Established 1841. 



no. si—von. iv. a™} 



SATUEDAY, JULY 14, 1888. 



Price 3d. 



I Post-Free, 3%d. 



CONTENTS. 



American notes 



411 



Lincolnshire, storm ii 





47 



Angnecum tridacty]ites„. 



:u 



Melon growing 





46 



Apple blossom, deliciency 





Narcissus poeticus. bli 



id . 



4, 



of colour in 



:trt 



Non-warranty clause- 







Aquilegms 



40 



Obituary : — 







Broccoli. Gilbert- Vic- 





Cope, Caleb 





M 



toria 



4; 



Orchid notes 







Chrysanthemum luema- 





Orchids at Booking Place 



.■;;, 





8fl 



Pear midge, the ... 





4o 



Cologue Exhibition 



n 



Pinks, white 





4ti 



Creepers on houses 



46 



Pinus canariensis ... 





89 



Cultural memoranda 



::. 



., Sabiniana ... 





41 



Daffodils, lifting and 





Plant notes 





36 



replanting 



83 



Plants and their culture . 



41 



Epidendrum auriculige- 





Primro-es, American 





38 





■M 







HH 



Exhibitioos. early sum- 





Roval Horticultural 



So- 





mer 



as 



ciety 





4.' 



Flower garden 



41 



Scotland 





4.1 



Forestry 



40 



Societies — 







Fruits under glass 



41 







49 



Gardening appointments . 



54 



Finchley 





bU 



Havana, economic plants 





National Rose ... 





4, 



in ... 



89 



Royal Horticultural 





48 



Herbaceous border 



:in 



Twickenham 





Ml 



Hippeastrum, a topsy- 





Woodbridge 





511 





■M 



Strawberries, barren 





4:< 



Iris, a particoloured 



41 



Thunia candidissiiua 





94 



,, Korolkowi 



MS 



Tomatos, diseased... 





44 



Jersey, vegetables and 





United Horticultural 



Ke- 





fruit in 



aa 



nefit and Provident 



So- 





Lettuces 



ILLU 



47 



STF 



ciety 



iATIONS. 





42 



Iris Korolkowi 









717 



Pear midge, the 









4.i 



PinusSabiuiana 









4.i 





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Now ready, in cloth, lis. 64 

 rpiLE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 



J. Vol. HI.. Third Series. JAN. to JUNE. 1888. 



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ATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE 



FLOWER SHOW. 



CRYSTAL PALACE. AUGUST IS, 1888. 



FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS and MEDALS in PRIZES, for 

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 members of Co-operative Societies throughout the Ki ng dom, 

 also for Skill of Workmen in all Trades for Amateur Work, 

 Entomological and other Specimens. Schedules of Prizes on 

 application to ^rjf BROOMHALL, Secretary. 



1, Norfolk Street, Strand. W.C. 



IVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL 



ASSOCIATION. 



The NINTH SUMMER EXHIBITION of Plants, Flowers, 



Fruit, and Vegetables, will be held in Sefton Park, ou 



SATURDAY and MONDAY. August 4 and 6. 18S8. Entries Clo-c 



July 28. Schedules of Prizes on application to 



EDWARD BRIDGE. Secretary, 

 3, Cedar Terrace, Tarbock Road, Hayton, Liverpool. 



LAY CROSS HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY.— The ANNUAL SHOW of the above will be 

 held on TUESDAY. August 14. Entries Close July 31. For 

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ATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM 



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Frampton Park N 



O ORCHID GROWERS. — Live SPHAG- 



NUM MOSS, fresh and clean, 5s. per sack. 

 JOHN BURNS, FeUside, Kendal. 



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ARTERS' FLORISTS' FLOWERS — 



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 CARTERS' FIRST-PRIZE PRIMULA, 

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 and 5s. per packet. Post-free. 



CARTERS', Seedsmen by Special Royal Warrants to 11. M. 

 the Queen, and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 



237 and 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. 



Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Lilies, &c. 



CG. VAN TUBERGEN, Jun., Haarlem, 

 • Holland.— Wholesale CATALOGUE now ready, and 

 may be had free on application to 



Messrs. R. STLBERRAD A>1> SON, 25, Savage Gardens, 

 Crutched Friars, London. E.C. 



RIMULAS— PRIMULAS— PRIMULAS. — 



Nineteenth year of distribution. Williams' superb 



strain." Is. 6d. per dozen. 10s. per 100. 



CINER.ARLAS and CALCEOLARIAS, same price. 



Carriage free for cash with order. 



JOHN STEVENS. The Nurseries. Coventry. 



PRIMULAS, Double White, 



JL 5s. per dozen, 3os. per 100. 



Price for quantities on application. 



TAYLOR AND CO., 



Nurserymen, Timperley, Cheshire. 



1AA BEAUTIFUL GLADIOLI.— A mixture 



JLv/V/ of many striking and showy sorts, to bloom this 

 autumn in beds and borders. Sent free on receipt of Post- 

 office Order for 10s. 6rf. 



BARR AND SON, King Street, Covent Garde:', W.C. 



T ARGE CAMELLIAS— For Sale, 6 to 8 feet, 



-1-J bushy, in the finest health, well set for flower, very 

 suitable for planting in conservatories. Names and prices on 

 application. Inspection invited. 



JOHN LAING and SONS, Nurserymen, Forest Hill, S.E. 



THE NEW RASPBERRY, 

 '• LORD BEACONSFIELD." 

 A seedling. Finest Raspberry and best cropper ever grown . 

 First-class Certificate awarded by the Royal Hort. Society. 

 Now to be seen in full fruit. Fruitery. 2^ miles from Kintbury 

 Station, G.W.R. Nurserymen and Gardeners are invited to an 

 inspection.— A. FAULKNOR, Inkpen, Hungerford. 



C~ "HOICE FRUIT and FLOWERS.— Highest 

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 HENRY RIDES (late Wise & Rides), Covent Garden, W.C. 



QQUELCfl and B A R N H A M , 



O North Row, Covent Garden. W.C are OPEN TO DIS- 

 POSE OF any quantity of MUSCATS and BLACK GRAPES, 

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 by Sender. Baskets and Labels supplied. References given. 



Choice Fruit and Flowers. 



TC. PAGET, having had twenty years' 

 • Market experience and an extensive connection, is open 

 to RECEIVE CONSIGNMENTS. Be-t Market Prices ami 

 prompt returns. Covent Garden and Clapham. 



Surplus Cut Flowers. 



HOOPER and CO. (Limited) RECEIVE and 

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 ment, HOOPER and CO. (Limited). Covent Garden, W.C. 



ESSRS. GREGORY and EVANS, 



Nurserymen. Sidcup. and 285. 286, 287. 288, Flower 

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 CONSIGNMENTS of Choice CUT FLOWERS in any quantity 

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Telegraph Address— •• COMMISSION. SIDCUP." 



ANTED, TREE CARNATIONS, also 



Rooted Cuttings. STOVE and GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 

 Florist TULIPS (named), CINERARIAS and PRIMULAS, in 

 quantity, from or in pans. Auriculas, named — Primulas, 

 herbaceous kinds, named. Price, &c. to 



C. R., Gardeners' Chronicle Office, 41, Wellington Street, 

 Strand, W.C. 



V 



'UTTON'S FLORISTS' FLOWER SEED?. 



' Sutton's Begonia I Sutton's Cyclamen 



Sutton's Calceolaria Sutton's Gloxinia 



Sutton's Cineraria | Sutton's Primula, &c. 



The finest strains in existence. 



Price LIST Post-free. 



Sutton's Seeds Genuine only direct from 



SUTTON AND SONS, Reading. 



The Best Present for a Gardener. 

 INES and VINE CULTURE. 



The most complete and exhaustive Treatise on 



Grapes and their Culture ever published. 



New Edition. 



Price 55., post-free 5s. 6d. 



A. P. BARRON, Royal Horticultural Society, Chiswick. 



EAUTIFUL JAPANESE IMS.— The most 



beautiful of all hardy Irises. Strong flowering plants 

 in pots. Best aod most beautiful named varieties. All dis- 

 tinct. 21s. per dozen. 



BARR and SON, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 



GARDENIAS.— Never had a finer stock of 

 this beautiful Greenhouse Shrub. Specimen Plants from 

 3 to 5 feet high by same through, from 25*. to 60s. each. The.- e 

 are grand plants. Half Specimens, from 2 to 3 feet high, &*. 

 to 10s. each. To anyone wishing to stock a greenhouse, or 1o 

 the Trade, this is a good opportunity to secure tine large 

 plants.— E. COLLINS and SONS, Cumberland Park Nurseries', 

 Willesden Junction, W. 



CREEPERS FOR WALLS. — By planting 

 what is suitable, an ugly object may easily be made 

 beautiful. Most being in pots, can be sent and put out at any 

 time. Descriptive LIST and advice Free.— RICHARD SMITH 

 AND CO., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants. Worcester. 



DIANTUM \YALTONII (New Hybrid).— 



This graceful Fern is now being sent out. For full de- 

 scription see Gardeners' Chronicle for June 23, 188S, Good 

 strong Plants with r> to 7 fronds, 2s. 6d. each, 6 for 12s. 6d. ; 

 smaller plants. Is. 6^. each, 6 for 7s. 6d. 



Exors. of HENRY WALTON, Edge End Nursery, Brierfield, 

 Burnley, Lancashire. 



Palms, clean and healthy. 



WILLIAM ICETON has a very extensive 

 stock of all the leading kinds, in fine conditin ; 20 

 houses being devoted to their growth, many being tit for exhi- 

 bition of the following varieties : — Areca lutea, Cocos flexuosa 

 and Weddelliana, Kentias of all kinds; Seaforthia elegans 

 Latania borbonica, Phoenix reclinata, rupicola; also a very 

 large assortment of Palms in 60's and 48's for table. Inspection 

 invited.— Putney Park Lane, S.W. ; and 129 and 130, Flower 

 Market, Covent Garden, W.C. 



FERNS.— FERNS.— FERNS.— Gonophlebium 

 subauriculatum. — A fine stock of this elegant Basket 

 Fern, strong established plants, in 3-inch pots. My stock of 

 Ferns is by far the largest in the kingdom, including immense 

 quantities of all the leading and popular sorts, in various sizes. ; 

 also a great number of choice species and varieties. An 

 inspection is respectfully invited. Prices on application. 

 H. B. MAY, Dyson's Lane Nursery, Upper Edmonton. 



Eucharis— Eucharls — Eucharla. 



FOR SALE, a stock of good Specimen Plants 

 Of EUCHARIS AMAZONICA in No. 12 pots, free from 

 bug, and acknowledged to be the strongest and healthiest 

 stock in the Trade. 



T. DODD, Brunswick Road Nurseries, Bexley Heath. 



SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS by which an 

 abundance can be insured of delicious MUSHROOMS. 



See Seed LIST, Free. 



RICHARD SMITH AND CO., Seed Merchants and Nursery- 

 men, Worcester. 



PEAT for Orchids, Hard-wooded Plants. 

 Ferns, &c, of best quality, can now be supplied from 

 Summer Cutting. Wholesale or Retail. Samples and quota- 

 tions on application to. 

 The PEAT ASSOCIATION, 10. Cullum Street, London. E.C. 



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Horticultural Builders. 

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