June 29, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



vn 



MARKETS. 



COVENT GARDEN, June 26. 



[We cannot accept any responsibility for the subjoined 

 reports. They are furnished to us regularly every 

 Wednesday, by the kindness of several ofthe principal 

 salesmen, who are responsible for the quotations. It 

 must be remembeted 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 the? may fluctuate, 

 Dot only from day to day, but occasionally several times 

 in one day. — Eds.1 



Cut Flowers, Ac: Average Wholesale Prices. 



= K 



... 3 0-60 

 ... 3 0-40 

 ... 3 0-40 



. 10-16 



. • . 



Arums (Kichardias) 

 Bouvardia, per dz. 



bunches 

 Carnations, p. doz. 

 blooms, best 

 American var. 



— smaller, uer 



doz. bunches 10 



— Carola, crim- 

 son, extra large 



— Malmaisons, p. 

 doz. blooms 



ink 

 lush 

 red ... 



Coreopsis, per doz. 



bunches 

 Cornflower, p. doz. 



bunches, pink 



— white 



— blue 



Delphinium, p. dz. 

 bunches: 



— light and dark 

 blue ... 



Encharis, per doz. 



Gaillaidia, , i doz. 



bunches 

 Gardenias, per box 



of 15 and 18 



blooms 



Gladiolus, per doz. 

 bunches : 



— Blush. ngBiide 



— Bride, white ... 



— Ne Plus Ultia 



— Peach Blossom 

 Gypsophila, p. dz. 



bunches : 



— white ... .. 



— pink ... _ 



Iceland Poppies, 

 p. dz. bunches 



Iris (English), p< 

 doz. bunches : 



— various colours 

 Lapagenas, white, 



per dozen ... 



Lilium auiatuin 

 er bunch 

 ongifl orum, 

 per do/., long 

 short 



— lancif olium 



alba, long _ 



— — short 



— speciosum rub- 

 rum, per dor., 

 long ... 



■— — short 



Lily of the Valley, 



pr. dz.bnchs. : 



— extra special 



— special... 



— ordinary 



s.d. s.d. 



20 - 



o 0- 7 



10- 1 G 



15 



2 6-80 



1 0- 1 

 1 0- 1 



9-1 



6 



6 



o 



6 0-8 

 2 0-2 





 I 



10-16 



2 6-30 



4 0-60 

 3 0-40 



6 0-b0 



* o- y o 



3 0- 

 30 



5 



10-16 



r, 



4 0-50 



16-20 



4 0-50 



10-16 

 10 — 



2 0- 



1 6- 



26 

 2 



2 6-30 

 9-10 



* *• 



15 0-18 



10 0-12 



90 - 



Marguerite, per 

 do*, bunches: 



— white 



— yellow 



Mignonette, per 



do/, bunches 

 Myosotis (Forget- 

 me-not), p. dz. 

 bunc I 

 Orchids Cattleya, 

 per doz. 



— Odontoglossum 

 cri^pum 



I e I argon i u in s, 



p. doz. bunches 



— Double Scarlet 

 Pinks, white, per 



doz. bunches... 

 Pyrethrums, 

 double, pr. dz. 

 bunches : 



— white 



— coloured 



— single, mixid 

 colours 



Hoses, 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 

 Scabious caucasica, 



per doz. bnchs. 

 Spiraea ( A --tilbe) ja- 



ponica, per dz. 



bunches 

 Statice, mauve, per 



doz. bunches... 

 Stephanotis(72 



pips) 



Stock, per dozen 

 bunches: 



— white ... 

 Sweet Peas, pr. dz. 



bunche* ; 



— coloured 



Tubrroses, p. 

 blooms: 



— >"«« 



— shott ... 



Violas, small blue, 

 p. doz. bunches 



s.d. s.d. 



3 0- 

 1 6- 



4 



2 



4 0-50 



3 0-40 

 9 0-10 

 16-20 



5 0-60 



4 0-60 



16-20 



2 6-30 

 2 0-30 



2 0-26 



9-10 



9-10 



16-26 



A. 



• •« 



9- 



1 0- 



1 0- 



1 0- 



10- 



1 0- 



1 



1 





 6 



2 6 



1 

 1 



6- 



0- 



1 

 2 



1 



2 

 1 







6 



6 



6 

 6 



1 0- 



1 0- 

 1 0- 



1 6 



1 6 



2 



3 0-40 



5 0-60 

 3 0-40 

 16-20 



3 0-40 



16-30 



doz. 



4-06 

 3-04 



9-10 



Cut Foliage, 



tc: 

 s.d 



Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. 



2 0-40 



A d t a n t u m Fer n 



(Maidenhair), 



best, dz. bnchs. 4 0-50 

 Agrostis (Fairy 



Grass), per dz. 



bunches 

 A sparag us plu- 



mosus, long 



trails, pr. jdoz. 



— medium, doz. 

 bunches 



— Spreagaci 



Larnation foliage, 

 doz. bunches... 



16-20 



U 0-18 

 10 12 



Id. s.d 



12 15 



;j 0-12 o 



4 



Croton foliage, var- 

 ious, par dozen 

 bunches 



Cycas leaves, arti- 

 ficial, per doz. 



Eulalia japonica, 

 per bunch ... 



Moss, per gross ... 



Myrtle, dz. bchs. 

 (English), 



mall-leaved... 

 — French 



Smilax, per bunch 



of 6 trails ... 9-10 



1 0- 

 6 



1 6 



I 





 



Plantain Pots, Ac. : Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 

 Aralia Sieboldii, p. 



dozen 6 0-70 



Araucaria excelsa, 



per dozen ... 18 0-21 

 Asparagus plumo- 



sus nanus, p.dz. 10 0-12 



— Sprengeri ... 3 0-90 



Aspidistra, p. dz., 

 green 



— variegated ... 

 Cocos Weddeli- 



ana, per dozen: 



— &• ... 



— larger, each ... 



^oleus.perdoz. ... 

 ^•rassula, various 



(in 44 pots) per 



dozen ... ... 9 v . Am „ 



v-roton. per dozen 18 0-80 



21 30 

 80 0-60 



s.d. s.d. 

 Dracaena, green, 



per dozen ... 10 0-12 



Ericas, per dozen : 

 — Willinorei, 



48*s 15 0-18 



Ferns, in thumbs, 

 per 100... 



• *• 



• •• 



6 0-12 

 8 6-10 6 

 4 0-60 



9 0-19 



— in small and 

 large 60s 



— in4H , f,doz. 



— choicer, sorts 

 per doz. 



— in 82's, per 

 dozen 



Plena elastics, per 

 dozen 



Fuchsias, per 



dozen ... 



WPerdi therm- ; Gtonoma gracilis, 



follns, per doz, 6 0-60 60% per dozen 



laxus, per do*. 4 0-601 — larger, each — 



8 0-12 



1 2 0-20 

 60 - 



8 12 

 10 0-18 



9 0-12 

 80-90 



6 0-80 



8G-76 



* 



Plants In Pots, arc. 



Heliotropes 

 Hydiangeas white, 

 48's, per dozen 



— pink ... 



— blue, each ... 



— paniculata, per 

 dozen ... 



Kentia Belmore- 

 ana, per dozen 



— Fosteriana, 

 60's, per dozen 



larger, per 



dozen ... 



Latania borbonica, 

 per dozen 



Lilium lancifolium 

 rubrum in pts., 

 ►er dozen 



a nc i f ol ium 

 alba 



— 1 ongifl orum, 

 per dozen 



Lily of the Valley 



: Average 



s.d. s.d. 

 60-8 



18 0-21 

 8 0-12 

 2 0-50 



... 18 0-24 



5 0-42 

 4 0-60 



... 18 0-63 



12 0-30 



R 



.. 15 0-18 



15 0-18 



12 0-15 

 21 0-24 



Wholesale Prices (Contdj. 



s.d. s.d. 

 Marguerites, in 48's, 



per doz., white 8 0-10 



— yellow 



Mignonette, 48's, 



per dozen 

 Pandanus Veitchii, 



per dozen 

 Pelargoniums, per 



dozen 



— Ivy-lea\ed 

 Phoenix rupicola, 



each 



Rhodanthi, per dz. 

 pots ... 



Saxifra^a (pyr ami- 

 dais) 48's, per 

 dozen 



Spiraea japonica, 



per dozen pots 10 0-12 



— pink ... 

 Verbenas, pink 



— scarlet... 



— white .— 



— llLe ... 



.. 10 0-12 



6 0-80 



... 36 0-48 



9 0-12 

 7 9 



2 6-21 

 5 0-60 



15 0-18 



10 0-12 

 6 0-80 

 80-9 

 8 0-90 

 8 0-90 



Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices. 



s.d. s.d. 



i; 



Apples: 



— Tasmani an 

 per case _ 



— Australian per 

 case ... 



Apricots, French 



»er box 



ialf sieves ... 

 Bananas, bunch: 



— Doubles 



— No. 1 ... 



— Extra 



— Giant 



— Loose, p. doz. 



— Red coloured... 



— Jamaica Giant?, 

 per ton 



— Jamaica Ordi- 

 nary, per box 

 (9 doz.) 



Cherries, French, 

 i sieve 



— M r box 



— English, i bshl. 

 — pecks 



Currants (French), 

 Red, p. handle 



— (English), Black, 

 pecks 



— black, J bushl. 



— Red, pr. J bshl. 

 Figs (Guernsey), 



per dozt n 



— English 

 Gooseberries, per 



J bushel 



— Dessert, J bshl. 

 Grape Fruit, case: 



— 96's 



— H)'s 



— 64's 



— 54's 

 Grapes, Australian, 



per case 



— English (new) 

 per lb 



— Canon Hall .. 



— Mu tts 



7 0-10 



8 0-10 



2 0-36 



9 6-10 



10 0-12 



8 0-10 



10 0-12 



14 18 



6-10 



5 6-66 



£10-XJ2 



per 



4 0-50 



3 0-80 

 10-23 



4 0-80 

 2 0-50 



19-20 



4 0-50 

 8 0-90 

 4 6 — 



2 0-60 



3 0-80 



2 0-30 



3 6-50 



Greengages, p. tx. 

 Lemons : 



— Messina, 

 case 



Limes, per case ... 



Melons (Guernsey) 



— (English) 



— Canteloupe ... 

 Nectarines, per 



dozen : 



— selected w 



— best 



— seconds 

 Nuts, Almonds, per 



bag 



— Spanish, per 

 sack 



— Barcelona, bag 



— Chestnuts, per 

 bag 



— Cocoanuts, 100 



— English Cobs 

 per lb. 



— Walnut s 

 (Naples), kiln 

 dried, cw t. 



s.d. s.d. 

 16-26 



15 6-20 

 4 — 



9-16 

 9-16 

 2 0-60 



6 0-10 

 4 6-60 

 16-20 



... 52 6 



40 0-42 

 35 6-36 6 



3 6-19 

 18 0-23 



08 — 



< . • 



20 0-25 



... 22 



- . i 



13-56 

 16-50 



10-50 



Oranges : 



— Navels 



— Denia, case ... 



— Mercia 



Peaches (Belgian), 



per dozen 



— English, dozen: 



— selected 



— best 



— seconds 

 Pears (Australian), 



per case 

 Pineapples, St. 



Michael ... 



Raspberries 

 Strawberries : 



— Southamptons, 

 baskets 



punnets (out- 

 door), per doz. 



— Kent, per peck 



54 — 



14 0-16 

 30 0-40 



15 0-18 



3 0-60 



6 0-10 



4 0-60 

 10-20 



15 6-20 



3 6-56 

 8-10 



10-2 



3 0-40 

 3 0-4 6 



Vegetables : averatf 



s.d. s.d. 



ArtichokeslGlobe), 



pet dozen 

 Asparagus ~ 



— (English) bndl. 



— Cambridge ... 



— Worcester ... 



— Giant ... 

 uibergincs, perdz. 



Beans, Guernsey 

 Dwarf, per lb. 



— (English) p. 11 . 



— Pr a ii c h, per 

 packet, lb. ... 



Beetroot, p. bshl. : 



— Long 



Cabbages, Eve- 

 sham, pots ... 



Carrots (English), 

 pr. doz. bun... 



— (French) per 



dozen bunches 



Cauliflowers, per 



dozen 



— Dutch, dozen 

 Chicory, per lb. .. 

 Cucumbers, per 



dozen 



Endive, per dozen 

 Greens (Spring), p. 



bag 



Herbs (sweet), 



pkts., p. gros 

 Horseradish, 12 



bundles 

 Leeks, per doz. ... 

 Lettuce (French), 



per doz. 



2 6-30 



• »• 



8-26 

 10-50 

 4 0-10 6 

 2 6-30 



8-10 

 8-10 



4-06 



16-20 



16-20 



10-20 



2 6-30 



2 6 — 

 26 - 



4 — 



1 6- 2 



2 6-80 



2 0-80 



70 — 



10 0-12 

 2 6-30 



10-16 



s Wholesale Prices. 



s.d, 

 Lettuce (English), 

 Cos, per tally... 



— Cabl age, per 

 doz< n ... 



Marrovss, pr.dz. ... 



Mint, per dozen 

 bunches 



Mushrooms, culti- 

 vated, p. lb. ... 



— outdoor, per 

 peck 



M ustard and Cress, 



p. doz. punnets 



Onions (Egyptian) 



— (Spanish) 



— (Spring). per 

 doz. lunches 



Parsley, J sieve ... 



— per doz. bun. 

 Peas (Eng ish), per 



bushel 



— shelled, p. qt. 

 Radishes (English), 



per dozen 



— (Jersey) long... 

 Rhubarb, outdoor. 



per doz. 

 pinach, pr. bshl. 

 Toinatos, per doz. 

 lbs. : 



— (Guernsey), ... 



— (English), ... 

 seconds 



Turnips (English), 



perdz. bunches 



Watercress p. dz. 



bunches 



s.d. 



2 0-30 



10-13 

 2 0-30 



16-26 



8-0 10 



2 — 



10 - 



* 0-6 6 

 6 0-66 



1 6- 



2 0- 



3 0- 



2 6 

 2 6 

 4 



2 0-30 

 10-16 



9- 



1 



2 6- 

 1 6- 



1 



30 



2 



2 9-30 



90 - 

 10-16 



2 0-80 



4-06 



Remarks.— English Black Hamburgh Grapes are a good 

 supply, and have been a slightly better trade this week. 

 Muscat of Alexandna and Canon Hall Muscat have been 

 Don plentiful, and these also are in better demand. 

 Peaches and Nectarines are not quite so numerous as last 

 week, and their prices are firmer in consequence. Melons 

 ate ii ss plentiful, but the consignments of Figs are equal to 

 the demand. Supplies of Strawberries will now show a 



decrease all round. Home-grown and Continental Cherries 

 continue a very even supply ; some of the English Cherries 

 are very fine, especially those of the Black Eagle variety. 

 Black and Red Currants from all sources are plentiful. 

 Raspberries are arriving in larger quantities, those packed 

 in chips (4 to 4£ lbs.) and punnets being extra good. The last 

 three shipments of Apples are being unloaded at the docks, 

 the bulk consisting of the varieties Sturmer Pippin and 

 French Crab. Vegetable Marrows from Evesham and other 

 sources are plentiful and cheap. Asparagus is practically 

 over. Loganberries are making their appearance in small 

 consignments. Tomatos remain a heavy supply. Vege- 

 tables are an increasing supply, their prices being normal. 

 E. II . R., Covent Garden, June 26, 1912. 



Potatos. 



Lincolns— 



King Edward 

 Maincrops 

 Northern Star 



perewt. 

 s.d. s.d. 



3 0-36 

 3 0-36 

 2 0-23 



Dunbars— 

 Up-to-Date 

 Maincrop 



per cwt. 

 s.d. s.d. 



3 9-40 



4 0-43 



Bedford* ... 

 Kents 



New Potatos. 



7 0- 8 I Teneriffe 



8 0-90 St. Malos 



6 0-70 

 6 0-66 



Remarks.— Stocks of old Potatos will probably be ex- 

 hausted in a week or so : there is very little trade for them 

 now that new Potatos are cheaper. Supplies of early 

 Potatos from Cherbourg and Jersey are finished. There is 

 a fair trade in new Potatos at the prices quoted. Edward J, 

 Newborn, Covetit Garden and St. Pancras, June 26, 1912, 



THE WEATHER 



the 

 the 

 the 



The Following Summary Record of 

 weather throughout the British Islands, for 

 week ending June 22, is furnished from 

 Meteorological Office: — 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



The weather was extremely unsettled in all the more 

 western and northern parts oi the United Kingdom, with 

 frequent heavy rain in Ireland and the west of Scotland. 

 Over the south-eastern quarter of England a decided 

 improvement took place after the 17th, and for the remainder 

 of the week the weather was mostly fair and dry. Thunder- 

 storms occun ed in several parts of England (chiefly in the 

 south and easi) on the 16th and 19th, and on the night of the 

 22nd or early morning of the 23rd. 



The temperature was above the average in most of the 

 English districts, but slightly below it in England S. W. In 

 Ireland it was slightly below the normal, and in the west and 

 north of Scotland it was considerably below it. In Scotland 

 and at several places in the east and south-east of England 

 the highest readings were observed on the 18th or 19th, but 

 over the country generally they occurred more commonly 

 on the 22nd. The absolute maxima ranged from 84 y at 

 Greenwich, 83° at Harapstead and Camden Square, and 80° 

 or a little above it in many other parts of our east, Midland, 

 and south-east counties to 68° in Ireland S. and 67° in Scot- 

 land W. The lowest readings, which occurred very gener- 

 ally on the 16th or 17th, ranged from 35° in Scot'and E., an J 

 37 w in Scotland W. to 46 w in England E., 47° in Ireland S., 

 and to 52° in the English Channel. At a depth of 1 foot the 

 temperature of the soil was above the average at most of the 

 English stations, but below it in Ireland and Scotland ; at a 

 depth of 4 feet the departure from the normal was generally 

 very small. 



The mean temperature of the sea. — Off our south coast the 

 sea water was warmer than in the corresponding week of 

 last year, and was above the average for tl e season. Else- 

 where it w cooler and differed but little from the normal. 



The rainfall was in excess of the normal in all the western 

 and northern districts. In Ireland N. the total fall was 

 considerably more than double the average, in Scotland \V. 

 nearly three times as much, and in Ireland S. more than 

 three times as much. Amounts exceeding 1 inch were 

 recorded in several parts of Ireland and the north-west of 

 England on the 17th, and as much as 1*7 inch at btonyhurst, 

 and 1*5 inch at Lancaster and Valencia. During a thunder- 

 storm which occurred at Lincoln on the 19th the fall of rain 

 and hail amounted in 20 minutes to 0*9 inch. 



The bright sunshine exceeded the average in England E. 

 and S.E., but was deficient in all other districts. In England 

 S.E. the mean daily duration amounted to as many as 

 8 hours, and in England E. to 8J hours, but in Scotland and 

 in the south of Ireland it was less than 3 hours and failed to 

 reach one-sixth of the possible duration. 



THE WEATHER IN WEST HERTS. 



Week ending June 26. 



A warm and dry week.— During the pa9t week there oc- 

 curred only one unseasonably cold day, and no cold night. 

 On the warmest day the highest reading in the thermometer 

 screen was 77°, and on the coldest night the exposed ther- 

 mometer never fell lower than 41 w . Both at 1 and 2 feet 

 deep the ground is at the present time about 1° wanner than 

 is seasonable. Rain has fallen on each of the last two days, 

 but to the aggregate depth of only a quarter of an inch. Small 

 quantities of rainwater passed through the bare soil percola- 

 tion gauge on each day of the week. The gauge on which 

 short grass is growing has, however, remained | fectly dry. 

 The sun shone on an average for as much as 9J hours a day, 

 which is 3J hours a day I mh er than is usual at this period in 

 June. On four consecutive days the record of bright sun- 

 shine ranged between 10J hours and 18J hours, the latter 

 being the brightest day rec( i led here as yet this year. Tin 



winds have again been at times moderately high, but in no 



hour did the mean velocity exct 1 11 miles. Thfc average 

 amount of moisture in the air at 3 o'clock in the aftern< :i 

 fell shoitof a seasonable Quantity f< r that hour by 2 pec 

 cent. E. M ., Btrkhamsted, June 26, 1912. 



