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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



October 19, 1912. 



NAMES OF PLANTS. 



Under this heading wi- can only un-dertAke to name 

 6p(>oie3 and well-marked vari-eties of p-lantfi. and 

 not florists* flowers. Spe^inK^ne should be packed 

 in stout boxes with damp (not wet) mos«. or some 

 leaves, as packing mat^^rial, to enfeuro their re>aohin<? 

 us in a fre.sh fttiate. It is ess-ential that flower* must 

 accompany specimens of flowering plants, that 

 fern fronda be fertile, and that numbers be firmly 

 attached to the Bpeeimens so that they can be 

 ^^•en without <any untying-. We cannot promise to 

 name more than six epecimens at one time tiom 

 any om- corre.sjwndcnt. 



Phytolacca d-ecandra. 



poly- 



Polvsontini 



A. P., Lancaster. 

 E. A. D., Holsworthy. 

 stachya, 



S. S., Winchester.— 1 , A iini;l i nn nii mtida; 



2, Molucella Isevis. 



IL E. €., Matlock.— 1, Polygonum lani- 

 nvrum; 2, P. orientale; ;5, Nepeta cataria. 



S. K. D., Blackpool.— 1, Kpiscia fulgida; 2. 

 Santolina incana ; 3. Arteniesia Abrotanuni; 



1. Hypericum calycinum. 



Al. K. M., Kingston.— 1, Crocus epecioaus; 



2, Cratsegus cruH-galli ; 3. Monarda punctata ; 



4, Physostegia virginiana. 



W. S.. Droitwich.— 1, Ruscus aculeatus; 2, 

 Cupres^us macrocarpa lutea ; 3, Berberis 



us macrocarpa 

 fitehophylla ; 4, Quercus ilex. 



G. B., Old Oolwyn.— 1, An oxalis, possibly 

 O. rosea; 2, Carex brunnea variogata ; 3, 

 Sedum Sieboldi ; 4, Cyprus laxus; 5. :i -| ( ' -rs 

 of lotus; 6, Escallonia macrantha. 



(\. 1, a form of Berberis vul- 



L\ Chrysoeoma linosyris ; 3, an 

 euphorbia, send when in flower; 4, Ophio- 

 pogon Jaburan ; Begonia Haageana. 



gari> 



NAAIllS OF FRUITS. 



A. J. G., Burwash. — 1, Queen; 2. Ilolland- 

 bury; 3, not recognised; 4, probably Zephirin 

 Gregoire. 



E. R., Windsor. — 1, New Hawthornden; 2, 

 Warner's King; 3, Golden Noble; 4, Lemon 

 Pippin; 5, Sturmer Pippin. 



D. P.. Godalming. — 1, Emperor Alexander; 

 2, Adam ft Pearmain; 3, Lord Derby; 4, Wor- 

 cester Pcarmain; 5 not recognised, out of 



cliaracter ; 6, Buerre Bosc. 



A. J. D., Eltham. — 1, Badly <l.n/ia^v(l, ])ro- 

 bably Souv. du Congres ; 2, Comte de Lamy; 

 '-], London Pippin; 4, not recognised; 5, Rib- 

 ston Pippin; 6, Marie Louise d'Uccle. 



THE NORTHERN FRUIT 



CONGRESS. 



It is a pity Mr. Smith was not living in 

 the North when the Hexham Fruit Congre-s 



wius held. He would then have got hold of 

 the fiu t>. it i-, ii i- difficult to write 



'11 tile matter^ hi- tMuclie.- ui)on without 

 holding forth at length. Uiie or two state- 

 ments by me must tiiereturc .->uflfice. 



1. Mr. Smith has receivi-d no commands 

 from me! He has been re(|ue--tt'(I to approach 

 his County Council secretary about a Dar- 

 lington Fruit Congress, 1914,' when we would 

 like to liave. not only the f-uppoit of tli;* 

 local agricultural -(K-iety and t lie local hni- 

 ticultural society, whieli we hav;' ahijulv. 

 but also a continuanee of that ^'■t in r<ni:> -up- 

 port we have already received at \hv Jiand^ 

 of the local cducal if>nal authorities at Hex- 

 ham, Newciist h'. Carlisle, and 

 Kendal, 1913. 



2. To be correct, Xc\\(a-tU' Coii^rc-s and 

 Show, thanks to all eonennrd. \va> a finan- 

 cial success, and tii** >aiiif applie> to Car- 

 lisle Congress and Show. We all owe Mr. 

 Little a debt of gratitude for his services 

 as secretary of the congress, and tlianks too, 

 to the local committee f(>r the splendid way 

 everything was carried out. 



3. Tile X.K.H.S. Ita^ no official editor of 

 its monthly magazine and eiii ulai'. We net d 

 some means of irtereoniniunication betweeji 

 niembcrs, and some organ in which to ])ubli>li 

 lectures. Tliaf i^. all \\ v run \ o at ]M'e.sen1 . 

 If ]\rr. S?ti it h had cfuit in ui'd the re])oit> of ii i■^ 

 epocll-7nak i nii^ re>earv^he-. iuto the coNnnin-jf 

 «>f a])ple.'. and enliohteiu'd u> (Ui ])i> di.-coV( ly 

 ''f two specits (tf l.ivj 1,1,(1. no dtmhi t \w uiaga- 

 /.mc would hav.- 1 ,11 nn.re intere.-.ting, 

 though, perhaps, le>s in>tr)u-tive 



J. Bernard Hall. 



now for 



MARKETS. 



3 0 to 3 



4 0 



COVENT GARDEN. 



Flowers. 



Supplier nro almost entirely cooifiiLed to ind<ior 

 flowens now; ehrj'eanthemums are cheap and plentiful. 



8. d. 6. d. 



Arumis p^r doz. 



Adiantum cuneatum ... per doz. bun. 

 Asparagus plumasus ... per doz. bun. 



Sprengeri i>er doz. bun. 



Bouvardia per doz. bun. 



Carnations per doz. 



per doz. bun. 



Maknaisou per doz. 



Oattleyas per doz. 



OliTy.saatheinunis per doz. bun. 



per doz. blooma 



Oroton leaves per bun. 



Ehicharis per doz. 



Fre-nch fern per doz. bun. 



Gard-onias per doz. 



(.apafferia |>er doz. 



hihti.m auratuni per bun. 



Bpeciosum per doz. 



Jontrifloruni per doz. 



8 0 

 8 0 

 6 0 

 0 8 

 6 0 



8 0 



9 0 

 0 

 0 



6 0 

 16 0 

 12 0 



7 0 

 2 0 



12 0 



15 0 



15 0 



4 



1 



1 0 



2 0 

 2 



8 

 3 



0 

 6 



1 6 



2 6 



6 

 0 

 <» 

 4 0 



4 



1 



0! 



0 



{) 



9 



2 6 



3 0 



2 6 



3 0 



o 

 1 



0 

 0 



Lily of the Valley per doz. bun. 10 0 



M-ar^ruerites Ikt doz. bun. 



Mig-nonette per doz. bun. 



Odontoglo&Klini.-; ]x^r doz. blms. 



Pelargoniums prr doz. bun. 



Phys^lis per doz. bun. 



Ilo^s^^-s per doz. 



Smilax per doz. trails 2 0 



Spirsea per doz. bun. 



Otatice per doz. bun. 



Stiepihanot is per ii doz. blms. 



Tuberoses per doz. 



yiolas per doz. bun. 



Violetc? p(>r doz. bun. 



4 0 



2 0 



3 (I 

 0 6 



0 9 



1 6 



0 

 6 

 () 

 0 

 6 



3 0 

 18 0 



4 0 



5 0 



4 0 



(i 0 



6 0 



5 0 



3 0 



6 0 

 2 6 



4 0 



0 9 



1 0 



4 a 



Fruits. 



Nova Scotian and Ciilifomian apples have now 

 tx^gun to arrive in eanieat. Pears are plentiful, and 

 gnajHis v-rry ehf^ap. 



Apples, English per bush. 



» 1 



J 1 



^•*>x'e per ^-fii^-ve 



C*':ilifnmiaii TK>r I 



fi. d. 



2 0 



to 



e. d. 

 5 0 



v>-^.7ii«.o jM.j- iJioz, 



C<K;oanuts per 



Cranberri-es per 



3 



(i 



4 

 2 



2 



5) 



p<>r box 



Scori.ui i>er ea^-e- 



Ban.anas per bun. 



BlaokbiTries per peck 



C^^Tiw^s p,rr doz. Jbs. 



m 18 

 case 9 



per doz. 



Grapes, Emglish per lb. 



Guernsey per lb, 



Aimoria per barrel 12 



Lisbon per case 



Greengages per i-sieve 



Lemons per case 



^l*^fthins ]H'r crate 



^Mons each 



Cuntaloui^r each 



Oranges per case 10 



J«ini;uca. per case 10 



^'f*pt' iier case 



l*^'^*t^lif^? per doz. 



(*;ina'<lian per box 



i'''"*-'* I>er ibus.h. 



French per box 



Californian per ca<?e 



Pineapples 2 



I'lum a , Ca 1 i f o r n II j) er ease 7 



Pomegranates per case 7 



^^ii^nuts per doz. llje. 2 



1 



0 

 0 



i 



5 



8 



4 



0 



2 



ft 



12 

 4 



3 



1 



2 



6 



6 

 0 

 6 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 6 

 6 



0 

 0 



0 

 0 

 9 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 6 

 0 

 0 



0 



0 

 0 

 6 



8 

 10 

 8 

 8 

 2 

 2 

 23 

 12 

 3 

 4 

 1 



18 



8 

 7 

 30 

 5 

 2 

 4 



30 

 15 

 21 

 15 

 4 

 4 

 o 

 10 

 5 

 12 

 8 



0 

 6 



0 

 6 

 3 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 



0 

 0 

 0 



6 

 0 



0 



0 



0 



0 



0 



V3getables. 



ni^-re 

 are still 



Art^'l,- ' 

 A 

 1;. 



e':i.rri>t.- 



N an 



(, ■ 



1 



2 

 2 



1 



:i 

 1 



4 

 1 

 1 

 1 



mi),iovt'iiK'nt in l*usin<'.>s 

 :i ri'l -iiiiiilieef la rirr. 



. ]!er <Ioz. 

 \K'r doz. 

 I ' r bush. 



\'vv tally. 

 1 t'l" ^1*'Z. bun. 



Oauhtlowor.. j)t^r taJly 



Oelery p^.^ bun. 



Cucumbers per doz. 



En^^^^ - per doz. 



Horserodieh }>, r tloz. bun. H> 



Lettuce p^-r doz. 0 



l-'r doz. bun. 

 Muihroouu per doz. lbs 



Onwii^ per bush. 



>pani-li per case 



],'^^^^'\y IM'r doz. bun. 



Parsnips bush. 



Radi^ilu'fi per doz. bun. 



8pi-nach per bush. 



rnur.xu Kn-!i.h jx^r do/. 



■ ■ per doz. |l 



- per doz. bun. 



\\,atKivrrss ptr <k,z. bun 



1 



6 

 2 



2 



0 

 1 



-> 

 0 



Vite 

 d. 



0 to 

 0 



0 



6 

 0 



0 



(i 



0 



0 



6 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 6 

 6 



.1 



4 



i'nc( > 



2 (i 



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 ■2 i ) 

 0 



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0 



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 6 

 0 

 0 



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 6 

 0 

 0 



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7 



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 -> 



\2 



1 



2 



10 

 4 



6 

 3 

 3 



1 



2 



:i 



■ I 



0 



LONDON POTATO MARKETS. 



ST"^^ 1- ton m 0 to 'm\ 



I; "^f: " , p..T ton sn o ; ■ 



^^^^^'^'^^^^ V r ton 70 u t!. 



of 



d. 



0 

 i\ 



i) 



0 



METEOROLOGICAL 



OBSERVATIONS. 



TAKEN IX THE HOTAL H0RTICULTUP4T 

 SOCIETY'S GARDENS at WISLET, SURREY 



Height aboTe Sea-level, 150 feet 



Date, 



1912. 



October 6 



TO 



October 12. 



Oat. 



»» 



9 t 

 ft 

 91 



tr 



6— Sunday 



7— Monday 



8— Tuesday 



9— Wednesday.. 



10 - Thursday.... 



11- Friday 



12- Saturday 



Means 



W 



OQ 

 P 



hr, m 



6 0 



7 48 

 6 30 

 6 30 

 6 54 



0 

 0 



3 

 4 



(total) 

 40 42 ■ 



Temperature of ths 



Air. 



At 9 a.m. 



Dry 

 Bulb. 



deg, 

 36 

 45 

 35 

 33 

 44 

 36 

 35 



Wet 

 Bulb 



deg. 



35 

 44 

 35 



38 

 44 



36 



35 



38 



S8 



Day 



Night 



High- 



Low- 



est. 



est. 



deg. 



deg. 



56 



27 



61 



31 



59 



32 



60 



33 



62 



38 



55 



82 



58 



33 



59^1 



1 32 



Date. 



1912. 



October 6 



TO 



October 12. 



Oct. 



it 

 i> 



n 

 fi 



> > 



6— Sunday 



7— Monday 



8 —Tuesday 



9— Wednesday.. 



10- Thursday.... 



11- Friday. 



12 - Saturday.... 



Means 



at* 



<1 



Temperature of 

 THE Soil 

 At 9 A.M. 



IIIB 



(total) 



At 



1ft. 



deep. 



At 

 2 ft. 



deep. 



At 

 4 ft. 

 deep. 



0 « 



deg. 



deg. 



deg. 



deg. 



48 



51 



54 



23 



47 



50 



54 



25 



48 



50 



53 



29 



48 



50 



53 



27 



49 



50 



53 



33 



49 



50 



52 



29 



48 



50 



52 



30 



48 



50 



53 



28 



FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENTS 



MONDAY, October 21.— National Chry.santhemiim 

 mum Society; Floral Committee meeting at Ess^^x 

 HaJl. Strand, at 3 p.m. 



TTJBSDAY, October 22.— Hoyal Horticultural So- 

 ciety; Committees meet at 12 o'clock; Lecture 

 at 3 p.m. on " The Senees of Plants," bv the Bev. 

 Profcasor G. Hen^low, Y.M.H. ; Scientific Com- 

 mittee at 4 o'clock. 



WEDNESDAY, October 23.— Hereford Fruit and 

 Chrysanthemum Show; two day^. 



TUESDAY, October 29.— National ChrysanthemUin 



Society's Exhibition at the Crystal I'alace : three 

 days. 



Kent Commercial Fniit Show, at Maidstone; two 

 <lny^-. 



WEDNESDAY, October 30.— Kent County Chrysan- 

 themum Show ; two days, 

 Croydon Chrymnthemum Show; two days. 



THUR-SDAY, October 31.— Torquay Chryeianthemum 

 Show. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED, 



MESSRS. JNO. JEFFERIES AND SON, LO., 

 CrRENCESTER send us their catalogus^ of bulbs, in 

 which the finest of th^ varieties in the numei*ous 

 cliisses have a place, with brief descriptions. 



fr. CANNl-LL AND SONS, SWANLEY.— A useful 

 ' .it. iN -u. ni ^rreenhouse plants, herbaceous plants, 

 iruit tnMs, roses, tree^, and ehnib'^, cV. 



CONTENTS. 



t * 



- ■ 



Aiiionn- tilt- Alpinr Klowrrs 



- r - F.I 



^ ji>u < r> T^i CnrresiK)jHU^nts 



ll:n:; i)iMa>:.^ of Fruit Trors 



IJiiiIm;i[. Flowens of Autunui nii.l Winter . 



(>l(„ij:i. pyramidalis 



Education and Training of Young Gaixleners 



Exhibition's and Meetings 



Ore>at ExhibiCion of Biitish-irrown Fruit -.- 



Greenhouse Climbers ;it Kcw 



Harve.st in Orchiard Land ■ ■ 



Lihutn !ono-ifl„i'um ... 



-Mv(!-il II. .;. ,1 ]U]'2 ... 



Xv!uiutMll.Jl rinMltn 



Nvw Pianrs, rtc 



Note of the Week 



I\vni3 crata>gifrli:i 



The Artiste f x- (1 itnlin . 



The Lil>ert;ias .. 



The Northern Fruit Cnu-Tr..^ ■•■ 



Thrrmonirtrrs ; 



W'Tk fnV tlh- Wi-i-k ... 



Pag» 



794 

 805 

 808 

 805 

 797 

 70S 

 793 

 807 

 791> 

 796 

 796 

 797 

 806 



798 

 795 



791 

 794 

 803 

 794 

 810 



808 

 804 



n.i.r--Ti;.\'i-iJ)NS. 



P-'rM:n't: Mr. \\,i!t )■ !r\in_, 7iM ; ( 'lirysa nthe- 

 niiiiii C rir.. \.'luMil)ium ,hi)ecio^um and 

 Nyiiip}i:(:i IJ. \ iiii. ii-K at liishopVs Hall, 798; 

 PrizL Lxhibit,> :it IML.S. Fniit Show. 



L 



