January 13, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
313 
Prunings, etc.—The fruit grower always has at 
his command a useful manure for fruit trees and 
bushes of all kinds in the prunings obtained from 
them, together with old, uprooted trees, prunings of 
hedges, etc. A day can be spared at this time of the 
year for burning the heap. If wet and they burn 
slowly so much the better for the residue. The ash 
contains a large proportion of potash ; and it may be 
remembered that the smaller and younger shoots 
are the richest in this manurial constituent. 
Orange Trees. —Where the fruit is still in an 
unripe condition a night temperature of 65° shou'd 
be kept up, but after maturity has been reached, the 
heat may be lowered, or what is better the trees may 
be taken to a vinery where a dry atmosphere is 
maintained. Here the fruits will keep good for a 
long time, if required. Trees not in fruit should be 
thoroughly cleared of insects and all filth brought 
about by them. There will then be more chance of 
their thriving satisfactorily when fresh growth is 
made. 
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Quesoons add adsojgrs. 
Orchid in Pot.— Oncidium : Many growers attempt 
the cultivation of Oncidium curtum and other allied 
species on blocks; but it rarely happens that they 
thrive long under those conditions. Pots, pans, and 
baskets are also brought into requisition with vary¬ 
ing results according to the skill of the cultivator, 
and the conditions under which the plants are placed. 
You might try a basket, failing which a pot can be 
made to answer the purpose by filling three parts of it 
with crocks and using a compost of roughly chopped 
sphagnum and fibrous peat mixed with some small 
pieces of potsherds. Press firm and keep the base 
of the pseudo-bulbs elevated above the rim of the 
pot. Very little or no water will be required till the 
pseudo-bulbs commence to throw out roots and 
young growths. The pots should not be far from 
the glass whether on staging or hung up. The 
plants like plenty of light, but must not be exposed 
to the full glare of the sun when the days lengthen. 
Orchid pans and baskets may be obtained from any 
good horticultural sundriesman, or from a seeds¬ 
man. 
Dahlias. — Novice : The wording of the schedule 
is not so clear and definite as it might be, but in the 
absence of any other information to guide the 
exhibitor we should interpret the meaning of the 
words" 36 Dahlias, each different " to be " 36 show 
and fancy Dahlias, distinct," and certainly should 
not stage any cactus. Pompon, or single varieties. 
When the terms of competition are not clearly 
drawn up exhibitors cannot do better than follow 
the custom that obtains at the various exhibitions. 
Cryptomeriaelegans.— A. T.J.\ The plant need 
not necessarily be dead, although it has become 
brown. It usually, if not always, happens that this 
shrub or tree becomes brown in winter, as the cold 
weather causes it to assume that hue. Unless 
injured through the severe frost, the colour will 
come all right again as the weather changes in 
spring, in fact when the light becomes stronger and 
the temperature higher. Some cultivators consider 
this change of colour ornamental rather than a 
blemish, especially if contrasted with other trees or 
shrubs that retain a green colour in winter. C. 
japonica, on the other hand, is more hardy, and 
retains its green colour in winter. 
Quince Stocks. —i?.B.: There are several kinds 
of Quinces as you say, but that used as a stock for 
Pears is the Common Quince (Pyrus vulgaris, other¬ 
wise known as Cydonia). It is a native of South 
Europe, while other Quinces in cultivation are 
natives of Japan and China. The Portugal Quince 
(P. vulgaris lusitanica) is a variety of the common 
one, but as it is of more vigorous growth than the 
type, it is well adapted for the stronger growing 
varieties of Pear whose growth and natural vigour 
is too much repressed when grown on the weaker 
growing common Quince. 
Dahlia Roots not Keeping.— T. A.\ It often 
happens that some of the roots begin to decay before 
the winter is over. To save them from being 
entirely lost you should pick out those showing signs 
of decay and place them in heat in the usual way to 
induce them to grow. If not too far gone you can 
save them by this means ; because when they have 
grown sufficient you can take off and root the 
cuttings. It is cold and probably a damp atmos¬ 
phere which causes them to decay, and some of them 
are constitutionally weaker than the rest. The best 
plan with weak growing kinds is to keep a few of 
them in small pots during the summer, and to take 
them indoors in autumn, allowing the soil to become 
perfectly dry so that the stems and leaves may ripen 
off. The fleshy roots will keep better thus embedded 
in dry soil than almost any other way. 
Eucalyptus Plants. — Bidder : The plants which 
you see used so much in many modern patterns of 
carpet bedding are raised from seeds. The more 
common kinds would not be difficult to procure 
from a good seed establishment. Sow some of them 
at once in order to have them ready for planting out 
about the beginning of June. Some can be sown 
later to be grown in pots for next year. Do not use 
very large pots, otherwise the plants will get over¬ 
grown and take up too much house room in winter. 
They will grow very tall and strong the succeeding 
summer when planted out in the beds. 
Communications Received. —Gray. — C. W. S. — 
D. B.—J. McC.—J. C.—W. C.—W. B. G.—T. C. S, 
—A. W. G. W. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
W. Drummond & Sons, Stirling, N.B.—Garden 
Seed Catalogue. 
Benjamin Soddy, 243, Walworth Road, London, 
S.E.—Spring Catalogue of Seeds. 
J. Cheal & Sons, Lowfield Nurseries, Crawley, 
Sussex.—Garden Seeds and Sundries. 
Dicksons & Co., i, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh. 
—Flower and Vegetable Seeds. 
Barr & Son, 12, King Street, Covent Garden, 
W.C.—Flower and Vegetable Seeds, etc. 
Brockhampton Nursery Seed and Floral 
Depot, Havant.—Garden Seeds. 
H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent.—Vegetable 
and Flower Seeds, etc. 
William Bull, 536, King’s Road, Chelsea, S.W. 
—Catalogue of Seeds. 
James B. Riding, Chingford, Essex.—Chrysan¬ 
themum list. 
Thomas S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Totten¬ 
ham.—Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Begonias and 
Chrysanthemums. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE. 
January 8th, 1894. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 
39, Seed Market, Mark Lane, report a steady sale 
for Trefoil at full prices. Stocks are almost ex¬ 
hausted. English and foreign Red Clover un¬ 
changed and in moderate request. White Clover 
and Alsike realise prices current last week. 
COVENT 
GARDEN 
Jan. -Loth, 1894 . 
MARKET. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d s. d. 
Apples.per bushel 20 76 
Job Nuts, per 100 lb. 40 o 42 6 
jrapes, per lb. 0916 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s. d. s. d. 
Pine apples. 
—St. Michael's, each 2 6 
6 0 
s. d, 
trtichokesGlobe doz. 3 0 
Jeans, French, perlb. i 0 
3 eet.per dozen 2 o 
Jabbages ... per doz. 2 0 
Jarrots ... per bunch 
Jauliflowers, Eng.dz. 
Jelery.per bundle 
Jucumbers .each 
Jndive, French, doz. 
4 prh<! .ner bunch 
s. d. 
6 0 
1. d, s. d. 
Horse Radish, bundle 20 40 
Lettuces ...per dozen 20 30 
Mushrooms, p. basket 10 16 
Onions.per bunch 04 06 
Parsley ... per bunch 0 6 
Radishes... per dozen i 6 
Smallsalading.punnet 0 4 
Spinach ... per strike 3 0 
Tomatos. per Ih. 0 6 10 
Tiirnios.ner bun. o 6 
!>lants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
Arum Lilies, per doz. 9 0 15 0 
Azalea, per doz. 24 o 36 o 
Chrysanthemumsdoz. 4 0 12 o 
Cyperus .per doz. 4 0 12 0 
Dracaena term., doz. 18 0 36 0 
Dracaena viridis.doz. 9 0 18 0 
Evergreens.invar.doz 6 0 24 0 
Ferns, invar.,per doz. 40180 
Ferns, small, per 100 40100 
Foliage Plants, doz. 12 0 60 0 
Heaths.per doz. 9 0 18 o 
Hyacinths... per doz. 60 90 
Marguerites, perdoz. 9 0 12 0 
Palms in variety,each 26100 
Palms, Specimen ... 15 0 63 0 
Poinsettia, per doz. 12 0 15 o 
Solanums ...perdoz. 9 0 12 0 
Tulips. doz. pots 60 80 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d. s. d. 
Arum Lilies, izblms. 40 80 
Azalea, dozen sprays 09 10 
Bcuvardias, per bun. 06 10 
Camellia doz. blooms 10 20 
Carnations...per doz. 10 30 
Chrysanthemums 
doz. bunches .2 060 
doz. blooms.0 630 
Eucharis ...per doz. 30 60 
Gardenias 12 blooms 40 80 
Heliotropes,12 sprays 06 09 
Hyacinths, doz. spks. 20 40 
Lilium Harrisii, 
doz. blooms 6 0 12 0 
Lily of the Valley, doz. 
sprays.0 916 
Lilac,French,perbch. 4 060 
MaidenhairFern,i2bs.4 060 
Margueiites, 12 bun. 20 40 
Narciss, French,white 
doz. bchs. 16 30 
Narciss, French, 
yellow, doz. bchs. 20 26 
Orchid Bloom in var. 
per bloom, from 03 10 
s. d. s. d. 
Mignonette... 12 bun. 20 40 
Mimosa, French. 
per bch. 06 10 
Pelargoniums, 12 sps. 06 10 
— scarlet.12 bchs. 40 go 
Poinsettia, doz. bloom 40 90 
Pyretbrum doz. bun. 16 40 
Primula, double,bun. 06 10 
Roses, (French) 
doz. blooms 10 20 
— . per box 50 80 
Roses, yellow, dozen 20 40 
— Red.doz. blms. i o 16 
— Saffrano...per doz. 20 30 
— Tea.per dozen 06 20 
Tuberoses, per doz 04 06 
Tulips, doz. blooms 09 16 
Violets, Parme, French 
per bch. 40 50 
Violets, Czar, French 
per bch. 20 30 
Violets,English 
doz. bchs. 16 2 0 
Violets, French, 
doz. bchs. 10 26 
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Aphelandra nitens.311 
Cold Weather, the.303 
Cycad, a Fern-like...311 
Cypripedium Morganiae 
burfordiense. 3°7 
Cypripedium Pitcherianum 
Williams’ var. 3 °? 
Cyrtauthus lutescens .312 
Diuris, the genus .306 
Fern, a scented .305 
Floriculture. 309 
Fruit packing ..304 
Gooseberry, Whinham's 
Industry.309 
Insecticides .305 
Jasmine, fruiting of the.312 
Jasminum gracillimum.311 
Lachenaliapendula .312 
Modern Gardening.305 
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Nephrodinm dissectum.311 
Orchids and their Culture 310 
Orchid Growers' Calendar 307 
Orchid Notes and 
Gleanings .307 
Peas, some good .308 
Pinks .309 
Ruellia Herbstii .311 
Science Gleanings .307 
Snowfall, the.304 
Societies.312 
Sunflowers, large.312 
Syphocampylos macro- 
podus . 305 
Urceocharis clibrani .312 
Vegetables for Exhibition 308 
Vegetable Garden .312 
Yew, the poisonous.304 
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