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THE GARDENING WORLD 
April 20, 1889. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. s.d. I Pine-apples, St. s.d. s.d. 
Apples .J-sieve 2 0 4 0 Michaels.each 2 0 7 0 
Grapes .per lb. 2 0 6 0 Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 10 16 
Grapes, new .. ,, 5 0 8 0 Strawberries., per lb. 2 0 4 0 
Canadian and Nova Scotia Apples, per barrel, 7s. to 17s. 
THE GARDENERS’ ROYAL 
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s.d. s.d. 
Artichokes, Globe,doz. 3 0 
Asparagus.... per 100 14 0 
Beans, French, per lb. 3 0 
Beet .per dozen 2 0 
Cabbages_per doz. 1 6 
Carrots ... .per bun cli 0 6 
Cauliflowers, English, 
per dozen 3 
Celery .... per bundle 3 
Cucumbers .... each 0 
Endive, French, doz. 2 
6 0 
3 0 
0 5 0 
0 
4 0 10 
6 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 
Parsley....per bunch 0 
Radishes ..per dozen 1 
Small salading, punnet 0 
Spinach, per strike .. 2 
Tomatos _per lb. 3 
Turnips 
s.d. 
0 4 
5 0 
2 0 
0 
6 
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4 
0 
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.perbun. 0 6 
4 0 
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. 0 0 18 0 
Vzalea.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 
Dracaena 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,invar.,perdoz. 4 0 18 0 
Ficus elastica ..each 16 7 0 
Foliage Plants, vari¬ 
ous .each 2 0 10 0 
Genista ... .per dozen 9 0 12 0 
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, per doz. 12 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 
Spiraea.per doz. 9 0 15 0 
Tulips.per doz. 6 0 9 0 
CONTENTS. 
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Adonis pyrenaica . 533 
Amateur’s garden.534 
Auricula gossip . 532 
Auricula Show, the . 527 
Begonia suaveolens . 535 
Buckbean, the. 534 
Buffalo grass, Australian.. 535 
Cattleya granulosa 
Scliofieldiana 536 
Cinerarias, Mr. James’_532 
Cotton story, a .530 
Crop prospects .. ■ 534 
Cypripedium calophyllum 536 
Daffodils from seed . 528 
Daffodil, the scarlet. 534 
Dendrobium Harryanum.. 536 
Doronicum plantagineum 
excelsum . 529 
Easter flowers. 533 
Fernery, the. 529 
Gardener’s Calendar. 535 
Horticultural Societies.... 536 
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Masdevallia Chestertoni .. 536 
Narcissus, Her Majesty .. 535 
Obituary . 537 
Orchard cultivation. 530 
Orchid house, a well- 
stocked 535 
Phahenopsis at Clapton .. 536 
Pinks, laced. 532 
Potato, Early Sunrise _ 52S 
( Primrose, another blue.... 534 
Primula obconica . 533 
Primula petiolaris. 535 
Rhododendrons. 535 
Rose garden, the. 529 
Scottish notes. 531 
Solomon’s Seal, scented .. 535 
Spring flowers. 529 
Trees, noble. 52S 
Vegetable culture . 531 
Violets, Neapolitan . 534 
Water. 530 
INDEX TO 
Auction Sales. 
ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Herbaceous Plants. 
Protheroe & Morris . 520 
J. C. Stevens . 526 
Bulbs. 
Barr & Son . 527 
A. J. A. Bruce . 525 
Dicksons, Limited . 525 
P. McArthur . 525 
Catalogues. 
Barr & Son . 525 
R. W. Beachey . 525 
J. Forbes. 527 
Chrysanthemums. 
De Reydellet . 525 
Turner . 525 
Clematis. 
Barker & Co. 525 
Barr & Son . 525 
Kelway & Son. 527 
R. Smith & Co. 526 
Horticultural Builders. 
J Boyd & Sons . 525 
W. Cooper . 53 s 
C. Frazer . 525 
J- Gray. 525 
H. Hope . 540 
A. Peel & Sons . 525 
G. Preedy.. 533 
W. Richardson & Co. ... 540 
J. Weeks & Co. 525 
Insecticides. 
Bridgford’s Antiseptic... 525 
Fir Tree Oil. 539 
Gishurst Compound. 525 
Lethorion. 538 
Nicotine Soap . 525 
Paraffin Emulsion. 539 
R. Smith & Co. 527 
Creepers for Walls. 
Wm. Henrys . 525 
R. Smith & Co. 525 
Cut Flowers, Wreaths. 
W. Strike. 525 
Ferns. 
W. & J. Birkenhead. 527 
P. B. O’Kelly . 525 
Iron Fencing, &e. 
Bayliss, Jones, & Bayliss 539 
Lawn Mowers. 
Follows & Bate . 
Manures. 
Adams, Webster & Adams 539 
W. H. Beeson. 
Clay & Levesley. 
... 526 
Jensen’s Gnanos. 
Native Guano Co. 
... 526 
Richardson Bros. & Co.. 539 
Standen’s. 
... 540 
W. Thomson & Sons ... 
Florists’ Flowers. 
W. Baxter. 525 
B. R. Davis. 525 
Dobbie & Co. 526 
J. Galvin . 525 
J. Laing & Sons. 525 
R. B. Laird & Sons . 525 
R. Lord. 527 
R. Owen . 525 
H. J. Ponting. 526 
S. Shepperson. 527 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
J. Arnold. 525 
Carson & Sons. 526 
Deighton & Co. 539 
H. J. Gasson . 525 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst... 525 
Merryweather & Sons ... 538 
A. Outram . 526 
W. Priest. 526 
Rigby,Wainwright & Co. 525 
S. A. Sands . 526 
R. Sankey & Son . 540 
Sphincter Grip Armoured 
Hose Co. .. 540 
Wood Green Potteries ... 540 
Heating Apparatus. 
Jones & Attwood . 525 
Messenger & Co. 539 
Thames Bank Iron Co.... 525 
Toope & Co. 538 
Miscellaneous. 
Epps’s Cocoa . 539 
Gishurstine. 525 
Smyth’s Orchid Baskets 525 
Mushroom Spawn. 
Wm. Cutbush & Son. 526 
Orchids. 
J. Cypher. 525 
W. Gordon . 526 
P. McArthur . 525 
Roots. 
R. Smith & Co. 525 
Roses. 
H. English . 525 
T. Rivers & Son. 527 
R. Smith & Co. 526 
J. Walters. 525 
Seeds. 
Barr & Son . 527 
R. W. Beachey . 525 
Carter & Go . 527 
Sutton & Sons. 525 
Thomson . 527 
Situations wanted . 539 
Societies’ Announce¬ 
ments . 526 
Strawberries. 
R. Smith & Co. 540 
Trees and Shrubs, &e. 
R. Smith & Co. 525 
JUBILEE YEAR. 
To celebrate the 50th year of this Institution the Committee 
will place on the Pension List the whole of the Unsuccessful 
Candidates at the late Election, Seventeen in number, upon the 
express understanding that the sum of 
£3000 
he realised, in order to provide for the great Extra Annual 
Expense thus entailed, without trenching on the Reserved 
Funds. 
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JUBILEE FESTIVAL, 
At the “ALBION,” Aldersgate Street, 
JUNE 13, 1889, 
LEOPOLD DE BOTHSCHILD, Esq-, in the Chair. 
Donations and Collections alread.y promised or sent 
towards the Jubilee Collection of 1SS9 £ s. d. 
LEOPOLD DE ROTHSCHILD, Esq., Chairman 
Baron HENRY SCHRODER, Vice-President .. 
Messrs. ROTHSCHILD & SONS. 
J. S. MORGAN, Esq., Dover Road, Roeliampton 
The DUKE of WESTMINSTER, K.G., President 
The DUKE of BEDFORD, K.G. 
The EARL of DERBY, K.G. 
Lord REVELSTOKE. 
JAMES McIXTOSH, Esq., Vice-President 
N. N. SHERWOOD, Esq. (Hurst & Son), Trustee 
H. B. MILDMAY, Esq., Berkeley Square 
HERBERT J. ADAMS, Esq., Vice-President .. 
HARRY J. YEITCH, Esq., Treasurer 
C. CZARNIKOW, Esq., Effingham Hall, Dorking 
Sir TREVOR LAWRENCE, Bart., M.P., Vice-Pres. 
RICHARD CHRIMES, Esq., Rotherham 
A. A. SILLEM, Esq , Sydenham 
J. F. TIARCK, Esq., Chislehurst. 
JOHN LEE, Esq., Kensington, Trustee .. 
THAMES BANK IRON CO., Upper Ground Street 
J. H. VEITCH, Esq., Chelsea . 
ARTHUR J. VEITCH, Esq., Chelsea 
Mrs. H. J. VEITCH, Redcliff Gardens, S.W. .. 
THOMAS MANNING, Esq., Chelsea .. 
B. S. WILLIAMS, Esq., Upper Holloway, N. .. 
Mr. C. W. BUCK, Covent Garden .. 
Mr. E. R. CUTLER, Secretary . 
Messrs. JOHN LAING & SON, Forest Hill 
Messrs. WEBBER & Co., Covent Garden 
Mr. A. PLUMMER, Seedsman, Staines .. 
Mr. R. H. ROBINSON, The Gardens, Heversham 
Mr. JOHN CROOK. 
Mr. EDWARD MITCHELL, Gr., Bolton Lodge, Leeds 10 10 
Mr. W. R. HODGES, Gardener, Copley Dene, Highgate 10 10 
Mr. E. GILBERT, The Gardens, Old Charlton, Kent.. 1 15 
Mrs. VINCENT NICHOLL, Red Hill.2 2 
W. J. BROWN, Esq. 11 
Miss CATTLEY, Clayden, Edenbridge, Kent .. ..22 
ROBERT HOGG, Esq., LL.D., Vice-President.. .. 10 10 
Messrs. NUTTING & SONS, Southwark Street .. 10 10 
Mr. WM. COLLINS. Gr., Chios House, Clapham Park 10 10 
Mr. WM. W1LDSMITH, Heckfield Gardens 
Messrs. WATKINS & SIMPSON, Exeter Street 
Mr. H. E. TILLMAN, Covent Garden 
Mr. S. E. KAY, Finchley. 
Messrs. DICKSON, The Nurseries, Chester 
Mr. GEORGE MONRO, Covent Garden. 
Messrs. BARR & SON, King Street, Covent Garden .. 
Mr. W. S. JOHNSON, St. Martin’s Lane 
Mr. J. C. STEVENS, King Street, Covent Garden 
Messrs. CUTBUSH & SON, Nurseries, Highgate 
Mr. J. ROBERTS, The Gardens, Gunnersbury.. 
Mr. B. WADDS, Birdsall Gardens, York.. 
Mr. G. WYTHES, Syon Gardens, Brentford 
Mr. W. DENNING, Nurseries, Hampton 
Mr. J. WALKER, Whitton, Hounslow .. 
Mr. PETER BLAIR, The Gardens, Trentham 
Messrs. H. & A. TURNER, Royal Nurseries, Slough .. 
Mr. W. C. LEECH, Albury Gardens, Guildford 
Miss OSBORN, Streatham 
Mr. W. BROWN, Merivale Gardens, Atherstone 
Mr. THOS. S. WARE, Tottenham. 
Mr. PEARMAN, Salmon’s Garden, Chislehurst 
Messrs. JACOB WRENCH & SONS, London Bridge 
Messrs. HOWCROFT & WATKINS, Hart Street, 
Covent Garden 
Messrs. THOMSON & SONS, Nurseries, Wimbledon.. 
Mr. H. J. CLAYTON, Grimston Gardens, Tadcaster .. 
Lord CALTHORPE. 
Messrs. SAYNOR, COOKE & RIDAL, Sheffield 
Sir JULIAN GOLDSMID, Bart., M.P. 
Mr. W. CHAPMAN, Hawksyard Gardens, Rugeley .. 
Mr. C. SHEPPARD, Great Glenham Gardens, Sax- 
mundham. 
Mr. G. H. RICHARDS, Somerley Gardens, Ringwood 
Mr. KENDALL, Templeton Gardens, Roehampton .. 
Mr. WILES, Mansted Gardens, Godaiming 
Messrs. JOHN PERKINS & SON, Northampton 
CUTHBERT E. PEEK, Esq., Rousden. 
WILFRED PEEK, Esq., Rousden . 
Mr. A. J. LONG, Westwood Gardens, Droitwich 
The Rev. W. WILKS, Shirley Vicarage, Croydon 
Mr. LOUIS VAN HOUTTE, Ghent . 
Messrs. F. HORSMAN & CO., Colchester (annual) .. 
Mr. GEORGE BUTT, Kensington.. 
Mr. GEORGE TIFFEN, Cannon Street. 
Mr. WILLIAM GREEN, The Grange Gardens, Bishops 
Stortford . 
Mr. JNO. BIRD, Nurseries, Downhanr. 
Mr. HUGH AITON (Messrs. Hurst & Son), Houndsditch 
The YOUNG MEN, Syon Gardens, Brentford .. 
The Hon EVELYN ELLIS, Datehet. 
The UNDER GARDENERS, Mote Park, Maidstone .. 
Mr. G. WILLIS, The Gardens, Hollowmead, Bishops- 
teignton . 
Messrs. WIMSETT & SON, Nurseries, Chelsea.. 
Mr. W. RAYSON, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea 
Mr. H. DOWNING, Norbury Park Gardens 
Mr. R. BULLEN, Botanic Gardens, Glasgow 
Mr. J. PERKINS, Thornton Gardens, Eye 
Mr. J. GOUGH, Harefield Gardens, Uxbridge .. 
Mr. D. ROBERTS, Prestwold Gardens, Loughborough 
Mr. J. H. PEARSON, Beeston, Notts 
Mr. W. WARD, Little Aston Gardens, Sutton Cold¬ 
field . 10 10 
Mr. G. TURNER, Greenhill Gardens, Telford, Surrey 5 14 
Mr. J. SMITH, Jlentmore Gardens, Leighton Buzzard 1 1 
Miss MARY DRAKE, Elm Park Gardens, S.W. (ann.) 1 1 
G. F. WILSON, Esq., Heatherbank, Weybiidge, Vice- 
President .10 10 
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Price Lists free of Garden Pumps, Peels, Lawn 
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REEL^HOUSES.— Span-roof complete, 
with Ventilators, Irons for opening, half-glass door, 
Staging, all glass, Ac., &c. Made in sections so that they can 
be erected by any handy man in a few hours. 7 by 5 ft., 56s.; 
9 by 6 ft., £4 ; 12 by S ft.. £6 ; 15 by 10 ft, £S Ss. ; 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. 6d. ; 6 by 4 ft , 
9s. each, packed and put on rail. For illustrations of above and 
prices of Lean-to's, :]-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. 
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168, DALSTON LANE, bONDON. 
Span-roof GBEENHOUSES, fitted complete, made in 
lights, glazed with horticultural glass, painted, and all the 
parts numbered ready for fixing as a Tenant’s Fixture, 12 ft. by 
8 ft., £10. For Brickwork, £6 10s. Established 1SUS. Illus¬ 
trated Sheets, 4 d. each. 
Portable MELON or CUCUMBER FRAMES. 
The above, 6 ft. by 3 ft., £1 5s. 
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For raising seeds, striking 
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Prices from 25s. upicards. 
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Heating Apparatus, Perfect 
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