Marcu 23, 1895.] 
slight, the weather at many atations being quite 
niess 
“The bright s 
ight sunshine was considerably i in excess 
of the mean in most of the ‘ Wheat producing’ 
districts a the ‘ —— 3 but showed a 
nd in 
deficit in nearly a all the ‘Grazing’ ‘di istricts. The 
percen the possible dutagion 3 from 15 
to 18 in Scotland,’ and from 20 to 30 in ‘Ir nas k 
while over ‘England’ the values varied eto 
Kn wend sé in ‘En 
England, E., 46 in ‘England, S. in the 
— * iy the percentage was as high as 53.“ 
MARKETS, 
COVENT GARDEN, March 21, 
pt any responsibility for the subjoined 
are furnished to us a ev 
depend 
uality of the samples. the supply in the market, — the 
ö and they may fluc nn . nly from day y to 
day, but often several times in one 
Cattleya, 12 blms. 6 0-12 0 
Odon 24 4 
e 
Pela: 
Lilies of the Valley, 
doz. sprays 1 0-2 0 
12 pes pe 
dozen, tse 
Maidenhair Fern, 
per 12 3 ots 
12 bun. 
es 
sh 
dozen Panchen w 
variety 
der t r fefff 
7 
Swe „ S- W OO ea 
> so 3 o OS SSS 
p. 12 bun. ... 40-60 
ORCHID-BLOOM in 
PLANTS IN — Pen WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Adiantum, per doz, 4 ery ) 
a —.— e 
de 
Sasasa p. doz, 
Palms, various, ea. 
s — specimens, — 1 
Primulas, per dozen 
d. 2. G. 2. d. 
100 Ib. „ oes 0-25 0 * St. Mi- 
st quali 
cat 1 — „ 30-36 e per Ib, 8 920 0 
VEGETABLES.—AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES. 
. s.d. 1. d. 
Asparagus, per 100 | Pota annel 
pron am Deas 8 
Rhubarb, — r dozen 
bundi 
Jeiki; p . punnet 1 
Tomatos, ba anary Is- 
lands, per lb. ... 0% 
— English, p. ib. 1 
„ per ib. 0 10- 1 0 
Onions, per busbel 2 0-2 6 
~ 
me Pe 
; OLD POTATOS. 
Prices firm, with a slight increase in arrivals. 
NEW POTATOS. 
ae Demand good at Aggie varying 
ary produce, and 5d. to 
tina Plies r ase 
id, oe 
er I ay S te Bd produce. J. B. Thomas 
SEEDS. 
: March 21.— —. Shaw & Sons, S 
tht of Great Maze Pond, h, London, S. E., write 
Owing to the fav — weather there is now a daily 
activity, and country buyers all 
there vel. For Tares, T d winter, 
Sota a brisk sale at full prices, Swedish and 
Bird h Vetches are inquired for. Rye is also wan 
of ene meet an imp quest, at values in favour 
— goa 8 are getting 
exhausted, as keep stead 9 p Eae There 
no change in — Freee i ‘presents no new fea‘ 
ee 
THE GARDENERS’ UO NICOLE. 
373 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 
BOROUGH : March 19. — Quotations: — wp a i 
per tally ; Carrots, 1s. 9d. to 2s.; Turnips, to 3s. 6d.; and 
3s. 6d. pe 
8. 2d. 
6s. per cwt.; do., foreign, 
3s. 6d. to 8s. 6d. per bag; Apples, 3s, to 9s, per bushel; do., 
paseo 12s. to 18s. per barr 
market has been well 
with a large a de has been done at the 
endorse quotations ys, 3s. to 9s. 73 
reens, 5s. to 7s. per tally; Cauliflowers, 2s, 6d, to 5s. per 
dozen; do., 10s. er ly; ls Sprouts 
31. 28. 9d. aed 5 e 4s, to 5 
per sieve; Ho ls. to per bundle; 
Turnips, 30s, to 45s. ; 228. 6d. 
. do. ; do., cattle-feedin ng, 158. to 25s, do.; P. ips, 
ls. per score; Mangels, 14s. to 18s. per ton; iay wedes, lás. to 
20s. do.; Onions, English, 100s. to 120s, ; do., Dutch, 
38. 3d, to 38. 9d. per bag 
March 21.—Quotations :—Parsley . per 
bushel; 8 ‘Savoye, 8s. to 9s. per 2 Cau nene ae pet 10s. 
r bas 2 ls. 6d. dozen; Rhubarb, 1s. to 
2 6d, per e 
Horseradish, Is. Id. per 
per punnet; Curly Kale, * per bushel 
— es to 158 6d. pe 1; C bers, 5s. per dozen. 
POTATOS. 
3 Murch 19.—Quotations ranged from 80s. to 
1258. per to 
ee oe ren 3 5 ms, dark 
mts 8 - to 105s.; Bruces, 100s, 
_— Main n Crop, 100s. to ka Batty 3 8 
; Scotch Magnums, 95s. to 105s.; 2 Bru 
105s. ; do. Main Crop, 105s. to 115s. per to 
pon: March a Quotations :—Hebrons, 110s. to 
FAaRRINGDO 
130s.; Main Crop, 1 130s.; Snowdrops er to 120s.; 
Magnums, “100s, to 116577 black- lands, 85s. tol s. per ton. 
CORN. 
Averages. — Official statement of the ave "e prices of 
British Corn, imperial measure (qr.), for th k endin 
March 16, and for the correspond period 3 y —1895 : 
Wheat, ; Barle 7d.; Oats, 13s, 894: 
24s. 3d.; Barley, 27s. 5d,; Oats, 188. 4d. 
HAY. 
verages —The following are the averages of the prices at 
58 markets during the past week :— 
12s.; do., inferior, 45s. to 90s. ; — 
best, 6 8. to 928. 6d; do., inferior, * to 60s.; mixture 
70s. to 8 s.; and straw, 15s. to 34s. per 
1 ro in Anal ne 
rectly seme the necessity of g 
contributors, ae well jaded hal pion this implies, — 2 
— we 
rlier. 
kindly aid ' “i thd sending g oe communicat ions as early i in the 
week as possible Comm than 
mean — 
„ PLANTS, 
sending plants or fruits to 
FRUITS, ETC., TO BE 1 2 84 —Correspondents 
be named, aski 
to obtain an answer to t 3 
Specimens should be good ones, carefully packed and numbered, 
and not more than six should be sent = one time. — only, or 
Florists varieties cannot. as a rule. b 1 
AGAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS: C. H J. e plant dis- 
pe disturbance at the 1 o0ts, and k it be potted 
r tubbed in sandy loam and fibrous i sand, 
with good drainage l it will 
increase in size by merely pickiog out some of the 
top-soil nea ge i = ; Manure-water 
and occas yan soot-w 
may be be afforded during Fens y, A 5 
It is a plant that ers but poorly if not kept 
in ful . mos of this country 
it is advi in 12285 8 the thuses 
nder glass if cultivated in &e. N 
latus and its varieties do fairly well planted out in 
other 
with the same shade of colour in 
the flowers. 
ANNU A Suapy Borpzr: 
> 
ofn 1 
torily in a shay, * border. 5 vou 
pots Clarki 
wer, very nice effects could be 
pr 
Boranicar sy "es Pied 
1 There, is no real 
diffe erence 
— 
8 
5 
S 
E 
nd, 
Ak do not 
any — of ay on in a 
Cartas w — — 9 J. H. Man 
ot uncommon, but no one seems to rad to fix 20 
desirable a variation 
Hareisonim: C. W, Bn he plant is not 
7 eal been. ou treat mproperly; but 
ed by your 
as no inf ion as to viltat * afforded by y 
n we ae — y where you e failed. It 
should have a mini winter temperature of 
, and a summer one of 70° to 75° by day. 
ing is best; but apply water with 
Carrrxra Triana Frowers IN Sama’ 
Brack: C. W. used, probably, 1 — 4 1 
ing at the of the s ath, It 
to make an incision a about 1 inch long 
at this pM 80 as to make it possible for moisture 
to esca 
Crp 22 Bunya Bunya, Brisbane, 
Splash, carly, good; Hagloe Crab 
rab; Brown Snout, 
a bitter-sweet, and makes good cider ; Bull’s * 
makes 
season 
ing, one 
be in D A variety is 
large, and at. only for ing; a Bitter- 
sweet, makes excellent r, alone or in mix- 
Su Apple, a cooking or eider fru 
it helps ake fi c H 's 
Bitter, highly esteemed Devonshire iety ; 
Foxwhelp, mid-season, - cid t 
warn Red, late, good cider ; Dym , mid- 
season, arieties are not obsolete, and ma 
be obtai in th 
fitted for making cider alone, dus are very valuable 
for mixing with sweet kinds. Bull's Herefordshire 
Pomona. 
BOX Factnc Sovurn: 
Fiow: Wixpo 
Ganho, “AN of the creat you name, 
: Brindled 
gerne (see fig. 50). It has a remarkable 
resemblance when strete: ut te n stick or 
twig, an over ed by emies—the 
birda—on account, It is common in the 
FOR Gaucho, We know 
0 . that would grow and pat N 
in 
