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THE GARDENING WORLD 
July 13, 1895 
phinium formosum; 7, Heuchera sanguinea; 8, 
Erigeron Roylei; 9, Dicentra formosa; 10, Poly¬ 
gonum affine. 
Communications Received.— W. H. Waite.— 
T. A .—1 G. Pettinger.—D. P. F.—M. G.—A. H.— 
H. M. C.—A. M. G —T. West—F. R —C. S. F. 
LONDON SEED TRADE. 
July gth, 1895. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditcb, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, report larger offerings of 
French Trifolium incarnatum at unchanged rates as 
there is no consumptive demand at present. Reports 
from all districts as to growing crops of Clover seeds 
favourable. 
are 
COVENT 
GARDEN 
July 10th, 1895. 
MARKET. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
t. d j. d. I *. d. s. d. 
Apples per bushel Currants, Red... half 
Nova Scotia Apples ! sieve 2000 
per barrel 12 0 21 o | Grapes, per lb. 620 
Cob Nuts and Fll- Pint-apples. 
berts, per too lbs. ‘ —St. Michael's each 26 60 
Cherries, half sieve 36 5 o I Strawberries . 02 06 
Currants, Black...half | Peaches.per doz. 20 80 
sieve 3 S 3 9 I Tasmanian Apples, 
per case 8 0 n o 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Pxices 
i. d. 
ArtlchokesGlobedcz. 3 0 
Asparagus,per bundle 1 6 
Beans, French, perlb. 1 0 
Beet.per dozen 2 0 
Cabbages ... per doz. 3 o 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 6 
Cauliflowers.doz. 3 0 
Celery.per bundle 1 6 
Cucumbers .ea;h 0 3 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 
Herbs ......per bunch 0 2 
1. d. 
6 0 
4 0 
1 6 
0 6 
1, d. t, d. 
Horse Radish, bundle 20 40 
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 
Smallsalading,punnet 0 4 
Spinach .per lb. 0 6 
Tomatos. per lb. o 6 
Turnips.per bnn. 0 6 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
j. d. s. d. s. d 
6 0 ( Frimula, double, doz. 
sprays 0 6 
Pyrethrum doz. bun. 2 0 
Ranunculus, doz. 
Hoses (indoor), doz. 
„ Tea,white, doz 
,, Yellow, doz. ... 
,, Safraco 
(English), doz. ... 
Red Roses.3 
Pink Roses .5 
Roses (French) 
Moss, doz. 1 0 
Roses (French) red, 
s. d 
Arum Lilies, isblms. 3 0 
Asparagus Fern, bun. 2 0 
Bcuvardlas, per bun. 0 6 
Carnations doz.blms. 2 o 
Eucharis ...per doz. 4 0 
Gardenias ...per doz. 3 0 
Geranium, scarlet, 
doz. bunches 4 0 
Lilac (French) 
per bch. 4 6 
Lilium lancifolium 
per doz. 4 0 
Lilium longiflorrm 
per doz. 3 
Lilium candidum, 
per bch. 1 
Mrrguerltes, 12 bun. 1 
MaiiennalrFern,i2bs.4 
3 0 
1 0 
3 o 
6 0 
4 0 
2 o 
6 o 
7 0 
1 6 
0 40 
doz. blooms. 
Smilax, per bunch , 
Stephanotis, doz. 
sprays 
Tuberoses, doz. 
blooms ... 
1 6 
6 o 
16 20 
Orchids, doz. blooms 1 6 12 
Pansies, doz. bun.1 020 blooms .04 06 
Pelargonlums,i2 bun. 60 90 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices 
1. d, 
Aibor Vitae (golden) 
per doz. 6 0 
Aspidistra, doz. 18 o 
„ specimen 
plants. 5 0 
Ca ceolaria, per doz. 4 0 
Dtaoaena, various, 
per doz. 12 0 
Dracaena viridls.doz. 9 0 
Euonymus, var. doz. 6 o 
Evergreens,Invar.doz 6 0 
Fe: ns, invar.,per doz. 4 0 
Fe us, small, per 100 4 0 
F icus elastica, each 1 o 
Foliage Plants, var., 
each 2 0 
t. d. 1. d. >. d. 
Fuchsia, per doz. 60 90 
12 0 Heliotrope, per doz. 60 80 
36 0 Hydrangea, per doz. 9 o 18 o 
Ivy Geraniums, per 
10 6 doz. 4080 
8 0 Lobelia, per doz. 40 60 
Lycopodiums, doz. 3040 
30 0 Mignonette, per doz. 40 60 
18 0 Marguerite Daisy doz 6 0 12 0 
18 o Myrtles, doz. 60 90 
24 0 Palms in variety,each 1 o 15 o 
18 0 : Palms, Specimen ...21 0 63 o 
6 0 ' Pelargoniums,perdoz. 9 o 15 0 
5 0 Rhodanth, per doz. 40 60 
Scarlets, per doz. 30 90 
10 0 Stocks, per doz. 40 60 
OJ1TTB1TTS. 
PAGE 
Amateur Gardeners at 
Aldenham House.728 
Amateurs, hints for.728 
Briers, Penzance Seedling 730 
Cabbage Plants, raising of 729 
Carnation, a fine seedling...730 
Cnocho, or Chayotss.725 
Cruickshank, Mr. Alexander, 
death of .733 
Ealing Flower Show.730 
Flower Garden, the .727 
Fruit under Glass .727 
Garden Lectures.725 
Garden, variety in the.732 
Gardenias.729 
Gardening Miscellany .730 
Hardy Fruit Garden.727 
Huxley, the late Professor 728 
PAGE 
Kew Gardens .730 
Kitchen Garden, the.726 
London Pansy and Violet 
Society .732 
Market Garden, Students’ 
visit to. 725 
National Rose Society's 
Show .731 
Pea Sutton’s Pearless .726 
Peas, Early .725 
Rose, the Cherokee.730 
Roses Seedling .730 
Roupell Park Nurseries...726 
Societies.732 
Spartium junceum.730 
Tomato House, Swiss 
Nursery .729 
Tubsrous Begonias.729 
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INDEX TO 
Auction Sales. 
Protheroe & Morris. 722 
Bulbs. 
Barr & Son .721 
Catalogues. 
Barr & Son .721 
Ferns. 
W. & J. Birkenhead .723 
Florists’ Flowers. 
J. Forbes.723 
H. J. Jones . 723 
J. Laing & Sons .723 
W. Lovel & Son .721 
A. Medhurst. 723 
J. Peed & Sons.721 
J. Stevens .721 
J. Wells .721 
J. T. West.721 
Flower Pots. 
Sankey & Son, Ltd.736 
C. G. Warne, Ltd.736 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
J. Arnold . 736 
Epps & Co.736 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst... 721 
“ Slugicide ".721 
H. G. Smyth .721 
Heating Apparatus. 
Messenger & Co.736 
Thames Bank Iron Co... 721 
Horticultural Builders. 
J. Boyd & Sons. 721 
J. Gray . 721 
W. Richardson & Co... 721 
I. Weeks & Co... 721 
Hose. 
A. Potter.736 
Insecticides. 
Clibran & Son .736 
Gishurst Compound. 721 
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C. Beeson. 721 
Clay & Son...736 
W. Colchester.721 
B. W. Colebrook .736 
Native Guano Co.721 
W. J. Simpson.721 
W. Thomson & Sons ...722 
Miscellaneous. 
Darlington's Handbooks 734 
Gishurstine. 711 
Juno Cycles .736 
Outram's Orchid Flower 
Holder.722 
Petroleum.721 
Porter's Crocks.721 
Roofing Felt.736 
Shaw's Shadings.721 
Netting. 
Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss 722 
H. J. Gasson.721 
Orchids. 
J. Cowan & Co.722 
J. Cypher .723 
Leeds Orchid Co.721 
W. L. Lewis & Co.721 
F. Sander & Co.721 
Roses. 
H. Lane & Son.721 
Seeds. 
Barr & Son.721 
Daniels Bros.723 
Dicksons .723 
Sutton & Sons.721 
H. J. Wheeler .722 
Strawberries. 
W. Cutbush & Son.723 
Weed Killers. 
Tomlinson & Hayward...722 
Acme Chemical Co.722 
A. Potter.722 
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FLOWER SHOW FIXTURES, 1895. 
July. 
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—Goole and District Flower Show. 
13. —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. Drui Hall Meeting. 
29—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
29, 3 °-—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' 5, 8hnw 
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- 
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December. 
3, 4, 5.—National Chrysanthemum Society's Show 
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