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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ Jane 80,1887. 
trace of anything in the soil that would prevent the Vines growing. We 
believe that Vines planted at the right time and well managed would grow 
in such soil freely. It requires no manure mixing with it. Surface 
mulchings would give all the additional support needed. The roots yon 
have sent are unhealthy because of the cessation of top growth. We 
rather suspect you left the canes much too long. The growth extended 
so long as there was sap in the canes, and, this exhausted, growth ceased 
because the roots could not absorb and continue the supply over such an 
extent of cane. If you will describe the length and strength of your Vines, 
how you planted, pruned, and treated them afterwards, we may perhaps 
be able to perceive where you erred apart from planting in the autumn. 
We are very sorry you have failed, and shall be glad if we can point out 
the way to success. Neither you nor anyone need hesitate to write to us 
when information is desired such as it is in our power to give. 
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 neces¬ 
sarily required for publication, initials sufficing for that. Only six speci¬ 
mens can be named at once, and beyond that number cannot be preserved. 
(S. A. Woods ).—It is necessary for the better identification of Peaches and 
Nectarines to know the character of the leaves as well as the flowers. 
You have only indicated the flowers. Judging from appearance we think 
No. 1 resembles Grosse Mignonne, and No. 2 Belle Bauce. 
Names of Plants. —We orlv 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 or soft green leaves form the best packing, dry 
cotton wool the worst. Not more than six specimens can be named at once. 
(J. P. MX —The common names of the herbs you have sent are—1, Tansy; 
2, Tarragon; 3, Chervil. (Juvenis). —1, The name of the shrub will be 
given next week; 2, Impatiens Sultani; 3, Viburnum Opulus; 4, Pilea 
musco8a; 5, Arenaria balearica. (C. H.). —1, Stylophorum japonicum; 
2, Anchusa officinalis; 3, Gaultheria Shallon ; 4, Helianthemum poli- 
folium; 5, Leucothoe Catesbaai. ( W. B.). —Magnolia acuminata. (Drop- 
more). —Calycanthus floridus. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— June 29th. 
Strawberries from the open now reaching us in good condition and 
supply. Grapes heavy at lower rates. Trade brisk. 
PLANTS IN POTS. 
8. 
a. 
8. 
a. 
s. 
fl. 
P. 
d. 
Aralia Sieboldi. dozen .. 
6 
0 to 12 
0 
Fuchsia, dozen. 
4 
0 
to 9 
0 
Arbor vitae (golden) dozen 
6 
0 
9 
0 
Genista, dozen. 
0 
0 
u 
0 
„ (common), dozen.. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Geranium (Ivy), dozen .. 
4 
0 
6 
0 
Azalea, dozen. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
„ Tricolor, dozen 
3 
u 
6 
0 
Begonias, dozen .. .. 
4 
0 
9 
0 
Hydrsngea, dozen .. .. 
9 
0 
12 
0 
Caloeolaria, dozen .. .. 
4 
0 
9 
0 
Lilies Valey, dozen 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Cineraria, dozen 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Lilium lmgifljrum, doz. 
18 
0 
89 
0 
Creeping Jenny, dozen .. 
s 
0 
4 
0 
Lobelia, dozen. 
3 
0 
5 
0 
Dracaena terminalis, doz. 
30 
0 
60 
0 
Marguerite Daisy, dozen 
6 
0 
12 
0 
„ viridis, dozen.. 
12 
0 
24 
0 
Mignonette, dozen .. .. 
4 
0 
9 
0 
Erica, various, dozen .. 
18 
0 
30 
0 
Must, dozen . 
2 
0 
6 
0 
Euonymus, in var., dozen 
6 
0 
18 
0 
Myrtles, dozen. 
6 
0 
12 
0 
Evergreens, in var., dozen 
6 
0 
24 
0 
Palms, in var., each 
2 
6 
21 
Ferns, in variety, dozen 
4 
0 
18 
0 
Pelargoniums, dozen 
6 
0 
15 
0 
Ficus elastics, each 
i 
6 
7 
0 
„ scarlet, doz. 
3 
0 
9 
0 
Foliage Plants, var., each 
2 
0 
10 
0 
Spirte t, dozen. 
6 
0 
12 
0 
CUT 
FLOWERS. 
8. 
a. 
8. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
s. 
a. 
Abntilons, 12 bunches .. 
2 
0 to 4 
0 
Marguerites, 12 bunches 
2 
0 to 6 
0 
Anemones, 12 bunches .. 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Mignonette, 12 bunches 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Arum Lilies, 12 blooms .. 
8 
0 
6 
0 
Myosotis, 12 bunches .. 
2 
0 
3 
0 
Azalea, 12 sprays . 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Narciss, 12 bunches 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Bluebells, 12 bunches .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
„ White, English, bcb. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Bouvardias, bunch .. 
0 
6 
1 
0 
Pansies, 12 bunches 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Camellias, blooms .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Peas, Sweet, 12 bunches.. 
8 
0 
6 
0 
Carnations, 12 blooms .. 
1 
0 
2 
0 
Pelargoniums, 12 trusses 
0 
9 
i 
0 
„ 12 bunches .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
„ scarlet, 12 trusses 
0 
4 
0 
6 
Cornflower, 12 bnnohes .. 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Pinks, White, 12 banches 
1 
0 
4 
0 
Daisies, 12 bunches 
2 
0 
4 
0 
„ various, 12 bunch 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Day Lilies. 
5 
0 
7 
0 
Pceony, 12 bunches.. .. 
6 
0 
9 
0 
Eucharis, dozen 
4 
0 
6 
0 
Poinsettia, 12 blooms .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Gardenias, 12 blooms .. 
1 
6 
8 
0 
Primula (single), bunch.. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Hyacinths, Roman, 12 
„ (double), bunch .. 
0 
9 
1 
0 
sprays 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Polyanthus, 12 bunches.. 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Iris, 12 bnnehes .. .. 
2 
0 
9 
0 
Ranunculus, 12 bunches 
2 
0 
8 
0 
Ixia, 12 bunches .. 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Roses, 12 bunches .. .. 
4 
0 
9 
0 
Lapageria, white, 12 
,, (indoor), dozen 
0 
9 
1 
0 
blooms. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
„ Tea, dozen .. .. 
1 
8 
8 
0 
Lilium longiflorum, 12 
„ red dozen .. .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
blooms. 
8 
0 
6 
0 
., de Mois. 12 bunches 
8 
0 
6 
0 
Lilac (white), French, 
Stephanotis, 12 sprays .. 
1 
6 
8 
0 
bunch . 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Tropaeolnm, 12 bunches 
1 
0 
2 
0 
Lily ol Valley, 12 spray? 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Tuberoses, 12 blooms .. 
0 
9 
i 
0 
n i, 12 bunches 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Tulips, dozen blooms .. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
VEGETABLES. 
Artichokes’, dozen .. .. 
Asparagus, bundle .. .. 
Beans, Kidney, per lb. .. 
Best, Red, dozen .. .. 
Broccoli, bundle .. .. 
Brussels Sprouts, £ sieve 
Cabbage, dozen .. .. 
Capsicums, per 100 .. 
Carrots, bunch .. .. 
Cauliflowers, dozen 
Celery, bundle .. .. 
Coleworts, doz. bunches 
Cucumbers, each .. .. 
Endive, dozen. 
Hero?, bunch. 
Leeks-, bunch. 
s. d. s. d. 
1 0 to 2 0 
16 4 0 
15 0 0 
10 2 0 
0 0 0 0 
0 0 0 0 
16 0 0 
16 2 0 
0 4 0 0 
3 0 4 0 
16 2 0 
2 0 4 0 
0 4 0 6 
10 2 0 
0 2 0 0 
0 8 0 4 
8 . 
Lettuce, dozen .. .. 0 
Mushrooms, punnet .. 0 
Mustard and Cress, punt. 0 
Ouions, bunch.0 
Parsley, dozen bunches 8 
Parsnips, dozen .. .. 1 
Potatoes, per cwt. 4 
„ Kidney, per cwt. 4 
Rhubarb, bundle .. .. 0 
Salsafy, bundle .. 1 
Scorzonera, bundle .. 1 
Seakale, basket .. .. 0 
Shallots, per tt>.0 
Spinach, bushel .. .. 8 
Tomatoes, per lb.0 
Turnips, bunen .. .. 0 
d. g. 
9 to 0 
6 1 
2 0 
3 0 
0 3 
0 0 
0 6 
0 0 
2 0 
0 1 
6 0 
0 0 
3 0 
0 4 
6 0 
4 0 
d. 
0 
0 
6 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
8 
0 
0 
0 
0 
9 
6 
a. 
Apples, £ sieve.0 0 
Nova Scotia and 
Canada barre 10 0 
Cherries, £ sieve .. .. 0 0 
Cobs, 100 lbs.0 0 
Pigs, dozen .3 0 
Grapes, per lb. 1 6 
Lemons, case.10 0 
Melon, each .2 0 
MANURES AND FORAGE CROPS. 
MR. MARTIN J. SUTTON’S EXPERIMENTS. 
Brief reference was made in these columns last year to a series 
of experiments with manures on permanent and temporary pas¬ 
tures at Dyson’s Wood, Oxon, the residence of the gentleman 
above named. We have recently had the pleasure of inspecting the 
plots that were dressed with different kinds of manures in the 
spring of 1886, and which have had no manure this year ; also some 
other plots that have been manured this spring only. We have 
thus presented the relative effects of manure during the year of 
their application, also their after effects, so to say, or the con 
dition of two seasons’ crops from one dressing of manure. 
After an inspection of the splendid pavilion of Messrs. Sutton 
and Sons in the show ground of the Royal Counties Agricultural 
Society at Reading on Wednesday, the 23rd inst., a number of 
gentlemen were entertained at luncheon by Mr. Martin J. Sutton, 
the company including Dr. Voelcker, Professors Harker, Kinch, 
McCracken, and thirty students from the Royal Agricultural 
College, Cirencester ; Canon Bagot, Messrs. J. Nathorst of the 
Government College of Agriculture, Sweden ; J. A. Caird, R. and J. 
Stratton, Bernard Dyer, A. Kains-Jackson, W. E. Bear, and several 
other representative agriculturists—their presence testifying to the 
wide interest that attaches to the subject of developing in a profit¬ 
able manner the resources of the soil. 
Before entering the carriages, first for a passing glanee through 
Messrs. Sutton’s trial ground and interesting and extensive grass 
garden, and subsequently to the fields wherein the chief experi¬ 
ments are conducted, Mr. Sutton explained that his sole object in 
instituting them was to obtain information of a reliable nature that 
might be of benefit to cultivators. The experiments were con¬ 
ducted on a scientific basis, but above all he desired them to be 
practical—that is to say, his object was not to show that so-called 
artificial manures increased the bulk and value of crops, as that 
was well known, but he wished to ascertain if satisfactory results 
would follow the application of manures purchased at a cost that 
grass-land farmers might reasonably be expected to incur in the 
routine of their operations. That was his object, and having no 
interest whatever in the sale of manures it was a matter of perfect 
indifference to him as to which proved the better, except in so 
far that a way might be pointed out which he and others might 
pursue with advantage in obtaining a better return from their fields 
than before. In the carrying out of his plan he had secured the 
valuable co-operation of Dr. Voelcker, who, within a prescribed 
limit of cost, had chosen the quantities and mixtures of the various 
manures employed ; indeed, Dr. Voelcker was the real experi 
menter, he (Mr. Sutton) having been glad to provide the means for 
testing the merits of the different ingredients under conditions 
equally fair to all in fields then open for inspection. 
Dyson’s Wood is about four miles from Reading, a great part of 
the road passing through Mr. Sutton’s estate, and the full, level, 
promising fields of corn afford evidence of that good management 
which alone can render farming nowadays even moderately re¬ 
munerative. 
In the experiments under notice eighty-four plots are wired off 
in six fields, each plot representing exactly a hundredth part of an 
acre, and by accurately weighing and determining the precise money 
value of the manures applied to each plot, the cost per acre is readily 
ascertained ; also by carefully weighing the produce in a green and 
dried state, both of the first cutting and aftermath, the increase 
per acre, with its money value, is found, and the actual gain or loss, 
as the case may be, resulting from the manures determined. The 
most scrupulous care is taken both in the application of the manures 
fruit. 
s. 
d. 
p. 
a. 
8. 
d. 
0 
0 
Oranges, per 109 .. .. 
6 
0 to 12 
0 
Peaches, dozen .. .. 
4 
0 
12 
O 
18 
0 
Pears, dozen. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Pine Apples, English, 
0 
0 
per lb. 
1 
6 
0 
0 
6 
0 
Plums, $ sieve. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
8 
0 
St. Michael Pinea, each 
3 
0 
5 
0 
15 
0 
Strawberries, per lb. 
1 
0 
i 
6 
3 
0 
