March 31, 1892. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
249 
or it can be poured on the boards. We have seen thousands destroyed 
in manner indicated. 
Bulbs after I’lowerlng’—Tuberoses (^F. M .').—You had better 
keep the Hyacinths, Tulips, and Narcissus as long in the greenhouse after 
flowering as you can, so as to encourge the foliage, then place them for two 
or three weeks in your cold house, then plant out of doors, and shade 
and protect the foliage a little at first. The Tulips if so treated will 
bloom next season, and many of the Narcissus will force, but the 
Hyacinths would be better if planted in a flower bed instead of being 
forced again. Everything depends on giving no check to the foliage 
until it naturally turns yellow. Your Tuberoses would have done better 
if treated as Hyacinths. It was wrong to keep the soil so dry. If the 
pots had been covered over the dryness would have been prevented. If 
you could plunge the pots in a very slight hotbed, say about C5° to 70°, 
and cover the bulbs 2 or 3 inches deep, we have no doubt the bulbs 
would start strongly if they are in good condition. 
Keeping- Cats from Garden (^Suburban Amateur ').—We have 
seen no better plan than that described by Mr. W. Power in Garden- 
Worh a few years ago. He wrote :—“ It may interest some of your 
readers to know how I have succeeded in banishing the feline pest. I 
have read many methods of dealing with them, but have met with none 
so effectual as my own. Mine is an ordinary cottage garden, with a wooden 
fence about 7 feet high to the back forecourt, and thence an open paling 
to the end which skirts the L. B. & S. C. Railway. The Company have 
■erected a fence of old sleepers along their boundary. The wooden 
palings on each side of my garden were originally about 4 feet high, but 
my predecessor, with a view no doubt to keeping out Tabby and Tommy, 
made the fence 3 feet higher with lattice laths, also nailing a lath 
between each rail. But the cats mounted this and held their orgies all 
the more, as if to mark their contempt for such paltry obstacles. But I 
have been one too many for them. I bought half a dozen pantile laths, 
cut them up to form brackets, and fixed them at intervals of 8 feet all round 
the top of the fence. I then purchased a roll of 2-inch mesh wire netting, 
18 inches wide, and fixed it to the inclined side of the brackets, thus 
formine a sloping network round the entire garden, and I can safely 
say that it is an utter impossibility for a cat to enter my garden. Being 
set on the slant is the secret of it. Of course I have taken care that all 
other openings have been blocked up. The cost with me has been very 
little, but with larger gardens of course it would be more. I paid Is. 
for the laths, 4s. 3d. for the roll of wire (50 yards), and 3d. nails, 5s. 6d. 
altogether, which I do not in the least begrudge, as I have obtained the 
result I desired.” The engraving (fig. 41) represents the idea 
suggested. 
Stopping- Vine Shoots (JLady Gardener ).—The shoots may be 
stopped when the leaf at the joint at which the stopping is to take place 
is about the size of a shilling, and not later than when it is a quarter 
the size it will ultimately attain, and the points should be taken off 
just above that joint. If the space is limited stop one or two joints 
beyond the bunch, and pinch the laterals to one leaf as growth is made; 
but where there is room three or more joints may be left above the show 
of fruit, and the laterals may be allowed to extend until the space is 
occupied with foliage. No more growth, however, should be encouraged 
than can have full exposure to light. It does not answer to allow the 
shoots to run on and then cut them back to one or two joints above 
the bunches, because it gives a check unfavourable to the crop, whereas 
that requires steady supplies of sap. A temperature of 55° at night is 
suitable until the bunches show, when it should be raised to 60° at 
night, and 65° by day from fire heat, with 10° to 15° rise from suu 
heat. 
Average Iiongevlty of Peach and Nectarine Trees In Pots 
(ir. G. S .).—A great deal depends upon the variety and the management, 
also cropping of trees. We have seen trees complete wrecks from the 
latter cause—overcropping—within seven years ; others with beautiful 
heads at fifteen years ; and some quite healthy and fruitful at twenty- 
four years old ; but the heads had been renewed from time to time by 
cutting away worn-out branches and encouraging young, so as to keep 
them well furnished with healthy wood, for without young wood it is 
not possible to have fine fruit. What are called spurs are frequently 
young shoots pinched, and to maintain a supply of these, old growths 
require to be cut away yearly, so as to keep the trees well furnished 
with bearing wood right down to the base of the branches. This renewal 
of the heads, and the equally important renovation of the roots, keeps 
the trees healthy and fruitful indefinitely. Some have been grown in 
pots over forty years, but how many times the heads were renewed in 
that time, and how often they failed to produce full crops, we do not 
know. Fruit trees vary in their growth, even when not overcropped, 
but in the size of pot you mention, and with fair crops, the trees may 
last thirty years in profitable production. 
Names 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. 
(IF. Law .)—The shrub is Cornus mascula. (^C. P., Durham). —Den- 
drobium Pierardi. (A. 6'.) — The flowers you srad are florists’ 
varieties which have originated from seed, not distinct species, and, 
therefore, not within our conditions lor naming. Probably a nursery¬ 
man who grows a good collection might favour you with the names of 
the varieties. _ 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— March 30th. 
Business steady, with supplies, though moderate, quite equal to the demand. 
FRHIT. 
s. 
Apples, J-sieve.1 
Apples, Canada and Nb-va 
Scotia, per barrel .. .. 12 
Gobs, Kent, per 100 lbs. .. 0 
Grapes, per lb.2 
s. 
Beans, Kidney, per lb. .. 0 
Beet, Red, dozen.1 
Carrots, bunch.0 
Cauliflowers, dozen .. .. 2 
Celery, bundle . 1 
Coleworts, dozen bunches 2 
Cucumbers, dozen .. .. 4 
Endive, dozen .1 
Herbs, bunch .0 
Leeks, bunch .0 
Lettuce, score .0 
Mushrooms, punnet .. .. 1 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
0 to 
4 
0 
Lemois, case 
Oranges, per 100 , 
.. 4 
0 
25 
0 
St. Michael Pines, each 
.. 3 
0 
45 
0 
Strawberries, per lb. .. 
.. 8 
6 
4 
0 
VEGETABLES. 
d. s. d. 
9 to 2 0 
0 0 0 
4 0 0 
0 3 0 
0 13 
0 4 0 
0 6 0 
3 16 
3 0 0 
2 0 0 
9 10 
6 2 0 
Mustard and Cress, punnet 0 
Onions, bunch .0 
Parsley, dozen bunches .. 2 
Parsnips, dozen. 1 
Potatoes, per ewt.2 
Salsafy, bundle.1 
Seorzonera, bundle ., .. 1 
Seakale, per basket .. ., 1 
Shallots, per lb.0 
Spinach, bushel.2 
Tomatoes, per lb.0 
Turnips, bunch.0 
d. s. d. 
0to2; 0 
0 9 0 
0 6 0 
0 12 0 
d. s. d. 
2 to 0 0 
3 0 5 
0 3 0 
0 0 0 
0 3 0 
0 16 
6 on 
6 19 
3 0 0 
0 0 0 
4 0 6 
0 0 4 
AVER.'IGB WHOLESALE PRICES.—OUT FLOWERS. 
s. 
Arum Lilies, 12 blooms .. 2 
Bouvardias, bunch .. .. 0 
Carnations, 12 blooms .. 2 
Carnations, Malmaison, 12 
blooms .4 
Cineraria, dozen bunches.. 6 
Cyclamen, dozen blooms .. 0 
Daffodils (double), dozen 
bunches .2 
Daffodils (single),doz.bnch. 3 
Eucharis, dozen.4 
Euphorbia jacquini®flora 
dozen sprays.2 
Freesia, dozen bunches .. 2 
Gardenias, per dozen .. 3 
Hyacinths, dozen spikes .. 3 
Lilium longiflorum 12 
blooms .3 
Lilium (varims) dozen 
blooms .2 
Lily of the Valley, dozen 
sprays . 0 
Maidenhair Fern, dozen 
bunches .6 
Marguerites, 12 bunches .. 3 
s. 
Arbor Vitae (golden) dozen 6 
Azalea, per plant .. .. 2 
Cineraria, per dozen ., .. 8 
Cyclamen, per dozen . ■ .. 9 
Daffodils, per dozen .. .. 9 
Draciena terminalis, dozen 14 
„ viridis, dozen .. 12 
Erica various, per dozen .. 9 
. hvema'iis, dozen .. 12 
Euonymus.var., dozen .. 6 
Evergreens, in var., dozen 6 
Ferns, in variety, dozen .. 4 
Ficus elastica, ench .. .. 1 
Orchid Blooms in variety. 
d. s. d. 
0 to 5 0 
6 10 
0 3 0 
0 8 0 
0 9 0 
3 0 6 
0 4 0 
0 6 0 
0 6 0 
0 3 0 
0 4 u 
0 6 0 
0 4 0 
0 8 0 
0 4 0 
6 0 10 
0 12 0 
0 4 0 
s. 
Mignonette, 12 bunches .. 1 
Mimosa or Acacia (French) 
per bunch.1 
Narclss (French) dozen 
bunches . • • 2 
Narciss (various), Scilly 
dozen bunches.2 
Pelargoniums, 12 bunches 9 
„ scarlet, 12 bunches 4 
Primula (double) 12 sprays 0 
Roses (indoor), dozen .. 1 
„ Red, per doz. blooms.. 4 
„ Tea, white, dozen .. 1 
„ Yellow, dozen .. .. 2 
Snowdrops, dozen bunches 1 
Tuberoses, 12 blooms.. .. 1 
Tulips, dozen blooms.. .. 0 
White Lilac (French) per 
bunch.4 
Violet Parme, French bchs. 2 
„ Czar „ „ 1 
„ „ small bunches 1 
„ English, doz. bunch. 1 
Wallflowers (foreign),dozen 
bunches .2 
d. 3. d. 
6 to 3 0 
6 2 0 
0 4 0 
0 4 0 
0 1-2 0 
0 6 0 
6 0 9 
6 3 0 
0 6 0 
0 3 0 
6 6 0 
6 2 0 
0 2 0 
6 10 
0 6 0 
0 3 0 
0 2 0 
6 2 0 
0 16 
0 3 0 
PLAKT3 
d. s. d. 
0 to 12 0 
0 3 0 
0 10 0 
0 18 0 
0 12 0 
0 42 0 
0 24 0 
0 12 0 
0 18 0 
0 18 0 
0 21 0 
0 18 0 
6 7 0 
IN POTS. 
s. d. s. 
Foliage plants, var., each.. 2 0 to 10 
Genista, per dozen .. .. 9 0 12 
Hyacinths, per dozen.. .. 6 0 9 
Lily of the Valley, per pot 1 0 1 
Lycopodiums, per dozen ..30 4 
Marguerite Daisy, dozen ..60 1J 
Myrtles, dozen.6 0 9 
Palms, in var., each .. .. 1 0 21 
„ (specimens) .. ..21 0 63 
Pelargoniums, scarlet, doz. 4 0. 6 
Solanum, per dozen .. .. 9 0 1-2 
Spirasa, per dozen .... 8 0 12 
Tttlips, dozen pots .... 6 0 8 
d 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
u 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
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