CHRONICLE 
[June 15, 1895, 
commencement or about 'the 2 NK. of? the, period, land 
d S. W.,“ and 37e ing the 
752 THE GARDENERS’ 
Spinach, Is. to 1s. ae Horseradish, ls. per bundle; Goose- 
berries, 2s. 3d. to "6d r rar Bevel Carrots, house- ranged from 36° in England, S 
hold, 308. to 40s. r ton; cattle-feeding, 8s. 158.; 
Mangels, 10s. to 16s, per „Egyptian, 120s. per = 8 
‘une 13. — Onions, 6s. per bag; 
. ; . 6d. per r dozen ; Rhubarb, 25. a, 3 
Vegetable Marrows, 6s. do. ; Peas, 4s. p 
ts, 4s. do.; Turnips, 5s. do. ; Cabbages, 
s. 3d. to 28. pe 
per — Tomatos, Ts. 6d. 
en os 3d, per a ar regres an, 
3s, per 
half-bushel, 
POTATOS. 
BOROUGH: June 11.—Quotations for old ranged from 60s. 
ew, to 18s, per cwt. 
STRATFORD e 11.—Quotations : — Fen „ 
40s. to 50s.; do., light soil, 50s. to 5 Bruces, light soil, 
60s. to 758.; York kshire Magnums, 90s. to 100s. per ton. 
German do., 35 to 3s. 6d. p 
lls. ne per cwt. 
NGDON : June 3 :—Main Crop, 90s. to 
ces, 80s. pe! : Jersey, 9s, to ae 
er bag. — Jersey kidneys, 
VERAGES : June 12.—New: Maltese, 12s. to l4s. ; 
iy ecin "a to 9s. ; Lisbous, 4s. to 6s. 
bars, 90s. 0 1208.3 Magnums, 70s, to 
Hebrons, 108. to 80s, seny lan 
THE WEATHER, 
named : and 
degrees —- a Day.d 2 2 — A te continued eo 
twenty-four hours, or any * number of d 
an inversely proportional number of hours.] 
TEMPERATURE. RAINFALL. mea 
ay | 43.3 3 4 
i g 23 
z e 38 |g TE Sali Ee 
34 324 ys (22| 2 (IGG 
23. 3. 332333 33 3 323 
523 ` . * 85 
assia 3 bt bel be 2 53 g 88128 
LS | oF | 3 Fg lo) 85 
e > S 3 gja AEF: 3 1S legis 
1 fa eee 
La) “Ph 
< < Š 2 * * 
Day- Day- Day- Day- loths 
deg. | deg. Inch. Ins. 
oj 6 + 102 0 + 103 3 — 95 15 8 56 31 
165 ＋ 1086 0 + 20/7 44% 4 — | 75 9 1 4 | 36 
0 0 + 40/4 277 3— 81 10 2 35 | 32 
312 . 102 0 * 16|+ 283 4 — | 73 8 0 47 | 37 
443 ＋ 111 0 + 32|+ 3710 5 — 63 8 3 42 35 
5 2 ＋ 113 2 39 ＋ 333 4 — 71 | 771| 53 37 
666 + 119 0 * 53/4 364) 7 — 79 103 52 33 
7| 3 + | 106 0 + 30/4 302| 5 — 71 10˙1 40 | 34 
8| 4 ＋ 119 0 — 12/4 337 4 — | 67 11˙5 64 43 
9 5 ＋ 14 0 — 6/4 275 5 — | 88 10-7 60 34 
10 4 + | 119 0 — 60/4 195 5 — | 75 12˙7 67 | 36 
24 110 o |— 53/4 248 2 — | 79 104| 61 47 
THE PAST 
THE following summary record of t 
the British Islands for the — k ending pg is furnished 
from the Meteorological 
“The 
sa K. 
eather throughout 
“The z ere ‘somewhat unsettled during the early 
eee neee . f the Ki Subsequently, how: 
ever, the conditions again became 3 fine, with very little 
shah, e ene eee 
The temperature -r promt the mean, the excess 
ranging from 2° w E. 
the North Foreland not . ter 
of the week. land not rising to 0° during the rater part 
‘ Midland Counties,’ to 455 in Ireland. S., P to,50° in, the 
nel Islands, 
“The rainfall w. n the mean in all districts. The 
fall was extremely slight in all districts, excepting ‘ Scotland, 
N., and at many individual stations the weather was quite 
55 The bright sunshine — n exceeded the mean in all parts 
possible parece = 
S. W., > 
in the ‘ Channel Islands,’ to 42 in the Mi dland ‘Counties? 
40 in ‘ England, N. W.,“ and to 35 in England, N. E.“ 
ENQUIRY, 
He that questioneth much shall learn muc. 
Purits To Cononists.—A e 
.- BAC OE. 
olonial planter would 
m 
whie 
are introduced? —and if so, could their names be 
furnished? Colonist. 
3 
Wednesday. 
s * PLANTS, FRUITS, ETC., TO BE — —Correspondents 
ommunicatio 
Specimens should be good ones, carefully packed and numbered, 
and not ee eee Leaves only, or 
Florists varieties a rule, be na 
ties cannot, as 
Avprnpa.—In our report of the iii Show, 
published last week, we were unab ention 
the awards a to Messrs, Hug o 
tificate to their BEEG Mossi E. Ashwo 
Ants IN GrassR SNe Ads. LLY. ADA a 
or catch them with sweet baits such as treacle, 
Books, WILLIAM Lawson, 
AN 
Garpen”: W, H. The earliest edition. according 
to Johnson’s Hi History of English Gardening, was 
published by Simon Harwood in London, 1597, 
r that there were "geen oe editions; 
essed to write entire 
price 3d., cheaper 
nora mus. 0 
Culture for Amateurs, by B. C. Ravenscroft, pub- 
lished by L. Upcott Gill, 170, Strand, W. C., 
price ls, j 
It can be obtained of any horti- 
sundriesman, an 5 
Ii shoald be applied in the growing sesso 
Mapresrietp Court Grapes: Macers, Kin ii send 
specimens of affected — for examination. 
ARGU A Beginner, The 
leaves are mined by t — 75 of a two-winged fly, 
Phytomyza roe sop similar to the one which 
aff of Celery. 
ects the leay 
NECTARINE AND k ac On the 
„ ( the fruit are caused b 
Giæsporium læticolor, and on the aces of 
gu are n * 
by punctures caused by an insect. 
fruit and twigs are affected by milde w. Gather 
— , 
all affected gora and burn them, dr ressing the 
ree with so 
seers » which the trees are growing — = 
become dry 
Pansy or Pra The seed of Trapa 
2 a southern 1 2 pan gro ving 
Taola, Bella = ld nE Itis plentiful i s n some * 
made from the ker It i 
Ghataigns Pon of the French, and 3 fe 
of the Venetians.— Alli 
inum.— 
T. M., Philadelphia. Sedum sarmentosum, a varie- 
gated form of which is grown commonly as 8. 
carneum variegatum.— Canary Creeper 
is so named from the colour of the flower, The 
Latin name is Tropæolum peregrinum, The w 
mt i forma.— Flora, 
eai Josikæa.— A Beginne Som 
species of Popalus—probabis P. monilifera, Kindly 
zend leaves and shoot Heuchera sau- 
guinea.— Campbell 1, 5 ovata ; 2, Symphy- 
officinale ; 3 alium cruciata; 4. Lotus 
corniculatus ; 5, Veronica Chamædrys; 6, 
cracca.— W. Chester. Only a robust form of Scilla 
nutans.— W, , Sedum kamtschaticum; 2, 
Asphodelus luteus ; 3, Salvia Janata; 4, Chry- 
santhemum Leucant mum; 5, Lychnis Viscaria; 
6, Veronica Teucriu Mac. 1, Pyrus Aria; 2, 
Prunus Padus var.; 3, Sedum Rhodiola ; 4, A 
Sedum of the Te lephium group not in flower; 
aA e Geum; 6 Polygonum affine —8ub- 
apressus Lawsoniana var.; 
baira filifera of gardens ; 3, Retinospora tqaar- 
rosa ryptomeria japonica var. 
bies Lowiana. 
olia; 7, Lon a Ledebourii.— T. C 
— geg vl —— 1 R. K. 
s botany! The plant is Bryonia 
dioica, a govern and a virulent 
Pear Leaves F. P. S 
—— sas the "young * are those of ng 
pyri nute two-win J. 
onan of the leaves is probably due to a aon 
R. McL. 
Pinus peo mi LA: C. P. There has been n 
of the cone of a tree rape sei = = dart 
Chro ater but shall be to give one 
you or some other reader will K oblige us with 
characteristic specimen e 
Rose Foia Caused by some insect, 
larvæ of 8 are abundant in the cnin ee 
Tomar 
ladosporium lycopersici, figured 
in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, October 1, 10 
p. 409. Keep a vigilant eye ape the 
Small lateral shoots Tomato plants met 
stop at the first pe or entirely rem . 
= the leaves on the ends of the trusses of bloom 
en such occur, or ae ‘east not till sach time a“ 
e, fruits hav 
3 J. B. What 3 you eal to be eggs are! 
ontaining wa They are not as 
8 from cities of moisture in the air or 
Afford more a 
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COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED. —E. N. aa * B 
—G. G. W. -W. R. (ne 
O. de B, Antw Waals 2 
Markham * r A = 
W. H. A N ee T 422 H. 7 25 
— 
Dr, K.. and P. § Co. You : 
affected with Black-spot,” caused by the 1 
t is seen they sre 
