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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



JDecembeb 8, 1888. 



Mangels, Ids. to 18s. do. ; Swedes, 17s. to 20s. do. ; 

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

 6d. per dozen ; Beetroot, Qd. to Is. per dozen ; Celery, 

 8c?. to Is. per roll ; Sprouts, Is. to Is. 3d. per half- 

 sieve ; Horseradish, is. to Is. 2d. per bundle ; Wal- 

 nuts, 3s. 6(2. to 4s. per bag ; Pears, 3s.to 4s. per bushel ; 

 Sage, Is. Qd. per dozen bunches ; Thyme, Is. Qd. do. 



POTATOS. 



Bobough and Spitalfields : Dec. 4. — Although 

 fresh arrivals have not been heavy, London stocks 

 have rather accumulated from lack of demand, and 

 cause a dull trade ; prices are rather easier, except 

 for best samples. Quotations ; — Regents, Scotch, 

 85s. to 115s. ; English, 60s. to 80s. ; Hebrons, 65s. 

 to 110s. ; Magnum Bonums, 60s. to 100s. per ton. 



Spitalfields : Dec. 5. — Quotations : — Beauty of 

 Hebron, 00s. to 100s. ; Magnums, 65s. to 85s. ; Im- 

 perators, 75s. to 85s. ; Champions, 60s. to 65s. ; 

 Regents, 85s. to 100s. per ton. 



Stbatfobd : Dec. 4. — Quotations: — Light soil 

 65s. to 85s. ; dark do., 65s. to 75s. ; White Elephants, 

 70s. to 90s. ; Beauty of Hebron, 60s. to 75s. per ton. 



HAY. 



Averages. — The following are the averages of the 

 prices obtained at the various metropolitan markets 

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

 to 147s. new, 80s. to 110s. ; inferior, 30s. to 84s. ; 

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

 80s. to 100s. ; inferior, 30s. to 70s. ; old straw, 40s. 

 to 48s. ; new, 28s. to 44s. per load. 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Intelligent Readebs, do please Note that letters 

 relating to Adveetisements, or to the supply of 

 the Paper, should, be addressed to the Publishes, 

 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. 



Galls on Okchid Roots : Titos. Denny. The insect 

 which causes these galls is Isosoma orchidiarum. 

 We do not know of any remedy. You might try 

 some sticky compound that will keep moist spread 

 on pieces of cardboard or paper. The other ques- 

 tion next week. 



Gabdenias : H. B. M. Your plants are attacked by 

 the root-worms illustrated in our issue for April 9, 

 1887, p. 489. You had better burn the plants and 

 the soil in which they are growing. 



Lawn Slope : Gardener. Do not make a regular 

 slope, it is both unnatural and ugly. See our issue 

 for November 24 last ; there are there examples of 

 good slopes applicable to your case. A terrace is 

 but an ungainly way of getting over the difficulty, 

 and they are, moreover, expensive to make and to 

 keep in order, and dwarf the height of the mansion 

 when looked at from any point below. 



Lilium aueatum : ft B. B. Roots dug up in August, 

 before being thoroughly ripened, are not likely to 

 keep well through the winter, and still less so if 

 they are stored in the open, in sand, under straw 

 and hurdles. In a very mild winter no harm 

 might arise. 



Lupins: B. V. $ S. The dwarf pale pink Lupin 

 sent is a very prettily coloured one, but the pieces 

 sent give no idea of the appearance of the plant. 



Mealy-bug on Vines : J. H. W. There are many 

 recipes, some gardeners pin their faith on petro- 

 leum emulsion, petroleum diluted with water, Gis- 

 hurst compound, and coal tar. Whichever is 

 used must, with the exception of the first-named, 

 be largely diluted with some innocent medium, 

 as clay, cow-dung, soot, and with nothing of a 

 viscid nature, otherwise injury would be done. 

 After rubbing oft' the loose bark with the hand, 

 say, petroleum emulsion may be used ; this must be 

 rubbed with a soft brush into every part, especi- 

 ally the crevices about old spurs. Then should 

 follow washing the walls and woodwork with hot- 

 water and petroleum, at the rate of half a pint to 

 2 gallons of the former. Lime-washing should 

 succeed the washing of the walls; and painting 



the woodwork might also be done, if it is getting 

 worn off, or the attack of bug be severe. The soil 

 of the borders should be taken away to the depth 

 of 4 inches and renewed with fresh compost. 

 Washing the Vines with emulsion, cleaning the 

 walls, &c, and renewing the surface soil, supple- 

 mented by a sharp outlook for the insect during 

 the period of growth will have to be followed up 

 for several years in succession. 

 Names of Plants : Abele Fairall. Origanum Dictam- 

 nus. — A. B. 1, Croton pictum; 2, Dendrobium 

 Pierardi ; 3, Epidendrum cochleatum ; 4, Cypri- 

 pedium venustum; 5, Croton variegatum; 6, C. 

 undulatum. — W. X. 1, Thomasia solanacea; 2, 

 Pittospermum undulatum ; 3, Dacrydium cupres- 

 sinum ; 4, Michaelia (Magnolia) fuscata ; 5, 

 Semele (Ruscus) androgyna. — J. 8. 1, Gongora 

 galeata ; 2, Acacia dealbata ; 3, Begonia nitida 

 alba ; 4, Adiantum excisum ; 5, Adiantum hispi- 

 dulum ; 6, Adiantum Capillus-veneris var., may be 

 A. Mariesii. — H. ft Odontoglossum Insleayi. — 

 W. F. ft 1, Picea Nordmanniana ; 2, Pinus ex- 

 celsa ; 3, Abies pinsapo ; 4, Cedrus atlantica. 



Obchids : J. P. Coelogyne cristata will grow best in 

 a cool-house, although, during the flowering period, 

 a warm-house is best for it. Potting and dividing 

 the pseudobulbs is best done in early summer. 

 The resting time is after flowering. As the plant 

 is evergreen it must not be kept totally dry 

 at the root when at rest. They grow best in 

 well-drained pots. Thunias : the old 6tems of 

 these plants may be cut up like a Dieftenbachia 

 and propagated ; this is best done when growth 

 is completed. Pot the plants just before growth 

 commences, using coarse peat and sphagnum 

 in equal parts, and well drained pots — no bottom- 

 heat. Newly imported Cypripediums, after clean- 

 ing them and cutting away all damaged parts, may 

 be potted into fresh crocks and charcoal, and kept 

 moist in a shady house until roots appear, when 

 they may be repotted in the usual way. 



Romneya Coulteei : T. G. ft It is a half-hardy 

 perennial, and does best in a frame or in the green- 

 house. It may be raised from seeds sown in the 

 spring. 



Seeds of Aeom .'etbiopicum : J. M. The produc- 

 tion of seed is not rare. They have small com- 

 mercial value. It would take from two to three 

 years to get a flowering plant from seed. 



To Skeletonise Leaves : E. Longley. Take 6 oz. 

 of washing soda, and put into 2 quarts of boiling 

 water. Slack 3 oz. of quicklime, and add to the 

 other. Boil the whole for 15 minutes. Let it 

 settle, and then pour off the clear fluid. Put this 

 on the fire and boil ; while boiling put in the 

 leaves, and boil for one hour or so. Take out a 

 leaf, and if the epidermis comes away easily when 

 rubbed by the finger and thumb (under clean 

 water), the leaves are ready. After the epider- 

 mis is removed, put the skeletons into a solution 

 of a wineglassful of chloride of lime to a quart of 

 water, in order to bleach them ; some will be 

 finished in about 10 minutes, others about an 

 hour ; when white, throw them into pure water to 

 clean out the bleach, and float out on to slips of 

 paper. The best leaves to commence with are 

 Holly, Poplar, Ivy, Laurel, &c, and should have 

 no signs of decay in them. 



Winteb Moth (Cheimatobia bbumata) : 67. P. ft 

 The smear you have used is very efficacious, for 

 the piece sent is covered with the males and the 

 almost wingless female. As prevention is better 

 than cure, we advise all gardeners to place a 

 broad band of rag or paper smeared with boiled 

 train-oil, bird-lime, size, or cold coal-tar, round 

 their Apple tree stems during this month, when 

 many of these insignificant but very destructive 

 insects will be caught. It is best, when the trap- 

 ping of the moth is begun early in November, 

 renewing the smear as often as it hardens. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Dicksons & Co., 1, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, 

 N.B.— Forest Trees. 



Maetin Geashoff, Quedlinburg, Germany — Whole- 

 sale Seed List. 



Communications Received.— G. P.— Dicksons.— H. C. & 

 Sons,— B. H.— J. S.— E. P. Ghent.— T. H.— W. E.— P. L. S. 

 —Professor M'O., G'npe Town.— .T. V. V.— E. D.— E. J.— 

 D. J. Y.— E. A. E.— .1. P. (too soon after former report.)— 

 J. B.— A. D. W.— Pteris.— H. M.— J. C— E. C— M. T.— 

 J. B— D. B. & T.— W. H. S.— T. D.— J. Trotman.— A. N.— 

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