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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
t Hareh 11, 1888. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET.— Maech 10th. 
Business quieter. Late Grapes coming short and prices rising. All 
classes of outdoor vegetables scarce. 
FRUIT. 
Apples . 
£ sieve 
B. 
2 
a. 
0 
S. 
to 3 
d. 
6 
Oranges. 
s. 
4 
a. 
0to 
8. 
6 
d. 
0 
,, Canadian .. 
barrel 
10 
0 
12 
6 
Peaches . 
perdoz. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
„ Nova Scotia 
10 
0 
12 
6 
Pears, kitchen 
dozen 
1 
0 
1 
6 
Cobs, Kent .. per 100 lbs. 27 
6 
30 
0 
,, dessert 
dozen 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Figs . 
dozen 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Pine Apples English., lb. 
1 
0 
1 
6 
Grapes . 
5 
0 
8 
0 
Plums . 
£ sieve 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Lemons . 
8 
0 
10 
0 
St. Michael Pines 
. .each 
2 
0 
6 
0 
Melon . 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Stawberries .. . 
per oz. 
i 
0 
0 
0 
VEGETABLES. 
Artichokes 
.. dozen 
s. d. 
1 0 
s 
to 0 
d 
0 
Lettuce .. 
s. 
1 
a. 
0 
s 
to 1 
Asparagus 
.. bundle 
2 
0 
8 
0 
Mushrooms .. 
..punnet 
0 
6 
1 
Beans, Kidney 
lb. 
2 
6 
3 
0 
Mustard and Cress punnet 
0 
0 
0 
Beet, Red 
.. dozen 
1 
0 
2 
0 
Onions .. .. 
0 
3 
0 
Broccoli .. .. 
0 
9 
i 
0 
Parsley .. dozen bunches 
2 
0 
3 
Brussels Sprouts 
.. i sieve 
6 
0 
8 
0 
Parsnips .. .. 
1 
0 
2 
Cabbage .. .. 
2 
6 
3 
0 
Potatoes .. 
4 
0 
5 
Capsicums 
100 
i 
6 
2 
0 
,, Kidney 
.. cwt. 
4 
e 
6 
Carrots .. .. 
0 
s 
0 
4 
Rhubarb.. 
0 
2 
0 
Cauliflowers .. 
.. dozen 
2 
0 
3 
0 
Salsafy .. .. 
Scorzonera 
1 
0 
0 
Celery .. .. 
i 
6 
2 
0 
.. bundle 
1 
6 
0 
Coleworts doz. bunches 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Seakale .. .. 
per basket 
2 
0 
s 
Cucumbers 
.. each 
0 
e 
0 
9 
Shallots .. .. 
0 
3 
0 
Endive .. 
1 
0 
2 
0 
Spinach .. .. 
6 
0 
8 
Herbs .. .. 
0 
2 
0 
0 
Tomatoes 
0 
9 
1 
Leeks .. .. 
0 
S 
0 
4 
Turnips .. .. 
, bunch 
0 
4 
0 
PLANTS IN POTS. 
s. 
a. 
s. 
a. 
8. 
d. 
s. 
a. 
Aralia Siebold 
i .. dozen 
9 
0 to 18 
0 
Ficus elastica .. each 
i 
6 
to 7 
( 
Arbor vitre (golden) dozen 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Ferns, in variety .. dozen 
4 
0 
18 
0 
(common) dozen 
6 
0 
12 
0 
Foliage Plants, var. each 
2 
0 
10 
0 
Arum Lilies . 
.. dozen 
9 
0 
18 
0 
Genistas .. .. dozen 
10 
0 
12 
0 
Azaleas .. 
0 
42 
0 
Hyacinths .. .. dozen 
6 
0 
9 
0 
Begonias 
.. dozen 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Lilies of the Valley, in 
Bouvardia . 
.. dozen 
12 
0 
18 
0 
clump9 or pots, per doz. 
16 
0 
30 
0 
Cineraria 
.. dozen 
10 
0 
12 
0 
Marguerite Daisy dozen 
8 
0 
12 
0 
Cyclamen 
.. dozen 
12 
0 
24 
0 
Myrtles.dozen 
6 
0 
12 
0 
Cyperus .. . 
4 
0 
12 
0 
Palms, in var. .. each 
2 
6 
21 
0 
Dracrena terminalis, dozen 
30 
0 
60 
0 
Pelargoniums, scarlet, doz. 
6 
0 
9 
0 
,, viridis .. dozen 12 
0 
24 
0 
Primulas, single, dozen 
4 
0 
6 
0 
Erica, various 
.. dozen 12 
0 
24 
0 
Solanum .. .. dozen 
8 
0 
12 
0 
Euonymus, in 
var. dozen 
6 
0 
18 
0 
Spirtea.dozen 
[2 
0 
18 
0 
Evergreens, in var. dozen 
6 
0 
24 
0 
Tulip3.12 pots 
6 
0 
9 
0 
CUT FLOWERS. 
s. 
d. 
8 . 
a. 
8 . 
d. 
s. 
d 
Abntilons 
12 bunches 
0 
0 to 0 
0 
Lilium longidorum, 12 bims. 
0 
0 
to 0 
0* 
Acacia (Mimosa), Fr., per 
Lily of the Valiev, 12 sprays 
0 
9 
1 
6 
bunch 
l 
0 
l 
6 
Marguerites .. 12 bunches 
6 
0 
8 
0 
Arum Lilies . 
12 blooms 
4 
0 
6 
0 
Mignonette .. 12 bunches 
3 
0 
6 
0 
Azalea 
12 sprays 
0 
6 
i 
0 
Pelargoniums, per 12 trusses 
i 
0 
1 
6 
Bouvardias . 
per bunch 
0 
6 
i 
0 
„ scarlet, 12 trusses 
0 
9 
1 
0 
Camellias 
12 blooms 
2 
0 
5 
0 
Poinsettia .. 12 h’ooms 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Carnations . 
12 blooms 
1 
0 
8 
0 
Roses (indoor), per dozen 
3 
0 
9 
0 
Chrysanthemums 12 blooms 
2 
0 
4 
0 
,, Tea. dozen 
2 
0 
4 
6 
12 bunches 
9 
0 
18 
0 
„ red, French., dozen 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Cyclamen 
doz. blooms 
0 
4 
0 
9 
Spirma .. .. 12 sprays 
1 
0 
0 
0 
Epiphyilum .. 
doz. blooms 
0 
6 
0 
9 
Tropteolnm .. 12 bunches 
2 
0 
3 
0 
Eucharis 
per dozen 
4 
0 
8 
0 
Tuberoses .. 12 blooms 
S 
0 
0 
0 
Gardenias 
12 blooms 
6 
0 
18 
0 
Tulips .. dozen blooms 
0 
9 
1 
0 
Hellebore 
doz. blooms 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Violets .. .. 12 bunches 
1 
O 
1 
6 
Hyacinths, Roman, 12 sprays 
1 
0 
1 
6 
,, Czar, Fr., .. hunch 
1 
s 
2 
0 
Lapageria, white, 12 blooms 
0 
0 
0 
0 
„ Parme, French, per 
Lapageria, red 
. „ 12 blooms 
1 
0 
2 
0 
bunch .. .. 
4 
0 
6 
0 
Nor is this an extreme case. Even ■with two pair of sh fts 
and stearing gear it is a common thing to see three horses 
to a drill, and it is taken as a matter of course that there 
shall he two men with it. Now we may reasonably assume 
that farmers must regard as a boon the introduction of a 
drill by means of which we may not only dispense with a 
man and a horse, but may also get through the work quicker 
and better than we have hitherto been able to, and it is our 
object to call attention to such an implement. icvgroid] 
We were asked quite recently to inspect the Chadborn 
and Coldwell Company’s Excelsior Corn, Seed, and Manure 
Drill, a new introduction here, but which has for some time 
been in use upon many large farms in America. It is pre¬ 
cisely the great extent of farms in the United States and the 
necessity for economical and expeditious labour that has 
sharpened the wits of farmers and implement makers there, 
and led to the invention of such implements as the Excelsior 
Drill. In this drill we found strength and lightness com¬ 
bined so well that with a pair of horses driven with reins 
from behind, one man can manage the implement and horses 
with ease and do the work well and quickly. It will sow 
any kind of seed from Beans down to Turnip seeds equally 
well, the distributors being adjustable to any given quantity 
by the simple movement of an arm or lever, and by means 
SEED TIME. 
March came in with frost and snow, giving to the land 
the aspect of midwinter rather than that of the first month 
of spring; hut with high drying winds and the sun daily 
rising higher and higher snow and frost cannot long retain 
a hold of the soil, and the sowing of spring corn must now 
be done as the soil becomes dry enough for the drills and 
harrows. On heavy land naturally retentive of water sowing 
is often so much retarded that a light corn crop is the result, 
and it must be owned that old unwielding implements add 
to our difficulties in the culture of such soil, as in point of 
fact they do in a certain degree in any soil. Last autumn 
Wheat-sowing was much hindered by wet weather. We 
were out on a heavy land farm once during that time, and 
saw Wheat being sown with a huge old drill with one horse 
in the shafts and two horses in front, and so heavy was the 
work that the shaft horse had to be changed repeatedly. 
of a dial and pointer the quantity sown per acre is shown. 
By another equally clever contrivance the number of acres 
drilled per day is recorded. It has no cups on wheels as we 
have in our old drills, but the grain is distributed by means 
of vertical rotary wheels placed in separate compartments, 
and as the motion is derived from both or either of the 
wheels, the drill sows right or left or in circles without loss 
of motion. This part of the implement is termed the corn 
drill, and with it we can sow seed of any size by means of 
the regulator a, fig. 36, one of which is in position over each 
coulter. The seed box, or rather that part of the drill in the 
position of the ordinary seed box, consists of a seed compart- 
