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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
August 21 . 
COVENT GARDEN — Continued. 
Carrots, Lunch .. 4d. „ Gd. 
Parsnips .—“ ,, — 
Beet, per doz. Is. „ Is. fid. 
Potatoes, per ewt. 10s. „ 20s. 
Turnips, bunch .. 2d. „ Gd. 
Onions, young, 
bunch. Id. „ 2d. 
Leeks, per bunch 2d. „ 3d. 
Garlic, per 11). .. fid. ,, 8d. 
Shallots, per lb. 4d. „ fid. 
Horseradish, per 
bundle.. Is. fid. to 2s. fid. 
Lettuce, Cos, per 
score. Gd. „ Is. 
„ Cabbage fid. „ 8d. 
Endive, per score Is. „ Is. fid. 
Celery, per bun. 8d. „ is. 
Radishes, Turnip 
per doz. bunches Is. „ 2s. 
Water Cresses, per 
doz.bunches.. fid. „ 9d. 
Small Salad, per 
punnet.2d. ,, 3d. 
Artichokes, each .... 3d. 
Asparagus, per 
bundle.... Is. fid. „ 4s. 
Sea-kale, per pun. — „ — 
Rhubarb, perbdle. 2d. „ fid. 
Cucumbers, each 3d. „ 8d. 
Vegetable Marrow 2d. „ 3d. 
Tomatoes .— „ — 
Mushrooms, per 
pottle. 8d. „ Is. 
HERBS. 
Basil, per bunch fid. to 9d. 
Marjoram, per 
bunch . fid. „ 9d. 
Fennel, per bunch 2d. „ 3d. 
Savory, per bunch 2d. to fid. 
Thyme,per bunch 2d. „ 3d. 
Parsley, per bunch 2d. „ 3d. 
Mint, per bunch 4d. „ fid. 
POTATOES. 
Regents, York, 
per ton .... 160s.to 195s. 
„ Kent and 
Essex .... 140s. ,, 180s. 
,, Lincoln 120s. ,, 180s. 
Regents, Scotch, 
per ton .... 125s.to 150s. 
Scotch Reds.. 120s. „ 140s. 
„ Blues 95s. „ 130s. 
GRAIN AND SEED. 
WHEAT. 
Kent and Essex, 
red, per qr. .. 70s. to 80s. 
Ditto, white.... 76s. „ 86s. 
Norfolk and Suf¬ 
folk . 71s. „ 78s. 
Dantzic . 84s. ,, 92s. 
Rostock . 80s. „ 90s. 
Odessa. 70s. „ 78s. 
American. 82s. „ 86s. 
BARLEY. 
Malting . 36s. to 38s. 
Grinding and 
Distilling.... 29s. ,, 31s. 
Chevalier.34s. „ 36s. 
OATS. 
Scotch, feed .. 28s. to 31s. 
English .24s. „ 26s. 
Irish . 24s. „ 27s. 
Dutch Broo .. 25s. ,, 28s. 
Danish .24s. ,, 28s. 
Russian .24s. „ 28s. 
BEAKS. 
Harrow .41s. to 43s. 
Pigeon.42s. „ 48s. 
Tick.40s. ,, 42s. 
PEAS. 
Boiling, per qi% 42s. to 47s. 
Common. 36s. „ 38s. 
Grey .«..«.»•*. 3 1 s. ,, 40s. 
Maple . 40s. „ 42s. 
SEEDS. 
Turnip, White, per 
bush. — to — 
Swede. — „ — 
Rape . 84s. ,, 86s. 
Linseed, sowing 74s. „ 76s. 
„ crushing 70s. „ 73s. 
Clover, English, 
red. 60s. ,, 68s. 
„ Foreign do. 52s. „ 57s. 
„ White.... 68s, „ 73s. 
Trefoil. 28s. „ 32s. 
Rye . 40s. „ 43s. 
Tares . — „ — 
Canary. 50s. „ 54s, 
Hemp . 50s. „ 53s. 
Linseed Cake,per 
ton .... £12 to .£12 10s. 
Rape Cape £6 10s. „ £6 15s. 
Indian Corn .. 47s. „ 50s. 
HOPS. 
Mid & E. Kent £10 to £12 1 Sussex... £8 
Weald of Kent £8 to £10 | 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Clover, 1st cut per 
load. 110s. to 147s. 
Ditto, 2nd cut 90s. „ 140s. 
Meadow Hay.. 90s. „ 120s. 
MeadowHay,new 95s. to 105s. 
Rowan. — „ — 
Straw, flail .... 30s. „ 36s. 
Ditto, machine 28s. „ 80s. 
MEAT. 
Beef, inferior, per 
8 lbs. .. 3s. 4d. to 3s. fid. 
Do. mid... 3s.8d. to 3s. lOd. 
Do. prime- 4s. to 4s. 2d. 
Mutton, in¬ 
ferior-3s. 4d. to 3s. 8d. 
Mutton, mid. 3s. lOd. to 4s.4d. 
Do. prime 4s. Od. to 4s. 10d. 
Veal.... 3s.lOd. to 4s. lOd. 
Lamb ... .5s. 4d. to 5s. lOd. 
Pork, large 3s. 8d. to 4s. Od. 
Ditto, small 4s. Od. to 4s. fid. 
POULTRY. 
We have to record the usual Market in the middle of 
August—an ample supply and decreasing demand. Grouse 
were scarce for the first two days, and realized large prices, 
but since then there have been many at Market, and the 
quality is much better than we were let to expect. 
Large Fowls 5s. to Cs. each 
Smaller do. 3s. fid. „ 4s fid. „ 
Chickens .. 2s. to 2s. 9d. „ 
Geese .... Cs. to 6s. fid. „ 
Ducks .... 3s. to 3s. fid. „ 
Leverets.3s. to 5s. „ 
Pigeons ... .,9d. to lOd. each 
Quails .. Is. 3d. to Is. fid. „ 
Rabbits Is. 5d. to Is. fid. „ 
Wild do.9d. to lOd. „ 
Grouse 2s. fid. to 3s. fid. „ 
Old do. .... Is. to Is. fid. „ 
PROVISIONS. 
BUTTER. —Cwt. 
Dorset, fine .. 98s. to 102s. 
Do. middling .. 80s. „ 86s. 
Fresh, per doz. 
lbs. 
Friesland ... 
Kiel . 
Carlow .... 
Waterford .. 
Cork .. 
Limerick ... 
Sligo. 
8s. „ 12s. 
100s. „ 104s. 
. 96s. „ 100s. 
.. fifis. „ 98s. 
. 98s. „ 102s. 
. 98s. „ 102s. 
. 92s. „ fifis. 
BACON. —Cwt. 
Wiltshire, dried 78s. to 80s. 
Waterford .... 72s. „ 74s. 
cheese. —Cwt. 
Cheshire, fine .. 70s. 
Gloucestershire, 
double. 08s. 
Ditto, single.... 56s. 
Somerset. 70s. 
Wilts, loaf .... 68s. 
Ditto, double .. 72s. 
Ditto, thin .... 54s. 
Ditto, pines .... 72s. 
Berkeley, thin .. 62s. 
HAMS. —Cwt. 
York, new .... 80s. 
Westmoreland.. 70s. 
Irish. 74s. 
to 84s. 
>) 
74s. 
70s. 
„ 84s. 
„ 78s. 
„ 78s. 
„ C4s. 
J) -- 
„ fifis. 
to 90s. 
„ 86s. 
„ 84s. 
WOOL. 
Down Tegs Is. 2d. to Is. 3d. 
Ditto Tegs and 
Ewes .. Is. Id. „ Is. 2d. 
Half-bred Hog¬ 
gets .... Is. 3d.„Is.3^d. 
Do. Wethers Is. „ Is. 2d. 
KentFleeces Is. Id. „ Is. 2d. 
Leicester, 
fleeces .. Is. „ Is. l|d. 
Long, heavy do. lid. „ Is. 
Combing skins 10£d. „ Is. Id. 
Flannel woolls.ld. „ls.2^d. 
Blanket wool .. fid. „ lid. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Flower-garden Soil (J. H.). —It can be too light as well as too 
heavy. When too fight the flowers are dwarf, and soon burn up. Mix 
some of the heavy soil taken away with leaf-mould and lime-rubbish. 
Turn the mixture over two or three times, and dig it into the soil late in the 
autumn. Ridge the soil all the winter. In the spring level it, and you 
will find the staple much improved. American Plants do best in a soil 
all peat, with an annual dressing of leaf-mould. Guano is best applied 
to flowers in a liquid form, very weak, an ounce to four gallons. 
Club Root (E. S. Moltram). —See what Mr. Errington says in one 
of our pages to-day. 
Walton’s Propagating Apparatus (A Constant Reader). —Mr, 
Beaton has recently explained that fresh experiments are making with 
this. Your Moss is not a Moss, but Lycopodium helveticum. No one 
can tell the names you seek from a leaf. 
Strawberry-beds (It.).—Plant well-rooted runners rather than old 
plants. No absolute rule can he given for the time Strawberry-beds 
should remain before fresh beds are made. In some soils every third 
year. In moist alluvial soils we have known them as productive at the 
end of ten years as they were when first in full bearing. 
Names of Plants (Stoke Newington). — 1. Sempervivum tectorum. 
2. Plumbago Larpentse. 3. Linaria cymhalaria. 4. We cannot name 
Peas unless they have pods on them. 5. Lathvrus azureus. 6. Appears 
to be nothing more than a diminutive Lathyrus pratensis. 7. Tetra- 
gonobolus edulis, the Winged Pea. ( A Constant Reader). — Lilium 
chalcedonicum, or Scarlet Martagon Lily. (R. W.) —The yellow flower 
is very scarce, it is Linaria vulgaris var. piloria, or Regular-flowered 
Toad-flax, having five spurs instead. A friend would be glad of a plant. 
The other plants are Salvia Grabamii and Common Rosemary. (C. B. 
S., Jersey). —Your Fern is not Asplenium fontanum. (Delta). —Your 
flowers are Delphinium chinense. No. 1 is only a variety with larger 
flowers. Send four stamps to our present office, with your proper 
address, and we promise that now there will be none of the mistakes 
you mention. (Ayrshire). —Your plant is the old white Vcratrum, 
Veratrum album. (R. IP.).—It was Hoya carnosa j we do not think it 
would thrive in a room-window. 
Nosegays and Bououets (A New Subscriber).— If you buy our 
numbers 311, 331, and 345, you will find all the information we can give. 
London: Printed by Hugh Barclay, Winchester High-street, in 
the Parish of Saint Mary Kalendar; and Published for the Proprietors 
at The Cottage Gardener Office, No. 20, Paternoster Row, in 
the Parish of Christ Church, City of London.—August 21, 1855. 
