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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



April 16, 1898. 



the rate of 2 lb. per rod, as its value as a nitrogenous manure compared with 

 sulphate of ammonia is as three to four. It is, however a quick-acting manure 

 and especially valuable on light soils The 2 lb. should be divided into 

 three equal parts, and one of these used on the three occasions before noticed. 

 Both these manures |are only of advantage when the land is in good condition 

 otherwise We have used both on land of medium texture and good condition, 

 and have found scarcely any difference in the resulting crop, though the soil does 

 not seem so used up after sulphate as after nitrate. If your land is very light use 

 nitrate of soda, as it tends to keep the soil moist. 



Names of Plants 



M. E., Ripon: 1, Clivia miniata, also known as 

 Imantophyllum miniatum ; 2, Cyperus alternifolius ; 3, Yucca aloifolia lineata- 

 lutea ; 4, an abutilon, send when in flower. 



C. C. Calville : The yellow-marked leaf is Cineraria maritima aureo- 

 variegata • the other specimen is probably Gazania ringens, but it was too much 

 damaged to allow of certain identification. See rules as to sending plants for 



naming. .... , 



J. D., Garliestown : Bifrenaria Harnsonia?, known in some gardens as 



Maxillaria Ilarrisonia 1 . 



Communications Received. 



II. C. P.— R. D.— C. T. D.— T. S.- 

 A. D.— C. J. D.— J. II. 



R. B.— R. S.— W. H. L.— C. II 

 D. T. F.— R. C. R. — M. H. S.— J. W. 



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Answers to Correspondents 



Average Life of a Potato 

 Cypripedium F. S. Ames 

 Dwarfed Chrysanthemums^ 

 Engagements for the Ensuing Week 

 Exhibitions ard Meetings : — 

 Edinburgh Spring Show 



Isle of Wight 



Royal Horticultural Society 

 Shirley Gardener*' Association 

 Failure of Flower Crop of the Islands 

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Farm Labour in Queensland ... 

 Gardeners' Royal Kenevolent Institution 

 Good Strawberries for Forcing 

 Hippeastrum Mrs. George Gordon 

 Home-Grow n Apples ... 

 Humus in its Relation to Soil Fertility 

 Landscape Gardening ... 

 Manderston, Duns 

 Markets 



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New Plants and Flowers 

 Notes on Orchids ... ... 



Notes of the Week : — 

 Fruit and Vegetable Imports 



S ringtime 



The Indebtedness of Architecture to 



Garden 

 Wild Life at Kew 

 Potting v. Planting of Arum Lilies ... 

 Rose Show Fixtures in 1898 ... 

 Spontaneous Hybrids of Hardy Plants 

 The Peach 

 The Weather 

 Vegetables for Exhibition 

 White Turkeys ... 

 Work for the Week 



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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Cypripedium F. S. Ames 



Dwarfed Chrysanthemums at Foxbury 

 Hippeastrum Mrs. George Gordon 



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Markets. 



Covent Garden. 



Moderate supplies of all kinds of produce meet a steady demand Thn ^ a 

 trade has been very brisk. ^* " Ul n °**r 



Fruit .—American apples, 15s. to 283. per barrel ; Tasmanian io* - 

 Californian Newtowns, 9s. to 14s. per box ; bananas, 5s. to'ios 



r pples, 2s. to 6s. each ; lemons, 6s. to 16s. per case ; English eraDes 



3s. 6d. ; Belgian, is. 6d. to 2s. 3d. per lb. ; Valencia oranges, o S . to iosrlr 

 Jaffa, 10s. to 12s. per box. 7 • F^r case 



Flowers.— Arums, 5s. to 6s. ; carnations, is. to 3s.; eucharis, 4S to « 



gardenias, 2s. to 3s.; Lihum Harnsi, 4 s. to 5s.; tea roses, 6d. to is. - pink rem 

 4 s. to 8s.; red roses, 3s. to 6s.; cattleyas, 6s. to 93.; Odontoglossum ctUmT 

 is. 6d. to 4s.; tulips, 4 d. to is. ; and tuberoses, is. to is. 6d. per dozen bloom- 

 Adiantum cuneatum, 4s. to 8s. ; marguerites, 2s. to 4s. ; narciss, various is 6d to 

 4s.; Roman hyacinths, 4s. to 63. ; daffodils, 2s. to 6s.; mignonette, 2s to is 

 pelargoniums (scarlet), 4s. to 6s. ; wallflowers, 4s. to 6s. ; primroses, oxl'. to is ■ ant 

 violets, 9d. to 3s. 6d. per dozen bunches ; azaleas, 6d. to 9d. ; stephanotis, 4s. to 6s. 

 lily of the valley, 6d. to is. 6d. ; and pelargoniums, 6d. to 9d. per dozen spran 

 bouvardias, 6d. to 8d. ; white lilac, 3s. to 4s. per bunch. 1 



Vegetables.— Forced rhubarb, is. to is. 6d. ; natural, 3s. to 4s. per dozen 



bundles ; asparagus, 2s. to 6s. 6d. per bundle ; mushrooms, 6s. to 8$. ; eschallots, 25, 

 to 23. 6d. per 12 lb. ; seakale, 12s. to 18s. per dozen punnets; French endive, is.' 6d. 

 to is. 9d. ; lettuce, 9d. to is. 3d. ; cos ditto, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; cucumbers, 3s. to 6s. per 

 dozen; French beans (Madeira) 3s. to 3s. 6d. per basket ; green peas, 4 d. to 3d! per 

 packet; carrots, 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; spring onions 3s. to 4s. ; green mint 4s. to "55. per 

 dozen bunches ; cabbages, 3s. 6d. to 5s. per tally ; Brussels sprouts, is. 6& per half, 

 sieve ; cauliflowers, is. to 2s. per dozen ; Canary new potatos, 10s. to 16s. ; Malta, 

 round, 10s. to 12s. ; French, 2d. to 3d. per lb. 



Borough Potato Market* 



Home supplies show a large falling off, and, with a reduction of foreign supplies, 

 prices are well maintained, and have an upward tendency. 



Dunbars, 120s. to 130s. ; Scottish Magnums, 105s. to 115s. ; Hebrons, 100s. to 

 110s. ; Snowdrops, 95s. to 100s. ; Biuce Maincrop, Sutton's Regents, Reading Giants, 

 and Saxons, 95s. per ton ; Belgians and Germans, 4s. to 4s. 3d. per bag. New- 

 Maltese roundis, 12s. per cwt. ; Jersey hothouse, 3|d. to 4d. per lb. 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



MEETING. 



Wednesday, April 20.— Annual Festival Dinner of the Royal Gardeners' Orphan Fund, at tin 

 Hotel Metropole. 



AUCTIONS. 



Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, April 19, 20, and 22.— Dwarf Roses, Calcfobna, 

 Pansies, Geraniums, Japanese Lilies, Gladioli, Iris, Begonias, Ferns, Palms, Orchids, &c., at 

 Protheroe and Morris's Rooms. 



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