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THE GARDENING WORLD 
November 17, 1894. 
Mr. G. Wythes received a first prize for a neat 
little group of Chrysanthemums in pots. Plants of 
Fernand Ferol, Madame M. Fabre, Viviand Morel 
and Mrs. Holmes carrying a lot of flower. Messrs. 
H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, staged a number 
of cut blooms of Chrysanthemums (chiefly of the 
Japanese section) in excellent conditions—blooms of 
Viviand Morel, Primrose League, Mrs. Libbie 
Allen, Niveus, Eda Prasse, Kentish Yellow, and the 
pretty anemone flowered John Bunyan being exceed¬ 
ingly fine, also a quantity of blooms of zonal winter 
flowering pelargoniums, tastefully arranged in 
bunches with cut fern. The pelargoniums made a 
practicularly bright display, such sorts as Albion, 
Lucrece, Auone, Duke of York and John Kuskin 
being very fine. For this extensive display Messrs. 
Cannell & Sons were awarded a Silver Gilt Banksian 
Medal. A Silver Banksian Medal for a first-class 
exhibit of cut blooms of Japanese Chrysanthemums 
was awarded to Mrs. Crawford, Gatton, Reigate 
(gardener Mr. Wm. Slowgrove). A dozen fine 
blooms of Thunberg Improved were very conspicuous 
here as were also blooms of Viviand Morel,Madame 
M. Hoste, Mrs. L. Allen, Robert Owen, John 
Shrimpton, Lord Brooke, Charles Davis, and 
Princess May. 
A tasteful little group of neat little plants of 
Begonia John Heal, interspersed with small plants of 
Adiantum cuneatum in pots, exhibited by Messrs. 
J. Veitch & Sons, was thoroughly deserving of 
honourable mention. A magnificently-flowered 
collection of Cyclamens in pots was staged by the 
your plant from the first under the best conditions 
you can command. For instance, it must be near 
the glass, and the window should be partly opened 
on all favourable occasions to afford air; on the 
other hand, you may grow it on the window sill out¬ 
side from the end of May onwards, and if it gets the 
morning or afternoon sun it should flower well. The 
fact that it was covered with aphides shows that it 
was in too close an atmosphere, probably without 
either sun or air. 
Plants for a Window. —Thomas Finch \ There 
are various plants that may be grown with great 
satisfaction in a parlour window, but you do not 
state whether flowering or merely foliage plants 
would suit you best. We think you could not do better 
than get Aspidistra lurida or A. 1 . variegata having 
the leaves striped with creamy white. Another good 
thing is the India Rubber plant, and Arabia Sieboldi 
or its variegated form would all thrive and merely 
require sponging now and again to keep them clean. 
During severe frost, stand them on a table away from 
the window, putting them back to the light when 
the frost goes. Several of the ferns to be had, can 
be grown in a window, but they need syringing now 
and again to keep them clean. 
Communications Received. —A. H.—E. P.— 
G. P._W. C—X.—T. M.—Quercus.—W. B.— 
H. C. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE. 
November 13//1, 1894. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, report a brisk demand for 
White Clover at extreme prices. Present value show 
an advanced of fifteen shillings per cwt. since opening 
of season. Red Clover and Alsike steady. Rye 
grasses dull. 
St. George’s Nursery Co., Hanwell, W. The blooms, 
particularly of the white varieties, were of large size 
and produced in great profusion, while the plants 
themselves were, although strong and healthy, grow¬ 
ing in large 48-sized pots (Silver Flora Medal). 
Another group of Cyclamens exhibited by Messrs. 
Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park Nurseries, 
Enfield, was in very fine condition, and was awarded 
a Silver Banksian Medal. Mr. McLeod exhibited a 
splendid little group of stove, foliage, greenhouse 
flowering plants and Orchids. The plants, although 
of no great size, were very cleanly grown, and 
appeared to be in excellent health. Crotons and 
Dracaenas were exceptionally well coloured, several 
nice little pieces of Cypripedium insigne being very 
conspicuous, a fine plant of Dracaena Doucetta in 
the centre of the group displaying itself to great 
advantage (Silver-gilt Flora Medal). 
The exhibit of fruit and vegetables were very few 
in numbers, although the quality of the material 
shown was excellent. A Silver Knightian Medal 
was awarded to the Duke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, 
Grantham (gardener, Mr. W. H. Divers), for a nice 
collection of Pears, and the samples here shown of such 
varieties as Winter Nelis, Pitmaston Duchess, 
Catillac, Glou Morceau, Easter Beurre, Beurre 
Clairgeau, and General Todleben, were of a high 
standard of merit. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
November 14th, 1894. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d s. d. 
Apples.per bushel 30 90 
Nova Scotia Apples 
per barrel 12 o 15 o 
Cherries, per hit. sieve 0 000 
Cob Nuts and Fil¬ 
berts, per 100 lbs.22 6 25 0 
Grapes, per lb. 06 16 
s. d. s. d 
Melons .each 00 00 
Peaches & Nectarines, 
per doz. 00 00 
Pine apples. 
—St. Michael's, each 26 60 
Plums .half Sieve 00 00 
Strawberries, per lb. o 0 00 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
1. d. 
ArtlchokesGlobedoz. 3 0 
Beans, French, perlb. 0 6 
Beet.per dozen 2 0 
Cabbages ... per doz. 1 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 
Carrots, 
Cauliflowers, Eng.dz. 3 
Celery.per bundle 1 
Cucumbers .ea ;h o 
Endive, French, djz. 2 
Herbs .per bunch 0 
1. d. 
6 0 
1 o 
3 0 
2 6 
t, 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 2 o 
Smallsaladlng,punnet 0 4 
Spinach per bushel 3 0 
Tomatos. per lb. 0 6 
Turnips.per bun. 0 6 
2 6 
I D 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices 
1. d. 1. d. 
Aspidistra, per doz 18 0 42 0 
—specimenplants.eachs 0 15 0 
Cyperus .per doz. 4 0 12 0 
Chrysanthemums, 
per doz. 4 0 15 0 
Cyclamen, per doz.... 9 0 22 0 
Dracaena term., doz. 18 0 36 0 
Dracaena viridis.doz. 9 0 18 0 
Erica Thymalis, per 
doz. 12 0 18 0 
„ Gracilis per doz. 9 0 12 0 
Evergreens,invar.doz 6 0 24 0 
Ferns, invar.,per doz. 30 80 
1. d. 1. d. 
Ferns, small, per 100 3 0 60 
Foliage Plants, doz. 12 0 60 0 
Heliotrope...per doz. 30 60 
Marguerites, perdoz. 6 0 12 0 
Mignonette, per doz 60 00 
Palms in variety,each 2 6 10 0 
Palms, Specimen ... 15 0 63 0 
Pelargoniums, scarlet 
per doz...3 060 
Primulas,perdoz. ... 40 60 
Solanums, 
per doz. pots 10 0 12 0 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
Messrs. Rivers & Sons exhibited three magnificent 
dishes of that fine Apple Cox’s Orange Pippin, 
grown in the orchard house at Sawbridgeworth, for 
which a Cultural Commendation was given. Mr. J. 
Walker, 7, High Street, Thame, was awarded a 
Bronze Banksian Medal for a number of well-grown 
samples of Onions. 
QUGSCIOnS ADD 
Names of Fruits. —S. J. 6, Beurre Capiaumont; 
7, Doyenne du Comice. 
Rating Greenhouses.— A. S.: Though green¬ 
houses are properly a nurseryman’s plant, you will 
have to pay a little under Schedule A., but the 
amount is generally settled by a compromise with 
the Assessment Committee. 
Names of Plants. — James L. Grant-. 1, Ruellia 
Portellae, a stove plant; 2, seems to be Podocarpus 
chinensis variegata, W. W. : 1, Sanseviera cylin- 
drica; 2, Selaginella uncinata ; 3, Adiantum hispi- 
dulum; 4, Saxifraga sarmentosa; 5, Polypodium 
aureum ; 6, Adiantum cuneatum Legrandi. G. R. : 
1, Cattleya maxima; 2, Oncidium varicosum 
Rogersi; 3, Dendrobium aqueum, usually called 
album. A.L.: 1, Pterisserrulatacristata; 2, Pteris 
cretica cristata. 
Fuchsia not thriving.— Thomas Finclr. Fuchsias 
bought in the street have generally been grown 
under better conditions than can be given them in 
windows, especially if the latter are small and 
perhaps shaded with other houses or trees outside. 
Whether this is so or not, you have not informed us. 
But you will get better results next year by growing 
s. d. s. d. 
Arum Lilies, I2blms. 30 50 
Azalea.doz. bchs. 6 o 12 o 
Beuvardias, per bun. 06 10 
Carnations...per doz. 10 20 
Chrysanthemums, 
doz. blooms 20 60 
,, doz. bunches 20 90 
Eucharis ...per doz. 26 40 
Gardenias 12 blooms 20 40 
Heliotropes,i2sprays 06 09 
Hyacinth (Roman) 
doz. bch. 10 0 12 o 
Lilac (French) 
per bch. 30 50 
Lilium Harrisii, 
doz. blooms 60 90 
MaldenhalrFern,i2bs.4 060 
Margueiites, 12 bun. 16 30 
Mignonette... 12 bun. 30 40 
Narciss (French) 
doz. bch. 2040 
1. d. s. d 
Orchid Bloom in var. 
per bloom, from 03 10 
Pelargoniums 12 sps. 06 09 
Pink Roses...per doz. 20 40 
Pyrethrum doz. bun. 20 40 
Primula, double, bun. 06 09 
Roses .doz. bchs. 6 0 12 o 
Roses, yellow, dozen 20 40 
— Red.doz. blms. 10 16 
— Tea.per dozen 06 20 
Scarlet Geraniums, 
doz. bchs. 40 60 
Tuberoses, per doz 04 06 
Violets (French) 
Parnu, per bch. 20 36 
Violets (French) 
Czar, per bch. 13 20 
Violets (French) 
doz. bch. 10 16 
Violets (English) 
doz. bch. 10 20 
GONTTBJNTS. 
PAGE 
Adiantum ciliatum.189 
Anguloa, a hybrid .182 
Apple, Cox’s Pomona .188 
Brighton Chrysanthemum 
Show .182 
Bulbs and their cultivation 187 
Carrots .182 
Cattleya superba. 182 
Chrysanthemum, Miss Rita 
Schroeter .185 
Chrysanthemum, Miss 
Rose.189 
Chrysanthemum Notes.184 
Chrysanthemums, new.184 
Cirencester Chrysanthe¬ 
mum Show .186 
Endive, blanching of.189 
Finsbury Park.184 
Flower Garden, the.183 
Fruit under glass.183 
Gardeners and Holidays...180 
Gardening Miscellany.188 
Hardy Fruit Garden, the...183 
Herbaceous Border.181 
page 
Liverpool Chrysanthemum 
Show .186 
Manettia bicolor.189 
Miltonia Lubbersiana .182 
“ Mums," lanky and dwarf 188 
Mushrooms on the house¬ 
tops .179 
Notes on the past season...188 
Oncidium pulvinatum .182 
Orchid Notes .182 
Pear, Josephine de Malines 188 
Pineapples.181 
Plants.recently certificated,185 
Potting soils. 181 
Reigate Chrysanthemum 
Show .187 
Roses, planting of .181 
Science Gleanings.183 
Societies.189 
Vegetable Garden, the.1S2 
Victoria Park .184 
Violets for winter .188 
Zonal Pelargoniums at 
Lewisham.181 
FLOWER SHOW FIXTURES, 1894. 
November. 
20.—Helensburgh Chrysanthemum Show. 
20, 2i.—Woking and District Chrysanthemum Show. 
20, 2i.—Hanley Chrysanthemum Show. 
20, 2i.—Chester Paxton Society’s Show of Chrysan¬ 
themums and Fruit. 
20, 2i.—Ripon Chrysanthemum and Fruit Show. 
21. —Ayr Chrysanthemum Show. 
2i, 22.--Southwell Chrysanthemum Show. 
2i, 22.—Lichfield Chrysanthemum Show. 
21, 22.—Newcastle-on-Tyne Chrysanthemum Show. 
2t, 22, 23.—Glasgow Chrysanthemum Show. 
22. —Thame Chrysanthemum Show. 
22. —Neath Chrysanthemum Show. 
23, 24.—Chrysanthemum Show in the Town Hall, 
Manchester. 
23, 24.—Stockport Chrysanthemum Show. 
24. —Birstall Chrysanthemum Show. 
24.—Dundee Chrysanthemum Show. 
December. 
4, 5i 6.—N.C.S. at the Royal Aquarium, 
n.—R.H.S., Drill Hall. 
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