SUPPLEMENT TO 



162 



GARDENERS' 



MAGAZINE. 



March 



5. 189s. 



MARKETS. 



THE WEATHER DURING THE WEEK ENDING Ffrpi 



Covent Garden. 



T.u fruit trade is characterised by moderate supplies, a brisk demand, and high 

 1 '"• ^tables in fairly *>od supply, but cut flower trade „ 0 ^ta* 



Stations. 



pno-s. 



Temperature 



Highest. Lowest. 



Fahrenheit. 



of the Air. 

 Mean. 



Fahren- 

 heit. 



Newtowns, 7s 

 is. oxi. per lb. 



5s. to ios. per 



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- # . u o- tft T * s ner case ; Canary tomatos, is. to is. 6d. per tray, 3s. 6d. to 



cwt. ; lemons. 8s. ^l^o^lk 10s. to 18s. ; Denia, i S s. to 25s. per case ; Jaffa, 



4s. 6ci. rx»r case; 

 8s. 6d. to 12s. per box. 



Flowers.— Arums, 2s. to 



3S 



carnations, is. to 3s.; eucharis, 3s. to 4s 



gar^r^rto-SH UUum-Ha^si, £ to 6s.; tea roses. »o x-; pink roses 

 g to 8s. ; omleyas, 6s. Jo 9s. ! ?dontog.ossum ^spuxn, ^^^ggg* 



London mmmmmmmn 



Croydon 



Brighton •••••.»••••••••••• 



Bristol 



Wolverhampton 



Norwich 

 Nottingha 



Liverpool 

 Huddersfield 

 Bradford .... 

 Hull 



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48'a 



49*0 



47*o 



43'i 

 48*0 



47 # o 



46*2 



48*0 

 48*0 



26-1 

 19*8 



27'2 

 26*0 

 2I'I 

 22'4 

 23*7 

 26*2 

 23*0 



28*4 



24*0 



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Rat** 



37'6 

 36*8 



38*5 



34'5 



33*i 



37*5 



35'5 



3^*3 

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37-4 

 35*5 



3-n 

 2-67 



3*6i 



i*39 

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3*o6 

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3*39 

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3*oo 

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0*21 



0*09 

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o*34 



o*i6 

 0*19 



0*30 

 o'56 

 0*19 



0'2I 



0*53 



086 



vToTeU.^^to"i."6d , . per"dozen bunches ; azaleas, 6d. to 9 d. ; stephanotis, 4s. to 6s. ; 

 Uly of' the v^ley, 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 asparagus, 5s. to 7s. per bundle; seakale, ios. to 12s. per 

 dozen punnets; French endive, is. 3d. to is. 6d.; lettuce, is. to is. 3d. per dozen ; 

 Brussels sprouts, is. 3d. to is. td. per half sieve; English onions, 5s. 6d. to 7s. per 

 cwt. ; Valencia, 7 s. to 9 s. per case; carrots, 2s. 6d. to 3 s. per dozen bunches ; ce ery, 

 6s. to 12s. per dozen rolls ; spinach, 2s. 6d. per bushel ; mushrooms, 6s. ; escnallots, 

 2s. per 12 lb. ; Italian cauliflowers, 2s. 9 d. to 3s. 6d. per hamper ; cabbages and 

 savoys, 4s. to 6s. ; parsnips, 3s. to 3s. 6d. per tally ; forced rhubarb, is. 3d. to is. 9 d. 

 per dozen bundles ; Cornish broccoli, 6s. 8s. 6d. per crate ; Canary new potatos, 

 14s. to 18s. ; Malta, 16s. to 18s. per cwt. ; Algiers, 3d. per lb. 



Borough Potato Market* 



Supplies are rather large, but trade is quiet. Prices have slight upward 



tendency. 



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, 80s. per 

 ton ; Belgians, 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; Germans, 3s. 61. per baer- 



The mean reading of the Barometer during the week at Greenwich was 2Q-«:c InrW . 7T 

 of the Thermometer 37 "6 9 the latter being 2 °'i below the week's average in ih*^ 

 1841—90. The direction of the wind was vanable, the horizontal movement of the J£ Z5? 

 3 per cent, above the week's average in the 16 years 1860—75. The duration of register* £S 

 sunshine in the week was 25*8 hours. 1 he measured rainfall amounted to 0*21 of an bdi ' 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



Tuesday, March 8.— Royal Horticultural Society Committees meet at Twelve o'clock AtTW 



p.m. the Rev. Professor Henslow, M.A. will discuss some of the more interestinz n£2 

 exhibited. ■ *W** 



Saturday, March 12.— General Meeting of the Royal Botanic Society, 



AUCTIONS. 



Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, March 7, 8, 9, and n.-Roses. 



auratum, Imported Orchids, at Protheroe and Morris's Rooms. 

 Wednesday, March 9.— English and Foreign Roses, Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Plants, &c at I r 



Stevens's Rooms. M J ' u 



Thursday, March 10.— Border Plants, Shrubs, Liliums, &c, at J. C. Stevens's Rooms. 



Contents. 



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Effects of Earthquakes on Plants.— The published proceedings o* 



the Agri-Horticultural Society of India for the September quarter of 1897 contains 

 the following interesting correspondence. Mr. W. Help wrote on August 14 to 

 the society's secretary : A most remarkable thing has happened to all my 

 Papaya trees since the earthquake. I am sending you some of the fruit to see the 

 condition they are in, and you know what fine ones I had. The fruit I am send- 

 ing you were the same size as when the earthquake took place on June 12, so that 

 growth in the fruit has l>een stopped entirely in some remarkable way since then, 

 but not in the plant, which is still growing and flowering in the usual way. It is 

 not one plant only affected, but every one I have. Can it be the earthquake, I 

 wonder, for all plants are very healthy looking ? Fruits that have formed outside 

 the influence of the earthquake, a foot or more above where the specimens have 

 been taken from, are growing, and are from three to four times the size of what I 

 send you. The Secretary 'of the Society adds : " The specimens received were 

 the size of an ordinary duck's egg. In the society's gardens it has been noticed 

 that little or no progress has been made in the growth of Papaya fruit since the 

 earthquake." 



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A Famous Vine... 

 A Hobby for Ladies 

 Allotments in Northumberland 

 Amongst the Chrysanthemums 



Amygdalus Davidiana alba 



Answers to Correspondents 



Apples in Hampshire ... , 



Choice Daffodils 



Climbing Roses for Southern Gardens 

 Coniferous Trees at Holkham 

 Engagements for the Ensuing Week 

 Exhibitions and Meetings : — 

 Cardiff and County Horticultural 



S0016ty r « • »•! 



National Chrysanthemum Society 

 Reading Gardeners' Association 



Flowers for Easter .., 



Hybrid Dendrobiums ... 



Hybrids of Cypripedium bellatulum 



Markets 



Modern Raspberry Culture 



New Inventions ... ^ 



Nitrates, and Their Uses in the Garden 



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Notes of the Week :■ 



Light 



Potatos on Light Soils 



The Pleasant Springtime ... 



Pear Jean de Witte 



Rhododendron praecox 



Stable versus Moss-Litter Manure 

 Sundews 



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mum Society 

 The Fly Agaric 



The Position of Scottish Horticulture 

 The Pruning of Roses 

 The Weather 

 Vegetables for Exhibition 



Work for the Week 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 

 Amygdalus Davidiana alba 

 Cypripedium Beeckmani 

 The Fly Agaric 

 Pear Jean de Witte 

 Bank of Rhododendron praecox in the Royii 



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