August 15th, 1885. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
799 
LONDON SEED TRADE, 
August 12th, 1885. 
Messes. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, report a 
fair business doing in Trifolium and Mustard seed, 
the recent rains having put the ground into working 
order. White Mustard is Is. per bushel dearer. Rape 
and Trifolium unchanged. New Tares and Rye are 
neglected, although offering at low prices. No change 
in value of Clover seeds. Canary, Hemp, and Linseed 
sell slowly at last week’s rates. 
COYENT GARDEN MARKET. 
August 18th. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
4 o-io o 
0 8-20 
s. d. s. d. 
Apples, £ sieve. 1 0- 3 0 
Cherries, sieve . A n - 1f 
Grapes, per lb. 
Kent Filberts, per 
100 lbs.30 0- 
Melons, each. 1 0- 1 0 
Peaches, per doz. ... 2 0- 8 0 
s.d. s. d. 
Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 2 0-30 
Pine-apples, St. 
Michaels, each .3 0- 5 0 
Plums, i sieve . 2 0- 4 0 
Red Currants, 1 sieve 3 0-30 
Black do...4 0-40 
Strawberries, per lb. 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
s. d. s. d. 
Artichokes, Globe,per 
dozen . 1 0- 
Asparagus, English, 
per bundle . 
Beans, French,perlb. 
Beet, per dozen . 2 0- 
Cabbages,Spring,doz. 1 6- 
Carrots, per bunch... 0 6- 
Cauliflowers,English, 
per dozen . 4 0 
Celery, per bundle ... 1 6- 2 6 
Cucumbers, each ...0 6-10 
Endive, French, per 
dozen . 2 6-36 
1 0 
3 0 
2 0 
0 0 
s. d. s. d. 
Herbs, per bunch ... 0 2- 0 4 
Horse Radish, bundle 3 0-30 
Lettuces, Cabbage, 
per dozen . 2 0- 
— Cos, each . 0 1- 
Mushrooms, p. basket 10-20 
Onions, per bushel... 5 0-76 
Parsley, per bunch... 0 6- 
Radishes, per dozen... 1 6- 
Small salading, per 
punnet.,.... 0 4- 
Spinach, per strike... 2 0- 
Tomatos, per lb. 1 0- 
Turnips, 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. s. d. s. d. 
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Abutilon, 12 bunches 2 0-40 
Anemone, 12 bun. ... 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms. 2 0-60 
Asters, 12 bun. 0 4-60 
Azalea, 12 sprays ... 
Bourvardias, per bun. 0 6-10 
Camellias, 12 blooms 
Carnations, 12 blooms 10-30 
Carnations, 12 bun. 2 0-40 
Cornflower, 12 him. 2 0-40 
Cyclamen, doz.blooms 
Cineraria, per bunch 
Day Lily, 12 hunches 
Epiphyllums,12 blms. 
Eschsoholtzia, 12 bun. 
Eucharis, per dozen 3 0-00 
Gardenias, 12 bims. 2 0-30 
Heliotropes,12 sprays 0 6-10 
Lapagei’ia, white, 12 
blooms. 2 0-30 
Lapageria,red,12blms.l 0-2 0 
Lavender, 12 bun. ...4 0-6 0 
Lilium candidum, 12 
blooms. 
— Longiflorum, 12 
blooms..,. 2 6-60 
Plants in Pots.—Averi 
s. d. s. d. 
Aralia Sieboldi, doz. 6 0-24 0 
Arum Lilies, per doz. 
Asters, per doz. 0 4-60 
Azalea, per doz. 
Balsams, per doz. 3 0-00 
Begonias, per dozen 4 0-12 0 
Bouvardias, dozen ... 9 0-18 0 
Calceolarias, per doz. 40-6 0 
Cineraria, per dozen 
Cockscombs, dozen 3 0-60 
Cyclamens, doz. 
Cyperus, per dozen 4 0-12 0 
Deutzia, per dozen ... 
Dracaena term., doz. 30 0-60 0 
— viridis, per dozen 12 0-24 0 
Epiphyllums, doz. ... 
Evergreens, in var., 
per dozen . 6 0-24 0 
Ferns, in var., dozen 4 0-1S 0 
Ficus elastica, each... 16-70 
Fuchsias, per doz. ...3 0-0 0 
Foliage Plants, vari¬ 
ous, each . 2 0-10 0 
Genista, per dozen 
Marguerites, 12 bun. 2 0-60 
Mignonette,! 12 bun. 16-30 
Pelargoniums, per 12 
sprays. 0 6- 1 0 
—scarlet.per 12 sprays 0 4-06 
Pinks, various, 12 
hunches . 1 0- 4 0 
Primula, double bun. 0 6-10 
Primulas,Chinese.bun. 
Pyrethrum, 12 bun. 2 0-40 
Rhodanthe, 12 bun. 6 0-90 
Roses (coloured). 10-20 
Roses, indoors, p. doz. 10-30 
Roses, per dozen 
bunches. 2 0- 6 0 
Spiraea, 12 bun. 
Stephanotis, 12 spr. 3 0-40 
Stocks, 12.bunches ... 2 0- 4 0 
Sweet Peas, 12 bun. 2 0-40 
Sweet Sultan, 12 
bunches .. 4 0- G 0 
Tuberoses, per dozen 0 4- 0 6 
Tulips, per doz. 
White Jasmine, bsn. 0 6-00 
Woodroffe,12 bunches 
ge Wholesale Prices. 
s. d. s. d. 
Heaths or Erica, var., 
per doz. 
Hyacinths, doz. 
Hydrangea, per doz. 8 0-12 0 
Ivy Geraniums, per 
dozen . 3 0- 6 0 
Lilium longiflorum, 
per doz.18 0-36 0 
Lilium lancifolium, 
per doz. 9 0-12 0 
Marguerites, per doz. 6 0-12 0 
Mignonette, per doz. 4 0-60 
Palms in variety, each 2 6-21 0 
Pelargoniums, per 
dozen . 6 0-18 0 
Pelargoniums, scarlet 
per dozen .. 2 0- 6 0 
Petunias, per dozen 4 0-60 
Poinsettia, doz. . 
Rhodanthe, per doz. 6 0-90 
Spinca, per dozen ... 
Stocks, per dozen ... 
Tropaeolums.perdoz. 2 0-40 
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Allium giganteum. 
Alpinia pumila ... 
Amateurs’ Garden, the ... 792 
Cattleya Hardyana. 796 
Chrysanthemum frutes- 
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Clove Carnations . 794 
Chionodoxa Lucilise. 794 
Clay Cross Horticultural 
Society . 798 
Croydon Lodge. 788 
Delphinium cashmirianum 
var. Yfalkeri . 794 
Eucharis Mastersii . 788 
Face of Nature, the. 787 
Fernery at Shipley Hall... 788 
Flowers. 794 
Fruit Culture under 
Glass. 194 
Fruits .- 794 
Fruit Trees, summer 
treatment of . 790 
Gale of August 10th, the... 791 
Gaillardias . 794 
Garden Appliances 
(illustrated) . 796 
Gardening Miscellany. 787 
Gardens, notes from. 788 
PAGE 
Hardy Perennials, select 790 
Hollyhock, the . 787 
Ladiopsis Domingensis ... 791 
Melons . 794 
Orchid-Grower’s Calendar 796 
Passi flora princeps . 789 
Patents, new gardening... 791 
Phormium tenax . 791 
Pine-apple Nursery, the 
(illustrated ) . 791 
Pteris serrulata cristata 
( illustrated ) . 789 
Royal Horticultural 
Society . 796 
Scottish Gardening . 790 
Season and its Effects, the 7S8 
Sisyrinchium filifolium ... 794 
Slugs, and how to trap 
them . 791 
Sparrows; their work of 
destruction. 798 
St. Neot’s Horticultural 
Society . 798 
Turner Memorial Prizes 
787, 788 
Warwick Flower Show ... 797 
Vi'ellingtonias, starved ... 7S8 
Wood-lice in Orchid-pots 790 
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