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THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
Juke 7 
OBITUARY. 
MR. ALFRED AUSTIN. 
It is with regret we have to record the 
death, on Monday, June 2 , of Mr. Alfred 
Austin, the Poet Laureate. Mr. Austin had 
iust passed his 78th birthday, and he died at 
his home, Swinford Old Manor, near Ash¬ 
ford, in Kent. It is not for us to deal with 
Mr. Austin’s career as a lawyer, journalist, 
special correspondent, and poet, but for his 
wide knowledge of country and garden life, 
his love of horticulture, and his charming 
book entitled “ The Garden that I Love,"^ his 
memory will long be kept green by all gar¬ 
den lovers. This book was the most widely 
known, and also the most popular of the late 
Poet Laureate’s works, and in it he dis¬ 
courses in a most delightful manner upon 
things concerning his own garden at Swin¬ 
ford, the garden he made, in w^hich he lived 
for the greater part of 45 years, and where 
he pass^ away. Mr. Austin was intensely 
patriotic, and a frequent and able lecturer 
upon national subjects and upon country 
and garden life. 
MARKETS. 
COVENT GARDEN. 
Flowers. 
Tulips aw owr, and only a few double white 
narois-ai remain to remind ns of spring-. The recent 
brig-ht weather has been rather hard on flowers, 
^eh as roses, which are plentiful. Oamatdons and 
lily of the mHey are in good demand and so are 
irises and gweet peae. s. d. s. d. 
Anemones . per dioz. hun. 1 0 to 2 0 
Anima . per doz. 2 0 4 0 
Adiantlum cuneatum ... per doz. bun. 3 0 4 0 
Asparagu.? plumoeus ... per doz. bun. 8 0 16 0 
,, Sprengeri . per doz. bun. 8 0 12 0 
Oarnations .per doz. 16 2 6 
M . per doz. bun. 10 0 15 0 
,, Malmiaiyon . per doz. 4 0 6 0 
Cattfleyas . jier doz. 9 0 12 0 
eVoton le<aves . per bun. 10 16 
Oypript-diuims . per doz. 2 0 3 0 
Euclraris . per doz. 2 0 4 0 
French fern . per doz. bun. 2 6 4 0 
G-ardenias . per doz. 10 2 0 
Ins, Spanish . per doz. bun. 9 0 12 0 
. per bun. 10 2 0 
Liiium auratum . per bun. 2 0 4 0 
speciosum . per doz. 16 2 6 
longiilorum . per bun. 16 2 0 
Lily of the Valley . per doz. bun. 6 0 15 0 
Marguerites . per doz. bun. 10 2 0 
Narciised, double white ... per doz. bun. 2 0 3 0 
Odtontoglossums . i>er doz. hlms. 2 0 4 0 
PsEonies . per doz. bun. 4 0 6 0 
Pel-argon kirns . per doz. bun. 4 0 8 0 
ttoseo . per doz. 16 4 6 
.Smilax . per doz. trails 2 0 3 0 
Spiraea . per doz. bun. 2 6 6 0 
Sweet Peas . per doz. bun. 3 0 8 0 
Fruits. 
American, Canadian, and C^lape fruits are now 
over, but fin© supplies oomc from Australia and 
Tasmauia. French oherrieip. home-grown peadhes, 
nectarinea, and strawberries meet a ready sale, and 
are plentiful and good. s. d. ’ e. d. 
A.i>plei6, Australian . per box 10 0 to 15 0 
,, Tasmanian . per box 10 0 15 0 
Apricots . })er box 1 O 3 0 
Banana-g, Oanaiy' . per bun. 7 0 12 0 
Jamaica . per bun. 3 0 5 6 
Cobnuts . per doz. lbs. 4 6 6 0 
Oocoanuts . per 100 18 0 2:1 0 
Cranberries . per case 8-0 9 6 
.. per doz. boxes 2 9 3 6 
Gooseberries .. per peck 4 0 5 0 
Gra-pe Fruirts . per case 12 0 22 0 
Grapes, English (new) . j^er lb. 2 6 8 0 
Australian . per case 25 0 30 0 
,, Cape . per box 10 0 12 0 
lemons . per case 9 0 22 0 
Mangoes . per doz. 6 0 8 0 
Melons . each 10 2 0 
Nectarines . per doz. 6 0 24 0 
Oranges . per case 12 0 32 0 
„ Jaffa . per ca.se 7 0 9 0 
Peaches . per doz. 6 0 24 0 
Pears, Cape . per box 4 0 8 0 
,, Tasmanian . per case 10 0 12 0 
Pineapples . each 2 6 4 0 
LONDON POTATO MARKETS. 
Business is good, and witb fair supplies for the 
season, e. d. s. d. 
Kents . per ton 90 0 to 95 o 
Lincoln . per ton 80 0 90 0 
Scotch . per ton 80 0 95 0 
Dunbars . per ton 120 0 125 0 
Canaries, New . per cwt, 13 0 14 € 
Jersey, New . per cwt. 15 0 16 0 
dt. Malo, New . per cwt. 14 0 14 6 
METEOROLOGICAL 
OBSERVATIONS 
TAKEN IN THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY’S GARDENS AT WISLEY, SURREY. 
Height above Sea-level, 150 feet. 
Date. 
ti 
Temperature of the 
Air. 
1913. 
May 25 
H 
S 
At 9 a.m. 
Day 
Night 
TO 
May 31. 
Dry 
Bulb. 
Wet 
Bulb. 
High¬ 
est. 
Low¬ 
est. 
Tifay 25—Sunday . 
„ 26—Monday. 
,, 27—Tuesday. 
,, 28—Wednesday.. 
,, 29—Thursday.... 
,, 30—Friday. 
,, 31—Saturday. 
lir. m. 
13 54 
13 IS 
10 42 
11 12 
■ 2 48 
12 33 
7 24 
deg. 
67 
74 
71 
69 
69 
69 
55 
deg. 
62 
65 
65 
61 
62 
66 
51 
deg. 
78 
80 
79 
77 
77 
75 
61 
deg, 
48 
49 
51 
50 
54 
57 
49 
Means 
(total) 
71 5t 
68 
62 
75 
51 
Date. 
Temperature of 
the Soil 
At 9 A.M. 
ag 
w ^ 
H M « 
1913. 
5 
H £ ® 
00 ^ ^ 
May 25 
TO 
May 31. 
oi 
At 
1ft. 
deep. 
At 
2 ft. 
deep. 
At 
4 ft. 
deep. 
sSa 
O K 
At 
May 25—Sunday . 
,, 26—Monday. 
„ 27—Tuesday. 
,, 28—Wednesday., 
„ 29—Thiir.sday. .. 
,, 30 -Friday,. .... 
„ 31 - Saturday .... 
ills. 
0’61 
deg. 
59 
61 
62 
62 
62 
62 
62 
deg. 
55 
56 
57 
58 
58 
.58 
69 
deg. 
52 
52 
63 
5t 
54 
54 
55 
dear. 
35 
38 
39 
36 
46 
45 
38 
Means 
(tot al) 
0 61 
61 
57 
53 1 
39 
Thunderstorm, Thursday night. May 29, 
CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
JA:\1EiS STRiEDWICK AND SONS. SILVERHILL 
PARK, ST. LEONARDS.—'Bight large illustrations 
of new dahlias adorn the pages of this new cata¬ 
logue. The first twenty-three varieties described were 
raised by the firm, and include cactus, garden oaetus, 
pompon cactus, and collarette kinds. 
J. CHBAL AND SONS, JAM., OR.AWLEY.—A con¬ 
cise. admirably descriptive, and illustrated catalogue 
of dalilias, bedding plants, chrysanthemums, and other 
soibjeots for present planting. 
FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENIS 
NEXT WEElt. ^ 
JIONDAT .Tuno 9.-rnited Horticultnr.1 B.- •• 
Provident ■'society. 
Epsom Hortic^tural Society, Roee xhow . 
»■ •“<> 
Ea.ling Horticultural Society July 9. 
Weybridge Horticultural Society. JuW 10 m- 
Lodge Oatlands Drive. ’ ' 
Edgwarc Horticultural Society Julv 12 
Dulwich Summer -Show July’17 'at 
Parish Hall; Chrysanthemum Show’ Nv 
12 and 13, at the Baths Goose Green’ 
Ulverston Rose and Sweet Pea Show July 18 
Birmingham Horticultural Society ’jolv 18 
in Handsworth Park. 3 
Haywards Heath Flower Show, July 23, in Ti-* 
Park; the twenty-fifth exhibition. 
Tunbridge Wells Flower Show, July 23 and 24. 
St, Quintin Horticultural Society. July 24 tn ‘ 
Gun (31ub grounds Wood Lane, W. 
City of London Rose Show, July 26 at Cs** 
Street Hotel. 
Worth Horticultural Society, July 30. 
CONTENTS. 
A .Scheme for Horticultural Education 
Among the Alpine Flowers . 
Answers to Correspondents! . 
Beauty Spots in Industrial Towm ... 
Bedding-cut in Shade . 
Dahlias for Cut Flowers . 
Exhibitions and Meetings . 
Florists’ Auriculasi . 
Frtiit Prospects in the North . 
Impressions of the Chelsea Show ... 
New Bocks . 
Nicotian a affinis . 
Note of the Week . 
Obituary . 
Plagianthus Lyalli . 
Plants in the Dwelling-houce . 
Rose Goigsip for June . 
Sansaw, near Sihrewsbury . 
Spinea Veitchi . 
The Onion Crop . 
The Stephanotis . 
The Winter He.liotroi>e . 
Work for the Week . 
Pa8L 
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ILLU.sTHATIONS. 
’ortrait: Mr. Wyndham Fitzherbert. 4C9: Oc- 
glosis-um Aireworth Orchid Dene variety, i-; 
Sannaw, near Shrewsbury, the ® 
Bibby, Esq., 413; Herbaceous Border on<i ir 
Yews at Sansaw, 414; View in the / 
Grounds at Sansaw. 415; The Ganleners 
at Sansaw. 417; Auricula Mm. .'•mkn. 
oula Roxburgh, 419. 
jtDaPerfi 
iilf 
^ R.H.S. 
TRIALS AT WISLEY.- 
^ The “Abol” Patent Syringe 
^and Knapsack Sprayer received, at 
the above Trials on May Srd, 
TWO HIGHEST AWARDS 
IVrttg/or TREA T/SE on GARDEN RESTS, GRATl 
and POST FREE 
\ pt., 1/.; pt., 1/6; 
2/6; i gall., 4/.; 
gallon, 7/6. 
qt. 
No. 4 (1 X 14), 8/6 
No. 6 <1 X 20) 10/6 
No. 6 (1i X 20), 14/6 
Bend, 1/6 extra. 
‘‘ABOL*’’ 
NON-POISONOUS 
Now acknowledged to J’® , ■ goval 
Best Pest Destroyer Used m tt 
Gardens, Kew, White C-ty. 
Hampton Court. 
mEHrSlRINBES. 
the 
NURSERYMEN, SEEDSMEN. IRONMONC » 
Sole Proprietors and Manufacturer 
E. A. WHITE, Ltd., 
62, Beltring, Paddock Wood, 
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