THE GARDENING WORLD 
405 
February 2G, 1887. 
BY ROYAL WARRANTS 
Seedsmen to fe Seedsmen to 
H.M. H.R.H. 
THE QUEEN. PRINCE OF WALES. 
FUSE GARDEN 
SEEDS 
OR RAIL 1 EW 
EVIDENCE OF QUALITY. 
From the Rev. Wm. S. Barker, Silkstone Vicarage. 
“The Guinea Box of Vegetable Seeds was more 
than sufficient to give me a good round of crops for 
rather over half an-acre of kitchen garden. The chief 
advantage was in the judgment shown in selections 
of Seeds and their proportions to each other. 
WEBBS’ 
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Produce a constant supply of the best Vegetables 
all the Year Round. Carriage Free. 
For small Gardens . 5s., 7s- 6d , & 10s. 6d. each. 
For medium-sized Gardens .. 12s- 6d., 15s , & 21s- „ 
For large Gardens . 31s. 6d , 42s-, & 63s. ,, 
For extra large Gardens.. .. 105s- & 210s. ,, 
See WEBBS’ SPRING^CATALOGUE, 
Post free, Is. Gratis to Customers. 
abridged edition, gratis to all applicants. 
List of Prizes offered by Webb & Sons at 
Horticultural Shows on application. 
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
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Never before offered at such prices. 
D WARF ROSES, 21s. per 100 ; Seakale, 
strong, for forcing, 40s. per 1,000; Planting, 25s. per 
1,000; Asparagus, 2 years, 10s. per 1,000; 3 years, 15s. per 1,000 ; 
two new Strawberries, the Captain and King of the Earlies, 3s. 
per 100. All of good quality, and the best money can buy. 
Cash with all orders.—R. LOCKE, Wrotham, Kent. 
~BEG0NIAS A SPECIALITY. 
100,000 TUBEROUS BEGONIAS, 
SINGLE AND DOUBLE, 
OW harvested and ready for Distribution, 
post free ; they are the largest and finest tubers we have 
ever grown. Purchasers should order early and direct from us 
to ensure having the true stock. Awarded Two Gold Medals. 
Price Lists free on application—JOHN LAING & Co., The 
Nurseries, Forest Hill, S.E. 
Superb Strains of 
Flower Seeds 
SUTTON’S SUPERB CINERARIA. 
££ I obtained a packet of Cineraria seed of you 
last year, and the plants are real beauties. I 
never saw such flowers. Very many of them are 
over tvjo inches in diameter , splendidly shaped, 
and rich in colour.” — Mr. H. E. JUKES, 
Gardener to D. Y. Stewart, Esq., Eccles Hold 
Road. 
SUTTON’S 
Improved Camellia-flowered Balsam 
Sis varieties, separate, 30 seeds of each, 5s. \ Post 
Four ditto ,, 20 ,, ,, 2s. 6d. ) free. 
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“ The Balsams from seed I had from you last year took 
First Prize at several shows.” —Mr. G. GOOD, Yeovil. 
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SUTTON’S PRIZE HOLLYHOCK. 
Sutton’s Prize, ten vars., separate, 6s. 0 d. | Post 
„ „ six ditto „ 3s. 6 d. ) free. 
“ The. Seedling Hollyhocks in Messrs. Sutton’s grounds 
are tall and stately, and are developing wonderfully fine 
spikes of flower , in many instances quite up to the quality 
of named varieties. ’’—GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, 
August 2nd. 
' SUTTON’S DOUBLE ZINNIA. 
Six Varieties . separate, 2s. CW., post free. 
Sutton’s Double Dwarf Zinnia. 
Six varieties . separate, 2s. 6d., post free. 
“ The enclosed Zinnia, grown from your seed, when 
cut measured three and a half inches straight across, and 
with five other Zinnia blossoms took First Prize at Ross 
Horticultural Show this week.” —Mrs. ROOTES, Wood- 
side House, Ross. 
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For full Particulars of 
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SEE 
SUTTON’S AMATEURS' GUIDE, 
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Beautifully illustrated. Price, Is. ; post free ; gratis 
to customers. 
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Royal Berks Seed Establishment, Reading. 
Per packet, 
5s. and 
2S. 6d. 
Post Free. 
The Liverpool Horticultural Association 
Exhibitions for 1887. 
T HE SPRING SHOW of Hyacinths, Tulips, 
Azaleas, Forced Hardy Plants, &c., will be held in .St. 
George’s Hall, on Wednesday, March 16th. 
Grand Exhibition in Sefton Park, on Saturday and Monday, 
July 30th and August 1st. 
The Great Chrysanthemum and Fruit Show, on Tuesday and 
Wednesday, November 22nd and 23rd. 
Liberal and special prizes are offered. 
Schedules now ready, and may be had from the Secretary, 
EDWARD BRIDGE, 3, Cedar Terrace, Huyton, Liverpool. 
P RESTOH AND FULWOOD HORTI¬ 
CULTURAL SOCIETY.—The Ninth Great Spring Flower 
Show and Floral Fete will be held in the New Public Hall, 
Preston, on Thursday and Friday, the 17th and 18th of March 
next. Schedules of prizes and other information from the 
Secretary, Mr. JOHN ATHERTON, Fern Bank, Cadley, 
Preston. 
Birmingham and Midland Counties Chrysan¬ 
themum, Fruit, and Floricultural Society. 
T HE Twenty-seventh Annual Exhibition of 
Chrysanthemums, Fruit, &c., will be held in the Town 
Hall, Birmingham, on November 16th and 17th next, when the 
following liberal Prizes for Fruit will be offered open to all 
England:— 
First 
Second 
Third 
Grapes, 6 bunches, not less than 3 
£ s. d. 
£ s. 
d. 
£ s. </. 
varieties 
5 0 0 
3 0 
0 
2 0 0 
.. 3 , 
, black 
2 10 0 
2 0 
0 
10 0 
,, 3 , 
white (Muscats).. 
3 0 0 
2 0 
0 
10 0 
„ 2 , 
„ ( „ excluded) 10 0 
0 15 
0 
0 10 0 
» 1 , 
,, any variety 
10 0 
0 15 
0 
0 10 0 
,, 1 „ black .. ..100 0 15 0 0 10 0 
Schedules ready in about a fortnight, and can be had on appli- 
to the Secretary, 
J. HUGHES, Metchley Lane, Harborne, Birmingham. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, Feb. 2Sth.—Sale of Lily Bulbs, &c. from Japan, at 
Stevens’ Rooms. 
Tuesday, March 1st.—Sale of Roses, Plants, Ac. at the City 
Auction Rooms; and of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Wednesday, March 2nd.—Sale of Roses, Hardy Plants, &c. at 
Stevens’ Rooms ; and at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Thursday, March 3rd.—Sale of Imported Orchids at Stevens’ 
Rooms. Clearance Sale of Sea Kale and Rhubarb at Ameiican 
Exhibition, Earl’s Court, by Protheroe & Morris. 
Friday, March 4th.—Sale of Imported Orchids at Protheroe & 
Morris’s Rooms. 
Saturday, March 5tli.—Sale of Roses, Hardy Plants, &e., at 
Stevens’ Rooms. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Amateurs’ Garden. 407 
Bean, Osborn’s Dwarf_411 
Boronia megastigma. 411 
CfElogyne lentiginosa .... 412 
Collections of Seeds. 405 
Croome Court. 400 
Floriculture. 413 
Flowers, hardy . 40S 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 412 
Gardeners’ Orphanage .... 411 
Garden Plants Illustrated.. 410 
Grape, Gros Colmar. 411 
Hymenocallis macroste- 
phana. 411 
Ixoras at Gunnersbury .. 411 
Law Notes . 413 
PAGE 
Narcissus moschatus tor- 
tuosus . 411 
Obituary . 413 
Orange Trees, small . 411 
Orchids, Messrs. Veitch’s.. 412 
Orchids from the Woodlands 412 
Peaches, out-door . 411 
Plants, dwarf.410 
Primula imperialis.411 
Royal Horticultural Society 407 
Saccolabium bellinum .... 412 
Seed Warehouse, a. 410 
Steaming v. Fumigating .. 4CS 
Style Hall. 407 
Todea superba. 411 
Yucca aloifolia variegata .. 408 
Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”—B acon. 
fjf®HrWuragl|hrftr, 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1887. 
The Trade in “ Collections.” —We are just 
now in the season of collections—not, gentle 
readers, of church or charity collections, for 
they are ever with us, hut of collections of 
seeds, plants, and similar garden products. 
Practical readers of the technical garden papers 
are not so largely familiarised with these col¬ 
lections as are the amateur and cottager elements 
in gardening, to whom they are acceptable or 
otherwise, just as the contents are found useful 
or useless. Collections have grown out of 
the sharp competition which besets every 
form of horticultural trade, and in catering for 
what may he termed the requirements of the 
masses, it is probable that enterprising seeds¬ 
men and plant growers have found profit. 
We do not assume for a moment that in com¬ 
piling small cheap collections tradesmen desire 
to dispose of inferior seeds; ive know that the 
case is otherwise, for we have been enabled to 
