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TEE GARB ENER S' CER ONI CL E. 



I November 3, 1888. 



SEEDS. 



London: Oct. 31. — Messrs. John Shaw & Sons, 

 seed merchants, of 37, Mark Lane, E.C., write that 

 the market for Clover seeds has this week assumed 

 a somewhat quieter appearance. Mail advices just 

 received speak badly of the American crop of red ; 

 France will, however, have some good seed to spare. 

 Alsike, white, and Trefoil all keep steady. In Winter 

 Tares the tendency is still downward, and the supply 

 now exceeds the demand. Rye is also cheaper. 

 More money is asked for blue Peas. Haricot Beans 

 are likewise higher. For bird seeds the sale is slow. 



The Black Apricot (Prunus dasycarpa). — Can 

 any correspondent say where this is now cultivated ? 

 J. -0. H. 



Veronica eeicifolia. — Is there a variety of 

 Veronica with the above name ? If so, would yoa 

 say where it is to be obtained. I cannot find it in 

 any published list. J. C. B., Kelso. 



CORN. 



Averages. — Official statement showing the average 

 price of British corn, imperial measure, in the week 

 ended October 27:— Wheat, 32s. 2d,.; Barley, 

 20s. 3d. ; Oats, 16s. 5d. For the corresponding 

 week in 18S7 :— Wheat, 30s. Id. ; Barley, 29s. Id. ; 

 Oats, 15s. 5d. 



EKTJIT AND VEGETABLES. 



Sfitalfields : Oct. 31. — Supplies not quite so 

 plentiful owing to inclement weather. Trade mo- 

 derately active at prices as under : — Fruit: Damsons, 

 3s. to 3s. Qd. per half-sieve ; English Plums, 2s. Qd. 

 to 3s. do. ; Pears, 3s. to 4s. Qd. per bushel ; Apples, 

 3s. to 6s. do. ; Is. Qd. to 2s. 9d. per half-bushel ; 

 English Tomatos, 3s. Qd. to 5s. per peck. Vegetables : 

 Savoys, 3s. Qd. to 5s. Qd. per tally ; Cabbages, Is. Qd. 

 to 2s. Qd. do. ; Cauliflowers, 3s. to 5s. Qd. do. ; Brussels 

 Sprouts, 2s. to 2s. 6d. per half-sieve ; Greens, Is. Qd. 

 to 2s. fid. per dozen bunches ; Turnips, Is. Qd. to 

 2s. 3d. do. ; Carrots, Is. Qd. to 2s. do. ; Onions, Is. 9d. 

 to 2s. 3d. do. ; Beetroots, 2s. to 2s. Qd. do. ; Mint, Is. 

 to Is. Qd. do. ; Parsley, Is. to Is. Qd. do. ; Celery, 4s. 

 to 9s. per dozen bundles ; Horseradish, Qd. to Is. 2d. 

 per bundle ; Dutch Onions, 2s. Qd. to 3s. per bag ; 

 Belgian Onions, 2s. to 2s. Qd. do. ; pickling Onions, 

 4s. to 4s. Qd. do. ; frame Cucumbers, 4s. to 5s. per 

 dozen ; Endive, Is. 3d. to Is. 3d. do. ; Cos Lettuces, 

 <id. to 8d. per 'score of 22; Carrots, 24s. to 35s. 

 per ton. 



Stratford, Oct. 30. — Both trade and supply have 

 been good during the past week. Quotations :— 

 Cabbages, 3s. to 4s. per tally ; Turnips, 35s. to 40s. 

 per ton ; Carrots, household, 35s. to 40s. do. ; Man- 

 gels, 15s. to 20s. do. ; Swedes, 17s. to 22s. do. ; 

 Celery, lOd. to Is. per roll ; Apples, English, 2s. to 7s. 

 per flat ; American, 4s. Qd. to 8s. per hamper ; Jersey, 

 3s. Qd, per half barrel ; Pears, 2s. Qd. to 5s. per 

 sieve ; Carrots, 2s. to 3s. per dozen bunches ; Tur- 

 nips 3s. to 3s. Qd. do. ; Walnuts, 5s. to 12s. per bag ; 

 do., 13s. to 15s. per sack. 



POTATOS. 



Borough and Spitalfields : Oct. 30. — Adequate 

 supplies and quiet trade, with very little variation in 

 prices. Regents, 60s. to 80s. ; Hebrons, 60s. to 

 90s. ; Early Roses, 50s. to 80s ; Magnum Bonums, 

 50s. to 100s. per ton. 



Spitalfields : Oct. 31. — Quotations : — Beauty of 

 Hebron, 85s. to 100s. ; English Regents, 80s. to 90s. ; 

 Champions, 60s. to 65s. ; Imperators, 70s. to 85s. ; 

 Magnums, 60s. to 80s. per ton. 



Stratford : Oct. 31 : — Quotations : — Best Yorks, 

 83s.; to 90s. ; Lincolns, 70s. to 75s. ; dark Cambs, 60s. 

 to 62s. Qd. per ton. 



Imports. — The imports into London last week con- 

 sisted of 10 bags from Harlingen. 8 from Ostend, 400 

 bags 207 cases from Hamburg, 5 bags 3 casks from 

 Bremen, and 109 bags from Amsterdam. 



HAY. 



Averages. — The following are the averages of the 

 prices obtained at the various metropolitan markets 

 during the past week : — Clover, prime, 90s. to 

 144s. ; inferior, 60s. to 80s. ; hay, prime, 90s. to 130s. ; 

 inferior, 50s. to 60s. ; and straw, 34s. to 48s. per 

 load. 



En quirie s. 



"He that questioneth much shall learn much." — BiCOJi. 



Carina au&antiaCa. — In the year 1873 this plant 

 was put into commerce by Mr. William Bull, who 

 inserted a figure Of it in his Catalogue for that year. 

 Any reader who may have the plant in cultivation 

 will confer a favour on the editor by communicating 

 with him on the subject. 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Intelligent Readers, do please Note that letters 

 relating to Advertisements, or to the supply of 

 the Paper, should be addressed to the Publisher, 

 and that all communications intended for publica- 

 tion, as well as specimens and plants for naming, 

 should be addressed to the Editor. Such com- 

 munications should be written on one side only 

 of the paper, and sent as early in the week as pos- 

 sible. Correspondents sending newspapers should 

 be careful to mark the paragraphs they wish the 

 Editor to see. 



Ampelopsis Veitchii : H. G. G. The plant is noto- 

 riously variable ; under glass the leaves become as 

 big as soup-plates. Another time send your ques- 

 tion to the editor, not to the publisher. 



Books : Ilbert. The best for your purpose is Thom- 

 son's Handy Book of the Flower Garden. (W. 

 Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh ; new and enlarged 

 edition, 5s.). — E. A. Tayler. Vines and Vine 

 Culture. By A. F. Barron, Chiswick. The Garden 

 Calendar. By T. W. Sanders (Hamilton, Adams, 

 & Co.), is a good general book. 



Chrysanthemums: X. The flowers are badly affected 

 with a fungus (Botrytis or Polyactis). Burn the 

 plants. In a dry season perhaps little harm would 

 result, but such a summer as we have lately passed 

 through made things very pleasant for these fungi. 



Cinder Path : J. W. S. The proportion is about a 

 small bucketful of tar to one barrowfulof dry coal- 

 ashes, cleaned from the fine particles. The coal- 

 ashes should be screened through a three-quarter- 

 inch mesh, to take out the larger pieces. Cold 

 tar will do. It should be laid on a hard bottom, 

 and the walk should be bordered with roofing tiles 

 or slates. 



Corrections. — In our obituary notice last week of 

 Mrs. Crabbe, we named Canon Meadows as one of 

 her competitors ; it should have been " Canon 

 Beadon," whodied at the age of 101, being at the time 

 of his death the oldest clergyman. — Mr. Buchan 

 informs us that it was to Mrs. Crabbe we are in- 

 debted for the introduction of Allamanda Schottii, 

 from whom the original seed was obtained about 

 forty years ago. 



Decaying Ferns : Palmata. Damp and want of air 

 may have something to do with it. Do not 

 sprinkle overhead, but water the pans by sinking 

 them nearly to the brim in water. Apply a little 

 powdered black sulphur and charcoal, and remove 

 to a more airy place. 



Dendrobium superbiens : G. W. E. Put the plant in 

 a pot, giving it room. Keep much cooler and 

 more airy than you have it, and give the heat you 

 now give, with plenty of water when growing. If 

 growing now, keep in heat ; if not, remove until it 

 starts. 



Insects : J. Hamilton. The insects are the male and 

 female of the South American grasshopper (Copio- 

 phora cornuta), very destructive to young shoots 

 and buds. Eggs or the insects have come over 

 with imported plants. — A Constant Eeader. A 

 larva of Melolontha vulgaris (the cockchafer). 



Muscat of Alexandria Ripe by October : Young 

 Gardener. Start the house by shutting it up with 

 sun-heat on April 1 ; in a fortnight apply a little 

 fire-heat to keep up a night temperature of 45° to 

 50°, but keep as near as you can to the lesser 

 warmth ; the day temperature may be 10° to 15° 

 higher. As the Vines near the blooming stage 

 gradually raise the temperature until, when in 

 flower, the night warmth may reach 65° to 68°. 

 The whole method of growing Grapes cannot be 

 described in a paragraph. You should get Mr. 

 Barron's Vines and Vine Culture, price 5s. 3d., 

 post-free, of Mr. Barron, Chiswick. 



Names ov Fruit : J. Barnett. 1, Early Nonpareil ; 

 2, Brabant Bellefleur ; 3, Warner's King ; 5, Old 

 Nonpareil. — J. 8. 1, King of the Pippins; 3, 

 Feam's Pippin ; 4, King of the Pippins ; 5, Cox'a 



Orange Pippin ; 6, Pear Flemish Beauty ; 8, 

 Beurre Sterckmans ; 9, Beauty of Kent. — C. Cundy. 

 1, Pear Dr. Jules Guyot ; 2, Apple Golden 

 Reinette ; 3, Pigeonette. — C. F. P. 2. Beurre 

 Claiigeau ; 3, Beurre Bosc; 4, Beurre 1 d'Amanlis; 

 5, Beurre Hardy ; 6, not known; 7, Marie Louise. 

 — Whitton. Apple Scarlet Nonpareil. — J. E. Nel- 

 son. 1, Beurr6 d'Amanlis; 2. Spice Apple; 3, 

 London Pippin; 4, Hambledon Deux ans ; 5, Wil- 

 liams' Bon Chretien ; Plum Jefferson. — B. M. O. 

 Pear TJrbaniste. — W. Biddams. Landsberger 

 Reinette. — John Prince. 1, Duchesse d'Angou- 

 leme; 2, Braddick's Nonpareil; 3, Brownlee's 

 Russet; 4, Sturmer Pippin ; 5, Hambledon Deux 

 ans ; 6, Dumelow's Seedling. — W. Troughton. 1, 

 Beurre Bosc ; 2, Beurre d'Aremberg; 3, Beurre de 

 Capiaumont; 4, Beurre' d'Amanlis; 5, Madame 

 Trey ve ; Apple Queen Caroline. — E. C. E. Pear 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey ; Apple next week. 



Names of Plants : J. Humphrey. 1, 2, and 3, va- 

 rieties of Epiphyllum truncatum ; 4, Cereus Mal- 

 lisoni, a hybrid from C. speciosissimus and C. 

 flagelliformis. — J. H. 5, Oncidium prretextum. — 

 G. Martin. 1, imperfect unexpanded buds only 

 sent — you must think we are wizards ; 2, Pleione 

 (Ccelogyne) lagenaria ; 3, not recognised ; 4, 

 Goodyera sp. — leaf should have been sent with 

 flower; 5, Pleione (Ccelogyne) Wallichiana. — 

 — G. N. Hibiscus sp., which we will endeavour 

 to give you a name for next week. — F. G. 1, 

 Thuja ocCidentalis var. ; 7, Retinospora obtusa ; 

 8, Cupressus Lawsoniana; 9, Juniperus sp. ; 11, 

 12, forms of Thuja occidentalis; 13, Biota 

 orientalis. We give the specific names, but to 

 ascertain the variety you should apply to some 

 nursery where they are grown. — Vesta. Probably 

 the Sheep's Fescue, Festuca ovina. — F. T. Clarkia 

 pulchella. — B. E. O. 1, Aster, specimen insuf- 

 ficient; 2, Solidago nemoralis. — W. S. C. P. 1, 

 Carduus defloratus. — S. F. S. Mesembryanthe- 

 nium blandum, Treat in the same way as for the 

 other species of the genus ; it needs no special 

 culture. — H. J. C. 1, Statice, specimen insuf- 

 ficient; 2, Ballota acetabulosa ; 3, Verbascum, 

 perhaps V. sinaiticum ; specimen insufficient ; 

 4, Blepharis edulis ; 5, Centaurea -hyalolepis ; 



6 we do not recognise from the scrap sent. Pro- 

 bably from the locality you name. — G. M. All 

 varieties are forms of Pleione (Ccelogyne) Wal- 

 lichiana. — Old Subscriber. 1, Adiantum Capillus- 

 veneris ; 2, A. macrophyllum ; 3. Pteris cretica. — 

 A. Paterson. Oncidium trulliferum ; Dendrobium 

 longicornu ; Zygopetalum Mackayi (small variety) ; 

 Rodriguesia planifolia. Thanks for the monstrous 

 bloom : it is O. Forbesii, not O. crispum. — Colonel 

 Cooper. 2, Cattleya bicolor. 



Pears : G. Benington. Pitmaston Duchess is fine in 

 appearance, and does best on the Pear stock. It 

 should be grown on an east or west wall, or as 

 an espalier, if the district be a warm one. Owing 

 to its size, it is apt to get blown off free standing 

 trees. The flavour is not first-rate, but it is a 

 showy fruit, and looks well at table. Doyenne de 

 Boussoch is a good-looking fruit, and does well on 

 the Quince as a bush — not a pyramid — the 

 habit being too diffuse. As regards flavour 

 it is fairly good, but there are better ones. 

 In cold soils it requires a wall to mature 

 it properly. Coming in at the same time 

 (October), Conseiller de la Cour and Marie Louise 

 are better. The former on the Quince is very 

 good. Glou Morc^au is a very variable variety. 

 The fruit is finest in deep, well-drained soils ; in 

 shallow and cold ones it comes malformed, cracks, 

 and is often very gritty at the core, and is then 

 best grown on a wall as an oblique cordon on the 

 Quince, or as a fan or horizontal-trained tree on 

 the Pear stock. The roots in cold soils must be 

 kept near the surface by top-dressing with decayed 

 manure, and being lifted at intervals of five or six 

 years. The season has been very unfavourable 

 for most varieties of Pears in any but the finest 

 soils and situations. 



Pine-apple : M. F. G. The accounts of Pine-apple 

 culture by the old fathers of the craft are scattered 

 through the garden literature of the past fifty or 

 sixty years, and we may only indicate a few names 

 of gardeneiB and the weights of the fruits shown 

 by them. Mr. Hatch, an Enville, 7 lb. 8 oz., 

 shown at the Royal Horticultural Society, Novem- 

 ber 3, 1841. Sir H. S. Clarke's gardener, showed 

 the same variety the following year ; it weighed 



7 lb. 7 oz. Mr. Lumsden, the same year, showed 

 Black Antigua, of 5 lb. 4 oz. ; Mr. Foster, a Mont- 

 serrat of 6 lb. 6 oz. ; and Mr. Linwood, Green 



