THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[Frervary 9, 1995, 
N: e E rae e 3s. 6d, 
„per half sieve; V Rhu barb, Is. 6d. to 
dozen bunches ; 
. 3d. 
Grapes, phe aer black, 18. 3d 
i. Baldwins, 12s. to 188. per barrel; — 158. 
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ing to press some * 
earlier. Our contributors, who well know what this implies, i 
s > e ik 
Lonpox: Fébruary 6.—Messrs. John Shaw & Sons, Seed indly aid us by pr ng i On i aor As Aam 
Merchants, of Great Maze Pond, Borough, London, S.E. report Week as pos ible. Communicatio 
to-day’s market thinly attended, with butlittle cap doing. nes 
The majority of country buyers, on account, continued „ PLANTS, FRUITS, ETC., TO BE NAMED. —Correspondents 
severe weather, are postponing thei urch yh sient sending plants or fruits to „ or aski questions 
as Fr era ntar or Vepers Tares, demanding time and research for their solution, must not expect 
Haricot Beans are in improved request at the yoy advance to obtain an answer to their enquiries in the current w 
packed and numbered, 
Leaves only, or 
Specimens should be good ones, carefully 
Lower prices are now accepted for Blue Peas than have ever 
before and not more than six 8 s sent at one tima. 
med, 
anary-seed is steady at . re 
seed 
— — oni There isno change in Mustard, Florists’ varieties cannot, as 
strong. 
KAN Lear: X. The spots might be cau . 
por Aros pn hrern which would check root-action while 
A $ they were being natal or by hot steam or direct 
Borovan: F.bru:ry 5.—Quotations ranged from 70s, to dry heat from the 
_ P ON nac fiiis y Hi nis, J, J. We do 
FORD: February 5.—Quotations:—Dark soil Mag know the price 1 the book, the N would 
eak 75s. = 80s. ; By oe do., 15s, to poo light soil taser, inform you of t essrs, Longm 
rop "to 95s. = = n & Co., Publishers, one cane Tosio, 
. 895 to 0 Scotch Mage , 808. to 90s. — Discipulus, chid Growers’ Manual, 
fö, Bruces, * ; do., Main Crop Kidneys, 90s. to by B. S. Wiliams, ies ed. Published a Victoria 
TEOR por toi, and Par ries, Upper Holloway 
Far : Febuary 7.—Quotations :—Main Crop, 100s, London, 2 
to 1147.; Sutton’s 3 908. to 110s. ; f 90s. 
Readi 8 421 Brocco AND Cavrirtower: A, P. C. They are 
k i omy gad ~~ t. to 90s. both cultivated varieties of the wild Cabbage 
(Brassica oleracea). Broccoli has a l sea 
LONDON AVERAGES: February 6. Main Crop, 90s. to 125s. ; of growth, and the plant 
Snowdrops, 90s. to 110s, 3 Hebrons, met > 110s. ; Forte fro 8 f iflowers, the leaves being 
nes, ums, 7 100s. ; Kidneys, numer narrower, and stiffer; and the leaf- 
60s, to 70s ; Blacklands, Ts — kem —— . er and whiter, The seed of both is 
identical in size and colour 
CORN. CANDIDATE FOR A SITUATION on A Tra PLANTA- 
tion: M. D. ea plantation is as much a private 
. — Official statement of the average prices of venture arket garden in this country, 
tish Corn, imperial measure (qr.), for the week ending There is no t of but is not likel 
February 2, and for the N. N g Lens in 1894 :—1895 : that any person over forty years of age would be 
; Barley, 21s, Od. 1894: eng e manager of a eee A gar- 
Wheat, te. Td.; Barley, 28s. 11d. ; Oats, 18s, 1d dener with a fair education stands pris e 
of obtaining a post. The eng mpri is usually 
or & term of years, passage 9 being paid. 
aries range from £150 to £500 per annum, 
Planters’ Gazette 
HAY. 
following are the averages of the prices at from a newsagent. It 
* y = g * shed in aes on by 
. 5 aed during fe past * Mr. Keppel Jones, 32, ane Street, 
best, 602. to 89s, inferior, 364. to 60s. ; mixture, Jos, to 1005 | CARNATION tg s: As Your Carnations are 
and straw, 20s. to 367. per load. attack a fu angus e d Helminthosporium 
echinulatum. “This 2 vegetates between the 
membranes of the leaf, and no manner of 
pii earne is any use. Barn all leaves affected, 
Carreeyas Ix Bap Hearru: H. M. Take them out 
of the compost, cut away all decayed parte, 
dusting the wounded surfaces with charcoal, pr 
VEGETABLES, 
POTATO SUTTON’S SUPREME, treat them in the e manner r described at p. 106 of o 
Tas Ware has proved with me the best cropping a aa 
for the past two years, and it possesses the CHALK AND 1 Seats W, P. We are 
merit of good flavour when cooked, I obtained it unable to understand what damage could accrue 
when first sent out; and in eee an to the boiler by the burning of — ixture. 
Combi by havi 
water fixed a few inches below the fire. g a pan 8 
mer I l of 
and : A 
a AE ne ot en, produce CORRECTION; es Industry in Germany i 
ee be said of that other our last issue, . Ernest Larsson desires to * 
valuable Potato Magnum Bonum. I had always that the Harn vik in reference to Sugar-beets 
gp latter vari main crop; but flowing des n che p commeneing The 
3 planting Supreme largely in the future, 8 . gre some pa Mees na Dias 
„Ke.., essra, Di 
like those of Magnum Theat a ta Se 3 — * and not to the whole town of Qaedlinba a 
by it. W. J. Grace, Bickton, Fordingbridge, Disecppine Cue R. H. 8, The so- 
called crown- bud is the terminal a of a shoot 
ba Ne a plant has been stopped. This 
ron erved in some cases as likely to 
give the best flowers, and all hers 
ENQUIRY, 
— anani 
“ He that questioneth much shall learn much.””—Bacoy, 
a= 
crown of buds at the 
and largest of which i t * 
Acrinipia rolraana.—I have had a plant of this cted fey called the “ terminal bud, 
and is sele 
uce th 
here (Perthshire) for five or six years against a west — 3 It would be bere rte — others 
wall, but it has never fruited or even borne flowers, the anes o the Primary crown-bud, and the others 
What has been the experience of others? Munches, safeties 
as then no confusion 
Free F. B. The bulba were Mott 
neglected after forcing, and before they 
ands, 
e 
camie int 
Lanp TAKEN FOR A Jn. 
ger i 
going stock, it is cu stomary for the latter tony 
fie 2 term vba six w twelve months, -a 
the 
when 
e in which 1 ark sna land, Y: 
do wisely to consult a solicito oa mai 
Names or Prants: L. M., Pepe, 
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"p Dixon n, Sydney. Den 8 ant Ral 
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sin i 
tallica; 2, Alonsoa ibik 3, Tresine Her, j 
4, if dwarf, is Alternanthera a AMENA; 5, Cineraria 
—.— 6. 2 insu 
gla —F, W., Lichfield, 
Pandanus utilis var. ; 3, Ne 
Adia Waltonii 
f.—J. S., Worthing. an 
nobile Wallichianum is the best in c Wia 
have seen; the other is D. X 
The — r very fine ‘villa of * 
Lee un 
mperature 
think, It will a injure the plants | 
Orcutps eae I. S. The results of et i 
an unauitable house, — 3 culture, ne 3 
not sure which is the 
ts much, 
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authority 
assume th 
spelling the word. Buien al on rn Oa 
have * omitted this 
Vine Roors: J. F. M, The eee of we 
as been in a bad ie 
Vines will do uo! 1 
hould make a new * 
old, or planting strong new © 57 
doubtless be thea better plan. ú 
pots between these, there 1 Ay 
season. 
You may move the oa 
Vines: Saxoning. 
vidi you do not intend to force at once i 
Yim 
nto is unwise to apply heat — ati to o o 
at have been lifted. reatment | 
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