Januiry 22, 18fl. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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with a jet black felt, in consequence of the growth either of an 
Antennaria or the spawn of Capnodium Citri, which seems to increase 
greatly after the fruit is packed up for the market.” It may be 
prevented by the application of a fungicide, which we suspect you 
know how to prepare and apply. 
Chimonanthus fragrans in Pots {S.D.'). —We have flowered the 
Chimonanthus in a pot, but it requires a very large one, good loam, 
with a little peat, plenty of water in summer, and a warm sunny place 
in the autumn, and the water to be reduced then to harden the wood. 
It requires much the same culture as a spurred Currant tree would do, 
only that the young stubby shoots are what must be looked after and 
prepared for winter. If a plant has several stems now, and they are 
bristling with short shoots, these may all be cut in to a bud in the end 
of March. Ere long they will push. If the shoots come strong pinch 
them back, so as to obtain two instead of one. If the shoots produced 
are of the size of from a crowquill to a goosequill they will be quite 
strong enough, and if these side shoots grow longer than from 8 to 
10 inches nip out the points. If the shoots are too thick to obtain 
light enough thin them out. Give all the heat possible out of doors in 
autumn, and as much dryness as the plants will stand, to ripen the 
shoots. If the plants must stand out in winter protect the roots with 
litter. As the soil becomes damp and the weather is mild the buds will 
expand. When done flowering prune as before. 
Constructing an Ice-stack (J. Prince ).—The following is the 
plan for which you ask as adopted by the late Mr. Beaton. “ It must 
be made sugar-loaf fashion. When the site is on level ground, the 
carts must be emptied so near to the cone that the ice when broken 
can be conveniently thrown on with shovels, and then two or even 
three places round the cone may be used for breaking the ice ; but 
the easiest way is, when the ground or site is on the face of a bank, 
or at the bottom of a gravel or chalk pit, as in that way the carts 
may be emptied on the top of the bank, the ice broken there, and 
then thrown down the bank, so as to empty itself on the cone at once. 
At Shrubland a natural hollow was chosen for the site of the iceberg, 
and the bank on one side made steep ; and at 6 feet from the bottom 
of the bank was the outside of the cone when it was finished. Some 
such space is necessary between the bank and the ice, to get rid of 
rain or snow-water running down the bank before it gets to the ice. 
At the bottom of the bank, and half way up, posts were let into the 
ground in pairs, 4 feet apart, and braced together with a strong piece 
of timber set across, as builders do their scaffolding ; then the garden 
planks for wheeling on were made into a long trough, inclining from 
the top of the bank, and resting on those cross pieces ; the bottom of 
the trough being carried out to near the centre of the cone, and far 
above it; the ice was broken on a platform of boards at the top of 
the bank, and thrown into the inclined trough, and it slid down just 
over the cone. A set of men were put on the cone to distribute the 
broken ice as it fell from the spout, and one of them was the master 
builder : he saw the cone brought up regularly ; and when the ice 
reached the height of the bottom of the spout, the planks were re¬ 
arranged so as to allow room for throwing off the ice as fast as it came 
down ; and finally, when the cone was finished into a sharp point, the 
whole was left till the first frost after mild or thawing weather. And 
the reason is this : As soon as it turns to rain or thaw, the outside of 
the iceberg begins to melt a little, and sometimes it remains so for three 
weeks, but on the first hard frosty night the whole is frozen over again, 
and the outside of the cone is then as if it were one solid face of rugged 
ice ; then is the time to thatch it with good long straw, and about the 
same thickness as you would a Wheat or Barley stack, and no more, 
provided you have cheaper materials to give it a good thick covering 
afterwards. At Shrubland they used large quantities of leaves, and 
nothing else, over the straw ; throwing it on at interval.«, so that the 
leaves did not heat by putting too many on at once. The depth of 
covering over the straw was sometimes twice as much as in other 
seasons, according to the quantity of leaves on hand, but 2 feet in 
thickness does not preserve the ice better than 1 foot. The ice was 
never uncovered by high winds blowing off the leaves, and never was 
anything put on or against them to keep them down. Perfect exemption 
from wet or damp is necessary for the bottom of an ice-heap ; and a 
few pieces of rough wood, put on such a place, and covered with brush¬ 
wood about 1 foot, and that again covered with G inches of straw, is 
the way. The brushwood and straw are soon compressed into a few 
inches in thickness by the weight of the ice ; and as the ice melts, 
the water passes through, without hindrance, into cross open drains 
previously made at bottom.” 
names of Trults. —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. {J. L. Ilohbes ).—The Apple is Court of Wick. (J". P.).— 
1, Dumelow’s Seedling; 2, Bedfordshire Foundling; 3, Alfriston ; 4, 
Scarlet Nonpareil ; 5, Wyken Pippin ; G, Norfolk Beefing. (P. Jacli- 
son). —1, Swan’s Egg; 2, Nec Plus Meuris ; 3, Beurr6 Ranee. 4, Easter 
Beurrd. (F. T ).—The Grape is the Black Alicante, and has no com¬ 
parison in quality with Mrs. Pince. 
names of Plants, —We only undertake to name species of plants, 
not varieties that have originated from seed and termed floiists’ flowers. 
Flowering specimens are necessary of flowering plants, an! 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 onccj 
and the numbers should be visible without untying the ligatures, 
it being often difficult to separate them when the paper is damp. 
(_S. P.). —1, Cypripedium hirsutissimum ; 2, Cypripedium insigne 
Maulei ; 3, Cypripedium venustum ; 4, Lmlia albida ; 5, Lmlia anceps. 
(J. M. T.). —1, Nephrodium molle ; 2, Asplenium cicutarium ; 3, 
Lomaria discolor ; 4, OJontoglossum Rossi majus. (^Guernsey ).— 
ffischynanthus fulgens. 
COVBNT GARDEN MARKET.— January 21st. 
The market is unaltered. 
VEGETABLES. 
8. 
d. 
B. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
8. 
Si- 
Artichokes, dozen .. .. 
0 
0 
to 0 
0 
Mushrooms, punnet 
• • 
1 
6 
to 3 
0 
Beans, Kidney, per lb. .. 
0 
9 
1 
0 
Mustard & Cress, punnet 
0 
3 
0 
0- 
Beet, Red, dozen .. .. 
1 
0 
0 
0 
Onions, bushel.. .. 
8 
0 
4 
0. 
Brussels Sprouts, J sieve 
2 
6 
3 
0 
Parsley, dozen bunches 
a 
0 
8 
• 
Cabbage, dozen .. .. 
1 
6 
0 
0 
Parsnips, dozen .. 
• • 
1 
0 
0 
0 
Carrots, bunch .. .. 
0 
4 
0 
0 
Potatoes, per cwt. .. 
• • 
8 
0 
4 
0 
Cauliflowers, dozen.. .. 
3 
0 
4 
0 
Rhubarb, bundle .. 
• • 
0 
a 
0 
0- 
Celery, bundle. 
1 
0 
1 
8 
Salsafy, bundle .. 
• • 
1 
0 
1 
8 
Coleworts, doz. bunohea 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Scorzonera, bundle .. 
• • 
1 
6 
0 
A 
Cucumbers, doz. 
2 
0 
8 
6 
Seakale, per bkt. .. 
• • 
2 
0 
2 
e. 
Endive, dozen. 
1 
0 
0 
0 
ShaUots, per lb. .. 
• • 
s 
0 
u 
Herbs, bunch. 
0 
2 
0 
0 
Spinach, bushel 
• • 
5 
0 
6 
a 
Leeks, bunch. 
0 
3 
0 
0 
Tomatoes, per lb. .. 
• • 
0 
4 
w 
8 
Lettuce, dozen. 
0 
9 
1 
S 
Turnips, bunch .. 
• • 
0 
0 
0 
4> 
FRUIT. 
B. 
d. 
R. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
Apples, ^ sieve. 
1 
6 
to 6 
0 
Lemons, case .. .. 
15 0 to 24 
0- 
„ Nova Scotia and 
Melons, each .. .. 
0 
0 
0 
(y 
Canada, per barrel 15 
0 
26 
0 
Oranges, per 100 .. 
• « 
4 
0 
9 
0 
Grapes, per lb. 
0 
9 
3 
0 
St. Michael Pines, each.. 
3 
0 
6 
0 
Kentish Cobs „ 
55 
0 
63 
0 
Strawberries, per lb. 
• • 
0 
0 
0 
O' 
AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES. 
CUT FLOWERS. 
B. 
d. 
R. d. 
B. 
d. 
B. 
ft 
Arum LUies, 12 blooms .. 
4 
0 to 12 0 
Mimosa (Fnch.,) per bnch 
0 
0 to 2 
0 
Bouvardias, bunch .. 
0 
6 
1 6 
Naroiss (Paper - white), 
Carnations, 12 blooms .. 
1 
0 
2 6 
French, doz. bunches .. 
12 0 
18 
ff- 
Chrysanthemum, 11 blms. 
1 
0 
3 0 
Do. Do. English, 
., 12 bunches 
3 
0 
9 0 
per bunch . 
1 
a 
1 
6 
Epiphyllum, doz. blooms 
0 
4 
0 6 
Pelargoniums, 12 trusses 
1 
0 
1 
6: 
Encharis, dozen .. .. 
8 
0 
6 0 
„ scarlet, 12 bnchs 
6 
0 
9 
0 
Gardenias, each. .. • • 
2 
0 
3 0 
Poinsettia, dozen blooms 
3 
0 
9 
0 
Hyacinths (Roman), doz. 
Primula(double)12 sprays 
0 
6 
1 
0< 
sprays . 
0 
6 
1 6 
Roses (indoor), dozen .. 
0 
6 
1 
6. 
Lapageria, 12 blooms 
2 
0 
4 0 
„ Red, 12 bis. (Fnch.) 
1 
0 
9 
0 
Lilac (French') per bunch 
6 
0 
9 0 
„ Tea, white, dozen.. 
1 
0 
8- 0;' 
„ longiflorum,12 blms. 
4 
0 
6 0 
„ Yellow, dozen .. 
2 
6 
15 
O’ 
LRy of the Valley, dozen 
Tuberoses, 12 blooms .. 
0 
4 
0 
pi 
sprays . 
1 
8 
1 6 
Tulips, per dozen .. .. 
1 
0 
3 
0’ 
Maidenhair Fern, dozen 
Violets (Parme), per bch. 
6 
6 
9 
O' 
bunches. 
4 
0 
9 0 
„ (dark), per bch... 
2 
0 
8 
6 
Marguerites, 12 bunches 
2 
0 
« 0 
„ (English), doz.bnch 
1 
0 
2' 
0' 
Mignonette, 12 bunches* • 
3 
0 
6 0 
Wallflower, doz. bunches 
3 
0 
6. 
0. 
PLANTS IN POTS. 
B. 
d. 
8. d. 
r. 
d. 
r. 
a; 
Aralia Sieboldi, dozen .. 
6 
0 to 12 0 
Hydrangea, doz. pots .. 
9 
Oto 18 
Cv 
Arbor Vitae (golden) doz. 
6 
0 
8 0 
LRium lancifolium, doz. 
0 
0 
0 
u 
Chrysanthemum, per doz. 
6 
0 
24 0 
„ longiflorum. doz. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Climbing Plants, various. 
Lily of the VaUey, per pot 
4 
0 
6 
0 
dozen pots. 
4 
0 
9 0 
Lobelia, per doz. 
0 
0 
0 
O’ 
Dracaena terminalis, doz. 24 
0 
42 0 
Marguerite Daisy, dozen 
s 
e 
12 
0 
,, viridis, dozen .. 
12 
0 
24 0 
Mignonette, per dozen • • 
4 
0 
6 
a 
Epiphyllum, per dozen.. 
12 
0 
80 0 
Musk, per dozen .. .. 
0 
0 
0 
0- 
Erica, various, dozen 
12 
0 
18 0 
Myrtles, dozen. 
6 
0 
13 
0 
Euonymus, var., dozen .. 
6 
0 
18 0 
Nasturtiums, dozen pots 
0 
0 
0 
0- 
Evergreens, in var., dozen 
6 
0 
24 0 
Palms, in var., each.. .. 
2 
6 
21 
0 
Ferns, in variety, dozen.. 
4 
0 
18 0 
Pelargoniums, per doz, .. 
0 
0 
0 
(V 
Ficus elastica, each.. .. 
1 
6 
7 0 
Poinsettia, per doz. 
9 
Q 
15 
0 
Foliage plants, var., each 
3 
0 
10 0 
Rhodanthe, per dozen .. 
0 
0 
0 
0) 
Fuchsia, per doz. 
0 
0 
0 0 
Stocks, per doz. 
0 
0 
0 
Geraniums Scarlet, p. doz. 
2 
0 
6 0 
Tropseolums, various, per 
Hyacinths (Roman), doz. 
- 
dozen . 
0 
0 
pots. 
8 
0 
10 0 
Tulips, dozen pots .. .. 
8 
0 
12' 
INFORMATION FOR EMIGRANTS. 
Our advice has occasionally been sought by would-be emigrants 
as to the best country to go to in search of that prosperity which 
they had failed to find here, and we have invariably striven to- 
