334 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
January 24, 1891. 
GOYENT GARDEN MARKET. 
January 21st, 1891. 
Vegetables.— Average Retail Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Artichokes, Globe,doz. 3 0 6 0 
Beans, French, per lb. 1 0 2 0 
Beet .per dozen 2 0 3 0 
Brussels Sprouts 
per half sieve 3 0 4 0 
Cabbages_per doz. 16 2 0 
Carrots .... per bunch 0 6 
Cauliflowers, English, 
per dozen 3 0 6 0 
Celery .... per bundle 2 G 
Cucumbers .... each 04 OS 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 3 0 
s.d. s.d. 
Herbs .. ..per bunch 0 2 0 
Horse Radish, bundle 3 0 5 
Lettuces .. per dozen 16 2 
Mushrooms, p. basket 13 2 
Onions.... per bushel 365 
Parsley.... per bunch 0 6 
Radishes ..per dozen 1 6 
Sea Kale.per lb. 2 6 
Small salading,punnet 0 4 
Spinach, per strike ..36 
Tomatos _per lb. 1 0 
Turnips ....perbun. 0 6 
3 0 
1 4 
Potato’s.— Kent Regents, 80s. to 100s. per ton; Kent Kidneys, 
80s. to 100s. per ton : Champions, 70s. per bon. 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Aram Lilies, 12 blms ..40 12 0 
s.d. 
Bouvardias, per bun. 0 6 
Carnations, 12 blooms 1 0 
Chrysanthemum, 
12 blms. 1 0 
— .12 bchs. 3 0 
1 0 
2 0 
3 0 
9 0 
Eucharis ..perdozen 6 0 10 0 
Gardenias .each 2 0 3 0 
Heliotropes, 12 sprays 0 6 10 
Hyacinth, Roman, 
doz. sprays 10 1 
Lapageria, 12 blooms 2 0 4 
Lilium, various, 12bis. 4 0 12 
MaidenhairFern,12bns 6 0 9 
Marguerites, 12 bun. 3 0 6 
Mignonette ..12 bun. 3 0 6 
s d. 
2 0 
1 6 
15 0 
Pelargoniums,12spys. 1 0 
— scarlet ..12sprays 0 9 
Narciss, Paper white 
(French) doz. bchs.iO 0 
-(English), bun. 10 10 
Poinsettias, per doz. 4 0 9 6 
Primula, double, bun. 0 6 10 
Pyrethrum, doz. bchs. 2 0 4 0 
Roses, yellow, per doz. 2 6 15 0 
— Tea_per dozen 10 3 0 
— Red.per doz. 10 2 0 
— Saffrano .. per doz. 10 3 0 
Tuberoses, per dozen. 10 2 0 
Violets (Fnch.).Parme 
per bunch 6 6 9 0 
-dark . 20 30 
— English..doz. bun. 2 0 3 0 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Amateurs’ Garden.. 330 
Apple, Dumelow’s Seedling 33.2 
Apple, Tyler's Kernel -332 
Brassia antherotes. 333 
Calanthe exceilens. 333 
California for gardeners .. 323 
Callipsyche aurantiaca- 330 
Carnation as a border flower 326 
Chrysanthemum layering.. 328 
Chrysanthemum Show in 
New York. 332 
Cherry, stocks for the . .. 327 
Costus jgneus. 332 
Dielytra spectabilis .. 325 
Dinner table decorations.. 330 
Exhibiting, dishonest .... 331 
Fog Annihilator, Toope’s.. 331 
Flowers, double. 327 
Frost and the Shrubs - 329 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevo¬ 
lent Institution .. 330 
Gooseberry, Whinham’s 
Industry . 332 
Irises, early-flowering_ 
Laurustinus as a pot plant, 
the. 
Midland Carnation Society 
National Pink Society .... 
North of Scotland Horti¬ 
cultural Association.... 
Odontoglossum Insleayi .. 
Oranges, proliferous. 
Orchid Growers’ Calendar. 
Pansies and Pinks. 
R.H.S. Committees. 
Science gleanings . 
Shrubs, choice . 
Statice puberula . 
Tea, high-priced. 
Tillandsia Lindeni. 
Tillandsia psittacina__ 
Tuberose, the. 
Trees and Shrubs, spring¬ 
flowering . 
Winter . 
Women as gardeners. 
AGE 
325 
329 
32S 
328 
331 
333 
327 
333 
32S 
324 
327 
324 
332 
328 
332 
332 
325 
327 
332 
329 
322 
INDEX TO 
Auction Sales. 
Protheroe & Morris .... 
Bulbs. 
Barr & Son . 321 
H. English . 335 
Kelway <£ Son. 321 
Thyne’s. 322 
R. Sydenham . 323 
Catalogues. 
Barr & Son . 321 
G. Bunyard. 322 
Daniels’ Bros. 322 
Dicksons, Limited. 322 
Dobbie & Co. 321 
W. B. Hartland. 321 
C. Sharpe & Co. 322 
Sutton & Sons. 321 
R. Sydenham . 323 
C. Turner. 321 
T. S. Ware . - 323 
Webb & Sons . 323 
Chrysanthemums. 
W. Etherington. 321 
H. J. Jones . 322 
R. Owen . 321 
Pitcher & Manda . 322 
Climbers. 
R. Neal. 334 
Cut Flowers. 
H. English . 335 
Ferns. 
W. & J. Birkenhead. 334 
H. English ... . 335 
Liverpool Horticultural 
Co. . 322 
J. Smith. 321 
Florists’ Flowers. 
H. English . 335 
J. Laing & Sons. 321 
Fruit Trees, &c. 
G. Bunyard & Co.. 334 
Dicksons (Ltd.). 334 
Fruit Trees and Roses. 
J. Le Cornu & Son. 322 
R. Neal. 334_ 
T. Rivers & Son... 323 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
J. Arnold. 321 
G. Coppin & Sons. 321 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst .. 321 
Longford Wire Co.336 
Ponkey Potteries . 336 
Sankey & Son.. 336 
Hardy Plants. 
H. English . 321 
Heating Apparatus. 
W. Cooper . 336 
Thames Bank Iron Co.... 321 
C. Toope’ & Co. 336 
ADVERTISEMENTS, 
page [ Horticultural Builders. 
J. Boyd & Sons . 321 
W. Cooper . 336 
C. Frazer's Exors. 336 
J. Gray. 321 
Hayward . 321 
Mellowes & Co. 321 
W. Richardson & Co. ... 336 
J. Weeks & Co. 321 
Insecticides. 
J. Bentley . 336 
Bridgford's Antiseptic ... 321 
Gishurst Compound ...... 32J 
G. Murray. 321 
JIanures. 
W. H. Beeson. 321 
5. C. Clay. 336 
Standen’s.. 321 
W. Thomson & Sons. 321 
Miscellaneous. 
Epps’ Cocoa. 336 
Gishurstine. 321 
Mrs. Graham . 321 
Mrs. Jameson. 321 
A. Outram . 322 
Smyth’s Orchid Baskets. 321 
Orchids. 
P. McArthur . 321 
Roses. 
H. English . 335 
Liverpool Horticult'l Co. 322 
C. Turner. 321 
Seeds. 
Barr & Son. 321 
G. Bunyard & Co. 322 
B. L. Coleman. 321 
Daniels Bros. 322 
Davit son . 321 
Dickson's, Limited . 322 
J. Forbes . 334 
Groves & Son . 334 
J. Laing & Sons. 321 
R. B. Laird & Sons . 321 
P. McArthur . 321 
J. Peed & Sons . 321 
C. Sharpe & Co. 322 
R. Smith & Co. 322 
B. Soddy . 322 
Sutton & Sons.. 323 
R. Sydenham . 323 
J. Veitch & Sons. 323 
R. Veitch & Son.. 322 
T. S. Ware . 323 
Webb & Sons . 323 
B. S. Williams & Son. 323 
Stove and Greenhouse 
Plants. 
H. English .. 321 
Liverpool Horticult’l Co. 322 
Trees. 
R. Neal. 334 
Vines. 
Liverpool HorticnltT.Co. 322 
SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Small Advertisements, solid type, 6d. per line of about nine 
words. Displayed Advertisements, per inch, 6s. ; per column 
(12 ins.long), £3 5s. ; per half-page, £5 ; per page, £9. Special 
quotations given for a series. Gardeners and others Wanting 
Situations, thirty words for Is. 6 d ., prepaid. 
Postal and Money Orders to be made payable to B. Wynne, 
at the Drury Lane Post Office, W.C. 
1/6 GARDEN SEEDS 1/6 
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O N receipt of Postal Order, Is. 6 d., or 20 Stamps, we will 
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Imperial Cabbage, Hollow Crowned Parsnip, White Spanish 
Onion, and Selected Carrot; £ oz. each of Savoy, Radish, Early 
Turnip, and Broccoli (early and late); 1 Packet each of Lettuce, 
Marrow, and Cucumber, and 6 Packets choice Flower Seeds. 
Also, for Is. extra, 1 Packet each of Mustard, Cress, New large 
Tripoli Onion, Pickling Cabbage, Borecole or Brussels Sprouts, 
Leeks, Cauliflower, Golden Ball Turnip ; and with every 2s. 6 d. 
Parcel we will send Two Grand NoveltiesA 6<i. Packet of 
Sharpe’s Queen Pea (the best Pea in cultivation, large pods, well 
filled with from 9 to 11 delicious peas), and a 6 d. Packet of 
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TO THE 
Late Mr. SHIRLEY HIBBERD, F.R.H.S. 
- <> - 
I ]ST compliance with, a requisition signed by 
influential representatives of all departments of Horti¬ 
culture, a Public Meeting was held at the rooms of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, on December 9th, 1S90, Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart. (President), in the chair, when it was unani¬ 
mously resolved to establish some Memorial of the life and work 
of the'late Mr. SHIRLEY HIBBERD, and the following gentle¬ 
men were appointed as a Committee to carry the resolution into 
effect!_ 
(1) As representing the Council of the Royal Horticultural 
Society — Rev. W. Wilks, M.A. (Secretary); George 
Paul, Esq., and James Douglas. Esq. 
(2) As representing the Fellows and Subscribers—W. H. Col¬ 
lingridge, Esq., W. Marshall, Esq. (Chairman of the 
Floral Committee), R. Dean, Esq. (Secretary of the 
National Chrysanthemum Society), and Dr. Maxwell T. 
Masters (Vice-President of the National Rose Society), 
the latter gentleman being nominated as Chairman of the 
Committee. 
On December 19th, the Committee so appointed met to con¬ 
sider the various suggestions which had been made as to the 
form of the proposed Memorial, and also to take steps for carry¬ 
ing it into effect. At this Meeting, the following resolutions 
were unanimously carried :— 
(1) Proposed by Mr. Marshall, and seconded by Mr. W. H. 
Colling ridge : “ That this Committee recommend that a 
portrait of the lateMr. SHIRLEY HIBBERD be painted, 
and that, after defraying the necessary expenses, the re¬ 
mainder of the fund sub ; cribed be invested in the names 
of Trustees, to be hereafter appointed, for the benefit of 
the orphan daughter of the late Mr. HIBBERD.” 
(2) Proposed by Mr. Douglas, and seconded by Mr. Dean : 
“That the portrait be entrusted to the care of the Trustees 
of the Lindley Library, on behalf of the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society.” 
The Committee have already received promises of financial 
support, chiefly from those present at the original meeting, to 
the amount of about £1C0, in sums varying from 2s. 6 d. to £25, 
and they now earnestly solicit further assistance in carrying the 
above proposals into effect. 
The gentlemen who signed the original requisition to the 
Council were: — The Very Rev. the Dean of Rochester, 
President of the National Rose Society ; Rev. H. H. D'Ombrain, 
Secretary of the National Rose Society; T. W. Gikdleston, 
Esq., National Dahlia Society; R. Dean, Esq., Secretary 
National Chrysanthemum Society ; W. Marshall, Esq., Chair¬ 
man of the Floral Committee; R. D. Blackmore, Esq., Vice- 
Chairman of the Fruit Committee ; Dr. Robert Hogg, Journal 
of Horticulture; Harry J. Veitch, Esq., Chairman of the 
Orchid Committee ; W. Robinson, Esq., Garden; Sir John D. 
T. Llewelyn, Bart, National Auricula Society; Professor M. 
Foster, Secretary Royal Society ; Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, 
Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
Subscriptions may be sent to any Member of the Committee, 
or to Dr. Masters and the Rev. W. Wilks, at the Offices of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, 117, Victoria Street, Westminster. 
MAXWELL T. MASTERS, 
Chairman of the Committee. 
WILLIAM WILKS, 
Hon. Secretary of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, 117, Victoria Street, S.W. 
Subscriptions have 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., 
M.P., President R.H.S. 
Sir James Whitehead 
Rev. W. Wilks 
George Paul, Esq. 
Jas. Douglas, Esq. 
J. O’Brien, Esq., 
W. H. Collingridge, Esq. ) 
Leonard Collingridge, Esq. ( 
(Proprietors of the 
Gardeners’ Magazine). 
Jas. Crute, Esq. 
Philip Crowley, Esq. 
Harrison Weir, Esq. 
H. Balderson, Esq. 
Messrs. John Laing & Sons 
Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son 
Messrs. William Bull & Son 
Messrs. W. Paul & Son 
been promised by— 
Dr. Maxwell T. Masters 
C. M. Mitchell, Esq. 
Rev. H. H. D’Ombrain 
George Gordon, Esq. 
Charles Noble, Esq. 
Harry J. Pearson, Esq. 
C. F. Hore, Esq. 
W. Marshall, Esq. 
D. T. Fish, Esq. 
N. N. Sherwood, Esq. 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons 
Dr. R. Hogg 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons 
G. Thomson, Esq. 
G. F. Wilson, Esq. 
J. Wright, Esq. 
L. Barron, Esq. 
H. Herbst, Esq. 
