Septembeb 8, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS" CHRONICLE. 



261 



WEBBS' 



EARLY FORCING 



FLOWER ROOTS. 



ROMAN HYACINTHS. 



EARLY WHITE, Selected Roots 



Ditto 

 FINEST NAMED HYACINTHS 



. 23. per doz. 



153. per 100. 



63. to 123. per doz. 



POLYANTHUS NARCISSUS. 



3d. eacfi, Is. 6d. per doz. 

 3d. each, Is. 6d. per doz. 



EARLY TULIPS. 



DIO VAN THOL, Single, Scarlet and Yellow, 



9d. per doz., 5s. per 100 

 Ditto Double Ditto 8d. per doz., 3s. 6d. per KIO. 



WEBBS' BULB CATALOGUE, 



Beautifully Illustrated, and containing complete 

 Cultural Instructions, 



Now Ready, Grata and Past-free. 



auu n.rv.n. uie rrincc oi waies, 



WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDCE. 



FOR ORCHIDS 



AND 



ORCHID GROWERS, 



APPLY TO 



F. SANDER & CO., 



ST. ALBANS. 



ORCHIDS ! 



Selections of the above to the extent of £5 and upwards 

 [M.kcd and shipped (at consignee's risk) on receipt of 



Orde 



Address— KELLY & WALSH (Limited), Singapore. 



London Reference — S. LOW & CO. (Limited), S 



Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, E.C. 



Evert/ care taken, in packing. 



For £5 K. & W. (Ld.) can supply a selection of following 



rare and beautiful species : — 



1 Aerides Lawrencese 



1 Dendrobium densiflorum 



1 „ quinquevulnerum 



1 , , Lowii 



1 ,, odoratum majus 



1 ,, criminatum (Java) 



1 Arachnanthe nioschifera 



1 Phalrenopsis amabiiis 



1 Calanthe vestita oeulatum 



1 ,, Schilleriana 



gigantea 



I ,, grandiflora aurea 



1 „ veratrifolia 





I Ccelogyne asperata 



1 Saccoltibium Blumei (Java) 



1 ,, pandurata 



1 ,, coeleste 



1 ,, speciosa 



1 ,, gigantea 



i Cypnpedium Hookerse 



1 Renanthera coccinea 



1 ,, lsevigatum 



1 ,, Stonei 



1 ,, Stonei 



I Vanda Hookerge 



1 ,, Lowii 



1 „ Sanderiana 



I ,. ciliolare 





1 Dendrobium Dearei 



1 ,, tricolor 



N.B. Other Species substi 



tuted for above if desired 



SPECIMEN 



GROTONS. 



For Sale, Two Specimen Crotons, variegated, 

 in splendid colour. Height about 6 feet from 

 top of pots, and perfect pyramids. Undoubtedly 

 two of the finest in the country. 



Price, packed and put on rail, £5. 



THOMAS H. MAWSON, 



NURSERYMAN, WINDERMERE. 



ROSES IN POTS; 



all the best New and Old English and Foreign 



sorts, from 18s. to 36«. per dozen. 



Descriptive List free on application. 



RICHARD SMITH & CO., 



Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 

 WORCESTER. 



CARTERS' 

 EARLY BULBS, 



To prodtice beautiful White and Coloured 



Flowers for Christinas and Easter 



Decoration. 



White Roman Hyacinths . . 



The Largest Bulbs of the Year 



Double Roman Narcissus . . 

 Paper White Narcissus 

 Van Thol Tulips, red and yellow 

 Freesia refracta alba 



CrOCUS, large white, yellow, and purph 



The Easter Lily 



The White Easter Lily. We hold the 

 entire stock of the largest cultivator of th 

 lovely Lily. 



10 6 

 10 6 



5 6 

 1:2 6 



2 6 



Each 



1 

 & 



2 



2 6 



1 6 



1 6 

 10 



2 

 6 



10 6 



& 

 21 



Detailed CATALOGUE Gratis and Post-free. 



All Parcels Carriage Free. 



Royal Seedsmen by Sealed Warrants, 



237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. 



B.S.WILLIAMS 



BEGS TO ANNOUNCE THAT HE HAS RECEIVED HIS 



ANNUAL CONSIGNMENTS 



OF 



DUTCH BULBS, 



and is now executing Orders 

 for the same. 



THE QUALITY OF THE BULBS 



is unusually fine this year. 



FOR PARTICULARS AND PRICES, SEE 



ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, 



forwarded Gratis and Post-free to all applicants. 



BULBS FOR 



Ca F r r r e r EARLY FORCING 



HYACINTHS, Early White Roman, extra tine bulbs. 



Per 100, 15s. ; per dozen, 2s. 

 ,, Early White Roman, ordinary size bulbs, . 



per 100, 12s. ; per dozen, Is. 9d. 

 NARCISSUS, Paper- White, fine bulbs, 



per 100, 10s. 6d. ; per dozen, Is. 6d. 

 „ Paper- White, new, large flowered, 



per 100. 15s. ; per dozen, 2s. Qd. 

 ,, Double Roman, very fine, p. 100, 10s. 6rf.; p. doz., Is. tirf. 

 CHOICE STRAWBERRY PLANTS. - A splendid 

 assortment ot prepared Runners, including all the newest 

 and choicest sorts in cultivation. Carriage free. LAXTON'S 

 NOBLE, splendid early, per doz., 6s. ; per 100, 40s. KING 

 of the EARLIES, very early, per doz.. Is. ; per 100, 7s. 6rf. 

 THE CAPTAIN, very fine, per dozen, Is. ; per 100, 7s. 6U 

 WATERLOO, splendid dark crimson, per doz.. Is. id. ; per 

 100,10s. PRESIDENT, 5s. per 100 ; BRITISH QUEEN, 

 3s. %d per 100 ; FROGMORE LATE PINE, 5s. per 100 ; 

 KEEN'S SEEDLINU, 3s. lid. p. 100; AUGUSTI NIEAISE, 

 3s. Sd. per 100; JAMES VEITCH, 3s. Sd. per 100; DR. 

 HOGG, 5s. p. 100 ; ALPHA, 5s. p. 100. And many others. 

 1000 in 10 choice varieties, our selection, 35s. 



100 



10 



6s. 6d. 



DANIELS BROS., 



TOWN CLOSE NURSERIES, NORWICH. ' 



As a Supplement 



TO THE 



Gardeners' Chronicle 



FOE 



September 22, 



WLLL BE 



Published an Ink Photograph 



OF 



VIEWS in SIIRURLAND PARK, 



IPSWICH. 



THE 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1888. 



CONFERENCE OF FRUIT 



GROWERS. 

 A CONFERENCE of fruit growers was held 

 -£*- at the Corn Exchange, St. Albans, on 

 Tuesday last, to hear a lecture by Mr. Sampson 

 Morgan on " Small Fruit Farms," and to consider 

 means for promoting larger attention to fruit 

 growing Mr. H. P. Smith (ex-Mayor) presided. 

 Mr. Sampson Morgan's lecture [we quote from 

 the Times], dealt with the creation of small 

 farms for the alleviation of agricultural dis- 

 tress. With the good land at our disposal the 

 old forms of cultivation must give way to 

 new. The system of small farming which he 

 would recommend the Legislature to promote 

 would be as follows : — To obtain freehold land 

 at, say, £20 an acre, and divide it into two-acre 

 plots. Upon each plot would be a labourer's 

 cottage, with 50 feet of glasshouse and 100 feet 

 of frames. One acre would be planted with 

 special fruit trees, and from each two-acre plot an 

 industrious man could obtain a living for his 

 family. The cost of the two acres, cottage, glass 

 erection, 260 fruit trees, manure, &c, would be 

 £125. For, say, 2s. 6d. a week a million 

 labourers could secure a perfect little homestead. 

 In answer to the objection that there would be 

 an overplus of production, he would reply that 

 most of the labourers would prefer to do without 

 glass, from want of experience, and choose the 

 extra fruit trees instead, so that 75 per cent, 

 would be without glass erections. In America, 

 notwithstanding a great increase of fruit farms, 

 prices had increased ; and as the demand was on 

 the advance in England, and we imported so 

 much fruit, &c, they need not fear over-produc- 

 tion. Did the home-grower satisfy the demand 

 that existed there would hardly be any need for 

 imported goods at all. He gave many instances 

 as to experiments, prices, &c, and said he had 

 known growers to secure, season after season, a 

 nett return of £100 per acre from fruit alone. 

 His suggestion was equally favourable to the 

 landlord and to the tenant, since were more land 

 devoted to fruit the value of the land would 

 increase. Arable land being worth from 20s. to 



