Decembeb 8, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS 1 CHRONICLE. 



679 



Senbcio glastifolitjs, Hetlev, Flowers of New 



Zealand, t. 31 (3). 



Wahlexbergia saxicola, Hetlev, Flowers of New 

 Zealand, t. 31 (4). 



Warrea lixdexiaxa, Lhulenia, 1. 155. — Discovered 

 by Linden in Venezuela. 



Law Notes. 



ACTION FOB SEEDS. 



In" the City of London Court on Wednesday, Xov. , r >, 

 before Mr. Eardley Wilmot, sitting as Deputy Judge 

 for Mr. Commissioner Kerr, an action was brought by 

 Mr. Thomas Clark, seed merchant, of 10, Mincing 

 Lane, E.C., to recover payment of an account for 

 seeds supplied to the defendants, Messrs. Praschkauer 

 & Co,. Limited, seed merchants, of 109, Fenchurch 

 Street, E.C. The plaintiffs, it appeared, sold 100 

 bags of seed to the defendants, for which they now 

 refused to pay. The defence was that when the seed 

 was bought a sample of it was given to the defend- 

 ants, but that the bulk was very inferior to the sam- 

 ple. They had paid £60 on account of the seeds 

 before they took delivery of them. 



The learned Deputy Judge said if they were not 

 according to sample the defendants should have re- 

 fused the seeds. The defendants said as soon as thev 

 got the sample and compared it with the bulk, they 

 asked for an allowance. They were also willing to 

 go to arbitration, but the plaintiff told them they 

 were not entitled to any consideration, whether the 

 bulk was equal to the sample or not. The seed was 

 still in their wharf awaiting the trial of this case ; 

 and even now they would go to arbitration. The 

 learned Deputy Judge found for the plaintiff, and 

 said if the defendants did not like the bulk they 

 should not have kept it— they should have sent it 

 back. Judgment was entered for £4 18s. 5d. for the 

 plaintiff, less £1 2s.. paid into Court ; and costs were 

 allowed. 



The Weather. 



MEAN TEMPEKATUBE OBSERVED AT CHISWICK DUR- 

 ING THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 15. (AVERAGE OF 

 FORTY-FOUR YEARS.) 



Dec. 9 ... 



... 41°.0 



Dec.M 



.. 40°.: 



„ 10 ... 



... 40°.9 



„ 14 



.. 40°.6 



„ 11 ... 

 .. 12 ... 



... 40°.8 

 ... 40°.7 



„ 15 



Mean for the week 



.. 4ft°.5 

 .. 40°.7 



THE PAST WEEK. 



The following summary record of the weather for 

 the week ending Dec. 3, is furnished from the 

 Meteorological Office : — 



"The weather has remained in a dull, rough, and 

 unsettled condition very generally, with a good deal 

 of rain over England and Ireland, and falls of snow, 

 sleet, and rain over Scotland. Thunder and light- 

 ning were experienced during the earlier part of the 

 period in almost all districts. 



"The temperature has been lower than it was 

 during last week, but in all districts excepting 

 ' Scotland, N.' it has still been above the mean. 

 Over the greater part of England an excess of 3° or 

 4° is shown, and in ' England, S.,' 5°. The highest 

 of the maxima were generally recorded either on 

 December 2 or 3, when they varied from 55° in 

 ' Scotland, N.,' and 'England, E.,' to 58° in 'Scot- 

 land, E.,' and ' Scotland, W.,' and to 60° in 'Eng- 

 land, N.W.,' and 'Ireland, S.' The lowest of the 

 minima, which were registered during the earlier 

 part of the period, ranged from 21° to 28° in Scot- 

 land, from 23° to 25° over Ireland, and from 25° 

 to 33° over England. 



" The rainfall has been rather less than the mean 

 in ' Scotland, N.,' but more in all other parts of the 

 kingdom ; in the east and west of Scotland, the 

 south-west of England, and the south of Ireland, the 

 excess has been large. 



" Bright sunshine has continued very deficient 

 generally. In the ' Channel Islands ' the percentage 

 of the possible amount of duration has been 33 ; 

 over England it has ranged from 9 to 20. in Scotland 

 from 6 to 14, and in Ireland from 5 to 6." 



[Accumulated temperature indicates the combined amount and 

 duration of the excess or defect of temperature above or 

 below 32° F. for the period named, and is expressed in Day- 

 degree — a "Day-degree" signifying 1° continued for 

 twenty-four hours, or any other number of degrees for an 

 inversely proportional number of hours.] 





Temperature. 







Accumulated. 









. n - 



* a 





Above or 



g 



g 



g^ 



3^ 



Districts. 



below the 



*•* -M 











Mean for 









■= - ,: 





the week- 

 ending 



ft 



h 



o"a» 



5,9- 





Dec. :j. 



2$ 

 < 



a" 



°i 



if 



Principal Wheat pro- 





Day- 



Day- 



Day- 



Day- 



ducing Districts. 





deg. 



deg. 



deg. 



deg. 



0. Scotland, N. ... 



1 below 



4 



36 



— 231 



+ 169 



1. Scotland. E. ... 



1 above 



8 



38 



— 480 



+ 101 



2. England. N.E. ... 



4 above 



23 



9 



— 46.'. 



+ 10 



3. England, E. 



4 above 



25 



9 



— 332 



+ 132 



4. Midland Cos. ... 



4 above 



26 



12 



— 419 



+ 120 



5. England, S. 



5 above 



32 



2 



— 397 



+ 163 



Principal Grazing, Sec, 













Districts. 













6. Scotland, W. ... 



3 above 



1* 



10 



— 328 



+ 35 



7. England, N.W... . 



2 above 



21 



8 



— 338 



+ 77 



6. England, S.W.... 



3 above 



88 



3 



— 442 



+ 235 



9. Ireland, N. 



1 above 



23 



1.-. 



— 233 



+ 3 



10. Ireland, S. 



1 al>ove 



30 



13 



— 213 



+ :<; 



— Channel Islands 



l above 



58 







- 250 



+ 150 





Raintall 





Bright 

 Sunshine. 



Districts. 



More or less than 



the Mean for 



the Week. 







i 



s5 



s8 « 



Principal Wheat-pro- 

 ducing Districts. 



Tenths of 

 Inch. 





Ms. 







0. Scotland, N. ... 



2 less 



221 



41.1 



» 



27 



1. Scotland, E. ... 



8 more 



195 



29.3 



6 



29 



2. England, N.E. ... 



2 more 



175 



21.9 



13 



26 



3. England, E. 



1 more 



J76 



23.7 



19 



29 



4. Midland Cos. ... 



1 more 



lij4 



24.7 



15 



27 



5 England, S. 



4 more 



171 



26.8 



12 



29 



Principal Grazing, &e. , 

 Districts. 













6. Scotland, W. ... 



7 more 



183 



42.5 



7 



30 



7. England, N.W... . 



2 more 



185 



29.4 



9 



28 



8. England, S.W.... 



7 more 



191 



35.4 



20 



34 



9. Ireland, N. 



5 more 



197 



33.9 



5 



27 



10. Ireland, S. 



12 more 



178 



35.1 



6 



32 



— Channel Islands 



imore 



209 



29.0 



33 



39 



ARKETS. 



CO VENT GARDEN, December 6. 



[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 betaken 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.] 



Heavy supplies of Apples to hand ; prices easier. 

 Grapes cleared more readily. James Webber \ Whole- 

 sale Apple Market. 



Fruit.— Average Wholesale Prices. 



s. d. s. d. 

 Apples, half-sieve... 2 0-46 

 — Canada and Nova 



Scotia, per barrellO 0- IS 

 Cobs, 1001b. ...10) 0-11O 

 Grapes, per lb. ... 6- 3 



Vegetables.— Average 

 s. d. s. d. 

 Beet, red, per dozen 10-20 

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

 Cauliflowers, each ... 3- ... 

 Celery, per bundle ... 1 6- 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- ... 

 POTATOS. — Beauty of Hebron, 

 75s. ; and Magnums, 80s. to 



Retail Prices. 



s. 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- ... 



'0a\ to 80s. ; Imperators, 65s. to 

 10s. per ton. Trade very bad. 



Plants in Pots.— Average Wholesale Fbiobs. 



Aralia Sieboldi, doz. 6 

 Chryaanthems., doz. 4 



— large plants, each 2 

 Coleus, dozen ... 2 

 Cyperus, per dozen . 4 

 Dracaena tenninalis, 



per dozen 30 



— viridis, per doz.12 

 Epiphyllums doz....l8 

 Erica hymalis, doz. ..12 



— oafixa, dozen ... 6 



— gracilis, dozen... 8 

 Euonymus, in var., 



per dozen 6 



Evergreens, in var., 

 per dozen 6 



d. s. d. 

 0-18 



0-9 



0-4 



0-4 



0-12 



0-60 



0-24 



0-30 



0-24 



0-12 



0-12 



0-18 



0-24 



s.d.s.d. 

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

 Foliage plants, vari- 

 ous, each 2 0-10 



Ficus elastica. each .16-70 

 Fuchsias, doz. ... 3 0-60 



Hyacinths, Roman. 



dozen pots 10 0-12 



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

 Marguerites, doz. ... 6 0-12 

 Palms in var., each 2 6-21 

 Pelargoniums, scar- 

 let, per dozen ... 4 0- 9 

 Poinsettias, dozen ... 9 0-15 

 Primulas, per dozen 4 0-60 

 Solanums, dozen ... 9 0-15 

 Tulij,s, dozen pots ... 8 0-10 



Cut Flowers.— Average Wholesale Prices. 

 s.d.s.d. I s.a 



3 0-60; Mignonette. 12 bun. 2 C 

 9-10 Karcis., paper-white, 

 6-101 (French), 12 bun... 3 



Pelargoniums, 12 spr. 1 



— scarlet, 12 spr.... 4 

 Poinsettias, doz. ... 4 



6-30 Primulas. dbl..|l2sp. 1 



4 0-12 Roses, Tea, per doz. 1 



3 0-60 — coloured, dozen. 2 



4 0-60 — red, perdozen ... 1 



— Safrano, dozen... 1 

 Stephanotis, 12 spr. 6 



10-16 Tuberoses. 12 blms.... 



10-20 Violets, 12 bunches... 1 



0-7 — dark, Fr., bunch 1 



3 0-60 — Panne. Fr., bun. 3 



Abutillons, 12 bun.... 

 Azaleas, 12 sprays ... 

 Bouvardias, per bun. 

 Camellias, 12 blms. 

 Carnations, 12 blms. 

 Chrysant hemums, 



12 blooms 



— dozen bunches... 

 Eucharis, per dozen 

 Gardenias. 12 blooms 

 Heliotropes, 12 spr. 

 Hyacinths Roman, 



12 sprays 



Lapageria, 12 blooms 

 Lilac, white Fr.,bun. 

 Marguerites, 12 bun. 



0-6 

 0-16 

 0-8 

 0-6 

 0-16 

 0-3 

 0-4 

 0-2 

 0-2 

 0-8 

 9- 1 6 

 0-16 

 6-2 

 6-4 



Lemons, per case ...12 0-21 

 Peaches, dozen ... 2 0- 6 

 Pine-apples, Eng. ,1b. 16-20 

 — St. Michael, each 2 0-80 



SEEDS. 



London: Dec. 5. — Messrs. John Shaw & Sons, 

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

 that to-day's market, as might be expected, was 

 very thinly attended, and the business doing was in 

 the' smallest possible compass. All descriptions of 

 Clover seed are just now exceedingly quiet, and, 

 indeed, no great activity is looked for until the New 

 Year. Meantime, quotations all round keep steady. 

 Canary and Hemp seed are now good in quality and 

 low in price. For Peas and Haricots the demand is 

 slow on former terms. There is no change in either 

 Mustard or Bape seed. In Linseed the tendency is 

 downwards. 



CORN. 



Averages. — Official statement showing the average 

 price of British corn, imperial measure, in the week 

 ended December 1 :— Wheat, 31s. 8d. ; Barley, 

 27s. -id. ; Oats, 16s. fid. For the corresponding week 

 in 1887 :— Wheat, 31s. 3d. ; Barley, 29s. 3d. ; Oats, 

 16». Id. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. 



Spitalfields : Sec. 5 — Good supplies of all 

 kinds of fresh vegetables, Potatos, &c. Trade very 

 slow indeed, hence low prices. Large arrivals of 

 American Apples. Quotations as under : — Pears, 3s. 

 to 6s. per bushel ; English Apples, 2s. 6d. to 6s. do. ; 

 do., Is. 3d. to 3s.. per half-bushel; American do., 

 10s. 6t/. to 21s. per barrel ; Cauliflowers, 3s. 6<?. to 

 7s. per tally ; Savoys, Is. 'Ml. to 2s. 6rf. do. ; Spinach, 

 Is. 6(2. to Is. 9<Z. per bushel ; Brussels Sprouts, Is. to 

 Is. Sd. per half-sieve ; Seakale, Is. 3d. to Is. 9r/. per 

 punnet ; Parsnips, 6</. to dd. per score ; Greens, 

 Is. to Is. 6d. per dozen bunches ; Turnips, Is. 6d. to 

 2s. do. ; Carrots, Is. 3d. to Is. Od. do. ; Horse- 

 radish, 11'/. to Is. 2d. per bundle; Celery, 8s. to 

 12s. per dozen bundles ; English Onions, 5s. to 

 5s. 6d. per cwt. ; Belgian do., 3s. to 3s. 3d. per 

 ba"; Dutch do, 3s. 3d. to 3s. SM. do. ; pickling do, 

 4s. 6& to 5s. Qd. do. ; Endive, Is. 6>l. to 2s. 6d, 

 per dozen; Carrots, 24s. to 30s. per ton ; Parsley, 

 Is. dd. to 2s. per dozen bunches ; Cabbages, Is. 6</. 

 to 2s. 6d. per tally. 



Stratford, Bee. 4.— Both trade and supply have 

 been good during the past week :— Cabbages, 2s. to 

 Mr/, per tally ; .Savoys, 2s. to 2s. Qd. lo. ; Cauliflowers, 

 Is. to Is. Gd. do. ; Turnips, 2s. 6<Z. to 3s. Gd. per dczen 

 bunches ; do., 25s. to 35s. per ton ; Carrots, houshold, 

 25s. to 35s. do. ; do , cattle feeding, 20s. to 24s. do. ; 



