January 21, 1888. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
323 
Webbs’ Modesty.2s. 6d. & 5s. per packet. 
Webbs’ Purity .2s. 6d. & 5s. per packet. 
Webbs’ Rosy Morn ... 2s. 6d. & 5s. per packet. 
Webbs’ Scarlet Emperor. 2s. 6d. & 5s. per packet. 
Webbs’ Exquisite (Mxd.), Is. 6d. & 2s. 6d. per pkt. 
ALL FLOWE R SE EDS POST FREE. 
From Mr. W. W. Crump, Gardener to the 
Right Hon. the Earl of Beauchamp. 
“Webbs’ New Primula ‘Modesty’ is a real gem, 
most floriferous, of good habit, and chaste in colour, 
as its appropriate name suggests." 
WEBBS’ SPRING CATALOGUE, 
Post Free, Is , which will be allowed off subsequent Orders. 
Seedsmen by Royal Warrants to H.M, the Queen 
and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
WEBBS’ 
NEW PRIMULAS 
THE G REAT CON TEST? 
jMk n I Rfl BBS A £1 —Hitherto, through notcompeting, 
tl I EVl 111 n ^ our ex hibits did not receive that 
Salltl W ■ comment it was thought they de- 
■ served ; consequently we entered for competition at the 
Royal Aquarium National Primula Show for the best collection, 
staging 20 lovely and distinct varieties, side by side with the 
oldest, largest, and the most expert growers in England, also the 
greatest miscellaneous exhibitors, and the result was 
THE FIRST PRIZE. 
None of the others bore even the slightest comparison to ours. 
Above and beyond the highest award we were presented with 
an Extraordinary Special Certificate, bearing the 
FOLLOWING WORDS :— 
“ We hereby certify that this Certificate has been awarded 
to H. Cans cll & Sons for an excellent representative collection 
of Primulas of high-class quality at the Exhibition of the 
National Society held January 11th, 1SSS. 
« Timers / si S ned > RichDi Dean.” 
judges Isigifed, Geo. Gordon.’ 
Together with Tico First Class Certificates, which clearly demon¬ 
strates beyond all dispute, and is certainly the most conclusive 
proof of the superiority 7 of our varieties over all others. The 
day previously at the Royal Horticultural Society the same 
plants were unanimously granted the liigh distinction of a 
Silver Gilt Medal by the Floral Committee, and a First Class 
Certificate. In addition, the oldest and greatest experts pro¬ 
nounced the collection THE BEST AND MOST COMPLETE 
EVER EXHIBITED._ 
CANNELL’S WHITE PERFECTION (First Class Certificate), 
Seeds, 2s. 6 d. per packet 
CANNELL’S BLUE (First Class Certificate), 4s. per packet 
CANNELL’S SWANLEY RED (First Class Certificate), 2s. 6 d. 
per packet 
CANNELL’S IMPROVEMENT (First Class Certificate), 4s. per 
packet 
CANNELL’S PURPLE (First Class Certificate), 2s. 6 d. per pkt. 
CANNELL’S PRINCE OF WALES (First Class Certificate), 
2s. 6 d. per packet 
CANNELL'S SWANLEY GIANT, 4s. per packet 
CANNELL’S SWANLEY WHITE, 2s. 6d. per packet 
CANNELL’S DOUBLE, 5s. per packet 
QUEEN OF WHITES (First Class Certificate), 2s. 6 d. per packet 
THE QUEEN (First Class Certificate), 2s. 6<L per packet 
BRAID'S SEEDLING (First Class Certificate), 2s. 0 d. per packet. 
For full description and particulars, send for ours, the best and 
most reliable Catalogue on the Garden ever issued. Post Free. 
H. CANNELL & SONS, 
The H©mes gf Flqwe.T§, 
SWANLEY, KENT, 
SUTTON’S 
NEW 
VEGETABLES. 
SUTTON’S LITTLE GEM GABBAGE. 
Per Packet, 
Is., 
Post Free. 
“ Your ‘ Little Gem ’ is the quickest- 
growing and the best flavoured Cabbage 
we have overgrown here. We have never 
had a Cabbage to suit a town garden 
before."—Mr. E. BOOKER, Gardener to 
J. Glover, Esq., Shepherd’s Bush. 
SUTTON’S WHITE GEM CELERY. 
Per Packet, ! .. “ Certainly a gem among early varie- 
, „ . 7 ties . . . Will become the first early 
IS. bu., | Celery of the day.”—Mr. G. TYLER, in 
Post Free. | The Gardening World, Oct. 1, 1SS7. 
SUTTON’S EARLY GEM CARROT. 
Per Ounce, 
Is. 3d., 
Post Free. 
“Y T our ‘Early Gem’ Carrot is superb. 
I have plenty of them 9 and 10 inches 
round and 7 inches long. I have never 
been able to grow Carrots on this ground 
before.”—Mr. W. TURNER, Gardener to 
F. Francis, Esq., East Molesey Court. 
SUTTON’S NEW INTERMEDIATE CARROT. 
Per ounce, 
Is. 3d., 
Post Free. 
“ We had 43 entries for Carrots. Your 
‘New Intermediate’ took First Prize in 
each Division—Professionals, Amateurs, 
and Cottagers. I have grown it myself 
this year; the shape and colour 1 are 
perfect, and flavour splendid.” — Mr. 
R. B. ALLWORK, Hon. Sec. Battle 
Floral and Horticultural Society. 
SUTTON’S PRiZETAKER LEEK. 
Per packet, 
Is. 6d., 
Post Free. 
SUTTON’S 
Per Packet, 
1/6 and 2/6, 
Post Free. 
“ Your ‘ Prizetaker ’ Leek is the best in 
cultivation.”—Mr. J. MUIR, The Gardens, 
Margam Park. 
“ Leek, ‘ Prizetaker,’ much better than 
‘ Lyon.’ Mr. E. T. COSSOM, Gardener 
to the Right Honourable H. Campbell- 
Bannerman, M.P., Hunton. 
EARLIEST OF ALL TOMATO. 
“ For amateur cultivation and for 
market growers Sutton’s ‘ Earliest of All ’ 
Tomato is, I believe, unsurpassed, if 
equalled, by any variety cultivated."— 
W. K. W., Journal of Horticulture, 
i August 25,18S7. 
BUTTON S SEEDS 
GENUINE ONLY DIRECTFROM READING. 
DANIELS’ CUCUMBERS 
Are the best in the World. 
DANIELS’ DUKE OF NORFOLK. 
A magnificent New Variety, immensely 
prolific. Handsome dark green fruits, 
18 to 21 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. 
The best EARLIEST PEA is 
DANIELS’ 
GEM OF THE SEASON. 
This Pea is seven days earlier than any other kind. 
Price, in sealed pints, 1/6 ; quarts, 2/6. 
From Mr. J. JIGGLE, Gardener to Lady Bayning. 
‘Your Gem of the Season Pea is the earliest and 
best flavoured Pea I know of. I planted on March 23rd and 
gathered on June 9th.” 
The best TOMATO is 
DANIELS’ 
SCARLET PERFECTION. 
Large, round, smooth, and unequalled in flavour, 
of robust constitution, and immensely prolific. 
Price, 1/6 and 2/6 per packet. 
DANIELS BROS i Seedsmen, NORWICH. 
NOW READY, 
CARTERS’ 
Send One Shilling 1 for a Catalogue, and deduct 
this sum when ordering. 
ROYAL SEEDSMEN BY SEALED WARRANTS, 
» a HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. 
QEEDS. — RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
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 he sent free on application. All Seeds, 
&c., are of the best possible quality. 
Wholesale Seed Catalogue for 1888. 
W E have now published our Catalogue of 
Vegetable and Flower Seeds, containing also all the 
best Novelties of the season. May be had on application. Any 
of our customers not having received one by post will oblige by 
letting us know, when another shall at once be posted.— 
WATKINS & SIMPSON, Seed and Bulb Merchants, Exeter 
Street, Strand. London, W.C.; Seed and Trial Grounds, Feltkam 
and Twickenham, Middlesex. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Wednesday, Jan 25th.—Sale of Roses, Fruit Trees, Shrubs, &e., 
at Steven's Rooms. Sale of Japanese Lilies and other Bulbs 
at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Thursday, Jan. 26th.—Sale of Orchids at Stevens’ Rooms. 
Friday, June 27th.—Sale of 2,000 Odontoglossum Alexandra at 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Saturday, Jan. 2Sth.—Sale of Roses, Fruit Trees, Shrubs, &c., 
at Stevens’ Rooms. Sale of Miscellaneous Bulbs and Plants 
at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
FOR INDEX TO CONTENTS, SEE P. 334. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1888. 
The Royal Horticultural Society. —It will 
he news to many of our readers to know 
that, with somewhat of quixotic courage, the 
whole of the members of the Council have 
given notice of their wish to resign, and in 
another column we publish a list of the 
Fellows of the society, whom, under the 
existing and objectionable bye-laws, the 
Council nominate for election as their suc¬ 
cessors, at the annual general meeting on 
February 14th. At the first blush it would 
appear that practically fifteen vacancies are 
created, and that the Fellows would at last 
have a chance of thoroughly re-organising 
the directorate hut the Brummagem nature 
of the Council’s heroism is seen through at 
once when we note the astounding fact that 
they nominate no less than eleven of their 
number for re-election, and as under existing 
arrangements, Council nomination practically 
means election, it is obvious that it would have 
been more honourable if such professed resigna¬ 
tions had never been offered. 
There is some little consolation in the fact 
that of the eleven members of the Council thus 
re-nominated, the hulk are gentlemen for 
whom the entire horticultural body entertain s 
