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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



December 17, 1898 



W. R. f Leicester : i, Erica hy emails ; 2, Araucaria excelsa; 3, Nephrodium 

 molle corymbiferum ; 4, Pteris longifolia; 5, an ordinary form of Cypripedium 

 insigne; 6, Coelogyne (Pleione) lagenaria. 



H. E., Nottingham : I, Polystichum angulare proliferum ; 2, a selaginella, 

 but too shrivelled to be recognise d ; 3, Selaginella Wildenovi ; 4, Hippeastrum 

 reticulatum ; 5, send when in flower ; 6, Bambusa Fortunei variegata. 



Names of Fruits. — We are pleased to assist our readers as far as it is 

 possible to do so in naming fruits, but it is absolutely necessary that they should 

 send us good specimens carefully packed, as it is only when characteristic examples 

 reach us in perfect condition that we are able to determine their names. We are 

 compelled to insist on the observance of this rule, as so many specimens now reach 

 us. We cannot undertake to name more than six varieties at one time ; and both 

 apples and pears should be sent when approaching maturity, but before they are 

 fully ripe, that we may have the assistance of their distinctive colours in determining 

 their identity. 



B. W. E.j Ipswich : I, Mere de Manage ; 2, 

 Baumann's Red Winter Reinette ; 4, Minchull Crab. 



R. F., Windsor : Nottingham Medlar. 



P. P., Berkhamsted: I, Alfriston ; 2, Ribston Pippin; 3, Dumelow's 

 Seedling. 



A, D. J M Bideford : I, Blenheim Pippin ; 2, Dr. Harvey ; 3, Cellini. 



S. R. M., Gloucester: 1, Glout Morceau ; 2, Easter Beurre ; 3, Vicar of 



Winkfield ; 4, Catillac. 



O. G.. Warwick : 1. Egremont Russet : 2. Fearns PiDDin. 



King of the Pippins ; 3 



Markets. 



Covent Garden, 



There is now a steadily increasing demand for all kinds of produce tnmdi * 

 fruits and vegetables are fairly large, though there is not an^abun?^^ 

 class green stuffs. Oranges, grapes, apples, and nuts sell readily. The nntS" 

 trade is fairly good, and the cut flower trade brisk. Y poUto 



FRUIT.-English apples, 3 s. to 9 s. per bushel; Nova Scotian and Canadian ip, 



barrel; California^ 73.^0 93 per case ; French pears, 3 s. to 5 s rxx ^ase 



4?. oa. eacn; oananas, 4s. 10 93, per ounch ; lemons, 8s. 

 tomatos, 6s. per 12 lb. ; Bordeaux, is. 6d. to 2s. per box. 



Flowers.— Arums, 8s. to 12s. ; carnations, 2s. to 6s. ; chrysanthemums white 

 and yellow, is. to 4s. ; euchans, 3s. to 6s. ; gardenias, is. 6d. to 3s. ; Lilium Harrisi 8- 

 to 12s. ; tea roses, is. to 23. ; pink roses, 33. to 6s. ; cattleyas, 63. to 12s. • Odonto ' 

 glossum crispum, 2s. to 6s. ; and tuberoses, 4d. to 9d. per dozen blooms ; Adianturn 

 cuneatum, 4s. to 83.; chrysanthemums, 6s. to 9s.; marguerites, 3s. to 65 • 

 mignonette, 2s. to 4s.; pelargoniums (scarlet), 6s. to 123. per dozen bunches' 

 lily of the valley, is. to 2s. 6d. : Roman hyacinths, is. to is. 6d. ; pelargoniums 6i 

 to is. per dozen sprays ; and bouvardias, 4d. to 8d. per bunch. 1 



Vegetables.— English onions, 5s. to 5s. 6d. per cwt. ; Valencia, 6s. per case; 



. ori. ner hap - ■ psohallntc ft 2 tr\ tac ourf • cucumbers 2s 6d' 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



E. Wiseman, Elgin, N.B. — Forest trees, &c. 



Sutton and Sons, Rfading. — Amateur's Guide for 1899. 



J. Carter and Co., Holborn. — Seed List. 



THE WEATHER DURING THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 10, 1898. 



Stations. 



Temperature of the Air. 



Highest, Lowest 

 Fahrenheit. 



Mean. 



Fahren- 

 heit. 



Centi- 

 grade. 



Rainfall. 



In 



Inches. 



In Centi 

 metres. 



London 



Croydon 



Brighton 



Bristol M .. 



Wolverhampton 



Norwich 



Nottingham.... 



Liverpool ........ 



Huddersfield .. 

 Bradford 



Hull 



57 8 



57*o 



56 6 



57 "o 



57*o 

 56*0 



57*8 



58*0 



5Q'o 



59*2 

 58*0 



38 o 



35'o 

 40*2 



39*5 

 35'6 



33*6 

 3 8'2 



40*6 



35"2 

 37 8 

 37*0 



49*4 

 48 o 



50-6 



49*2 



48 o 



48*2 



48- 4 



5o'3 



47'* 



49- 0 



47*2 



9-67 

 8-89 

 10*33 

 9 ' 5 6 



8-89 

 9* 00 



9*ii 

 10*17 



8 39 

 9*44 

 8'44 



x'34 

 1*67 



0- 68 

 1*70 



o*53 

 0*91 



0*59 

 0*36 



1- 24 

 o 48 



O 53 



3 40 



4 24 



4'32 



1 "35 

 2*31 



i # So 

 0*91 



3'i5 



1*22 



I 35 



The mean reading of the Barometer during the week at Greenwich was 29*82 inches, and that 

 of the Thermometer 49°*4, the latter being 8°'6 above the week's average in the 50 years 

 1841—90. The direction of the wind was south-westerly, the horizontal movement of the air being 

 46 per cent, above the week's average in the 16 years 1860—75. The duration of registered bright 

 sunshine in the week was 67 hours. The measured rainfall amounted to 1*34 of ai inch. 



per uuzcu mua , jjiuaacii 8^uui5, 25. ou, io 3s. per naii-sieve ; spinacn, 2s. to 2s. 6< 

 per bushel; seakale, gd. to is. per punnet ; mushrooms, 8s. ; garlic, 3s. per 12 lb. 



Borough Potato Market. 



There is a moderate trade at recent rates, the late and large supplies having kept 

 prices down. 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' 5 Early Regent, Reading Giant, and Imperator, 

 603. to 65s. ; Blacklands, 60s. per ton ; Germans, 2s. gd. per bag. 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



MEETINGS* 



Monday, December 19.— National Chrysanthemum Society : General Committee Meeting. 



AUCTIONS. 



Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, December 19, 20, and 21.— Dutch Bulbs, Hyacinths, Lilies. 

 Brazilian Orchids, Cattleyas, Cypripediums, Lilium Auratum, &c, Messrs. Protheroe an i 

 Morris s Rooms, Cheapside, E.C. 



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