

June 8, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



381 



R. J. Bucknell). — An excellent hybrid, with well- 

 shaped flowers handsomely marked with reddish- 

 purple. The spike had 19 flowers. 



Lcdia-O attleya Aphrodite Cowan's var., 

 from the Liverpool Orchid Nursery Co. — 

 An excellent hybrid, with erect petals of good 

 substance, the labellum having the front lobe 

 heavily blotched with purple. 



Dendrobium Goldei, from Messrs. Sander 

 & Sons, St. Albans. — A very elegant Australian 

 species, with terminal spikes of dark claret- 

 purple flowers. 



Cultural Commendations 



To Mr. H. G. Alexander, Orchid grower to 

 Lieut. -Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O., for 

 a grand specimen of Miltonia vexillaria Snow-flake. 



To Messrs. Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, for a remarkable plant of Coelogyne pan- 

 durata with a spike of 16 flowers. 



Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 



Present: G. Bunyard, Esq. (in the Chair); 

 and Messrs. J. Cheat, C. G. A. Nix, E. Beckett, 

 A. Dean, J. Willard, A. R. Allan, G. Keif, 

 A. W. Metcalfe, H. H. Williams, A. Bullock, 

 P. D. Tuckett, G. Wythes, and W. Poupart. 



Messrs. Laxton Brothers, Bedford, submitted 

 fruits of their new Strawberry The Queen; also 

 fruits of Royal Sovereign and Bedford Champion 

 for comparison in flavour. The fruits of The 

 Queen seemed insufficiently coloured, but they 

 were of good size, pointed and handsome. The 

 Committee expressed a wish to see fruits of The 

 Queen from the open garden later, also Royal 

 Sovereign, as a truer test of merit would then 

 be furnished. A fruiting plant of The Queen 

 lifted from the open ground was also exhibited. 



ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL. 



May 22— The first of the afternoon meetings 

 of this society for the session was held on this 

 date, Dr. H. N. Dickson, president, in the chair. 



Mr. C. J. P. Cave gave an" account of the 

 severe thunderstorm which occurred on the 

 afternoon of March 11 in east Hampshire and 

 west Sussex. The storm was not of the line- 

 squall type, but was of the type of summer 

 thunderstorms, with very little movement; and 

 besides being severe, the storm appeared to be 

 very local. One of the peculiarities of the storm 

 was the intense darkness that occurred near the 

 centre, which was accompanied by black rain. 

 The author believes this to be due to soot from 

 London. He is also of opinion that the cause of 

 the storm was the flowing of a cold current under 

 a warmer one, as is the case with line-squalls. 



©bttuari). 



■We regret to have to record 



Hugh Ranger. 



he death of Mr. Hugh Ranger, for nearly 34 

 ^ears manager of Messrs. Robt. Ker & Sons, 

 Vigburth Nursery, Liverpool. Deceased com- 

 menced his gardening career as an apprentice 

 -vith Messrs. Wheeler, of Warminster, and was 

 ifterwards engaged by Messrs. R. Smith & Co., 

 vvorcester (where he stayed some 12 months), 

 Mr. Cranston, Hereford, and Messrs. T. Salt- 

 raar^h & Son, Chelmsford, finally settling at the 

 Aigburth Nurseries in 1879. He devoted con- 

 siderable attention to the cultivation and raising 

 °t Cyclamens. He also cultivated Crotons with 

 equal success, and he raised such excellent varie- 

 ties as Golden Ring, Aigburth Gem, Aigburthen- 

 Jjs and Newmannii. In later vears he started 

 ™e Aigburth collection of Amaryllis, in which 

 M was greatly helped by the late Mr. R. Wilson 

 iver, many of the fine pink ehades shown at the 

 recent International Exhibition being raised by 

 mm. He was a good all-round gardener. The 

 funeral took place on M»v 31 



Wi 



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4* , — Shingler. — We regret to announce 

 *»?i ,™ on Mond ay last, the 3rd inst., at Wal- 

 JS' ° f ?? r - William Shingler, at the age of 58 

 } A Tf Mr Shingler had been head gardener 



Wol, \ G ' Baker ' at Waterdale, Compton, 

 ™ 0l verha mpton, for eight years. Previously he 



SrnV°fi ,1° ?? ars gainer to Mr. Salter, at 

 3nWi ds ' West Bromwich. Deceased was a 

 themu gr ° W ^ and exhibitor of Chrysan- 



M A R K E T S* 



COVENT GARDEN, June 5. 



[We cannot accept any responsibility for the subjoined 

 reports, 'lhey 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 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, Ac: AYerage Wholesale Prices. 



Arums (Richardias) 

 Bouvardia, per dz. 



bunches 

 Carnations, p. doz. 



blooms, best 

 American var. 



— smaller, per 

 doz. bunches 



— Carola, crim- 

 son, extra large 



— Malmaisons, p. 

 doz. blooms: 



pink 



blush 



red 



Coreopsis, per doz. 



bunches 

 Cornflower, p. doz. 

 bunches, pink 



— white 



— blue 



Eucharis, per doz. 

 Gaillardia, per doz. 



bunches 

 Gardenias, per bo% 



of 15 and 18 



blooms 



Gladiolus, per doz. 



bchs., Akerman 



— Blushing BiiJe 



— Bride, white ... 

 _. Ne Plus Ultra 



— Peach Blossom 

 Gypsophila, p. dz. 



bunches : 



— white 



— pink 



Iceland Poppies, 



p. dz. bunches 

 Iris (Spanish), per 

 doz. bunches : 



— white, mauve, 

 yellow & blue 



Lapagerias, white, 



per dozen 

 Lilium auratum 



per bunch 



— lo ngiflorum, 



per doz., long 

 short 



— lancifolium 

 alba, long 



— — short 



— speciosum rub- 

 rum, per doz., 

 long 



short 



Lily of the Valley, 

 pr. dz. bnchs. : 



— extra special ... 



— special... 



— ordinary 



s.d. s.d. 

 2 — 



6 0-70 



s,d. s.d. 



16-20 



10 0-15 



2 6-30 



5 0-70 

 4 0-60 

 4 0-60 



2 6-30 



2 6-30 

 2 6-30 

 10-16 

 2 0-26 



16-20 



3 0-4 

 16-2 





 



3 0-40 

 9 0-10 

 2 0-30 



16-30 



10 0-12 

 5 0-60 

 5 0-80 

 9 0-10 

 8 0-12 



6 0-80 

 6 0-80 

 8 0-10 



5 0-60 

 4 0-60 



16-20 



2 6-30 

 2 0-30 



2 0-26 



3 0-50 

 3 — ' 



16-26 



6 0-10 

 2 0-26 

 4 0-50 



1 

 1 



2 



1 



6- 

 0- 



0- 

 6- 



2 

 1 



2 

 2 





 6 



6 







1 9- 

 9- 



2 



1 





 



• • - 



15 0-18 



10 0-12 



8 — 







Marguerite, per 

 doz. bunches: 



— white 



— yellow 



Mignonette, per 



doz. bunches... 4 0-50 

 Myosotis (Forget- 

 me-not), p. dz. 



bunches 

 Orchids, Cattleya, 

 per doz. 



— Odontoglossum 

 crispum 



Pasonies, per doz. 

 bunches, six 

 blooms in a 

 bunch : 



— red 



— pink 



— white 



Pelargoniums, 



p. doz. bunches 



— Double Scarlet 

 Pinks, white, per 



doz, bunches... 



Pyrethrums, dble., 



per doz. bchs : 



— white 



— coloured 



— single, mixed 

 colours 



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. 

 bunches : 



— coloured 

 Violas, small blue, 



p. doz. bunches 



1 

 1 



0- 

 0- 



1 

 1 



6 



6 



16-26 



10-13 

 16-26 



1 



1 

 1 

 1 



1 

 1 



1 

 1 



1 



6-3 

 0-16 

 0-2 6 

 0-16 



6 



6 



6 

 6 

 



6- 

 0- 



0- 

 0- 



0- 



2 



1 



1 



1 



a 



5 0-60 



3 0-40 

 16-20 



3 0-50 

 10-13 



Cut Foliage, Ac: Average Wholesale Prices. 



Ad 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. 



4 0-50 



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 



1 





 



9-10 



Plants In Pots, Ac. : Average Wholesale Prices. 



Aralia Sieboldii, p. 



dozen 



Araucaria excelsa, 



per dozen 

 Asparagus plumo- 



sus nanus, p.dz. 



— Sprengeri 

 Aspidistra, p. dz., 



green 



— variegated 



Cocos Weddeli- 

 ana.per dozen: 



— 60'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 



s.d. s.d. 



6 0-70 



18 0-21 



10 0-12 

 8 0-90 



21 0-30 

 30 0-60 



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 



8 0-12 



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 



— pink 



— blue, each 

 Kentia Belmore- 



ana, per dozen 



— Fosteriana, 

 60's, per dozen 



— larger, per doz. 

 Latania borbonica, 



per dozen 



Lilium longiflorum 



per dozen 



s.d. s.d. 



12 0-20 

 60 - 



8 0-12 

 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 0-60 



12 0-30 

 15 0-18 



Plants in Pots, &c: Average 



s.d. s.d. 

 Lilium lancifolium 

 rubrum inpts., 



Fer dozen ... 15 0-18 

 a n c i f ol ium 



alba 15 0-18 



Lily of the Valley 21 0-24 

 Marguerites, in 48's, 



per doz., white 8 0-10 

 — yellow ... 10 0-12 



Mignonette, 48's, 



per dozen ... 6 0-80 

 Pandanus Veitchii, 



per dozen ... 36 0-48 

 Pelargoniums, per 



dozen 9 0-12 



Wholesale Prices (Contd.). 



Pelargoniums, Ivy- 

 leaved 



Phoenix rupicola, 

 each 



Rhodanthi, per dz. 



_ pots 



Spiraaa japonica, 

 per dozen pots 



— pink 



Stocks, white, pink 



and red 

 Verbenas, pink 



— scarlet... 



— white ... 



— Llue 



• «< 



s.d. s.d. 



7 9 

 2 6-21 



5 0-60 



10 0-12 

 10 0-12 



6 0-80 

 6 0-80 



8 0-90 

 8 0-90 

 8 0-90 



Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



Apples: 



— Tas m an i an 

 per case 



— Australian per 



Apricots, French 



per box 

 Bananas, bunch: 



— Doubles 



— No. 1 



— Extra 



— Giant 



— Loose, p. doz. 



— Red coloured... 



— Jamaica Giants, 

 per ton 



— Jamaica Ordi- 

 nary, per box 

 (9 doz.) 



Cherries, French, 

 i sieve 



— per box ... 



— English, J bshi. 

 Cranberries, per 



case (30 qts.)... 



— Cape Cod, per 

 case (30 quarts) 



Figs (Guernsey), 

 per dozen 



— English 

 Gooseberries, per 



peck 



— i bushel 

 Grape Fruit, case: 



— 96's ... 



— 80's ... 



— 64's ... 



— 54's ... 



Grapes, Australian, 

 per case 



— English (new) 

 per lb 



— Canon Hall ... 



7 0-10 6 



7 0-10 6 



13-16 



10 12 



8 0-10 

 10 0-12 

 14 18 



6-10 

 5 6-66 



£10-£J2 



4 0-50 



5 6-60 

 10-20 



8 0-10 



10 0-11 



9 6 - 



2 0-30 

 2 0-40 



10-20 

 2 6-36 



Grapes : 



— Muscats 

 Lemons : 



— Messina, per 

 case 



Limes, per case ... 

 Mangoes, per doz. 

 Melons (Guernsey) 



— (English) 



— Canteloupe ... 

 Nuts, Almonds, per 



bag 



— Spanish, per 

 sack 



— Barcelona, bag 



— Chestnuts, per 

 bag 



— Cocoanuts, 100 



— English Cobs 

 per lb 



— Walnut s 

 (Naples) kiln 

 dried, c wt. 



s.d. s.d. 

 3 0-50 



75 -17 

 4 — 



4 0-60 



13-26 



13-36 



3 6-76 



52 6 — 



40 0-42 

 35 6-36 6 



3 6-19 

 18 0-23 



3 — 



• • ■ 



per 



20 0-25 



• ■ ■ 



... 12 25 



16-40 

 6 0-80 



Nectarines, 

 dozen ... 

 Oranges: 



— Navels... 



— Denia, case ... 



— Mercia 



Peaches (Belgian), 

 per dozen 



— English, dozen 



Pears (Australian), 

 per case 



Pinea pples, St. 

 Michael 



Strawberries : 



— Southampton^, 

 baskets 



punnets (out- 

 door), per doz. 



54 — 



4 0-18 



16 0-18 

 30 0-40 

 15 0-18 



4 0-80 

 4 0-18 



... 10 0-15 



3 0-50 



13-20 



9 0-10 



Vegetables : Average Wholesale Prices. 



Artichokes(Globe), 



peL dozen 

 Asparagus— 



— Toulouse 



— Montauban ... 



— Dijon 



— Lauds 



— (English) bndi. 



— 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 



— Evesham, pots 

 Carrots (English), 



pr. doz. bun.... 



— (French) per 

 dozen bunches 



Cauliflowers, per 

 dozen 



— Dutch, dozen 

 Celery (washed), p. 



doz. bndls. ... 



Chicory, per lb. ... 



Cucumbers, p. doz. 



E^ndive, per dozen 



Greens (Spring), p. 

 bag 



Herbs (sweet), 

 pkts., p. gross 



Horseradish, 12 

 bundles 



s.d. s.d. 

 2 0-26 



13-16 



16-20 

 8-10 



9-16 



10-2 6 

 10-50 



8-10 

 8-10 



8-0 10 



2 0-26 



2 6-30 



10-26 



3 0-36 



2 6-3 6 

 5 0-70 



4 0-50 

 4 0-50 



8 0-10 

 4 — 



2 0-30 



10-16 



3 0-46 

 7 — 





... 10 0-12 



Leeks, per doz. ... 

 Lettuce (French), 

 per doz. 



— (English), per 

 tally 



Mint, p. dz. bunch. 



Mushrooms, culti- 

 vated, p. lb. ... 



Mustardand Cress, 

 per dozen 

 punnets 



Marrows, pr. dz. ... 



Onions (Egyptian) 



— (Spring), per 

 doz. bunches 



Parsley, J sieve ... 



— per doz. bun. 

 Peas (French) p. pad 



— per packet ... 



— (Guernsey), lb. 



— (English), per 



bushel 



ushel 



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. 



— Seconds, p. lb. 

 Turnips (English), 



perdz. bunches 

 Watercress, p. dz. 

 bunches 



s.d. s.d. 

 2 6-30 



16-20 



2 

 1 



0- 



6- 



4 

 2 





 6 



8- 10 



1 

 6 

 6 



4 



1 

 2 

 4 

 

 



2 

 3 





 1 

 







1 

 1 





 







- 

 0-10 

 6-7 













 6- 

 6- 

 0- 



6 

 4- 



6- 

 6- 



6- 

 0- 

 4- 



2 

 3 



6 





 

 



8 



0- 

 6- 



5 



5- 



2- 



4 



8 





 1 

 





 2 

 2 











9 

 3 



6 



6 

 

 6 





 



6 

 3 



2 0-30 

 4-06 



Remarks.— About 200,000 boxes of Tasmanian and 

 Australian Apples and Pears are being offered for sale this 

 week, comprising the cargoes of four vessels, which have 

 been held up in consequence of the Dock strike. English, 

 Channel Islands and Continental Grapes are available in 

 larger quantities; their prices have been well maintained. 

 Peaches and Nectarines are very plentiful, the supply 

 being in excess of the demand. There continues to be 

 a good supply of Melons, the Canteloupe varieties being 

 very plentiful and most popular. The crops of forced 

 Strawberries finished this week. Heavy arrivals from 

 the Southampton district have reached the market, as 

 many as 7,000 chips (4 lbs.) per day. There are, in 

 addition, supplies from Kent, packed in peck baskets, 

 holding 12 lbs. The average quality of the fruits is very 

 good. Cherries (Rivers's Early) are also arriving from the 

 same county. Large quantities of Continental fruit are 

 also in evidence, including Apricots. Green Figs are now 

 a shorter supply. English and Channel Island Tomatos, 

 are now arriving in bulk and selling well. Vegetables 

 generally have been sufficient for the demand, £, H, R. t 

 CoverU Garden^ June 5, 1912. 



