THE FLORAL MAGAZINE. 



CHAPMAN'S PATENT CUT FLOWER AND 

 EXHIBITION CASES. 



Exhibitions are now so frequent, and so many persons 

 are interested in them, that we do not hesitate to rank 

 among the necessities of the horticulturist these ad- 

 mirable contrivances of Mr. Chapman. Having been 

 amongst the first to recognise their value, we have 

 been pleased to mark the steady way in which they 

 have progressed in the favour of exhibitors ; and every 

 show at which we have been present during the past 

 season has given evidence of the widespread character of 

 their success. They enable the exhibitor to place his 

 flowers ready for the exhibition table in his own room 

 at home — they make him indifferent to the carelessness 

 of railway porters or the jolting of cabs — they keep his 

 flowers steady and fixed in their places, and enable 

 him, when he arrives at the show, to simply draw out 

 the tray and place his stand. We have thus taken up 

 our gladioli, we have seen stands of verbenas, always 

 a difficult flower to carry, put on the exhibition table, 

 looking as fresh as when they were cut ; while dahlias, 

 asters, and other flowers are carried with the greatest 

 ease. They are also admirable for sending bouquets, 

 and are also adapted for carry- 

 ing game and fruit, and are 

 largely used for this purpose. 

 Mr. Chapman has recently pa- 

 tented a plant protector, which 

 we have in use in our own gar- 

 den, and which we hope to re- 

 port upon by-and-by. It is very 

 simple, and seems as if it could 

 be adapted for the purpose, and a number of them 

 may be easily packed in a small space when not in use, 

 an advantage they possess over the cloche and the ordi- 

 nary hand-glass. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Gardener's and Farmer's Vade Mecum. Carter, 

 Dunnett, and Beale, High Holborn. — As might be ex- 

 pected from a firm of so 

 much eminence as this, and 

 commanding so much the 



confidence of the horticul- 

 tural world, this catalogue 

 is abundantly rich in mate- 

 rial ; the illustrations have 

 reached an extent (upwards 

 of 200) which we have not 

 seen equalled by any cata- 

 logue, English or foreign. 

 They are very carefully exe- 

 cuted, as the accompanying 



example shows, so that buyers can form an idea of 

 what they are purchasing, not merely from description, 

 but from, which is far better than description, a cor- 

 rect figure. The vegetable seed portion is also largely 

 illustrated, and contains a great many novelties. 



Hooper and Co.'s Gardening Guide and General 

 Catalogue. — Another admirably compiled and profusely 

 illustrated Catalogue of Vegetables, Flowers, Plants, 

 and Gardening requisites. Among the illustrations of 

 flowers and plants we recognise several which have 

 recently appeared in our own pages, besides a great 

 number which do not fall within our province. The 

 cuts are mostly well executed, and perhaps as well 

 printed as the circumstances of a catalogue permit, 

 though in this respect they do not do full justice to the 

 artist. They convey as good an idea of the character 

 of the plants as uncoloured figures can do. The most 

 successful are those figuring palms, dracsenas, and 

 other plants valued for the gracefulness of their foliage ; 

 those of flowers, where colour is so essential a character, 

 necessarily fail to give us all we desire. 



Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower Seeds. Francis 

 and Arthur Dickson and Sons, Chester. — A carefully 

 arranged and extensive catalogue, containing all the 

 novelties of other growers besides several of their own. 



Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower Seeds. Messrs. 

 Rollison and Co., Tooting. — An excellent catalogue, and 

 especially rich in the seeds of subtropical plants, for 

 which this old-established firm is famous. 



Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower Seeds. Barr and 

 Sugden, Metropolitan Seed Warehouse. — Very full 

 and complete ; the List of Gladioli is very ample, and 

 the different varieties are arranged under the various 

 colours, thus giving at a glance all the sorts, new and 

 old, and enabling purchasers to select at their option. 



Wheeler and Son's Little Book of Select Seeds. — 

 One of the neatest, most select, and carefully arranged 

 catalogues published. 



Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower Seeds. William 

 Cutbush and Son, Highgate. — A carefully prepared 

 list, containing notices of Cullingford's Magnum 

 Bonum Peas, and Pottle's Prince Teck Potato. 



t?To ©orrcsponutnts. 



T. S. — It would be impossible to figure fruits in our Magazine, nor 

 do we tliink there is an opening for an illustrated magazine especially 

 devoted to them. 



G. T. — We know of no remedy for the Gladiolus disease ; it has been 

 very bad in some places this past year, and Messrs. Souchet's stock has 

 been affected by it to a certain extent. 



F. J. — It is not too late to plant shrubs ; some prefer this time of the 

 year to an earlier one. 



Florist. — Yes ; we hope to figure some of the new auriculas. We 

 hear that there are some fine things amongst Mrs. Headly's seedlings, 

 now in Mr. Turner's possession at Slough. 



