June 26, 1886. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
675 
ANEMONES, &c. 
the BEST STRAIN OF ANEMONES EXTANT. HOME 
GROWN ROOTS. 
For evidence of quality and prices send at once for 
B. GILBERT’S Catalogue of Bulbs, Plants, &c., for Autumn 
Planting. Post free. Address:— 
&HEMOHB mmSBKSES, B¥1B BOUBNB, 
LINCOLNSHIRE. 
THE LIVERPOOL SHOW. 
M esses, w. b. king & Co., ipswich, 
beg to announce that they will display Samples of their 
“UNIVERSAL" HORTICULTURAL MANURES, SPECIAL 
COMPOSTS, and FERTILISING MOSS; also a group of 
lants growing in their Composts and in Fertilising Moss at 
he above Show. 
See Advertisement in the General Official Catalogue. 
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SPECIALITY. 
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For COARSE SILVER SAND & ORCHID 
X P 2 £ -L 
PEAT of the very best qualities send 
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ALPINE & HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 
A SPECIAWTY. 
50,000 of the most desirable sorts established in pots ; many 
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4/-, 6/- and 9/- per dozen Cheaper if taken by the 100 or 1,000. 
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Birmingham. 
CHOICE FLOWERS OF STERLING 
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ROS ES IN P OTS. 
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All the choicest well-tried sorts in pots, 15s. to 36s. per dozen. 
' Descriptive List free on application. 
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WORCESTER. 
DUTCH BULBS CHEAP. FRENCH BULBS CHEAP. 
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See our Special Wholesale Catalogue of Bulbs, cou- 
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SNOWDROPS, &c., Free on application to 
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FERNS A SPECIALITY. 
AN IMMENSE STOCK IN SPLENDID CONDITION. 
CATALOGUE of over 1,300 Species and Varieties, including 
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THE BEST CHEAP TREATISE ON ORCHIDS. 
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Prize BEGONIA HYBRIDA GIGANTEA — Handsome 
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Prize CINERARIA—Various colours, mixed, Is. 6 d. & 2 6 
Prize CYCLAMEN PERSICUM—Various colours, mixed, 
Is. 6d. & 2 6 
Prize CYCLAMEN PERSICUM GRANDIFLORUM ..26 
Prize GLOXINIA—Various colours, mixed.2 6 
Prize PANSY .2 6 
Prize PELARGONIUM.2 6 
Prize PETUNIA — Choice hybridised, various colours, 
mixed. 16 
Prize PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA—Red, Is. 6d. & 
Prize PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA—White, 
Is. 6 d. & 
Prize PRIMULA SINENSIS, “ BULL’S PREMIER.”— 
Mixed colours. Is. 6d. & 
2 6 
2 6 
2 6 
Establishment for New and Rare Plants, 536, King’s 
Road, Chelsea, London, S.W. 
WHITE L, I LY 
LILIUM LONGIFLORUM FLORIBUNDUM. 
This is the handsome Lily from Bermuda, one of the most 
beautiful of White Lilies. It can he seen in flower at Mr. 
WILLIAM BULL’S Establishment. 
Good blooming plants, £3 per dozen: 
MR. WILLIAM BULL’S 
Establishment for Seeds and New Plants, 
536, KING’S ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, S.W. 
T}OYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
JL L Patron : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. 
The GREAT PROVINCIAL SHOW of PLANTS, FRUITS, 
FLOWERS, VEGETABLES, HORTICULTURAL IMPLE¬ 
MENTS, and APPLIANCES will be held in the 
BOTANIC GARDENS and WAVERTREE PARK, 
LIVERPOOL. 
From June 29th to July 5th, 1886, inclusive. 
Prices of Admission :—June, 29th, 5s.; June 30th, 2s. 6 d.\ 
July 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th, Is. 
/CRYSTAL PALACE. GREAT ROSE 
SHOW of the Season, Saturday, July 3rd. For Schedules, 
Entry Forms, &c., apply to Mr. W. G. Head, Garden Superin¬ 
tendent, Crystal Palace, S.E. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Aberdeen Horticultural 
Association. 676 
Amateurs’ Garden, the.... 679 
Calanthe, Culture of the.. 682 
Cattleya Gaskelliana, 
orange striped. 684 
Cattleya Mendelii. 684 
Chrysanthemum Culture.. 682 
Cottager's Flowers. 683 
Ferns, variation in. 678 
Fuchsias oil Arches . 682 
Gardeners’ Calendar, the.. 683 
Gardener’s Royal Benevo¬ 
lent Institution . 676 
Gardening Miscellany .... 676 
Geranium argenteum. 683 
Humea elegans . 677 
Lathyrus Druinmondii.... 6S3 
PAGE 
Liverpool Show, the. 680 
Odontoglossum vexillar- 
iumj. 684 
Orchids, on watering. CS4 
Plants, hardy . 682 
Pyrethrums. 67S 
Ramondi pyrenaica . 6S3 
Roses in June. 680 
Royal HorticulturalSociety 684 
Scottish Gardening . 679 
Scottish Pansy Society.... 6S5 
Shimdda Hir . G77 
Show Season, the . 676 
Strawberry, the. 677 
Watering, On . 679 
Welsh Gardens, Two _ 677 
Wind, the. 676 
Wireworms in Vine borders 6S3 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.” —Bacon. 
SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 18-86. 
The Liverpool Show. —On Tuesday next will 
be opened at the huge and magnificent seaport 
town of Liverpool, the first of a new or second 
series of provincial flower shows, organised by 
and held under the special auspices of the Royal 
Horticultural Society. Some years since, under 
happy inspiration, the council of the society of 
that day promoted a provincial show at Bury 
St. Edmunds, not, perhaps, the most attractive 
place in the kingdom for that purpose, and yet 
that exhibition was so successful that several 
other similar exhibitions followed, all with more 
or less of success; then suddenly the series 
collapsed. Once more the country air is sought, 
and it is hoped with happy results. Too long 
dependence upon the patrician element of South 
Kensington, and constant breathing of the some¬ 
what enervating air of that aesthetic locality, 
has not been good for the society’s health, and 
it has begun to loose strength and vigour. 
This it is hoped the strong and beautiful air of 
Lancashire will restore. Most certainly we 
trust that the country visit, if of but a week’s 
duration, will be attended with the best results, 
and that the society may he inspired amongst 
its renewed efforts to promote horticultural 
science to make its country outings annual and 
permanent. 
It is greatly to he regretted that the Borough 
elections will be held the same week, for there 
can he no doubt this will seriously diminish the 
receipts. The Liverpool Horticultural Associa¬ 
tion had to face a similar difficulty at their last 
autumn show in St. George’s Hall, when the 
ticket and gate money received was over £100 
less than the corresponding show, held in 1884. 
However, we all hope for the best, and should 
the air of Liverpool, happily, prove to be a 
powerful and strengthening tonic, the choice of 
place next year may be perforce in a more 
southernly direction, perhaps more eastward, or 
nearer home. In any case the site for the great 
horticultural picnic of the Royal Horticultural 
Society in 1887 cannot too soon he decided upon, 
