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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
August 15, 1896. 
Bart., M.P., Paddockhurst, Crawley, Sussex, sent a 
quantity of hardy cut flowers in excellent condition. 
A couple of stands of double Hollyhock bicoms were 
a central and chief feature here (Silver Banksian 
Medal). 
Messrs. Young & Dobinson, Stevenage, Herts, 
showed a framework in the shape of a mound 
decorated with moss and blooms of Violas, Verbenas, 
and single and double Begonias. 
At a meeting of the fruit and vegetable committee 
Messrs. Geo. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, were 
awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a collection of 
hardy fruit. There were three dozen dishes of 
Apples on view including Lady Sudeley, Cox’s 
Pomona, Sugar Loaf, Yorkshire Beauty, White 
Transparent, Cardinal, and Duchess of Oldenburg in 
excellent condition. Of Pears Dr. Jules Guyot, 
Aspasie Ailcourt, Jargonelle, and Lawson were well 
shown. All the fruit here was remarkable for its 
rich colouring. 
Messrs, James Veitch & Sons received a Silver 
Banksian Medal for twenty-six dishes of fruit all 
obtained from pyramids. Plums, Washington, 
Gisborne's, Prince Englebert, Early Greengage, and 
Jefferson were good. A few dishes of Cherries and 
early Pears were also included. 
Mr. O. Thomas, gardener to Her Majesty the 
Queen, Frogmore, received a first prize for a dish of 
Apple Irish Peach. 
Mr. W. Palmer, Andover, Hants, sent samples 
of the new Cucumber, Palmer’s Graceful, said to be 
a cross between Sutton's Cluster and Telegraph. 
Messrs. Cutbush & Son had a couple of boxes of 
their new Tomato, Polegate. 
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Thorn Hedge in Bad Condition — Thomas 6-- Son : 
The specimens you sent us were very badly affected 
with a curious fungus named Roestelia lacerata. The 
gouty swellings on the stems consist of diseased 
masses full of little cup-like cavities, with a ragged, 
projecting margin. These cavijies are now mostly 
burst so that the spores are being scattered far and 
wide. On the underside of the leaves you will also 
find very small cysts or cavities from which the 
small spores have also escaped. The only thing you 
can do is to cut off the diseased shoots and burn them. 
This should be done early in the season, before the 
spore cases burst and scatter their contents over the 
clean plants. Spraying with sulphate of copper 
might be tried. Possibly the hedge might recover if 
you cut it back pretty hard in winter, and burn the 
prunings. 
Red, Purple, and White Flowers.— C. Fordham : 
The specimens you sent were varieties of Senecio 
elegans, They are half hardy, and should be sown 
in a frame or greenhouse like Stocks and China 
Asters, and planted in the open garden about the 
end of April or in May. The Senecios succeed 
perfectly in London gardens, and are easy to manage. 
Any good seedsman will supply you with a packet 
of mixed seeds, or packets of separate colours at a 
reasonable price. Senecio elegans is an old garden 
favourite, and we cannot understand why so few 
people know it. 
Names of Plants.— C. L.: i, Lomaria gibba; 2, 
Cyrtomium caryotideum ; 3, Selaginella uncinata ; 
4, Thunbergia alata.— IV. T .: 1, Oenothera speciosa ; 
2, Veronica longifolia subsessilis ; 3, Althaea ficifolia ; 
4, Phvtolacca decandra ; 5, Physostegia imbricata ; 
6, Teucrium Chamaedrys.— E. W. M. : 1, Mimulus 
cardinalis; 2, Primula verticillata. 3, Crassula 
(Kalosanthes) coccinea; 4, Sedum sarmentosum 
variegatum ; 5, Rivina humilis (if the berries are 
red, but if they are yellow it is R. aurantiaca); 6, 
Ophiopogon Jaburan variegatus.— X. X. : 1, Vera- 
trum album ; 2, Lysimachia vulgaris. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET 
August 12 th, 1896. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Puces. 
s. d ,, i. 
Apples.per bushel 
Black Currants i sieve 
Red „ sieve 
Cherries half sieve... 
Nova Scotia Apples 
per barrel 
Cob Nuts and Fil¬ 
berts, per 100 lbs 35 0 37 6 
s. d. 
Grapes, per lb . o 9 
Pine-apples. 
—St. Mlohael's each 2 6 
Plums peri sieve. 2 o 
Strawberries, per lb. 
1 Tasmanian Apples, 
per case 
s. d. 
1 6 
6 o 
3 ° 
Vegetables.—Average Wholesale Prices 
». d. 1. d. 
ArtlchokesGlobedoz. 20 30 
Asparagus,per bundle 
Beans, French, per 
half sieve 2629 
Beet.per dozen 20 30 
Brussel Sprouts, 
per half sieve 
Cabbages ... per doz. 10 13 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 3 
Cauliflowers.doz. 20 30 
Celery.per bundle 1 o 
Cucumbers per doz. 16 30 
Endive, French, doz, 1 6 
1. d. s. d. 
Herbs .per bunch 03 00 
Horse Radish, bundle 20 40 
Lettuces ...per dozen 1 3 
Mushrooms, p. basket 10 16 
Onions.per bunch 04 06 
Parsley ... per bunch 0 3 
Radishes... per dozen 1 0 
Seakale...per basket 
Smallsalading,punnet 0 4 
Spinach per bushel 20 23 
Tomatos. per lb. o 3. 0 5 
Turnips.per bun. 3 0 
Arum Lilies, isblms, 2 0 
Asparagus Fern, bun. 2 o 
Asters, (French) per 
bunch 10 13 
Bcuvardias, per bun. 06 09 
Carnations doz.blms. 06 2 0 
Carnations, doz. bchs.4 0 £ 0 
Euobarls ...per doz 16 26 
Gardenias ...per doz. 16 30 
Geranium, scarlet, 
doz. bunches 20 40 
Gladiolii, doz. spikes 10 16 
Lilium lancifolium, 
doz. blooms 10 20 
LIHum longlflorum 
per doz. 20 40 
Lavender,doz. bchs. 60 90 
Mrrguerites, 13 bun. 10 20 
MaidenhalrFern,i2bs.4 060 
s. d. s. d. 
Orchids, doz. blooms 1 6 12 0 
Pelargoniums,12 bun. 40 60 
Pyrethrum doz. bun. 20 40 
Roses (indoor), doz. 06 16 
,, Tea,white, doz. 10 23 
1, Niels . 20 40 
,, Safrano . 10 20 
„ (English), 
Red Roses, doz. o 690 
Red Roses, doz. bchs 20 60 
Pink Roses, doz. 16 20 
Smilax, per bunch ...16 30 
Stephanotis, doz. 
sprays .13 20 
Tuberoses, doz. 
blooms ... ... 0 3 04 
Primula, double, doz. 
sprays 06 06 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
t.d. s. d 
4 ° 
3 0 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices 
1. d. t. d. 
1. d. 
s. d 
Quescions add msujgrs 
*,* Will our friends who send us newspapers be so good 
as to mark the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see. 
We shall be greatly obliged b\ their so doing. 
Fern Frond.— A. D. : The Fern you picked up in 
Rankeillour Wood, Fife, is an uncommon form of 
Nephrodium Filix-mas, possibly the form named 
N. F.-m. crispatum or N. F.-m fluctuosum. It is 
hardly possible to be quite sure from portions of a 
frond. The densely arranged, overlapping pinnae 
and the broad, crisped, dark green, overlapping 
pinnules are the characteristic features of the 
specimens sent. The barren frond was more marked 
in these respects than the small fertile portion sent. 
We should advise you to grow the plant under 
favourable conditions in a pot. It may turn out to 
be distinct and worthy of cultivation ; or on the 
other hand it might not be constant. In any case 
you should take care of it until it shows its true 
character. There are many varieties of the male 
Fern in cultivation, and highly prized, which have 
been picked up in this way. 
Artificial Manure for Celery, etc — Omega : After 
the plants have been planted out and well established, 
you can sprinkle the ground with a mixture of nitrate 
of soda, dried blood and superphosphate in equal 
proportions and at the rate of 1 oz. to the square 
yard. This may be given once a fortnight during 
the growing season and well watered to wash it down 
to the roots of the plants. Onions and Leeks require 
somewhat similar manures, the principal ingredient 
of which is nitrogen. You must understand that 
farmyard manure is to be applied as well, in the 
ordinary way, before planting out. For Onions and 
Leeks you may mix one part of nitrate of soda, two 
parts of guano, and one part of kainit. During June 
and July you may sprinkle the ground with this 
mixture at the rate of j oz. per square yard, and 
water the ground at every application, as well as 
when it is dry. These vegetables also derive advan¬ 
tage from applications of wood ashes and fowls' 
manure when the ground is being prepared, particu¬ 
larly if it is naturally poor. 
Camellia in fruit.— A ,D\ If the fruiting Camellia 
in your possession is a good one, it might be worth 
while collecting and sowing the seed. The latter 
might give rise to some fine varieties. There is no 
certainty about it, however, but if you have plenty of 
house room, it would be interesting to grow the seed¬ 
lings to the flowering stage. By grafting shoots of 
the seedlings upon large plants, you would hasten 
the period of blooming. 
Book on Manures.— Omega : The title of the book 
you speak of is “ Manures, and their Application,” by 
W. Dyke, price 6d. post free. We keep it in stock. 
It deals with a great variety of manures, both natural 
and artificial. 
Communications Received. — W.B.G — Hardy 
Plants.— H. Cannell & Sons.—Gyp.—H.W.Adnitt.— 
J. H Fraser, with thanks.—M.B.—T.W.—A. G. 
Ward.—West.—C.A.—J. Warner.—L.L—T. Ayres. 
—Scrutator.—Fob.—B T.—John Jones. — S O N.— 
F.M.—Castor. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Dicksons & Co., 1, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh.— 
Dicksons' Flower Roots. 
John Peed & Sons, West Norwood, London, S.E. 
—Peed's Bulb Catalogue. 
Dickson, Brown, & Tait, 43 and 45, Corporation 
Street, Manchester.—Autumn Catalogue of Flower¬ 
ing Bulbs, &c. 
James Dickson & S0N6, 32, Hanover Street, 
Edinburgh.—Dutch Bulbs. 
Wm. B. Hartland, Seedsman, Cork. — Well- 
ripened Irish Daffodils. 
James Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery and 
Seed Establishment, Chelsea, S.W.—Catalogue_ of 
Bulbs; also Hardy Trees, Shrubs, Coniferae, 
American Plants, &c. ; and Catalogue of Roses. 
Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie., 4, Quay de la 
Megisserie, Paris.—Catalogue of Flowering Bulbs 
and Strawberries. 
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PAGE 
Abbey Park Flower Show 
and Gala.803 
Amateurs, hints for .800 
Begonias at Newton St. 
Loe .801 
British Geraniums.798 
Cacti.804 
Carnations from Leyland...8os 
Chester HorticulturalShow8o3 
Dutch Horticultural and 
Botanical Society .796 
Forest Hill and Catford 
Show .805 
Fruit Prospects. 795 
Grimsby Flower Show.804 
Herbaceous flowers for 
competition .......802 
ZETSTTS. 
PAGE 
Lantana Drap d'Or.804 
Lobelia pumiia Ingrami ...804 
Lilium Lowii.S05 
Orchid Houses.799 
Plant Houses.799 
Rhus Cotinus .797 
Royal Horticultural .805 
Societies.S05 
Scutelearia, derivation of . 804 
Statice Suworowi .804 
Student, a successful.797 
Vegetable Calendar.;g 3 
Vegetables for Exhibition...798 
Verbenas as Annuals.79S 
Viola Conference.797 
Winter Moth, the.80: 
Arbor Vitae (golden) 
per doz. 6 0 12 0 
Aspidistra, doz. 18 0 36 0 
„ specimen 30 50 
Asters, doz. pots ... 40 60 
Corkcombs, per doz....3 040 
Campanula, per doz. 60 90 
Coleus, per doz. 3040 
Dracaena, various, 
per doz. 12 o 30 0 
Dracaena viridls.doz. g 0 18 0 
Euonymus, var. doz. 6 o 18 0 
Evergreens,Invar.doz 6 0 24 0 
Ferns, invar.,per doz. 4 0 12 0 
Ferns, small, per 100 40 60 
Ficus elastica, each 1050 
Foliage Plants, var., 
each 10 50 
Fuchsia, per doz.3 060 
Heliotrope, per doz. 40 60 
Hydrangea, various, 
per doz. 6 0 12 o 
Liliums, various doz. 12 0 24 0 
Lycopodiums, doz. 30 40 
Marguerite Daisy doz 60 90 
Myrtles, doz. 60 go 
Mignonette . 40 60 
Palms in variety.each 1 o 15 0 
Palms, Specimen ...21 0 63 o 
Pelargoniums, doz. ...4 090 
Pelargoniums, scarlet, 
per doz. 20 04 
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Auction Sales, 
1 
Protheroe & Morris. 
794) 
Bulbs. 
Barr & Son . 
•793 | 
Carter. 
W. B. Hartland . 
•793 
Horticultural Co.. 
S. J. Hubert . 
-793 
Sutton & Sons. 
-793 
C. G. Van Tubergen .... 
•793 
Catalogues. 
Carter. 
•794 
Sutton & Sons . 
■795 
Veitch & Sons . 
-795 
Chrysanthemums. 
H. 1. Jones. 
•794 
Florists’ Flowers. 
Cannell & Sons . 
•793 
C. Walker . 
-793 
Young & Dobinson. 
Flower Pots. 
Sankey & Sons, Ltd. 
.808 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
Corry & Co. 
E. Helliar . 
■793 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst.... 
793 
A. Wasilieff . 
■793 
Hardy Plants. 
M. Chapman. 
•793 
Kelway & Son . 
■793 
Heating Apparatus. 
C. W. Smallbone & Co.. 
.S08 
Thames Bank Iron Co... 
S08 
Horticultural Builders. 
J. Boyd & Sons. 
■■■793 
W. Cooper, Ltd. 
...808 
J. Gray. 
...793 
H. Pnddis. 
W. Richardson & Co... 
J. Weeks & Co. 
-793 
Insecticides. 
Corry & Co. 
Gishurst Compound .... 
-793 
Manures. 
W. Brown, Sons & Co. . 
-793 
W. Colchester. 
Macfarlane Bros. 
•793 
H. G. Smyth. 
-794 
W. Thomson & Sons 
-794 
Miscellaneous. 
Darlington’s Handbooks 808 
Gishurstine . 
Tuno Cycles . 
..808 
Smallbone & Son. 
..808 
Smyth’s Baskets. 
-793 
Orchids 
J. Cypher . 
-754 
W. L. Lewis & Co. 
P. McArthur. 
F. Sander & Co. 
Roses. 
J. Cowan & Co. 
Seeds. 
Cannell & Sons. 
-795 
Daniels Bros.. 
-794 
J. Douglas . 
Hugh Low & Co. 
•793 
Strawberries. 
Bunyard & Co. 
-793 
Head. 
Laxton Bros . 
-793 
Tents. 
J. H. Brown . 
..SoS 
A. Potter. 
-793 
Vines. 
]. Cowan & Co. 
Weed Killers. 
Acme Chemical Co. 
-791 
Harrison. 
-793 
Its History, Properties, and Management; 
WITH 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE BEST VARIETIES IN CULTIVATION, 
BY 
Home-grown Oranges.— Cedo Nulli ; If the judges 
perform their work properly, they cannot disqualify 
you for including a dish of home-grown Oranges in a 
dish of fruit. For exhibition purposes they would 
not rank so high as Pineapples, Grapes, Peaches, 
Apples, and Pears, but should take the same number 
of points as Apricots, Plums, and Strawberries. 
S. DODWELL. 
With Supplementary Chapter on the Yellow Ground. 
Price, Is. 6d. Post Free, Is. 7d, 
GARDENING WORLD ” OFFICE, 1, CLEMENT’S INN, STRAND, W.C. 
