May 30, 1891. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
615 
F ORGET that I have the Largest and Healthiest 
Stock in England of the undermentioned plants, 
and can therefore give as much value for 6 d. as most 
others can for Is. My plants are the delight and 
admiration of all who try them. As I guarantee 
absolute satisfaction, or return cash, the great advantage 
of entrusting me with your orders will at once he 
evident. Inspection and comparison of Stock invited. 
12 Finest New JAPANESE CHRYSANTHEMUMS, including 
Louis Boehmer, 6s. 6d. 
12 Finest New JAPANESE, not including Louis Boehmer, 4s. 
12 Very Choice JAPANESE, 2s. 6d. 
12 Do. do. from store pots, Is. 6 d. 
12 Finest New INCURVED CHRYSANTHEMUMS, including 
M. R. Bahuant, the largest introduced for years, 6s. 6 d. 
12 Finest INCURVED, not including M. R. Bahuant, 4s. 
12 Very Choice INCURVED, 2s. 6 d. 
12 Do. do. from store pots, Is. 6 d. 
12 Finest Early-flowering CHRYSANTHEMUMS, including the 
best of this season’s introductions, 4s. 6d. 
12 Very Choice CHRYSANTHEMUMS, 2s. 6 d. 
12 Do. do. from store, Is. 6c?. 
6 Lovely Single varieties for Cut Flowers, exquisite, 2s. ; 12, 
3s. 6 d. 
6 Finest New Single ZONAL GERANIUMS, including sterling 
novelties, 3s. 6d. ; 12, 5s. 6c?. 
6 Extra Good ZONAL GERANIUMS, 2s. ; 12, 3s. 6 d. 
6 Finest Doubles, 2s. 6c?. ; 12, 4s. These are very useful for 
Button-hole flowers 
6 Double best named PETUNIAS, in wonderful variety, 3s. ; 
12, 5s. 
The above plants, unless otherwise mentioned, are from single pots. 
SEEDLING BEGONIAS. 
I have 50,000 of these, and therefore offer them at a very 
low price. Many of them will be fully equal to named varieties 
offered at 5s. each. Good plants, singlo, 3s. per dozen ; double, 
5s. per dozen. 
I have a few of last year’s Tubers, nicely started into growth, 
at 3s. per dozen. 
The following plants are of the very finest strain, and wonder¬ 
ful value for money, all at Is. 2d. per dozen:— 
MIMULUS, SEEDLING PETUNIA (double and single); 
NICOTIANA, OLD GOLD PANSY, remarkable strain ; VER¬ 
BENAS, TOMATOS (20 varieties). 
H, J, JOKES, Ryecroft Hursery, LEWISHAM. 
Catalogues Free. 
P ENNY PLANTS. -—- Begonias, Cyperus, 
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Deutzias, Coleus, Dahlias, Ivies, Artillery Plants, Mar¬ 
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Vallotas, Polyanthus, Auriculas, Sweet Williams, Tobacco, 
12 for Is. 3d., or 6 large, Is. 3 d. Carriage paid. Cuttings 
half-price. Guide 7.—TURNER, Thatto Heath, St. Helens. 
R eaders of the gardening 
WORLD, when ordering articles advertised in its pages, 
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The Gardens, Seacox Heath, Hawkliurst, Kent 
r , „. March 11th. 1891. 
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FERNS A SPECIALITY. 
Awarded R.H.S. Gold Medal, Fern Conference, July, 1890 ; 
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WILLIAMS’ „ Specimen ORCHIDS 
WILLIAMS’ „ Cool ORCHIDS 
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WILLIAMS’ „ Books on ORCHIDS 
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Tuesday, June 2nd.—Sale of Orchids- at Protlieroe & Morris’s 
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Wednesday, June 3rd.—Reading Summer Show. 
Friday, June 5th.—Sale of New and Rare Orchids at Frotheroe 
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Saturday, June 6th.— Royal National Tulip Show at 
Manchester. 
1 Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, MAY SOth , 1891. 
The best and most comprehensive Catalogue (124 pages) 
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CUTBUSH’S MILLTRACK MUSHROOM SPAWN 
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CURRENT TOPICS. 
^he Late Frosts. —Those of tlie younger 
generation of gardeners who care to note 
various weather phenomena, can hardly fail to 
find deeply impressed on their minds the disas¬ 
trous frosts at Whitsuntide of the present year. 
It is not possible to read the reports furnished 
from various parts of the kingdom, especially 
northward, both in our own columns and those 
of our contemporaries, without realising that in 
many directions the Whitsuntide frosts have 
proved to be a disastrous visitation, and have 
done serious harm. 
How true does it seem that man is always to 
be, but never is absolutely blessed. There is 
ever a fly, and often a large one, in our pot of 
ointment. It is true that the frosts were not 
general, but the reports to hand show that they 
covered a large area of the kingdom, and there¬ 
fore whilst we heartily condole with, those 
whose crops have suffered, we can consistently 
congratulate those fortunate ones whose crops 
have escaped. It seems strange almost to some 
of our readers, to whom the frosts were little 
more than ordinary blackthorn winter visita¬ 
tions, to learn of the havoc wrought in less 
favoured districts ; hut these, whilst escaping 
now, may have their bad turn yet of some 
other sort, so erratic is Nature in her weather 
workings. We almost always get these cold 
spells about the middle or third week in May, 
and cannot account for them. Probably if we 
could understand their cause we should be just 
as helpless as ever. 
Gardening in all its branches is made more 
or less speculative for many reasons, but 
specially because of the fact that all our work 
is more or less dependent upon the weather, 
which in the spring is invariably more or less 
treacherous. We can hut go on as before ; 
waiting for fine days seems useless,' These 
disasters rarely come very close together, and 
there are periods of rest and prosperity. For 
the present spring we now hope all danger is 
passed and that growth and development will 
go on prosperously. 
