GARDENERS 



MAGAZINE 



January 



MARKETS. 



Covent Garden* 



High prices are being maintained for fruit of the best quality, whether home grown 

 or imported. Bananas and oranges find a ready sale; green vegetables are fairly 

 plentiful, and consequently there is not a big business in roots. Cut flowers are 

 plentiful for the time of year, and prices are moderate. 



Fruit —English apples, 5s. to 9s. per bushel ; American and Nova bcotian, 12s. 

 to q<s. per barrel; English grapes, is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per lb.; Almena, 125. to 205. 

 per ban-el; French pears, 4*. to 8s. per crate: bananas, 5s. to 10s. per bunch; 

 lemons. 6s. to 73. 6d. per box, 85. to 183. per case ; Canary torrutos, iod. to is. 6d. 

 per tray, 3s. to 4s. 6d. per case ; Valencia oranges, 8s. to 15s. ; Jatti, 8s. bd. to 

 us. per box. 



Flowers.— Arums, 3s. to 53.; carnations, is. to 3s.; chrysanthemums, is. to 

 qs.; eucharis, 3s. to 4s.; gardenias, 3s. to 5s.; Lilium Harrisi, 4s. to 6s.; tea 

 roses, 6d. to is. ; pink roses, is. to 3 s. ; cattleyas, 6s. to 103. ; Odontoglossum 

 crispum, is, 6d. to 4s.; tuiip3, 6d. to is. 3d. ; and tuberoses, 6d. to 9!. per dozen 

 blooms; Adiantum cuneatum, 4s. to 8s.; chrysanthemums, 6s. to 12s.; marguerites, 

 2s. to4S.; mignonette, 2s. to 4s.; pelargoniums (scarlet), 6s. to 12s.; and violets, 

 is. 6d. to 2S. per dozen bunches ; azaleas, 9L to is. 6d. ; stephanotis, 4s. to 6s. ; 

 white narciss, is. to 2s. j Roman hyacinths, 6d. to gd. ; lily of the valley, is. 

 to 2s. : and pelargoniums, 6d. to is. per dozen sprays; bouvardias, 6d. to 8d, ; 



white lilac, 3s. to 4s per bunch, . 



Vegetables.— Celery, 6s. to 153. per dozen rolls; French endive, is. 4d. to 

 is. 9d.; lettuce, 9<I. to is.; cucumbers, 4s. to 75. 6d. ; cauliflowers, is. to 2s. 6d. per 

 dozen ; cabbages and savoys, 3s. 6d. to 5s. ; parsley, is. 9!. to 2s. 3d. ; carrots, 

 2S. 6d. to 3s.; turnips, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per dozen bunches; forced rhubarb, 

 is. 6d. to 2S. ; mushrooms, 6s. to 83. ; eschallots, 2s. per 12 lb. ; seakale, 103. to 

 15s. per dozen punnets ; spinach, 23. par bu3hel ; Brussels sprouts, is. to is. 6d, per 

 half sieve. 



Borough Potato Market. 



Without any quotable change in prices, the potato trade remains quiet. Supplies 

 are still moderate, and nothing but a spell of frou or snow will brighten up the 

 business. 



Dunbars, 115s. to 125s. ; Hebrons, 90s. to 105s. ; Snowdrops, 85s. to 95s.; Bruce, 

 Maincrops, and Sutton's Regents, 85s. to 90s. ; Reading Giants and Saxons, 35s. per 

 ton ; Belgians, 3s. 9d. to 4s. 3d. ; Germans, 4s. to 4s. 6d. per bag. 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSL 



Tuesday, February i.-Scottbh Horticultural Association. 

 Thursday, February 3 .-Meeting of the Linnean Society. 



' AUCTIONS. 

 Wednesday and Thursday, February 2 and 3. -Rose and 



WEEK 



Tuesday 



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A French Chrysanthemum A dit 



A Useful Orchid Sund 



Chrysanthemum Niveus 



Chrysanthemum-; for 1898 



Early Spring Flowers .. 



Effect* of the Tropical S-imm-rs of 1396-97 

 on the Fruit Crops . ... 



Engagements for the Ensuing Week 



Exhibitions and Meetings :— a m 



Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution 

 Shirley (hardeners' Association' .+ 

 Liverpool Horticultural Association 

 National Chrysanthemum Society 

 Reading and District Gardeners' Mutual 

 Association ... 

 Forestry in Australia .• 



Himalayan Rhcdodendrons 



La;lia Bresies 

 Late Apples 

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 Orchid Committee Awards 



Awards to Old Introductions 

 Imported Insect Pests 

 Variety in Dessert Fruit 

 Obituary... 



Preparation of the Land for Exhibition 

 Vegetables 



R.H.S. Committers, 1898 



Sch'yostyli* coccinea 

 Select New Chrysanthemums 

 Some Roses of 1894 

 The R.H.S. Committee s Awards ... 

 The Weather ... 

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LOVE COURTSHIP, AND MARRIAGE are naturally subjects of interest for every 

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