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THE GARDENING WORLD 
October 24, 1885. 
]\Ir. Smith, gardener to the Earl of Rosebery, Ment- 
more, 50 : and Mr. Miles, Wycombe Abbey, 40 dishes. 
Wilts. —Mr. Miller, Rood Ashton, sends 60 sorts ; 
.Mr. Ward, Longford Castle Gardens, 37 ; and Mr. C. 
Warden, Clarendon Park, 20. 
Sussex. —Messrs. J. Clieal & Sons, Crawley, show 
54 sorts ; Mr. Breese, gardener to Lord Leeonfield, 
Petworth, 50 ; and Mr. Rust, gardener to the Marquis 
of Abergavenny, Bridge Castle, 36. 
Hants. —Mr. Wildsmith, Heckfield Place, has 90 
dishes. 
Devon.— Messrs. R. Yeiteh & Son, Exeter, contri¬ 
bute 111 sorts ; and Mr. Garland, Killerton, 30. 
Lincoln. —Mr. Ingram, gardener to the Duke of 
Rutland, Belvoir Castle, sends 50 dishes. 
Cheshire. —Messrs. E. & A. Dickson & Sons, send 
50 dishes ; and Messrs. James Dickson k Sons, 32. 
Gloucester. —Messrs. John Jeffries k Son, Ciren¬ 
cester, contribute about SO dishes. 
Notts. —Messrs. J. k R. Pearson, Chihvell, send 65 
sorts, mainly orchard varieties. 
Worcester. —Messrs. Richard Smith & Co., St. 
John’s, Worcester, show samples of 82 varieties. 
Dorset. —Mr. W. G. Pragnell, gardener, Sherborne 
Castle, has 110 dishes, 
Beds. —Mr. T. Laxton, Bedford, has 64 varieties 
grown in the northern part of the county. 
Norfolk. — Mr. Colville Brown, The Paddocks, 
Swaffham, contributes 42 dishes. 
Rutland. —Mr. J. Grey, gardener, Normanton, 
sends 27 dishes. 
Essex. —Messrs. Saltmarsh & Son, Chelmsford, have 
80 dishes. 
Lancashire. —Mr. Hathaway, gardener to the Earl 
of Lathom, Lathom House, Ormskirk, sends 37 dishes; 
and a smaller number comes from Air. Winkwortli, 
gardener to R. Broeklebank, Esq., Childwall Hall, 
Liverpool. 
Yorkshire is represented by 40 sorts from Mr. Hall, 
gardener to Lord Bolton, Bedale ; and 30 from Mr. H. 
J. Clayton, Grimston Park, Tadcaster. 
Hereford. —Mr. Denning, gardener to Lord Ches¬ 
terfield, Holme Lacey, has 66 varieties; and Mr. 
Coleman, Eastnor, also sends a collection. 
From Scotland come good collections from Elliston 
Gardens, St. Boswells ; Mr. Dunn, Dalkeith ; Mr. 
Smith, Oxenford Castle ; Dr. Robertson, Errol ; Mr. 
Mac'Hattie. Hew Battle Abbey ; Messrs. Ormiston & 
Renwick, Melrose ; and Mr. Day, Galloway House, 
Garlieston. 
Ireland is represented by only one collection of 27 
sorts from Mr. J. E. Unthank, Templeville, Limerick ; 
and of 
Foreign Collections there are only two, the largest 
eomiug from M. Louis Leroy, of Angers. 
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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
National Chrysanthemum, October 19<7/.— 
The autumn general meeting of this flourishing Society 
took place at the Old Four Swan’s Inn, Bishopsgate 
Street, E.C., on Monday last, E. Sanderson, Esq., 
President, in the chair, and there was a very full attend¬ 
ance of members. The Hon. Secretary, Mr. W. Holmes, 
reported that sixteen Societies had become affiliated, 
which was regarded a-s a very encouraging sign. Twenty- 
two new members were elected, making a total of 295, a 
marvellous growth in point of numbers since the Society 
assumed its national character. The Hon. Secretary 
also reported that the floral committee had held one 
meeting at the Royal Aquarium, when a number of 
Chrysanthemums and other things were staged, and he 
anticipated that these meetings would be highly success¬ 
ful. - The experience gained at that meeting taught 
him that it was essentially necessary that, some rules 
should be framed to guide the proceedings of the Floral 
Committee, and suggested the appointment of a sub¬ 
committee to draw up the same. This committee was 
appointed, consisting of the President, Vice-President, 
Hon. Secretary; and Messrs. Dean, Davis, Springbelt, 
Stevens, and Langdon, to meet an hour previous to the 
next meeting. 
The Hon. Secretary alluded to the correspondence, 
which had taken place in the gardening papers, relative 
to offering prizes for late Grapes at the exhibition of late 
Chrysanthemums in January next ; and after full dis¬ 
cussion it was agreed that the Society could not offer 
prizes, but if any subscriptions were sent in for this 
special purpose, the Hon. Secretary should he em¬ 
powered to arrange classes according to the amount 
received. After the transaction of some routine 
business the meeting closed with hearty votes of thanks 
to the Officers of the Society. 
Plant lovers in general, and Orchid growers in 
particular will learn with regret of the death in Austria 
on the 14th inst. of the famous traveller and plant 
collector Mr. Benedict Roezl. Some fifteen years 
ago, the name of Roezl was a household word in the 
horticultural world in connection with the vast 
quantities of orchids and hosts of new plants which he 
sent to this country, hut of late years he has been 
living a retired life, and only occasionally paid visits 
to this country. Mr. Roezl was born about 1823, and 
commenced his gardening career at Totschen in 
Bohemia, subsequently going to Medica in Galicia, to 
Baron Von Hiigel’s garden in Vienna, to Count 
Lichtenstein’s place at Telsch, in Moravia, and then to 
M. Van Houtte’s at Ghent. Here he stayed five years 
and then went to Riga in Russia, whence he returned 
to Ghent for another two years. In 1854 he com¬ 
menced that remarkable career as a collector, by which 
his name became famous. His first journey was to 
Mexico, where he started a nursery and sent home 
many fine plants. He also introduced the culture of 
Ramie into that country, and invented a machine for 
extracting and cleaning the fibre. While exhibiting 
this machine atHavanna, Mr. Roezl had the misfortune 
to lose his left arm. Subsequently, lie travelled to 
Mexico, and then made visits to Havauna and Cuba ; 
which were followed by trips to California, including 
a journey through the Rocky Mountains and Sierra 
Nevada, and to Central America, visiting Panama and 
Ocana in Hew Grenada. The Sierra Nevada was 
visited again, and excursions made in succession to 
Panama, San Francisco, Washington territory, South 
Carolina, Bonaventuro, in Choco ; Antiagua, and down 
the Magdalen River to Colon and Panama. Thence 
followed trips to the Colorado territory, Hew Mexico, 
Sierra Nevada again, Sierra Madra, Panama, La 
Guayra, Caracas in Venezuela, St. Thomas, Havanna, 
Vera Crux, andotherplaeestoonumeroustomentionhere. 
On one of these journeys he forwarded, in all, to Lon¬ 
don no less than eight tons of Orchids alone. Of the 
great number of good new plants which he sent home 
we have not space here to dilate upon,, suffice it to 
state that for all time his name will be identified with 
some of the finest plants that adorn our houses. During 
his wanderings he was robbed no less than seventeen 
times of all his possessions, and few men had so many 
hair-breadth escapes, or took so little notice of them 
after they were over. 
We record with sincere regret the death of M. Ed¬ 
mond Boissier, which took place at his home Valleyres, 
Switzerland, on the 25tli of September. M. Boissier 
was in his seventy-seventh year. He was a corres¬ 
ponding member of the Aeademie des Sciences, France, 
Foreign member of the LimiEean Society of London, 
Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Madrid, 
kc., kc. M. Boissier was a man of great infiuence in 
Switzerland, much beloved by all who had to do with 
him, and the author of many scientific works, which 
will be standard resources for reference. His collection 
of plants was one of the most interesting in Switzerland. 
Carnation and Picotee growers will learn with much 
regret that an old and much respected member of their 
fraternity, Mr. Samuel Brown, Crompton Road, Hands- 
worth, Birmingham, passed to his rest on the 16th inst. 
Mr. Brown had passed the allotted span of man, having 
attained the age of seventy-one years, for more than 
forty of which he had been known as a zealous and suc¬ 
cessful cultivator of Carnations and Picotees, a faithful 
friend, and a warm-hearted man. 
On the 19th inst., at the residence of her son, Mr. 
Bruce Findlay, Botanical Gardens, Manchester, Eliza, 
widow of Mr Alexander Findlay, of Peterhead, Aber¬ 
deenshire, aged, eighty years. 
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 
Mithridate Mustard.—C an any of your readers tell me where 
I can get a packet of seeds of Thlaspi arvense, commonly called 
Mithridate Mustard, or Field Fenny Cress.—.1. II. 
Alnwick Seedling Grape.—C an any of your readers tell me 
the weight of the heaviest bunch of this Grape that lias been 
grown. Have any been shown over 3 lbs. ?— W.P.R. 
Names of Plants. — P. Q. — Quercus coccinea.—IT". -J. G. — 
Cratasgus orientalis.- J.C r .— 1 Saponaria officinalis.— 2 not 
recognised.—3 Artemisia abrotaniiolia.— T.X.R .—1 Salma, not 
in flower .—2 Justieia splendens.—3 Begonia parvifolia.— 4 
Hedera Helix arborescens aurea — 5 H. I [ . arboresceus rnargi- 
nata.—6 H. H. arborescens argentea. 
Names of Fruits. — J. Proy*Tt . —2 and 5 not known ; 6, Beauty 
of Kent; 7, Duke of Devonshire ; -9, Fearsons Plate ; 35, Dmne- 
lows Seedling. J. lieddov. — Apples: 21', Nonpareil; 36, Han- 
well Souring. Pears: 1, Josephine de Malines ; 2, Susette ae 
Bavay ; 3, Beurre Ranee ; 4, Winter Crassane. C. D. —2, Winter 
Hawthornden ; 5, Winter Strawberry ; 6, Hollandburv ; 7, 
Bymer ; S. Court of Wick ; 10 and 11, Beauty of Kent: 12. York¬ 
shire Greening. Samples small and inferior. IF. B . — General 
Todtleben. J. Souza .— Your Pear is the Bishop's Thumb, one of 
the oldest varieties grown, and a good dessert fruit. 
Erratum.—A t p. 102, col. A., for £150 “ per week," read £150 
“ per year" ; and in the article on the late International Potato 
Show, p. 100. the word “ croppers ” in the last paragraph hat one 
should read “ cookers.” 
Communications Received. — A. O.—G. N.—G. F. W.—J. T. 
—IV. S.—A. J. M.—W. D.—W. G. S.—M. T.—A D.—H. W. W.— 
W. E. G.—B. k S.—E. W. B.—E. M.-L. A Co.— M. P.— G. R. 
Simpson. 
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TEADE CATALOGUES EECEIYET). 
Keynes, Williams, A Co., Salisbury.— Descriptive Catalogue 
of Roses and Grape Vines. 
B. Gileep.t, Dyke, near Bourne, Lincolnshire.—Scarlet double 
Anemones, choice hardy spring-flowering Bulbs. Plants. Ac. 
Benjamin Field, F.R.H.S., Swan Place, Old Kent Road, 
S.E.—Horticultural Soils, .Manures, Sundries, and Berkshire 
Pottery. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE. 
October 21st, 1885. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, London, report no business 
doing at to-day's market. The demand has ceased for 
Rye and Winter Tares. Red Clover still offers freely 
from continent; hut crop in America is evidently short, 
as shipment of yearling American seed has recently 
been made to Hew York. White Clover and Alsike 
unchanged. Ho change in values of Rye Grass. Bird 
Seeds and Blue Peas neglected. Dutch Linseed dearer. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
October 22nd. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. 
Apples, i sieve. 1 0 3 0 Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 2 0 3 0 
Grapes, per lb. 1 0 3 0, Pine-apples’ St. 
Kent Cobs, per 100 lbs. 24 0 25 0 Michaels, each .... 3 0 5 0 
Melons, each. 06 16 Plums, 4 sieve . 16 3 6 
Peaches, per doz. 3 0 S 0 I 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s.d. s.d. $.d. s.d. 
Artichokes, Globe,per Herbs, per bunch.... 0 2 0 4 
doz. 2 0 3 0 Horse Radish, bundle 3 0 5 0 
Beans, French, per lb. 0 4 Lettuces ..per dozen 2 0 2 6 
Beet, per dozen. 2 0 3 0 Mushrooms, p. basket 10 16 
Cabbages-per doz. 1 6 2 0 Onions, per bushel ..5 0 7 6 
Carrots, per hunch ..06 Parsley, per bunch ..06 
Cauliflowers, English, Radishes, per dozen ..10 
per dozen .4 0 CO Small salading.punuet 0 4 
Celery, per bundle ..1 6 2 6 Spinach, per strike ..20 
Cucumbers, each_ 0 6 0 9 Tomatos, per lb.0 9 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 3 6 Turnips, per bunch ..06 
Potatos.- Kent Regents, SOs. to 100s. per ton ; Kent Kidneys, 
80s. to 100s. per ton ; Champions, 70s. per ton. 
Abutilon, 12 hunches 2 0 
Anemone, 12 bunches 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms. 4 0 SO 
Asters, 12 bunches ..40 SO 
Azalea, 12 sprays. 2 0 
Bouvardias. per ban. 0 6 10 
Camellias, 12 blooms. 3 0 6 0 
Carnations, 12 blooms 10 2 0 
Carnations, 12 hunch. 
Chrysanthemums, 12 
blooms. 10 6 0 
Chrysanthemums, 12 
bunches .4 0 12 0 
Cineraria, per hunch.. 
Cornflower, 12 hunch. 
Cyclamen, 12 blooms. 
Day Lily, 12 hunches. 
Epiphyl'lums, 12blms. 10 2 0 
Eschscholtzia, 12 bun. 
Eucharis, per dozen.. 4 0 9 0 
Gardenias, 12 blooms. 2 0 5 0 
Heliotropes, 12 sprays 0 6 10 
Lapageria, white, 12 
blooms. 30 40 
Lapageria,red,12blms. 10 2 0 
Lavender, 12 bunches 
Lilium candidum, 12 — 
blooms_ 
s.d. s.d. 
Lilium Longiflorum, 
12 blooms . 40 60 
Marguerites, 12 bun... 4 0 9 0 
Mignonette, 12 bun... 16 3 0 
Pelargoniums, per 12 
sprays. 10 10 
— scarlet, 12sprays.. 0 6 0 9 
Pinks, various. 12 bun. 
Primula, double, bun. 0 6 10 
Primulas,Chinese,bun. .. 0 6 
Pyrethrum, 12 bun... 
Rhodanthe, 12 bun. ..6 0 9 0 
Roses (coloured) .... 1 0 20 
Roses (indoors), doz. 10 3 0 
Roses, per doz. bun. 6 0 12 0 
Spir-.ea, 12 hunches .. 
Stephanotis, 12 sprays 6 0 9 0 
Stocks. 12 hunches .. 
Sweet Peas, 12 hunch, 1 
Sweet Sultan, 12 bun. 
Tuberoses, per dozen. 0 6 10 
Tulips, per dozen .... 
Violet, 12 bunches ..09 10 
— Czar, French, per 
hunch. 10 16 
— Parme. 40 50 
White Jasmine, bun.. 0 6 0 9 
Woodroffe, 12 bunches 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
4 0 
Plants in Pots.—Average 
s.d. s.d. 
Aralia Sieboldi, doz.. 6 0 IS 0 
Arum Lilies, per doz. 9 0 12 0 
Asters, per doz. _ 4 0 6 0 
Azalea, per doz. 
Balsams, per dozen .. 
Begonias, per dozen.. 4 0 12 0 
Bouvardias, per dozen 9 0 IS 0 
Calceolarias, per doz. 
Chrysanthemums, per 
dozen pots. 9 0 IS 0 
Cineraria, per dozen.. 
Cockscombs, per doz. 3 0 6 0 
Cyclamens, per dozen 
Cyperus, per dozen .. 4 0 12 0 
Deutzia, per dozen .. 
Draoana term., doz. .30 0 60 0 
— viridis, per dozen 12 0 24 0 
Epipliyllums, per doz. 
Evergreens, in var., 
per dozen . 6 0 24 0 
Ferns, in var., doz. .. 4 0 IS 0 
Ficus elastica, each ..16 70 
Foliage Plants, vari¬ 
ous, each . 2 0 10 0 
Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Fuchsias, per dozen ..3 0 9 0 
Genista, per dozen .. 
Heaths or Erica, var., 
per dozen .10 0 12 0 
Hyacinths, per dozen 
Hydrangea, per dozen 
Ivy Geraniums, per 
dozen . 30 60 
Lilium longiflorum, 
per dozen ”. 
Lilium lancifolium, 
per dozen .IS 0 24 0 
Marguerites, per doz. 9 0 12 0 
Mignonette. ]>er doz. 
Palms in variety, each 2 6 21 0 
Pelargoniums, doz. .. 
Pelargoniums, scarlet, 
per dozen ..4 0 6 0 
Petunias, per dozen.. 
Poinsettia. per dozen 
Rhodanthe, per doz. . 
j Spira-a, per dozen .... 
| Stocks, per dozen .... 
Tropaeolums, per doz. 
