•Established 1841 



No. 2501. 



No. 104.— Vol. IV. { S T E ^.} SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1888. 



[Regt. aa a Newspaper. / ° R ' C E 3d. 

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CONTENTS. 



Apples, market 



73fi 



Horticultural Club 



734 



Arbutus Andraehne 



ISA 



Inventions 



73(i 



Bean, Neale'a Ne Plus 





Kew plants in flower ... 



75W 



Ultra .. 



.'41 



„ gardens, specimen 





Books — 







7-J4 



Paul's Rose Garden ... 



7!t5 



Kitchen garden 



731 



Botany for gardeners ... 



741 



Knigbtshayes 



723 



Bulb garden 



m 



Low & Co's. nursery 



73!) 



Christmas Roses 



TM 



National Dahlia show ... 



733 



Chrysanthemum grafting 



740 



Nematoid worms 



740 



Chrysanthemums 



;:u 



Orchid notes 



7;'ii 



CVi-o-toma ringens 



','"4 



Orchids, miniature 



72J 



Colonial and foreign 



741 



PasMiljra, Woodhatch 





Crataegus mexicana var. 





hybrid 



732 



Carrierii 



7S6 



Pear, a popular 



ran 



Cultural memoranda ... 



727 



Pears 



741) 



Cypnpedium Burfordi- 





Plant portraits 



728 





7:« 



Plants and their culture 



730 



Dendrobium Wattii 





Rhubarb, early 



741 



Devoohurst, Chiswick ... 



726 



Royal Horticultural So- 





Echeveria retusa 



VII 



ciety 



;:« 



Flower garden 



731 



Scotland 



730 



Fog. effects of, on flowers 



rm 



Season, the 



73.1 



Forbidden Fruit, the ... 



732 



Shell-dust 



731 



Forestry 



7M 



Skimmia Foremanni 



735 



Fruits, dried 



727 



Societies — 





„ under glass 



7,'tl 



York Florists' 



741 



Gardening appointments 



747 



Stapelia gigantea 



738 



Hampton Court Gardens 



737 





740 



Hardy fruit garden 



731 



Violas 



72S 



ILLUSTR 



ATION8. 





Arbutus Andracline at Kew 





735 



Cocoa-nut, germination of the 



ouble 



73! 



Coniocybe pallida 







740 



Crataegus mexicana var. Came 





737 



Passiflora, Woodhatch lubrid . 





733 



Stapelia gigautea 







729 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 

 IN AMERICA. 



The Subscription to America, including Postage, is S4.30 for 

 Twelve Months. 



Agent for America :— E. H. LIBBY, " The American Garden," 

 751, Broadway, New York, to whom American Orders may 

 be sent. 



SPECIMEN CONIFERS.— Trees for Avenues, 

 Evergreens, and Forest Trees in great variety. CATA- 

 LOGUE free on application.— RICHARD SMITH AND CO., 

 Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 



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CLEARANCE SALE 

 SPRING FLOWERING BULBS. 

 Hyacinths. Daffodils (Narcissi), Tulips, Crocus, Snowdrops. 

 Winter Aconites, Chionodoxa, Scillas, Spanish Irises, early 

 flowering Gladioli, Alliums. Star of Bethlehem, Aistraemerias, 

 &c. All in splendid condition, at reduced prices. 



LIST free on application to 

 BARR a>1> SON, 12 and 13. King Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 



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 



Garde 



, W.C. 



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



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

 J. J. CLABK, 

 Goldstone Farm, Brighton. 



ARGE TRAINED PEACHES 



anl NECTARINES, in full bearing, for immediate 

 furnishing of Peach-houses. Particulars ou application. 

 DICKSON'S (Limited) , The Royal Seed Warehouse, CHESTER. 



HRYSANTHEMUMS to and from all parts 

 of the Globe. By far the best collection of new and old 

 varieties in commerce. Descriptive Catalogue with Cultural 

 Directions by E. Molyneux and C. Orchard. Acknowledged in 

 Europe and America as the best Descriptive Catalogue. Price 

 6o\ ; free to customers. Awarded 3 Medals and 20 First -class 

 Certificates. I never exhibit for prizes in competition with 

 Gardeners or Amateurs. Open to purchase new varieties of 

 merit.- R. OWEN, F.N.C.S., Floral Nursery, Maidenhead. 



CARTER'S VADE MECUM for 1889 

 is Now Ready, and will reach Messrs. CARTER'S 

 Customers within the next few days. Price ONE SHILLING 

 (post-free) to unknown Correspondents. It contains 7 elegant 

 Coloured Illustrations, and will be found a most thorough 

 Book of Reference by all who desire to cultivate successfully the 

 choicest Vegetables and the prettiest Flowers. 



JAMES CARTER and CO., The Queen's Seedsmen by Royal 

 Wan-ant. 237 and 233, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C. 



T ILIUM AURATU M.— 



-L/ 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 a«d unexamined, 

 at 2.=i.?. per Case ; sent Free to any Railway Station in England 

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

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

 dozen. 4s.. 6s., 9s., 12s., and 18s. Mammoth Bulbs. 2s. W. and 

 3s. tsd. each. All sent packing and carriage free. 



CARTERS', Roval Seedsmen by Seale 1 Warrants, 237 and 

 238, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C. 



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The Best Present for a Gardener. 



INKS and VINE CULTURE. 



The most complete and exhaustive Treatise on 



Grapes and their Culture ever published. 



New Edition. 



Price 5s., post-free 5s. 6d. 



A. F. BARRON, Royal Horticultural Society, Chiswick. 



A LARGE LIST of CYPRIPEDIUM 

 disposable for the Trade, is sent free on demand by 

 ED. P Y N A E R T, Nurseryman, Ghent, Belgium. 



pHOICE FLOWERS and FRUIT. 



\J Highest Market Prices guaranteed. Prompt cash. 



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

 Salesman. Covent Garden, W.C. 



ESSRS. GREGORY and EVANS, 



Nl'BSERVME.v, Sidcup, and 285, 286. 287, 288, Flower 



Market. Covent Gurden, 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.'' 



CQUELCH and BARN HAM, 



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

 POSE OF any quantity of MUSCATS and BLACK GRAPES, 

 TOMATOS, CUCUMBERS, FRENCH BEANS, STRAW- 

 BERRIES. CHOICE FLOWERS, &c. Highest Market Prices 

 obtained. Account Sales daily ; cheques weekly, or as preferred 

 by Sender. Baskets and Labels supplied. References given. 



PRICE and CO. will be pleased to RECEIVE 

 and DISPOSE of any quantity of Choice CUT FLOWERS 

 at best Market Prices. Reference : London and County Bank, 

 60, Castle Street, Long Acre, W.C, and Flower Market, Covent 

 Garden, W.C. Telegraphic Address— Adiantum, London. 



Wanted, Large Palms- 



WANTED, extra large PALMS, such as 

 LATANIA BORBONICA, CHAMJEROPS of sorts, 

 KENTIAS, &c. ; any size up to 20 feet hiih ; must be in pots 

 or tubs. Good value given in Cash, or PLANTS IN 

 EXCHANGE. Apply, with full particulars to 



WILLS AND SEGAR, Florists by Roval Warrants to Her 

 Majesty the Queen and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, South 

 Kensington. London, S.W. 



WANTED, ARUMS, EUCHARIS, 

 ORCHIDS, ROSES. CAMELLIAS, CHRYSANTHE- 

 MUMS, 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. 



WANTED, GARDENIA FLORIBUNDA, 

 one or two large Plants; must be healthy and free- 

 flowering. —Size and price to P., Gardeners' Chronicle Office, 

 41, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. 



WANTED, CUT FLOWERS and CHOICE 

 GRAPES.— The West of England Cut Flower and Fruit 

 Supply are now in a position to give the highest possible prices 

 for Choice Cut Flowers and Grapes.— The West of England Cut 

 Flower and Fruit Supply, 5 and 6, Barrs Street, Bristol. 



WANTED, Lowest Trade Price for several 

 hundred APPLE TREES. Bush and Standard.— State 

 kinds to STADDON. 29, St. Ann's Well Road, Nottingham. 



THE GARDEN ANNUAL, ALMANACK, 

 and ADDRESS BOOK for 1889. The most Complete and 

 Accurate Reference Book for the use of all Interested in Gardens 

 yet published. The Alphabetical Lists of all Branches of the 

 Horticultural Trade have been corrected up to the 10th of 

 November. The Lists of Gardens and Country Seats (contain- 

 ing over 7900), have been very carefully and extensively 

 revised, and are admitted to be the most complete ever pub- 

 lished. Price Is. ; post-free Is. 3d.— Of all Booksellers, News- 

 agents, Nurservmen and Seedsmen, or from the Publishing 

 Office, 37, Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C. 



SUTTON'S AMATEUR'S GUIDE for 1889. 

 — Now ready : price Is., post-free. Beautifully Illus- 

 trated with Coloured Plates of Sutton's Gloxinias, Sutton's 

 Primulas, Sutton's Tomatos, and a Photograph of a House of 

 Sutton's Hero of Locfcinge Melon (grown from Sutton's Seed 

 by Mr. J. H. Goodacre, The Gardens, Elvaston Castle). The 

 book contains also the most complete List, with accurate 

 descriptions of the best Vegetables, Potatos, and Flowers, 

 including many Novelties of proved merit. 

 SUTTON asd SONS, Royal Seed Establishment. Reading. 



In Full Flower. 



LILY OF THE VALLEY.— 8000, in 5-inch 

 pots, flowered to perfection, 25. 6d. each, 27s. per dozen. 

 Free on rail here for cash with order. 



JOHNSON, Aslockton, Nottingham. 



E W BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 



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IXON'S PRESIDENT CARNUT." 



Price 2s. $d. per Packet, post-free. 



OHN ETHERINGTON DIXON, 



SEED MERCHANT, Lord Street, GAINSBOROUGH. 

 For further particulars, see Advertisement in December 1, 1888. 

 Wholesale Agents— Messrs. HURST AM) SOX, 152, Hounds- 

 ditch. Loudon, E. ; and Messrs. COOPER. TABER A.VD CO. 

 (Limited), 90, Southwark Street, London, S.E. 



RCHIDS a SPECIALTY.— See New Inter- 



leaved CATALOGUE, post-free on application. 

 FRED HORSMAN and CO., Colchester. 



REES and SHRUBS for the Sea Coast. 



CATALOGUE free on application— RICHARD SMITH 

 and CO., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 



Lillum auratum. 



HURST and feON have received direct from 

 Japau, a large consignment of the above in excellent 

 condition, and will quote low pricea on application. 



Seed Warehouse, 152, Houndsditch, London, E. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS, in small pots. 

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

 List on application. 



FRANCIS R. KINGHORN, Nurseryman, Richmond, Surrey. 



1 1 00 000 GARDEN POTS, 3A in. diam., 



-l-^AV/V/^V/V/V* in stock, ready for immediate delivery; 

 carriage and breakage free on £10 orders ; half carriage on £5. 

 Acknowledged by the trade to be the best pots manufactured. 

 Largest Stock and Largest Manufacturers in United Kingdom. 

 RICHARD SANKEY and SON, Bulwell Potteries, Nottingham. 



THOMSON'S IMPROVED VINE and PLANT 

 MANURE.— This valuable Manure is made only by us. 

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

 and Seedsmen, and direct from us. 1 cwt. and over carriage 

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

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



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., 19s. ; 56 lb., lis. 3 i. ; 28 lb., 6s. Qd. ; 

 14lb., 4s.; 71b., 2s.3<i. Intins, Is. each. SjJe Manufacturers, 

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



NICOTINE SOAP.— An effectual eradicator 

 of all insect pests affecting plants, without injury 

 to foliage. Jars, Is. 6rf.. 3s., 5s. 6a. ; Tins 15s. 6d., 25s., 95s. 

 All See Ismen and Florists. 



N T H R A C I T E~. 



Best quality. Horticultural and general purposes. 

 HOCKADAY and CO., Colliery Proprietors, LYDNEY. 



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