Established 



No. 84,-Vol. IV. {££} 



SATUKDAY, AUGUST 4, 1888. 



Newspaper./ PRICE 3d. 

 I Pos^Fkee, Sid. 



CONTENTS. 



Bath Floral Fete 132 



Begonias as bedders ... 1M 

 Book— 



Autour de mon Jardin 134 

 Broccoli Gilbert's Victoria 135 



Cabbages 135 



Carnation* ... 134, 135 



Cattleva labiata Gaskel- 



lianaalbens 122 



Chemtstrv of vegetation 



(Potato^) 138 



Cultural mecioranAi ... 133 

 Cypripedium bellatulum 

 nd C. egregii 



Daffodils, lifting 135 



DeJphiniuma 134 



Edinburgh Botanic Gar- 

 dens 137 



Embothrium coccineum 



Eromaeed ... . 133 



English gardening, early 121 



Florists' flowers 134 



Flower garden, the ... 129 

 Fruit crup>. rem u ks on 



the 122 



Fruit, transit aud distri- 



Gardeners' Orphan Fund 



Heuchera sanguined 



Kalmia?. striking 



Lindley, Lord Justice ... 



Nursery notes— 



Veitch, Saltmarsh ... 



Ornithogalum disease ... 



Oxford Carnation and Pi- 

 cotee Union 



Pea, which is the ear- 

 liest? 



Plants and their culture . 



Potato disease 



Boss gigante i 



Royaf Horticultural So- 

 ciety 



Saltmar»h's Nursery 



Scotland 



Societies : — 

 Bishop's Walthani ... 

 Nortlianjptonshire 

 Royal Horticultural ... 



Styrax obassia 



Tree* and Shrubs 



Tropical produ.ts 

 „ Agriculturist 



Veiich's Nursery. Coombe 



Wood 



, iK 



Illustrations. 



Adelgt - Abietis ... 

 Heuchera sanguiuea 

 Styrax ol is 



Transit box for fruit 



Advertisers are specially requested to note, that, 

 under no circumstances whatever ^ can any 

 particular position be guaranteed for ad- 

 vertisements occupying less space than an 

 entire column. 



Now ready, In cloth, lis. 6d. 

 fHE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 



-*■ Vol. III.. Third Series. JAN. to JUNE. 1888. 



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



NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE 



FLOWER SHOW. 

 CRYSTAL PALACE, AUGUST 18, 1888. 

 FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS and MEDALS in PRIZES, 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 



1, Norfolk Street, Strand, W.C. 



WM. BR001UHALL, Secretary. 



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AIDENHEAD HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 

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



head, on THURSDAY. August ltj. Entries Ci< 

 Schedules and particulars from 

 Ray Pork Cottage, Maidenhead 



Mr. O. KINti, Ser. 



SHREWSBURY FLORAL FETE, 

 AUGUST 22 and 23. 188S. 

 For Twenty PLANTS. £25. £2u, £15. For GRAPES, £fi6. 

 For Collection FRUIT. HO, £6. £3. For VEGETABLES. £5". 

 including Valuable SPECIAL PRIZES by Messrs. Webb & 

 Sun-. Me--r-. Sutton A: Co.. and Mr. ' T. Laxton. The 

 VEITCH MEMORIAL MEDAL and £5 will be awarded for 

 VEGETABLES at this Show. Full particulars, with Schedules, 

 post-free on application to the Hon. Sees., 



Me-.r-. ADNITT AND NACNTON, Shrewsbury. 



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TEWCASTLE-UPON-T Y N E 



GREAT AUTUMN FLOWER SHOW. 



AUGUST 22, 23, and 21. 1888. Entries Close August 15. 



For Schedules. &c., applv to 



JAS. .1. GILLESPIE, Secretary. 



ROMAN HYACINTHS, LILIUM CAN 1)1- 

 DUM, NARCISSUS, &c— First consignment to hand 

 from Louis Bremond tils. OUioriles, 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, July 23, page S9. 



SUTTON'S FLOKISTS' 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 AXT) SONS. Reading. 



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



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



CHEAP BULBS. — We are this season offering 

 First-clasa Bulb-; at Lower Prices than have ever been 

 placed before the public LIST. Free, now ready. 



J. R. PEAESON akpSmns. Chilv^li. Notts. 



CREEPERS FOR WALLS. — By planting 

 what is suitable, an ugly object may easily be made 

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

 time. Descriptive LIST and advice Free.— RICHARD SMITH 

 AXDCO., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants. Worcester. 



Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus. Lilies, &c. 



C(i. VAX TUBERGEN, .Tun., Haariem, 

 • Holland.— Wholesale CATALOGUE now ready, and 

 may be had free on application to 



Messrs. R. SILBEKRAD LSD SON, 25, Savage Gardens, 

 Crutched Friars, London. E.C. 



QPECTALTY in CYCLAMEN.— Now is the 



O best time to :<•« . New Seed, just harvested. Prize 

 strain of liiganteuui and l'er-icum. Is. and 2s. 6rf. packets froni 

 JOHN It. BOX, East Surrey Seed Warehouse (established 

 60 Tears), Croydon. 



AULIFLOWER PLANTS, 4.s. per 1000. 



EnfieM Market and Early Rainham CABBAGE, 3s. per 



1000. Scotch KALE, Cottager's KALE. 3s. per 1 PICKLING 



CABBAGE, 3>. per 1000. All strong large plan s, 



AUGUSTUS MOORE, Bt. John's, Spalding. 



To Orchid Growers. 



LIVE SPHAGNUM, fresh, clean, 5s. per bag, 

 about 70 lb. 

 JOHN* BURNS. Fellside. Kendal. 



ASTUPLANTA, the best Artificial Manure. 



it enriches the soil with the fertilisers drawn from it by 

 plants; no unpleasant smell; admirably adapted for all pot 

 plants. In bags ; 112 lb., 19s. ; 56 lb., lis. 3d. ; 23 lb., 6s. <W. ; 

 141b., 4s. ; 71b., 2s. 3d. In tins. Is. each. Sole Manufacturers, 

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



ESSRS. GREGORY and EVANS, 



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

 Market, Covent 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." 



SQUELCH and BARN HAM, 



O 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 AccO'Tt Sales daily ; Cheques weekly or as preferred 

 by Sender. Baskets and Labels supplied. References given. 



ELONS, NECTARINES, GRAPES, &c. 



—Highest Market Prices guaranteed for really good and 

 well packed fruit of the above. 

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



ANTED, four large GERANIUMS, 3 feet 



high, 3 feet through, in 10 or 12-inch pots. Price, &c, 

 G. HOWES. Merton Hall Gardens, Thet'ord. 



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Palms, clean and healthy. 



WILLIAM ICETON has a very extensive 

 stock of all the leading kinds, in tine conditi n; 20 

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

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

 and Weddelliana, Kentias of all kinds; Seaforthia elegana. 

 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. 



GARDENIAS, guaranteed perfectly tree from 

 bug or scale, good plants in 32's. £-5 per 100 ; large 

 plants in 2-4's. 30«. per dozen, best Covent Garden variety. A 

 rare chance for any one in want of a clean stock. 



W. L. MILNE, Market Grower. Newhampton. 



T ARGE PLANTS TO BE SOLD.— 



JLi 10 Orange Trees of sorts. 7 to 10 feet, well covered 

 with ripe and -mall fruit ; 6 Camellias, 6 to 8 feet ; 6 azalea 

 indica, 4 to 5 feet; 2 Palms, Seaforthia elegans. 9 feet each-; 

 1 Coryphn australis, o feet. All the above plants are clean 

 and in good condition. Can be seen at BettistieM Park, 

 i he resiaeuce of the late Sir Edward Hanmer, and for further 

 part tculara apply to 



THOS. THOMPSON am. SON. Ellesmere. Shropshire. 



Now in Full Bloom. 



BEGONIAS.— Awarded Lour Gold Medals. 

 Unequalled as a flora! display. Visitors are cordially 

 invited; fr-.- t,i mi — [, ni . Frequent trains from tile Citv and 

 West End to Catford Bridge and Forest Hill Station,. 



JOHN LAING and SONS, Stanstead Park. Forest Hill.S.E. 



KIMULAS— PRIMULAS— PRIMULAS.— 



Nineteenth year of distribution, Williams' superb 



strain. Is. go*, per dozen, 10s. per 100. 



CINERARIAS and C tLCEi 1LARIAS, same price. 



Cirri lee free lot cash with order. 



JOHN STEVENS. The Nurseries. Coventry. 



Dutch Bulbs Direct from the Growers. 



ANT. ROOZEN and >u.\'S CATALOGUE 

 for 1888. containing detail-, of their immense Collections 

 of New. Rare, and tine Bulbs and Plant- i stj pages in Engli-li) 



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

 tion to them-rlves or their Agents, 



Messrs. MEKTENS and CO., 3. Cross Lane. St. Mary-at-Hill. 

 I ,, from whom also can be obtained. 



ANT. BOOZEN and SONS New Work. •• Notes on the 

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



Pansies, Violas, and Begonias. 



JOHN DOWNEE (of the late firm of Downie 

 & Laird), Beechhill Nursery, Edinburgh, begs to intimate 

 that his famed collections of the above are now in full flower. 

 Quality only grown. Inspection invited. 



N.B.— BEGONIAS, seedlings of the finest sorts, in 3 inch 

 pots, 4s. and 6s. per dozen. 



FOR SALE, Forty Succe~ssic^PINES~and 

 Twenty-four strong Suckers; all Smooth Cayennes. No 

 reasonable offer refused. 



Apply, THOS. TILBROOK, Houghton, Huntingdon. 



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. 



Kent — The Garden of England. 



STRAWBERRIES true to Name. 



GEO BUN YARD and CO.'S New LIST, 

 embracing, Noble, Waterloo, &e., and the 30 best kinds, 

 may now be had on application. Splendid Plants in little pots, 

 and Runners. The Old Nurseries, Maidstone. 



QULPHIDE of POTASSIUM (Harris).— A 



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

 &c. Enough to make 32 gallons of solution, free for Is. 3d. 

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

 of Potassium." Sole Manufacturers : — 

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



w. 



H. LASCELLES and C O., 



Horticultural Builders. 

 BUNHILL ROW, LONDON, E.C. 



Plans and Estimates Free. 

 See large Advertisement on page 131. 



