March 30, 1889. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
489 
brown, you will see that small black but isolated punctures 
appear. This spreads till the whole surface is brown ; the evil 
penetrates inwards until it shows itself on the upper side of the 
leaf, which is thinner in Odontoglossum than in Masdevallia. 
Even in the latter, the spot ultimately appears, but more 
sparingly, on the upper side of the leaf. All that we can suggest 
is that the atmosphere of the house in which your plants are 
grown was too cold, moist, and stagnant. Your statement that 
the disease spreads most rapidly during the dull winter months 
quite agrees with our idea of the origin and increase of the spot. 
The atmosphere of your house should be kept somewhat drier 
and more airy by the application of artificial heat and ventilation. 
Tomatos. — Walter Shaw: In order to preserve your Tomatos 
true to name, you must fertilise each variety with its own 
pollen, and the pollen from the self-same flower may be used, or 
that taken from another flower on the same plant, which will 
give the resulting seed the benefit of a cross. Use a camel’s-hair 
brush to transfer the pollen. Some cultivators complain that 
the pollen is very scarce, but this is often the result of keeping 
the house too close and moist. During summer the house should 
always be well ventilated, and the atmosphere kept thoroughly 
dry. Under these conditions the pollen will be plentiful. 
Wages, Ac.— A Subscriber: The rate of wages given to ap¬ 
prentices depends entirely upon circumstances, chiefly local, 
and may range from 5s. to 10s. per week, with or without bothy 
accommodation. Journeymen’s wages are exceedingly variable, 
ranging from 12s. to 20s. according to the place and the liberality 
of the employer, but we do not know of many places where 20s. 
is paid, the average being about 15s. or 16s. In the nurseries, 
young men waiting for situations get less than in private places, 
but good men who stick to the nursery business command 
better terms. 
Communications Received. —W. B. G.—H. J. V.—R. D.— 
C. H. S.—W. A. A.—D. P. L.—E. J. H.—J. F. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
A. M. C. Jongkindt Conninck, Dedemsvaart, near Zwolle, 
Holland.—Wholesale List of Conifers, Fruit Trees, Hardy 
Perennials, &c. 
Little & Ballantyne, Carlisle.—Farm Seeds. 
Charles Sharpe & Co., Sleaford.—Farm Seeds and Seed 
Corn. 
J. Cheal & Sons, Lowfield Nurseries, Crawley, Sussex. - 
Spring List of Dahlias. 
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THE WEATHER. 
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean reading 
of the barometer during the week ending March 23rd 
was 29 ’58 in. ; the lowest reading was 21’82 ins. on 
Wednesday afternoon, and the highest 30’13 ins. on 
Saturday morning. The mean temperature of the air 
was 42'5°, and 1*0° above the average in the corre¬ 
sponding weeks of the twenty years ending 1868. The 
mean was below the average on Thursday and Friday, 
hut showed an excess on each of the other days of the 
week. The direction of the wind was variable, and 
the horizontal movement of the air averaged 13’4 miles 
per hour, which was 0'5 of a mile above the average in 
the corresponding weeks of sixteen years. Rain fell on 
three days of the week, to the aggregate amount of 
0 ’46 of an inch. The duration of registered bright 
sunshine in the week was 18’4 hours, against 17*3 
hours at Glynde Place, Lewes. 
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Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
OOVENT 
GARDEN 
March 27th. 
MARKET. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prick. 
s.d. s.d. 
Apples .J-sieve 2 0 4 0 
Cobs .. per 100 lbs. 
Grapes .per lb. 16 5 0 
Canadian and Nova Scotia Apples, per barrel, 7s. to 17s. 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Aralia Sieboldi .. doz. 6 0 18 0 
Arum Lilies..per doz. 9 0 18 0 
\zalea.per doz. IS 0 42 0 
Cineraria ..per dozen 6 0 10 0 
Cyclamen ..per doz, 9 0 IS 0 
Cyperus, ..per dozen 4 0 12 0 
Draceena term., doz. 30 0 60 0 
— viridis, per dozen 12 0 24 0 
Erica, various ..doz. 9 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 
Pine-apples, St. s.d. s.d. 
Michaels.each 2 0 7 0 
Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 10 16 
Strawberries., per lb. 8 0 12 0 
s.d. 
Artichokes, Globe,doz. 3 0 
Asparagus,...perl0014 0 
Beans, French, per lb. 2 0 
Beet .per dozen 2 0 
Cabbages_per doz. 1 6 
Carrots ... .per bunch 0 6 
Cauliflowers, English, 
per dozen 3 0 
Celery .. ..per bundle 3 0 
Cucumbers .... each 0 9 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 
s.d. 
6 0 
3 0 
5 0 
1 0 
3 6 
s.d. 
Herbs ... .per bunch 0 2 
Horse Radish, bundle 3 0 
Lettuces .. per dozen 1 6 
Mushrooms, p. basket 1 3 
Onions.. ..per bushel 7 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 
Turnips _perbun. 0 6 
s.d. 
0 4 
Potatos.- 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. s.d. 
Pelargoniums,12spys. 1 0 
Anemone, French, per 
doz. bunches. 2 0 4 0 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms .. 2 0 4 0 
Azaleas ....12 sprays 0 6 10 
Bouvardias, per bun. 0 9 10 
Camellias, white, doz. 2 0 4 0 
— coloured. ,, 0 6 16 
Carnations, 12 blooms 2 0 3 0 
Cyclamen.. 12 blooms 0 4 0 9 
Daffodil, dble., 12bun. 4 0 6 0 
— single, various_ 4 0 9 0 
— or Lent Lily ,, 3 0 6 0 
Eucharis ..perdozen 4 0 6 0 
Gardenias, 12 blooms. 5 0 9 0 
Heliotropes, 12 sprays 0 6 10 
Lapageria, 12 blooms 2 0 4 0 
Lilium longiflorum, 
12 blooms 4 0 6 0 
Lily of the Valley, 
12 sprays 0 6 10 
MaidcnhairFern,12bns 6 0 9 0 
Marguerites, 12 bun. 3 0 6 0 
Mignonette, 12 bun. 4 0 6 0 
Mimosa, French, 
per basket 4 0 6 0 
0 6 
scarlet ..12sprays 
Paper White Narciss, 
French,doz. bunches 4 0 
Primroses..doz.buns. 0 6 
Primula, double, bun. 0 9 
Ranunculus, French, 
per doz. bnchs. 2 0 
Roman Hyacinths, 
French, 12 bun. 1 0 
Roses, Tea, per dozen 1 0 
— Red.perdoz. 4 0 
— Red, French,dozen 2 0 
— Saffrano .. per doz. 1 0 
— Safrano, French 
perdoz. 1 0 
Tuberoses, per dozen. 2 0 
Tulips ... .12 blooms 0 6 
Violets ..12 bunches 1 0 
— Parme. French, bun. 2 6 
— Czar, French ,,16 
— Dark ,, ,,10 
Wallflowers,12 bnchs, 4 0 
White Lilac, French, 
per bun. 4 0 
s.d. s.d. 
Foliage Plants, vari- 
I ous .each 2 0 10 0 
| Genista ... .per dozen 9 0 12 0 
Hyacinths ..perdoz. 6 0 9 0 
; Lilies of the Valley, 
per doz, 12 0 24 0 
Marguerites perdoz. 6 0 12 0 
Palms in variety, each 2 6 21 0 
Pelargoniums,scarlet, 
Pinks, &c., per doz. 6 0 9 0 
Primula sinensis,doz. 4 0 6 0 
I Solanums_perdoz. 6 0 12 0 
i Tulips.per doz. 6 0 9 0 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Agapetes buxifolia. 4S5 
Amateurs’ Garden.-. 485 
Anemone blanda. 481 
Calamus ciliaris. 485 
Catalogue plagiarisms ....481 
Cborozema flava. 4S5 
Chrysanthemum notes .... 4S6 
Cinerarias, new . 484 
Daffodils from Ireland .... 483 
Fernery, the. 4S1 
Floriculture. 484 
Fruit tree stocks. 4S0 
Gardeners in America .... 482 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 486 
Herbaceous plants. 4S2 
Hollyhocks .482 
Horticultural Societies.... 486 
Hyacinths, yellow. 484 
Iris Rosenbaehiana . 4S1 
PAGE 
Irish notes . 483 
Jacks in the green.480 
Licuala Veitchii. 485 
Lime as a manure. 483 
Orchid growing . 479 
Orchid notes . 486 
Plants, new, & certificates 485 
Polyanthuses, gold-laced.. 4S0 
Potato planting . 480 
Primulas, “Imperial’’_484 
Rhododendron, Early Gem 485 
Rhododendron nilagericum 485 
Rose garden, the. 483 
Scilla bifolia. 4S1 
Spring flowers.4S1 
Stachys affinis.480 
Vegetable notes . 482 
Wall trees, protecting .... 481 
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Anthracite. page 
W. H. Essery . 492 
Auction Sales. 
Protheroe & Morris . 47S 
J. C. Stevens . 47S 
Bulbs. 
A. J. A. Bruce . 489 
Carter & Co. 4S9 
P. McArthur . 477 
Catalogues. 
Barr & Son . 
R. W. Beachey 
Daniels Bros. ... 
J. Forbes . 
Sharpe & Co. .. 
Sutton & Sons . 
477 
477 
490 
490 
490 
4' 
s.d. 
1 6 
0 9 
8 0 
1 0 
1 0 
4 0 
3 0 
3 0 
Chrysanthemums. 
De Reydellet . 47 
J. Laing & Sons. 489 
Turner . . 477 
Clematis. 
R. Smith & Co. 4S9 
Creepers for Walls. 
R. Smith & Co. 477 
Cut Flowers, Wreaths. 
W. Strike. 477 
Ferns. 
W. & J. Birkenhead. 490 
P. B. O'Kelly . 4S9 
Florists’ Flowers. 
J. Beswick . 477 
J. Cheal & Sons. 490 
B. R. Davis. 4 
J. W. Galvin . 477 
J. Laing & Sons. 477 
R. B. Laird & Sons . 477 
R. Lord . 4S9 
H. J. Ponting. 490 
S. Shepperson. 47S 
T. S. Ware . 479 
W'hittlefield House . 477 
Fruit Trees. 
R. Neal. 490 
R. Smith & Co. 490 
Fruit Trees & Roses. 
T. Rivers & Son. 490 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
J. Arnold. 4S9 
Carson & Sons. 47S 
H. J. Gasson . 477 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst... 489 
Merry weather & Sons .. 491 
Rigby,Wainwright & Co. 47 
S. A. Sands . 491 
R. Sankey & Son . 492 
H. G. Smyth . 478 
Sphincter Grip Armoured 
Hose Co.. 492 
Wood Green Potteries ... 492 
Heating Apparatus. 
Jones & Attwood . 491 
Messenger & Co. 491 
Thames Bank Iron Co.... 492 
Toope & Co. 490 
Herbaceous Plants. 
Barker & Co. 477 
Barr & Son . 4S9 
Kelway & Son. 479 
PAGE 
Horticultural Builders. 
J. Boyd & Sons . 477 
W. Cooper . 491 
C. Frazer . 477 
J. Gray. 477 
G. Hayward & Co.. 492 
H. Hope . 477 
A. Peel Sc Sons . 477 
G. Preedy. 492 
W. Richardson & Co. ... 477 
J. Weeks & Co. 477 
Insecticides. 
Bridgford’s Antiseptic ... 477 
Deighton & Co. 492 
Gishurst Compound. 477 
Paraffin Emulsion . 490 
Picrena. 490 
Iron Fencing. 
Bayliss, Jones, & Bayliss 491 
Manures. 
Adams, Webster & Adams 491 
W. H. Beeson. 477 
Jensen’s Guanos. 489 
Native Guano Co. 490 
Richardson Bros. & Co.. 490 
Standen’s . 477 
W. Thomson & Sons. 477 
Miscellaneous. 
Epps’s Cocoa . 491 
Gishurstine. 477 
Harrison’s Knitter. 490 
Smyth’s Orchid Baskets 477 
Mushroom Spawn. 
Wm. Cutbush & Son. 490 
Orchids. 
J. Cypher. 477 
G. W. Dutton. 477 
W. Gordon . 478 
Horsman & Co. 477 
P. McArthur . 477 
Roots. 
B. Smith & Co. 477 
Roses. 
H. English . 477 
Ewing & Co.. 478 
Keynes, Williams & Co. 490 
Parker & Sons. 477 
T. Rivers & Son. 478 
R. Smith & Co. 478 
J. Walters. 489 
Seeds. 
Barr & Son . 477 
R. W. Beachey . 477 
Carter & Co. 479 
Daniels' Bros. 479 
Siiberrad & Son. 489 
R. Smith & Co. 479 
B. Soddy . 490 
Sutton & Sons. 477 
Thomson . 477 
Webb & Sons . 479 
Whitington & Son . 489 
W. Wing . 489 
Situations wanted and 
vacant.491 
Societies’ Announce¬ 
ments .478 
Trees and Shrubs, &c. 
Robert Neal . 478 
R. Smith & Co. 477 
3 0 
2 0 
1 6 
8 0 
6 0 
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. 
Postal and Money Orders to be made payable to B. Wynne, 
at the Drury Lane Post Office, W.C. 
L ilium auratum, the golden- 
RAYED LILY OF JAPAN, can now be purchased in 
eases containing 50 fine Bulbs, 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. 4s., 6s., 9s., 12s. and 18s. per dozen. 
CASES OF ASSORTED LI LIES, as received from the Japanese 
Bulb Farms, containing 50 fine Bulbs in 8 choice varieties, price 
25s. per case. All sent carriage free. 
CARTERS', Royal Seedsmen by Sealed Warrants, 237 and 238, 
HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. _ 
QA AAA CLEMATIS IN POTS, of all 
O V/ 5 vy 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. 6 d. each. Descriptive List on 
application.—RICHARD SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed 
Merchants, Worcester. 
New Chrysanthemums. 
S TANSTEAD SURPRISE, Mrs. Alpheus 
Hardy, Mrs. A. Carnegie, Thos. Stevenson, L'Automne, 
Miss Violet Tomlin, Miss Haggas, II. Shoesmith, Mrs. F. Jameson, 
Mrs. Wm. Walters, Sunflower, and Stanstead White. 
Descriptive Priced List on application, 
JOHN LAING & SONS, Chrysanthemum Growers, Forest Hill, 
London, 8.E. 
To Lovers of Hardy Plants. 
B ARR’S HARDY HERBACEOUS 
PLANTS for BORDERS, ROCKWORK. and CUTTING. 
A select list of HIGH CLASS and EASILY GROWN Plants, 
only. Free on application to 
BARR & SON, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden. 
F erns, evergreen, from Ireland. 
—12 large rooted varieties, 2s. 6 d., free; 100, 10s. 3 King 
Ferns, Is. 6d. ; 3 Holly Ferns, 2s. ; 6 Hay and Lemon-scented 
Ferns, 2s:; 3 clumps Gentiana, Is. <od. All free per parcel post. 
—P. B. O'KELLY, Fern Nursery, Glenarra House, Bally- 
vaughan, Co Clare. 
R OSES ! ROSES !! ROSES ! I !—The best 
and cheapest in the world ; 40 choice Perpetuals for 21s. 
Purchasers’ selection from 400 best varieties. Catalogues free on 
application. Ten acres of Roses, 100,000 grand plants to select 
from; plant now.—JAMES WALTERS, Rose Grower, Exeter. 
G ladiolus brenchleyensis. — 
Grand bulbs, Is. doz. ; ditto, The Bride, pure white, very 
lovely, Is. doz. Special offer.—A. J. A. BRUCE, The Nurseries, 
Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. 
O LD-FASHIONED HEDGES. — English 
Yews, bushy, and with a profusion of fibrous roots, 1£ to 
2 ft., 6s. per doz., 35s. per 100 ; 2 to 2* ft.. Ss. per doz., 50s. per 
100; 2i to 3 ft., 9s. per doz., 60s. per 100 ; 3 to 3J 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, &c.) on application. — RICHARD 
SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
S EEDS (Garden and Vegetable) SPRING 
BULBS, &c.-C. G. VAN TUBERGEN, Junr., Haarlem, 
Holland. Wholesale Catalogue now ready, and mav be had free 
on application to Messrs. R. SILBERRAD & SON, 25, Savage 
Gardens, Crutched Friars, London, E.C. 
17, Catherine St., Covent Garden, London, W.C. 
S EED POTATOS at reasonable prices. For 
descriptive Price List, post free, apply to WHITINGTON 
& SON, Newbury. 
S EED POTATOS AND PEAS.—Hooper’s 
Paragon, the best new main cropper, 6s. per cwt., 90s. per 
ton; Sutton’s New Early Market, 8s. per cwt., £7 per ton; 
Sutton's Best of All and Masterpiece, 6s. per cwt., 90s. per ton ; 
Adirondack, 4s. per cwt., 60s. per ton ; Fidler’s Reading Giant, 
8s. per cwt., 140s. per ton. Sharpe’s New Triumph Main Crop 
Marrow Peas, unsurpassed for yield and quality, 11s. per bushel, 
80s. per quarter. Other varieties of Potatos, for descriptive 
list and low prices to clear, apply to WILLIAM WING, 
Newton, Wisbech. 
ENSEN’S GUANOS are the most perfect 
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exhaust, hut enrich the soil. Analyses guaranteed. Six Prize 
Medals awarded in 1888.—J. JENSEN & Co. (Lmtd.), 109, 
Fenchurch Street, London. 
P URE WOOD CHARCOAL, specially pre¬ 
pared for Horticultural use. Extract from The Journal 
of Horticulture .-—“Charcoal is invaluable as a manurial agent; 
each little piece is a pantry full of the good things of this life. 
There is no cultivated plant which is not benefited by having 
Charcoal applied to the soil in which it is rooted.” Apply for 
pamphlet and prices to the manufacturers—HIRST, BROOKE & 
HIRST, Leeds. 
O RCHID PEAT, best quality in the Market; 
also Fibrous Loam. Brown Fibrous Peat, and all other 
descriptions at the POLYGON ORCHID PEAT STORES. 
Loose Peat, on rail in London, 2 and 4 Ton Trucks, at from 12s. 
per yard. Sold also in Sacks.—Address, JOSEPH ARNOLD 
32, Polygon, N.W. _ — 
Silver Sand! 1 
/HOARSE and FINE BEDFORDSHIRE.— 
For Direct Supply send to the Proprietor of the Pits, 
JOSEPH ARNOLD, 32, Polygon, London, N.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. 
CARNATIONS and PICOTEES. 
YGHEST AWARDS wherever Exhibited. 
H 1 
Choicest named exhibition varieties, 6s. per dozen; 
40s. per 100. 
“ MRS. SHARP,” the finest heavy Scarlet-edged Picotee ever 
offered. Two First Class Certificates; unequalled for border 
decoration, and indispensable for exhibition. Six plants, 4s. ; 
twelve plants, 7s. 6d. All carriage paid for cash. Catalogue free. 
ROBT. LORD, FLORIST, TODMORDEN. 
