June 4, 1887. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
627 
JUBIL EE PLA NTING 
Specially prepared trees, in boxes and 
baskets, all sure to live : 
Oaks, Limes, Planes, Cedars, 
Chestnuts, Wellinctonias, 
&c.. 
Of various sizes and in great variety . 
PRICES, &c., ON APPLICATION. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
NTJRSE R T-MEIf, 
WORCESTER. 
1@1P LAINQ & CO. 
Beg to announce that their 
Hew & General Plant Catalogue for 1887 
Is now published, and will be forwarded, gratis and post free, 
to all applicants. 
THE NURSERIES,' FOREST HILL, LONDON, S.E. 
ROSES IN POTS 
HYBPID PERPETUAL POSES. ) 1 0 , 6 per dozen. 
Good plants in pots of all leading kinds, i 7> -, 1nr . 
for turning out to fill up vacancies, &c. J 101 11 1 
CLIJKBIJIG POSES. \ 
All best kinds, strong plants in pots, with ( 1 6 /- P er dozen. 
long shoots, for immediate effect. ) 
TE.A-SCENJED POSES. ) 
For growing on for the conservatory or i 16 !- per dozen. 
planting out of doors. j 
JIEW POSES. i 
Her Majesty, Clara Cochet, The Bride,! to ’ 
W. F. Bennett, Ye Primrose Dame, and all ( per dozen. 
best new varieties of 1S86-7. J 
Full particulars in new Catalogue of Roses in Pots, Clematis, 
Bedding Plants, &c., post free. 
GEO. COOLING & SONS, 
THE NURSERIES, BATH. 
RARE ORCHIDS! 
SPECIMEN ORCHIDS!! 
CHEAP ORCHIDS !!! 
PRICE LIST ON APPLICATION. 
JAMES CYPHER, Cheltenham. 
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 NURSBRY, ' 
SALE, MANCHESTER. 
T7TOLAS — ARDWELL GEM, primrose 
V yellow, extra fine; COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN, a 
splendid white ; ELEGANS, QUEEN OF LILACS, extra fine ; 
MRS. GRAY, white, very sweet-scented, and a first-rate bedder; 
yellow and other varieties, Is. 6 d. to 2s. 6 d. per dozen ; 10s. G d. 
to 14s. per 100. Twelve fine varieties, one plant of each, post 
free, 3s.; twenty-four fine varieties, one plant of each, post free, 
5s. NOTE.—A Descriptive Catalogue, with prices, on appli- 
cation. Many thousand plants in stock.—WILLIAM DEAN, 
Florist, Walsall, Staffordshire. 
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. 6d. 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. 6d. per doz. 
ADIANTUH CUNEATUM, strong, 4-in. pots, 6s. per doz.; A. 
pubescens, strong, in thumbs, 3s. 6 d. per doz.; A. micro- 
phyllum, out of boxes, 2s. 6 d. per doz. Pteris serrulata 
cristata, 3-in. pots, 4s. per doz. 12 Ferns in 6 varieties, 
4s. 6 d. per doz. 
Package Free for Cash vjith Order. 
J. J. UPTON, Florist, &c., Irlam, near Manchester. 
"VT ATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY OF 
ENGLAND'S 
GRAND EXHIBITION will be held in the Waverley Market, 
EDINBURGH, on Wednesday, July 13th, 18S7, 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. 
Shropshire Horticultural Society. 
S UMMER SHOW (open to all) August 17 th 
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. Sees. 
Shepperton and Thames Valley Horticultural 
Society. 
T HE FOURTH ANNUAL SHOW will be 
held in the Grounds of SUNBURY COURT on Thursday, 
June 30th. „ , ,, _ , , 
PRIZES FOR ROSES AND ORCHIDS, open to all England. 
X.B.— The restriction in Class 59 is withdrawn. 
For schedules and particulars apply to 
nnw * r>Tv T> T’ 'T'T'T? T? TTnn 
Shepperton-on-Tliames. _ 
/CRYSTAL PALACE.—GREAT ROSE 
Vy SHOW OF SEASON, Saturday, July 9tli, postponed from 
July 2nd. For schedules and entry forms apply to Mr. W. 
G. Head, Garden Superintendent, Crystal Palace, S.E. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, June 6th.— Sale of Orchids, from the collections of Mr. 
W. E. Brymer and Kev. J. B. Norman, at Stevens’ Rooms. 
Tuesday, June 7th.—Sale of Odontoglossum Alexandra and 
other Imported and Established Orchids, at Protheroe & 
Morris’s Rooms. 
Thursday, June 9th.- Sale of Established Orchids, from Messrs. 
W. Thomson & Sons’ collection, at Edinburgh.—Sale of 
Specimen Exhibition Plants, at Fairlawn, Lytham, Lanca¬ 
shire. 
Friday, June 10th.—Sale of Imported Orchids, at Protheroe & 
Morris’s Rooms. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Adiantum schizophyllum.. 532 
Amaryllis Belladonna_ 635 
Amateurs’ Garden. 631 
Apples, late-keeping. 632 
Aubrietias . 632 
Auricula-growers, small .. 032 
Browneas. 634 
Carnations and Picotees .. 637 
ChamEepeuces. 629 
Chrysanthemum, the .... 629 
Flower Sermon, the . 633 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 035 
Hedges . 630 
Imperial Institute. 627 
Lilies of the Valley . 633 
PAGE 
Lilium Harrisii . 635 
Manchester Horticultural.. 637 
Norton Pansy Club . 637 
Orchid Growers’ Calendar 637 
Orchid Notes . 636 
Pelargoniums, Zonal. 630 
Plants, Illustrated. 630 
Primroses, Fickle. 634 
Royal Hort. Society. 627 
Scottish Notes . 631 
Solomon’s Seal . 635 
Sutton & Sons’ Nursery .. 629. 
The Grange . 628 
Weeds on Lawns . 635 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”—B acon. 
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1887. 
The Royal Horticultural Society.—T he 
Council of this society have speedily followed 
the line we pointed out a fortnight since, for 
on Tuesday, June 28th, they invite the Fellows 
to meet them at South Kensington, and there 
discuss the position, and, it is hoped, some 
practical suggestions in reference to the future. 
We can but hope that good for the future 
usefulness of the society will come from that 
gathering, but all depends upon the spirit 
displayed on both sides, and also upon the 
breadth and soundness of the course suggested. 
It is, perhaps, to be regretted that the Council 
do not appeal to the whole body of horticul- 
turalists at once; hut as it may be necessary 
to consult the Fellows first, the other step may 
be found needful only as a dernier ressort. 
If the Fellows alone can succeed in helping 
the Council out of their present difficulties, 
and in establishing the society once more upon 
a safe basis, none will rejoice more earnestly 
than ourselves. But we entreat the parties to 
the gathering to put aside all ambitious ideas 
and impracticable proposals. Let the sugges¬ 
tions made he of a sound business nature, devoid 
of sentiment and of feeling. Let no false 
notions of pride or foolish clinging after the 
flesh-pots of South Kensington stifle the de¬ 
mand, which is imperative, that something 
must he done—and it must he of a practical 
nature also—if the society is to he saved to 
horticulture and to future usefulness. 
Will the Fellows, as well as the Council, 
strive to remember that, although the home of 
the society is in London, yet it claims to he 
the representative of the horticulture of the 
Empire, and that prestige hinges not upon 
its habitation or locale, but rather upon the 
capacity the society shows to make for itself 
a life of usefulness and to benefit horticulture 
in every way. It is to he feared, that so far 
the society’s advisers, both now and in the 
past, have been too parochially-minded ; that 
restricted view of the society’s position was 
distressingly demonstrated when it was reduced 
from the broad platform of a national institu¬ 
tion to become a South Kensington parasite ; 
and as a parasite and nothing better is the 
society now being treated—indeed, it seems 
almost as if the South Kensington authorities 
would rejoice over its extermination. Most 
earnestly do we hope there are better things 
in store than extinction, for it will lie a dis¬ 
grace to English horticulture indeed if its 
chief body he permitted to die. 
It is almost exasperating to note the ten¬ 
dency shown, from time to time, to defer or 
put off the inevitable ; it is astonishing, that 
with one of the wealthiest, most intelligent, 
and wider-spread constituencies than any other 
profession can show, that a National Horticul¬ 
tural Society should be on the verge of 
bankruptcy or insolvency. Surely there are 
means by which the Royal Horticultural 
Society of Great Britain can he resuscitated— 
if we may yet use the term—be re-invigorated 
and re-established in permanence and in 
security. Whilst our opinion is, that only 
broad, nay, almost democratic changes can bring 
about this desirable end, we shall he pleased 
to learn of other methods, if any, of a prac¬ 
tical nature that can lie put before the coming 
meeting. It seems to be folly longer to seek 
for courtly favour and patronage. The day 
for that lias departed, whilst proposals to be¬ 
come an adjunct to the Imperial Institute—■ 
a something yet non-existent—can hardly he 
regarded as serious. It seems not improbable 
that the deliberations of the coming meeting 
may determine the society’s future career, per¬ 
haps its existence. May good sense and wis¬ 
dom govern its deliberations. 
The Imperial Institute.— The publication of 
the scheme or rough draft thereof, for the 
future government of the Imperial Institute, 
shows that, whilst agriculture and other prac¬ 
tical sciences are to he represented on its 
council, horticulture is distinctly ignored. We 
are not sure that such exclusion provokes 
cause for lament. It may be that the pro¬ 
moters of the Institute have not met, in courtly 
circles, with very eminent professors of horti¬ 
culture or representatives of the profession, 
and have therefore been led to look askance 
at our old and honoured vocation in conse¬ 
quence. However, it is doubtless best as it 
is, as the association of the Royal Horticultural 
Society with the Imperial Institute would he 
hut to choke or damn it effectually. Of course, 
the Institute will be located at South Ken¬ 
sington, where it will presently add a monstre 
addition to the wilderness of bricks and mortar 
into which that once pleasant region is being- 
turned, and we do not portend for it any great 
amount of usefulness or of success; indeed, it 
bids fair to become a sort of white elephant, 
which, perforce, presented to the nation pre¬ 
sently, will become a heavy incubus and burthen 
