February 20, 1886. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
387 
Daniels’ Superb Onions. 
Packet— s. 
O 
DANIELS’ White Elephant Tripoli 
DANIELS’ Golden Rocca . 1 
DANIELS’ Crimson Rocca. O 
DANIELS’ Giant Rocca . O 
DANIELS’ Improved. White Spanish ... 1 
DANIELS' Giant Zittau Yellow . O 
DANIELS’ James’ Long Keeping. O 
DANIELS’ Early Queen . ... O 
DANIELS’ Blood Red.0 
DANIELS’ New White Globe . 1 
DANIELS’ Rousham Park Hero. 1 
Each and all post free at prices quoted. Tlxe entire 
collection post free for 6s. 
The above will be found unrivalled for EXHIBITION 
and general use all the year round. 
EVIDENCE OF QUALITY. 
From Mr. G- H. RICHARDS, Gardener to the Earl of 
Normanton, July 22nd. 
“I was much pleaded with your White Elephant Tripoli 
Onion I had last year, and consider it the finest white selection 
I have yet tried or seen. I exhibited a dish at South Kensington, 
July 14tli, in my First Prize collection of vegetables, and they 
were much admired." 
From Mr. WILLIAM LLOYD, Lillingstone, Lorell, Sept. 5th. 
“ For Onions, I may say, we had nine First Prizes, and three 
Second.” 
From Mr. T. WELLS, Burnestone, Bedale, Yorks, Jan. 28th. 
“ I took two First Prizes and one Second with your Golden 
Rocca Onion last year, against more than twenty competitors.” 
From Mr. G. BAKER, The Gardens, Marlingford Hall. 
“ I consider your Giant Rocca Onion the best ever intro¬ 
duced, very mild in flavour and an excellent cropper. I have 
not a single bulb under one pound in weight.” 
From Mr. W. M. HEYHOE, Station Road, Swaffham, 
July 16 th. 
“ The Onions which I grew last year from seed supplied by 
you were a magnificent crop. An eightenpenny packet yielded 
upwards of one and a half cwt. of splendid round Onions, which 
have kept good till now.” 
TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS IN PRIZES 
offered to all growers of above collection. Complete 
cultural directions will be found in 
DANIELS’ ILLUSTRATED GUIDE, 
containing a superb coloured plate of great artistic 
merit, representing above-named Onions, natural size 
and colours. GRATIS to purchasers of the 6s. Collection. 
Daniels Bros., Seed Growers, Norwich, 
SEEDS OF FINEST QUALITY, 
VEGETABLE, FLOWER, and FARM 
▼ SEEDS at most moderate prices direct from the growers. 
Descriptive, Illustrated, Priced, Spring Catalogue free to any 
address on application. 
W. W. JOHNSON & SON, 
Seed Growers & Merchants, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE. 
■WHOLESALE SEED CATALOGUE.— 
Y V Our Catalogue of Garden and Flower Seeds, Novelties, 
and Bulbs for Spring Planting, is now ready, and may be had 
on application. All our customers should have already received 
on 'i >jy post, and they will oblige by advising us if not to hand. 
The above also includes List of a few choice Lilies just to 
handfrom Japan—L. auratum, L. longiflorum, L. Krameri, &c. 
WATKINS and SIMPSON, Seed and Bulb Merchants, 
Exeter Street, Strand, W.C. 
CALADIUMS, BEGONIAS, GLOXINIAS. 
The following Free per Parcel Post. 
12 GLOXINIAS, mixed, 4s. and 6s.; choice named, 10s. 6 d. and 
21 s.; seed, Is. 6 d., 2s. 6d. 
®®SNERAS, mixed. 3s. 6 d.; named sorts, 5s. 
”“IM35N1£S, Is. 6 d .; named sorts, mixed, 8c?. 
1- CALADIUMS, named sorts, 6s. and 12s.; choice and rare 
2is , 42s. 
12 BEGONIAS, tuberous, mixed, 4s. and 6s. ; named sorts, 
. _ 10s. 6 d., 15s. ; seed, Is. and 2s. 6 d. 
GESNERA HENDERSONI, the finest of all the true Gesneras, 
pale green velvety leaves, with large trusses of brilliant scarlet 
nowers, 3 inches long, in large trusses, each, Is. 6 d. and 2 s. 6<?.; 
or per dozen, 18s. ’ 
Large collections of all the above are grown with other Bulbs 
or this season. See new SEED CATALOGUE, 
m, v ? mi1 LIST of Cheap Offers in Ornamental Plants, sent 
qualrty 1Catl0n ’ ^° r ®tove, Greenhouse, and Garden. Choice 
HENDERSON & SON, Maida Vale, London, N.W. 
IMMEDIATE 
DISPATCH 
FREE BY 
POST OR 
RAIL, 
SEE TERMS. 
COMPLETE COLLECTIONS 
SUTTON’S 
21/- COLLECTION OF 
VEGETABLE SEEDS, 
Containing 56 packets of 
the best sorts, sent Free 
by Rail to any Station 
in England or Wales on 
receipt of a remittance 
for 21/- 
SUTTON’S 
10/6 COLLECTION OF 
FLOWER SEEDS, 
Containing 46 varieties 
of the most showy sorts, 
sent free to any Address 
in the United Kingdom 
on receipt of a remit¬ 
tance for 10/6. 
SUTT0N’S^% 
COMPLETE COLLECTIONS' 
14/- SUTTON’S 14/- 
Composite Collection 
OF 
Vegetable & Flower 
Seeds, 
Containing 40 varieties of 
Vegetable Seeds and 18 
varieties of Flower Seeds, 
sent free by Parcel Post 
on receipt of a remittance 
for 13/4. 
10/- SUTTON’S 10/- 
Coinposite Collection 
OF 
Vegetable & Flower 
Seeds, 
Containing 30 varieties of 
Vegetable Seeds and 12 
varieties of Flower Seeds, 
sent free by Parcel Post 
on receipt of a remittance 
for 9/6. 
SUTTON & SONS, READING, BERKS. 
O R CHI D S ! ! 
Speci al List Post Free. 
JAMES CYPHER, 
EXOTIC NURSERIES, CHELTENHAM. 
LATE WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUM BOULE DE NEIGE 
R OWEL is now Booking Orders for the 
• above—the best late White known. Splendid habit 
and free-flowering. A grand Market Plant. R. OWEN was 
awarded two First Class Certificates December, 1885. 10s. 6 d. 
per dozen. Plants ready in March. Cuttings, 6s. per dozen. 
Specimen blooms, 6 stamps. Orders executed in rotation. 
Trade Price on application.— Floral Nurseries, Maidenhead. 
PETUNIAS, Single, striped, 500 Seeds, 2s. 
,, „ „ 150 Seeds, Is. 
., „ fringed, 300 Seeds, 2s. 6<?. 
,, Double, fringed, 250 Seeds, 3s. 6 d. 
,, „ „ Smaller Packet, 2s. 
The above are brought to their present 
perfection by nearly forty years’ careful 
selection. 
BALSAMS, Double, 8 Varieties, 2s. 6 d. 
,, „ Mixed Packet, Is. 6 d. 
RENDER & SONS, Nursery, Plymouth. 
HENDER’S 
SELECT 
STRAINS. 
Liverpool Horticultural Association. 
POSTPONEMENT OF SPRING SHOW. 
T HE fourth grand Spring Flower Show of 
Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, Azaleas, Rhododendrons, 
Roses, and forced hardy plants will be held in St. George's Hall, 
on Thursday, Marcli 18th. 
Schedules on application to the Secretary, EDWARD BRIDGE, 
3, Cedar Terrace, Huyton. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Adiantum Farleyense .... 392 
Amateurs’ Garden, the.... 391 
Anemone fulgens . 388 
Begonias, tuberous . 390 
Begonias, winter flowering 389 
British, or What?. 394 
Carnations and Picotees .. 388 
Cattleya Loddigesii . 397 
Chrysanthemum blooms .. 395 
Chrysanthemum names .. 390 
Cypher’s, Mr., Nursery .. 389 
CypripediumGerminyanum 396 
Cypripedium Lindleyanum 396 
Floriculture. 397 
Flower Gardening. 387 
Gardeners’ Calendar, the .. 395 
Gardeners’ Dinner, a. 38S 
Glass wall-covers . 392 
Grape, Duke of Buccleuch 394 
PAGE 
Imantophyllums. 391 
Layering Trees . 397 
Leucojum sestivum . 396 
Melon, Blenheim Orange... 394 
Narcissus gloriosa. 395 
Obituary . 397 
Orchids at Woodhatch .... 396 
Parsley and Onions . 394 
Petunias, double and single 393 
Plants, Hardy. 392 
Plums for Villa Gardens .. 392 
Pyrethrum, Golden Feather 396 
Rose, Marechal Niel. 395 
Scottish Gardening . 391 
Sweet-scented Flowers_392 
Table and Window Plants. 396 
Turner Memorial, the _3S8 
Vines Bleeding . 395 
Vines, Forcing. 395 
' Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”—B acon. 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1886. 
Flower Gardening. —There can be little doubt 
but that the long-existing form of summer 
flower gardening seen in bedding-out plants in 
variously-formed masses and in diverse associ¬ 
ations is fast hastening to an end. It is true 
that the popular taste hangs closely around com¬ 
binations of this kind, and myriads will still 
cluster round a fancy carpet bed, especially if 
the various combinations be striking if not 
chaste. But the British public, whilst devotedly 
attached to flowers, is hardly qualified to 
criticise, and is usually content with whatsoever 
may be provided for its special delectation. A 
mass of scarlet, or of yellow, or blue, or these 
and some half-dozen other contrasting hues in 
varied combination, no more fail to attract than 
does the rich hues of the Rose or Dahlia to 
attract the butterfly or the humble bee. These 
insects have no cultivated taste, either in the 
matter of colour, harmony, or effectiveness of 
the arrangement of plants. They are attracted 
and pleased—that is all; but the gardener, 
whilst desirous of affording as much pleasure as 
possible, may, after all, ask whether the pan¬ 
dering tastes, that if not depraved are at least 
mistaken, is either proper or desirable. It may 
be floral decoration in a certain sense, but it is 
not gardening. A dinner-table literally laden 
