April 13, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS 9 CHRONICLE, 



249 



LAW NOTE. 



FAILURE OF A {< FRENCH u GARDENER. 



The first meeting of the creditors of Mr. Frank 

 Mynott, formerly a " French " gardener at Tip- 

 tree, Essex, was held at the offices of the official 

 receiver (Mr. F. Messent) at Ipswich, on the 3rd 



inst. 



The 

 affairs 



summary 

 showed 



of debtor's statement of 



liabilities 



to 



gross liabilities amounting 

 £8,887 4s. 8d., of which £1,318 19s. 8d. was ex- 



to rank for dividend, £927 3s. 6d. being 

 30 unsecured creditors. 



pected 

 due to 



was estimated at £720 Is. 6d. 



The deficiency 



The official 



who 



is 



45 



receiver 

 of 



said that the debtor, 

 informed him that 



years oi age, 

 for some years he was a printer and journalist 

 at Romford. He bought about 86 acres of 

 land in Essex, the greater part of which he let, 



but a small part he occupied himself with the 

 object of raising vegetables on a system of inten- 

 sive cultivation. The tenant of the larger por- 

 tion became bankrupt early in 1909, and the 

 debtor says the land was thrown on his hands. 

 As he could not relet it then, he had to cultivate 

 it himself as best he could. In September last 

 the debtor hired premises at Felixstowe to start 

 a printer's business, but it was not successful, 

 owing to the limited capital he had at his dis- 

 posal. The creditors returned as fully secured 

 hold charges on property situate at Romford, 

 Chelmsford, Tottenham, Hornchurch and Tiptree. 



The debtor estimated a surplus of £490 should be 

 realised from some of these properties, but this 

 was debtor's estimate and not his, and the pro- 

 perties were subject to realisation. The creditors 

 partly secured held similar charges on properties 

 which the debtor estimated would not realise 

 sufficient to satisfy the mortgagees. The un- 

 secured creditors appeared to be made up of £705 

 for money lent, and the rest for goods supplied or 

 work done. 



No quorum of creditors attending the meeting, 

 the estate was left in the hands of the official 

 receiver for administration. 



GARDENING APPOINTMENTS. 



[Correspondents arerequested to writ* th* mmmss of psrsims 

 mad pImcim its lagibly ms possible. No charge is 

 made for these announcements, but if a small contribution 

 is sent, to be placed in our collecting Box for the Gardeners' 

 Orphan Fund, it will be thankfully received, and an 

 schnowUdgment made in these columns.] 



Mr. A. C. Wicks, for the past 6 years Foreman at Halstead 

 Place, near Sevenoaks, Kent, as Gardener to Kenneth 

 Foster, Esq., Coombe Park, Whitchurch, Oxfordshire. 



Mr. R. Farnell, for the past 20 years Gardener at Edgeley 

 Hall, Whitchurch, Salop, as Gardener to Captain 

 Foster, Woodcote, Newport, Salop. (Thanks for 

 donation of Is. 6d. for R.G.O.F. box.— Eds.) 



Mr. T. Roberts, for the past 3 years Gardener to C. C. 

 Paine, Esq., Hillfield, Hampstead, and previously at 

 Northleigh, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, as Gardener to 

 Colonel Stuart, Tempsford Hall, Sandy, Bedfordshire. 



Mr. P. Corps, for the past B| years as General Foreman at 

 Eeiu Manor Park, Loughborough, and previously at 

 Hylands Park, Chelmsford, as Gardener to T. Fielden 

 Johnson, Esq., Brookfield, Leicester. 



Mr. F. E. Cottrell, for 2J years General Foreman at Wear- 

 dale Gardens Brasted Chart, Kent, and previously at 

 Roath Park, Cardiff, and Hewell Grange, Reddilch, as 

 Head Gardener to F. J. Tennent, Esq., Lympne Castle, 

 Lympne, Kent. (Thanks for 2s. 6d. which has been 

 placed in the R.G.O.F. box. --Eds.) 



Mr. S. J. Craze, for the past 3 years Second Gardener at 

 Abbey Manor, West Kirby, Cheshire, and previously 

 at Downton Castle, Ludlow, as Gardener to A. 

 Saunderson, Esq., Foxlease Park, Lyndhurst, Harts. 

 (Thanks for Is. 6d. received for R.G.O.F. box.— Eds.) 



Mr. F. Gibbs, for the past 9 years Gardener to Mrs. 



Mounsey, Hill House, Dedham, Essex, as Gardener to 



the Rev. Canon Barker, Henstead Hall, Wrentham, 

 Suffolk. 



SCHEDULE RECEIVED. 



Chester Paxton Society.-The annual autumn exhibition 

 ot this society will be held in the Town Hall, Chester, on 

 un y and Wed nesday, November 12 and 13. A silver 

 fl , ge cup is offer ed for the best collection of 24 vaiieties 

 ot Apples and Pears, and a silver salver to the winner of the 

 nrst prize in the class for a group of Chrysanthemums. The 

 society s 1 ronze medal is offered for the best dish of Apples 

 ?£° wn [\y a cottager. A silver Rose bowl is offered for the 

 oesi table d-corated with flowers other than Chrysanthe- 



Che^ster Secretar y» Mr ' G - p - Miln » Grosvenor Museum, 



MARKETS. 



COVENT GARDEN, April 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 mat 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, &c: Average Wholesale Prices. 



Arums (Richardias) 

 Azalea, per dozen 

 bjncl.es 



— mo lis, p. bnch. 

 Camellias, per box 



of 18'sand24s 



Carnations, p. doz. 



blooms, best 



American var. 



— smaller, per 

 doz. bunches 



— Carola, crim- 

 son, extra large 



Eucharis, per doz. 

 F re e s ia refracta 



alba, per dozen 



bunches 

 Gardenias, per box 



of 15 & 18 blms. 

 Iris (Spanish), per 

 doz. bunches : 



— white, mauve, 

 yellow and 

 blue 



Lilac, per bunch 

 white 



— mauve 



Lilium auratum 



per bunch 



— lo ngi riorum, 

 long, per doz. 



— short, per doz. 



— lancifolium 

 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... 

 Myosotis (Forget- 

 me-not), p. dz. 

 bunches 



Narcissus, per doz. 

 bunches: 



— Emperor 



— Empress 



— Orange Phoenix 



— Poeticus 



— Sir Watkin ... 



s.d. s.d. 

 2 6-30 



3 

 1 



6- 

 6- 



4 

 1 





 9 



16-20 



1 «- 1 9 

 10 0-15 



2 6-30 



3 0-36 



13-16 

 2 0-40 



• • * 



A. 



.. 12 0-18 



2 6-30 



3 0-36 



4 0-50 



3 6-40 

 3 0-36 



2 0-26 

 16-20 



19-20 

 9-10 



15 0-18 

 10 0-12 



8 — 



.. 2 0-26 



3 0-40 



2 0-26 

 16-20 

 13-16 

 10-13 

 16-20 



Narcissus, per doz. 

 bunches : 



— Victoria 



— Barrii 



Orchids, Cattleya, 



per doz. 



— Odontoglossum 

 crispum 



Pelargoniums, 

 p. dz. bunches : 



— Double Scarlet 

 Primroses, per doz. 



bunches 

 Roses, 12 blooms, 



— Brides maid, 



— C. Mennet 



— General Jac 

 queminot 



— Liberty 



— Madame 

 Chateney 



— Niphetos 



— Richmond 



— Sunrise 



— President Car- 

 not 



— Lady Roberts 



— Lady Hilling- 

 don 



— Franz Deegan 



— Kaiserine 

 Spiraea (Astilbe) ja- 



ponica, per. doz. 



bunches ... 

 Sw r eet Peas (white), 

 pr. doz. bnchs. 

 Tulips, per bunch : 



— double pink ... 



yellow 



scarlet 



— p. dz. bunches: 



— white 



— yellow 



— scarlet 



— bronze 



— pink 



— Darwin, p. 1 ch. : 



— pink 



— mauve 



— red 



Violets, p. dz. bchs. 



— Princess of 

 Wales, per doz. 

 bunches 



— Parma 



Wallflowers, per 



dozen bunches 



s. d. s.d* 



2 0- 

 1 0- 



12 



2 6 

 1 3 



3 0-40 



8 0-12 

 13-16 



16-2 

 16-2 



1 0- 1 



2 0-4 



2 0-4 

 16-2 

 2 0-3 



1 0- 1 



2 0-3 

 2 0- 2 





 



6 

 





 6 

 6 

 6 





 6 



2 0-26 



3 0-36 

 16-30 



6 0-70 



2 0-26 



6-09 

 10-16 

 13-16 



8 0-90 

 6 0-70 

 6 0-80 

 8 0-90 

 6 0-80 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



0- 

 3- 

 3- 

 3- 



1 



1 

 1 

 2 



3 

 6 

 6 







3 



2 



0- 

 0- 



4 

 2 6 



2 0-26 



Cut Foliage, Ac: Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



A d i a n 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... 



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 



1 0- 

 6 



1 6 



6 

 I 



1 % 



Plants in Pots, Ac. : Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



Acacia lineata, 48's, 



per dozen 

 Aralia Sieboldii, p. 



dozen 



Araucaria excelsa, 



per dozen 

 Asparagus plumo- 



sus nanus, p.dz. 10 



— Sprengeri ... 8 

 Aspidistra, p. dz., 



green 21 



— variegated ... 30 

 Azaleas, per doz. 36 

 Boronia Megastig- 



ma, 48's,p, dz. 21 

 Cinerarias, pr. dz. 8 

 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 : 



— Willmorej, 48's 



— persoluta 

 Ferns, in thumbs, 



• per 100... 



... 18 0-21 



6 0-70 

 18 0-21 



0-12 

 0-9 



0-30 

 0-60 

 42 



0-24 

 0-9 



6 

 2 



18 



5 

 4 



6 



0-12 

 6-10 6 

 0-30 



0-6 

 0-5 

 0-8 



per 



per 



per 



10 0-12 



15 

 27 



0-18 

 0-30 



8 0-12 



Ferns, in small and 

 large 60's ... 



— in 48's, doz. ... 



— choicer, sorts 



per doz, 



— in 32's, 

 dozen ... 



Ficus elastica, 



dozen ... 

 Genistas, 48's, 



doz, ... 

 Geonoma gracilis, 



60's, per dozen 



— larger, each ... 

 Hyacinths white & 



clrd,,p. dz.pots 

 Hydrangeas, white, 

 48's, per dozen 

 Kentia Bel more- 

 ana, per dozen 



— Fosteriana, 

 60's, per dozen 



— larger, per doz. 

 Latania borbonica, 



per dozen 

 Lilium I o n g i - 

 florum, p. doz. 



— lancifolium ru- 

 bruin in pots, 



Fer dozen 

 anc if ol ium 

 alba ... 



s.d. s.d, 



12 0-20 

 60 — 



8 0-12 

 10 0-18 



9 0-12 



. 10 0-12 



6 0-80 

 2 6-76 



10 0-12 



18 21 



5 0-42 



4 0-60 



18 60 



12 0-30 

 20 0-24 



15 18 



Plants in Pots, &c: Average Wholesale Prices (Contd.). 



s.d. s.d. 

 Marguentes.white, 



per dozen ... 8 0-10 

 Mignonette, 48's, 



per dozen ... 6 0-80 

 Pandanus Veitchii, 



per dozen ... 86 0-48 



Phoenix 

 each 



Spiraea 

 per 

 pots 

 — Pink 



s.d. s.d. 

 rupicola, 



... 2 6-21 

 japonica, 

 dozen 



10 0-12 



10 0-12 



Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices. 



Apples, Nova 

 Sc o tian, per 

 barrel 



— Californiati 

 Newtowns, pr. 



s.d. s.d. 



17 0-22 



(Canadian), per 



barrel 



Oregon (Hood 

 River), per 



6 0-80 

 20 — 



American, per 

 barrel 



Australian per 



• . - 



16 0-18 6 

 20 0-32 



7 6-20 



10 12 



8 0-10 

 10 0-12 

 14 18 



f>- I 



5 6-60 

 £10-£12 



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 ... 



— H)'s ... 



— 64's ... 



— 54's ... 

 Grapes (Belgian), 



Gros Colman, 

 per lb. 



Almeria, per 

 barrel ... 

 Per dozen lbs. 

 (Cape) per case 



White... 



— H Red ... 



Lemons: 



— (Naples), case 26 0-30 C 



Lemons : 



— Messina, p.case 

 Limes, per case ... 



Mangoes, per doz. 

 Melons (Cape) ... 

 Nuts, Almonds, per 



bag 



Spanish, p. sack 



— Barcelona, bag 

 N T uts, Chestnuts, 



per bag 



— Cocoanuts, 100 



— English Cobs 

 per lb 



-Wain 

 (Naples) 

 dried, 



s.d. s.d. 



7 6-17 

 4 — 



6 0-10 



10-1 6 



52 6 — 

 40 42 

 35 6-36 6 



3 6-19 

 18 0-23 



3 — 



u t s 



kiln 



c w t. 



• - - 



4 0-50 

 10 0-11 

 96 - 

 4 6-56 



14 0-20 C 



3 0-36 



tt 



11 6 

 4 



4 



5 



5 



15 ( 

 6 ( 



5 ( 



6 f 



7 ( 



Oranges, Jamaica 

 per case 



— Californian ... 



— Denia, case ... 



— Valencia 



— Jaffa, per case 



— Blood, per case 



— Mandarins, 

 per box 



— Bitter, per \ 

 chest 



— Seville Sour 

 J chest 



Pears (Californian), 

 per case 



— Glou Morceau 



— Easter Beurre 



— Winter Nelis 



— (American) per 

 barrel, 180 lbs. 



— cases 



— (Cape) 



Pineapples, St. 



Michael 

 Pines Cape), each 

 Plums (Cape), per 



— Apple, per box 

 Strawberries, p. lb. : 



— A quality 



— B quality 



54 — 



9 0-10 



15 0-16 



16 0-34 

 10 0-12 



9 6- 

 8 0-90 



6-36 



16 0-18 6 



15 0-18 



10 6 16 6 



11 6-12 6 

 8 6 — 



12 6-13 6 



25 0-26 

 70 - 

 4 0-50 



2 6-50 

 6-09 



10 0-12 

 8 0-10 



3 0-40 

 2 0-26 



Vegetables : Average Wholesale Prices. 



Artichokes(Globe), 

 per dozen 



— Jerusalem, per 

 4 bushel 



Asparagus, Sprue. 



— Lauris 



— Paris Green ... 



— (English), per 

 bundle 



Beans, Guernsey, 

 Dwarf, per lb. 



— French, per 

 packet, lb. ... 



Beetroot, p. bshl. : 



— Long 



Broccoli, sprout- 

 ing, per bag ... 



Ceieriac, per doz. 



Cabbages (French) 



per dozen 



— Cornish, p. dz. 

 Cauliflowers, p. dz. 



— (Italian), p. pad 



— (Cornish), per 



Old 1(2 ••• *••• 



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 (Spring), p. 



bag 



Herbs (sweet), 



pkts., p. gross 



Horseradish, 12 



bundles 



s.d. s.d. 



3 0-40 



10-13 

 10- 1 



2 6-36 



3 — 



2 0-30 

 9-10 



10- 



1 



2 6- 



3 



3 6-40 

 2 6-30 



2 6-30 



2 0-30 



3 0-40 

 2 0-30 



12 0-16 

 6 0-10 



7 0-10 



2 6- 



3 6- 



4 6- 

 4 

 6 

 2 



3 



4 6 

 6 



6 0-70 



7 — 



.. 10 0-1 4 



Leeks, per doz. ... 



Lettuce (French), 

 per doz. 



Mint, per dozen 

 bunches 



Mushrooms, culti- 

 vated, p. lb. ... 



Mustardand Cress, 

 pr. dz. punnets 



Marrows, each ... 



Onions (Dutch) per 

 bag 



— English 



— (Spanish), per 

 case 



— Egyptian 

 Parsley, h sieve ... 



— per doz. bun. 

 Parsnips, per bag 

 Peas (French) per 



pad 



— (Guernsey), lb. 

 Radishes (English), 



per dozen 

 Rhubarb, forced, 

 per 12 bundles 



— Outdoor, per 

 dozen 



Spinach, pr. bshl. 

 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, 



4 0-46 



9-13 

 2 0-36 

 8-0 10 



10-16 



2 0-30 



6 0-70 



7 0-76 



9 0-10 



8 0- 8 fi 



16-26 



3 0-40 



5 0-56 



5 0-60 

 10-20 



9-10 



3-06 



19-20 

 5 0-60 



8-0 10 



.. 12 0-16 



2 6-30 

 5 0-60 

 4 0-50 



2 0-30 



4-06 



. 15 0-18 



Remarks.— Grapes are now limited to supplies from 

 Belgium, Almeria and the Cape. Green Figs are arriving 

 from the Channel Islands. Australian Apples received last 

 week per s.s. M Morea " consisted of 32,000 boxes of dessert 

 varieties. Consignments of fruit from the Cape, per 

 <*.s " Kenilworth Castle," amounted to 18,000 cases, the bulk 

 consisting of Grapes. Imports of fruit and vegetables 

 from the Canary Islands amounted to 13 000 packages of 

 Tomatos, Bananas and Potatos. Tomatos are arriving from 

 Guernsey and the home district. Hothouse Strawberries 

 are much more plentiful and are meeting with a slow 

 demand, which is usual during the Easter holiday season. 

 Forced vegetables have been plentiful from all sources ; 

 specialities"include Marrows and Peas. Outdoor Asparagus 

 is commencing to arrive from the Cambridge and Worcester 

 districts. Mushrooms have been a good supply. Outdoor 

 vegetables of all kinds are scarce and realising high prices. 

 E. H. /?., Covent Garden, April 10, 1912. 



