THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[DzcEwsza 21, 1895. 
vii > VEGETABLES. eer WHOLESALE PRICES 
Cauliflowers, p. ne s.d. s.d, 
p 
„ рег le grani ” 
. 8 0-18 0 Canary Is 
83 У case. 12 to 
. 14 1b. 50-56 
р. doz. d. 100-120 
Porat 
Trade Е те чет Snowdrops, 70s. to 90s. ; 
Hebrons, 75s. to ; Bruces, 453. to 60s, ; Black lands, 30s. to 
45s. J. B. pithy 
SEEDS. 
LONDON : December 18.—Messrs, John Shaw & mane 1 * 
Merchants, of Great Maze Pond, Borough, London, 
report that as is usual towards the close of the ga busines 
in seeds shrinks just Q 
ti 
ng on 
very tempti terms. а чор at this holiday season 
being quite neglected, call f t. 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 
BonoveH: Dec. Ter conc :—Savoys, 3s. 6d. 2 6d. 
. do. ; Onions, 2s. 9d, to3s. 6d. 
о 1з. 3d. Ace nq Ps ai S to 
6з. per bushel ; Chest metà 6з. to 9. 
SPIT. : Dec, 17 — m к to 3s. 64. ре 
tally ; Greens, bunch, ls, to 1s. 6d. per dozen; Turnips, 1s. 
to 
. do.; Wellingtons, 
35. 6d, to 4s. do.; od Apples, dessert, Blenheim, 4s. to 4s. 6d. per 
bushel; King Pipp 
в, 23, to 3s. 6d. do.; 
to Is. H aad mas | dozea 
dar pec ay; 
; ides one 
> Brussels pista 1s. 34. 
to 1s. 6d. per balf-sieve ; do, 5 {о 2s, 6d. per sieve; Beet- 
cookers, 2s dessert, 
per bushel; до Scotian, 125. to lás. per barrel; Pears, 
Fngli h, 25. 62. to 3s. 64. per bushel. 
—Savoys, 4s. per 
per 
2 
ippins, 
do.; Greenings, 15s Y^ Grapes, pee Eng! 
glish, ls, e [1 
do., Almeira, 105, per barrel ; Chestnuts, 10s. per bag (bes е 
POTATOS. 
— 77У 1. 17. — Quotations ranged from 35s. 
BoRoUGR 
to pé pir 
amt M. us uotations : — Sutton" 
p -— —— Main 3 x — — 1 
' to 60s.; Imperators, 45s. to 55s. ; j 
e jac ia Bie Bose. t, te 
ces RD, December ng gay aoa —Bruces, dark soil, 
- to 40s., do., light soil, 40s. to 50s.; mend Giants, 40s. 
to 50s. ; Sutton’s Abundance, £0;. to 60s. per ton 
DON: December 19.—Quotations EUREN Kid- 
neys, 755. to 5s. ; Jeannie Deans, do.; Laxtons, do; Abund- 
to 8 8. ; , 65s. to 70s ; Bruces, 
65*,; Magnums, 454, to 50s. рег 
заар aded 5 50s. to 553. ; 3 
10$. ; Magnums, 40s. to 50s. ; Imperators, 40s. to 507. per 
o 2275 . 
HAY. 
are the averages of the prices at 
the 
—The following 
etropoli itan markets during past week: — Clover, 
th 
prime, 80s. to 95s.; do., inferior, 50s. to 70s.; hay, best, 
80s. to 903. ; 
.; mixture, 70s, to 
89s. 6d. ; sad straw , 20s. to 42s. per load. 
ry heb 
Ae that IT ыа каМ Bacos. 
PERYECIION jure —A VT "S. е — 
d d wo hot-houses, 100 fee UR 
14 ка with 5 Е Tr 3 feet beds down each side, 
an = pat etween, inten 0 те these two 
houses with Tomatos, Please tell me how I am to 
plant tam in the beds e feet by 3 feet), so as to 
ber of plants, yet not 2 
— еи as to get 8 Tomatos 
grown on single-rod зу Ought I not to be 
able to "t five rows in the "bed (5 feet by 3 feet)? 
Аррікѕ. — Will some of our correspondents сенбе 
“М; 'Е” wit ties of Apples 
by keeping — gro 
from March to May i ш siti» вые from sun-heat ? 
ZALEA INDICA qty Browsen: P. $ S, We 
t the dh (thrips and red- 
was pee dipped in over-strong insecticide of some kind. 
baer eed li i" to destroy — plant, but it 
will oas of 
nd * а 
Cost, Lon кы W.C.—H. Oram 4 Sons. e 
Tomato, with Up to date te Directions, by W 
Iggulden. (Published at the office of Journal of 
Hort , 171, Fleet Street, — * ) 
Young — How Grow, Plant Life, 
Fruit Manual, by Dr. В. Hogg; Manual of Stove 
and Greenhouse Plants. by B. S. Wiliiams; The 
Orchid Growers’ Manual, by B. S. Williams; 
Horticultural Buildings, y Fawkes; ; My Gardener, 
у Н. W. Ward ; Art ^x dtd Manures ; How to 
Oud a Garden, by W. Kem 
Cut:wick CAROL 
What! - Chiswick without Barron, 
por Barron without Chiswick ? 
Without & any physic 
Crickets: W. W. С. —— eee — a or 
carbolie acid in their runs. If yo sink 
house you те a capital trap; and if some 
kind of placed at the bottom, so 
much the € Crickets, having a penchant for 
8 d b wea. into 
descen 
these traps, and not being able to get ou 
€— Тәр. G. z жези, 
sessilidora, 
КП. 
arpinus Betulus, D E 
ves campestre, A. platan 1 nus 
glutinosur, Betula alba and B. nigr: i 
excelsior, Ju nigra, J. regia, Poa hte 
Р, canadensis, P. tremule, Salix alba, and others 
Tilia vulgaris, T. americana, and iin mong 
ifers, Pinus sylv * P. Laricic*, P. austri- 
аса*, P. Ce i 1*, Abies balsamea*, 
reason ot 
cultivated. being quick growers and t 
p Boon Botilen, Charing 
useful for "n. зере; There are numerous 
species of Pinus which might also be planted 
with Ata in these islands. 
: Correspondents not answered in 
this issue are requested to consult the next number.— 
Ne U.S.A. The characters agree 
your descripti ion, is one of the best.—G. 
Maxill P ru» mri ; 2, Croton Weismennii ; 2 
Johan : ond ferrea ; 5, Dracæ 
regale ; 6, L amabili 
Овснір CorrEcrisG: R. S. Of course, it is beset 
with dangers of many kinds, We wou 
894, p. 
information about Orchid collecting and collectors 
at pp. 335, 422, and 2 the present volume of 
the Gardeners’ Chronic 
Praca Ro rs: C. L. C. — likely the knobs are ve 
result of some injury by a digging-fork or by fre 
i uckers. The knobs are 
eady to xs into growth 
when circumstances 92 favoura 
Rerarpine оғ Lity or THE Varrey Roo Con 
stant Reader and W, This is ias i large 
cultivators of the plant, but the чер MD 
we are unacquainted with. 
maintained at a low reri sey (age 3 all 
summer and mu- probably in 
the sc-called cold storage ай, 
Fic, 128 —STRAWBERRY - LEAF FUNGUS 
(SPHJERELLA FRAGARLE). 
RAWBERRY LEAVES — І. C. The Straw- 
“betes -leaf fungus which may be kept in check by 
spraying with Bordeaux Mixture. 
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