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THE GARDENING WORLD 
January 22, 1887. 
immediately and grow the seedlings on freely, shifting them as 
required till planting-out time arrives. They will be later in 
flowering than plants raised from cuttings, and larger in size. 
Nasturtium. — It. S. 0.: There are several double varieties in 
cultivation ; but all that are perfectly double can only be pro¬ 
pagated from cuttings. This is very easily done, and with a 
little bottom-heat the cuttings will be ready to pot off in the 
course of ten days, if they have been fairly well treated. 
Gardeners’ Year Book.— 7. C. Wilson: It will not be pub¬ 
lished again. 
Names of Plants. —Reginald Young: Epidendrum Candollei, 
very fragrant. The others are ordinary forms of the species 
named, except Cattleya Walkeriana, which is below the average. 
Names of Fruits.— 7. Harding .- 1, Cox's Orange Pippin ; 2, 
Blenheim Orange. 
Communications Received. — A. D. W. — If. T.—W. K.—A. G. 
A. G. H.-J. Cocker.—IV. B.—H. C. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Thomas S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham.—New, 
Rare and Choice Flower Seeds. 
Thomas Sibbald, Market Place, Bishop Auckland.—Kitchen 
Garden and Flower Seeds. 
George Stamp, Bishopsteignton, Teignmouth.—Catalogue of 
Hellebores, and General Nursery Stock. 
William Rumsey, Joyning's Nurseries, Waltham Cross, N.— 
Catalogue of Select Seeds for the Garden and Farm, Seed 
Potatos, &c. 
Austin & M’Aslan, Nurserymen, Seedsmen and Seed Mer- 
chants, 16, Buchanan Street,'Glasgow.-Spring Catalogue of 
Garden Seeds and Requisites. 
Cardno & Darling, SO, Union .Street, Aberdeen.—Select 
List of Vegetable and Flower Seeds. 
James Cocker & Sons, Sunnypark, Aberdeen—Catalogue of 
Vegetable and Flower Seeds. 
31. Cuthbertson, Rothesay, N.B.—Catalogue of Garden and 
Flower Seeds, Hardy Perennials, &c. 
Tiiyne & Paton, 18 and 20, Union Street, Dundee.—Catalogue 
of Vegetable and Flower Seeds. 
Lucombe, Pince & Co., Exeter.—Vegetable and Flower Seeds. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE. 
January \0tli, 1887. 
Messrs. Hup.st & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, London, report a steady- 
sale for Agricultural Seeds. Red Clover now finds 
buyers at an advance on last week’s prices. Alsike, 
White, and Trefoil unchanged. Italian Rye Grass in 
good request, Perennial Rye Grass firm. Bird Seeds 
unchanged. Blue Peas sell freely. 
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OOVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
January 20th. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Apples, i sieve. 16 3 6 
Grapes.per lb. 10 2 6 
Kent Cobbs.. 100 lbs. 65 0 TO 0 
Melons .each 
Pine-apples, St. 
Michaels, each .... 
Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 
Strawberries . .per lb. 
s.d. s.d. 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
s.d. 
3 0 
Horse Radish, bundle 
Lettuces .. per dozen 1 6 
Mushrooms, p. basket 1 0 
0 0 
1 6 
s.d. 
5 0 
Onions, per bushel .. 4 
Parsley, per hunch .. 0 
Radishes, per dozen.. 1 
Sea Kale .. per basket 1 
Small salading,punnet 0 
Spinach, per strike .. 2 
Tomatos, per lb.10 
Turnips.... per bun. 0 6 
Artichokes, Globe,doz. 2 0 3 0 
Beans, French, per lb. 0 6 OS 
Beet, per dozen. 2 0 3 0 
Brussel Sprouts,per lb. 0 3 
Cabbages_per doz. 2 0 2 6 
Carrots, per bunch ..06 
Cauliflowers, English, 
per dozen . 3 0 5 0 
Celery, per bundle ..2 0 2 6 
Cucumbers, each .... 0 6 0 9 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 3 6 
Herbs, per bunch.... 0 2 0 4 
Potatos.- Kent Regents, 80s. to 100s. per ton ; Kent Kidneys, 
80s. to 100s. per ton ; Champions, 70s. per ton. 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
2 6 
1 6 
s.d. s.d. 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms. 4 0 SO 
Azalea, 12 sprays .... 0 9 16 
Bouvardias,' per bun. 10 16 
Camellias. .12 blooms 2 0 4 0 
Carnations, 12 blooms 10 3 0 
Chrysanthemums, 
12 blooms 10 2 0 
Chrysanthemums, 
12 bunchesl2 
s.d. 
24 0 
2 0 
Cut Tulips, 12 blooms 
Czar Violets (French), 
per bunch 2 0 3 0 
Epiphyllum, 12 blms. 0 6 10 
Eucharis, per dozen.. 4 0 SO 
Gardenias, 12 blooms. 9 0 24 0 
Heliotropes, 12 sprays 0 6 10 
Lapageria, red, 
12 blooms 10 2 0 
Lapageria, white, 
12 blooms 2 0 
Marguerites, 12 bun... 3 0 
Plants in Pots. 
s.d. 
Aralia Sieboldi, doz.. 6 0 18 0 
Arum Lilies, per doz.lS 
Begonias, per dozen.. 6 
Bouvardia, per doz... 9 
Chrysanthemums, doz. 
Cyperus, per dozen .. 4 0 12 0 
Dracaena term., doz. .30 0 60 0 
— viridis, per dozen 1 0 24 0 
Epiphyllums, perdoz.18 0 30 0 
Erica gracilis, per doz. 9 0 12 0 
— hyemalis, per doz. 12 0 24 0 
-—Regerminans..doz. 9 0 12 0 
— various .. per doz. 8 0 24 0 
Evergreens, in var., 
per dozen . 6 0 24 0 
0 S C 
1 6 
1 0 
1 6 
6 0 
s.d. 
Mignonette, 12 bun... 
Parine Violets(Freneh), 
per bunch . ’ 
Pelargoniums, per 12 
sprays . ' 
— scarlet, 12 sprays.. I 
Primula, double, bun. i 
— single ... .12 bun. ■ 
Pyrethrum, 12 bnchs. 
Roses (coloured) .... : 
Roses, Tea per dozen 1 
Roses, red (French), 
per doz. 2 6 3 6 
— Saffrano (French), 
per doz. 16 2 6 
Stephanotis, 12 sprays 
Tropieolums . 1 0 
Tuberoses, per dozen. 1 0 
Violets ..12 bunches 1 6 
White Jasmine, bun. 0 6 
2 0 
2 0 
2 6 
0 9 
4 
6 
■Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. s.d. 
Ferns, in var., doz. .. 4 0 18 0 
Ficus elastica, each ..16 76 
Foliage Plants, varl 
ous, each 
0 24 0 
0 12 0 
0 12 0 
2 0 10 6 
0 
0 
Hyacinths,perdoz.pts.9 0 12 
Marguerites, per doz. 6 0 12 
Mignonette, per doz. 
Palms in variety, each 2 6 21 0 
Pelargoniums, doz. .. 
Pelargoniums,scarlet, 
per dozen . 60 90 
Primulasinensis,p.dz. 4 0 6 0 
Solanums_per doz. 9 0 12 0 
Tulips ...per doz. pots 6 0 8 0 
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SCHWEITZER'S 
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THE FACULTY pronounce it “the most nutritious, perfectly 
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Being without Sugar, Spice, or other admixture, it suits all 
palates, keeps for years in all climates, and is four times the 
strength of Cocoas thickened, yet weakened, with Arrowroot, 
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Made instantaneously with boiling water, a teaspoonful to a 
Breakfast cup costing less than a halfpenny. 
Coeoatiiia possesses remarkable sustaining proper¬ 
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Liliums and Lilies a Speciality. 
G RAND imported Lily of the Valley crowns 
for forcing, 3s. 6cL and 4s. 6d. 100; choice Dutch clumps, 
9s. to 15s. doz.; Spirsea japonica, fine clumps, 3s. 6d. to 6s. doz., 
according to size; Lilium auratum, good fair bulbs, 5s., large 
size, 9s., extra large, 12s. doz. ; fine Lilium rubrum or roseum, 
5s., extra large, 6s. 6d. ; Lilium album (true), pure white, 10s.; 
album inonstrosum, white, 5s. 6 d .; longiflorum, 3s.; Harrisii, 10s. 
to 16s., according to size; tigrinum, 2s. 6d. ; umbellatum 
erectum, 3s. ; pomponium flike scarlet Turk’s Cap), 6s. 6d. All 
per dozen ; smaller quantities a little extra, as per List. African 
Tuberoses, Is. 6d., extra large, 2s. 6 d. doz.; American Pearl 
Tuberoses, 2s. 6d., extra large, 3s. doz.; scarlet Gladioli, 2s. 6d., 
3s. 6d. and 5s. 6d. 100; choice Gandavensis hybrids, 2s. doz., 
12s. 100 ; Gladioli Col villi alba (The Bride), Is. Qd. doz., 10s. 100 ; 
Col villi rubra, pink, Sd. doz., 3s. 6d. 100: choice Ranunculus, 
from Is. 6 d. 100; Anemones, single, Is. 9 d. 100, double, 3s. 100 ; 
choice Spanish Iris, Is. 6 d. 100,12s. 1,000. Special prices to large 
buyers.—ROBE RT SYDENHAM, Tenby Street, Birmingham. 
ORCHIDS! ORCHIDS!! 
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NEW CATALOGUE OF 
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SIX SMALLER PALMS, in six varieties, same as above, 2s. 67. 
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FERNS, Adiantum cuneat.um, very strong and well furnished, 
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doz. Adiantum papillus veneris, one of the hardiest of Maiden¬ 
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TWELVE FERNS, including all the above varieties, for 4s.; 
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GLOXINIAS, tubers. I have a few more than I want for my 
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LARGE-FLOWERING HYACINTHS, in fine mixed colours, 
throwing up massive spikes of bloom, at 6s. 67. per doz. 
PRIMULAS, full of bloom, 4s. 67. per doz. 
CINERARIAS, fine stuff, with heads, 9s. per doz. 
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