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ARDENEkS' MAGAZINE. 



October 2 2, 1898. 



MARKETS 



Covent Garde 



Rather better contributions have brought the market supplies up to the average, 

 and the demand throughout is steady and gocd. Prices for green vegetables are 

 firm. Cut flower trade improving. 



Fruit.— English apples, 4s. to 8s. per bushel; Nova Scotian, 15s. to 25s. per 

 barrel; English grapes, icd. to 2s. ; Channel Island, 6d. to is. per lb. ; Almeria, 93. 

 to 16s. ptr barrel; Lisbon, 7s. to 10s. per case; bananas, 5s. to 9s. per bunch; 

 lemons, 15s. to 25s. per box; oranges, 10s. to 16s. per case; pineapples, 2s. to 5s! 

 each; English tomatcs, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; Channel Island, 2s. 6d. to 3s. per 12 lb. ; 

 Bordeaux, 2s to 3s. per case; peaches, 2s. to 8s.; green figs, 9d. to is. 3d. per 

 dozen; English pears (Williams), 85. to 10s. per bushel; damsons, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. 

 per half-sieve; Spanish melons, 5s. to 7s. ; pomegranates, 4s. to 6s. 6d. per case! 



Fix wars. — Arums, 3s. to 4s.; carnations, is. to 2s.; chrysanthemums, white 

 and yellow, is. to 3s. ; eucharis, 3s. to 4s. ; gardenias, is. to 2s. 6d. ; Lilium Harrisi, 3s. 

 to 4s. ; tea roses, 6d. to is. ; pink roses, is. 6d. to 3s. ; red roses, 6d. to is. ; cattleyas) 

 5s. to 9s. ; Odontoglossum crispum, 23. to 4s. ; and tuberoses, 3d. to od. per 

 dozen blooms ; Adiantum cuneatum, 4s. to 83. ; marguerites, 2s. to 4s. ; mignonette, 

 2s. to 4s. ; pelargoniums (scarlet), 4s. to 6s. per dozen bunches ; stephanotis, is! 

 to is. 6d. ; lily of the valley, is. to 2s. ; white gladiolus, 8d. to is. ; and pelargoniums, 

 4d. to 6d. per dozen 9prays. 



Vegetables.— Valencia onions, 5s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. ; Ports, 6s. to 7s. per case; 

 Dutch picklers, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per bag; Brussels sprouts. 2s. 6d. to' 3s. 6d. per 

 half sieve; spinach, 33. to 4s per bushel; cabbages, 4s. 6d. to 9s. per tally; endive, 

 is. 4^. to 2S. ; lettuce, is. 3d, to 25.; French, 2s. to 3s.; cucumbers, 2s. to 4s.; 

 cauliflowers, is. to 2s. 6d. per dozen ; turnips, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; carrots, 2s. 6d. to 

 3s. 6d. ; parsley, 2s. to 2s. 6d. per dozen bunches ; mushrooms, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. 

 per peck ; potatos, 603. to 90s. per ton. 



Borough Potato Market. 



Supplies have increas:d, and are now fairly heavy, but the growirg demand 

 keeps prices firm. Beauty of Hetrcn, Snowdrops, and Up to Date, 3s. 6d. to 4s. ; 

 White Hebron, Early Puritan, Eruco Magnums, Sutton's Early Regent, Reading 

 Giants, and Imperators, 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; Black Lands, 2s. 6d. to 25. 9d. per cwt. 



AUCTIONS. 



Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Octhrpd 



Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Narcissus, Dutch Bulbs, & c ' mZ p 4 ' l 5 ' 26, 2 7» and 28.^ 

 Rooms, Cheapside, E.C. ' iVAessrs - ^rotheroe and Morris's 



Friday, October 28.— Imported and Established Orchids, Mesw P™n, 



Rooms, Cheapside, E.C. ' iVlessrs - Protheroe and Morris's 



Wednesday and Thursday, November i and 2. — Roses f\»nitt: A „ r, 



ham N ^ VaI1Cy ' &C ' MCSSrS " Pr ° ther0e and "SK ^^m^^^^ 



Wednesday, October 26 —Laurels, Aucubas, Carnations, &c Mm*** i>~ui> 



Avenue Nursery, Brondesbury Park, Willcsden Lane, N.W. P™theroe and Morris, 



Wednesday, October 26 —Standard and Dwarf Roses,' Shrubs. &c Mr T r c. 



"~ ' Movent Garden. ' ' KC '' Mr - J • C. Stevens, King 



Stet&wtG^ — ,^ruos, Mr. J. C. Ste 



Thursday, October 27.— Orc hids, Mr. T. C. Stevens, K ing Street, Covent Garden. 



Coming Events. 



Batley Chrysanthemum Show, November 19. 



Batterseaand Wandsworth Chrysanthemum Show, November 

 Belfast Chrysanthemum Show, November 15 and 16. 

 Berkhamsted Chrysanthemum Society, November 9 and 10. 

 Cardiff Chrysanthemum Show, November 9 and 10. 

 Eastbourne Chrysanthemum Show, November 1 and 2. 

 Exmouth Chrysanthemum Society, October 27 and 28! 

 Liverpool Chrysanthemum Show, November 9 and 10! 

 Maidenhead Chrysanthemum Show, November 3 and '4. 



4 and 5. 



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ENGA3EMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



MEETINGS. 



Monday, October 24.— National Chrysanthemum Society ; Flcral Committee at 1 

 General Committee at 7 p.m. 



Tuesday, October 25.— Royal Horticultural Societv : Committees m^f.t at 12 o'clock ; Lecture 



at 3 p.m. on Experimental Horticulture, by Mr. George Gordon, V M.H. 

 Wednesday October 2 6.-Mr. R. Sydenham's Vegetable Shew at Birmingham : Two days. 

 1 HURSDay, October 27.— Exmouth Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Answers to Correspondents 

 Catalogues Received ... 

 Chrysanthemums 



Coming Events 



Eccremocarpuses 



Engagements for the Ensuing Week 



Exhibitions and Meetings : — 



Fruit and Vegetable Show at Liverpool 69 

 National Chrysanthemum Society 

 Onion and Root Show at Thame 



Homology of Plants 



Laelio-cattleya Henry Greenwood , 



Ligustrum Walkeri 



Markets 



Notes on the Crystal Palace Show ... 

 Obituary... 



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A Botanical Tour in Perah 

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 Sure -bearing Apples 



Pandanus Sarderi 



Remedy for Chrysanthemum Rust. 

 Snowfiakes 

 The Plum Crop... 

 The Weather ... 



Trent Park Gardens, New Barnet . 

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LtElio-cattleya Henry Greenwood 

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