882 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
February 11, 1888. 
LONDON SEED TEADE. 
February 8th. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, London, report a quiet 
sale, for Clover and Grass Seeds. “White Clover and 
English Red are offering at lower rates. Foreign Red, 
Alsyke, and Trefoil remain steady. Spring Tares and 
Sainfoin are firm. Hemp Seed is scarce and dear ; 
Canary unchanged. Finest Rape Seed is very scarce 
and advancing in value. 
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OOVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
February 9th. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Apples, § sieve. 2 0 5 0 
Grapes .per lb. 2 6 4 6 
Kent Cobs_100 lbs. 50 0 
Melons .each 
Pears,. J-sieve.. 
s.d. s.d. 
Pears, French, doz. ..3 0 6 0 
Pine-apples, St. 
Michaels, each .... 2 0 5 0 
Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 1 0 2 0 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Artichokes, Globe,doz. 2 0 3 0 
Beans, French, per lb. 1 0 
Beet, per dozen. 2 0 3 0 
BrusselsSprouts,perlb 0 4 
Cabbages_per doz. 2 0 2 6 
Carrots.per bun. 0 6 
Cauliflowers, English, 
per dozen . 40 60 
Celery, per bundle ..20 
Cucumbers, each .... 1 • 6 26 
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 2 0 3 0 
j Mushrooms, p. basket 0 9 13 
i Onions, per bushel ..TO 90 
| Parsley, per bunch ..06 
j Radishes, per dozen.. 1 6 
Sea Kale.. per punnet 2 0 2 6 
Small salading,punnet 0 4 
I Spinach, per strike ..20 
Toinatos, per lb. 2 0 3 0 
Turnips_ per bun. 0 6 
Potatos.- Kent Regents, 80s. to 100s. per ton; Kent Kidneys, 
SOs. to 100s. per ton ; Champions, 70s. per ton. 
Cut Flowers. — N o change in prices from last week. 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Aralia Sieboldi, doz.. 6 0 IS 0 
Azalea .per doz. 24 0 42 0 
Chrysanthemums 
Cyclamen_per doz.12 0 24 0 
Cyperus ..per dozen 4 0 12 0 
Draciena term., doz.. 30 0 60 0 
— viridis, per dozen 12 0 24 0 
EpiphyHums, per doz.12 0 30 0 
Erica, various ..doz. 9 0 18 0 
Evergreens, in var., 
per dozen . 6 0 24 0 
Ferns, in var., do .. 4 0 IS 0 
Ficus elastica each.. 16 7 6 
s.d. s.d. 
Foliage Plants, vari¬ 
ous, each. 2 0 10 6 
Hyacinths, 
per doz. pots 6 0 10 0 
Marguerites per doz. 9 0 12 0 
Mignonette, .per doz. 
Palms in variety, each 2 6 21 0 
Pelargoniums,scarlet, 
per dozen . 30 60 
Poinsettias ..per doz. 
Single Primula or 
sinensis .doz. 4 0 6 0 
Tulips ..per doz. pots 6 0 10 0 
PAGE 
Amateurs’ Garden. 375 
Apiary, the . 3S0 
Apprentices and Journey¬ 
men . 375 
Aucuba, the . 379 
Begonia Diadema . 379 
Camellias, sportive . 377 
Carnations and Picotees .. 374 
Carrots . 373 
Chrysanthemum Notes .. 374 
Cucumbers, soot water,&c. 37S 
Egg Plant, the . 379 
Ferns, Filmy . 375 
Ferns, Hardy . 
Fruits and Flowers of the 
Channel Islands _ _ 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 380 
Garrya elliptica. 376 
Horticultural Societies .. 381 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Horticultural “tips"from 
Kew . 376 
Jasminum nudiflorum .... 37S 
Melon, the . 373 
Mushroom, Horse. 373 
Nepenthes Curtisii. 379 
Nephrolepis rufescens tri- 
pinnatifida . 377 
Orchid Notes . 3S0 
Pandanus, white. 37S 
Peas, select. 373 
Phcenix hybrida. 378 
Potato planting. 376 
Primroses, double. 379 
Rhubarb, St. Martin’s_ 375 
Rose-growing . 378 
R. H. S., the . 373 
Scottish Notes. 375 
Showhouse for hardy plants 37S 
379 
374 
TOUBNEYMAN (First), age 23, eight years’ 
?_/ experience inside and out. Twelve months’ good reference 
in present situation, principally in fruit houses; three years 
previous in Orchids and stove and greenhouse plants.—W. T., 
The Bothy, Jackwood, Shooters Hill, Kent. 
B ARR’S BEAUTIFUL GLADIOLI.— 
Descriptive List free on application. 
BARR’S CHRYSANTHEMUMS.— Descriptive List free on 
application. 
BARR’S TREE CARNATIONS AND CLOVES.—Descriptive 
List free on application. 
BARR’S HARDY IRISES.- Descriptive List free on application. 
BARR’S BEAUTIFUL LILIES. — Descriptive List free on 
application. 
BARR’S LENTEN ROSES.—Descriptive List free on application. 
BARR'S PERENNIAL SUNFLOWERS.—List free on appli¬ 
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BARR S MICHAELMAS DAISIES.—List free on application. 
BARR’S PROXIES, DOUBLE AND SINGLE—List free on 
application. 
w 
GORDON, Importer of Orchids from 
i all parts of the world. An immense Stock of 
recently imported plants compels a Sale of the Established 
Plants to make room. These have not yet flowered, but are 
all flowering plants, and must be sold at a great sacrifice. 
Very valuable varieties are certainly to be obtained, and great 
bargains. See Public Journals for high prices recently obtained. 
The special offer affords a paying investment to anyone with 
glass at command which should not be overlooked. Such 
plants may never again be offered to the Public and the Trade. 
LILIUM AURATUM. Fourth arrival of 6,000 bulbs, 4s., 6s., 
8s. and 10s. per dozen. The best that money can buy anywhere. 
Specially imported ne plus ultra bulbs, 2s. Gel. each. Very 
liberal allowance to the Trade. 
LILIUM ALBUM KRAEZERI, the most lovely white Lily 
grown—throws seven to ten flowers, which sell in market at 2s. 
per dozen; beautiful and rare, Is. each, 10s. per dozen. 
LILIUM SPECIOSUM RUBRUM CRUEXTUM, the dark 
form of this lovely Lily, most exquisitely marked, Is. each, 
10s. per dozen. 
LILIUM AURATUM PLATYPHYLLUM RUBRO-YITTA- 
TUM, crimson, striped with gold; VIRGINALE, pure white, 
and spotted, with gold band. All these lovely new and distinct 
forms of Auratum, suitable for show purposes, very fine bulbs, 
5s each 
LILIUM HARRISII, 10s. per dozen; and all other LILIES 
equally cheap. Banksian Silver Medal awarded August, 1S87. 
JAPANESE NOVELTIES, 80 varieties ; IRIS, TREE 
PROXIES, MAPLES, CAMELLIAS, AZALEAS. Please apply 
for special offer to 
W. GORDON, The Nurseries, Amyand Park Road, 
Twickenham, Middlesex. 
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COOCOATINA' 
Sold by Chemists, Grocers, &e., in tins, at Is. 6 d., 3s., &c. 
SPARAGUS, grand Roots for Forcing, 2s. 
per dozen, 12s. 6 d. per 100; strong, for planting, 2s 6 d. 
per 100. SEA-KALE, forcing, 2s. 6 d. per dozen, 16s. per 100 ; 
planting, 2s. per dozen, 12s. 6 d. per 100 —RICHARD SMITH & 
Co., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
A 
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what is suitable, an ugly object may easily be made beau¬ 
tiful. Descriptive List and advice free.—RICHARD SMITH & 
Co., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
QA non CLEMATIS IN POTS, of all 
O V/ ? A A A the finest double and single varieties (some 
of the flowers of which become 10 inches across, and are of every 
shade, from pure white to the darkest purple), for climbing and 
bedding, from 12.s. to 24s. per dozen, strong plants. Descriptive 
List on application.—RICHARD SMITH & Co., Nurserymen 
and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
100 Herbaceous and. Alpine Plants for 25s. 
I >ICHARD SMITH & Co.’s Selection as 
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RICHARD SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
_ Worcester. _ 
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Fish Merchant, Rye, Sussex. 
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f ~CHRISTMAS ROSES. — Ten distinct va- 
Vy rieties of this finest of hardy winter-flowering plants, 
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H EPATICAS. — Angulosa, 3s. per dozen ; 
Single Blue, 2s.; Double Blue, ISs.; Single Red, 3s. ; 
Double Red, 2s.; Single White, 3s. One flowering plant of each, 
free by post, for 2s. 9d. 
MORRISON BROTHERS, Nurseries, Aberdeen. 
P RIMROSES.—Twelve distinct varieties of 
Double Primroses, one flowering plant of each, Carriage 
free, for Ss. 
The common varieties of Double Lilac, Double White, and 
Double Y'ellow, 2s. per dozen. 
P 
EIMULAS. — Eifty distinct varieties 
Primulas, one flowering plant of each, for 25 s. 
Catalogues of names free on application. 
MORRISON BROTHERS, Nurseries, Aberdeen. 
of 
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THE QUEEN’S 
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To those about to Plant Roses, &c, 
E WING’S CATALOGUE contains short 
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of the best Roses, and, in addition, 23 pages are devoted to 
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SPECIAL CULTURE OF 
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A Large and Select Stock is now offered for Sale. 
The Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits 
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The Descriptive Catalogue of Eoses Post Free. 
THOMAS RIVERS & SON, 
NURSERIES, SAWBRIDGEWORTH, HERTS. 
EXTRA STRONG CURBING ROSES 
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FERNS A SPECIALITY 
AN IMMENSE STOCK IN SPLENDID CONDITION. 
CATALOGUE of over 1,300 Species and Varieties, including 
Descriptive “List of New, Rare and Choice Ferns" and 
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W. 4 J. BIRKENHEAD, 
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SALE, MANCH ESTER. 
ROSES . 20 ACRES. 
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These World-famed Roses cannot fail to give the 
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ROS E S 
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from ISs. to 36s. per doz. 
Descriptive List free o,i application. 
RICHARD SMITH & CO., 
WORCESTER. 
