May 26, 1887. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
431 
Flowering spsoimeus are neoessiry of flowering plants, aud Fern fronds 
should bear spores. Specimens should arrive in a fresh state in firm 
boxes. Slightly damp moss or soft green leaves form the hest packing, dry 
cotton wool the worst. Not more than sixspecimens can be named at once. 
‘R. L. E. O .).—A variety of Beaucarnea recurvata. (.4 Constant Subscriber). 
—The flower is apparently that of a Pyrus, but being tightly packed in dr}’ 
ootton wool it was quite unrecognisable. (Thistleworth ).—Pyrus speeta- 
bilis. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET.—May 2.1th. 
No alteration. Business steady. 
FRUIT. 
3. 
1. 
s. 
1. 
s. 
a. 
b. 
d. 
Apples, J sieve.2 
0 
to 6 
0 
Oranges, per 100 6 
0 to 12 
0 
„ Nova Scotia and 
Peaches, dozen .. ..15 
0 
51 
0 
Canada, barrel 10 
0 
13 
0 
Pears, dozen.1 
0 
1 
0 
Cherries, j sieve .. .. 0 
0 
0 
0 
Pine Apple?. Eugllsh, 
Cobs, 100 lbs.50 
0 
55 
0 
per lb.1 
6 
2 
0 
Figs, dozen .6 
0 
8 
0 
Plums, b sieve.0 
0 
0 
0 
Grapes, per lb. 2 
G 
4 
0 
St. Michael Pin**®, each 2 
0 
5 
0 
Lemon**, case.10 
0 
15 
0 
Strawberries, per lb. .. 3 
0 
6 
0 
MeloD,each .3 
0 
0 
0 
VEGETABLES. 
e. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
B. 
d. 
s. 
d. 
Artichoke?, dozen .. 1 
0 
to 2 
0 
Lettuce, dozen .. .. 1 
0 to 
1 
6 
Asparagus, bundle .. .. 1 
6 
4 
0 
Mushrooms, punnet .. 0 
6 
1 
0 
Beans, Kidney, per lb. .. 1 
5 
0 
0 
Mustard and Cress, punt. 0 
2 
0 
6 
Beet, Red, dozen .. .. 1 
0 
2 
0 
Onions, bunch.0 
3 
0 
6 
Broccoli, bundle .. .. 0 
0 
0 
0 
Parsley, dozen bunches 2 
0 
8 
0 
Brussels Sprouts, \ sieve 0 
0 
0 
0 
Parsnips, dozen .. .. 1 
0 
0 
0 
Cabbage, dozen .. .. 1 
G 
0 
0 
Potatoes, per cwt. 4 
0 
6 
0 
Capeicumf, per 100 .. 1 
fl 
3 
0 
„ Kiduey, per cwt. 4 
0 
0 
0 
Carrot?, bunch .. .. 0 
4 
0 
0 
Rhubarb, bundle .. .. 0 
2 
0 
0 
Cauliflower?, dozen .. 3 
0 
4 
0 
Salsafy, bundle .. 1 
0 
1 
6 
Celery, bundle .. .. 1 
6 
2 
0 
Scorzouera, bundle 1 
6 
0 
0 
Colewort?, dcz. bunches 2 
0 
4 
0 
Soakale, basket .. .. 1 
8 
0 
0 
Cucumber?, each .. .. 0 
4 
0 
6 
Shallots, per tb.0 
8 
0 
0 
Endive, dozen.1 
0 
2 
0 
Spinach, bushel .. .. 8 
0 
4 
0 
Hero?, bunch.0 
2 
0 
0 
Tomatoes, per It..1 
0 
1 
6 
Leeks, bunch.0 
3 
0 
4 
Turnips, bunch .. .. 0 
4 
0 
6 
PLANTS IN POTS. 
3. 
d. 
8. 
d. 
fl. 
d. 
B. 
a. 
Aralia Sieboldi, dozen .. 9 
0 to 18 
0 
Fuchsia, dozen.6 
0 to 
9 
0 
Arbor vice (golden) dozen 6 
0 
9 
0 
Genista, dozen.6 
0 
9 
0 
„ (common), dozen.. 6 
0 
12 
0 
Geranium ( Ivy), dozen .. 4 
0 
6 
0 
Azalea, dozen.IS 
0 
80 
0 
Hydrangea, dozen .. .. 9 
0 
12 
0 
Begonia?, dozen .. .. 4 
0 
9 
0 
Lilies Valley, dozen .. 9 
0 
18 
0 
Calceol iria, dozen .. .. fi 
0 
12 
0 
Lobelia, dozen.4 
0 
6 
0 
Cineraria, dozen ., .. 4 
0 
8 
0 
Marguerite Daisy, dozen 6 
0 
12 
0 
Dracaena terminals, doz. 30 
0 
60 
0 
Mignonette, dozen .. .. 4 
0 
9 
0 
„ viridis, dozen.. 13 
0 
24 
0 
Musk, dozen .3 
0 
6 
0 
Erica, various, dozen .. 18 
0 
42 
0 
Myrtles, dozen.6 
0 
13 
0 
Buonymus, in var., dozen 6 
0 
18 
0 
Palms, in var., each .. 2 
6 
81 
0 
Evergreens, invar., dozen 6 
0 
24 
0 
Pelargoniums, dozen .. 6 
0 
15 
0 
Ferns, in variety, dozen * 
0 
18 
0 
„ scarlet, dozen 4 
0 
9 
0 
Ficus elastics, each .. 1 
6 
7 
0 
Solanrms, dozen .. .. 0 
0 
0 
0 
Foliage Plants, var., each 2 
0 
10 
0 
Spircea, dozen.6 
0 
12 
0 
CUT 
FLOWERS. 
s. 
d. 
e. 
a. 
s 
d. 
s. 
a. 
Abntilcns, 12 bunches .. 2 
0 to 4 
0 
Marguerites, 12 bunches 2 
0 to 6 
0 
Anemones, 12 bunches .. 2 
0 
4 
0 
Mignonette. 12 bunches 4 
0 
6 
0 
Arum Lilie?, 12 blooms .. 3 
0 
6 
0 
Myosotis, 12 bunches .. 3 
0 
G 
0 
Azalea, 12 sprays .. .. 0 
6 
i 
0 
Narci?s, 12 bunches .. 2 
0 
6 
0 
Bluebells, 12 hunches .. 1 
0 
i 
6 
„ White, English, bch. 0 
0 
0 
0 
Bouvardia?, bunch .. .. 0 
6 
i 
0 
Pelargoniums, 12 trusses 0 
9 
1 
0 
Camellia?, blooms .. .. 1 
0 
3 
0 
„ scarlet, 12 trusses 0 
4 
0 
6 
Carnations, 12 blooms .. 1 
0 
8 
0 
Poinsettia, 12 blooms .. 0 
0 
0 
0 
„ 12 bunches.. 0 
0 
0 
0 
Primrose?, 12 bnnehes .. 0 
6 
0 
8 
Cornflower, 12 bunches .. 0 
0 
0 
0 
Primula (single), bunch.. 0 
0 
0 
6 
Cowslips, 12 bnnehes .. 0 
6 
1 
0 
,, (double), bunch .. 0 
9 
1 
0 
Cyclamen, 12 bloom3 .. 0 
4 
0 
9 
Polyanthu®, 12 bunches.. 2 
0 
4 
0 
Daffodils, var., doz. bchs 2 
0 
6 
0 
Ranunculus, 12 bnnohes 8 
0 
6 
9 
Encharis, dozen .. .. 4 
0 
6 
0 
Boses, 12 bunches .. .. 0 
0 
0 
0 
Gardenias, 12 blooms .. 1 
6 
S 
0 
,, (indoor), dozen .. 0 
9 
1 
6 
Hyacinths, Roman, 12 
„ Tea, dozen .. ., 1 
6 
8 
0 
apravs ., 0 
0 
0 
0 
„ red dozen .. .. 2 
0 
4 
0 
Lapageria, white. 12 blms. 0 
0 
0 
0 
Stephanotis, 12 sprays .. 2 
0 
4 
0 
Lilinm loogidorum, 12 
Tropaeolum, 12 bunches 1 
0 
2 
0 
blooms.4 
0 
6 
0 
Tuberoses, 12 blooms .. 0 
9 
i 
0 
Lilac (white), French, 
Tulips, dozen blooms .. 0 
2 
0 
4 
bunch .4 
0 
7 
0 
Violets, 12 hunches .. .. 0 
4 
0 
6 
Lily of Valley, 12 sprays 0 
9 
1 
0 
» Czar, French, bunch 0 
0 
0 
0 
OUR CEREAL CROPS. 
WHEAT. 
The general tendency of the article in the “ Quarterly 
Review,” from which extracts were given in our last 
paper, is to show the probability of a reduction in the 
quantity of imported Wheat from all parts of the world to 
this country. Let us see how it hears the test of results 
up to the present time, or say two months after the article 
was written. The latest returns to which we have access 
were published on May 17th, and they show that “ the 
imports of Wheat from Russia continue to fall off. They 
have fallen from 1,381,980 cwt. in the first four months 
of last year to 1,040,170 cwt. this year; and it will be 
recollected that last year showed a decrease upon the year 
before. There is likewise a considerable decrease in the 
imports from British India. In the first four months of 
last year they amounted to 3,523,795 cwt., while in the 
first four months of the present year they amounted to 
2,460,560 cwt.; but it will be seen that even now the 
imports from British India are more than twice as large 
in quantity as those from Russia. The imports from the 
United States, however, have increased enormously, 
especially those from the Atlantic ports, which have risen 
from 2,082,242 cwt. to 8.252,106 cwt. in the first four 
months of this year. The imports from the Atlantic ports 
of the United States have thus been four times as large in 
the first four months this year as in the corresponding 
period of last year; but the increase of the Pacific coast 
is only from 3,021,080 cwt. to 4,109,898 cwt.” 
It must not be forgotten that these returns bear only 
upon corn in store from last harvest, and so can have 
little if any influence upon the future. Yet the fact of 
the very considerable increase in the quantity of Wheat 
imported from America should impress upon the farmers 
of this country the truth of the assertion that any great 
rise in the price of Wheat here would tend to flood the 
market with foreign grain. If only we are therefore 
content to look forward to a maximum price of 40s. to 
45s. per quarter, and strive to improve the condition 
of the land and the general practice of cultivation so as 
to bring about results at least equal to an average yield 
of 40 bushels an acre, we shall then, and only then, be 
able to compete successfully with other countries. If we 
are content with such conditions we may yet do well, but 
it is impossible to speak with any degree of certainty 
while matters are in such a state of transition as they are 
at the present time. Even if the wish, to which expres¬ 
sion was once given, of “a short crop and a bloody war” 
were again to be realised, the resultant high price would 
only be a thing of the moment, which would inevitably be 
counterbalanced by a subsequent depression. Such 
fitful changes should hardly be taken into account in a 
dispassionate consideration of matter of such vital 
importance. 
Let us rather strive to keep to lines which common 
sense and dear-bought experience show us to be safe. Be 
it our endeavour to ascertain what improvement is possible 
in our practice, and let us take care to combine economy 
with energy, and not run into wasteful extravagance in 
our efforts to achieve extraordinary results. On the day 
of writing this paper we have been making a critical in¬ 
spection of farm crops on the home farm. Among other 
fields we went across one of white Wheat about 17 acres 
in extent. Two-thirds of this field had a dressing of 
farmyard manure, ploughed in before the Wheat was 
sown last autumn. The remainder had none, nor had it 
any manure at all till a dressing of chemical manure was 
applied in March. The effect of the two kinds of manure 
is already to be seen in a manner that is clear and un- 
mistakeable. The part dressed with chemical manure has 
a growth which is so strong and of such a dark green hue 
as to be quite distinct from and altogether superior in 
appearance to that which had the farmyard manure. 
Experience of the mixture of chemical manure used 
enables us to feel confident that the final result will be 
much in favour of it. 
