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GARDENERS' MA GAZINE. 



August 6, ,893. 



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MARKETS. 



Covent Garden. 



As usual, trade is somewhat quiet after the holidays, so supplies have been shortened a 

 little. Prices are moderate. Cut flower trade dull. 



FRUrr.— English grapes, is. 3d. to 2s.; Jersey, 9d. to is. 3d. ; Belgian, 8d. to iod. 

 per lb. ; cherries, 4s. 6d. to 8s. 6d. per half-sieve ; gooseberries, 3s. to 4s. 6d. p r bushel ; 

 raspberries, 3s. to 5s. per dozen punnets; 28s. to 32s. per cwt. in tubs; bananas, 5s. 

 to ios, per bunch ; pineapples, 2s. to 4s. each ; French peaches, tod. to is. 4d. per 

 box ; English, 2s. to 6s. per dozen ; red currants, 4s. to 5s. ; black, 5s. to 6s. per half- 

 sieve ; apricots, 5s. to 6s. per half-sieve; figs, is. to is. 6d. per dozen ; greengages, 

 4s. to 5s, per basket ; gd. to is. per box; melons, 9d. to is. 3d. each ; Spanish, 9s. to 

 12s. per case. 



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

 gardenias, is. to 3s. ; Lilium Harrisi, 2s. to 4s. ; tea roses, 6d. to is. ; pink roses, 

 2s. to 5s.; red roses, 6d. to 2s.; cattleyas, 6s. to 8s.; Odont oglossum crispum, 



and tuberoses, is. to is. 6d. per dozen blooms : Adiantu 



WEATHER DURING THE WEEK 



Stations, 



Temperature of the Air. 



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

 cuneatum, 4s. to 8s. ; marguerites, 2s. to 4s. ; mignonette, 2s. to 4s. ; pelargoniums 

 (scarlet), 3s. to 5s. ; stephanotis, is. to 2s. ; lily of the valley, 6d. to is. ; white 

 gladiolus, 8d. to is. ; and pelargoniums, 4d. to 6d. per dozen sprays. 



Vegetables.— English tomatos, 4d. to sd. ; Jersey, 3d. to 4d. per lb. ; Spanish, 

 is. to is. 4d. per box ; English onions, 2s. to 3s. per dozen bunches ; ports, 5s. to 6s. 

 per case ; peas, is. 3d. to 2s. 6d. per bushel ; 3s. to 5s. per sack ; French beans, 2s. to 

 3s. per flat ; broad beans, is. to is. 6d. per bushel ; endive, is. to is. 3d. ; cucum- 

 bers, is. to 3s. ; cauliflowers, is. 3d. to 2s. 6d. per dozen ; mushrooms, 6s. to 8s. ; 

 eschalots, is. 6d. per 12 lb. ; cabbages, 3s. to 4s. 6d. ; beetroots, 2s. 6d. to 3s, per 

 tally ; lettuce, 9d. to is. per score ; vegetable marrows, 2s. to 3s. per dozen ; mint, 

 is. 6d. to 2s. ; parsley, is. 6d. to 2s. ; carrots, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; turnips, 3s. to 4s. ; 

 celery, 12s. to 18s. per dozen bundles ; potatos, 3s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per cwt. 



Borough Potato Market. 



There is a fair demand at recent prices, but supplies are not large. English Snow- 

 drops, White Beauties, and Early Puritan, 3s. 6d. to 4s. ; Beauty of Hebron, 4c. 

 per cwt. 



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Liverpool 



Huddersfield 



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Hull 



The mean reading of the Barometer during the week at Or*^nwir4, — ~- ~. T~7 



of the Thermometer 61-0, the latter being* £3 below the weelS avlr£f * *" 



x84t-*>. The direction of the wind was variable, the horizontal movS of t £ EE 

 15 per cent, below the weeks average In the 16 years 1860-75. The duration of regbtertd 1*5 

 sunshine in the week was 25*6 hours. The measured rainfall amounted to o" 2 of an 1 ^ ' 



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t " WE'LL BACK YOU EVERY TIME." A flush of pride suffused the face of the young 

 jockey as he read the telegram. " Let us know each race you start in, and we'll back you every 

 time. 1 he message came from his old-time comrades in far-away Yorkshire. They knew he rode 

 square— rode to win— and their telegram was a testimonial to his integrity and worth. Hundreds 

 and thousands of testimonials to the worth of Holloway s Pills and Ointment as family medicines 

 are in our possession. Many a poor sufferer has betn restored to health by these world-famed 

 remedies, and has gratefully written to tell us so. Human friends come and go, but these medi- 

 cines—the friends of mankind— are always with us in the hour of need.— [Advt.] 



A Garden of Beauty and Battle 



A Morning Mixture 



Answers to Correspondents 



Carnations at Chelsea... 



Carnations at Edenside 



Diseased Bedding Pelargon 



Engagements for the Ensuing Week 



Exhibitions and Meetings : — 



The Abbey Park Flower Show... 



Beddington, Carshalton, and Walling 

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Redhill, Reigate, and District Carna- 

 tion and Picotte Society 

 The Scottish Arboricultural Society 

 Winslpw Floral and Horticultural 



Society ... ■ , ... 514 



Laelio cattleya Admiral Dewey 508 



Leaves From a Rambler's Note-bx>k ... 507 

 Markets 518 



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Natural Sources of Nitrogen 

 New Books 



Notes of the Week 



H obbies 



Royal Botanic Society 

 Water Lilies 

 Out-door Peach Culture 



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Rocky Mountains Bramble 

 Strawberries 

 The Botanical Gardens 

 The Flora of Australia 

 The Rose Season of il 

 Weather 



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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Lajlio-cattleya Admiral Dewey 

 Rubus deliciosus 



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Bulwell Potteries, 



Nottin 



ham. 



.J* ° l0k "° n "' toit«d, Che iter, write ; " The Flower PoU yon here so largely ■applied a. with are light, 

 .ena well made, and in erery reipeet highly ■atiefaotory." 



,*if h * rd * Co- Woroewer, write » We beg to ny that we are highly eatiafled with your 



, ™ ' J™ 7 weU m » de « ye* trong, and we like them better than any other we haTe erer need.- 



V**nJtoZ«r£^ f°H w°i Sibray ' IJmitod ' »»»*»wortli Hur.erie.. Sheffield, write 



■p«-aiure u tMtifying that after baying- and your noti 



•desired." 



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lor the past twenty-Ire year*, we have found them all that could 



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