COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION. 
321 
July 31. 
HOPS. 
Mid & E. Kent £14 to £18 
Weald of Kent 
£10 10s. to £11 10s. 
Sussex.... £10 to £10 10s. 
Clover, 1st cut per 
load. 110s. to 147s. 
Ditto, 2nd cut 90s. „ 130s. 
Meadow Hay .. 90s. „ 135s. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
MeadowHay,new 95s. to 105s 
Rowan. — „ — 
Straw, flail .... 30s. „ 30s 
Ditto, machine 
28s. „ 30s. 
MEAT. 
Beef, inferior, per 
8 lbs. .. 3s. 4d. to 3s. Od. 
Do. mid... 3s.8d. to 3s. lOd. 
Do. prime.... 4s. to 4s. 2d. 
Mutton, in¬ 
ferior. ... 3s. 4d. to 3s. 8d. 
: Mutton,mid. 8s. 1 Od. to 4s.4d. 
1 Do. prime 4s. 0d. to 4s. 10d. 
| Yeal .... 3s. lOd. to 4s. i()d. 
i Lamb ... .5s. 4d. to 5s. lOd. 
! Fork, large 3s. 8d. to 4s. Od. 
| Ditto, small 4s. Od. to 4s. 6d. 
POULTRY. 
Goslings . 
. .. 5s. to 6s. 6d. 
Ducklings 2s. 
0d. to 3s. Od. 
Fowls. 
.3s. „ 4s. 
Pigeons .. 0s. 
Gd. „ 
0s. 8d. 
Capons.. 
3s. 6d. „ 4s. Gd. 
Babbits .. Is. 
Od. „ 
Is. Cd. 
Chicken .. 
2s. Od. „ 3s. Od. 
PROVISIONS. 
BUTTER. -Cwt. 
CHEESE.- 
—Cwt. 
Dorset, fine 
.. 98s. to 102s. 
Cheshire, fine . 
. 70s. to 84s. 
Do. middlin 
g .. 80s. „ 86s. 
Gloucestershire 
Fresh, per 
doz. 
double. 
. 68s. 
„ 74s. 
lbs. 
.... 8s. „ 12s. 
Ditto, single... 
. 56s. 
„ 70s. 
Friesland.. 
.. 100s. „ 104s. 
Somerset. 
„ 84s. 
Kiel . 
Wilts, loaf .. . 
. 68s. 
„ 78s. 
Carlow .... 
.... 94s. „ 98s. 
Ditto, double . 
. 72s. 
„ 78s. 
Waterford 
.... 90s. ,, 94s. 
Ditto, thin ... 
. 54s. 
„ 04s. 
Cork .... 
-84s. „ 98s. 
Ditto, pines ... 
. 72s. 
Limerick .. 
.. . 80s. „ 98s. 
Berkeley, thin . 
. 62s. 
„ 60s. 
Sligo. 
HAMS.— 
-Cwt. 
BACON. —Cwt. 
York, new ... 
. 80s. 
to 90s. 
Wiltshire, dried 78s. to 80s. 
Westmoreland. 
. 76s. 
„ 86s. 
W aterford 
.... 72s. „ 74s. 
Irish . 
. 74s. 
„ 84s. 
WOOL. 
Down Tegs Is. Id- to Is. 1 Ad. 
Ditto Tegs and 
Ewes .... lid. „ Is. Jd. 
Half-bred Hog¬ 
gets .... ll^d. „ Is. Id. 
Do. Wethers lid. „ Is. 
Kent Fleeces Is. |d. „ Is. Id. 
Leicester, 
fleeces .. lljd „ Is. Od. 
Long, heavy do. lid. „ Is. 
Combing skins 10.id. „ Is. Id. 
Flannel wool Is. Id. „ Is. 2^d. 
Blanket wool 8§d. „ Is. 0^d. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Salsafy (II. B.). —It is a very old kitchen vegetable. You will find 
full directions for its culture in The Cottage Gardeners’ Dictionary. It 
should be sown in drills nine inches apart during March and April, in 
trenched light soil, and treated exactly like the Carrot. Its root is 
boiled and eaten like that vegetable. 
Dielytra spf.ctabii.is (E. H. C.).— Mr. Beaton is much obliged by 
the gift of the seed. 
Scythes (B.). —We always employ Boyd’s, and can testify to their 
excellence, and saving of time. 
Grub on Pear-lf.aves (An Old Subscriber, Wells).— It is the Slimy 
Grub, which is the larva of a tty, Selandria athiops. A drawing and 
particulars are given in our third volume, page 69 , and tenth volume, 
page 392. Itepeated dusting with quicklime is the best remedy we 
know. 
Diseased Rump-gland in Doves (A Constant Reader), —Your 
treatment was quite correct. It is the same disease that affects poultry. 
Hempseed is too stimulating for their permanent and exclusive diet. 
Give them the seed of Tares or Vetcfies, and some green food, such as 
young cabbage-leaves shredded tine. Give them also a little finely- 
powdered chalk, as well as gravel, and a little salt. 
Building a Greenhouse,'&c. (A Subscriber),— All your questions 
have been answered by Mr. Fish in his various and numerous papers on 
the subject. Pray refer to our Indices. Mr. Beaton has been unable to 
carry out his experiments on the arrangements of flowers owing to 
retiring from his head gardenership. Curnpactum Geranium would 
flower more freely than Shrubland Scarlet. Mr. Beaton will write upon 
the subject you name. The Helen Verbena ought to be sold at about 
four shillings per dozen. Norfolk nurserymen and florists are most 
likely to have it. When correspondents ask so many and such different 
questions in the same letter we are obliged to give short answers, for we 
cannot divide the labour. 
Golden Pheasant Chicken.— Ellen, and some other subscribers, 
wish for information on rearing these. They complain of the chickens 
moping, seeming to have something in their throats, and other bad 
symptoms. We shall be glad of information from any of our readers 
who have raised these chicken successfully. 
Names of Plants (I. K.).— Hydrangea quercifolia. — (W.) Carex 
acuta. — (Hortus). Cladanthus arabicus. — (Ellen). Your Fern is Las- 
tre.a dilatata. —(X. Y. '/,.) Your Ferns are, 1 . Pteris longifolia. 2 . As- 
plenium trichomanes, 3. Asplenium Adiantnm Nigrum? 4. Doodia 
caudata. 5. Aspidium filix-mas ? uncertain. 0. Cassebeera hastata, 
7. Too young a frond for us to be certain. 8 . Asjilenium lucidum. 
9- Asplenium Brownii; allantodia section. 10. Pteris serrulata. 
11 . Asplenium marinum, 12 . Nephrodium molle. 13. Lygodium 
scandens. 14. Drynaria quercifolia. 15. Adiantnm pubescens. 
16 . Aspidium paludnsum ? — (Oscar). Your plant is the Hydi ocotyle 
vulgaris, Common Water-cup, White-rot, or Marsh Pennywort. The 
following may be interesting to the many as well as our correspondent, 
taken from Baxter’s British Flowering Plants: —“ The whole plant is 
acrid, and probably, like others of the umbelliferous tribe, growing in 
wet places, poisonous. This plant has received its English names of 
White-rot, Flowerwort, Sheep-killing Penny-grass, Sheep’s-bane, and 
| Penny-rot, from an old belief that feeding upon it caused the liver rot in 
sheep. This opinion, which is altogether an error, arose from the Fluke 
or Flounder insect (Fasciola hepatica) being found in marshy grounds 
where the Hydrorntyle and other similar plants abound ; but sheep are 
well known never to eat this plant.” 
Mealy Bug (A Sufferer). — This will be further referred to. In the 
meantime, you can do nothing with Vines and Peaches, but just keep 
the pest down by picking and washing. 
Mildew in Grapes (W. H. W.). — Do not lose an hour, but hold a 
platefull of flower of sulphur under every hunch, and rub each berry be¬ 
tween your fingers covered with the sulphur. Sprinkle it, also, over the 
leaves. Kepeat the application if needed. 
CALENDAR FOR AUGUST. 
FLOWER-GARDEN. 
Anemones (common) sow. Annuals, stick; water; clear from de¬ 
cayed leaves, &c. Auriculas, sift into fresh earth; water; seedlings 
prick out; sow. Beds, in which bulbous flowers have grown, fill with 
annuals from pots, to flower through autumn. Biennial seedlings 
transplant. Bulbous rooted flower-seeds, as bulbous Iris, Sic.., to obtain 
varieties, sow. Bulbous roots remove or transplant; remove and plant 
offsets ; plant. Carnation layers cut from old root and plant; water 
frequently; layering may still be done, b. ; card the flowers, and shade 
I from sun, e. Dahlias, stake; thin the flowers. Daisies propagate. 
' Put in Cuttings of all flower-garden Geraniums early. Doublh- 
1 blossomed perennials with fibrous roots, as line double Larkspurs, Sic., 
| propagate by division, e. Dress borders as required. Edgings of box, 
&c., clip in wet weather. Evergreens may be moved, e. if wet wea¬ 
ther; plant cuttings. Grass, mow and roll weekly. Grass Seeds 
may be sown, e. Gravel, weed and roll weekly. Hedges, clip in 
moist weather, except in laurel and holly hedges. Heliotropes, put in 
cuttings under glass in a gentle heat, b. Mignonette sow in frame, b. 
Pelargoniums propagate by cuttings, b. Perennials, in pots and 
! elsewhere, will require water almost daily; cut down flower-stalks as they 
j finish blooming ; seedlings transplant. Pipings of Pinks may be planted 
I out. Polyanthuses, sow. Ponds keep clear of green scum. Potted 
Annuals will require water daily in dry weather. Ranunculuses, 
sow ; plant in pots to bloom in November. Roses, bud ; prune in strong 
straggling shoots ; cuttings of China and Tea-scented varieties plant 
under hand-glasses. Roses may be budded to the end of September on 
the Manetti and some Bourbon stocks. September is the best time to 
bud, unless done at the end of May. Seeds, gather as they ripen. Even 
those of Heliotropes and Verbenas will frequently be found to be fertile. 
Shrubbery, cut off the bunches of seeds of Laburnums and Lilacs, Sic., 
to strengthen in the bloom next, year ; also cut off the seeds of Rhododen¬ 
drons. Sowings, to obtain varieties, had better be done in boxes. Ten- 
week Stock, sow, b. Tulips, and other bulbous-rooted flower-seeds, 
sow. Turf may be laid, e. Verbenas, put in cuttings of new kinds, e. 
Watering will be required generally in dry weather. Weeding, gene¬ 
rally attend to. Cuttings of Pcnstemons, Snapdragons, double Lychnis, 
and other herbaceous plants, will yet succeed, if planted and shaded 
under hand-glasses. Of the China Asters, mark the finest, and save for 
seed. D. Beaton. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
Auriculas and Polyanthuses, finish potting, b. Cinerarias, 
take of slips, transplant seedlings, sow, b., for the last time this year. 
Carnations and 1 ’icotees, finish layering, m. ; seedlings transplant. 
Chrysanthemums, layer those planted out for that purpose ; pot off 
cuttings ; give the last potting to all intended for blooming; water most 
abundantly, and syringe daily. Dahlias, stake, tie, mulch and water 
in dry weather; cuttings of new ones may yet be struck. Fuchsias 
done blooming place out-of-doors ; save seed. Hollyhocks, keep well 
tied to the stakes ; cuttings of, put in heat under a frame, shade from 
sun till rooted. Pansies, save seed of, put in cuttings, b., for the last 
time this year; transplant seedlings. Pinks, cut down old flower- 
stems; save seed of; transplant pipings already rooted, and also seed¬ 
lings. Pelargoniums, cut down ; give no water till they break again ; 
put in cuttings ; transplant seedlings ; pot off cuttings already rooted. 
Petunias, save seed from; transplant seedlings of; pot in cuttings. 
Ranunculuses, take up and store without fail; b,, or they will 
begin to grow again. Roses bud, b.; put in cuttings of; save seed 
