Dfefcember 26, 1891; 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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Gold Challenge Medal for the year at a time when 
this was the chief prize of the yearly competition. 
The nature of his complaint — a phase of paralysis 
—was such that of late years hi; moving about be¬ 
came uncertain and difficult, and later he was com¬ 
pelled to assist locomotion by artificial methods, so 
that he did not take a prominent place beyond the 
range of his business, but in this he was actively en¬ 
grossed to within a few weeks of his death. As a 
nurseryman very few men living had a wider know¬ 
ledge of trees and plants in relation to their history, 
their treatment, cultivation, and commercial values. 
The perpetual acquirement of knowledge in this wide 
and interesting field was aided by a memory of mar¬ 
vellous retentiveness and a mental grasp crisp, clear, 
and in every way remarkable. His powers of con¬ 
centration and determination were very marked, and 
as an employer he was firm without that sternness 
which seems inevitable to some men when brought 
into contact with the problems and trials involved in 
the employment of labour and in dealing with large 
masses of men. 
LAW NOTES. 
Sir H. Meux, bart., v. Cobley.—Landlord and 
Tenant.— An interesting question arose in this case, 
which was tried in the Chancery Division on Dec. 
i6th, before Mr. Justice Kekewich, as to the relations 
between landlord and tenant. On January 21,1889, 
the defendant, Mr. Richard Cobley took a lease from 
the plaintiff of Bull Cross Farm, near Enfield, for 
twenty-one years. The defendant covenanted to 
cultivate the farm in a good, proper, and husband¬ 
like manner, according to the best rules of husban¬ 
dry practised in the neighbourhood. The plaintiff 
reserved the right of shooting. The defendant 
erected on the farm three glass houses for the pur¬ 
pose of growing Tomatos and Grapes for the London 
markets. The plaintiff alleged that the houses were 
an eyesore, being close to his place, Theobald’s 
Park, and also that they interfered with the shoot¬ 
ing, and brought his action for an injunction to 
restrain the defendant.—Mr. Martin, Q.C., and Mr. 
Kingdon appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Renshaw, 
Q.C., and Mr. Vernon Smith for the defendant. 
Mr. Justice Kekewich said that as to the buildings 
being an eyesore and interfering with the shooting, 
the plaintiff was not entitled to any relief. The 
important question was whether the defendant Was 
entitled under his lease to use his farm as a market 
garden. In his lordship's opinion, considering the 
position of the farm in the neighbourhood of 
London, and the custom on the neighbouring farms 
to raise garden produce, the defendant was entitled 
to cultivate part of his farm as a market garden, and to 
erect houses for that purpose. The plaintiff had 
suffered no damage, and his action failed, and must 
be dismissed with costs. 
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National Amateur Gardeners’ Association.— 
: The Honorary Secretary, Mr. D. B. Crane, 
Archway Road, Highgate, N., will be happy to give 
' you all .particulars. 
Names ofFruits.— IV. Davey: Apple: Braddick’s 
Nonpareil. Pear : Baronne de Mello. 
. Lily of the Valley Forced.— M. H. L. : There 
is frequently a difficulty in getting the earliest batches 
l] S ^ ar * re o u ^ a Ny. and sometimes they do not start at 
all in a low or moderately high temperature. It 
depends also to some extent as from whence the 
crowns have been obtained. Those coming from 
Hamburg are larger or more plump than those ob¬ 
tained from Berlin, yet it is found that, the latter are 
more easy to start into growth in the case of the 
earlier batches, which are put into the forcing house. 
The only thing you can do is to keep them in a close 
irame mside your forcing pit, keeping the tempera¬ 
ture high and the atmosphere mpist to encourage 
Liquid Manure.— H. Parker: This m 
necessity be of variable strength, according 
source from whence it was obtained. If the dr 
rom the stables it often gets greatly diluted 
n its way to the tank intended for its receptic 
using manure affected in the manner inc 
you will have to use your judgment as to its strength 
and the amount of water necessary to dilute it for 
plants. Liquid manure made by placing some cow 
dung in a tub and covering it with water till the latter 
gets brown, is usually very strong, and must 
accordingly be well diluted. A useful stimulant for 
plants may also be obtained by employing the drop¬ 
pings of deer, sheep or pigeons, but it must in all cases 
be used with caution, on account of its fiery nature, 
more especially in the case of pigeons’ dung which 
has been obtained from a dry place, where it has not 
been subjected to washing by rain. It will contain 
much more nitrogen than dung of the samejkind which 
has been subjected to rain in the open air for some 
time. There can be no question that the dung ob¬ 
tained from a dry place is the best, but it must be used 
with caution. 
Bricks fok Wall.— A. L. H. : The standard 
size for bricks is 9 in. long, 4^ in. wide and 
2J in. thick, so that you may calculate the cubic 
contents of a brick, and the cubic contents of the wall 
you intend to build, and then divide the latter by the 
former product, which will give you the number of 
bricks necessary. A brick wall is usually 13J in. thick, 
that is the length of one brick and the width of 
another. Then if the wall is to be 100 yards long, 8 
ft. high and 13^ in. thick, the cubic contents will be 
4,665,600 cubic inches. The contents of a brick are 
101 25 cubic inches ; so that by dividing the former 
by the latter we get 46,080, which is the number of 
bricks required to build a wall of the above 
dimensions. 
Keeping Caladiums in Winter.— A. Bentley: 
The best place to keep the tubers in winter is a stove 
where the temperature should range from 55° to 6o°. 
Leave them in the pots in which they were grown, 
placing the pots on their sides so as to escape drip 
from the plants above. In case the soil is likely to 
get very dry it would be advisable to stand the pots 
upright and give them a watering so as to soak all 
parts of the soil. The tubers must be prevented 
from shrivelling, otherwise many of them will die 
during the course of the winter. When it is stated 
that they must be kept dry, a distinction should be 
made between soil that is merely moist and that 
which is dust dry. The soil must not attain the 
latter state nor must the tubers be kept in too cold a 
place, otherwise many of them will rot before the time 
comes found to start them again. 
Thermometer in Conservatory.— Omega : A 
thermometer should always be hung in the coldest 
part of a house, no matter what is the construction of 
the same, nor its contents, nor the temperature at 
which it should be kept. In the present case you 
should hang your thermometer close to the glass at 
one side of the house, and as far away from the boiler 
as possible, or from the source of heat, whether it be 
a boiler, flue, or stove of any kind. Then if the 
coldest part of the house stands at the requisite 
degree, you may take it for granted that all the rest 
of the house is warm enough In cold, frosty weather 
like the present, the thermometer may be allowed to 
fall two or three degrees below the standard reckon¬ 
ing, in preference to driving the fires, because the dry 
atmosphere engendered by hard firing is very injuri¬ 
ous to plant life. 
Perennial Gaillardias. — Omega : The seeds 
should be sown on a hot-bed in February or March, 
and if you attend to them properly and shift them on 
when it becomes necessary, the plants should make 
sufficiently good growth to commence flowering in 
August, or even earlier, if the circumstances are 
favourable. The temperature of the hot-bed need 
not and should not be very high, as the plants do 
better if brought on gradually. If sown in pots or 
pans the seedlings should be pricked off into boxes 
when they have made the first rough leaf. Attend to 
watering so that tne roots may never get too dry, and 
keep the boxes as near the glass as possible to prevent 
the seedlings getting drawn. As the season advances 
and the weather gets warmer, gradually accustom 
them to a lower temperature until sufficiently 
hardened to stand in the open air, before being planted 
in their permanent positions. 
Communications Received.—A. O.—R O_C 
B. G.—H. T.—E. J. B.—A. W., C.—J. W.—A H 
K.—E. W. & S.—G. J. T.—B. L.—A. P.—B. F — 
S. & T.—J. L.—W. N.—R. O. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
James Veitch & Sons, King’s Road, Chelsea, 
S.W.—Vegetable and Flower Seeds. 
B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, London, 
N.—Flower, Vegetable, and Agricultural Seeds. 
E. H Krelage & Son, Haarlem, Holland. — 
Descriptive Catalogue of varieties of Poeonia 
Albiflora. 
Eric F. Such, Maidenhead.—Select list of Chry¬ 
santhemums. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE. 
December 22 nd, 1891. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, report a steady trade 
for Red Clover at full prices. White Clover, Alsike, 
and Trefoil steady. Ryegrasses unchanged. Rape 
seed dearer. 
COVENT 
GARDEN 
D.cember 2 yd. 
Fklit.—Average Wholesale Prices 
;. d s. d. 
MARKET. 
Apples... per J-sieve 1050 
Canadian and Nova 
Scotian Apples 
per barrel 12 0 18 o 
Cobbs... per 100 lbs. 30 0 35 o , 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices 
Grapes.per lb. 
Pine apples. 
—St. Michael’s, each 2 6 
Peaches .perdoz. o 0 
j. d. s.a. 
06 2 Ci 
6 o 
0 o 
s. d. 
ArtichokesGlobedoz. 3 o 
Beans, French, perlb. o 9 
Beet.per dozen 2 o 
Cabbages ... per doz. 1 6 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 6 
Cauliflowers,English, 
per doz. 3 o 
Celery.per bundle 2 6 
Cucumbers .each o 6 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 
Herbs .per bunch o 2 
, d. 
6 o 
3 o 
2 6 
6 0 
o 9 
3 ° 
o 6 
s. d. s. d. 
Horse Radish, bundle 20 40 
Lettuces ...per dozen 10 
Mushrooms, p. basket 1 3 
Onions.per bunch o 4 
Parsley ... per bunch o 6 
Radishes... per dozen 1 6 
Smallsalading,punnet o 4 
Seakale ...per basket 2 o 
Spinach, per strike ... 1 6 
Tomatos. per lb. 0 9 
Turnips.per bun. 0 6 
1 6 
2 o 
0 6 
3 ° 
I 3 
- “ --- ~ ~ ~ .pci DUII. U O 
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 12 o 
Bouvardias...per doz. 8 o 12 o 
Chrysanthemums,doz 6 o 12 o 
— large .per doz.12 o 24 o 
Cyperus .per doz. 40120 
Dracaena term., doz. 24 o 36 o 
Dracaenaviridis.doz. 9 0 18 o 
Epiphyllum per doz. 9 o 12 0 
Erica Hymalis, per 12 o 18 o 
Evergreens,invar.doz 6 o 24 o 
Ferns, invar.,per doz. 40180 
s . d. s. d. 
Foliage Plants, doz. 12 o 60 o 
Heliotrope, per doz. 40 60 
Marguerites, per doz. 6 0 12 o 
Mignonette, per doz. 40 60 
Palms in variety,each 26210 
—scarlet.per doz. 40 60 
Poinsettia, ...per doz. 9 o 18 o 
Roman Hyacinths, per 
doz. 9 0 12 0 
Solanums...per doz. 9 o 12 o 
Tulips.perdoz. 90 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d. s. d. s . d. s. d. 
Mignonette... 12 bun. 16 30 
Narciss, Paper White 
Acacia or Mimosa 
French per bunch 1016 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms. 6090 
Bouvardias, per bun. 06 10 
Carnations, 12 blooms 20 30 
Chrysanthemums, 
doz. blooms 09 30 
Chrysanthemums, 
doz. bunches 4 o 12 0 
EucharU ...per doz. 40 80 
Gardenias 12 blooms 30 60 
Heliotropes,12 sprays 03 06 
Hyacinths, Roman, 
doz.sprays 610 
Lapageria, 12 blooms 10 30 
Lilac, French, 
per bunch 60 70 
Lilium Harrisii, 
doz. blooms 60 80 
Liliumsvar., doz. blms. 16 30 
MaidenhairFern,i2bs.4 090 
Marguerites, 12 bun. 20 40 
doz.sprays 10 16 
Narciss, French, 
doz. bunches 40 80 
Parme Violets, 
French, per bun. 36 40 
Dark „ „ „ 2026 
Pelargoniums, 12 sps. 10 16 
— scarlet.12 bchs. 40 60 
Poinsettia. doz. blms. 40 90 
Primula, double, bun. 09 10 
Pyretbrum, doz. bchs. 20 40 
Roses, yellow, dozen 30 60 
— Red.doz. blms. 16 20 
— Sa£frano...per doz. 20 30 
— Tea.. per dozen 10 30 
Stephanotis, dz. spys. 06 09 
Tuberoses, per doz. 06 09 
Violets, English 
per bunch 16 20 
OOHSTTIEISrTS. 
PAGS 
Begonia Haageana.264 
Begonia Winter Gem.263 
Chicago Exhibition, the ...257 
Christmas Decorations.260 
Christmas Flowers and 
Fruits .260 
Christmas Products .256 
Chrysanthemum Notes.263 
Cypripedium macrochilum 264 
Cypripedium media .264 
Gardeners’ Benevolent 
Institution.256 
Gardeners’ Calendar.264 
Grapes, black .261 
Hollies, fruiting .258 
Law Notes.265 
Laslia anceps var.264 
PAGE. 
Lcelio-Cattleya Pallas.264 
Medinilla Curtisii .263 
Nasgelia cinnabarina... .....263 
Nerine Manselli .264 
Obituary ......264 
Pears, about.259 
Perils of Winter .262 
Rhododendrons, 
greenhouse.258 
Rivina aurantiaca .261 
Roses, Decorative .259 
Ruellia Herbstii .263 
Scottish Notes.259 
Technical Horticulture.251 
Tomato, the.262 
Vegetable Garaen .262 
Veitch Memorial Prizes ...256 
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 
PAGE 
Anthracite. 
W. H. Essery .255 
Auction Sales. 
Protheroe & Morris . 254 
Bulbs. 
Barr & Son .254 
H. Canned & Sons.254 
J. & R. Thyne.254 
R. Smith & Co.255 
Chrysanthemums. 
W. E. Boyce...253 
J. Carter & Co.255 
W. Etherington .253 
H. J. Jones.255 
J. Laing & Sons.255 
R. Owen.253 
Simpson.253 
Ferns. 
W. & J. Birkenhead .266 
M. Taylor .253 
J. Smith.253 
Florists’ Flowers. 
Barr & Son.253 
W. Dean.253 
J. Peed & Sons.253 
J. Laing & Sons .253 
Fruit Trees. 
G. Bunyard & Co.254 
G. Jackman & Son.255 
W. Iceton .253 
J. Laing & Sons .254 
H. Lane & Son .253 
J. Le Cornu & Son.254 
R. B. Laird & Sons..253 
T. Rivers & Son.254 
R. Smith & Co.255 
J. Watkins.254 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
J. Arnold.253 
Boundary Chemical Co. 253 
G. Coppin & Sons.253 
B. Edgington.268 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst ...253 
Longford Wire Co.268 
R. Sankey & Son.268 
J. Sterry & Sons.255 
Willesden Canvas „<_._268 
Greenhouse Plants. 
W. Iceton .255 
J. W. Silver .253 
R. Veitch & Son .253 
PAGE 
Heating Apparatus. 
W. Cooper .267 
Jones & Attwood.233 
T. Roberts.268 
J. Sendall & Co.266 
Thames Bank Iron Co. ...253 
C. Toope & Son .268 
Horticultural Builders. 
J. Boyd & Sons.253 
W. Cooper.267 
C. Frazer’s Exors .268 
J-Gray .253 
W. Richardson & Co.253 
J. Sendall & Co. 266 
f. Weeks & Co.......253 
Insecticides. 
J. Bentley .268 
Bridgford’s Antiseptic ...253 
Gishurst Compound .253 
G. Murray...253 
Picrena .264 
Manures 
W, Thomson & Sons.253 
Standens . 253 
Miscellaneous. 
T. Beecham .266 
Epps’Cocoa.266 
©ishurstine .233 
A. Outram.268 
Smyth’s Orchid Baskets 253 
Mushrooms. 
W. Cutbush & Son.254 
Orchids. 
Liverpool Horticultural 
Co.234 
P. McArthur.253 
Roses. 
H. Cannell & Sons.254 
Jackman & Son .255 
F'red. Roemer .253 
R. Smith &Co.255 
J. Walters.253 
Seeds. 
J. Carter & Co...255 
Dobbie & Co.253 
Jarman & Co .255 
Kelway& Son .254 
R. Smith & Co .235 
Sutton & Sons.253 
R. Sydenham .253 
J. Veitch & Sons.255 
B. S. Williams & Son.255 
