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THE GARDENING WORLD 
October 5, 1895 . 
out was excellent. A brilliant display of cut blooms 
of Dahlias was made by Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm 
Nurseries, Tottenham, N. The blooms were staged 
in bunches, according to their size, and, relieved by 
long sprays of the graceful Asparagus backed by 
Palms, looked quite at their best. Cactus, decora¬ 
tive, and pompon sections were never better repre¬ 
sented than here. From the same firm also came a 
splendid group of double-flowered tuberous Begonias 
lifted from the open ground. The habit of the 
plants was exceedingly dwarf and sturdy throughout, 
and the flowers of many rivalled those of a Camellia 
for regularity of outline. 
A neat little group of hardy cut flowers was sent 
by Mr. Prichard, Christchurch, Hants, that showed 
a great deal of variety for the time of year. A 
remarkably good display of hardy cut flowers was 
made by Mr. B. Ladhams, The Shirley Nurseries, 
Southampton. Not only was there a great amount 
of variety exhibited, but from a cultural point of 
view the material was very noteworthy. Amongst 
other subjects Helianthus rigidus Miss Mellish ; 
Lobelia cardinalis Firefly, a wonderfully showy 
variety ; Linaria macedonica ; the new perpetual 
flowering Pink Ernest Ladhams ; Gaillardias, 
Geums, Chrysanthemums, etc., were specially gay 
and bright. 
Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, Sussex, staged 
a large number of cut blooms of pompon, single, and 
Cactus Dahlias in praiseworthy style. The collec¬ 
tion was very comprehensive as to number of 
varieties, whilst the quality of the flowers themselves 
was also praiseworthy. A very interesting exhibit 
was made by Messrs. Wm. Cutbush & Son in the 
shape of bunches of their new single Dahlia Watford 
Beauty, a bronzy-yellow flower with a dull scarlet 
centre—an acquisition to the ranks of this popular 
section. 
A really beautiful group of stove fine-foliaged 
plants and Ferns was staged by Messrs. John Laing 
& Sons, Forest Hill. Caladiums, foliage Begonias, 
Crotons, and Dracaenas were all well grown and 
exceptionally well coloured, while the arrangement 
was very tastefully performed. Indeed, the few 
groups of this kind that were contributed by the 
various nurserymen added much to the enlivenment 
and attractiveness of the show. Carter’s Duke of 
York Tomato, as grown and exhibited by Messrs. 
Fellowes & Ryder, Orpington, Kent, is without doubt 
a first-class variety to judge from the dishes of it 
exhibited at the Palace by the firm in question. E. 
Keyser, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Gleeson), Warren 
House, Stanmore, exhibited two well-grown Pine¬ 
apples. (Very highly commended.) 
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OBITUARY. 
We sincerely regret to hear of the death of Dr. John 
Ellor Taylor, F.G.S., F.L.S., whose botanical 
lectures at Ipswich have from time to time been 
noticed in our pages. When Dr. Taylor was 
appointed curator to the Ipswich Museum he quickly 
discovered that the objects exhibited at the institution 
were of little or no educational value. Within a 
very short time this was all changed, for Dr. Taylor, 
with the assistance of the late Sir Richard Wallace, 
quickly set up representations of the flora and fauna, 
the minerals, fossils, etc., of the county and district. 
In addition to this the valuable curator so awakened 
the enthusiasm and interest of the Ipswichites by 
what he called “ free talks ” on various scientific 
subjects that anew and enlarged museum was built by 
the Town Council. Though specially a geologist, Dr. 
Taylor had a full grasp of all-round scientific subjects 
with the faculty of teaching them in a popular easy 
manner. To young students he was ever open with 
advice and help, and his intellectual stimulus was 
felt in almost every branch of education in the town 
and neighbourhood. The doctor has been in bad 
health for some time, and greatly worried, we under¬ 
stand, by financial difficulties. He succumbed on 
Saturday last, and was buried on Tuesday in the 
Ipswich Cemetery. 
Questions ADD ADSOJSKS 
’»* Will our friends who send us newspapers he so good 
as to mark the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see. 
We shall be greatly obliged by their so doing. 
Hydrangeas in Pots. — Doubtful: By the time 
that Hydrangeas have finished flowering they have, 
as a rule, mostly completed their growth, and after 
being hardened off they may be stood in the open 
air to ripen the wood They must on no account, 
however, be starved, for upon the proper ripening of 
the wood and the plumping up of the buds, next 
year’s display will depend. After being stood in the 
open air, the plants should be well attended to in the 
matter of watering, and if you supply them with 
weak liquid manure twice or three times a week 
they will make finer buds and produce larger 
bunches of flowers next year. If you refer to the 
common Hydrangea (H. hortensis) you must take 
the plants into a greenhouse, where frost will be 
excluded, on the approach of winter. When the 
plants start into growth in spring, feed them again 
with weak liquid manure. Thin out the shoots if 
they are too crowded. 
Manures for Strawberry Beds.— Doubtful : 
We should advise you to make up a rich compost of 
good soil, mixing with it a good proportion of kainit 
and bone meal. The former will supply potash, and 
the latter phosphates, both of which are only slowly 
soluble, and may be applied as a top-dressing in 
October. A sprinkling of nitrate of soda might be 
applied to the beds just after the flowers have fallen 
and the young fruits are showing themselves. This 
should be done in moist or showery weather, and 
will take effect almost directly, as it is very readily 
soluble. To apply it before the fruits are set might 
cause an excessive growth of leaves. Wood ashes 
might take the places of the kainit, if you got a good 
supply. Even supposing you could not get farmyard 
manure when digging the ground, you could still 
apply it to great advantage, giving a mulching with 
it this month and again in April, if you can get it. 
Names of Plants. — L.S .: i, Cerastium vulga- 
tum: 2, Spergularia rubra; 4, Linum catharticum ; 
4, Valoradia plumbaginoides, often called Plumbago 
Larpentae; 5, Adiantum hispidulum.— An Old 
Reader: Strelitzia Reginae.— H.J .; 1, Oncidium 
flexuosum ; 2, Cattleya bowringiana ; 3, Masdevallia 
tovarensis; Cypripedium superbiens.— T. M. : 1, 
Chrysanthemum serotinum ; 2, Chrysanthemum 
lacustre ; 3, Helianthus decapetalus ; 4, Helianthus 
rigidus var. ; 5, Aster diffusus horizontalis ; 6, Rud- 
beckia nitida.— W. Walker : 5, Blechnum occiden¬ 
tal ; 6, Corydalis lutea. Fruits next week. 
Passion Flower.— M. M'Laren : We are sur¬ 
prised you can manage to grow this plant at all in 
the open air so far north. In severe winters it gets 
killed in the suburbs of London although it thrives, 
flowers and fruits abundantly for a number of years. 
It does throw up suckers from the roots, so that the 
suckers you mention are no doubt that of the 
common Passion Flower (Passiflora caerulea). We 
should advise you to pot up one or two of the suckers, 
lifting them carefully so as to get plenty of roots, 
and to stand them in a greenhouse where frost will 
be excluded. They will have formed more roots by 
spring, and be in a position to start away more 
v’gorously by that time. The remaining plant you can 
protect with a heap of ashes or cocoanut fibre 
round the base and with bracken or spruce branches 
over the top during winter. When you can get 
woody and ripened stems the plants will be more 
hardy than when the shoots are young and soft. 
Constance Elliott is a seedling form of Passiflora 
caerulea and should be as hardy as the type. We 
have seen it put out in the south of England. It was 
raised in the nursery of Messrs. Lucombe, Pince & 
Co., of Exeter, Devon. 
Names of Fruits.— G. C., Coldstream : The Apple 
is Forge .—Brightspade : Apples—1, Red-ribbed 
Greening; 2, Ribston Pippin; 5, Red Hawthornden ; 
7, Hawthornden. Pears—3, Beurre Diel; 4, Beurre 
d’Amanlis; 6, Souvenir du Congres ; 9, Beurre de 
Capiaumont. Plum—Coe's Golden Drop.— J. C. : 
2, Beurre d’Amanlis; 3, Jersey Gratioli; 5, Rose¬ 
mary Russet; 6, Bedfordshire Seedling.— J. H. 0 . : 
1, King of the Pippins; 2, Forge; 5, rotten; 6, 
Lord Suffield ; 7, Yellow Ingestre ; 8, Kerry Pippin ; 
9, Old Nonsuch ; 10, Red Quarrenden ; 11, Reinette 
du Canada ; 12, Golden Noble. 
Muscat of Alexandria Shrivelling.— Geo. 
Tolman : It is a case of shanking, and a very bad 
one, judging from the specimens sent. It is difficult 
to treat Muscats separately when grown in a mixed 
house. After they are ripe they require a higher 
temperature than other kinds and a certain amount 
of moisture at the roots to keep the berries from 
shrivelling. They had gone on all right till the 
supply of water was stopped, after which the roots 
were unable to furnish the leaves with the necessary 
amount of moisture, and they ripened off accordingly. 
Judging from the sample bunch and the information 
you furnished, our opinion is that the roots are in a 
bad way. The present is a good time to see to them, 
to take out the old soil and replace it with fresh 
material. See also that the drainage is put to rights. 
After the operation is completed the house should 
be kept close for a week. If you canDot cut the 
fruit and bottle it before this operation the renewal 
of the border might be deferred till spring. 
Pamphlet on Manures.— Omega : You can 
obtain it from The Gardening World Office, post 
free for 6d. 
Communications Received.— T. F. — H. Cannell. 
—D.—W. Walker.—X.Y.Z.—Dobbie & Co.—A’ K. 
—J' H—Omega —W. Atlee Burpee & Co; 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED- 
James Walters, Mount Radford Nurseries, 
Wonford Road, Exeter.—Descriptive Catalogue of 
Roses. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE. 
October 1st, 1895. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 30 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, report Winter Tare" 
being in shorter supply, find buyers at a sligh. 
advance. Rye easier. Mustard and Rape steady. 
Crop of English White Clover is reported large. 
Ryegrasses dull. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
October 2nd, 1895. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
t. d s. d. 
Apples.per bushel 10 30 
Nova Scotia Apples 
per barrel 
Cob Nuts and Fil¬ 
berts, per 100 lbs.35 0 40 0 
Cherries, half sieve 
Currants, Black...halt 
sieve 
Currants, Red... half 
sieve 
S. d s. d. 
Grapes, per lb.06 16 
Pine-apples. 
—St. Miohael’s each 26 60 
Plums per half sieve 16 26 
Strawberries . 
Peaches.per doz. 10 60 
Tasmanian Apples, 
per case 
Vegetables.—Ateragb Retail Prices 
1. d. 
ArtlchokesGIobedoz. 3 0 
Asparagus,per bundle 
Beans, French, perlb. 0 4 
Beet.per dozen 2 0 
Cabbages ... per doz. 3 0 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 6 
Cauliflowers.doz. 3 0 
Celery.per bundle 1 6 
Cucumbers .each 0 3 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 
Herbs .per bunch 0 2 
>• d. i. d. s. d 
6 0 Horse Radish, bundle 20 40 
Lettuces ...per dozen 2 0 
Mushrooms, p. basket 10 16 
3 0 Onions.per bunch 04 06 
4 0 Parsley ... per bunch 0 6 
Radishes... per dozen 1 6 
6 0 Seakale...per basket 
2 0 Smallsaladlng,punnet 0 4 
0 6 Spinach per lb. 0 6 
3 0 Tomatos. per lb. o 6 
0 6 Turnips.per bun. 0 6 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s.d. 
Asters (English) doz. 
bunches .3 o 
Arum Lilies, 12 bims. 3 0 
Asparagus Fern, bun. 2 0 
Bouvardias, per bun. 0 6 
Carnations doz.blms. 1 6 
Chrysanthemums 
doz. blms. 1 6 
Chrysanthemums 
doz. bchs. 3 0 
Eucharis ...per doz. 1 6 
Gardenias ...per doz. 2 0 
Geranium, scarlet, 
doz. bunches 4 0 
Lilium lancifolium 
per doz. 1 0 
Lilium longlflori-m 
per doz. 3 0 
Lily oi the Valley, 
doz. sprays 1 o 
Mfrguerltes. 12 bun. 1 6 
MaiienhalrFern,i2bs.4 0 
S. d 
2 0 
6 o 
2 6 
3 0 
6 0 
2 6 
4 ° 
2 6 
3 0 
6 0 
Orchids, doz. blooms 1 6 12 o 
Pansies, doz. bun.1 0 20 
Pelargoniums,12 bun. 40 So 
Primula, double, doz. 
• sprays 06 0 g 
Pyrethrum doz. bun. 2040 
Roses (indoor), doz. 06 10 
,, Tea,white, doz. 1020 
„ Niels . 30 60 
,, Yellow, doz. ... 2 0 30 
,, Safrano 
(English), doz. ...10 20 
Red Roses.0 g 1 0 
Pink Roses .1 o 2 0 
Roses,mixed,doz.bhs. 4 o g o 
Smilax, per bunch ... 2 0 40 
Stephanotis, doz. 
sprays ... ...30 40 
Tuberoses, doz. 
blooms ... ...20 30 
Violets, doz. buuches 16 20 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices 
». d. s. d. t. d. s. d 
Aibor Vitae (golden) Evergreens,Invar.doz 6 0 24 0 
per doz. 6 0 12 0 Ferns, invar.,per doz. 4 0 18 0 
Aspidistra, doz. 18 o 36 0 Feras, small, per 100 4 0 60 
,, specimen 30 50 Ficus elastica, each 10 50 
Asters .per dozen 30 60 Foliage Plants, var., 
Chrysansthemums each 10 50 
doz. pots 40 90 Fuchsia, per doz.40 60 
Chrysanthemums Heliotrope, per doz. 40 60 
single plants 16 20 Liliums, various. g 0 iS 0 
Coleus.per dozen 26 40 Lycopodiums, doz. 30 40 
Cyclamen, per doz ...g 0 15 0 Mignonette, per doz. 40 60 
Dracaena, various, Marguerite Daisy doz 6 0 12 o 
per doz. 12 0 30 0 Myrtles, doz. 6090 
Dracaena vlridis,doz. q 0 18 0 Palms in variety,each 1 0 15 o 
Erica,various,per doz.6 o 18 0 Palms, Specimen ...21 0 63 o 
Euonymus, var. doz. 6 0 18 0 Solanum, per doz. ...S o 15 0 
GOUTEITTS. 
PAGE 
Aldermaston Court . 7S 
Ay ton Castle .73 1 
Bechuanaland Chiefs at 
Reading .78 
British Fruit at the Crystal 
Palace .79 
Crab Apples.73 I 
Devon & Exeter Gardeners’ 
Association.72 
Fruit Show, Lessons and , 
Aspects of .71 1 
Fuchsia erecta .7S I 
Gardening Miscellany.78 
Hints for Amateurs .76 1 
Hurst Testimonial .72 1 
Hyde Park . 76 
Maidstone Cemetery .74 
Maximilliana martiana .79 
National Chrysanthemum 
Society. 72 
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Ophiopogon Jaburaji varie- 
gatus.79 
Orchid Baskets, improved...72 
Pansies, the Elgin .79 
Passion Flower, the. 
Pistillate Strawberries 
Plant Houses, the.75 
Practice and Theory .75 
Pyrus Maulei.79 
Science Gleanings .75 
Sunflowers, big.72 
bwanage, notes from.74 
Taylor, Dr. John Ellor, 
death of .82 
Tomato Austin’s Eclipse ...79 
Tomato Duke of York.74 
Tuberous Begonias, some 
Grand Forms of.77 
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