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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



October 29, 1898. 



attempts to stay its spread seem to be useless, and the only chance of keeping it at 

 toy is to commence with the syringing of the stools with some of the various remedies 

 prescribed, and also dipping the cuttings before insertion and the plants at every 

 potting. Instead of syringing with clean or soot water every day, use a fungicide 

 once or twice a week. Every few days make a diligent search for the disease, 

 and, should it appear, burn every bit of infected foliage, taking great care to 

 gather it carefully, and putting it into a covered tin in taking it to the fire, so that 

 none can float in the air. As to remedies, Mr. Wells gives one which he has 

 proved to be good. The Bordeaux mixture or a solution of sulphate of copper 

 and lime is very simple and effective, but care must be taken to use the purest 

 sulphate of copper. The rust in carnations is very similar to that affecting 

 chrysanthemums, and it is giving much trouble to American growers, but the most 

 effective remedy yet propounded is a decoction of arsenic ; an ounce of this dis- 

 solved in a little alcohol, and mixed with 100 gallons of water, is the recipe, but 

 it requires great care in using. That it is very efficacious I have proved. — W. J. 

 Godfrey, Ex month. 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK, 



MEETINGS. 



Monday, October 31.— National Chrysanthemum Society; Flcral Committee meets at one 



o'clock. . . 



Tuesday, November i.— Scottish Horticultural Association. 



Croydon Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Torquay Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Southampton Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Kingston Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Eastbourne Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Truro Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Stratford-on-Avon Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. " 

 Hereford Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Walthamstow Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. * ■ 

 Watford Chrysanthemum Shew ; Two days. 

 Wednesday, November 2.— Swindon Chrysanthemum Show ; Three days. 



Kent County Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Isle of Thanet Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Dorchester Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Jersey Chrysanthemum Show ; Twj days. 

 Wolverhampton Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Ascot Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 ParksOne Chr> santhemum Show ; Two days. 

 Krixton Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Woking Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Hertford Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Lowestoft Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Burgess Hill Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Portsmouth Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Dorking Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Barnet Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Westerham Chrysanthemum Show; Two days, 



Ux bridge Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Thursday, November 3.— Reigate Chrysanthemum Sh>w. • 



Colchester Chrysanthemum Show. 



Forest Gate Chrysanthemum Show ; Three <!iys. 



Woolwich Chrysanthemum Show ; Three Jays. 



Exeter Chrysanthemum Show ; Two day*. 



North Peckham Chrysanthemum Show ; Two d iys # 



West of England Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Maidenhead Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Reigate Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Putney Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Manor Park Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Leamington Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Leyton and Leytonstone Chrysanthemum Show; Two days. 



Finchley Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Friday, November 4.— Battersea and Wandsworth Chrysanthemum Show; Two days. 



Lizard Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Hinckley Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Saturday, November 5.— North of Scotland Root, Fruit, and Vegetable Show. 



AUCTIONS. 



Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, October 31, and November i f 



a, 3, and 4.- Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Narcissus, Dutch Bulbs. &c, Messrs. Protheroe 

 and Morris's Rooms, Cheapside, K.C. 

 Wednesday, November 2.— Japanese Uies, &c, Messrs. Protheroe and Morris's Rooms, 

 Cheipsidc, EC. 



Tuesday and Wednesday, November i and 2.— Roses. Tarnations, Begonias, Hollyhocks, 



Lily of the Valley, &C , Messrs. Protheroe and Morris, Hale Farm Nurseries, Totten- 

 liam, N. 1 



PfttifeY, November 4.— Imported and Established Orchids, Messrs. Protheroe and Morris s 

 Rooms, Cheapside, E.C. * 



Nearly Every DAY.-Tulips, &c, Mr. I. C Stevens, King Street, Covent Garden. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



£• ^ AT2 AND Son, Erfurt.— Novelties. 

 K. Webb and Sons, Stourbridge.— Bulbs. 

 Shannon Co., Ropemaker Street.— Office Appliances, 

 Henry Norton, Louth, Lu.CS.— Roses. 



Collins Bros, and Gabriel, Waterloo Road, S.E.— Bulbs. 

 Charleswoki h and Co., Hbaton, Bradford. — Orchids. 

 M. Dunc \n Carr, Kimberley Road, Stockwell, S.W.— Bulb*, 

 r othkri ni .h a m AM< King, Dumfkies. — Bulbs and Roots. 



Koozen and Son, Overveen, near Haarlem, HollaNd.- 



Bu.bs 



• k f* h ry santhemufn Rust.— Unless this disease can be effectually checked, 

 it bids fair to become as great a trouble to our chrysanthemums as the other, 



? U . C f_ 1 5^' has 1 ! jee 9 to our hollyhocks. Practically no real remedy in the way of an 



or that, that is not harmful to the tender 



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In addition to the chrysanthemum shows already notified in our col, 

 ensuing month, we give the following list of recently-received dates 

 would much oblige us by notifying any alterations of dates at once ' 

 ftfrvn t « -Tn,rn Stratford-on-Avon, Hereford, Watford Walt 



™ * v * me 



secretaries 



Lowestoft 



Nov. 1 and 2. 

 Nov. 2 and 3. 



ham, Uxbridge. " ' ' Bm ™** vv «ter- 



Nov. 3.— Reigate. 



Nov. 3 and 4.— Putney, Leyton and Leytonstone, Manor Park, Grimsbv I eamin 

 ton, Finchley. [ j teaming. 



Nov. 4 and 5.— L/zard, Hinckley. 

 Nov. 7 and 8. — Sevenoaks. 



Nov. 8 and 9.— Coventry, Kidderminster, Cievedon, Bexley Heath Sutton 

 Nov. 9 and 10.— Hanley, Berkhamsted, Wimbledon, Southgatc, Melton Mow 

 bray, Bromley, Gloucester, Carlisle, Bodmin. ' M0W " 



Nov. 10 and II, — Sidcup, Southport. 



Waterford, Altrincham, Wellingborough, Dalkey, Carnarvon 



Nov. 11 and 12. 

 Blackburn. 



— Liscard. 



Nov. 15.- 



Nov. 15 and 16.— Chester, Stirling, Great Yarmouth. 

 Nov. 16 and 17. " 

 Nov. 17 and 18. 

 Nov. 17, 18, and 19. 



Nov. 18. — Wrexham, Broughton-in-Furness. 



-Bolton. 



_ 7 



Chippenham 



Lincoln. 



Norwich. 



Nov. iS and 19. 



Arbroath. 



-Dunfermline, Aberdeen. 



Nov. 19.- 

 Nov. 25 and 26. 



Markets. 



Covent Garden* 



Fruit is selling well, and there is no difficulty in clearing the supplies that come to 

 hand. The supply of greenstuffs is shortening somewhat, consequently prices are 

 slightly enhanced. 



Fruit.— English apples, 4s. to 8s. per bushel; Nova Scotian, 15s. to 283. per 

 barrel; French pears, 2s. 6d. to 5s. per case, 7s. to 12s. per crate ; Californian, 5s. 6d. 

 to 8s. per half-case; bananas, 5s. to ios* per bunch ; pineapples, 2s. to 4s. 6d. each; 

 English grapes, 9d. to 2s. ; Channel Island, 6d. to is. per lb.; Almeria, 10s. to 17s. 

 jxr barrel; peaches, 2s. to 8s.; green figs, 9d. to is. 6d. per dozen; cobnuts, 40s. 

 to 505. per ico lb. ; walnuts, 4s. to 5s. per bushel ; lemons, 15s. to 25s. per box ; 

 pomegranates, 4s. to 6s. per case ; celery, 12s. to 183. per dozen rolls; English 

 tomatos, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; Channel Island, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per 12 lb.; Bordeaux, 

 2s 6d. to 3s. 6d. per case. 



Flowers. — Arums, 3s. to 4s.; carnations, is. to 3s.; 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 9d. per 

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

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

 to is. 6d. ; lily of the valley, is. to 2s. ; and pelargoniums, 4d. to 6d. per dozen sprays. 



Vegetables. — Turnips, 3s. to 4s. ; carrots, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; parsley, 2s. to 

 2?. 6d. ; leeks, is. 6d. to 2s. per dozen bunches ; Valencia onions, 6s. 6d. 

 to 7s. 6d.; Ports, 6s. to 6s. 6d. per case; Dutch, 3s. to 3s. 6d. per bag; 

 spinach, 3s. to 4s. per bushel; cauliflowers, is. 6d. to 3s. ; cucumbers, 2s. 6d. 

 to 4s. td. f endive, is. 2d. to is. icd. ; lettuce, is. 3d. to is. 9d. ; French, 2s. to 3s. 

 per dozen ; cabbages, 4s. to 9s. per tally ; mushrooms, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per peck ; 

 eschallcts, is. c"d. to 2s. per 12 lb. ; potatos, 60s. to 90s. per ton. 



Borough Potato Market. 



Average supplies arrive, but trade is improving and there is a decided tendency 

 towards a quotable rise in prices. Beauty of Hebron, Up to Date, and Snowdrop, 

 75s. to 80s. per ton ; White Hebron, Early Puritan, Eruce Magnums, Sutton's Early 

 Regent, Reading Giant, and Imperator, 65s. to 703. ; and Blacklands, 603. to 65s. 

 per ton. 



WEATHER during THE Week 



Stations. 



Temperature of the Air. 



Highest. Lowest. 

 Fahrenheit. 



Mean. 



Rainfal*.* 



In Centi 

 metres. 



London , , 



Croydon 



Brighton , , , 



Bristol 



Wolverhampton J... 



^Jorwich •••••••«»«•»».«».«.»..>,,,,,., 



Nottingham 



Liverpool 



Huddersfield \\\ 



Bradford •" 



Hull 



648 



65-0 

 62-8 



63*0 

 6o*o 

 67*6 



I** 

 63*9 



65*0* 



67-0 



65*0 



47*o 



47*5 

 40*0 



44-0 



4i'4 

 47-0 



45*4 

 46-5 



44*5 

 46*4 



450 



55*3 



54 7 



55 7 



5 2'2 



5°'4 

 55'4 



5« # 4 

 516 



50*4 



5.V4 



52 5 



12*94 



I2'6l 



I3*'7 



1 1*22 

 IO 22 

 I3*00 



10*78 

 10-89 



10 22 



11 8) 

 "•39 



1*42 



1 49 

 1*91 



5 43 



rii 



1-24 



I-8J 



1- 82 



2- 67 



2*43 



2 25 



36; 

 3*73 

 4*85 



13 79 

 3' 00 



3 # '5 



4*62 



673 

 617 

 5 7' 



A Morr.'mg Mixture 



Correspondents 



external application has been found for that, that is not harmful to the tender 

 stems and leaves. Mr. Gsorge Massee has given information in relation to the life 

 ana growth of the rust, and what is to growers of more consequence, gives some 

 mlormation as to remedies, amongst which entire destruction of affected leafage is 

 one. I hat is no doubt in many cases, if carried out, tantamount to destroying the 

 plants. v\here in all cases blooms are cut, the entire stem should also be cut low 



,1 nt \ 11 is worth y of s P ecia l attention whethtr plants growing 



auo w&h2?iST? / r f 2 Uable 5 ^ attacks of lhe rust as a,e plants in P ? ,S ' cSETna*, n. down • ' 



,f, her highly-fed plants intended to produce large flowers are more or less Canna. ... " 



tWorm f attaCkS * c ThCn 18 t0 ° ther remedies or dressings, applications in Catalogues Received 



of ir ( i? tay ' DSS ° f »" ltttion of potassium sulphide, half an ounce to a gallon the 1 



furnTshS' whereThTr^ • ™ \ P revcn ^e. Wide information should be 

 ZethSg of 7s naturw S he,hJ U 2» be P»«*ased f and its price also 

 these varfou chem cab buf.h.V ** 3 P ° is ° n or not ' Scientists wr.te easdy of 

 bouhlie bordeSEflStUlf 2% ™ cavaire t0 th « g eneral reader ' Ma y not 



*hen aU X Ws die ana Ml 1°™ ^ success Mr " MaSSeC StatCS th&t 



But when that htooen! fn t £ ' P l anls are Poetically free from the disease, 

 formed, are thev ^ J"?? Co . ur ^ * nature, or.where shoots and leaves have 



1 he mean reading of the Barometer during the week at Greenwich was 29 25. 

 of the Thermometer 550-3, the latter being 6*I alwve the week s average in the £ > 

 1841-90. The direction of the wind was variable, the horizontal movement of the «r * 

 i per cenl. above the week's average in the 16 years 1860—75. The duration of registerea ori* 

 sunshine in the week was 10*9 hours. The measured rainfall amounted to 1*4* inches. 



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Coming K vents .. ... . 



EngaRements for the Ensuing Week 

 Exhibitions and Meetings 



National Chrysanthemum Society 

 Royal Horticultural Society 

 Shirley Gardeners' Association"' 

 Foreign Chrysanthemum 

 Homology of Plants .„ 



Hybrid Montbretias ... 

 Markets 



New Plants and Flowers 



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 710 



Notes of the Week :- 



Influence of Manures on IVtau 



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Disease 

 The Amateur Question 



Notes on Orchids ... 

 Souv. dc la Malmaison Carnat 

 Spring Flowers .. 

 The Chrysanthemum Rust ... 



The Weather ... — 

 Vine Culture in the Open 



Work for the Week 



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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



House of Scuv .de la Malmais.n Carnations 



at Trent Park ... — "' ^ 



Maxillaria striata •*» 



New Cactus Dahlia, The C.own ^. !»#■ 



