. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. Ai-niT, 7. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 8 covENT garden; We caunot expect to have any alteration iu the state of tlie markets for some time to come. Everytliing remains iu the same state as when we hist reported. There has been a low Early Pens from Portngal during the week, which realized ;30s. per peck. Forced Stranherrii's may he had at -'is. an ounce, but all other fruit is scarce, and reali/.es high prizes. Forced Orcqjcs make from ;iOs. to »'5s. per pound. Dessert Apples 10s. to l.'is. per bushel; and culinary sorts from 7s. Od. to \->s. Good Pot
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. Ai-niT, 7. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 8 covENT garden; We caunot expect to have any alteration iu the state of tlie markets for some time to come. Everytliing remains iu the same state as when we hist reported. There has been a low Early Pens from Portngal during the week, which realized ;30s. per peck. Forced Stranherrii's may he had at -'is. an ounce, but all other fruit is scarce, and reali/.es high prizes. Forced Orcqjcs make from ;iOs. to »'5s. per pound. Dessert Apples 10s. to l.'is. per bushel; and culinary sorts from 7s. Od. to \->s. Good Potatoes are scarce, the best fetching £8 per ton. Plants are short on account of the frost, but cut flowers are rather plentiful; thoy are chiefly Camellias, Boses, Oeranhims, Heaths, TuVqis, Crocus, Epacns, Cinerarias, Violets, and Hyacinths. II. GOSSIP AND GLEANINGS. In a former volume we gathered together such frag- ments of the biography of the Tradescants as time had spared, and industry had discovered. Among these fragments was this one from the churchwarden's accounts of St. Mary's, Lambeth. "l(137-i?. Item. .Tohn Tradeskin : ye gret bell and black cloth. .')S. ; This was believed to relate to the burial of Trades- cant, the elder, and the belief is sustained by the sub- sequent discovery of his will. In this document, aecording to a writer in " Notes and Queries," he is described as " John Tradescant, of South Lambeth, co. Surrey, ; The will is dated January 8, lIKi?, and proved May 2, lO.'JS. It sets forth that the younger Tradescant was his only child, and that the latter, at the date of the will, had two children, John and Frances Tradescant. His son was the residuary legatee, with a proviso, tliat if he should desire to part with, or sell his cabinet, the celebrated " Tradescant's Ark of Curiosities," he should first offer the same to the Prince. His brother-in-law, Alexander Norman, and Mr. William Wai'd, were the
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