March 10, 1894 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
441 
tender parts of which they quickly injure, and are 
difficult to dislodge after they have become firmly 
established. Before anything like this happens they 
should be lightly fumigated on one or two successive 
evenings if necessary. Keep the plants elevated and 
as near the glass as possible. 
Gleichenias.—The creeping stems by which this 
class of Ferns may be propagated are of a slender 
and wiry nature, and should not be severed from the 
mother plant until they have formed roots. They 
may, however, be layered in small pots alongside of 
the large ones, and severed from the mother plant 
when they have formed roots of their own. 
Vines.—In houses where the Vines are now in 
bloom, a night temperature of 65® to 70° may be main¬ 
tained, according to the state of the weather, allow¬ 
ing of a rise to 80° by day, or more from sunheat. 
Fertilise Muscats with pollen other than their own, 
using a hare's tail or a camel hair brush. The latter 
is the most tedious, but most efficacious, and least 
liable to injure the tender skin of the young fruits. 
Where it is intended to plant a house with young 
Vines in spring, a border should be prepared for 
them. If they are to be allowed the run of outside 
and inside borders, the latter only need be made the 
first year, and that need not be very wide. 
Melons.—Plants that are grown in heated pits 
with the object of letting the stems run over the 
beds should be pinched after they have begun to 
run with the object of getting a number of shoots 
from each. Three or four, but generally the latter 
number, will be found the most suitable to 
encourage. All the rest should be removed when 
they make their appearance. After these four have 
grown for about 20 in. they may in turn be stopped . 
the laterals they produce will bear flowers, the setting 
of which should be attended to in due season. 
Cucumbers.—Plants in bearing should have 
copious supplies of weak liquid manure, provided 
they are in a healthy and vigorous growing state. 
Maintain a night temperature of 65° to 70'^, with a 
rise of 10° to 15° during the day from sun heat. 
Old shoots that have done bearing may be removed 
from time to time to make room for the young shoots 
that arise. 
Fuchsias.—Old plants are now very easily excited 
into growth, and if an early batch is desired they 
should be pruned into shape, then placed in a little 
heat till the buds start, after which they may be 
turned out of their pots, the balls reduced, and 
repotted in similar sizes unless the pots are really 
too small for the plants. Use a light and sandy, 
but rich compost, containing a quantity of decayed 
cow manure, and a moderate amount of pigeons' 
dung broken up fine. 
Verbenas.—See that the plants are not too 
crowded or getting overrun with green fly; in the 
latter case they must be put by themselves or into a 
house that is being fumigated. Cuttings may still 
be rooted to grow into pot specimens; and those 
that are fairly well rooted must be potted off at once. 
Where a large quantity for bedding purposes is 
desired, cuttings may now be put in to furnish a 
greater quantity of cuttings later on. They require 
but a short time to root when in a growing state. 
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Quescions sno ansoiERs. 
Salt and Soot for Potatos.— Omega : These 
materials are sometimes applied to agricultural 
crops, but more particularly in the case of corn crops. 
Salt in itself is of no value to plants, bat it is sup¬ 
posed to act as an outdoor servant in bringing other 
materials, but particularly those containing nitrogen, 
into a state suitable for appropriation by plants. You 
could therefore mix it with the soot or scatter the 
two separately over the ground. The exact propor¬ 
tions are of no material value, but about two parts of 
soot to one of salt would meet the case, as the bulk 
of the materials so mixed do not form a chemical 
union. Scattering them over the ground broadcast 
would be better than merely spreading them along 
the drills. Wood ashes constitute a valuable manure 
for Potatos, and if the ground is inclined to be 
heavy a light dressing of lime at planting time would 
be serviceable. Then a sprinkling of nitrate of soda 
could be given in showery weather when the plants 
are growing. 
American Blight.— Omega : You cannot begin too 
soon in your attempts to eradicate this pest. Some 
of the insects live amongst the roots beneath the 
ground during winter, and you might have com¬ 
menced with them during winter by spreading some 
quicklime over the ground around the trees and 
digging it in. The trees themselves might be 
dressed at the same time. Clear away any moss 
and lichens which may be upon them : then with a 
half worn brush just kept moistened with paraffin, 
rub the places which you can see to be infested with 
the pest. The present is a good time to commence 
the operation, which you may repeat at intervals 
during the summer, should fresh insects make their 
appearance in the cracks and crevices of the trees. 
Names of Plants.— James Nicol : The Cornelian 
Cherry, Cornus Mas. 
Communications Received.— E. W. & S.—M T. 
—A. D.—H. & S - C. K.—J. T.—J. C.—H. B.— 
O. B.—A. W. G. W.—B. S. W. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Barr & Son, King Street, Covent Garden — 
Hardy Herbaceous Perennials. 
Nathan Smith & Son, West Maumee Street, 
Adrian, Michigan U.S.A.—Chrysanthemums and 
Carnations. 
ViLMORiN Andrieux & Co., 4, Quai de la 
Megisserie, Paris.—Dahlias, Cannas and Chrysan¬ 
themums. 
Little and Ballantyne, Carlisle.—Farm 
Seeds. 
Proctor & Rylands, Carr’s Lane, Birmingham. 
—Bone and Special Manures. 
Many Acres of Lilies of the Valley ! 
JANNOCH, Largest Grower ot 
• lilies of the VALI.EY in the Kingdom, offers 
3-year-old flowering Crowns for forcing, and 2 and i-year-old 
Crowns for planting out, of unsurpassed qual ty. Hundreds ot 
testimonials. Catalogues with all particulars, instruction how 
to grow and force them successfully, free on application. 
T. JANNOCH (Lily of the Valley Grower by special appoint¬ 
ment to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales), Dersingham, King’s 
Lynn, Norfolk. 
B egonias, Yellow, Wliite, Orange, 
Scarlet, Pink, 5, one of each colour, is. 3d.; 10, 2s. 3d. ; 
20 4S. ; 100 mixed, los. Gloxinias, large flowering bulbs, 6 
IS. 3d.; 12, 2S. 3d.; 24,4s. Gladiolas, Hybrids, size of five- 
shilling piece, all colours, 12, is. 3d. ; 24, 2s. 3d. Gladiolas, 
Brech. Same price. Large transplanted plant Pansies, 
Violas, Daisies, Wallflowers, Canterbury Bells, Di^talis, Fox¬ 
gloves, 24, 13 . 6d.; 48, 2S. 6d. Geraniums, Fuchsias, Coleus, 
Calceolaiias, 12, is. 3d. ; all carriage paid. TURNER, 
Lydiate, Liverpool. _ 
AR TICHOK ES. 
A large quantity of Jerusalem Artichokes, sound 
tubers of fine quality. 
PRICES ON APPLICATION. 
DICKSONS’ NURSERIES, CHESTER. 
—- 
LONDON SEED TRADE. 
March 6th, 1894. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 
39, Seed Market, Mark Lane, E.C., report a slow 
trade for Agricultural seeds. English Red Clover 
and Cowgrass are in shorter supply and dearer. 
White Clover is also higher. Foreign Red Clover, 
Alsike and Trefoil steady. Italian Ryegrass firm. 
Perennial Ryegrass easier. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
March jih, 1894. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d s. d. 
Apples.per bushel 40 80 
Cob Nuts, per 100 lb. 40 o 42 6 
Grapes, per lb. 1626 
s. d. 
Pine apples. 
—St. Michael's, each 2 6 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s. d. 
ArtichokesGlobe doz. 3 0 
Beans, French, perlb. i 6 
Beet.per dozen 2 0 
Cabbages ... per doz. 2 0 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 6 
Cauliflowers, Eng.dz. 3 0 
Celery.per bundle i 6 
Cucumbers .each 0 6 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 
Herbs .per bunch o 2 
Horse Radish, bundle 2 0 
I. d. 
6 
2 
3 
3 
I. d. 
Lettuces ...per dozen 2 0 
Mushrooms, p. basket i 0 
Onions.per bunch 0 4 
Parsley ... per bunch 0 6 
Radishes... per dozen i 6 
Seakale...per basket 2 0 
Smallsalading,punnet o 4 
Spinach ... per strike 3 0 
Tomatos. per lb. i 0 
Turnips.per bun. 0 6 
s. d 
6 0 
I. d. 
3 0 
I 6 
0 6 
2 6 
I 6 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
i. d. s. d. 
Arum Lilies, per doz. 6 0 12 0 
Aspidistra, per doz 18 0 42 o 
—specimenplants,each5 o 15 o 
Azalea, per doz. 18 o 36 o 
Cineraria,per doz ... 6 o 12 o 
Cyclamen, per doz... 9 o 18 o 
Cyperus .per doz. 4 0 12 o 
Dracaena term., doz. 18 0 36 0 
Dracaena viridis.doz. 90180 
Evergreens,invar.doz 6 0 24 0 | 
Ferns, invar.,per doz. 4 0 18 0 
I. d. s d. 
Ferns, small, per 100 4 0 10 0 
Foliage Plants, doz. 12 0 60 0 
Genista...per doz. 9 0 15 o 
Heaths.per doz. 9 o iS o 
Hyacinths... per doz. 60 90 
Marguerites, perdoz. 60120 
Palms in variety,each 2 6 10 0 
Palms, Specimen ... 15 o 63 0 
Solannms ...perdoz. 9 0 12 0 
Tulips. doz. pots 60 80 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
4. d. s. d. 
Arum Lilies, izblms. 16 30 
Azalea, dozen sprays 04 09 
Bcuvardias, per bun. 06 10 
Camellia doz. blooms 10 z 0 
Carnations...per doz. 10 30 
Daffodils, double 
doz. bchs. 20 40 
Daffodils, single 
doz. bchs. 30 90 
Eucharis ...per doz. 30 40 
Forget-me-Not, 
doz. bchs. 40 60 
Gardenias 12 blooms 6 0 12 0 
Heliotropes,12 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. 26 40 
MaidenhairFern,i2bs.4 060 
Margueiites, 12 bun. 20 40 
Mignonette... 12 bun. 40 60 
Narciss, French,white 
doz. bobs. 30 50 
Narciss, French, 
yellow, doz. bchs. 1626 
X. d. 
s. d. 
Orchid Bloom in var. 
per bloom, from o 3 
I 0 
Mimosa, French. 
per bch. i o 
2 0 
Pelargoniums 12 sps. 0 6 
I 0 
— scarlet.12 bchs. 4 0 
6 0 
Pyrethrum doz. bun. i 6 
4 0 
Primroses, doz. bchs. i o 
2 0 
Primula, double, bun. 0 6 
I 0 
Roses (French) 
doz. blooms 2 0 
4 0 
Roses, yellow, dozen 2 0 
4 0 
— Red.doz. blms. 3 0 
6 0 
— Saflfrano...per doz. 2 0 
3 0 
— Tea.per dozen 0 6 
2 0 
Snowdrops,doz.bchs. i 6 
2 6 
Tuberoses, per doz o 6 
I 0 
Tulips, doz. blooms o 6 
I 0 
Violets, Parma, French 
per bch. i 6 
3 0 
Violets, Czar, French 
per bch. 2 0 
2 6 
Violets,English 
doz. bchs. 1 0 
2 0 
Violets, French, 
doz. bchs. 0 6 
I 6 
ILillLilUlVi; AXJRATXJlVr. 
NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT. 
Splendid Bulbs .4/-, 6/-, and 10/- per dozen. 
Lilium Album Kraetzerii ... 6/- to 9/- „ ,, 
„ Rubrum Omentum ... 6/- „ „ 
,, Melpomene . 10/- ,, ,, 
,, Kramerii. 6 , 1 - „ „ 
And all other Lilies at equally low prices. American Pearl 
Tuberoses 6/- per 100. Thousands of Orchids in stock. Please 
write for List to;— H. A. TRACY, F.R.H.S., Lily and 
Orchid Nursery, TWICKENHAM. 
ISAAC MATTHEWS and SON have for 
I immediate disposal as follows, all of first-class quality, in 
full health and vigour:— 
RHODODENDRONS, White, full ofbuds. 
,, Scarlet and other varieties, full of buds. 
,, Hybrid Seedlings and Ponticum varieties, from i to 4 
feet, at remarkably low prices, all bushy fine plants. 
PRIVET, Oval-leaf, from 2 to 4 feet, fine; ASH, Common, 
and MOUNTAIN BEECH; HAZEL, HORSE CHEST¬ 
NUTS, ELM, LARCH, AUSTRIAN PINE, POPLARS 
(various), EVERGREEN PRIVET, THORN QUICK. 
SCOTCH FIR, SPRUCE, SYCAMORE, and WILLOWS, 
all good, well-grown Trees, from to 4 feet, and upwards. 
ROSES AUCUBAS, BERBERIS, AQUIFOLIA, BOX, 
CUPRESSUS, DOGWOOD, GOLDEN ELDERS, HOL¬ 
LIES, IVIES. LAURELS, RETINOSPORAS, English 
and Irish YEWS, AZALEAS (various), and many other 
varieties. For Price List, apply to— 
The Nurseries, Milton, Stoke-on-Trent. 
1/6 GARDEN SEEDS. 1/6 
Ne'sir, Gein.'u.ln.e^ 'inrell tested* 
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; § oz. each, of Savoy, 
Radish, Early Turnip,and Broccoli early and late; i packet 
each of Lettuce, Marrow, Cucumber, and 6 packets Choice 
Flower Seeds. 
Also for is. extra, i packet each Mustard, Cress, Beet, 
Pickling Cabbage, Borecole or Brussel Sprouts, Leek, Cauli¬ 
flower, Golden Ball Turnip; and with every 2s. 6d. parcel we 
will send Two Grand Novelties—A Packet of Improved Queen 
Peas (large handsome pods, containing eleven to thirteen 
delicious Peas), and a packet Exhibit on Long Pod Bean 
(enormous pods thirteen to fifteen inches long, and of finest 
flavour). 
The above Parcels contain 5s. 6d. worth of finest quality 
Seeds for P. O. 2s. 6d or 32 stamps. 
GROYES & SON, 
PiDDLETRENTHIDE, DoRCHESTER. 
FERNS SPECIALITY. 
We have the finest, most varied, and interesting Trade 
Collection of Ferns in the world, comprising over 1,000 
different kinds of Stove, Greenhouse, and Filmy Ferns, and 
over 400 kinds of Hardy Ferns. Every Fern lover should 
have our Illustrated Catalogue fNo. 22), the best ever 
published. It contains 150 illustrations, and a large amount 
of valuable information, price 2s., post fiee. We send our 
smaller partially descriptive Catalogue free on application. 
We now offer 12 beautiful kinds of Stove and Greenhouse 
Ferns for 3s.; 25 varieties for 8s. 6d.; 50 for 21s.; 100, in 12 
varieties, 21s.; 100, in 25 varieties, 30s.; 100, in 50 varieties, 
40S. TOO different kinds, 63s. 
Hardy Ferns, 12 varieties for 3s.; 25 for 8s. 6d.; 50 for 25s.; 
100, in 12 varieties, 21s.; 100, in 25 kinds, 30s.; 100, in 50 kinds, 
45s.; 100, in 100 varieties, 75s. 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, F.R.H.S., 
Fern Nurseries, Sale, near Manchester. 
OOnSTTEnSTTS. 
PAGE 
Bees as Flower Fertilisers 439 
Brassavola glauca .43'5 
Carrots .434 
Chysis Chelsoni .435 
Climbing plants .435 
Clivias at Chelsea .439 
Crocuses at Windsor.439 
Dendrobium Schnidsria- 
num.435 
Echeveria retusa.439 
Gardeners’ Associations ...440 
Gardeners’ Calendar.440 
(harden Labour .439 
Grapes, bottled.432 
Hepaticaand Omphalodes 433 
Humea elegans.437 
National Chrysanthemum 
Society .432 
Onion Grub, the .438 
PAGE 
Rhubaib.434 
Pinks, Florists, Laced .436 
Popular plants.431 
Primulas.433 
Prunus paniculata 
Watereri.439 
Roses, Synonymous .432 
Root Action in Winter.437 
R.H.S. Examinations .433 
Seakale . ^*434 
Science Gleanings.435 
Trillium sessile .439 
United Horticultural Benefit 
Society.434 
Vegetable Garden, the . 
“ Weeds ” and Testimo¬ 
nials . 
Window Plants 
■436 
•438 
XHOIVCSON’S 
VINE & PLANT MANURE. 
SPLENDID FOR ALL PURPOSES. 
Largely used both at Home and Abroad. 
SOLD BY ALL SEEDSMEN. 
Agent for London;—J. GEORGE, 14, Redgrave Road, 
Putney. 
Agent for Channel Islands :—J. H. PARSONS, Market 
Place, Guernsey. 
SOLE MAKERS:— 
WM. THOMSON & SONS, LTD., 
TWEED VMEYARD, CLOVENFORDS, N.B. 
Price Lists and Testimonials on application. 
Analysis sent with Orders of J Cwt. and Upwards. 
