382 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
February 14, 1891. 
adopted. The scrutineers reported the due election of 
Sir John T. Dilwyn Llewellyn, Bart., Mr. George 
Bunvard and Mr. D. Morris as members of the 
Council, in the places of Sir C. W. Strickland, Bart., 
Colonel Beddome and Mr. T. Francis Rivers ; and of 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., as president; Mr. 
Philip Ciowley as treasurer ; the Rev. W. Wilks as 
secretary ; and Messrs. W. Richards, Harry Turner, 
Henry Williams, and A. H. Pearson as auditors. A 
vote of thanks to the president concluded the business 
of the meeeing. 
The second of the committee meetings of the year 
was held on Tuesday, and notwithstanding the early 
period of the year and the cold frosty morning, there 
was a far better display than might have been expected. 
The larger exhibits consisted of Orchids, Cyclamens, 
Chinese Primulas and Apples. A Silver-gilt Flora 
Medal was awarded to Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son 
for a group of Orchids, set up with Palms and Ferns. 
Cypripediums were largely represented, including 
C. Sallieri aureum and C. selligerum rubrum. A fine 
piece of Phaius grandifolius carried twelve well-flowered 
scapes. Lycaste Skinneri alba and L. S. delicata were 
very choice. A similar award was made to Messrs. F. 
Sander k Co., St. Albans, for a group of Orchids, 
amongst which Odontoglossum Rossii aspersum, 0. 
vexillarium and 0. Edwardii were conspicuous. 0. 
vexillarium is notable as flowering so early in the year. 
The cinnabar-coloured flowers of Lselia harpopliylla 
did much to lighten up the group. A Silver 
Flora Medal was awarded to F. C. Jacomb, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. W. May), Cheam Park, Cheam, 
for a showy group of Odontoglossums, chiefly forms 
of 0. crispnm and a beautiful variety of 0. c. 
Andersonianum. Many of them were richly blotched 
and tinted with rosy purple. Others were 0. Harry- 
anum, 0. triumpbans, 0. Hunnewellianunr, Dendrobium 
Ainsworthianum and D. Wardianum. Messrs. Pitcher 
k Manda, ILextable, Swanley, also exhibited a group 
of Orchids, amongst which Cypripediums largely pre¬ 
dominated. Some of the more conspicuous kinds were 
C. Spicerianum revolutunr, C. Cooksonianum, C. 
Dominianum, and C. Druryandrum majus. A Silver 
Flora Medal was awarded. W. Cobb, Esq., Silverdale, 
Sydenham, was awarded a Bronze Flora Medal for a 
group of Orchids, amongst which were Saccolabium 
bellinum, Yanda Amesiana, Phaltenopsis Stuartiana, 
and others. A Cultural Commendation was awarded 
to Malcolm S. Cooke, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. Culli- 
more), Kingston Hill, for a splendidly-flowered piece 
of Cattleya anrethystoglossa. He also showed a piece of 
Odontoglossum luteo-purpureum hystrix. Messrs. 
Hugh Low k Co., Clapton, showed a beautiful piece 
of Saccolabium bellinum. Sir "Wm. Marriott, Down 
House, Blandford, Dorset, exhibited a hybrid between 
Dendrobium heterocarpum and D. nobile, and which 
was much in the way of D. Ainsworthii. A large and 
well-flowered piece of Ccelogyne cristata was staged by 
F. S. Mosley, Esq., 24, Park Village, Regent’s Park ; 
also one or two other Orchids. Some pieces of Ccelogyne 
cristata were also shown by Messrs. Paul & Son, 
Cheshunt. Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, "White- 
field, Manchester, exhibited a piece of Cattleya Trianse, 
Stand Hall var., and a finer one named C. T. plumosa. 
Odontoglossum triumpbans, Whitley’s var., a richly- 
coloured form, was staged by Mr. "W. "Whitley, 
Hillingdon. 
A Silver-gilt Flora Medal was awarded to Messrs. 
H. Cannell k Sons, Swanley, Kent, for a large group of 
well-grown Chinese Primulas, including White Per¬ 
fection, Intensity, Kentish Fire (an intense fiery red), 
and Kentish Purple. A Silver Banksian Medal was 
awarded to Messrs. H. Low & Co. for a large and 
finely-cultivated group of Cyclamen persicum, chiefly 
of the giganteum strain. They were grown in small 
24-size pots, and exhibited a good variety of colouring. 
Cut flowers in great variety of hybrid greenhouse 
Rhododendrons were shown by Messrs. J. Veitch & 
Sons, Chelsea. The same firm showed some Witch 
Hazels in flower from the open ground, and Cypri- 
pedium Creon, a garden hybrid. A group of Clivias 
bearing green, yellow, and deep red fruits was staged 
by Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill. A group of 
hardy flowers was brought up by Mr. T. S. Ware, 
Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, including Galanthus 
caucasicus, G. latifolius Fosterii, and the beautiful 
Iris reticulata Bakeriana and I. Danfordiae. Mr. J. 
Miller, gardener to Lord Foley, Ruxley Lodge, Esher, 
exhibited some boxes of cut flowers of Ccelogyne cristata 
and Eucharis. Cut flowers of Carnations and some 
pot plants were shown by Mr. J. Walker, Thame, as 
well as a large plant of Cyclamen persicum. A small 
group of Cinerarias, named True Blue, was staged by 
Messrs. J. Lewis & Son, Malvern. Chinese Primulas 
were shown by Mr. C. Holden, Park Road, Ealing. 
At a meeting of the Fruit Committee, a Silver Flora 
Medal was awarded to Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, 
for ninety dishes of Apples and Pears. Amongst the 
former were well-coloured specimens of Ribston Pippin, 
King of the Pippins, and Mother Apple. A similar 
award was made to Messrs. T. Rivers & Son, Sawbridge- 
worth, who had a large collection of Apples and Pears, 
numbering in all ninety-two dishes, exclusive of a 
collection of different varieties of Oranges. Messrs. 
H. Lane k Son, Berkhamsted, exhibited forty-two 
dishes of Apples, and were accorded a Silver Banksian 
Medal. Thirteen varieties of Apples were shown by 
the Rev. E. J. Lowndes, Little Comberton Rectory, 
Pershore. Some samples of Blenheim Orange Apple 
were staged by Mr. J. Miller. 
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 
Gas-lime. — Westlake : The test time to apply gas-lime is 
during the autumn and winter months, when the ground is 
being dug over. You can then apply it at the rate of one bushel 
to the square rod, and dig it in, mixing it with the soil as 
thoroughly as possible. Nothing should be sown or planted 
upon the ground tor a month afterwards in order to allow of 
some chemical changes taking place whereby the material is 
rendered harmless. If applied while the crop is still on the 
ground, only half a bushel to the square rod must, be used, and 
lightly forked in. It would, of course, be most efficaceous in 
killing vermin if obtained fresh and dug into the soil. 
Magnolia, Plant Names, &c .—Flos: We think that there 
must be a misprint in the French book you mention if you are 
reading it properly. Instead of stating that the Magnolia is 
filled with dictame it should be itamines. The word hourgeons 
means buds, and without further and more exact definitions it is 
impossible to say what buds the writer referred to as opening in 
the autumn, because there are many such. For instance in this 
country we have Viburnum Tinus, Christmas Rose, Jasininum 
nudiflorum, Chimonanthus fragrans and several others which 
expand in autumn, provided the weather is mild enough. We 
should, however, like more exact information on the point. 
There are several Roses which are spineless or nearly so. Most 
of the thorns or prickles of Rosa lucida fall away early, and 
the shoots of the Banksian Rose, It. Banksiae, are thornless. 
The popular name of Aquilegia pyrenaica is Pyremean Colum¬ 
bine ; that of Ramondia pyrenaica is Rosette Mullein ' and 
Ranunculus parnassifolius is the Parnassi-leaved Ranunculus or 
Grass-of-Parnassus Crowfoot. Menziesia being named after a 
man, may be called Menzies’ Heath, just as Daboecia is St. 
Dabeoc’s Heath. 
Names of Fruits.— J. D. TV.: 1, not recognised; 2, Easter 
Beurre. 
Seedling Sugar Canes: Erratum.—I n the letter on this 
subject at p. 357, fourth line from the top, for “ G. S. Keeman,’ 
read “ G. S. Jenman.” 
Communications Received.—E. R, J.—J. Cameron.—W. 
Shrives.—C. A. P.—D. B. C.—Kelway & Son.—Amateur Grower. 
—A. D.—W. A. L.— M. H. & F. 
-~>2£c—-- 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
James Carter & Co., 237, 23S, High Holboru, W.C.—Select 
Chrysanthemums. 
Harlan P. Kelsey, Linville, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, 
U.S. A.—Wild Flowering Trees, Shrubs and Vines of the Southern 
Alleghany Mountains. 
-—i-TT-C-*- 
THE WEATHER. 
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean 
reading of the barometer during the week ending Feb. 
7th was 30-39 ins.; the lowest reading was 2975 ins. 
at the beginning of the week, and the highest 30‘54 
ins. on "Wednesday evening. The mean temperature of 
the air was 417°, and 0’6° above the average in the 
corresponding weeks of the 20 years ending 1868. 
The mean was above the average on Tuesday and 
Saturday, but was slightly below on each of the other 
days of the week. The general direction of the wind 
was variable, and the horizontal movement of the air 
averaged 8 "6 miles per hour, which was 5'6 miles 
below the average in the corresponding weeks of 16 
years. Rain fell on three days of the week, to the 
aggregate amount of () 04 of an inch. The durilion cf 
registered bright sunshine in the week was 7'2 hours, 
against 6'4 hours at Glyncle Place, Lewes. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE. 
February 9th. 
Messrs. Hurst k Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, E. C., report market for 
Agricultural seeds steady. Supplies of English Red 
Clover, Cowgrass, and White have fallen off. Trefoil 
and Alsike realise prices current last week. Ryegrasses 
firm. 
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GOVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
February 11th. 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. 
Artichokes, Globe,doz. 3 0 6 0 Herbs _per bunch 0 2 0 4 
Beans, French, per lb. 2 6 3 0 Horse Radish, bundle 3 0 5 0 
Beet .per dozen 2 0 3 0 Lettuces ..per dozen 16 2 0 
Brussels Sprouts Mushrooms, p. basket 13 2 0 
per half sieve 3 0 4 0 Onions.. ..per bushel 3 6 5 0 
Cabbages_per doz. 1 6 2 0 Parsley_per bunch 0 6 
Carrots-per bunch 0 6 Radishes ..per dozen 1 6 
Cauliflowers, English, Sea Kale.per lb. 2 6 3 0 
per dozen 3 0 6 0 Small salading, punnet 0 4 
Celery-per bundle 2 6 Spinach, per strike ..3 6 
Cucumbers _each 10 16 Tomatos ....per lb. 10 14 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 3 0 Turnips _per bun. 0 6 
Potatos.— Kent Regents, 80s. to 100s. per ton ; Kent Kidneys, 
80s. to 100s. per ton ; Champions, 70s. per ton. 
C it Flowers. — Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. 
s.d. 
s.d. 
s d. 
Arum Lilies, 12 hlms.. 
2 0 
4 
0 
Pelargoniums,! 2 spys. 
1 
0 
2 
0 
Azalea ... 32 sprays 
0 
6 
1 
0 
— scarlet ..12 sprays 0 
9 
1 
0 
Bouvardias, per bun. 
1 
0 
1 
6 
Narciss, Paper white 
Carnations, 12 biooms 
1 
0 
2 
0 
(French) doz. bchs. 
9 0 
12 
0 
Chrysanthemum, 
-(English), bun. 1 
0 
1 
6 
12 bchs. 
3 
0 
6 
0 
Poinsettias, per doz. 
2 
0 
6 
0 
Eucharis ..perdozen 3 0 
5 
0 
Primula, double, bun. 
0 
6 
1 
0 
Gardenias .each 
2 
0 
3 
0 
Pyrethrum, doz. bchs. 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Heliotropes, 12 sprays 0 
G 
1 
0 
Roses, yellow, per doz. 
3 
0 
12 
0 
Hyacinth, Roman, 
— Tea_per dozen 
1 
0 
3 
0 
doz. sprays 
0 
6 
1 
0 
— Red.per doz. 
2 
0 
4 
0 
Lapageria, 12 blooms 2 
0 
4 
0 
— Satfrano ..per doz. 
2 
6 
3 
0 
Lily of the Valley, 
Tuberoses, per dozen. 
2 
6 
3 
G 
12 sprays 
0 
6 
i 
3 
Violets (Fuch.),Parme 
MaidenhairFern,12bns 6 0 
9 
0 
per bunch 
4 0 
5 0 
Marguerites, 12 bun. 
3 
0 
6 
0 
- dark . 
1 
6 
2 
6 
Mignonette ..12 bun. 
3 
0 
6 
0 
— English..doz. bun. 
2 0 
3 
0 
Mimosa (French) bun. 
1 
6 
3 0 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d. s.d. I 
s d. s.d. 
Apples .. per }-sieve 16 6 0 
Cherries.4-sieve 
Currant, black, Asieve 
— red.f sieve 
Grapes .per lb. 0 9 3 0 
Kent Cobs ...100lbs. 45 0 50 0 
Nova Scotia Apples IS 0 30 0 
Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 
— St. Michaels, each 2 6 6 6 
Plums .... per J sieve 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Psiecs. 
s.d. s.d. 
Aralia Sieboldi ..doz. 6 0 18 0 
Azalea. per doz. 24 0 42 0 
Bouvardias ..perdoz. S 0 12 0 
Cineraria ....per doz. 9 0 12 0 
Cyclamen ..per doz. 9 0 IS 0 
Cyperns ..per dozen 4 0 12 0 
Dracaena term., doz. 30 0 60 0 
— viridis .doz. 9 0 24 0 
Erica, various ..4oz. 12 0 IS 0 
Evergreens.invar doz.6 0 24 0 
s.d. s.d. 
items.invar..perdc-z. 2 0 S4 0 
Genista _ per doz. 12 0 IS 0 
Hyacinths, .per doz. 0 0 9 0 
— Roman ..perdoz. 9 0 12 0 
Marguerites per doz. 6 0 12 0 
3Iignonette, per doz. 6 0 9 0 
Palms in variety, each 9. fi 21 0 
Poinsettias. doz- 9 0 15 0 
Solanums .. per doz. 9 0 15 0 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE [ 
Amateur’s Garden. 37S j 
Ants in hothouses. 374 
Aspen House . 37" 
Birds and buds . 375 I 
Chorozema Lowii . 3S0 
Chrysanthemums, catting 
down. 3S0 
Court, W., the late . 379 
Crab apple jelly. 374 
Cypripedium Creon . 3S1 
Drymophlaeus olivaeformis 3S0 
Duuedin . 374 
Floral decorations. 379 
Florists’flowers at Farnham 
Royal. 37S 
Food plant, a new, . 375 
Forecourt flower gardening 379 
Gardeners’Associations .. 373 
Garden vermin .. 3SI 
Gnld-laeed Polyanthuses . 376 
Hamamelis virginica arbo- 
rea . 3S1 
Hamamelis Zuccariniana.. 3S0 
Horse Chestnut, the. 377 
PAGE 
Horticultural societies .... 381 
Iris Danfordiae . 380 
Lathy rus coeiuleus . 3-81 
London Purple . 375 
Masdevallia tovarensis _ 3,81 
Masdevallia Trochilus .... 3S1 
Midland Carnation and 
Picotee Society . 376 
Narcissus fly, the . 381 
Nature resting . 373 
Orchid notes . 3S1 
Pansy, the fancy . 376 
Papau tree, the . 375 
Primulas and Cyclamen .. 378 
Spinach. 373 
Sweet Orange, the . 375 
United Horticultural Pro¬ 
vident & Benefit Society 375 
Vegetarian troubles . 373 
Wheat Rust and Barberry 
Blight . 373 
Winter Aconite, the . 380 
Zygocolax Yeitehii . 3S1 
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Anthracite. pag e 
W. H. Essery. 3S4 
Auction Sales. 
Protheroe & Morris . 370 
J. C. Stevens . 370 
Bulbs. 
Barr & Son . 369 
H. English . 370 
Kelway 4 Son.. 369 
R. Sydenham . 3i 2 
R. Silberrad & Son ... 369 
R. Smith & Co. 370 
Thyne’s. 370 
Catalogues. 
Barr & Son . 369 
M. Campbell -. 369 
H. Cannell & Sons. 371 
Dicksons, Limited.. 371 
Dobbie & Co. 369 
W. Fromow 7 & Sons . 369 
W. B. Hartland. 369 
Kelway & Son. 372 
J. Peed & Sons . 369 
Chrysanthemums. 
W. Etherington . 369 
J. Fox . 369 
J. Laing & Sons. 3i 2 
R. Owen . 369 
G. Stevens . 370 
Climbers. 
R. Neal.. 371 
R. Smith & Co. 3*0 
Cut Flowers. 
H. English . 370 
Ferns. 
W. & J. Birkenhead. 372 
H. English ... . 370 
P. B. O’Kelly . 370 
J. Smith. 369 
Florists’ Flowers. 
J. R. B X . 369 
Davidson . 369 
B. R. Davii. 369 
H. English . 370 
J. Laing & Sons. 369 
J. Martin. ... 370 
Fruit Trees, &e. 
R. Smith & Co. 370 
G. Buuyard & Co. 371 
Dicksons (Ltd.). 371 
J. Downie. 372 
Fruit Trees and Roses. 
J. Le Cornu & Son. 371 
R. Neal . 371 
T. Rivers & Son. 370 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
G, Coppin & Sons. 369 
H. J. Gasson . 372 
J. T. Greenrod & Son .. 384 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst .. 369 
Longford Wire Co.3S3 
Ponkey Potteries . 3S3 
Sankey & Son. 383 
H. G. Smyth . 370 
Stott & Co. 3S3 
C. G. Warne. 384 
Heating Apparatus. 
W. Cooper . 3S4 
T. Read. 3S4 
Thames Bank Iron Co.... 3S4 
C. Toope & Son . 384 
Hardy Plants. 
H. English . 369 
R. Nash. 309 
Horticultural Builders. 
J. Boyd & Sons . 369 
W. Cooper . 3St 
C. Frazer's Exors. 354 
J. Gray. 369 
Hayward . 369 
Mellowes & Co . 369 
W. Richardson & Co. ... 3-6' 
J. Weeks & Co. 36J 
Insecticides. 
Bridgford’s Antiseptic... 369 
Fir Tree Oil. 381 
Gishurst Compound_ 369 
H. Kendall . 369 
W. C. Lee . 369 
London Purple . 383 
Nicotine Soap . 3a9 
Picrena. 383 
Manures. 
W. H. Beeson ... . 339 
S. C. Clay . 369 
Native Guano Co . 3S3 
W. Thomson & Sons. 369 
Miscellaneous, 
Epps’ Cocoa. 38 1 
Gishurstine. 369 
Mrs. Hursthouse . 383 
Mr-. Jameson . 3S3 
Mrs. Peat. 353 
Smyth’s Orchid Basket'. 369 
Orchids. 
P. McArthur . 363 
Roses. 
H. English . 370 
W. Rurnsey. 369 
R. Smith & Co.. 370 
Seeds. 
Barr & Son. 3 -9 
J. Carter & Co . 370 
B. L. Coleman . 369 
Daniels Bros. 371 
Dicksons, Limited . 372 
J. Forbes. 372 
Groves & Son. 371 
J. R. King . 371 
Laing & Mather. 372 
J. Laing & Sons. 371 
R. B. Laird & Sons . 369 
A. Lister . 371 
Little & Ballantyne. 3r2 
T. Methven & Sons . 369 
J. Peed & Sons . 369 
J. Smellie . 369 
R. Smith & Co. 371 
B. Soddy . 372 
Sutton & Sons. 369 
R. Sydenham . 372 
J. Veitch k Sons. 373 
T. S. Ware . 373 
J. Watkins . 371 
Webb & Sons . 372 
B. S. Williams & Son. 369 
Stove and Greenhouse 
Plants. 
Rev. G. Buck. 371 
H. English . 369 
Trees. 
Gray & Sons . 370 
R. Neal. 371 
Vines. 
J. Peed & Sons . 369 
B. S. Williams 4S)» ... 369 
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