October 23, 1886. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
115 
Veitch’s Stoss 
FOR PRESENT PLANTING. 
JAMES VEITCH & SONS, 
Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, S.W. 
VEITCH’S 
HYACINTHS FOR BEODINC. 
Ia distinct and decided shades of colour. 
Specially selected varieties to flower at the same time, producing 
large trusses of bloom. 
DARK BLUE .. .. 15s. 0 d. per 100; 2s. 0 d. per doz. 
BRIGHT BLUE 
CRIMSON .. 
BRIGHT RED 
PURE WHITE 
V/HITE, tinged rose 
15s. 0 d. 
20s. 0 d. 
20s. Oil. 
27s. 6d. 
25s. Oci. 
2s. Oci. 
; 2s. 9 d. 
; 2s. 9d. 
; 3s. 9 d. 
: 3s. Od. 
VEITGH’S MIXED HYACINTHS. 
BLUE, all shades 
RED, all shades 
WHITE, all shades.. 
MIXED, all colours 
12s. 6(7. per 100; Is. Gel. per doz. 
15s. 0 d. „ ; 2s. Od. „ 
22s. 6 d. ,, ; 3s. 0d. „ 
13s. 6 d. , ; 2s. Od. „ 
VEITOH’S MIXED TULIPS. 
SINGLE, finest mixed 
DOUBLE, finest mixed 
3s. 6d. per 100. 
3s. 6d. ,, 
VEITGH’S DUTCH CROCUS. 
LARGE GOLDEN YELLOW, 11s. 6d.pei 
LARGE BLUE .13s. Od. 
LARGE STRIPED .. .. 13s. Gd. 
LARGE WHITE .. .. 14s. 6d. 
MIXED, all colours .. .. 12s. Od. 
10C0; Is. Gd. 100. 
, , Is. Gd. ,, 
, ; Is. 6d. „ 
, ; Is. 9d. ,, 
, ; Is. Gd. „ 
SNOWDROPS. 
DOUBLE or SINGLE .. 21s. per 1000 ; 2s. Gd. per 100. 
SINGLE DAFFODIL (Lent Lily). Per 100, 3s. 
DOUBLE DAFFODIL. Per 100, 3s. 
PHEASANT'S EYE NARCISSUS. Per 100, 3s. 
DOUBLE WHITE SWEET-SCENTED NARCISSUS, 
Per 100, 4s. 6d. 
82T For other bulbs for Planting or Pot Culture, see CATALOGUE, 
forwarded Gratis . and Post Free on application. 
Royal Exotic NurseTyTCMsea, S.W, 
SPECIAL CULTURE OF 
FRUI T TRUES and ROSES. 
A large and Select Stock is now offered for Sale. 
The Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits 
post free. 
The Descriptive Catalogue of Roses post free. 
THOMAS RIVERS & SON, 
THE NURSERIES, SAWBRIDGEWORTH, HERTS. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS 
gm&lity, S.@6 quantity, grewn, 
TOHN DOWNIE (of the late firm of Downie 
fj & Laird) begs to intimate that his fine collection of Florists’ 
Flowers is now in full bloom, comprising Pansies, Violas, Dahlias, 
Pentstcmons, Antirrhinums, Phloxes, &c , &c., at his BcechiU 
Nurseries, Edinburgh, Inspection invited. 
Telegraphic AddressDOWNIE,” Edinburgh. 
INTENDING- PURCHASERS OF 
ORNAMENTAL TREES and SHRUBS, 
Alpine and Herbaceous Plants, 
Should send for CATALOGUES of the Stock of such contained 
in the celebrated N urseries of 
RODGER, fVIcCLELLAND & Co., NEWRY. 
TRY THESE BULBS 
FOB, QUALITY AND CHEAPNESS. 
HYACINTHS.—Early Roman, Single White, per doz., Is. 9d. 
HYACINTHS.—Fine Dutch Bulbs, named, 1 doz., G varieties, 
2s. 3d.; 2 doz., 12 varieties, 4s.; 4 doz., 24 varieties, 7s. Od. 
HIACINTHS rOR BEDDING.—Fine bulbs, separate colours, 
red or blue, per doz., Is. Gd. 
HYACINTHS.- Red, white and blue, mixed, per doz., Is. 9d. 
CROCUSES.—Separate colours, blue, white, striped, or yellow, 
per 100, Is. 3d.; mixed, all colours, per 100, Is. 3d. 
TULIPS.—Double white, “La Candeur,” 50, 2s. 3d.; per 100, 4s. 
TULIPS.—Splendid mixture, 50, 2s. 3d.; per 100, 4s. 
GARDEN NARCISSUS.—Single White Poeticus or Pheasant’s 
Eye, 50, Is. 9 d .; per 100, 3s. 
NARCISSUS POLYANTHUS.—“ Pearl," pure white, per doz., 
Is. 9d.; 12 varieties, named, per doz., Is. 9d. 
POST FREE. For Cash with Order. POST FREE. 
THOMAS MARSON, Market Street, Lichfield. 
Just Published. 
TOUR SPECIAL IRIS LIST, No. 85, con- 
W taining all that is best and most beautiful, offering great 
advantages to the purchasers.—NEW PLANT & BULB COM¬ 
PANY, Lion Walk, Colchester. 
Sheffield and West Riding Chrysanthemum 
Society. 
npiIL SECOND .ANNUAL EXHIBITION 
will be held in the Sheffield Corn Exchange on Friday and 
Saturday, November 19th and 20th. Liberal Prizes in the Open 
Classes. 
Schedules and further particulars of W. K. WOODCOCK, The 
Gardens, Oakbrook, Sheffield. 
f CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. YORK, 
1S86. Held in the FINE ART EXHIBITION BUILDING, 
on November 17th, ISth, and 19th. 
Liberal Prizes for PLANTS, FLOWERS, FRUITS, and 
VEGETABLES. Schedules, &c., to be obtained of 
_J. LAZENBY, SPURRIERGATE, YORK. 
National Chrysanthemum Society, Royal 
Aquarium, Westminster. 
G rand chrysanthemum, fruit 
and VEGETABLE EXHIBITION, Wednesday and 
Thursday, November 10th and 11th. 
Schedules free on application to 
Mr. WILLIAM HOLMES, Hon. Sec., 
Frampton Park Nurseries, Hackney. 
The Floral Committee will meet oh Wednesdays, October 27th, 
November 10th and 24th, and December 8th at 1.30 p.m. 
TORYSTAL PALACE CHRYSANTHE- 
Vri MUM SHOW, November 5th and 6th. For Schedules, 
&c., -&c., apply to W. G. HEAD, Garden Superintendent, 
Crystal Palace, S.E. 
R oyal horticultural society, 
SOUTH KENSINGTON. S,W. 
NOTICE 1-COMMITTEE MEETINGS, Fruit and Floral, at 
11 a.m., in the Conservatory, on Tuesday next, October 26th, 
an# Wednesday, October 27th. 
SHOW of CHRYSANTHEMUMS, VEGETABLES, &c. 
N.B.— Open to Fellows at Twelve o’clock on Tuesday, and the 
Public at One o’clock ; on Wednesday at Ten o’clock a.m. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, Oct. 25th.—Bulb Sales at Stevens’ and 
Protheroe & Morris’s Booms. 
Tuesday, Oct. 26th.—Meeting of Fruit and Floral 
Committees at South Kensington.—Chrysanthemum 
and (Vegetable Show (two days).—Special Sale of 
Orchids in Flower at Protheroe and Morris’s Rooms. 
—Extra Sale of Dutch Bulbs and Plants at Stevens’ 
Rooms.—Sale of Nursery Stock at Cobbett’s Nursery, 
Woking, by Protheroe & Morris (3 days). 
Wednesday, Oct. 27th. — Sale of Dutch Bulbs at 
Stevens’ ; and Plants and Lilies at Protheroe & 
Morris’s Rooms.—Meeting of Floral Committee of the 
National Chrysanthemum Society. 
Thursday, Oct. 28th.—Sale of Imported and Estab¬ 
lished Orchids at Stevens’ Rooms.—Sale of Dutch 
Bulbs at Protheroe and Morris’s Rooms. 
Friday, Oct. 29th.—Sale-of Imported and Established 
Orchids at Protheroe and Morris’s Rooms. 
Saturday, Oct. 30th.—Bulb Sale at Stevens’ and 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Amateurs’ Garden. 119 
Beetle trap, a new. 124 
Bulbs, early-flowering_ 124 
Carnations, winter-flowering 12 G 
Choro-Gi . H7 
Chrysanthemum, judging.. 116 
Chrysanthemum notes.... 123 
Clapton Nursery . 117 
Cyclamen culture . 122 
Edward, Mr. Thomas _124 
Ferns, Mr. Swan on. 118 
Floriculture. 126 
Gale, effect of the. 123 
Gardeners’. Calendar. 125 
Liliums, Notes on.. 124 
PAGE 
Helianthus multiflorus 
flore-pleno . 124 
Madresfield Court Crape .. 123 
Michaelmas Daisies . 124 
Obituary . 126 
Odontoglossum Harryanum 125 
Orchids at rest .125 
Pear Trees, Fruitful. 124 
Planting Trees . 120 
Tree Carnation, the . 120 
Tropfeolum speciosum .... 124 
Vegetables, protecting_ 119 
Veronicas, New Zealand .. 117 
Vineyard, the Garston .... 120 
Winter Vegetables. 115 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1886. 
Winter Vegetables.— Although the cropping 
ancl planting season in our vegetable gardens is 
past, the crops so luxuriant and productive 
during the summer—Peas, Beans, Potatos and 
other tender things, which bring so much of 
succulence and plenty to our summer dinner 
tables—have disappeared, and we must now 
depend for vegetable sustenance ujion the hardier 
denizens, of which the Brassica family present 
such valuable elements. Really, in any good 
garden, well cropped and tended, we find, in 
spite of the winter season with its inclemency, 
that there is still a wealth of material at our 
command—still wondrous abundance, which 
serves to make the garden fresh and varied in 
spite of so many disappearances. 
Lew gardeners, probably, whilst doubtless 
thankful that they have so many good-class 
vegetables to maintain the supply essential in 
these days, yet rarely think over the difficulties 
which troubled their progenitors in the days 
when gardening was primitive; and whatever 
may have been human wants, indeed the oppor¬ 
tunities of satisfying them ivere few. There is 
hardly a vegetable of any importance which 
does not seem to have undergone change and 
improvement during an average lifetime, whilst 
very appreciable additions have been made to 
varieties, all of which wondrously help in the 
duties which a gardener is called upon to dis¬ 
charge. We have not only in vegetables, but 
in flowers, a wealth of products of which our 
grandfathers could hardly have dreamt of, and 
for the possession of which—assuming they were 
troubled with ambitious conceptions — they 
must have sighed for in vain. Perhaps our 
descendants a hundred years hence will pity the 
unhappy lot of gardeners in these old-time days, 
doomed to provide for the wants of their em¬ 
ployers, or of the, public, with the indifferent 
products of to-day; and yet we have those 
amongst us now who think not only that im¬ 
provements are impossible, but almost hold that 
in vegetables none have been effected during 
their lives. Argument is thrown away upon 
such obtuse minds ; hut those not so indifferent 
to facts will readily admit that if growth in 
quality and in quantity has been gradual, it has 
also been substantial. 
But if we have any doubts as to the capacity 
of the garden to maintain decently during the 
winter the supplies so abundantly found during 
the summer, let us look through the quarters 
and see what is now in robust growth, because 
so hardy and enduring. Foremost comes the 
“greens” or Brassica family, and of the members, 
what more useful or enduring than a good 
breadth of Brussels Sprouts ? Why, not only 
have we learnt that there is an art in the culti¬ 
vation of these of which our forefathers were 
ignorant, hut we have such splendid strains, 
that it seems to our limited range of conception 
as if further improvement was not only im¬ 
possible, hut needless. We may almost say of 
a garden which has a big breadth of good 
Brussels Sprouts, that it was a vegetable as 
useful and popular in the winter as Peas are in 
the summer. Next comes the grand intro¬ 
duction of a year yet recent—AYitch’s Autumn 
Giant Cauliflower, almost a marvellous product, 
because now grown in vast quantities, and 
filling a void which in old days existing Cauli¬ 
flowers failed to do. Praise is yet given to this 
vegetable as if it were a novelty; gardeners, 
year after year, find it to he of such wondrous 
usefulness, that they cannot well restrain their 
enthusiasm when remarking upon its excellen¬ 
cies. Whilst they wonder now how they could 
manage without it, do they ever wonder also 
how the old gardeners did ? It is one of the 
strong arguments which may be quoted when 
advance in vegetable production is maintained. 
We find in this branch of Brassicas hardy 
purple sprouting, and of several superb kinds 
of white Broccolis, from Snow’s Winter White 
on .to Ledsham s "YYhite or Model, giving some 
five months’ constant supply of white firm 
heads. I hen there are not a few members 
of the Cabbage section—big Savoys for the 
million, Small Dwarf Curled and Early Ulm 
