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GA RDENERS 9 MA GA ZINE. 



Editorial co: 



Editor 



the Gardeners 



i 



Magazine, 148 and 149, Aldersgate Street, E.C. 



Specimens of plants, flowers, and fruits for naming or opinion should be sent to 

 the Editor of the Gardeners' Magazine, " Endsleigh," Priory Park, Kew, 

 S arrey, and as early in the week as possible. All parcels must be sufficiently 

 prepaid. 



The Editor will be glad to receive photographs of gardens, plants, flowers, trees, 

 fruits, &c, for reproduction in the Gardeners Magazine. He will also be 

 greatly obliged by correspondents sending early intimation of interesting local 

 events relating to horticulture. In sending newspapers containing matter to 

 which they wish to draw attention, correspondents are requested to distinctly 

 mark the paragraph. 



S ^cretaries of horticultural societies are invited to send early notification of fortl - 

 oming exhibitions and meetings, and are requested to advise us concerning 

 change of dates. 



Hyacinth scented Cattleya.— M. 



W 



Some forms of 



•Km 



Cattleya labiata are delicately but not highly fragrant, so that if you have a variety 

 of the autumn-flowering form of this species, with flowers strongly perfumed with 

 the scent of hyacinths, it is somewhat of a novelty, and should be taken care of. 



Celery for Profit,— J. H. E., Edmonton : The book to which you refer 

 is published by W. Atlee Burpee and Co., Philadelphia, U.S.A., and can be 

 obtained direct from them. The best plan would be to obtain it through some 

 good publishing house, such as G , mm r p 



W.C., who are an American firm. You will probably have to pay a little extra 

 for duty. 



Vine Border.— R. E. T., Milborne: The sample of soil sent was very poor 



stuff, and you had better replace it with a more congenial rooting medium. If 



good loam is not readily obtained, or is very expensive, we suggest that the border 



be renovated piecemeal, as advised for several correspondents of late. Make the 



drainage material good and clean ; over this lay some good turves, and then 



proceed to make up the border, laying out the roots near the surface, and in a 



horizontal manner. Lime rubble, burned garden refuse, and wood ashes are very 



useful for mixing with the new material, and the latter should be placed near the 

 surface. 



Seedling Oaks in Orange Skins.— G. W., Leeds : In the first place 



obtain a large and thick-skinned orange, cut off the top, and thoroughly remove 

 all the flesh, so as to leave as large a shell as possible. Then place the orange 

 shell or skin where it will dry steadily -hanging it in the kitchen will do. When 

 thoroughly dry and hard it will be ready for use ; into it place some damp— not 

 wet— soil with an acorn in the centre. Place the whole in a position where the 

 soil will not dry quickly, as no quantity of water should be needed until the youDg 

 oak has made a number of roots. It is not necessary to place the affair in the 

 dark, tut if this is done at first, light must be afforded directly growth appears 



above the soil. b w 



Wooden Labels.— A. C, Worcester : The making of large wooden labels is 

 work that can I* profitably undertaken during the winter when the inclemency of 

 the weather necessitates the provision of some tasks under cover. With a little 

 practice labels can be made out of an ordinary builder's lath, of the double size or 

 thickness, and cut into required lengths. Smooth the sides with as? little waste as 

 possible, and shave off smoothly about six or eight inches of the best front face 

 with a sharp knife. Finish the lower end by cutting the sides to a short, sharp, 

 wedge-like point. Procure a few pounds of pitch or tar, boil it, and dip into the 

 toiling tar the lower end of.the label to the required depth. Allow the tar to dry, 

 and then spread over the untarred surface a thin coat of well-mixed paint. Lay 



k \a e i! S by in a dry place until re( l uired > and before using the smooth surface 

 should have a second coat of paint, which must be written upon before it becomes 



quite dry. Write legibly, commencing at the top corner, so that the most impor- 

 tant part of the name does not become obliterated. 



C. W. f Southampton 



Winter Dressing: for Mealy Bug on Vines.— v.. ouui.iai.ip^u ; 



Curiously enough the same post that brought your query brought an answer to it 

 in the shape of a recipe from an East Anglian correspondent. He writes : "T^ 

 not remember ever havmor c»*n ir. *u A : -~ * 



icuipc j rum an r-asi Anglian correspondent, ne writes : "iao 

 having seen in print the recipe we use for curing and preventing 

 attacks of mealy bug on vines. It is a winter dressing, recommended to me by 

 a large market grower, and is composed of one gallon of water, one wineglassful 

 of petroleum (paraffin), half-a-pint of coal tar, and sufficient clay to work the 



• u v!- nt ° - he consistenc y of ^nt. We have just finished dressing our vines 

 with this mixture for the third season in succession, and during the operation we 

 could not discover a single mealy bug. For eleven years previous we tried various 

 mixtures and means for clearing out the pest, but none proved wholly good, 

 though several kept the insects in abeyance. The only fault we have to find 

 with the tar mixture is that the young vine shoots appear ~ ^ u - 2 " f - 

 man usual after the rods have been dressed with it ; this matter is, ot course, met 

 oy a little more care when tying down the growths." 



Hyde Park.— L.J. P., Derby : We do not exactly understand what kind of 



u f™"^ y °v U d r e f ire with res P ect t0 this P^k for the paper you intend writing, 

 but probably the following will meet your case. Hyde Park is the great Park of 



fif n Tr a - , e **V* nSG of land, consisting of 104 acres. It was first opened to 



the public in the H&m PWi— t ZZlZ?.\ l ^ j r™t- u« 



reign 



laintained. 

 the idea of 

 into a more 



Kiuuuu. 1 ne nrst ranger was George Roper, and the ottice is I 

 In 1730 Queen Caroline, the Consort of George II., first concei 

 e famous Serpentine water, by converting the Westbourne Br- 

 posing stream. This elaborate w ™lr w *c ^ntmcted to Mr. Cha 



oods 



200 men 



yde Park 



lung " of 



T rmrlrtn ™A »U r , 3 ^ vaucu HieafJOW land, OUt a VaiUHUlC lung v 



rntertt ' The US ° " Sh . iOQ - R ° Uen Kow > the famOUS " de ' isa featUre » 

 Vi 1 "^ . f he tedding 1S finely executed under the direction nf Mr W. Brown 



fv 1 • ma Al w 



IlvdePitk T V ""'J 1 ""Med ucder the direction of Ml \\. Brown, 



concise info ™ , 0 ""' 1°' ,he Ul " 1 ™ County Council. U you need 



tata^?5^^« «. reccomnrond to you the 



Book, price is., published 



December io, 1898. 



NEW PLANTS AND FLOWERS 



Chrysanthemums. 



Madame R. Cadbury, a first-rate Japanese variety, of larce and full k tu > 

 with prettily drooping, but broad, florets of a beautifu soft-white ^ 

 almost creamy whhe but exceptionally pure and ^nTvc ^ 5 

 December 6. Mr. H. Weeks, Thrumpton Hall Gardens 



Red L. Canning, a useful decorative variety, with bright red-rrim<™ a 



that are naturally produced late in the season? F.CX.f NX S . " SSLuT? 

 Mr, A. Felgate, jun., Surbiton. ' ^ cv - c "*uer o. 



Markets, 



Covent Garden, 



Supplies of fruits and vegetables are an average as regards quantity, and the 

 quality is fair There is a brisk demand generally, but especially for appL JJanL 

 tomatos, and Brussels sprouts. Cut flowers are plentiful, and though prices tendfo 

 me they are not high for the season. b * CIIU 10 



FRUIT.-English apples 3 s. 6d. to 103. per bushel ; Nova Scotian and Canadian 

 ics. to 24s. per barrel; English grapes, 9 d. to 2s. ; Channel Islands, 6d.to is ner lh ' 

 Almeria, 12s. to 203. per barrel ; bananas, 4s. to 93. per bunch ; pineapples is 6d 

 to 4s. 6d. each; Jaffa oranges, 8s. to ios. per box; Murcia, 6s. to 7 s • Valencia" 

 8s. to 16s. per case ; English tomatos, 5s. to 7 s. per 12 lb. ; Bordeaux ' is *d to 

 2s. 3d. per box; lemons, 103. to 18s. per case; French pears, 3s. to qs*6d • Cali 

 fornian, 4s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. per case. 1 



Flowers.— Arums, 3s. to 4s. ; carnations, is. to 3s. ; chrysanthemums, white 

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

 to 83.; tea roses, 6d. to is.; pink roses, 33. to 4s.; red roses, is. to 2s. ; cattleyaV 

 5s. to 9s. ; Odontoglossum crispum, 2s. to 4s. ; and tuberoses, 3d. to gd. per dozen 

 blooms ; Adiantum cuneatum, 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. ; Roman hyacinths, 

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

 6d. per hunch. 



Vegetables.— English onions, 5s. to 6s. per cwt. ; Dutch, 33. 3d. to 3 s. gd. ; 

 Valencia, 5s. 6d. to 6s. id. per case ; parsley, is. 6d. to 2s. per dozen bunches ; 

 seakale, 9d. to is. per punnet ; endive, is. to is. 6d. ; lettuce, 9 d. to is. ; C03, 2s. 

 to 3s. ; cucumbers, 2s. to 4s. per dozen ; cauliflowers, 6s. to 9? ; cabbages, 3s. to 5s. ; 

 savoys, 4s. to 6s. 6d. per tally; spinach, 2s. per bushel; Brussels sprouts, 2s. to 

 25. 6d. per half-sieve ; celery, 6s. to 12s. per dozen rolls. 



Borough Potato Market. 



Large supplies from Scotland have tended to lower prices a little ; the demand is 

 gcod, however. Scottish Abundance, Bruce, and Main Crop, 65s. to 70s. ; Beauty 

 of Hebron, Snowdrop, and Up to Date, 70s. to 75s. ; White Hebron, Early 

 Puritan, Bruce Magnum, Sutton's Early Regent, Reading Giant, and Imperator, 

 603. to 65s. ; Blacklands, 603. per ton ; Germans, 2s. 9d. per bag. 



WEATHER DURING THE WEEK 



Stations. 



Temperature of the Air. 



Fahrenheit. 



Mean. 



Fahren- 

 heit. 



Centi- 

 grade 



Rainfall. 



In 



Inches. 



In Centi 

 metre*. 



London , #M „ 



Croydon 



Brighton ........ 



Bristol 



Wolverhampton 

 N orwich 



Nottingham , 



Liverpool 



Huddersfield .. 



Bradford 



Hull 



54'5 



55'5 



54'o 



53 

 56-2 



55 U 

 56*8 



57*2 

 53-S 

 55*o 



30 o 

 26*2 

 30*0 



28-5 



30*6 



32-2 



3°*5 

 3°'° 



44'i 



44'5 



42*5 

 40*4 



43*5 

 42*4 



43*8 



4<'3 

 42*0 



6*72 



5- 83 



6- 94 



4'6 7 



6-39 



5-78 

 6' 5 6 



5'i7 

 S'5$ 



0*26 



o - 54 

 0*76 



0*42 



0*02 



0-15 

 o'i4 



0*49 



o 52 



066 

 i # 37 



107 

 o'os 



3*94 

 o* ;3 



0*36 



r*4 



mimam enwich was 29*48 inches, and that 



above the week's average in the 50 jw' 

 the horizontal movement of the air 1 * 11 ?* 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Dammann and Co., San Giovanni a Teduccio, Naples.— Seeds. 



W. Clibran and Son, Altrincham.— Chrysanthemums. 



Wood and Ingram, Huntingdon. — Trees and Shrubs. 



Devon Chrysanthemum Nursery, Teignmouth, Devon.— Chrysant..emu 



W. Wells, Earlswood, Redh ill.— Chrysanthemums, 



s and Dahlias 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



at 12 o'clock. 



MEETINGS. 



Iuesday, December i 3 .-Royal Horticultural Society: Committees meet 



At 3 o'clock the Rev. Professor George Hensbw, M.A., V.M.H., will lecture upon 



xr t So . B ?? ?(. the P ants Exhibited. 0 



National Dahlu Society : Annual meeting at Hotel Windsor. ^«*: rt „ nooo 



Horticultural Club : Monthly dinner and conversazione, Hotel Windsor. The dis, u^onupK>n 



"Sue in Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables" will be opened by the Rev. V%. "uw, 



Secretary R H.S. 



Mofday, Wednesday, and Friday Di^emb^ 14, and 16— Dutch Bulbs, I ll >V*£? 

 Valley, &c, the British Horticultural Assxbtion (Limited), at the City of London Auction 

 Rooms, 33A, Ludgate Hill. . . , . . c ->A i ;4 u 



Wfdnesday, December 14.- Azalea Mollis, Camellias, Azalea Indica, Rhododendron, Mi . 

 i-erns, Messrs. Protheroe and Morris s Rooms, Cheapside, h.L. 



CONTENTS. 



Answers to Correspondents 



Catalogues Received .;. 

 Chrysanthemum H.J. Jones 

 Chrysanthemums in Italy 

 Do Chrysanthemums Wear Out ? 



Ko f*R enlents for lhe Ensuing W< 

 Exhibitions and Meetings : 



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New Plants and Flowers 

 Notes of the Week 



Chrysanthemums in V ases 



Nitrogen in Soils ... 

 Point-value Awards ~* 



Peas in Plenty • JJ 

 Raspberries on North Borders 

 The Birch as an Avenue 1 ree 

 The Chelsea Botanic Garden 

 The DarTjdil in Cornwall - 

 The Weather ... 

 Why is not the Gladiolus Popu! 



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ILLUSTRATIONS 



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 Sweet Peas at Mr. H. fc.c*ior«» 



Grounds 



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