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THE GARDENING WORLD 
December 15, 1894 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d. s. d. 
Arum LIHes, 12 blms. 60 80 
Azalea.doz. bchs. 60120 
Bouvardias, per bun. 06 10 
Carnations...per doz. 10 20 
Chrysanthemums, 
doz. blooms 20 60 
,, doz. bunches 4 o 12 o 
Eucharis ...per doz. 30 40 
Gardenias 12 blooms 20 40 
Heliotropes,12 sprays 06 0 g 
Hyacinth (Roman) 
doz. bch. 9 0 12 0 
Lilac (French) 
per bch. 50 60 
Lllium Harris!!, 
doz. blooms 60 80 
MaHenhairFern,i2bs.4 060 
Marguerites, 12 bun. 16 30 
Mignonette... 12 bun. 30 40 
Narciss (French) 
doz. bch. 40 5 0 | 
/. 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, yellow, dozen 20 40 
— Red.doz. blms. 10 16 
— Tea.per dozen 06 20 
Scarlet Geraniums, 
doz. bchs. 50 60 
Tuberoses, per doz 04 06 
Violets (French) 
Parme, per bch. 20 36 
Violets (French) 
Czar, per bch. 19 20 
Violets (French) 
doz. bch. 20 26 
Violets (English) 
doz. bch. 16 26 
OOHSTTIElIfcTTS. 
PAGE 
Asplenium fragans.252 
Broughtonia sanguinea.246 
Calceolaria Burbidgii .252 
Casuarina equisitaefolia ...252 
Chorlzema Lowii .252 
Chrysanthemum, Mr.Orchard 
on the.245 
Chrysanthemum blooms, 
bunches of.243 
Chrysanthemums at Green- 
lands .252 
Christmas Decorations.248 
Cold Frames.246 
Cold Frames, management 
of .251 
Cypripedium Lawr^bel ...246 
Cypripediums at Aitken- 
head.246 
Flower Garden, the .247 
Forsythia suspensa.248 
Fruit Ranching . 250 
Fruit under Glass .247 
Gardening Miscellany.252 
Globe Artichoke, the.251 
PAGE 
Hardy Fruit Garden, the ...247 
Heliconia aurea-striata ...248 
Ipomea Horsfalliae var. 
Brigsii.252 
Kennedya prostrata Mary- 
attae.252 
Laelia Arnoldiana .246 
Law Notes . 253 
Month, a paradoxical .251 
New Plants Certificated ...250 
Nortn Wales, a Holiday 
Trip to .248 
Orchid Notes & Gleanings 246 
Pears, Precocious ripening 
of.251 
Plant Life .245 
Rhodochiton volubile .252 
Science Gleanings.237 
Societies.252 
Spathoglottis Viellardi.246 
Tomatos, new, on the Con¬ 
tinent .245 
Vegetable Garden, the.246 
Violas, size and form of... 243 
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