December 26, 1885. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
259 
HRYSANTHEMUMS, Japanese, Incurved, 
Pompon, Anemone, Early-flowering, and Singles. Strong 
cuttings, Is. 6 d. per dozen ; 10s. per 100. Rooted cuttings ready 
in January, 2s. 6d. per dozen ; 15s. 6 d. per 100. Only the best 
and most distinct grown. Send for list (post free), containing 
full instruction for growing the Chrysanthemum to perfection. 
This will be of great assistance to amateurs. 
TUBEROUS BEGONIAS Irom the very best strains, dry 
tubers, specially selected to colour, 4s. 6 d., 6s., and 7s. 6 d. per 
dozen ; extra good mixed, all colours, 3s., 4s. 6tZ., and 6s. per 
dozen. Tuberous Begonia seed saved from flowers 5 and 6 ins. 
across. Is. 6 d. per packet. Double, certain to produce 75 per 
cent, of double flowers, 2s. per packet. Gloxinia seed from the 
tinest collection in England, Is. C d. per packet. 
H. J. JONES, Hope Nursery, Lewisham. 
NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
STEVENS, F.R.H.S , St. John’s Nur. 
• sery, Putney, is now booking orders for his new 
Chrysanthemums, which will be sent out in February next, 
good strong plants:— 
MAIDEN'S BLUSH.—Fine Japanese, with broad flat florets, 
forming a full, large, handsome bloom; fine for exhibition. 
First Class Certificate Royal Horticultural Society, November 
10th, and National Chrysanthemum Society, November 11th, 
18S5. Price 2s. 6 d. each, cash with order from unknown corre¬ 
spondents. See report m this paper November 21st. 
MARTHA HARDING, a fine Japanese variety. Golden 
yellow, shaded reddish brown; large, full, handsome flower; fine 
for exhibition. First Class Certificate National Chrysanthemum 
Society, 18S4. Price 2s. 6 d. each. 
Chrysanthemum Catalogues of all the best exhibition varieties 
on application. 
A SPLENDID NEW YEAR’S GIFT.— 
-LX. Volume I. of The Gardening World, beautifully 
bound. It contains one hundred and thirty-two pages of 
instructive and interesting information relating to Gardening, 
and one hundred and forty splendid engravings, the whole 
forming a most appropriate and useful present for a Gardener, 
old or young. Price 6s. 6 d. 
Can be obtained through all newsagents.—17, Catherine Street, 
Covent Garden, W.C. 
SHOW. 
Our labours have been directed less to the 
working of an old constituency than to the 
creation of a new one, and we are gratified to 
know that those labours have not been without 
well-merited success. We have endeavoured to 
work in an amicable spirit with our contem¬ 
poraries, and some slight early frictions seem 
now happily removed, so that the best good 
feeling exists all round. The new-comer was, 
perhaps, regarded as an unwelcome intruder into 
the select circle at first; but it is now considered 
a promising and robust member of the family. 
We have much to thank our readers for, and 
especially those who as contributors, or in a 
business way, have rendered us efficient and 
highly-valued assistance. The starting of a 
paper of this kind places one in a position to 
ascertain with material effect who are one’s real 
as distinguished from our sham friends, and in 
that respect alone serves to hold up, if but pri¬ 
vately, the mirror of human nature in an 
effective, if not always pleasing, fashion. 
However, we prefer to remember that we are 
not only at the close of 1885, but that also it is 
the season of Christmas, with its kindly compli¬ 
ments and warm-hearted sentiments and good 
wishes; and, therefore, we very heartily wish to 
all our friends a very happy Christmas and a 
prosperous new year. 
-->£<*- 
Shepperton and. Thames Valley Horticultural 
Society. 
E xhibition of roses and other 
FLOWERS, FOLIAGE PLANTS, ORCHIDS, &c., 
FRUIT and VEGETABLES. Special classes, open to all England. 
The Third Annual Show of the Society will be held on Thurs¬ 
day, the 1st of July, 1SS6. 
Further particulars, schedule of prizes, and entrance forms to 
lie obtained from E. RUTTER, Esq., Halliford, Walton-on- 
Thames. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Amateurs’ Garden. 263 
Apples, Dessert. 267 
Begonia Carrieri (illustra¬ 
ted) .'. 261 
Christmas Rose, the. 264 
Chrysanthemums . 267 
Clapton Nursery, the .... 262 
Cypripedium insigne vars. 269 
Floriculture. 270 
Gardeners' Calendar. 269 
Gooseberries, Ac., pruning 260 
Gunpowder seed. 265 
Holly, the . 264 
Liverpool Horticultural 
Association .. 259 
Mackaya bella. 260 
National Rose Society .... 259 
Orchids, on syringing_ 26S 
PAGE 
Pear Conference. 267 
Petunias, Carter's Empe¬ 
ror (illustrated) . 264 
Plants for Table Ornament 26S 
Poinsettias for Christmas 266 
Potato, Chancellor. 267 
Rlius cotinus . 267 
Royal Caledonian Horticul¬ 
tural Society . 259 
Scottish Gardening . 262 
Seeds, the Selection of_ 262 
Skimmia japonica. 267 
Stephanotis floribunda.... 267 
Strawberries, Alpine. 267 
Swanley, Flowers at. 260 
Orchids, Christmas . 260 
Vines, Pruning . 264 
Violets, How r to Grow_ 267 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man." —Bacon. 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1885. 
To Our Readers.— With the present number 
we practically complete the first calendar year’s 
issue of The GardeningWorld, although it has, 
as is well known, been several months longer 
than that year in existence. Twelve months 
since we had, as it ivere, hut just entered upon 
an experiment in horticultural literature. The 
end of this year shows how amply that experi¬ 
ment was justified, for the “ World ” has during 
1885 grown and expanded in its circulation 
and usefulness beyond our anticipations; and 
although hut a pennjc journal, we are flattered 
by the opinion of hosts of its readers that it is 
worthy of a place amongst the best of its 
compeers. 
GARDENING MISCELLANY. 
Mr. John Lawrie has been engaged as gardener to 
Col. Haworth Booth, Hall Bank House, near Hull; 
and Mr. A. McLeod as gardener to C. Stead, Esq., 
Mottingham Hall, Kent ; both through the agency of 
Messrs. John Laing & Co., Forest Hill. 
Mr. William Swan, who, for something like twenty 
years, had charge of Mr. Leach’s collection of Orchids 
at Oakley, Fallowfield, near Manchester, and made a 
name for himself as a very successful cultivator, has 
become’gardener to E. G. Wrigley, Esq., Howick 
House, Preston, which many will remember was the 
former residence of T. M. Shuttleworth, Esq., a noted 
grower of specimen plants. Mr. Wrigley has a fine 
collection of plants, including a good stock of Orchids, 
and we trust his new gardener may be as successful 
there as at Fallowfield. 
Prunus Pissardi. —This pretty purple-leaved shrub, 
which is so effective for the garden, it was hoped, 
would also bear good fruits. A French correspondent 
informs us that there is no hope for it in that direction, 
for the fruits grown at Boulogne have proved small 
and worthless for any other purpose than to assist the 
decorative character of the tree. 
Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society. —The annual 
meeting of this society was held on the 17th inst. in the 
Music Hall Buildings, Edinburgh, Mr. John Methven 
presiding. The treasurer, Mr. P. Neil Fraser, sub¬ 
mitted an abstract of the accounts for the twelve months 
ending 30th November, showing the receipts to be 
£1,878 17s. 5 d., and the payments £2,104 16s. 2d., 
leaving a deficiency of £225 18s. 9 d. For admission to 
shows there had been received—Spring (two days), 
£462 18s. 9 d. ; summer (two days), £301 3s. 9tf. ; 
autumn (two days), £345 3s. 11 d. ; winter (four days), 
£222 13s. 3(7.—£1,331 19s. 8 d. ; while the expenses 
were—Spring show, £215 10s. Id. ; summer show, 
£204 18s. 5 d. ; autumn show, £208 18s. Id. ; winter 
show, £444 18s. 5 d. —£1,074 5s. The total funds of 
the society as at the date above mentioned were 
set down at £1,002 17s. 8 d., as compared with 
£1,249 0s. 5 d. at the corresponding period of 1884. It 
was stated that if the winter exhibition had not been 
held the society would, on the ordinary accounts, have 
had about £165 to the good. The chairman thought 
they might consider that the money had been well 
spent, and the treasurer added that he was of opinion that 
good work had been done for it. Mr. Dunn, Dalkeith, 
observed that the winter show was a new venture, and 
that unfortunately it fell to be held during the heat of 
the general election. They had also held an Apple and 
Pear Congress, and he believed that, taking it all in 
all, they might congratulate themselves : on getting, 
through so much work last year.' The accounts were 
cordially passed. On the recommendation of the 
council, the Earl of Rosebery was elected a vice-presi¬ 
dent, and Mr. Norie, of the Union Bank, and Mr. 
David P. Laird, of the firm of K. B. Laird & Sons, 
members of the council in the place of those who 
retired. The chairman said he was sure that his lord- 
ship would be an acquisition to the society, and, 
perhaps, might he the means of enlisting his sympathy 
and services in its behalf. It was a drawback, he 
thought, that the nobility in the vicinity of the city 
did not take more interest in the society’s shows than 
they did. The secretary, Mr. John Stuart, and 
treasurer were re-elected, and the meeting ended with 
a vote of thanks to the chairman. 
Liverpool Horticultural Association. —The second 
meeting of the present session of the members of this 
association was held on Saturday evening last, in the 
Free Library, William Brown Street. The paper to he 
read and discussed was of very considerable interest to 
the members, as was exemplified by the crowded state 
of the room, being the Society’s prize essay on “The 
Cultivation of the Chrysanthemum,” in a competition 
open to under gardeners who are members of the asso¬ 
ciation. The successful essayist, Mr. John Breen, 
Spital Hall Gardens, Cheshire, gave detailed instruc¬ 
tions on the management of the plants from the cutting 
to the exhibition bloom or specimen plant, In a clear 
and lucid manner ; his system of culture being the 
same as is generally followed in Lancashire and 
Cheshire. A most interesting and instructive dis¬ 
cussion ensued, in which Messrs. T. White, A. R. Cox, 
W. Tunnington, R. G. Waterman, and others took 
part. In the matter of striking the cuttings various 
opinions were expressed, some advocating cool or rather 
the “no codling” treatment, whilst others urged that 
they would repay the grower if given a “little com¬ 
fort ” in the form of a slightly increased temperature. 
Considerable discussion took place “as to the right bud 
showing at the wrong time, ” the essayist’s advice being 
to take the buds in the second or third week in August. 
Various opinions were also given on stopping; Mr. Cox 
advocated taking the first bud of such varieties as Boule 
d’Or, Meg Merrilies, and the Dragons after the July 
bud, even if it appeared as early as the middle of that 
month ; and stopping was advised for those of the 
“Eve” type, to be done by taking out the extreme 
point in the third week of May, and in some cases the 
earliest blooming varieties to be stopped early, follow¬ 
ing those up with the mid season, and finishing with 
late ones. The style or fashion of exhibiting was con¬ 
sidered, with a suggestion that the association should 
offer a prize for the best and most natural system of 
staging cut blooms. Mr. White presented to the essay¬ 
ist the Association’s Certificate, and 1st prize for his clear 
intelligent and well-written paper. Mr. A. R. Cox ex¬ 
hibited a box of cut blooms which, for the season, 
were most remarkable ; Boule d’Or (11 in. in diameter 
and in. in depth), Meg Merrilies, Fabian de Medi- 
ana, F. A. Davis, Mabel Wood, and Princess Teck. 
The National Rose Society.— On Thursday the 17th 
inst. the above society held its annual meeting in the 
Covent Garden Hotel, Henrietta Street, to consider 
and pass the Committee’s report for the year, and to 
transact other business. Mr. R. Bloxham took the chair 
at 3 p.m.,when the report and financial statement 
were read and unanimously adopted. From these it 
appears that the society is making most satisfactory 
progress, the number of members now exceeding 400, 
and after paying the expense of the catalogue (£67 12s.) 
there is a balance of £40 19s. Id. to the credit of the 
society. This has enabled them to incur an outlay 
which otherwise could not have been entertained, 
namely, in the improvement of the medals granted to 
affiliated societies. Following the admirable example 
of the National Chrysanthemum Society, the commit¬ 
tee determined upon procuring a more artistic design 
for the medals, and accordingly entrusted Mr. Pinches 
to prepare a specimen for inspection, this has been 
submitted and approved of, and the necessary dies will 
now be prepared. The gold medal will be large and 
remarkably handsome, a prize which any fortunate 
winner will have reason to he proud of. The silver 
medal has been also increased in value, and the design 
is similarly tasteful. 
It has been decided to hold the annual metropolitan 
exhibition for 1886 at South Kensington, on July 6th. 
The provincial show has also been fixed to be held at 
Birmingham, on July 15tli, in the Botanical Society's 
wardens at Edgbaston. There was some discussion 
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