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THE GARDENING WORLD 
January 26, 1889 
should not recommend the method generally. A better plan 
would he to make cuttings of the leaves, and insert them in moist 
sand or sandy soil. Even this method does not always give 
satisfaction, because in many cases the tubers produced fail to 
develop a bud when put into heat the following spring, even if 
they have outlived the winter. The best plan of all is, 
undoubtedly, to save seeds, by which you may increase your 
stock as fast as you like. By getting a white species or variety, 
and crossing the blue with the white, or vice versa, you will be 
able to get considerable variety, and some will, no doubt, turn 
out to be both beautiful and useful. 
Stock and Virginian Stock. — H. Hanley: The perennial 
stocks, as you say, are varieties of Mathiola incana, still to be 
found on the chalk cliffs at a few places on the south coast. The 
Virginian Stock, so called, is an annual, but it is not a species of 
Mathiola at all. It is a pretty annual, and there are several 
varieties of it, all of which would serve the purpose you mention 
very well. The flowers individually are smaller than those of 
the true Stocks under cultivation. Botanically it is called 
Maleolmia maritima. 
Communications Received.- W. S.—W. D.—W. J. M.— 
E. M.—W. H.—B.C.R.—J.L.—A. H. R.—E. S. D.—H. W.W.— 
F. D. H.-A. 0. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent.—Floral Guide for 1SS9> 
and Catalogue of Flower and Vegetable Seeds. 
M. Cutiibertson, Public Park, Rothesay, N.B.—Vegetable and 
Flower Seeds, Hardy Florist Flowers, &c. 
T. Sibeald, Market Place, Bishops Auckland.—Kitchen-Garden 
and Flower Seeds. 
Dicksons & Co., 1, "Waterloo Place, Edinburgh.—Flower and 
Vegetable Seeds, &c. 
M. de Revdellet, Valence (Drome), France.—Chrysanthe¬ 
mums for 1889. 
Harrison & Sons, Leicester.—General Seed Catalogue. 
S. Fox Armitage, High Street, Nottingham.—Flower and 
Vegetable Seeds. 
Strachan & Thomson, 145, Union Street, Aberdeen.—Vege¬ 
tables and Flower Seeds, Florist Flowers, &c. 
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THE WEATHER. 
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean reading 
of the barometer during the week ending Jan. 19th 
was 30 "02 in.; the lowest reading was 29 •55 in. at the 
beginning of the week, and the highest 30 ’26 in. on 
Thursday evening. The mean temperature of the air 
was 37‘8°, and 0’8° below the average in the corre¬ 
sponding weeks of the twenty years ending 1868. 
The mean was below the average on each of the five 
days of the week, but showed an excess on Friday 
and on Saturday. The direction of the wind was 
variable, and the horizontal movement of the air 
averaged 7 - 4 miles per hour, which was 6'2 miles 
below the average in the corresponding weeks of 
sixteen years. Rain fell on two days of the week, to 
the aggregate amount of 0 '02 of an inch. The duration 
of registered bright sunshine in the week was 1 "5 hours. 
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COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
January 23rd. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d, s.d. Pine-apples, St. s.d. 
Apples .J-sieve 1 6 3 0 Michaels.each 2 0 
Cobs .. per 100 lbs. 100 0 Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 1 0 
Grapes .per lb. 0 9 2 6 
Canadian and Nova Scotia Apples, per barrel, 7s. to 14s. 
s.d. 
7 0 
1 6 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Artichokes, Globe,doz. 3 0 6 0 
Beans, French, per lb. 1 6 
Beet .per dozen 2 0 3 0 
Cabbages_per doz. 1 6 
Carrots ... .per bunch 0 6 
Cauliflowers, English, 
per dozen 2 0 
Celery .... per bundle 2 0 
Cucumbers .... each 0 6 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 
Herbs .... per bunch 0 2 
Potatos. 
s.d. s.d. 
Horse Radish, bundle 3 0 5 0 
Lettuces .. per dozen 16 2 0 
Mushrooms, p. basket 10 13 
Onions.... per bushel 7 0 9 0 
Parsley.... per bunch 0 6 
Radishes .. per dozen 1 6 
Small salading,punnet 0 4 
Spinach, per strike ..20 
Tomatos .... per lb. 1 3 19 
Turnips _per bun. 0 
3 0 
0 9 
3 6 
0 4 
Kent Regents, 80s. to 100s. per ton ; Kent Kidneys. 
80s. to 100s. per ton ; Champions, 70s. per ton. 
Out Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Anemone, French, per 
doz. bnchs. 2 0 6 0 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms. 5 0 9 0 
Azaleas .... 12 sprays OS 10 
Bouvardias, per bun. 0 6 10 
Camellias, 12 blooms 2 0 4 0 
Carnations, 12 blooms 2 0 3 0 
Chrysanthemums, 
12 blooms 10 4 0 
— 12 bunches . 4 0 12 0 
Cornflower, 12 bunch. 
Cyclamen.. 12 blooms 0 6 10 
Eucharis ..perdozen 4 0 6 0 
Gardenias, 12 blooms.12 0 30 0 
Heliotropes, 12 sprays 0 6 10 
Lapageria, 12 blooms 2 0 4 0 
Lilium longiflorum, 
12 blooms 5 0 9 0 
Lily of the Valley, 
12 sprays 0 9 13 
MaidenhairFern,12bns 6 0 9 0 
Marguerites, 12 bun. 3 0 6 0 
Mignonette, 12 bun. 2 0 4 0 
Mimosa, French, 
per basket 4 0 6 0 
Pelargoniums, 12spys. 10 16 
— scarlet ..12sprays 6 0 9 0 
s.d. 
Paper White Narciss, 
12 sprays 0 9 
-French, doz. 
bunches 3 0 
Poinsettia, doz. blms. 4 0 
Primroses, .doz.buns. 1 0 
Primula, double, bun. 0 9 
Ranunculus, French, 
per doz. bnchs. 2 0 
Roman Hyacinths, 
12 sprays 1 0 
-French, 12 bun. 2 0 
Roses, Tea, per dozen 1 0 
— Red.per doz. 1 0 
— Red, French.dozen 2 0 
— Saffrano .. per doz. 2 0 
— Safrano, French 
per doz. 1 0 
Tuberoses, per dozen. 2 0 
Tulips ... .12 blooms 0 8 
Violets .. 12 bunches 1 0 
— Parme, French, 
12 bunches 5 0 
— dark French, bun. 1 6 
Wallflowers,12 bnchs, 4 0 
White Lilac, French, 
per bun. 5 0 
s.d. 
1 0 
6 0 
6 0 
2 0 
1 0 
4 0 
1 6 
6 0 
3 0 
2 0 
3 0 
4 0 
3 0 
3 0 
1 6 
1 6 
7 6 
3 0 
S 0 
7 6 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Aralia Sieboldi ..doz. 6 0 18 0 
Arum Lilies..per doz. 9 0 18 0 
Azalea.per doz. 24 0 42 0 
Cyclamen ..per doz, 0 18 0 
Cyperus, ..per dozen 4 0 12 0 
Dracaena term., doz. 30 0 60 0 
— viridis, per dozen 12 0 24 0 
Evergreens, in var., 
per dozen 6 0 24 0 
Ferns, in var.,perdoz. 4 0 18 0 
Ficus elastica ..each 16 7 0 
Foliage Plants, vari¬ 
ous .each 2 0 10 0 
s.d, s.d. 
Hyacinths ..perdoz. 8 0 12 0 
Lilies of the Valley, 
per doz, 18 0 30 0 
Marguerites per doz. 6 0 12 0 
Palms in variety, each 2 6 21 0 
Pelargoniums, scarlet, 
per dozen 6 0 9 0 
Poinsettia ..perdoz. 9 0 12 0 
Primula sinensis,doz. 4 0 6 0 
Roman Hyacinths, 
per doz. 9 0 12 0 
Solanums_perdoz. 6 0 12 0 
Tulips.per doz. 8 0 10 0 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Acacia Drummondi .341 
Amateurs’ Garden, the.... 342 
Anthracite . 340 
Australian Banyan. 342 
Azalea, Deutsche Perle_ 342 
Capsicum, Little Gem . .. 342 
Chiswick manure trials .. 335 
Chrysanthemum,Mid-winter337 
Cinerarias. 340 
Cotoneaster Simonsii.342 
Crabs, Siberian .340 
Cranberries . 340 
Cypripedium callosum.... 345 
Cypripediums. 33S 
Davallia elegans. 342 
Euphorbia fulgens. 342 
Floriculture. 340 
Fruits, notes on. 337 
Gardeners of the future .. 339 
PAGE 
Gardeners' Calendar, the.. 344 
Leaves, forms of. 338 
Lenten Roses . 337 
Lycaste castata . 344 
Medinella magnifiea. 343 
Odontoglossum coronarium 344 
Oncidium Anthrocrene .. 344 
Peaches, notes on . 343 
Poinsettias, dwarf. 342 
Portulaca grandiflora .... 343 
Primulas at Farnham Royal 340 
Railway Rates Act . 336 
Ruellia macrantha. 341 
R. H. S. Committees _345 
Sibthorpia europsea varie- 
gata. 342 
Vegetable notes . 345 
Vegetation, antiquity of .. 337 
Winter, the . 336 
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Auction Sales. page 
Protheroe & Morris . 334 
J. C. Stevens . 334 
Bulbs. 
Barr & Son . 346 
Carter & Co. 335 
P. McArthur . 333 
R. Sydenham . 333 
Catalogues. 
Barr & Son . 333 
Cannell & Sons . 348 
Daniels Bros. 334 
Dobbie & Co. 333 
Ireland & Thomson ... . 333 
Jackman & Son. 333 
Sutton & Sons. 333 
Thomson . 333 
T. S. Ware. 347 
Chrysanthemums. 
De Reydellet . 333 
G. Stevens . 333 
Turner & Son . 333 
Clematis. 
R. Smith & Co. 346 
Creepers for Walls. 
A. J. A. Bruce. 333 
R. Smith & Co. 333 
Cut Flowers, Wreaths. 
W. Strike. 333 
Ferns. 
W. & J. Birkenhead. 347 
Florists’ Flowers. 
H. Cannell & Sons. 334 
J. W. Galvin . 346 
E. King . 333 
J. Laing & Sons. 333 
R. B. Laird & Sons . 333 
Fruit Trees. 
G. Bunvard & Co. 333 
R. Neal. 346 
R. Smith & Co. 335 
Fruit Trees & Roses. 
J. Le Cornu & Son. 346 
Dicksons (Ltd.) . 348 
T. Rivers & Son. 348 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
J. Arnold. 333 
B. Field. 347 
A. Outram . 348 
Rigby,Wainwright & Co. 333 
R. Sankey & Son . 333 
Heating Apparatus. 
Jones & Attwood . 348 
Messenger & Co. 34S 
Thames Bank Iron Co.... 333 
Herbaceous Plants. 
W. B. Hartland. 347 
page 
Horticultural Builders. 
J. Boyd & Sons . 333 
J. Gray. 333 
A. Peel & Sons . 333 
W. Richardson & Co. ... 333 
J. Weeks & Co. 333 
Insecticides. 
Bridgford’s Antiseptic... 333 
Fir Tree Oil. 34S 
Gishurst Compound. 333 
Lethorion. 348 
Nicotine Soap. 333 
Iron Fencing, &c. 
Bayliss, Jones, & Bayliss 34S 
Manures. 
W. H. Beeson. 333 
Jensen’s Guanos. 346 
Standen’s. 348 
W. Thomson & Sons. 333 
Miscellaneous. 
Birkbeck Bank . 347 
Epps’s Cocoa . 34S 
Gishurstine. 333 
Harrison’s Knitter. 34S 
Smyth's Orchid Baskets 333 
Schweitzer's Cocoatina... 347 
Mushroom Spawn. 
Win. Cutbush & Son. 348 
Orchids. 
W. Gordon . 334 
F. Horsman & Co. 333 
Hugh Low & Co. 334 
Ireland & Thomson . 334 
P. McArthur . 333 
Roses. 
H. English . 333 
C. H. Gorringe . 333 
Liverpool Horticultural 
Company. 347 
S. G. Rumsey. 333 
R. Smith & Co. 334 
J. Walters. 333 
Seeds. 
Barr & Son . 333 
Cannell & Sons . 335 
Carter & Co. 346 
Daniels’ Bros. 334 
Dickson & Robinson. 335 
Harrison & Sons . . 335 
Hooper & Co. 347 
Ryder & Son . 347 
Silberrad & Son. 333 
R. Smith & Co. 348 
B. Soddy . 347 
Sutton & Sons. 335 
Veitch & Sons . 335 
T. S. Ware . 347 
Webb & Sons . 335 
Wheeler & Son. 348 
B. S. Williams. 334 
Trees and Shrubs, &c. 
Dicksons (Ltd.) . 335 
Morrison Bros. 347 
Robert Neal . 347 
R. Smith & Co. 333 
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. 
%* Advertisements for the current weelc, and also 
“ Stop Orders ,” must reach the office not later than the 
first post on Wednesday Morning. 
Postal and Money Orders to be made payable to B. Wynne, 
at the Drury Lane Post Office, W.C. 
17, Catherine St., Covent Garden, London, W.C. 
Farms, Estates, Residences. 
Any one desirous of Renting a Farm or Residence, or 
Purchasing an Estate, can have copies of the 
M idland counties herald sup¬ 
plied free for six weeks on stating the purpose for which 
the paper is required, forwarding name and address, and six 
halfpenny stamps for postage, addressed “ Midland Counties 
Herald Office, Birmingham." The Midland Counties Herald 
always contains large numbers of advertisements relating to 
Farms, Estates, and Residences for Sale and to be Let. 
CHOICE VEGETABLES 
ALL THE YEAR ROUND. 
CARTERS’^ 
, WORLD BflVgQ' 
(RENOWNED SJUAEQ 
TESTED SEEDS 
FREeN^DU^ER FREE 
PACKING, ^^=533-^ CARRIAGE. 
Containing Vegetable Seeds Only, 
Price, 2/6, 5/-, 7/S, 9/-, 17/6, 
Containing Flower Seeds Only, 
Price, a/S, 5/-, 10 / 6 , 15 /-, 
21/-, 31/S, £2/-, 63/-. 
Containing Vegetable & Flower Seeds, 
Price, 10/6,14/-,22/6,30/-. 
Sent to any address in Great Britain 
on receipt of Cash. 
FULL LIS T OF CONTENTS GRATIS & POS T FREE. 
Royal Seedsmen by Sealed Appointment, 
H, HIGH HGLBORN, LONDON. 
Robert Neal, 
The Nurseries, TRINITY ROAD, 
WANDSWORTH, S.W., 
Begs to call the attention of Gentlemen and others planting to 
his large and varied stock of FOREST and ORNAMENTAL 
TREES, also FRUIT TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES, CLIMBING 
PLANTS, &c., which are in fine condition for transplanting, and 
being grown near London, are especially adapted for Town and 
Suburban planting. Also extra fine SEA KALE and RHUBARB 
for forcing. 
All goods delivered free by own vans within a radius of 6 miles. 
Catalogues free on application, and a personal inspection of the 
stock solicited. 
JERSEY FRUIT TREES AND ROSES. 
Carriage paid. Packed gratis. 
Strong healthy trees, the finest that money can buy. 
Eoses wonderfully Cheap. Cordons a specialite. Before 
ordering be sure to write for our Illustrated Catalogues. 
Joshua Le Cornu & Son, High View Nurseries. 
S ANKEY’S “ MARKET POT ” or LONG 
TOMS, the best “Garden Pot” for Bedding Plants and 
Market Work. The 3-in. Market Pot holds as much soil as an 
ordinary 3 J-in. pot, thus saving half an inch in room for each pot. 
Five sizes! 3-in., 3J-in., 4-in., 4J-in., 4j-in.;no rims, nearly 
upright, 1 in. to 11 in. deeper than usual, very strong and much 
lighter in weightUthe very pot for Market Growers; great 
economy inroomand weight. Largest Stock in United Kingdom. 
—RICHARD SANKEY & SON, Bulwell Potteries, Nottingham. 
TENSER’S GUANOS are the most perfect 
Fertilisers. Promote and sustain all growths. Do not 
exhaust, but enrich the soil. Analyses guaranteed. Six Prize 
Medals awarded in 1S8S.—J. JENSEN & Co. (Lrntd). 109, 
Fenchurch Street, Londou. 
P ANSIES.—100 stout transplanted plants 
from open ground, in S named varieties, free, 2s. 6d. ; 100 
Flowering Shrubs, in 100 very choice varieties, stout transplanted 
plants from open ground, 1 to 4 feet, free, carefully packed, 
27s. 6d. Virginian Creepers, 12 strong transplanted plants, in 
8 distinct varieties, including A. Veitchii (small-leaved), A. 
sempervirens (evergreen), A. variegata (charming pink and white 
variegation), free, 3s. 9d. China Roses (the true perpetuals), 10 
strong plants, on own roots, in 10 distinct varieties, free, 
2s. 9 d. —J. GALVIN’S NURSERIES, Roscommon. 
/CLEARANCE SALE OF SPRIXG- 
VP FLOWERING BULBS.—Hyacinths, Daffodils (Narcissi), 
Tulips, Crocus, Snowdrops, Winter Aconites, Chionodoxa, Scillas, 
Spanish Irises, Early-flowering Gladioli, Alliums, Star of Bethle¬ 
hem, Alstroemerias, &c., &c , all in splendid condition, at reduced 
prices. List free on application to BARR & SON, 12 & 13, 
King Street, Covent Garden. 
O LD-FASHIONED HEDGES. — English 
Yews, bushy, and with a profusion of fibrous roots, 1J to 
2 ft., 6s. per doz., 35s. per 100 ; 2 to 24 ft., Ss. per doz., 50s. per 
100 ; 24 to 3 ft., 9s. per doz., 60s. per 100 ; 3 to 3J ft., 12s. per 
doz., S4s. per 100. Prices of larger sizes and other Evergreens 
suitable for Hedges (e.g., Tree Box, Holly, Laurel, Privet, 
Cypress, Juniper, Thuja, Ac.) on application. — RICHARD 
SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
T he tuberous begonia, its 
HISTORY AND CULTIVATION.—Now Ready, Demy 
Svo., Cloth Boards, with 25 illustrations, including Portraits of 
Mr. John Laing, Mr. H. Cannell and the late Mr. R. Pearce. 
Price Is. ; Post Free, Is: 3d. Gardening Would Office, 17, 
Catherine Street, London, W.C., and all Booksellers. 
80,000 
CLEMATIS IN POTS, of ah 
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 12s. to 24s. per dozen, strong plants. Beauty of 
Worcester, a magnificent purple, excellent for bedding, recently 
sent out by us ; reduced price, 2s. 6d. each. Descriptive List on 
application.—RICHARD SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed 
Merchants, Worcester. 
