May 7, 1887. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
568 
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. 6 cl. 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 bud, 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 CATALOGUE of BARR’S 
DAFFODILS free on application. 
BARR & SON, 
12 & 13, King St., Covent Garden, W.C, 
IV WILE^ RENT. 
OUR CALCEOLARIAS. 
Our 100 -feet House of these is now said, to he the 
GRANDEST SIGHT and the MOST PERFECT 
ever seen. ALL SPECIALLY FOR SEEDING. 
New Zealand Agency. 
O LIVER REVILL is desirous of acting as 
Agent for English Nurserymen, Horticultural Sundries- 
men, Engineers, &c., wishing to introduce good things and 
specialities into New Zealand, where an increasing demand for 
such exists.—Apply to OLIVER REVILL, Fairwood, Spring- 
field Road, Christchurch, New Zealand. _ 
TUST PUBLISHED, 9H,free, “AMATEUR 
t) GARDENERS’ NOTE BOOK,” containing more practical 
information than any book ever yet published at the price ; its 
novelty is its 10 pages of elections of the best Trees and Plants 
to grow to have always a gay garden and a plentiful kitchen. 
New and certain method of destroying snails; invaluable.— 
F, TOPHAM, 11, Fox Street, Preston. __ 
To Gardeners, &c. 
P EAT, Is. 6d. ; Silver Sand, Is. 6cZ. ; Yellow 
Fibrous Loam, 2s. 6d.; Potting Compost, 3s. per 112-lb. 
sack. Cocoauut Fibre Befuse, Is. tick per 4-bushel sack ; best 
Garden Netting, four yards wide, 4c7. per yard ; Raffia, for tying, 
9rf. per lb. ; best Archangel Mats, 15s. ; best Russian Mats, 9s. 
per doz. Special reduction for quantities.—BRINK WORTH & 
SONS, Reading. _ 
F LAW’S LIST OF DAHLIAS—Show, 
• Fancy, Pompon, Single, and Cactus or Decorative va¬ 
rieties—also Double Pyrethrums, Primula Sieboldi, &e. F. Law 
can offer grand Collections of above in the very best varieties 
tree to name. List post free.—FRANK LAW, The Carnation 
Gardens, Rochdale. 
B EGONIAS.—Having a few dozen of splen- 
did named Double BegODias left from the recent auction, 
I am instructed to sell at a sacrifice to make a speedy clearance. 
This affords a grand opportunity for those who wish to secure a 
few £obd exhibition varieties. List of names and particulars on 
application to EDWARD T. PARKER, Auctioneer, John Street, 
Bristol. 
Orchid Exhibition. 
One of the most beautiful sights in London, 
f ARCHIDS.—The Private View of Mr. 
Vy William Bull’s ORCHID EXHIBITION is open to 
Patrons of the Establishment every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, 
and SATURDAY, 10 to 6 o’clock, throughout MAY, JUNE, 
and JULY. 
Establishment for New and Rare Plants, 536, King’s Road, 
Chelsea, London, S.W. 
|WRCHIDS.—The Public Exhibition of Mr. 
William Bull’s ORCHIDS is open to the Public every 
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, 10 to 6 o’clock, 
throughout MAY, JUNE and JULY. Admission each day, 2s. Gtf. 
O RCHIDS.—A vision of loveliness unparal¬ 
leled in Europe. 
^~^RCHIDS .—“ Must be seen 
to be realised.” 
/ARCHIDS.—-“A scene of the greatest 
V_y Orchidic beauty, baffling description and defying ex¬ 
aggeration. 
O RCHIDS. — Specimens in flower from 
Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Madagascar, Assam, 
Peru, Costa Rica, Venezuela, West Indies, Burrnah, Borneo, 
and various other parts of the Eastern Archipelago. 
/WRCHIDS.—The Exhibition is worth going 
V/ any distance to see at 
Mr. WILLIAM BULL’S 
Establishment for New and Pare Plants, 
538, KINO’S ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, S.W. 
™ DAHLIAS 
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. 
P0MP0HES 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. • __ 
TEDS. S. WARE, 
HALE FARM NURSERIES, 
TOTTENHAM, LONDON. 
Shropshire Horticultural Society. 
OUMMER SHOW (open to all) August 17th 
kD and 18th. Twenty Plants, £25, £20. £15. Collection of 
Fruit, £10, £6, £3. For Grapes, £44. Collection of Vegetables, 
eight sorts, £5, £3, £2, £1. Schedules and full particulars from 
MESSRS. ADN1TT & NAUNTON, Shrewsbury, Hon. Secs 
Second National Co-Operative Flower Show, 
SOUTH KENSINGTON, August 23rd, 1887. 
jf° Tf / V in PRIZES for Flowers, Fruit, and 
0 Q 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. 
I )OYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
L SOUTH KENSINGTON, S.W. 
NOTICE !—COMMITTEE MEETINGS : Scientific, at 1 p.m., 
in the Lindley Library; Fruit and Floral, at 11 a.in., and 
Narcissus, at 12 noon, in the Conservatory, on Tuesday next, 
May 10th. 
Admission free to Fellows at 12 o’clock ; and to the Public at 
1 o’clock, upon payment of One Shilling. 
N.B.—Entrances, N.E. Orchard House, Exhibition Road; and 
Exhibitors’ Entrance, east side of Royal Albert Hall. 
IVT ATIOHAL ROSE SOCIETY OF 
-T> ENGLAND’S 
GRAND EXHIBITION will be held in the Waverley Market, 
EDINBURGH, on Wednesday, July 13th, 1SS7, in connection 
with the Summer Show of the ROYAL CALEDONIAN HOR¬ 
TICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
For Schedules, &c., apply to Secretary, Royal Caledonian 
Horticultural Society, IS, Waverley Market, Edinburgh. 
/URYSTAL palace.—great flower 
V_7 SHOW OF SEASON, Saturday, May 21st. Schedules 
and entry forms on application to W. G. Head, Garden Superin¬ 
tendent. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Tuesday-, May 10th.—Royal Horticultural Society Fruit and 
Floral Committees at 11 a.m. Sale of Stove and Gseen- 
house Plants at Wolsey Grange, Esher, by Protheroe and 
Morris. 
Wednesday, May 11th.—Sale of Florists’ Flowers, Cape Bulbs 
and Imported Orchids at Stevens’ Rooms. Sale of Plants, 
Bulbs, &c. at Protheroe and Morris’s Rooms. 
Thursday^, May 12th.—Sale of Imported Orchids at Stevens’s 
Rooms. Sale of Specimen Exhibition Plants at The 
Nurseries, Pewsev, Wilts, by Protheroe & Morris. 
Friday, May 13th.—Sale of the second portion of The New 
Plant & Bulb Co.’s Orchids at Protheroe & Morris's Rooms. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Apple, Golden Pippin .... 566 
Auricula Growers, small .. 56S 
Bedding Plants . 56S 
Boilers . 566 
Cattleya Lawrenceana .... 571 
Chisivick House. 56S 
Chrysanthemums, late_ 570 
Clivia v. Himantophyllum 566 
Cypripedium Stonei . 572 
Daffodil, Sir Watkin. 571 
Deutzia candidissima plena 566 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 572 
Grapes, Gros Colmar, &c.. 566 
Griffinia hyacinthina. 566 
Impatiens Hawkeri . 
Jasminum Sambac fl. pleno 
Laelienalia tricolor . 
Odontoglossum Edwai-di.. 
Orchid Growers' Calendar 
Orchids, Y^alue of . 
Phalsenopsis Stuartiana .. 
Plants, curious . 
Roses,cutting forexhibition 
Stephanotis floribunda.... 
Strawberry Cultivation .. 
Verbenas, exhibition. 
Viburnum tinus hirta .... 
AGE 
570 
571 
566 
572 
571 
565 
572 
570 
570 
566 
571 
566 
56S 
“Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1887. 
The AAlue of Orchids. —Tlie leading horti¬ 
cultural event of the week has been the sale of 
duplicate specimens of Orchids, which took 
place at Downside, Leatherliead, on Tuesday 
and Wednesday, and which has been looked 
forward to with a considerable amount of 
interest by many owners of valuable collec¬ 
tions. We are glad to he able to say that the 
results of the sale are of a very assuring 
character to Orchid growers, for the satisfac¬ 
tory—and, in some cases, remarkably high— 
prices paid conclusively prove that good Orchids 
are not declining in value. A quarter of a 
century ago • the really good collections of 
Orchids could have been counted by tens, 
where there are nov r hundreds; and while at 
that time A25 was thought an extravagant 
price, it is by no means uncommon now for 
three figures to be run up under the hammer. 
It is marvellous the number of Orchids that 
