Established 



No. 89.— Vol. IV. 



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SATUEDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1888. 



CONTENTS. 



Bentley, Professor, pre- 

 sentation to 



Bouvardia President 

 Cleveland 



Bulb garden, the 



Calabrian Pine 



Carnations Admiral Cur- 

 zon and S. Payne 



Centaurea aurea 



Cultural memoranda ... 



Cypresses, deciduous, 

 large 



Cypripedium concolor ... 



Eulcharia amazonica 



Flower garden 



Foreign correspondence ;— 



Fruit culture 



Fruit growers. Confer- 

 ence of, at St. 



Albans 



,, at Dunkeld 

 Fruits under glass 

 Gardening appointments 

 Gardeners' Orphan Fund 

 Gentiana aselepiadea ... 

 Iris dichotoma 



Kitchen garden 



Ltelia xanthina 



Lagerstromia indica 



La^treaa 



Lilies and Poppies 

 Lincolnshire, Potato crop 



Narcissus bulbs, lifting, 



&c. 



Niell Prize, the 



Nursery notes : — 



Bergholt, Colchester ... 

 Obituary ; — 



Markham, Charles, Mr. 



Orchid notes 



Pentstemon rotundifolius 

 Pink, the forcing 



Pinus pyrenaica 



Plants and their culture 

 Potatos and Mangels, 



disease of 



Rainfall at Llandilo 

 Rose garden, work in the 



Scotland 



St. Albans, fruitgrowers' 



conference at 



Societies : — 



Bath Floral Fete 



Basingstoke 



Birmingham Mutual 

 Improvement 



Bishop's Stortford 



Fleetwood 



Harpeuden 



National Chrysanthe- 



National Footpath Pre- 



Royal Caledonian 



Scottish Horticultural 



Wigtonshire ... 



Trinidad Botanic Garden 



Tomatos on south walls 



Vegetables, exhibiting... 



Illustrations. 



Arauja graveolens (vera 

 Pentstemon rotundifolh 

 Pinus pyrenaica ... 



L'HS 



Now ready, in cloth, lis. 6d. 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 

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

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



NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM 

 SOCIETY. 

 ROYAL AQUARIUM. WESTMINSTER..— Early 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, 



Frampton Park Nurseries, Hackney, E. 



Pleas k Note. — Intending Members should join at once, and 



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



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



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



LASGOW and WEST of SCOTLAND 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S 



GRAND AUTUMN FLOWER SHOW will be held (by 

 special arrangement) within the International Exhibition, 

 Glasgow, on WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY, and FRIDAY, Sep- 

 tember 12, 13. and 14, 1888. Admission to Exhibition and 

 Flower Show, Is. The magnificent Bands of the Exhibition 

 will Pet form. FRANC GIBB DOUGALL, 



Secretary to the Glasgow and West of Scotland 

 Horticultural Society. 



The Committee have agreed to give the following Special 

 Prizes, open to all, not included in the Schedule .—For 10 Best 

 Specimens of Foliage and Flowering Plants— 6 Foliage and 

 4 in Flower— 1st Pri*e. £10 ; 2nd, £6 ; and 3rd. £4. 



Competitors will use Form in the Prize Schedule, which 

 must be sent to Mr. F. G. DOUGALL, 167, Canning Street, 

 Glasgow, not later than September 7. 



ARTLAND'S ORIGINAL LITTLE BOOK 



of DAFFODILS and CHRISTMAS ROSES for 1888 is 

 now ready. Price Is. 6<f. ; gratis with orders above 40s. 

 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 HARTL AND, Seedsman, F.R.H.S., 24, Patrick Street, Cork. 



Newspaper. ( PRICE 3d. 



I. Post-Fhee, 3$d. 



UTTON'S HYACINTHS 



FOR POTS AND GLASSES. 



8 



UTTON'S NARCISSI 



FOR POT CULTURE. 



S 



UTTON'S TULIPS 



FOR POT CULTURE. 



TfOR LOWEST PRICES 



J- and full Instructions, see 



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 of 

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

 to intending Customers. 



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



CTRAWBERRY RUNNERS.— Strong and 



^3 well rooted. Rifleman, the best Market variety in cul- 

 tivation ; also Elton Pine. Price 10s. per 1000, cash. 

 J. B. YOUNG. Bridge of Allan. 



ORCHIDS. — Amateurs having Large Speci- 

 mens to DISPOSE OF in EXCHANGE, are requested 

 to state value expected and sorts desired, to 



W. H. (who has a large stock to select from), Gardeners' 

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



WANTED, GERANIUM CUTTINGS — 

 Sophie Dumaresque, Louisa Smith, Mrs. Pollock, 

 MacMuhon, Chelsea Gem, Lass o' Gowric, West Brighton Gem. 

 State Price, or would EXCHANGE with the best Covent 

 Garden strain CINERARIAS fit for potting. 



Apply, FOREMAN, Calcot Gardens, Reading, Berks. 



WANTED, CUTTINGS of GERANIUMS— 

 Mrs. Pollock, Sophia Dumeresque. Henry Jacoby, and 

 Lady Emily. Samples and price, with quantity to offer, to 

 WEBB AND BRAND (late Cheater), Nurseries. Saffron Walden. 



WANTED, good Specimen CYATHEA 

 DEALBATA. Particulars as to size and price to 

 IRELAND AND THOMSON. Nurserymen, Edinburgh. 



WANTED, STRAWBERRY RUNNERS, 

 strong. President and James Veitch. TROPJEOLUM 

 Ball of Fire, Canariense Improved. 



H. CANNELL AXD SONS, Swanley. Kent. 



PEACHES, PEACHES, MELONS, &c— 

 Highest Market Prices guaranteed for really good and 

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

 Rides), Fruit and Flower Salesman, Covent Garden, W.C. 



Floral and Fruit Commission Agency. 



WCALE is open to RECEIVE CON- 

 • SIGNMENTS of choice FLOWERS and FRUIT. 

 Empties supplied. — 10. Burleigh Street, Strand ; and Flower 

 Market, Covent Garden, W.C. 



(JQPELCH 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, &c. Highest Market Prices 

 obtained Account Sales daily; Cheques weekly or as preferred 

 by Sender. Baskets and Labels supplied. References given. 



MESSRS. 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, SIDCUP." 



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 



HILL, Jun., Commission Agent, RECEIVES 



• FOR DISPOSAL any quantity of Choice CUT FLOWERS. 

 Market Prices Returned Weeklv. Empties supplied. — 21, Char- 

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



Erratum. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS' 

 SALE at UPPER EDMONTON. See Gardeners' 

 Chronicle last week, p. 230. 



For H. Bellay read H. B. MAY. 



Azaleas, Camellias, Orchids, Palms, &c. 



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. 



SPECIAL OFFER of FERNS.— Pteris 

 tremula, P. cretica, P. cretica cristata, P. serrulata 

 cristata compacta.— CINERARIAS and PRIMULAS in best 

 Covent Garden strains. All in thumbs, tit for immediate potting. 

 Also Pteris tremula, good stuff, in 48's, to offer in quantity. 

 Prices per 100 or 1000 on application. 



R. PENGELLY, 

 Dyson's Lane, Upper Edmonton. 



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, Tulips, 

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

 scriptive List of Cape and Calif or nian Bulbs and Tubers, in- 

 cluding many beautiful rarities. 

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



OUVARDIAS.— Special Offer.— Best Market 



sorts, very strong, in 60 pots, 205. and 15s. per 100. 



ADIANTUM CUNEATI'M, strong, in 60 pots, 125. per 100. 



PRIMULA, Double White, 255. per 100. 



ROBERTS BROS., East Grinstead. 



OX'S JUBILEE BEGONIAS.— Thousands 



of outdoor Begonias now in full Flower at Tooting 

 Park Nursery (close to Balham Station). The best display in 

 the Trade, and cheapest rates. 



JOHN R BOX (for ten years J. Laing's sole partner), 

 Tooting, Balham, and Croydon. 



To the Seed Trade. 

 EW ZEALAND COCKSFOOT 



(DACTYLIS GLOMERATA). 



HORNE. SON, and BRYANT, 59, Mark Lane. London. E.C., 



are first-hand Sellers of the New Crop. 14 to 18 lb. per Bushel. 



Samples and Quotations on application. 



R. DOD WELL'S GRAND CARNATIONS. 



— The finest grown. 5000 Unbloomed Seedlings, 

 warranted of the highest parentage; unrivalled whether for 

 bedding or forcing for spring flowering, 3s. 6rf. per doz. ; 215. 

 per 100. Special terms for quantities. Particulars on appli- 

 cation. The Cottage, Stanley Road, Oxford. 



Now In Full Bloom. 



BEGONIAS.— Awarded Four Gold Medals. 

 Unequalled as a floral display. Visitors are cordially 

 invited; free admission. Frequent trains from the City and 

 West End to Catford Bridge and Forest Hill Stations. 

 JOHN LALNG AND SONS. Stanstead Park, Forest Hill, S.E. 



Kent — The Garden of England. 



STRAWBERRIES true to Name. 



GEO. BUN YARD and CO.'S New LIST, 

 embracing, Noble, Waterloo, Sic, and the 30 best kinds, 

 may now be hadon application. Splendid Plants in little pots, 

 and Runners. The Old Nurseries, Maidstone. 



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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. 



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 

 plants. In bags : 112 lb., 19s. ; 56 lb., lis. 3d. ; 28 lb., 6s. M. ; 

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

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



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H. LASCELLES and C 0., 



• Horticultural Builders, 



, BUNHILL ROW, LONDON, E.C. 



Plans and Estimates Free. 

 See large Advertisement, September 1, page 233. 



