February 26, 1898. 



GA RDENERS* MA GAZINE. 



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you must be able to show that for at least five years you have been employed m 

 eood gardens or first-rate nurseries. Suitable references should be forthcoming, 

 or at least, copies of them should be sent with a letter of application for employ- 

 ment addressed to Mr. G. Nicholson, Curator, Royal Gardens, Kew, Surrey. 

 If the application is entertained a form will be returned to you to fill up, and on 

 this being sent back to Kew your name will be placed on the register, and all you 

 have to do is to wait patiently until a vacancy occurs. This may happen within 

 a few days, or it may not happen for a month or two. The candidate must be 

 twenty-one years of age. 



Names of Plants, — I. C, Bath : Lselia Lindleyana, a curious species. 



M. F. E., Egham: I, Selaginella Mertensi ; 2, S. flagellifera ; 3, Davallia 

 bullata ; 4, Nephrolepis exaltata ; 5, Begonia ascotiensis ; 6, send when in flower. 



W. M. P., Elcombe: 1, Phlebodium aureum ; 2, Nephrodium molle corym- 

 biferum ; 3, a polypody, send fertile frond ; 4, Adiantum formosum. 



K. B., Henley : If you will send another set we will do our best to identify 

 your plants, as on former occasions. The last lot became shrivelled before we 

 were able to institute comparisons. 



Names of Fruits. — H. G., Isle of Wight : We do not recognise the apple 

 sent, and feel sure it is not Goodwood Pippin. However, if you send a fruit to 

 Mr. R. Parker, Goodwood Gardens, Chichester, Sussex, he will decide. This 

 will save time, and in the meanwhile we will submit the fruit we have to some 

 expert pomologists, and endeavour to find whether the variety is known. An 

 apple that will keep sound and fresh as late as you mention, in the extreme south, 

 is of value, and we should be obliged for further particulars. 



Communications Received. 

 H. H.-H. F. — H. G.— F. W. 



A. F. 



G. B. — T. P.— R. D. 



B. 



-I. G— M. F. E.— W. M. P.— E. 

 H. C. P.— G. W.— W. M.— G. H. 

 J. G.— W. B.— K. B. 



A. 

 J. R. 



"THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN " is a saying credited to a variety 

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 inventions looked upon as modern are of ancient origin. The telephone, which recently caused 

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 the credulity of their disciples. The Pyramids of Egypt and other wonders prove that this genera- 

 tion has a great deal to learn. Holloway's Pills and Ointment, however, were not anticipated by 

 our forefathers, and to-day they stand alone as the best cure the world possesses for all the ills that 

 humanity is heir to. — [A»vt.] 



Markets. 



Covent Garde 



Supplies of fruits are very short, consequently prices have an upward tendency, as 

 the demand is good. Green vegetables are moderately plentiful, but prices are firm. 

 Potato trade quiet, though there is a brisk demand for new. Cut flower trade 

 moderate. 



Fruit. — English grapes, is. gd. to 3s. per lb. ; Almeria, 10s. to 20s. per barrel ; 



American and Nova Scotian apples, 12s. to 30s. per barrel ; French pears, 5s. to 



7s. 6d. per crate ; pineapples, 2s. to 6s. 6d. each ; bananas, 4s. to 9s. per bunch ; 



English tomatos, 6d. to iod. per lb. ; Canary is. to is. 6d. per tray, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. 



per case ; lemons, 8s. to 16s. per case ; Valencia oranges, 9s. to 18s. ; Jaffas, 8s. to 

 us. 6d. per box. 



Flowers. — Arums, 2s. to 3s.; carnations, is. to 3s.; eucharis, 3s. to 4s.; 

 gardenias, 6s. to 9s. ; Lilium Harrisi, 4s. to 6s. ; tea roses, 6d. to is. ; pink roses, 

 2s. to 4s. ; cattleyas, 6s. to 9s. ; Odontoglossum crispum, is. 6d. to 4s. ; tulips, 6d. to 

 is. 3d. ; and tuberoses, 6d. to 9d. per dozen blooms ; Adiantum cuneatum, 4s. to 8s. ; 

 chrysanthemums, 9s. to 18s. ; marguerites, 2s. to 4s. ; white narciss, 2s. 6d. to 5s. ; 

 narciss, various, is. 6d. to 3s. ; Roman hyacinth, 4s. to 9s. ; daffodils, 5s. to 8s. ; mig- 

 nonette, 2s. to 4s.; pelargoniums (scarlet), 6s. to 8s.; and violets, 9d. to 4s. per 

 dozen bunches ; azaleas, 6d. to 9d. ; stephanotis, 4s. to 6s. ; lily of the valley, 6d. to 

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

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



Vegetables.— English onions, 6s. to 7s. per cwt. ; Valencia, 7s. to 9s. per 

 case ; cabbages and savoys, 4s. 6d. to 6s. per tally ; Italian cauliflowers, 2s. 9d. 

 to 4s. per basket ; seakale, 10s. to 15s. per dozen punnets ; Brussels sprouts, 2s. 

 to 3s. per bushel ; French asparagus, 4s. to 7s. 6d. per bundle ; mushrooms, 6s. to 8s. ; 

 eschallots, 2s. to 2s. 6d. per 12 lb. ; French lettuce, is. to is. 3d. ; endive, is. 4d. to 

 is. 8d. ; spinach, 2s. to 2s. 6d. per bushel ; parsley, is. 6d. to 2s. ; carrots, 2s. to 3s. 

 per dozen bunches ; celery, 6s. to 12s. per dozen rolls ; forced rhubarb, is. 6d. ta 

 2s. 6d. per dozen bundles; Malta new potatos, 18s. to 203.; Algiers, 20s. to 25s. ; 

 Canary 15s. to 18s. per cwt. 



Borough Potato Market* 



Supplies are so large, and the demand so moderate, that there is a prospect of a 

 drop in prices. 



Dunbars, 110s. to 120s.; Hebrons, 85s. to 100s. ; Snowdrops, 80s. to 90s.; Bruce 

 Maincrop and Sutton's Regents, 80s. to 85s. ; Reading Giants and Saxons, 8os. per 

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