XIV 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[Mat 25, 1912 



MARKETS. 



COVENT GARDES, May 22. 



[We cannot accept any responsibility for the subjoined 

 reports. They are famished to us regularly every 

 Wednesday, by the kindness of several of the principal 

 talesmen, 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 thev may fluctuate, 

 not only from day to day, but occasionally several times 

 in one day. — Eds.1 



Gnt Flowers, Ac: Avftratf* Wholesale Prices. 



Anemones, per dz. 



bunches, a 1 1 



colours 

 Arums (Kichardias) 

 Bouvardia, per dz. 



bunches 

 Carnations, p. doz. 



blooms, best 



American var. 



— smaller, per 

 doz. bunches 



— Carola, crim- 

 son, extra large 



— Malmaisons, p. 

 doz. blooms ... 



Cornflower, per dz. 



b inches 

 Eucnaris, per doz. 

 Gardenias, per bos 



of 15 aid 18 



blooms 



Gladiolus Blushing 



Bride, pet doz. 



bunches 



— Bride, white .. 



— Peach Blossom 

 Gypsophila, p. dz. 



bunches : 



— large ... 



— white 



— pink 

 Iceland Poppies, 



p. dz. bunches 

 Iris (Spanish), per 

 doz. bunches : 



— white, mauve, 

 yellow & blue 



liia, scarlet, per 

 dz. b incbe - ... 



Lapagerias. white, 

 per dozen 



Liliniii aural mil 



fer bunch 

 o n g i fl or U in, 

 per doz., tang 



— — short 



— 1 a uc if o li II III 



alba, long 



— — short 



— speciosum rub- 

 rum, per doz , 

 long 



— — short 



Lily of the Valley, 

 pr. dz. bnchs. : 



— extra special ... 



— special 



— ordinary 

 Mignonette, per 



doz. bunches .. 



s.d. s.d. 



2 0- 

 2 



2 6 



6 0-70 



s.d. s,d. 



16-19 



10 0-15 



2 6-80 



7 0-90 



2 0-26 

 2 0-26 





16-30 



5 0-60 

 5 8 

 8 0-12 



1 — 

 3 0-40 



8 0-40 



2 6-30 



6 0-10 



16-19 

 2 0-26 



4 0-50 



16-2 

 16-20 



2 0- 

 1 6 



2 6 

 2 



1 

 



9- 



9- 



2 



1 







u 



15 0-1 m 



10 0-12 



90 - 



4 0-50 



Marguerite, per 

 doz. bunches : 



— Yellow... 

 Myosotis (Forget- 

 me-not), p. dz. 

 bunches 



Narcissus, per doz, 

 bunches : 



— double, white 

 Orchids, Cattley-*, 



per doz. 



— Odontoglossum 



crispum 

 Paeonies, per doz. 

 bunches, six 

 blooms in a 

 bunch : 



— red 



— pink 



— white 



Pelargoniums, 



per dozen 



bunches 



— Double Scarlet 

 Pyrethrums, dole., 



per doz. bchs : 



— white 



— coloured 



— single, mixed 

 colours 



Roses, 12 blooms, 



— Brides maid, 



— C. Mennet ... 



— Frau Karl 

 Druschki 



— General Jac- 

 queminot 



— Liberty 



— Madame A. 

 Chateney 



— Niphetos 



— Richmond 



— Sunrise 



— President Car- 

 not 



— Lady Roberts 



— Lady HiUmg- 

 don 



— Franz Deegui 



— Kaiserine 

 SpiraBi(Astilbe) ja- 

 ponica, per doz. 

 bunches .. 



Statice, mauve, per 



doz. bunches... 



Stephanotis (72 



pip*) 



Sweet Peas, pr. dz. 



bunches • 



— coloured 



16-2 



3 0-40 



2 6-30 

 9 0-10 

 2 0-80 



2 6 3 

 4 0-80 

 6 0-80 



4 0-50 

 6 0- 9 U 



2 6- 

 2 0- 



8 



l 





 



2 0-40 



1 

 1 



0- 

 0- 



1 

 1 



6 

 6 



16-26 



1 

 2 



1 



1 



1 

 1 



1 

 1 



1 

 1 

 1 



0- 1 

 0- 3 



6- 

 0- 

 0- 

 



6- 

 





 0- 



3 

 1 



2 



1 



■j 

 1 



1 



1 



0- 2 



8 











ii 



6 



6 



6 

 6 

 



4 5 

 3 4 

 2 2 6 



.. 4 0-60 



Cut Foliage. Ac: Average Wholesale Prices. 



Ad ian t urn Fern 

 (M aidenhair), 

 best,dz. bnchs. 



Agrostis (Fairy 

 Grass), per dz. 

 bunches 



A sparag us plu- 

 mosus, long 

 trails, pi . Jdoz. 



— medium, doz. 

 bunches 



— Sprengeri 



Carnation foliage, 

 doz. bunches... 



s.d. s.d. 



6 0-70 



2 0-40 



16-20 



12 18 

 10 IS 



4 — 



Plants In Pots, Ac. : Ave 



s.d. s.d. 



Aralia Sieboldii, p. 



dozen 



Araucaria excelsa, 



per dozen 



Asparagus plumo- 

 sus nanus, p.dz 



— Sprengeri 

 Aspidistra, p. dz., 



green 



— variegated 



Boronia megastig- 



ma, 48'sp. dz. 



Cocos Weddeli- 



ana, per dozen: 



— 6)'s ... 



— larger, each ... 

 Coleus, per doz. ... 

 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 



6 0-70 

 18 0-21 



10 0-12 

 8 0-90 



21 0-30 

 30 0-60 



21 0-24 



6 0-12 

 2 6-10 6 



4 5 

 18 0-30 



5 0-60 

 4 0-50 



10 0-12 



15 0-18 

 27 0-30 



8 0-12 



s.d. s.d. 



Croton foliage, var- 

 ious, per dozen 

 bunches ... 12 0-15 



Cycas leaves, arti- 

 ficial, per doz. 3 0-12 



Eulalia japonica, 



per buncb ... 10-16 



Moss, per gross ... 6 — 



Myrtle, dz. bchs. 

 (English). 



small-leaved... 6 — 



— French ... 10 — 

 Smilax, per bunch 



of 6 trails ... 16 — 



rage Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 

 Ferns, in small and 

 large 60's ... 



— in 48's, doz. ... 



— choicer, sorts 

 per doz. 



— in32's,perdoz. 

 Ficus elastica, per 



dozen 



Fuchsias, per doz. 

 Geonoma gracilis, 



60*s, per dozen 



— larger, each ... 

 Heliotropes 



Hydrangeas, white, 

 48's, per dozen 



ink 



ilue, each ... 



Kentia Belmore- 

 ana, per dozen 



— Fosteriana, 

 60*s, per dozen 



— larger, per 

 dozen 



Latania borbonica, 

 per dozen 



Lilium longiflorum 

 per dozen ... 



E 



12 0-20 

 60 - 



8 12 

 10 0-18 



9 0-12 

 8 0-90 



6 0-80 

 2 6-76 

 6 0-80 



18 21 



10 0-15 



2 0-50 



5 0-42 



4 0-60 



18 0-6D 



12 0-30 



15 0-18 



Plants In Pots, arc. 



.d. s.d. 



Lilium lancifoUum 

 rubrum in pts., 



rer dozen 

 a n c if olium 

 alba ~. 

 Lily of the Valley 

 Marguerites, white, 



per dozen 

 Mignonette, 49's, 



per dozen 

 Pandanus Veitchii, 



per dozen ... 



: Average Wholesale Prices (Condi.). 



s.d. s.d. 

 Pelargoniums, per 



dozen 9 0-12 



— Ivy-leaved ... 7 0-90 

 Phoenix rupicola, 



each 2 6-21 



Rhodanthi, per dz. 



pots 5 0-60 



Spiraea japonica, 



per dozen pots 10 0-12 



— pink 10 0-12 



Stocks, white, pink 



and red ... 6 0-80 



... 15 18 



15 0-18 

 21 0-24 



8 0-10 

 6 0-80 



36 0-48 



Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



Apples: 

 — Tasmanian 



per case 



— Australian per 



CaSG ... •• 



Apricots, French 



per box 

 Binanas, bunch: 



— Doubles 



— No. 1 ... 



— Extra 



— Giant 



— Loose, p. doz. 



— Red coloured... 



— Jamaica Giants, 

 per ton 



— Jamaica Ordi- 

 nary, per box 



(9 doz.) 

 Cherries, French, 

 } sieve 



— per box 

 Cranberries, per 



case (30 qts.) .. 



— Cape Cod, per 

 case (30 quarts) 



Figs (GuTisey), 



per do/.t-n 



— English 

 Gooseberries, 



peck 



— £ bushel 

 Grape Fruit, case: 



— 9fl's ... 



— HO's ... 



— 64's ... 



— 54's ... 

 Grapes, A istralian, 



per case 



— Engli-h (new) 

 per lb 



— Canon Kali ... 



— Muscats 



.. 7 0-10 6 



s.d. s.d. 



Lemons: 

 — Messina, per 



7 0-10 6 



10M 



10 12 



8 0-10 

 10 0-12 

 14 18 



6-10 

 5 6-66 



£IQ-£12 



per 



4 0-50 



9 0-10 

 16-26 



10 11 



96 - 



3 0-60 

 8 0-80 



2 0-26 



4 6-50 



kiln 



c wt. 



• • • 



per 



20 0-25 



• •• 



12 0-25 



16-40 

 8 0-10 

 3 0-60 



Limes, per case ... 

 Mangoes, per doz. 

 Melons (Guernsey) 



— (English) 

 Nuts, Almonds, per 



bag 



— Spanish, per 

 sack 



— Barcelona, bag 



— Chestnuts, per 

 bag 



— Cocoanuts, 100 



— English Cobs 

 per lb.... 



— Walnut s 

 (Naples) 

 dried, 

 cases .., 



Nectarines, 



dozen 



Oranges: 



— Navels 



— Denia, case ... 



— Jaffa, per case 



— Bitter, per J 

 chest 



— Seville Sour 

 i chest 



Peaches (Belgian), 

 per dozen 



— English, dozen 



Pears (Australian), 



per case 

 Pineapples, St. 



Michael 

 Strawberries, p. lb. : 



— A quality 



— B quality 



— Southamptons, 



baskets 



7 6-17 

 4 — 



4 0-60 



18-26 



13-36 



. 52 6 — 



40 42 

 35 6-36 6 



3 6-19 

 18 0-23 



."0 8 — 



54 — 

 5 0-30 



16 0-18 



17 6-36 

 12 — 



16 0-18 6 



15 0-18 



4 0-80 

 4 0-24 



10 0-15 



8 0-50 



16-40 

 9-10 



4 0-46 



Vegetables : Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



.\rtichokes(Globe), 



per dozen 

 Asparagus — 



— Tou'ouse 



— Montauban ... 



— Dijon 



— Lauris 



— (English) bndl. 



— Cambridge ... 



— Worcester ... 

 t»eans, 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 

 Carrots (English), 



pr. doz. bun. .. 



— (French) per 

 dozen bunches 



— per cwt. 



— (washed) p. bag 

 Cauliflowers, per 



dozen 



— (Cornish), per 



Claiv/ ••• ••• 



Celery (washed), p. 



doz. bndls. ... 

 Chicory, per lb. ... 

 Cucumbers, p. doz. 

 Endive, per dozen 

 Greens (Spring), p. 



bag 



Herbs (sweet), 



pkts., p. gross 7 



2 0-26 



16-20 



2 0-23 



8-10 



10- 2 



9-26 

 10-60 



8-10 

 8-10 



8-0 10 



2 0-26 



2 6-30 



18-2 



9-13 



3 0-36 



5 0-60 



6 0-80 



4 0-60 

 6 0- 70 



4 0-50 



12 0-15 



8 0-10 

 4 — 

 16-26 



10-16 

 8 6-40 



Horseradish, 12 



bundles 

 Leeks, per doz. ... 

 Lettuce (French), 



per doz. 



— (English), per 



tally 



Mint, per dozen 

 bunches 



Mushrooms, culti- 

 vated, p. lb. ... 



Mustardand Cress, 



per dozen 



punnets 

 Marrows, pr.ds. ... 

 Onions (Egyptian) 



— (Spring), per 

 doz. bunches 



Parsley, J sieve ... 



— per doz. bun. 

 Peas (French) per 



pad 



— per packet ... 



— (Guernsey), lb. 



— (English), per 

 1 £ bushel 

 Radishes (English), 



per dozen 



— (French) p. dz. 



— (Jersey) long... 

 Rhubarb, forced, 



per 12 bundles 



— Outdoor, p. dz 

 Spinach, pr. bshl. 

 Tomatos (Guern- 

 sey) per lb. ... 



— (English), p. lb. 

 Turnips (English), 



per dz. bunches 



— (French), pr. dz 

 Watercress, p. dz. 



bunches .„ 



s.d. s.d. 



10 0-12 

 2 6-30 



16-20 



2 0-40 



16-26 



10- 1 



10 - 



10 0-15 



6 6-76 



10-20 

 16-20 

 2 6-30 



4 0-60 



6 — 

 4-08 



4 0-50 



6-09 

 10-13 



4-06 



9-10 

 2 6-30 

 2 0-26 



06 - 

 6-07 



5 0-60 

 .70-80 



4-06 



Remarks.— Black Hamburgh Graces are obtainable in 

 much larger quantities; Muscat varieties also are more 

 p entiful, but the berries are lacking in colour. Peach-s and 

 Nectarines are available in larger quantities and are meeting 

 with a brisk demand. Forced Strawberries are very plenti- 

 ful, being in excess of the demand. French growers are 

 contributing a fair quantity of these fruits. Melons and Figs, 

 both English and Channel Island grown, are increasing in 

 qumtity; they are meeting with a fairly good demand con- 

 sidering th3 large quantities arriving. Both the supply of 

 and the demand for French and Spanish Cherries are well 

 maintained. Ov-rseas arrivals of Apples, Pears, and Grapes 

 amounted to about 40,000 cases; a very large C3nsignment 

 is due to arrive by s.s. ,c Argyllshire," the estimated quanti- 

 ties being about 123,030 packages. Consignments of English 



and Channel Island Tomatos are more numerous daily 

 many of the samples show evidence of skilled c \ r<u * 

 and careful packing. Asparagus continues a fairly food 

 supply from all sources. Early outdoor Peas are obtamabU 

 from the West of England and Kent. Tne supplies of th« 

 commoner vegetables are increasing rapidly. £, H. R 

 Covent Garden, May 22, 1912. 



Potatoi. 



Lincolns— 

 Up-to-Date 

 King Edwa d 

 Northern Star 

 Evergoods 



per cwt. 

 s.d. s.d. 



3 0-36 

 3 0-36 



2 6-29 



2 6-29; 



Lincolns - 



Maincrops 

 Blacklands 



Dunbars— 



Up-to-Date 

 Maincrop 



peresrt 



s.d. i.d. 



3 0-81 

 2 5- 1ft 



4 3-41 



4 3-41 



Teneriffe 

 Jerseys 



New Potatos. 



10 9-11 I St. Malos . 



11 6-12 Cherbourgs 



... 11 f 2 

 ... 10 C 11 



Reuarks.— Trade in old Potatos is still quiet and 

 stocks in London are very large. Prices are m jch lower 

 than those of last week and a further drop is eipected. 

 New Potatos are in better demand. Eivard /. .Yt.t-r*f% 

 Covent Garden and St. Pancras, May 22, 1912. 



THE WEATHER. 



the 

 the 

 the 



Thb Following Summary Record of 



weather throughout the British Islands, for 

 week ending May 18, is furnished from 



Meteorological Office: 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



The weather was in a very changeable condi ion, with 

 occasional falls of rain in all districts. Thunderstorms 

 occurred in the south and east of England on Sunday, m a 

 few isolated parts of our south-eastern counties on Mo >da? 

 and Wednesday, and over a considerable portion of bug and 

 on Thursday; on the last mentioned day a sharp line squad 

 passed over Raunds and Cambridge. A well-defined mirage 

 wis seen at Newquay betwsen 10.30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on 

 Saturday. 



The temperature was above the average in all the BofHtb 

 districts and also in Scotland E., the greatest eicev. 

 occurring in England. In Ireland and the west and north 

 of Scotland it was below the normal. The highest reading- 

 occurred mostly on the 14th or 15th, when the ^ermometer 

 rose slightly above 70° in many parts of eistern and watnetn 

 England. In Scotland N. and W. the thermometer remained 

 below 65° throughout the week. The lowest tetding 

 occurred mostly on iha 13th or 14th, but in the so uth-ea to. 

 England on the 17th, the values ranging from *7 y m ^ot'ami 

 E. (at Balmoral) and 30° in Scotland W. ^*W&*'-"' 

 to 89° in England S.E., and to 45° in the M ldland n C ° 11 ^; 

 On the surface of the grass the thermometer fell to *i « 

 Balmoral and Newton Rigg, 24* at Crathes, and ^ at ^ w 

 Linton and Armagh. At a depth of 1 foot and 4 J** *{£ 

 the surface of the .oil the mean temperature » m «^*r^ 

 the average, but in the eist of Scotland the excess sno*n oy 

 the 1 foot thermometer was small. 



The mean temperature of the sea was general!) p in . «ce« 

 of the average, but at several parts of the l™ h ™t^" l £ m 

 coasts it was lower than the corresponding week of last >ea 



The rainfall was considerably in excess of ,^« »;*?^ e '" 

 Scotland N. and E. and England N.E and ,^'y^^ 

 io tbe Midland Counties and England s -f;; *^° e r j cts ,be 

 was a deficiency, and in most of hs welter, *btnc is 

 d .'ficiency was large. A heavy all occurred I m « "«*£ 

 of North Britain on the 15th the argest measurememss 

 1-6 inch at Wick and Gordon Castle, VI inch at crai 

 and l - inch at Balmoral. 



The bright sunshuu varied ™**^fcffiZtii$ 

 different parts of the country. As a rule > it : «»• ' dW . 

 close agreement with the average, but in Sw"»"££ Th , 

 and England N.W. there was a rathei : lar^e _e x - 



daily mian values ranged from "««'? "J^w to a tri* 

 W.,and a little over 8 hours in England N.w. ' , d s >V . 

 under 6 hours in the Midland Counties and bngian 



THE WEATHER IN WEST HERTS. 



Week endine Af«v « 



The wettest week for two ^^^J^SSl^S 

 week were rather warm, while the nights pro ^e i o j 

 se 1S onable in temperature. On the warmest da,^ ^ ^ 

 reading in tbe thermometer s:reen was o . , ^ 



coldest night the exposed th«mom«te :Mi e 



the freezing point. Both at 1 foot and IS I [«| « £ four day- 

 is 2° warmer than is seasonable. Kain ^ ^ ^ of 

 and to the aggregate depth of an incn. king this 



the week half an inch of rain was dePOMM" ^ Kb 



the heaviest fall recorded here on mj •on- > ftw drop$ 

 21, or for nearly nine weeks. This fall ca - rco! atioo 



of rainwater t; pass through the bare »i 1^ Tbe 

 gauge, after being perfectly dry for ° ver ~ more than 



fun shone on an averag, for 6 hou« « d £ month of 

 an boar a day less than the , usual ^duration t b 



May. The winds were rather big* at the g^ previ ,Ied, 

 week, but since then calms and Ugh air wes(er i T 



■ the direction being almost exclusive y fro is , ur e .» 



point of the compass. The m«n ^mou* . , or 



the air at 3 p.m. fell short of **»"»,,, May *-'. ™ U 

 that hour by 3 per cent. E. M., Uernno, 



