Established i84i.^ 



No. 93,-Vol. IV. {££?} 



SATUEDAY, OCTOBEE 6, 1888. 



/Regt. U a Newspaper./ PRICE 3d. 



(.WITH SUPPLEMENT-! PoSl^FBKE, 5$d. 



CONTENTS. 



AGrides Houlletianum ... 

 Allamanda Hendersoni... 

 Anemones, Japanese ... 

 Auckland, N.Z. , notes 



from 



British Fruit Growers' 



Association 



British Guiana 



Bulb garden 



Cattleya guatemaleiiMS 

 var.Wischhuseni- 



„ guttata Leopold 



odoratissima ... 57H 



„ „ munda 378 



Chiswick fruit conference 33*5 i psittai 



Chrysanthemums, annual 3V*1 Ouiou seed crop 



378 Macwarrieballi (iudia* 

 387 rubber), report on ... * 

 391 Madeira, public gardens 



! at Funchal ; 



382 Monthly stock-taking ... : 



Natal plants J 



390 National Apple and Pear 



387 Conference ... 386, ; 



388 Obituary— 



1 Dickson, F. A I 



Wooster, D ; 



373 Odontoglossuni Ander- 

 sonianum lobatum var. 

 378 ! Lemoinierianum ... t 

 Oncidium maculatum 



Colonial notes 

 Copenhagen fungus exhi- 



bition 

 Cullural memoranda .. 

 Dahlias changing colour . 392 Ow 



Orchards, shelter for 



Orchid notes 



379 Orchids at Messrs. 



Fernery, the 



Flower garden 



Forage plant, a new 

 Fruit register 

 Fruits under glass 

 Girdening appointment 

 Grapes, the colour of ... 

 Hardy fruit garden 

 Harpdlium rigidum semi- 

 plenum 



Horticulture, education 



H/pocaust garden, the ... 

 inventions, useful 



Judging, code of 



Juglans mandshurica ... 

 L.*e, C, & Sons' nursery . 



3 Nursery, Maiden- 

 Stuartiana, 



388 Phalienopsi 



385 J buds of 



887 Plant notes 



379 ,, portraits 



385 Planting sandhills 



393 ' Plants and their culture . 



380 Primula Rusbyi 



385 Pterocarya fraxinifolia... 



Roses, a plea for Tea anil 

 391 Noisette 



Seed trade, the 



387 Societies— 

 391 1 English Arboricult urn 1 

 390 I Scottish Horticultural 

 387 Strawberry, Captain ... 

 384 Witch's nursery 



381 , Victoria Regia.'the 



Illustrations. 



Boiler, new horizontal tubular 



Funchal, Madeira, public gardens at. (Supplement.) 



Juglans mandshurica 



Phakenopsis Stuartiana 



Pterocarya fraxinifolia 



381 



Now ready, In cloth, lis. 6d. 



rHE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 

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

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



OYAL BOTANICAL and HORT1- 



CULTl'RAL SOCIETY of MANCHESTER. 

 An EXHIBITION of APPLES. PEARS. Sec, will be held ia 

 the Gardens on OCTOBER 24, and three following days. For 

 Schedules, &c., apply to the undersigned. 



BRUCE FINDLAY. 

 Royal Botanical Gardens, Manchester. 



ILTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



CHRYSANTHEMUM and FRUIT SHOW at Salisbury, 

 Nl pVEMBER 15 and 16, 1688. Schedules on application to 

 Mr. W. H. WILLIAMS, Hon. Sec. 

 The Nurseries, Salisbury. 



HOW to MAKE the MOST of the LAND by 

 the Proftlable Cultivation of Fruit, &c. The HORTI- 

 CrLTUKALandTECHNICALCOLLEGE,Lini..Swanle),Kent. 

 \Vi„tHr-:.-.ioncon,m-ii.-e < ()ct.ir — Addre-s, Mr.BUCKLAND. 



ALIETZE, Rio de Janeiro.— New PRICE 

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

 from ADOLPH V. ESSEN AND CO., 73, Or. Reichenstr, 

 Hamburg. 



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Trie Beat Present lor a Gardener. 

 INES and VINE CULTURE. 



The most complete and exhaustive Treatise on 



Grapes and their Culture ever published. 



New Edition. 



Price 5s., post-free 5$. 6*/. 



A. F. BARRON. Km-nl Horti.nl- ur 1 S..<-ietv. n^iviHc 



ICKSON'S IMPROVE -J MUSHROOM 



SPAWN, most superior, mw reluced to 5s. per bushel 

 of 11 cakes. Circular with Cultural Notes and List of Testi- 

 monials post-fr^e on i ppliration. 

 DR'KSONS (LimiMj, The i:o : al Seed Warehouse, CHESTER. 



OUTTON'S BULB CATALOGUE: 



O beautifully Elustrated 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. 



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 Califoruian Bulbs and Tubers, in- 

 cluding many beautiful rarities. 

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



MR. 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. 35. 6a\ per doz. ; 21s. 

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

 cation. The Cottage, Stanley Road, Oxford. 



CELOGYNE CR1STATA, with bloom-buds, 

 well grown, at reduced prices. 

 Trustees of the late J. STEVENSON, Timperley. Cheshire. 



QPECIMEN and HALF-SPECIMEN STE- 



O PHANOTIS. free-flowering variety, very fine stuff. 10 to 

 12feet; also 2.5.000 Al'CUBAS. all sizes. For particulars apply 

 to G. SMITH, Dell Nursery, Rock Ferry, Cheshire. 



UONYMUS (Green).— 50,000, all nice bushy 



well-grown Specimens, 9 to 36 inches, £1 to £10 per 100. 

 J. J. CLARK, 

 Goldstone Farm, Brighton. 



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Rosea, Fru t Trees, &c. 



CHARLES TURNER'S Autumn CAT A- 

 LOGUE, containing full collections of Roses, Fruit 

 Trees, Coniferce, and all kinds of Hardy Trees and Shrubs, is 

 now ready, and may be had free on application. 

 The Royal Nurseries. Slough. 



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. 



MESSRS. GREGORY and EVANS, 

 NlRSERVMEN. Sidcup, and 285, 2S6. 2S7, 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." 



CHOICE FRUIT and FLOWERS. 

 Highest Market Prices guaranteed. 

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

 Salesman. Covent Garden, W.C. 



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Surplus Cut Flowers. 

 OOPER 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. 



WANTED, STEPHANOTIS, EUCHARIS, 

 ORCHIDS. ROSES, CHRYSANTHEMUMS, and other 

 Choice CUT FLOWERS. Best Market Prices returned. Address 

 S. HILL. Jun., 21. Charlotte Street. Fitzroy Square, W., 

 and Covent Garden Flower Market. W.C. 



ANTED, EUCHARIS BLOOMS. Weekly 



Supply, all the year round. — State lowest price per 

 dozen to SINCLAIR, Wreath and Bouquet Establishment, 

 Blake Street, York. 



ANTED, the following GERANIUMS, 



carefully lifted from the borders : — Mrs. Pollock and 

 other Golden Tr. colors, Henry Jacob?, West Brighton Gem, 

 Master Christine; and TROP.EOLUH VESUVIUS; also 

 ECHEVERIAS. Good value given. 



FLETCHER, SON and CO., Florists, Sic. Ches'erfield. 



ANTED TO PURCHASE, SHALLOTS. 



State quantity and lowest price for cash. 

 BUTLER, McC'ULLOCH and CO., Covent Garden. W.C. 



FL. MAY and CO.'S Newspaper Advertise- 

 • ment Offices will, on and after this day, Thursday, 

 September 27, be REMOVED from 159. Piccadilly, to their ex- 

 tensive New Premises on the Ground Floor, 162, PICCADILLY 

 (comer of St. James's Street, W.) 



OMAN HYACINTHS. NARCISSUS 



LILIUM CANDLDUM, grown by Louis Bremond, Fils, 

 Ollioules. Last consignments expected in London iu a few days. 

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

 See large Advertisement, September 15, page 289. 



Grandest Violet. 



DOUBLE VIOLET, "VICTORIA," 

 best for pots, frames, or garden, 3 First-class Certifi- 

 cates. Strong clumps, at reduced price, to 10s. per dozen. 

 Remittance to accompany all orders. Order now from 

 Mr. J. CHAMBERS, the Raiser, WeatlakeNursery.Isleworth.W. 



Palms, Foliage Plants, Heaths, &c. 



FRANCIS R. KIXGHOKX 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. 



TNDIAN AZALEAS. — Splendid well-grown 



-L Plants, well set, selected varieties, at £3 10s., £A, and 

 £5 per 100. SPIR-BA JAPONICA— exceptionally fine Belgian 

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

 A. VAN GEERT, Ghent. Belgium. 



REEPERS 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. 



Tlie best Season to Plant 

 D E L W E I S S is during 



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. 



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. 



EACH TREES for SALE.— Extra size, rang- 

 ing from 5 to 10 feet high, and as much through. The 

 best sorts represented ; 1000 feet of south walling being en- 

 gaged for their growth. For particulars, apply to 



R. GILBERT, High Park Gardens. Stamford. 



r PURF. — Finest quality, for Tennis Lawns, &c. 



-L delivered free within 5 miles or on rail 



at 10s. per 100. 



Superior Top-spit TURFS for Potting, Vine Borders, &c, 



10s. per ton. 



J. J. KEEVIL, Merton Hall Road. Wimbledon. 



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., 195. ; 56 lb., 11*. 3d. ; 23 lb., 6s. 9d. ; 

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

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



Landscape Gardener. 



JM U N K O , Northfields, Stamford, 

 • Advises, Designs, aud Estimates for nil kinds of Orna- 

 mental Ground Work, torest and Covert Planting, Sec. 

 Thirty years' practice. Many years Nursery Manager at Dick- 

 son's, Chester; Lawson's, Edinburgh ; and Osborn's. London. 



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HORTICULTURAL BUILDERS, 

 BUNHILL ROW, LONDON, E.C. 



Plans and Estimates Free. 

 See large Advertisement on page ;:?. 



