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THE GARDENING WORLD 
October 27, 1894. 
Lucas, Esq. (gardener, Mr. C. Duncan), Warnham 
Court, Horsham. Cattleya aurea splendens, C. 
gigas autumnalis, and Cypripedium Charlesworthii 
conchiflorum, and others were staged by Thos. 
Statter, Esq. (gardener, Mr. R. Johnson), Stand 
Hall, Manchester. F. Hardy, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
Thos. Stafford). Ashton-on-Mersey, near Manchester, 
showed the beautiful light-coloured Cypripedium 
insigne Hardyana. A beautiful collection of dried 
flowers of Orchids was exhibited by Mr. R. Hinds, 
gardener to Matthew Wells, Esq., Broomfield, Sale. 
The flowers of Cattleya aurea, C. Hardyana var., 
Odontoglossum grande, O. Harryanum, O. Hallii, 
O. sceptrum, and Oncidium Krameri had retained 
their colours splendidly; in fact, C. aurea was quite 
a picture in itself and better than any painting. 
They had been treated by a new process of drying, 
arrived at by Mr. Hinds after much experiment and 
careful, assiduous working (Silver Flora Medal). 
The display of fruit and vegetables was of an ex¬ 
tensive character, and reached a very high standard of 
merit. Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons showed a fine 
group of Chrysanthemums in pots, in which 
the Japanese varieties figured conspicuously. Well 
developed and meritorious blooms of Viviand Morel, 
Wilfred Marshall, Chas. Davis, John Lambert, and 
Baron Hirsch were shown (Silver Foral Medal). 
Three dozen of cut blooms of Chrysanthemums 
were exhibited by Mr. W. J. Godfrey, of Exmouth, 
Devon, for which a Bronze Medal was awarded. His 
blooms of M. Chas. Molin, Mme. Ernest Frere, 
President Borel, and Mrs. E. G. Hill, were in ex¬ 
cellent form. A few blooms of his Perpetual Carna¬ 
tions, Reginald Godfrey, and May Godfrey were also 
noteworthy. Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, exhibited 
two dozen cut blooms of Japanese Chrysanthemums, 
and Mr. Robert Owen, Maidenhead, had a few 
spikes of Canna blooms in good condition. Mr. 
Darnell, Devonshire House, Stamford Hill (gardener, 
Mr. W. Davies), staged a collection of stove foliage 
plants, Ferns, and cut blooms of Chrysanthemums. 
This was a tastefully arranged group and received a 
Bronze Banksian Medal. Messrs. Veitch & Sons 
exhibited fine trusses of cut blooms of hybrid 
Rhododendrons of the Javanico-Jasminiflorum sec¬ 
tion, Princess Frederica, Favourite, Lord Wolseley, 
and Maidens Blush, being among the best sorts 
shown. A Silver Flora Medal was awarded to 
Henry Tate, Esq., Park Hill, Streatham Common 
(gardener, Mr. W. Howe), for a collection of beauti¬ 
fully grown and well-coloured plants of Dracaenas. 
Many kinds were represented, and such sorts as D. 
hybrida, G. Goldieana, D. excelsa, and D. Lindenii 
were especially fine. 
Messrs. John Laing& Sons, Forest Hill, exhibited a 
magnificent collection of hardy fruit, and small 
fruit trees worked on the Paradise stock, and carry¬ 
ing heavy crops. The Apples, both dessert and 
culinary, were of sterling merit, in fact, for size and 
colour, the best we have seen this season, and than 
the samples of The Queen, Peasgood’s Nonsuch, 
Beaumann's Red Reinette, Cellini Pippin, Graven- 
stein, Tower of Glamis, Red Bettingheimer, and 
King of the Pippins nothing finer could be desired. 
Only a few dishes of Pears were shown, but they 
were all of fine quality. A Gold Medal was de¬ 
servedly awarded for this fine display. Messrs. J. 
Cheal & Sons, Crawley, exhibited over ioo dishes of 
Pears and culinary and dessert Apples. Amongst the 
Pears such sorts as Emile D'Heyst, Marie Louise 
D’Uccle, Durandeau, General Todleben, and Beurre 
Clairgeau were of the best, whilst of Apples Ecklinville 
Seedling, Peasgood’s Nonsuch, King of the Pippins, 
Cox’ s Pomona, Hawthornden, and Emperor Alexander 
left nothing to be desired (Silver-gilt Knightian 
Medal). A Silver-gilt Knightian Medal was also 
awarded to Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, for 150 grand 
dishes of Apples and Pears. Such Apples as Graven- 
stein, Worcester Pearmain, Peasgood’s Nonsuch, 
Warner’s King, and Golden Noble, were all remark¬ 
ably fine, whilst Pears, like Forelle, Pitmaston 
Duchess. Beurre Bachelier, and Grosse Calabasse 
were also very fine samples. Mr. J. Watkins, 
Pomona Farm, Hereford, received a Silver Banksian 
Medal for fifty dishes of Pears, amongst which the 
Louise Bonne of Jersey, Beurre Bose, Beurre Baltet 
pere, and Doyenne Boussoch were especially worthy 
of mention. 
In a class for three dishes of dessert and four 
dishes of cooking Apples, C. Lee, Campbell, Esq., 
Ross; Hereford (gardener, Mr. S. T. Wright), won 
the first prize. He had good samples of Ribston 
Pippin and King of the Pippins amongst the dessert, 
and Peasgood’s Nonsuch, Ecklinville Seedling, and 
Stirling Castle in the culinary sections. Mr. G. 
Wythes took second place. Mr. T. Osman, Otter- 
shaw Park Gardens, Chertsey, took the first prize for 
five dishes of dessert Pears with splendid samples of 
Beurre Clairgeau, Beurre Superfin and Pitmaston 
Duchess. Mr. Wm. Howe, Park Hill Gardens, 
Streatham Common, carried off the first prize for 
six bunches of grapes. Showing good bunches, of 
Alicante, Gros Maroc and Muscat of Alexandria 
Mr. T. Osman, Ottershaw Park was second. A 
silver Banksian Medal was awarded to C. Lee 
Campbell, Esq., for six splendid bunches of Gros 
Colmar grapes. The bunches were of good size and 
the berries large and well ripened. 
Vegetables were a grand show and Mr. G. Wythes 
gardener to the Duke of Northumberland, Syon 
House, received a Gold Medal for an exceedingly 
extensive and most meritorious collection. The 
roots particularly were clean and of good shape, 
whilst Tomatos also although of no great size were 
of fine shape and particularly well-coloured. French 
and Runner Beans, Saladings, Cauliflowers,Brussel’s 
Sprouts, etc., were also well represented. 
A Silver Banksian Medal was awarded to Lord 
Carnarvon, Highclere Castle, Newbury (gardener, 
Mr. W. Pope) for a very choice collection of potatos. 
The collection comprised a great number of the best 
varieties grown, and the tubers were of medium 
size, and good shape, and were cleanly grown. H. 
H. Gibbs, Esq., Aldenham Park, Elstree (gardener, 
Mr. E. Beckett), exhibited large and good samples 
of twelve distinct varieties of Celery, for which a 
Silver Banksian Medal was awarded, whilst the 
Rev. — Terrace, Woburn Park, Weybridge, also 
received a Bronze Banksian Medal for a nice little 
collection of vegetables. 
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Quescions shd msojgrs. 
Grubs Destroying Lawn.— IF. H. IF. : The 
grubs you send are those of the Garden Chafer or 
Bracken Clock (Phyllopertha horticola), otherwise 
they are young specimens of the Cock chafer or May 
Bug (Melonthavulgaris). Encourage rooks and star¬ 
lings. You might hang up boxes in the neighbour¬ 
ing trees for the latter to build their nests in. You 
might also apply a dressing of nitrate of soda and 
soot at the rate of two hundredweight of the former 
to thirty bushels of the latter per acre. This might 
be done in April, again in July during showery 
weather, if possible, and again in September. A 
good dressing of gas lime would destroy the grubs, 
but it would also kill the grass. During May, June 
and July, you should find the beetles more or less 
plentiful upon the neighbouring trees and bushes. 
A cloth may be spread under the trees or bushes on 
dull days, or in the early morning when the beetles 
are sluggish. Shake them down and destroy them 
before they have time to get away ; by this means 
you will greatly lessen their numbers. In very bad 
cases you might lift a portion of the turf or all of it 
during December or thereabouts; then dig over the 
soil, breaking it up fine and make it level. By this 
means you may collect a large number of grubs, 
destroying others with the spade. Fowls may be 
encouraged to follow the men at work. Relay the 
turf and give the above-mentioned dressing at the 
times stated. 
Transplanting Pyrethrums and Gailardias.— 
Omega : If you find the soil in sufficiently dry and 
workable condition, the month of October is a better 
time to plant the above and a large proportion of 
herbaceous subjects than in spring. They have 
under those conditions a chance of getting firmly 
established in the soil before the drought of sum¬ 
mer sets in. Trench the ground or dig it deeply 
and manure it with old hot-bed dung or leaf soil, 
preferably the former if you have got it. If the 
Pyrethrums are very small plants you had better 
perhaps keep them in pots in a cold frame till March, 
as the slugs are very fond of the leaves, and some¬ 
times eat them all up in the case of small plants. If 
your soil is at all poor a mulching ol old hot-bed 
manure in April or May will help the plants greatly. 
Abies magnifica.— T. Rixon : All the Silver Firs 
are now classed under Abies. The species concern¬ 
ing which you make inquiry grows to a height of 
200 ft. in North California. Your tree may be 
healthy but does not seem to be growing so rapidly 
as it ought. It seems, in fact, to be reaching 
maturity ; but we think that feeding would benefit 
it greatly and cause growth to proceed again more 
rapidly. If twenty cones are allowed to mature 
upon it, which they will do in the course of the 
coming winter, they will to a certain extent tax 
the energies of the tree. We would remove half or 
more of them according to the value you set upon 
the cones. The tree would have benefited by their 
removal last spring. They will not kill nor render 
the tree unhealthy, but merely retard its growth. 
We should get together some rich soil, such as that 
from beneath the potting benches, also old garden 
refuse, rotted weeds, vegetables, leaf soil, etc., then 
mix them together, and spread over the roots for 
some distance around the tree to the depth of 6 in. 
or 9 in. You could lift the turf and then replace it 
above the fresh material if necessary. 
Fruits to Name.— J. R. M. : Next week. 
Mushrooms.— Aberdeenshire : “ Mushrooms for the 
Million,” by J. Wright (171, Fleet Street, E.C.), 
price is. 
Communications Received.— J. W.—L. & M — 
O.—M. C.—J. G. P.—C. W. S.—W E. B.—R. D.— 
W. J. G. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Thomas S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Totten¬ 
ham.—Roses, Clematis, Climbing plants, Florists 
Flowers, &c. 
W. P. Laird and Sinclair, 73, Nethergate, 
Dundee.—Forest and Ornamental trees, Fruit trees, 
&c. 
K. Hopkins, Mere Cottage, Knutsford.—Price list 
of Herbaceous Plaits, etc. 
James Vick’s Sons, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A.— 
■ List of Novelties. 
Thomas W. Edmunds, Westerham, Kent.— 
General Nursery Stock. 
Herb & Wulle, Naples, Italy.—Novelties in 
Seeds for 1895. 
The Earlswood Nurseries, Limited, Redhill.— 
Chrysanthemums. 
P. Lambert Trier, Rheinprovinz, Germany.— 
Catalogue of Roses. 
♦ ^ 
LONDON SEED TRADE. 
October 23 rd, 1894. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, report Red Clover firm 
and Alsike dearer, owing to an increased demand. 
White Clover steady. Ryegrasses neglected. Winter 
Tares and Rye unchanged. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
October 24th, 1894. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
x. d s. d. 
Aoples.per bushel 30 70 
Cherries, per hit. sieve 0 000 
Cob Nuts and Fil¬ 
berts, per 100 lbs.22 6 24 0 
Grapes, per lb. 06 1 6 
Melons ...each 10 20 
x. d. s. d. 
Peaches & Nectarines, 
per doz. 2 0 10 o 
Pine apples. 
—St. Michael’s, each i 6 60 
Plums .half Sieve 00 00 
Strawberries, per lb. 0 0 00 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
t. d. 1. d. 
ArtlchokesGlobedoz. 30 60 
Beans, French, perlb. 06 10 
Beet.per dozen 20 30 
Cabbages ... per doz. 16 26 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 6 
Carrots, 
Cauliflowers, Eng.dz. 30 60 
Celery.per bundle 16 20 
Cucumbers .es :h 0 4 06 
Endive, French, djz, 2 6 30 
Herbs .per bunch 0 2 
1. d. 1. d. 
Horse Radish, bundle 20 40 
Lettuces ...per dozen 20 00 
Mushrooms, p. basket 10 16 
Onions.per bunch 04 06 
Parsley ... per bunch 0 6 
Radishes... per dozen 1 6 
Seakale...per basket 00 00 
Smallsalading,punnet 0 4 
Spinach per bushel 3 0 
Tomatos. perlb. 06 1 3 
Turnips.per bun. 0 6 
0 6 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices 
x. d. x. d. x. d. t. d. 
Asters...per doz. pots 40 60 Foliage Plants, doz. 12 0 60 0 
Aspidistra, per doz 18 0 42 o Heliotrope...per doz. 30 60 
—specimenplants.eachs 0 15 0 Marguerites, perdoz. 6 0 12 0 
Cyperus .perdoz. 4 0 12 0 Mignonette, per doz 60 00 
Chrysanthemums, Palms in variety,each 2 6 10 0 
per doz. 4 0 15 o Palms, Specimen ... 15 0 63 0 
Dracaena term., doz. 18 0 36 0 Pelargoniums, scarlet 
Dracaena viridis.doz. 90180 per doz...3 060 
Evergreens,invar.doz 6 0 24 0 Primulas,per doz. ... 40 60 
Ferns, invar.,per doz. 30 80 Solanums, 
Ferns, small, per 100 30 6 0 | per doz. pots 10 0 12 o 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
x. d. x. d. x. d. x. d 
Arum Lilies, I2blms. 40 6 0 MaidenhairFern,i2bs.4 060 
Asters, English, doz. Marguerites, 12 bun. 16 30 
bchs. 30 60 Mignonette... 12 bun. 10 30 
Bouvardias, per bun. 0 g 10 Orchid Bloom in var. 
Carnations...per doz. 10 20 per bloom, from 03 10 
Carnation, doz. bchs. 9 0 12 0 Pelargoniums 12 sps. 06 09 
Chrysanthemums, ( Pink Roses...per doz. 20 40 
doz. blooms 20 60 Pyrethrum doz. bun. 20 40 
,, doz. bunches 30 90 Primula, double,bun. 06 09 
Eucharis ...per doz. 26 40 Roses .doz. bchs. 6 o 12 o 
Gardenias 12 blooms 20 40 Roses, yellow, dozen 20 40 
Heliotropes,12 sprays 06 09 —Red.doz. blms. 10 16 
Lilium Harrisil, — Tea.per dozen 06 20 
doz. blooms 60 90 Scarlet Geraniums, 
Lilium lancitolium, doz. bchs. 40 60 
white.doz. blms. 20 4 0 | Tuberoses, per doz 04 06 
CO JSTT BISTTS. 
PAGE 
Adiantum mac^ophyllurn 
albo-striatum.141 
Apple and Pear Stocks.136 
Apple, Mere de Menage.141 
Beet, lifting of.141 
Begonia President Carnot...140 
Begonia semperflorens 
gigantea.132 
Border Carnations.140 
Briar Roses .136 
Bulbs in Holland,continued 138 
Cattleya Cliona.134 
Chrysanthemum Lady 
Selborne.132 
Chrysanthemums Late.133 
Chrysanthemum Notes.133 
Cimicifusa simplex.136 
Cornus Tatarica Spathii ....137 
Dendrobes, cultivation of...139 
Dendrobium Coelogyne.134 
Floriculture .136 
Gardeners and Holidays...131 
Gardening Miscellany .141 
Greenhouse, the . 132 
Hollyhock, a seedling...141 
Laelia monaphylla.134 
PAGE 
Late Frosts, the.139 
Molopospermum cicu- 
tarium.141 
Oncidium ornithobyneum 134 
Orchid Houses, the .135 
Orchid Notes.134 
Pits and Frames .134 
Plant Houses, the .134 
Polyanthus, the Florists’ ...136 
Rhubarb, forcing of.135 
Ricinus Zanzebarensis.141 
Roses, planting of .136 
Salsafy .141 
Salvia azurea grandiflora ..141 
Salvia splendens.141 
Science Gleanings .135 
Societies.141 
Stove, the .134 
Vegetable Garden, the .135 
Vine disease in Kashmir ...138 
Window Gardening .140 
Winter Cress, the 
Variegated.136 
Wreath Making .138 
York Gala.132 
