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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[Avcvusr 9, 1919, 
MARKETS. 
“COVENT GARDEN, August 6. 
Plants in Pots, &c.: Average Wholesale Prices 
{All 48's, per doz. except therwise stated) à 
‚в. d.[ 8. d. 
Sie! eliotropes 48's,per 
48's, рег doz. 10 0-12 0| doz.  .. ... 150-180 
Asparagus уй , 
sus, . 12 0-15 0 48's, per doz. 24 0-36 0 
po indi . 12 0-18 0 Pink, 48's, 
„green 48 0-72 0 doz. . - 0 
Cacti, per y rguerites white 18 0-24 0 
12's, 15's .. 5,0- 6 0 | Mignonette, xd 
Crassulas, "в рег 202. . 18 0-210 
perd ... 90 0-36 Paims, Kentia ... 18 0-24 0 
Fucbsias, 48'8, per 60's ... 15 0-18 0 
..12 0-18 0 . 24 0-36 0 
Ferns and Palms: Average Wholesale Prices. 
8. d. 8. d. s. d. 8. d. 
Adiantum Nephrolepis, io 
cuneatum ч variety, 48's 120—180 
per 12 Iz У — 32's ad ... 24 0-36 0 
— elegans . 15 Pteris, variety 
Asplenium, 48's per „ЖҮ Ре V 0-21 0 
doz. . . 15 0-18 0 "s .. 50-60 
— 32's ... 210-24 0 s 4046 
— nidus, 48’s 12 0-15 0 | —72’s. per tray of 
Cyrtomium, 48: 0 0-15 0 АН 3 6-4 0 
Cut Flowers, &c.: Average Whol Prices. 
d. s. d. в. а. в. d 
Achillea, рег doz. | Orchids per doz. : 
bun, .. 4 .. 4 0- 6:0 | — Cattleya? ... 18 0-24 0 
» per Pelargonium c 
Oz. bi . 60-80 bie scarlet, per 
IS, y per doz.bun. ... 80-100 
ı doz. bun. ... 5 0- 80 | _ white, per 
ee bunches 15 0-18 0 
ooms, Roses, d 
American var. 1 6- 2 6 ipte pin 
, per doz. — Frau Karl 
ire E ge T 16-26 Оги ie i 6-26 
ower, Ў, Hilingdon 1.0- 2 6 
doz. bun... 26-30 Ea a .. 16-20 
Я Melody . 26-26 
ban 3 0- "e s aet 
Mio P 6-2 6 
Gnillardia, per doz —Mrs, J, Lb . 1626 
pm 26-30 Ophelia .. 80-40 
y x — Richmond, var. 16-26 
.. 80-9 0)|— sunl . 80-40 
— 0 E 20.30 кеа 20-36 
Gladiolus, abious, e 2. 
ос yensis, Уй S es ^ ae Se 
= tatice, mauve . 60-80 
per doz, spikes о-во Smug ш 60-80 
Gypsophila, с — ol per 
doz. bun. . 50-60 doz. bun. ... 12 0-18 
— paniculata, per ultan, white, per 
doz. bunches ... 6 0- 8 0 doz. b 4. 60-80 
doz. TA sh Hn Stephanotis 72 pips $ 0- 5 0 
EH notis, 72 p! 0-3 6 
Lapagerias, Sweet. Peas, per 
40-46) doz. bun.— 
Lavender, perdoz. — white ... 4. 26-40 
ose -. 9 0-16 — 26-40 
Lil lon: Stock, Dbl. 8 0-12 0 
per bun -. 10 0-12 0| —Dbl, Pink ... 80-120 
TER album ; Pu ae Mauve... 80-120 
EH —Dbl, Purple 80-120 
rub: bun. 5 6 0| Violas, perdoz.| 80-460 
REMARKS.—Asters, mostly white, are increasing Es 
quantity daily, and their prices are lower. There 
bi of pink Asters, but the quality is кР Best 
Roses are perhaps a trifi uirements, but there 
are plenty of second-rate upplies of 
longiflorum scarcely meet Vn requirements, and 
flucti L. um and L, rul 
offered im limited quaii Pen they appear sufficient 
emand аб presen Carnations are 
ving in excellent condition, and sufficient to satisfy 
Sw are pply. 
Е tirst of the dis- 
budded blooms, were offered for sal is in 
condition. There are also a few bunches of Roi 
des Blancs and Horace Martin. Ot йо in large 
include A Gailliardia, Whi 
chil Coreopsis, te 
Daisies, Iceland Poppies, Sweet Sultan, дак on 
and white), бутанола paniculata, and double 
form. 
Vegetables: Average Wholesale 
per doz. 18-1 
Fruit: Average Wholesale Prices. . . 
в.а s. d. .d 
Apes Age pre Grapes, Ойон Hall’ hye 0-7 9. 
— Beauty h —Muscats, per lb. 26-50 
per à bus. ++ 70-10 0| Melons, each... 2 0- 6 0 
—Quarren: -. 7 0-10 0 | _ Canteloupe 6 0-10 0 
—Lord Suffield’ .. 30-56 Notare, р 
— Keswick „ә @б=:8. 6. : 6 0-18 0 
Ecklinville 20-40 Nut. 
G: padet NS 30- 40 Brazils (new 
bergines; pr doz o 0- 5 u -115 
ananas... 30 0-45 0 | pihes cach ino vr 
English Peaches 
per do: .. 60-180 Plum iow E 
Black Currants r j bus. 
— (English) ^ ...30 0-32 0 | — ars TUE 150 
Cherries (English) —EarlyRi еШ 15 0 
v a 12163, 10 0-15 O| Plums (French Royals) 
per à bus we 0-29 0 per }sieve ... 17 U-18 0 
=n ...16 0-30 0 = жо: ...23 0-26 
vut orthing Figs, 
i. MM ous, cooking 2 0-12 0| doz. zie v 3 0 
2 0-16 0 | Pears Freach Williams 
boxes 48's .. 10 0- 12 0 
— КАНАДЫ ose F 0- bi 5 BE eos Chretien 
rapan ee 1 9- $ sieves] з ...21 0- 22 0 
most all market нені was in heavy 
eem ‘abies the past week, and prices for most 
subjects have shown a to d 
cular, he 
RES 
parti ; at t time of writin is 
cheaper, Hothouse Fruits are also obtainable at lower 
rates ave n hi 
a 
sam] of 
u: ma are selling |. below 
control n Czars Early ire are 
тгд Мі Rire ed supply, meeting a demand ich 
by the fact thai 
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Ев 
я 
ad 
i lowe: 
, and are now firmer i hi Ali 
uM p poet cp 
Я п si 
are Mighty g supply and firm demand, 
——Mà 
— a —— Án 
THE WEATHER. 
es WEATHER IN SCOTLAND. 
Persistent drought has 
be 
of the weather during July. Rain fell on but NE days 
: si e 10 were s ed by drying winds, 
riv 
y pe rites е ot 
47.3. The brightest day was the 25th with 14.2 vied 
there was jy one entirely sunless day. With a 
highest of inch the 24th am w ot 
58 inches оп the the 19th, the m was 
iei: б Ау is gre temperature of 78° was 
vhe 16th the raul minimum of 379 
for the эй and 13th, gue MEM nge of А10, Fo 
the had the к ul of 58° and! fo; 
the Dun p^ hi fits of 54°. The means for 
maximum and minimum were 67° and 460 pectively 
e ч temperature ef the = 
and range of 219. As 
кен е “йу жүз шг ч relative mit ot the air 
Pens 77 per cent. On the mean 
ИЙ ves cs 1e ym est oi 29° 
MM ужо Мс оп the was опе pean об, 
роп und 
frost; at one deep t the soi] Ea 
ose with slight Buctuations ros 569 to 5 
нален winds were vg page and 
‘Apert from the dro Be onth’ eather rune 
ented no бозат о. заём Malloch, ү эд 
of ‘nage ancy eg Training College Gardens, Kirkton of Mains. 
near Du 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
GARDENER If your 
cae ы 5 reused Е take you 
back later, son A wait until it is 
nounced on et day p European War 
is to be deemed to have come to an en b 
law. We consider you have a good claim to 
dama; f f con 
FRU 
ride: in pom "orem sione fruits 
the Raspberry and ve ge i Beetle (Byers 
nee Mei 
g erge from the greand. in 
May and are often to be found in ae blos- 
soms bef the Log: or 
ботов. s. E „у to 
enter them, and after pair- 
open, 
ing; i е xad there. The Sone grub - 
bores into the receptacle, usually in its wander- 
ings damaging the skin of the fruit and е 
ing it to be visited by flie es, owing to the ex 
pose ed pulp, an endering it — to desica, 
tion. Egg 1: $us goes on over.a period с 
several weeks, so that all stages may be fou 
by the middle Jul nally, the 
+ enter the ground, pupate, and remai 
during the winter. ^ Although there 
medy known, there is definite evid 
at cultivation of the ground (ie. 
ee inches, 
again in early May, pus a gre 
m 
dea d $i Фай the 
› ls necessam 
of feet the cause | 
of trees does ei sting, 
harmless 
Names or Prants: 7’. S. Lewendon. 1 
physaloi - (Apple of Soom). —R. W. 1, Stag 
easter Simonsii; 3. 
desees а; ae: vane ;55 
affine (syn. P. Brunonis); 6, Alchemilla 
juncta; 7, nicera involucrata; 8, Le 
nescens; 9, Nepeta sin 
Serpyll album ; 11; 
paris (Lavender Cotton) ; 
Erythraea Centaurium; 14, 8 
Tor e ж деш 
1, Spiraea japoni 
J. 
$, Cistus = Ссн "s Juniperus ta tama 
folia; 5, Cassinia fulvi id; 
; onum 
cosa; 8, Polygonu: 
tanthus nepalensis ; 
Thuya dolabrata 
POUR ws adpressa; 2, Paliurus aus 
(Christ's Thorn). 
Hoa. TREE FROM NEIGHBO 
W. K. Unless s the tree pes 
Tina n, you u have no remedy. If any 
branches оу T our garden, у 
ask your neighbour to cut them do 
he declines to do d cut them you 
but you t take care not to cut bac 
your fenc f you cannot this 
going on ur т neighbour's land, you 8 
give him notice of your desire to en 
that purpose. The branches will remain 
property. 1 
PLANTING ACRES | WITH QUICK-GROT 
your query as to tree кыы: 
is not unduly exposed, уо 
trees tó the acre, but if the positi 
lying one, 4, e ac 
the four kinds of t 
la , or е of e 
the soil is suitable for Oak trees, 
be 1 over the- ground, 
of feet apart 
lying ground, the plants used 
years old, but о: 
the trees will v with 
к boat s. = hundred; pitting 
about 3s. p perio 
about the sam 
the ida paid. in p* district. 
Scr Том Pra T: tm 
black Y sclerotin of oie unknown | 
pres the . surface of the 
dise: i bu ing p with аи 
under: Russ Affected р. 
be destroyed and fresh soil us 
NA —E, 
ogesesgenpoge mus vg 
"i WES. L—B. HA. 
