February 24, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 



129 



BARNSLEY PAXTON.-The 29th annual report 

 and balance sheet show that the society is in a flourishing 

 condition. There have been 22 lectures and essays during 

 the year, and two outings of members. Trie number of 

 members is 87. The balance sheet shows the income to have 

 been 4-11 Os. 6d., and the expenditure £1 15s. 6d. There is a 

 reserve fund of £12 12s. 3d. The hon. financial secretary 

 and treasurer is Mr. S. Newton, and the hon. secretary 

 Mr. F. Weatherill. 



READING GARDENERS' ASSOCIATION. -The 



fortnightly meeting of this association took place on the 5th 

 inst. ; Mr. F. B. Parfitt, J. P., presided. The lecturer was 

 Mr. J. O. White, of Messrs. Sutton & Sons, his subject being 

 44 A Chat on Sweet Peas." The lecture was illustrated by a 

 collection of beautiful slides. Apart from the instruction 

 which the slides conveyed, Mr. White gave directions on 

 the preparation of the ground, the subjects of trenching, 

 manuring, watering and feeding, all being most fully and 

 carefully described. 



BRISTOL AND DISTRICT GARDENERS'. 



The fortnightly meeting of this association was held on 

 February 8, Mr. A. Perry presiding. Mr. Sydney Wills, 

 of Newport, read a paper entitled " Would They have been 

 Pests if Left Alone?" The lecturer defended the birds 

 which the ordinary gardener generally looks upon as 

 enemies. He said that man only sees the evil in them 

 and does not take into account the great amount of good 

 they do. In destroying owls, hawks, sparrows, star- 

 lings, and other birds, the lecturer stated, the balance 

 of nature had been upset, and man had only made things 

 more difficult through having to adjust that balance as best 

 he could. 



KILMARNOCK HORTICULTURAI The usual 



monthly meeting of the above association was held on 

 Wednesday, the 14th inst., when Mr. Hill, of Lainshaw, 



S^«t^ V^ll an,feS ir !i <* ardeni »S Customs and 

 lastes. Mr. R. H. Sillars presided over a large attendance 



ot the members. In the course of his lecture Mr. Hill 



referred to the new methods of training fruit trees, and the 



ditterent manner in which soil operations were carried out. 



He also referred to the fine specimen plants of old times. 



WATFORD HORTICULTURAL, -The February 

 monthly meeting of this society was held at the St. Andrews 

 Church Room, Church Road, on the 9th inst., undar the 

 chairmanship of Mr. VV. Smith. A lecture on -Insects 

 Injurious to Garden Crops" was delivered by Mr. James 



explained by the lecturer ; additional interest being given by 

 fhe nU d£f r °- draw f in ^ s and ^tern slides. Recipes for 



de,rr1hp[ U i C ^ °r\ th 5 Various P ests numerated were 

 described by Mr. Davidson. 



^^ Y ^ R . ,DGE u^ D, S T R'CT HORTICULTURAL. 



-At the last monthly meeting of this society, held at the 

 \ .llage Hall the president, Sir Herbert Ellisf n the chair 



.. T\. Sn, /. th , -° f ^ e P -^' S> Gard =n*. Wisley.gav'e a lecture on 

 "The Cultivation of the Vine." Mr. Smith paid I smcS 

 attention to the ventilating of vineries, as he said he con 

 sidered it one of the chief items in successful Grape grow- 



CL^r LV a E RH AM f P . TO u N HORTICULTURAL 



?1 7 B, Tu P eetln S of the above club was held on VVed- 



HousI' \W^TU^ en X'' , G - H - Thom P*°n, of Grove 

 Mouse, Walsall, delivered a lecture on "Orchids." The 



lecture was illustrated with upwards of 100 limelight views 

 Mr. Thompson said that it was an easy matter even for 

 amateurs, to|row Orchids in an ordinary greenhouse He 

 recommended Osmunda fibre as being the best pottin! 

 ma e ri a| l0 use for most of tfa J althouXpeat 

 leaf-sod, and even loam could be used for a few kinds 



CATALOGUES 



ECEIVEO. 



SEEDS. 



To°h B v E f & v rAS ° N ' 22, 0ak Street - Manchester. 



Fr^k n KMG f T A Dud ' ey Stfeet ' W °'verham p; on. 

 w' D,CKS & Co., 68. Deansgate, Manchester. 



Jamf* r* R ™ * C °" Raynes Park - Wimbledon. 



Sltto N C ° a CK o ER & | ONS - 130 ' Uni °n Street, Aberdeen. 

 bottom & Sons, Reading-Farm Seeds. 



Farm feeds™ 80 "' CathedraI Street - Manchester - 

 W. Drummond & Sons, Ltd., Stirling-Farm Seeds. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



"' blS&g&SSS* Hkher GrCen ' Lew ^^m- 



SoM E s B SiMs L I D |-U^ WiCk, r SC0 ^ nd - PIantS and S ^s. 

 -Law'„ S M wer; ^ffer.es, Ltd., Orweli Works, Ipswich 



^"Bulb^^'/^beri" 8 hS £—, G arden> London- 

 v Plants, Cl1mber b s e and A q S i c ? s erennia,S * A ' pines > Rock 

 5°™ G * Co - "atherley, Cheltenham-Carnations 

 HA -Tr B e A es K a E n R d R p°,r s ° Unt ' Whi « Ie ^. Cambridgeshire. 



* 'Tn L b L ers CE an & d &£8S! Gard6nS ' Colch -ter-Bu.b Sl 



£ L ™-' Liverpool-Garden Plants. 

 HC^S' ^ D i4 6 Fe o?d am s t Midd ' T es «-Be g onias. 



FOREIGN. 



LEM p°lTn E ts 7- " FlLS ' RUG du ■*«* «• Nancy-New 



*^M^^^£^ p ? ri r Nurser y stock. 



Plants ; 1&\^^^ Hare 



JS/L ARKETS 



Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices (continued). 



COVENT GARDEN, February 21. 



[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, ftc: Average Wholesale Prices. 



it 



Arums (Richardias) 

 Azalea, doz. Diichs. 

 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. 



F re e s i a refracta 



alba, p.dz. bun. 



Helleborus (Christ- 

 mas Roses), p. 

 dozen 



Hyacinth (Roman), 

 pr. doz. bnchs. 



Lilac, per bunch 

 white 



— mauve 



Lilian) auratuni. 



per bunch 



— lo ngi rl orum, 

 long, per doz. 



— short, per doz. 



— 1 a ncifo li 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. 



2 6-36 



40 - 



2 6 



16-20 

 18 0-21 



6 

 2 6- 





3 



16-20 



16-20 

 4 0-60 



2 6-30 



3 0-36 



4 0-50 



2 6-30 

 2 6 — 



2 6 



2 0- 



2 6 



2 6 

 9- 



1 



15 0-18 



10 0-12 



80 - 



2 0-26 



4 0-60 



Narcissus, per doz. 



bunches : 



— Emperor 



— Empress 



— Golden Spur... 



— Henry Irving 



— Paper white ... 



— Poeticus 



— Princeps 



— Sir VVatkin ... 

 I — Soleil d'Or ... 



— Victoria 

 Orchids, Cattleya, 



per doz. 



— Odontoglossum 

 crispum 



Pelargoniums, 

 p. dz. bunches : 



— Double Scarlet 

 Roses, 12 blooms, 



— Bride s maid, 



— C. Mermet 



— Liberty 



— Niphetos 



— Richmond 

 Snowdrops, p. doz. 



bunches 

 Tulips, per bunch : 



— double pink ... 



— — yellow 

 scarlet 



— per dozen 

 bunches : 



— white 



yellow 



— scarlet 



— bronze .. 



— pink 



Violets, per dozen 



bunches 



— Princess of 

 Wales, perdoz. 

 bunches 



— Parma 



Wallflowers, per 



dozen bunches 



S.d. Sjd« 



4 0-5 

 4 6-6 

 3 0-4 



2 0- 2 



3 6-4 

 2 0-2 

 2 6-3 



4 0- 5 

 1 6- 2 

 4 6-5 



12 - 















6 







6 



6 















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 ... 



s.d. s.d. 



10 12 



8 0-10 



10 0-12 



14 0-18 



6-10 



5 6-66 



£10-£12 



4 0-50 



10 0-11 

 96 - 



4 6-56 



Cobs 



u t s 



kiln 



c w t. 



— J-0's 



— 64's 



— 54's 



Grapes 



• • • 



14 0-20 



3 0-40 



2 0-30 

 16-30 



9-13 

 11 6-15 6 

 8 0-46 

 4 0-10 

 6 0-80 



8 0-12 



• • • 



• i • 



- - - 



4 

 4 

 5 

 2 

 4 



0- 

 0- 

 0- 

 6- 

 0- 



5 



5 



8 



3 6 



8 



10-20 



1 

 1 

 1 



0- 

 0- 

 3- 



1 

 1 



1 



6 

 6 

 6 



8 0-9 



7 0-8 



8 0-10 

 6 0-8 



9 0-12 





 

 

 

 



13-20 



8 0-40 

 2 0-26 



2 6 



Cut Foliage, Ac: Average Wholesale Prices. 



Ad ian t um Fern 

 (Maidenhair), 

 best,dz. bnchs. 



Agrostis (Fairy 

 Grass), per dz. 

 bunches 



Asparagus plu- 

 mosus, 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 0-12 



4 — 



Croton foliage, var- 

 ious, per dozen 

 bunches 



Cycas leaves, arti- 

 ficial, per doz. 



Eulalia japonica, 

 per bunch 



Moss, per gross ... 



Myrtle, dz. bchs. 

 (Engli s h), 



small-leaved... 

 — French 



Smilax, per bunch 



of 6 trails 



s.d. s.d. 



12 0-15 

 3 0-12 



1 



6 



0- 

 



1 6 



6 



I 





 



10-13 



Plants In Pots, Ac. Average Wholesale Prices. 



Aralia Sieboldii, p. 



dozen 



Araucaria excelsa, 



per dozen 

 Asparagus plumo- 



sus nanus, per 



dozen 



— Sprengeri 

 Aspidistra, p. dz. f 



green 



— variegated ... 

 Azaleas, per doz. 

 Cinerarias, pr. dz. 

 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 

 large 60's 



— in 48's, doz. ... 



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 



8 0-90 



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 

 60 - 







Ferns, choice r 

 sorts, per doz. 



— 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 m 1 o n g i - 

 riorum, p. doz. 



— lancifolium ru- 

 brum in pots, 



f'er dozen 

 a nc i f o 1 iurn 

 alba ... 



Marguerites, white, 

 per dozen 



Pandanus Veitchii, 

 per dozen 



Phcenix rupicola, 

 each 



Spiraea japonica, p. 



dozen pots .. 



s.d. s.d. 



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 



15 18 



. 15 0-18 



8 0-10 



... 36 0-43 



2 6-21 



10 0-12 



Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



Apples (English 



cookers) bushel 6 0-12 



— Nova Scotian, 

 per barrel 



— C al i f or nian 

 Newtowns, pr. 

 case — 



... 17 0-22 



9 0-11 



Apples (Canadian), 



per barrel ... 20 



— Oregon (Hood 

 River), per 

 case 



— American, per 

 barrel 



s.d. s.d. 



16 0-18 6 



(English), 

 per lb. : 



— Black Alicante 



— GrosColman... 



— (Belgian), Gros 

 Colman, p. lb. 



— Almeria, p. brl. 

 Per dozen lbs. 



— (Cape) per case 



— „ White... 

 Lemons : 



— (Naples), case 26 0-30 



— Messina, per 

 case 



Limes, per case ... 

 Mangoes, per doz. 

 Nuts, Almonds.per 

 bag 52 



— Brazils, new, 

 percwt. ...85 0-100 



— Spanish, per 



sack 40 42 



— Barcelona, bag 33 6-b6 6 



7 6-17 

 4 — 



4 0-60 



6 



Nuts, Chestnuts, 

 per bag 



— Cocoanuts 

 <100) ... 



— English 

 per lb.... 



— W a 1 n 



(Naples) 



dried, 

 cases 



— French Gren- 

 obles, per bag 



— Boeris, per bag 

 Nectarines (Cape) 



per box 

 Oranges, Jamaica 

 er case 

 alifornian ... 



— Denia, case ... 



— Valencia 



— Jaffa, per case 



— Blood, per case 



— Mandarins, 



-1 



chest 



— Seville Sour 



i chest 



Peaches (Cape), pr. 

 case 



Pears (Caufornian), 

 per case 



— Glou Morceau 



— Easter Beurre 



— Winter Nelis 



— (American) per 

 barrel, 180 lbs. 



— cases 



— (Cape) 



Pineapples, St. 



Mickael ' 

 Plums (Cape), per 

 case 



— Apple, per box 

 Strawberries, p. lb. : 



— A quality 



— B quality 



s.d. s.d, 

 3 6-19 

 18 0-23 

 03 - 



54 



6 6- 

 6 0- 



7 

 7 



er box 

 ter, per J 



4 0-60 



9 0-10 



20 0-22 



16 0-34 



10 0-12 



9 6 — 



8 0-90 



6-36 



16 0-18 6 



15 0-18 



3 0-80 



10 6 16 6 



11 6-12 6 

 86 - 



12 6-13 



25 0-26 

 7 0- 

 3 0-4 



6 











2 6-50 



2 



5 



0- 

 0- 



4 



7 





 



24 

 10 



Vegetables : Average Wholesale Prices. 



t • • 



• * 



Artichokes(Globe), 

 per dozen 



— Ground, per 

 J bushel 



Asparagus, Sprue.. 



— Cavaillon 



— Laurie 



— Paris Green ... 

 Beans, Madeira, per 



basket... 



— Guernsey, 

 Dwarf, per lb. 



— French, per 

 packet, lb. ... 



Beetroot, p. bshl. : 



— Long 



Broccoli, sprout- 

 ing, per bag 



Brussel Sprouts, 

 per J bushel ... 



— half bags 

 Celeriac, per doz. 

 Cabbages (French) 



per dozen 



— (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 ... 



s.d. s.d. 

 3 0-40 



1 — 



09 - 



3 0- 

 6 0-60 



4 6-50 



5 0-10 

 4 0-46 

 16-19 



2 0-26 



3 0-36 



16-20 

 2 0-30 

 2 6-30 



2 0-26 



6 0-10 

 2 0-26 



2 0-30 



10 0-12 

 10 0-14 



10 0-16 



16-20 



3 6-46 



4 0-50 

 04 - 

 8 0-12 

 2 — 



2 0-30 



Herbs (sweet), 

 pkts., p. gross 



Horseradish, 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, J sieve ... 



— per doz. bun. 

 Parsnips, per bag 

 Peas(French)p. pad 

 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), 



erdz. bunches 



ags (washed) 



— (unwashed) ... 



Turnip Tops, per 



bag 



Watercress, p. dz. 

 bunches 



s.d. s.d. 

 7 0- 



12 0-14 

 2 6-30 



16-20 



5 0-60 



10-1 3 



10-16 



7 6-80 



8 6-90 



. 8 0-90 

 2 0-26 



2 6-30 

 5 0-56 

 5 0-60 



9-10 



9-10 

 10 0-12 



3 0-40 

 10-13 



12 0-16 



2 0-26 

 4 6-50 



3 6-40 



2 0-26 

 6-0 6J 



Remarks.— Supplies of home-grown Grapes are diminish- 

 ing daily; and Muscats are no longer obtainable. One 

 thousand two hundred and fifty-one boxes of Grapes, 

 principally of Black Hermitage variety, arrived in a 

 sound condition this week from the Cape. Hothouse 

 Strawberries from the Worthing district are arriving in 

 limited quantities. A consignment of Cape fruits, per 

 s.s. "Balmoral Castle," amounting to about 21,000 boxes, 

 consisting of Pears, Plums, Peaches, Nectarines, &c, 

 nas been received. Shipments from Nova Scotia this week 

 totalled 6,021 barrels of Apples, and from California, per 

 s.s. " Oceanic," 4,470 packages, consisting of Apples, Cran- 

 berries, Pears, Oranges and Grape fruit. Supplies of 

 English Apples are now limited to Bramley's Seedling and 

 Dumelow's Seedling (Wellington). Teneriffe Tomatos 

 continue a good supply. Forced vegetables are fairly 

 Plentiful. A few early Cabbages have been received from 

 St. Malo. E. H. R., February 27, 1912. 





Potatos. 



Rents — 



Queen's ... 

 Up-to-Date 

 LIncolns— 

 Up-to-Date 

 British Queen .. 

 King Edward ... 



Epicure 



Northern Star ... 

 Evergoods 



• t • 



percwt. 

 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— 



Maincrops 

 Blacklands 



Bed fords - 



Up-to-Date 

 Puritan ... 



Dunbars— 



Up-to-Date 

 Maincrop 



20 0-32 



Remarks.— Supplies are more numerous, 

 the stocks in London have become very large. 



per cwt. 

 s.d. s.d. 



... 4 3-46 

 ... 2 9-33 



... 3 9-40 

 ... 4 0-43 



... 5 0- 5 a 

 ... 5 3- 5 % 



consequently 



