June 5, 1886. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
627 
DANIELS BROS.’ 
Choice Florists’ Flowers. 
Special Offer. Carriage Free. 
ANTHEMIS PALLIDA, the most beautiful hardy Marguerite ; 
splendid for cutting, each, 6<i. ; three for Is. 3d. 
BOUVARDIAS, in beautiful variety, to name, six for 2s. (id. ; 
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, (id.; three for Is. 3d. 
COLEUS, the most beautiful varieties, our selection, six for 2s.; 
per doz., 3s. 6d. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Large-flowered, Incurved, Japanese or 
Pompone, our own selection, including finest exhibition 
varieties, with names, per doz., Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. ; per 100, 
10s. 6d. 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. 6d.; per 
doz., 2s. 6d. 
GERANIUMS, single-flowered zonal, magnificent varieties, our 
own selection, including some grand new sorts, six for 
Is. 6d. ; per doz., 2s. 6d. 
GERANIUMS, double-flowered zonal, the best known sorts, 
six for Is. 6(2.; per doz., 2s. 6d. 
PHLOX, Herbaceous, very choice sorts, including some fine 
new vars., six for 2s.; per doz., 3s. 6d. 
DANIELS BEOS., 
TOWN CLOSE NURSERIES, 
fTrd 
ROSES IN POTS. 
H 
ER MAJESTY, THE BENNETT ROSE, 
and all the best new English and Foreign varieties. 
All the choicest well-tried sorts in pots, 15s. to 36s. per dozen. 
Descriptive List free on application. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
NURSERYMEN AND SEED MERCHANTS, 
WORCESTER, 
GEO. COOLING & SONS 
MAKE A SPECIALITY OF J 
and have a large collection, now ready for sending out, including 
all leading 
HYBRID PERPETUAL VARIETIES (10s. 6d. per dozen). 
TEA-SCENTED (16s. per dozen). 
CLIMBING VARIETIES, extra strong (16s. per dozen). 
NEW ROSES. 
HER MAJESTY, and all latest introductions. 
SINGLE ROSES:—FAIRY OR MINIATURE ROSES. 
OLD-FASHIONED ROSES, &c. 
All strong plants, suitable for pot culture or planting out. 
Descriptive priced list post free. 
GEO. COOLING & SONS, 
THE NURSERIES, BATH. 
NEW ROSES-NOW READY. 
C LARA COCHET (Lacharme), 3s. and os. 
each ; THE BRIDE, new American Rose, 3s. each ; HER 
MAJESTY (Bennett), extra strong plants 2 ft. high ; W. F. 
BENNETT (Bennett), in 6-in. pots 4s. each, in 7-in. pots, 5s. 
each; YE PRIMROSE DAME (Bennett); VISCOUNTESS 
FOLKESTONE (Bennett). See advertisement May 29, 1886.— 
H. BENNETT, Pedigree Rose Nursery, Shepperton, Middlesex. 
GRAND NEW SEEDLING POTATO. 
u fTIHE COLONEL,” First Class Certificate 
'• X Royal Horticultural Society, 18S5. “THE DOCTOR,” 
First Class Certificate Royal Horticultural Society, 1884, and 
many Sterling Novelties in Seed Potatos. 
Send for Retail Priced Catalogue, which contains all the best 
sorts in cultivation. 
W. W. JOHNSON & SON, 
Seed Potato Growers and Merchants , BOSTON , LINCOLNSHIRE. 
H ENRY IRVING.—The best new single 
dark Fuchsia in cultivation, 2s. 6 d. each; 12 best, in¬ 
cluding H. Irving, Phenomenal, the largest grown, and General 
Roberts, 5s. 6(2.; 6 best incurved Chrysanthemums, Is. 2d .; 6 
best Japanese, Is. 2d. ; 6 best single, Is. 2d .; 6 best early-flower¬ 
ing, Is. 2d .; S distinct lovely Cactus Dahlias, including Mr. Tait 
and Lord Lyndhurst, 3s. 6 d .; 6 best show Dahlias, Is. 6 d .; 6 
best Pompons, Is. 6 d .; 6 best single, Is. 6 d .; new single 
Dahlia, Chilwell Beauty, yellow edged, scarlet, very novel, Is. 6(2. 
The new-shaped Dahlia, Germania Nova, like a fine double 
Petunia, Is. 3d.; black and white Dahlia, Mr. Miller, Is. 3d.; 
new crimson-scarlet Chrysanthemum, Cullingfordi, Is. 2d.; 
yellow Carnation, Pride of Penshurst, Is. 4d.; Alegatiere, scarlet, 
and Miss Joliffe, salmon, 9d. each, the three for 2s. 6d.; new 
double Ivy-leaf Geranium, Madame Thibaut, Is.; 6 best, in¬ 
cluding Madame Thibaut, 3s.; new white Geraniums, Le Cygne, 
double, Queen of the Belgians, single. Is. each ; 6 best double 
and 6 best single, to include the two above, 5s. 6 d.; new Agera- 
tum. White Cap, a novelty, 4 for Is. 2d.; 6 blue Marguerites, 
Is. 2d.; 6 seedling double Tuberous Begonias, 3s. 2d.; 6 single 
ditto, 2s. 2d.; 6 choice seedling Gloxinias, 2s. 2d. These are 
from the finest strains. 6 extra fine-named Begonias, in 6 
colours, 6s.; the new Golden Pyrethrum, like a golden Fern, 
does not flower the first season, 12, Is., 24, Is. 6 d .; 12 beautiful 
Manuals, Is. 6d.; 12 single Petunias, the splendid Grandiflora 
strain, Is. 6 d. —H. J. JONES, Hope Nursery, Lewisham. 
/~YUR enormous stock and splendid flowers of 
BEDDING- BEGONIAS, 
Unquestionably the best strain in existence, just coming into 
flower, and will make a display at once. 5s., 8s., and 12s. per 
dozen. Special price per 100 and 1,000. (Would also be splendid 
varieties for Greenhouse.) 
The same with all other bedding plants. Low quotation for 
quantity. Send for a Catalogue. 
H. CANNELL & SONS, 
The Home of Flowers, SWANLEY. KENT. 
R oyal horticultural society, 
SOUTH KENSINGTON, S.W. 
NOTICE !—COMMITTEE MEETINGS, Fruit and Floral, at 
11 a.m., in the Conservatory ; Scientific at 1 p.m., in the Lindley 
Library, on Tuesday next, June 8tli. 
SHOW OF ORCHIDS, &c. 
N.B.—Open to Fellows at Twelve o'clock, and the Public at 
One o'clock. 
R oyal horticultural society, 
GREAT PROVINCIAL SHOW AT LIVERPOOL. 
June 29th to July 5th, 1886 
GREAT EXHIBITION of PLANTS, FLOWERS, FRUIT, 
VEGETABLES, &c., in the BOTANIC GARDENS and WAVER- 
TREE PARK. 
Schedules and full particulars as to space, &c., may be had on 
application to the Superintendent, Mr. A. F. BARRON, Royal 
Horticultural Society, Chiswick. London; or to Mr. J. 
RICHARDSON, Botanic Gardens, Liverpool. 
NOTICE.—Entries close June 21st. 
R° 
YAL 
GREAT 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
PROVINCIAL SHOW AT LIVERPOOL. 
June 29th to July 5th, 1886. 
GREAT EXHIBITION of IMPLEMENTS, GARDEN 
STRUCTURES, TOOLS, and APPLIANCES in the WAVER- 
TREE PARK. 
Schedules and full particulars as to space, &c., may be had on 
application to the Superintendent, Mr. A. F. BARRON, Royal 
Horticultural Society, Chiswick, London; or to Mr. J. 
RICHARDSON, Botanic Gardens, Liverpool. 
NOTICE.—Entries close June 12tli. 
Applications for Advertisement Space in the Official Catalogue 
should be made at once to ADAMS & FRANCIS, Advertising 
Agents, 59, Fleet Street, London, E.C. 
CONTENTS 
PAGE 
Amateurs’ Garden, the.... 631 
Amherstia nobilis. 634 
Andromeda . 633 
Anemone Polyantha. 634 
Auricula Frame, an . 629 
Begonia discolor. .. 634 
Calceolarias. 634 
Cucumbers . 627 
Floriculture. 637 
Frames, Moveable. 6S2 
Fruits, Flowers, and Vege¬ 
tables . 634 
Fruit Trees . 630 
Gardeners’ Calendar, the .. 635 
Gardening for Amateurs .. 628 
Gardener, Presentation to a 631 
Gourds, Ornamental. 632 
Grapes for Late Supplies .. 631 
Hawthorns . 634 
“My Garden". 628 
New South Wales . 631 
PAGE 
Odontoglossums, on collect¬ 
ing . 631 
Orchid Culture in America 636 
Orchids at the Woodlands.. 635 
Orchids, Mr. Buchanan's.. 635 
Orchid Notes . 635 
Pansies, more about. 629 
Paeonies. 635 
Plagiarism in the Seed Trade 627 
Plants, defences of. 637 
Polyanthus Narcissi. 632 
Potatos, Red-spotted _630 
Powder Distributor, a new. 636 
Primrose Garden, A.. 628 
Scillas . 634 
Scottish Gardening . 630 
Tillage operations . 628 
Tomatos in the open air .. 635 
Trollius or Globe Flower .. 634 
Victoria Lily of the Valley. 632 
‘ 1 Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1886. 
Cucumbers. — If anyone who attended the 
meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society at 
South Kensington, on May 25th, and saw the 
two brace of Cucumbers exhibited by Mr. T. 
Lockie, The Gardens, Oakley Court, near 
Windsor, ever looked upon model fruit he did 
so on that occasion. The variety so fittingly 
named Model, by Messrs. James Carter & Co., 
and that named Purley Park Hero, by Messrs. 
Sutton & Sons, were perfect models of their 
types, the last named rather smaller than the 
other, but both symmetrical throughout, perfectly 
even, without any heel, and carrying at their points 
wliat gardeners like to see—the decayed flower. 
Mr. Lockie has been a successful cultivator of 
the Cucumber for many years, and has also 
raised a very popular variety—Blue Gown— 
but we are afraid the original type of this as at 
first sent out by Mr. Turner of Slough has be¬ 
come very scarce indeed. The Reading district 
is famous for its good exhibition Cucumbers, 
and at the spring show of the local horticultural 
society they are always both numerously and 
finely shown. 
Between forty and fifty years ago the prin¬ 
cipal sorts of Cucumbers were Snow’s Horti¬ 
cultural, Hero of Surrey, Superb White Spine, 
Manchester Prize, Man of Kent, Victory of 
Suffolk, and Windsor Prize. Later on the late 
Mr. James Cuthill, of Camberwell, who made 
a speciality of the Cucumber, introduced some 
useful varieties, among them Cuthill’s Black 
Spine. Others followed, such as Syon House, 
Himalaya, Star of the West, Blue Gown, &c. 
until Improved Telegraph took the lead. 
Time was when the Black Spine was regarded 
as inseparable from a good Cucumber, hnt now 
the popular taste goes after the smooth-skinned 
varieties, of which Carter’s Model is such a fine 
type; and yet a thoroughly good black-spined 
variety, if introduced now, would be gladly 
welcomed by many cultivators. 
The Cucumber is a very ancient fruit; in 
north-western India it has been cultivated for 
3,000 years. When the Israelites complained 
to Moses in the wilderness, comparing their 
old Egyptian luxuries with the manna of the 
wilderness, they exclaimed, “We remember 
the fish which we did eat in Egypt freely, the 
Cucumbers and the Melons.” Mr. Folkard 
states that there was formerly a superstitious 
belief in England that Cucumbers had the 
power of killing by their natural coldness. 
Gerarde states, “ They yield to the body a cool 
and moist nourishment, and that very little, and 
the same not good. To dream of Cucumbers 
denotes recovery to the sick, that you will 
speedily fall in love, and that you will marry 
the object of your affection. It also denotes 
moderate success in trade ; to a sailor a pleasant 
voyage.” 
Cucumbers are very plentiful in London 
during July, August, and September. Then it 
is they come up in large quantities from Bed¬ 
fordshire, where they are largely grown in the 
open air. Travellers by the Great Northern 
Railway can, between Hitchin and Huntingdon, 
see long patches of Cucumbers grown between 
patches of corn, mostly Wheat, for the sake of 
the protection the corn affords. It is an in¬ 
teresting fact that the Cucumber is the only 
fruit which, in England, we eat while still 
green and unripe without cooking. 
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GARDENING MISCELLANY. 
Meetings for Next Week. — Tuesday: 
meeting of Fruit and Floral Committees of the Eoyal 
Horticultural Society and Orchid Show at South 
Kensington. — Wednesday : Royal Botanic Society’s 
Second Summer Show. — Friday: Great National 
Horticultural Exhibition opens at Manchester. 
The Curatorship of Kew Gardens.—Ye 
understand that Mi'. George Nicholson has been ap¬ 
pointed to the post of Curator of the Royal Botanic 
Gardens, Kew, in succession to Mr. Smith ; and Mr. 
W. Watson has been appointed Sub-Curator in the 
place of Mr. Nicholson, who ably fulfilled the duties of 
that office for about fourteen years. 
Plagiarism in the Seed Trade. —Whatever 
may have been done in the way of plagiarising other 
people’s illustrations of novelties, it is hut rarely that 
we hear of one seedsman appropriating the literary 
wares of another ; hut when such a case of dishonesty 
does occur, it is for the public good that the facts 
should be made known. We have before us the seed 
catalogues for the present season of Messrs. Dobbie & Co., 
an old and respected firm of seed-growers and florists 
in Rothesay, and of Messrs. Knight & Co., 104, 
Cazneau Street, Liverpool, a firm we never before heard 
of, and who, from then- apparent inability to write a 
catalogue for themselves, we should imagine know 
nothing of their business, and cannot have been long 
in the trade. A comparison of the two reveals a daring 
case of wholesale appropriation, the Liverpool firm having 
