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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



December 3i 1898, 



Peas and Potatos in Pots.— 0. S., Northants : It will be difficult to 

 make a better selection of peas for pots than May Queen, Springtide, and Daisy ; 

 while for potatos a good form of Ashleaf and Snowdrop should provide all you 

 need. As you only have a cold house at your disposal, and cannot affoid any heat, 

 it will be useless to start early, for a period of mild weather would encourage 

 growth that a succeeding spell of cold weather would either kill or severely check. 

 If you had an abundance of leaves so as to form a slight hotbed in the house, an 

 early start could be made, and there would be a good chance of success in produc- 

 ing small early crops. As it is, we do not think anything will be gained by planting 

 either peas or potatos before the middle of February, as then growth would not 

 be advanced enough to suffer during the cold weather of March, One or two 

 successional batches should be provided, if you have room, as some of the peas 

 could be placed out of doors late in April, in a sheltered place, to finish, while 

 the latest pot potatos could be relegated to cold frames, and covered at night if 

 need be. 



Names of Plants.— P., Warwick: Eleagnus pungens. 

 N. R., Halifax : 1, Cedrus atlantica ; 2, Cedrus Deodara. 

 C. O. F., Eastbourne: 1, Libonia Penhrosiana ; 

 Lomaria eibba : d. Ficus reoens. 



Markets. 



Covent Garden. 



vegetables supplied in fairly large quantities, and the quality is 



prance is readily effected af 



Fruits and 



all round. There 



prices. The cut flower trade is improving, and the demaVdlor^ 

 potatos increases. * 1 ana 



Fruit.— English apples, 2s. 6d. to ios. ner hushel • 1M 



ics. to 25s. per 



bananas 



pears 



2, Justicia carnea ; 3 



Names of Fruits.— J. F. B., Worcester : 1, Egremont Russet ; 2, Beauty 

 of Kent; 3. Baumann's Red Winter Reinette. 



B. A., Bishop's Stortford : t, Marie Louise d'Uccle ; 2, Easter Beurre ; 3, 

 Doyenne du Cornice : 4. Alfriston : Lord Derby. 



. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK- 

 MEETINGS* 



Tuesday, December 6.-— National Chrysanthemum Society; three days' show. Scottish Hor- 

 ticultural Association. 



Thursday, December 8. — National Rose Society's annual meeting, Hotel Windsor, at 3.30 ; 

 annua 1 dinner at 5.30, R. B, Cater, Esq., presiding. 



AUCTIONS. * 



Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, December 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 — 

 Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Narcissus, Dutch Bulbs, &c, Messrs. Protheroe and Morris's 

 Rooms, Ch^apside, E.C. 



Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, December 7, 8, and 9. — Fruit Trees, Standard and 

 Dwarf Roses, &c, Messrs. Protheroe and Morris, at the Wellington Road Nursery, Hounslow. 



Friday, December 9.— Imported and Established Orchids, Messrs. Protheroe and Morris s 

 Rooms, Cheapside, E.C. 



Wednesday and Friday, December 7 and 9 —Dutch Bulbs, Lily of the Valley, &c, the 

 British Horticultural Association (Linvted), at the City of London Auction Rooms, 33A, 

 Ludgate Hill. 



Wednesday and Thursday, December 7 and 8.— Plants and Bulbs, Mr. J. C. Steveus, King 

 Street, Covent Garden, 



ios to 12s. 6d. per crate ; Californian, 4 s. 6d to 

 >er bunch ; pineapples, is. 6d. to 4 s. each Jaffa 

 oranges, as. 10 10s. du. Murcii. 6s. to 73. 6d. per case; pomegranates 



4 s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per ease ; English tomatos, 4 s. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per 12 lb. : BordSS" 

 is. 3d. to 2s. per box; medlars 4s. . to 5s. per box ; English grapes, od. to T' 

 Channel Islands, 5d. to is. per lb. ; Almeiia, ios. to 203. per barrel *' 

 FLOWERS.-Arums, 38. to 4 s. ; carnations, is. to 3 s. ; chrysanthemums, white 

 and yellow, is. to 3s. ; euchans, as. to 4s.; gardenias, is. to 2s. 6d. ; Lilium Harrisi e* 

 to 8s. ; tea roses, 6d. to is. ; pink roses, 33. to 4s. ; red rcses, is. to 2s. • cattlevas - 

 Ss. to 9s. ; Odontoglossum crispura, 2s. to 4s.; and tuberoses, 3d. to od.'per dozen 

 b!ooms ; Adiantum cuneitum, 4s. to 83. ; chrysanthemums, 6s. to 9s. ; 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. ; and pelargoniums 

 4d. to 6d. per doien sprays. & • 



Vegetables.— Celery, 6s. to 12s. per dozen rolls ; cabbages, 4s. to 6s. ; collards 

 2S. to 3s. ; parsnips, 2s. to 2s. 6d. per tally ; endive, is. to is. 6d. ; lettuce, od. to 

 is. 3d. ; cos ditto, 2s. to 23. 6d. ; cucumbers, 2s. to 4s. per dozen ; eschaliots, 83'. to 

 ios. per cwt. ; English onions, 5s. to 6s. per cwt. ; Albanian, 4s. to 5s. ; Dutch 

 3s. 6d. to 4s. per bag ; Valencia, 6s. to 7s. per cwt. ; turnips, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; carrots' 

 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; parsley, is. 6d. to 2s. ; leeks, is. 3d. to 2s. 6d. per dozen bunches * 

 potatos, 60s. to 90s. per ton. ' 



Borough Potato Market. 



A steady trade exists at recent rates ; supplies aie fairly large and good. A spell 

 of cold weather is needed to make prices firm. Beauty of Hebron, Snowdrop, and 

 Up to Date, 75s. to 80s. : White Hebron, Early Puritan, Bruce Magnum, Sutton's 

 Early Regent, Reading Giants, and Imperators, 70s. ; Scottish Abundance, Bruce, 

 and Main Crop, 70s. to 75s. ; Blacklands, 603. to 65s. per ton ; Germans, 2s. ioftd. 

 to 3s. per cwt. 



WEATHER during the Wee 



Stations. 



Temperature op the Air. 



Highest. Lowest 

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Mean. 



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Rainfall. 



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A Morning Mixture ... 

 Answers to Correspondents 



A Tasteful Chrysanthemum Group „ 

 Australian Chrysanthemums 

 Cactus Dah'ia Progenitor 

 Chrysanthemums 

 Exhibitions and Meetings : 



Aberdeen Chrysanthemum Society 

 Abingdon 

 Aylesbury 



Banbury Chrysanthemum Sh:>w m 



Thester Paxton Society 



Dutch Horticultural and Botanical 

 Society ... iym 



.Loughborough Gardeners' Association 790 

 National Chrysanthemum Society ... 

 Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural 

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Shirley Gardeners' Association... 

 Thtme Chrysanthemum Shiw... 



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Chrysanthemum Notes 

 Cordon Gooseberries 

 Engagements f-»r the Ensuing Week 



Is the Onion Surface-rooting , 



Markets ... 

 Notes from Ireland 

 Notes of the Week :— ^ 



Eccentric Prothalli 



Rules for Amateurs 



The Amateur Question 



Pansies Prim 



Some Interesting Plants 

 The Daffodil in Cornwall 

 The Weather ... 



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The mean reading of the Barometer during the week at Greenwich was 29 '30 inches, and that 

 of the Thermometer 4i°*7, the latter being o°*4 be'ow the week's average in the 50 years 

 1841—90. The direction of the wind was variable, the horizontal movement of the air being 

 15 per cent, below the week's average in the 16 years 1860—75, The duration of registered bright 

 sunshine in the week was 7*0 hours. The measured rainfall amounted to i*86 of an inch. 



790 



Wokingham Chrysanthemum Society 790 



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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Cactus Dahlia Progenitor 



Mr. G. Wilson's First Prize Group of Chry- 

 santhemums and Fine Foliage Plants, 

 Hull 



786 



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787 



Mr. S. Gibson, formerly of Slingsby Hall Gardens, Malton, has been 

 appointed headgaruener to L. Jacques, Esq., Easby Hall, Richmond, Yorks. 



Mr. Thomas Ward, late gardener to Captain O'Dell, Kilscleagh Park, 

 Meath, co. West Meath, has been appointed gardener to Edmund Smithwick, 

 Esq., Kilcrean Lodge, Kilkenny. 



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Elv aston Nurseries, Borro*ash, Derby. \ 



Messrs. Dickson.. Limited, Chester, write: "The Flower Pots you have so largely supplied us with are light, 

 strong, and well made, and in every respect highly satisfactory." 



M....I ■JUnVio-rd Smith and Cn Wi-iva 1 • n.. <i.I»li votir 



Messrs. Richard Smith and Co., Woroester, write: "We beg to say that we are h'ghly satisfied with your 



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