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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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four years. Employ a compost of two parts fibry loam, one part char¬ 
coal, and one part silver sand and sheep droppings. The loam must be 
broken into pieces about the size of pigeon’s eggs, the charcoal the same ; 
when all has been turned two or three times it should then be run 
through a half-inch riddle, and what remains in the riddle place in the 
pots. In potting the soil should be rammed very firmly. In the stove they 
must be close to the glass, but shaded from the direct rays of the sun, 
and they should receive a bountiful supply of water in the summer both 
from the watering can and the syringe. Even during the winter the 
syringe must be more freely employed than for most stove plants, 
particularly so if the stove in which they are placed is not furnished 
with vapour appliances. They can be placed in a cool conservatory 
when in flower, and supplied with a little weak liquid manure ; it pro¬ 
longs their flowering season, and also imparts a much finer waxy 
appearance to the flowers—moreover, they last much longer in j. cut 
state when subjected to this treatment. 
be kept supplied with water as needed to piomote healthy growth, 
giving weak liquid manure occasionally when the pots are crowded with 
roots and the flowers are forming freely. 
N'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. 
(^G. E.'). —2, Sisyrinchium striatum ; the rest were insufficient speci¬ 
mens, being impossible to identify, and were, moreover, badly packed, 
(i'l i>.).—1, Saxifraga Camposi; 2, S. MacNabiana. (i. d/.).—Adiantum 
amabile. (^D. B .'),—Alocasia metallica. 
Souvenir de la iVXalmalson Carnations (i. T. P .').—With 
very light adequately heated low span-roof houses, or pits for the 
plants in winter and spring, striking stout cuttings periodically, and 
growing the plants well, blooms may be had more or less plentifully 
throughout the year, but they cannot be relied on in the absence of 
adequate means for producing them, such as an ordinary greenhouse 
crowded with a variety of other plants that require different treatment. 
The plants may be grown in cool frames, or even in the open air, in the 
summer, and will then produce flower stems and buds that will expand 
in a very light house having a genial temperature between 50° and 60°. 
Established plants will flower from the present time till the autumn, 
and strong cuttings rooted now will, if well grown, flower in the 
winter and spring. A supply of blooms cannot be had all the year 
round, from, say, a dozen plants all in the same stage of development. 
Carnations are best produced in the winter in houses that are practically 
devoted to the culture of the plants, and it is in this respect that growers 
of flowers for market have the advantage over the majority of private 
gardeners and amateurs, whose glass accommodation is limited, and 
who have to grow a great variety of plants together in the best way 
they can. It does not follow, then, that because blooms of the Carnation 
in question can be had all the year round that it is in the power of all 
cultivators to produce them. 
Cephalotus follioularls (A . D. F ,').—This pretty and interesting 
little plant is a native of Australia, where it was first discovered by 
Labillardiere, who described and figured it ; subsequently Mr. Robert 
Brown also found a specimen during his voyage with Captain Flinders. 
It was first cultivated in England about 1822, and is now by no means a 
rarity. The plant is remarkable in several ways, for it is the only 
species of the genus, and is considered sufficiently distinct to constitute 
a natural order (allied to the Polygonums), and we thus have the 
pecularity of a family composed of one individual. In the leaves, too, 
we find another singular feature—some are flat and elliptical in form, 
while others are converted into extremely neat and pretty little pitchers 
or ascidia, somewhat resembling those of Nepenthes, only much smaller. 
They are dark green with a purplish shading, and pink veins, and are 
furnished with small lids, the mouth of the pitcher being bordered with 
a dark-coloured furrowed ring. This Cephalotus is an inhabitant of 
marshy land ; it should therefore be provided with a soil composed of 
peat and live sphagnum moss, the pot being well drained and placed in 
a shallow pan containing water. If the plant is grown in a pan, that 
should be placed inside another larger one, the space being filled with 
fine Derbyshire spar and kept constantly moist. In either case a 
bellglass should be placed over the plant. The best position and 
temperature is the cool end of the stove or Orchid house, where 
with careful attention in supplying the requisite moisture the plant 
will grow freely. 
Fuchsias and Pelargoniums for Autumn (^Novice ').—All the 
varieties mentioned in your letter are suitable. Grow the Fuchsias 
in unheated frames in a shaded position, removing the lights on favour¬ 
able occasions from now to September, and especially at night for the 
benefit of the night dew; indeed, the plants will only require protection 
from sun and heavy rains. Some of the finest we have seen were grown 
outdoors during July and August, the pots partially plunged in ashes on 
the north side of a wall. The plants must be kept growing freely, 
repotting them as may be needed to ensure this, and watering and 
syringing them regularly. If the wood is allowed to get hard you 
cannot well retard them. Pinch the shoots as they extend 4 or 
5 inches, and permit no flowers to expand till September. The plants 
must never be root-bound until they are placed in the pots in which 
they are intended to flower, or the wood will ripen prematurely. When 
the plants are near flowering clear liquid manure, such as soot water, 
will be very beneficial. The young plants to which you allude are 
quite amenable to the treatment indicated, and old plants that flower 
in July, if pruned slightly, repotted, and grown in the same manner, 
will flower again in the autumn. Zonal Pelargoniums grown practically 
in the same way, only in a sunny position, will flower equally well late 
in the season, young plants producing the finest trusses, old ones affording 
them the most freely but smaller. Plants that flowered in June, then 
cut down, and a fortnight afterwards shaken out and repotted, will 
flower freely in the autumn. Young plants may be topped occasionally 
till the middle of August, and then have the flower buds picked off if 
earlier than you wish them. They must not be starved at any time, but 
OOVENT GARDEN MARKET.— Juke 21st. 
Heavy supplies, with indoor fruit lower 
FRUIT. 
s. d. s. d. 
Apples, half sieve .. .. 0 0 to 0 0 
„ Tasmanian,per case 6 0 12 0 
„ Nova Scotia, per 
barrel. 00 00 
Cherries, half sieve ., .. 5 0 8 6 
Gooseberries, half sieve ..16 20 
Grapes per lb. 
Uemons, case .. .. 
Oranges, per 100 
Peaches, per doz. 
St. Michael Pines, each 
Strawberries, per lb... 
s. 
1 
10 
4 
1 
2 
0 
d. 8. d. 
6 to 2 6 
0 15 0 
0 9 0 
6 8 0 
0 5 0 
4 10 
VEGETABLES. 
3. d. 
Asparagus, per bundle .. 16 
Beans, Kidney, per lb. ..06 
Beet, Red, dozen.1 0 
Carrots, bunch.0 4 
Cauliflowers, dozen .. .. 2 0 
Celery, bundle. 1 0 
Ooleworts, dozen bunches 2 0 
Cucumbers, dozen .. .. 1 6 
Endive, dozen . 1 3 
Herbs, bunch .. .. .. 0 3 
Leeks, bunch .0 2 
Lettuce, dozen.0 9 
Mushrooms, punnet .. .. 0 9 
s. d. 
to 4 0 
1 0 
0 0 
0 0 
3 0 
1 
4 
3 
1 
0 
0 
1 0 
1 0 
s. d. 3. d, 
Mustard and Cress, punnet 0 2 to 0 0 
Onions, bunch .0 3 
Parsley, dozen bunches .. 2 0 
Parsnips, dozen.1 0 
Potatoes, per cwt. 
„ new 
Salsafy, bundle .. 
Scorzonera, bundle 
Seakale, per basket 
Shallots, per lb. .. 
Spinach, bushel .. .. .. 3 0 
Tomatoes, per lb.0 4 
Turnips, bunch.0 0 
0 
3 
0 
5 
10 
1 
0 0 
0 3 
AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES.—OUT FLOWERS. 
Orchid Blooms in variety. 
Bouvardias, bunch .. 
Calceolaria, dozen bunches 
Carnations, 12 blooms 
Carnations, dozen bunches 
Cornflower, dozen bunches. 
Eucharis, dozen.3 
Gardenias, per dozen 
Iris, various, doz. bunches 
Lilium candidum, dozen 
blooms . 
Lilium longiflorum 12 
blooms . 
Maidenhair Pern, dozen 
Marguerites, 12 bunches ,, 
Arbor Vitae (golden) dozen 
Arum Lilies, per dozen 
Aspidistra, per dozen 
Aspidistra, specimen plant 
Calceolaria, per dozen 
Dracaena terminalis, doi 
„ viridis, dozen 
Euonymus, var., dozen 
Evergreens, in var., dozen 
Ferns, in variety, dozen .. 
Ferns (small) pr r hundred 
Ficus elastica, each .. 
Foliage plants, var., each.. 
Fuchsia, per dozen ., .. 
Ivy Geraniums.4 
0 0 
0 0 
0 0 
3 6 
0 8 
0 0 
s. 
d. 
S. 
d 
8. 
d. 
S. 
d. 
1 
6 to 3 
0 
Migaouette, 12 bunches .. 3 
0 to 6 
0 
0 
6 
1 
0 
Myosotis, dozen bunches .. 1 
6 
3 
0 
4 
0 
6 
0 
Orchids, per dozen blooms 3 
0 
12 
6 
1 
0 
3 
0 
Pelargoniums, 12 bunches 6 
0 
9 
0 
3 
0 
6 
0 
Pelargoniums, scarlet, doz. 
2 
0 
3 
0 
bunches .3 
0 
6 
0 
3 
0 
4 
0 
Pinks, dozen bunches .... 1 
6 
4 
0 
1 
0 
3 
0 
Primula (double; 12 sprays 0 
9 
1 
0 
6 
0 
12 
0 
Pyrethrum, dozen bunches 2 
0 
6 
0 
Roses (indoor), dozen .. 0 
6 
1 
6 
0 
6 
1 
0 
„ Red, doz. bunches .. 4 
0 
8 
0 
„ Tea, white, dozen .. 1 
0 
2 
0 
2 
0 
3 
0 
„ Yellow, dozen .. .. 2 
0 
4 
0 
Spir®a, dozen bunches ., 3 
0 
6 
0 
4 
0 
6 
0 
Sweet Sultan, doz. bunches 3 
0 
4 
0 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Tuberoses, 12 blooms.. .. 0 
6 
1 
0 
PLANTS 
IN POTS. 
s« 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
6 
Oto 12 
0 
Lilium Harrissi, per dozen 12 
0 to 24 
0 
8 
0 
12 
0 
Lobelia, per doz.4 
0 
6 
0 
18 
0 
36 
0 
Lycopodiums, per dozen .. 3 
0 
4 
0 
5 
0 
10 
6 
Marguerite Daisy, dozen .. 6 
0 
12 
0 
4 
0 
6 
0 
Mignonette, per doz. 4 
0 
8 
0 
18 
0 
42 
0 
Musk, per dozen.2 
0 
4 
0 
9 
0 
24 
0 
Myrtles, dozen.6 
0 
9 
0 
12 
0 
24 
0 
Nasturtiums, per dozen .. 4 
0 
6 
0 
6 
0 
18 
0 
Palms, in var., each .. .. 1 
0 
15 
0 
6 
0 
24 
0 
„ (specimens) .. ..21 
0 
63 
0 
4 
0 
18 
0 
Pelargoniums, per dozen.. 8 
0 
15 
0 
5 
0 
8 
0 
„ scarlet,per dozen.. 4 
0 
6 
0 
1 
6 
7 
6 
Petunia, per dozen .. .. 6 
0 
9 
0 
2 
0 
10 
0 
„ single, in boxes .. 1 
6 
3 
0 
6 
0 
12 
0 
Saxifrage .12 
0 
18 
0 
4 
0 
8 
0 
Spiraea, per dozen .. .. 6 
0 
12 
0 
Bedding plants in variety. 
Seed Stands at Chester. —At the Royal Agricultural Society’s 
Show at Chester, which closes on Friday night, Messrs. E. Webb & Sons 
have a very large stand, in which their choicest goods are well displayed, 
the enormous Swedes, Mangolds, white-fleshed and yellow-fleshed 
Turnips, prize Wheat and Barley exhibited by the firm attracting large 
crowds of practical agriculturists. Next to the Wordsley firm came 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons of Reading, whose specialties of Grasses, roots, 
cereals, and various agricultural, horticultural, and floricultural produce 
attracted a constant stream of visitors. Dicksons (Limited), Chester, 
too, have a grand display, their collection of well-known Grasses, 
Clovers, Oats, Barley, Wheat, and roots being visited by thousands of 
visitors, the attendants being kept as busy as bees. Messrs. James 
Carter & Co. have also a large collection of their various and well-known 
goods on view. 
