November 14, 1SS9. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
433 
Names cf 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. 
((?. S. R.'). —1, Apparently a Euphorbia like E. Cyparissias ; 2, Pyre- 
thrum uliginosum, quite distinct from Chrysanthemum leucanthemum ; 
3, Centranthus ruber ; 4, Nephrolepis exaltata ; 5, We cannot recognise 
so small a scrap. (IF. C.~). —1, Insufficient without spores ; 2, Asplenium 
formosum ; 3, Adiantum trapeziforme ; 4, G-ymnogramma chrysophylla ; 
5, Polypodium aureum ; 6, Adiantum macrophyllum. 
Names of Fruits.— 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. (TF. S.~). —1, Perhaps local; 2, Duke of Devonshire; 
3, Waltham Abbey Seedling; 4, Golden Winter Pearmain. QH. I 1 .').— 
1, Alfriston ; 2, Out of character ; 3, Cats-head ; 4, Dutch Mignonne ; 
5, Annie Elizabeth; 6, Schoolmaster. (A. M. M .~).—The Pear you send 
is probably Beurrd Chairgeau. It was raised at Nantes, and distributed 
by M. de Jonghe of Brussels. We cannot possibly determine to whom 
some parcels of fruit belong. When several collections of six and of 
three fruits arrive, without the names of the senders in the boxes, letters 
by post do not remove the difficulty of identification. All the fruits 
are named, that can be named, which reached us before Monday of the 
present week. 
*** In consequence of Dr. Hogg's absence from London fruit sent to 
this office cannot be named by him during the gore sent month. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Dicksons & Co., 1, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh.— Catalogue of Her¬ 
baceous Alpine and Hardy Plants. 
Charles Van Geert, Antwerp .—Catalogue of Plants. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. —November 13th. 
Market very quiet, with good supplies. Prices unaltered. 
FRUIT. 
e. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
0. 
a. 
8. a. 
Apples, J sieve. 
a 
0 to 7 
0 
Oranges, per 100 
4 
0 
to 9 
0 
„ Neva Scotia and 
Peaches, dozen. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Canada, per barrel 15 
0 
25 
0 
Plums, £-sieve. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Uherriee, $ sieve ., .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Red Currants, per 4-sieve 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Grapes, per ft. 
0 
6 
3 
0 
Black „ „ 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Lemons, case .. .. .» 
10 
0 
15 
0 
St, Michael Pines, each 
2 
0 
6 
0 
VEGETABLES. 
B, 
d. 
s. 
d. 
S. 
a. 
B. 
a. 
Artichokes, dozen .. 
4 
0 to 5 
0 
Lettuce, dozen .. 
0 
9 
to 1 
s 
Asparagus,bundle.. .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Mushrooms, punnet 
1 
8 
2 
0 
Beans, Kidney, per lb. .. 
0 
2 
0 
0 
Mustard & Cress, punnet 
0 
a 
0 
0 
Beet, Red, dozen .. .. 
1 
0 
2 
0 
Onions, bushel .. .. 
3 
0 
4 
0 
Broccoli, bundle .. .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Parsley, dozen bunches 
3 
0 
S 
0 
Brussels Sprouts, £ sieve 
1 
6 
2 
0 
Parsnips, dozen .. .. 
i 
0 
0 
0 
Cabbage, dozen .. .. 
1 
6 
0 
0 
Potatoes, per cwt. 
4 
0 
8 
0 
Capsicums, per 100 .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
„ Kidney, per cwt. 
4 
0 
7 
0 
Carrots, bunch .. .. 
0 
4 
0 
0 
Rhubarb, bundle .. .. 
0 
a 
0 
0 
Cauliflowers, dozen 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Salsify, bundle .. .. 
1 
0 
1 
e 
Celery, bundle .. .. 
1 
0 
1 
8 
Seorzonera, bundlo .. 
1 
6 
0 
0 
Coleworts, dcz. bunches 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Shallots, per ft . .. .. 
0 
8 
0 
0 
Cucumbers, each .. , 
0 
s 
0 
6 
Spinach, bushel .. 
1 
0 
2 
0 
Endive, dozen .» ., e c 
1 
0 
0 
0 
Tomatoes, per ft. .. ,, 
0 
4 
0 
6 
Hero?, bunch .. .. 
0 
2 
0 
0 
Turnips, bunch .. .. 
0 
4 
0 
0 
Leeks,bunch .. .. 
0 
s 
0 
0 
CUT FLOWERS; 
B. 
d. 
9. 
a. 
s. 
d. 
0. 
d. 
Arum Lilies, 12 blooms . „ 
8 
0 to 6 
0 
Mignonette, 12 bunches 
3 
0 
to 4 
0 
Asters, per bunch, French 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Myosotis or Forgetmenot3 
„ dozen, English 
4 
0 
8 
0 
doz. bunches 
1 
6 
s 
0 
Bouvardias, bunch .. .. 
0 
6 
1 
0 
Pansies,dozen bundles .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Camelliap, dozen blooms 
2 
0 
6 
0 
Pelargoniums, 12 trasses 
0 
9 
1 
0 
Carnations, 12 blooms .. 
i 
0 
8 
0 
», scarlet, 12 bunches 
3 
0 
6 
0 
Chrysanthemums, dozen 
Pinks (various) 12 buchs. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
blooms. 
i 
0 
8 
0 
Poppies, various, 12 bnch3 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Chrysanthemums, dozen 
Roses (indoor), dozen .. 
0 
8 
1 
6 
bunches. 
3 
0 
8 
0 
„ Mixed, doz. bunches 
3 
0 
6 
0 
Clove Carnations, 12 bnchs 
0 
0 
0 
0 
„ Bed, dozen bunohes 
8 
0 
12 
0 
Dahlias, dozt n bunches .. 
2 
0 
6 
0 
„ „ 12 blooms .. 
0 
9 
1 
6 
Eucharis, dozen .. .. 
8 
0 
6 
0 
„ Tea, white, dozen.. 
1 
0 
8 
0 
Gardenias, 12 blooms •• 
8 
0 
5 
0 
„ Yellow . 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Gladioli, per bunch.. .. 
0 
6 
i 
8 
„ French,per bnneh.. 
3 
0 
3 
8 
Gladiolus brc-nchleyensis, 
Spiraea, dozen bunches .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
dozen sprays. 
1 
0 
i 
< 
Stephanotis, doz. sprays 
8 
0 
6 
0 
Lapageria, 12 blooms .. 
1 
0 
3 
6 
Sweet Peas, doz. bunches 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Lavender, dc zen bunches 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Sweet Sultan, ,, 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Lilium, various. 12 blms 
3 
0 
4 
0 
Tuberoses, 12 blooms .. 
0 
6 
1 
0 
Lilium longiflorum, 12 
Violets, dozen bunches .. 
1 
0 
2 
0 
blooms. 
S 
0 
8 
0 
„ French, per bunch 
1 
s 
2 
0 
Maidenhair Fern, doz. 
,. Parme, per bunch 
3 
0 
4 
0 
bunches. 
4 
0 
9 
0 
White Lilac, Fr., per bnch 
6 
0 
7 
0 
Marguerites, 12 bunches 
3 
0 
6 
0 
PLANTS IN POTSi 
8. 
a. 
E. 
d. 
B. 
d. 
B. 
d. 
Aralia Sieboldi, dozen .. 
6 
0 to 12 
0 
Ficus elastica, each 
l 
6 to 7 
0 
Arum Lilies, per dozen .. 
9 
0 
12 
0 
Foliage plants, var., each 
2 
0 
10 
0 
Arbor vitse(golden,i dozen 
8 
0 
24 
0 
Fuchsia, per dozen.. .. 
3 
0 
9 
O 
Asters, 12 pots. 
3 
0 
6 
0 
Geraniums, Ivy, doz. .. 
0 
0 
0 
O 
Begonias, various, per doz 
. 4 
0 
12 
0 
Lobelias, per dozen 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Balsams, per dozen.. .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Marguerite Daisy, dozen 
6 
0 
13 
9 
Caladiums, per doz. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Mignonette, per dozen .. 
0 
0 
0 
» 
Calceolaria. per dozen . 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Musk, per do>en .. ,. 
0 
0 
0 
0- 
Christmas P.oso .. .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Myrtles, dozen. 
6 
0 
12 
0 
Chrysanthemums, dozen 
G 
0 
15 
0 
Nasturtiums, per dozen.. 
0 
0 
0 
0- 
Cockscombs, per dozen .. 
3 
0 
6 
0 
Palms, in var., each 
2 
6 
21 
O' 
Drachma terminalis, dcz. 
24 
0 
42 
0 
Pelargoniums, scarlet, 12 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Dracaena viridis, doz. .. 
13 
0 
24 
0 
Rhcaanthe, per dozen .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Erica, various, dozen 
12 
0 
IS 
0 
Saxafraga pyramidalis, 
Euonymus, var., dozen 
8 
0 
18 
0 
per dozen. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Evergreens, in var., dozen 
6 
0 
24 
0 
Solsnutns, per dozen 
6 
0 
12 
0 
Ferns, in variety, dozon 
4 
0 
18 
0 
THE FLOCK IN WINTER. 
Unless draft ewes or crones are taken from the home farm 
flock or can be purchased by selection at so low a price as to 
render subsequent profit a certainty, we can hardly recommend 
them for winter folding, for there is the almost certainty of a. 
heavy per-centage of loss, as well as the doubtfulness of any 
profit except that of fertility imparted to the soil. The frame of 
a crone may be of large size, but it requires a terrible lot of filling 
out before it is ready for the butcher, and then the flesh is never 
so heavy as that of a prime young hogget. This is doubtless the 
reason why some farmers will have nothing to do with crones,, 
and press them upon the market when the lambs are weaned. We 
are bound to admit that they often do so both wisely and well, 
but we have repeatedly found it answer our purpose to purchase- 
crones when good ones could be had. 
An important point to be kept well in view at the home farm 
is a full supply of farm produce for family requirements. It 
is said that old mutton is a thing of the past, that the taste and 
liking for it is gone, that sheep are brought to such early maturity 
that upon many farms wethers see nothing of winter except as 
lambs, being fully developed and disposed of at seven months old. 
But let the home farmer who has to supply the table of a connois¬ 
seur make a special selection of draft ewes, bring them into high 
condition in winter folds, and so regulate his supply to the house¬ 
hold that the mutton is always well matured in the slaughter house 
store before delivery, as much attention being given to the date of 
slaughter as to that of game, and then he will find that old mutton 
is cared for, and that his pains are well bestowed. So highly is it 
appreciated that we Ijave known a leg of it to be sent as a present 
from one connoisseur to another as a tit bit not to be had from the 
family butcher. Depend upon it there is something more for the 
home farmer to aim at than just keeping up the regular household 
supply. It is possible for him to render that supply altogether 
so superior to the ordinary farm produce that the owner may 
proudly make presents to his friends of specimens of it as some¬ 
thing rich, rare, and toothsome, a veritable bonne louche fit for the 
table of a prince. 
The early maturity of hoggets is both a matter of breeding and 
feeding. Hampshire Downs were first brought on sooner than 
other breeds by the use of lamb tups, then came high pressure 
feeding from the day the lambs began to eat, and that quick return 
from outlay, so desirable from a commercial point of view, was 
achieved. The commercial aspect of farm management is by no 
means to be ignored by the home farmer, and he is bound to give 
due attention to the profitable management of sheep for sale, and 
so to manipulate the young stock that each section of it may 
answer its legitimate purpose. The earlier hoggets have by this 
