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Я 1 Wheat-pro-Tenths of 
a Гр Distri sig Inch. Ins. 
0, SCOTLAND, N 4 less 88 | 16.0 | 21 23 
1. ScoTLAND, E 67 8.2 32 
2, ENGLAND, N.E 0 (aver) 67 6.3 1 29 
3. ENGLAND, E, ess 6.9 19 34 
4, MIDLAND Сов 2 less 60 6.7 9 30 
5. ENGLAND, S less 61 7.0| 16 33 
Principal Grazing, &c.,| 
Districts, В 
6. SCOTLAND, 9 less 71 14.4 | 46 33 
1. ENGLAND, N.W. 4 less 59 9.0| 29 33 
8. ENGLAND, S.W less 62 8.4| 22 41 
IRELAND, | 5 less 69 | 10.8 | 47 
10. IRELAND, S. 5 less 60 | 10.3 | 42 41 
— CHANNELISLANDS | 1 more 70 ia) 35 
THE PAST WEEK. 
llowing summary record of the weather for 
ending May 30, is furnished from the 
| Meteorological Office :— 
n generally fair and mild in 
E her has bee 
1 fiend us Scotland, but very dull and unseasonable 
[ in England, with occasional slight falls 
D. "Thef oe gate re has been 1? or 2° a 
Bi Scotland d, and the greater 
ES English districte it h 
‹ ing from 1? in ‘En 'to 4 
England, E., and 5° in the “М d Counties' 
and ' England, ' The highest of the maxima, 
Which were generally recorded during the earlier part 
of the week, d from mnm: d T 
62° in the ‘ Channel Islands,’ to 70° in 
land, N., 71° in ‘Scotland, E.,’ a ‘England, 
S.W.’ and t 12° in ‘Ireland, S. The lowest of the 
on 
el Islan ma ' during this period 
were considerably higher Vine ts than any recorded 
_ Since the middle of last October. 
Я е 
: Seir. rai been rather more than the 
n the * Channel Шаш! but less in nearly all 
oe distr In Ireland d, Scotland d, and the north- 
| west of England the fall h as been very 8 
" Bright sunshine sho rease i 
p 46 to otland, and from 47 Ire- 
чү while in ‘England’ it ranged fro ng- 
| vii’: s in - e * Midland Counties, and to 
n ‘En d, 
Sunshine has : e he percentage of bright 
ot been so low in the English districts 
since the latter: end of January.” та 
PEAT As x PAPER-FIBRE. —Peat as a fibre for 
cor f paper is attracting attention in 
who has been experi- 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
749 
NOTICES TO _ CORRESPONDENTS. 
*,* Correspondents will d oblige by sending 
"early euge pa of v. events likely to be of 
interest to our readers which iE is a to 
bring under the notice of horticultu 
munications shoul ten on 
of the paper, and sent as early in the wee 2908 
sible. Correspondents sending new wspapers should 
be careful dio ark the paragraphs they wish “the 
Editor to 
ANTS Pee AWN : Mrs, Shillingford. 
the ants ar Son etely in possession, it will in im 
easy task to dislod з them at on; but 
ight try mild applications of quite fresh Peruvian 
guano, which is very distasteful Sei be buc т 
ater. Se facul аца дк will be 
кешр facie ever be employed. 
Boranicat Book: 4 You T. iot cr rther 
du pe He nf Tey's ntary C do атан 
(Van Voorst, onion). The е canis obtained 
at any D ch 
Caserta L Mere F. B. 'The leaves 
е been F inl et Wi e Mim in a very 
eode he drainage may also be at fault, 
age. 
and sias in "viens of the main drain pete under 
the bor: 
Са: E J. G. We cannot ве you what z 
creature is if you do not send one for our i 
ction. 
Crover anp Увтсн Roors: J. W. Nothing un- 
b almost all Leguminous plants have these 
lings. 
Oude RECTION.— , col. а, line 
p. 708 26 from 
bottom, for. Comtesse de Ingreuse, read Comtesse 
de Pregneu 
Down Poir IPS AND HYACINTHS 
d the D ulbs with ca pai “laying Poeg їп” 
СтАргогов: Н. T. Yes, grind seen in Crocuses. 
Lesc E B. § Sons. A 
beautifully Мой "little pod We wish more 
m 
more of it similar ева were grown аз 
market plan 
ARKET Prants: A Market Gardener. For Pelargo- 
niums see р. с of pes prions = The species 
of Cytissu e racem and Atleeanus, 
Varieties of енот trope are € merous. Good are 
ersey Beauty, mauve ; Roi des 
Massifs, a dark e and Roi des Noirs, a deep 
blackish-purple. 
Names or Prants: J. Carter 4 Co. Exochorda 
grandiflora.—F. E. C. rae Hostii.—O. Tho- 
rpa colipensis, an in Urti- 
caceous plant. Will you kindly oblige us with a 
fresh shoot, packed in w — for r microscopic 
examination ?— ^ 
ickland, мЕН ан "a is not sufficie 
to enable us to identify the aie satisfactorily. 
If y я erial we will try 
agai e the Berna as. y opti. 
— @. 
E Ко : el i : Ranunculus А: PX Stellaria Holos X 
: with an ordina - i i ;4, os m o 
Spade, in strips or blocks. 12 inches by 3; it is кератин ; 5, Ne strum; 4, Chrys uu Ка 
Placed on trays so forme а current of air ait УЕ M. LO hvtum tube ; 
А ; and placed in racks on the trays for 2, Epimedium alpinum ; i. Ste laria Holostea ; 
MM. fter being partially dried on the : nnis ; 5, Kerria ica fl.-pl. ; 
trays the peat is put. thro а machine which tho- 6, Anchusa italica. — J. Н. 1, Dielytra eximia ; 
wur tes the fibre. The peat passes around х ра ; 8, а Pyrus? (want foliage) ; 
rated pea n Ф at an incredible speed is se ^ 4, Amelanchier canadense. pute ‘ кк v pes 
same way as a m rategus crus Galli), 
in » Grea: ps of peat are shovelled th aE а 7 Тамар: received, but it 
at the top of the machine and are in а momen contained nothing to be named.— Theod. Lange. It 
У ата the floor like so much wool at the is а pretty variety of Cattleya Mendelii. 
* floors of aa TM едно n reg eabar iea Narcissus: W. M. Р. A double form of N. poeticus, 
, and is ready for ‘ca market йы. Agri- Praca Leaves: б. T. The silver leaf-disease, the 
(ist, April 30, ‘cause of which is unknown. Cut the shoots back, 
they may break out ea. Give plenty of 
water and weak manure-water 
RESURRECT PLANT Из co: Merican. 
Béla piel: lepidophylla i is y called. 
pe WBERRIES : accord, You t have made 
ur Strawberry Pied so exceedingly ч that the 
inate d now produce nothing but leave 
do no good by cutting ha 
allow all t ow, even the runners, so that cu 
soil m ome somewhat les ers 
а moist one, and therefore ы, à 
pde rotting of the berries, be 
CATALOGUE еллы 
AMMANN & Co, San Giovann a Teduccio, near 
Naples, Italy —Bulbs, erm sul Orchids. 
hen iine yond RECEIVED.—T. L.—W, В. H.—T. S. & Co. 
eae —R. T.—B.—F. W. S.—R. D.—W. W.— 
T S.—H. re J.—R. A. K.—J. 9. B.—O. T.— 
E. C. M.—F. v М7. C.—Clarke Bros,—Vagabond.—Cer- 
vantesi.—C, W 
MARKETS. 
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COVENT GARDEN, June 2. 
[The subjoined ed to us us regularly nid 
Thursday, by the kfodscs of several of the principal sal 
men, who revise the list weekly, and are aine for the 
Ya It must be remembered that these quotations 
The prices “fluctuate, not only f from day to day, but often 
averages for the past week must not be taken as indicating 
the —— atany icular date, still — tug be ta 
as guides to the price in the coming w 
ket has been heavily ы the last 
. Our m 
three or tod days, trade being {де апа ргїсез соп- 
siderably affected. James , Wholesale Apple 
Market. 
PLANTS IN PoTs.—AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES. 
s.d. s.d. 8.d. s.d. 
Aralia Sieboldi, doz. 6 nae 0 | Fuchsias, doz. ». 4 0-12 0 
Агат ilies, dozen.. oe Ну , doz. ... 9 0-12 0 
leas, per dozen ...18 0-90 0 | Lilium ongiflorum, 
m ns. 1619 rib pot Val. “is potas 0-18 0 
Cyperus, dozen . -of-Val., 
m ini E Lobelias, dizen ... 4 0-60 
d sie 0 ri isy, 
— viridis, per doz, 9 0-24 0| рег dozen „60-120 
Erica, various, per Mignonette, doz. ... 6 0-90 
dozen ..18 0-30 0 | Musk, per dozen ... 3 0- 6 0 
Euonymus, in var. s Myrtles, per dozen... 6 0-12 0 ~ 
per dozen .. . 6 0-18 0 | Palms, in var., each 2 6-21 0 
Evergreens, їп var., Pe iums 6 0-18 0 
per dozen ... 6 0- — scarlet, per doz. 4 0- 8 0 
airy 8 0-12 0| — Ivy-leaved, doz. 4 0- 6 0 
Ferns, in variety, nthe, dozen ... 6 0- 9 0 
dozen 4 0-18 0 | Roses, various, per à 
Ficus elastica, each » H 6-70 ue „18 0-30 0 
prm nes ANN | Spiræa, per dozen ... 9 0-12 0 
t .2 0-10 0| 
CuT FLOWERS.—AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICES. 
s.d.s.d s.d.s.d. 
, 12 bun ... 2 0- Myosotis, 12 bun. ... 2 0- 6 0 
Anemone, 12 bun. ... 2 0- 4 0 | Narcissus, 12 bun, ... 1 0- 3 0 
Arum Lilies, 12 bims. 3 0- — double, 12 ag 30-60 
Azaleas, 12 уз... 0 6- Pansies, 12 bunches 2 0- 3 0 
Bouvardias, per bun. 0 6- elargoniums, 12spr. 0 6- 1 0 
ias, 12 blooms 1 0- Primroses, 12 bun... 0 6- 1 0 
Carnations, 12 blms. 0 9- eran double, 12 
Eucharis, dozen 4 0- spra: 09-10 
Gardenias. 12 blooms 1 0- y D eg 0-20 
Heli 12 spr. 0 6- — coloured, doze: 0-40 
Jasmine, white, bun. 0 6- Үр ле Loin 6-20 
Lilac, 12 bunches ... 4 – — Saffrano, 0-16 
Lilies of the отир Spiræa, 12 anre 60-90 
ys. . 0 6- 1 6 | Stephanotis, 12 spr. 20-40 
ches . 60-120 Tropeeol 12bun. 10-20 
Lilium longiflorum, Tulips, 12 bunches,.. 2 0- 4 0 
12 blooms ... T 30-60 Lowepro bi ече 0- vt 
tes, per iolets, 12 bunches... 0 4- 0 
“pee vs — oe 3 0- 6 0 | Wallflowers, 12 bun, 30-60 
Mignonette, 12 bun. 3 0- 6 0 
