December 27, 1890. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
259 
NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
We have the most complete stock of all the newest and hest 
Chrysanthemums known. 
Write for our New Descriptive Catalogue, ready in January. 
PITC HER "AlMAN 33 A, 
THE UNITED STATES NURSERIES, 
HEXTABLE, SWANLEY, KENT. 
ASPARAGUS, ' Extra Strong Forcing Boots 
QOi/fl! e PMIPHRV of su l )erior 1 llallt y- Tlie 
dCnrtnLC, wn!wUS»l, ;j ca k a ie believed to be 
AND unequalled. 
RHUBARB. | Special prices on application. 
DICKSONS, Nurseries, CHESTER. 
CHRYSSMTHEMOMS. 
A COLLECTION OF SIXTEEN 
NEW INCURVED VARIETIES, 
Never before offered to the public. Will be of great service to 
exhibitor's and cause a special sensation. 
One cutting of each, 10s. Send for particulars and Catalogue to 
25, «J. cJOWES, 
Ryecroft Nursery, Lewisham. 
The LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL Co. 
(JOBS C O W A IS.), Limited, 
OFFER AS FOLLOWS: — 
(ID A flue stock, consisting of all the 
(jlfififE leading kinds, both in Fruiting and 
Planting Canes. 
TEA A flne stock > consisting of the best 
E EA varieties. The plants are clean, 
healthy, and vigorous. 
FERNS. A great variety, and at low prices. 
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SiMIRIIIES 
•V.'CTORIftvPARADISE-NURSERIES 
SUPPER HOLLOWAY-LONDON-N 
STOVE and GREENHOUSE PLANTS in great 
variety, and all clean and healthy. 
ALL AT MOST REASONABLE PRICES. 
Catalogues free, on application to the Company. 
THE VINEYARD and NURSERIES, 
&AEST0ST, near LIVERPOOL. 
The above is now ready, and will be 
forwarded Gratis and Post Free to all 
applicants. 
aSPEd-H-lL CULTURE 
OF 
FRUIT TREES&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, 
The Nurseries, SAWBRIDGEWORTH, HERTS. 
“ NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT TREES.” 
R OBERT NEAL begs to call the attention of 
Gentlemen, Local Boards, Builders, and others 
who intend planting this season, to his large and varied 
stock of Shrubs, Standard and Ornamental and Forest 
Trees, Fruit Trees, Roses, and Climbing Plants, &c., 
which, being well transplanted, are in fine condition 
for removal, and having been grown in the vicinity of 
London, are specially adapted for Town and Street 
Plantings. Special quotations for large quantities. 
Delivery free within a radius of six miles of the 
Nursery. Inspection of the stock solicited. Cata¬ 
logues free on application. “ Also to offer extra fine 
Forcing Sea Kale and Rhubarb.” 
THE NURSERIES, 
TRINITY ROAD, 
WANDSWORTH COMMON. 
CHOICE NOVELTIES 
Of Proved Excellence. 
VEITCH’S NEW MELON, 
SION HOUSE. 
THE FINEST OF THE SEASON. 
A ward of Merit Royal Horticultural Society , 1S90. 
A superb new and distinct scarlet-fleshed Melon, producing 
handsome, highly coloured, and beautifully netted fruit. The 
flesh is very solid, thick, rich, and melting, of exquisite 
flavour and delicate aroma. 
Per packet, 3 s. Gd. 
VEITGH’S NEW TOMATO, 
HAM GREEN FAVOURITE. 
First Class Certificate Royal Horticultural Society. 
Maintains its high reputation as the handsomest and 
heaviest ciopping Tomato. Quality and flavour unsurpassed, 
and is the variety held in highest esteem for profit at Chiswick, 
Per packet, is. 6 d. 
VEITCH’S CHELSEA GEM 
PEA. 
First Class Certificate Royal Horticultural Society. 
The earliest dwarf, wrinkled variety, and a much larger 
cropper than any other dwarf sort. Of splendid table quality, 
Particularly suitable for forcing and very early use. 
Per quart , 3s. 6d. 
Yeitch’S Seed Catalogue 
For 1891 
Has now been posted to all their Customers. Anyone 
not having received the same, a duplicate copy will 
immediately be forwarded post free on application. 
JAMES VEltcT& SOUS, 
Royal Exotic Nursery, CHELSEA, S.I, | 
IF YOU WANT 
AMATEUR’S GUIDE 
IN HORTICULTURE 
FOR 1891 
Contains full particulars of 
The Best VEGETABLES for the Table, 
The Best Disease-resisting POTATOES 
j AND 
The lost Beautiful FLOWERS. 
It is illustrated with numerous En¬ 
gravings and Coloured Plates, and 
consists of 11Q pages. 
The Special Cultural Notes are of 
great value. 
Price, is., Post Free. Gratis to Customers 
ordering Goods value 20s. and upwards. 
SUTTON’S SEEDS 
GENUINE ONLY FROM SUTTON g SONS,READING. 
Priced Lists Post Free on application. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Thursday, January 1st.—Sale of Lilies, Roses, &c., at Protheroe 
& Morris’s Rooms. 
Friday, January 2nd.—Sale of Imported and Established 
Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
For Index to Contents & Advertisements, see p. 271. 
REALLY GOOD SEEDS, 
APPLY TO 
Mr. ROBERT SYDENHAM, 
Of the firm of Sydenham Brothers, Wholesale Jewellers, 
THE GREAT AMATEUR BULB DIPORTER. 
All should read my UNIQUE SEED LIST AND GUIDE 
before purchasing next year’s supply of Vegetable and 
Flower Seeds. The List has been carefully revised, and 
contains some Novel and Unique ideas which cannot fail to 
be of interest to all Amateurs. It is not a long list, containing 
every vegetable and flower seed to be found in every catalogue, 
but a select list that has been made up from the advice of the 
largest and best trade and amateur growers in the country. 
Ready about middle of December, aLd will be sent post free to 
all my Bulb friends, or to any others cn applic tion. 
My Stock of Seeds will all be of the latest growth and choicest 
strains. The prices, considering the quality, will be found the 
cheapest in the country; and the packets, as a rule, will contain 
many more seeds than are usually put in the same priced 
packets. Any seeds from which a fair proportion do not 
germinate under fair and proper treatment will be replaced free 
of charge. 
GRAND MUSHROOM SPAWN. — id. each, 3s. dozen bricks ; 
or sent post free, 1 brick, 9c?. ; 3 bricks, Is. S d. ■ 6 bricks, 
2s. 9 d. 
BEST WHITE RAFFIA GRASS, for tyiDg. Price, Is. per 
postal lb, ; 2 lb.. Is. 6 d. ; 3 lbs., 2s. If sent with seeds or 
bulbs, 6d. per lb. 
I have now a choice shipment of 
TTLJHTU'm. AURMUM 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man." —Bacon. 
•Ip Ihijite nmg^ujjlk 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27th, 1890. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
HJhristmas, 1890.—If any of our readers are 
realistic, they will—-judging by external 
appearances at the moment of writing—be 
enabled to realise their ideal Christmas sea¬ 
son in the snow-covered earth, trees and 
shrubs snow-clad, and nature, as it were, 
literally wrapped in a funeral shroud. There 
is a fitness in this condition of things, because 
the old year is fast dying, and nature is 
already throbbing with labour to bring forth 
the New Year of 1891. 
Direct from the growers in Japan. These, considering size and 
quality, will be cheaper than offered by any house in the trade, 
or even at auctions. Prices : About 9 ins. round, 0J. each, 5s. 
dozen ; large size, rather over 10 ins., 9d. each, 7s. 6 d. dozen; 
extra large, 12 ins. to 13 ins. Is. each, 10s. dozen. 
TERMSSTRICTLY CASH with order from unknown 
correspondents ; references given if required. 
All Flower Seeds sent post free; all general seed orders over 
10s. carriage paid ; orders over £3, 5 per cent, discount; orders 
over £5, 10 per cent, discount. 
ROBERT SYDENHAM, 
New Tenby Street, Birmingham . 
But if idealists rejoice in the present aspect 
of nature as being so befitting their romantic 
notion, of what Chistmas should be, we must 
not forget that nature is very much of a wizard, 
and that the same force which has clothed the 
earth in a shroud of fleecy whiteness can, 
almost in a moment as it were, transform 
the face of nature back to its previous aspect, 
and may yet give us a green Yule-tide. 
While, however, anxious that the poor should 
suffer as little as possible, we may yet wish, 
in the interests of the many who look for 
