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TH±: GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



December 28, 1912. 



downwards from the maximum. In award- 

 ing these points due regard mu»t be given 

 to freshness, quality, and size of the flowers, 

 referred to above, (h) It is also recom- 

 mended, where necessary (i.e., when the 

 bunch pointing brings aii equality, or nearly 

 ^o) that 6 points extra be taken as a maxi- 

 mum for arrangement and blending of 

 colours, the points so obtained being added 

 to the total bunch points, (i) Double-stan- 

 dard flowers should not be discounted. 



HISTOEY OF KEW,— N. A., Chester : I 

 ehould like to obtain some information, con- 

 cerjiing the history of the Koyal Botanic 

 Gardens, Kew, and if you can tell me where 

 this is to be found in readily accessible 

 fashion at a mode^^t outlay, L-^hall be grate- 

 ful. — Sixpence, plug a penny for postage, is 

 certainly a modest outlay and for this sum 

 you can obtain the new Popular Official 

 Gi^ide" to Kew, from Darling and Son, 34-40, 

 Bacon Street, London, E,, or from Kew itself. 

 This contains an historic notice and de- 

 scriptions of the collec^tions in the Botanic 

 Gardens proper, the glafis houses, museums, 

 and Arboretiim. It will, we believe, give 

 you all the information you require, and it 

 has the advantage of including a capital 

 index. 



FAILURE WITH SPIR^AS.— C. R., 

 Manchester : I enclose spikes of Spiraea 

 Queen Alexandra for your inspection. Will 

 you kindly inform me Avhat kind of disease 

 has attacked them? The plants are very 

 healthy up to the stage of producing spikes. 

 No artificials have been given them and the 

 plants have stood in a newly painted house, 

 air being admitted night and day. — ^^Ve 

 cannot trace any t-igns of disease in the 

 specimens sent, and can only conclude that 



some cultural mistake is answerable for the 

 collapse of the plants just previous to flower- 

 ing. Poorly-rooted specimens, errors in 

 watering, excessive heat, new paint in the 

 house — all these may have some bearinof upon 

 the failure. We are inclined to think that 

 the cause of the trouble lies between the 

 water-pot and the new paint. 



MARKETS. 



XAMES OF 

 J. G. B., Oswestry. 



PLANTS. 



1, Pilea mu8cosa ; 2, 

 3, Cedrus atlantica. 

 Cedrus Deodara ; 2, 

 Thnia gigantea ; 4, 



Phrynium variegatum ; 



P. L,, Leicester. — 1, 

 Buxus f empervirens ; 3 

 Pinus svlvestris. 



* 



A. M., Dorcbester. — 1, Lonicera StandiKhi : 

 2, Ja&minum nudiflorum ; 3, Yiburnum 

 Tinus ; 4, Arbutus Unedo. 



NAMES OF FRUITS. 

 C. P. T., Enfield.— 1, Cox's Orange Pippin : 

 Mere de Menage. 



F. S. J.. Sandv. — 1, Dumelow's f^eedling; 



2 



2 Court Pendu Plat. 



'E. V. B., Brentwood: 1, Margil ; 2, Allen's 



Everlastine ; 3, Uvedale's St. Germain. 



H. S.. Gloucester. — 1, London Pippin; 2, 



Bramley*s Seedling ; 3, Fearn's Pippin ; 4, 

 probably Cornish Aromatic. 



CONTENTS. 





Page. 



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Astilbev^i ill I'it.-i 







Autumn Effect-s at Giuinerehury Hoiiis^ 





Oa.stilleja miniata 





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Chry^antiienium Mrs. AV. T. Sin;th 







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Lilium Browni 





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yew Plants 





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S(>ie of the Weok 



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Thf* Swvf>t or T)e>vert Chf^rry in CoM 







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ii.Lr-'n:.\Ti()N^. 



Portrait: Mr, H. i". Al irtin, ; .'•'ophro-r.a'Iio- 

 co.ttN^ya TliLshe ^l!H ; A.^.tiUfr A VHiancJif. 99.); 



Chry^nthemum" .Mr-. W. T. -mith. 99<i ; A 

 Be^axitiful Flower Border in October at Gunner- 

 bury Hoiw, 997; The A>ran<lah of G 

 House, in Orto>w»r lo.^t. 99S ; An Effective Gronp- 



^ - f!i^!i C'^rvMintheniuni.. nt Gnnners- 



■ 1 i'f.i Hoii-e at Gun- 



♦ 



COVENT GARDEN. 



Flowers. 



This has been a very short we<'k, but there wa^i a 

 large amount of bu/siness dono before Christm-ae Day. 

 AInu.'t all kind-s of flowerij found a r-eady yak'. 



8. 



Arums p€r doz. 3 



Ad'iantum cuneatum ... per doz. bun. 

 Asparagus plumasus ... per doz. bun. 



Sprengeri p^r doz. bun. 



Azalea per doz. bun. 



Eouvardia i>er doz. bun, 



Camelliji,< per doz. 



Carnation^s pfr doz. 



per doz. bun. 



Malmai&on per doz. 



Oattleyas per doz. 



Chrysanthemums* per doz. bun. 



,^ per doz. bloome 



Oroton leaves rr. per bun. 



Cypriptdiums pt'r doz. 



Daffodils p<'r doz. 



Euch.a*riij per doz. 



French fern per doz. bun. 



Gardenias i>er doz. 



Lapageria per doz. 



Lilium auratum per bun. 



specio^um per doz. 



Jongiflorum per doz. 



Lily of the Valley per doz. bun. 



Marguerites per doz. bun. 



Mignon^ette per doz. bun. 



Odontoglosvsumfi per doz, blms. 



Pelargoniums i>er doz. bun. 



Poineettias l>er doz. 



Roman Hyacinths ' per doz. bun. 



Ros^^-s per doz. 



flmilax per doz. trails 



Spiraea per doz. bun. 



Tubero5t^3 per doz. 



T\\\i\)n per doz. bun. 



Yiolet-s per doz. bun. 



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Fruits. 



Large conisignments have meet a good demand. 

 There hae be<m the usual brisk requeis»t for oranges, 

 nuts, grap<^, and the l>est applets. Almeria graix^is 



if 



79 



have ^lOld very well. 



Apples, English per bui>h. 



Cox's I>eV ^Hfiieve 



American per Ijar. 



Californian j^er box 



Xova Seotian per bar. 



Bananas Canary per bar. 



Jamaica per bun. 



Cobnuts per doz. lbs. 



Cocoenuts per 100 



Cranberries! i>er case 



Datesi per doz. boxes 



Figis i)er box 



Grapes, English per lb. 



Almeria jx'r barrel 



Lisbon per case 



lemons per case 



M ed 1 ars per c rate 



3!elons each. 



Oranges per ease 



California. per box 



Jamaica per case 



Pears per ^-busb. 



French per box 



Californian jK^r ca-se 



Vegetables. 



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There has been a gt od demand for general 



piH\< i\\\A a ket^n demand for forced and 6i>ecial 

 j^Mt,i; -alading ha® been in great request. 



s. 



Artichokes, Globe ix'r doz. 



,» Ground i:er bush. 



Afiparagus, Paris per bun. 



Beet per bu^sh. 



Brussels Sprouts ixr J-butyh. 



Cabbage per tally 



Carroty per doz. bun. 



Cauliflowers per tally 



Cornish. jter crate 



Celery per doz. bun. 



Celeriac per doz. 



Cucumber.s per doz. 



F-'.ndive per doz. 



Hon-»!^radk-li per doz. bun. 



Ix't'kg ]Der doz. 



Lettuce per doz. 



French j>er crate 



ilushrooms per doz. lbs. 



Onions per bush. 



Spanish per case 



Parsley per doz. bun. 



Parsnips per busl 



B.adishea per doz. bun. 



lUiubarb per doz. bun. 



>;tvny.-. per tolly 



■"l akair per doz. pun. 



Spinach ])er ^-bush. 



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LONDON POTATO MARKETS. 



Prices alter but little, and foreign supplies 

 increa^ied. 



Bedford^^i jx^r 



Kents per ton 



TJnooln ]>er 



Blaoklands per 



Scotch per 



]blnba^^s per 



CJ*M'iiian per 



Belp-ian per 



Dutch per 



have 







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COUGHS, GOLDS, 



ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, 



nd all kindred ailments are speedily cured by 



Dr.J.CoIIis Browne's ^ 



Tie RELIABLE FAMILY MEDICINE 



In DIARRHCEA and other com- 

 plaints of the Bowels, Dr. J. COLLIS 

 BROWNE'S Chlorodyne acts like a 

 charm , ana its eoothi n g and restorinfT' 

 effects are eqnally marked in COUT, 



NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM. 

 Purchaser? should Bee that the name. 

 Dr. J, Collis Browne, is on the stamp 

 and refuse all substitutes. 



Convincing Medical Testimony with 



each bottle. 



Of all Chemists, 1/U, 2 I), 4 0. 



ALWAYS ASK FOR THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY 



CHLORODYNE COLLIS BROWNE'S. 



DIRECT fr-^Tn SCOTCH MAKER to WEARER 



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FOB 6ABDENERS 



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 is the Boot for you, and it 

 will stand all w eathera. 

 Uppera are of home-dressed 

 Scotch tanned cowhide, 

 built by experienced ehoe- 

 luakers* who are specially 

 ttained to make our oele- 

 b rated brand of dcotch-made 

 loots. We believe our boots 

 fjr gardeners are the 



world's best. 



TTafc^r-reststing t/#t 



Write VA to-day, enclosing 

 P.O. for lOs. 9d. 



Our Illustrated BookUU U\\ 

 al2 about us. S«nd/or No. 2 

 Catalogue and self-maosure- 



ment /orms. 

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Man 

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CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



XELWAT and SiQX Langport, Soni^reet.— K^lway's 

 Manual of Horticulture for 1913 i« eom^^thmg more 

 than a catalogue; it i^ a guid*^ to hardy flowera 

 and a work of ref^-rence for the flower garden. 

 Capitally arranged, freely descriptive, finely illus- 

 trated (the colound platen are efii>ecially good), 

 and ext^^nding to 352 i^ages^ it \9 a valuable produc- 

 tion. 



SUTTON and SONS, lleoding.— Dre^seed m an attrac- 

 tive and yet simple cover of old-gold and euver 

 colouring, the heading firm's £»eed catalogue lor 

 1913, i« a^s U£tual, got up in a most interesting 

 and instructive fatshion. Half-tone illustrations 

 are abundant and there are coloured plateg or 

 iweet ix^as; of the firm's group of cinerana«, t>e- 

 gonia^i, <'tc., at the International Horticultural 

 Exhibition ; of lavateras ; and of 

 SuTton\s autirrhinums at Claremont, 

 catalogue covexfS a vride range in 



vegetal bl 06. , . 



K. WEBB and SONS Wordsley, Stourbridge.— A very 



freelv illustrated catalogue of flower and vegetaoie 

 .M'od^. The firni'*i eix'cialities in potatoes, tomatoe-^, 

 peae, .stocks a:'.tera etc., etc., are very ■well repre- 

 < nted. Fifty_twa gold medal^t and silver cups> n«y« 

 li*'en awarded to Webb's vegetable and flower^ m 

 four vrans. 



a border of 

 Eisher. The 

 flowers a 



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