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THE GARDENING WORLD 
December 12, 1885. 
On [the 'motion of Mr. Robinson, seconded by Mr. 
Thomas Kogers, the secretary was instructed to convey 
to Mr. Swan the thanks of the society for his services, 
and their regret at his resignation. 
In the course of some desultory conversation which 
followed, as to the work of the society during the 
present session, a hope was expressed by Mr. Plant 
that they would have some short papers on the culti¬ 
vation of plants and flowers. He was sure there were 
several gardeners present who could contribute such 
papers if they only set about it. Mr. B. S. Williams, 
of Holloway, at the conclusion of the proceedings, said 
he was much pleased with the way in which the society 
was working, and he felt sure that both old and young 
gardeners would derive much useful information from 
such an interchange of thought as the reading of papers 
and the discussion on them created. 
National Chrysanthemum.— Dec. 9th .— The 
last meeting of the floral committee of this society to 
be held this year took place at the Koyal Aquarium on 
Wednesday last, when a grand show of blooms was 
placed before the Committee, and no less than eleven 
First Class Certificates were awarded. The chair was 
occupied by Mr. E. Sanderson, and amongst the gentle¬ 
men present were Mr. Ballantine, Mr. R. Dean, Mr. H. 
Cannell, Mr. Geo. Gordon, Mr. N. Davis, Mr. Swift, 
Mr. Butcher, and others. Some discussion took place 
as to whether the steps taken at the last meeting, 
of placing Chrysanthemum Cullingfordi among the 
reflexed varieties, was the correct course to adopt with 
this excellent flower, which has been shown in both 
Japanese and reflexed classes. It was ultimately 
resolved that the resolution passed at the last floral 
committee meeting should be reported to the general 
committee of the society, for them to take such course 
as they may deem necessary with a view of arriving at 
a definite decision as to whether this variety should be 
classed as a Japanese or reflexed. 
Messrs. Gordon, Dean, and Holmes were elected to 
officiate as judges at the show of late Chrysanthemums 
to be held in January next. 
First Class Certificates were awarded to Messrs. Drover 
for the following varieties :—White Dragon (Japanese), 
similar to Golden Dragon, but pure white ; Bicolor 
(Japanese), a very fine bronze and yellow ; and Gloriosum 
(Japanese), bright orange. 
Messrs. James Yeitch & Sons were also awarded a 
First Class Certificate for Pelican (Japanese), a good 
creamy white. 
A number of very fine flowers were exhibited by Mr. 
N. Davis, and he was awarded First Class Certificates 
for each of the following varieties :—M. Burnet (Japa¬ 
nese), lilac-mauve, a very full flower; Duchess of 
Albany (Jackson’s), orange-buff, the three flowers pro¬ 
duced to the meeting were very large, and the colour 
was good. It is somewhat difficult to distinguish this 
flower from Brunette, a variety sent out by Delaux in 
1883, and it is not unlikely they are synonymous ; 
Ville de Toulouse (Japanese), violet-amaranth, reverse 
white ; Ceres (Japanese), delicate flesh colour. This 
certificate was awarded as a late variety; unfortunately 
there are no less than three varieties of this name, two 
of them Japanese aud one Pompon ; and Japonais 
(Japanese), bronze-yellow, a fine bold flower. Messrs. 
Cannell & Sons were awarded a First Class Certificate 
for a very fine Japanese Anemone, named Catherine- 
wheel, pale sulphur,’not a particularly large flower, but 
compact and attractive, and likely to become a great 
favourite. 
Mr. Robert Owen, Maidenhead, exhibited a very fine 
basket of dwarf plants of Boule de Neige, which was 
awarded a First Class Certificate. This plant, which 
was stated by Mr. Owen to be a reflexed variety, had 
also received a certificate at South Kensington on the 
previous day. Here is another example of the incon¬ 
venience of having two varieties distributed under the 
same name, more especially as in this case where they 
are both white. In the Japanese section we have Boule 
de Neige somewhat of an incurved flower, and the 
variety exhibited by Mr. Owen is classed by the conti¬ 
nental growers amongst the Pompons, although, the 
plants exhibited to the meeting would certainly be bet¬ 
ter placed under the hybrid section. Two very fine 
stages of blooms, the majority being single and Pom¬ 
pons, were exhibited by Messrs. Cannell & Sons, set up 
in bunches, in that neat style for which this firm is so 
noted. Votes of thanks were accorded to Messrs. Can- 
uel, Mr. N. Davis, and Mr. Owen for their interesting 
contributions to the meeting. 
THE SMITHPIELD CLUB. 
Though of vastly greater importance and interest to 
agriculturists of all degrees, there is yet much in the 
great annual gathering at Islington that is of interest 
to the visitor of a purely gardening turn of mind. In 
the immense array of miscellaneous articles which, com¬ 
bined with the fat stock, make up a show second to 
none of its kind, there are many things which claim 
attention from the practical visitor on the look-out for 
good tools, labour-saving appliances, seeds, manures, 
and other articles likely to prove as useful in the garden 
as on the farm. First and foremost come the exhibits 
of tlieg reat seed firms, and these displays are always 
arranged with taste and effect on handsome stands con¬ 
structed with a great amount of ingenuity, in order to 
display the greatest amount of produce in the smallest 
amount of sjiace. Some of them, such as the stands of 
Messrs. Sutton, Messrs. Carter, and Messrs. Webb, are 
nothing less than museums of the highest value from an 
educational point of view, so great is the variety of sub¬ 
jects and so fine the quality displayed on them. This year 
again the special feature, on what we may call the local 
stand, that of Messrs. Janies Carter & Co., High 
Holborn, is the exceedingly fine display of grass seeds 
and grasses in growth, a subject of great importance to 
the agricultural interest just now, and which this firm 
has done much to encourage. To the gardeners, their 
Lawn Mixtures will of course prove of greater attraction 
than those designed for sowing wider areas. The seeds, 
roots, &c., are all admirable. 
The Messrs. Sutton of Reading, also make a feature 
of grass seeds, a branch of their enormous business 
which has made the name of the firm famous all over 
the world. Swedes, Turnips, and Mangolds, are here 
in galore ; but to me these were not of so much interest 
as the grand display of Potatos, which includes all the 
leading kinds, and of course the many good sorts which 
the firm have themselves put into commerce. 
Messrs. Edward Webb & Sons of Wordsley, have 
also a singularly interesting display of all kinds of 
produce. The Swedes, Mangolds, and Potatos, are of 
a high order of merit, and for the former there is much 
of an interesting character in the beautiful lot of dried 
grasses, and the fine samples of various kinds of Wheat, 
Oats, Barley, &c. 
Messrs. Hooper & Co., of Covent Garden, whose 
name is more familiar to me in connection with flower 
and vegetable seeds and American Potatos, make a 
bold bid for fame in connection with some new and 
improved cereals, such as the Dividend Wheat, Six- 
rowed Winter Barley, and various Oats, all remarkable 
for their great prolificacy ; they, too, also have a good 
show of Potatos. Messrs. Harrison & Sons, of Leicester, 
and Mr. J. K. King, of Coggeshall, also have some 
garden produce, but the bulk of their exhibits belong 
to the farm rather than the garden. 
Amongst the new manures, I noted the stand of 
Messrs. J. Jensen & Co., the importers of the Norwegian 
Fish Guano, an article, which, if my experience counts 
for anything, is destined to take a high position as a 
fertilizer in the garden, as well as on the farm. I have 
used it for some time mixed in potting composts for 
soft-wooded plants, and can speak highly of its quality 
as a stimulating manure. Another manure that was 
new to me, is the “organic manure” of Messrs. Ha¬ 
milton &Co., 118, High Street, Wandsworth, which I 
shall certainly try next season on Potatos and the 
Cabbage tribe, which I should think it is just the thing 
for, and it is certainly cheap .—A Country Visitor. 
Sciatica.— I do not know whether it is within the 
scope of a gardening paper to treat on any of the bodily 
ailments to which gardeners as a class are specially 
susceptible, but I venture to ask you to insert this 
note, in the hope that the recipe may prove a benefit 
to some suffering brother. I am prompted to do so by 
having received a letter from a friend whose wife had 
been laid up with this painful complaint for five weeks, 
and to whom I sent the prescription, stating that it had 
done more good in four days than all the medicine she 
had previously taken, and that she was then quite well. 
To 1 qt. of rum add three nitre pills (pounded), 
and 2 ozs. of sulphur, and take half a wine-glassful 
three times daily. If this quantity should prove too 
relaxing, take it twice a day only ; and it will be much 
more efficacious if no other alcoholic stimulant is taken. 
I may add that the person who 1 gave me this valuable- 
prescription has never known it to fail. — E. Dumper. 
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 
Cucumber Culture. —l,have a span-roofed house 15 ft. long, 10 
ft. wide, heated with hot-water pipes. I wish to grow Cucumbers, 
so as to be able to cut in June ; will some of your readers kindly 
give me instructions how to grow the plants ?— J. F. 
Insects on Pear Trees. — A Gardener: The Mussel Scale, 
Aspidiatus concliiformis. You will find it a difficult matter to 
get rid of it, but the best plan is to scrape the bark now with a 
thin piece of hard wood, and then wash the stems with a 
paraffine emulsion. 
Transplanting Hollies. — Amateur : These are very difficult 
things to move with safety when they get any size, and you 
should certainly not attempt it now. Leave them till April or 
beginning of May, when in showery weather they will move 
without muck risk. 
Chrysanthemums. — New Subscriber: Read the instructions 
given by Mr. Molyneux and Mr. Boyce in our last. Tou had 
better not begin propagating while the present cold weather 
lasts unless you have a little heat. 
Names of Plants. — A: B. : Colletia cruciata. Scotia ; The 
common Buckthorn, Rhamnuscatharticus. W. C.: l,Sparmannia 
Africana ; 2, the Spindle-tree, Euonymus europaeus. 
Names of Fruits — J.A.C. : We do not recognise your Apple, 
It is very pretty, but that is all that can be said in its favour, 
except that it may be useful for Cider making. 
Communications Received. —G. S. A.—J. R. —J. H. Lowrv.— 
E. J.—J. W.—F. G. D.—J. A.—F. W. B.—H. W. W.—G. S.— 
T. C—W.B. A.—Iberis.—W. C. B.—B. S. W. 
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TEADE CATALOGUES EECEIYED. 
Alex. E. Campbell, Cove Gardens, Gourock, N.B. —Descrip, 
tive Catalogue of Choice Hybrid Gladioli. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE. 
December 9th, 1885. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, report a larger attendance 
than usual at to day’s market, but no business doing. 
Red Clover aud Trefoil continue in moderate demand, 
and supplies are still larger and values unchanged. 
White Clover and Alsike are offering more freely, and 
the latter has receded somewhat in prices as buyers still 
hold off. Feeding Linseed and Canary steady. Hemp 
firmer. Blue Peas and Haricot Beans sell slowly. 
OOVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
December 10 th. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. I s.d. s.d. 
Apples, i sieve. 1 0 3 0 Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 1 0 
Grapes, per lb. 0 6 2 0, Pine-apples, St. 
Kent Cobs,per 100 lbs.22 6 25 0 j Michaels, each .... 1 6 5 0 
Melons, each. • Plums . 
Peaches, per doz. | Canadian Apples, brl.10 0 20 0 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s.d. s.d. | s.d. s.d. 
Artichokes, Globe,doz. 2 0 3 0 Horse Radish, bundle 3 0 5 0 
Beans, French, per lb. 1 0 ; Lettuces ..per dozen 1 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 bunch ..06 ! Parsley, per bunch ..06 
Cauliflowers, English, 1 Radishes, per dozen.. 1 6 
per dozen . 40 60 Small salading,punnet 0 4 
Celery, per bundle ..1 6 2 6 Sea Kale, per basket... 2 0 3 0 
Cucumbers, each_ 0 6 10 Spinach, per strike ..20 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 3 6, Tomatos, per lb.10 
Herbs, per bunch.... 0 2 0 4,1 Turnips, per bunch ..06 
Potatos.- Kent Regents, 80s. to 100s. per ton; Kent Kidneys, 
SOs. to 100s. per ton ; Champions, 70s. per ton. 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. 
Abutilon, 12 hunches 2 0 4 0 Lilium Longiflorum, 
Acacia mimosa.French 12 blooms . 60 90 
per bunch. 06 10 Marguerites, 12 bun... 2 0 4 0 
Anemone, 12 bunches Mignonette, 12 bun... 16 3 0 
Arum Lilies, 12 blurs. 6 0 9 0 Pelargoniums, per 12 
Asters, 12 bunches 1 sprays. 10 16 
Azalea, 12 sprays.... 10 16 —scarlet, 12 sprays.. OS 10 
Bouvardias, per bun. 0 6 10 Poinsettia, doz. blms. 4 0 SO 
Camellias, 12 blooms. 3 0 6 0 Primula, double, bun. 0 9 16 
Carnations, 12 blooms 1 0 3 0 Primulas,Chinese,bun. .. 0 6 
Carnations, 12 bunch. Roman Hyacinths, 12 
Chrysanthemums, 12 j sprays. 10 20 
blooms. 0 6 3 0 Roses (coloured) .... 2 0 4 0 
Chrysanthemums, 12 Roses (indoors), doz. 10 3 0 
hunches . 4 0 12 0 Roses, Tea, French,, 0 6 10 
Cyclamen, 12 blooms. 0 6 OS Roses, red, per dozen 16 2 0 
Epiphyilums, 12blms. 0 6 10 Stephanotis, 12 sprays 9 0 12 0 
Eticharis, per dozen.. 5 0 9 0 Tuberoses, per dozen. 10 16 
Gardenias, 12 blooms. 4 0 SO Tulips, 12 blooms_ 10 13 
Heliotropes, 12sprays 0 6 10 Violet, 12 bunches ..10 16 
Lapageria, white, 12 — Czar, French, per 
blooms..3 0 4 0 bunch. 10 16 
Lapageria,red,12blms. 1 0 2 0 —Parme. 4 0 5 0 
White Jasmine, bun.. 0 6 0 9 
Plants in Pots.—Averacs Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Aralia Sieboldi, doz. . 6 0 18 0 
Arum Lilies, per doz.12 0 IS 0 
Asters, per doz. 
Begonias, per dozen. .00120 
Bouvardias, per dozen 9 0 IS 0 
Chrysanthemums, per 
dozen pots. 9 0 IS 0 
Cineraria, per dozen.. 10 0 12 0 
Cockscombs, per doz. 
Cyclamens, per dozenl2 0 24 0 
Cyperus, per dozen .. 4 0 12 0 
Draccena term., doz. .30 0 60 0 
— viridis, per dozen 12 0 24 0 
Evergreens, in var., 
per dozen . 6 0 24 0 
Ferns, in var., doz. .. 4 0 IS 0 
Ficus elastics, each.. 16 7 0 
Fuchsias, per dozen.. 
s.d. s.d. 
Foliage Plants, vari¬ 
ous, each. 2 0 10 0 
Heaths or Erica, var., 
per dozen .10 0 24 0 
Hyacinths, Roman, 
per dozen .12 0 15 0 
Hydrangea, per dozen 
Lilium lancifolium, 
per dozen . 
Marguerites, per doz. 9 0 12 0 
Mignonette, per doz. 
Palms in variety, each 2 6 21 0 
Pelargoniums, doz. .. 
Pelargoniums,scarlet, 
per dozen . 40 60 
Poinsettia, per dozenl2 0 IS 0 
Primula, single, doz.. 4 0 6 0 
Tulips, per dozen pots S 0 12 0 
