May 14, 1887. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
579 
Messrs. JAMES VEITCH & SONS 
I >OYAL BOTANICAL and HORTICUL- 
t TURAL SOCIETY of MANCHESTER. 
The ANNUAL WHITSUNTIDE HORTICULTURAL EX- 
HIBITION will open at Manchester on FRIDAY, the 27th in»t. 
For particulars apply to the undersigned. 
BRUCE FINDLAY'. 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Manchester. _ 
Second National Co-Operative Flower Show, 
NEW & GENERAL PLANT CATALOGUE FOR 1887 
Is now ready, and will be forwarded, post free, on application. 
SOUTH KENSINGTON, August 23rd, 1887. 
(•A A in PRIZES for Flowers, Fruit, and 
v/ U 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. 
ROYAL EXOTIC NURSERY, 544, KING’S ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, S.W. 
Messrs. JAMES VEITCH & SONS’ 
CATALOGUE OF 
Select Soft-Wooded and Bedding Plants 
Is now ready, and will be forwarded, post free, on application. 
/CRYSTAL PALACE.—GREAT FLOWER 
V_y SHOW OF SEASON, Saturday, May 21st. Schedules 
and entry forms on application to W. G. Head, Garden Superin¬ 
tendent. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, May 16th.—Sale of Imported and Established Orchids 
at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Tuesday, May 17th.—Sale of Choice Established Orchids from 
the well known collection of C. Dorman, Esq., at Protheroe 
& Morris's Rooms. 
Wednesday, May 18th.—Special Sale of Orchids in Flower at 
Stevens’ Rooms. Sale of Greenhouse Plants, &c. at 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. Sale of Stove and Greenhouse 
Plants at Arle Court, Cheltenham, by Protheroe & Morris. 
Thursday, May, 19th.—Sale of Imported and Established 
Orchids at Stevens’ Rooms. Sale of Greenhouse Plants, 
Orchids, &e., at Dudley House, Nightingale Lane, Balham, 
by Protheroe & Morris. 
Friday, May 20th.—Important Sale of Imported Orchids by 
order of Mr. F. Sander, at Protheroe & Morris's Rooms. 
Saturday, May 21st.—Annual Sale of BeddiDg Plants at the 
American Nurseries, Leytonstone, by Protheroe & Morris. 
ROYAL EXOTIC NURSERY, 544, KING’S ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, S.W. 
SPECIAL MM NOTICE. 
GRAND JUBILEE EXHIBITION OF ORCHIDS, 
STOVE AND GREENHOUSE-FLOWERING ADD FOLIAGE PLANTS, 
Open to the Public from MA K 11th to JUNE 25th, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, 
ADMISSION FEEE to those -who have received invitations, or upon presentation of Card. 
Show House, 100 ft. Ion? by 22 ft. wide, is specially devoted to the ORCHID EXHI¬ 
BITION, and i isitors may rely upon seeing these beautiful plants with the greatest degree of comfort ; the 
ventilation, mean s_ of ingress and egress, as well as the great width of the paths, being all that can be desired. 
^-‘Q'T’g’e Winter Grarden, 100 ft. by 40 ft., and the other Sliow Houses are gay with our large 
collections of Stove and Greenhouse Flowering and Foliage Plants, which have figured at the 
Leading Shows, both at home and abroad, for many years with uninterrupted success. This Exhibition was 
admitted by all who saw it the last two years to be the largest and most varied of the kind in London. 
S. WIErlrlAMS 
VICTORIA AND PARADISE NURSERIES, UPPER HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 
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*. 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. 
SO PPY’S SEED S. 
BEST STRAINS ONLY. 
ALL NEW AND GENUINE, 
PRICES FAIR. 
CAE.H.IA.GB PAID. 
IM MEDIATE DESPATC H. 
Spring Catalogue now ready, GRATIS and POST 
FREE from, 
BENJAMIN S0DDY, 
Seedsman, Bulb Importer, Sfc., 
243, Walworth Road, LONDON, S.E. 
PLANTS FOR the GARDENING WORLD 
SHOW AURICULAS, strong, out of boxes, from prize flowers, 
4s. 6 d. per doz. 
VERBENAS, large stock, scarlet and white, Is. per doz.; 5s. 
per 100 
AGERATUM, Imperial Dwarf Blue, Is. per doz. 
GOLDEN FEATHER, 2s. Gd. per 100 
ASTERS, Victoria Prize Strain, fine mixed or white, separate, 
2s. per 100 
DWARF CHRYSANTHEMUM ASTER, splendid for bedding, 
mixed or white, separate, 2s. per 100 
CELERY Plants, pink or white, Is. 9 d. per 100 
10,000 CYCLAMEN PERSICUM, fine strain, strong, Is. 3d. per 
doz. ; 5s. per 100. 
12 PALMS in 6 splendid varieties, including Cocos Weddelliana 
and Euterpe edulis, 6s. Gil. per doz. 
ADIANTUM CUNEATUM, strong, 4-in. pots, 6s. per doz. ; A. 
pubescens, strong, in thumbs, 3s. 6 cl. per doz.; A. micro- 
phyllum, out of boxes, 2s. 6'i. per doz. Pteris serrulate 
cristata, 3-in. pots, 4s. per doz. 12 Ferns in 6 varieties, 
4s. 6<f. per doz. 
Package Free for Cash with Order. 
J. J. UPTON, Florist, &c., Irlam, near Manchester. 
EWING & Co., LISTS FREE 
SEA, VIEW IS UR SERIES, 
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. 
FERNS A SPECIALITY. 
AN IMMENSE STOCK IN SPLENDID CONDITION. 
CATALOGUE of over 1,300 Species and Varieties, including 
Descriptive “List of New, Rare and Choice Ferns” and 
“ Hardy North American Ferns,” free on application. 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, 
FERN NURSERY, * 
SALE, MANCHESTER. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
American Exhibition.579 
Auricula growers, small .. 5S4 
Beet, Green Spinach. 587 
Begonias, Ornamental .... 5S1 
Begonias, Tuberous . 5S7 
Boilers . 5S6 
Celsia Arcturus . 587 
Cucumbers and Melons .. 5S0 
Floral Committee Awards. 5S7 
Floriculture.5SS 
Forest Hill Nurseries .... 5S6 
Gardeners’ Orphan Fund.. 5S7 
Gardeners’ Royal. Benevo¬ 
lent Institution. 5S7 
Gazania splendens. 5S6 
Horticultural Societies.... 5SS 
Myrsiphyllum asparagoides 5S4 
PAGE 
Nicotyl Vapouriser . 5S1 
Obituary . 590 
Omphalodes verna. 588 
Orchids at The Woodlands 58S 
Orchids from Scotland.... 5SS 
Philodendron Andreanum. 585 
Plants, curious . 5S2 
Plants, new. 580 
Primula denticulate.58S 
Rhubarb, Paragon. 5S7 
Roses, new Pedigree. 5S0 
Sophora microphylla. 5S7 
j Stephanotis floribunda.... 5S7 
Valeriana Phu aurea. 587 
Verbenas . 581 
Vicar’s Garden, the . 5S4 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1887. 
The American Exhibition. — In an un¬ 
demonstrative but business-like manner, as 
becomes a practical people like the Americans, 
was opened on Monday last an exhibition of 
the arts, manufactures and natural productions 
of the United States, which must prove of 
incalculable benefit to the nation most closely 
interested in its success, and not less so as a 
means of still farther cementing the bonds of 
amity and good will that exists between the 
peoples of the mother country and of the lost 
colony. 
The exhibition, which will remain open until 
the end of October next, is most conveniently 
situated at Earl’s Court, having abundant rail¬ 
way accommodation on three sides. The main 
gallery, which is 1,140 ft. long and 120 ft. 
wide, is most easily reached from West Bramp¬ 
ton station, the gardens from West Kensington, 
and Buffalo Bill’s famous “ Wild West ” from 
Earl’s Court. On Monday much of the space 
in the main gallery had not been taken up by 
the exhibitors, blit this is a matter that will 
doubtless soon he put right, when we shall hope 
to bring under the notice of our readers such 
American contrivances as are likely to he of 
use or interest to them. 
For the nonce we may confine our remarks 
to the gardens, which are of a more than 
