No. 88.— Vol. IV. 



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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1888. 



CONTENTS. 



Allium paruiiloruni 



S8ft 



Inventions 



Arbor Day 



343 



Kitchen garden 



Redding out 



■M>, 



Lisianthus Russelhanus 



Herlin 



I'll 



Lithospermum grumini- 



Blythswood 



aaa 



folium ... 



Botanic Gardens, origin 





Local Government Bill .. 



of 



1*43 



Montbretia crocosuiiflora 



Cabbages 



246 



Natal, cold in 



Cold storage of fruit 



244 



Obituary : — 



Colonial notes 



H37 



Gosse. P. H 



Conference of fruit 





Odontoglossum Hrubva- 



growers 



2i'J 





Conifers, hybrid 



MA 



Oncidium Jonesiauum 



Coreopsis laneeolata 



238 



fiaveus 



Costus speciosus 



21W 



Orchid Albion ... 



Cultural memoranda ... 



238 



Peach Alexander 



Devizes Castle 



243 



Phloxes, herbaceous 



Dicksons, of Chester 



344 



Plant notes 



Felixstowe 



vw 



Plants and their culture . 



Flower garden, the 



241 



Potato crop, the 



Forest management in 





Potato, Daniel's ... 



Germany 



243 



„ disease 



Forestry 



340 



Societies — 



Fruit of gra-sses 



243 



Royal Horticultural ... 



,, register 



236 



,, ,, of Aberdeen... 



Fruits under glass 



24) 



,, ,, of Ireland ... 



Gardening appointments 



254 



Sevenoaks 



Gentiana asclepiadea . . . 



24t> 



Trowbridge 



Grapes in bud condition 



LM.-> 



Wilts 



(iruv-, experiments 



-A :ri 



Teas, depreciation of 



Hardy (lowers from Hol- 







land 



U8H 



Trade notices 



,, fruit garden 



241 



Tulip-droppers 



Hedgehog's cry, the 



246 



\ eeetablea 



Herbaceous plant, what 





Veitch's (J. & Son's), 



fcisan 



246 



nursery 



ILLUSTR 



ATIONS. 



Lisianthus Ruraellianus.. 







Lithospermum graminifo] 



um . 





Spring gardening at telix^towt 



. (See Supplement.) 



Tulip " droppers" 







Watering-pot, high level 







Weed erudic;itur 



Now ready, In cloth, lis. 6d. 



J HE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 

 Vol. III.. Third Series, JAN. to JUNE. 1888. 

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



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RYSTAL PALACE. 



GREAT ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF FRUIT, 



GRAND NATIONAL DAHLIA SHOW, 

 FRIDAY and SATURDAY. September 7 and 8, 1888. 

 In conjunction with the Fruit Show arrangements have 

 been made for a 



CONFERENCE OF FRUIT GROWERS. 



The questions to be discussed will include the Profitable 



Culture of Fruits for Market and Home Supply, the Packing, 



Carriage, and Sale of Fruits, their economic importance and 



utilization. 



Honorary Secretaries to Conference, Mr. WILLIAM 

 EAKLEY, Ilford; Mr. LEWIS CASTLE, Hotham House, 

 South Wimbledon, 



HELTENHAM HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



The AUTUMN SHOW will be held on WEDNESDAY and 



THI' HSU A Y.September 12 and l:(. Special Pri/es for Fruil : — 



Nine dishes of Fruit, 1st. £10; 2nd, £5; 3rd, £i, in addition to 



Pri/es set forth in the Schedule. 



57, Regent Street, Chel 



W. H. BRIDGEWATER, Secretary. 



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NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM 

 SOCIETY. 

 ROYAL AQUARIUM, WESTMINSTER.— Earlv CHRYSAN- 

 THEMUM and DAHLIA EXHIBITION, SEPTEMBER 12 and 

 13. Schedules free on application. The Floral Committee 

 ■will meet September 12. October 10, 24 ; November 7, 21 ; 

 December 5, and January 9. 



WILLIAM HOLMES, Hon. Sec, 

 Franipton Park Nurseries, Hackney. E. 



Please Note. — Intending Members should join at once, and 

 so secure the full advantages for the current season— viz., 

 admission to 4 Grand Exhibitions, 7 Florid Meetings, and the 

 usual privileges. Ordinary Member, 5s., and Fellows, 21s. per 



fRegt. as a Newspaper, f P R | Q E 3d. 

 (.WITH SUPPLEMENT. \ POST-FREE, 3jd. 



Azaleas, Camellias, Orchids, Palms, tec. 



AUG. VAN GEERT, Continental Nurseries, 

 Ghent, Belgium. Special LIST now ready, and will be 

 sent post-free on application to 



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

 See large Advertisement, August 25, page 205. 



BOUVARDIA, PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, 

 supersedes all other scarlet varieties. Strong plants in 

 48's, or smaller plants for Parcel Post. Price on application. 

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



ARTLAND'S ORIGINAL LITTLE BOOK 



of DAFFODILS and CHRISTMAS ROSES for 1888 is 

 now ready. Price Is. 6d.; gratis with orders above 405. 

 Please send for copy, and if you do not like the work as a 

 reference, its cost will be refunded. Bulbs never finer, and 

 Gertrude Hartland's additional drawings superb.— WM. BAY- 

 LOR HARTLAND, Seedsman, F.R.H.S., 24, Patrick Street.Cork, 



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. ; 28 lb., 6s. id. ; 

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

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



FOR SALE, or EXCHANGE for FLOWER- 

 ING PLANTS. 

 Ten Large Plants, in 8 and 10-inch pots, in splendid condi- 

 tion : — 6 Adiantum cuneatum, 2 A. gracillimum, 2 A. Farley- 

 ense. Applications to 



Mr. HOWES, 

 Merton Hall Gardens, Thetford. 



ALMS.— FOR SALE or EXCHANGE.— 



Areca lutescens, 9 feet high, 22 leads, 18-inch pot ; 

 3 Cocos plumosa. 



E. WILES, The Firs, Bassett, Southampton. 



C HILL, Jun., Commission Agent, RECEIVES 



0» FOR DISPOSAL any quantity of Choice CUT FLOWERS. 

 Market Prices Returned Weekly. Empties supplied. — 31, Char- 

 lotte Street, Fitzroy Square, and Covent Garden Market, W.C. 



"ATESSRS. GREGORY and EVANS, 



l'X NimsF.BYMEN. 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 Labelsjmpplied. 

 Telegraph Address- 



• COMMISSION. SIDCUP.' 



CQUELCH and BARNHAM, 



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, Sec. Highest. Market Prices 

 obtained Account Sales daily ; Cheques weekly or as preferred 

 by Sender. Baskets and Labels supplied. References given. 



PEACHES, PEACHES, MELONS, &c— 

 Highest Market Prices guaranteed for really good and 

 well-packed fruit of the above.— HENRY RIDES (late Wise & 

 Hides!, Fruit and Flower Salesman. Covent Garden, W.C. 



Geranium Cuttings. 



WANTED, VESUVIUS, WEST 

 BRIGHTON GEM. MRS. POLLOCK, MACMAHON, 

 HENRY JACOBY. good Pink and Salmon. State price, and 

 if desired to EXCHANGE, what plants required, to 

 G. B. FISCHER, Nurseryman, 30, High Slreet. Clapham, S.E. 



To Gardeners. 



WANTED, all kinds of Winter-flowering 

 PLANTS. Ferns, Cuttings of Bedding Stuff, &c. 

 Must be cheap. Write to 



G. P., 41, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. 



WANTED, ROSES in large pots, well-estab- 

 lished ; Catherine Mermet, Perle des Jardins, and 

 Niphetos.— Full particulars to A. F.. Gardeners' Chronicle 

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



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ANTED, for September 19, 200 large Buds 



and a few half-blown Flowers of LA FRANCE ROSE. 

 Reply at once to GEO. PHIPPEN. Florist. Reading. 



WANTED, MANETTI STOCKS.— Quote 

 quantity and price to C, care of Messrs. Hurst & Son, 

 Seed Merchants, l.'.J, Hmnidsditch, London. E. 



8 



UTTON'S HYACINTH 



FOR POTS AND GLASSES. 



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8 



UTTON'S NARCISS 



FOR POT CULTURE. 



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8 



UTTON'S TULIP 



FOR POT CULTURE. 



s 



F 



OR LOWEST PRICE 



and full Instructions, see 



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SUTTON'S BULB CATALOGUE: 

 beautifully Illustrated with numerous Engravings and 

 a handsome Coloured Plate representing the leading Bulbous 

 Flowers, and containing accurate descriptions of the choicest 

 Narcissus, together with particulars of the best varieties ot' 

 Hyacinths, Tulips, &c, for bedding. Now Ready: Post-free 

 to intending Customers. 



SUTTON and SONS, The Queen's Seedsmen, READING. 



Bulbs of Finest Quality only. 



BARR'S BULB CATALOGUE for 1888, 

 Now Ready. Sent free on application. 

 Contains full Descriptive List of the best Hyacinths, Tulip-*, 

 and other Dutch Bulbs in cultivation, also an interesting di - 

 scriptive List of Cape and Californian Bulbs and Tubers, in- 

 cluding many beautiful rarities. 

 BARR and SON, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 



ANTHURIUM SCHERZERIANUM for 

 Sale. A number of strong, clean, and healthy planl s 

 of the best varieties. Toolargefor present owner. Verycheap. 

 H. BURBERRY, 41. Mont St. Amand, Ghent, Belgium. 



ESCHMITT, Horticulturist, Lyon, France. 

 • BEGONIA HYBRIDS (REX x DIADEMA). 

 The varieties which were awarded a Silver-Gilt Medal at the 

 Paris Exhibition, 1887, and which have been described bv 

 Mr. Ed. Andre, in the Rome Horticolt, February 16, 1888, ai'e 

 now offered for 30 francs, the 8 varieties. 



PINE CAMELLIA.— Double White, 6 feet 



high. 6 feet through ; grand condition. Offers wanted. 

 Address, Gresford Nursery, near Chester. 



FERNS. — Pteris tremula, P. cretica cristata, 

 Lygodium scandens, &c, 105. per 100, out of pots ; half- 

 price for strong pricked-out plants. Cash. Write, 



M. SMYTH, 18, White Horse Lane, Mile End, E. 



ERNS.— FERNS.— FERNS.— To the Trade. 



For cash, free on rail. Pteris tremula, ready, for 48, 10». , 

 12s., and 14s. ; P. magnifica cristata. 10»'. and 12s. per 100 ; 

 P. cretica albo lineata, 10s. per 100 ; P. cretica, 10s. per 100. 

 All fresh-looking, and tit for present use. Price per 1000 on 

 application.— 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. SELBERRAD AMD SON, 25, Savage Gardens, 

 Crutched Friars, London, E.C. 



EORGE LEE has some good strong Plants 



of LAXTON'S " KING OF THE EARLIES " STRAW- 

 BERRY. 5s. per 100 ; good plants, 3s. $d. per 100. Also 

 •' COMTE DE BRAZZA " VIOLET, tine for pit or frame work 

 15s. and 20s. per 100.— Cle vedon. Aug. 25. 



DICKSON'S IMPROVED MUSHROOM 

 SPAWN, most superior, now reduced to 5s. per bushel 

 of 14 cakes. Circular with Cultural Notes and List of Testi- 

 monials post-free on application. 

 DICKSONS (Limited), The Royal Seed Warehouse, CHESTER. 



SULPHIDE of POTASSIUM (Harris).— A 

 certain cure for Mildew ou 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. 



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H. LASCELLES and CO., 



HORTICULTURAL BUILDERS, 



BUNHILL ROW, LONDON, E.C. 



Plana and Estimates Free. 

 See large Advertisement on pnge 233. 



