October 2, 1886. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
67 
NEW CLEMATIS, 
“BEAUTY OF WORCESTER” 
-piCHARD SMITH & Co. are now book- 
ing orders for this charming novelty for delivery 
in September. For description and figure see Garden¬ 
ing World, July 3rd. Price, 5s. each. 
Special quotation to the Trade on application. 
gts Jolin's Nurseries* woECESf EH, 
KENT: The Garden of England. 
Fruit Trees for the M illion! 
GEORGE BUNYARD & GO.’S 
Sew (Copyright) Illustrated aid Descriptive 
CATALOGUE 
OF 
FRUIT TREES, 
Which cordains “ a mine of useful informa¬ 
tion,” and specially written Articles for 
VILLA GARDENERS. 
/CRYSTAL PALACE-GREAT AUTUMN 
Vj FRUIT SHOW. Oct. 6th, 7th, Sth and 9th. For 
Schedules, &c., &c., apply to Mr. W. G. HEAD, Garden 
Superintendent, Crystal Palace. 
TORE NEWINGTON and HIGHBURY 
S 
CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 
Annual Exhibition, November 4th and 6th. Over £100 in 
prizes offered. Schedules upon application to the Hon. Sec., 
Mr. W. GOLDSMITH, Grove Road, Stamfo rd Hill, N. _ 
Liverpool Horticultural Association. 
T he seventh grand eruit and 
CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW will be-held in St. George’s 
Hall, on the 23rd and 24th November. The Silver Cup given by 
J. Williams & Co. for forty-eight blooms of Chrysanthemums 
will he competed for. 
Entries close November 16th. Schedules on application to 
the Secretary, EDWARD BRIDGE, Tarbock Road, Huyton. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, Oct. 4th.—Commencement of nine days’ 
Clearance Sale, at the King’s Acre Nursery, Hereford, 
by Protheroe and Morris. —Bulb sales at Protheroe 
and Morris’s and Stevens’s Rooms. 
Tuesday, Oct. 5th.—Sale of Nursery Stock, at Upper 
Tooting Park, by Protheroe and Morris. 
Wednesday, Oct, 6th.—Great Autumn Fruit Show, 
at the Crystal Palace (four days).—Sales of Plants 
and Bulbs at Stevens’s and Protheroe and Morris’s 
Rooms. 
Thursday, Oct. 7th.—Sale of Orchids at Stevens’s 
Rooms ; and Bulbs at Protheroe and Morris’s. 
Friday, Oct. Sth.—Sale of Imported Orchids at 
Protheroe and Morris’s Rooms. 
Saturday, Oct. 9th.—Bulb Sale at Stevens’s Rooms. 
May be had post free for sis stamps from 
The Old Nurseries, MAIDSTONE. 
CHEAP BULBS, 
s. d. 
NARCISSUS.per 1C00 25 0 
WINTER ACONITES. „ 21 0 
GRAPE HYACINTHS. 21 0 
Priced descriptive Catalogue, No. 317, post free on application. 
James Dickson & Sons’ 
}CHESTER. 
108 EASTGATE ST. 
& 
‘NEWTON’ NURSERIES 
CONTENTS 
PAGE 
Amateurs’ Garden, the .... 71 
Apple, Bismark . 75 
Arbutus unedo. 70 
Ardisias, the.". 6S 
Auricula, the. 70 
Balm, Golden . 75 
Beans, notes on . 70 
Beaumontia grandiflora .... 76 
Cauliflowers, Autumn. 75 
Cultivation, methods of_ 71 
Daffodil, “ General Gordon” 75 
Distribution Reform . 77 
Earwigs and Chrysanthe¬ 
mums . 74 
Flowers, Cut. 71 
Fuchsias in the Garden .... 74 
Grapes and Insects. 75 
Grape, Madresfield Court.. 75 
Handswortli Nurseries, the 69 
PAGE 
Ilelicbrysum, a monstrous 76 
Horticultural Societies .... 79 
Laing, John . 72 
Lilium auratum . 76 
Lilium, notes on . 74 
Lisianthus Russellianus.... 75 
Nut Weevil, the . 75 
Orchid-houses, shading on 7S 
Orchids, Mr. Cypher’s _ 78 
Park Hill, Streatham. 68 
Pinks and their culture .... 78 
Rivers, Thomas . 6S 
Rosewood, the. 7S 
Scottish Gardening . 71 
: Seed Harvest, the . 60 
Strawberry Tree, the .... 70 
The Dell, Egliam . 72 
Wallflowers . 74 
“ HOW TO GROW ROSES.” 
Post free, 7d. Fourth Edition. 
Every Amateur and Gardener before doing anything at Rose 
beds should get this hook. It deals with everything about 
Roses—growing, budding, grafting, pruning, exhibiting, plant¬ 
ing, varieties, Rose gardens, &e., &c. Three editions sold in a 
few months. Very favourably reviewed in the gardening papers. 
“ The instructions and directions .... are just those 
we should expect from one who is thoroughly at home with 
his subject."— Gardeners' Chronicle. 
TO BE OBTAINED ONLY FROM 
k.VDER, & QOrc, Sal©, M.aneB,est©i?. 
1 Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man." —Bacon. 
strawberries. 
S TRONG roots, 4s. per 100; plants in small 
pots, 16s. per 100; ditto, in large pots, 25s. per 100. 
Descriptive List on application.—RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
ARLY "White Roman Hyacinths, Is. 9 d. 
per dozen. Early Paper White Narcissus, Is. 3d. per 
dozen. Hyacinths, finest named, for pots or glasses, from 3s. 
per dozen ; Hyacinths, 2nd size, named, in 12 fine varieties, 2s. 9d. 
per dozen ; ditto, cheap mixed, Is. 6d. per dozen ; 10s. per ICO. 
Tulips, mixed, single or double, 6 d. per dozen ; 3s. Gd. per 100. 
Crocus, splendid mixed, Is. 3ti. per 100 ; separate colours, Is. 6 d. 
per 100. Narcissus poeticus, id. per dozen ; 2s. 6 d. per 100. 
Polyanthus Narcissus, choice mixed, Is. per dozen; 7s. per 100. 
Scilla sibirica, 6 d. per dozen ; 3s. 6 d. per 100. Snowdrops, 
2s. 3d. per 100 ; id. per dozen. For other Bulbs, see Catalogue, 
post free. Cash with order. All carriage free. 
JOHN HISOOCK, 
107(1, QUEEN’S ROAD, PECKHA3I, LONDON, S,E. 
ROS ES IN P OTS. 
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. 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1886. 
The Seed Harvest.— To gardeners of all 
degrees, as well as to the seedsman, the character 
of the seed harvest is a matter of some 
moment. To the one, when it is favourable, it 
means seeds of good growth at moderate prices; 
to the other it means a considerable lessening 
of the risk that attends both the germination 
and the quality of seeds when harvested in 
bad condition. The seed-grower, wlio takes a 
contract from the wholesale dealer, as well as 
the latter, are benefited when a large yield of 
good quality is securely harvested ; the former, 
having his remuneration fixed by contract, gains 
by means of quantity, the latter can hold over 
seeds of good growth for succeeding years of 
scarcity. Besides, the retail dealer hears fewer 
complaints of the indifferent growth of seeds 
when they are plentiful and cheap, than 
when they are scarce and of tardy and unequal 
growth. The retail dealer often has blame cast 
upon his shoulders which lie does not deserve. 
He cannot control the processes of nature, how¬ 
ever ardently lie may desire to gather the fruits 
of the earth in the best condition ; and he can¬ 
not he held accountable for the mistakes, the 
shortcomings, and the errors of unintelligent 
gardeners. 
As far as present information goes, there is 
much reason for congratulation over the manner 
in which the early-ripened seeds have been 
harvested. Peas, generally, are harvested, if 
we except some of the later varieties—late in 
ripening this year owing to the retarding spring. 
All the early varieties have been secured of 
excellent quality, except in some few cases 
where local showers have disfigured the seeds 
without materially affecting their quality. We 
have not had such a good harvest time for the 
wrinkled Peas for years past; the yield is 
plentiful, and prices, as compared with some 
previous years, are expected to he very moderate. 
One result will be that wrinkled Peas will he 
much more extensively grown in 1887 than 
they were in the present year. For the last 
few years seedsmen have had to depend to some 
extent upon Peas of colonial growth; the yield 
of the present year is large enough to enable 
the large dealers to do without heavy importa¬ 
tions, and home samples will equal the best sent 
from the colonies. 
Broad Beans are, on the ivhole, large, plump, 
bright and plentiful; it is years past since they 
ivere so good in all respects. It is too early 
yet to speak of Runners and dwarf French 
Beans; but the weather during September 
having been open, sunny and dry, has greatly 
helped their full development. 
The harvest of Turnip seeds has been 
gathered in in various parts of the country : it 
has been got in in good condition, with the 
result that there is a fair average crop, if not a 
large one. Onion seeds looked very promising 
up to a certain point, when mildew showed 
itself in the stalks, and this has the effect of 
seriously interfering with the development of 
the seeds. It is to he hoped that the recent 
drying weather has checked to some extent the 
progress of the mildew, and if so, a fairly good 
average crop may he looked for. "\Ye are 
thinking mainly of the White Spanish Onion, 
so largely grown in Bedfordshire. 
Later crops include Beet, Carrot, Parsley, 
Radish, Leek, &c., and these have all been 
greatly foi warded by the fine weather. Rain 
has now fallen—a warm and soft rain it is 
true—and much will depend upon its duration. 
If October should prove fine and seasonable, the 
harvest will he completed in good condition; 
on the other hand, nurserymen and planters are 
badly wanting rain. 
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Mr. John Cranston has purchased the King’s Acre 
Nurseries, Hereford, from the Cranston Nursery and 
Seed Company, Limited, and after the 2nd of November 
will carry on the business under the style and title of 
John Cranston & Co. 
A Lecture on “ The Darwinian Theory—What it is 
and how it can be demonstrated,” will be delivered this 
(Saturday) evening, at the Public Hall, Loughton, 
Essex, by Mr. Alfred Russell Wallace. 
On one fruit farm at Sutton Valence, in Kent, it is 
said that 110 acres produced 130,000 bushels of fruit of 
various kinds. 
The great autumn Fruit Show at the Crystal 
Palace will take place on Wednesday next, and three 
following days. 
Ax the meeting of the Preston and Fulwood Horti- 
ticultural Society, to be held this (Saturday) evening, 
Mr. Swan, Howick House Gardens, will read a paper 
entitled “An Evening Among the Ferns.” 
Mr. George Temple, formerly gardener at Pack- 
wood Grange, Warwickshire, has been engaged as 
gardener to H. G. Bainbridge, Esq., Malvern Hall, 
Solihull, Birmingham. 
The twelfth exhibition of the Lambeth Amateur 
Chrysanthemum Society will be held on November 
8tli, 9th and 10th, at the Bridge House Hotel, London 
Bridge. Several special prizes are offered for com¬ 
petition. 
