March 4, 1893. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
425 
Best form of protecting lights.— J. Reid-. 
Whether you use cloches or hand lights is a matter of 
convenience or necessity. Both are liable to get 
broken if not carefully handled and stored. The 
hand lights are easily repaired, but cloches, or bell 
glasses, when once broken to any extent, are practi¬ 
cally useless. The hand lights are useful for pro¬ 
tecting a number of plants, such as early Cauliflower 
planted out permanently, and a cloche can only be ex¬ 
pected to protect a single plant, whatever it may be, 
of the larger growing vegetables. In giving air the 
top of the hand light may be turned round so as to 
admit air at the angles of the bottom light, or it may 
be removed altogether. In the same way the cloche 
may be tilted up or taken off altogether and stood 
upon one side. The hand lights would be most ex¬ 
pensive in the first instance, but they would be most 
durable and you could turn them to other uses such 
as rooting cuttings, raising seedlings or protecting 
them in the early stages when transplanted. It will 
therefore depend upon requirements as to which of 
the two kinds you should employ. 
Names of Plants. —-T. J. N. : i, Carex sp. or 
Cyperus sp. ; 2, Carex japonica variegata ; 3, Pteris 
hastata macrophylla ; 4, Celsia arcturus; 5, Strep- 
tosolen Jamesoni; 6, Salvia rutilans. 
Communications Received. —A. H.—H. B. M. 
— G. J. I.— J. D.—D. & G.—W. S.—G. P. W.— 
Scot.—R. G. W.—E. W. & S. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Thomas S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Totten¬ 
ham.—Hardy Perennials, hardy Florists’ Flowers, 
and hardy and half-hardy Climbing Plants. 
James Dickson & Sons, 32, South Hanover 
Street, Edinburgh.—Agricultural Seeds. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE. 
February 'zyth. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, of i52,Houndsditch,E.C.,and 
39, Seed Market, Mark Lane, report an increasing 
demand for agricultural seeds, at prices current last 
week. Italian Ryegrass is in very short supply. 
COVENT 
GARDEN 
March 1st, 1893. 
MARKET. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d s. d. 
Grapes.per lb. 
Kent Cobs... 100 lb. 
Peaches ... per dozen 
Melons.each 
20 36 
Pine apples. 
—St. Michael’s, each 
Apples...per i sieve 
Plums...per £ sieve 
s. d, s. d. 
2 6 
1 0 
6 o 
3 6 
Vegetables.—Average Retail Prices. 
d. s. d. 
6 0 
ArtichokesGlobe doz. 3 0 
Beans, French, perlb. 1 6 
Beet.per dozen 2 0 
Cabbages ... per doz. 1 6 
Carrots ... per bunch o 6 
Cauliflowers, Eng.dz. 3 o 
Celery.per bundle 2 6 
Cucumbers .each o 9 
Endive, French, doz. 2 6 
Herbs .per bunch o 2 
Horse Radish, bundle 2 0 
5 0 
3 
o 
6 
4 0 
s. d. s. d 
Lettuces ...per dozen 16 20 
Mushrooms, p. basket 13 20 
Onions.per bunch 04 06 
Parsley ... per bunch 0 6 
Radishes... per dozen 1 6 
Seakale .per bkt 2 o 
Smallsalading,punnet o 4 
Spinach ... per strike 1 6 
Tomatos. per lb. 1 6 
Turnips.per bun. 0 6 
3 o 
Potatos. — Kent Regents, 80s. to 100 s. per ton; Kent Kidneys 
80s. to 100s. per ton ; Champions, 70s. per ton. 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
Azaleas... per doz 24 
Cyclamen per doz ... 9 
Cyperus .per doz. 4 
Cineraria ...per doz. 8 
Dracaena term., doz. 24 
Dracaena viridis,doz. 9 
Deutzia.per doz. 9 
Erica Hyemalis, doz. 12 
Evergreens,invar.doz 6 
Ferns, invar.,per doz. 4 
Ferns, small, per 100 6 
s. d. s. d. 
42 0 
18 0 
12 o 
12 O 
36 0 
18 0 
12 O 
18 0 
24 O 
18 0 
IO 
s. d. 
9 o 
8 0 
15 
12 
18 
12 
10 
63 
6 
12 
Foliage Plants, doz. 12 o 60 0 | 
Cut Flowers.—Average 
Genesta.per doz. 
Hyacinths, doz. pots 
Lily of theValley doz. 
pots 90 
Marguerites, per doz. 6 o 
Palms in variety,each 2 6 
Palms, Specimen ... 15 0 
Primula Sinensis 
per doz. 4 o 
Solanums.per doz. 9 
Tulips—various— 
per doz. pots 8 0 12 0 
s. d. 
Anemones, doz. bnch 2 0 
Azalea, doz sprays.o 6 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms. 2 o 
Bouvardias, per bun. 0 6 
Carnations. 12 blooms 2 o 
Chrysanthemum,dz bn3 o 
Camellias doz blooms 1 o 
Cyclamen doz bloomso 4 
Daffodils, var. dz. bch. 2 o 
Eucharis ...per doz. 3 o 
Euphorbia Jackminafo- 
lia, doz. sprays 1 
Gardenias 12 blooms 6 
Heliotropes.T2 sprays o 
Hyacinths doz. spikes3 
Hyacinths Roman 
doz. sprays o 6 
Lilac, White, French, 
per bunch... 2 6 
Lilium Harrisii, 
doz. blooms 6 o 
Lilyo theValleydz.sps.o 6 
MaideniiairFern,i2bs.6 0 
Margueiites, 12 bun. 4 0 
Mimosa (French)p.bh. 1 o 
HOLESALE PRICES. 
s. d. 
o 4 
O 12 
6 0 
9 
6 o 
4 o 
Mignonette... 12 bun. 2 
Narcisse, various, doz. 
bnchs . 2 
Pelargoniums, 12 sps. 0 
— scarlet.12 bchs. 6 
Primula, double, bun. o 
Primroses doz. bchs 1 
Oi chid Bloom in var. 
per bloom, from o 
Roses, yellow, dozen 3 
— French, per bnch 1 
— French, 100 blms 6 
— Red.doz. blms. 3 
— Saffrano...per doz. 2 
Snowdrops doz. bchs 1 
— Tea.per dozen 1 
Tuberoses, per doz 1 
Tulips, red, per doz. o 
— White, per doz. ... 1 
1— Yellow, per doz.... 1 
9 0 | Violets,Parma,French 
1 6 | per bunch ..20 
—Czar, French, bun. 1 6 
Small „ doz. bun. 1 o 
5. d 
4 0 
4 o 
9 o | 
6 6 | 
1 6 
EARL'S COURT EXHIBITION. 
EXHIBITION 
OF 
The EXHIBITION will Open on the I3th IT ay, and Close 
about the middle of October. 
Exhibits have been promised by the British and several 
Foreign Governments, and the most prominent Horticulturists 
and Foresters have expressed their desire to help. 
FORTNTOKTLV FLOWER SHOWS will, fe© Held, 
Commencing 13th May. For particulars see Special Schedule 
CLASSIFICATION of EXHIBITS. 
MEDALS AND CERTIFICATES WILL BE AWARDED. 
GROUP 1—Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals, and 
Certificates. —(a) Specimens of new and rare flowering 
trees and shrubs, (b) Forest flora, (c) Collection of 
seeds, cones, etc. (d) Forest fauna and entomology. (e) 
Specimens of damage done to limber and growing wood 
by insects, etc. 
GROUP 2.—Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals, and 
Certificates.—Growing Collection of Trees and Shrubs. 
—(a) Deciduous and evergreen, indigenous and exotic, in 
classes, (b) Deciduous and evergreen, indigenous and 
acclimatised, with special reference to the grouping for 
effect, (c) Undergrowth for coverts, etc. (d) Fruit trees, 
trained. 
GROUP 3.—Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals.— 
(a) Garden and forest literature, (b) Working plans of 
gardens, forests, and plantations, (c) Valuations and 
survey of estates, (d) Charts illustrative of the geo¬ 
graphical distribution of trees, their adaptability to various 
soils, their rate of growth, etc.; of the sequence of plants, 
natural and artificial, (e) Specimens of fossil trees. 
GROUP 4—Gold and Silver Medals.—Hybridisa- 
tion of Plants. —(a) Specimens of a hybrid, accompanied 
by the two parent species or varieties, indicating which of 
these has furnished the pollen, (b) Specimens of a hybrid 
A x B produced by crossing the two species or varieties 
A and B—the plant A having furnished the pollen; and 
specimens of a hybrid B x A produced by the crossing of 
the same species or varieties A and B—the plant B having 
furnished the pollen. The plants A and B must accom¬ 
pany the hybrids. 
GROUP 5.— Gold and Silver Medals.—Collection 
of Timber Specimens and Ornamental Wood, Rough 
and Polished.— (a) Indigenous, (b) Exotic. 
GROUP 6.—Two Gold. Silver, and Bronze Medals. 
— Wood Working Machinery.— (a) Sawing, planing, 
moulding, lathes, etc. (b) Implements and tools used in 
gardening and forestry, (c) Lawn mowers, rollers, (d) 
Digging and draining tools, axes, pruning tools, pumps, 
cutlery, (e) Appliances for the transport of timber, and (f) 
The transplanting of trees. 
GROUP 7. —Gold Medal.—Wood Engraving, with 
samples of wood; special attention being given to the 
supply of Boxwood (Buxus sempervirars) or its 
substitutes. 
GROUP 8.—Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals — 
(a) Wood used for ordnance and small arms, backing for 
armour plates, lance stocks, etc. (b) Whe Is. (c) Sleepers 
and rolling stork of railways, telegraph poles, etc. (d) 
Paving or street purposes, (e) Mining timber, (i) Bent 
timber. 
GROUP 9.—Two Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals. 
—(a) Woods used for parquetry, with examples, (b) Mosaic, 
(c) Wood block flooring, (d) Ceilings, wainscoting, and 
internal wall decorations, (e) Household furniture. 
GROUP 10. — Silver and Bronze Medals.— 
(a) Fibres, (b) Wood pulp materials used for paper¬ 
making. (c) Ropes, lines, and twines, (d) Resins and 
oils, (e) Dyes and stains, (f) Barks, (g) Spires. 
GROUP 11.—Gold and Silver Medals.— (a) Wood 
carving, (b) Turnery, (c) Decorative painting on wood. 
GROUP 12.—Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals.— 
Processes for the Preservation of Timber.— (a) To 
resist wet and dry rot. (b) To resist fire, (c) Paints and 
other wood preserving compositions. 
GROUP 13. — Silver and Bronze Medals.— 
Fertilizers and Artificial Manures 
GROUP 14.—Silver and Bronze Medals.— (a) 
Garden pottery, (b) Statuary vases, (c) Edgings, etc. 
GROUP 15.—Silver and Bronze Medals.—Mis¬ 
cellaneous accessory Decorations to a Garden. 
GROUP 16.—Silver and Bronze Medals.— (a) Fancy 
woodwork, (b) Baskets, (c) Bamboo canes, willows, etc. 
GROUP 17.—Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals.— 
(a) Plant houses, (b) Show’ and growing houses, (c) 
Systems of glazing, (d) Heating. 
GROUP 18.—Gold, Silver, and Bronzs Medals.— 
(a) Fencing, (b) Gales, (c) Tree guards. 
GROUP 19.—Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals.— 
(a) Summer houses, (b) Chalets, kiosks, (c) Garden 
seats, (d) Flower stands, (e) Boats, canoes, e;c. 
GROUP 20.—Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals.— 
Dist nation and Preparation of Scents, and flowers 
and Woods used. 
GROUP 21. — Gold and Silver Medals. —(a) Settle¬ 
ments in new countries, showing camps and camping 
contrivances, (b) Cultivation of tea, coffee, opium, 
cinchona. 
GROUP 22.—Gold and Silver Medals.— (a) Sporting 
trophies, (b) Pictures of forest trees. 
GROUP 23.—Gold and Silver Medals.—Any 
Exhibit not particularised in the above Groups, in 
fur Iterance of the objects of the Exhibition, will be 
admitted. 
O O nsr T T3 IN'T S. 
PAGE 
Alpinia mutica.423 
Asparagus tennissimus.423 
Auriculas: Heat.420 
Cymbidium grandiflorum...424 
Dendrobium Owenianum...424 
Earl’s Court Show.416 
Fine-foliaged Plants .423 
Fuchsias, repotting .421 
Gardeners’ Calendar.424 
Gardening Charities.422 
Garden Sundries.421 
Hellebores.423 
Iron-tree, the.422 
Kitchen Gardening, on.416 
Lcelia hybrida MaynardiL.424 
PAGE 
National Chrysanthemum 
Society .418 
Obituary.423 
Ochna multiflora.423 
Orchids at Selwood .424 
Orchid Growers’ Calendar 423 
Pansy, the show .415 
Peach-bud dropping.420 
Peaches and Nectarines ...418 
Phaius amabilis .424 
Polyanthuses, Gold-laced...420 
Potatos, disease resisting...419 
Seedlings, reversion in.419 
Spring Flowers, early.418 
Truffle Hunting .418 
Vegetable Garden ....,.419 
All exhibits must be submitted to the approval of the Execu¬ 
tive, who retain the absolute right to admit only such exhibits 
as thej may approve, to appoint Judges, and award the Medals 
and Certificates. 
The Judges will be instructed to recommend additional 
medals should they think any exhibit worthy ot special 
distinction ; and the right is also reserved to withhold medals 
offered in any group should the Judges determine that the 
exhibit is not sufficiently meritorious. 
Application Forms, copies of the Rules and Regulations, and 
all particulars can be obtained on application to the Secietary. 
H. E. MILNER, Chairman. 
GEORGE CADELL, (late) Indian Forest Department, 
Vice-Chairman of Committee, Forestry Section. 
HARRY TURNER, Royal Nurseries, Slough, 
Vice-Chairman of Comm.ttee, Horticultural Section. 
G. A. LOVE DAY, Earl’s Court Exhibition, S.W., 
Secretary. 
H.CANNELL&SONS 
Wish to announce that their 
FLORAL GUIDE 
Is now posted to all their Customers. Should any 
fail to receive it an early intimation will have 
our immediate attention. 
Mr. A. D. HEALEY Walsham, Norfolk. 
Gentlemen. I beg to thank you for the splendid plants you 
sent, they are very different to what one generally obtains. 
Mr. D. ANSELL, Supt.. St. George's Gardens, London, W.C 
Gen lemen, I cannot speak too highly of the complete way 
you have treated my order, no cavilling about this or that it 
showing the advantage gamed by dealing with a first-rate 
firm. 
J. HOWE, gardener to J. T. Masters, Esq , Lanelay House 
Llantrissant, Wales. 
Sir,- I and my friends are delighted to tell you that from what 
you sent me I was awarded Two Firsts, N.C.S. Silver Medal, 
and a Second in the strongest competition ior 48 blooms. I 
think you will admit I did well. 
J. E. MILLER, Esq., Ivy Grove, Middleham. 
Gentlemen,—Plants came safe, grand packing, and very 
satisfactory in every way. Your plants are not scraps, but 
large healthy specimens, and the gratis plants were up to the 
standard of those ordered. I am more than pleased, and so 
ought all your Customers be. 
SWANLEY, KENT. 
1/6 GARDEN SEEDS, 1/6 
New, Genuine, and well Tested. 
On receipt of Postal Order is. 6d.,or 20 Stamps, we will send 
Post free 1 oz. each of Wheeler's Imperial Cabbage, Hollow- 
Crown Parsnip, Magnum Bonum Onion (large handsome 
variety, keeps well), and Selected Carrot; Joz. each of Savoy, 
Radish, Early Turnip, and Brocoli early and late; 1 packet 
each of Lettuce, Marrow, Cucumber, and 6 packets Choice 
Flower Seeds. 
Also for is. extra, 1 packet each Mustard, Cress, Beet, 
Pickling Cabbage, Borecole or Brussel Sprouts, Leek, CaulL 
flower, Golden Ball Turnip ; and with every 2s. 6d. parcel we 
will send Two Grand Novelties—A Packet of Sharpe's Queen 
Peas (true stock the best Pea in cultivation, large pods/ well 
filled with from nine to eleven delicious Peas), and a6d. packet 
of White Elephant Runner Beans (unequalled in size of pod 
and very tender). 
The above Two Parcels contain 5s. 6d. worth of finest 
quality Seeds for P. O. 2s. 6d. or 32 Stamps. 
GROVES & SON, 
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL SEEDSMEN, 
PtDDLETRENTHIDE, DORCHESTER. 
FOR EXHIBITION 
•£ CARNATIONS & PICOTEES £5 
For Borders. 
See Catalogue, No. 117, free 
OUBRAN & SON, Oldfield Nurseries, ALTRINCHAM 
SPECIAL CULTURE 
of 
FRUIT TREES & ROSES. 
A Large and Select Stock is now offered for Sale. 
The Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits post free 
The Descriptive Catalogue of Roses post tree. 
THOMAS RIVERS 8c SON, 
The Nurseries, SA WBRIDGF. WORTH, Herts 
OF 
SELECT VEGETABLES, 
AND 
CHOICE FLOWERS. 
PICKE D SEED P OTATOS. 
Garden Tools, Sundries, &c., &c. 
Delivered Free by Rail or Parcel Post. 
Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue Bo. 419 
FREE BY POST OH APPLICATION. 
Dicksons 
Growers Chester. 
NOW 13 THE TIME T O PLANT. 
SEND FOR OUR 
NEW DESCRIPTIVE and 
PRICED CATALOGUE 
Of FRUIT TREES, ROSES, CONIFERS, 
SHRUBS, FOREST TREES, CLIMBERS, etc. 
AN IMMENSE STOCK GROWN. 
1 ANCSCAPE GARDENING A LEADING FEATURE. 
GEO. JACKMAN & SON, 
Woking Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 
Established iSio. Area—150 Acres. 
