GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
Cstal>Usl)eti 1841. 
No. 501.— VoL. XX. {series.} SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1883. 
Registered at the General 1 Price 5 d. 
Post-office as a Newspaper. V 
WITH SUPPLEMENT. 
Acrostichum magnum . . 
Anguloa Ruckeri retusa . 
Campanula carpatica . . 
Canadian notes . . 
Carnations, border 
Cattleya superbum splen- 
Cypripedium Lawrencia- 
Fernery, a natural 
Forestry 
Fruit crops of 1883 133 
Fungi, edible 
Geranium argenteus . . 
Gilia aggregata . . 
Gladiolus Colvillei albus 
Grass-land experiments . 
Herbaceous border, the . 
Kelton Hall 
Kitchen garden . . 
Lselia Veitchiana X 
Mahogany in Honduras . 
Melons and Cucumbers . 
Mulleins 
Obituary 
Orchids, list of garden . . 
Phalaris arundinacea 
Pickles, new 
Plants in flower 
„ and their culture . . 
Potato crop, the . . 
Primroses, thrum-eyed . . 
Raspberry, curious dis- 
Rodgersia podophylla .. 
Ruta patavina . . 
Sandersonia aurantiaca . . 
Slough, a Carnation show 
Strawberry, a monst 
Sunningdale Nursery .. 
Trade groups 
Tulipa, the species of . . 
Turner, Charles (with 
portrait) 
Valve, the Reliance 
Rotary 
Weather, the ! ! ! ! 
Wild flowers 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Laelia Veitchiana X . (See Supplementary Sheet.) 
Phacelia campanularia 
Portrait of Mr. Charles Turner 
Rodgersia podophylla 
Valve, the Reliance R 
j Rotary 
S hropshire horticultural 
SOCIETY’S GREAT SUMMER SHOW, 
The Quarry, Shrewsbury, WEDNESDAY and THURS- 
DAY, August 15 and 16. FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS in 
PRIZES. For best 20 Plants, ;^2S, ;^2o, ;^i5. Schedules and 
full particulars from 
Messrs. ADNITT and NAUNTON, Hon. Secs. 
Shrewsbury. 
IV/TAIDENHEAD HORTICULTURAL 
IVX SOCIETY. 
The ANNUAL SHOW of this Society will be held in Kid- 
ll's Park, on THURSDAY, August 23. The Band of Her 
fees in this class). Entries close August 16, except Cottagers, 
who can enter up to August 20. Admission, as. 6d. ; from 
z until half-past 3, is. ; from half-past 3 till 6, 6d. Schedules 
and Rales may be had of ^r. O. KING. Hon. Sec. 
D undee horticultural 
SOCIETY. 
The ANNUAL SHOW will be held in the Drill Hall, on 
AUGUST 30 and 31 and SEPTEMBER i, being one week 
later than advertised in Schedule. Entries Close, August 25. 
DAVID P. SCOTT, Secretary. 
S PECIAL OFFE R.— 
PELARGONIUMS, best market varieties ; red and 
white BOUVARDIAS, ADIANTUM CUNEATUM. Strong 
plants of each, in thum’ - ' 
ROBERTS BROS. > 
JILEGIA GLANDULOSA (true). — 
Seed, just collected, 2r. 6d. and sj. per packet ; i-yr. Seed- 
lings, now ready, as. 6d. per dozen. Usual discount to the Trade. 
R. AND A. MORRISON, The Nurseries. Elgin. 
A^sYJ 
Hardy Primrose and Folyantlius Seed. 
A NTHONY WATERER begs to offer 
XX SEED of the strain exhibited by him in the Spring at 
the Meetings of the Royal Horticultural and Royal Botanic 
Societies of London, and also ^ Manchester, in Packets at 5s. 
irsery, Woking. Surrey. 
A QUILEGIA GLANDULOSA 
XX. (Grigor's Variety).— 10,000 to offer. Plants to bloom next 
spring, 15J. per 100 ; smaller, lof. Seed, just collected, as. 6d. 
and sf. per packet. Usual discount to the Trade. 
R. AND A. MORRISON, The Nurseries, Elgin. 
"PRIMULAS, CINERARIAS, and CALCEO- 
Jt LARIAS.— Bull’s choice strain of the above, in good trans- 
planted Seedlings, at 8f. per 100, 70s. per 1000, package and 
' - ' ’ — ders. Good strong Marechal N’ ’ 
free for cash with ord( 
riage ti 
[ other 'Tea ROSES, in 48-pots, at 6oj. per 100. 
T. FLETCHER andJON, Florists, &c., Chesterfield. 
For Sowing in August. 
aUTTONS’ CALCEOLARIA. THE BEST. 
O From Mr. J. Darbyshire, Gardener to W. Smith, Esq., 
QUTTONS’ CINERARIA. THE BEST. 
0 From Mr. H. K. Ward, Gardener to W. H. Budgett, 
Esq., Stoke Bishop, April 2, 1883. — “ Your Cineraria is the best 
strain I have yet seen. I have taken the Premier Prize with 
them three years in succession. Your strain took the First 
Prize against fourteen or fifteen competitors, and a finer half- 
dozen plants could scarcely be got together.” 
Price, IS. 6d., as. 6d., and SJ. per packet, post-free. 
QUTTONS’ PRIMULA. THE BEST. 
0 From F. J. Walker, Esq., The Priory, Bath, Jan. 3, 
1883. — I took First Prize for Primulas at the Bath Chrysan- 
themum and Primula Show from the seed you supplied us with 
last year. There was a great competition. Your strain cannot 
be surpassed.” 
Price, IS. 6d., as. 6d., ^s. 6d., and 5^. per packet, post-free. 
QUTTONS’ BEGONIA. THE BEST. 
Ky “ The Begonias are perfection. I have a small con- 
servatory entirely filled with them, which are the admiration of 
all my friends.”— J. Darlington, Esq., Netherwood. 
Price, is.t is. Sd.^ as. 6d.^ and 5J. per packet, post-free. 
QUTTONS’ GLOXINIA. THE BEST. 
0 From Miss Dunstervillk, Airdie, Malvern Link, Feb. 3, 
1883.—“ The Gloxinia seed has produced the finest blooms I 
have ever seen even in the Crystal Palace Show.” 
Price, 2^. 6d. and 5s. per packet, post-free. 
QUTTON AND SONS, 
0 The Queen’s Seedsmen READING. BERKS. 
^RCHIDS. — We invite intending Purchasers 
VX to pay us a visit and inspect our Houses. 
The NEW PLANT and BULB COMPANY. Colchester. 
Send for our NEW LIST, No. 63. 
Tea Roses— Tea Roses. 
rPHE LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL 
X company (John Cowan), Limited, have this year a 
splendid stock of Tea and other Roses in pots. Prices and full 
particulars on application to 
The MANAGER, The Vineyard, Garston, Liverpool. 
T^ELWAY AND SON, Langport, Somerset, 
JLX. offer HERBACEOUS PLANTS, DAHLIAS, single and 
double ; PYRETHRUMS, single and double ; PHLOXES and 
TEA ROSES ; CALCEOLARIA and CINERARIA SEED. 
CATALOGUES gratis and post-free. 
Hyaclntbs, Tulips, Narcissus, Lilies, ^5c. 
■DUDDENBORG BROS., Bulb 
S-J Growers, Hillegom, near Haarlem, Holland. 
Wholesale CATALOGUE now ready, and will be sent post- 
free on application. 
T3 H. VERTEGANS’ Descriptive Pocket 
-Li* CATALOGUE of Alpines and Hardy Perennials. 
Post-free on application. 
Chad V^alley Nurseries, Edgbaston, Birmingham. 
F. BOEKEE, Leiden, Holland, has a 
• large Stock of CONVALLARIA CLUMPS. Price 
50s. per ICO. Sample on application. 
^EA ROSES IN POTS. — Several thousands 
to offer, clean, healthy, and full of buds, including a fine 
lot of Marechal Niel and Niphetos — the latter in several sizes. 
Prices on application. 
F. STREET, Heatherside Nurseries, Golden Farmer, Farn- 
borough Station. 
( 1HOICE SELECTIONS of ALPINES and 
HERBACEOUS PLANTS.— 100 for 28^ ; 200, 60s. ; 300 
ico^; 4^, 140J.; soo, 200J. Distinct species, established in pots. 
SAXIFRAGES-ioo. 28J. ; 200, looj., distinct species and var. 
CATALOGUE on application. 
STANSFIELD BROS., Southport. 
T)INE PLANTS, surplus, for SALE or 
X EXCHANGE. WANTED, GERANIUM CUT- 
TINGS, SPECIMEN PLANTS, &c. 
J. M., 19, Waterloo Place, North Shields. 
IVTESSRS. SQUELCH and BARNHAM, 
DX Fruit and Flower Salesmen, Covent Garden Market, 
W.C.. are open to RECEIVE CONSIGNMENTS of choice 
FRUIT and FLOWERS. Baskets and Labels supplied. 
Terms and references on application. 
TITANTED, SNOWDROPS, Single and 
* » Double. Sample and price to 
FREEMAN and FREEMAN, Seedsmen, Norwich. 
To the Trade. 
T^ANTED, for Delivery in Autumn, several 
▼ ▼ thousands each of SPANISH CHESTNUTS and 
SCO'TCH FIR, 3 to 4 feet, transplanted. State quantity and 
To the Trade. 
TAMES CARTER, DUNNETT and 
O BEALE’S CATALOGUE of Bulbs, Plants, and Horti- 
237 and 238, High Holborn, London, W.C. 
B ERGMANN and BARTH, Wholesale 
Seedsmen. Leipsic. Germany, desire to RECEIVE 
IMMEDIATELY the NEWEST CATALOGUES of SEEDS. 
A QUILEGIA GLANDULOSA 
(Grigor’s, guaranteed True). 
Fine young plants of the above beautiful Columbine, to bloom 
next spring, 3or. per 100, or 6s. per dozen. Also Seed, just 
gathered, at as. 6d. and 5^. per packet, from 
JOHN GRIGOR and CO., The Nurseries, Forres, N.B. 
The Trade supplied at Wholesale Prices. 
To the Trade only. 
E h. KRELAGE and SON, Nursery- 
• MEN, Seedsmen, and Florists, Haarlem, Holland. 
The Wholesale CATALOGUE (No. 365 a) of Dutch Flower 
Roots and Miscellaneous Bulbous and Tuberous- rooted Plants 
for 1883-84 is now ready, and may be had free on prepaid 
application by Nurserymen, Florists, and Seedsmen. 
E ighty thousand clematis, in 
Pots, of all the finest double and single varieties (some 
of the flowers of which become 10 inches across, and are of 
every shade, from pure white to the darkest purple), for climb- 
ing and bedding, from 12J. to 24^. per dozen, strong plants. 
Descriptive LIST on application. 
RICHARD SMITH and CO., Nurserymen and Seed 
Merchants. Worcester. 
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Now in Full Bloom. 
HN LAING AND CO.’S TUBEROUS 
BEGONIAS, Gold Medal Collection, are the grandest floral 
To the Trade only.— 10,000 ] 
IX/TESSRS. PERKINS and SONS are now 
XtX offeringa very fine lot of ADIANTUM CUNEATUM, 
in 72’s, at 20^. per loo. Sample plant per post (to intending 
purchasers) sent on application, is. per 100 package. 
Warwick Road and Park Nurseries, Coventry. 
Roses on Own Roots. 
r^tATHERINE MERMET, 
GLOIRE DE DIJON, ISABELLA SPRUNT, 
R^;VE D’OR, &c. 
Strong plants, 12 in. to 15 in. high, 7s. per dozen, carriage paid. 
M AIRIS AND CO., Weston-in-Gordano, Bristol. 
^EA ROSES, fine plants, in 5 -inch pots — 
X Mardchal Niel, Gloire de Dijon, and others— sor. per 100. 
BOUVARDIAS, nice bushy plants, in 48-pots, best kinds, 
including Alfred Neuner, price 40J. per 100. 
W. JACKSON, Blakedown, near Kidderminster. 
Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus. Lilies. &c. 
C G. VAN TUBERGEN, Jun., Haarlem, 
• Holland. Wholesale CATALOGUE now ready and 
may be had on application to 
Messrs. R. SILBERRAD and SON, 25, Savage Gardens, 
Crutched Friars, London, E.C. 
To the Trade. 
TT7AITE, NASH, HUGGINS, and CO.’S 
VV Wholesale CATALOGUE of Hyacinths and other 
Bulbs, has been Posted to all their Customers. If not received 
another Copy shall be sent on application. 
79, Southwark Street, London, S.E. 
B 
and MOLLIS, 
ELGIAN PLANTS.— 
CAMELLIAS, chiefly double white ; AZALEA INDICA 
. dicksonia an- 
pREEPERS for WALLS, TRELLISES, &c., 
in great variety. See Descriptive LIST. Most of these 
plants being in pots, may be moved now. 
RICHARD SMITH and CO., Nurserymen and Seed 
Merchants, Worcester. 
Double White Sweet Scented 
IVTARCISSUS BULBS for SALE, £i per 
100. Apply to 
T. MILLS, Market Gardener, Chiswick, Middlesex. 
STRAWBERRIES. — We are now prepared 
O to supply strong, healthy Plants, from ground * ' 
pots, of all the 
LIST post-free on appli( 
THOMAS RIVERS 
worth, Herts. 
approved kinds. A select 1 
' - - I. 
SON, The Nurseries, Sawbridge- 
OTRAWBERRY RUNNERS.— Alpha, Due 
de Malakoff, Duke of Edinburgh, The Countess, Black 
Prince, Frogmore Late Pine. Crimson Oiie<»n. T t 
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