April 13, 1889. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
521 
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 
Books.— G. L. H. : Miss Hassard’s Floral Decorations for the 
Dwelling House. Macmillan. Price 5s. 
Chysis bractescens. —The imported piece of C. bractescens 
ought to succeed well in a house kept at the temperature 
named. The imported plants of Barkerias will do best if securely- 
fastened to blocks of wood, maple or oak will be best, with the 
bark on; they will soon make root and fix themselves firmly to 
the wood. By using bare blocks they will require dipping once 
or twice a day during active growth, and the variety you mention 
would be in bloom in July or August if it starts away strongly 
at once. Little water is required after the flowering season, only 
sufficient to keep them plump. The cool end of the house will 
suit them best. 
Dried Flowers.— Ulmm : If you grow what are called “Ever- 
lasting Flowers,” which are mostly annuals, all you have to do 
is to cut them when in flower, and hang them up to dry in a cool 
airy shed. You cannot hope, however, to get the same variety 
in this way as can be got in the shops, because these are col¬ 
lected from many parts of the world. 
Ivy-leaved Pelargoniums.— IF. Watson: There are plenty 
of what are recognised as dwarf varieties now, and the value of 
your seedling will depend entirely upon the quality of the 
flowers, the habit being all right. Send ns a truss of blooms 
when in flower, and we will advise you as to its value. 
Names of Plants. — S. K. G.: 1. Oncidium sphacelatum ; 2, 
Miltonia cuneata. P. M.: 1, Peperomia Saundersii; 2, Enony- 
mus japonicus variegatus ; 3, Euonymus radieans variegatus ; 
the Orchid is Dendrobium superbum ; the Camellia is a variety 
of C. japonica, but we cannot undertake to name garden forms. 
Wright, Levenshulme: Hibiscus mutabilis flore pleno. II. Kent: 
Lycaste Harrisoniffi. Geo. Jenkins: Please number your speci¬ 
mens next time. The Cypripedium is C. caricinum, also known 
as C. Pearcei, not rare, but not very common ; the yellow Orchid 
is Oncidium ampliatum ; the Maidenhair is Adiantum cuneatum 
Pacotti; the other Fern is Onychium japonleum (no fruit); the 
Primula is P. verticillata, also called P. abyssinica in gardens. 
The rest next w'eek. 
Communications Received. — T. D. — J. L. & S. — C. H. S. — 
J.A.-S. H-W. K.—R. S.-J. L.—S. B.-J. S.—T. G. W.— 
F. R. 8.—W. J.—A. R. 
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THE WEATHER. 
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean reading 
of the barometer during the week ending April 6th 
was 29'49 ins. ; the highest reading was 29 81 ins. on 
Monday morning, and the lowest 29 02 ins. on 
Thursday afternoon. The mean temperature of the air 
was 43 '5°, and 2’5° below the average in the corre¬ 
sponding weeks of the twenty years ending 1868. The 
mean was below the average throughout the week, 
the coldest day being Wednesday, when the mean fell 
to 39'6°, and was 6'5° below the average. The direction 
of the wind was variable, and the horizontal movement 
of the air averaged ll'l miles per hour, which was 1’2 
miles below the average in the corresponding weeks of 
sixteen years. Rain fell on four days of the week, to 
the aggregate amount of 0'27 of an inch. The duration 
of registered bright sunshine in the week was 21.3 
hours, against 26.1 hours at Glynde Place, Lewes. 
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GARDEN 
April 10 th. 
MARKET. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. 
Apples .J-sieve 2 0 
Cobs .. per 100 lbs. 
Grapes .per lb. 2 0 
s.d. 
4 0 
6 0 
Pine-apples, St. s.d. 
Michaels.each 2 0 
Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 1 0 
Strawberries., per lb. 4 0 
s.d. 
7 0 
1 6 
8 0 
Canadian and Nova Scotia Apples, per barrel, 7s. to 17s. 
Vegetables.—Average 
s.d. s.d. 
Artichokes, Globe,doz. 3 0 6 0 
Asparagus... .per 100 14 0 
Beans, French, per lb. 3 0 
Beet .per dozen 2 0 3 0 
Cabbages_per doz. 1 6 
Carrots .. ..perbunch 0 6 
Cauliflowers, English, 
per dozen 3 0 5 0 
Celery .... per bundle 3 0 
Cucumbers .... each 0 4 0 10 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 3 6 
Retail Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Herbs ....per bunch 0 2 0 4 
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. 3 0 4 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. 
Oct Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Anemone, French, per 
doz. bunches. 10 4 0 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms ..2 0 4 0 
Azaleas ... .12 sprays 06 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 
yclamen.,12 blooms 0 4 0 9 
Daffodil, dble.,12 bun. 2 0 4 0 
— single, various_ 4 0 9 0 
— or Lent Lily ,, 16 3 0 
Eucharis ..perdozen 4 0 6 0 
Gardenias, 12 blooms. 3 0 6 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 
MaidenhairFern,12bns 6 0 9 0 
Marguerites, 12 bun. 3 0 6 0 
Mimosa, French, 
per bunch 10 16 
s d. s.d. 
Mignonette, 12 bun. 4 0 6 0 
Pelargoniums,12spys. 10 16 
— scarlet ..12sprays 0 4 0 6 
Paper White Narciss, 
French,doz. bunches 3 0 6 0 
Primroses, .doz.buns. 0 6 10 
Primula, double, bun. 0 9 10 
Ranunculus, French, 
per doz. bnchs. 2 0 4 0 
Roman Hyacinths, 
French, 12 bun. 10 2 0 
Roses, Tea, per dozen 10 3 0 
— Red.per doz. 3 0 6 0 
— Red, French,dozen 16 2 0 
— Saffrano .. per doz. 1 0 2 0 
Tuberoses, per dozen. 2 0 3 0 
Tulips .... 12 blooms 06 10 
Violets ..12 bunches 0 6 10 
— Parme.French, bun. 2 6 3 0 
— Czar, French „ 16 2 0 
— Dark ,, ,,0910 
Wallflowers,12 bnchs, 4 0 6 0 
White Lilac, French, 
per bun. 10 13 
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. IS 0 42 0 
Cineraria ..per dozen 6 0 10 0 
Cyclamen ..per doz, 9 0 18 0 
Cyperus, ..per dozen 4 0 12 0 
Dracsena term., doz. 30 0 60 0 
— viridis, per dozen 12 0 24 0 
Erica, various ..doz. 9 0 24 0 
Evergreens, in var. ,, 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 
Genista .... per dozen 90120 
s.d. s.d. 
Heliotrope ..per doz. 6 0 9 0 
Hyacinths .. per doz. 6 0 9 0 
Lilies of the Valley, 
per doz. 12 0 24 0 
Marguerites per doz. 6 0 12 0 
Mignonette, doz. pots 6 0 12 0 
Palms in variety, each 2 6 21 0 
Pelargoniums, scarlet, 
Pinks, &c., per doz. 6 0 9 0 
Pelargoniums,perdoz.l2 0 18 0 
Primula sinensis,doz. 4 0 6 0 
Roses, H.P., per doz.12 0 24 0 
Roses, Fairy, per doz. 9 0 12 0 
Spirsea.per doz. 9 0 15 0 
Tulips.per doz. 6 0 9 0 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Amateurs’ Garden, the-518 
Apple, Lord Suffield. 516 
Aponogeton distachyon .. 51S 
Azaleas. 512 
Caladiums. 516 
Chrysanthemums, hirsute 512 
Cineraria cruenta . 518 
Columbines . 512 
Crocus, the Chilian . 518 
Datura sanguinea . 513 
Dendrobium Wardianum.. 517 
Fernery, the. 514 
Fruit notes . 516 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 51S 
Horticultural Societies.... 519 
Martchal Niel Roses. 516 
Monochsetum ensiferum .. 517 
Nursery and seed trade .. 520 
page 
Odontoglossum elegans .. 513 
Oncidium sarcodes. 519 
Orchids around Melbourne 517 
Orchids at Westbrook .... 519 
Orchid notes and gleanings 519 
Petunias . 516 
Pilea muscosa.517 
Poppies, the Shirley. 512 
Primrose, Blue Gem. 516 
Prunus divaiicata. 518 
Railway rates. 511 
Reineckia carnea variegata 517 
Rose garden, the . 516 
Rudgea niacrophylla. 513 
Scottish notes. 514 
Tree-growing in towns .... 514 
Water, its use and abuse .. 514 
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Anthracite. page 
W. H. Essery .— 524 
Auction Sales. 
Protheroe & Morris . 510 
J. C. Stevens . 510 
Bulbs. 
Barr & Son . 510 
A. J. A. Bruce . 509 
Carter & Co. 521 
P. McArthur . 509 
Catalogues. 
Barr & Son . 509 
R. W. Beachey . 509 
J. Forbes. 522 
Chrysanthemums. 
De Reydellet . 509 
Turner . 509 
Clematis. 
R. Smith & Co. 511 
Creepers for Walls. 
Wm. Henrys . 509 
R. Smith & Co. 509‘ 
Cut Flowers, Wreaths. 
W. Strike. 509 
Ferns. 
W. & J. Birkenhead . 522 
P. B. O'Kelly. 509 
Florists’ Flowers. 
J. Beswick . 509 
J. Cheal & Sons. 522 
J. Cornhill . 509 
B. R. Davis. 509 
Dobbie & Co. 510 
J. W. Galvin . 509 
J. Laing & Sons. 509 
R. B. Laird & Sons . 509 
R. Lord . 511 
H. J. Ponting. 511 
S. Shepperson. 511 
T. S. Ware . 510 
Whittlefield House . 509 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
J. Arnold. 509 
Carson & Sons. 510 
Deighton & Co. 524 
H. J. Gasson . 509 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst... 521 
Merryweather & Sons ... 523 
A. Outram . 522 
W. Priest. 522 
Rigby,Wainwright & Co. 509 
E. Robertshaw & Son .... 521 
S. A. Sands . ... 521 
R. Sankey & Son . 524 
H. G. Smyth . 510 
Sphincter Grip Armoured 
Hose Co. 524 
Wood Green Potteries ... 523 
Heating Apparatus. 
Jones & Attwood . 524 
Thames Bank Iron Co.... 524 
Toope & Co. 524 
Herbaceous Plants, page 
Barker & Co. 509 
Barr & Son . 509 
Kelway & Son. 521 
R. Smith & Co. 522 
Horticultural Builders. 
J. Boyd & Sons . 509 
W. Cooper . 521 
C. Frazer . 509 
J. Gray. 509 
H. Hope . 523 
A. Peel & Sons . 509 
G. Preedy. . 522 
W. Richardson & Co. ... 509 
J. Weeks & Co.... 509 
Insecticides. 
Bridgford’s Antiseptic ... 509 
Deighton & Co. 521 
Gishurst Compound . 509 
Paraffin Emulsion. 522 
Paraffin Cream . 521 
Picrena.. 522 
Iron Fencing. 
Bayliss, Jones, & Bayliss 522 
Lawn Mowers. 
Follows & Bate . 522 
Manures. 
Adams, Webster & Adams 522 
W. H. Beeson. 509 
Jensen’s Guanos. 521 
Native Guano Co. 513 
Richardson Bros. & Co.. 522 
Standen’s. 509 
W. Thomson & Sons. 509 
Miscellaneous. 
Epps’s Cocoa . 523 
Gishurstine. 509 
Smyth's Orchid Baskets 509 
Mushroom Spawn. 
Wm. Cutbush & Son. 522 
Orchids. 
J. Cypher. 509 
W. Gordon . 510 
P. McArthur . 509 
Roots. 
R. Smith & Co. 509 
Roses. 
II. English . 509 
T. Rivers & Sou. 511 
R. Smith & Co. 511 
J. Walters. 509 
Seeds. 
Barr & Son . 509 
R. W. Beachey . 509 
Carter & Co. 511 
B. Soddy . 522 
Sutton & Sons. 509 
Thomson . 509 
Webb & Sons . 511 
Situations wanted .523 
Societies’ Announce¬ 
ments .510 
Strawberries. 
R. Gilbert. 521 
R. Smith & Co. 522 
Trees and Shrubs, &c. 
R. Smith & Co. 539 
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. 
17, Catherine St., Coyent Garden, London, W.C. 
JAPANESE LILIES.—EIGHT LOVELY 
f f KINDS.—Carters' Case of 50 fine Bulbs, as imported from 
the Japanese Bulb Farms. Price 25s., sent packing and carriage 
free to any Railway Station in England and Wales on receipt of 
Postal Order for 23s. 9 d. Full names of the eight varieties on 
application to 
CARTERS’, Royal Seedsmen, 237 and 238, High Holborn, 
London, W.C. 
JENSEN’S GUANOS are the most perfect 
f ) Fertilisers. Promote and sustain all growths. Do not 
exhaust, but enrich the soil. Analyses guaranteed. Six Prize 
Medals awarded in 1888.—J. JENSEN & Co. (Lmtd.), 109, 
Fenchureh 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. _ 
Silver Sand. I I 
pOARSE and FINE BEDFORDSHIRE.— 
VO For Direct Supply send to the Proprietor of the Pits, 
JOSEPH ARNOLD, 32, Polygon, London, N.W. Established 
nearly 30 years. Telegrams: AUoquy, London. TRADE 
SLTPPLIED 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. 
onn non yards of wire net- 
i/UUiUUU TING. Best Galvanised, per loll of 
50 yards. 
1J ft. 2 ft. 2| ft. 3 ft. 4 ft. 6 ft. 
3-Mesh.... 2/6 3/2 4/2 4/9 6/6 9/9 
2 3/6 4/6 6/- 6/10 9/- 13/6 
Any other width equally cheap. Carriage paid on £2 lots to any 
part of the United Kingdom. Prompt despatch.—E. ROBERT¬ 
SHAW & SON, Lumby Works, Manchester Road, Bradford, 
Yorkshire. 
G reenhouses.— Span-roof complete, 
with Ventilators, Irons for opening, half-glass door, 
Staging, all glass, &c., &c. Made in sections so that they can 
be erected by any handy man in a few hours. 7 by 5 ft., 56 s .; 
9 by 6 ft., £4 ; 12 by S ft., £6 ; 15 by 10 ft., £S 8s. ; 20 by 10 ft., 
£11 10s.; 25 by 10 ft., £17. Any size or shape made. Strong 
Garden Lights, painted and glazed. 3 by 4 ft., 6s. 6 d. ; 6 by 4 ft., 
9s. each, packed and put on rail. For illustrations of above and 
prices of Lean-to’s, J-Spans, Conservatories, Cucumber Frames, 
Summer-houses, Poultry-houses, Sashbars, and Glass, send for 
List, post free. Good, sound, well-seasoned materials only used. 
Estimates for every description of horticultural building. 
Plans, &c., free. 
W. COOPER, 101, Shandy Street, Mile End Road, London, E. 
LET ME SEE!! 
Who is the man that has taken the largest Horticultural 
Prize on record ? 
R. GILBERT’S 
SecoDd Edition of his Strawberry Circular is now in the Press, 
and will be forwarded to applicants Post Free. 
High Park Gardens, Stamford. 
GARDEN NETTING. 
S. A. SANDS G.nsA), 
Manufacturer of Hexagon ami Chiswick Garden Nets. 
Warranted to Protect Bloom from Frost, Winds, Hail, and 
Fruit from Birds, Wasps, &c. 
Patterns and Prices Free by Post. 
Address — S. A. SANDS, 
THURLAND ST., NOTTINGHAM. 
Kelway&Son. 
NOW is the TIME TO PLANT 
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DELPHINIUMS „ „ 3 „ 
GAILLARDIAS „ „ 2 „ 
“The largest collection in the World,” for which the 
highest awards of the Royal Horticultural and the 
Royal Botanical Societies of London have been given. 
Sec our Manual for 1889, gratis and post free. 
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We invite a comparison of the above with other emulsions or 
mixtures of Paraffin, whether sold under fancy names or otherwise, 
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plant life. One Gallon makes 160 Gallons of Insecticide. 
Prices, Delivered Free to any Address. 
1 vint Is. 6d. ; 1 quart ., 2s.; half-gallon , 3s.; 1 gallon , 4s. 6d. 
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