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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
March 7th, 1885. 
of the roots. There are a few other varieties, but the 
names of the best of them will be found among the 
proceeding. 
It is necessary we should observe that none of the 
Globe flowers should be planted on light dry soils, as 
they become roasted up in summer and in not a few 
cases perish outright. They are really moisture- 
loving plants, and should be planted, if possible, in 
the Southern parts of the country, where they can 
enjoy some shade during the hottest part of the day, 
and they are well worthy of, and will repay some 
extra attention.— Quo. 
letters to iht (LHbifor. 
GARDENERS’ BENEFIT SOCIETIES. 
Your kindly remarks in reference to the United 
Horticultural Benefit and Provident Society will be 
appreciated by all who take an interest in its work 
and desire to see its influence extended. It is an 
admirable institution, and it is in good hands, being 
officered, and its affairs conducted and administered 
by its own members; but when you state that it is 
far too modest, while you announce what is quite true 
in one sense, it should be known that it is compelled to 
be modest in spite of itself. And it is accomplishing 
a great deal of quiet practical good—as much, in all 
probability, as the Gardener’s Royal Benevolent Insti¬ 
tution, with the aid of the frequent notices it gets in 
the gardening papers. 
The Society has no means at its disposal for 
advertising itself, being in this respect quite unlike 
the more pretentious institution just named. The 
subscriptions of the members of the United Horti¬ 
cultural Benefit and Provident Society are divided 
into three parts, a certain proportion goes to the 
Benefit Fund, another to the Provident Fund, and a 
very small one to the Management Fund. The total 
amount of the last amounted last year to about £26. 
Of this sum, hire of meeting-place, printing and 
circulation of annual report and balance-sheet, con¬ 
vening meetings, postages, and a few other small 
charges absorbs nearly the whole. 
The Secretary, Mr. J. F. McElroy—to his credit be 
it stated—is an honorary officer, he is not even a 
member of the Society, and derives no benefit from it 
beyond feeling that he is doing a good and necessary 
work on behalf of his brother gardeners. All the 
remuneration he receives is a free present from the 
members at the end of the year of the balance of the 
management fund, which this last year amounted to 
about £3 16s. Compare that with the high salary 
paid to the Secretary of the Gardeners’ Royal 
Benevolent Institution, and then one can see what a 
labour of love the work of the Secretaryship is with 
Mr. McElroy. And the work is very heavy—only those 
who can look over the books of the Society, which are 
a dmir ably kept, can understand this. 
I wish more of those who have the means would 
assist so deserving a Society by becoming honorary 
members, or by making a small donation to the funds. 
It is a pity the columns of the horticultural press are 
not more utilized in the interests of this excellent 
Society. But among the Committee of Gardeners 
there are very few indeed who wield the pen. Modest 
as the Society is, it is yet satisfactory to know that the 
list of members is gradually extending. On behalf of 
the Committee, I thank the Editor of The Gardening 
World for the publicity given to the work of the 
Society.— B. D. 
REMOVAL OF LARGE TREES. 
Allow me to supplement my remarks on this subjec 
at p. 374, with a few observations that ought to have 
been made with reference to the removal of the shrubs 
mentioned, during intense frost. I omitted to state 
that after the plants were placed in proper position, 
the whole surface was thickly mulched so as to defy 
the continued action of the frost, and also to assist 
in conjunction with the warmth of the earth below, to 
reduce the balls of the plants to their proper con¬ 
dition. It will appear obvious that this kind of treat¬ 
ment was, I may say, of paramount importance when 
the successful issue of the operation is taken into 
consideration. Of course the application of water 
when required was duly attended to throughout the 
following summer, and until the plants became estab¬ 
lished by new root growth.— G. F., Leu isliam. 
ANONYMOUS AND SIGNED PATERS. 
I think you have set an estimable example in the 
conduct of your journal in so far as practicable 
attaching the name of the contributor to the papers 
published, because great force must, I think, be given 
to your paper thereby, especially to correspondents 
upon particular subjects, inasmuch that those who are 
interested, say, for the sake of argument, in Orchids, 
would attach infinitely more importance to whatever 
may be written when they know that the writer is a 
specialist, or, at any rate, in a position to be well 
informed upon that particular subject. There is no 
doubt in my opinion that your paper will reach a high 
position of popularity if this admirable innovation is 
continued and carried out to the fullest extent.— C. H. 
Sliarman , 237 <£■ 238 , High Holborn. 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
Compost for Fruit Trees. —I have about fifty loads 
of earth, the clearings of a parish drain, which I want 
to put in a heap and mix with something that will 
make it a suitable compost for topi-dressing fruit trees. 
Our soil is strong clay, and I want to get the roots 
nearer the surface than they are now, so that, I take 
it, the compost should be rich. Will some of your 
practical readers give me the benefit of their experi¬ 
ence ?— X. A'. 
Grass-land. —Can any of your readers tell me what 
to do with a piece of grass-land, one part of which is 
covered with moss? It is strong clay-land, and I have 
some earth out of a ditch at hand, but as that will not 
be rotted down before autumn I cannot use it now. I 
thought of bush-harrowing it. It is mown every year, 
and fed off afterwards with a pony.—A'. A. 
Cheaply grown Annuals. —Will you please kindly 
inform me what annuals I can sow now for a long 
border at the foot of a wall facingSouth. I am fond 
of gardening though I do not know much about flowers. 
I want a cheap, long and early display for this 
summer.— Nelly. 
Cropping a Garden-plot for Competition.— May I 
ask the advice of some of your correspondents? I 
want to show my pilot this year—the Show is in the 
second week in August. All the pilots are about the 
same size, 20 yds. by 30 yds.; or eight to an acre. 
Only Vegetables are allowed. The prize is for “ the 
neatest and best cropped pilot on the Show day.” 
What must I grow, and what must I sow and plant?— 
A Cottager. 
Planting Strawberries. —I beg to thank your kind 
correspondents who so readily gave me the advice on 
growing Leeks and Onions for exhibition. If not 
asking too much, may I now inquire through your 
columns “ whether it is too late to pilant a patch of 
Strawberries ?” and if not, how I shall proceed to 
work, and what variety is the best ? Will they be likely 
to fruit this year ?— An Anxious One. 
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Gun Licence. — X—I f your employer has either a gun or 
game licence, you need not take out a gun licence in order to 
scare birds on his property, but you are not otherwise exempt. 
Tree Carrying Machine. — IVeardale .—The manufac¬ 
turers are Messrs. Brangwin, Ridley & Co., Paragon Works, 
Hackney, E. 
Names of Plants. — K. II. F. —1. Bleehnum oceidentale. 
2. Asplenium flaccidum. 3. Polypodium phymatodes, we 
believe. 4. Lastrea decomposita. 5. Anemidictyon Phylli- 
tidis. 6. Niphobolus rupestris. 
Books. — S. J.— Mr. B. S. Williams’ Choice Stove and 
Greenhouse Plants , Yol. I., 3rd Ed., will suit you. Mr. 
AYilliams publishes his own books. 
Crinums.— Con. — They are all stove plants, requiring a 
mixture of loam, peat, and sand. 
Pampass Grass — G. li . — The Gynerium argenteum likes 
plenty of water while growing in summer, but a damp place 
in winter does not suit it, hence you should be careful in 
selecting a site for it to consider the matter of drainage. A 
good deep loam on a gravelly subsoil suits it well. 
Communications Received.— J. W. L.—J. C. & Co.— 
J. AY.—L. & Co—W. S.—G. B.—W. C.—G. B—T. C—J. E — 
J. Mel. — G. P.—AY. AY— J. C. M—J. AY., Sheffield—H. B. 
—A. B.—Authentes. 
LONDON SEED TRADE, 
March 4th, 1885. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, of 152, Houndsditch, and 
39, Seed Market, Mark Lane, report that the market 
to-day is dull. Red Clover in small demand, White 
and Alsike Clover the same as last week’s report. 
Trefoil is steady. Tares are in good demand. Bird 
Seeds unchanged. 
COYENT GARDEN MARKET, 
March 5th. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d. s. d. 
Apples, 4-sieve. 1 6- 5 0 
— Nora Scotian, per 
barrel .10 0-13 0 
— Extra samples.18 0-21 0 
Grapes, per lb. 4 0- 8 0 
s. d. s. d. 
Kent Eilberts and 
Cobbs, per 100 lb. 55 0- 
Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 10-20 
Pears. French, p. doz. 6 0-00 
St. Michaels. 3 0- 8 0 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s. d. s. d. 
Artichokes, Globe,per 
dozen . 2 0- 4 0 
Beans,Erench.per lb. - 1 0 
Beet, per dozen . 2 0- 3 0 
Brussels Sprouts,p. lb.O 4- 
Cabbages,Spring,doz. 16-20 
Carrots, per bunch... 0 6- 
Caulitlowers,English, 
per dozen . 4 0- G 0 
Celery, per bundle ...16-2 6 
Cucumbers, each ... 1 0-1 c 
Endive, French, per 
dozen . 2 6- 3 6 
Garlic, per lb. 0 6- 
s. d. s. d. 
Herbs, per bunch ... 0 2- 0 4 
Horse Radish, bundle 3 0-50 
Lettuces, Cabbage, 
per dozen . 2 0- 
— Cos, each . 0 2- 
Alushrooms, p. basket 10-20 
Onions, per bushel ... 3 0-50 
Parsley, per bunch... 0 6- 
Radishes. perdozen... 1 6- 
Small salading, per 
punnet. 0 4- 
Spinach, per strike... 2 0- 
Tomatos, per lb. 1 6- 
Tumips, per bunch... 0 6- 
Potatos. —Kent Regents, 80s. to 100s. per ton ; Kent Kidneys, 
80s. to 100s. per ton; Champions, 70s. per ton. 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d. s. d. 
Abutilon, 12 bunches 2 0-40 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms. 3 0-60 
Azalea, 12 sprays ...0 6-10 
Bourvardias, per bun. 10-16 
Camellias, 12 blooms 10-30 
Carnations, 12 blooms 16-30 
Chrysanthemums, 12 
bunches . - 
— large, 12 blooms ... 
Cyclamen,doz.hlooms 0 3-06 
Cineraria, per bunch 0 9-10 
Epiphyllums,12blms. 0 4-06 
Eucharis, per dozen 3 0-60 
Gardenias, 12 blms. 4 0- S 0 
Heliotropes,12 sprays 0 6-10 
Hyacinths, Roman, 
doz. sprays. 10-16 
Lapageria,'white, 12 
blooms. 2 0-30 
Lapageria,red,12blms.l 0-2 0 
Lily of the Yalley, 
doz. sprays. 10-20 
s. d. s. d. 
Marguerites, 12 bun. 4 0-90 
Narciss, Paper White 1 0-2 0 
Pelargoniums, per 12 
sprays. 1 0-1 6 
—scarlet.per 12 sprays 0 9-10 
Pinks, various, 12 
bunches . 
Primula, double him. 10-16 
Primulas,Chinese,bun 4 0- G 0 
Pyrethrum, 12 bun. 
Roses, outdoor, 12 
bimehes . 
Roses, indoors, p. doz. 2 0-60 
Roses (French), per 
doz. 10-30 
Stephanotis, 12 spr. 
Tuberoses, per dozen 
Tulips, per doz.0 9- 1 0 
A'iolets. doz. bun. ...0 6-10 
— French, per. bun. 0 9- 1 6 
— Parma, per. bun... 3 0-40 
AYhite Jasmine, bun. 0 6-10 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d. s. d. : s. d. s. d. 
Aralia Sieboldi, per Lems, in var., dozen 4 0-1S 0 
dozen . 6 0-24 0 Ficus elastica, each... 16-70 
Arum Lilies, per doz. 9 0 IS 0 Foliage Plants, vari- 
Azalea, per doz.IS CM2 0 j ousT each . 2 0-10 0 
Begonias, per dozen 4 0-12 0 Genista, per dozen 9 0-15 0 
Bouvardias, dozen... 9 0-18 0 Hyacinths, doz. 6 0- 9 0 
Chrysanth., dozen ... - : Lilium, various, per 
Cineraria, per dozen 9 0-15 0 doz. 
Cockscombs, dozen - 1 Marguerites, per doz. 9 0-18 0 
Cyclamens, doz. 9 0-1S 0 ! Palms in variety, each 2 6-21 0 
Cyperus, per dozen 4 0-12 0 Pelargoniums, scarlet 
Dracaena term., doz. 80 0-60 0 j per dozen . 4 0- 6 0 
— viridis, per dozen 12 0-24 0 Petunias, per dozen 
Epiphyllums, doz. ...18 0-24 0 I Poinsettia, doz. 
Evergreens, in var., , I Spirea, per dozen.12 0 18 9 
per dozen . 6 0-24 0 ; Solanums, dozen. 
CONTENTS, 
RAGE 
Amateurs’ Garden, the ... 424 
Asparagus medioloides ...127 
Carnations, perpetual. 522 
Carrots and the Carrot- 
fly . 420 
Celery, Wright’s Grove 
Pink . 427 
Celosia pyramidahs aurea 426 
Chrysanthemum, Mr. 
Igguldenon the. 426 
Crocus Imperati . 421 
Crocus, species of . 429 
Crotons. 429 
Davallia polyantha . 425 
Dendrobiums seedling ...422 
Euphorbia jacquiniflora ... 126 
Floriculture . 426 
Flowers . 426 
Flower Seed Sowing. 421 
Fruit Culture under Glass 427 
Fruit Prospects . 419 
Gardeners’ Benefit 
Societies . 430 
Gardening Miscellany . 420 
Globe Flower, the . . 429 
Harefield Grove Gardens 423 
Horticultural Societies ... 42S 
RAGE 
Imantophyllum Mrs.Laing 
( illustrated ) .7 421 
Kitchen-Gardener’s 
Calendar . 427 
India harpophylla . 42S 
Letters to Editor . 430 
Linaria antaretiea . 421 
Melons . 419 
Notes and Queries . 430 
Orchid Growers’ Calendar 42$ 
Orchids at Bocking Place 428 
Poeonies, Chinese ! . 122 
Panax Murrayi . 425 
Patents, new gardening... 423 
Pea — Walker's Perpetual- 
bearer . 427 
Plialienopsis, propagating 
by the roots. .7 .. 428 
Pliillyrea vilmoriniana ... 427 
Phloxes, herbaceous . 420 
Seedsmen’s Collections ... 420 
Spring Flowers (illus¬ 
trated) . 421 
Stock, the night-flowering 127 
Tree, removal of large....7 480 
Triteleia uniflora ...7 . 427 
Yiolets, sweet Yiolets . 419 
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