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THE COTTAGE GABDENEK. 
Makcii 4. 
HOPS. 
Borough Market, Friday, Feb. 29.— Our market has been 
moderately active since our last report, with a fair demand for choice 
coloury samples at about the currency of last week; but the trade for 
inferior and brown samples continues 'very heavy, and for these descrip¬ 
tions much lower prices are submitted to. 
Sussex I’ockets, 56s. 80s. to 90 s.; Weald of Kents, 60s. 84s. to 95s. 
per cwt. __ _ 
Clover, 1st cut per 
load. 120s. to 130s. 
Pitto, 2nd cut .... 98s. ,, 115s. 
Meadow Hay. 120s. ,, 130s. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Rowan . 84 s. to 100s. 
Straw, Hail. 30s. ,, 33s. 
Ditto,machine .... 28s. ,, 34s. 
POTATO. 
Southwark Waterside, Feb. 25.—We have to report large arrivals 
coastwise, both from Yorkshire and Scotland, also free supplies by rail, 
which, with the dull state of trade, causes our market to rule heavy. Kent 
and Kssex Regents, Sos. to 90s.; ditto Shaws, 85a. to 90s.; York Regents, 
BOs. to 95s.; liincolnshirc Regents, "Os. to 75s. ; Wisbeach and Cam¬ 
bridge Regents, 70 s. to 80s.; Bedford Regents, 90s. to Os.; ditto Shaws, 
85s. to lOOs.; Norfolk Regents, Os. to Os.; ditto Whites, Os. to Os.; 
Scotch Regents (East Lothian), 75s. to 80s. ; ditto (Red Mould), 85s. to 
90 s.; ditto (Berth and Fife), 70s. to 75s.; ditto (North Country), Os. to 
Os. ; Dahlias and Rattlers, Os. to Os. ; Blues, Os. to Os. ; Orkney Reds 
lEast Lothian), 05s. to Os.; ditto ditto (Red Mould), 70 s. to Os.; 
Scotch Cups (Perth and Fife), 55s. to OOs. ; ditto (North Country), 
308. to 40s. ; Irish Kemps and Clusters, 50s. to Os. ; ditto White Rocks, 
Os. to Os.; ditto common Whites, Os. to Os. per ton. 
POULTRY. 
A short supply, and the beginning of the London season combine to 
alter our quotations, and to cause a rise in the value of poultry. 
Large Fowls 6s.Od. to 7s. Od. each. 
Smaller do. 4s. Od. to 4s. 6d. ,, 
Chickens.. 3s. Qd. to 4s. Od. ,, 
Goslings. 8s. Od. to 9*. ,, 
Ducklings 4s. 6d, to Ss. 3iL ,, 
Wild Ducks 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. ,, 
Widgeon.. Is. 6d. to 2s. Od. ,, 
Woodcock.... 5s. Os. 5s. 6d. ,, 
Teal. Is. 9d. to 2s. each. 
Snipes .... 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. ,, 
Guinea Fowls.. 3s. to 3s. 6d. ,, 
Pigeons. 9d. to lOd. ,, 
Rabbit.. .. Is. 5d. to Is. 6d. ,, 
Wild Ditto .lOd. to Is. ,, 
Larks. 2s. 6d. perdoz. 
PROVISIONS. 
Down Tegs .... 
Ditto Tegs and 
Ewes. 
Half-bred Hog¬ 
gets . Is 
Do. Wethers. 
Is. 2s. to Is 
WOOL 
3d. 
Is. Id. to Is. 2d. 
3d. to Is. 3jd. 
Is. to Is. 2d. 
Kent fleeces .. Is. Id. ,, Is. 2d. 
Leicester fleeces.... Is. ,, Is. I(id. 
Long, heavy do. lid. to Is. 
Combing skins .. lO^d. to Is. Id. 
Flannel wool.. Is. Id. to 18.2^6. 
Blanket wool. 6d. to lid. 
The following are 
the quotations ; 
BUTTER.- 
—Cwt. 
Short middles. 
. Os. to Os. j 
Cork. 
92s. 
to 
llOs. 
HAMS.- 
—Cwt. i 
Limerick. 
95s. 
104s. 
Irish. 
. 84s. to 90s. i 
Carlow . 
lOOs. 
it 
110 s. 
Westphalia . 
. 94s. ,, 104s. 
Sligo . 
94s. 
a 
102 .S. 
LARD — 
Carrick. 
Waterford.. 
Holstein. 
Friesland . 
Ill 8 s. 
lOOs. 
IU 8 s. 
Il 6 s. 
a 
1 > 
)) 
i i 
112 s. 
1 lOs. 
116 s. 
120 s. 
Bladdered. 74 a. to 788 . j 
Kegs. 66 s. ,, 703 . 
P.M. beef (304lb.) 115s. ,, Os. 
P.M. pork.97s.Cd.,, Os. 
BACON.- 
Cwt. 
CHEESE 
.—Cwt. 
Waterford sizeable 
56s. 
to 
6 ls. 
English,NewCheshire, 70 s. to 84s. 
Heavy. 
55s. 
56 s. 
Cheddar. 
Limerick sizeable .. 
Os. 
Os. 
Gloucestershire, dble. 66 s. ,, 72 s. 
Hambro’. 
56s. 
58s. 
Ditto, single. 
Bale middles. 
56<. 
58s. 
Foreign— 
Tierce middles .... 
Os. 
Os. 
Edam. 
American— 
Gouda. 
Singed sides. 
563 . 
58s. 
Kanta. 
Boneless middles .. 
58s. 
if 
Os. 
American . 
MEAT. 
i 
8. d. 
s. <1. 
8, d. 
8. d. 
8. d, 8. d. 1 
Beef.3 0 
4 4 
4 8 
Veal.4 10 
5 4 5 8! 
Mutton ....3 6 
4 8 
4 lO 
Pork.4 0 
46 4 10 1 
BREAD. 
The price of Bread in the City and at the West End is still maintained 
atgd. to lOd, the 4lb. loaf, but in other places the bakers are selling 
the best bread at 8.Jd. while in the cheap neighbourhoods they profess 
to sell at 8d. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
We request that no one will write to the departmental writers of 
The Cottage Gardener. It gives them unjustifiable trouble and 
expense. All communications should be addressed, “ To t/ie Editor of 
Cottage Gardener, 20, Paternoster Row, Loiidon.” 
Cinerarias (IF. B. Jeffries). —Your seedling No. 1, dead white, with 
the slightest edge of purple, good size, and petals imbricating and 
slightly notched, is a very good flower. Nos. 2 and 3 have no special 
merit. 
Exchange of Cuttings. —“I should be very much obliged for any 
information regarding the art of striking cuttings of the variegated 
Alyssum. The few cuttings 1 had last autumn did not strike. I want, 
very much, a quantity of Alyssum variegatum cuttings. I am quite 
ready to pay any reasonable price for them, or to take them in exchange 
for cuttings of yellow Calceolaria; Sultan ditto; Prince of Orange 
ditto ; a tall Lemon-coloured sort; Verbena’s Defiance; ditto Eclipse and 
Barlouii; Ninon deL’Knetos, and some others; or cuttings of purple 
and white Petunias. Can any of your correspondents oblige me with 
Alyssutn cuttings, or take these in exchange? J have sent many 
cuttings by post wrapped in damp moss in oil-silk covers. 1 have tried 
in vain to purchase plants of the Alyssum. No nurseryman keeps it 
within nine miles: and I am nine miles from railway or coach.— Rev. 
F. W. Adey, The Cell, Markgate Street, near Dunstable, Herts.” 
Leaking wooden Tank (7. M. G.). —When you allowed it to become 
dry it shrank, and the paint merely covered over the openings. M'e 
should have these caulked up with tow' and white lead, and then have all 
the joints pitched over. Alining of zinc would do for a time; but its 
expansion by heat and contraction by cold soon cracks it. Roman 
cement would not answer. 
Florists’ Flowers (J. S. 31., Bart.). — These will be attended to. 
Cucumbers (T. il7.).— The sulphureous smoke from a stove would 
certainly kill your plants. 
Names of Pe.ars and Plant (77. Wright). —No. 1 . Beurre de Ranee. 
2. Beurre de Ranee. 3. Mentha rotundifolia t'ur. variegata. 
Variegated Petunia (A Young Gardener ).—We do not think that 
the seedlings would be variegated-leaved plants. The only way to be 
certain of keeping your novelty is by making a good stock of plants by 
cuttings, and letting your friends have it too, in case you should lose it. 
We do not remember having seen or heard of a variegated-leaved 
We should keep the seedlings of Scarlet Geranium going on well till 
bedding-out time, and then plunge them in the bed, pots and all, which 
will promote their flowering. The seedling Lobelias will flower this year, 
if forwarded so as to have a good batch of strong plants to turn out by the 
end of May. Your Fern is one of the indigenous kinds, Lastrcea 
dilatata. 
Garden Plan (77. .4.).—The plan A. will never do for that piece of 
ground. You assume four true corner beds ; but, instead of placing them 
in the four corners, you put four circles in the angles of four square 
corners, which is very poor, if not actual poverty. But the great Pa.\ton 
has done the very same thing in eight corners at the Crystal Palace ; so 
you have a precedent, and they show poverty of design. We never make 
plans, or recommend one plan more than another ; we only give a free 
opinion of what is done, or is proposed to be done. Your plan B. is unob¬ 
jectionable. When planted, it will look much better than on paper; the 
centre is unique, and the outside beds are very good ; but if you put the 
vase in the centre you destroy your whole work. It is most astonishing, 
that nine-tenths of the public cannot see that a piece of ground, no 
matter its extent, is reduced to the eye, apparently, just to one-half its 
dimension ; by attracting the eye to and fixing it on this centre by a 
glaring colour, or a principal object, such as a vase, statue, a sun-dial, 
a tree, or a house, or a May-pole. We once mistook the size of “our 
bed,” at an hotel, by the glare of the figure in the centre of the counter¬ 
pane, and had to ring the bell before we w ere convinced that the bed w as 
large enough. But we never plant beds on paper.—B. 
Sowing Indian Seeds (Silas.Fi.rings). —The beginning of April is 
about the best lime for you to sow Deodar and Cypressus turulosa seeds, 
and the mode will be explained next week by Mr. Beaton. 
Hardy Ferns under Trees (7dpfn).—Almost all the hardy Ferns 
will do better under cultivation if they arc partially shaded. All the 
common hardy Ferns you buy at the nurseries will answer your purpose, 
if you manage them properly till they are established. They are kept in 
pots, and may be planted any time between this and the middle of May. 
October is the best time, however. 
Sowing Saponaria calabrica (7. W .).—If sown in March it will 
bloom Ibis ne.xt summer. Of youy plants—2. Is a species of Swainsu7iia, 
undeterminable, for want of flowers. 3. Witsenia coiapnbos t, an old, 
handsome, greenhouse plant, from the Cape. 4. Looks like Calceolaria 
integrifolia; but no one can say in the absence of flowers. The other 
we cannot make out from the specimen scut. 
Old Pear-trees (IF. IF.).—It is useless to head these down for 
grafting, decayed as they are. The work on the “ Cucumber” you men¬ 
tion is out of print. The leaves of Peaches and Apricots are often in¬ 
jured by spring frosts. 
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the Parish of Saint Mary Kalcndar ; and Published for the Proprietors 
at The Cottage Garpenkh Office, No, 20, Paternoster Row, in 
ths Parish of Christ Church, City of London.—March 4, 18SC, 
