February 10, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



95 



A. Searle, and W. Wells, Jun. It was an- 

 nounced that the usual dinner of the Floral 

 Committee will be held on the 19th inst. ? at 

 Carr's Restaurant, Strand, and that members 

 of the Society will be welcome. Application for 

 tickets should be made to the secretary, Mr. R. 

 A. .Witty. 



SANDY HORTICULTURAL. 



this 



January 19. — The annual meeting of 

 society was held at the Assembly Rooms on this 

 date, Mr. Edward Sills presiding. The balance- 

 sheet showed that the receipts, including a 

 balance from last year, amounted to £1,578 

 12s. 2d., and that there was a balance of 

 £42 lis. 7d. on the year's working, besides a 

 bank deposit account of £450. It was decided 

 that Mr. W. F. Graves be asked to be president 

 for this year. Mr. Parsons, of Bedford, was 

 elected a member of the committee in the place of 

 Mr. W. S. Brocklehurst, who had retired. 



BURY HORTICULTURAL. 



January 23. — The annual meeting of this 

 society was held on this date : the president, Mr. 

 E. W. Lake, occupied the chair. In presenting 

 the balance-sheet, the hon. treasurer stated that 

 there was an increased deficit, but the 

 society had £200 invested in Town Bonds. 

 Major V. Davoren was elected president in the 

 place of Mr. Lake, who retires after being in 

 the office for 20 years. The election of other 

 officers was as follows: — Mr. W. Arnold, hon. 

 treasurer ; Mr. W. Horton, hon. secretary ; and 

 Mr. J. H. Bonner, auditor. It was decided to 

 hold the annual show on November 7 and 8, 1912. 



THE WEATHER. 



^ 



THE WEATHER IN WEST HERTS. 



Week ending Feb)u*ry 7. 

 The sharpest frost for three years.— Between the 27th of 

 January and the 5th of the present month, or for 10 days, the 

 weather remained exceptionally cold. On six days during 

 that cold period the highest reading in the thermometer 

 screen did not exceed 37°, and on six nights the exposed 

 thermometer fell from 20° to 27° below the freezing-point. 

 On the coldest day the highest temperature in the thermo- 

 meter screen was 27°— making this the coldest day in 

 February for 17 years. On the coldest night the exposed 

 thermometer registered 27° of frost__makingthis the coldest 

 night since December 30, 1908. The ground is at the present 

 time 3° colder at 2 feet deep, and 5° colder at 1 fool deep, 

 than is seasonable. Rain or snow fell on four days, but to 

 the total depth of less than a quarter of an inch, when the 

 snow had been melted. On the evening of the 5th inst. the 

 ground was covered with snow to the average depth of 

 1J inches Owing to the frost there was no percolation 

 through the soil gauges except on two days, when small 

 amounts passed through both of them. The sun shone on 



T£v T ^r!° r f S?™ 48 minu i es a dav > which is 17 minutes 

 a day short of the average duration for the beginning of 



feN^-f d - light airs alone Prevliled, g the 



nnirS T ^ theSe llg ^ alr ! bein S almost delusively some 

 point between north and east. The mean amount of 



moisture in the air at three o'clock in the afternoon fe° 



short of a seasonable quantity for that hour by seven per 



January. 



Ra<htr warm but very wet, sunless and oi/m.-Taking the 



?™?h h .if S aWl !?' e ,h,swas a "'her warm January I hi 

 first half proved very warm, while the last five days wer^t 

 exceptionally cold, the intervening 10 days being v!rUh£ in 

 emperature. On the warmest dty the highesf readinL n 

 the thermometer screen was 51°. which is a l,™ ,uL g 

 extreme maximum for the month n r«?J . ii e av , era S e 

 exposed thermometer regi^ered 23- of frnt/ 501 ^!"' 8 , 111 the 



than any extreme minimum in January fo^two years' 5 R Wer 

 bail, snow or sleet fell on as mant L 91 ,T, I S Z ^ Ra ', n • 

 total depth of 33 inches whfchTs 11 in^.l yS ' and t0 , the 



£■.•22? T£7SiS &V& S V S * L ' a 



mimites a dav shor^f g ,t „ * hours a da y» whj cb is 20 



sunless January fof 8 vears aV Th ?e * makin 8 th 'f 'he most 

 winter mouth -in f a Vff hlS was a remarkably calm 



year, it vvas the cahnest w £ n e " e P' *»«> same momh last 



windiest hour Tne mean veWh afy f ° r " , years - In th e 

 direction W tk vetecity amounted to 20 miles— 



8 p m exYeedJd a a IeLtfn 'm ° ant ° f moisture in *£*« 

 8 per cem. seasonable quant.ty for that hour by 



Our Underground Water Supply 



beSsf the toSl "iSlI^ ^ dra T«\ year began in Octo- 

 4 months by as much as 5U S ,,h. C r ded - *? avera 8 e for those 

 1.16,280 gallons rtc^tUe^ViirsS "aW" * 



^•^•ttitrkhamsted, February 7, 1912. 8 pe acre * 



GARDENING 



NTM 



Market, NorfX* *' Marham House ' Downham 



M 



ETS. 



COVENT GARDEN, February 7. 



[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 



Gut Flowers, arc: Average Wholesale Prices. 



Arums (Richardias; 

 Azalea, doz. bnchs. 

 Camellia?, per box 



of 18 , sand24 , s 

 Carnations, p. doz. 



blooms, best 

 American var. 



— smaller, per 

 doz. bunches 



— Carola, crim- 

 son, extra large 



Eucharis, per doz. 



Freesia refracta 

 alba, p.dz. bun. 



Gardenia, per doz. 



Helleborus (Christ- 

 mas Roses), p. 

 dozen 



Hyacinth (Roman), 

 pr. doz. bnchs. 



Lilac, per bunch 

 white 



— mauve 



Lilitim auratum 



per bunch 



— lo ngiflorum, 

 long, per doz. 



— short, per doz. 



— 1 a n c i f o I i u m 

 alba, long 



— — short 



— speciosum rub- 

 rum, dz. blooms : 



— long 



— short 



Lily of the Valley, 



p. dz. bunches : 



— extra special ... 



— special 



— ordinary 



Marguerite, per 

 doz. bunches: 



— Yellow 



Narcissus, per doz. 



bunches: 



— Double Van 

 Sion 



s.d. s.d. 



5 0-70 

 3 0-40 



26 - 



16-20 

 18 0-21 



6 

 2 6- 



3 



16-20 

 6 0-90 



16-20 

 6 0-80 



2 6-30 



3 0-36 



4 0-50 



5 0-60 



60 - 



2 6-30 

 2 0-26 



2 6 

 9- 



1 



• «• 



• « i 



15 0-18 



10 0-12 



8 — 



2 0-26 



4 0-60 



Narcissus, per doz. 

 bunches : 



— Emperor 



— Empress 



— Golden Spur... 



— Henry Irving 



— Paper white ... 



— Poeticus 



— Princeps 



— Sir Watkin ... 



— Soleil d'Or ... 



— Victoria 

 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 

 Snowdrops, p. doz. 



bunches 

 Tuberose, gross ... 



— long, p. bunch 

 Tulips, per bunch : 



— double pink ... 



yellow 



scarlet 



— pr. doz. bnchs : 



— white 



— yellow 



— scarlet 



— bronze .. 



— pink 



Violets, per dozen 



bunches 



— Princess of 

 Wales, per doz. 

 bunches 



— Parma ... 



s.d. s,d. 



6 0-70 

 6 0-70 

 4 0-50 



2 6-30 



3 U- 3 6 



2 0-26 



3 6-50 



4 0-60 



1 0- 

 5 0- 



12 



1 



7 



6 

 



3 0-40 



8 0-12 



4 0-50 



4 0-50 



5 0-80 



5 0-80 

 2 6-36 

 5 0-60 



10-20 



9 0-10 

 20 - 



10-16 

 10-16 

 13-16 



7 0-80 



7 0-90 



8 0-10 



8 0-90 



9 0-15 



13-20 



• • • 



3 0-40 

 2 6-30 



Gut Foliage, &c: Average Wholesale Prices. 



Ad ian t um Fern 

 (Maidenhair), 

 best,dz. bnchs. 



Agrostis (Fairy 

 Grass), per dz. 

 bunches 



Asparagus plu- 

 niosus, long 

 trails, pr. Jdoz. 



— medium, doz. 

 bunches 



— Sprengeri 



Carnation foliage, 

 doz. bunches... 



s.d. s.d. 



7 0-80 



2 0-40 



16-20 



12 0-18 

 10 12 



4 — 



Croton foliage, var- 

 ious, per dozen 

 bunches 



Cycas leaves, arti- 

 ficial, per doz. 



Eulalia japonica, 

 per bunch ... 



Moss, per gross ... 



Myrtle, dz. bchs. 

 (English), 

 small-leaved... 

 — French 



Smilax, per bunch 

 of 6 trails 



s.d. s.d. 



... 12 0-15 



3 0-12 



10-16 



6 — 



6 — 

 I — 



10-13 



Plants in Pots, &c. : Average Wholesale Prices. 



6 0-70 

 18 0-21 



dz., 



10 



8 



0-12 

 0- 9 





 



per 



21 0-30 

 30 0-60 



36 0-43 



s.d. s.d, 

 Aralia Sieboldii, p. 



dozen 



Araucaria excelsa, 



per dozen 

 AsparaKUs plumo- 



sus nanus, per 



dozen 



— Sprengeri 

 Aspidistra, p. 



green ... 



— variegated 

 Azaleas, 



dozen ... 

 Cocos Weddeli- 

 ana, per dozen : 



— 60's 



— larger, each ... 

 Croton, per dozen 

 Cyperus alterni- 



folius, per doz. 



— laxus, per doz. 

 Daffodils, per 



dozen 



Dracaena, green, 



per dozen 

 Ericas, per dozen : 



— hyemalis 



— alba 



Ferns, in thumbs, 



per 100 



— in small and 



6 0-12 

 2 6-10 6 

 0-30 



18 



5 

 4 



0-6 

 0-5 



6 0-80 



..' 10 0-12 



10 0-12 

 10 0-12 



8 0-12 



12 0-20 



Ferns, in 48*s, doz. 



— choicer sorts 

 per dozen 



— In 32' s, pr. doz. 

 Fie as elastica, per 



dozen 



Genistas, 48's, doz. 

 Geonoma gracilis, 



60's, per dozen 



— larger, each ... 

 Hyacinths white & 



clrd.,p. dz. pots 



Kentia Belmore- 



ana, per dozen 



— Fosteriana, 

 60's, per dozen 



— larger, per doz. 

 Latania bcrbonica, 



per dozen 

 L i 1 i n in 1 o n g i - 

 riorum, p. doz. 



— lancifolium ru- 

 brum in pots, 

 per dozen 



— la n c i f o 1 ium 

 alba 



Marguerites, white, 



per dozen 

 Pandanus Veitchii, 



per dozen 

 Phoenix rupicola, 



each 



s.d. s.d, 

 60 — 



8 0-12 

 10 0-18 



9 0-12 

 10 0-12 



6 0-80 

 2 6-76 



10 0-12 



5 0-42 



4 0-60 

 18 0-60 



12 0-30 



20 0-24 



large 60's ... 



Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



15 18 



- 15 0-18 



8 0-10 



.. 36 0-48 



2 6-21 



Apples (English 



cookers) bushel 4 0-76 



— Nova Scotian, 



per barrel ... 13 0-20 



— Californiati 

 Newtowns, pr. 



_ ... 9 0-12 6 



Apples (Canadian), 



per barrel 

 — Oregon (Hood 

 River), per 



s.d. s.d. 

 20 — 



American, per 

 barrel ... 



. 16 0-18 6 



Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices (continued). 



n 



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 



— tO's 



— 64's 



— 54's 



Grapes 



s.d. s.d. 



10 12 



8 0-10 



10 0-12 () 



14 0-18 



Ofi-10 



5 6-66 



£10-jei2 





4 0-50 



10 0-11 

 9 6 - 



4 6-56 



Cobs 



u t s 



kiln 



c w t. 



# • • 



Gren- 



■ • . 



18 0-24 



(English), 



per lb. : 



— Muscat of Alex- 

 andria .. 



— Cannon Hall 

 Muscat 



— Black Alicante 



— Gros Colman... 



— (Belgian), Gros 

 Colman, p. lb. 



— Almeria,p. brl. 

 Per dozen lbs. 



Lemons : 



(Naples), case 26 0-30 



Messina, per 



case 



Limes, per case ... 

 Mangoes, per doz. 

 Nuts, Almonds, per 



bag 52 6 — 



Brazils, new, 



perewt, ...85 0-100 



6 0-10 



6 0-10 

 14-26 

 10-26 



9-13 



11 6-15 6 



3 0-46 



Nuts, Spanish, per 

 sack 



— Barcelona, per 

 bag 



— Chestnuts, per 

 bag 



— Cocoa nut s 

 (100) ... 



— English 

 per lb.... 



— Wain 

 (Naples) 

 dried, 

 cases ... 



— French 

 obles, per bag 



— Boeris, per bag 

 Nectarines (Cape) 



per box 

 Oranges, Jamaica 

 per case 



— Californian ... 



— Denia, case ... 



— Valencia 



— Jaffa, per case 



— M a n d a r i n s, 

 per box 



— Bitter, par £ 

 chest 



— Seville Sour 

 1 chest 



Peaches (Cape), pr. 



s.d. s.d. 

 40 0-^jO 

 35 0-36 6 



3 6-19 

 18 0-23 



5-06 



54 



6 6- 

 6 0- 



7 

 7 



6 0-15 

 4 — 



4 0-60 



Pears (Californian), 

 per case 



— Glou Morceau 



— Easter Beurre 



— Winter Nelis 



— (American) per 

 barrel, 180 lbs. 



— cases 



Pineapples, St. 



Michael 

 Plums (Cape), per 

 case ... ... 



— Apple, per box 



16 0-20 



9 0-11 

 18 0-20 



14 0-33 6 

 10 0-12 



9 6 - 



6-36 



16 0-18 6 



15 0-18 

 6 0-12 



10 6-16 6 



11 6-12 6 

 8 6 — 



12 6-13 6 



25 0-26 



7 — 



2 6-40 



2 6-60 



8 0-12 



Vegetables : Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



Artichokes(Globe), 



per dozeii 



— Ground, per 

 J bushel 



Asparagus, Sprue.. 



— Cavaillon 



— Paris Green ... 



Beans, Madeira, per 



basket 



Guernsey, 



Dwarf, per lb. 4 0-46 



Beetroot, p. bshl. : 



2 6-30 



3 0-40 



10-13 



9 — 



3 — 



4 6-50 



4 0-70 



10-16 

 16-26 



2 6-30 



3 0-60 

 2 6-36 

 2 0-30 



7 0-90 



... 10 0-14 



12 0-18 



16-20 



3 6-46 



4 0-50 

 4 — 



9 0-15 

 2 — 



16-20 

 70 — 



Long ... 



Brussei Sprouts, 

 per § bushel ... 



— half 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 



Remarks. — Supplies of Gros Colman and Black Alicante 

 Grapes have been about equal to the demand ; Canon Hall 

 Muscats are still obtainable at prices ranging from 6s, 

 to 10s. per lb. Consignments of Cape fruits received this 

 week per s.s. " Kenilworth Castle" amounted to 30,768 

 boxes, consisting of Plums, Peaches, Nectarines and Pears. 

 Prices for reliable samples have been well maintained. 

 Other importations per s.s. "Philadelphia" amounted to 

 2,899 packages of Apples, Oranges, Grape Fruit and Cran- 

 berries. Teneriffe Tomatos are a fairly plentiful supply 

 with a limited demand. The first shipment of the new crop of 

 Brazil Nuts is expected to arrive about the end of this month. 

 The following varieties of forced vegetables are now obtain- 

 able : New Potatos, Beans, Asparagus and Cucumbers. 

 Supplies of outdoor vegetables are fairly plentiful consider- 

 ing the recent severe weather. E, H. R. t Covent Garden, 

 February 7, 1912. 



Potatos. 



Horseradish, 12 



bundles 

 Leeks, per doz. ... 



Lettuce (French), 



per doz. 

 Mint, per dozen 



bunches 



Mushrooms, culti- 

 vated, p. lb. ... 



Mustard and Cress, 

 pr. dz. punnets 



Onions (Dutch) per 

 bag 



— English 



— (Spanish), per 

 case 



Parsley, J sieve ... 



— per doz. bun. 

 Parsnips, per bag 

 Radishes (English), 



per dozeii 

 Rhubarb, forced, 



per 12 bundles 

 Savoys, per tally... 

 Spinach, per 



bushel 



Seakale, p. punnet 

 Tomatos (Canary 



Islands), per 



bundle 



Turnips (English), 



per dz. bunches 



— bags (washed) 



— (unwashed) ... 

 Turnip Tops, per 



bag 



Watercress, p. dz. 

 bunches 



s.d. s.d, 



11 0-12 

 3 0-40 



1 C- 2 

 6 0-70 

 10-1 3 

 10-16 



8 0-86 



9 0-96 



8 0-90 



2 6-30 



3 6-40 



6 0-66 



10-13 



8-09 



7 0-10 



5 0-70 



9-10 



12 0-16 



2 0-26 

 6 0-70 

 5 0-60 



. 2 6-30 



6-0 6J 



• •• 



Rents— 



Queen's ... 

 Up-to-Date 

 Lincolns- 



Up-to-Date 

 British Queen ... 

 King Edward ... 



Epicure 



Northern Star ... 

 Evergoods 



Remarks. — Trade 

 been very small on 



per cwt. 

 s.d. s.d. 



4 0-46 

 4 0-46 



3 9-46 

 3 9-43 

 3 9-46 

 3 0-36 

 3 9-36 

 3 0-39 



is very 

 account 



Lincolns — 



Maine: >r»3 



Blacklands 



Bedfords - 



Up-to-Date 

 > Puritan ... 



Dunbars— 



Up-to-Date 



Maincrop 



per cwt 

 s.d. s.d. 



4 

 2 



0- 



6- 



4 



3 



6 

 3 



3 

 4 



9- 

 u- 



4 



4 





 3 



5 

 5 



0- 

 3- 



5 



5 



3 



6 



steady. Consignments have 

 of the frosty weather, con«e- 



... 20 0-32 



quently stocks in London are much smaller. With mild 

 weather the supply should be quite equal to the demand. 

 Edward /. Newborn, Covent Garden and St, Pancras, February 

 7, 1912. 



