January 13, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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novelty must reach the Hon. Sec, Mr. C. H. 

 Curtis, Adelaide Road, Brentford, Middlesex, 

 not later than January 20, 1912. The seeds must 

 be divided and placed in plain packets, 20 seeds 

 in each, and every pair of plain packets repre- 

 senting one variety must bear thfe same number 

 or letter for purposes of identification. With 

 each set of seeds there must be a letter bearing 

 the sender's name at the top, the number or letter 

 of each variety sent, and, opposite such letter or 

 number, the name of the variety (if any), the 

 < olour section to which it belongs, and (if orange 

 or salmon) whether it should be shaded. 



Sweet Peas will also be tested for purity at a 

 charge of 10s. per stock or variety sent; not 

 fewer than two dozen seeds should be sent, and 

 the sender may elect to which set of trials these 

 be sent. 



The proceedings of the Floral Committee will 

 be printed in the autumn of 1912, and a copy will 

 be sent to every person or firm sending seeds to 

 the trials. 



Flokal Committee for 1912. 



The 



following gentlemen have been elected 

 members of the Floral Committee for 1912 :— 

 Mr. Eobt. Bolton, Commander Humphrey, Mr. 

 George Herbert, Mr. Andrew Ireland, Mr. 

 Thomas Jones, Mr. Alex. Malcolm, Mr. Herbert 

 Smith, Mr. A. G. Stark and Mr. W. J. Unwin. 



MANCHESTER AND NORTH OF 



ENGLAND ORCHID. 



December 28. — Committee present: Rev. J. 

 Crombleholme (in the Chair) ; and Messrs. R. 

 Ashworth, C. Parker, Z. A. Ward, J. C. Cowan, 

 J. Cypher, J. Evans, W. Holmes, A. J. Keeling, 

 D. McLeod, and H. Arthur (secretary). 



The following Medals were awarded for collec- 

 tions of Orchids : — 



Silver Medals to W. R. Lee, Esq., Hey wood 

 (gr. Mr. Branch), for a group composed princi 

 pally of Cypripediums ; Z. A. Ward, Esq., 

 Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), for Odonto- 

 glossums and Cypripediums j R. Le Doux, Esq. 

 West Derby (gr. Mr. Fletcher) ; Col. J. Ruther- 

 ford, M.P., Blackburn (gr. Mr. Lupton), for a 

 miscellaneous group ; R. Ashworth, Esq., New- 

 church (gr. Mr. Gilden), for a mixed group : J. 

 McCartney, Esq., Bolton (gr. Mr. Holmes), for 

 a general collection ; Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons, 

 Cheltenham, for an excellent exhibit of Cypripe- 

 diums ; and Mr. J. Evans, Congleton, for a small 

 but choice group. Bronze Medals to Rev. J. 

 Crombleholme, Clayton-le-Moors (gr. Mr 

 Marshall), for Cypripediums; the Liverpool 

 <Jrchid Co., Gateacre, Liverpool, for Cvpripe- 

 dmms j and O. O. Wrigley, Esq. , Bury (gr. 

 Mr. Rogers) A Cultural Commendation was 

 panted to Mr Wrigley. Other exhibitors were : 



t G T T K ; £?*> Whalley Range (gr. Mr. 

 Bro Wn) . j. j, Holden, Esq., Southport (gr. Mr. 



Sons r™^ f^V Messrs - A ' J - Keeling & 



catP- a^ w'S ; Messrs - Hassa ^ & Co., South- 

 gate, and W. Shackleton, Esq., Great Horton. 



AWARDS. 



First-class Certificates. 



Odontoglovmm crispum " Anami," c Xan- 

 thotes variety " Golden Gem " an/Vw',- j- 



Helen 17 '< IP..7 ?■ «» ' • d C VP r *PedlUm 



W R Iff Z \ I iH T Wty > a11 shown b y 

 fHera rS. 7 ^ °*&P**™* Koyal Sovereign 



Cah» 7 J?M "? 2 S r ? nia ' variet y "Martin 



LnwThik^ °e H n den IL " Westonbirt" 

 variety, both from S. Gratrix, Esq. 



Awards of Merit. 

 Cypripzdium Magog ("Adrastus" x "Eury- 

 ades splendens " , from S. Gratrix Ego O 

 Aurora Borealis, from J. J. HolS, e2' \ G 



HZf v agSha X ^ hiad * a X Standard ,' C. 



Sense and l f°n ^T^ X Act * US L W 

 Dottv t^ £' P°/ a Jam ^on, all from R. Le 



• and nV f C -j Actmis l^™dense Nos. 1 and 

 AsHwoR^t Esf Smm M&0Vm > fr0m RlCHABD 



GARDENING APPOINTMENTS. 



Somerleyton as r,»H, n 5 y .' K ^ nt ' and Previously at 

 Ca.decotl Hall? Nuneaton ° CaP ' ain Tow ™°- 



^^h^?&^%.*~ s C h LBNTHEIM , Esq ., 



MA 



KETS. 



CO VENT GARDEN, January 10. 



[We cannot accept any responsibility for the subjoined 

 reports. They are furnished to us regularly every 

 Wednesday, by the kindness of several of the principal 

 salesmen, who are responsible for the quotations. It 

 must be remembered that these quotations do not repre- 

 sent the prices on any particular day, but only the 

 general averages for the week preceding the date of our 

 report. The prices depend upon the quality of the 

 samples, the way in which they are packed, the supply 

 in the market, and the demand, and they may fluctuate, 

 not only from day to day, but occasionally several times 

 in one day.— Eds. 1 



Cut Flowers, &e.: Average Wholesale Prices. 



Arums (Richardias) 



Azalea, per dozen 

 bunches 



Camellias, per box 

 of 18's and 24' s... 



Carnations, p. doz. 

 blooms, best 

 American var. 



— smaller, per 

 doz. bunches 



— Carola, crim- 

 son, extra large 



C h ry santhemum 

 sprays, all 

 colours, perdz. 

 bunches 



— blooms p. doz : 



White 



Yellow 

 Bronze 

 Pink 



Eucharis, per doz, 

 Euphorbia pul- 



cherrima(Poin- 



settia), per doz. 



blooms 

 Free s ia refracta 



alba, p.dz. bun. 

 Gardenia, per doz. 



Helleborus (Christ- 

 mas Roses), p. 

 dozen 



Hyacinth (Roman), 

 pr. doz. bnchs. 



LiHtini auratum 

 per bunch 



— lo ngi fl orum, 

 long, per doz. 



— short, per doz. 



— 1 a nci folium 

 alba, long 



— — short 



— speciosum rub- 

 rum, dz. blooms : 



~ long 



— short «.. 



s.d. s.d. 

 2 6-30 



4 0-50 



16-20 



2 0-30 

 18 0-21 



50 - 



6 0-10 



2 0-30 

 2 0-30 

 2 0-30 

 2 0-30 



26 - 



10 0-12 



20 - 

 6 0-90 





16-20 



6 0-80 



4 0-50 



3 0-36 

 2 6-30 



2 0-26 

 16-20 



2 — 



9-10 



Lily of the Valley, 

 p. dz. bunches : 



— extra special ... 



— special 



— ordinary 



Marguerite, per 

 doz. bunches : 



— Yellow 



Narcissus, per doz. 

 bunches : 



— Golden Spur... 



— Henry Irving 



— Paper white ... 



— Soleil d'Or ... 



Orchids, Cattleya, 

 per doz. • 



— Odontoglossum 

 crispum 



Pelargoniums, 

 p. dz. bunches : 



— Double Scarlet 



Roses, 12 blooms, 



— Brides maid, 



— C.Mermet ... 



— Liberty 



— M m e. Abel 

 Chatenay 



— Niphetos 



— Richmond 



Tuberose, gross ... 



— long, p. bunch 



Tulips, per dozen 

 bunches : 



— white ... 



— yellow 



— scarlet 



— bronze 



— pink 



Violets, per dozen 

 bunches 



— Princess of 



Wales, per doz. 

 bunches 



— Parma ... 



s.d. s,d. 



15 0-18 

 10 0-12 



80 - 



16-20 



8 0- 

 4 0- 



1 6- 



2 0- 



... 12 



9 



5 



2 



3 



3 0-40 



8 0-12 



3 6-40 



3 6-40 

 5 0-60 



• •• 



5 0- 

 2 6- 



5 0- 



6 

 1 6 



8 

 3 6 

 6 



6 0-80 



7 0-90 



8 0-10 



9 0-10 

 10 0-15 



13-20 



- • • 



3 0-40 

 3 0-36 



Gut Foliage, Ac: Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



6 0-80 



2 0-40 



Ad ian t um Fern 



(Maidenhair), 



best, per doz. 



bunches 

 A g r o s t i s (Fairy 



Grass), per dz 



bunches 

 Asparagus plu- 



inosus, long 



trails, pr.Jdoz. 16-20 



— medium, doz. 

 bunches 



— Sprengeri 



Carnation foliage, 

 doz. bunches... 



12 0-18 

 10 12 



4 





Croton foliage, var- 

 ious, per dozen 

 bunches ... 12 0-15 



Cycas leaves, arti- 

 ficial, per doz. 



Eulalia japonica, 

 per bunch ... 



Moss, per gross ... 



Myrtle, dz. bchs. 

 (Engl i sh), 



small-leaved... 

 — French 



Smilax, per bunch 

 of 6 trails 



3 0-12 



10-16 

 6 



6 

 I 



10-13 



Plants in Pots, Ac: Average Wholesale Prices. 



Aralia Sieboldii, p. 

 dozen 



Araucaria excelsa, 

 per dozen 



Asparagus pluino- 

 sus nanus, per 

 dozen 



— Sprengeri 

 Aspidistra, p. dz., 



green 



— variegated 

 Azaleas, per dozen 

 Chrysanth e m u m, 



in pots, white, 

 per dozen 



— Yellow, p. doz. 



— Pink, per doz. 



— Bronze, p. dz. 

 Cocos Weddeli- 



ana, per dozen: 



— 60's 



— larger, each ... 

 Croton, per dozen 

 Cyclamen, in 4J 



inch pots (48's), 

 per dozen 



Cyperus alterni- 

 folius, per doz. 



— laxus, per doz. 

 Dracaena, green, 



per dozen 



Ericas, per dozen : 



— hyemalis 



alba 



melanthera ... 

 white and 

 pink, small ... 



s.d. s.d. | 



6 0-70 



18 0-21 



10 0-12 

 8 0-90 



21 0-30 

 30 0-60 

 36 0-42 



per 



per 



8 0-12 



6 0-12 



2 6-10 6 



18 0-30 



10 0-12 



5 0-60 

 4 0-5 



...' 10 0-12 



10 0-12 

 10 0-12 

 18 0-24 



3 6-60 



Ferns, in thumbs, 

 per 100 



— in small and 

 large 60's ... 



— in 48's, per dz. 



— choicer sorts, 

 per dozen 



— in 32's, 

 dozen ... 



Ficus elastica, 

 dozen ... 



Geonoma gracilis, 

 60's, per dozen 



— larger, each ... 

 Kentia Bel more- 

 ana, per dozen 



— Fosteriana, 

 60's, per dozen 



— larger, p. dozen 

 Latama borbonica, 



per dozen 

 L i I i u m 1 o n g i - 

 riorum, per 

 dozen ... 



— lancifolium ru- 

 brum in pots, 



er dozen 

 a n c i f ol ium 

 alba ... 



Marguerites, white, 

 per dozen 



Pandanus Veitchii, 



per dozen 



Phoenix rupicola, 



each 



Solanums 



— white 



s.d. s.d. 



8 0-12 



12 0-20 

 60 — 



8 0-12 



Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices. 



.. 10 0-18 



9 0-12 



6 0-80 

 2 6-76 



5 0-42 



■ 



4 0-60 

 18 0-60 



12 0-30 



. 20 0-21 



I 



15 0-18 



... 15 0-18 



M 



• •• 



8 0-10 

 36 0-48 



91 



2 6-21 



6 0-10 



10 0-12 



Apples (English 

 cookers, per 

 bushel 



— Cox's, per doz. 



— Nova Scotian 

 per barrel 



— Wenatchee,per 

 case 



— Cal i f ornian 

 Newtowns, pr. 

 case 



— Oregon (Hood 

 River), p. case 



— Canadian, per 

 barrel 



— American, per 

 barrel . 



Apricots (Cape), p. 



case 

 Bananas, bunch : 



— Doubles 



— No. 1 



— Extra 



— Giant 



— Loose, per dz. 



— Red coloured... 



Jamaica Giants, 

 per ton 



— Jamaica Ordi- 

 nary, per box 

 (9 doz.) 



Cranberries, per 



case (30 qts.)... 



— Cape Cod, per 

 case (30 quarts) 



Dates (Tunis) doz, 



boxes 



Grape Fruit, case : 



— 96's 

 b 



— 64's 



— 54's 



Grapes (English), 

 per lb. : 



— Muscat of Alex- 

 andria .. 



— Cannon Hall 

 Muscat 



— Black Alicante 

 GrosColman... 

 (Guern sey), 

 Gros Colman 

 (Belgian), Gros 

 Colman, p. lb. 

 Almeria, p. brl. 



s.d. s.d. I 



s.d. s.d. 



I 



4 0-50 

 3 0-40 



... 14 0-24 

 ;r 



.. 10 0-15 



9 0-13 

 16 0-18 

 20 — 



... 19 0-13 6 



4 0-60 



10 12 



8 0-10 



10 0-12 



14 0-18 



6-10 



5 6-66 



case 26 0-30 

 per 



4 0-15 

 4 — 



4 0-60 



52 6 — 



new, 



...85 0-100 

 per 



40 0-42 

 . 35 6-36 6 





Cobs 



t "s 

 kiln 

 c w t. 



• • • 



Gren- 



3 6-19 

 18 0-23 



6 — 



£10-£12 



4 0-50 

 10 0-11 

 9 6- 

 4 6-56 



54 



6 6- 

 6 0- 



7 

 7 



cO's 



* • t 



22 0-24 



3 0-80 



3 0-80 

 10-20 



10-26 



8-10 



8-10 

 11 6-15 6 



Lemons 



— (Naples), 



— Messina, 

 case 



Limes, per case ... 



Mangoes, per doz. 



Nuts, Almonds, per 

 bag 



— Brazils, 

 perewt. 



— Spanish, 

 sack ... 



— Barcelona, per 

 bag 



— Chestnuts, per 

 bag 



— Cocoanuts 

 (100) ... 



— English 

 per lb.... 



— W a 1 n u 



(Naples) 



dried, 



cases .. 



— French 

 obles, per bag 



— Boeris, per ba.;; 

 Oranges, Jamaica 



, per case 



— Californran ... 



— Denia, case ... 



— Valencia 



— Jaffa, p. case... 



— Mandarins, 

 per box 



— Bitter, per J 



chest, 400 to 500 14 0-16 

 Peaches (Cape), pr. 

 case 



Pears (Californian), 

 per case 



— Glou Morceau 



— Easter Beurre 



— Winter Nelis 



— Doyenne d u 



Cornice, per 

 case 



— White Cornice 



— (French), per 

 crate 



— (American) per 

 barrel, 180 lbs. 



— cases 



Pineapples, St. 



Migfaael 



9 0-11 

 14 0-16 

 12 0-33 6 

 12 — 



9 6 — 



6-36 



12 0-20 



10 6-16 6 



10 0-12 6 



8 — 



10 6-16 6 



18 0-20 

 11 - 



7 6-8 6 



25 0-26 

 7 0- 



2 9-60 



Vegetables : Average Wholesale Prices. 



Artichokes(GIobe), 

 per dozen 



— Ground, per 

 J bushel 



Asparagus, Sprue.. 



— Cavaillon 



— Paris Green ... 



Aubergines, p. dz. 



Beans, Madeira, per 

 basket... 



— Guernsey, 

 Dwarf, per lb. 



Beetroot, per 

 bushel : 



— Long 



Brussel Sprouts, 



Eer J bushel ... 

 alf bags 

 Celeriac, per doz. 

 Cabbages (English), 



per tally 

 Cauliflowers, p. dz. 



— (Italian), p. pad 



— (Cornish), per 

 crate 



Celery, per. dozen 

 bundles 



— (washed), per 

 dozen bundles 



Carrots (English), 

 pr. doz. bun.... 



— per cwt. 

 — ■ (washed) p. bag 



Chicory, per lb. ... 

 Cucumbers, p. doz. 

 Endive, per dozen 

 Greens, per bag ... 

 Herbs (sweet), 

 pkts., p. gross 



s.d. s.d. 



3 0-40 



10-13 

 09 - 



3 0- 



4 0-46 

 16-20 



5 — 

 2 0-26 



2 6-30 



10-16 



2 0-26 



2 6-3 



5 0-60 

 16-20 

 16-2 



3 6-40 

 8 0-12 



12 0-18 



2 0-3 



3 0-40 



4 0-50 

 4 — 



12 0-18 

 2 — 



10-16 



Horseradish, 12 

 bundles 



Leeks, per doz. ... 



Lettuce (French), 

 per doz. 



Mint, per dozen 

 bunches 



Mushrooms, culti- 

 vated, p. lb. ... 



Mustardand Cress, 

 per dozen pun- 

 nets 



Onions (Dutch) per 

 bag 



— English 



— (Spanish), per 



s.d. s.d. 



11 0-12 

 2 0-26 



10-13 



2 6-50 



6-08 



1 — 



8 0-86 



9 0-96 



8 0-86 

 10-16 

 2 — 

 5 0- 



5 6 





9-10 



10-12 

 5 0-80 



4 0-70 



7 



Parsley, J sieve ... 

 — per doz. bun. 

 Parsnips, per bag 



Radishes (English), 



per dozen 

 Rhubarb, forced, 



per 12 bundles 

 Savoys, per tally... 

 Spinach, per 



bushel _ . , „ 



Seakale, p. punnet 10- 1 3 

 Tomatos (Canary 



Islands), per 



bundle 



Turnips (English), 

 perdz. bunches 



— bags (washed) 



— (unwashed) ... 

 Turnip Tops, per 



bag ... 

 Watercress, p. dz. 

 bunches 



12 0-14 



1 6- 



4 0- 



2 

 4 6 



3 0-36 

 16-20 



6-0 64 



Remarks.— Grapes are a limited supply, and are meeting 

 with a moderate demand. Consignments of seedless 

 Oranges received from California this week amounted to 

 about 1,200 cases. The last shipments of Apples from 

 Washington State are to hand. The total shipments of 

 Apples from the Colonies this week amounted to 28.164 

 packages, including barrels, boxes and cases. Apricots and 

 Peaches from the Cape arrived in an unsatisfactory con- 

 dition. It is anticipated that next week about 8,000 boxes 

 will arrive, including the first consignments of Plums and 

 Pears. It is expected that the output of fruit from the 

 "Rhodes" fruit farms will show a very considerable 

 increase on past seasons' shipments. English Asparagus 

 is now available. Tomatos from Tenerifle are a full 

 supply and are meeting with a slow demand. Cauli- 

 flowers and Broccoli are a record supply, and in finer con- 

 dition than they have been for many seasons past. Other 

 vegetables are much in excess of the demand. A few days 

 frost would no doubt cause an improvement in the vege- 



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table trade. E. H. R.,Covent Garden, January 10, 191 



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