November 7, 1885. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
147 
CARTERS’ 
CHEAP BULBS 
FOR PLANTING IN LARGE MASSES IN 
SHRUBBERiES, BEOS m BORDERS. 
Per Per Per 
i.ooo. 100. doz. 
HYACINTHS, Red, White and Blue 160/- 18/- 3/- 
TULIPS, Double or Single, Mixed 40/- 4/6 8d. 
NARCISSUS, mixed border varieties 25/- 3/- 6d. 
GLADIOLUS BRENCHLEYEN3IS, 
vivid scarlet, extra large .. .. 60/- 7/6 1/3 
GLADIOLUS BRENCHLEYENSIS, 
Good Bulbs .. .. .. .. 45/- 5/6 
Per ioo. 
Narcissus, Poeticus 3/- 
Daffodils, single 
Crocus, mixed 
Crocus, yellow 
Crocus, blue .. 
Crocus, white 
Crocus, striped 
Jonquil, Campernel 
3/- 
1/6 
1/6 
1/6 
1/9 
1/6 
6/6 
Iris, mixed Spanish 
Anemones, double .. 
Anemones, single .. 
Star of Bethlehem .. 
Ranunculus, Persian 
Scilla, pale blue 
Scilla Siberica 
Snowdrops .. 
i/- 
Per ioo. 
2/6 
4/- 
3/6 
3/6 
2/6 
3/6 
4/6 
2/6 
All Parcels Carriage Free. 
Seedsmen by Royal Warrant to H.R.H. The 
Prince of Wales, 
237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, 
LONDON. 
FOREST TREES. 
One of the largest stocks in Europe ; quality unsur¬ 
passed ; prices favourable to buyers; trees hardy; 
roots abundant. 
Catalogues and all information on application. 
LITTLE & BALLANTYNE, 
BY SPECIAL WARRANT 
Nurserymen and Seedsmen to the Queen, and Wood 
Foresters to the Crown, 
ROSES. 
20 ACRES of grand plants in best varieties. 
Bushes, H. P., Ss. doz., 60s. 100.1 Packing and Carriage 
Standards, H. P., 15s. doz., 105s. 1 FREE 
100. ) for cash with order. 
CLEMATIS (80,000), 12s. to 24s. doz. 
ROSES IN POTS (80,000), 15s. to 36s. doz. 
FRUIT TREES (74 ACRES). 
VINES (6,000), 3s. 6fZ. to 10s. 6c/. 
ORCHARD HOUSE TREES, “fruiting,” IN POTS. 
STRAWBERRIES, 4s. 100; FORCING, 15 s. to 
25s. 100. 
ASPARAGUS, 2s. 6c/. 100 ; FORCING, 12s. 6c/. 100. 
SEA KALE, strong forcing, 16s. 100. 
EVERGREENS, CONIFERS, ORNAMENTAL 
TREES (91 ACRES). 
FLOWERING SHRUBS, 8s, doz. 
FOREST TREES, HEDGE PLANTS, UNDER¬ 
WOOD, &e. 
BULBS 
OF FINEST QUALITY. 
DESCRIPTIVE LISTS of aboue and SEEDS free. 
RICHARD SMITH & CO., 
WORCESTER. 
Roses for the Garden ing world. 
W M. RUMSEY is now offering TWELVE 
MOST BEAUTIFUL PERPETUAL DWARF or 
BUSH ROSES, in 12 leading sorts, strong well-rooted plants, 
package and postage free for 8s. Twenty-five, in 15 sorts, fol¬ 
ios. 64. Fifty, in 25 sorts, for 30s. One Hundred, in 50 sorts, 
for 50s. Standards, a splendid selection, extra fine plants, ISs. 
per doz.; £6 5s. per 100. Half-Standards, a splendid selec¬ 
tion, extra fine plants, 12s.and 15s. perdoz.; £5 per 100. ROSES 
IN POTS FOR FORCING, 24s., 30s., 36s., and 42s. perdoz. 
All packing free ( except pot Roses). Crash accompanying order, and 
plants added to compensate for distant carriage. 
Descriptive Catalogue now ready, gratis, and post free. 
J0YXL\G\S NURSERIES, WALTHAM CROSS, N. 
SHOWS. 
National Chrysanthemum Society, Royal 
Aquarium, Westminster. 
G RAND EXHIBITION, November lltli 
and 12th. Schedules (free) on application. 
NOTICE.—Floral Committee Meetings at the ROYAL 
AQUARIUM, on November lltli, 25th, and December 9th, at 
2.30 p.m. precisely. (Regulations see Schedule). 
WILLIAM HOLMES. 
Frainpton Park Nurseries, Hackney, London. 
National Chrysanthemum Society's Catalogs, 6cl. each. 
Liverpool Horticultural Association. 
rpHE SIXTH GRAND EXHIBITION of 
X CHRYSANTHEMUMS, FRUIT, &c., will be held in 
St. GEORGES HALL, LIVERPOOL, on Tuesday and Wednes¬ 
day, November 24th and 25th. 
£200 IN PRIZES. 
A TEN GUINEA SILVER VASE, given by J. Williams & 
Co., Manure Manufacturers, 62, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, for 
36 Blooms of Chrysanthemums. 
Entries close Tuesday, November 17th. For Schedules apply 
to the Secretary, EDWARD BRIDGE, Huyton, Liverpool. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Amateurs’ Garden, the.... 151 
Begonias, tuberous . 153 
Bouvardias, Lemoine’s new 154 
Bull, Dr., Death of . 14S 
Castle Ashby . 154 
Chrysanthemums (illustra¬ 
ted) . 153 
Chrysanthemum Shows .. 157 
Daffodils, Trumpet . 152 
Dipladenia bolmensis .... 155 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 155 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevo¬ 
lent Institution. 14S 
Gardeners, young and old.. 150 
Grape, Alnwick Seedling.. 154 
Grape, Duke of Buccleuch 155 
Grape, White Gros Col¬ 
mar. 148 
Horticultural Societies .. 157 
Lancashire Market Gardens 148 
PAGE 
Lilies of the Valley . 148 
Microloma lineare. 14S 
Mildew. 150 
Nectarine, Pine Apple .... 155 
Orchids, collecting and 
packing. 156 
Orchids, growing, resting 
and watering . 156 
Orchids at Lake House .. 156 
Peach, Gregory’s Late .... 155 
Perennials, Select. 149 
Potatos, Notes on. 155 
Roses, New. 148 
Scillas ( illustrated ). 149 
Scottish Gardening. 150 
Vegetable Culture at Port 
Elizabeth. 154 
Warwick Horticultural So¬ 
ciety . 147 
Yews, The, Withington.... 152 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1885. 
The Management of Local Societies. —One 
of those—in all probability very few—local 
institutions that suffered a reverse during the 
past season, is the Warwick Horticultural 
Society. More is the pity, for it is one of 
the most useful societies we are acquainted 
with! for the competition for the prizes offered 
is open only to bond fide amateurs and 
cottagers ; and it is managed mainly by 
gentlemen’s gardeners and a few tradesmen, 
and very economically too. An admirable 
show was held in July last; the products 
exhibited, and their arrangement, were warmly 
praised by no less an authority than Mr. 
William Paul, of Waltham Cross. The 
show took place in the Drill Hall, a spacious 
and suitable building in the heart of the town. 
In addition there was a very interesting and 
instructive exhibition, of an industrial character, 
in the shape of needlework in great variety; 
home-made bread, cakes, jam, &c.; and also illus¬ 
trations of mechanical ingenuity made by cot¬ 
tagers and artisans during their leisure hours. 
The show is to a very large extent made up of 
the contributions of the working classes. It is 
admitted that the Society is doing a great work ; 
the result had been that there is a notable im¬ 
provement in the method of keeping cottage 
and allotment gardens, to a great extent owing 
to prizes being offered for those best cropped 
and kept. But somehow or the other this 
admirable Society is not supported as it deserves 
to be, and the season’s balance sheet puts the 
figures on the wrong side. There is a deficiency 
through the falling off of subscriptions and 
admission money. At the annual meeting 
held recently, the Mayor of Warwick, who 
was in the chair, generously guaranteed that 
the debt should he wiped off', rather than 
the lion, sec., Mr. J. Lloyd Evans, should 
resign ; and it was determined to hold another 
show in 1886, in the hope that better results 
would follow. 
There are some parts of the country in which 
it appears difficult to hold flower shows -with 
anything like success, even if, as in the case of 
Warwick, they are well managed. The resi¬ 
dents do not appear to care for them, and do 
not support them as we think they should; 
hut no force can compel support. What is 
needed at Warwick, and elsewhere, is some¬ 
thing that shall incline the townspeople to give 
the Society a larger support in the future than 
they have done in the past. That societies of 
this character do real good is abundantly proved. 
That they cause money to he circulated, and 
give an impetus to trade in the localities in 
which they are carried on is equally certain. 
There is about them an entire absence of a 
sectarian and party character. Then why do 
they fail 1 Lndoubtedly from lack of interest, 
and with that, want of support. How can this 
interest and support be secured! Eirst of all, 
let there be a wide distribution of knowledge 
as to the existence, aims, and work of the society. 
It would not cost much to print and place this 
in the hands of every householder. Let there 
he a house-to-house canvass for support, say in 
the spring months. Let no refusal bar the way 
to a second application next year; a second will 
sometimes accomplish what the first fails to 
bring about. Let a special canvass he instituted 
for special prizes ; many persons are willing to 
suggest and support by their purse some new 
feature not yet forthcoming. In particular let 
the tradesmen of a locality he applied to, many 
of them do not care to give money, but they 
will give articles of dress, art, food, &c. Much 
valuable aid can be secured in this way: first 
get the interest of the tradesman, and that of 
his family, and employes will be pretty certain 
to follow. 
If there exists in the locality an arrangement 
by which the shops close earlier than usual one 
day in the week, hold the show on that day. 
If there is existing anything in the way of a 
local authority, let its interest be sought and 
secured. Let there be something in the way of 
a little ceremonial in presenting the prizes, and 
let some lady of position be invited to do 
this. Let the committee be practical, united, 
courageous, liberal, and honest, and they will 
command a successful support. Einally, until 
the exhibition has risen up to the level of a 
certain success, let the expenditure be carefully 
scrutinised, and calculated on the basis of the 
probable income, so that an inevitable deficit 
may not be very large. If on the other hand 
there be a surplus, husband a portion of it as a 
reserve fund against times ot disaster, and add 
to it on all occasions possible, until it reaches 
dimensions that will meet the failure of two had 
seasons, at least. 
Many shows which have been started with 
indifferent means, have been beset with diffi¬ 
culties, and have been sorely tried by disaster, 
but have eventually triumphed. Let committees 
take courage and persevere ; courage and en¬ 
durance have translated many a failure into a 
conspicuous and gratifying success. 
--—>£<--- 
Royal Horticultural Society.— The president and 
council of the Society invite all who are interested in 
the advancement of horticulture and allied subjects to 
meet them in the Music Room of the Inventions Exhi¬ 
bition on Tuesday next, at 12.30 p.m., to confer with 
them on the subject of holding an International Horti¬ 
cultural Exhibition in London in 1887. 
