March 23, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 



193 



MANCHESTER AND NORTH OP 



ENGLAND ORCHID. 



March 7. — Committee present: Rev. J. 

 Crombleholme (in the Chair) ; Messrs. R. 

 Ashworth, J. Bamber, C. Parker, H. Thorpj 

 Z. A. Ward, J. C. Cowan, J. Cypher, J. Evans' 

 W. Holmes, A. J. Keeling, D. McLeod, and H. 

 Arthur (secretary). 



A Silver-gilt Medal was awarded to Z. A. 

 Ward, Esq.., Northenden (gr. Mr. Weatherby), 

 for a group of fine, well-grown Odontoglossums. 



Silver Medal* were awarded to W. R. Lee, 

 Esq., Hey wood (gr. Mr. Branch); Col. J. 

 Rutherford, M.P., Blackburn (gr. Mr. Lupton), 

 both exhibitors staging Odontoglossums; J. 

 McCartney, Esq. (gr. Mr. Holmes), for a group 

 composed principally of Cattlevas ; A. War- 

 burton, Esq., Haslingden (gr. Mr. Dalgkish), 

 for Odontoglossums ; Messrs. J. Cypher & Sons. 

 Cheltenham, for a miscellaneous group ; and 

 Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, for a general 

 collection. 



Other exhibitors were Rev. J. Crombleholme, 

 Clayton-le-Moors (gr. Mr. Marshall); 0. 0. 

 A\rxgley, Esq., Bury (gr. Mr. Rogers); J. J. 

 Holden, Esq., Southport (gr. Mr. Johnson); 

 V\m. Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, (gr. Mr 

 Stevens); H. Thorp, Esa,. Rhodes; Messrs. 

 Oharlesw-orth & Co., Haywards Heath; Messrs. 

 Hassall & Co., Southgate; Mr. J. Evans, Con- 

 gieton; Messrs. A. J. Keeling & Sons, Brad- 

 ford; and Mr. W. Shackleton, Great Horton. 



AWARDS. 



First-class Certificate. 



Odontoglossum x In Memoriam Kino 

 Edward (parentage unknown), from J. J 

 Holden, Esq. 



Awards of Merit. 



Cattleya Cappei (Trianae x Schroder^), from 

 »\£ Golden, Esq. Odontoglossum triumphant 



\\ards variety, from Z. A. Ward, Esq.; 

 ano { Lypripedium Carola (Euryades splendens 



x Thompsomi), from Wm. Thompson, Esq. 



NORTH OF ENGLAND HORTI- 

 CULTURAL. 



March 14.— The monthly meeting of the 

 above Society was held at the Central Bath, 

 Bradford, on this date. Many who had intended 

 showing were prevented, owing to the dis- 

 organised train service. The exhibition was 

 opened by the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Aid. 

 J. B. Moorhouse, J.P. This was the first time 

 the hociety has held a show at Bradford, and the 

 attendance was so encouraging that it was de- 

 cided to hold a show in this town every season. 



Floral Committee. 



Large Silver-gilt Medal to Messrs. R. P. Ker 

 & bON, Liverpool, for a very fine exhibit of Hip- 

 peastrums. 



Sjlver-gilt Medals to Mr. C. Engelmann, 

 ftattron Walden, who showed Carnations, those 

 especially noteworthy being Carola, Lady North- 

 cliffe, Triumph, and White Wonder, and Messrs. 

 xoung & Co., Cheltenham, also for Carnations, 

 including the varieties Mikado and Black Chief. 



Large Silver Medal to J. Hill, Esq., Chellow 

 Dene, Bradford (gr. Mr. G. Dunsmore), for a 

 collection of forced plants and bulbs. 



Silver Medals to Messrs. Wm. Artindale & 

 £on, Sheffield, who exhibited a collection of a 

 nne strain of Primula obconica; Messrs. John 

 Brooke Bradford, for a collection of forced 

 Duios, Lilies, and other plants in bloom; and 

 Messrs. J. Wood, Boston Spa, for an exhibit of 

 rockwork. 



\v La Z ge Bron ™ Medals were awarded to Messrs. 



ll'r-A W <\ Y & SoNS ' Ltd -' Ha lifax, for a rock 

 gaiden; Messrs. Broadhead & Son, Wooldale 

 ^ursenes, Huddersfield, who showed a small 

 rockwork exhibit; Messrs. Sam. Dean & Sons, 



wTt 1 ? urseri , es ' Bradford, who exhibited 

 forced bulbs; and F Spencer, Esq., Bradford, 

 ior torced bulbs and greenhouse plants. 



Awards. 



nafL J 1 - V 01 ! 88 £ [ V l ? ma was awarded to Car- 

 nation "Lady Northcliffe," shown b y Mr C 



D? D °£ A t N 'J- affron Walde "' and a Second-class 

 Ruhv O Hl PP e astrums Pink Perfection and 



Son y T § ' i 8bown by Messrs ' R - P - Ker & 



OON ; -Liverpool. 



Orchid Committee. 



Large Silver Medals were awarded to J. H. 

 Craven, Esq., The Beeches, Keighley (gr, Mr. 

 *. W. Corney), for a collection of Orchids; \Y. 

 bHACKLETON, Esq., Bradford, for an exhibit 

 mainly of Odontoglossums ; and J. Hartley, 

 jJ-sq., The knowle, Morlev (gr. .Mr. \Y. Coupe), 

 ior a general collection. 



Silver Medals to Messrs. A. J. Keeling & 

 boxs, Bradford, for a group containing many 

 well-flowered Dendrobiums ; Messrs. Mansell & 

 Hatcher, Rawdon, Leeds, whose Dendrobiums 

 were conspicuously good; and N. Galloway, 

 ii>sq., Great Horton, Bradford, for a small 

 group, consisting of Odontoglossums, Dendro- 

 biums. Cattlevas, and Cvpripediums. 



A Bronze Medal was awarded to E. V. Low, 

 Esq., Haywards Heath, Sussex, for a mis- 

 cellaneous collection. 



Awards. 



First-class Diplomas were awarded to Odon- 

 tioda eboraicum, shown by J. H. Craven, Esq., 

 The Beeches, Keighley; and for four well-grown 

 and flowered white seedlings of Dendrobium 

 Cybelle, shown by W. II. St. Quintin, Esq., 

 Scampston Hall, York (gr. Mr. F. C. Puddle); 

 Second-class Diplomas were granted to Dendro- 

 bium nobile " Thwaites' variety," and D. 

 chessingtonense, shown by J. Hartley, Esq., 

 The Knowle, Morley (gr. Mr. W. Coupe). 



©bttuarp. 



C. C. Ellison. — Readers will learn with regret 

 of the death of the Rev. C. C. Ellison, M.A., of 

 the Manse, Bracebridge, Lincoln, at the age of 

 77. From his earliest youth to the Just day of 

 his long and honoured life he loved gardening 

 with a passion which was all-absorbing. He was 

 Vicar of Bracebridge Parish for a great number 

 of years, but he eventually retired in order to 

 obtain more leisure to follow his two hobbies of 

 gardening and ivory-turning. He, however, 

 continued to take an active interest and prac- 

 tical part in the work of the church to the time 

 of his death, being chaplain of the small private 

 church at Boultham Hall on the estate of his 

 brother, the late Colonel Sir R. Ellison. 



James McKay. — Mr. James McKay, florist 

 and landscape gardener at Baltimore, U.S.A., 

 died recently at Bay View Hospital. Mr. McKay 

 was born in Scotland 67 years ago, and was at 

 one time employed in the Royal Gardens at Sand- 

 ringham. He settled in America about 15 years 

 ago. 





THE WEATHER. 



THE WEATHER IN WEST HERTS. 



Week ending March 20. 

 The sixth warm week in succession. — The first day was 

 the warmest of the month as yet, but since then the day 

 temperatures have been either cold or about average. 

 There were no cold nights. The ground is still 3° warmer 

 at 2 feet deep, and 2° warmer at 1 foot deep, than is season- 

 able. Rain has fallen on each of the past six days, and 

 to the total depth of over three-quarters of an inch. Last 

 night theie was a slight fall of snow. Since the month 

 b3gan there have been only five days without rain, the 

 total measurement being 2£ inches, or about half an-inch 

 more than the average quantity for the whole month. 

 During the week 3J gallons of rainwater have come through 

 the bare soil gauge, and 2 gallons through that on which 

 short grass is growing. The sun shone on an average for 

 If hours a day, which is only about half the average dura- 

 tion for the middle of March. Three days were verf 

 nearly, or altogether, sunless. The winds have been, as a 

 rule, of moderate strength, and have come mostly from 

 some point of the compass between S. and W. The mean 

 amount of moisture in the air at 3 o'clock in the after- 

 noon exceeded a seasonable quantity for that hour by 

 5 per cent. An Early Rivers Peach growing on a south 

 wall in my garden came first into blossom on the 16th, or 

 six days earlier than its average date for the previous 

 26 years, and five days earlier than last year. E. M, % 

 Berkhatnsted, March 20, 1912. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Tilley Bros., 133, London Road, Brighton— Farm Seeds. 

 Wm. Watson & Sons (Ltd.), Clontarf Nurseries, Dublin- 

 Garden Flowers. 

 G. S. Evans. Bexley Heath, Kent— Carnations. 



Mrs. A. M. Pym, Vine House, Wordstone, Peterborou a h 



Nursery Stcck. 



A. F. Dutton, Iver, Buckinghamshire— Carnations. 

 E. P. Dixon & Sons, Ltd , Hull — Farm Seeds. 

 Liss*dell Nurseries. Sligo, Ireland— Alpine and Hardy 

 Herbaceous Plants; Shiubs. 



MARKETS. 



COVENT GARDEN, March 20. 



e 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.] 



Cut Flowers, Ac: Average Wholesale Prices. 



Arums (Richardias) 

 Azalea, doz. bnchs. 



— mollis, p. bnch. 

 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 



Eucharis, per doz. 



F re e si a refracta 

 alba, p.dz. bun. 



Gardenias, per box 

 of 15 & 18 Dims. 



Lilac, per bunch 

 white 



— mauve 



Liliuni auratum 



per bunch 



— lo n gi tl oruui, 



l° n gi per do/. 



— short, per doz. 



— 1 a n c i f o 1 i u in 

 alba, long 



— — short 



— speciosum rub- 

 rum, dz. blooms: 



— >ong 



— short 



Lily of the Valley, 



p. dz. bunches : 



— extra special ... 



— special 



— ordinary 

 Marguerite, per 



!oz. bunches: 



— Yellow 



Myosotis (Forget- 

 me-not), p. dz. 

 bunches 



Narcissus, per doz. 



bunches: 



— Double Van 

 Sion 



— Emperor 

 Empress 

 Golden Spur... 

 Obvallaris 



Ca m pan ella 

 (Odorus) 



Poeticus 



B.d. s.d. 



2 0-26 



3 0-8 1. 



16-19 



16-20 



1 



13-16 



10 0-15 



6 — 

 2 0-30 



13-16 

 2 6-30 



2 0- 



3 0- 



2 



3 



6 

 



4 0-50 



2 0- 

 2 



2 

 1 6- 



2 6 



• •• 



A. 



2 



19-20 

 9 10 



15 0-18 

 10 0-12 



80 - 



2 0-26 



3 0-40 



10-16 

 2 0-26 

 16-20 

 10-16 

 9-10 



9-10 

 13-16 



Narcissus, per doz. 

 bunches : 



— Princeps 



— Sir Watkin ... 



— Victoria 



— I ami 



Orchids, Cattle 



per doz. 



— Odontoglossum 

 crispuiu 



Pelargoniums, 

 p. dz. bunches : 



— Double Scarlet 

 Primroses, per doz. 



bunches 

 Roses, 12 blooms, 



— Brides maid, 



— C. Mermet 



— General Jac- 

 queminot 



— Liberty 



— Madame 

 Chateney 



— Niphetos 



— Richmond 



— Sunrise 



— Lady Roberts 



— Lady Hilling- 

 don 



— Franz De( g m 



— Kaiserine 

 Sweet Peas (white), 



pr. doz. buchs. 

 Tulips, per bunch : 



— double pink ... 



yellow 



scarlet 



— p. dz. bunches : 



— white 



— yellow 



— scarlet 



— bronze -. 



— pink 



— Darwin, p. bch. : 



— pink 



— mauve 



— red 



Violets, p. dz.bchs. 



— Princess of 

 Wales, per doz. 

 bunches 



— Parma 



Wallflowers, per 



dozen bunches 



s.d. s.d. 



1 0- 



1 6- 



2 0- 

 1 6- 



12 



1 3 



2 

 2 6 

 2 



3 0-40 



8 0-12 



13-16 



3 0-40 

 3 0-40 



10-16 

 2 0-40 



2 6- 4 

 16-26 

 2 0-36 

 10-16 

 2 0- I 6 



2 0-26 

 .J 0- 3 6 

 16-30 



2 0-26 



8- 



1 0- 

 1 8- 



1 

 1 

 1 



3 

 6 

 6 



5 0-60 



6 0-7 



6 0-80 

 8 0- 9 



6 0-80 



1 6- 1 

 1 6- 1 

 1 6- 1 

 1 3- 2 



9 

 9 

 9 

 



3 0-4 

 16-2 





 



2 0-26 



Cut Foliage, Ac: Average Wholesale Prices. 



2 0-40 



s.d. s.d. 

 A d lan t um Fern 



(Maidenhair), 



best,dz. bnchs. 7 0-80 

 Agrostis (Fairy 



Grass), per dz. 



bunches 

 A sparagus plu- 



mosus, long 



trails, pr.Jdoz. 



— medium, doz, 



bunches ^ 



— Sprengeri 



Carnation foliage, 

 doz. bunches... 



s.d. s.d. 



12 0-15 



16-20 



12 0-18 

 10 0-12 



4 



Croton foliage, var- 

 ious, per dozen 

 bunches 



Cycas leaves, arti- 

 ficial, per doz. 3 0-12 



Eulalia japonica, 

 per bunch 



Moss, per gross ... 



Myrtle, dz. bchs. 

 (Engli sh), 



small-leaved... 

 — French 

 Smilax, per bunch 

 of 6 trails 



1 

 6 



0- 

 



1 6 



6 

 I 



1 6 



Plants in Pots, Ac. Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 

 Acacia lineata, 48's, 



per dozen ... 18 0-21 

 Aralia Sieboldii, p. 



dozen 6 0-70 



Araucaria excelsa, 



per dozen ... 18 0-21 

 Asparagus plumo- 



sus nanus, p.dz. 10 0-12 



— Sprengeri ... 8 0-90 

 Aspidistra, p. dz., 



green 21 0-30 



— variegated ... 30 0-60 

 Azaleas, per doz. 36 0-42 

 Boronia Megastig- 



ma, 48*s,p, dz. 21 0-24 

 Cinerarias, pr. dz. 8 0-90 

 Cocos Weddeli- 



ana.per dozen: 



— 60's 



— larger, each ... 

 Croton, per dozen 

 Cyperus alterni- 



folius, per doz. 



— laxus, per doz. 

 Daffodils, per doz. 

 Dracaena, green, 



per dozen 

 Ericas per dozen : 



— Wiilmorei, 48's 15 0-18 



— persoluta ... 27 0-30 

 Ferns, in thumbs, 



per 100 



— in small and 

 large 60's 



— in 48*s, doz. ... 



s.d. s.d. 



8 12 



... 10 0-18 



9 0-12 



... 10 0-12 



6 0-80 

 2 6-76 



6 0-12 



2 6-10 6 



18 0-30 



5 0-60 

 4 0-50 



6 0-80 



Z 10 0-12 



8 0-12 



12 0-20 

 60 — 



Ferns, choicer 

 sorts, per doz. 



— in 32's, per 

 dozen ... 



Ficus elastica, per 



dozen ... 

 Genistas, 48's, per 



doz, 



Geonoma gracilis, 

 60's, per dozen 



— larger, each ... 

 Hyacinths white & 



clrd.,p. dz.pots 10 0-12 

 Kentia Belmore- 

 ana, per dozen 



— Fosteriana, 

 bO's, per dozen 



— larger, per doz. 

 Latania borbonica, 



per dozen 

 Lilium longi- 



florum, p. doz. 20 0-24 



— lancifolium ru- 

 brum in pots, 

 per dozen 



— la n c if ol ium 

 alba 



Marguerites, white, 

 per dozen 



Pandanus Veitchii, 



per dozen ... 36 0-48 

 Phoenix rupicola, 



each ... ... 2 6-21 



Spiraea japonica, p. 



dozen pots ... 10 0-12 



5 0-42 



4 0-60 

 18 0-60 



12 0-30 



15 0-18 (I 



15 0-18 



8 0-1 



