Established 



No. 91.— Vol. IV. 



/ Third \ 

 \Sebies./ 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1888. 



/Regt. 

 \WITH 



is a Newspaper. ("Price 3d. 



SUPPLEMENT^ POSI^FREE, 3i<f. 



CONTENTS. 



Botany and horticulture 



Brambles 



Bnlbophyllum umbella- 



tum 



Cabbage, new varieties of 



C'atasetum Russell i an urn 



Cattleya aurea marnio- 



rata 



,, Krameriana 



., Loddigesii 



Chemistry of vegetation 

 Coironia peduncularis ... 



Clematis 



Cold storage of fruit 



Conifers 



Crocuses, early spring 



flowering 



Cucumbers, long-lived ... 

 Cvcnoches chlorochilon... 

 Daffodils and manures ... 

 Flower-holder, Cheat's ... 



Fruit register 



Fruits under glass 

 Gardening appointments 

 Genera Phmtaritm, index 



to 



Gentiana acaulis and its 



allies 



Grape Black Damascus, 



cracking 

 ,, growing for market 



in Belgium 

 Grass and Clover crop-. 



Hardy fruit garden 



Hedgehog, the 



Inventions, useful 



:;:;i 



Iris reticulata and the 

 bulb mite 



Kitchen garden 



Law note — 

 Witherdon v. Allen ... 



Lettuces at Reading 



Lilium candidum 

 I Masdevallia punctata ... 

 I Mexican Broom-root 



Narcissus poeticus, blind 



National Fruit-growers' 

 Association 



Novelties 



1 Nursery notes 



| Obituary — 



— Court 



Opuntia fruits 



Orchid notes 



j Orchids at Cypher's 



Pentapera sieula 



1 Plant life 



' Plants and their culture. 



Seed trade, the 



Shrubland Park 



' Societies — 



I Brighton 



I Cryptogamic of Scot- 

 land 



j Grantham 



| Isle of Wight Dahlia... 



Stocks for Apples 

 ' Tomato and Potato di - 



Trees and shrubs."! 



Vegetables 



Victoria Park 



Weather plant, the 

 Yew, a large, transplanted 



Illustrations. 



Chironia peduncularis 



Flower-holder, Cheat's 



Opuntia fruits 



Pentapera sieula ... 



Shrubland Park, Ipswich, views in. (SuppI 



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OURTII ANNUAL 



APPLE and PEAR SHOW. 



at Exeter. 



OCTOBER 25 and 26. 



Forty-nine Classes Open to all England. 



For Schedules, &c., apply to 



J. I. PENGELLY, Hon. Sec. 

 Guildhall. Exeter. 



AMELL1AS.— CAMELLIAS for SALE, for 



want of room. Eight Specimens. 4 to 5 feet high, 3 to 

 4 feet across, now full of buds. To be sold for want of room. 

 A. TALEYRAC, The Imperial Nursery, Harrow. 



o 



clean. 



RANGE and LEMON TREES for Sale. 

 Standards in tubs. 22 inches. Good shape, healthy and 

 GARDENER, Knightleys, Exeter. 



ALIETZE, Rio de Janeiro.— New PRICE 

 • LIST for PALM SEEDS, Post-free to all applicants, 

 from ADOLPH v. ESSEN ash CO., 73, Gr. Reichenstr, 

 Hamburg. 



f IL Y OF THE VALLEY 



J— i for Forcing, the best ever offered. 



28s. per 1000. 

 PAUL GRUNOW. 

 Blumenstrasse, 39, Berlin O. Germany. 



TRAWBERRY PLANTS, in small pots. 



Splendid stuff of all best kinds, and true to name. Price 

 List on application. 



FRANoIS R. RINGHORN, Nurseryman, Richmond, Surrey. 



ICKSON'S IMPROVED MUSHROOM 



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

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

 monials post-free on application. 

 D1CK.U..S (Limited), The Royal Seed Warehouse, CHESTER. 



SUTTON'S BEDDING TULIPS, 

 in distinct colours, for simultaneous flowering. For full 

 particulars 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. 



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 any 

 time. Descriptive LIST and advice Free.— RICHARD SMITH 

 and CO.. Nurserymen and Seed Merchants. Worcester. 



Camellias, Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Palms, Orchids, 



&c. Plants grown specially for English use. 



CVUYLSTEKE, Nurseryman, 

 • Loochristy, Ghent, Belgium. 



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. 



The Early Planting of Daffodils. 



HARTLAND of Cork is famous for " well 

 matured," early flowering, well ripened Bulbs. Detailed 

 and Descriptive LIST Post-free forwarded to any address, 

 in conjunction with his General Bulb CATALOGUE. 



WM. BAYLOR HARTLAND. Old Established General Seed 

 Warehouse, 24, Patrick Street. Cork. His original " LITTLE 

 BOOK OF DAFFODILS," illustrated by Gertrude Hartland, 

 Post-free for 18 stamps. This is the most complete work of 

 the sort yet published. The drawings are superb. 



AN AMATEUR is anxious to Exchange DEN- 

 DROBESand CATTLEYAS for ODONTOGLOSSUMS and 

 ONCIDIUMS.— M. D„ 60. Boundary Row, South Hampstead. 



ORCHIDS. — Amateurs having Large Speci- 

 mens to DISPOSE OF in EXCHANGE, are requested 

 to state value expected and sorts desirtd, to 



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

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



UQUELCH and BARNHAM, 



O North Row, Covent Garden. W.C, are OPEN TO DIS- 

 POSE OF any quantity of MOSCATS and BLACK GRAPES, 

 TOMATOS, CUCUMBERS, FRENCH BEANS, STRAW- 

 BERRIES, CHOICE FLOWERS, Sec. Highest Market Prices 

 obtained Account Sales daily; Cheques weekly oras preferred 

 by Sender. Baskets and Labels supplied. References 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. 



CHOICE FRUIT and FLOWERS. 

 Highest Market Prices guaranteed. 

 HENRY RIDES (late Wise & Rides), Fruit and Flower 

 Salesman, Covent Garden, W.C. 



A/fESSRS. GREGORY and EVANS, 



1*1- Nurserymen. Sidcup, and 285, 286. 287, 288. Flower 

 Market. Covent Garden, London. 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." 



ANTED, large Plants of SEAFORTHIA 



ELEGANS. CYCAS REVOLUTA, TREE FERNS. 

 TACSONIAS, LAPAGERIAS of sorts. Lowest price for cash to 

 Mr. BOLT, The Gardens, Over Hall. Wins'ord. Cheshire. 



WANTED, in quantities, established Plants of 

 ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDRA (Pacho variety). 

 State size and price for cash. 



L'HORTICULTURE INTERNATIONALE, Pare Leopold, 

 Brussels. 



ANTED, TWO Large CAMELLIAS, 



4 by 3 feet. 1 imbricata alba and 1 inibricata red ; 

 also small GARDENIAS. State price and size to 

 HEAD GARDESEX, C'.ayton YVickliam, Hassocks, Sussex. 



ROMAN HYACINTHS. NARCISSUS, 

 LILIUM CANDIDUM, grown by Louis Bremond, Fils, 

 Ollioutes. Last consignments expected in London inafew days. 

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

 See large Advertisement, September 15, page 289. 



Dutch Bulbs Direct from the Growers. 



ANT. ROOZEN and SON'S CATALOGUE 

 for 1888, containing details of their immense Collections 

 of New, Rare, and fine Bulbs and Plants (86 pages in English) 

 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 Bulbs." Price Is., Post-free. 



SPECIAL OFFER of FERNS.— Pteris 

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

 cristata compacta. — BOUVARDIAS in best Covent Garden 

 strains. All in thumbs, fit for immediate potting. Also Pteris 

 tremula, good stuff, in 43's, to offer in quantity. 

 Prices per 100 or 1000 on application. 

 R. PENGELLY, Dyson's Lane, Upper Edmonton. 



Bulbs of Finest Quality only. 



BARK'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 Californian Bulbs and Tubers, in- 

 cluding many beautiful rarities. 

 BARR a>'D SOX, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 



Dutch and other Bulbs. 



CHARLES TURNER'S CATALOGUE is 

 now ready. The first Consignment is to hand, in 

 excellent condition. 



The New Rose, Fruit Tree, and Coniferre CATALOGUE is 

 now in the Press. 



The Royal Nurseries. Slough. 



R. DODWELL'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. ; 21s. 

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

 cation. The Cottage. Stanley Road, Oxford, 



INDIAN AZALEAS.— Splendid well-grown 

 Plants, well set, selected varieties, at £3 10s., £4. and 

 £5 per 100. SPIRJEA JAPONICA— exceptionally fine Belgian 

 Spineas, for early forcing, 80s. to 120s. per 1000. 

 A. VAN GEERT, Ghent. Belgium. 



Palms, Foliage Plants, Heaths, &c. 



FRANCIS R. KINGHORN will be pleased to 

 forward LIST of above with low prices. Leading 

 decorative PALMS in all sizes, great quantities, and in finest 

 health. 



Richmond, Surrey; and 191 and 192, Flower Market, Covent 

 Garden, W.C. 



The best Season to Plant 



EDELWEISS is during September and 

 October. 

 In consequence of having made favourable purchases, 

 I am able to supply strong plants at 

 £2 per 1000, and 5s. per 100. 

 OTTO WAGNER. Dobeln, Germany. 



Kent — The Garden of England. 



STRAWBERRIES true to Name. 



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

 embracing, Xoble, Waterloo, &c, and the 30 best kinds, 

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

 and Runners. The Old Nurseries, Maidstone. 



SULPHIDE of POTASSIUM (Harris).— A 

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



w 



H. LASCELLES and CO., 



• HORTICULTURAL BUILDERS, 



, BUNHILL ROW, LONDON, E.C. 



Plans and Estimates Free. 

 See large Advertisement, September 1, page 233. 



