January 14, 1888. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
807 
SEEDSMEN BY ROYAL WARRANTS 
To H.M. the 
Queen. 
And H.R.H. the 
Prince of "Wales. 
BBS’ 
SEEDS 
DELIVERED FREE 
BY POST OR RAIL 
For Prices and Particulars, see 
WEBBS’ SPRING CATALOGUE, 
Post Free, Is.; Gratis to Customers. 
■WEBB & SONS, 
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
£300 
IN PRIZES EOR 
FRUIT, FLOWERS, 
VEGETABLES AND HONEY. Open to 
Members of Co-operative Societies through¬ 
out the Kingdom. 
£100 given by the Agricultural and Horti¬ 
cultural Association (Limited) for produce 
grown from their “One and All” Seeds. 
Schedules on application to 
WILLIAM BROOMHALL, Secretary. 
I, Norfolk Street, Strand, W.C. 
THE DANIELS’ 
Is the coming POTATO. 
A cross between the "White Elephant and Magnum 
Bonum, having the unexcelled qualities of both. 
Ready to lift the same time as White Elephant. An 
immense cropper, and of splendid table quality. All 
Potato growers should try it. 
Price, per peck, 3/6; per bushel, 12/6 ; per sack, 30/- 
From Mr. J. ERR, Broom Park, Cleobury Mortimer, 
October 29th. 
“ The seed Potatos, ‘ The Daniels,' I bought of you last 
Spring have turned out remarkably well in quantity as well as 
quality; I had 286 lbs. from 7 lbs., not one diseased.” 
From Mr. E. PITT, Ventnor, I.W. 
From 2 lbs. of your new Potato, ‘ The Daniels,’ I have 
raised 213 lbs. of splendid quality.” 
A CHANGE OF SEED ALWAYS PAYS. 
Before ordering your supply send for DANIELS’ 
ILLUSTRATED " POTATO CATALOGUE, con¬ 
taining valuable hints on the Potato, with descriptions 
of nearly 200 kinds, and the latest Novelties. Gratis 
and Post Free to all applicants. 
DANIELS’ CUCUMBERS 
Are the best in the World. 
DANIELS’ DUKE OF NORFOLK. 
A magnificent New Variety, immensely 
prolific. Handsome dark green fruits, 
18 to 24 inches long. 
Price, 2/6 and 5/- per packet. 
DANIELS’ MASTERPIECE. 
A splendid New Variety, exceedingly hand¬ 
some. First class for Exhibition and 
unexcelled for table. 
Price, 2/6 and. 5/- per packet. 
DANIELS BROS ■ Seedsmen, NORWICH. 
SUTTON’S 
NEW PRIMULAS. 
SI FRIMOTAS, 
SUTTON’S ADVANCE Gee illustration above) ... 
SUTTON’S GIANT WHITE ... 
SUTTON’S READING SCARLET 
SUTTON’S READING BLUE 
SUTTON'S IMPERIAL PURPLE 
SUTTON'S READING PINK 
SUTTON’S PEARL.. 
CHOICE MIXED . 
PER PKT. 
POST FREE. 
5/- & 2/6 
5/- 
5/- & 2/6 
5/- & 2/6 
5 1 - 
2/6 
5/- & 2/6 
1/6 
001111 PRIMULAS, 
SUTTON’S DOUBLE SCARLET .5/. & 2/6 
SUTTON’S DOUBLE ROSE. . 5/-& 2/6 
SUTTON'S IMPROVED DOUBLE CARMINE 5/- A 2/6 
SUTTON’S CARNATION-FLAKED.5/- 
SUTTON’S DOUBLE WHITE .5/- & 2/6 
SUTTON'S DOUBLE WHITE FERNLEAVED 5/- 
SUTTON’S SPECIAL HYBRID .5/- 
FULL PARTICULARS OF 
SUTTON’S STR41HS of PRIIOLA, CYCLAMEN, &c., 
POST FREE ON APPLICATION. 
SUTTON’S SEEDS 
GENUINE ONLY DIRECT FROM READING. 
QEEDS. — RICHARD SMITH & Co, 
k3 Worcester, beg to draw attention to the Low Prices of in¬ 
dividual articles (Peas especially), and the liberality of the 
Collections at Fixed Prices, as set forth in their Illustrated 
SEED LIST, which will be sent free on application. All Seeds, 
&c., are of the best possible quality. 
S EEDLING BRIAR HOSES.—Forty for 
21s. Five per cent, off for cash with order. Purchaser's 
selection, packing free. New Roses, value 4s, 6c/., may be 
selected, and will be added gratis. Sample dozen as above, with 
one new Rose added, for 7s.,-free per parcels post. Catalogues 
free on application.—DUNCAN! G1LMOUR, Rose Grower (only), 
Sheffield. 
npEA ROSES OR THEIR OWN ROOTS.— 
JL Marechal Niel, Madame Margottin, Madame Nabonnand, 
Le Paetole, Souvenir de Paul Neyron, Reve d’Or, Souvenir d'un 
Ami, Reine Marie Henriette, Gloire de Dijon, Red Govat, Inno- 
cente Pirola, Anna Olivier. Strong flowering plants, the twelve 
for 5s.; six, 3s.; delivered free. Cash with order to W. DAWBER, 
Guernsey. 
OA AAA CLEMATIS IN POTS, of 
O VA 5 V/ VA the finest double and single varieties (si 
an 
; (some 
of the flowers of which become 10 inches across, and are of every 
shade, from pure white to the darkest purple), for climbing and. 
bedding, from 12s. to 24s. per dozen, strong plants. Descriptive 
List on application.—RICHARD SMITH & Co., Nurserymen 
and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
A SPARAGUS, grand Roots for Forcing, 2s. 
per dozen, 12s. 6 d. per 100; strong, for planting, 2s 6 d. 
per 100. SEA-KALE, forcing, 2s. 6 d. per dozen, 16s. per 100; 
planting, 2s. per dozen, 12s. 6 d. per 100.—RICHARD SMITH & 
Co., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
Bones ! Bones !! Bones !! ! 
YIRUSHED BORES in all sizes for Vine 
W borders, lawns, potting, grass lands, &e. ; also Bone 
Meal for poultry feeding, Garden Guano, Dissolved Bones, and 
Special Manures for all purposes. For prices, apply to 
HARRISON, BARBER & Co. (Limited), Garratt Lane, 
Wandsworth, Surrey. 
ORCHIDS A SPECIALITY. 
The Stock at the Clapton Nursery is of such magnitude that 
without seeing it it is not easy to form an adequate conception 
of its unprecedented extent. 
Fruit Trees, Winter & Spring-blooming Plants 
Of fine quality and immense numbers. 
Morello Cherries and Victoria Plums by the lOOO. 
Inspection Invited. 
The Glass Structures cover an area of 282,600 super, feet. 
HUGH LOW & Co., 
CLAPTON NURSERY, LONDON, N, 
NOW READY, 
CARTERS 5 
Registered Trade Mark. FsSS 
Y- * 
Send One Shilling- for a Catalogue, and deduct 
this sum when ordering. 
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ROYAL SEEDSMEN BY SEALED WARRANTS, 
HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. 
Next Week's Engagements. 
Monday, January 16th.—Sale of Japanese Lily Bulbs at Stevens 
Rooms. 
Wednesday, January 18th.—Sale of Roses, Fruit Trees and 
other hardy plants, at Stevens’ Rooms. Sale of Lily Bulbs, 
Piants, Roses, &c., at Protheroe & Morris's Rooms. 
Thursday, January 19th.—Sale of Orchids in Flower at Stevens’ 
Rooms. 
Friday, January 20th. — Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris's 
Rooms. 
Saturday, January 21st. — Sale of Hardy Plants, &c., at Stevens’ 
Rooms. Sale of Miscellaneous Plants, Bulbs, &c., at 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
FOR INDEX TO CONTENTS. SEE P. 318. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY U, 1888. 
Petunias.— The extraordinary heat of last 
summer, and the dry atmosphere that prevailed 
for weeks together, seemed to produce those 
conditions congenial to the nature of this class 
of plants; for wherever one might travel by 
road or rail, in town or country, patches, beds 
and masses of the Petunia seemed to revel in 
the sunshine. We cannot regard them as 
plants that can live ivith less water than other 
subjects with well-developed foliage, but rather 
that they have a special means of obtaining it, 
as the numerous glands clothing the stems and 
foliage no doubt assist greatly in absorbing 
moisture in the form of dew, as lias been proved 
in the case of other subjects natives of dry hot 
countries. 
The rich and varied colours in the singles, 
doubles, seifs and striped varieties that have 
been derived through tlie efforts of the hybridist 
in recent years, and the success attending their 
cultivation during tlie last summer in the open 
ground, should be an incentive to cultivators 
whose soils are naturally light, and the climate 
of the locality, on an average, of an arid 
character also, to give them even more prominent 
attention in years to come for out-door work. 
The facility with which they may he raised 
from seed every year, and tlie comparative 
fixity of tlie several respective strains, offer 
great encouragement to utilise them for bedding 
purposes. 
We should also like to encourage their more 
general cultivation in pots for conservatory, 
greenhouse or other decorative work than they 
enjoy at the present time. Much enjoyment 
