October 20, 1888.] 



TEE GARDENERS' CERONICLE. 



435 



WEBBS 



COLLECTIONS 



OF 



BULBS 



CONSIST OF THE : 



HYACINTHS, 

 TULIPS, CROCUS, 

 LILIES, SNOW- 

 DROPS, ETC. 



From Mr. G. H. GREEN, 



Gardener to the Eight Eon. 

 the Countess of .Stamford, 

 Enville Ball : — " I never 

 saw any (Hyacinths) do 

 better or produce finer 

 trusses: they were admired 

 by all who saw them." 



Prices, 5s., 7s. 6d., 10s. 6d., 15s., 21s., 42s., 63a., 



and 105s. each ; Carriage Free. 



FIVE PER CENT, DISCOUNT FOR CASE. 



For full particulars of Contents, see 



WEBBS' BULB CATALOCUE, 



Beautifully Illustrated ; Gratis and Post-free. 



WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDCE. 



FRUIT TREES, 



SEVENTY-FOUR ACRES. 



APPLES. PEARS. PLUMS, CHERRIES. PEACHES, 

 NECTARINES, APRICOTS, and other FRUIT TREES, as 

 Standard-., Dwarfs, Pyramids, Bushes, Cordon, and Trained 

 Trees in great variety. 



VINES, excellent Canes, 3s. Sd., 5s., 7s. 6rf., 10s. 6d. 



Orchard House Trees in pots, PEACHES, APRICOTS, NEC- 

 TARINES. &c., from 5s. FIGS from 3s. M. 



DESCRIPTIVE LIST, containing a sketch of the various 

 forms of Trees, with Directions for Cultivation, Soil. Drainage, 

 Manure, Pruning, Lifting, Cropping, Treatment under Glass ; 



RICHARD SMITH & CO., 



WORCESTER. 



PALMS, FERNS. 



KDROST begs to offer to the Trade a very 

 • extensive ana unusually well-grown stock of Palms 

 for Decorating purposes, for Table Plants (nicely shaped), and 

 for growing on. consisting of KENTIAS. COCOS. LATANIAS, 

 ARECAS. CORYPHAS, PHffiNEX EUTERPE, &.C. ; and 

 further, a large quantity of extra good PTERIS TBEMULA 

 and DORYOPTEKIS PALMATA in 48-pots, ADIANTUM 

 VICTORI.E, in 60-pots, and thousands of SMALL FERNS of 

 the best Market varieties. 



AN INSPECTION INVITED. 



KEW KURSERY, RICHMOND, S.\V. 



FERNS A SPECIALTY. 



Specially low Autumn offer, 



and CATALOGUE of over 1300 species and varieties in stock, 



free on application. 



ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUB, Is. 6d. Post-free. 



W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, 



FERN NURSERY, SALE, MANCHESTER. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Strong Roots, 4-". per 100. Plants in small pots. 18s. per 100 ; 

 ditto In large pots, ibs. per 100. Descriptive LIST .ree. 



RICHARD SMITH AKD CO., Nurserymen and Seed MeT- 

 ehante, Woroeoter. 



CARTERS' 



CH EAP BUL BS. 



Why Send to Holland for Bulbs 



When Better Quality can be obtained in England at 



Less Prices? Note the Contents, and compare 



Carters' Box with others. 



Carters' Guinea Box 



Contains 1250 Bulbs, 



And is sent, PACKING and CARRIAGE FREE to any station 

 in England and Wales on receipt of cheque or postal order 

 for 20s. It comprises the pick of the World, as follows : — 



50 Hyacinths, named, 



colours 

 50 Tulips, double, early 

 50 Tulips, single, earlv 

 100 Narcissus poeticus 

 50 Narcissus biflorus 

 25 Scilla siberica 

 25 Scilla campanulata 

 100 Crocus, white 

 100 Crocus, purple 

 100 Crocus, striped 



Half the Box. lis., Carriage Free 

 Quarter, 7s., Carriage Free. 



100 Crocus, yellow 



50 Anemones 

 100 Daffodils 



50 Ranunculus, Persian 



50 Spanish Iris 



50 Triteleia uniflora 



50 Snowdrops 

 100 Winter Aconites 



36 Star of Bethlehem 



14 Muscari botryoides 



For full particulars of other Boies, from 5s. upwards, see 

 CARTERS' ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of BULBS, 



Gratis and Post-free. 



237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. 



EXTRA choice BULBS. 



Free to Destination. 



CHEAP PRICES." 



VANMEERBEEMO. 



GROWERS 



Hyacinths, Tulips, 

 Crocus, Lilium, Nar- 

 cissus, Ranunculus, 

 Anemones, Spiraeas, 

 Snowdrops, and all 

 other Bulbs and Plants, 

 recommend their 



SPECIAL COMPLETE 

 COLLECTIONS FOR 

 AMATEURS, 



put together with the 

 greatest care. 



FOR SPRING GARDENING. 



{Own selected, well proportioned.) 



Collection B containing 3496 finest flower-roots. Price 5 Gns. 



D „ 2244 ,. ,. .. 3 ., 



F „ 1398 „ „ „ 2 „ 



H „ 1036 „ .. .. 1 ,. 

 FOR INDOORS. 



Collection A containing 1276 finest flower-roots. Price 5 Gns. 



We also forward, at 12'-, HALF THE COLLECTIONS 

 "G "or'H." NO PACKING CHARGES. 



Payment against delivery of the parcel. Extensive Catalogue 

 free on application. Write direct to 



VAN MEERBEEK & CO., 



Nurserymen, Hulegom, near Haaxlem. Holland ; 



or to their London Agent — Mr. EDWIN T. PAVNE, 



28, Great Tower Street, E.C. 



PALMS, CLEAN ANO HEALTHY. 



WILLIAM ICETON has a very extensive 

 stock of all the leading kinds, in fine condition ; 20 

 houses being devoted to their growth, many being fit for exhi- 

 bition of the following varieties : — Areca lutea. Cocos flexuosa 

 and Weddelliana, Keutias of all kinds; Seaforthia elegans, 

 Latania borbonica Phcenix reclinata, rupicola ; also a very 

 large assortment of Palms in »30's and 48's for table. Inspection 

 invited.— Putney Park Lane. S.W. j and 129 and 130, Flower 

 Market, Covent Oardon, W.C. 



Now ready. In cloth, lis. 6d. 



rSE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 

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

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



THE 



(Sartors' d{hnmidt 



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1888. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



CHISWICK FRTJIT EXHIBITION AND 

 CONFERENCE. 



f"pHE following are the papers read at this 

 -*- meeting up to Wednesday night. A sum- 

 mary of the discussion which ensued is given in 

 another column, as also a full report of the 

 exhibition. The other papers will be printed in 

 our next issue. 



APPLES FOR PROFIT. 



By Mr. GEORGE BUNYARD, Maidstone. 



The commercial growth of Apples for market 

 is frequently entered upon in a wrong man- 

 ner, because many start into the enterprise 

 without sound information. Beginners fight shy 

 of the growers of trees for sale under the unfair 

 notion that they would recommend those kinds 

 of which they held a stock ; they then procure 

 the "tip" from the salesmen in the various 

 markets, who, as far as they can (and in good 

 faith), give them the names of the kinds that 

 sell well ; fruits, so to speak, which dispose of 

 themselves by their names or appearance. Many 

 of the choicest Apples produce but a small crop, 

 or are so long in coming to a state of profitable 

 production that planters get discouraged; others 

 are recommended which are very slow growers, 

 or rarely make good orchard trees, and thus land 

 is not fully utilised. As the markets are sup- 

 plied from a large area, the salesmen have but a 

 general idea of the suitability of sorts to a dis- 

 trict, and hence much valuable time is lost. In 

 the short time at my disposal, I propose to give 

 a few hints as to the formation of a profitable 

 Apple orchard or plantation, where the return 

 shall be speedy, and yet in the future, 

 for a century, shall promise a good result. 

 The first operation is the procuring of suit- 

 able land. 



In a district where little fruit is grown, an 

 idea can be gained from the growth of the 

 few fruit trees in the cottage gardens, and 

 perhaps the orchards near gentlemen's seats. If 

 the Apples show a kindly and clean growth, with 

 an absence of lichens and canker, and if Elm 

 trees nourish, it will so far be favourable. Ex- 

 posure to prevailing winds is to be avoided, 

 either by shelter-planting, or, better still, by 

 taking advantage of existing woods or hedges j 



