Established i84i 



No. 2485. 



No. 85,-Vol. IV. {££} 



SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1888. 



/Regt. as a Newspaper, f PRICE 3d. 

 \WITH SUPPLEMENT. \ POST-FKEE. 3%d. 



CONTENTS. 



Apiary 



abmsili. 



patent 



Boiler, Milne 



saddle 

 Botany of Socotra 



Broccoli, late 16< 



Chemistry of vegetation 1& 



Clematis Jaokniauni alba 1ft 



Cycas revoluta 16: 



Cypripedium Stonei ... 16: 



Cytinus racemosus ... 16i 



Duffudils 15! 



Dahlia imperialis ... 151 



Delphiniums 15! 



Edge Hall, notes from .. 1ft 



Flower garden, the ... 15' 



Forestry in Uuiaiia ... 151 

 Fruit registi 



156 Kitchen garden ... 

 15 u Lilium auratum, large 



Obituary — 

 161 Roger, Mr. A. ... 



159 Orchid notes 



160 Pea, which is the ea 

 liest? 



Plants and their cultur 

 Potato crop, the... 



„ ,, reports on 

 Potatos, hybrid ... 



,, in Ireland ... 

 Rhododendron arge 



teum 



Rose shows of 18SS 

 Koyal Horticult 



ciety 



Scarlet Runners for Ma 



l :>i' 



Gardening appointments 170 



Hardy (lowers from Hol- 

 land 



Hardy Fruit garden 



Hardy fruit trees 



Herbaceous plants 



Homeria collina 



Hybrid characters, dis 

 siociation of 



■ ■lit,, 



rk.A I 



1 So- 



ket 



Societies — 



Liverpool 



Royal Scottish Arbori- 

 cultural 



Royal Southampton ... 



St. Neots 



Scottish Horticultural . 



Sparrows 



Tomalos at Chiswick ... 

 Trinidad Botan 

 Vegetables 



159 Weather ... 



.-tianle 



Illustrations. 



Dahlia imperialis. (Supplement.) 



Funkia grandirlora 



Homeria collina 



Jndiarubber socket rinjr 



Kliodudendron ai 



gente 



(Supple 



at.) 



Now ready, In cloth, lis. 64. 

 fTIIE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 



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



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



'THE LUDLOW HORTICULTURAL 



L SOCIETY'S ANNUAL SHOW will beheld in the Castle 

 THURSDAY, August 16. Special Prizes are 

 t, Apples. Potato?, and Vegetables. 

 ___ T. J. SALWEY, Hon, S ec. 



f-iALNE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.— 



\J The TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBITION will be 

 held in Rowooil lark on the 2:Srd inst.. when Prizes to the 

 value of ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY POUNDS will be 

 offered. Amongst others are the following, open to all 

 England : — 



12 V»rs. Stove and Greenhouse Plants. £ln, £10, £5. 

 9 Ornamental Foliage Plants. £lu, £5, £2 10s. 



8 Eiotic Ferns. £1, £2 10s., £1 10s. 



:W Roses, Cut Flowers. Cup or £5. 50s., 30s. 



SANDY FLORAL and HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY (Open Show). 

 The TWENTIETH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PLANTS. 

 FLOWERS, FRUIT, VEGETABLES, POULTRY, CAGE 

 BIRDS. See., will be held at Sandy, Bedfordshire, on FRIDAY, 

 August 31. PRIZES upwards of TWO HUNDRED AND 

 TWENTY POUNDS. Ten Stove and Greenhouse Plants in 

 rlower— 1st Prize. £12; 2nd, £S ; 3rd, £l; 4th. £3. Plant 

 vans horsed free of charge from Sandy Station to Showground, 

 distance only 300 yards. Schedules on application to 

 W. GREEN, Sec retary, Sandy, Beds. 



ATH AUTUMN SHOW, held at time of visit 



of "The British Association," WEDNESDAY and THURS- 

 DAY. .September 5 and ij. Amongst the Prizes offered are for— 

 12 Foliage Plants, 1st, £6; 2nd. £4; 3rd. £2. 

 12 Stove or Greenhouse Plants. 1st, £12; 2nd, £8; 3rd £4 

 8 Dishes of Fruit, 1st. £.i; 2nd. £3 ; 3rd. £2. 

 12 Bunches of Grapes, six varieties, 1st. £111 ; 2nd, £6 ; 3rd, £3. 

 And 7 other Classes for Grapes in varieties. Prizes i n pro- 

 portion. Special Classes fur Hybrid Orchids, Ferns, and other 

 Plants. Entries Close September 1. For Schedule, apply to 



14, Milsom Street, Bath. BEXJ " PEARS ON, Sec. 



OR SALE, Two SEAFORTHIA ELEGANS. 



Height. 17J feet, and 16 feet. Price, £16, 

 Apply, A. H. BOWLES, Temple Court, Guildford. 



FERNS— FERNS— FERNS.— To the Trade — 

 PTERIS TREMULA, ready for 48's, 12s. and 14s. per 100 ; 

 small do., 10s.; PTERIS CRETICA, PTERIS MAG.NIFICA 

 CRISTATA, 10s. and 12s. per 100. On rail free, cash with order. 

 40,000 of the above in rji.i's and thumbs, price per 10U0 on appli- 

 cation.— J. E. SMITH, Fern Nurseries, 140, Loughborough 

 Road. Brixton, S.W. 



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. SILBERRAD AND SON, 25, Savage Gardens, 

 Crutched Friars, London, E.C. 



Kent — The Garden of England. 



STRAWBERRIES true to Name. 



GEO BUN YARD and CO.'S New LIST, 

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

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

 and Runners. The Old Nurseries. Maidstone. 



ANTON'S NEW STRAWBERRIES.— 



Four First-Class Certificates from the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



The earliest, largest, finest, and latest high-quality sorts, 

 and the most prolitable for Market or Private Growers, as 

 they make the highest prices in Covent Garden. Send for 

 Descriptive Priced LISTS, with Press and other Testimo- 

 nials, to T. LAXTON, Bedford. 



CULPHIDE 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 ami CO. (Limited). 9,Bull Ring, Birmingham. 



(JQHELCH 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, 

 TOMATOS, CUCUMBERS, FRENCH BEANS, STRAW- 

 BERRIES, CHOICE FLOWERS, &c. Highest Market Prices 

 obtained Account Sales daily ; Cheques weekly or as preferred 

 by Sender. Baskets and Labels supplied. P.eferences given. 



Surplus Cut Flowers. 



HOOPER and CO. (Limited) RECEIVE and 

 DISPOSE of any quantity of above at best Market 

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

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



ESSRS. GREGORY and EVANS, 



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

 Market, Covent, Garden, W.C, are open to RECEIVE 

 CONSIGNMENTS of Choice CUT FLOWERS in any quantity 

 for their Commission Department. Boxes and Labels supplied. 



Telegraph Address—" COMMISSION. SrDCUP." 



ELONS, NECTARINES, GRAPES, &c. 



— Highest Market Prices guaranteed for really good and 

 well packed fruit of the above. 

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



WANTED, delivered in Glasgow, on morning 

 of 21st inst., large quantity of ROSES, in half-blown 

 state; also Yellow, White, and Scarlet Cactus and Bouquet 

 DAHLIAS and other CUT FLOWERS. 



State quantities and price at once. 



Also quotations for choice CUT FLOWERS and ORCHID 



BLOOMS for delivery at same time. 



THYNE'S. 



83, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow. 



WANTED, Fifty Varieties, two plants of a 

 sort, of the best show sorts. Send price and par- 

 ticulars to the HEAD GARDENER, Hartwell, llartlield, near 

 Tuubridge Wells. 



WANTED, Specimens and Half-specimens of 

 KENTIAS FOSTERIANA and BELMOREANA — 

 State particulars and prices to 



W. WEEKS, Nurseryman, 440, Fulham Road, S.W. 



ANTED, Runner Plants of STRAW- 



BERRIES Noble, King of the Earlies, Waterloo, and 

 Captain. State quantity and lowest prices. Also ECHE- 

 VERIA FARINOSA, FUCHSIAS Minnie Banks, Annie, and 

 England's Glory ; Bedding GERANIUM Cuttings. 



H. CANNELL axii SONS, Swanley, Kent. 



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ROMAN HYACINTHS, Lilium candidum, 

 Narcissus, Paper White and Double Roman, Anemone fill- 

 gens, .See.— Hulbs in splendid condition, from Louis Bremond lils, 

 Ollioules. Inspection invited, or samples sent on application to 

 WILLIAM DENMAN, 7, Catherine Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 

 See large Advertisement on page 149. 



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 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 5s., post-free 5s. 6a\ 



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



THRESH SEEDS, MEXIKANI, new and rare, 



J- of great interest and value to Botanical Gardens, Seeds- 

 men, and Cultivators, to be had uf 

 ERNST BERGE, Niirnbergerstrasse, 10, Leipzig, Germany. 



" "\T 0W IN BLOOM," in great perfection, large 

 l-S quantities. " MRS. REYNOLDS HOLE," the lno.i 



beautiful of all BORDER CARNATIONS. Inspection mi I. 



or blooms gratis and po-t-free to bl.elv purchasers and admirers. 



DICKSnN.S (Limit*)) Nurseries. CHESTER. 



Telegraph and Postal Address — " DICKSONS, CHESTER." 



BULBS — Dutch and French. — The cheapest 

 and best in the Trade. New LIST now ready. 

 JOHN R. BOX. East Surrey Bulb Warehouse (established 

 60 years), Croydon. 



R. DOD WELL'S GRAND CARNATK >NS. 



—The finest grown. 5000 Unbloomed Seedlings, 

 warranted of the highest parentage; unrivalled whether for 

 bedding or forcing for spring flowering. 3s. 6<*\ per doz. ; 21 J. 

 per 1U0. Special terms for quantities. Particulars on appli- 

 cation. The Cottage. Stanley Road, Oxford. 



Pansies, Violas, and Begonias. 



JOHN DOWNXE (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.— BEGONrAS, seedlings of the finest sorts, in 3-inch 

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



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 anv 

 time. Descriptive LIST and advice Free.— RICHARD SMITH 

 AND CO., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants. Worcester. 



HEAP BULBS.— We are this season offering 



First-class Bulbs at Lower Prices than have ever beeu 

 placed before the public LIST, Free, now ready. 



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



Dutch Bulbs Direct from the Growers. 



ANT. ROOZEN and SON'S CATALOGUE 

 for 1888. containing details of their immense Colled - 



of New, Rare, and line Rulbs and Plants (86 pages in English l 

 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 and SON'S New Work, " Notes on the 

 Cultivation of Dutch and Cape Ilulbs." Price Is., Post-f ree. 



ASTUPLANTA, the best Artificial Manure ■. 



it enriches the soil with the fertilisers drawn from ll by 

 plants; no unpleasant smell; admirably adapted for all p 'I 

 plants. In bags : 112 lb., 19s. ; 5ti lb., lis. 3d. ; 28 lb.. 6». 9d. ; 

 141b., 4s.; 71b..2s.3d. In tins, ls.ea. h. Sole Manufacturers, 

 PHILIP HARRIS AMP CO.(Limited), 9, BullBing. Birmingham. 



H. LASCELLES and CO., 



Horticultural Builders. 

 BUN HILL ROW, LONDON, E.C. 

 Plans and Estimates Free. 

 See large Advertisement, August 4, page 121. 



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