May 15, 1886. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
579 
VEITCH’S 
Choice Flower Seed 
FOR PRESENT SOWING. 
m m. 
James VEITCH & SONS 
ROYAL EXOTIC NURSERY, CHELSEA, S.W. 
VEITCH’S SUPERB PRIMULAS, 
THE FINEST IN CULTIVATION. 
Awarded a First Class Certificate by the Royal Horticultural 
Society for superior qtiality. 
Finest Fringed Red, White, & Mixed, 
Each, per packet, 2s. M. 
Calceolaria, International Prize, 
Unsurpassed for size, shape, and substance of flowers. 
Per packet, 2s. 6d. 
Cineraria, Veitch’s Superb Strain, 
The finest in cultivation. 
Per packet, 2s. 6 d. 
AQUILEGIA, VEITCH’S NEW HYBRIDS, 
Comprising many new, beautiful, distinct, and pretty sorts of 
various shades, of which a coloured plate appeared in The Garden, 
October 18th, 18S4. 
Per packet, Is. 6d. 
SCARLET BROMPTON STOCK, 
Our magnificent strain, producing immense spikes of bloom, 
the individual flowers being large and very double. 
Per packet, Is. 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
GRAND EXHIBITION 
OF 
ORCHIDS, 
Stove & Greenhouse Flowering 
AND 
FOLIAGE PLANTS, 
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 
From May 12 th to June 26 th , 
From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. 
ADMISSION FREE to those who have received 
invitations, or upon presentation of card. 
DANIELS BROS.’ 
Choice Florists’ Flowers. 
Special Offer. Carriag e Free. 
AXTHEMIS PALLIDA, the most beautiful hardy Marguerite ; 
splendid for cutting, each, C d. ; three for Is. 3d. 
BOUVARDIAS, in beautiful variety, to name, six for 2s. 6<7. ; 
per doz., 4s. 
BLUE GUM TREE OF AUSTRALIA (Eucalyptus globulus), 
fine for greenhouse or sub-tropical garden. Said to be the 
most powerful febrifuge known. Fine young plants of this 
interesting species, each, GcZ.; three for Is. ?,d. 
COLEUS, the most beautiful varieties, our selection, six for 2s.; 
per doz., 3s. t id. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Large-flowered, Incurved, Japanese or 
Pompone, our own selection, including finest exhibition 
varieties, with names, per doz., Is. 6 d. and 2s. 6d. • per 100, 
10s. 6 d. and 15s. 
DAHLIAS, Choicest Show and Fancy, Single-flowered and Pom¬ 
pone, only best sorts, six for 2s. 3d.; per doz., 4s. 
FUCHSIAS, superb varieties, our selection, six for Is. 6 d .; per 
doz., 2s. 6 d. 
GERANIUMS, single-flowered zonal, magnificent varieties, our 
own selection, including some grand new sorts, six for 
Is. 6 d. ; per doz., 2s. 6 d. 
GERANIUMS, double-flowered zonal, the best known sorts, 
six for Is. 6 d. ; per doz., 2s. 6 d. 
PHLOX, Herbaceous, very choice sorts, including some fine 
new vars., six for 2s.; per doz., 3s. 6 d. 
DANIELS BEOS., 
TOWN CLOSE NURSERIES, 
103 
SEEDS OF FINEST QUALITY. 
TTEGETABLE, 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. 
/CRYSTAL PALACE GREAT FLOWER 
SHOW of season, May 21st and 22nd. 
For Schedules, apply to W. G. HEAD, Superintendent. 
YEITCH’S DARK RED WALLFLOWER, 
A Large Show House, 
CONTENTS. 
A new and very superior selection of rich dark colour, dwarf 
growth, and bushy habit. 
Per packet, Is. 
For full descriptions of the above, see CATALOGUE, forwarded 
gratis and post free on application. 
100 ft. long by 22 ft. wide is specially 
devoted to the 
ORCHID EXHIBITION, 
Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelses, S.W. 
GOLD MEDAL BEGONIAS. 
Laing's 
Tuberous 
Begonias, 
Named varieties. Prices when selection is 
Laing’s 
Tuberous 
Begonias. 
left to us :— 
SINGLES. 
s. 
d. 
A collection, our best selection, doz. 
42 
0 
B 
,, ,, very choice do. „ 
36 
0 
C 
,, „ choice do. ,, 
30 
0 
D 
„ ,, very good do. „ 
24 
0 
E 
,, „ good do. „ 
18 
0 
F 
,, ,, ordinary do. ,, 
12 
0 
DOUBLES. 
P 
,, ourhest selectn. ea. 7s.6d. & 10 
6 
R 
,, our very choice do. doz. 63 
0 
S 
,, „ choice do. ,, 
48 
0 
T 
„ „ very good do. „ 
42 
0 
Unnamed varieties. Selection left to us. 
G col. 
best to colour, singles 
o. 
21 
a. 
0 
H „ 
very choice do. 
IS 
0 
J ,, 
best whites, distinct 
15 
0 
K „ 
choice do. 
12 
0 
L ,, very good selected to colour 
for bedding.9 0 
M ,, best selected .. per 100 40 0 
N ,, bedding, best mixed „ 30 0 
O ,, do., mixed .. .. ,, 24 0 
W ,, very choice, distinct, doubles 30 0 
X ,, selected, in six colours .. 24 0 
Z ,, mixed do.IS 0 
The latter are superior to many of the named sorts, and the 
quality is quite unequalled by home or foreign growers. 
The above prices are for plants in growth from May till autumn. 
Colonial or foreign orders must be prepaid, and are executed 
with tubers in a dry state after October. Orders for these should 
reach us in August or September at latest. 
Catalogues Free on Application. 
LAINGr & Co., Nurseries, Forest Hill, S.E. 
B7A, 
All in want of good genuine Seeds should give me a small trial 
order; they are sure to be pleased; everything of first quality 
only. Fourteen two-penny packets of Flower Seeds, post free, 
for 2s. All different, and carefully selected. Send for Catalogue, 
post free. 
GLADIOLUS BRENCHLEYENSIS, 6 d. and 9 d. doz., 3s. 6 d. 
and 5s. 100 ; Gladiolus Gandavensis, mixed hybrids, Is. 6 d. doz.; 
ditto, splendid mixed, 2s. doz. Hyacinthus candicans, Is. 6 d., 
2s. 6d., and 3s. doz.; Single Dahlias, fine ground roots, mixed, 
id, each, 3s. 6tZ. doz. ; Anemones, single, mixed, 2s. 6 d. 100. 
All orders over Is. carriage free. Cash with order. Seed Cato,- 
logue gratis. 
J . HISCOCK, 
107D, Queen’s Road, Peckham, London. 
And visitors maj^ rely upon seeing 
these beautiful plants with the greatest 
degree of comfort; the ventilation, 
means of ingress and egress, as well as 
the great width of the paths being all 
that can be desired. 
The Large Winter Garden, 
100 feet by 40 feet, and the other 
Show Houses 
Are gay with our large collections of 
Stove & Greenhouse Flower¬ 
ing and Foliage Plants 
Which have figured at the 
Leading Shows, 
Both at home and abroad for many 
years with uninterrupted success. 
This Exhibition was admitted by 
all ivho saw it last year to be the 
largest and most varied of the kind in 
London. 
b. s. WILLIAMS, 
Victoria $ Paradise JVurseries, 
UPPER HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 
PAGE 
Agapanthus umbellatus ... 586 
Amateurs’ Garden. 5S2 
Anthurium Andreanum ... 5S6 
Birmingham Orchid Show. 587 
Carnations and Picotees .. 582 
Choisya ternata. 5S7 
Chrysanthemum Culti¬ 
vation . 5S2 
Cliysis bractescens . 588 
Crown Imperials . 581 
Dendrobium Wardianum.. 5S8 
Fruit Prospects. 5S0 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 587 
Garrya elliptica. 586 
Gentians, Notes on . 586 
PAGE 
Harefield Grove. 5S4 
May Flowers for Indoors... 581 
New Zealand, A Gardeners’ 
Experience of. 5S0 
Orchid prices . 5S0 
Peas . 5S6 
Peas not Vegetating. 5S2 
Plants, new, Certificated.. 580 
Polyanthus, Gold-laced .. 588 
Preston and Fulwood Horti¬ 
cultural . 5SS 
Primulas, best hardy .... 582 
Royal Horticultural Society 588 
Scottish Gardening . 582 
Soot and the Onion Maggot 586 
11 Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.” —Bacon. 
SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1886. 
The Orchid Show at Birmingham has been 
the horticultural event of the week. The year 
1886 will be memorable in one respect as regards 
Orchids, for, though we have not an Orchid 
Conference at South Kensington this year to 
induce an assemblage of Orchid lovers, the prizes 
given by several of the leading Horticultural 
Societies, are, this season, so large, that the total 
exceeds that of any previous year by a consider¬ 
able amount. The Royal Horticultural Society 
offers a number of substantial prizes for Orchids, 
both at South Kensington and at the Provincial 
Show to he held next month at Liverpool; the 
Royal Botanic Society, and the Manchester 
Horticultural and Botanical Society have made 
their customary liberal provisions for these 
plants at their respective shows. At York and 
elsewhere they will be made a special feature 
among other attractions, but, at Birmingham, a 
