Apeil 27, 1912.] 





THE 



GARDENERS CHRONICLE 



289 



MARKETS. 



CO VENT GARDEN, April 24. 



[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 th« 

 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, &c: Average Wholesale Prices. 



Anemones St. Brid- 

 gid, per dozen 

 bunches : 



— all colours 



Arums (Richardias) 



Camellias, per box 



of 18's and 

 24s _ 



Carnations, p. doz. 



blooms, best 



American var. 



— smaller, per 

 doz. bunches 



— Carola, crim- 

 son, extra large 



— Malmaisons, p. 

 doz. blooms ... 



Eucharis, per doz. 



Gardenias, per box 

 of 15 and 18 

 blooms 



Gladiolus Blushing 

 Bride, per doz. 

 bunches 



— Peach Blossom 



Gypsophila, p, dz. 

 bunches : 



— white 



-7 pink ^ 



Iris (Spanish), per 

 doz. bunches : 

 white, mauve, 

 e I lo w and 

 •lue 



Lilac, per bunch 

 white 



— mauve 



Liliuin auratuni. 



per bunch ... 



— candidurn, per 

 doz., long 



short 



— longiflorum, 

 per doz. f long 



short 



— lancif olium 

 alba, long w 



— — short 



— speciosum rub- 

 rum, per doz., 

 long _ 



— — short 



Lily of the Valley, 

 p. dz. bunches: 



— extra special ... 



— special... 



— ordinary 



s.d. s.d. I 



2 0- 

 1 6- 



2 6 

 2 





16-20 



16-19 

 10 0-15 



2 6-30 



10 0-15 

 2 0-26 



16-30 



9 0-10 

 10 0-12 



A. 



3 0-40 

 3 0-40 



I 



8 0-12 



2 6-30 



3 0-36 



4 0-50 



16-19 

 9-10 



2 0-26 

 16-20 



2 0- 

 1 6- 



2 6 

 2 



19-20 

 9-10 



• • - 



15 0-18 



10 0-12 



8 — 



Marguerite, per 

 doz. bunches : 



— Yellow 



Myosotis (Forget- 

 me-not), p. dz. 



bunches 

 Narcissus, per doz. 

 bunches: 



— Grandee 



— Poeticus 

 Orchids, Cattleya, 



per doz. 



— Odontoglossum 

 crispum 



Pelargoniums, 

 p. dz. bunches 



— Double Scarlet 

 Roses, 12 blooms, 



— Bride smaid, 



— C. Meruiet 



— Frau Karl 

 Druschki 

 General Jac- 

 queminot 

 Liberty 



Madame 

 Chateney 



Niphetos 

 Richmond 

 Sunrise 

 President Car- 



not 



Lady Roberts 

 Lady Hilling- 

 don 



— Franz De< gan 



— Kaiserine 

 Spircea(Astilbe) ja- 



ponica, per. doz. 



bunches 



SWeet Peas, pr. dz. 

 bunches ; 



— white 



— coloured 

 Stephanotis (72 



Pips) 



Tulips, per bunch : 



— white „. 



— Darwin, all 



shades, per 

 bunch 



Violets, p. dz. bchs. 



— Princess of 

 Wales, per doz. 

 bunches 



— Parma ... 

 Wallflowers, per 



dozen bunches 



S.d. s,d. 



16-20 



3 0-40 



2 0-26 

 16-20 



... 12 



3 0-40 



4 



4 



1 

 1 



0-5 

 0-6 



0- 

 0- 



1 



1 



6 

 6 



16-26 



10-13 



2 0-40 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



1 

 1 



1 

 1 



6- 

 0- 



0- 



0- 



3 



1 

 2 

 1 



6- 2 

 0- 1 



0- 1 



0- 1 



10-2 



6 

 6 

 6 



6 

 6 



6 

 6 







4 0-50 



16-20 

 4 0-60 



2 0-26 



~.~. 6 0-80 



9-10 

 13-20 



• • • 



3 0-40 

 2 0-26 



16-20 



Cut Foliage, *o.: Average Wholesale Prices 



2 0-40 



. , . s.d. s.d. 



Adian t um Fern 



(Maidenhair), 



best.dz. bnchs. 6 0-70 

 Agrostis (Fairy 

 Grass), per dz. 

 bunches 



Asparagus plu- 

 mosus, long 



trails, pr. J doz. 



— medium, doz. 

 bunches 



— Sprengeri ... 

 Carnation foliage, 



doz. bunches... 



16-20 



12 0-18 

 10 12 



4 



s.d. s.d. 



12 0-15 



Croton foliage, var- 

 ious, per dozen 

 bunches 



Cycas leaves, arti- 

 ficial, per doz. 3 0-12 



Eulalia japonica, 

 per bunch w 



Moss, per gross ... 



Myrtle, dz. bchs. 



(English), 



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. 



— 18 0-21 



6 0-70 

 J8 0-21 



21 0-30 

 80 0-60 

 36 0-42 



Acacia lineata, 48's, 



per dozen 

 Araiia Sieboldii, p. 



dozen 



Aiaucaria excelsa, 



per dozen 

 Asparagus plumo- 



sus nanus, p,dz. 10 0-12 



— bprengeri ... 8 0-90 

 Aspidistra, p. dz., 



green ... 



— variegated ". 

 Azaleas, per doz. 

 Koroma megastig- 

 r . ma ».*8's,p, dz. 21 0-24 

 ^inerarias, pr. dz. 8 0-90 

 Cocos Weddeli- 



ana, per dozen: 



— 60*s 



— larger, each .7 

 proton, per dozen 

 W Per us aUerni . 



folius, per doz. 

 n T ,ax "s, per doz. 

 Dracaena, gre en, 



Ericas* n P °rT - 10 A" 12 <> 

 ™ ur i P er dozen * 



_ persoluta .„ 27 O-an a 

 perl <X>... J 8 0-12 



per 



6 0-12 



2 6-10 6 



18 0-30 



6 0-60 

 4 0-50 



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 ... 



Hydtan^eas, white, 

 48's, per dozen 



Kentia Belmore- 

 ana, per dozen 



— Fosteriana, 

 60's, per dozen 



— larger, per doz. 

 Latania borbonica, 



per dozen 

 L i 1 ium longi- 

 florum, per 

 dozen ... 



— lancifolium ru- 

 brum in pots, 

 per dozen „ 



— lancifolium 



aiba ... 



s.d. s.d, 



12 0-20 

 60 — 



. 8 0-12 



.. 10 0-18 

 per 



... 9 0-12 

 per 



... 10 0-12 



6 0-80 

 2 6-76 



18 0-21 



5 0-42 



4 0-60 

 18 0-60 



12 0-30 



20 0-24 



.. 15 0-18 



Plants in Pots, Ac: Average Wholesale Prices (Ccntd.). 



s.d. s.d. j s.d. s d 



Marguerites, white, Phoenix rupicola, 



per dozen ... 8 0-10 each ... .. 2 6-21 6 



Mignonette, 48's, Spiraea japonica, 



per dozen ... 6 0- 8 

 Pandanus Veitchii, 



per dozen ... 36 0-48 



per dozen 



pots 10 0-12 



Pink ... _ 10 0-12 



Apples, Nova 

 Sc o t i an, per 

 barrel 



— Cal if orniau 

 Newtowns, pr. 

 case 



— (Canadian), per 

 barrel 



— Oregon (Hood 

 River), per 



Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



17 0-22 



4 0-70 

 20 — 



American, per 



barrel 



Australian per 



16 0-18 6 

 20 0-32 



per 



Bananas, bunch : 



— Doubles 



— No. 1 .. 



— Extra .. 



— Giant .. 



— Loose, 

 dozen ... 



— 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 



Figs, Guernsey, pr. 

 doz 



Grape Fruit, case: 



— 96's 



— K)'s 



— 64's ... 



— 54's ... 



Gi apes, Australian, 

 per case 



— English 

 per lb. ... 



— Muscats 



— Almeria, 

 barrel ... 

 Per dozen lbs. 



— (Cape) per case 



White... 

 Red ... 



... 7 0-12 



10 12 



8 0-10 



10 12 o 



14 0-18 



0fi-10 

 5 6-66 



£10-^12 



Lemons : 



— (Naples), 



— Messina, p. case 

 Limes, per case ... 

 Mangoes, per doz. 

 Melons (Cape) ... 



— (English) 



Nuts, Almonds, per 

 bag 



Spanish, p sack 



— Barcelona, bag 

 Nuts, Chestnuts, 



per bag 



— Cocoauuts, 100 



— English Cobs 

 per lb 



— Walnut s 

 (Naples) kiln 

 dried, c w t. 



s.d. s.d. 



26 0-30 



7 6-17 

 4 — 



6 0-10 



10- 1 6 



3 0-50 



52 6 — 

 40 42 

 35 6-36 6 



3 6-19 

 18 0-23 



3 — 



4 0-50 

 10 0-11 

 9 6- 

 4 6-56 

 6 0-24 



• •• 



14 0-20 





(new) 



10 0-20 



4 0-50 

 15 0-20 



per 



it 



11 6-15 6 

 4 0-60 

 3 0-10 



2 6-10 



3 0-60 



Oranges, Jamaica 

 per case 



— Californian ... 



— Denia, case ... 



— Valencia 



— Jaffa, per case 



— Blood, per case 



— Mandarins, 

 per box 



— Bitter, per £ 

 chest ... 



— Seville Sour 

 } chest 



Peaches (Belgian), 

 per dozen 



— English, dozen 



Pears (Californian), 



p. bdle, 8 boxes 

 per case : 



— Glou Morceau 



— (Australian) ... 



— Winter Nelis 



— (American) per 

 barrel, 180 lbs. 



— cases 



— (Cape) ... 

 Pineapples, St. 



Michael 

 Pines (Cape), each 

 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 



r 



... 15 0-18 



24 0-48 

 36 0-48 



12 15 



5 0-60 

 4 0-66 

 3 6-46 



25 0-26 



7 — 



3 6-46 



8 0-46 

 6-09 



2 0-40 

 10-16 



Vegetable! : Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



1 



2 



1 

 1 





 1 



Artichokes(Globe), 



per dozen 

 Asparagus — 



— Tcu'ouse 



— Montauban ... 



— Dijon 



— Lauris 



— (English) bndl. 



— Cambridge ... 



— Worcester 



Beans, Guernsey 



Dwarf, per lb. 



— French, per 

 packet, lb. 



Beetroot, p. bshl. : 



— Long 



Broccoli, sprout- 

 ing, per bag 



Celeriac, per doz. 

 Cabbages (French) 

 per dozen _ 



— Cornish, p. dz. 



— Evesham, pots 

 Cauliflowers, per 



dozen 



— (Cornish), per 



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 7 



Remarks.— There 

 early pericd of the 



2 0-26 



3- 

 3- 

 

 6- 



7- 



a- 



i 



2 



6 

 6 



10 

 2 



2 6 



1 

 2 



6 

 6 



8-10 

 8 — 

 2 6-3 



6 

 2 



1 

 2 



- 

 6-3 



6-2 

 6- 8 



•5 0-5 







6 

 



6 



3 0-40 



12 0-15 

 10 0-14 



12 — 



40 - 

 70 - 

 8 10 



04 - 

 20-2 6 

 2 — 



6 0-70 



Horseradish, 12 



bundles 

 Leeks, per doz. ... 



Lettuce (French), 

 per doz. 



Mint, per dozen 

 bunches 



Mushrooms, culti- 

 vated, p. lb. ... 



Mustairtand Cress, 



per dozen 

 punnets ... 



Marrows, each ... 

 Onions, (Spanish), 

 per case 



— Egyptian 

 Parsley, h sieve ... 



— per doz. bun. 

 Parsnips, per bag 

 Peas (French) per 



pad 



— (Guern ey), lb. 

 Radishes (English), 



per dozen 



— (French) p. dz. 



— (Jersey) long... 

 Rhubarb, forced, 



per 12 bundles 



— Outdoor, p. dz 



Spinach, pr. bshl. 

 Seakale, p. punnet 10- 



— i bushel ... 1 G- 

 Tomatos (Canary 



Islands), per 

 bundle 



— Guernsey, lb. 



— English, lb. ... 

 Turnips (English), 



per dz. bunches 

 Watercress, p. dz. 

 bunches 



s.d. s.d. 



0-14 



6-3 



13-16 

 2 0-30 

 8-0 10 



1 

 4 



10 

 6 

 1 

 3 



7 



5 

 



- 

 0-12 



0-1 1 

 0- 7 

 6- 2 

 0- 4 

 - 













 6 

 



0- 

 6- 



9- 

 9- 

 4- 



6 



1 



I 

 1 









 











6 



6-07 



2 0-23 



3 6- 



4 

 1 



2 















12 0-16 

 10 — 

 1 - 



- 



4 0-50 

 4-06 



-. 15 0-18 



is a good supply of Grapes for this 

 year, of the variety Black Hamburgh, 

 from English and Channel Islands growers. The fruits 

 are meeting with a brisk demand. It is anticipated that 

 Muscat varieties will be obtainable next week. Green Figs 

 and Melons are arriving in gcod condition and in larger 

 quantities. Morning-gathered hothouse Strawberries are 

 now a full supply ; the condition and colour are excellent, but 

 there is not a brisk demand up to the present time. Heavy 

 supplies of Asparagus are received daily from Toulouse, 

 Lauris, Montauban and other Continental districts. Aspara- 

 gus in large quantities is also arriving from Evesham and 

 Cambridge daily, and the plentiful supply is expected to con- 

 tinue during the present fine weather. Consignments of 

 Cape fruits are to hand this week per s.s. " Balmoral Castle," 

 totalling about 10,000 cases, the bulk consisting of Grapes. 

 Arrivals of Bananas, Potatos and Tomato? from the Canary 

 Islands per s.s. «• Alnwick Castle " and " Star of Scotland" 

 amounted to 12,000 packages. Produce from the Channel 



Islands is fairly plentiful. A consignment of Tasmanian 

 and Western Aus.ra.ian Apples and Pears-the latter includ- 

 ing the following varieties, Beurre Clairgeau, Beurre Bosc, 

 Beurre Capiaumont, Beurre Diel and Marie Louise- 

 has arrived per s.s. " Palermo," the estimated number of 

 boxes being 55,000. English and Channel Islands Tomatos 

 are available in larger quantities. Teneriffe Tomatos are 

 plentiful, but there is a considerable falling off in their 

 demand. A few English-grown Peaches have been received, 

 the fruits realising from 36s. to 48s. per dozen. There is 

 a remarkabe shoxtige in all kinds of vegetables and 



% Ce i2? e m l / h aU round -~ £ - H - A> '» Covent Garden, 



Potatos. 



Kents— 



Queen's ... 



Up-to-Date 

 Lincolns — 

 Up-to-Date 

 British Queen . 

 King Edward 

 Northern Star 

 Evergoods 



• • a 



per cwt. | 

 s.d. s.d. 



4 0-46 

 4 0-46 



3 9-46 



3 9-48 



4 0-46 



2 9-36 



3 0-39 



Lincolns — 



Maincrops 

 Blacklands 



Bed fords - 

 Up-to-Date 



Dunbars— 



Up-to-Date 

 Maincrop 



per cwt. 

 s.d. s.d. 



4 0-46 

 3 0-33 



3 9-40 



4 9-53 



5 3-56 



New Potatos. 



Teneriffe 



... 12 0-14 6 | Algerian 



. 13 0-14 



Remarks. — Trade this week is not quite so good, and it 

 is doubtful if the present prices will be maintained. Stocks 

 In London are still very large. Edward /. Newborn, Covent 

 Garden and St. Pancras, April 25 ', W 12. 



Qmfm 



Corrcjbondtntv 



* 



Collecting and Preserving Insects : A. P. 



The collector of insects should endeavour, be- 

 sides obtaining specimens, to gain an insight 

 into their habits and modes of life. This re- 

 quires patient and careful observation, but by 

 reason of it he acquires a detailed knowledge 

 of the surrounding fauna. The apparatus neces- 

 sary for making a collection varies to a certain 

 extent according to the group of insects selected, 

 but for the beginner, perhaps, all that is re- 

 quired would be boxes, net, killing bottle, lens, 

 and knife. The most useful boxes for this pur- 

 pose are those of stiff cardboard with glass 

 bottoms, although a few ordinary pill boxes 

 are always useful. The net should be of the 

 folding type, the frame either of wire or cane 

 and the bag preferably of Brussels netting. 



* For general work the cyanide bottle is best for 

 killing purposes, but must be kept dry inside ; 

 blotting paper soaked in benzine or chloroform 

 and placed at the bottom of a wide-mouthed 

 bottle also gives good results, as long as the 

 specimens are not allowed to come into contact 

 with the fluid. The insects should be trans- 

 ferred to a collecting box as soon as possible 

 after death. For preserving the specimens the 

 collector will require a pair of curved forceps, 

 needles mounted in handles for setting, card- 

 board discs, one or two sheets of cork, pins, 

 store boxes, setting boards,glass tubes and some 



. alcohol or formalin. The most useful entomo- 

 logical pins perhaps are Nos. 5, 9, 11, 15 and 

 20, of Messrs. D. F. Tayler and Co.'s manu- 

 facture. Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps, &c), 



• Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), Hemip- 

 tera (bugs, &c), Neuroptera (dragon flies, 

 caddis flies, &c), and the larger Diptera (flies) 

 are pinned through the centre of the thorax ; 

 Coleoptera (beetles) always through the right 

 wing case. If necessary the insect is then 

 placed on a setting board and the wings ar- 

 ranged in the required position by means of 

 setting needles and braces, the latter either of 

 thin cardboard or paper. After a few days 

 the specimen will be ready for transference to 

 the store box or cabinet. Small insects are 

 frequently very troublesome to mount and are 

 usually preserved on discs or strips of poly- 

 porus, the latter then being pinned with a 

 No. 11 pin. Small beetles are usually attached 

 to the card by means of gum ; flies and others to 

 discs or polyporus by pins. A small pin (No. 9 

 or 20) is first passed through the disc and 

 then through the thorax of the insect from 

 below — the specimen m.y be placed on its 

 back on a piece of oork for this purpose ; the 

 mount is then pinned the opposite way. Re- 

 laxing may be performed by placing the insects 

 in a box containing damp sand to which a 

 drop or two of carbolic acid has been added 

 for some hours until the various parts are 

 flexible. Great care should be given to label- 

 ling; each specimen should bear a label of 







