. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. f the newer varieties, the demandmust increase. Window Gardening. At a recent meeting the Massachusetts Hor-ticultural Society offered prizes for window gar-dening, and appointed committees to awardthem. The expenses for prizes, pamphlets onwindow gardening, plants bought for cash, andother outlays, amounted to $590; and among thereceipts were Sil^for the sale of plants. Thir-teen windows filled with plants were entered andexamined. In one window were seventy pots; inanother, which rec
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. f the newer varieties, the demandmust increase. Window Gardening. At a recent meeting the Massachusetts Hor-ticultural Society offered prizes for window gar-dening, and appointed committees to awardthem. The expenses for prizes, pamphlets onwindow gardening, plants bought for cash, andother outlays, amounted to $590; and among thereceipts were Sil^for the sale of plants. Thir-teen windows filled with plants were entered andexamined. In one window were seventy pots; inanother, which received the first prize, every oneof seventy was in perfect order. In a publicschool room in Roxbury were hundreds of plants,many o£ them in full bloom with beautiful andfragrant flowers. In a home in the suburbs wasa collection of one hundred plants, includingthose of Pelargonium, Geranium, Ivy, OxallsCalla, Petunia, Heliotrope, Rose, Verbena andCarnation. These offered a brilliant display ofblossoms rarely equalled. Competitors werefrom Boston, Dorchester, Maiden, Roxbury,Chelsea and West Dedham. END OF. VOL. VI. iSpi. POPULAR GARDENING. Ill New York Market Quotations,Showing Tendencies. Week ending Week ending Aug. 19. Aug. 12. Apples—Nvaek Pippins, p. bbl 1 IH)®! 50 7501 25 Orange Pippin, per 1 (XKoll 25 75«ll (X) Astrachan, per bbl 1 00@1 50 5@l 25 Oldenburg, per bbl 1 SOUSl 75 Windfalls and Interior 50® 75 40(8 50 Pears—Ga& Fla 2 UlKgs (Jl Bartlett. per bbl 2 00®,? 00 1 75@2 75 Clapps Favorite, per 1 5n@2 00 1 75(3;2 .tO 1 00®I 50 1 25@2 .50 Peaches— Del per bask. 4032 25 40®1 25 Jersey, per basket 20® 75 251 («) 2 511 Blue Oage, per bbl 2 m*/.2 5(i 2 50 Green Oage, per bbl 4 00 3 50 Relne Claude, per bbl 4 (JtX/J5 IH) Common, per bbl 1 75@2 25 Grapes-S. C. Niagara, per lb. 4® s 4® 8 Concord, per lb 3® 5 3® 6 Moores Early 2® 5 3® 5 Up River Champion 2® 4 Up River Del., per lb 15 Ives, per lb 1®
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