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THE GARDENING WORLD 
February 9, 1889. 
should be treated hereafter, whether it should be piuned little 
or much, and at what time of the year the operation should be 
performed.— S. T. H. 
Peaches and Nectarines. — B. 0. J.: Nectarines are very 
good in their way, but they are never so popular as Peaches, 
therefore, instead of planting six Peaches and the same number 
of Nectarines, we would advise you to get nine varieties of 
Peaches and three of Nectarines. However, we give you the 
following in their order of ripening, or nearly so (as they vary 
in different soils), and allow you to make your choice. Peaches : 
Early Beatrice, Dr. Hogg, Early Grosse Mignonne, Early Rivers, 
Crimson Galande, Grosse Mignonne, Royal George, Noblesse, 
Golden Eagle, Sea Eagle. Strike out Early Grosse Mignonne, 
Early Rivers and Royal George if you do not require them. The 
quality varies in different soils and latitudes. Nectarines: 
Lord Napier, Rivers’ Orange, Pitmaston Orange, Humboldt, 
Pine Apple, and Victoria. If you do not require them, strike 
out Pitmaston Orange, Humboldt and Pine Apple. The best 
soil for these is a good holding loam, neither too wet nor dry. 
It should not be a heavy clay, nor sandy or gravelly. Trench 
from 2 ft. to 24 ft. deep, and see that it is well drained naturally 
or artificially. If old garden soil, it must be ameliorated with 
fresh soil and cow or horse manure. Soil from an old turfy 
pasture after laying for a year to become mellow is the best. 
Communications Received. — L. C. — Dr. G.—S. P. —H.— 
S. T.—IV. G.—B. F.-E. H. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Vilmobin, Andrieux & Co., 4, Quai de la Megisserie, Paris. 
—General Catalogue of Flower and Vegetable Seeds, &c. 
Richard Dean, Ranelagh Road, Ealing. — Choice Hardy 
Florists’ Flowers and Herbaceous Plants, Potatos, &c. 
James Dickson & Sons, 32, Hanover Street, Edinburgh.— 
Vegetable and Flower Seeds. 
W. Thompson, Tavern Street, Ipswich.—Descriptive Catalogue 
of Flower Seeds. 
William Dean, Mill Lane Nursery, Solihull, Warwickshire. 
—Violas and Pansies. 
THE WEATHER. 
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean reading 
of the barometer during the week ending February 
2nd was 29'83 in.; the highest reading was 30'46 in. 
on Sunday at noon, and the lowest 29'31 in. at the 
end of the week. The mean temperature of the air 
was 43 T°, and 2'8° above the average in the corre¬ 
sponding weeks of the twenty years ending 1868. 
The mean showed an excess on each day of the week, 
except on Sunday and on Saturday, when it was below 
the average. The direction of the wind was westerly, 
and the horizontal movement of the air averaged 18'4 
miles per hour, which was 4 ’3 miles above the average 
in the corresponding weeks of sixteen years. Rain fell 
on five days of the week, to the aggregate amount of 
0'22 of an inch. The duration of registered bright 
sunshine in the week was 13'0 hours, against 147 hours 
at Glynde Place, Lewes. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE. 
February ith. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, London, report a good 
business doing at Mark Lane to-day. Red Clovers 
keep very firm with a good inquiry for this article. 
There is no change in White Clover or Alsike ; Trefoil 
is firmer and more money is made for fine seeds ; 
Winter Tares are very scarce and dear ; Perennial and 
Italian Rye Grass keep firm, with more trade doing. 
There is no change in Bird Seeds. 
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OOVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
February 6th. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. Pine-apples, St. s.d, s.d. 
Apples .J-sieve 1 6 3 0 Michaels.each 2 0 7 0 
Cohs .. per 100 lbs. 100 0 Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 10 16 
Grapes .per lb. 0 9 2 61 
Canadian and Nova Scotia Apples, per barrel, 7s. to 17s. 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Artichokes, Globe,doz. 3 0 6 0 
Beans, French, per lb. 2 0 
Beet .per dozen 2 0 3 0 
Cabbages .... per doz. 1 6 
Carrots ....perbuneh 0 6 
Cauliflowers, English, 
per dozen 30 50 
Celery .... per bundle 3 0 
Cncnmbers ....each 0 6 0 9 
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 16 2 0 
Mushrooms, p. basket 13 2 0 
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 2 6 
Turnips _perbun. 0 6 
Potatos.— Kent Regents, 80s. to 100s. per ton; Kent Kidneys. 
80s. to 100s. per ton ; Champions, 70s. per ton. 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Aralia Sieboldi ..doz. 6 0 18 0 
Arum Lilies, .per doz. 9 0 IS 0 i 
Azalea.per doz. 24 0 42 0 
Cineraria ..per dozen 9 0 12 0 
Cyclamen .. per doz, 9 0 IS 0 
Cyperns, ..per dozen 4 0 12 0 
Draciena 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 IS 0 
Ficus elastica .. each 16 7 0 
Foliage Plants, vari¬ 
ous .each 2 0 10 o 
s.d. 
Genista ... .per dozen 9 0 
Hyacinths .. per doz. 6 0 
Lilies of the Valley, 
per doz, 12 0 
Marguerites perdoz. 6 0 
Palms in variety, each 2 6 
Pelargoniums,scarlet, 
per dozen 6 0 
Poinsettia .. per doz. 9 0 
Primula sinensis,doz. 4 0 
Roman Hyacinths, 
per doz. 9 0 
Solanums_perdoz. 6 0 
Tulips.per doz. 8 0 
s.d. 
IS 0 
9 0 
24 0 
12 0 
21 0 
9 0 
12 0 
6 0 
12 0 
12 0 
10 0 
Out Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices, 
s.d. s.d. 
Anemone, French, per 
doz. bnchs. 2 0 6 0 
Arum Lilies, 12 hlms.. 3 0 6 0 
Azaleas .... 12 sprays OS 10 
Bonvardias, per bun. 0 6 10 
Camellias, 12 blooms 2 0 4 0 
Carnations, 12 blooms 2 0 3 0 
Chrysanthemums, 
12 blooms 10 2 0 
—12 bunches . 2 0 6 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 longiflomm, 
12 blooms 5 0 9 0 
Lily of the Valley, 
12 sprays 06 10 
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 
Pelargoniuins,12spys. 10 16 
— scarlet ..12sprays 6 0 9 0 
s . d . s . d . 
Paper White Narciss, 
12 sprays 0 9 10 
-French, doz. 
bunches 2 0 5 0 
Poinsettia, doz. blms. 4 0 6 0 
Primroses, .doz.buns. 0 9 16 
Primula, double, bun. 0 9 10 
Ranunculus, French, 
per doz. bnebs. 2 0 4 0 
Roman Hyacinths, 
12 sprays 10 16 
-French, 12 bun. 10 3 0 
Roses, Tea, per dozen 10 3 0 
— Red.perdoz. 6 0 12 0 
— Red, French.dozen 2 0 3 0 
— Saffrano .. per doz. 2 0 4 0 
— Safrano, French 
perdoz. 10 3 0 
Tuberoses, per dozen. 2 0 3 0 
Tulips ....12 blooms OS 16 
Violets ..12 bunches 10 16 
— Parme, French, 
12 bunches 4 0 5 0 
I — dark French, bun. 13 2 6 
Wallflowers,12 bnchs, 4 0 SO 
White Lilac, French, 
per bun. 5 0 7 0 
CONTENTS, 
Amateur’s Garden. 
Anthracite coal . 
Aphelandra aurantiaca.... 
Apples from cuttings . .. 
Begonias: Seedlings v. 
Tubers . 
Chrysanthemum notes .... 
Coelogyne Massangeana .. 
County Councils. 
Cyclamen Atkinsi. 
Dendrobium aureum. 
Dendrobium Devonianum . 376 
Euadenia eminens. 374 
Fruiterers Company. 36S 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 376 
Gardening of Novelists, the 36S 
Gooseberry bushes, pruning 369 
Horticultural Societies.... 377 
page 
Lastreas, hardy . 369 
Market gardens, private .. 367 
Mushroom on a Mushroom 375 
National Chrysanthemum 
Society . 36S 
Orchid Swindle, an . 377 
Pelargonium, Brilliant.... 369 
Poinsettias, dwarf. 375 
Primrose, the Chinese .... 371 
Primulas at Forest Hill .. 370 
Railway rates. 36S 
Royal Horticultural Soc. 373 
Rhododendron balsamin- 
seflorum. 373 
Saecolabium bellinum .... 376 
Triteleia uniflora . 375 
York Gala Schedule, the.. 375 
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Auction Sales. page 
Protheroe & Morris . 366 
J. C. Ste ens. 366 
Bulbs. 
Carter & Co. 37S 
P. McArthur . 365 
R. Sydenham . 365 
Catalogues. 
Bunyard & Co. 365 
Daniels Bros. 367 
B. R. Davis. 365 
Sutton & Sons. 365 
T. S. Ware. 366 
Chrysanthemums. 
De Reydellet . 365 
G. Stevens . 365 
Turner & Son . 378 
Clematis. 
R. Smith & Co. 378 
Creepers for Walls. 
A. J. A. Bruce. 365 
R. Smith & Co. 365 
Cut Flowers, Wreaths. 
W. Strike. 365 
Ferns. 
W. & J. Birkenhead. 3S0 
Florists’ Flowers. 
J. W. Galvin . 37S 
J. Laing & Sons. 365 
R. B. Laird & Sons . 365 
Fruit Trees. 
G. Bunyard & Co. 365 
R. Neal. 366 
R. Smith & Co. 366 
Fruit Trees & Roses. 
J. Le Cornu & Son. 3S0 
Dicksons (Ltd.) . 380 
T. Rivers & Son. 379 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
J. Arnold. 365 
B. Field. 366 
H. J. Gasson . 365 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst... 365 
A. Outram . 3S0 
Rigby,Wainwright & Co. 365 
R. Sankey & Son . 365 
Heating Apparatus. 
Jones & Attwood . 3S0 
Thames Bank Iron Co.... 365 
Herbaceous Plants. 
Barr & Son . 365 
W. B. Hartland. 366 
Horticultural Builders. 
J. Boyd & Sons . 365 
C. Frazer . 365 
J. Gray. 365 
A. Peel & Sons . 365 
W. Richardson & Co. ... 365 
J. Weeks & Co. 365 
Insecticides. page 
Bridgford's Antiseptic ... 365 
Fir Tree Oil. 3S0 
Gishurst Compound_ 365 
Lethorion. 3S0 
Nicotine Soap. 365 
Iron Fencing, &c. 
Bayliss, Jones, & Bayliss 3S0 
Manures. 
W. H. Beeson. 365 
Jensen’s Guanos. 37S 
Native Guano Co. 379 
W. Thomson & Sons. 365 
Miscellaneous. 
Epps’s Cocoa . 379 
Gishurstine. 365 
Harrison’s Knitter. 3S0 
Smyth's Orchid Baskets 379 
Schweitzer’s Cocoatina... 379 
Mushroom Spawn. 
Wm. Cutbush & Son. 3S0 
Orchids. 
W. Gordon . 366 
F. Horsman & Co. 365 
Hugh Low & Co. 366 
P. McArthur . 365 
J. Stevenson . 365 
Roots. 
Young . 365 
Roses. 
H. English . 365 
Liverpool Horticultural 
Company. 378 
Parker & Sons. 365 
R. Smith & Co. 379 
J. Walters. 365 
Seeds. 
Barr & Son . 365 
Bunyard & Co. 365 
Cannell & Sons . 366 
Carter & Co. 366 
J. Cheal & Sons. 365 
Daniels' Bros..-. 366 
Dickson & Robinson. 366 
C. Fidler . 380 
Hooper & Co. 379 
Liverpool Horticultural 
Company . 366 
Ryder & Son . 379 
Silberrad & Son. 365 
R. Smith & Co. 366 
B. Soddy . 379 
Sutton & Sons. 366 
Thomson . 365 
Veitch & Sons . 366 
T. S. Ware . 366 
Webb & Sons . 366 
Wheeler & Son. 379 
B. S. Williams. 366 
Situations wanted.37S 
Trees and Shrubs, &c. 
Dicksons (Ltd.) . 379 
Robert Neal . 379 
R. Smith & Co. 365 
SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Small Advertisements, solid type, 6 d. 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 week, 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 
L ILIUM AITRATUM, THE GOLDEX- 
RAYED LILY OF JAPAN, can now be purchased in 
cases containing 50 fine Bulbs, just as received from the Japanese 
Bulb Farms, unopened and unexamined, at 25s. per case, sent 
free to any Railway Station in England and Wales on receipt of 
Postal Order for 23s. 9 d .; cases containing 100 fine Bulbs, price 
40s. Fine and sound Bulbs, per dozen, 4s., 6s., 9s., 12s. and ISs. 
Mammoth Bulbs, 2s. 6 d. and 3s. 6 d. each. All sent packing and 
carriage free.—CARTERS’, Royal Seedsmen by Sealed Warrants, 
237 and 23S, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. 
Silver Sand.! ! 
/HOARSE and FIXE BEDFORDSHIRE.— 
For Direct Supply send to the Proprietor of the Pits, 
JOSEPH ARNOLD, 32, Polygon, London, X.W. Established 
nearly 30 years. Telegrams: Alloquy, London. TRADE 
SUPPLIED at lowest terms for cash. Special Notice, 20,000 
Tons of Splendid Coarse POTTING SAND from 6s. per ton (free 
on rail at Leighton Buzzard for cash), ready for quick despatch. 
Send to JOSEPH ARNOLD, “only address” as above, to the 
Polygon. 
O LD-EASHIOXED HEDGES. — English 
Yews, bushy, and with a profusion of fibrous roots, 14 to 
2 ft., 6s. per dcz., 35 s. per 100; 2 to 21 ft., Ss. per doz., 50s."per 
100 ; 24 to 3 ft., 9s. per doz., 60s. per 100 ; 3 to 34 ft., 12s. per 
doz., 84s. per 100. Prices of larger sizes and other Evergreens 
suitable for Hedges ( e.g ., Tree Box, Holly, Laurel, Privet, 
Cypress, Juniper, Thuja, &e.) on application. — RICHARD 
SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
H AWKINS’ “PERFECTIOX” or Drv 
System of Glazing is the best. No skilled lahnnr 
required, no exit of hot air, no drip, and much cheaper thin 
any other. Sample frame (double), S ft by 6 ft., with 2 glaze-i 
lights, 21-oz. glass, for 45s.—T. HAWKINS, “The Works,’ 
Kingston, Surrey. 
OA AAA CLEMATIS IX POTS, of all 
O U 5 U U U 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 op 
Worcester, a magnificent purple, excellent for bedding, recently 
sent out by us ; reduced price, 2s. 6 d. each. Descriptive List on 
application.—RICHARD SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed 
Merchants, Worcester. 
/XH RY SAX THEMED! CUTTINGS.—25 
W Japanese, Is. 3d. ; 25 Incurved, Is. 3d .; 2-5 general show 
collection, Is. 3d., all in 12 varieties, true to name: 100 mixed. 
Is. 3d.; six Maidenhair Ferns, Is.; 2 Japanese Honeysuckles, Is.; 
6 Japanese Fruiting Roses, Is.; 2 Sweet-scented Myrtles, Is.; 
3 beautiful-leaved Begonias, Is. 3d. Peat, 2s. 6d. per sack, 5 sacks, 
10s. Every order of 2s. 6d. will be given a set of 6 of our seedling 
Gladiolus, which were the admiration of all who saw them last 
year. Carriage paid on Plants and Cuttings.—TURNER, Thatto 
Heath, St. Helens. 
S ANKEY’S “MARKET POT” or LOXG 
TOMS, the best “Garden Pot” for Bedding Plants and 
Market Work. The 3-in. Market Pot holds as much soil as an 
ordinary 34-in. pot, thus saving half an inch in room for each pot. 
Five sizes" 3-in., 3J-in., 4-in., 4-j-in., 4j-in.; no rims, nearly 
upright, 1 in. to 14 in. deeper than usual, very strong and much 
lighter in weightY-the very pot for Market Growers ; great 
economy in room and weight. Largest Stock in United Kingdom. 
—RICHARD SANKEY & SON, Bulwell Potteries, Nottingham. 
TEXSEX’S GUAXOS are the most perfect 
tJ Fertilisers. Promote and sustain all growths. Do not 
exhaust, hut enrich the soil. Analyses guaranteed, Six Prize 
Medals awarded in 1SSS.—J. JENSEN & Co. (Lmtd). 109, 
Fenchurch Street, London. 
P AXSIES.—100 stout transplanted plants 
from open ground, in S named varieties, free, 2s. Gif. ; 100 
Flowering Shrubs, in 100 very choice varieties, stout transplanted 
plants from open ground, 1 to 4 feet, free, carefully packed, 
27s. 6ii. VirginiaiECreepers, 12 strong transplanted plants, in 
S distinct varieties, including A. Veitchii (small-leaved), A. 
sempervirens (evergreen), A. variegata (charming pink and white 
variegation), free, 3s. 9(i. China Roses (the true perpetuals), 10 
strong plants, on own roots, in 10 distinct varieties, free, 
2s. 9d.—J. GALVIN’S NURSERIES, Roscommon. 
SANKEY’S FAMOUS GARDEN POTS. 
Best, cheapest, lightest, strongest. 
SANKEY’S FAMOUS GARDEN POTS. 
Best colour, shape, and finish ; enormous stocks. 
SANKEY’S FAMOUS GARDEN POTS. 
No waiting; orders executed within one hour of letter or 
telegram. Thirty different sizes. Carriage and breakage 
free on £10 orders ; half carriage on £5. 
RICHARD SANKEY & SON, Bulwell Potteries, Nottingham. 
TT A DflOCO ( A grand stock, in 5-in. pots, 12s. & ISs. doz. 
I Ln nUO CO | A grand stock, in7-in. pots, 24s. & 30s. doz. 
i Black Hamburgh and other varieties. 
PDA DC 1/IMCC ' Suitable for fruiting in pots, 10s. 6d.each 
UnnrL V III CO ) Suitable for planting vineries, 5s. and 
I 7s. 6 d. each. 
A fine stock, in 5-in. pots, 12s. per dozen. 
A fine stock, in small pots, 4s. per dozen. 
FERNS 
Catalogues free. Terms to the Trade on application. 
The Liverpool Horticultural Company 
(John Cowan), Limited, 
THE VINEYARD AND NURSERIES, 
©AKSTQN, sear IrIVBRFQOEr. 
SITUATIONS WANTED. 
Gardeners and others Wanting Situations and Announce¬ 
ments of Vacancies, thirty words for Is. 6if., prepaid. 
W ANTED, constant place for a garden 
labourer. Married. A handy man at odd jobs. Well 
recommended.—Apply W. G., Shirley, Croydon. 
E vening employment wanted 
by an experienced accountant and organiser. Abstainer. 
—CAFE, Gardening World Office, 17, Catherine Street, 
Strand. W.C. 
