THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICL 
Fe; [Manch 9, 18965, 
3 IN alors TF hrs cat WHOLESALE PRICES . 
.3.d. 8. d. 8, 
tum, per doz, 40-12 6 | Ferns „small, doz... 4 0-12 
Aspidistra, per doz. 12 0300 — various, doz. 5 0-12 
— imen, aach 5 0-15 0 | Foli lants, doz. 9 0-24 
Cinerarias, per doz. 9 0-18 per doz. 10 0 18 
each 0— 
Erica hyemalis, dz. 12 0-18 0 | Mignonette, 
various, doz. 90120 * ime — 
Evergreen Shru 
in var., per dozen 1 ay 0 Primulas, p — * 40-6 
elastica, each 6 | Solan per dozen 
Ficus 10 0-12 
FrvuiT,—AVERAGE WHOLESALE pes < 
2. d. 8, d. 
Cobs, per 100 1b. . 25 0- 27 6 | betes joe St. Mi- 
Grapes, Ist quali it. 20-60 
each 
black, English, ty 20 30 | — per ib. 8 0-12 0 
VEGETABLES.—AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES. 
$ Sd: 8. d., 
Asparagus, per 100 | Potatos, Channel 
r o * 05-06 
Beans, W 2 ul „per 
ü 2 0-60 bundles 16 
Cucumbers, doz. 30-40 Seakale, p. punnet 1218 
Mushrooms, per Ib. 1 0- 13 Tomatos, Cana 
Onions, per bushel 2 0- 2 6 ee * 03-06 
TA 
Markets very firm. Fresh broy bee readily bought up 
at last week’s quotations 
EW PoTaTos. 
Market firm, arrivals not quite up to demand, J. B. Thomas, 
Lonpo arch 6. — Messrs. John Shaw & Sons, 
Merchants, Pr Great Maze Pond, nemes gm Bon E., write 
that +} 
generally show no important variation 
Clover and G are now o 
. icot Beans being almost exhausted, and tly 
wanted, have again ad con bly. eas 
continue to rise. The excessive scarcity ess of vege- 
es fully explain thes ovements, Ra is 
is no change ustard. Bird seeds meet 
slow sale. Linseed steady. m er — neglected, 
FRUITS AND 
. Boroven : March 5.—Quotations: — argir Bs. to 10s. 
per tally; Brussels er ls. 6d. +a . per half-sieve; 
pe 
18s. ; and other sorts, 8s. to 10s. per barr 
STRATFORD : _ March 8. There has et a good supply of 
week, and 
witha large attendance of A a brisk trade has been done 
at the undermentioned pri voys, 2s. to 7s. per tally ; 
i Broccoli, 4s. to 5 per sieve; nnen 5s. to 
6s. per dozen; —— ips, 308. to 70s. per to , house- 
hold, 22s. 6d, 30s. a ditto, — Ai 135. to 
22s. 6d. e e ee. 00s. do.; Mangels, 88. to 15s. 
do.; Swedes, 10s. to 17s. do.; ert English, Bi to 100s. 
do,; Dutch, 3s. to 3s. 3d. per bag; Bordea 4s, to 4s. 9d, 
per case 
Far March 7.—Quotations : — Cauli flowerr, 63. 
per rae ot 133 Savoys, 5s. to 6s. per tally ; Turnips, 28. 6d. 
to 3s. per dag; Carrots, 1 s. 9d 
Le unches; Paviten, 6d. per Ib. 
; Sprouts, 4s. per bushel; Cucumbers, 4s. 64. per 
dove “Aphid, 12s, to 15s. per barrel; Greenings, 158. to 18s. 
; Golden Russet, 188. to 21s. do. 
dark 
a to er.. — — ron 
100s 
Scotch Bruces, 100s. to 110s. ; 3 
110s, to 1205. cae — 
to Mos. ; 
Far March 7.—Scotch Magnums, 110s. to 
å 140. 
12 or, 100 75 1358.; ee 100s. to 130s, ; Hebrons 
; Magnums, 100s. to 120s ; Black- “ands, s 
ny toi, ar ton. New: Canary Islands 
ENQUIRY, 
— ä — 
Ae that questioneth much shall learn much. —Bacon. 
n you, or any a your — as 
my pump wate 
explain a tr ge state ter? 
When thaw commenced, 2 r at l at 
once whitish; cloudy 8 ilk were mixed 
tamination, and has alwa 
beautiful bright 3 The most singular thing i is, 
that several other wells are infected in the same 
was cleaned out about 125 years a0. 
we 
Two men have been pum 3 — wo days, a 
many hogshe have n pum wi ; and the 
water has become pretty clear and br ight. Perhaps 
= you e tion this 5 other friends of oue Paper 
may report. I say o aper, because I have taken 
it since 1841; and barë all the volumes bound up. 
5. 
BRIGHT 
Sun. 
aw ACCUMULATED, 93 % 38 3 3 
~ri 4s E — A As 
À 13 2 E a on 2 8 
Ele e 3 FN a |2827 
E o a be 2 
84% 3 3 38333 <= 2 54 
25 3 [., 333 3 3 2 Asjad 
833 7 | a 3 2 ee 3 3382 
2 83 22 2 2 8888 
8 ks 28 ginear tg GA) a |gelss 
> — — a 
eg 3 25333 pa |g 3 82/38 
34 3 8383223 3 jZ 33 * 
Day-| Day- Day- Day- | 10ths 
deg. . | deg. | deg. | Inch. Ins, 
0 3 — 0 — + 332 1 — 38 | 5°6| 21 | 26 
113 — 0 46 — 78\+ 458 81 | 41| 29 25 
2| 3 — 0 38 — 780＋T 3300 aver 40 | 5'5 39 28 
3 4 — 0 42 — 820 ＋ 339 2 — 36 39 28 25 
4 4 — 0 42 — 100 T 420 4 — 26 3˙6 26 26 
5 5 —- [0 | 41 |—107/+ 363| 3 — | 26 32 36 26 
663 — 237 |> 8407 307 5 — | 28 29 45 28 
714—] 0 | 36 — 80 31| 3 — | 28| 35| 22 27 
8 4—] 4 | 35 — 126/+ 363 4 — 29 | 4:9] 49 33 
9 3— 7 | 33 — 1210 312| 1 — | 34 4˙6 28 | 28 
100 4 — 11 | 37 — 1740/7 244 5 — | 32 60 33 | 29 
6 — 5 | 28 — 14107 25| 3 — | 36 | 5-1| 5) | 42 
an anterin paibaba by number in the first column are 
0, Scotlan a N. ter oe — 
1, Scotland, E.; 2, England, 3 E.; 
4, Midland Coun ties; 5, , menil pae i bn London ty 
Principal Grazing, ge., Districts—6, Scotlan tland, W.; 7, 
England, N. W.; 8, England, £ win 9, Ireland, N.; 
10, Ireland, S.:; Ohanne 
E H E — AST WEEK, 
Tux following mary record of the weather 
throughout the British Islands for the week ending 
Oftce:— is furnished from the Meteorol ical 
ffice : 
very 
re considerably, bu 
conti low, the mean as a whole, the deficit 
ranging from pns aoe 4° in all the more northe 
and land, S.,’ and 
western d to 5° in ‘ England, S. 
to 6° in the Channel Tslandas The highest of the 
February 28 
on March 2ad in ‘ Scotland,’ from i di 
2 a and 19° in "Scotland, E. an and d Ireland, 
S., to 27° in ‘England, N.E,’ and to 28° in 
f Channel Lana’ 
NES "i but was leas in ‘all othe bps Doe in IE; 
e 
N 
in the different districts, oars considerably i es rms 
of the mean e percentag eet on bh ye 
j è e 0 ossible dura- 
tion ranged from 20 to 45 in S $ 
in ‘Ireland, and fro — 49 u “fa ai? tes 
Booxs: 4. B. 2 Eaquire of the ablishers Ward, 
Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, 
London, E. 6. 
Carnations: W., J. Godfrey. The Carnations are 
very fresh and sweet, and similar to those you 
were ips enough to send for our inspection last 
season 
G You should a 
. C 
re 1 would occupy too much of o 
a ; 
Insects: M. Chalwin. No. 1 is too poor a scrap to 
bes dealt re ey the leaf is infested with brow 
cale. W some kind of insecticide, auch 
i the fragments 
Fir-t 8 oil; 3, the of 
bark from a Grape Vine, show that some irritation 
was 8 by a species of mite, the effect being 
the ereation of a wooll he — 
ildare. We or Poy: find — insects 
in the pieces of Vanda te Send o speci 
mens in a small box, or in tome other Kees — which 
1 ASPHALT PATH IN Tom — — C. 
It would be rel iapeddens proceeding to * ea 
path of — tar, &c., whilst i sire — living plants 
n the hou 
Nantes OF Pas T. W. G. Coronilla Emerus, 
Camellia PIET wd, V. 
nt Den- 
7 aggregatum ypripedium 
villosum Boxalli, generally calle d C. Boxalli. 
F. 8. *. 1, probably Croton irregulare ; 
2, C. aurea maculata; 13, C. angustifolius; 4, a 
irregulare ; . Weissmanni; 6, C. Joh 
The foliage of Crotons =y so much that it “it is 
difficult to say for ce aria 
r 
ron, Dendrobium elavatam: 
Paint ror Hor-water Pir J. C. La mpblack 
and boiled ad 20 10 aner or turpentine. 
ane ma be applied even whilst the pipes are hot, 
m will be done to the plants in the 
bilis.— J. M. B., O. 
No harm will be done] by 
30 
Pinus Pikad W. G. 
yo growth or eyen re- 
—— 
REMOVAL oF PLANTS: „ st ai you are 
within iken et legally, itisa pickers offence, 
Can you no e to an arrangement with your 
pot i 
senen FOR — P. K. At any g 
ursery. Mes Barron, Elvaston, W 
Darbyahiro; pec ‘probably, i in your own neighbour- 
hood a t Barnet, at t Messrs, W. Cutbush & Sons. 
Tarren Horwarer Pires: 4. ~ e. there is 
nothing to be done in your case, of taking 
the pipes to pieces, and burning off prè thick coat 
of tar. 
VINES dete riory Lodge, The cracks are probably et 
to the action of frost, By binding the . closely 
together, and covering the erga ith grafting 
Wax, a union of the separ y she 
place. Do not cover the — entirely with 
Wax. 
Waste Sream AYAILABLE IN 
6 P. x.: R. H. 
2 
S 
5 
& 
® 
night ‘the boiler might come into use 
Wooott 3 some e bay 1 a 
into drain-pipes or pots, and empty t 
e e; also distribute them 
into their — acy will ante 
unts. Ca 
away, but pornoa is bes 
8 RECAIVED. TE N nee I., 
j D F. 
Barron.—J. Anderso 
Disana ans RECEIVED. E 8. H.— H. K.—M. C. 
