March 24, 1888. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
467 
B. S. WILLIAMS’ 
SPRING I EXHIBITION 
OF 
Prize Flowering Dutch Bulbs, Cyclamen, Amaryllis, Himantoplyllums, &c., k., 
Is now on view and open for inspection daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p,m, 
ADMISSION FREE to Patrons of the Establishment and those interested in Horticulture- 
VICTORIA & PARADISE NURSERIES, UPPER HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 
/CHRISTMAS ROSES. — Ten distinct va- 1 
V_d rieties of this- finest of hardy winter-flowering plants, 
Carriage free, for 10s. 
TTEPATICAS. — Angulosa, 3s. per dozen ; 
_!—Single Blue, 2s.; Double Blue, ISs.; Single Red, 3s. ; 
Double Red, 2s. ; Single White, 3s. One flowering plant of each, : 
free by post, for 2 s. 9 d. 
MORRISON BROTHERS, Nurseries, Aberdeen. 
SPECIAL CULTURE OF 
FRUIT TREES AID ROSES. 
A Large and Select Stock is now offered for Sale. 
The Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits 
Post Free. 
The Descriptive Catalogue of Roses Post Free. 
THOMAS RIVERS & SON, 
NURSERIES, SAWBRIDGEWORTH, HERTS. 
X>RIMROSES. — Twelve distinct varieties of 
_L Double Primroses, one flowering plant of each, Carriage 
free, for Ss. 
The common varieties of Double Lilac, Double White, and 
Double Yellow, 2s. per dozen. 
"ORIMULAS. — Eifty distinct varieties of ; 
.A- Primulas, one flowering plant of each, for 25 s. 
Catalogues of names free on application. 
MORRISON BROTHERS, Nurseries, Aberdeen. 
JUST PUBLISHED. 
Now ready. Second Edition, with an appendix complete to 
date. Crown Svo., Cloth, 2s. 6 d., post free from the autlior. 
The Carnation and Picotee: 
HOW TO GROW, AND WHAT TO GROW. 
BY 
MR. E. S. DODWELL, 
THE COTTAGE, STANLEY ROAD, OXFORD. 
rpREES ART) SHRUBS suitable for Towns 
JL and Smoky Districts. Catalogue free ou application.— 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
Worcester. 
rpREES ART) SHRUBS for the Sea-coast. 
_l_ Catalogue free on application.—RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
rpREES AHI) SHRUBS for Game Coverts 
and Underwood. Intending planters should send for 
Catalogue, free ou application.—RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
FERNS A SPECIALITY. 
The largest, most complete and profusely ILLUSTRATED 
CATALOGUE OF FERNS ever published, containing over 
120 Illustrations and much valuable practical information on 
the cultivation of Ferns, &c. 
One Shilling and Sixpence, post free. 
Smaller Catalogue of over 1,300 species and varieties free on 
application. 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, 
FERN nursery, 
SALE, MANCHESTER. 
QPECIMEN CONIFERS. — Trees for 
h_J Avenues, Evergreens, and Forest Trees in great variety. 
Catalogue free on application.—RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
GJ. LADIOLUS. — The very best in cultivation, 
VA as well as the best leading varieties. Descriptive List 
free on application.—RICHARD SMITH & Co., Seed Merchants 
and Nurserymen, Worcester. 
rpRY ROSES FROM A COLD CLIMATE.— 
JL Unequalled for Hardiness, Strength, and Fibrous Roots. 
75 First Prizes awarded this season at leading Shows in England 
and Scotland. Send for Catalogue to JAMES COCKER & SONS, 
Rose Growers, &c., Aberdeen. 
gEEDLING BRIAR ROSES SOLD OUT. 
i n Ann ROSES in pots. 
-1- v/ <, V7 V/ vT (Seedling Briars.) 
The best new and old varieties. Send for List. No rubbitli. 
GILMOUR, Rose Grower, Sheffield. 
QIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS, by which an 
EU abundance can be insured of delicious MUSHROOMS, 
see Seed List free;—RICHARD SMITH & Co., Seed Merchants 
and Nurserymen, Worcester. 
/N ARDEN NETTINGS, HOTHOUSE 
SHADINGS, Tiffany, Cotton-wool, and Wadding for 
Nurserymen and Florists. Send for samples and prices to 
RIGBY, WAINWRIGHT & Co., Manufacturers, Neptune 
Works, Manchester. 
on OHO CLEMATIS IN POTS, of all 
O YT 5 vJ V/ U the finest double and single varieties (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. 
QEEDS. — RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
UJ 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. 
npHE FARMER and CHAMBER of AGRI- 
X CULTURE JOURNAL. Every Monday. ONE PENNY. 
This JOURNAL, in its forty-fourth year, is now published at 
One Penny weekly, and is the largest, cheapest, and best Agri¬ 
cultural Paper. It contains all the Agricultural News of the 
Week, the Latest Markets, and numerous original and interesting 
articles on Farming subjects by the leading Agricultural Writers 
of the day. Should be in the hands of every Farmer. Post free, 
6 s. 6 cL per annum. Specimen copies will be sent for one month, 
post free, for 6 <Z.—Office, 291, Strand, London, W.C. 
QEEDLING BRIAR ROSES.—Forty for 
21s. Five per cent, off for cash with order. Purchaser’s 
selection, packing free. New Roses, value 4s, Qd., 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 GILMOUR, Rose Grower (only), 
Sheffield. 
SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS! 
obtain a great quantity (lasting until out-door beds are in full 
bearing) of most excellent ASPARAGUS, at very trifling ex¬ 
penditure of time or money. Directions sent free to all appli¬ 
cants. 
BXCHAEB SMITH & Co., 
Nurserymen & Seed Merchants, WORCESTER. 
“ONLY THE BEST," 
Of f) IN PRIZES.—Exhibitors should 
cC & send for T. Laxton’s List of upwards of 100 Novel¬ 
ties and Specialities in Vegetables and Flowers, the best only, 
selected for quality and exhibition ; with particulars of Prizes. 
T. LAXTON, Seed Grower, Bedford. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
QTRONG 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. 
SEEDS FOR THE MILLION ! 
THE PENNY PACKET SEED Co., Lough- 
_1_ borough, Leicestershire, supply Three Thousand varie¬ 
ties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds in packets at One Penny 
each. Economical, not Cheap. These packets contain small 
quantities of the best quality of seeds, and are specially suitable 
tor Amateurs, Cottagers, etc., who require a variety at a small 
cost. All egetables and the leading Flower Seeds by weight 
and measure, at prices which defy competition. Send for Cata¬ 
logue, gratis (containing 500 Illustrations), and see Testimonials. 
GARAWAY & Co.’s 
GARDEN SEEDS ARE THE BEST 
AND CHEAPEST, 
All Carriage Paid. 15 per cent, discount for cash with order. 
Catalogues Post Free. 
GARAWAY & Co., 
DUEDHAM DOWN, CLIFTON, BRISTOL. 
E XHIBITORS and those who wish to grow the best 
varieties only. If you have not already received 
it, send for our Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue, 
and if you wish to be successful at the exhibition table, 
procure at once the choice varieties named therein. It 
describes over 100 varieties of vegetables and flowers 
collected from all parts of the world and offered for the 
first time this season. It also contains a selected list 
of vegetables as selected and tested in our trial grounds, 
a list of new varieties of flowers of recent introduction, 
and a list of new strains of special flowers, the result of 
the re-crossing, selecting, and intermingling together of 
the different varieties in their separate classes, and 
which are unsurpassed by any other strain in cultivation. 
Send for it, it will interest you. Read the following :— 
“Thanks for your Catalogue. Your motto, ‘Nature with 
Science,’ is well represented therein.’’ 
“I have received over a dozen catalogues, hut none have 
interested me so much as yours.” 
“Just the thing for amateurs.” 
“Your Seed Catalogue is a step in the right direction, the 
weeding out of useless varieties.” 
“ I have read it through from beginning to end, a thing I have 
never done with a catalogue before.” 
The following is an extract of some of the choice varieties 
named therein. These are offered for the first time :— 
ASPARAGUS CHICORY.—A remarkable new vegetable from 
Catalonia, producing short, compact stems, which can be 
blanched and rendered very tender by simply covering with 
pots. The. remarkable properties of this vegetable is in the 
benefit derived from its consumption in its green state by those 
having weak digestion. The leaves when boiled make a very 
wholesome and delicious salad, per packet, Is. 6 d. 
ASPARAGUS PAIAIETTO.—The largest and earliest variety 
grown, per packet. Is. 
FRENCH BEAN, “The Leader.”—The earliest dwarf Bean in 
cultivation, per packet. Is. 6d. 
CAULIFLOWER, “Early Giant.”—A distinct and absolutely 
new variety from a Mediterranean island, per packet, Is. G d. 
CELERY, “ Dwarf Endive Leaved.”—Differs from all others, 
height, 7 inches, diameter, 16 inches, per packet, Is. 6d. 
CELERY, “Golden Giant.”—Distinct, grows to an immense 
size, per packet, Is. 6 d. 
CUCUMBER, “Jewel."—Colour, a beautiful wax-yellow, per 
packet, Is. 
ENDIVE, “ Queen of the Winter.”—Distinct, very hardy, per 
packet, Is. 
ONION, “ Barletta.’—Small white, three weeks earlier than 
White Queen, per packet. Is. 6 d. 
ONION, “ Blood Red Round Zittau.”—A new blood-red variety, 
per packet, Is. 6 d. 
ONION, “ Silver Skin ” (Pear shaped).—Uncommonly hardy 
variety, per packet, Is. 6d. 
“STACHYS TUBERIFERA.”—A distinct new tuber-hearing 
vegetable from Japau. The tubers are equal in flavour to the 
Jerusalem Artichoke, Salsafy, or boiled Chestnut, and can be 
used iu a variety of ways, either made into sauce, boiled, fried, 
or roasted, and are invaluable for pickling. It requires no 
special culture and will grow in any garden soil, per 25 tubers, 
Is. 6 d.; 50, 2s. 6 d. 
RADISH, “ Ne Plus Ultra.”—The earliest forcing Radish extant, 
per packet, Is. 
PEAS.—All the best varieties of 1SSS, description see catalogue. 
The following are a few vegetables of recent introduction, of 
special merit, as selected and tested in our trial grounds : 
BROAD BEAN, “John Harrison,” per quart, Is. 6 d. 
FRENCH BEAN, “ Ne Plus Ultra,” per quart, Is. 6 d. 
RUNNER BEANS, “Early Golden Cluster,” per half-pint, 2s. ; 
“ Ne Plus Ultra,” per packet, Is. 
BEET, “ Drummond’s Nonsuch ” and “ Middleton Park 
Favourite,” each, per packet. Is. 
PHCENIX KALE, per packet, Is. 6 d. 
WELSH KALE, per packet, Is. 6 d. 
CAPSICUM, “ Procopp’s Giant,” per packet, Is. 
CELERY, “Bibby’s Defiance,” per packet, Sd.; “Standard 
Bearer,” per packet, Is. 
ONION, “Anglo Spanish," per packet, Is. 6d. ; “Portugal 
Delicatees,” per packet, Is. 
PEAS, “ Duke of Albany,” per quart, 2s. ; “William Hurst,” per 
quart, 2s. ; “Walton Hero,” per pint, Is. 6 d. 
TOMATOS, “Hackwood Park,” “King Humbert," “Golden 
Queen,” “ Laxton’s Open-air, “Mikado," “ Perfection,” each, 
per packet, Is. 
VEGETABLE MARROW, “Pen-y-byd,” per packet, Is. 
The foregoing are fully described in our catalogue, together 
with other valuable varieties. 
Floral Novelties offered for the first time :— 
ASTER, “ Comet.”'—Pure deep rose, very large, resembling a 
large-flowered Chrysanthemum; quite distinct from the one 
offered last season, per packet, Is. 6d. 
ASTER, “ Perfection.”—Light yellow, quite a new colour, per 
packet, Is. 6 d. 
ASTER, “ Triumph.”—Dwarf variety, flowers very large, colour 
brilliant scarlet, per packet, Is. 6 d. 
AGERATUM, “ Little Dorrit.”—A new white variety, per 
packet. Is. 
CARDUUS GIGANTEUS.—The giant Thistle, grows 11 ft. high, 
with leaves 3 ft. long, per packet, Is. 
CARNATION, “ Germania.”—Colour deep rich canary-yellow, 
per packet, 2s. 
CHENOPODIUM ATRIPLICIS VICTORIA. — A new half- 
hardy foliage plant, rivalling the Coleus in brilliancy of colour, 
per packet, Is. 
LARKSPUR, “ Delphinium Zalil.”—A double pure sulphur 
Larkspur, per packet, 2s. 
MARIGOLD, “ El Dorado.”—A new strain, flowers 14 inches in 
circumference, colour palest crimson to deepest orange, per 
packet, Is. 
PHLOX, “ Drummondi Fimbriata” and P. D. “ Cuspidata.”— 
Distinct new varieties, producing star-like flowers, each, per 
packet, Is. 6 d. 
PANSY, “ Giant.”—Fine spotted, produces flowers 3 to 4 inches 
in diameter, per packet, Is. 6d. 
PANSY, “Victoria,"—Colour a brilliant blood-red, per packet, 
Is. 6d. 
VERBENA, “ New Mammoth.”—The finest Verbena in cultiva¬ 
tion, producing flower trusses 9 inches in circumference, per 
packet, Is. 
CASH WITH ORDER. ALL SEEDS POST FREE. 
THESPECIALITY&NOV ELTXS -EED Co 
Raisers, Growers, Importers, Exporters , and Introducers of High- 
class Novelties in Seeds, 
NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, LANCASHIRE, 
