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THE GARDENING WORLD 
July 6 , 1895 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
July yd, 1895. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
j. d 1. d. J. d. s. d. 
Grapes, per lb. ...... 620 
Pine-apples. 
—St. Mlohael's each a 6 60 
Strawberries . 02 06 
Peaches.per doz. 3 0 12 0 
Tasmanian Apples, 
per case 8 0 11 0 
Apples.per bushel 
Nova Scotia Apples 
per barrel 12 0 21 0 
Cob Nuts and Fil¬ 
berts, per too lbs. 
Cherries, half sieve 36 80 
Currants ...half sieve 30 36 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
1. d. 
ArttchokesGlobedoz. 3 0 
Asparagus,per bundle 1 6 
Beans, French, perlb. 1 0 
Beet.per dozen 2 0 
Cabbages ... per doz. 3 0 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 6 
Cauliflowers.doz. 3 0 
Celery.per bundle 1 6 
Cucumbers ......each 0 3 
Endive, French, djz. 2 6 
Herbs .per bunch 0 2 
1 6 
0 6 
t. d. t. d. 
Horse Radish, bundle 20 40 
Lettuces ...per dozen 2 0 
Mushrooms, p. basket 1 
Onions.per bunoh 0 
Parsley ... per bunch 0 
Radishes... per dozen 1 
Seakale...per basket 
Smallsaladlng,punnet 0 
Spinach .per lb. 0 
Tomatos. per lb. 0 
Turnips.per bun. 0 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d. s. d. s. d 
6 0 Pelargoniums,12 bun. 6 o 
3 o Primula, double, doz. 
t 0 1 sprays 0 
Pyrethrum doz. bun. 2 
Ranunculus, doz. 2 
Roses (indoor), doz. 0 
„ Tea,white, doz. 1 
„ Yellow, doz. ... 2 
,, Safrano 
(English), doz. ... 1 o 
Red Roses.3 o 
Pink Roses .5 0 
Roses (French) 
Moss, doz. x 0 
Roses (French) red, 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms. 3 0 
Asparagus Fern, bun. 2 0 
Bouvardlas, per bun. 0 6 
Carnations doz.blms. 2 0 
Euoharls ...per doz. 4 0 
Gardenias ...per doz. 3 0 
Geranium, scarlet, 
doz. bunches 4 o 
Iris, doz. bun.3 o 
Lilac (French) 
per bch. 4 6 
Lilium lancifolium 
per doz. 
LUlum longlflorcm 
per doz. 
Lilium candidum, 
per bch. 1 
Mr rguerites, 12 bun. 1 
MaiUenhalrFern,i2bs.4 
Orchids, doz. blooms 1 
4 o 
3 0 
6 0 
4 0 
6 o 
6 0 
5 “l 
6 0 
s. A 
9 0 
1 o 
4 o 
4 0 
1 o 
2 o 
3 0 
2 0 
6 0 
7 0 
1 6 
30 40 
020 
630 
060 
6 12 0 
2 0 
doz. blooms. 
Smilax, per bunch , 
Stephanotis, doz. 
sprays 
Tuberoses, doz. 
blooms ... 
1 6 
6 o 
16 20 
Pansies, doz. bun.1 o 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices 
04 06 
f. d. 1. d. 
Aibor Vitae (golden) 
per doz. 6 0 12 0 
Aspidistra, doz.. 18 o 36 0 
„ specimen 
plants. 5 0 10 6 
Ca ceolaria, per doz. 40 80 
Dinoaena, various, 
per doz. 12 o 30 0 
Dracaena viridis.doz. 9 0 18 0 
Euonymus, var. doz. 6 0 18 o 
Evergreens,invar.doz 6 0 24 0 
Fe ns, invar.,per doz. 4 0 18 0 
Fe ns, small, per 100 40 60 
Ficus elastica, each 10 50 
Foliage Plants, var., 
each 2 o 10 0 
1. d. 
Fuchsia, per doz. 6 0 
Heliotrope, per doz. 60 
Hydrangea, per doz. 9 o 
Ivy Geraniums, per 
doz. 4 0 
Lobelia, per doz. 4 0 
Lycopodiums, doz. 3 0 
Mignonette, per doz. 4 o 
Marguerite Daisy doz.6 0 
Myrtles, doz. 6 0 
Palms in variety,each 1 0 
Palms, Specimen ...21 o 
Pelargoniums,perdoz. 9 o 
Rhodanth, per doz. 4 o 
Scarlets, per doz. 3 o 
Stocks, per doz. 4 o 
t. A. 
9 0 
8 o 
18 o 
OOITTBITTS. 
PAGE 
Amateurs, hints for .712 
Ayrshire Gardeners’ 
Mutual Improvement 
Association .708 
Bladder sennas, the .714 
Brodiaea coccinea.714 
Colchester Flower Show, 
the .708 
Cytisus nigricans....714 
Dendrobium illustre.710 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevo¬ 
lent Institution, the .715 
Gardening Miscellany .714 
Hampstead Heath Exten¬ 
sion . 7 t >9 
Hardy Herbaceous Plants, 
Utility of. 707 
Ireland, Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society of.708 
Iris, Freak of an.711 
Japanese Hop, the 
variegated.714 
Lilium Hansoni .7x4 
Messrs. Veitch & Sons’ 
Strawberries.709 
National Rose Society.716 
Orchid Houses, the .711 
Orchid Notes & Gleanings 710 
PAGE 
Plant Houses, the .710 
Plants recently Certificated 710 
Pits and Frames.711 
Richmond Flower Show ...714 
Robinia viscosa .714 
Rose, a green .711 
Rose, the Damask .715 
Roses for Towns.708 
Royal Agricultural .715 
Royal Oxfordshire Horti¬ 
cultural Society .716 
Ryde Rose Show .709 
Science Gleanings.711 
Scottish Pansy and Violet 
Association .709 
Societies.715 
Stove, the.710 
Violas, Sporting and 
reversion in .711 
Walk in the Country, a.712 
Weeds, common garden ...714 
Windsor, Eton and District 
Rose Show.716 
Woods, Mr. S. A. M„ 
death of .7x7 
York Gala, memories of ...713 
York Nurseries, Alpines at 
the.712 
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FLOWER SHOW FIXTURES, 1895. 
July. 
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. 
FLOWER SHOW FIXTURES.— Continued. 
10. —Redhill 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. 
8.—Great Grimsby 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. 
A 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. 
29, 30.—Havant Chrysanthemum Show. 
30, 31.—Royal Jersey Chrysanthemum Show. 
31. —Highgate Chrysanthemum Show (2 days) 
November. 
1, 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 Show. 
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.] 
