802 
THE GARDENERS’ 
Peonies, 3 plants in variety, well set up and 
al effecti 
ve 
Messrs. — of Aberdeen, showed a large = 22 
4 . herbaceous perennial plants, as d.d Messrs. HAR 
EAD, of Sale, were as l to the fore 
with their large and fine exhibit of Ferns in vari — 
CHINSON, of Kirkby — , had a nice lot of 
b lant flowers. Mr. WI "the Nurseries, ut 
n interes‘ — exhibit of hardy flowers, 
se plan 
ER (Rothesay), 9 (High Blantyre), 
and Pre — had, each of them, es interesting lots 
of Pansies and Violas not for competition 
RICHMOND HORTICULTURAL. 
Tuts Society held its grand Summer Exhibition on 
Wednesday last int the Old Deer Park, Richmond 
under favourable circum: one but we regret that 
the pressure u ompels us to keep 
pon N 
over our report until next week. 
Obituary. 
Dr. WILLIAMSON.—We regret to have to an- 
ec the death 90 this eminent botanist, for many 
connected with the Owen’s College, Manchester, 
1 ditt inguished ys his long-continued investiga- 
3 og the anatomy of fossil-plants. Dr. Wil- 
who was in his oI year, died at 
Buches on Sunday la 
PopPIES.— Of the numerous cross-bred varieties 
of annual Poppies, those known in gardens as Car- 
nation and Pæony- flowered are among the more 
ahowy of those with double flowers, The colours are 
kindly sends for our inspection a sport or variety 
from a race of Poppies, catalogued under the names 
White Swan and Snowdrift. The flower, instead of 
being pure white, is cream-coloured, 
THE WEATHER. 
(The term  acoumulated * 
amoun 
Agen ee ea for the, period 
is combined result is Day- 
degrees—a Day-degree signifying 1° continued for 
or any other number of for 
numb l 
TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL. | BRIGHT 
SUN. 
ACCUMULATED, 3 3 AE 45 
a4 |a 38 
73 22323 
— ~ > — 
3 33333 x 88 3 1 7 
a 88 328 43 ee = q 
8: 83822 3 8 8 5 37 
e 28 lag) 2 ealas 
F e CHEIE 
4 8 8 8" | 23 33 
3 ai 4 Es B A E 
0 0 ＋ 734+ 233 10 * 10518 
9 23 0550 19 ＋. 415 8 + 83 10˙8 31 
2 or 25 ＋ 277 2 — £6 10 6 42 
3 0 255 5 = 77 83! 49 
4 0 ＋ 97 372 5 — 63 845337 
5 6 nyama 65 | 175| 53 38 
8 o + * ＋ 334) 2 — 85 110 40 | 34 
7 O tt e 0a 74 10˙3 48 38 
8 0 — 17/7 337] 5 — | 69 | 109) 57 43 
s 0 |— 310 2750 1— 91 14.45 | 38 
10 o — 72 + 195 5 — 78 13“ 51 37 
š s pa baig 4— — 52 49 
Pat tet by umber in the frst eoluma 
the following e -a 
0, Scotland, N 
parry. u ga lee 
MARKETS, 
COVENT GARDEN, June 27. 
ibility for the subjoined 
In PoTs.—AVERAGE WHOLESALE — 
Eel 
I 
Adiantum, per doz, Fuchsias, per 1 5 6 0-1 
Aspidistra, per doz. 1 0-20 Heliotrope, pe 
— specimen,each 5 0- Hydrangeas, p p. oy 12 0- F 
Calceolaria, per doz. Ivy Geraniums, doz. 6 0- 
Coleus, per dozen... 
Cype doze 
* 
os 
2 
0-24 0 
4 0-12 0 — p. doz. 6 0- 
0-12 0 5 Spirœas, per doz.... 8 0-1 
10-76 on per doz, ... 4 0- 
Foliage — doz. 9 0-24 0 
OoT owns Ab WHOLESALE heres 
8. d. 8.8. 
un. ... 8 0-100 
Lilies of the Valley, 
sprays „ 09-16 
i ees 
eee 
ilium Lancifolium, — red 
per dozen. . 40-60 
Maidenhair Fern 
J 
ZE 
SERBE 
Iris, p doz, buns. 
Stephanotis, dozen 
Pra 
Tuberoses, 12 bims. 
ROHID-BLOOM in variety 
e ripe WHOLESALE PRICES. 
s. d. 2. d 
Figs, pii dens aa oe 2 0-40 4 D 19 8 0 
Grapes, 1 st qualit; A 2nd si -30 
black, English. Id. 2 0- 2 6 Pine- apples, St. Mi- 
— 2ndquality... 0 | _ chael, each eee | o- 60 
— Musa woe tea wherries, m 
Guernsey. 1 | ing hea . 0 3 0 
Melons, each... . . 16-20 — per peck . 70- 
VEGETABLES.—AVERAGE WHOLESALE Paros. | 
8. d. s.d, $. 
er 12 bunches , 6 0- 
Marguerites, 12 bun. 1 C- 
8 0 
3 0 
TEF 
Asparagus, per 100 Mushrooms, 03-06 
heads ak en 68 Peas, white, p. peT 20-26 
Beans, Broad blue * 30-36 
6 Toma Home- 
grown, per Ib.. 40-46 
— Guernsey, Ib. 3 0- 3 6 
EW POTATOS. 
Supplies have come to hand in large quantities, and prices 
rule much lower. 
575 e 
W rtually Stock on hand is 
vier ha ant oe this po m the 3 ‘and holders have a 
difficulty to clear out. J. B. Thomas, 
LONDON : 8 26.—Messrs. John Shaw & Sons, 
Great Maze 
Beans, and supplies being — 
exhau:ted, quotations tend upwards. Blue Peas show n 
alteration, For Bird-seeds the sale, for the moment, is pte 
averages of the prices at 
k: 
60s. 
toeg and straw, 15s. to 34s. per 
: CORN. 
_ Averages. — Official statement of 
British N 
June 22, and for the correspondin year :—1895 : 
Wheat, 5d,; Barley, 19s, 5d. ; ae ie 10, 14 14.; 1894; 
Wheat, 2 114. Ba. 24,52; Oats, 188, 10d. 
average pri 
CHRONICLE. 
ces of 
measure car), 1 for ad week i opini 
[Juse 29, 1895, 
ENQUIRIES; 
He that questioneth much shall learn much „ 
Hysrips.—Is there any race of lants 
origin (en e result of crossing two distin 9 Lene 
whic s propagated by means of see ni 
—— traces of both parents? . 
e to the large increase in our cretion, we are 
3 ntly under the necessity of goi 
earlier. Our contributors, who well know onal ge mplies, will 
kindly aid us by sending their commu ns as early in — 
bse as Communications should reac later 
„% PLANTS, FRUITS, ETC., TO BE NAMED, 
sending plants or fruits to be named, ng questions 
demanding time and research for their solution, must not expect 
to obtain an to their tries in current week. 
3 should be good ones, carefully packed and w peel e 
and not more than six should be sent at one time, Leaves only, or 
ists not, as q , be named. 
ACREAGE UNDER VEGETABLE Crops: W. B. B, 
Heavy land an acre, and on light loam 14 acres 
under the spade, but you must not spend non of 
your time in going to and 1 mar 
ACREAGE UNDER VEGETABL D Sma ee 
W. B. B. Peobably zë s 2 ‘ace By isle « a 
plough team in the u after po crops are 
cleared off, perhaps 3 rs + miei be managed. 
BALLINKINRAIN Ant Destaover: R, i Grey, It 
may be obtained of Alex. Cross & Sons, 19, 
lasgow 
G. n. The Nursery Book, by L. H. 
Bailey, New York, the Raral Publishing Company, 
obtainable peoh a foreign bookseller. This 
one for stove 
mst der 
25 en- Vermehru g” d 
eimar, by Bərnar Friedrich Vi 
Carirat Requirep By Horper or AN Acre or Laxp 
UNDER j 
money to be able to live for a year without reg 
to income from t — and from £30 
that sum for the pur- 
lants, and 
for aos: covering rent, taxes, 1 
HARACTER: B. R. D. No t was a private 
28 between the parties, and ie have no right 
to it. 
„ CLUBBING o THE Roors or Cucu. 1 sag 
It is — by eel-worms present 10 
e, ar out the 
il. The o known ca : 
goil, toil, obtaining | fresh soil from another source, an 
peat RREC 
Macfarlatié’s letter, p. 6: 
have been called U. purpurea. 
Cucumser: M. B. Eel- worms at the root, often 
figured oa described in the Gardeners’ fi 
ere is no remedy but to turn out the soil an 
burn the plants. l 
Cucomgeer Prants Dyina: J. K. The stem eae! 
cankered at the ground-level, the 1 like- 
proper planting and watering. The soil in 
wise such that no ran plant — — 
health in it for an of tim 
Sons The 
tioned in Pro’. 
on.—The Ut perigee i a 
ada en the aaa’ 
_ should be submerged — r. and after- 
the 72 
bulbs, as the black patches ar sed of my 
of spores, which may attack other 
to be carried about by wind or hum 
LAUREL e a k Marshall. We kad neither du. 
Knife maker. People who ba ve hed 
things i 7 piar advertise them. 
LesCHENAULTIA — OBA: 
generally, excep 
rowth it sho ad ee affor 
and night and morning syrin nge, 
se 
