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THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE. 
[JaNvani 15, 1887. 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
— ڪچ‎ 
TO THE TRADE.—Members of the Trade will 
tes of tters of Trade interest, 
ommercial Short notes of daily 
experience are what are most useful. 
DO Nor 
эсте кы АЫ or eo РА наа d jos 
Paper, should be addressed to the PUBLISHER, and 
not to the Editor 
*,* All communications intended for publication 
should be addressed to the iur Such 
munications should be written 
the paper, a 
nden g 
€ fon Sor rk the йемек, they wish the 
Edito: 
NTS Іх Hots: E. H. Pour carbolic acid dis- 
solved in wees or paraffin, into their haunts. 
to GoW. The book sin known to on 
ery rare 
oe cultural | matter, rede 
may be recommended 
ag. dp pae ton. "D is 5 produced from 
the stem, not the fruit; most of the commercial 
Sago, however r, is the produce of a thus Palm, 
Sagus laevis. The names of the Ferns next week. 
CUCUMBERS ror MARKET: Market Gardener. No 
one kind E piii Mo the trade. In the 
um e find ini 
For 
pion, p the ers Telew uiti: akan pur- 
poses any prolific sort, of medium aid is well 
suited, 
Dovc experience with the 
CIN Stock: Pome. Our 
Doucin her’ ‘for Apples i is, that it is of somewhat 
stronger? gro than the French Paradise,— but 
The state- 
ment that Apples grafted on this sto ock “do not 
come into bearing for 12 or 15 years” is entirely 
wrong. 
MUSHROOMS IN A CLOSED If there be 
е 
m alls and roof 
nf н the latter) be Fag ata by long litter or 
could grow Mushrooms at season 
«м of the =н — seem to want more acquaint- 
th Mus g, upe . Wright's 
Мадоны ten. Ам "le. Million our notice to 
Noms OF pio s B. West's St. Peters. 
ғ Prants: J. E. 1, oo articulata ; 
TER Epidendrum © wei 3, 3, Gro a Amherstiæ ; 4, 
г? fe ape "rà omae tis gran- 
: Eron. agrare you are 
apicem that d if Ranun culus sidered, м, s 
usually is But — is so powe 
that we fear t) there is little Дым of the кт, 
of Ranunculus 
ROBINIA CLAMA ce F. Try Messrs. Smith& Son, 
Newry, Toland. or Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, 
Che -— 
STRAWBERRIES: Market Gardener, The sorts Mar- 
guerite and Sir е pope - liked best for 
get em as LADY 
ea Vicomtesse 
‘Seedling British 
employed for successional 
-Gardener, Planting as you pur- 
ing, wi will x some ad or earl 
fruiting, Earliest of All (Sutton' s Chiswick pecs 
Hathaway's Excelsior, and Readin Perfection. 
all a 
To Rip Роттер Pra F Worms: W. B. Messrs. 
er and $ Silverlock, 412 Strand: London, W.C., 
ll a w which is dcs pur" 
` Work ох м GRO : Мат 
: Mons forthe the Million, pis ig a Wri 
F 
Gardener, 
i LA Horticulture Office, 17i, de rT 
Price 1s. 
leet Street, E.C. 
VE. GREENHOUSE Prants: J. P. A. 
shed ыл. Mr. В, S. Williams, Victoria 
er Holloway, is the for y 
tion, price 7s, 6d. ойк, "Be. 
another 
€ is enit i 
flower we would identify the species for you; the 
other flower sent possibly got mislaid, 
CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Н. Cannett & Sox иу, Kent—Vegetable 
был, nte Ar Floral Gui 
PETER Lawso Son, Limited, 1, George IV. 
Bridge, Bainburgh, N.B.—Garden Seeds, &c.; 
also Trade Seed E 
E. WirsoN SERPELL, $ 21, Cornwall Street, Plymouth 
— Seed Catalogue. 
| mee: & Sons, Leicester— See 
RICHARD CLEAVER, Bore Street, Michiel. Végotablo 
eds 
CanTER, G л ndon Wall, City, 
ondon , E. C.—Garden Agricultural Seeds. 
LES TURNER Royal Nurseries Slough—Garden 
ud: Flower 8 Seeds. 
MM Аа ы 1 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh— 
n See 
WEBB & v Sos, Wordsley, Stourbridge—Spring Cata- 
Haack & Scumipr, Erfurt, Germany—Plant and 
Seed Catalogues 
JNo. Sonia ig з & Боз, Cirencester—Seeds, Bulbs and 
inen Bros. & Co., 4, Upper Thames Street, London 
—Revised Price List of рее + 
R. Quedlinburg, Germany — Seed 
Catalogue ; A Catalogue of Pot 
Ver Желкен & = Bridge, London 
Е.С. Wholesale Seed Lis 
F grues 
Ма атр re —H. T C. & 
F. C.—D. T. ШУЛ 
D.—J. V. t 
WRITE 
G.W базни RN 'S.—R. M.] E. 
S С & 
W. H.— ury.— T (many thanks). d, М. 
m Hines E arded | Avi s requested) zi 3: —W. E. P. 
H. W. —J. J. W.— 
Lx 
A. M. К.К 
THE WEATHER. 
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT CHIS- 
WICK FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 22. 
piu. PB CT MP LO | ЖАГУ 20... с»... died 
mirdi ag ot sex ЕЙ Wd ийси МЫ д 
ge | 36°, A Pas 319.4 
h 19 379.2 | Mean for the week 87° 
THE PAST WEEK. 
lowing summary record of the weather for 
the week ending a 10, is furnished from the 
Meteorological Office 
The weather has been in an керы, ЭМ {не 
condition | in all parts a the Kingdom. Falls of ra 
leet, and 
ev were of ve rmt occurre Supe 
most of England the fall of snow was 
usually бө e of our б. i an 
нан thunder ; "m lightning were ex 
e ure has continued be 
í he highest of the а ich were 
registered on irregular dates, ranged from 39° in 
“England E.’” to 52° in “Ireland S.” m 
n 
days the ear e very and цан a Braem: 
the average of eadings for the week 
was only 32?:9, rg Che айе 3 Aa, at Bawtry 33?6, 
and a 34°°3. of the minima, 
which were generally recorded either on the 6th, „Tth, 
or 10th, 0? in “Scotlan 
ged P 
Glenlee), = 12° ш" таа №” (at Armagh), to 
twee d in all other districts excepting 
ands," where the lowest reading 
"Rainfall has been more than the mean in all 
с 
but in the 
cent. the 
sunshine has been M bes коски асай 
us ours s irem as 52 pe 
К telson rer а 
ГА 
естер of the excess ог deett. t of temperat ture шге above or 
below 42° F. for the period named, and is expressed in Day- 
degrees—a ‘‘ Day-degree” signifying Ж continued p. 
twenty-four hours, or any other гая of degrees for a 
inversely proportional number of hours.] 
TEMPERATURE. 
P 
ACCUMULATED, t F 
ی م‎ М иш E 
1 23 |а spod 
Above сава 128 
DISTRICTS. below. the h |m Era pr се | 
ean for | Sat | Suz 82.82. IR 
he week E hi pg | d 
ending ox N- a Ta 5% 
Jan. 10. | 3o со QEI E 
2д |2 РЫМЫ 25 
ае (a? eg i p 1 
26 |2 23 
2E АЁ js ; 
1 Wheat-pro- Day- | Day- | Day- | Day- Я 
ш” = g Deotricter deg. | de; deg. ring I 
0 ria nis N 5 below 0 9 5+ 2 
1. SCOTLAND, E 1 belo 0 74 4+ 33 m 
2. ENGLAND, N.E 6 below 0 70 a+ 
3. ENGLAN 6 below 0 74 | Е 44 
4. MIDLAND Cos. . 7 below 0 78 سإ‎ a 49 
5. ENGLAND, 8 5 below 0 53 | t 35 
Districts. | 
6. SCOTLAND, W. . 8 below | 0 11 9+ 50 
Т. ENGLAND, N 8below | 0 | 71 |.— + 48 
8. ENGLAND, S.W. 5 below | 0 30 — "ii 26 
9. IRELAND, N. 8 below | 0 60 — wr 41 
10. IRELAND, S. 5 below | 0 36 — B+ 
— CHANNEL в 3below | 10 21 — Wm 16 
| m Y 
BRIGHT 
| RAINFALL. | Ѕоканні: 
| pip 
Pog E 5 2 12 a: 
ЯЕ 4. | So 284 i 
DISTRICTS. а T" |25 ыбыз" 
298 Ба aX јав ов 
Se MOM ' = = 
Lem 1958 29 |с ae 
Б Ф ert á Res £ E 25 
oes [БА Be 26222 
55 ы © Bg H zz 
E oL 4. 
Principal Wheat-pro- Tenths of : | 
ducing Districts. Inch. Ins, 
- 0. SCOTLAND, N | 4 more x 12] 15 | 3 
1. SCOTLAND, E. ...| З more o 068: М 
2. ENGLAND, N.E....| 6 more T4 cxt ои 
3 GLAND, E ore 6 өз. Baa @ 
4. MIDLAND Соз 5 more slikt | 18 | 18 
5. ENGLAND, S. 2 more 5 0.9 | 21 21 
Principal Grazing, &c., | 
Districts. | 
6. SCOTLAND, W. ...| 2 more 4 Lar H 17 
7. ENGLAND, N.W.... | 1 more 6 0.9 | 11 11 
8. ENGLAND, S.W | 3 more 6 13] 29 | 29 
9. IRELAND, N. 4 more 5 1.2 | 22 22 
10. IRELAND, S. | 6 more 5 | 1.5 | 30 | 30 
— CHANNEL ISLANDS 4 more РЕКЕ. 
| | 
MARKETS 
HL. ans 
ке TAFARN — ^ 
> again receivi ing 1 
mp 
rates. Market quiet. aie 
Market. 
VEGETABLES—AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES. 
„d. s.d. 
з. 
Artichokes, рег doz... 4 0- ... | Mushrooms, " jm 6-26 
Beans, Kidney, .10-.. | Mustard с 
Beet, red, per 10- 20| p 4- 
Brussels Sprouts, lb. 0 3- ... per | diem 
, per bunch... 0 6- ... | Parsley, dozen bunch 4 0- se 
Cauliflowers, per З 0- ... | Potatos, per cwt. ... 4 0- 50 
, per bundle... 1 6- 2 0f . ,, kidney, perewt. 4 0- ; 
| еасһ тело r PeT] fc: 
Endive, per dozen ... 1 0- 2 0 per Ib. 
Green Mint, O3 duo Spinach, per bushel.. To “ 
Herbs, per bunch ;.. 04-... bundle Lois 
Leeks, per bunch ... 0 3- ... | pet Ib. p 
Lettuce, per dozen... 1 0- 1 6 bunch e 
