March 3, 1894 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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grass, namely, Andropogon Schoenanthus, known 
also as A. citratus, and not from the lemon-scented 
Verbena of gardens, which is Aloysia citriodora. 
The grass in question is a native of Asia and the 
tropical and sub-tropical parts of Africa. Much of 
the oil is manufactured in India. 
Names of Plants. —Reyiton ; i, Helleborus niger 
altifolius, often called H. n. maximus ; 2, Helleborus 
orientalis; 3, Cordyline australis ; 4, appears to be 
Cordyline indivisa; 5, appears to be Cordyline 
rubra; 6, Nephrodium decompositum; 7, Eupa- 
torium riparium; 8, Solanum Capsicastrum; 9, 
Gasteria verrucosa ; 10, Ophiopogon Jaburan varie- 
gatus; II, Send when in flower; 12, Euonymus 
japonicus latifolius argenteo-marginatus. The 
Violets were very fine. L. Wilson-, i,'Jasminum 
gracillimum ; 2, Peristrophe speciosa ; 3, Libonia 
penrhosiensis ; 4, Carex japonica. IF. S. ; i, Onci- 
dium ampliatum ; 2, Miltonia Roezlii; 3, Cypri- 
pedium superbiens. A . J. Downes : Begonia 
hydrocotylifolia ; 2, Begonia fuchsioides ; 3, Begonia 
fuchsioides var.; 4, Stachys lanata. 
Communications Received. —W. S.—J. G.—A. 
F. B.—R. D.—A. H.—Experience.-—S. & S.— 
E. W. C.—T. G. P.—R. O.—P. B. W.—W. F.— 
W. C. R. 
BEGONIA 
Buyers cannot do better than give H. J. JONES a trial, 
who supplies tne best at half the usual prices. 
50,000 fine tubers now ready. 12 grand single, equal to best 
named, 12s.; 12 very fine, gs.; 12 very good, 6s.; 12 fine mixed, 
3s.; 6 fine new shades of bronze and terra cotta, 4s. 64.; 12 
grandest doubie, speciaily selected, 24s.; 6 ditto, 12s.; 12 fine 
double. I2S.; 12 very good ditto, 6s. 
I still have a few of my valuable Chrysanthemum Guides 
left. Post free, 7 stamps. 
H. J. Jo:Nrc:s, 
Ryecroft Nursery, Hither Green, Lewisham, S.E. 
MR. DODWELL’S 
GRAND CARNATIONS. 
THE FINEST GROWN. 
All Classes, 10/6 per dozen. 
Ur. Dodwell’s List of Specialties is now ready. 
Send Stamp and get copy. 
The Cottage, Stanley Road, Oxford. 
Catalogues post free on applioation to 
THOMAS S. WARE, 
HALE FARM NURSERIES, 
Tottenham, London. 
LONDON SEED TRADE. 
Februarv 2jth, 1894. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 
39, Seed Market, Mark Lane, report a steady 
demand for Agricultural seeds. English Red 
Clover is in shorter supply and firmer. White, 
Alsike and Trefoil steady. Perennial Ryegrasses 
cheaper. Italian Ryegrass steady. 
COVENT 
GARDEN 
Feb. 28th, 1894. 
MARKET. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d s. d. 
Apples.per bushel 20 76 
Cob Nuts, per too lb. 40 0 42 6 
Grapes, per lb. 0926 
s. d. 
Pine apples. 
—St. Michael's, each 2 6 
s. d 
6 0 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
I. d. s. d. 
ArtlchokesGlobedoz. 30 60 
Beans, French, perlb. 16 20 
Beet.per dozen 20 30 
Cabbages ... per doz. z o 30 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 6 
Cauliflowers, Eng.dz. 30 50 
Celery.per bundle 16 20 
encumbers .each 06 10 
Endive, French, doz. 26 30 
Herbs .per bunch 02 06 
Horse Radish, bundle 20 40 
t. d. s. d. 
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 
Seakale...per basket 20 26 
Smallsalading,punnet o 4 
Spinach ... per strike 3 0 
Tomatos. perlb. to 16 
Turnips.per bun. 0 6 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
t. d. s. d. 
Arum Lilies, per doz. 6 0 12 0 
Aspidistra, per doz 18 0 42 o 
—specimenplants.eachs o 15 o 
Azalea, per doz. 18 0 36 0 
Cineraria,per doz ... 6 0 12 0 
Cyclamen, per doz... 9 0 18 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. 4 0 18 0 
t. d. > d. 
Ferns, small, per too 4 0 to 0 
Foliage Plants, doz. 12 0 60 o 
Genista...per doz. 9 0 15 o 
Heaths.per doz. 90180 
Hyacinths... per doz. 60 90 
Marguerites, perdoz. 90120 
Palms in variety,each 2 6 to 0 
Palms, Specimen ... 15 0 63 0 
Solanums ...per doz. 9 o 12 0 
Tulips. doz. pots 60 80 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d. s. d. 
Arcm Lilies, 12 blms. 16 30 
Azalea, dozen sprays 04 09 
Bouvardias, per bun. 06 10 
Camellia doz. blooms 10 20 
Carnations...per doz. 10 30 
DaSodils, double 
doz. bchs. 2040 
Daffodils, single 
doz. bchs. 30 90 
Euchvis ...per doz. 30 40 
Forget-me-Not, 
doz. bchs. 40 60 
Gardenias 12 blooms 6 0 12 0 
Heliotropes.iz sprays 06 09 
Hyacinths, doz. spks. 20 30 
Lilium Harrisii, 
doz. blooms 30 60 
Lily of the Valley, doz. 
sprays.o 610 
LilacFrench.per bch. 2640 
MaldenhairFern,i2bs.4 060 
Margueiites, 12 bun. 2 0 40 
Mignonette... 12 bun. 40 90 
Narciss, French,white 
doz. bchs. 30 50 
Narciss, French, 
yellow, doz. bchs. 16 26 
X. d. s. d. 
Orchid Bloom in var. 
per bloom, from 03 10 
Mimosa, French. 
per bch. 10 20 
Pelargoniums 12 sps. 06 i c 
— scarlet.12 bchs. 40 60 
Pyrethrum doz. bun. 16 40 
Primroses, doz. behs. to 20 
Primula, double, bun. 06 10 
Roses (French) 
doz. blooms 20 40 
Roses, yellow, dozen 2040 
— Red.doz. blms. 30 60 
— Saffrano...per doz. 20 30 
— Tea.per dozen 06 20 
Snowdrops,doz.bchs. 16 26 
Tuberoses, per doz 06 to 
Tulips, doz, blooms 06 to 
Violets, Parma, French 
per bch. 1630 
Violets, Czar, French 
per bch. 20 26 
Violets,English ' 
doz. bchs. 10 2 0 
Violets, French, 
doz. bchs. 06 16 
OOnSTTEJOSTTS 
PAGE 
Angraecum sesquipedale ...420 
Ardisia polycephala. 423 
Auricula, the.420 
Bedding Plants. .* .417 
Bees as Fertilisers.420 
Broccolis or Kales.418 
Brownea grandiceps.423 
Catasetum barbatura 
spinosum.419 
Cypripedium Godseffianum4i9 
Cut flowers, popular.416 
Galeandra Devoniana.419 
Gardeners’ Calendar.424 
Gardeners' Testimonials...420 
Garden Wages.417 
Hippeastrum Johnsoni.423 
Illicium floridanum.424 
Iris Grant Duffii.423 
Lenten Roses.417 
Listrostachys porrigens.419 
Masdevallia picturata .419 
National Chrysanthemum 
Society .416 
PAGE 
Odontoglossum 
tentaculatum.419 
Orchids at The Thorns .417 
Pansies, on showing .420 
Pink Show for the South...420 
Pleurothallis Roezlii .419 
Primula obconica .420 
Rhododendron multicolor 
Curtisii .420 
Rhubarb, large.418 
Root fibres in winter.420 
Science Gleanings .419 
Seakale .422 
Stove and Greenhouse 
Plants.422 
Sycnoches Loddigesii .419 
Tobacco plants, variegated 418 
United Horticultural 
Benefit Society.423 
Vegetable Garden, the.418 
Vines and rich soils .419 
“Weeds” .422 
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. 
mention this paper. 
Nothing is too small or too much trouble. 
TRiLIDE. 
Cut Flowers, etc., Flowering and Foliage Plants, Ferns, Palms, 
Rhododendrons, Fruits, Seakale, Asparagus, Roses, Forest 
Trees, Hedge and Covert Plants, Seeds, Bulbs, Herbaceous 
Plants, Market and Bedding Stuff. 
NOTE OUR ADDRESS. 
Many a man receives a mixed order n small quantities. 
Dozens of each sort not required. Our customer— or ought 
to be. We will quote prices to meet requirements. We help 
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Peckham Rye, London, S.E., 
And Fleet, Hants. 
COTBUSH’S MILITRACK MDSHROOM SPAWK. 
Everyone can readily grow Mush¬ 
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ensure success. All growers speak 
in high praise of the quality. Numer¬ 
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cultural directions enclosed, with our 
Signature attached. Price 6s. per 
bushel, IS. extra for package, or is 
per cake, free per parcels post. 
WHU. CUTBUSH & SOTf, 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
Hlghgate Nurseries, London, N., & Barnet, Herts. 
THE ORCHID FLOWER HOLDER 
(patented). 
A useful invention for Orchid Growers and Floral Decorator 
Price, per dozen, 3 s. 9d., post paid. 
to be had of 
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7, MOORE PARR ROAD, FDLHAM, LORDOR, 5.W. 
LITTLE & BALLANTYNE 
BY API OINTMENT 
Nurserymen, j fth fc ^Ijk The Prince of 
Seedsmen, and Wales, and H.M. 
Wood Forest^rb Commissioners 
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VEGETABLESEEDS 
Of Su perior and Selected Stocks. 
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SEED POTATOES 
_ Selected Scotch. Grown. 
PLANTS, SHRUBS, ROSES, VINES, &c. 
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CA R LISLE. 
lie GARDEN SEEDS. 1/6 
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On receipt of Postal Order is. 6d.. or 20 stamps, we will send 
Post Free i oz. each of Wheeler’s Imperial Cabbage, Hollow- 
Crown Parsnip, Masterpiece Onion (grand exhibition or 
main crop variety), and Sele* ted Carrot; ^ 02. each, of Savoy, 
Radish, Early Turnip,and Broccoli early and late; i packet 
each of Lettuce, Marrow, Cucumber, and 6 packets Choice 
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Also for IS. extra, i packet each Mustard, Cress, Beet, 
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flower, Golden Ball Turnip; and with every 2S. 6d. parcel we 
will send Two Grand Novelties—A Packet of Improved Queen 
P€as_ (large handsome pods, containing eleven to thirteen 
delicious Peas), and a packet Exhibition Long Pod Bean 
(enormous pods thirteen to fifteen inches long, and of finest 
flavour). 
The above Parcels contain 5s. fid. worth of finest quality 
Seeds for P. O. 2s. fid. or 32 stamps. 
GROYES & SON, 
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WILL BE READY END OF FEBRUARY. 
In CLOTH (Crown 8yo, 5 by 7J), price 2/6; Post Free, 2/9. 
The AMATEUR ORCHID GROWER’S GUIDE BOOK. 
By H. A. BURBERRY, F.R.H.S., 
Orchid Grower for the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., 
Highbury, Birmingham. 
This book will contain sound, practical intormation and 
advice for Amateurs, giving a List with Cultural Descriptions 
of those most suitable for Cool-house, Intermediate-house, 
and Warm-house Culture, together with a Calendar of 
Operations and Treatment for each Month of the Year. 
Can be obtained from the Author, Ethel House, King’s 
Heath, Birmingham; Blake & Mackenzie, Publishers, 
School Lane, Liverpool; Cornish Brothers, High Street, 
Birmingham; and all Nurserymen and Seedsmen. 
SPSCIAlLi CXJXiXURS 
OF 
FRUIT TREES & ROSES. 
A Large and Select Stock is now offered for Sale. 
The Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits post free. 
The Descriptive Catalogue of Roses post free. 
THOMAS RIVERS & SON, 
The Nurseries, SA WBRIDGEWORTH, Herts. 
Florists’ flowers. 
CARNATIONS and PICOTEES, finest named sorts, 
from 6s. per doz.; without names, to colour, 4s. per doz. Laced 
and Self PINKS, from 3s. per doz. PYRETHRUMS, 
Double and Single, to name, from 5s. per doz. Show and 
Fancy PANSIES, from 2S. 6d. per doz. DAHLIAS in all 
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VINES! VINES! 
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Black Hamburgh 
Black Alicante 
Muscats 
Lady Downes 
Gros Colmar 
Madresfield Court, &c. 
All popular kinds, also all newer sorts of merit. Prices on 
application. 
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