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more  as  you  can.  It  will  be  necessary  to  water  them  liberally 
with  liquid  manure  when  growing.  They  should  be  planted 
when  they  have  commenced  growing  or  when  the  shoots  are 
about  an  inch  long.  Black  Hamburgh  is  most  suitable,  and  a 
good  white  companion  is  Foster’s  Seedling. 
NAMES  OF  FRUITS. — Correspondents  tuhose  queries  are  un¬ 
answered  in  the  present  issue  are  respectfully  requested  to  consult  the 
folloicing  number.  (B.  W.  Y.). — 1.  Beauty  of  Hants  ;  2,  Blenheim 
Orange;  3,  Boston  Russet;  4,  a  local  variety,  not  recognised;  5. 
Fearn’s  Pippin  ;  6,  Carra way. Russet. 
NAMES  OF  PLANTS. — Correspondents  whose  queries  are  un¬ 
answered  in  the  present  issue  are  respectfully  requested  to  consult  the 
following  number.  (J.  B.  B.). — 1.  The  correct'  name  is  Cypripedium 
insigne  Sander® :  2,  Cypripedium  Curtisi ;  3,  a  form  of  Cypripedium 
Goweri  magnificum  ;  4,  Oneidium  varicosum ;  5,  Dendrobium  Wardi- 
anum.  (F.  T.). — Desfontainea  spinosa.  (M.  N.). — Probably  the  Tea 
Rose,  Souvenir  d’un  Ami,  somewhat  deep  toned.  (F.  T.). — 1,  Garrya 
elliptiea ;  2,  Eupatorium  odoratum ;  3,  Cryptomeria  elegans ;  4, 
Cotoneaster  frigida  ;  5,  Cotoneaster  horizontalis  ;  6,  Ceanothus  Gloire 
de  Vei'sailles. 
Covent  Garden  Market. — November  19th. 
Average  Wholesale  Prices.— Fruit. 
s. 
d. 
s.  d 
s.  d. 
s.  d 
Apples,  Blenheims, 
Grapes,  Muscat  .  2  0  to  3  0 
bush. 
7  OtolO  0 
Grapes,  Alicantes  ...  0  9 
2  0 
,,  culinary,  bush. 
3 
0 
6  0 
,,  Col  man  .  0  9 
2  0 
,,  King  Pippins," 
Lemons,  Naples,  case  20  0 
25  0 
i-sieve 
5 
0 
6  0 
Oranges,  case  . 10  0 
20  0 
,,  Cox  O.  Pippins, 
Pears,  dessert,  £-sieve  3  0 
6  0 
sieve 
0 
0 
10  0 
,,  stewing,  ^-sieve  2  6 
3  6 
Bananas . 
8 
0 
12  0 
Pines,  St.  Michael’s, 
Cobs  and  Filberts,  lb. 
0 
H 
0  0 
each .  2  6 
5  0 
Figs,  green,  doz . 
2 
0 
4  0 
Plums,  £-sieve  ...  .„  0  0 
0  0 
Average  Wholesale  Prices.— Vegetables, 
s. 
d. 
s.  d 
s.  d. 
s.  d 
Artichokes,  green,  doz. 
2 
0  to  3  0 
Horseradish,  bunch  ...  2  6  to  0  0 
,,  Jerusalem,  sieve 
1 
6 
0  0 
Leeks,  bunch  .  0  1^ 
0  2 
Batavia,  doz . 
2 
0 
0  0 
Lettuce,  Cabbage,  doz.  0  6 
0  9 
Beet,  red,  doz . 
0 
6 
0  0 
Mushrooms,  forced,  lb.  1  0 
0  0 
Brussels  Sprouts,  £- 
Mustard  &  Cress,  punt.  0  2 
0  0 
sieve . 
1 
6 
2  0 
Onions,  bushel  .  3  0 
4  0 
Cabbages,  tally  . 
3 
0 
0  0 
Parsley,  doz.  bnchs.  ...  2  0 
0  0 
Carrots,  new,  bun. 
0 
2 
0  0 
Potatoes,  cwt .  3  0 
5  0 
Cauliflowers,  doz. 
1 
6 
0  0 
Radishes,  doz .  1  0 
0-0 
Corn  Salad,  strike 
1 
0 
1  3 
Spinach,  bush .  2  0 
2  6 
Cucumbers  doz . 
0 
0 
4  0 
Tomatoes,  Enelisb,  lb.  0  5 
o  e 
Endive,  doz . 
1 
6 
0  0 
,,  Jersey...  .  0  0 
0  4 
Herbs,  bunch  . . 
0 
2 
0  0 
Turnips,  bneb . 
0  3 
Average  Wholesale  Prices.— Plants  in  Pots. 
Most  of  the  undermentioned  plants  are  sold  in  48  and  32-sized  pots 
s. 
d. 
s.  d 
s. 
d. 
s.  d 
Aralias,  doz . 
5 
0tol2  0 
Ficus  elastica,  doz.  ... 
9  0tol2  0 
Araucaria,  doz . 
12 
0 
30  0 
Foliage  plants,  var,  each 
1 
0 
5  0 
Aspidistra,  doz . 
18 
0 
36  0 
Grevilieas,  48’s,  doz.  ... 
5 
0 
0  0 
Chrysanthemums 
6 
0 
12  0 
Lycopodiums,  doz.  ... 
3 
0 
0  0 
Crotons,  doz . 
18 
0 
30  0 
Marguerite  Daisy,  doz. 
4 
0 
6  0 
Cyperus  alternifolius 
Myrtles,  doz . 
6 
0 
9  6 
doz . 
4 
0 
5  0 
Palms,  in  var.,  doz.  ... 
15 
0 
30  0 
Dracaena,  var.,  doz.  ... 
12 
0 
30  0 
,,  specimens 
21 
0 
63  0 
,,  viridis,  doz. . 
9 
0 
18  0 
Pandanus  Veitchi,  48’s, 
Erica  gracilis  . 
8 
0 
9  0 
doz . 
24  0 
30  0 
,,  hyemalis  . 
10 
0 
12  0 
Primulas  . 
4 
0 
5  0 
. ,  Caff'ra  . 
12 
0 
15  0 
Shrubs,  in  pots  . 
4 
0 
6  0 
Ferns,  var.,  doz . 
4 
0 
18  0 
Solanums  . 
5 
0 
8  0 
,,  small,  100 . 
10 
0 
16  0 
Average  Wholesale  Prices.— Cut  Blowers 
s. 
d. 
s.  d 
s. 
d. 
s.  d 
Arums,  doz . 
4 
OtoO  0 
Lily  of  Valley,  12  bnchs 
9 
0tol8  0 
Asparagus,  Fern,  bnch. 
1 
0 
2  0 
Maidenhair  Fern,  doz. 
Bouvardia,  coloured, 
bnchs. 
5 
0 
6  0 
doz.  bunches  . 
6 
0 
8  0 
Marguerites,  white, 
Carnations,  12  blooms 
1 
3 
1  9 
doz.  bnchs . 
3 
0 
4  0 
Cattleyas,  doz.  ...  ... 
9 
o' 
10  0 
,,  yellow,  doz.  bnchs. 
1 
6 
2  0 
Chrysanthemums,  doz. 
Myrtle,  English,  per 
bun. 
3 
0 
6  0 
bunch  . 
0  6 
0  0 
,,  doz.  blooms  10  4  0 
Croton  foliage,  bun.  ...  0  9  10 
Cycas  leaves,  each  ...  0  9  16 
Cypripediums,  doz.  ...  2  0  3  0 
Eucharis,  doz .  3  0  0  0 
Gardenias,  doz .  2  6  3  0 
Geranium,  scarlet,  doz. 
bnchs .  4  0  5  0 
Ivy  leaves,  doz.  bun. ...  1  6  0  0 
Lilium  Harrisi  .  3  0  4  0 
,,  lancifoliumalb.  16  2  0 
,,  1.  rubrum .  2  0  0  0 
,,  longiflorum  ...  3  0  4  0 
Odontoglossums . 
Orange  blossom,  bunch 
Roses,  Niphetos,  white, 
doz . 
,,  pink,  doz . 
,,  yellow, doz.  (Perles) 
,,  Generals . 
Smilax,  bunch  . 
Stephanotis,  doz.  pips 
Tuberoses,  dozen . 
Violets,  doz.  bun. 
,,  Marie  Louise... 
4 
2 
1 
2 
1 
0 
2 
0 
0 
1 
3  0 
5  0 
0  0 
2 
3 
3 
1 
0 
3 
1 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1  6>- 
4  0 
Meteorological  Observations  at  Chiswick, 
Taken  in  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society’s  Gardens  at  Chis¬ 
wick,  height  above  sea  level  24  feet. 
Date. 
Direction  of 
Wind. 
1 
_  t 
Temperature  of  the 
Air. 
Bain. 
Temperature  of 
the  Soil. 
At  9  A.M. 
Lowest 
Temperature 
on  Grass. 
1902. 
November. 
At  9  A.M. 
Day. 
Night 
At 
1-ft. 
deep. 
At 
2-ft. 
deep. 
At 
4-ft. 
deep. 
Dry 
Bulb. 
Wet 
Bulb. 
•P 
CO 
© 
ja 
to 
a 
"S 
© 
Sunday  ...  9 
Monday  ...10 
Tuesday  ...11 
Wed’sday  12 
Thursday  13 
Friday  ...14 
Saturday  15 
s.s.w. 
s.w. 
S.E. 
S.W. 
E.S.E. 
S.E. 
E.S.E. 
cleg. 
49-6 
45"9 
47  5 
50  7 
347 
39"9 
44-1 
•leg. 
46-1 
45-1 
44'9 
490 
34-3 
394 
426 
deg. 
54-3 
53"1 
580 
56-8 
55"6 
53-4 
50"4 
deg. 
450 
41-8 
45-0 
470 
313 
34-0 
39-5 
Ins. 
0"03 
0"03 
deg. 
48-2 
47-7 
47-3 
487 
465 
45"0 
46  2 
deg. 
50-5 
50"2 
50  0 
49-9 
499 
49-2 
48-8 
deg. 
51-9 
51"8 
518 
51"7 
51-5 
51-4 
51"3 
deg. 
37"5 
330 
30  3 
44-8 
23-1 
27-0 
313 
Means  ... 
44'8 
43-1 
54-5 
4CT5 
Total. 
0  06 
47-1 
49"8 
51"6 
32. '4 
A  week  of  dull  dark  weather,  with  thick  fog  on  three  days. 
Trade  Catalogues  Received. 
Geo.  Cooling  and  Sons,  The  Nurseries,  Bath.— Roses,  Fruit  Trees, 
Shrubs,  t&c. 
John  Forbes,  Hawick,  Scotland. — Trees,  Shrubs,  Fruit  Trees,  Straw¬ 
berries,  &c. 
Catalogue  de  la  Carrosaccia  Horticultural  Establishment,  Ajaccio 
Corsica,  for  the  season  1902 — 1903. 
Milk  ?  Blitter  ?  Cheese  ? 
We  have  often  noticed,  and  no  doubt  our  readers  have 
done  so  too,  that  just  after  the  big  Dairy  Show  held  in 
London  in  the  autumn,  all  the  farming  papers  seem  much 
alive  to  the  milk  and  butter  questions.  All  the  old 
questions  are  brought  up  and  rediscussed,  and  sometimes  a 
new  one  of  great  import  is  presented  for  consideration,  and 
then  we  all  settle  down  once  more  into  a  pleasant,  drowsy 
state  with  folded  hands.  Again,  too,  milk-dealers  usually 
make  two  contracts  in  the  year,  and  about  the  time  of  the 
show  they  have  settled,  or  are  about  to  settle,  the  price  of 
their  milk  for  the  six  winter  or  cold  weather  months. 
That  a  great  many  farmers  have  gone  into  milk  selling  is 
more  and  more  apparent,  that  is  in  contradistinction  to 
butter-making,  and  the  reason  really  is  not  far  to  seek. 
As  someone  observed  the  other  day,  England  is  gradually 
becoming  one  vast  residential  country,  and  the  towns  are 
encroaching  upon  the  suburbs,  and  the  suburbs  hardly 
know  a  limit,  and  this  population,  which  is  yearly  becoming 
better  educated,  i.e.,  more  sensibly  as  regards  sanitary  or 
health  measures,  desires  to  be  feci  on  milk,  or  at  least  to 
give  to  milk  a  prominent  place  in  the  dietary  table.  Hence 
these  are  the  customers,  and  the  British  farmer  is  wide 
enough  awake  to  see  his  opportunity  and  supply  them.  So, 
tiresome  and  worrying  as  at  times  the  milk  trade  is — it  will, 
we  believe,  continue  to  grow.  It  has  received  many  checks 
at  times,  such  as  the  high  price  of  feeding  stuffs,  the 
scarcity  of  pasture,  the  difficulty  of  collecting  accounts,  the 
harassment  from  railway  companies,  the  sanitary  in¬ 
spectors,  and,  lastly,  this  new  milk  standard  business. 
There  is  one  thing  about  a  deal  in  milk,  once  cooled  and 
delivered  to  the  station,  the  work  of  milk  manipulation  is 
over,  whereas  if  the  same  milk  be  taken  into  the  farm  dairy 
