May 4, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



309 



Mrs. Lloyd Edwards, Bryn Oerog, Llangol- 

 len showed eight small circular baskets, each, 

 containing one variety of mossy Saxifrage 

 covered with flowers. The best deep-red- 

 flowered variety was named Sanguinea superba. 

 (Vote of Thanks.) 



Messrs. Cartwright & Goodwin, Kidder- 

 minster, had a fine display of Daffodils, mostly 

 of the Poeticus varieties, and some very good 

 Darwin Tulips. (Large Silver Medal.) 



NURSERY AND SEED TRADE 



April 2. — The general meeting of this associa- 

 tion was held at the offices of the association, 

 on this date. The 35th annual report of 

 the committee stated that the present 

 number of members is 176, of whom 132 

 are resident in the United Kingdom, and 44 

 abroad. Four new members joined the associa- 

 tion during the past year. Status enquiries 

 to the number of 1,011 have been answered, 

 and £23 16s. 9d. has been expended for special 

 enquiry fees and searches at the Companies' 

 Registry, Somerset House, during the year. 

 Last year the total amount collected through 

 the association was £5,287 3s. lid., £1,322 

 6s. 5d. being collected by the secretary, and 

 £3,964 17s. 6d. by the solicitors. 



The principal Acts of 1911 which affect mem- 

 bers are the Shop Act and National Insurance 

 Act, which are too long to be dealt with in this 

 report, but attention is drawn to the Protection 

 of Animals Act of last year, which, amongst 

 other matters, provides (Section 8) that if any 

 person (a) shall sell, or offer, or expose for sale, 

 or give away, or cause or procure any persons to 

 sell, or offer or expose for sale, or give away, or 

 knowingly be a party to the sale or offering or 

 exposing for sale or giving away of any grain 

 or seed which has been rendered poisonous, ex- 

 cept for bona fide use in agriculture; or (b) 

 shall knowingly put or place or cause or procure 

 any persons to put pr place or knowingly be a 

 party to the putting or placing in or upon any 

 land or building, any poison or fluid or edible 

 matter (not being sown seed or grain) which has 

 been rendered poisonous ; such person shall, upon 

 summary conviction, be liable to a fine not ex- 

 ceeding £10. Provided, that in any proceedings 

 under paragraph (b) of this section, it shall be a 

 defence that the poison was placed by the ac- 

 cused for the purpose of destroying rats, mice, 

 or other small vermin, and that he took all rea- 

 sonable precautions to prevent access thereto of 

 dogs, cats, fowls, or other domestic animals. 



The retiring members of the committee, 

 Messrs. E. Bull, G. H. Barr, G. Bunyard, W. Y. 

 Baker, J. Harrison, W. Iceton, and W. J. Jef- 

 feries, were re-elected. 



The subjects of railway rates, Agricultural 

 Rates Act, Shop Act, and National Insurance 

 Act were discussed, and a letter from a member 

 was read on the subject of the Workmen's Com- 

 pensation Act. The matter was discussed at 

 some length, but it was not thought possible 

 that an insurance company could be formed by 

 the trade. 



At the committee meeting which followed the 

 general meeting, Mr. N. N. Sherwood was re- 

 elected president, Mr. H. W. W. Nutting trea- 

 surer, and Mr. G. H. Barr and Mr. H. Simpson 

 trustees. 



SHROPSHIRE HORTICULTURAL 



April 23. — The annual meeting of this society 

 was held at Shrewsbury on this date ; the Deputy 

 a^a* Shrewsbury (Alderman B. Blower) pre- 

 sided. Messrs. Adnitt and Naunton, the hon. 

 »ecs., presented the annual report, in which it 

 was recorded that the railway strike affected in 

 a marked degree last summer's show, which, from 

 ™e number of entries received, had promised to 

 oe a record one. The figures showed that the 

 total receipts for the year amounted to £4,236 

 as against £5,756 in the previous year. For the 

 nm time since the establishment of the society, 



to p 6 dS? ag £' a loss was re P° r ted, this amounting 

 fcaq «! \ ^withstanding this loss, the society 



in * th? Tm , g the past y^ £2 > 800 on extend- 

 which ti, 818 !^ avenues of the Quarry in 

 Berwict K a iT Ual sh ? W is held ' Mr - Philli P s > of 

 oftered a ?E \ Wa * €lected P"»Ment, and he has 

 class for p hall€n g e ™p to be competed for in a 

 W F T-*?° sea at the next summer show. Mr. 



in "succeJiLr? 6 + u Ct ? d chairman of the committee 

 succession to the late Col. E. C. Peele. 



R K E X &• 



CO VENT GARDEN, May 1. 



[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 tht 

 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 thev may fluctuate, 

 not only from day to day, but occasionally several tunas 

 in one day. — Eds.1 



Cut Flowers, Ac: Average Wholesale Prices. 



Anemones St. Brid- 

 gid, per dozen 

 bunches : 



— all colours 

 Arums (Richardias) 

 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 



— Malmaisons, p. 

 doz. blooms ... 



Eucharis, per doz. 

 Gardenias, per box 



of 15 and 18 



blooms 



Gladiolus Blushing 



Bride, per doz. 



bunches 



— Bride, white ... 



— Peach Blossom 

 Gypsophila, p. dz. 



bunches : 



— white 



— pink 



Iris (Spanish), per 



doz. bunches: 



white, mauve, 



e llo w and 



lue 

 Lilac, per bunch 



white 



— mauve ... 

 Lilium auratum 



per bunch 



— candidum, psr 

 doz., long 



short 



— long iflorum, 

 per doz., long 



short 



— 1 a n c i f o 1 i u m 

 alba, long 



— — short 



— speciosum rub- 

 rum, per doz., 

 long 



— — short 



Lily of the Valley, 

 p. dz. bunches : 



— extra special ... 



— special 



— ordinary 



s.d. s.d. 



2 0-26 

 16-20 



16-20 



16-19 



10 0-15 



2 6-30 



10 0-15 

 2 0-26 



16-30 



8 0-9 



8 0-9 



10 0-12 





 







• • • 



A. 



3 0-4 

 3 0-4 





 



I 



6 0-10 



2 6-30 



3 0-36 



4 0-50 



1 6- 

 9- 



2 

 1 



2 

 1 



0- 

 6- 



0- 

 G- 



1 

 1 



2 

 2 



9 

 



6 

 



• •• 



2 6 

 2 



1 9- 

 9- 



2 

 1 





 



15 0-18 



10 0-12 



8 — 



Marguerite, per 

 doz. bunches: 



— Yellow 



Myosotis (Forget- 

 me-not), p. dz. 



bunches 

 Narcissus, per doz. 



bunches : 



— double, white 



— Poeticus 

 Orchids, Cattleya, 



per doz. 



— Odontoglossuni 

 crispum i.. 



Pelargoniums, 

 p. dz. bunches 



— Double Scarlet 

 Roses, 12 blooms, 



— Brides maid, 



— C. Mermet 



— Frau Karl 

 Druschki 



— 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 



Sweet Peas, pr. dz. 

 bunches : 



— white 



— coloured 

 Stephanotis 



P»ps) 



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 



4 0-80 

 16-20 



12 — 



3 0-40 



4 

 4 



1 

 1 



0-5 

 0-6 



0- 

 0- 



1 

 1 



6 

 6 



16-26 



1 

 2 



0- 

 0- 



1 

 4 



3 

 



1 6- 

 1 0- 

 1 0- 

 1 0- 



1 6- 

 1 0- 



3 



1 

 1 



1 



0- 

 0- 

 0- 



1 



2 



1 



2 

 1 



1 



1 

 2 



6 

 6 

 6 



6 

 6 



6 

 6 

 



4 0-50 



(72 



16-20 

 4 0-60 



2 0-26 



6 0-80 



9- 



1 3- 



1 

 2 





 



3 0- 

 2 0- 



4 



2 





 6 



16-20 



Cut Foliage, &c: Average Wholesale Prices. 



A d iant 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. 



6 0-70 



2 0-40 



16-20 



12 0-18 

 10 12 



40 — 



s.d. s.d, 



Croton foliage, var- 

 ious, per dozen 

 bunches ... 12 0-15 



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 



3 0-12 



10-16 

 6 — 



6 

 I 



1 S 



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 



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. 

 Dracaena, green, 



per dozen 

 Ericas, per dozen : 



— Willmorei, 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 



0-24 

 0-9 



per 



per 



per 



6 

 2 



18 



5 

 4 



0-12 

 6-10 6 

 0-30 



0-6 

 0-5 



... 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 32s, 

 dozen ... 



Ficus elastica, 



dozen ... 

 Fuschias ... 

 Genistas, 48's, 



doz, 

 Geonoma gracilis, 

 60's, per dozen 



— larger, each ... 

 Heliotropes 

 Hydrangeas, white, 



48's, per dozen 



— pink 



Kentia Bel more- 

 ana, per dozen 



— F os t e ri an a, 

 60's, per dozen 



— larger, per 

 dozen ... 



Latania borbonica, 



per dozen 

 Lilium longi- 



fl or urn, per 



dozen ... 



s.d. s.d, 



12 0-20 



60 — 



8 0-12 



... 10 0-18 



9 0-12 

 7 0-90 



.. 10 0-12 



6 0-80 



2 6-76 

 6 0-80 



18 0-21 • 

 10 0-15 



5 0-42 



4 0-60 



.. 18 0-60 



12 0-30 



Plants in Pots, ate: Average Wholesale Prices (Cent J.). 



s.d. s.d. 



Lilium lancifolium 



rubrum in pts., 



per dozen .. 15 18 (I 

 — la n c i f ol ium 



alba 15 0-1$ 



Lily of the Valley '21 0-24 

 Marguerites, white, 



per dozen ... 8 0-10 

 Mignonette, 48's, 



per dozen ... 6 0-80 

 Pandanus Veitohii, 



per dozen ... 36 0-48 



s.d. s.d. 



Pelargoniums, Ivy- 

 leaved ... ... 7 0-90 



Phoenix rupicola, 



each 2 6-21 



Rhodanthi, per. dz. 



pots 6 0-60 



Spirasa japonica, 

 per dozen 



pots 10 0-12 



— pink 10 0-12 



Stocks, white, pink 



and red ... 6 0-80 



Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices. 



0(1-10 

 5 6-66 



£10-^12 



s.d. s.d. 

 Apples, Nova 

 Scot ian, per 

 barrel 17 0-22 



— Cali f orniau 

 Newtowns, pr. 



case ... ... 4 0-70 



— (Canadian), per 



barrel 20 — 



— Oregon (New- 

 towns) p. case 10 14 



— American, per 



barrel 20 0-32 



— Australian per 



case ... ... 8 0-12 6 



Bananas, bunch: • 



— Doubles ... 10 12 



— No. 1 „ ... 8 0-10 



— Extra 10 0-12 



— Giant 14 18 



— Loose, per 

 dozen 



— Red coloured... 



— JamaicaGiants, 

 per ton " 



— Jamaica Ordi- 

 nary, per box 

 (9 doz.) 



Cranberries, per 



case (30 qts.). .. 10 11 



— Cape Cod, per 

 case (30 quarts) 



Dates (Tunis) do/. 



boxes 



Figs, Guernsey, pr. 



doz 



Gooseberries, per 



strike 



Grape Fruit, case: 



— 96's 



— fcO's 



— 64's 



— 54*s 

 Gi apes, Australian, 



per case ... 10 0-20 



— English (new) 



per lb 16-20 



— Muscats ... 12 0-15 



— Almeria, per 



barrel 16 0-21 



Per dozen lbs. 4 0-60 



4 0-50 



Grapes : 



— - (Cape) per case 

 White 



Lemons : 



— (Naples), case 



— Messina, p. case 

 Limes, per case ... 

 Mangoes, per doz. 

 Melons 



— (English) 

 Nuts, Almonds.per 



bag 



— Spanish, per 

 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. 



3 0-12 



26 0-20 



7 6^17 ' 



4 — 



6 0-10 

 10- I 6 



2 0-36 



52 6 — 



40 42 

 35 6-36 6 



3 6-19 

 18 0-23 



3 — 



9 6- 

 4 6-56 

 6 0-15 



4 6 - 



• •• 



. - - 



14 0-20 



Oranges : 



. — Denia, case ... 



— Jaffa, per case 



— Blood, per case 



— Mandarins, 

 per box 



— Bitter, per J 

 chest 



— Seville Sour 

 J chest 



Peaches (Belgian), 

 per dozen 



— English, dozen 

 Pears (Californian), 



p. bdle,8 boxes 



— (Australian)per 

 case ... ... 



— (American) per 

 barrel, 180 lbs. 



— (Cape) 



Pineapples, St. 



Michael 

 Strawberries, p. lb. 



— A quality 



— B quality 



54 — 



14 0-32 

 12 — 



8 0-90 



6-36 

 16 0-18 6 



15 0-18 



9 0-21 

 9 0-30 



12 15 



12 6 — 



25 0-26 

 70 - 

 5 0-60 



8 0-46 



2 0-40 

 10-16 



Vegetables : Average Wholesale Prlcei. 



Artichokes(Globe), 



per dozen 

 Asparagus — 



— Toulouse 



— Montauban ... 



— Dijon 



— Lauris 



— (English) bndl. 



— Cambridge ... 



— Worcester ... 

 Beans, Guernsey 



Dwarf, per lb. 



— (English) p. 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 

 crate 



Celery, doz. bndls. 



— (washed), per 

 dozen bundles 



Carrots* (English), 

 pr. doz. bun... 



— (French) per 

 dozen bundles 



— per cwt. 



— (washed) p. bag 

 Chicory, per lb. .. 



Cucumbers, p. doz. 

 Endive, per dozen 



Greens (Spring), p. 

 bag 



Herbs (sweet), 

 pkts., p. gross 



s.d. s.d. 

 2 0-26 



16-20 

 2 3-20 

 8-09 

 9-16 



7-16 

 10-60 



10- 1 3 

 10- 1 3 



8-0 10 

 2 6-30 



60 - 

 2 6-30 



16-26 

 2 6-3 0. 

 5 0-56 



2 6-36 



12 0-15 

 10 0-14 



12 — 

 7 0-8 



7 0-80 



7 0- 



8 10 

 4 — 

 16-26 



10-16 



6 0-70 



70 - 



12 



s.d. s.d. 



1 

 4 



H or se radish, 



bundles 

 Leeks, per doz. ... 



Lettuce (French), 

 per doz. 



— (English) . per 

 dozen 



Mint, per dozen 

 bunches 



Mushrooms, culti- 

 vated, p. lb. ... 



Mustard and Cress, 

 per dozen 

 punnets 



Marrows, each ... 



Onions, (Spanish), 

 per case 



— Egyptian 

 Parsley, J sieve ... 



— per doz. bun. 

 Parsnips, per bag 

 Peas (French) per 



pad 



— (Guernsey), lb. 



— (English) p. lb. 

 Radishes (English), 



per dozen 



— (French) p. dz, 



— (Jersey) long... 

 Rhubarb, forced, 



per 12 bundles 10 



— Outdoor, p. dz 2 6 



Spinach, pr. bshl. 3 6- 



Seakale, p. punnet 10- 



10 0-14 

 2 6-30 



4 6 — 



43 - 

 2 0-30 

 8-10 



- 

 0-12 



10 0-11 



6 0-7 

 16-2 

 3 0-4 



7 - 









 

 6 

 



5 6 

 4-0 

 4- S 



9- 

 9- 

 4 



1 

 1 (I 

 6 



J bushel 



Tomatos (Canary 



Islands), per 



bundle 



— Guernsey, lb. 



— English, lb. ... 

 Turnips (English), 



per dz. bunches 

 Watercress, p. dz. 

 bunches 



1 6 



4 

 1 

 2 





 

 



12 0-16 



8 10 



10 0- 1 



4 0-50 

 4-06 



.. 20 0-24 



Remarks.— Supplies of English and Channel Islands 

 Grapes are equal to the demands. A few bunches of Mus- 

 cat of Alexandria are obtainable. The crop of Belgian Gros 

 Colman Grapes will be finished this week. Hot-house 

 Peaches to the amount of from 50 to 100 dozen fruits have 

 been received during the past week. Melons and Green Figs 

 are obtainable in larger quantities, the quality of the fruits 

 being excellent. Produce from the Cape this week has 

 been limited to a few boxes of Grapes. Gooseberries are 

 obtainable ; the fruits are packed in peck baskets containing 



