August 13, 1887. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
787 
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DANIELS’ DEFIANCE CABBAGE. 
A magnificent early variety, growing from 10 to 20 lbs. each 
of the finest marrow flavour, invaluable for Market Gar¬ 
deners and private growers. 
Price, per packet, Is. ; per oz.. Is. 6 d. 
From Mr. J. WOOLLEN, Lodge Farm, Iron Acton. 
“ I have been growing your Defiance Cabbage for five years, 
and find none to equal them in shape, size, earliness or flavour." 
DANIELS’ LITTLE QUEEN CABBAGE. 
The finest early dwarf ever introduced. Where only small 
Cabbages are required, this variety will be found invaluable, 
as they can be planted closely on the ground, and will produce 
a most abundant crop. 
Price, per oz,, Is. 
DANIELS’ GOLDEN ROGGA ONION. 
A grand variety of fine globular shape, golden yellow skin, 
and mild flavour ; equal to imported Onions. 
Price, per packet, Is.; per oz., Is. 6 d. 
DANIELS’ WHITE ELEPHANT TRIPOLI. 
This is the largest of the Tripoli sorts—the average diameter 
of the bulbs being from 6 to 7 inches—exceedingly mild in 
flavour, with a silvepy white skin. 
Price, per oz., Is. 6 d. 
From Mr. G. H. RICHARDS, Gardener to the 
Earl of Normanton. 
“ I was much pleased with your ‘ White Elephant Tripoli’ 
Onion I had last year, and consider it the largest IVhite 
Selection I have yet tried or seen. I exhibited a dish at 
South Kensington, July lUth, in my collection of Vegetables, 
and they were much admired.” 
CA TALOGUES FREE ON APPL1CA TION. 
1888 ' 
and 15th June. 
-THIRTIETH YEAR OF THE 
GRAND FLORAL FETE, YORK, 13th, 14th 
Schedules ready in January next. 
JOHN WILSON, Secretary. 
13, New Street, York. _ 
National Co-operative Flower Show. 
IN PRIZES, 8 Silver and Bronze 
ot Medals, Certificates, numerous Special Prizes, &c. 
Entries close August 20th. Show August 23rd, 1SS7, under 
the auspices of the Royal Horticultural Society, South 
Kensington. 
Schedules and entry forms of all Co-operative Societies, and of 
WILLIAM BROOMHALL, Secretary. 
1, Norfolk Street, Strand, W.C. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, August 15th.—Sale of Dutch Bulbs at Stevens’ and 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
■ Tuesday, August 16th.—Clay Cross Floral and Horticultural 
Society’s Exhibition. 
Wednesday', August 17th.—Shropshire Horticultural Society's 
Exhibition at Shrewsbury (two days). Royal Jersey Agricul¬ 
tural and Horticultural Society’s Show. Sale of Orchids in 
flower, Bulbs, &c., at Stevens' Rooms. 
Thursday, August 18th.—Flower Shows at Aberdare and 
Maidenhead (Bucks). Sale of Imported Orchids at Steven's 
Rooms. Sale of Dutch Bulbs at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Friday, August 19th.—Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’s 
Rooms. 
Saturday, August 20th.—Sale of Dutch Bulbs at Stevens 
Rooms. 
DANIELS BROS., 
Seed Growers and Merchants, 
NORWICH. 
White Roman Hyacinths, <k 
B. S. WILLIAMS 
HAS RECEIVED A MAGNIFICENT IMPORTATION. 
Well ripened and heavy Bulbs of 
WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS, 
Early White, from 5 to 6J ins. in circumference. 
PAPER WHITE NARCISSUS, 
From 5 to 6 ins. in circumference. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
PAGE 
Amateurs’ Garden. 
791 
Martynias. 
. 795 
Catalpa syringaefolia. 
795 
Orchid Grower’s Calendar 796 
Clematis for arches . 
795 
Park Hall, notes from ... 
. 791 
Coolhurst, Horsham. 
793 
Petunias, attractive . 
. 795 
Cucumbers, a heavy crop of 
790 
Peaches, early. 
. 794 
Disa comuta . 
796 
Plants Illustrated. 
. 794 
Floriculture. 
796 
Plants, new certificated . 
. 790 
Fruit trees, Espalier. 
794 
Potatos and Turnips. 
. 791 
Gardeners' Calendar. 
796 
Roses, mildew of . 
. 790 
Grapes, colouring of. 
791 
Smoke Plant, the . 
. 795 
Herbaceous Plants . 
789 
Tomatos at Chiswick. 
. 787 
Horticultural Societies .. 
797 
Tomato, the Cannibal's . 
. 795 
Lattice-leaf plant, the_ 
795 | 
Violas. 
. 7S9 
Manures, natural and arti- 
Wild Flowers, cultivated. 
. 791 
fieial . 
78S: 
‘ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1887. 
DOUBLE ROMAN NARCISSUS, 
From 5 to ins. in circumference. 
LILIUM " CANBIDUM, 
Pure White, extra strong. 
Early orders solicited. Illustrated Bulb Catalogue post free on 
application. 
Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, 
UPP ER HOLL OWAY, LONDON, N. 
KELWAY $5 SON. 
NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT 
KELWAYS’ PYRETHRUMS 
KELWAYS’ gaillardias 
KELWAYS’ DELPHINIUMS. 
KELWAYS’ IRIS. 
LA NGPORT, SOMERSET. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
Strong Roots, 4s. per 100. Plants in small pots, 16s. per 100 ; 
ditto in large pots, 25s. per 100. Descriptive LIST free. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
Worcester. 
ROSES 
IN POTS; all the best New and Old English 
and Foreign sorts, from 18s. to 36s. per doz. 
Descriptive List free on application. 
RICHARD SMITH & Go., 
WORCESTER. 
Tomatos at Chiswick. —Owing to the great 
demand for Love-apples, which has sprung 
up within the last few years, and their 
increasing popularity with all classes due 
to their acknowledged wholesome character, 
it is not surprising that varieties innumerable 
should have been put into commerce with or 
without any particular merit to recommend 
them. This is always what happens when 
anything, whether floral or vegetable, becomes 
popular, and the glut of kinds put upon the 
market is the penalty we have to pay for 
calling popularity into play. Time is the 
great weeder-out of worthless things, but 
a speedier and more practical result is obtained, 
and all are benefited by a comparative trial, 
on a "broad basis and under equal conditions, 
such as are the trials carried out in the Royal 
Horticultural Society’s Gardens, at Chiswick. 
The labour involved in the conduct of a 
trial of such subjects as the one under notice 
is necessarily greater than in the case of 
such things as can he sown or planted out 
of doors, as, from the tune the seeds are 
sown till the fruit is gathered, everything 
grown in pots requires unremitting attention, 
and it is only those w 7 ho know the reduced 
financial condition of the society who can 
really appreciate the difficulties under which 
Mr. Barron labours, with his reduced staff 
in carrying on the usual routine, much 
less in devoting special attention to those 
subjects that urgently require it, such as a 
comparative trial of Tomatos in pots. 
A low-roofed lean-to house contains the 
most complete collection of sorts, the central 
bed and side stages being raised so that the 
plants have all the advantages of being near 
the glass, where a maximum of light is 
secured. A duplicate set is grown in pits, 
trained in an ascending manner under the 
lights, and so adds to the importance of the 
trial. The lights are removed during the day 
so that the plants may enjoy a much greater 
exposure than in the house already mentioned. 
In both cases the plants are grown in pots, 
hut, as might he expected, those wholly under 
glass are the finest in colour, and would, 
therefore, have the advantage where that is 
a desideratum, otherwise the balances seem to 
be fairly well drawn. 
In the following arrangement of sorts, it 
seemed convenient to classify the fruits into 
three sizes, and then to compare them according 
to their respective merits. The smallest size 
being solely—or almost so—grown for purely 
ornamental purposes, little value is attached 
to them, as compared ivith the larger and more 
economic kinds. The Red Currant Tomato 
is very prolific, bearing from eight to twenty 
fruits on a raceme, in size and colour re¬ 
sembling those of the well-known Ribes. A 
Continental form, named Solanum rosarigeruin, 
seems a slight improvement as regards size, 
but that may simply be accidental on the 
specimen or two grown. The Cherry and 
Yellow Cherry varieties have red and yellow 
fruits respectively, similar in shape and size 
to those of a Cherry, and are both prolific 
and ornamental, the red one being somewhat 
the larger. 
The medium - sized varieties are more 
numerous, and, besides being ornamental, have 
a certain economic value. As far as pro¬ 
ductiveness is concerned, Little Gem hears the 
palm, one plant bearing eighty-five fruits 
which vary in size from that of a Gooseberry 
to that of a large Plum; the fruit is red, 
round, and even or somewhat flattened and 
ribbed. Nisbet’s Victoria is an oblong or 
pear-shaped fruit, about the size of a Lancashire 
Lad Gooseberry, being very prolific, and carry¬ 
ing from ten to fifteen on a raceme. Another 
red sort, named Pear-shaped, is larger and 
generally more oblong, but neither are exten¬ 
sively cultivated. Orangefield Improved is 
a prolific variety, the largest of the fruit being 
about the size of a Green Gage Plum, and 
might prove useful where space is limited. 
A reddish scarlet variety, named Horseford’s 
Prelude, judging from general appearances 
has a future before it, being very prolific, 
one plant hearing eight racemes of fruit the 
size of a large Plum, round or slightly 
flattened, and even or somewhat ribbed at 
the base. Paragon is a beautiful deep red, 
even-fruited variety, and fairly rvell cropped ; 
it is about the medium size, and something in 
the way of Hathaway’s Excelsior. The latter 
is also a fine red fruit, above the medium size, 
and is an old and well-recognised variety; the 
fruit is even or slightly ribbed at the base, 
and ripens its foliage somewhat earlier than 
the last mentioned,, or than Keye’s Prolific. 
All the three are very much allied, and bear 
well, Paragon being, perhaps, the least fruitful 
sort. Most distinct in its way, in this class, is 
the oblong-fruited variety, above the medium 
size, named King Humbert; one plant bore six 
racemes, and each carrying from eight to nine 
fruits of even size, scarlet, and neither ribbed 
nor lobed. It is equally as true to character hi 
the pit. 
Green Gage is still one of the best and 
most ornamental yellow sorts ; the fruit 
is smooth, about the size of a Green 
Gage Plum, of a fine citron-yellow colour, 
plentifully produced, and each raceme carrying 
from four to twelve usable fruits. A very 
much flattened, ribbed and clear yellow fruit 
is that named Large Yellow, which is further 
