April 30, 1887. 
THE GABDENING WORLD. 
547 
FRUIT TREES, 
SEVENTY-FOUR ACRES. 
Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries, Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, 
and other Fruit Trees, as Standards, Dwarfs, Pyramids, Bushes, 
Cordon, and Trained Trees in great variety. 
VINES, excellent canes, 3s. 6 d. to 10s. 6 d. ORCHARD- 
HOUSE TREES in POTS, Peaches, Apricots,.Nectarines, &c., 
from os. Figs from 3s. 6 d. 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST, containing a sketch of the various 
forms of Trees, with Directions for Cultivation, Soil, Drainage, 
Manure, Pruning, Lifting, Cropping, Treatment under Glass ; 
also their Synonyms, Quality, Size, Form, Skin, Colour, Flesh, 
Flavour, Use, Growth, Duration, Season. Price, &c.,free by post. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
WORCESTER. 
EWING & Co., LISTS FREE. 
SEA, VIE W NURSERIES, 
ROSES of best 
HAVANT, HANTS. 
new, scarce, and old sorts. 
Also HARDY ORNAMENTAL Foliaged and Flowering 
TREES, SHRUBS, and CLIM BERS, in and out of pots. 
FERNST speciality. 
AN IMMENSE STOCK IN SPLENDID CONDITION. 
CATALOGUE of over 1,300 Species and Varieties, including 
Descriptive “List of New, Rake and Choice Ferns” and 
“ Hakdy North American Ferns,” free on application. 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, 
FERN NURSERY, 
SALE, MANCHESTER. 
HERBACEOUS 
AND ALPINE PLANTS. 
CATALOGUE of sixty-four 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 25 s. per 100, or 4s. per dozen. 
Most of the plants being in pots, may be despatched at any 
time, or by Parcels Post when fit. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
NURSERYMEN & SEED MERCHANTS, 
WORCESTER. 
NEW VIOLET, —Rawson’s White. 
T HIS is now lovely with us—all should come 
and see. It is a long way the best single white in culti¬ 
vation—in fact, the only one worth growing, and will give a new 
feature in every garden. 2s. 6 d. each ; 25s. per dozen. 
CARNATION, 
P RIDE OF PEHSHURST, is, without doubt, 
the grandest of pure yellow Carnations that ever existed, 
and is now to be seen wonderfully fine in full flower in our 
nursery. Its lovely large flowers, numerous buds, and fine 
foliage renders it a sight ever to be remembered. Grand plants, 
in 6-inch pots, full of flower, 20s. per dozen; in 5-in, 15s.; 4 inch, 
Ss. ; in 60’s, 5s. per dozen. Ditto ALEGATIERE, the finest 
scarlet _ ' ~ —■—■—; — — — 
II. CANNELL & SONS, 
The Home of Flowers, SWA^LEY, KENT. 
CHOICE l GENUINE FLOWER SEEDS. 
1 Q SEPARATE PACKETS of all the 
JLO popular kinds, including Finest Imported German 
Stocks, Asters, Zinnia, Phlox, &c., &c. ONE SHILLING, 
POST FREE. _ 
WII&1A ,m BALI,, 
BEDFORD ROAD NURSERIES, NORTHAMPTON. 
F LAW’S LIST OF DAHLIAS—Show, 
• Fancy, Pompon, Single, and Cactus or Decorative va¬ 
rieties—also Double Pvrethrums, Primula Sieboldi, &c. F. Law 
can offer grand Collections of above in the very best varieties 
true to Dame. List post free.—FRANK LAW, The Carnation 
Gardens, Rochdale. ____ 
B EGONIAS.—Having a few dozen of splen¬ 
did named Double Begonias left from the recent auction, 
I ain instructed to sell at a sacrifice to make a speedy clearance. 
This affionfs a grand opportunity for those who wish to secure a 
few good exhibition varieties. List of names and particulars on 
application to EDWARD T. PARKER, Auctioneer, John Street, 
Bristol. __ 
New Zonal Pelargonium. 
kUEEN OR WHITES IMPROVED.—It 
is without doubt the best White Zonal ever offered. It 
has been in flower all the winter at our Nurseries, and 
will be ready to send out May 1. £1 per dozen, strong plants. 
Certificate Royal Botanic Society, May 19, 1886. 
PHI LIP LA DDS, The Nurseries, Bexley Heath, and Swa nley. 
TUST PUBLISHED, 9ri„ free, “AMATEUR 
F 7 GARDENERS' NOTE BOOK,” containing more practical 
information than any book ever yet published at the price ; its 
novelty is Its 16 pages of elections of the best Trees and plants 
to grow to have always a gay garden and a plentiful kitahbn. 
New and certain method of destroying snails ; invaluable,— 
F. TOPHAM, 11, Fox Street, Preston. 
fY 
DAHLIAS 1887 
Present season’s Catalogue is now ready, and may be 
had, gratuitously, upon application. It is made up as 
follows :— 
CACTUS OR DECORATIVE DAHLIAS. 
To this section I pay a very considerable amount of 
attention, and I am in the present season’s Catalogue 
offering some two dozen really first-class and showy 
varieties, perfectly distinct from the Shows and Fancies, 
and all more or less following the style of the well- 
known old Cactus variety, Juarezi. The new varieties 
of the present season are specially deserving notice. 
Second National Co-Operative Flower Show, 
SOUTH KENSINGTON, August 23rd, 1887. 
4^(40 PRICES for Flowers, Fruit, and 
cL 1 ' * V/ Vegetables. Silver and Bronze Medals. Certifi¬ 
cates of Merit. Numerous Special Prizes. Schedules of Prizes 
on application to WILLIAM BROOMHALL, 
1, Norfolk Street, Strand, W.C. Secretary. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Tuesday, May 3rd.—Sale of Orchids at Downside, Leatherhead, 
by Protheroe & Morris (2 days). Clearance Sale of Plants, 
&c., at Forest House, Leytonstone, by Protheroe and Morris. 
Wednesday, May 4th.—Scottish Auricula and Primula Society's 
Show. Sale of Cape Bulbs, Greenhouse and Herbaceous 
Plants at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Thursday, May 5th.—Sale of New and Rare Orchids at Stevens’ 
Rooms. 
Friday, May 6th.— Sale of Imported Orchids at Protheroe & 
Morris's Rooms. 
POMPONES OR BOUQUET DAHLIAS. 
My collection of these is one of the most complete in 
the trade, consisting of about three dozen varieties of 
really first-class distinct sorts ; all invaluable for 
bedding and for cutting. 
SHOW AND FANCY DAHLIAS. 
My collection of these includes all the well-known 
old varieties, as well as the best of the new ones. 
SINGLE DAHLIAS. 
The collection is this year considerably improved by 
the addition of a dozen exceptionally choice new sorts, 
which are offered in this year’s Catalogue for the first 
time. In addition to these, my Catalogue comprises 
all the choicest of the varieties of the previous year’s 
introductions. 
TH0S. S. "WAKE, 
HALE FARM NURSERIES, 
TOTTENHA M, LONDON. 
Cut Specimen Flowers 
OF 
BARR’S 
BEAUTIFUL 
DAFFODILS 
BY BOST. 
In Spring we have numerous applications for these, 
but hitherto have been unable to attend to such ; now, 
however, since the naming and arranging of our ex¬ 
tensive Collection of Daffodils has been completed, we 
are prepared to send, on application, during May, Cut 
Specimens, correctly named, and carefully packed, at a 
charge of 3s. 6d. per dozen flowers (not less than one 
dozen). We estimate that this charge will cover all 
expenses of postage, boxes, and labour, as we desire no 
profit in sending these flowers to the public, but are 
only desirous that these floral beauties should be more 
widely known. The flowers cannot be sent in hud, as 
this would prevent us proving our “Stocks,” which is 
done annually ; but they will be fresh, and packed so 
as to ensure their arriving in good condition. 
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUEtof BARR’S 
DAFFODILS free on application. 
BARR & SON, 
12 & 13, King St., Gwent Garden, W.C. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Azaleas, feeding. 554 
Bedding Plants . 553 
Boilers . 553 
Cattleya Lawrenceana .... 555 
Camellias. 552 
Chou de Burghley. 555 
Cissus discolor. 549 
Cucumber, Troughton’s 
Prolific . 555 
Cypripedium at Clapham . 555 
Dendrob. albo-sanguineum 555 
Drought and its effects.... 555 
Encephalartos Lehmanni.. 54S 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 556 
Gardeners' Orphan Fund .. 554 
Holme Island . 552 
PAGE 
Horticultural Societies_557 
Markets Royal Commission 547 
Mushroom-like Fungi _552 
Orchid Growers’ Calendar 555 
Osmunda regalis. 554 
Peach Trees, Protecting .. 554 
Pear, Susette de Bavay .. 555 
Plants, New, Certificated 549 
Rhubarb, Early. 549 
Royal Horticultural Scty. 54S 
Selaginellas. 550 
Skimmea japonica. 554 
Vanda teres. 556 
Verge Cutters . 555 
Watercress Culture . 552 
“Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”—B acon. 
SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1887. 
+ 
The Markets Koyal Commission. —The great 
markets question has just entered upon another 
phase. Hitherto it has been one of complaint— 
now it is one of inquiry. Royal Commissions, 
unhappily, do not always lead to legislation. 
In many cases they seem to be appointed for 
the very purpose of staving it off, whilst in 
some others their 'well-advised recommendations 
are contemptuously ignored. The same fortune 
may befall the report of the Markets Com¬ 
mission whenever made, for vested interests 
have to be attacked, and those offensive in¬ 
terests are certain to secure strong representation 
on the Commission. Vested interests also die 
hard, and however favourable to market re¬ 
formers may be the Commission report, or 
however valuable its recommendations in the 
interests of the public, it is certain that legis¬ 
lation in the direction of greater freedom 
and expansiveness will be sternly opposed. 
Naturally it seems inexplicable that here, in an 
enlightened country, with certain public wants 
so obvious, it should be so difficult to get those 
wants satisfied. Legislation in the desired 
direction, however, seems to be rather of a 
combative than a constructive kind, for its 
chief work seems to be the liberation of useful 
objects from the trammels and fetters of various 
interests rather than of promoting them free 
from all constraint. Markets stand peculiarly 
in that position. We have scarcely any in the 
kingdom which are free, whilst the majority 
seem to have existence more for purposes of 
income than for public usefulness. Even 
municipal markets are not free from this taxing 
element; and on every hand producers of 
food—and especially of fruits and vegetables— 
find heavy burthens confronting them when 
they seek in markets to dispose of their hard- 
I raised products. 
