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THE GARDENING WORLD 
June 29, 1895. 
The GARDENERS’ ROYAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. 
56 TH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL DINNER 
IN AID OF THE FUNDS WILL BE HELD ON 
Friday, June 28th, 1895, at the HOTEL METROPOLE. 
Under the Presidency of His Grace The DUKE OF FIFE, K.T., P.C. 
The Committee gratefully announce the following further contributions: — 
Already acknowledged .. 
Per George Monro— 
Annual Subscriptions.— 
J. Chapman 
W. Chittlebrough 
George May 
P. Nichols 
A. Roberts .. .. 
W. E. Wallace. 
J. Walker . 
J. W. Youngman .. 
Donations— 
W. H. Gand. 
H. Kite .. . 
J. Miller .. 
C. H. Mathews.. 
George May .. 
P. Page & Son .. 
E. Saunders 
J. Sullivan 
George H. Sam .. 
W. Stevens .. .. 
H. L. Vilmorin (Paris) 
J. Walker . 
J. Young 
Sums under 20/- 
Arthur Sutton 
Worshipful Company of Gardeners 
A. G. Nichols 
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E. Beckett (additional) .. 
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J. Whitby (annual) 
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N. F. Barnes 
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W. Denning (additional).. 
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R. Milligan Hogg .. 
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W. G. Head 
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Whitpaine Nutting 
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J. McPherson 
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A. MacKellar (annual) 
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H. M. Pollet 
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W. Halliday (annual) 
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W. Fyfe. 
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C. Walters (annual) 
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James Webber 
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G. House .. 
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J. Derricutt (additional) .. 
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James Clarke (annual) per G. Derricutt 
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Further sums will be gratefully acknowledged by the Secretary, 
GEORGE J. INGRAM, 50, Parliament Street, S.W. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
June ■2.0th, 1895. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
1. d s . d . I s. d. s. d. 
Grapes, per lb. 620 
| Pine-apples. 
0 | —St. Mlobael’s each 2 6 60 
I Strawberries . 02 08 
! Peaches.per doz. 4 0 18 0 
Apples.per bnshel 
Nova Scotia Apples 
per barrel 12 0 21 
Cob Nuts and Fil¬ 
berts, per 100 lbs. 
Tasmanian Apples, 
per case 8 o 11 o 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
«, d. 
ArtlchokesGIobedoz. 3 0 
Asparagus,per bundle 1 
Beans, French, perlb. 1 
Beet.per dozen 2 
Cabbages ... per doz. 3 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 
Cauliflowers.doz. 3 
Celery.per bundle 1 
Cucumbers .each 0 
Endive, French, djz. 2 
Herbs per bunch 0 
d. i . d . i . d . 
6 0 Horse Radish, bundle 20 40 
4 o Lettuces ...per dozen 2 0 
Mushrooms, p. basket 10 16 
3 0 Onions.per bunch 04 06 
4 0 Parsley ... per bunch 0 6 
Radishes... per dozen 1 6 
6 0 Seakale...per basket 
2 0 Smallsaladlng,punnet 0 4 
0 6 Spinach per lb. 0 6 
3 0 Tomatos. per lb. o 6 10 
0 6 Turnips.per bun. 0 6 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
2 0 
0 6 
s. d. s. d. 
Arnm Lilies I2blms. 30 60 
Asparagus Fern, bun. 20 30 
Bouvardlas, per bun. 06 10 
Carnations doz.blms. 20 30 
Eucbarls ...per doz. 40 60 
Gardenias ...per doz. 30 40 
Geranium, scarlet, 
doz. bunches 30 60 
Iris, doz. bun.3 o 6 0 : 
Lilac (French) 
per bch. 46 50 
Lilium lancifolium 
per doz. 406 
Lilium longlflorrm 
per doz. 30 40 
Lilium candidum, 
per doz. 16 20 
Mr rgueiltes. 12 bun. 16 3 0, 
MaiaennalrFern,i2bs.4 060 
Narcissus, doz. bchs. 20 40 
Orch'ds, doz. blooms 1 6 12 0 
Pansies, doz. bun...1 0 20 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices 
s. d 
Pelargoniums,12 bun. 6 0 
Primula, double, doz. 
sprays 0 6 
Pyrethrum doz. bun. 2 0 
Ranunculus, doz. 
Roses (indoor), doz. 
| „ Tea,white, doz. 1 
,, Yellow, doz. ... 2 
,, SafraDO 
) (English), doz. ... 1 
Red Roses.3 
Pink Roses .5 
Roses (French) 
| Moss, doz. 1 0 
Roses (French) red, 
| doz. blooms. ... 1 0 
Smilax, per bunch ... 4 o 
Stephanotis, doz. 
sprays .1 6 
Tuberoses, doz. 
blooms ... ... 0 4 
s. d 
9 0 
1 o 
4 0 
4 ° 
1 0 
2 0 
3 0 
2 O 
6 o 
7 0 
1 6 
1 6 
6 o 
2 6 
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t . d. t . d. 
Aibor Vitae (golden) 
per doz. 6 0 12 0 
Aspidistra, doz. 18 o 36 o 
„ specimen 
plants. 5 0 10 6 
Ca ceolaria, per doz. 40 80 
Dracaena, various, 
per doz. 12 0 30 0 
Dracaena viridls.doz. 9 0 18 0 
Euonymus, var. doz. 6 o 18 o 
Evergreens,Invar.doz 6 0 24 0 
Ee ns, invar.,per doz. 4 0 18 0 
Fe ns, small, per 100 40 60 
Ficus elastica, each x 0 50 
Foliage Plants, var., 
each 2 o 10 0 
1. d. 1. d. 
Fuchsia, per doz. 60 90 
Heliotrope, per doz. 60 8 0 
Hydrangea, per doz. 9 0 18 o 
Ivy Geraniums, per 
doz. 4080 
Lobelia, per doz. 40 60 
Lycopodiums, doz. 30 40 
Mignonette, per doz. 40 60 
Marguerite Daisy doz 6 0 12 o 
Myrtles, doz.. 60 90 
Palms in variety,each 1 o 15 o 
Palms, Specimen ...21 0 63 0 
Pelargoniums,perdoz. 9 o 15 o 
Rhodanth, per doz. 40 60 
Scarlets, per doz. 30 90 
Stocks, per doz. 40 60 
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HAEDY ORNAMENTAL FLO WEEING TREES AND 
SHRUBS, by A. D. Webster. A valuable guide 
to planters of beautiful trees and shrubs for the 
adornment of parks and gardens. Price, y.; post 
free, 3s. 3d. 
GOITTEITTS 
Amateurs, hints for ......... 
Calitornian Violet, the. 
Campanula latifolia . 
Conservatory, the . 
Crambe cordifolia . 
Cup and Saucer Canter¬ 
bury Bells... 
C,pripedium spectabile ... 
Dendrobium Johnsoniae ... 
Flower Garden, the .. 
Fruit under glass .. 
Garden Ranunculus . 
Gardening Miscellany . 
Gloxinias and Streptocar- 
pus . 
Grubs, Insects and .Fruit 
Trees . 
Hampstead Heath Exten¬ 
sion .693 
Hardy cut flowers from 
Tottenham . 697 
Hardy Fruit Garden ..695 
Horticultural buildings.696 
Iceland Poppies.696 
Is gardening hard work ?...696 
Killing weeds .698 
Miltonia vexlllaria, F. W. 
Moore.694 
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Neglected industries...692 
New Zealand, Autumn 
tints in .700 
Odontoglossum crispum 
J. Gurney Fowler .694 
Orchid Notes & Gleanings 694 
Peas.699 
Pickpockets, beware of ...699 
Plants recently Certificated691 
Potatos .698 
Shirley Gardeners Mutual 
Improvement Society ...692 
Snow in June .692 
Societies.700 
Strawberry Royal 
Sovereign .698 
Strawberry trials at Chis¬ 
wick.700 
Strawberries, harvesting 
the .691 
Swanley, Popular Flowers 
at .693 
Sweet Pea, a new dwarf ...699 
Tomato Crops...69S 
Tooting, Balham and 
Mitcham Horticultural 
Society .692 
Vegetable Garden, the.695 
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FLOWER SHOW FIXTURES, 1895. 
July. 
2.—Sutton Rose Show. 
2.—Diss Rose Show. 
2. —Maidstone Rose Show. 
3. —Ealing Rose Show. 
3.—Croydon Rose Show. 
3.—Farningham Rose Show. 
3.—Brockham Rose Show. 
3, 4.—SittiDgbourne Rose Show. 
3, 4-—Lee, Blackheath and Lewisham Flower Show 
4. —Norwich Rose Show. 
4.—Eltham Rose Show. 
6.—National Rose Society at Crystal Palace. 
6.—London Pansy and Violet Society at the Crystal 
Palace. 
9.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting and Rose Show. 
9.—Ipswich Rose Show. 
9, 10, 11.—Wolverhampton Floral Fete. 
10. —Farnham Rose Show. 
10.—Hitchin Rose Show. 
10.—Royal Botanic Society's Evening Fete. 
10.—Reigate Cottagers' Flower Show. 
10.—Chelmsford Rose Show. 
10.—Redhill Rose Show. 
FLOWER SHOW FIXTURES.— Continued. 
10. —Hitchin Rose Show. 
11. —Bath Rose and Begonia Show. 
11.—Helensburgh Rose Show. 
11.—Hereford Rose Society’s Show at Great 
Malvern. 
11.—Woodbridge Flower Show. 
11. —Worksop Rose Show. 
13.—Galashiels Flower Show. 
13.—Wood Green Flower Show. 
17. —National Rose Society at Derby. 
18. —Halifax Rose Show. 
18. —Canterbury Rose Show. 
20. —Rose Show at Old Trafford. 
23.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
23. —Tibshelf Flower Show. 
24. —Beckenham Summer Show 
24.—National Carnation and Picotee Society's Show 
at the Crystal Palace. 
24.—Chesterfield Rose Show. 
24, 25, 26.—Newcastle-on-Tyne Summer Show. 
25. -Trentham Rose Show. 
26. —Wellingborough Flower Show. 
31.—Midland Carnation and Picotee Show, Birming¬ 
ham (2 days). 
31.—Burton-on-Trent Flower Show (2 days). 
31.—Woking Flower Show (2 days). 
August. 
1.—Aberdare Flower Show. 
3, 5.—Southampton Summer Show. 
3, 5.—Liverpool Rose Show. 
5, 6.—Northampton Summer Show. 
6. —Abbey Park, Leicester Flower Show. 
13.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
13. —-West Malvern and Mathon Flower Show 
14. —Bishop Stortford Flower Show. 
14, 15.—Cardiff Horticultural Show. 
15. —Martock Horticultural Show. 
17 or 24.—National Co-operative Flower, Fruit, and 
Vegetable Show at the Crystal Palace. 
21, 22.—Shrewsbury Floral Fete. 
21.—Kingswood St. George Flower Show. 
27. —R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
28, 29.— Bath Autumn Show. 
September. 
5, 6.—Stirling Flower Show. 
6, 7.—National Dahlia Society's Show at the Crystal 
Palace. 
7, —Dumfries Autumn Flower Show. 
14. —Galashiels Flower Show. 
19. —Cambridge Horticultural Society’s Show. 
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. DriH Hall Meeting. 
29 —R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
29, 30.—Havant Chrysanthemum Show. 
30, 31.—Royal Jersey Chrysanthemum Show. 
31. —Highgate Chrysanthemum Show (2 days) 
November. 
i. 2.—Chrysanthemum Show at the Crystal Palace. 
4, 5.—Battersea Chrysanthemum Show. 
5, 6, 7.—National Chrysanthemum Society’s Show 
at the Royal Aquarium. 
5 6.—Brighton and Hove Chrysanthemum Show. 
5, 6.—Southampton Chrysanthemum Show. 
6, 7.—Brixton Chrysanthemum Show. 
6, 7.—Bromley (Kent) Chrysanthemum Show. 
6, 7.—Coventry Chrysanthemum Show. 
6, 7.—Wolverhampton Chrysanthemum Show. 
7. 8.—Exeter Fruit and Chrysanthemum Show, 
12. —R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
12, 13.—Croydon Chrysanthemum Show. 
12, 13.—Sevenoaks Chrysanthemum Show. 
12, 13.—West of England Chrysanthemum Society's 
Show at Plymouth. 
12, 13. 14.—Bristol Chrysanthemum Show. 
13. —-Cranbrook Chrysanthemum Show. 
13, 14.—Birmingham Chrysanthemum Show. 
13, 14.—Bournemouth Chrysanthemum Show. 
13, 14.—Banbury Chrysanthemum Show. 
13, 14.—Barnsley Chrysanthemum Show. 
13, 14.—Hull Chrysanthemum Show. 
13, 14.—Rugby Chrysanthemum Show. 
14, 15.—Lincoln Chrysanthemum Show. 
14, 15.—Bradford Chrysanthemum Show. 
14, 15, 16.—Edinburgh Chrysanthemum Shew. 
15, 16.—Stockport Chrysanthemum Show. 
November. 
16, —Bacup Chrysanthemum Show 
16.—Barnet Chrysanthemum Show. 
16.—Batley Chrysanthemum Show. 
20. 21, 22.—York Chrysanthemum Show. 
20, —Chesterfield Chrysanthemum Show. 
21, 22, 23,—Norwich Chrysanthemum Show. 
22, 23.—Manchester Chrysanthemum Show. 
26.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
29, 30.—Alderley Edge and Wilmslow Chrysanthe¬ 
mum Show. 
December. 
3, 4, 5.—National Chrysanthemum Society's Show 
at the Royal Aquarium. 
10 —R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
[The Editor will be greatly obliged if Secretaries 
will kindly forward the dates of their Society's Shows 
as soon as fixed, for inclusion in the list.] 
