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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[May 11, 1912. 





MARKETS 



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





COVENT GARDEN, May 8. 



fWe 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 db 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 



Cat Flowers, &c: Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



s.d. s.d. | 



2 0-26 

 20 — 



6 0-70 



16-19 





3 

 9 0- 



2 6 



16-30 



9 0-10 

 12 0-15 



Anemones St. Brid- 



gid,dz. bnchs.: 



-*- all colours 



Arums (Richardias) 



Bouvardia, per dz. 



bunches 

 Carnations, p. doz. 

 . blooms, best 

 American var. 



— smaller, per 

 doz. bunches 10 0-15 



— Carola, crim- 

 son, extra large 2 6-30 



— Malmaisons, p. 

 doz. blooms ... 10 0-15 



Cornflower, per dz. 



bunches 

 Eucharis, per doz. 

 Gardenias, per box 



of 15 and IS 



blooms 



Gladiolus Blushing 



Bride, per doz. 



bunches 



— Bride, white ... 



— Peach Blossom 10 0-12 



Gypsophila, p. dz. 

 bunches : 



— white 



— pink 



Iceland Poppies, 



p. dz. bunches 

 Iris (Spanish), per 

 doz. bunches : 



— white, mauve, 

 e llo w and 



tlue 

 Ixia, scarlet, per 



dz. bunches — 

 Lapagerias, white, 



per dozen 

 Lilac, per bunch 



white 



— mauve 



'Lilium auratum 



?er bunch 

 o n giflorum, 

 per doz., long 

 short 



— la nci folium 

 alba, long 



— — short 



— speciosum rub- 

 rum, per doz., 

 long 



— — short 

 Lily of the Valley, 



... 3 0-40 



3 0- 

 3 0- 



4 



4 



4 0-60 



I 



8 0-12 

 16-19 

 2 0-26 



2 6-3 



3 0-36 



j 4 0-50 



1 6- 



1 6- 



2 0- 

 1 6- 



2 

 2 



■ 



2 

 2 



--- 



** « 



1 9- 

 9- 



2 



1 





15 0-18 

 10 0-12 



Lily of the Valley, 

 p. dz. bunches: 



— ordinary ... 8 



Marguerite, per 

 doz. bunches: 



— Yellow 



Mignonette, per 



doz. bunches... 



Myosotis (Forget- 

 me-not), p. dz. 

 bunches 



Narcissus, per doz. 

 bunches : 



— double, white 



— Poeticus .« 

 Orchids, Cattleya, 



per doz. 



— Odontoglossum 



crispum 

 Pelargoniums, 

 p. dz. bunches 



— Double Scarlet 

 Roses, 12 blooms, 



— Brides maid; 



— C. Mermet 



— Frau Karl 



Druschki 



— General Jac- 

 queminot .~ 



— Liberty 



— Madame A. 

 Chateney 



— Niphetos 



— Richmond 



— Sunrise 



— President Car- 

 not 



— Lady Roberts 



— Lady Hilling- 

 don 



— Franz Deegan 



— Kaiserine 

 Spiraea (Astilbe) ja- 



ponica, per. doz. 



bunches 



Statice, mauve, per 

 doz. bunches... 

 Stephanotis (72 

 pips) ... 



Sweet Peas,pr. dz. 

 6 bunches • 



— coloured — 

 Tulips, per bunch : 



— Darwin, all 

 shades, per 

 bunch ... 



Violets Princess of 

 Wales, per doz. 



bunches 



— Parma 



16-2 

 4 0-50 



3 0-40 

 16-20 



12 — 



3 0-40 



4 0-50 

 4 0-60 



10-16 

 10-16 



16-26 



10- 1 

 2 0-3 



1 

 1 



1 

 1 



1 



1 



6-3 

 0- 1 

 0- 

 0- 



2 

 1 



6- 

 0- 



2 

 1 



3 

 







6 

 6 

 6 



6 



6 



10-16 

 10-16 

 10-20 



4 0- 5 Q 

 4 0-50 



2 0-26 



4 0-6 



p. dz.bunches: 

 extra special ... 

 special 



Cut Foliage, Ac: Average Wholesale Prices. 



9-10 



8 0-40 

 2 0-26 





2 0-40 



s.d. s.d. 



d i a n 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.-. 



s.d. s.d. 



16-20 



12 0-18 

 10 0-12 



... 12 0-15 



6 



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. 

 (English), 

 s mall -leaved... 

 — French 



Smilax, per bunch 

 of 6 trails 



10-1 



60 - 



6 

 1 



It 



Plants In Pots, Ac. : Average Wholesale Prices. 



Lilium 1 ongi- 

 fl or u m, per 

 dozen ... 



— Ian cif oli um 

 rubrum in pts., 

 per dozen 



— la nci folium 

 alba 



Lily of the Valley 



Marguerites, white, 

 per dozen 



Mignonette, 48's, 

 per dozen 



s.d. s.d. 



.. 20 0-24 



15 18 (I 



15 0-18 

 21 0-24 



8 0-10 



6 0-80 



s.d. s.d. 



36 0-48 



9 

 7 



0-12 

 0- 9 











Pandanus Veitchii, 



per dozen ... 

 Pelargoniums, per 



dozen 



— Ivy-leaved 



Phoenix rupicola, 



each 



Rhodanthi, per. dz. 



pots 



Spirasa japonica, 



per" dozen pots 10 0-12 



— pink .... ... 10 0-12 



Stocks, white, pink 



and red 



2 6-21 

 5 0-60 



6 0-80 



Acacia lineata, 48's, 



per dozen 

 Aralia Sieboldii, p. 



dozen ... 

 Araucaria excel sa, 



per dozen 

 Asparagus pluino- 



sus nanus, p.dz. 



— Sprengeri 

 Aspidistra, p. dz., 



green 



— variegated 



Boronta megastig- 



ma, 48'syp, dz. 

 Cinerarias, f>r. dz. 

 Cocos Weddeli- 



ana.per dozen: 



— fir* -~ 



— larger, each, ... 

 Coleus, per doz. ... 

 Croton, per dozen 

 Cyperus alterni- 



folius, per doz. 



— laxus, per doz. 

 Dracaena, green, 



per dozen 

 Ericas, per dozen : 



— WUlmor«i, 48's 

 persoluta ... 



s.d. s.d. 



Zl 18 0-21 



'.' 6 0-70 



18 0-21 



10 0-12 

 8 0-90 



21 0-30 

 30 0-60 



21 0-24 

 80-90 



s.d. s.d. 





Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d, s.d. i 



Apples, Nova 

 Scotian, per 



barrel 



— Californian 



Newtowns, pr. 

 case 



— (Canadian), per 

 barrel ... 



— Oregon (New- 

 towns) p. case 



— American, per 



barrel ... 



— Tasmanian 



per case 



— Australian per 

 case ... 



Apricots, French 



per box 

 Bananas, bunch : 



— Doubles 



— No. 1 



— Giant 



— Loose, p. doz, 



— Red coloured... 



— Jamaica Giants, 

 per ton 



— Jamaica Ordi- 

 nary, per box 

 (9 doz.) 



Cherries, French, 

 i sieve 



Cranberries, per 

 case (30 qts.).~ 



— Cape Cod, per 

 case (30 quarts) 



Dates (Tunis) doz, 

 boxes 



Figs, Guernsey, pr. 

 doz 



Gooseberries, per 

 strike 



— 1 bushel 

 Grape Fruit, case : 



— 96's ... 



— 80's ... 



— 64' s ... 



— 54' s ... 

 Gi apes, Australian, 



per case 



— English (new) 

 per lb 



Vegetables 



17 0-22 



s.d. s.d. 



8 0-10 6 



per 



16 

 4 



21 

 0- 6 











4 0-70 



... 20 — 

 10 0-14 



I 20 0-32 

 7 0-18 



7 0-14 



15 — 



10 12 



8 0-10 

 10 0-12 

 14 0-18 



6-10 

 5 6-66 



^10-£12 



.. 3 0-12 



Grapes : 



— Muscats 



— Almeria, 

 barrel ... 

 Per dozen lbs. 



— (Cape) per case 

 White 



Lemons : 



— (Naples), case 26 0-30 



— Messina,p.case 7 6-17 

 Limes, per case ... 

 Mangoes, per doz. 

 Melons 



— (English) 

 Nuts, Almonds.per 



bag 



— Spanish, per 



— Barcelona, bag 35 6-36 6 

 Nuts, Chestnuts, 



per bag ... 3 6-19 



— Cocoanuts, 100 18 0-23 



— English Cobs 



4 — 

 6 0-10 

 13-26 

 16-26 



... 52 6 



40 0-42 



4 0-50 

 9 0-11 

 10 0-11 

 96 - 

 4 6-56 



6 0-24 



3 6-40 



7 0-76 



per lb.... 

 Wain 

 (Naples) 

 dried, 



... 3 



u t s 



kiln 



c wt. 



54 



14 0-32 

 12 — 

 8 0-90 



6-36 



... 16 0-18 6 



t 



15 0-18 



6 0-12 

 6 0-24 



6 0-10 



■ 14 0-20 



25 



7 

 5 



0-26 



— 

 0-6 



3 0-46 



.. 12 0-27 6 



19-50 



: Average 

 s.d. s.d. 



2 0- 

 1 0- 



3 

 1 





 3 



6 0-12 



2 6-10 6 



4 0-50 



18 0-30 



5 0-60 

 4 0-50 



10 0-12 



15 0-18 

 27 0-30 < 



Ferns, in thumbs, 

 per 100 



— in small and 

 large 60' s ... 



— in 48's, doz. ... 



— choicer, sorts 

 per doz. 



— in 32's, per 

 dozen 



Ficus elastica, per 



dozen ... 

 Fuchsias, per doz. 

 Genistas, 48's, per 



doz. ... — 

 Geonoma gracilis, 



60's, per dozen 



— larger, each ~~ 

 Heliotropes 

 Hydrangeas, white, 



48's, per dozen 18 21 



— pink ... ... 10 0-15 



— blue, each ... 2 0-50 

 Kentia Belmore- 



ana, per dozen 



— Fos terian a, 



60's, per dozen 



— larger, perjdoz. 

 Latania borbomca, 



- p*r dozen - ... 



8 0-12 



12 0-20 

 60 — 



8 0-12 

 10 0-18 



9 0-12 

 80-9 



10 0-12 



6 0-80 

 2 6-76 



6 6-80 



Artichokes(Globe), 



per dozen 

 Asparagus — 



— Tou'ouse 



— Montauban ... 



— Dijon 



— Lauris 



— (English) bndl. 



— Cambridge ... 



— Worcester ... 

 Beans, Guernsey, 



Dwarf, per lb. 



— (English) p. lb. 



— French, per 

 packet, lb. 



Beetroot, p. bshl. : 



— Long .- 

 Celeriac, per doz. 

 Cabbages (French) 



per dozen 



— Cornish, per 



dozen 



— Evesham, pots 

 Cauliflowers, per 



dozen 



— (Cornish), per 

 crate 



Celery|(washed) , p. 



doz. bndls. 

 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 

 Horseradish, 12 

 bundles 



2 0-26 



15-18 



2 3-26 



8-09 



10- 2 





 1 



9- 

 4- 



1 9 

 6 



3 6-40 

 16-26 

 2 0-30 



9-0 10 

 9-0 10 



8-0 10 



2 0- 

 2 6- 



2 6 



3 



13-2 



9-16 

 4 0-46 



4 0-60 



15 0-20 



. r .* 8 0-10 



40-5 



7 0-10 



5 0-70 



8 0-90 

 04 - 

 16-26 

 10-16 



Z -5 0- 6 



7 — 



... 10 0-14 



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 (Australian), 



percase 



— (American) per 



barrel, 180 lbs. 



— cases 



— (Cape) 



Pineapples, St. 



Michael 

 Strawberries, p. lb. : 



— A quality 



— B quality 



Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



Leeks, per doz. ... 2 6-30 

 Lettuce (French), 

 per doz. 



— (English) per 

 dozen 



Mint, per dozen 

 bunches 



Mushrooms, culti- 

 vated, p. lb. ... 10- 1 



Mustardand Cress, 

 per dozen 



punnets 

 Marrows, pr.dz. .- 

 Onions, (Spanish), 



per case 



— Egyptian 



— (Spring), per 

 doz. bunches 



Parsley, J sieve ... 



— per aoz. bun. 

 Peas (French) per 



pad ... • ... 



— (Guernsey), lb. 



— (English) p. lb. 

 Radishes (English), 



per dozen 



— (French) p. dz« 



— (Jersey) long... 

 Rhubarb, forced, 



per 12 bundles 



— Outdoor, p. dz 

 Spinach, pr. bshl. 

 Seakale, p. punnet 



— £ bushel 

 Tomatos (Canary 



Islands), per 

 bundle 



— Guernsey, lb. 



— English, lb. ... 

 Turnips (English), 



per dz.bunches 



— (French), pr.dz. 

 Watercress, p. dz. 



bunches 



1 

 3 







6 



■ 



Grapes. Green Figs from the Channel Islands and the 

 Worthing district are a limited supply. Melons are obtain- 

 able in much larger quantities, the variety Hero of Lockinge 

 predominating., Cantaloupe Melons are now obtainable. 

 There continues to be a very plentiful supply of morning- 

 gathered Strawberries, which can only be cleared at low 

 prices. Small boxes of Cherries and Apricots are arriving 

 from France and Spain, also a few Cherries packed in 

 J-sisve baskets. Packages of fruits from Australia and 

 Tasmania amounted to about 70,000 cases, and consisted of 

 Apples, Pears, and Grapes. The Grapes, black and white 

 varieties, are sent in boxes each holding 25 lbs. The 

 supply of English and Channel Island Tomatos is increasing 

 daily, but Tomatos from Teneriffe are almost finished. 

 There has been a good supply of Gooseberries ; many of 

 the berries are very fine for this early season of the year. 

 A heavy supply of Asparagus is obtainable from all sources, 

 and the bundles are sold at very moderate rates. Fruit 

 from Cape Colony is limited to a few boxes of Grapes, 

 Supplies of forced vegetables are still equal to the demand, 

 but there is still a scarcity of outdoor vegetables. E. H. R. t 

 C event Garden, May 8, 1912. 



» 



Potatos. 







Lincolns— 

 Up-to-Date 

 King Edward 

 Northern Star 

 Evergoods 



per cwt. 

 s.d. s.d. 



3 9-46 

 3 9-43 



2 9-36 



3 0-39 



Lincolns— 



Maincrops 

 Blacklands 



Dunbars— 



Up-to-Date 

 Maincrop 



per cwt. 

 s.d. s.d. 



3 9-43 

 2 9-33 



4 9-53 



5 3-5 6 



New Potatos. 



Teneriffe 

 Algerian 



11 6-13 6 



12 0-14 



16 0-17 

 15 6-16 6 



Jerseys ... 



St. Malos 



Cherbourgs 15s -16s. per cwt. 



Remarks.— Trade in old Potatos is very quiet and their 

 prices are falling; indeed stocks of old tubers in London 

 are so large for the time of year that prices promise to be 

 very low by next week. Consignments of new Potatos are 

 fairly plentiful. Edward /. Newborn, Covent Garden and St. 

 Pancras, May 8, 1912. 



10 0-1 1 

 6 0-70 



2 0-30 

 16-2 

 2 6-30 



5 0-60 

 08-10 

 8-10 



SCHEDULES RECEIVED. 



Windsor, Eton and District Rose and Hortlcultura 



Society.-The twenty-first annual exhioition will be held 

 on Saturday, June 29, in the slopes of Windsor Castle. 

 Tbe challenge cup presented by the late King Edward is 

 offered in the open class for 43 blooms, distinct In tne 

 classes open to amateurs the -Windsor- Challenge Cup 

 is offered for 24 blooms, distinct. Two *****$***: 

 cups are also offered in these classes. In the local . classe*. 

 open only to amateurs residing within and'usofl0mn« 

 from Windsor, 4 challenge cups are offered. In J the i plant 

 section a challenge cup is offered for a group .of plan its 

 arranged for effect. Secretary, Rev. L. G. Keed, me 

 Cloisters, Windsor Castle. 



Irish Rose and Floral Society.-The second annual 

 show of this society will be held in conjunction with the 

 provincial show of the National Rose Society in <heBotamc 

 Park, Belfast, on Friday, July 19. Gold medals are offered 

 in the nurserymen's classes for 36 blooms, distinct , and m 

 the amateurs' section for 24 blooms distinct Thre chal 

 lenge cups are offered for Sweet Peas. Secretary, Mr. 

 H. P. Pinkerton, 18, Victoria Street, Belfast. 

 Richmond Horticultural Society.-The thirty-eighjh 



annual flower show of this sos.ety wiU be , held _in the w 

 Deer Park, Richmond, Surrey, on Wednesday, June ^ 

 The Gunnersbury Park Challenge Cup is offered tor 

 Roses, distinct, three blooms of each. The Waecnter 

 lenge Cup will be presented to the winner in the c ass ^i 

 a collection of six dishes of fruit (distinct, kn* • 

 schedule includes seven new classes open only^o an a 

 residing in the neighbourhood. Secretary, Mr. w. J. ^ 

 Holmsley House, Sheen Road, .Richmond. m 



Richmond Royal Horse Show, to be held at *^t 



Surrey, on June 14 and 15. Secretary and manager. 



S3 y S°mVh 7, The LiUle Green, Richmond, Surrey 



National Hardy Plant Society.-Tae **^"$ 



of hardy plants and flowers ™ d " ^Z^nl Hall, 

 this society will be held W the Roya J Homcu iw ]Q 



Vincent Square, Westminster on Wednesday £ insbury 

 Secretary, Mr. A. J. Macself, 52, Beechfield Roaa, r 



Park, London. 





 

 



9- 1 



9- 1 

 4- 



9- 



2 0- 



3 6- 



1 0- 

 1 6- 



1 

 2 

 4 



1 

 2 





 



6 





 6 

 

 3 

 





16 0-20 

 8-0 10 



10 0- I o 



3 0-4 



10-1 

 ti 



4-06 



5 0-42 



4 0-60 

 13 0-60 



12 0-30 



Remarks.— Grapes of the varieties Muscat of Alexandria 

 and Black Hamburgh are arriving in large quantities daily, 

 some of the bunches being well coloured for the time of the 

 year. The best samples are meeting with a ready demand. 

 Hothouse Peaches have been less plentiful during the past 

 week, and well-finished fruit have realised as much as 24s. 

 per dazen.. Belgium is also contributing a few Peaches and 



CATALOGUES HECEIVEO. 



— 



James Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea-Dahlias, Nymph** 



and other Aquatic Plants. Crt rtflanr i__p r jmulas. % 

 Dr. Macwatt, Morelands, Duns, Scotland ™ m plant?. 

 Bees. Ltd., Mill Street, Liverpool --Bed a 8^ . 



Dahlias, Chrysanthemums, Roses, 0a ^£ olk __Beddmg 

 C. H. Daniels & Son, Wymondham, Nortoi 



P^nts. ^ c . m¥ T ondon— Garden 



Thomas Gunn, Ltd., 34, Fore Street, Lonao 



Requisites. redding Plants. 



Thomas Kennedy & Co., P umfr % s ^?^k Wood, Kg*? 

 E. A. White, Ltd., Beltrintf, ^dock ^^s 



" Abol" Specialities in Syringes and in Flan t> 



Dicksons, 108, Eastgate Street, Chester 



and Dahlias. 



COLONIAL. ^ ey 



Anderson & Co., Ltd., 899, G fJ* e *mo*evJ^ ^ 

 tralia -General List of Vegetables, now* 



Aus- 



FOHEION. 



The Roym. Tottenham NuRSE . R |f!' .holes'ale). 

 Netherland.-H.idy Perennials (*Jw«*; ia 



Montariosa Nursery, Santa Barbara, can 



aart, 



NevY and Rare Plants. Ma -, n »a 



Ch. Lemaire, i«» Rn"l«Yard Magenta 



, U.S.A.' 



France— 



Lilium candidum. 











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