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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



October i Sj l898- 



not 



W. D„ Botley: I, Nonesuch; 2, Baumann's Red Winter Reinette ; 3, 

 Grenadier. 



J. T. B., Billinghurst : 1, Scarlet Pearmain ; 2, probably a local seedling. 



H. H. f Weybridge: 1, Manks' Codiin; 2, Lane's Prince Albert; 3, 

 recognised ; 4, Magnum Bonum ; 5, Adams' Pearmain ; 6, Lady Henniker. 



W. Y. P., Morpeth: 1, London Pippin; 2, not recognised; 3, Yorkshire 

 Beauty ; 4, Lord Derby ; 5, Kentish Pippin ; 6, Flemish Beuuty. 



J. B , Morchard Bishop : 1, Gospatnck ; 2, Belle de Pontoise; 3, probably 

 Christmas Beefing ; 4, Tom Putt. 



D. L. P., Doncaster : 1, Mere de Menage ; 2, Crimson Quoining ; 3, Newton 

 Wonder ; 4, Bramley's Seedling. 



A. C. H., Harrow: 1, Adams' Pearmain; 2, King of the Pippins; 3, 

 Blenheim Pippin. 



W. T., Bristol : 1, Dutch Mignonne ; 2, Queen Caroline ; 3, 

 Nonpareil. 



B. G, Guildford: 1, King of the Pippins; 2, Yellow Ingestre ; 3, Beurre 

 Bosc ; 4, Beurre Ranee. 



C. F., Meopham: 1, not recognized; 2, Monarch; 3, Reine Claude du 

 Bavay. 



Markets. 



Covent Garden, 



The supplies of both fruit and vegetable 3 ars only moderat k 

 steady, and gocd prices are obtained for the best goods Wo^ Ut e dem ^d is 



- - The potato trade showsT^ht S^*™*?™' 



o are 



becoming scarcer each day. 



Fruit.— English apples, 4 s.[to ios. per bushel ; plums° ^^TT^l , 

 2S. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; blackberries, 4s. to 4s. 6d. per half-sievp • nin^'J??' ' dams 



2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; blacKbernes, 4s. to 4 s. 6d. per half-sieve " ninp n 1 ' aamson *. 

 5s. each ; bananas, 5s. to ios. per bunch ; English grapes ' od 1 PP ' IS * 6d « to 

 Island, 6d. to is, per lb. ; Lisbon, 7s. to 12s. 6d. per case • AwV,^ 2S# 5 Cbann el 



barrel • RnalUh npnr?. crs. tn mc. npr hncK.l . i? aC ' -^meria, IOS. to ICS. n*r 



Braddick's 



3s. to 4s. ; Channel Island, 2s. 6d. to 3 s. 6d, per 12 lb. ^ d ° Z6n ' English to^atos, 



Flowers.— Arums, 3s. to 4s.; carnations, is. to 2s.; chrvsantW»™» ^ 



and yellow, is. to 3 s. J eucharis, 3 s to 4 s. ; gardenias, is. to 2S S'^&'Sf 1 

 to 4s. ; tea roses, 6d. to is. ; pink roses, isffid. to os • red lro£ M S Ham f k ' » 

 S s. to 9a. ; Odontoglossum crispum, 2s. to ^^t^2: ^ 



y • per 



dozen blooms ; Adiantum cuneatum, 43. to 83,'; margueriteir^sTto £*; mienonettP 



(scarlet), 4 s. to 6s. per dozen bunches: «ti ■ gnonette - 



2s. to 4s. ; pelargoniums 



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THE WEATHER during the Week ending October 8, 1898. 



Stations. 



Temperature of the Air. 



Highest. Lowest. 

 Fahrenheit. 



Mean. 



London 



Croydon 



Brighton 



Bristol 



Wolverhampton 



Norwich , 



Nottingham 



Liverpool 



Huddersfield ... 



Bradford 



Hull 



69-2 



6 7 '5 

 69*8 



68- o 

 65*2 

 68*o 

 69*2 

 66-7 

 68' 7 



69- 6 



37*9 



39'5 

 46*0 



40*0 

 41*0 



37'o 



38*3 

 42*8 



42*0 



48-8 



Fahren- 

 heit. 



56-i 



55*7 

 58'Q 



54'6 



53*i 



54*4 

 54'8 



54'i 

 54*i 



563 



Centi- 

 grade 



I3"39 

 13*17 



14*94 

 12-56 



11*72 

 12-44 



12-67 



12*28 



12- 28 



13- 50 



Rainfall. 



t0 H t 5 Uly H° f * t0 ^ ; ^«bdiote78d. ^STLS^^S 



4d. to 6d. per dozen sprays. 1 F^^goniums, 



Vegetables ^Endive is. to 2s ; lettuce, 9 d. to is. 3d. ; cucumbers, 2s. to 4S • 

 cauliflowers, is. to 2s. per dozen ; Valencia onions, 5 s. to 6s. 6d ■ Ports « m *V 



In 



Inches. 



In Centi 

 metres. 



o"c 2 

 o'oo 

 o'oo 

 o"oi 

 0*04 

 0*05 

 o'o8 



O'OI 



0*09 



0*28 



0*05 



o'oo 

 o"oo 

 0*03 

 o"io 



0-13 



6"20 



0-03 

 023 



0*71 



bages 4s. to 7 s. per tally ; spinach, 23. 6d. to 3 s. 6d per bushel ; marrows, is! 6d to 

 2s. 6d. per dozen; potatos, 503. to 90s. per ton. 



Borough Potato Market. 



Trade is still slow, and the supplies are about sufficient to meet it. Prices remain 

 practically unaltered, but the cold weather will no doubt influence both tradeand 

 prices. Beauty of Hebron and Snowdrops, 3 s. 6d. to 4 s. ; White Hebron* 

 Early Puritan, Bruce Magnum, Sutton's Early Regent, Reading Giants, and Im' 

 perators, 3 s. to 3 s. 6d. ; Black Lands, 2s. 6d. to as. qd. per cwt. 



«f Th. ™ ? S °L£* B f ro, ? leter th * w « ek at Greenwich was 30-00 inches, and that 



tr L T Vrr tC .- 56 7 ' ^ • la i ter b6lng u 3 1 a ^ Ve the week ' s ave «ge in the 50 years 

 ,ti.7£»i 1? % °l iht WWd waS ? 0rt ^ easterIy> the hor ^°ntaI movement of the air being 

 7 per cenl. below the week s average in the 16 years 1860—75. The duration of registered brieht 



sunshine tn the week was 18 3 hours. The measured rainfall amounted to ov* of IXh S 



Contents. 



A Good Early-flowering Chrysanthemum 



Answers to Correspondents 



Conference on Chrysanthemum Rust 

 Engagements for the Ensuing Week 

 Exhibitions and Meetings : — 

 Isle of Wight Fruit Show 

 National Chrysanthemum Society 

 Reading Gardeners' Association 



Royal Horticultural Society ... 

 Homology of Plants 



Leaves from a Rambler's Note-book 

 London's Trees... 

 Markets 



New Plants, Flowers, and Fruits 

 Pear Dr. Jules Guyot... 

 Preserving Surface Roots 



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Notes of the Week 



A Good Investment 

 Chill October 



Future of the National Chrysanthe 

 Society 



Scottish Horticultural Association... 

 The Pear Crop 



Vine Culture in the Open 



Weather 



Work for the Week 



PACK 



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616 

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674 



Wootton Gardeners' Improvement Society 676 



ILLUSTRATIONS, 



Early fl owering Chrys mthemum, Madame 



Marie Masse" 671 



Pear Dr. Tules Guyot 670 



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