April 16, 1887. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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in strong force, and made a very interesting appearance. 
Hyacinths are naturally looked upon as one of the 
features of the spring show, but this year they were 
hardly up to their former standard of merit. The 
spikes were not so heavy as in some past years, but the 
exhibition in this department was, notwithstanding, a 
very pleasing one. Tulips were only middling, and 
there was also a small show of Narcissus. Fruit is not 
looked for in large quantities at this season, but there 
was a very nice collection. There was a good com¬ 
petition in Strawberries ; the Grapes were shown fresh 
and in fine bloom ; and the Apples and Pears were of 
such high quality as to give proof of the increased 
attention bestowed on this branch of fruit-growing since 
the Apple and Pear Congress, held under the auspices 
of the society two years ago. There was a good 
exhibition of vegetables of the various kinds. 
Scottish Horticultural Association.— 
April 5th .—At the first meeting for the session, held at 
5, St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Mr. David P. Laird, 
president, delivered the inaugural address. Mr. Alex. 
Milne, vice-president, was in the chair. Mr. Laird 
said he had accepted the presidency with great diffi¬ 
dence, but would do his best to uphold the dignity 
of the association, whose aim was to keep horticulture 
up to the high standard expected from them as Scots¬ 
men. He suggested that in future short notes on exhibits 
might be read at the meetings, with interest and in¬ 
struction to the members. He also suggested co-operation 
in some way with the societies which had sprung up in 
Aberdeen, Paisley, and other places since the association 
was started ten years ago. Speaking next of horti¬ 
cultural exhibitions, he said they were a great power 
for good ; they caused what it was to be hoped was a 
healthy state of emulation among gardeners generally. 
There were, however, exhibitions and exhibitions, and 
it would be far better if a lot of those little flower shows 
were done away with. Many of them were started not 
for the benefit of horticulture, but for the benefit of a 
private purse. They went on for a number of years and 
then broke down, when it appeared that one had got a 
bigger share of the prize-list than others. Regarding 
the management of flower-shows, he said it was a great 
advantage not to have too many gardeners in connection 
with the management, and instanced the Yorkshire 
Gala, on the committee of management of which there 
was not a single nurseryman or gardener. The com¬ 
mittee, however, took suggestions from gardeners, and 
acted upon them if they thought proper. The founders 
of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, too, 
must have thought pretty much as he did, because, in 
constructing their council, they took care that one-tliird 
should be men not practically connected with horti¬ 
culture. After speaking hopefully of the association’s 
forthcoming Chrysanthemum show, he deprecated the 
sending of youths who had no natural taste for gardening 
to the trade, and said that journeymen gardeners should 
not look to the money value of a situation as long as 
they were young men, but should go where they could 
get the best training. In conclusion, he briefly traced 
the rapid strides made by horticulture during the fifty 
years of the Queen’s reign, and said he was sure there 
was a great field of work yet open for horticulturists. 
Dumfries Horticultural Improvement 
Association. — April 1th. —The monthly meeting 
of this association was held in Greyfriars Hall, the 
president, Mr. M'Creath, occupying the chair, Mr. 
Chalmers, Terregles Gardens, read a very interesting 
and highly instructive paper on “Hardy Bulbous 
Plants.” He drew marked attention to the great 
merits this class of plants had alike for large or small 
gardens, and their usefulness for either conservatory or 
drawing-room decoration. Instancing the Bulbocodium 
vernum and the Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) as 
being among the earliest of our spring-flowering bulbs, 
he showed how, with the aid of other bulbous plants, 
such as the Snowdrop, Crocus, Hyacinth, Daffodil or 
Narcissus (which is deservedly becoming very popular), 
and Liliums of sorts, a continuous show of fine flowers 
might be kept up till far into the autumn. The paper 
was of a very practical character, and Mr. Chalmers 
illustrated it by exhibits of blooms grown in the open 
at Terregles. At the close, the meeting (which was a 
large one) accorded him a hearty vote of thanks. The 
exhibits included a number of neat button - hole 
bouquets, shown by young gardeners, and a fine col¬ 
lection of mosses, numbering three dozen sorts, collected 
by Mr. Scott, one of the gardeners at Terregles, almost 
exclusively in that neighbourhood, and very neatly 
mounted. 
St. Ann’s Amateur, Floral and Horti¬ 
cultural, Nottingham. —The general monthly 
meeting of this society was held at the Queen’s Arms 
Inn on the 5th inst., Mr. Thacker, president, in the chair. 
There was a good display of plants and flowers. Mr. 
G. Priestly, senior, exhibited some very large specimen 
Azaleas, being one mass of bloom ; Mr. Hallam ex¬ 
hibited a very good bridal bouquet, and Mr. Thacker 
a quantity of cut blooms of Orchids, amongst which 
was a very fine named variety of Odontoglossum 
Alexandra. Messrs. J. Franks, G. Garrick and J. 
Stoneystreet exhibited some good plants, and a large 
quantity of Crocuses, on which a discussion arose as 
to their origin, cultivation, &c.— J. S. F. 
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS. 
Plants for Heavy Soil.— Haclcney: If you are desirous of 
growing Pansies there is no reason why you should not give 
them a trial. By ameliorating your soil with stable manure, 
decaying leaves, bracken, and similar material, you might be 
able to grow Pansies with tolerable success. They do not 
require much sun if they have a fair amount of light. Hyacinths, 
Tulips, Narcissus, Anemones, Winter Aconite, Primroses, and 
Polyanthus would flower in such a garden with fair treatment. 
Christmas Roses and other species of Hellebores would flower 
in shade, but like an open soil. Amongst hardy herbaceous 
plants several Saxifragas, Petasites fragrans, Vinca major, 
V. minor, Myosotis sylvatica, M. dissitiflora, Arabis albida, 
Alyssum saxatile, Aubrietia deltoidea, and similar things would 
flower. Several shrubs, such as Ribes sanguinea, Daphne 
mezereum and Erica herbacea, would flower in partial shade. 
You do not say what class of plants you would like most. 
Brucmansias. — W. J., Waltham: You would be likely to 
obtain plants of the species you mention from either Messrs. 
Bull, Yeitch or Williams. 
Crotons. — John Proctor : There are no evident marks of disease 
or vermin about the specimens of leaves sent us, so that we are 
inclined to attribute the withering of their tips to fluctuations 
of temperature. This is most liable to happen to young leaves, 
but old ones are by no means exempt from it under certain 
conditions. You state that your plants are grown close to the 
glass, and if the leaves touched the latter there would be no 
difficulty in tracing the evil. On the other hand, the temperature 
might have fallen very low on some cold morning before the 
fires could be stiri ed up to counteract it. The evil might not 
show itself very visibly for some days, so that it could easily be 
overlooked at the time. The tips of the leaves of any plant are 
the first to suffer from cold. 
Impatiens Hawkeri. —Having recently seen a plant under 
this name, I am anxious to know whether it is synonymous 
with or merely a misspelling for I. Hookeri.— Anxious. [The 
two plants are perfectly distinct, and in no way related to 
one another except as species with similarly flattened flowers. 
The habit of the stems, freedom of flowering," and the colour 
of the flowers are all perfectly distinct.— Ed.] 
Camellias. —Would any correspondent say what is the best 
time to graft Camellias ? I have several small plants obtained 
from suckers, and would like to insert better varieties on these 
stocks than the plants from which they were taken.— E. G. 
Pansies. — A. B. L.: Garden Pansies should be propagated 
annually in the autumn. By far the largest and best blooms are 
obtained from cuttings of young unflowered shoots if possible at 
that time, and inserted either in a sheltered place in front of a 
wall or preferably in a cool frame. The bedding Violas are pro¬ 
pagated in the same way. but are hardier, and cuttings may be 
inserted in prepared soil in a sheltered but otherwise unprotected 
place. 
Roses. — Silvia : Roses of any kind may be pruned now, as we 
do not expect frost to do harm to plants of this nature in April. 
The directions given from time to time in these columns should 
be followed in the matter of pruning. As far as Tea Roses are 
concerned little pruning will be necessary. All that is requisite 
is to shorten back those shoots whose tips have been killed, 
and thin out the weak ones where there is no room to tie them 
in. 
Orchids from Liverpool. — Liverpool Horticultural Co.: Your 
flowers of Dendrobium Wardianum Lowi are superb ; the flower 
particularised may certainly have some of D. crassinode in it, 
although it is not like Baron Schroder’s fine D. Wardianum 
crassinode. If all the Odontoglossum Cervantesii morada come 
like the flowers sent it is very distinct—a large rose-tinted 
flower with peculiar spotting. 
Cattleya Sp. — C.: The Cattleya species of Mau's importation 
which flowered with you in November and again now, is not yet 
determined. We had a grand flower, something like the finest 
and largest C. Mendelii, in March, from R. H. Measures, Esq., 
and we saw flowers of it in December; it should, therefore, be 
winter or spring flowering. 
Oncidium Marshallianum. — J. T .: We know of no test by 
which Oncidium Marshallianum can positively be selected from 
O. crispum and other allied varieties in imported plants. Old 
growers usually make a very shrewd guess, but they cannot 
quite tell how they do it. Of course it is easy to pick out some 
and say they are not Marshallianum, but not so easy to cor¬ 
rectly select what you want. 
Names of Plants —Reginald Young : No. 1 is the broad 
petalled and finest form of 0. crispum ; 2 and 3 are very large, 
but would not be reckoned of equal value with 1 by growers ; 4 
is Dendrobium thyrsiflorum (Schroderi has four angled pseudo¬ 
bulbs like Farmeri); 5 is O. luridum ; 6, the violet-spotted lip is 
O. tripudians, the other is O. triumphans; 7, unless this is very 
weak and badly flowered, which it does not appear to be, it is 
Maxillaria lepidota. J. M. : Chrysoplenium oppositifolium. 
Peter Elliot. : 1, Iris reticulata ; 2, Sisyrinehium grandiflorum; 
3, Primula rosea ; 4, Corydalis solida. A Subscriber : Cmlogyne 
ochracea. 
Communications Received. —D. McD.—J. C. & Co. (many 
thanks).—W. Piercy.—W. T., junior.—D. T.—H. C. & Sons.— 
J. R.—W. C.—W. B.—J. F.—S. H.—M. T.—N. S.—J. H. H. 
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Dobbie & Co., Seed Growers, Seed Merchants and Florists, 
55 to 63, High Street, Rothesay, N.B.—Abridged Catalogue of 
Plants, Ac. 
Robertson Munro, Abereorn Nurseries, Edinburgh.— 
Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Alpine and Herbaceous 
Plants. 
Charles Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough.—General Spring 
Catalogue of Soft-wooded and Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 
E. H. Krelage & Son, Haarlem, Holland.—Special Offer of 
Bulbous and other Plants from the Cape. 
LONDON SEED TRADE. 
April 13 th. 
Messrs. Hurst k Son, 152, Iloundsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, London, report a moderate 
demand for Agricultural Seeds, the continued dry- 
weather having retarded farming operations. English 
Red Clover is scarce and dearer. Foreign Red, White 
and Alsyke are selling at very low prices. Rye Grasses 
firm. Mustard and Rape dearer. Bird seeds unchanged. 
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OOVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
April lith. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. 
Apples, i sieve. 2 0 5 0 1 Pine-apples, St. 
Grapes.per lb. 3 0 SOI Michaels, each- 16 60 
Kent Cobbs. .100 lbs. 60 0 I Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 10 16 
| Strawberries, per lb.. 4 0 6 0 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Artichokes, Globe,doz. 2 0 3 0 
Beans, French, per lb. 2 0 2 6 
Beet, per dozen. 2 0 3 0 
Brussel Sprouts,perlb. 0 3 
Cabbages ... .per doz. 2 0 2 6 
Carrots, per bunch ..06 
Cauliflowers, English, 
per dozen . 30 50 
Celery, per bundle .. 2 0 2 6 
Cucumbers, each .... 0 6 10 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 3 6 
Herbs, per bunch.... 0 2 0 4 
s.d. s.d. 
Horse Radish, bundle 3 0 5 0 
Lettuces .. per dozen 1 6 
Mushrooms, p. basket 10 2 0 
Onions, per bushel .. 4 0 5 0 
Parsley, per bunch ..06 
Radishes, per dozen ..16 
Sea Kale .. per basket 16 2 6 
Small salading,punnet 0 4 
Spinach, per strike ..20 
Tomatos, per lb. 2 0 3 6 
Turnips_ per bun. 0 6 
Potatos.- Kent Regents, 80s. to 100s. per ton; Kent Kidneys, 
80s. to 100s. per ton ; Champions, 70s. per ton. 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. 
Arum Lilies, 12 blras. 3 0 
Azalea, 12 sprays_0 6 
Bouvardias, per bun. 0 6 
Camellias. .12 blooms 2 0 
Carnations, 12 blooms 1 0 
Cut Tulips, 12 blooms 0 9 
Czar Violets (French), 
per bunch 1 6 
Daffodils,dble:,12.bun. 2 0 
— single. .12 bunches 1 6 
Epiphyllum, 12 blms. 0 6 
Eucharis, per dozen.. 3 0 
Gardenias, 12 blooms. 1 6 
Heliotropes, 12 sprays 0 6 
Lapageria,red,12blms. 
Lapageria, white, 
12 blooms 
Lilies of the Valley 
12 sprays 0 6 
Marguerites, 12 bun... 3 0 
s.d. 
5 0 ; 
1 0 
1 0 
4 0 1 
3 0 
1 3 i 
2 0 
1 0 
6 0 
3 0 
1 0 
1 0 
6 0 
s.d. s.d. 
Mignonette, 12 bun... 4 0 6 0 
Parme Violets(French), 
per bunch. 2 0 3 6 
Pelargoniums, scarlet, 
12 sprays.. 0 6 10 
Primroses, 12 bunches 0 4 0 9 
Primula, double, bun. 0 9 16 
— single _12 bun. 4 0 6 0 
Roses (coloured) .... 3 0 6 0 
Roses, Tea per dozen 16 4 0 
Roses, red (French), 
per doz. 16 2 0 
— Saffrano (French), 
per doz. 10 2 0 
Tropteolums . 10 20 
Tuberoses, per dozen. 2 0 4 0 
Violets ..12 bunches 0 6 10 
White Jasmine, bun. 0 6 0 9 
Xmas. Roses,12 blooms 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Aralia Sieboldi, doz.. 6 0 18 0 
Arum Lilies, per doz.18 0 24 0 
Azalea ... .per dozen24 0 42 0 
Cineraria ..per dozen 6 0 9 0 
Cyclameu. .per dozeul2 0 24 0 
Cyperus, per dozen .. 4 0 12 0 
Daffodils ....12 pots 8 0 10 0 
Dracaena term., doz. .30 0 60 0 
— viridis, per dozen 1 0 24 0 
Epiphyllums, per doz.18 0 30 0 
Erica, various ..doz.lS 0 42 0 
Evergreens, in var., 
per dozen . 6 0 24 0 
Fairy Roses, .per doz 10 0 12 0 
Ferns, in var., do .. 4 0 18 0 
Ficus elastica, each ..16 76 
s.d. s.d. 
Foliage Plants, vari¬ 
ous, each. 2 0 10 6 
Fuchsia_per dozen 9 0 12 0 
Genesta....per dozen S 0 12 0 
Hyacinths,perdoz.pts.6 0 9 0 
Lily of the Valley, 
12 pots 12 0 24 0 
Marguerites, per doz. 6 0 9 0 
Mignonette, .per doz. 6 0 9 0 
Palms in variety, each 2 6 21 0 
Pelargoniums,scarlet, 
per dozen . 60 90 
Priinulasinensis,p.dz. 4 0 6 0 
Solanums_per doz. 9 0 12 0 
Spireas ... .per dozenl2 0 IS 0 
Tulips ...per doz. pots 6 0 8 0 
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2 pkts. Cucumber (indoor and out), 1 pkt. Vegetable Marrow, 
1 pkt. Endive, 2 pkts. Lettuce, 2 ozs. Mustard, 1 pkt. Melon, 
1 oz. Onion, 1 pkt. Parsley, 1 oz. Parsnip, 2 ozs. Radish, 1 oz. 
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