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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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on the publication of our market reports for the informa¬ 
tion and direction of honest men, we also kept in view 
the check they would exercise over such unprincipled 
characters as our correspondent refers to. 
I.ast week we gave some account of the appearance of 
the market during Christmas week. Pretty much of 
the same aspect still continues to pervade it. Yege- 
taei.es are still very plentiful, the open, mild season 
contributing to keep everything in a forward state. 
Savoys realized Is. per dozen, and are of excellent 
quality. There are some which are not so fine, which 
were sold at lower prices. Greexs sold freely at Is. 9d. 
to 2s. per dozen bunches. Cabbages, according to 
quality, made from 9d. to Is. per dozen. Beocoli, Os. 
per dozen bundles. Brussels Sprouts were plentiful 
at from Is. Od. to 2s. per half sieve. Turnips were also 
plentiful and good at Is. Od. per dozen bunches. Onions 
2s. Od. to 3s. per bushel, according to the quality. 
Leeks, 2d. per bunch. Carrots, 3s. to 4s. per dozen 
bunches. Parsley, 2d. per bunch. Horse R.adish, 
Is. Od. to 2s. Od. per bundle. These include the leading 
articles, besides which there were several parcels of 
forced Sea-kale and Rhubarb. 
Among Fruit we have Apples plentiful, and rather a 
dull sale; but they still maintain firm prices. Good 
dessert Apples cannot be obtained under 8s. and 10s. 
per bushel ; some, however, of the small, which have 
been sorted out, can be had as low as 5s. The baking 
sorts are much more plentiful than the dessert, and 
make from 5s. to 7s. Od. Pears are very scarce, and 
are not to be had in quantity. Passe Cohnars, Ne Plus 
Meuris, and Cliauniontel, make 2s. Od. to 3s. per dozen 
of second-rate quality ; but for good specimens they 
realised (is. per dozen. Grapes are very short. Pluck 
Hamhurghs Os. to 8s. per ft.; Muscat of Alexandria 
12s. ()d. per ft. 
The same profusion of Evergreens and Flowers 
continues as we reported last week; and as we did not 
observe anything remarkable besides what we mentioned 
in our last, we must refer our readers to our previous 
report. H. 
GOSSIP. 
We know so many of our readers would willingly 
gratify our coadjutor, Mr. Beaton, if they had but the 
opportunity, tliat we venture to depart from our usual 
course, and ask those who are subscribers to the Wan- 
stead Infant Orphan Asylum, or who know others who 
are, to aid him in attaining his object, as detailed in an 
advertisement to-day. The little orphan for whom he 
solicits votes is entirely dependent upon him for support. 
The vine mildew has been so injurious to the Grapes in 
France, that in the department of Herault, where the 
country wine sold on an average for forty francs per 
muid of 700 quarts, it is now selling for 150 francs. The 
owners of vineyards anticipate that the next vintage 
will be even more deficient than the last. 
Stoves to be devoted to the growth of the Victoria 
Piegia are about to be erected in the Botanic Gardens of 
Belfast and Glasgow. That at the latter town is the > 
more worthy of notice, because the building-fund has 
been raised by a penny subscription among the artizans 
of that city. The Gardeners' Journal states, from the 
report of the directors of the Garden, that by the 13th 
of December nearly one hundred thousand pence had 
been thus collected. 
We recommend to our readers Hogg's Edging Ties 
for Garden Walks. They resemble the outer moulding 
of a picture-frame, and combine the three requisites, 
neatness, durability, and cheapness. The following is 
!Mr. Hogg's description of the edging, published in the 
“ Horticultural Society’s Journal,” and parties requiring 
further information may obtain it by writing to ^Ir. ; 
Hogg, 13, Gilston Road, Brompton— | 
“ My first intention was merely to satisfy my own wants ; ' 
but many friends wlio saw my edging, and whose opinions j 
in such matters are worthy of consideration, advised me to ] 
have it introduced for the general good. 
“ With this view I have caused some of the tiles to he. 
sent to the Garden of the Horticultural Society, for the 
opinion of the Society as to their applicability and use¬ 
fulness. 
“ Their great recommendations are durability and orna¬ 
ment. 'They are composed of the same clay and are manu¬ 
factured at the same works as the patent hollow bricks, and 
from what I have seen of them, they appear to become 
harder on exposme to the weather. Cheapness is another 
great qualification. They can be supphed in any quantity 
at 10s. Od. per 100, or about IJd. each, each tile being one 
foot in length. 
“ I would also call the attention of the Society to the 
mode by which they are secured in their position, although 
they allow the borders to he cultivated close to them, and 
any extent of the soil disturbed or removed. The shoe 
which passes under the walk being covered with four inches 
of gravel, when that becomes “ bound ” the tiles are literally 
immoveable, and no wheelbarrow or roller can displace 
them. They also afford ample drainage for the walks, and 
under no pretence whatever do they ever harbour slugs. I 
have had experience of them for nearly twelve months, and 
I have found them answer all the purposes an edging is in¬ 
tended to supply, and that too at more than one-half less 
than dwai'f box, and nine-tenths less than many other 
edgings. 
“ Note hy Ike Vice-Secretary .—This kind of edging appears 
to possess much merit. It is hard, good-looking, a good 
colour, cheap, and enables the walks to be relieved easily 
of water. The accompanying figure represents one of the 
main tiles seen in perspective. It is 4f inches broad, ()| 
inches deep, and 12i inches long. In forming curves very 
short lengths of the same kind are employed." 
The following is a list of the Poultry Shows of which 
we are at present aware. We shall be obliged by any 
of our readers sending us additions to the list, and 
giving the address of the Secretaries. 
Cornwall (Penzance), January 10th, and 11th. (Secs. 
Eev. W. W. Whigfield, Gulval Vicarage, and E. H. 
Rocld, Esq.) 
Doncaster, .January 21st. (Sec. H. Moore, Esq.) 
Great Meteoi'olitan, January Ilth, 12th, 13th, and 
14th. (Sec. W. Houghton.) 
Honiton, Januaiy 12th. (Sec. H. K. Venn.) 
Eeigate, February 1st and 2nd. {Sec. J. PJehardson, 
Esq.) 
Torquay, January 14th and 15th. (Secs. A. Paul, and J. 
C. Stack. 
