



February 17, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 



Ill 



MARKETS 



COVE NT GARDEN, February 14. 



[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, Ac: Average Wholesale Prices. 



Arums (Richardias) 

 Azalea, doz. Dnchs. 

 Camellias, 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. 



Fre e s ia refracta 

 alba, p.dz. bun. 



Gardenia, per doz. 



HeUeborus (Christ- 

 mas Roses), p. 

 dozen 



Hyacinth (Roman), 

 pr. doz. bnchs. 



Lilac, per bunch 

 white 



— mauve 



Uliiiui auratum. 

 er bunch 

 o ngi florum, 

 long, per doz. 



— short, per doz. 



— 1 a ncif olium 

 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. 



2 6-36 

 4 — 



2 6 



16-20 

 18 0-21 



6 

 2 



1 

 6 





 6- 



6- 

 0- 



3 



2 

 9 



r. 



16-20 



4 0-60 



2 6-30 

 -3 0-3 6 



4 0-50 



3 6- 



3 0- 



2 6- 

 2 0- 



4 



4 





 



3 

 2 6 



•2 

 



6 



9- 



1 



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, 



— Bridesmaid, 



— C. Mermet 



— Liberty 



— M in 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 t d ( 



4 0-50 

 4 6-60 



3 0-40 

 2 6-30 



4 0- 

 0- 

 6- 

 0- 

 3- 

 6- 



2 

 2 

 4 

 1 

 4 



4 6 



2 6 



3 6 



5 



1 

 5 



6 

 



12 



3 0-40 



8 0-12 



4 0-5 



4 0-5 



5 0-8 



5 0- 

 2 6- 

 4 0- 



1 

 9 

 2 



1 



1 

 1 



0- 

 0- 

 



8 

 3 

 8 



2 



10 





 

 





 6 

 





 



0~ 1 

 0- 1 

 3- 1 



6 

 6 

 6 



8 0-90 



7 0-80 



8 0-10 

 6 0-80 



9 0-12 



13-20 



• • . 



3 0-40 

 2 0-26 



Cut Foliage, Ac: Average 



s.d. s.d. 



7 0-80 



2 0-40 



Ad i ant um Fern 

 (Maidenhair), 



best, dz. bnchs. 

 Agrostis (Fairy 

 Grass), per dz. 

 bunches 



Asparagus plu- 

 mosus, long 



trails, pr.Jdoz. 16-20 



— medium, doz. 

 bunches 



— Sprengeri ..*. 

 Carnation foliage, 



doz. bunches... 



12 0-15 

 3 0-12 



12 0-18 

 10 12 



4 





Wholesale Prices. 



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 



1 

 6 



0- 

 



1 6 



6 

 I 





 



Plants in Pots, Ac.: Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



10-13 



Aralia Sieboldii, p. 

 dozen 



Araucaria excelsa] 



per dozen 

 Asparagus plumo- 



sus nanus, per 



dozen ... 



- Sprengeri Z 

 Aspidistra, p. dz., 



green ... 



- variegated ... 

 Azaleas, per doz. 

 ^nerarias, pr. dz. 

 Cocos Weddeli- 



ana, per dozen: 



- oO s 



6 0-70 

 18 0-21 



10 0-12 

 8 0-90 



21 0-30 



30 0-60 



36 0-42 



8 0-90 



— larger, each .. 

 proton, per dozen 

 <~yperu s a ] terni . 



folms, per doz. 



Da ff Va 1 - P er doz ' 

 Da ffodil s , per 



dozen ... 

 Dracaena, g ree n, 

 _ . Per dozen ... 

 Eneas per dozen : 



— nyemalis 



— alba . 



F e.ns, in thumbs, 

 per 100... 2 



— J» small and 

 large GO's 



6 0-12 



2 6-10 6 



18 0-30 



5 0-60 

 4 0-50 



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 



— in32's, pr. doz. 

 Ficus 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 borbonica, 



per dozen 



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



florum, p. doz. 



— lancifolium ru- 

 brum in pots, 



F'er dozen 

 a n c i f ol 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- 

 2 6- 



8 

 7 6 



10 0-12 



5 0-42 



4 0-60 

 18 0-60 



12 0-30 



20 0-24 



Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices (continued). 



A PPles (English 

 cookers) bushel 

 - Nova Scotian, 

 Per barrel 



£ a, ifornian 



^ewtowns 

 case 



Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



15 18 

 15 0-18 



8 0-10 

 36 48 



2 6-21 



5 0-90 

 - 17 0-22 



pr 



9 0-12 6 



Apples (Canadian), 



per barrel 

 — Oregon (Hood 

 River), per 



s.d. s.d. 



.. 20 



American, per 

 barrel ... 



16 o-:? 3 



20 0-32 



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.d. s.d. 



10 12 



8 0-10 



10 0-12 



14 018 



6-10 



5 6-66 



£10-£L2 



Nuts, 

 per 



4 0-50 



10 0-11 

 9 6- 



4 6-56 



Cobs 



u t s 

 kiln 



c w t. 



• • • 



Gren- 



• t * 



18 0-24 





 6 



3 

 6 

 G 



— KVs 



— 64's 



— 54's 



Grapes (English), 

 per lb. : 



— Black Alicante 



— GrosCoIman... 



— (Belgian), Gros 

 Colman, p. lb. 



— Almeria, p. brl. 

 Per dozen lbs. 



— (Cape) per case 

 Lemons : 



— (Naples), case 26 0-30 



— Messina, per 

 case 



Limes, per case ... 



Mangoes, per doz. 



Nuts, Almonds,per 

 bag 



— Brazils, new, 

 perevvt. ...85 0-100 



— Spanish, per 



sack 40 42 



19-2 

 10-2 



9-1 

 11 6-15 

 3 0-4 

 7 9-86 



6 0-15 

 4 0- 



4 0-6 





 



... 52 6 



Barcelona, 

 bag 



Chestnuts, per 

 bag 



— Cocoanut 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 



— Mandarins, 

 per box 



— Bitter, p2r J 

 chest 



— Seville S ou r 

 J chest 



Peaches (Cape), pr. 



case 



Pears (Californian), 



per case 



— Glou Morceau 



— Easter Beurre 



— Winter Nelis 



— (American) per 

 barrel, 180 lbs. 



— cases 



— (Cape) 



Pineapples, St. 



Michael 

 Plums (Cape), per 

 case 



— Apple, per box 



s.d. s.d. 

 35 6-36 6 



3 6-19 

 18 0-23 



3 



©bttuari). 



Lord Lister.— Lord 

 week at an advanced 



Lister, 

 age, was 



who 



one 



died last 

 of the 



54 



6 

 6 



6- 

 0- 



7 

 7 



7 6-10 



9 0-10 

 20 0-22 



14 0-33 6 

 10 0-12 



9 6 — 



6-36 

 16 0-18 6 



15 0-18 



6 0-12 sequels 



10 fi-16 6 



11 6-12 6 

 8 6 — 



12 6-13 6 



25 0-26 

 7 — 



3 6-46 



2 6-40 



2 0-40 



4 0-80 



Vegetables : Average Wholesale Prices, 



Artichokes(Globe), 

 per dozen 



— Ground, per 

 J bushel 



Asparagus, Sprue.. 



— Cavaillon 



— Paris Green ... 



Beans, Madeira, per 

 basket 



— Guernsey, 

 Dwarf, per lb. 



— Fr e n c h, per 

 packet, lb. ... 



Beetroot, p. bshl. : 



— Long 



Brussel Sprouts, 



per h bushel ... 



— half bags 

 Celeriac, per doz. 

 Cabbages (English), 



per tally 

 Cauliflowers, p. dz. 



— (Italian), p. pad 



— (Cornish), per 

 crate 



Celery, doz. bndls. 



— (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 — 



4 6-50 



60 - 

 4 0-46 

 2 0-26 

 2 6-30 



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 

 7 — 



Horse radish, 12 

 bundles 



Leeks, per doz. ... 



Lettuce (French), 

 per doz. 



Mint, per dozen 

 bunches 



Mushrooms, culti- 

 vated, p. lb. ... 



Mustardand Cress, 

 pr. dz. punnets 



Onions (Dutch) per 



bag 



— English 



— (Spanish), per 

 case 



Parsley, h 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 

 Tomatos (Canary 



Islands), per 



bundle... 

 Turnips (English), 



Eerdz. bunches 

 ags (washed) 

 — (unwashed) ... 

 Turnip Tops, per 



bag 



Watercress, p. dz. 

 bunches 



s.d. s.d. 



11 0-12 

 3 0-40 



16-20 



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 



10-13 



7 0-10 



5 0-70 

 9-10 



... 12 0-14 



2 0- 2 

 6 0-70 

 5 0-60 



2 6-30 



6-0 6J 



Remarks.— English hothouse Grapes have met with a very 

 moderate demand. The first shipment of black Grapes 

 from the Cape arrived this week, the variety being Hermi- 

 tage. Consignments of various fruits from Cape Colony, 

 per s.s. M Braemar Castle," amounted to about 20,000 cases, 

 consisting of Pears, Plums, Nectarines and Peaches. Many 

 of the Peaches were in a very bad condition. There are 

 moderate supplies of home-grown fruits of Bramley's 

 Seedling, Dumelow's Seedling (Wellington) and Newton 

 Wonder Apples. Importations of fruits per s.s. " Auapa " 

 totalled 36,129 barrels Apples, and per s.s. M Minnewaska" 

 2,941 boxes and barrels, consisting of Oranges, Apples, 

 Grape Fruit, Cranberries, &c. New season's Brazil Nuts 

 are due to arrive this next week. Teneriffe Tomatos con- 

 tinue a fairly good supply. The market is well supplied 

 with forced vegetables and salads, with the exception of 

 French Beans, which have been very scarce. Outdoor 

 vegetables continue a good supply. E. H. R. t Covent 

 Garden, February 14, 1912. 



Potatos. 



• •« 



Kents— 



Queen's ... 

 Up-to-Date 



Lincolns— 



Up-to-Date 

 British Queen ... 

 King Edward ... 



Epicure 



Northern Star ... 

 Evergoods 



per cwt. 

 s.d. s.d. 



4 0-46 

 4 0-46 



3 9-46 



3 9-43 



4 0-46 

 3 0-36 



2 9-36 



3 0-39 



Lincolns— 



Maincrop3 

 Blacklands 



Bed fords — 



Up-to-Date 

 Puritan ... 



Dunbars— 



Up-to-Date 

 Maincrop 



per cwt 

 s.d. s.d. 



4 3-46 

 2 9-33 



3 9-40 



4 0-43 



5 0-53 

 5 3-56 



Remarks. — Trade still remains steady, and supplies are 

 equal to the demands, with the exception of best quality 

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

 February 15 % 1912. 



greatest Englishmen of his time. There is 

 scarcely a home throughout the civilised world 

 that is not indebted to Lister, for the revolution 

 which he effected in surgery has spared 

 humanity endless suffering and saved innumer- 

 able lives. Hence it is fitting that we join in 

 • the national tribute to his memory. But there 

 is an added reason why we should not allow the 

 occasion of Lord Lister's death to pass without 

 acknowledgment of his achievements, for the 

 great reform on which his glory rests consisted 

 in the clear-sighted application of biological dis- 

 covery, and has an immediate bearing on the 

 physiology of the lower plants. Pasteur had 

 proved that putrefactions are the outcome of the 

 activity of plant-like micro-organisms, and that 

 these micro-organisms are ubiquitous. Lister 

 applied this idea in surgery. The diseases 

 winch at that time were the almost inevitable 



,°[ surgical operations might, he 

 reasoned, be also due to micro-organisms which 

 gam access to wounds. If this be so, Lister 

 argued the micro-organisms must be excluded. 

 lie excluded them, and proved by the enor- 

 mously reduced mortality in surgical cases, that 

 ins hypothesis was true. Thus arose the prac- 

 tice of aseptic surgery. The essence of that 

 practice is the institution of a new order of 

 cleanliness only possible when it is recognised 

 that to keep a wound clean micro-organisms 

 must be prevented from living in the wounds 

 made by the surgeon. 



George Maw.— We learn with deep regret 

 ot the death of Mr. George Maw, who was dis- 

 tinguished as botanist, geologist, and traveller. 



w j ,' Wh ° was 79 ^ ears of' age, died on 

 Wednesday, February 7, at Kenlev, Surrey, 



having survived by less than two months his 

 old friend and fellow-traveller, Sir Joseph 

 Hooker Mr. Maw's greatest contribution to 

 botanical science was undoubtedly his classical 

 monograph of the genus Crocus, to which he de- 

 voted no less than 10 years. The older genera- 

 tion of readers of this journal will remember the 

 series of articles on Crocus which Mr. Maw con- 

 tributed to the Gardeners' Chronicle in the years 

 1877 to 1881. Mr. Maw, in preparing his mono- 

 graph, both studied deeply and travelled widely, 

 visiting the countries of Southern Europe, the 

 Levant, and Asia Minor. The extensive collec- 

 tions of members of the genus Crocus which he 

 made were cultivated at Benthall Hall, Broselev, 



ip^° P u-^ where Mr ' Maw resided till the year 

 loou. His great work appeared in the same year, 



and was illustrated by 67 plates, prepared from 

 original drawings which Mr. Maw made for the 

 purpose. He accompanied Sir Joseph Hooker and 

 Mr. John Ball in their journey to Morocco and 

 contributed a sketch of the geology of that coun- 

 try to the volume in which the* travellers de- 

 srnKp^ their experiences of what was then a 



country. The 30th volume of the 

 Botanical Magazine was dedicated by Sir Joseph 

 Hooker to Mr. Maw, as a tribute to his exer- 

 tions in introducing new plants to English 

 gardens. 



M ; L. Mortensen.— The American Florists' 

 Review reports the death of Mr. M. L. Mortensen, 

 of the plant pathological experimental depart- 

 ment of the Co-operating Danish Agricultural 

 societies. Mr. Mortensen was only 30 years of 

 age; he had made a special study of certain 



diseases in cereals cansp.d hv aft a <•>!*■« r\f fimm 



" new " 



Thomas Molden.— Mr. Thomas Molden, a 



well-known gardener of Newport, Rhode Island, 

 U.S.A., died on January 10, aged 74 years. Mr. 

 Molden was born at Fermanagh, Ireland in 

 1855. He settled in Newport in 1863. ' 



Thomas Swift. — We regret to record the 

 death of Mr. Thomas Swift, for many years in 

 the service of Messrs. Hurst & Son, Seedsmen, 



inst., at his residence at Reigate. 

 was a native of Huntingdon, and 

 commenced his business career with the old firm 

 of Messrs. Wood & Ingram, Huntingdon. He 

 removed to London and entered the firm of 

 Messrs. Hurst & Son, in 1869, and remained with 

 them up to the time of his retirement, Christmas, 



on the 6th 

 Mr. Swift 



