September 15. 1888.] 



TEE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



289 



WEBBS' 



EARLY FORCING 



FLOWER ROOTS. 



ROMAN HYACINTHS. 



EARLY WHITE, Selected Boots 28. per doz. 



Ditto IBS. per 100. 



FINEST NAMED HYACINTHS 68. to 12a. per doz. 



POLYANTHUS NARCISSUS. 



DOUBLE ROMAN ... 3d. each, Is. 6<L per doz. 



PAPER WHITE 3d. each, 18. 6d. per doz. 



EARLY TULIPS. 



DUC VAN THOL, Single, Scarlet and Yellow. 



9<L per doz., 58. per 100. 

 Ditto Double Ditto 8d. per doz., 38. 6d. per 100. 



I WEBBS' bulb CATALOGUE, 



Beautifully Illustrated, and containing complete 

 Cultural Instructions, 

 Now Heady. Grat is and Post-free. 



Seedsmen by Roval Warrants to H.M. the Queen 

 and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 



WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 



KING'S BEGONIAS now in full bloom in the 

 open ground. A magnificent display. Doubles and 

 Singles. Visitors are cordially invited. My strain has been 

 nwarded manv Certificates. Price on application. — Address, 

 ED. KT>"G, Ee'gonia Grower. Pennington, Lymington, Hants. 



VEITCH'S BULBS 



OF SUPERIOR, ftTJAIilTY. 



VEITCH'S 

 COLLECTIONS OF BULBS 



FOR 



EARLY FORCING. 



At 10s. 6d., 15s., 21s., 42s. and 63s. 



For details see Catalogue forwarded gratis and post- 

 free on application. 



JAS.VEITCH&SONS, 



ROYAL EXOTIC NURSERY, 



CHELSEA, S.W. 



SPECIALLY CHEAP. — DRACAENA IN- 



O DIVISA, 5-inch pots, 6s. per dozen ; PTERIS SERRU- 

 LATA and CRETICA, 5-ineh pots, 4s. id. per dozen ; A. CUNE- 

 ATUM, 3-inch pots. 3s. id. per dozen; C1LIATUM, 3s. 6(i. per 

 dozen; AMPELOPSIS SEMPERV1RENS, strong, 6s. perdozen. 

 Package free for cash with order. 

 H. ENGLISH, Clevedon Nurseries, Clevedon. 





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K3- Prices extremely moderate. 



Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue (lYo. 348) 



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ICKSONS 



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I The Royal Nurseries & Seed Establishments, 



Chester. 



NOTICE 



TO THE 



HORTICULTURAL TRADE. 



TTAVING for some years past, owing to the 

 particular nature of my business as a 

 Horticultural Agent, recognised to the fullest 

 extent the absolute importance of securing speedy 

 transit and quick delivery, in the case of all 

 plants sent from the Continent to England and 

 vice versa ; and having myself suffered great in- 

 convenience, annoyance, and loss from causes 

 which could easily have been avoided, had the 

 shippers entrusted with plants possessed any 

 practical knowledge of their nature and require- 

 ments, I beg to inform you that, my business 

 with the Continent having become so extensive, 

 I am now obliged, in self defence, to take up the 

 business of a 



SHIPPING AND FORWARDING AGENT. 



I am so well aware of the serious consequences 

 of a few hours frost in the case of plants left on 

 the wharf for a night — as frequently happens — 

 and which by a little care in warehousing can be 

 easily avoided, to the great benefit of sender and 

 buyer, that I have determined in future to give 

 all such details my closest personal attention, and 

 beg you to recognise the advantages which will 

 thus be gained by your shipping all your con- 

 signments to this country through me. 



I have secured admirable premises for this 

 branch of my business at 12, Cooper's Row, 

 Crutched Friars, London, E.C, and with the 

 available accommodation at the various wharves 

 for the proper and prompt warehousing of the 

 most tender plants, am in a position to assure you 

 that I possess every facility for conducting the 

 business in a manner that I am sure will give 

 satisfaction to those who may favour me with 

 their patronage and support. 



WILLIAM DENMAN, 



7, Catherine Street, Covent Garden, 

 London, W.C. 



The Business will be carried on under the style of 



DENMAN & CO., 



HORTICULTURAL, SHIPPING, AND 

 FORWARDING AGENTS, 



12, COOPER'S ROW, CRUTCHED FRIARS, 



LONDON, E.C. 

 TELEQRAMa-OLEKMA, LONDON. 



As a Supplement 



TO THE 



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Next Week, September 22, 



WILL BE 



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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1888. 



CONFERENCE OF FRUIT 

 GROWERS. 

 A COMMITTEE, consisting of about sixty of 

 -^■*- the principal fruit growers in the United 

 Kingdom, having made arrangements for a Con- 

 ference on Fruit Growing, a large and represen- 

 tative meeting was held on Friday the 7th inst. 

 in the saloon at the Crystal Palace, Syden- 

 ham, and was followed by a second Confereni e 

 on Saturday. On each day there was a crowded 

 attendance, and the papers read evoked a highly 

 interesting discussion on matters cognate to 

 fruit cultivation. Friday's Conference began at 

 .3 o'clock, under the presidency of Mr. T. Francis 

 Rivers, Chairman of the Executive Committee, 

 the Chairman inaugurating the business of the 

 meeting by reading the following address : — 



FRUIT CULTURE FOR PROFIT. 

 By T. Francis Rivers, Esa., Sawbrideworth. 

 Ocr meeting to-day is, I hope, the first of a series 

 of meetings on the very important subject of fruit 

 culture in England for profit. Within the last few 

 years a very great advance has been made in this 

 direction by the force of circumstances, and not by 

 the speeches of any one man, however eminent. 

 When Wheat was worth from 40. to 60s. per quarter 

 there was no need to apply the resources of the land 

 to any other purpose, as the price of Wheat governed 

 the price of produce, and was amply sufficient to 

 support the different interests depending on the land. 

 We have now, however, to face an altered condition 

 of affairs. The land is with us, and is as productive 

 as ever, but the consumer no longer pays the price 

 required by the English producer: and although it 

 is absurd to suppose that corn is not still the ruling 

 crop, yet all cultivators are forced by circumstances 

 to consider whether they cannot be assisted by other 

 crops. One of these helps or aids is undoubtedly the 

 cultivation of fruit, which is of daily consumption, 

 and is, or ought to be, on the table of every individual 

 in the United Kingdom. We have, therefore, to deal 

 with a very large subject; — nothing less than a national 

 industry, and an increasing one, the development of 

 which enters into conflict with no British interest, 

 treads on no man's toes, is strictly non-political, will 

 snffer no decay but improve as the years roll on, and 

 in which succeeding generations are qnite a6 much 

 interested as we are, and is a pursuit from first to last 



