November 27, 1886. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
195 
XMAS ROSES. 
All exceptionally fine strong stuff, full of flower buds, 
in the following varieties :—• 
MAJOE .—This, for general purposes, is the best va¬ 
riety in cultivation, producing beautiful large pure 
white flowers. Fine strong clumps, Is., Is. 6d. and 
2s. 6c?. each; 10s., 15s. and 24s. per doz. 
MASSIMO'S.—A robust variety, the largest of the 
group, and very ornamental as a foliage plant. The 
foliage is of a deep green, and the stems are large and 
. beautifully mottled, reaching 2 ft. in height; the 
earliest in flower, very large attractive blossoms, pure 
white inside, partially shaded with rose on the ex¬ 
terior. Fine strong clumps, Is., Is. 6 d., 2s. 6 d. and 
3s. 6c?. each: 10s. 6c?., 15s., 24s. and 30s:per doz. 
0 AUCAS 1 CT 7 S. — An intermediate form between 
major and maximus, flowering very freely, producing 
large, very conspicuous, pure -white flowers ; flowering 
out of doors in January. Fine strong dumps, Is. 6c?., 
2s. 6c?. and 3s. 6c?. each ; 18s., 24s. and 30s. per doz. 
ANCKJSTIFSLXUSL-A very fine variety, having 
narrow deeply divided foliage, and producing very 
freely pure, shining, white flowers. 2s. 6c?., 3s. 6c?. 
and 5s. each; 24s., 30s. and 48s. per doz. 
NXG-KB .—This is the common form, perfectly hardy, 
robust, and producing quantities of white flowers. 
Collected plants, fine strong stuff, 6s. arul 9s. per doz. 
For other varieties and fuller descriptions see special 
Illustrated List of Hellebores, which may be had 
upon application to 
THOMAS S. WARE, 
Hale Farm Nurseries, TOTTENHAM. 
LILIUM iLONG-IKLORUir plobjbtjhdttei:. 
This is the handsome free-flowering Easter Lily, imported 
direct from Bermuda; invaluable for pot culture, its pure 
white flowers being borne in the greatest profusion. 
Flowering Bulbs, 24s. per dofen. 
lilitjm atjratum, by the dozen, hundred, or thousand, 
at 4s., 6s., 9s., 12s., ISs. and 24s. per dozen. 
BULB CATALOGUE, containing Priced List of IMies, free on 
application. 
WILLIAM BULL, F.L.S., 
Establishment for New and Rare Plants, 
S3. 6 ! KINO'S ROAD, CHTKL&EA. iONKOS, 8.W. 
HERBACEOUS 
Ml ALPINE PLANTS. 
CATALOGUE of fifty pages, containing full information as 
to colour, height, situation, time of flowering, &c., free on 
application. 
A CAPITAL COLLECTION for Rocks, Stumps, and Borders, 
from 25s. per 100, or 4s. per dozen. 
Most of the plants being in pots, may be dispatched at any 
time, or by Parcels Post when fit. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
NURSERYMEN & SEED MERCHANTS, 
W O R C ESTER. 
BAR R’S 
BEAUTIFUL HARDY 
DAFFODILS. 
BARR & SON, 12, King St., Covent Garden, W.C. 
Catalogue, free on application. These beautiful Daffodils 
surpass ali other spring flowers for in and outdoor decoration, 
and as cut flowers rank with the Orchid and the Rose. In the 
London Spring Flower Shows for 20 years Barr’s Daffodils 
have maintained a leading position, and are acknowledged the 
fairest of spring flowers. 
BARR’S Inexpensive Hardy Daffodils in Beds surpass in 
beauty and effect all other spring flowers, and for Masses in 
Flower Borders, they have no equal. In Shrubberies they are 
most valuable, and when required as Cut Flowers, beds of 
these Daffodils should be planted in the Kitchen Garden. If 
as a Forced Flower they are wanted, plant thickly in boxes 
9 ins. by 16 ins., and 4 ins. deep, and stand the boxes out of 
doors, covered with ashes or cocoa-fibre, till the boxes are full 
of roots. If for Pot-culture, plaDt three or more bulbs in a 
pot, and place them out of doors till the pots are full of roots. 
For Naturalisation, plant in grass or by lakes, streams and orna¬ 
mental waters, and thus realise what Wordsworth saw when 
he penned the following :— 
“ I wandered lonely as a cloud 
That floats on high o’er vales and hills, 
When all at once I saw a crowd, 
A host of golden Daffodils ; 
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, 
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” 
The culture of the Daffodil is simple, growing in all soils and all 
situations ; no amount of frost or unfavourable weather will 
injure bulb or flower. Those who have only an unheated 
greenhouse can keep it gay with these flowers from January to 
May. 
For Descriptive List of inexpensive Daffodils, see Advertisement in 
The Gardening World, Nov. 13tL; or send for B. £ S.’s 
Illustrated Daffodil Catalogue, free on application. 
BARR'S ASSORTMENTS of INEXPENSIVE TRUMPET 
DAFFODILS, for beds, borders, shrubberies, pot culture, and 
for naturalisation in grass, woodland walks, beside lakes, 
streams, or ponds, fully detailed in The Gardening World, 
Nov. 20th. The assortments range in price from 4s. 6 d. to 95s. 
BARR'S ASSORTMENTS of NEW or RARE TRUMPET 
DAFFODILS, for beds, borders, aDd pot culture, fully detailed 
in The Gardening World, Nov. 20tli. The assortments range 
in price from 7s. 6 d. to 130s. 
BARR’S ASSORTMENTS of INEXPENSIVE NONSUCH, 
PEERLESS, EUCHARIS-FLOWERED, &c., DAFFODILS, 
for beds, borders, shrubberies, pot culture, and for natural¬ 
isation in grass, woodland walks, beside lakes, streams, or 
ponds, fully detailed in The Gardening World, Nov. 20th. 
The assortments range in price from 3s. 6 d. to 75s. 
BARR’S ASSORTMENTS of NEW or RARE NONSUCH 
PEERLESS, EUCHARIS-FLOWERED, &e.. DAFFODILS, 
for beds, borders, and pot culture, fully detailed in The Gar¬ 
dening World, Nov. 20tli. The assortments range in price 
from 5s. 6d. to 130s. 
BARR’S ASSORTMENTS of POETICUS. GARDENIA- 
FLOWERED, PRIMROSE, PEERLESS, BURBIDGEI, &<* 
INEXPENSIVE DAFFODILS, for beds, borders, shrubberies, 
pot culture, and to naturalise in grass, woodland walks, beside 
streams, lakes, and ponds, fully detailed in The Gardening 
World, Nov. 20th. The assortments range in price from 
4s. 6 d. to 95s. 
BARR’S ASSORTMENTS of NEW or RARE POETICUS, 
GARDENIA-FLOWERED, BURBIDGEI, &c., DAFFODILS 1 
for beds, borders, and pot culture, fully detailed in The Gar¬ 
dening World, Nov. 20th. The assortments range in price 
from 4s. 6d. to 42s. 
BARR’S ASSORTMENTS of INEXPENSIVE DAFFODILS, 
embracing Trumpets, Nonsuch, Poeticus, &c., for beds, 
borders, shrubberies, pot culture, and to naturalise in grass, 
woodland walks, beside streams, lakes, or ponds, fully detailed 
in The Gardening World, Nov. 20th. The assortments range 
ill price from 3s. 6 d. to 150s. 
BARR’S ASSORTMENTS of NEW or RARE DAFFODILS, 
embracing Trumpets, Nonsuch, Poeticus, &c., for beds, borders, 
and pot culture, fully detailed in The Gardening World, 
Nov. 20th. The assortments range from 5s. 6 d. to 130s. 
BARR’S COMMEMORATIVE “DAFFODIL CONFERENCE” 
set of choice Narcissus, embracing nearly all the sorts of 
Daffodils exhibited on the occasion of the sitting of the Con¬ 
ference, April. 18S4, fully detailed in The Gardening World, 
Nov. 20th. The assortments range from 63s. to 300s. 
BARR'S ASSORTMENTS of the MANY-FLOWERED INEX¬ 
PENSIVE DAFFODILS (Polyanthus Narcissus), for beds, 
borders, and pot culture, fully detailed in The Gardening 
World, Nov. 20th. The assortments range from 3s. 6 d. to 21s. 
CHOICE MIXED MANY-FLOWERED DAFFODILS, per 100, 
12s. 6 d. ; per dozen. Is. 9 d. 
FINE MIXED MANY-FLOWERED DAFFODILS, per 100, 
10s. 6c?. ; per dozen, Is. Gd. (Continued ou p. SOS). 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Abutilon, Boule de Neige.. 202 
Amateurs’ Garden. 199 
Angriecum sesquipcdale .. 203 
Box trees at Hitchin. 202 
Cycas undulata . 201 
Chrysanthemum mono- 
graphicum . 197 
Chrysanthemums at Carbert 
Castle. 199 
Chrysanthemum Shows .. 203 
Clianthus Dampieri . 197 
Cymbidium affine . 203 
Dendrobium hercoglossum 203 
Epidendrum xanthinmn .. 203 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 202 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevo¬ 
lent Institution. 196 
PAGE 
Huntroyde Park. 200 
Pears v. Peaches. 200 
Pears, quality of. 202 
Peas, notes on. 202 
Planting Trees, &c.197 
Potato tercentenary. 195 
Potato experiments . 199 
Primula floribunda . 202 
Scottish -Hort iculture .... 198 
Sea Kale Culture . 201 
Silloth, Development of .. 199 
Stoke-holes and Heating .. 200 
Stones, Moss-covered _ 202 
Sweet Potato, the. 200 
Vines, renovating . 198 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, Nov. 29th.— Meeting of General Committee of the 
National Chrysanthemum Society.—Bulb Sale at Stevens’ 
and Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Tuesday, Nov. 30th.—Special Sale of Orchids in Flower at 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms.—Sale of Camellias, Azaleas, 
Roses, &c., at the Central Auction Rooms by Protheroe & 
Morris, 
Wednesday, Dec. 1st.—Sale of Lily Bulbs at Stevens’ Rooms. 
—Sale of plants: Roses, Bulbs, &c., at Protheroe & Morris’s 
Rooms.—Two days’ Sale of Specimen Plants from the Colonial 
Exhibition and other Stock at the Pine Apple Nursery, Edg- 
ware Road, by Protheroe and Morris. 
Thursday, Dec. 2nd.—Great Sale of Dutch Bulbs at Protheroe 
and Morris’s Rooms. 
Friday, Dec. 3rd.—Important Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & 
Morris's Rooms. 
Saturday, Dec. 4tli.—Sale of Dutch Bulbs at Protheroe & 
Moriis’s and Stevens’ Rooms. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
IpfinrWingWflrffr, 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1886. 
The Potato Tercentenary.— Whils t a pre¬ 
tence is being made in London to celebrate in 
some technical fashion, next month, what is 
assumed to he, in the present year, the tercen¬ 
tenary of the introduction of the Potato into 
this country, it happens oddly enough, and yet 
with unquestioned justice, that a really bond 
fide celebration of that interesting historical 
event has been in process of development else¬ 
where ; not a mere spasmodic and dubious 
celebration, hut one absolutely in accord with 
the requirements of the case. The peculiarity 
of that celebration is this, that although the 
Potato has been with us this 300 years, and 
has essentially become a most important and 
valuable food element, yet it has of late dis¬ 
played tendencies of an epidemical form, which 
have in certain cold and comparatively sunless 
seasons been productive of great loss, and also 
of dismay amongst growers. 
For some reason or other, probably climatic, 
but possibly from the enterprise of Potato raisers, 
we have for trvo or three years past found this 
epidemic shorn of its terrors, and its effects 
have been trivial. Still, we have seen in the 
plants, if not in the tubers this year, that the 
Peronospora rvas terribly lively, and may at 
any time, favoured by a cold summer, again 
almost decimate our Potato crops. How it was 
that after some 250 years of comparative health 
in the Potato plant, so far as we now know, 
this disease should have suddenly settled upon 
Europe, and proved so disastrous and alarming- 
in its effects, it is hard to say ; and the most 
learned, as well as the most fertile of fungo- 
logists have been at a loss to account for the 
appearance of the disease here some forty to 
fifty years ago. The fact remains that it was , 
so ; and although during that long period it has 
