Established 



No. 100.— Vol. IV. { S T E H B ™} SATUKDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1888. 



a Newspaper. /PRICE 3d. 



I P08T-FBEE, 3Jd. 



CONTENTS. 



ties 605 



Calandrinia oppositifolia. 601 



Canker in Apples ... 60S 



Carter, J., &. Co.'anursery 597 



Cattleya Cassandra x ... 596 



Chiswick 607 



Chrysant emum cente- 

 nary 606 



„ the 

 Chrysanthemums at Chis- 

 rick 



Cycooche* versicolor . 596 



Del), hybrid Orchids at... 600 



Ducourau, P. T 605 



Eucalyptus viminalis ... 596 

 Fir, the Douglas, in Scot- 

 land 593 



Flower garden 602 



„ trade, the 606 



Gardeners" Orphau Fund 606 



„ Royal Benevolent 



Institution ... 606 



Gardening appointments 619 

 Ghent Chambre Syndi- 



cale 605 



Gray. Asa, the late ... 604 



Horticultural Club ... 803 



Impatiens Hawkeri ... 602 



Kew Bulletin 605 



Kew Gardens, specimen 



trees in 602 



Leelia pachystele ... 596 



Law notes : — 



Sander v. Duchess of 



Moutrose 614 



Pears ... 601, 607, 60S 



„ portraits 608 



Potato blossoming, and 



tubers of 600 



Eoyal Horticultural 

 Tiverton 



Torquay 



Weston-super-Mare . 



Wilts 



Winchester 



York 



Watford 

 Stachys tuberifera 

 Table plants 

 Taxodium distichum . 

 Tradescantias 

 Violas as bedders... 

 Weather Plant, the 



Illustrations. 



Calandrinia oppositifolia 



Eucalyptus viminalis 



Pinus'pinea ... (j 



Slope= and banks 



Plants and their cult 

 Royal Horticultural 

 Royal Medal, the 

 Societies: — 



Birmingham Gardeners' 609 



Bromlev 607 



Buckingham 607 



Cambridge 607 



Che-hunt 61 < 



Chiswick 612 



Clonmel 609 



Colnbrook 606 



I>erby 614 



Devon 614 



Ealing 610 



Edinburgh Botanic ... 608 



Hammersmith 607 



Ipswich 612 



K^nt 610 



Linnean 604 



Market Harborough ... 610 

 National Chrysanthe- 

 mum 613 



Pembroke 613 



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EW BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 



"PRESIDENT CAR NO T." 

 OHN ETHERINGTON DIXON, 



SEED MERCHANT, Lord Street, GAINSBOROUGH. 

 For further particulars, see future Advertisements. 



E E D TRADE, 1888-9.— 



Before placing your Orders please write for our SPECIAL 

 PRICES, which, owing to crops having proved better than 

 expected, are exceedingly low. 



HOWCROFT and WATKLXS, Seed Merchants, Covent 

 Garden, London, W.C. 



(CHRYSANTHEMUM CUTTINGS, strong and 



\J healthy, from Is. per doz., over 100 best varieties. List free. 

 —The GARDENER, The Lodge. Porche ster Square, London, W. 



" OIR WATKIN " is the best NARCISS. 



KJ Price and all particulars post-free. 



DICKSONS (Limited). The Nurseries. CHESTER. 



DAFFODILS a SPECIALTY.— Barr's 

 Daffodils should now be potted for Indoor Flowering, or 

 planted out in beds, or naturalized in Orchards, Meadows 

 and Woods. Illustrated CATALOGUE free on application 

 BARR anu SON, 12, King Street, Cov ent Garden. W.C. 



DIANTUM CUNEATUM ELEGANS.— 



This is one of the most useful Ferns for cutting (see 

 recent report in Gardeners' Chronicle). Strong plants in 

 6-innh pots. 18* . rrf>r dozen, offered hv fhe raiser. 



CHAS. KERSHAW, Slead Syke* Nur series, Brighouse. 



OTKAWBEKRY PLANTS, in small pots. 



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

 List on application. 



FRANCIS R. KLNGHORN, Nurseryman, Richmond, Surrey. 



[ILIUM AURATU M.— 



-LJ THE GOLDEN-RAYED LILY OF JAPAN can now be 



purchased in Cases containing 50 fine Bulbs, just as received 

 from the Japanese Bulb Farms, unopened and unexamined, 

 at 25s. per Case ; sent Free to any Railway Station in England 

 and Wales on receipt of Postal Order for 23s. 9d. Cases con- 

 taining 100 fine Bulbs, price 40s. Fine and sound Bulbs per 

 dozen. 4s.. 6s.. 9s.. l^s., and 18s. Mammoth Bulbs, 2s. 6ii. and 

 3s. 6o*. each. All sent packing and carriage free. 



CARTERS', Koval Seedsmen by Seule 1 Warrants, 237 and 

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yAN MEERBEEK and CO., 

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;_ ROWERS of DUTCH BULBS. Good 



■ed entirely free to destination. No packing charge 



ENGLISH CATALOGUE gratis and post-free 

 on application. Cheap prices. 



FOR SALE or EXCHANGE, 1 DAVALLIA 

 MOOREANA, 1 CROTON HANBURYANUM. For par- 

 ticulars, apply to 



R. DOVER. The Gardens. High Leigh. Hoddesdon. Herts. 



CQUELCH and BARN HAM, 



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

 POSE <>F any quantitv of MUSCATS and BLACK GRAPES, 

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 obtained. AccouotSales daily ; cheques weekly, or as preferred 

 by Sender. Baskets and Labels supplied. References given. 



MESSRS. GREGORY and EVANS, 

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 CONSIGNMENTS of Choice CUT FLOWERS in any quantity 

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 -• -COMMISSION, SIIICUP." 



pHOICE FLOWERS and FRUIT. 



\J Highest Market Prices guaranteed. Prompt cash. 



HENRI' RIDES (late Wise & Rides), Fruit and Flower 

 Salesman, Covent Garden. W.C. 



WANTED, Surplus Stocks of SHRUBS, 

 ROSES. FRUIT TREES, &c„ to include in monthly 

 Auction Sales of Nursery Stock. Five miles from London. 



Particul rs of W. W., Gardeners' Chronicle Office, 

 41, Wellington Street, Strand. W.C 



ANTED, STEPHANUTIS, 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, 70 LONDON PLANES, for 



Avenue Planting. 

 GEO. PHIPPEN. Nurseries, Reading. 



ANTED, THUIA OCCIDENTALS, 6 



feet; Common BEECH. 6 feet; BERBEKIS AQUI- 

 FOLIA and LAURUSTINUS, 12 to 18 inches; Common 

 SPRUCE and Scotch FIR, 4 feet; VINCA MAJOR, strong. 

 State lowest price per dozen and 100 to 



Mr. PLANTER. Post Office, Ascot. 



WANTED, One or Two plants, CONVOL- 

 VULUS TENUISSIMUS. -State size, and quote 

 JOHN JEFFERIES AND SON, Cirencester. 



WANTED, a few Succession PINES, for 

 Fruiting next season. Apply with Price, 

 JOHN SHAW, Land-cape Gardener, &c , Bow.ion. Che-hire. 



WANTED, lowest Cash price, 1000 Clumps 

 MAIDENHAIR FERN; 1000 Crowns of SEAKALE; 

 500 RHUBARBS for Forcing. 



W. J. B\CON. Poole. 



WANTED TO PURCHASE SEED and 

 FLORAL BUSINESS, with or without Nur«ery, or 

 would enter into PARTNERSHIP when mutual confidence 

 established.— ABSTAINER, 11, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. 



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The Best Present for 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 5s. 6d. 



F. BARRON, Royal Horticultural Society, Chiswick. 



UONYMUS (Green).— 60,000, all nice bushy 



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

 J. J. CLARK, 

 Goldstone Farm, Brighton. 



QPECIAL OFFER.— ENGLISH YEWS, fine 



O bushv plants, 2 to 3. 3 to 4, 4 to 5 feet, well furnished; 

 CUPRESSUS LAWSONIANA. 2 to 3. 3 to 4 feet; also 

 ERECTA VIRIDIS. 1J to 2. and 2 to 3 feet, fine. 



MATTHEWS isd SON. Milton. Stoke-on Trent. 



NGLISH YEWS, 3, 4, 5, and 6 feet. 



BOX, Green, 3. 4, 5, and feet. 



Variegated. 3, 4, 5. and 6 feet. 

 PINUS A US TRIACA, 3, 4, 5, and 6 feet. 

 All well furnished, and finely rooted. Many thousands. 

 ANTHONY WATERER. Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, Surrey. 



IL Y of the VALLEY, SPIRAEA J APON 1CA, 



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 Large extra selected clumps for forcing. Price LIsTS free. 

 DICKSON'S 'Limited). The Royal Seed Wa-ehou-e. CHESTER. 



pHRYSANTHEMUMS.— b00 best sorts, true 



\J to name, strong Cuttings now ready. Is. 6d. per doz., 10s. 

 per 100. Many of the best Prizes and Silver Cups are taken by 

 my customers. For pi ice of new sorts, see Catalogue (2 stamps), 

 of WM. ETHERINGTON, Chrysanthemum Grower, Swans- 

 combe, Kent 



ILY 



SPECTABILIS 

 FLORA. &c. I 

 WILLIAM DENMAN. 7. Catb'e: 



OF THE VALLEY, fine Forcing 



Clumps; SPIPJEA JAPONICA, DIELYTRA 

 HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRArvDI- 

 ples on application. 



StreeL, Covent Garden. W.C. 



EDGING, 



Tj. O X 



-»-* A quantity to dispose of cheap. 



W. KENDALL, Grinkle Park Gardens. Loftus in Cleveland. 



Roses, Fruit Trees. &c. 

 pHARLES TURNER'S Autumn CATA- 



\J LOGUE, containing full collections of Roses, Fruit 

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

 now ready, and may be had free on application. 

 The Royal Nurseries, Slough. 



FOR SALE.— A large stork of SCOTCH 

 SPRUCE FIRS, from 2 to 8 feet ; have been well trans 

 planted. 



E. TANNER. Broadwater Nurseries. Groombridge, Sussex. 



6" LARGE PLANTERS of THORN 



QUICKS.— 1 to 1J foot, 9s. per 1000, £40 per 100,000- 

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 GARLIES MITCHELL. Nurseryman. Stranraer. 



FOR SALE, a few thousand Canes of the 

 celebrated SEMPER FIDELIS RASPBERRY, at 20s 

 per 1000. delivered in Covent Garden Market. 



Apply to C. NEWMAN, Bed well. Har.ington, Middlesex 

 LANCASHIRE LAD GOOSEBFRRIES WANTED 



THOMSONS IMPROVED VINE and PLANT 

 MANURE.— This valuable Manure is made only by us 

 Every bag and tin has our name on it. To be haa of all Nursery 

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 paid. London Agent— Mr. GEORGE. 10. Victoria Road. Putney. 

 WM. THOMSON akd SONS. Clovenfords. Galashiels. N B 



PASTUPLANTA, the best Artificial Manure. 

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ICOTINE frOAP.— An effectual eradicator of 



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