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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
January 19, 1895. 
pedium insigne montana fuscatum and C. i. 
sylhetense majus were staged by S. G. Lutwyche, 
Esq. (gardener, Mr. Paterson), Eden Park, 
Beckenham. Several Cypripediums, including C. 
Boissierianum, C. Leeanum aureum. and C. Daviesi- 
anum were shown by Thomas Statter, Esq. (gar¬ 
dener, Mr. R. Johnson), Stand Hall, Manchester. 
Cypripedium Henry Graves, Junr., a distinct hybrid, 
was exhibited by Henry Graves, Esq , Orange, New 
Jersey, U.S.A. Cypripedium Norma, C. Aeson, and 
C. Minosa superbum, three very beautiful hybrids, 
were exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. 
A Cultural Commendation was accorded to the 
Right Hon. Lord Rothschild (gardener, Mr. E. 
Hill), Tring Park, Tring, for a well-flowered spike of 
Phalaenopsis F. L. Ames. M. Jules Hye-Leysen, 
8, Le Coupure, Ghent,exhibited a fine hybrid named 
Cypripedium Madame Jules Hye. 
Laelia anceps Rosefield var., a very richly- 
coloured flower, was exhibited by De. B. Crawshay, 
Esq. (gardener, Mr. S. Cooke), Rosefield, Sevenoaks. 
Cut flowers of several Cattleyas, Laelias, Zygopeta- 
lum, and Cypripediums were exhibited by E. 
Ashworth, Esq., (gardener Mr. H. Holbrook), 
Harefield Hall, Wilmslow. De B. Crawshay, Esq., 
also exhibited Odontoglossum Andersonianum pul- 
vereum, and a magnificent spike of five flowers of 
Laelia anceps Crawshayana. Mr. J. Prewett, Swiss 
Nursery, Hammersmith, exhibited a moderate sized 
but healthy piece of Cymbidium Traceyanum, bear¬ 
ing large flowers of rich colour. Cut flowers of 
Cattleya maxima, in great variety and considerable 
quantity, were sent over by L'Horticulture Inter¬ 
nationale (Linden), Brussels. Some of the varieties 
were notable for the richness of the lip. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, staged a superb 
collection of Primulas and Cyclamen, for which a 
Silver Flora Medal was awarded by the committee. 
The Cyclamens were represented by a nice little 
batch of well-flowered plants of a new pink variety, 
Salmon Queen, which for dwarfness of habit as well 
as for great floriferousness left little to be desired ; 
also a number of examples of Purple QueeD, a new 
purple-flowered variety in excellent condition. Both 
single and double flowered Primulas were in fine form. 
Amongst the former section, several shades were repre¬ 
sented comprising the new orange-scarlet flowered 
variety Grenadier, Giant Pink, and Giant Rosy 
Queen, two fine sorts, the flowers of which were of 
large size and good substance, the petals being so 
prettily fimbriated as to impart a semi-double 
appearance to them ; Pearl a good white of excellent 
habit, and Brilliant Rose a fine red flowered variety. 
Doubles were also of first-class quality, and some 
splendid sorts were staged; amongst which such 
varieties as Heliotrope, Double Blue, Double Rosy 
Queen, and Carnation Flake, the last mentioned 
being white, beautifully streaked and spotted with 
rose, were in first-class order. 
Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, exhi¬ 
bited single plants of a number of different varieties 
ot single flowered Primulas, Eynsford White, Kentish 
Fire, Cannel.s Pink, Neatness, and Swanley Yellow 
being worthy of mention ; also a number of specimen 
blooms of the same and of Cinerarias, together with 
a fine bunch of blooms of Canna Queen Charlotte. 
Chrysanthemum Lord Canning in pots was shown 
by Mr. Owen Thomas, Frogmore. A very interesting 
contribution came from Mr. John N. May, Summit, 
New Jersey, U,S.A , in the shape of half-a-dozen 
blooms of the new Rose, Mrs Pierpont Morgan, said 
to be a sport from Madame Cusin, for which an 
Award of Merit was given. Although the blooms had 
been cut twenty days ago, they were in surprisingly 
good condition, when their long journey was taken 
into consideration. 
Hardy fruit was well to the fore, and for the 
advanced season the material shown was of excellent 
quality. Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Lowfield Nurseries, 
Crawley, Sussex, exhibited seventy dishes of fruit 
(Apples principally) in excellent condition. Such 
Apples as Frogmore Prolific, The Queen, Lord 
Derby, Cox’s Pomona, King of the Pippins, Emperor 
Alexander, Golden Noble, Blenheim Orange, and 
Mere de Menage, were excellent samples, a couple 
of dishes of Pears, Charles Cogne and Catillac 
being also good (Silver Knightian Medal). Messrs. 
John Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, S E , received a 
Silver Banksian Medal for a meritorious collection 
of Apples, which contained upwards of forty dishes, 
such sorts as Lord Derby, Bismarck, Flower of 
Kent, Beaumann’s Red Reinette, Hoary Morning, 
and Beauty of Kent, appearing to advantage and 
fully sustaining their reputation. A number of 
Palms and Ferns in pots helped to render the exhibit 
more attractive, while some healthy specimens of 
the pretty and effective Nicotiana affinis variegata 
were well worthy a note. Vegetables were remark¬ 
able by their entire absence from the exhibition 
tables. 
FLOWER SHOW FIXTURES, 1895. 
[The Editor will be greatly obliged it Secretaries 
will kindly forward the dates of their Society’s Shows 
for inclusion in the following list as soon as fixed.] 
February. 
12. -R H.S. Annual and Drill Hall Meetings. 
March. 
12.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
15, 16—Flower Show in Manchester Town Hall. 
20.—Exeter Hyacinth and Spring Flower Show. 
20. —Royal Botanic Society’s Spring Show. 
26. —R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
April. 
9. —R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
g, 10.—Birmingham Daffodil Show. 
23 -R.H.S Auricula, Primula and Narcissus Show. 
24 —Royal Botanic Society’s Spring Show. 
24, 25.—Newcastle-on-Tyne Flower Show. 
27. —Spring Show at Old Trafford. 
May. 
14. —R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
15. —Royal Botanic Society’s Summer Show. 
21, 22, 23.—R.H.S. Temple Show. 
29, 30.—Birmingham Pansy and Viola Show. 
31.—Whitsuntide Exhibition at Manchester opens. 
June. 
11. —R H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
12 Royal Botanic Society’s Floral Fete. 
19, 20, 21. -York Grand Floral Fete. 
25, —R.H.S Drill Hall Meeting 
27. —National Rose Society at Gloucester. 
28. —Exeter Flower Show. 
July. 
6.—National Rose Society at Crystal Palace. 
9—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting and Rose Show. 
12. —Royal Botanic Society’s Evening Fete. 
17.—National Rose Society at Derby. 
20. —Rose Show at Old Trafford. 
23. —R.H S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
24, 25, 26.—Newcastle-on-Tyne Summer Show. 
August. 
13. —R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
27.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
September. 
26, 27, 28.—R.H.S. Fruit Show at the Crystal 
Palace. 
October. 
8, 9, 10.—National Chrysanthemum Society’s Show 
at the Royal Aquarium. 
15.—R H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
29. —R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
November. 
3, 6, 7.—National Chrysanthemum Society's Show 
at the Royal Aquarium. 
6, 7.- Bromley (Kent) Chrysanthemum Show. 
7. 8.—Exeter Fruit and Chrysanthemum Show. 
12.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
12, 13.—Croydon Chrysanthemum Show. 
13, 14.—Birmingham Chrysanthemum Show. 
22, 23.—Manchester Chrysanthemum Show. 
26.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
December. 
3, 4, 5.—National Chrysanthemum Society’s Show 
at the Royal Aquarium. 
10. —R H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
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Quescions add msojgrs- 
* t * Will our friends who send us neivspapers be so good 
as to mark the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see. 
We shall be greatly obliged by their so doing. 
Bedding Arrangements. —Effective Bedding : We 
think you have confused the present diagrams with 
the last one you sent. Bed No. 1 is evidently the 
one concerning which we gave you instructions last 
week, judging from the size and shape of it. The 
design you must remember was a complicated one 
which could not be carried out in No. 8. If you 
adhere to this arrangement and plant No. 1 in the 
way we recommended last week, then No. 8 may 
well be planted with yellow Begonias, having a 
double edging of Robert Fish Pelargonium and 
blue Lobelias. Then No. 7 may very well be 
occupied with Begonia sempervirens Vernon’s var. 
with an edging of white Lobelia or Golden Feather. 
Think this over, and recall the diagram you sent 
last week. A good sized Agave americana varie¬ 
gata in the centre of No. 3, and planted round 
with other succulents of smaller size, would aflord 
a change and answer very well. Tall plants should not 
be brought up too near the walk to interfere with the 
view of the beds behind. Nos. 4, 5 and 6 will answer 
admirably unless you reverse the orders of the 
colours in 5 and 6. This would leave you no bed 
for your scarlet Begonias, but when you have thought 
it over, the complicated design might be left out, 
and the scarlet Begonias placed in No. 1 with a 
double edging. 
Names of Plants. — P. M. : A remarkably small 
flower of Laelia anceps, but whether permanently 
small or not we cannot say.— G. L. : 1, Petasites 
fragrans; 2, Viburnum Tinus; 3, Garrya elliptica; 
4, Libonia floribunda.— A. S. : 1, Sedum reflexum 
monstrosum ; 2, Gaultheria Shallon ; 3, Pernettya 
mucronata. 
Holes in old Trees.— Omega : Cleanout all dead 
material from the holes by means of a chisel or any 
other instrument you can work in the same. Then 
paint the surface of the wood thus exposed with tar. 
Fill up the holes with Portland cement, or with 
bricks and cement according to the size of the same. 
The object is simply to cover the exposed surface of 
the wood against the influence of rain and other 
atmospheric influences. 
Cutting off Branches of Trees.— Omega : If 
you cut the branches at some distance from the tree 
leaving a stump, the latter will die and cause decay 
in the stem, unless there may happen to be buds or 
smaller shoots on the stump to keep it growing. 
The best plan therefore would be to cut the branch 
close to the stem, and paint the scar or cover it over 
with a gocd coat of tar to keep out the wet. Under 
these conditions the wound will soon heal over if the 
tree is healthy. 
Communications Received— J T. — J.B. — W.S. 
—W. G.—C. H. (many thanks).—R. L.—W. C.— 
J. I.—W. M. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED- 
Little & Ballantyne, Carlisle.—Garden Seeds, 
Sundries, etc. 
Thomas S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Totten¬ 
ham.—Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Roots, Plants, 
etc. 
Herd Bros., 47, King Street, Penrith.—Flower 
and Vegetable Seeds, Sundries, &c. 
Fotheringham & King, Corn Exchange, Dum¬ 
fries.—Seed Catalogue for 1895. 
Kelway & Sons, Langport.—Seed and Plant 
Manual for 1895. 
Laxton Bros., Bedford.—Vegetable and Flower 
Seeds. 
Fisher, Son & Sibray, Handsworth Nurseries, 
near Sheffield. - Vegetable and Flower Seeds. 
J. Cheal & Son, Lowfield Nurseries, Crawley, 
Sussex.—Seed List for 1895 
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LONDON SEED TRADE. 
January 15th, 1895. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, & 39, 
Seed market, Mark Lane, report a steady 
inquiry for Clover seeds at prices current last week. 
The moderate demand for White Clover is sufficient 
to maintain present values ; the crop is proving very 
short. Alsike dull. Trefoil steady. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
January 16 th, 1895. 
Fruit,—average Wholesale Prices. 
s. a s. U. 
Apples.per bushel 30 go 
Nova Scotia Apoles 
per barrel 12 0 2t 0 
Cherries, per hli. sieve o o 00 
Cob Nuts and Fil- 
s. d. 
Melons .each o 0 
Peaches & Nectarines, 
per doz. 0 o 
Pine apples. 
—St. Mlohael's, each 1 6 
s. d 
o o 
berts, perioolbs.20 0 21 0 | Plums .half Sieve o 0 
Grapes, per lb. 10 2 o | Straw-berries, per lb. 0 0 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
d. t. d 
ArtlchokesGlobedoz. 30 60 
Beans, French, perlb. 16 20 
Beet.per dozen 20 30 
Cabbages ... per doz. 1626 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 6 
Cauliflowers, Eng.dz. 30 50 
Celery.per bundle 16 20 
Cucumbers .ea ;h 0 9 13 
Endive, French, djz. 2 6 30 
Herbs .per bunch 02 06 
Horse Radish, bundle 20 40 
1, d. 
Lettuces ...per dozen 2 0 
Mushrooms, p. basket 1 0 
Onions.per bunch 0 4 
Parsley ... per bunch 0 6 
Radishes... per dozen 1 6 
Seakale...per basket 2 0 
Smallsalading,punnet 0 4 
Spinach per bushel 3 0 
Tomatos. perlb. 0 6 
Turnips.per bun. 0 6 
r. d. 
0 0 
i 6 
0 6 
2 6 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices 
1. d. s. d. | 
Aspidistra, per doz 18 0 42 0 
—specimenplants,each5 0 15 o 
Cyperus .per doz. 40120 
Chrysanthemums, 
per doz. 60 80 
Cyclamen, per doz.... 9 0 18 o 
Dracaena term., doz. 18 0 36 0 
Dracaena virldis.doz. 9 0 18 0 
Erica hyemalis, per 
doz . 12 0 18 0 
1 gracilis per doz. 10 0 12 0 
1. d. 
Evergreens,invar.doz 6 0 
Ferns, invar.,per doz. 3 
Ferns, small, per 100 3 
Foliage Plants, doz. 12 
Marguerites, perdoz. 8 
Mignonette, per doz 6 
Palms in variety,each 2 
Palms, Specimen ... 15 
Primulas,perdoz. ... 4 
Solanums, 
per doz. pots 8 0 
/. d. 
24 0 
8 
6 
60 
12 
o 
10 
63 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
8 
12 
1 
3 
6 
12 
4 
4 
o 
s. d. 
s. d. 
Aram Lilies, I2blms. 6 0 
Azalea.doz. bchs. 6 o 
Bouvardias, per bun. 0 6 
Carnations...per doz. 2 0 
Chrysanthemums, 
doz. blooms 2 o 
,, doz. bunches 4 o 
Eucharls ...per doz. 3 o 
Gardenias 12 blooms 2 o 
Heliotropes,12 sprays 0 6 
Hyacinth (Roman) 
doz. bch. 9 0 12 o 
Lilac (French) 
per bch. 50 60 
Lllium Harrisii, 
doz. blooms 6 0 
MaHenhalrFern,i2bs.4 0 
Marguerites, 12 bun. 16 
Narciss (French) 
doz. bch. 4 0 
10 0 
6 0 
3 0 
6 o 
0 6 
s. d. 
Orchid Bloom in var. 
per bloom, from 0 3 
Pelargoniums 12 sps. 0 6 
Pink Roses...per doz. 3 o 
Pyrethrum doz. bun. 2 0 
Primula, double, bun. 0 6 
Roses, yellow, dozen 2 0 
— Red.doz. blms. 3 0 
— Tea.per dozen 
Scarlet Geraniums, 
doz. bchs. 
Tuberoses, per doz 
Violets (French) 
Parme, per bch. 
Violets (French) 
Czar, per bch. 
Violets (French) 
doz. bch. 
Violets (English) 
doz. bch. 1 
6 o 
1. d. 
I o 
0 9 
6 o 
0 
9 
o 
a 
0 
50 
19 20 
20 40 
626 
OONTENTS. 
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Andropogon schoenanthus 331 Raasay, Rainfall at.330 
Auriculas, border..331 Science Gleaninss.327 
Bulb Mites.327 Scottish Horticultural 
Camellia, the.325 Association .325 
Children’s gardens.331 Secretarial Dilemma, a.328 
Cyclamens at Reading.326 Societies.331 
Hybridisation, ill-advised 325 Spiraeas, herbaceous.1331 
Hydrangea, a large.324 Syringa pekinensis.-.- 33 ° 
Insects and Pear Blossom 327 Thomson, Mr. W., deathof32S 
Lily of the Valley, the . Tomato Chemin . 33 [ 
Lumsden, Mr. D., death of 324 Tomatos, soil for. 33 ° 
Nicotiana tomentosa.324 Tweed Vineyard, the.329 
Orchid Houses, the .327 Window Gardening .32S 
Plant Houses .326 York Florists, Ancient 
Plant nomenclature .323 Society of . 33 1 
