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THE GARDENING WORLD 
December 24, 1898. 
you already have, you will find the under-mentioned 
very useful, and difficult to beat for early work out 
of doors. Mrs. Hawkins is golden-yellow; Mrs. 
Burrell, soft yellow ; Lady Fitzwygram, pure white ; 
Mdlle. Marie Masse, rosy-purple and early; M. 
Gustave Grunerwald, pale purple, flushed with 
white; Madame Gastelier, dwarf, bushy, and having 
creamy-white flowers; Madame Louis Lionnet, 
salmon-pink ; Madame Eulalie Morel, cerise, shaded 
with gold; and Ivy Stark, orange. First-class small, 
or pompon varieties for early work are L'Ami 
Conderchet, bright yellow at its best; Flora, 
golden-yellow; Salter’s Early Blush, blush-rose; 
Blushing Bride, blush-white; Strathmeath, rosy- 
pink ; Little Bob, brick-red; Piercy’s Seedling, 
bronzy-yeilow ; Precocite, solt yellow, very early ; 
Madame Jollivart, white; Dodo, bright yellow, and 
9 in. to 12 in. high ; Toreador, bronzy-crimson; and 
La Vierge, white. Most of the Chrysanthemum 
growers who have been advertising in our pages for 
some weeks past keep collections of early-flowering 
Chrysanthemums, and we have no doubt would be 
pleased to send you their lists gratis. Being all 
specialists they would have the varieties true to name. 
Ask some of them for their list of early-flowering 
Chrysanthemums. Many more equally meriteritous 
as the the above could be given, but those named 
will make a good nucleus of a collection. 
Propagating Jasminum nudiflorum.— R. M. : 
Cuttings of the firm or ripened wood taken in the 
autumn and put in pots of light sandy soil root very 
readily before spring if the frost is merely kept out 
of the place where they are kept. The rooting pro¬ 
cess may be hastened in spring by putting the pots 
of cuttings into a moderately warm pit or green¬ 
house. Cuttings could also be taken in July or 
August while yet only half ripened, and they will 
get rooted before winter. 
Daffodils and Late Planting — R. H. : If the 
bulbs are plump and good now, they should flower 
well enough in spring, provided you put them in the 
ground at once. They can hardly be so good as 
bulbs planted in the proper season, say in October, 
but they will be dwarfer and later in showing their 
flowers; while they cannot be expected to make so 
vigorous growth owing to the late and perhaps poor 
development of the root system. There is an 
advantage, however, in having late plantations so as 
to prolong the flowering period. We should not now 
grow them in pots, except a few by way of trial to 
test their behaviour. 
Chrysanthemum Rust.— G Kidd : The best plan 
perhaps, to avoid getting rust amongst your cuttings 
and young plants would be to take cnttings that 
have recently sprung up as suckers in the pots of old 
plants, which were cut down some time ago. If the 
pots have been standing for some time in a cold 
frame, or pit close to the glass, or even fully exposed 
to the air, the younger suckers that have come up 
during the past month should, we think, be clear of 
the fungus, and remain so unless infested later on 
from some other source, and by injudicious treat¬ 
ment, such as lack of ventilation, crowding, and a 
stagnant, moist condition of the atmosphere. All 
these things are to be guarded against, particularly 
when the temperature again rises in spring and the 
spores begin to germinate afresh. Never use 
cuttings that show any trace of the rust; and 
wherever the pots containing the batches of cuttings 
or the rooted plants are stood about, see that every¬ 
thing is scrupulously clean. 
Names of Plants — A. L. : i, Viburnum Tinus ; 
2, Pyrus japonica; 3, Crataegus Pyracantha; 4, 
Cotoneaster Simonsii.— R. T.: 1, Dendrobium 
nobile var; 2, Masdevallia Veitchii: 3, Cypripedium 
bellatulum.— D. C .: 1, Peristrophe speciosa; 2, 
Salvia azurea grandiflora; 3, Salvia rutilans; 4, 
Dracaena fragrans massangeana; 5, Asplenium 
bulbiferum minus; 6, Asplenium Bellangeri.— A. C. : 
1, Libonia floribunda; 2, Ipomea Horsfalliae; 2, 
Eupatorium riparium; 4, Veronica Traversii; 5, 
Strobilanthes isophylla; 6. Tradescantia discolor. 
Communications Received.—William Ewing.— 
A. E. Stubbs.—D. Chisholm.—W. Thomas.—W. B. 
G.—R. G — C. B. G.—Kitchen Gardener.—W. M.— 
Co.—Maize.—R. E C.—Tip.—G. Allonby.—Q. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Dickson, Brown & Tait, 43 & 45. Corporation 
Street, Manchester.—Catalogue of Vegetable and 
Flower Seeds and Garden Requisites. 
James Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Royal Exotic Nur¬ 
sery, Chelsea.—Catalogue of Seeds, &c.; also List 
of Chrysanthemums for 1899; Catalogue of Herba¬ 
ceous Plants and Hardy Florists' Flowers; 
Chrysanthemum Novelties for 1899; A Catalogue of 
Roses cultivated at their Middle Green Farm, 
Slough, and Coombe Wood Nursery, Kingston Hill, 
Surrey ; Novelties and Specialities in Fruits and 
Hardy Shrubs; New Gooseberries; and the Chelsea 
Horticultural Manure. 
James Carter & Co., 237, 238 & 97, High Hol- 
born, London.—Carters’ Vade Mecum of Tested 
Garden Seeds, 1899. 
Samuel Dobie & Son, Heathfield Gardens, near 
Chester.—Dobie's Book on Seeds, Spring, 1899. 
Little & Ballantyne, Carlisle.—Garden Seeds, 
1899. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
December 21 st, 1898. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices, 
t. d . 1. 4. 
Apples ...perbushel 26 80 
Cobs . ...45 o 50 o 
Grapes, per ib. 08 19 
Pine-apples 
—St. Mlobael's each 26 76 
Strawberries per lb. 
Black Currants, per 
half sieve 00 00 
Vegetables.—Average Wholesale Pricks 
Red Currants, per 
half sieve 
Cherries, per'half 
sieve 0 0 
Raspberries,per cwt. o 0 
Ripe Gooseberries, 
per half sieve 0 o 
s. d. s. d. 
00 00 
0 0 
o 0 
1. d. 1. d. 
ArtlchokesGlobedos. 20 40 
Asparagus,per bundle 30 80 
Beans, French, per 
per lb. 0916 
Beet.per dozen 1 0 
Brussels Sprouts 
per half sieve 10 16 
Cabbages ... per doz. 10 13 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 3 
Cauliflowers...doz. 20 30 
Celery.per bundle 10 16 
Cucumbers per doz. 26 36 
Endive, French, djz. 16 20 
s. d. s. d. 
Herbs .per bnnch 0 2 
Horse Radish, bundle 10 20 
Lettuces ...per dozen 13 16 
Mushrooms, p. basket 10 16 
Onions.per bunob 04 06 
Parsley ... per buncb 0 3 
Radishes... per dozen 10 13 
Seakale...per basket 1620 
Small salad, punnet 0 4 
Spinach par bushel 20 30 
Tomatos. per lb. o 6 10 
Turnips ....per bun. 0 3 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices 
1. d, s. d. 
Atoms, 19 blooms ... 9 0 12 0 
Azalea, White, 12 
sprays 10 13 
Carnations doz.Dims. 20 26 
Chrysanthemums. 
white, 12 blms 6090 
„ yellow, 12 blms. 40 60 
,, per dozen bun. 60 90 
EuoharlB ...per doz 40 60 
Gardenias per doz ... 2 0 30 
Hyacinths, Roman, 
per doz. bunches 60 80 
Llllum Harrisli, per 
doz blooms 9 o 12 0 
„ lancifolium 
per doz.blms. 30 50 
„ longlflorum, 
per doz.blms.12 o 15 0 
Lily of the Valley, doz. 
sprays 16 26 
MaidenhaIrFern,i2bs.6 090 
Plants in Pots.- 
s. 
Adiantums, per doz. 4 
Aspidistra, doz. 12 
„ speoimen, each 5 
Chrysanthemums, 
various, per doz. 9 
Diaoaeni s. each ..... 1 
„ various per doz. ra 
Erica 0 , per doz. 12 
Evergreen shrubs, In 
vailety, per doz. 6 
Ferns, small, per doz. 1 
„ various, per doz. 5 
s. d. 
9 0 
4 o 
6 0 
15 ° 
15 o 
2 0 
2 o 
6 0 
4 0 
2 o 
o 0 
3 0 
4 0 
age Wholesale Prices. 
I. A . I . d . 
Ficus elastlca, each 10 76 
Foliage Plants, per 
doz. 12 0 36 0 
Heaths, per dozen .. 12 o 16 0 
Hyacinths,Rom.,doz. 12 0 30 0 
6 Liliums, various, 
0 per doz . 12 0 30 o 
0 Marguerites, per doz. 8 o 10 0 
Palm?, vatious, each 2 o 10 0 
0 2a 0 „ Speclruer,each 10 6 84 0 
020 Primulas, per doz. ...40 60 
012 0 Solacums, per doz ... 40 60 
s. d. 
Mrrguerltes, white, 
per doz. bonches 6 0 
Naroiss, Paper-White 
per doz. bunches 2 0 
Orohlds :— 
Cattleya, 12 blms. 10 0 
Odontoglossum 
crispum, per J2 
blooms. 4 0 
Pelargoniums, double 
tcarlet.per doz bun.12 0 
Poinsettia, 12 blooms 12 o 
Roses. Tea, per doz. 1 6 
,, yellow (Pearls), 
per dozen ... 1 0 
,, pink, per dozen 4 0 
,, white, per doz. 3 o 
,, Safrano, doz. 1 0 
Tuberoses, doz blms. o 4 
Violets, per doz. bun. 2 o 
„ Parma, bunch 2 o 
—Avbb 
d. s. d. 
0 12 o 
0 30 o 
0 15 0 
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