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THE 



GARDENERS 



MAGAZINE. 



January 8, 1898. 



Markets. 



Covent Garden. 



Supplies of almost all kinds are shorter than usual, but as trade is dull prices have 

 net been much altered. There is a good demand for best apples, good grapes, and 

 nuts. There is a moderate cut flower tf&dHfc 



Fruit.— Knglish apples, 4*. to 9s. per bushel; American and Nova Scotian, 

 to 35s. per barrel; English grapes, is. 3d. to 23. 6d. per lb.; Almeria, 12s. to 

 20s. p«r barrel ; French pears 6s. to 8i. per crate; 5s. to 6s. per case; pineapples, 

 2s. to 5s. each ; bananas, 5s. to 10s. per bunch ; pomegranates, 7s. to 98. per case ; 

 Messina lemons, 10s. to 18s. per case ; Valencia oranges, 8s. to 15s. ; Denia, 83. to 16s. ; 

 Murcia, 5s. to 8s. per case ; Jafte, 8s. to 10s. 6d. ; mandarins, o"d. to is. 6d. per box ; 

 French chef tnuts, 7s. to 10s. ; Italian, 12s. to 15s. per bag; dates, 10s. to 12s. perewt. 



Fi.owkk -Arums, 4s. to 6s. ; carnations, is. to 3s.; chrysanthemums, 6d. to 

 2s. 6d. ; gardenias* 2s. to 5s. ; eucharis, 4s. to 6s. ; Lillium Harrisi, 4s. to 6s. ; tea 

 roses, 6d. to is. ; pink rotes, is. to 3s. ; cattlcyas, 6s. to 10s. ; Odontoglossum 

 crispum, is. 6d. to 4s*; and tuberoses, 3d. to 4d. per dozen blooms; Adiantum 

 caneatum, 4s. to 8s. ; chrysanthemums, 31. to 6s. ; marguerites, as. to 4s. ; migno- 

 nette, 2s. to 4s. ; pelargoniums (scarlet), 5s. to 9s. ; and violets, is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. 

 per do n bunches ; azaleas. o/J. to is. 6d.; stephanotis, 4s. to 6s. ; white narciss, is. 

 to as. ; Roman hyacinths, 6d. to is. 6d. ; lily of the valley, is. to 2s. ; and pelar- 

 goniums, 6d. to cjd. \kt dozen sprays; bouvaidias, 6d. to 8d. ; white lilac, 3s. to 4s. 

 per bunch. , 



Vk<;ktaki.ks.— Seakale, 12s. to 1 8s. per dozen punnets; celery, 9s. to 183. per 



dozen rolls; horseradish, 12s. to 20s. per dozen bundles; Knglish onions, 4s. to 5s. 

 r»T cut. ; ValtMia, pi to 6s. >><!. Ml case ; IMgim, 3s, to 3s. 6d. p»-r big j esch illots, 



25. per 12 lb. ; spinach, 2s. rx r bushel : turnips, 3s. to 4s. ; carrots. 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; 



;<.ir.:'-y, 1, 6<L t-> z ». p : i /-n bum 1 '-,; beetrOOU, 2S. to \\.\ cabbages ;itid s ivoys, 



3s. 6d. to ss. 6d. per tally ; cauliflowers, is. to as.; French endive, is. 6d. to 

 is. iod.; artichokes, as. to 3s. ; lettuce, iod. to is. ; cucumbers, 3s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. 

 per dozen ; radishes, icd. to is. per dozen bundles ; mushrooms, 6s. to 9s. per 12 lb. ; 

 HniMeii sprouts, is. to is. 3d. per half-sieve; potatos, 60s. to ioos. per ton. 



New Inventions. 



Automatic Fire Alarm. — Pearson's automatic fire indicator is similar to 

 Sixe's thermometer, such as is used to register the highest and lowest tempera- 

 tures of the day. The usual mercury column is employed, but the thermometric 

 fluid is pure creosote. This has the advantage of being a bad conductor of 

 electricity and of preserving the mercury from oxidation — the trouble which usuallv 

 occurs in thermostats of this design, and, of course, spoils the electrical contact 

 When, under the influence of heat, the mercury rises it covers two fine platinum 

 wires fused into the glass about a quarter of an inch apart, and thus establishes 

 electrical connexion between them. The instrument can be constructed to close 

 the circuit at any desired temperature within certain limits, but for ordinary 

 purposes it is generally set at about no degrees Fahr., such a position being 

 selected in fixing it in a room as will be most quickly affected by increase of 

 temperature. The platinum wires are connected to some signalling device, such 

 as an electric bell, which may ring in the house or at the fire-station/ The 

 Pearson's Automatic Fire Indicator Company have also arranged to use the wires 

 of the District Messenger Company, to whose nearest office an alarm would be 

 transmitted. The fire insurance offices are said to look favourably on the apparatus 

 which is being used by several large firms, as well as at Woolwich Arsenal. 1 



ITHE WEATHER during the Wee 



Stations. 



Temperature of thi Air. 



Highest. I Lowest 



Mean. 



In Cent! 



Borough Potato Market. 



Supplies continue to be 

 previously. 



light. 



demand 



small prices 



London I 5 2 7 

 Croydon ... 



Brighton .52*4 



Bristol 53 'o 



Wolverhampton 52*0 



Rainfall, 



Norwich 



J-6 



Ifcinbors, 115s. to 125s. ; Hebrons, 85s. to 105s. ; Snowdrops, 85s. to 95s.; Bruce 

 in crops, and Sutton's Regents, 7CS. to 85s. ; Reading Giants, 75s. to 80s. : Saxons 



lans, os. 6d. to is od. : ( Germans 



Nottingham 53*0 



Liverpool [ 55 6 



Hudclersfield 

 Bradford .... 



HuU ~ 53 o 



24 3 



21*0 



28-4 

 29*0 

 28*6 

 26*0 

 27*9 



34*3 

 29*0 



27*0 



28*0 



45'i 



43 # 4 



46*7 

 44'8 

 41-2 



43I 



43*2 

 46 o 



43-8 

 44*6 

 428 



7*28 



6'33 

 8-17 



7-11 



arii 



6*22 



7-78 

 6- 5 6 



7 "00 

 6 00 



o 66 

 1-29 



1-48 



0*52 



0*28 

 0*23 

 0-43 



o*55 

 0*40 



0*26 



i'6S 



3'a3 



2*92 



3'76 

 1 32 

 0*71 



0*58 

 1 09 

 1*40 

 1 02 

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r rCadlng °L lht barometer during the week at Greenwich was 29-51 inches, and that 



of the 1 hermometer J5*% the latter being 6-6 above the week's average in the' 50 years 

 1841-90. The direction of the wind was south-westerly, the horizontal movement of the air Linz 

 38 per cent above the week s average in the z6 years 1860-75. The duration of registered brizht 

 sunshine in the week was 5-0 hours. The measured rainfall amounted to o'66 of an inch 



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1 1. LUSTRATIONS. 



Mih us Syriat ui Varictie* 

 Specimen Chrysanthemum Kl. .rence 



I*D*K TO Voi.l/MK XL. 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK 



AUCTIONS. 



Most day, Wednesday, and Thursday, January 10, n, and i 2 .-Border 



rruit Trees, Shrubs, Lilies, &c, at J. C. Stevens's Rooms. 



Plants 



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an 27 



Mr. II. Baldwin who for the last three years has been foreman at Galloway 

 I louse. Oarhestown, N.B , has been appointed gardener to Captain Gower, Castle 

 Mal^wir., ( u.li^in, Pembrokeshire. ' 



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VINERIES 



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GREENHOUSES 



PEACH 



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STOVE AND ORCHID 



HOUSES 



Fitted with the best 



P-to-date 



Steam 



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Hot-Water Heating 



with adjacent buildings 



CONTRACTORS FOR 



provements, and in keeping 



Apparatus 



In Factories, Public Building onH i>i.< v «t A tt t H^va nrrMKA I 



Pipes, Val vos, and Boilers of all kinds 



PARISIAN GREENHOUSE BLINDS 



WORKMANSHIP 



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Wall Tree Protect o 



Garden Frames 



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AWARDED OVER 50 MEDALS 



MATERIALS 



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