GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



Borough Potato Market. 



Supplies are about equal to the demand, and prices do not show any alteration. 



Dunbars, 120s.; Scotch Magnums, 100s. to 110s. ; Hebrons, 1003.; Snowdrc 

 oos : Bruce, Maincrop, and Sutton's Regents, 90s. to 95s. ; Reading Giants a 

 Saxons, 85s. to 90s. per ton; Belgian?, 3s 6d. to 4s. ; Germans, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 

 per bag. 



Tuesday 

 at 3 p 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK 



, Apkil 12.— Royal Horticultural Sotieiv rv». M tM 

 :m. endued "Bli^t^ri [Blessing .l^^SSSSSS* * 12 <* 



Wednfsdav, April 13.— Ancient Society of York 

 Saturday, April 16.— Ghent Quinquennial Ex hi 



mquennial Exhibition opens a nl 



AUCTIONS. 



Spring Show. 



continues until April 



'4- 



WEATHER 



Wednesday 



Stations. 



peraturb 



Highest. Lowest, 



Fahrenheit. 



Fahren 

 heit. 



Rainfall, 



Kof *s, Orchids. 

 * c -. at Protheni 



In Cent' 



metres. 



Contents. 



Croydcn ...... « 



Brighton 



Bristol m 



Wolverhampton 



Norwich 



Nottingham .. 



Liverpool 



Huddersfield ... 



Bradford 



Hull 



55-o 



54*5 

 56*2 



55 -o 



|f # 4 



C2'0 



48*0 

 50'8 



54*o 



3o'7 

 32*0 



3c'o 

 29*2 



28*0 



34*2 

 32 o 



41-6 



40*7 

 40*1 



4i'7 

 4o"o 



36*8 



37*8 



40 3 



37*4 

 40*4 



4*83 



4'5<> 



5 39 



4*44 

 2*67 



3*22 

 461 



3*oo 

 V67 



o'i5 



o'3S 



o 03 



0*23 

 0*17 



0-49 



O'TI 



o*3S 

 0-49 



• 11 



0*38 



o 89 



008 



0*58 



o*43 



1-24 

 028 

 0*89 

 1-24 



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Answers to Correspondents ... 



An Evening Dose 



Exhibitions ard Meetings : — 

 The Nurserymen and Market Gardeners 

 Hailstorm Insurance Corporation 

 (Limited) 



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237 

 232 



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Brighton and Sussex Horticultural Society 234 



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The mean reading of the Barometer during the week at Greenwich was 29*451 Inches, and that 

 of the Thermometer 4o°*7, the latter being 3°'8 below the week's average in the 50 years 

 1841—90. The direction of the wind was variable, the horizontal movement of the air being 

 33 per cent, below the week's average in the 16 years i860 — 75. The duration of registered bright 

 sunshine in the week was 28*9 hears. The measured rainfall amounted to 0*15 of an inch. 



Southampton ... 



The People's Palace Horticultural Society 235 

 Reading Gardeners' Mutual Improvement 



Association .. 

 Isle of Wight... 

 Engagements for the Ensuing Week 



Hippeastrumsat Chelsea 



Markets 



Notes of the Week : — 

 The Ghent Quinquennial 

 The Potato Crop 

 The Auricula ... 



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238 



226 

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223 

 223 

 223 



New Plants and Flowers 

 On Landscape Gardening 



Pinching Chrysanthemums Z 

 1 he Cinchona in In-ia 



The Water Garden 



The Ghent School of Horticulture 

 The Planting of Gladioli 

 The Fuchsias of Fortunatus 

 Work for the Week ... 



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M v -i b "-LUSTRATIONS. 



M. Emi'e Rodigas 



Ghent School of Horticulture m 

 Glass Structures and Fruit Garden," GfeS "* 



bchool of Horticulture 

 Laboratory, Ghent School of Horticulture 2 

 A Corner in Alpine Garden, Ghent School* * 



Horticulture ... 



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 GENUINE ORCHID PEAT, 8s. per sack ; 5 sacks, 40s. 

 BEST BROWN FIBROUS PEAT, 5s. per sack ; 5 for 



22s. 6d. 



GOOD GENERAL PEAT, 4s. per sack ; 5 for 18s. 6d. 

 COARSE SILVER SAND, is. Cd. per bushel; 14s. half- 



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Vellow Fibrous Loam, Ccmpost, Leaf and Peat Mould, is. per 

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CHRYSANTHEMUM COMPOST, 



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