June 5,1891. THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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TWO GRAND NOVELTIES. 
A PURE WHITE BEDDING CLEMATIS, and the FERN 
which has lately received so many of the highest 
awards and proofs of admiration. 
CLEMATIS, iMmrifSNOW WHITE 
JACKMANII. 
The flowers are paper-white, about the same size as those of 
the old purple Jackmanii, but produced in even greater pro¬ 
fusion. It is unrivalled for beds. Ready in August. 7s. 6 d. each. 
PTERIS TREMULA SMITHIANA. 
This is a very valuable and distinct Fern. No collection 
should be without it. Illustration and description free. 
5s. to 10s. 6d. each. 
We now have a very fine lot of the best 
varieties of CLEMATIS ready for planting out, 
also BEDDING PLANTS, and shall he pleased 
to send particulars. 
RXOHABD SMITH & Go., 
Nurserymen & Seed Merchants, 
NO MORE SUNKEN BOILERS BY USING 
T iO lC 3 fli Y"\ 5 C! New Improved. Patent 
■ £k L-* kx Slow-Comhustion 
WROUGHT COIL and other BOILERS. 
Requires no Brickwork or attention from S to 24 hours, and 
is portable within itself. Brices from 50s. upwards. 
T he best ' primula — carter’s 
HOLBORN PRIZE MIXED— vide Awards. New Seed. 
Iu sealed packets, price 2s. Gtf. & 3s. 6 d. per packet, post free. 
237 & 23S, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. 
HE BEST CINERARIA—CARTERS’ 
'BRILLIANT TRIZE MIXED— vide Awards. In sealed 
packets, price 2s. 6d. & 3s. 6 d. per packet, post free. 
237 & 23S, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. 
T he best calceolaria—carters’ 
VICTORIA PRIZE MIXED— vide Awards. In sealed 
packets, price 2s. 6 d. & 3s. 6 d. per packet, post free. 
237 & 23S, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. 
R eaders of the gardening 
WORLD, when ordering articles advertised in its pages, 
will greatly oblige the publisher by mentioning the paper, and 
in case of any difficulty or irregularity, by communicating with 
him at once. 
NEW FUCHSIAS FOR 1891 
can only he obtained of H. J. JONES. The Set of 5 Splendid 
Varieties, including “Shirley Hibberd” and “George Gordon,” 
for 10s. G d. 
SEEDLING BEGONIAS. 
I have 50,000 of these, and therefore offer them at a very low 
price. Many of them will he fully equal to named varieties 
offered at 5s. each. Good plants, single, 3s. per dozen; double, 
5s. per dozen. 
6 Double best-named PETUNIAS, in wonderful variety, 
3s. ; 12, 5s. 
H. J. JONES, Ryecroft Nursery, LEWISHAM. 
Catalogues Free. 
T O 
Anthracite Consumers. 
I have the pleasure of announcing a reduction in price of ray 
Original Horticultural Anthracite. Apply 
WILLIAM H. ESSERY, 
Anthracite Colliery Office, 
S Tfi I il. N SEA. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Tuesday, June 0th.—Royal Horticultural Society: Meeting of 
Fruit and Floral Committees at 12 o'clock. Sale of Im¬ 
ported Orchids at Protheroe & Morris's Rooms. 
Wednrsday, June 10t,h.—Sale of Mr. T. W. Prior’s collection of 
Orchids at Blackheath Park, by Protheroe & Morris (2 days). 
Friday, June 12th.—Sale of Imported & Established Orchids at 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
For Index to Contents & Advertisements, see p. 642. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
T. 
JJX? TP? 3 Si lOS! -Practical Hot-v:ater and 
AUp a) Horticultural Engineer , 
399, KINGSLAND ROAD, LONDON (late of 1G7, Old Street). 
Complete Hot-water Apparatus, with No. 1 New Improved 
Fatent Slow-combustiou Wrought Coil Boiler, with two 9 feet of 
4-iuch cast pipe, india-rubber joints, &c., as per Illustration, £4. 
P ENNY PLANTS. — Begonias, Cyperus 
Ferns, Abutilons, Ice Plants, Isolepis, Fuchsias, Caly 
canthus, Maidenhair. Geraniums, Spirceas, Tradescantia, Musk 
Balsams, Cannas, Chrysanthemums, Hydrangeas, Veronicas 
Deutzias, Coleus, Dahlias, Ivies, Artillery Plants, Mar 
guerites, Cyclamen, Sweet Briars, Honeysuckles, Aralias 
Sedums, Tradescantias, Heliotropes, Verbenas, Carnations 
Vallotas, Polyanthus, Auriculas, Sweet Williams, Tobacco. 
12 for is. 3d., or 6 large, Is. 3d. Carriage paid. Cuttings 
half-price. Guide 7.—TURNER, Thatto Heath, St. Helens. 
20,000 
BEDDING PLANTS, 4 d. per 
_ dozen, all flowered this year; Is. 3d. worth, 
free. Asters, Stocks, Pansies, Sweet Williams, Musks, Marigolds 
(French), Nasturtiums (tall or dwarf), Convolvulus, Antirrhi¬ 
nums,Gaillardias, Zinnias, Lobelias, Golden Feather, Sunflowers, 
Phloxes. Tomatos, 4 d. per score. Cabbage, Cauliflower, Red 
Cabbage, Lettuce, Is. per dozen. Dahlias, Verbenas, Coleus, 
Fuchsias, Marguerites, Ferns, Veronicas, Spineas, Miltonia 
affinis.—TURNER, Thatto Heath, St. Helens. 
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FOR 
GREEN and BLACK FLY, AMERICAN BLIGHT. RED 
SPIDER, CAMELLIA SCALE, MEALY BUG, BROWN 
and WHITE SCALE, WORMS, WOOD LICE, &c. 
“ 15, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 15th July, 18S7. 
“Dear Sirs— I have thoroughly tested a sample of a new 
Insecticide which you were so good as to send me. At the 
rate of 1 oz. to a gallon of water at a temperature of 95° I find it 
kills Green-fly immediately. Double this strength, or 2 ozs. to 
gallon at 120°, seals the fate of Scale of all sorts in a few seconds ; 
while 3 ozs. to gallon at same temperature effectually dissolves 
Mealy Bug, and so far as I have yet observed, without the 
slightest injury to leaf or flower, and it is withal a most agree¬ 
able compound to work with. All our insect remedies are 
applied through common syringe or garden engine, a much 
severer test of efficiency than when applied by hand-washing or 
spray. 
“ I remain, Dear Sirs, yours truly (signed) A. MACKENZIE. 
(Of Messrs. Methven & Sons.) 
“Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper Hollowav, 
London, 7th January, 1888. 
“Gentlemen —I have given your Insecticide, 'Pierena,’ a 
good trial in competition with many others. I am pleased to 
say that I have found it more effectual in destroying Mealy Bug 
and other insects than anything we have used. It ought to 
command a good sale. (si g ned) „ B g . WILLIAMS ., 
Sold by Chemists, Nurserymen, and Florists. 
In Bottles at Is. §d., 2s. 6 d., and 3s. 6 d.; in tine ( 1 
and 2 gallons), 10s. 6 d. and 20s. each ; in quantities of 
5 gallons and upwards, 9s. per gallon.. 
prepared only by 
DUNCAN, FL0CKHART &Co., 
Chemists to the Queen, EDINBURGH. 
SPECIAL AGENTS— 
B. S. WILLIAMS & SON, 
Victoria & Paradise Nurseries, Upper Holloway, London 
AND 
WM. EDWARDS & SON, 
57, Queen Victoria Street, London. 
FEUS k SPECIALITY. 
Awarded B.H.S. Gold Medal, Fern Conference, July, 1S90 ; 
Silver Cup, R.H.'S. Show, May, 1S90 ; Silver Medal, Shrewsbury, 
August, 1S90 ; Silver Medal, Edinburgh, September, 1S90. 
The finest collection in the Trade. Partially Descriptive 
Catalogue of 1400 species and varieties free on application. 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE (No. 21), 
Containing 120 Illustrations and much valuable information on 
the cultivation of Ferns, ONE SHILLING and SIXPENCE. 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, 
FERN NURSERY, 
SALE. MANCHESTER. 
THE “POTTER” CARDEN HOSE. 
PRICES OF GO-FEET LENGTHS. All hose carriage paid, and 
dispatched same day as order is received. 
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Quality guaranteed. 
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b ,, ,, Best quality, 19/- 
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Branch Pipe, Rose & Jet. 
nds of Hose and Belting post 
'e House in the Trade. 
Awarded Ten Gold and Silver Medals. Catalogues of above and 
all kinds of Hose and Belting post free from 
ANDREW POTTER, Melbourne Works, Wolverhampton 
GUTBUSH’S MILLTRAGK MUSHROOM SHW 
Too well known to require descrip¬ 
tion. Price, 6s. per bushel (Is. extra per 
bushel for package), or G d. per cake; 
tree by Parcel Post, Is. 
None genuine unless in sealed pack¬ 
ages, and printed cultural directions 
enclosed with our signatures attached. 
New publication, “Mushrooms, and 
How to Grow Them,” by Luke Ellis, 
should be read by everyone interested 
iu the growth of Mushrooms. Price, 6d., 
free by post, 7 d, 
'VSTM. CUTBUSM <& SOW, 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
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Old English Garden Flower Seeds. 
For a constant display of Hardy Perennial Flowers, 
consult without delay VERT EGAN S’ Special Descriptive 
and Illustrated List of Novelties in Seeds, post free on 
application. 
VERTEGANS Sn CO., 
THE NURSERIES, 
CHAD VALLEY, BIRMINGHAM. 
SATURDAY, JUNE 6th, 1891. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
Tahe Temple Show.— We most heartily con- 
^ gratulate the Eoyal Horticultural Society 
on the remarkable success—as a horticultural 
display—of its one great annual exhibition, 
the Temple Show. There was for the season 
fairly fine weather, especially on the first day ; 
there was a big crowd of visitors on both days 
for a few hours, and there was a truly grand 
show of plants and flowers. Indeed, in this latter 
respect the show fairly excelled its predecessors, 
especially in Orchids, for the quantity of these 
brought together certainly excelled all previous 
displays seen anywhere in this country, and 
fairly beat the record. 
Perhaps there are some who will join with 
us in thinking that there is just a little danger 
of overdoing the Orchid department, and 
that we may have too much of even so good a 
thing. Could those who set up such a profusion 
of these beautiful flowers he induced to show 
only the rarest and best, especially grouping 
them into sections and dressed with Ferns or 
suitable foliage plants, the general result would 
he much more gratifying. As to other plants 
there were plenty, but few of that fine size 
and form which is calculated to command 
admiration. Perhaps the pot Hoses came up 
to one’s ideal of what show plants in huge 
tents should be. It is to he regretted that 
the Temple Gardens—a splendid position for 
a flower show—are not as large again and 
the property of the society, so that the level 
expanse of" turf, as it now exists, could he 
varied in character and outline, to enable 
the exhibits to he more artistically grouped. 
Long, straight, and especially parallel lines 
have in them no elements of beauty, whilst 
curves and bold projections, breaking up 
the monotony of outline, introduce charms 
irrespective of exhibits, V e have, however, 
to take the Temple Gardens. shoiv as it is 
and he thankful. The fault of non-decora- 
tiveness does not lie with the society or the 
show authorities. Still it. is a pity such a 
wondrous wealth of beautiful flowers could, 
not be more decoratively utilised. 
TfHE Apple Bloom. —We commented upon 
^ the great beauty and abundance of fruit 
bloom a couple of weeks since, and if now 
reverting to the subject, so far as Apple 
blossom is concerned, it is but to point out 
that to us in the home counties a continuous 
heavy bloom into the month of June is indeed 
a, phenomenon in nature which few perhaps 
