Established i84i 



No. 83,-Vol. IV. {i™} 



SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1888. 



[Regt. as a Newspaper. ( P R ' C E 30« 

 I Post-Free, 3Jd. 



CONTENTS. 



Aernanthus ophioplec- 



tron 91 



Beaiis, weevil eaten ... 103 

 Books- 

 Choice British Ferns... 103 

 Flower GaideniDg for 



Amateurs 103 



Pansy, the 103 



Rothamsted Experi- 

 ments 104 



Bull's Nursery 92 



Cabbages... 107 



Carnations and Picoteea 103 



Chemistry of vegetation 89 



Cultural memoranda ... 104 



Dipodium patudosum ... 91 



Flower garden 94 



Forestry 99 



Freesias from seed ... 104 



Fruit crops, the 100 



Gardening appointment 114 



Gardeners' Orphan Fund 1U2 



Hardy fruit garden ... 105 

 Herbaceous plant, what 



91 



M ••■j;:ii-li nium oxyodon ... 

 Morels, culture of 



Non-warranty of seeds ... 



Oakwood, notes from ... 



Odoutoglossum cuspida- 

 tum platyglossuni 



Orchard-house 



Orchid notes 



Ornithogalum disease ... 



I';isMllora edulis 



Plants and their culture . 

 „ outrof-doors 



Potatos, coloured 



Ramie fibre 



Reichenbae \ia 



Rho< lodendron Falconeri 



Royal Horticultural So- 

 ciety 



Societies- 

 National Carnation ... 



„ Rose 



Royal Horticultural ... 



Spathoglottis auras 



Strawberry Hautbois ... 



Weather 



Kew 



Kitchen garde 



Laliii Ej 



Laiug's nursery ... 



Illustrations. 



Carnations and Picotees 



Ladia Eye 



Spathoglottis aurea 

 Starch in l J otato tubers . 



Now ready, In cloth, lis. 6d. 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 

 Vol.111.. Third Series. JAN. to JUNE. 1888. 

 W. RICHARDS, 41, Wellington Street. Strand. W.C. 



ATION A L CO-OPERATIVE 



FLOWER SHOW. 



CRYSTAL PALACE, AUGUST 18, 1888. 



FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS and MEDALS in PRUNES, for 



FLOWERS, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, and HONEY, open to 



members of Co-operative Societies throughout the Kingdom, 



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



Entomological and other Specimens. Schedules of Prizes on 



application to WM BROOMHALL, Secretary. 



1. Norfolk Street. Strand, W.C. 



A 



BBEY PARK, LEICESTER. 



A GRA>T> FLOWER SHOW and GALA 



will be held on 



TUESDAY, August 7. 



Schedules and further particulars may be had from 



JNO. BURN', Secretary and Curator. 



MAIDENHEAD HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 

 The ANNUAL SHOW, in Grounds of Rav Lodge. Maiden- 

 head, on THURSDAY. August 16. Entries Close on August 9. 

 Schedules and particulars from 

 Ray Park Cottage, Maidenhead. 



Mr. O. KING, Sec. 



CH E A D L E (Cheshire) S H O W. 

 Show Days, AUGUST 17 and 18. 

 For 15 PLANTS, Stove orGreenhouse. 1st Prize £21. together 

 with a Silver Medal; 2nd. £15; and 3rd, £10. Schedule of 

 Prizes (TWO HUNDRED POUNDS) on application. 



RADFORD and DISTRICT.— The SECOND 



ANNUAL EXHIBITION of the above Society will take 

 place on NOVEMBER 14 and 15. when upwards of ONE HUN- 

 DRED POUNDS will be offered in Prizes. Schedules might be 

 obtained on application to Mr J0HN cooler, Hoq . See . 



10, Mannheim Roid. Toller Lane. Bradford. 



ROMAN HYACINTHS, L1LIU.M CANDI- 

 DUM. NARCISSUS. &c— First consignment to hand 

 from Louis I'.remond f.Is, Ollioriles, in splendid condition. In- 

 spection invited, or samples sent on application to WILLIAM 

 DESMAN, 7. Catherine Street. Covent Garden. London, W.C. 

 See large Advertisement, page S9. 



N 



OTICE.— A. W. CREWS is NO LONGER 



IN MY EMPLOY. 

 R. H. VERTEGANS, Chad Valley Ni 



>RIMULAS— PRIMULAS— PRIMULAS. 



Nineteenth year of distribution, Williams' superb 



strain. Is. Qd. per dozen, 10s. per 100. 



CINERARIAS and CALCEOLARIAS, same price. 



Carriage free for cash with order. 



JOHN STEVENS, The Nurseries, Coventry. 



IARGE CAMELLIAS.— For Sale, 6 to 8 feet, 

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

 suitable for planting in conservatories. Names and prices on 

 application. Inspection invited. 



JOHN LAING AST) SONS, Nurserymen, Forest Hill. S.E. 



EU C H A R I S AMAZONICA. 

 Extra strong healthy flowering Bulbs, 15s. per doz. 

 Strong ditto, 12s. per dozen. Smaller, its. and 0s. per dozen. 

 A. WATKINS, 

 Hockerill Nursery. Bishop's Stortford, Herts^ 



A 



MARYLLIS. — Surplus stock, about 500 pots, 



in a few sorts. 

 W. TROUGHTON, Nurseryman, Preston. 



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and Ru 



Kent — The Garden of England. 



STRAWBERRIES true to Name. 



EO BUN YARD and CO.'S New LIST, 



[bracing. Noble, Waterloo, &c. and the 30 best kinds, 

 be had on application. Splendid Plants in little pots, 



ers. The I lid Nurseries. .Maidstone. 



QIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS by which an 



O abundance can be insured of delicious MUSHROOMS. 

 See Seed LIST, Free. 

 RICHARD SMITH AND CO., Seed Merchants and Nursery- 

 men, Worcester. 



ST R A TV 13 E R R I E S. 

 Apply for Descriptive CATALOGUE. Post-free. 

 THOMAS RIVERS and SON, Sawbridgeworth, Herts. 



SULPHIDE of POTASSIUM (Harris).— A 

 certain cure for Mildew on Plants, Red Spider. Aphis, 

 &c. Enough to make 32 gallons of solution, free for Is. Zd. 

 The only kind to use is " Harris's specially prepared Sulphide 

 of Potassium." Sole Manufacturers : — 

 PHILIP HARRIS and CO. (Limited), 9. Bull Ring. Birmingham. 



MELONS, NECTARINES, GRAPES, &c. 

 — Highest Market Prices guaranteed for really good and 

 well packed fruit of the above. 



HENRY RIDES (late Wise & Rides). Covent Gar.len. W.C. 



Surplus Cut Flowers. 



HOOPER and CO. (Limited) RECEIVE and 

 DISPOSE of any quantity of above at best Market 

 Prices. Bores, &c, supplied. — Address, Commission Depart- 

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



SQUELCH and BARN HAM, 

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

 POSE OF any quantity of MUSCATS and BLACK GRAPES. 

 TOMATOS, CUCUMBERS, FRENCH BEANS. STRAW- 

 BERRIES. CHOICE FLOWERS, &c. Highest Market Prices 

 obtained Account Sales daily ; Cheques weekly or as preferred 

 by Sender. Baskets anil Labels supplied. References given. 



MESSRS. GREGORY and EVANS, 

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

 Market, Uotent Garden, W.C, are open to RECErVE 

 CONSIGNMENTS of Choice CUT FLOWERS in any quantity 

 for their Commission Department. Boxes and Labels supplied. 

 Telegraph Address—" COMMISSION. SIDCUP." 



WANTED, TREE CARNATIONS, also 

 Rooted Cuttings. STOVE and GREENHOUSE l'L A NTS. 

 Florist TULIPS (named), CINERARIAS and PRIMULAS, in 

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

 herku-eous kinds, named. Price, &c, to 



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

 Strand. W.C. 



Hot Water Pipes. 



WANTED, about 40 4-inch PIPES— 9-feet 

 lengths — new or good second-hand. 

 Address, stating price (which must be low), delivered at 

 Oxford Station, to T. ARNALL, Oxford. 



V 



Dutch Bulbs Direct from the Growers. 



ANT. ROOZEN and SON'S CATALOGUE 

 for 1888, containing details of t .eir immense Collections 

 of New, Rare, and fine Bulbs and Plants (86 pages in English) 

 is now ready, and will, as usual, be sent post-free, on applica- 

 tion to themselves or their Agents. Messrs. MERTENS AND CO., 

 3, Cross Lane, St. Mary-at-Hill, London, E.C., from whom also 

 can be obtained. Ant. Roozen & Son's New Work, " Notes on 

 the Cultivation of Dutch and Cape Bulbs." Price Is., Post-free. 



SUTTON'S FLORISTS' FLOWER SEEDS. 

 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 AXD SONS, Reading. 



The Best Present for a Gardener. 

 INESand VINE CULTURE. 



The most complete and exhaustive Treatise on 



Grapes and their Culture ever published. 



New Edition. 



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



A. F. BARRON, Royal Horticultural Society. Chigwick. 



EAUTIFUL JAPANESE IRIS.— The most 



beautiful of all hardy Irises. Strong flowering plants 

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

 tinct. 21s. per dozen. 



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



Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus. Lilies, &c. 



CG. VAN TUBERGEN, Jun., Haarlem, 

 • Holland.— Wholesale CATALOGUE now ready, and 

 mav be had free on application to 



Messrs. R. SILBERRAD and SON, 25, Savage Gardens, 

 Crutched Friars, London, E.C. 



REEPERS 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. 



GARDENIAS. — We never had a finer stock 

 of this beautiful Greeuhouse Shrub. Specimen Plants, 

 3 to 4 feet high, from 2os. to 50s. each; half specimens, from 

 2 to 3 feet, 5s. to 10s. each ; smaller plants, good stuff, 3u.*. 

 per dozen. These are the very best sorts. This is a tine 

 opportunitv to stock a place with large plants. 



E. COLLINS and SONS, Cumberland Park Nurseries, 

 Willesden Junction, N.W. 



C~~~ HEAP BULBS.— We are this season offering 

 First-class Bulbs at Lower Prices than have ever been 

 placed before the public LIST, Free, now ready. 



J. R. PEARSON AND SONS. Chilwell. Notts. 



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. 



Special Offer. 



FERNS, &o. — Fine young Ferns, in thumbs, in 

 about 20 best market varieties, at 14s. per 100, £6 per 1000 

 LATANIA BORBONICA. out of stores, free young stuff, 10s 

 per 100, 80s. per 1000. LIST of PALMS in different sizes on ap- 

 plication. Boxes and packing free. Free on rail. Cash with 

 order.— ARTHUR L. BULLEN, Highfield Nursery, Bromley 

 Common, Kent. 



PASTUPLANTA, the best Artificial Manure, 

 it enriches the soil with the fertilisers drawn from it by 

 plants; no unpleasant smell; admirably adapted for all pot 

 plant*. In bags : 112 lb.. 19s. ; 56 lb., lis. 3d. ; 28 lb.. 6<. <•</. : 

 141b., 4s.; 71b..2s.3rf. In tins. Is. each. Sole Manufacturer-, 

 PHILIP HARRIS axd CO. (Limited), 9, Bull Ring, Birmingham. 



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H. LASCELLES and CO 



Horticultural Builders, 



121, BUNHILL ROW, LONDON, E.C 



Plans and Estimates Free. 



See large Advertisement, Ju'y 7, page 5. 



