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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[November 24, 1888. 



SEEDS. 



London: Nov. 21. — Messrs. John Shaw & Sons, 

 seed merchants, of 37, Mark Lane, E.C., report 

 to-days market without any striking feature. Clover 

 seeds generally are quiet, but firm. The present lull 

 coming after so much excitement and activity is re- 

 garded as quite healthy. Some small orders still 

 come to hand for Winter Vetches. Blue Peas are 

 in good demand at full prices : choice samples are in- 

 quired for. In Haricot Beans the tendency con- 

 tinues upwards. There is no change in either Mus- 

 tard or Rape seed. Bird seeds are steady. Feeding 

 Linseed hardens in value. 



CORN. 



Averages. — Official statement showing the average 

 price of British corn, imperial measure, in the week 

 ended November 17: — Wheat, 31s. lid.; Barley, 

 27s. lOd. ; Oats, 16s. $d. For the corresponding 

 week in 1887 :— Wheat, 30s. 6d. ; Barley, 29s. 6d. ; 

 Oats, 15s. 6d. 



ERUIT AND VEGETABLES. 



Spitalfields : Nov. 21. — Good supplies of all 

 kinds of farm and market garden produce. Dull 

 trade, except for best samples, which realise fair 

 prices. Quotations as under : — Pears, 2s. 6d. to 

 3s. 6<7. per bushel ; English Apples, 3s. to 5s. do. ; 

 d">., Is. Gd. to 2s. 6d. per half-bushel; American do., 

 10s. to 18s. per barrel ; Cauliflowers, 3s. 6d to 6s. 6rZ, 

 per tally ; Savoys, 2s. to 3s. 6d. do. ; Cabbages, 

 Is. 3d. to 2s. 6d. do. ; Brussels Sprouts, Is. to Is. 6d. 

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

 bunches ; Turnips, Is. dd. to 2s. do. ; Carrots, Is. 9d. 

 to 2s. Qd. do. ; Parsley, 2s. to 2s. <6d. do. ; Horse- 

 radish, lOd. to Is. 2d. per bundle ; Celery, 4s. to 12s. 

 per dozen bundles ; Endive, Is. 6d. to 2s. per dozen ; 

 Cos Lettuces, id. to 8d. per score of 22 ; English 

 Onions, 4s. to 5s. per cwt. ; Belgian Onions, 3s. to 

 3s. &d. per bag; Dutch Onions, 3s. Qd. to 4s. 3d. do. ; 

 pickling Onions, 4s. to 5s. do. ; Carrots, 20s. to 30s. 

 per ton. 



POTATOS. 



Borough and Spitalfields : Nov. 20. — With 

 moderate supplies the trade has been firmer, and a 

 fair weight of supply cleared off. — Regents, Scotch, 

 85s. to 105s. ; English, 65s. to 100s. ; Hebrons, 60s. 

 to 110s. ; Magnum Bonums, 65s. to 100s. per ton. 



Spitalfields : Nov. 21. — Quotations : — Beauty of 

 Hebron, 80s. to 100s. ; Magnums, 65s. to 70s. ; Im- 

 perators, 80s. to 90s. ; Champions, 65s. to 70s. ; 

 ~"s. to 90s. per ton. 



HAY. 



Averages. — The following are the averages of the 

 prices obtained at the various metropolitan markets 

 during the past week : — Clover, prime, old, 120s. 

 to 144s. ; new, 80s. to 110s. ; inferior, 45s. to 75s. ; 

 prime meadow hay, 120s. to 130s. ; good new hay, 

 80s. to 100s. ; inforior, 40s. to 70s. ; old straw, 42s. 

 to 48s. ; new, 29s. to 44s. per load. 



Notices to Corre spondents. 



Caepet-bed Designs : Carpet Bed. We have no in- 

 tention of illustrating the designs you mention. 

 Send to Messrs. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, 

 for a book of patterns. 



Correction. — In "Douglas Fir," p. 569, col. a, 

 Cascade Range rainfall: — instead of 2 feet 6 inches, 

 read 64 inches. 



Corrugated Iron Tubs : H. H. S. We have no ex- 

 perience of plant tubs made of this material, but 

 should think it is about one of the worst to use for 

 the purpose. Unless galvanised, they will not last 

 long ; and when galvanised, the roots coming in 

 contact with the surface would be injured. Use 

 slate sides, or Oak staves which have been charred 

 on the inner side. The latter will last ten years 

 if made of sound material well dried before being 

 made-up. 



Names of Fruits : Constant Subsuriber. The large 

 number you send is quite unreasonable. You 

 should confine yourself to six specimens at one 

 time. Apples : 1, Warner's King ; 2, Colonel 

 Vaughan ; 8, Blenheim Orange ; 12, Sam's Crab ; 

 13, Dumelow's Seedling. Pears : 1, Beurre Hardy, 

 2, Williams' Bon Chretien ; 3, Soldat d'Esperen ; 

 4, Uvedale's St. Germain ; 5, Colmar d'Aremberg ; 



6, BeurrS Superfin ; 7, Marie Louise d'Uccle. — 

 R. A. G. Apple : 1, Hambledon Deux Ans ; 

 Pear : 2, Bishop's Thumb.— £ Mann. Blenheim 

 Orange. — A. M. Pear, not known. — P. C. 1, 

 Beurre^ Bosc ; 2, Comte de Lamy ; 3, Seckle, 

 true. — James Geddes. 8, Louise Bonne of Jersey ; 

 9, Seckle ; 4, Brown Beurre ; 24, not recognised ; 

 25, Bergamot Cadette. — L 'Allegro. Pear, rotten. 

 Apple, King of the Pippins. — H. P. Reynolds. 

 Apple, Tyler's Kernel. — 6r. Massey. Apple, 

 Fearn's Pippin. 



Names of Plants: C. W. K. Cypripedium barba- 

 tum var., Cypripedium Crossianum, the greenish 

 flower. — Hull. Gongora galeata (Acropera Lod- 

 digesii). — E. M. Pleione lagenaria. — 6r. Mantin. 

 It is impossible to name Orchids from the miser- 

 able withered scraps you send. The pollen 

 masses are wanting in many cases. You must 

 send fresh material together with leaves if you 

 expect us to do anything. — J. Needham, Rugby. 

 1, Diplacus glutinosus; 2, Helleborus fetidus. — 

 P. D. W. You did not affix numbers to your spe- 

 cimens, but the one with cones is the true Thuia 

 gigantea (of which T. Lobbi is a garden synonym), 

 and the other is Libocedrus decurrens. The name 

 Lobbi should be abandoned, as it is altogether 

 irregular and not recognised, save in nursery 

 catalogues. — W. H. C. Apparently a starved 

 Clarkia. 



Orchids from British Honduras : J. F., Hull. There 

 are many Orchids indigenous to British Honduras 

 which it would be interesting to get over for your- 

 self and friends, but which would scarcely be 

 profitable commercially. Cattleya Bowringiana is 

 one of the best ; Lajlia (Brassavola) Digbyana, also 

 pretty, if not free-flowering; Brassavola venosa is 

 a fragrant species, and Schomburgkias and Epi- 

 dendrums are plentiful, the latter in several species. 



Pruning Evergreens and Privet: L. C. The best 

 periods of the year for merely cutting back young 

 growth of evergreens which do not flower in the 

 spring, or from which flowers are not desired, are 

 April and August — late if in the South and West, 

 but early in the month in the North-midland and 

 North. All pruning of evergreens should be done 

 with the knife or secateur. Cutting back old 

 limbs or heading back severely may be done in late 

 autumn and winter — preferably the former. Prune 

 Privet any time between March and the end of 

 July, once, twice, or thrice, as may seem desirable. 

 Ordinarily the second pruning is done in July, and, 

 except in warm moist districts, a third will seldom 

 be required. Old plants may be cut-in hard in 

 late autumn ; or, where a bare look in the plants 

 is objected to during winter, the work may be done 

 in March. 



Scarlet Egg-fruit Fit to Eat : R. E. W. Yes ; 

 when cooked it is as good to eat as the others. 



Vines : A. B. C. Mildew attacking the decaying 

 foliage. It is of no consequence if you burn the 

 foliage and clean the canes. The Fuschias are 

 affected with Scale ; use Gishurst Compound. 

 Your question should have been addressed to the 

 Editor and not to the Publisher. 



CATALOGUES EECEIVED. 



Howden & Co., Inverness Nurseries, Inverness, N.B. 



Trees and Shrubs, Herbaceous Plants, &c. 

 W. Smith & Son, 18, Market Street, and 103, 



Hadden Street, Aberdeen, N.B. — Trees, Shrubs, 



Roses, &c. 

 Dicksons (Limited), The Nurseries, Chester — Forest 



and Ornamental Trees, &c. 

 A. Lietze, 644, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — Seeds of 



Palms. 

 The Thames Bank Iron Co., Upper Ground Street, 



London, S.E. — Trade List. 

 Wood & Ingram, The Nurseries, Huntingdon. — 



Nursery Stock. 

 Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset — Wholesale 



List of Gladioli. 



Communications Received. — Thames Bank Iron Co. — J. 

 Donovan.— J. H. S.— R. H., Stockport.— H. W, W.—G. 

 Howes.— A. H.— R. C. W.— B— W. Clark.— R. A. R.— W.W. 

 — F. R— A. D— H. E.— J. R. J.— F. A.— J. Soorrer.— J. J. W. 

 — Theta— W. Collett.- W. S.— Wild Rose.— N. E. B— J. G. 

 B.— H. H. (we have no knowledge).— S. W.— C. W. K.— 

 W. H.— G. W.— A. B— W. S.— Semi-double Cyclamens are 

 not uncommon). — A. H. — F. W. B.— Sereuo Watson, Boston. 

 —V. L. Nancy.— O. T— W. G. S.— H. C, Geneva.— J. T. B. 

 — M. D. 



DIED.— At Bedford, on the 17th inst, Jane 

 Maria, the dearly loved wife of Thomas Laxton, 

 aged fifty-four years. 



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