
6 
3 
0 
„ „ small bunches 
2 
0 
2 
6 
Lilium longiflorum 12 
„ English, dozen 
blooms . 
6 
0 
9 
0 
bunches . 
1 
0 
1 
6 
Lilium (var.) dozen blooms 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Wallflowers (foreign), dozen 
Lily of the Valley 12 sprays 
0 
6 
1 
0 
bunches . 
2 
0 
3 
0 
Marguerites, 12 bunches .. 
3 
0 
4 
0 
FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. 
The efforts made by the Board of Agriculture to stamp out 
contagious disease among cattle appear likely to prove futile so 
long as the importation of live cattle continues. Three animals, 
part of a cargo brought recently from Denmark for sale at the 
Islington Cattle Market, were found to be affected with foot-and- 
mouth disease. Prompt measures were at once taken to prevent 
the spread of this most infectious disease, but twenty-four out of 
the cargo of sixty-eight Danish cattle had already been sold and 
taken from the market. They were traced to their respective 
destinations and slaughtered at once ; the remaining forty-four also 
being slaughtered. This has led to the prohibition of any removal 
of cattle from Chatham, Rochester, Colchester, Aldershot, and 
Shorncliffe, to which places the twenty-four cattle were traced. 
Thus all has been done that was possible, but the risk of a serious 
disaster has been so great that most stringent measures have been 
taken about the subsequent importation of live cattle. 
The effects of this disease are most serious and should be well 
understood. In no case is it fatal under careful treatment, but the 
damage done is practically of a permanent character, for it is very 
seldom that an affected animal is restored to full health and vigour. 
In dairy cows the milk dries up, and they are never again really 
good milkers, and it has been distinctly laid down by the best 
authorities that foot-and-mouth disease in a milking herd practi¬ 
cally destroys the milk-giving powers of every cow it attacks. In 
store or fattening beasts the diseased animals lose flesh very fast, 
hardly ever fattening well afterwards. In breeding herds it in¬ 
duces sterility, abortion, and barrenness. 
For the guidance of our readers we append some extracts from 
an account of the history and nature of this terrible disease by 
Professor J. Wortley Axe. Foot-and-mouth disease is a specific 
contagious affection, due, as is the case vith other infectious dis¬ 
orders, to a living organism or microbe ; the virus contained in 
the breath, the saliva, and the milk, and may be in other secretions 
and excretions of the body. It is so contagious that the germs 
may be carried from place to place by the wind, by means of 
litter, manure, water, anything or anyone. Human beings, dogs, 
rabbits, and rats have been known to carry it for long distances. 
The period of incubation— i.e., the time which elapses between 
the reception of the poison by the healthy animal and the appear- 
