456 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[October 20, 1888. 



" The temperature has continued below the mean 

 in all districts except ' Scotland, E.' The deficit, 

 however, has not been so large as that of last week, 

 having ranged from 1° to 4° in most of our western 

 and northern districts to 5° or 6° over our eastern, 

 central, southern, or south-western England. The 

 highest of the maxima, which were recorded on the 

 12th at most of the English stations, and on various 

 dates over Ireland and Scotland, ranged from 56° in 

 ' England, S.W.,' to 63° in ' England, S.,' and 64° in 

 ' Scotland, E.' The lowest of the minima, which 

 occurred generally at the beginning or towards the 

 end of the period varied from 25° to 30° in most 

 parts of England, from 26° to 28° in Ireland, and 

 from 26° to 32° in Scotland. In 'England, N.E.,' 

 the lowest reading was 34°. and in the ' Channel 

 Islands, 35°. During the the night of the I4th — 

 15th thermometers exposed on the grass over the 

 inland parts of south-western, southern, and south- 

 eastern England fell to between 21° and 24°. 



" The rainfall has been less than the mean. The 

 fall has been very slight in all districts excepting 

 ' Scotland, N' 



" Bright sunshine shows an inrcease over some of 

 our more .southern and south-western districts, but 

 a decrease elsewhere. The percentage of the pos- 

 sible amount of duration ranged from 10 to 23 in 

 Scotland, from 24 to 40 in Ireland, and from 28 to 

 52 over England. In the ' Channel Islands ' the 

 percentage was 55." 



Cut Flowers.— Average Wholesale Prices. 



MEAN TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT CHISWICK DUR- 

 ING THE WEEK ENDING OCT. 27. (AVERAGE OF 

 FORTY-FOUR YEARS.) 



Oct. 21 ... 



... 49°.2 



Oct. 25 



.. 47°.6 



„ 22 ... 



... 48°.8 



„ 26 



.. 47°.3 



„ 23 ... 

 ., 24 ... 



... 48°.4 

 ... 48°.0 



,, 27 



Mean for the week . 



.. 47°.0 

 .. 48"..0 



ARKETS. 



CO VENT GARDEN, October 18. 



[We cannot accept any editorial responsibility for the subjoined 

 reports, -which, however, are furnished to us regularly 

 every Thursday, by the kindness of several of the principal 

 salesmen, who revise the list, and who are responsible for the 

 quotations. It must be remembered that these quotations 

 represent averages for the week preceding the date of our 

 report. The prices depend upon the quality of the samples, 

 the supply in the market, and they fluctuate, not only 

 from day to day, but often several times in one day, and 

 therefore the prices quoted as averages for the past week 

 must not be taken as indicating the particular prices at 

 any particular date, and still less can they be taken as 

 guides to the prices in the coming week. Ed.] 



A few Canadian Apples to hand this week, but 

 poor samples. Market well supplied generally, with 

 dull trade. Kent Cobs in short supply, with a ten- 

 dency to rise. James Webber, Wholesale Apple Market. 



Fruit.— Average Wholesale Prices. 



Apples, half-sie 

 Cobs, 1001b.... 

 Grapes, per lb. 

 Lemons, per can 

 Melons, each 



: ... 2 0- 4 6 

 ...70 0- ... 

 ... 6- 2 6 

 ...12 0-21 

 ... 10-30 



Peaches, dozen ... 2 0- 6 

 Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 16-20 

 Plums, half-sieve ... 2 6- 4 6 

 — St. Michael, each 2 0-50 



Vegetables.— Average Ketail Prices. 



Artichokes, p. doz..„ 4 0- ... 

 Beet, red, per dozen 10-20 

 Carrots, per bunch... 6- ... 

 Cauliflowers, each ... 3- ... 

 Celery, per bundle ...16-2 

 Cucumbers, each ... 9- ... 

 Endive, per dozen ... 3 0- ... 

 Green Mint, bunch... 6- ... 

 Herbs, per bunch ... 6- ... 

 Leeks, per bunch ... 4- ... 

 Lettuce, per dozen... 2 0- „. 

 Mushrooms, punnet 2 6- ... 



. d. s. d. 



Mustard and Cress, 



punnet ... ... 4- ... 



Onions, per bunch ... 5- ... 

 Parsley, per bunch... 4- ... 

 Potatos, per cwt. ...4 0-5 



,, kidney, per cwt. 4 0-50 

 Shallots, per lb. ... 6- ... 

 Spinach, per bushel... 2 6- ... 

 Tomatos, per lb. ... 1 0- ... 

 Turnips, per bunch, 



new 5- ... 



Potatos.— Myatt's finished. Beauty of Hebron, 60s. to 81s. 

 Regents, 90s. ; and Magnums, 65s. to 80s. per ton. 



Plants in Pots.— Average Wholesale Prices. 



Aralia Sieboldi, doz. 6 

 Asters, per dozen ... 6 

 Chrysanthems., doz. 4 



— large plants, each 2 

 Cockscombs, per doz. 3 

 Coleus, dozen ... 2 

 CypeniB, per dozen . 4 

 Dracaena terminalis, 



per dozen 30 



— viridis, per doz.12 

 Ericas in var., doz.,.. 9 

 Euonymus, in var., 



per dozen 6 



Evergreens, in var., 

 per dozen 6 



0-18 



0-9 



0-9 



0-4 



0-6 



0-4 



0-12 



0-60 



0-24 



0-18 



0-18 



0-24 



s.d.s.d. 

 Ferns, in var., doz. 4 0-18 

 Foliage plants, vari- 

 ous, each 2 0-10 



Ficue elastica, each .16-70 

 Fuchsias, doz. .,,3 0-6 

 Heliotropes, dozen... 3 0-60 

 Hydrangeas, dozen... 9 0-18 

 Liliums, var., doz. ...18 0-30 

 Marguerites, doz. ... 6 0-12 

 Mignonette, 12 pots 3 0-60 

 Palms in var., each 2 6-21 



dozen ... 2 0- 6 



dozen 4 0-60 



9 0-15 



Abutillons, 12 bun.... 3 



— French, per bun. 1 

 Bouvardiaa, per bun. 

 Camellias, 12 blms. 3 

 Carnations, 12 blms. 2 

 Chrysanthemums, 



12 blooms 



— dozen bunches... 9 

 Eucharis, per dozen 4 

 Gardenias. 12 blooms 3 

 Gladiolus, doz. sprays 1 

 Heliotropes, 12 spr. 

 Lilium longiflorum, 



12 blooms 4 



— lancifolium,12bl. 1 

 Lapageria, 12 blooms 1 



0-6 

 6-2 6 

 6- 1 

 0-4 

 0-3 



6-3 

 0-18 

 0-8 

 0-6 

 6-3 

 6-10 



0-6 

 0-3 

 0-2 



Marguerites, 12 bun.' 3 0- 

 Mignonette, 12 bun. 2 0- 

 Pelargoniuma,12apr. 1 0- 



— scarlet, 12 spr.... 4 0- 

 Primulas. double, 12 



sprays 1 0- 



Pyrethrums, 12 bun. 2 0- 

 Koses, Tea, per doz. 1 0- 



— coloured, dozen. 2 0- 



— red, per dozen ... 6- 



— Safrano, dozen... 1 0- 

 Stephanotis, 12 spr. 4 0- 

 Tuberoses, 12 blms.... 6- 

 Violets, 12 bunches... 1 0- 



— dark, Fr,, bunch 1 6 • 



— Panne, Fr., bun. 3 0- 



The sudden and severe frost (for the season) has consider- 

 ably altered the prices for the time, many outdoor useful 

 flowers being cut off ; and although they have improved 

 this week, indoor flowers at the present time do not meet 

 the demand. 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Numerous Communications and Illustrations 

 are of necessity held over by reason of tie 

 Fruit Congress. 



let, p. 

 Primtda.-. 



Sola nuniH, dozen 



Corrections. — On p. 417, " Harpaliura rigidum," &c, 

 " new authority " should read " Kew authority ; " 

 for " valuable " read " variable." 



Eschallots : Or. B. $ Sons. These would be grown 

 well in all those districts whence our market 

 supplies of Onions come — Bedfordshire, about 

 Sandy Bedford, Banbury, and parts of Warwick- 

 shire. The bulbs grow well in good soils in Hants, 

 Sussex, Kent. We do not know which county 

 contributes the largest quota. 



Medlar Jelly: H. H. When ripe, but when not 

 over-ripe. 



Names of Fruit : A. B. D. Apple, Cox's Pomona. 

 — K. S. 1, General Todleben ; 2, Josephine de 

 Malines ; 3, Hessle ; 4, Beurre Bachelier ; 5, not 

 known ; 6, Vicar of Winkfield. — Tliomas Parks. 

 1, Beurre Diel ; 2, Louise Bonne of Jersey. — 

 Alfred Andrews. Pott's Seedling. — Win. Broom- 

 ford. 1, Cox's Orange Pippin ; 2, Autumn Pear- 

 main ; 3, not known ; 4, Grange's Pearmain ; 5, 

 Pine-apple Russet ; 6, Yorkshire Greening. — 

 W. W. B. Pear Van Mons Leon le Clerc ; Apple 

 Dumelow's Seedling. — M. J. S. 6, Ribston Pip- 

 pin; 3, Cellini ; 2, Emperor Alexander ; 1, Gra- 

 venstein; 4, Margil ; 5, Blenheim Orange; 1, 

 Chaumontelle ; 2, Beurre Bosc ; 3, Mareehal de la 

 Cour ; 4, Winter Crassane ; 5, Easter Beurre' ; 6, 

 General Todtleben ; 7, Beurre Rauce ; 10, Bel- 

 lissine d'Hiver. 



Names of Plants : 67. M. Olivet, Loiret. 1, Cypri- 

 pedium, probably selligerum : flower decayed ; 2, 

 Odontoglossum grande ; 3, Oncidium curtum : a 

 fine variety ; 4, Cypripedium : decayed, and colour 

 gone ; 5, Lselia Perrinii ; 6, Lycaste plana : a bad 

 variety of it ; 7, Lycaste sp. ; 8, Lycaste Skinneri ; 

 9, Ltelia elegans var. probably : specimen bad ; 10, 

 Masdevallia infracta ; 11, M. corniculata ; 12, Scu- 

 ticaria Steelii ; 13, Odontoglossum grande ; 14, 

 Phalasnopsis antennifera ; 15, Pleione (Ccelogyne) 

 lagenaria; 16, Trichosmasuavis ; 17, Cypripedium 

 (Selenipedium) Schlimii ; 18, Odontoglossum Ins- 

 leayi ; Phalsenopsis Esmeralda. Our corre- 

 spondent is unreasonable. We cannot undertake 

 to name more than six another time. An editor's 

 duties are quite heavy enough without superadding 

 the naming of plants, though we are always very 

 desirous to oblige as far as we can. — C. L. 1, no spe- 

 cimen ; 2, Cupressus Lawsoniana ; 3, Thuia gigantea 

 (true) ; 4, Thuia (Thuiopsis) borealis ; 5, Cupressus 

 Lawsoniana ; 6, Picea Menziesii. — Subscriber. 1, 

 Thuia plicata (Warreana) ; 2, Juniperus virgin- 

 eana ; 3, Thuia plicata ; 4, Quercus cerris ; 5, 

 Fagus sylvatica laciniata; 6, Acer rubrum; 7, 

 Carpinus Betulus. The Plane is Platanus orien- 

 talis. — W. S. C. P. (next week). — H.A.J, (next 

 week). — A. K. D. (next week). — Geo. Howe. 

 Hsemanthus coccineus.— F. W. B. Colchicum 

 variegatum. — T. D. Can you not send a better 

 specimen? It is allied to the Oleander. — H. E. F. 

 1, Oncidium varicosum ; 2, O. praatextum ; 3, 

 Odontoglossum Rossi. — Mac. 1, Metrosideros 

 floribunda ; 2, Diosma ericoides ; 3, Hoffmannia ; 

 4, Callicarpa purpurea ; 5, Pilea muscosa ; 6, 

 unrecognisable. — A. C. 1, Crataegus coccinea pro- 

 bably ; is it thorny ? ; 2, CotoneaBter affinis. 

 Notice. — V^ill W. S. Melton, for whom we named a 

 caterpillar in the number for September 29 last, 



communicate with Mr. J. Birkenhead, Pern 

 Nursery, Sale, near Manchester? 



Onions : E. A. K. Onions ripened generally so 

 badly this year, and are in consequence in a very 

 sappy condition, that the loss in drying will be 

 considerable, but how much we are unable to state 

 definitely. The bulbs are likely to keep badly. 



Orchid Peat : Mr. A. Johnson, of the Stanley Nur- 

 series, Wilmslow, Cheshire, sends us a specimen 

 of Orchid peat consisting almost entirely of clean 

 fibre, well suited for its purpose. 



Mealy-buo on Vines : B. H. In our Calendar, 

 "Fruits under Glass," in our last issue, there will 

 be found excellent means described of getting rid 

 of this insect. It may be stated further that a 

 keen look-out must be kept for it during the sum- 

 mer, and wherever seen to touch it with methy- 

 lated spirits. 



Removing Trees Planted in November Last Year : 

 67. B. Do so at once ; last year's removal will 

 have resulted in a multitude of small roots which 

 will at once seize on new soil on removal. Mulch 

 with strawy manure, and do not prune next season. 



Tree Tomato and Melon Pear : W. H. M., Munches. 

 Both plants require hothouse treatment and a 

 certain measure of root confinement if much fruit 

 be expected. The treatment afforded Muscat 

 Grapes would suit both during the summer 

 months. 



Varieties of Nectarines and Peaches to Plant : 

 67. Five Nectarines : Goldoni, Lord Napier, in 

 August; Newton, Rivers' Orange and Dante, in 

 succession during September. Five Peaches : 

 Hale's Early, Mignonne Gros Early, the large 

 flowered variety ; Stirling Castle, Lady Pal- 

 merston, and Sea Eagle, coming in in the order 

 named. We should plant these varieties in pre- 

 ference to your own selection, the truits being 

 finer, and the succession a longer one. 



CATALOGUES EEOEIVED. 



G. Prince, 14, Market Street, Oxford — Roses on the 



Seedling Brier. 

 Messrs. W. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, Herts- 

 Roses. 

 L'Horticulture Internationale, 79, Rue Wiertz, 



Paro Leopold, Bruxelles — Orchids and New 



Plants. 

 L. Spath, Rixdorf, Berlin, Germany — Fruit, Forest, 



and Ornamental Trees. 

 Jambs Cocker & Sons, 59, St. Nicholas Street, 



Aberdeen, N.B. — Bulbs. 

 Lambert & Reiter, Trier, Rhenish Prussia — Fruit 



and Rose Trees. 

 J. Schwartz, 7, Route de Vienne, Lyon, France — 



Roses. 

 Dammann & Co., San Giovanni a Teduccio, near 



Naples, Italy — Wholesale Seed List. 

 Thomas Warner, The Abbey, Leicester — Fruit 



Trees. 

 Charles Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough — Roses, 



Fruit Trees, &c. 

 Paul & Son, Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, Herts — Fruit 



and Ornamental Trees, &c. 

 Andre Leroy, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France — 



Supplement to General Catalogue (Fruit and 



Forest Trees, &c). 

 Jas. M. Thorburn & Co., 15, John Street, New 



York, U.S.A. — American Seeds (Wholesale 



List). 

 Baudriller, Gennes, Maine-et-Loire,- France — 



Wholesale List of Trees and Shrubs. 

 Frank Cant, Colchester — Roses. 

 B. R. Cant, Colchester — Roses. 



Communications Received. — H. Correvon, Geneva. — F. H., 

 La Mortola.— W. A.— A. F. B.— E. J. L., Nottingham.— J. 

 O'B.— H. H. W.— J. R. J.— Canon E.— H. H.— D. L.— W. A.— 

 Aberdeen.— Weller.— Dr. S.— D. T— T. B. H.— M. F.— Ehe- 

 bmn.— J. T. B. —J. C. W. & Sons. — S. A.-W. S.— H. D.— 

 W. 0. S.— C. Philp. — W. R.— A. M.— Whitton.— W. Did- 

 dams.— J. E. N. — C. F. P. — W. E. G.— J. R. J. — W. A.— 

 W. B. H.— J. T. B.— Thompson. 

 Q" Correspondents sending plants or fruits to be named, or 



asking questions demanding time and research/or their solution, 



must not expect to obtain an answer to their enquiries in the 



current week. 



DIED, at The Gardens, Villa Rothschild, Hohe- 

 Warte, Vienna, on the 1st inst., aged thirty-six, 

 suddenly, George Watson Robson, only son of the 

 late John Robson, formerly of Cresswell Hall, 

 Northumberland, greatly loved by all his friends, 

 and highly esteemed by all his colleagues, His early 

 death is deeply regretted!. 



