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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



MAY 21, 1898. 



MARKETS. 



Covent Garden. 



SUPPLIES of vegetables continue to improve, and there are fair supplies of fruit- 

 Home gTown gooseberries have come alone with a rush, but the only apples in the 



market are Tasmanian. Strawberries are cheapening as the season advances, and new 



potatos are daily becoming more plentiful. 



Fruit.— Tasmanian apples, 10s. to i3s. per case ; pineapples, 2s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. 

 each; bananas, 5s. to 9s. per bunch; Murcia oranges, 10s. to 14s. per case; Jaflas, 

 12s. to 16s. per box ; English grapes, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Jersey, 2s. 3d. to 3s. ; 

 Belgian, is. 3d. to is. 9d. per lb. ; lemon?, 6s to 15s. per case; English tomatos, 8d. 

 to icd. per lb. ; Canary, iod. to is. 4d. per tray, 3s. to 4s, per case; strawberries, 

 is. to is. 9d. per punnet :. Cornish gooseberries, 3s. to 3s. 6d. per small basket. 



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

 gardenias, is. to 3s. ; Lilium Harrisi, 3s. to 4s. ; tea roses, 6d. to is* ; pink roses, 

 3s. to 6s. ; red roses, 2s. to 4s. ; cattleyas, 6s. to 9s. ; Odontoglossum crispum, 

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

 4s. to 8s. ; marguerites, 2s. to 4s. ; narciss, various, is. to 3s. ; daffodils, is. 6d. 

 to 4s ; tulips, 3s. to 6s. ; mignonette, 2s. to 4s. ; pelargoniums (scarlet), 4s. to 6s. ; 

 wallflowers, 2s. to 3s.; polyanthuses and cowslips, is. to is. 6d. ; primroses, 9d. to is. ; 

 bluebells, 6d. to 8d. ; and violets, 9d. to 3s. 6d. per dozen bunches ; azaleas, 6d. to 

 9d. ; stephanotis, 4s. to 6s. ; lily of the valley, 6d. to is. ; and pelargoniums, 4d. 

 to 6d. per dozen sprays r bouvardias, 6d. to 8d. ; white lilac. 3s. to 4s. per bunch. 



Vegetables. — Egyptian onions, 6s. to 73. 6d. per cwt. ; English spring, 2s. to 3s. 

 per dozen bunches ; green peas, 3s. to 4s. per dozen pockets ; asparagus, is. to 5s. 

 per bundle : French beans (Madeira), 3s. to 3s. 6d. per basket ; eschallots, is. 6d. to 

 2s. ; garlic, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d ; mushrooms, 6s. to 8s. per 12 lb. ; lettuce, 6d. to is. ; 

 cos, 2s. ; endive, is. 4c!. to is. 8d. ; cucumbers, 23. to 5s. ; cauliflowers, is. to 2s. 

 per dozen: parsley, is. 6d. to is. 9d. ; mint, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; new carrots, 6s. to 

 7s. ; turnips, 6s to 7s. per dozen bunches ; spinach, 2s. per bushel ; rhubarb, 2s. to 

 3s. per dozen bundles ; Canary new potatos. 9s. to 12s. ; Malta rounds, 8s. to 10s. per 

 cwt. ; Lisbon, 5s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per box ; French, 2d. to 2id. per lb. 



Borough Potato Market. 



Old tubers are decreasing in supply, but owing to the large quantities of New 

 Jersey potatos the demand is met, and fair prices are recorded. Duntars, 130s. to 

 140s. ; Scotch Magnums and Hebrons, 110s. to 120s.; Bruce Main-crop, Sutton's 

 Regents, Reading Giant, and Saxons, 100s. to 110s per ton ; Belgians and Germans, 

 4s. 9d. to 5s. 3d per bag. New— Maltese rounds, 9s. to 10s. ; Teneriffe kidneys, 12s. 

 to 13s. ; Jersey, 24s. to 28s. per cwt. ; Lisbon rounds, 5s. to 5s. 6d. per box. 



Fruit Prospects in Wilts.— The fruit prospects here are at the present 

 very rosy. I cannot remember ever seeing so much blossom upon the trees. Apples, 

 pears, plums, damsons, cherries, apricots, peaches, gooseberries, and currants are 

 loaded with bloom or fruit, and if climatic conditions continue to be favourable 

 we shall have a magnificent crop. What few apples we had last year in the 

 orchard were extra fine, and in point of keeping were good. I sent in the last 

 dish of Cox's Orange on Faster day, April 10. We have several hundreds of 

 apple trees, and all are showing beautifully. Peaches have set with freedom, so 

 also have apricots, and this in spite of very low temperatures during the flowering 

 period. Individual pear trees have been a wealth of bloom, notably Jargonelle 

 with its huge clusters, Pitmaston Duchess, Marie Louise, Doyenne D'Ete, Doy- 

 enne du Cornice, Comte de Lamy, Williams' Bon Chretien, Beurre Diel, &c. 

 Apples on wnlls were beautiful, notably, Red Astrachan, Irish Peach, and Cox's 

 Orange. Cherries were a wealth of blossom, and among the best were Bigarreau, 

 May Duke, and Klton. The apricots that have set best are Large Yellow and 

 Shipley.— W. A. Cook, Com Mon Basset* Calne. Wilts. 



THE WEATHER DURING the Week ending May 14, 1393. 



Stations. 



Temperature op the Air. 



Highest. Lowest. 



Fahrenheit. 



Mean. 



London ..«•• 



Croydon ........ 



Brighton 



Bristol 



Wolverhampton 



Norwich 



Nottingham .. 



Liverpool 



Huddersfield .. 



Bradford 



Hull 



6i 4 6 



62-5 

 62-6 



6i'o 



64*0 



57' 2 



62*5 

 5 6-8 



57'o 

 62*4 

 6o'o 



Fahren- 

 heit. 



36*0 



33'8 



37'° 

 38*0 



33*5 

 35'o 



35'o 



38-4 



36'5 

 38-6 



36*0 



Centi- 



grade, 



Rainfall 



In In C 



Inches. 



50*7 



49 9 



50*9 

 48-9 



48*0 



47'5 

 48*2 



46*0 



47'9 



49 4 

 4 6' 4 



*©39 



9*94 

 10 50 



9'39 

 8-89 



8 61 



9 '00 



7*78 

 8-83 



9*67 



8 00 



o'54 

 o*73 



«> 



o'75 

 o*6i 



o- 7T 

 o' 45 



1 "00 



1 15 



0*85 



0 5J 



''37 



rC 



3'8i 

 1-90 



•'55 



HE 

 km 



2 92 

 2 16 



r 35 



The 

 of the Ther 

 1841 



a reading of the Barometer during the week at Greenwich was 20'^ inches »h.» 

 mometer 5o°' 7 , the latter being i°-o below the week's average in the « ™2« 



nermometer 50- 7, iuc jauw »«"s *' u uciuw tne wee* s average in the «w veart 

 b The direction of the wind was south-westerly, the horizontal movement of the air bein* 

 24 per cent, above the week's average in the 16 years 1860—75. The duration of registered bright 

 sunshine in the week was 30*8 hours. The measured rainfall amounted to 0*54 of an inch. 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



MEETINGS. 



T uesday, May 24. — Anniversary Meeting: of the Linnean Society. 



Wednesday, May 25.— Royal Horticultural Society's Great Summer Show, to be held in the 

 Inner Temple Gardens, Thames Embankment ; open three days. Bath and West of England 

 Show ; at Cardiff. 



Friday, May 27.— Royal Botanic Society's of Manchester. Open until June 2. 

 Saturday, May 28.— Gloucester and Cheltenham Horticultural Society ; and on Bank Holiday, 

 Monday, May 30. 



AUCTIONS. 



Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, May 2j, 24, and 27.— Japanese Lilies, Calceolarias, Orchids, 

 ftc.j Protheroe and Morris's rooms. 



CONTENTS. 



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Answers to Correspondents 

 An Experiment to Induce Sporting... 

 British Ferns for Indoor Culture 

 Catalogues Received ... 

 Chat About Hardy Fruits 

 Coming Events 



Dwarfed Chrysanthemums 

 Engagements for the Ensuing Week 

 Exhibitions and Meetings : — 



Alexandra Palace Summer Show 

 Fast Cowes Horticultural Society 



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Memories of Bruges 

 New Inventions 

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Artificial Root Pressure ... 



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Rose Exhibition 



The Temple Show 

 Rose Show Fixtures for 1898... 

 Some Forthcoming Roses 

 Strawberry Leaf Spot ... 



The Auricula 



The Fascinating Flora of Yunnan 

 The Syon Conservatory 

 The Weather ... 

 Vegetables for Exhibition 

 Work for the Week 



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Monstera deliciosa at Syon — 3*j 



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