June 27, 1891. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
679 
TWO GRAND NOVELTIES. 
A PURE WHITE REDDING CLEMATIS, and the FERN 
which has latch' received so many of the highest 
awards and proofs of admiration. 
CLEMATIS, SMITH'S SNOW 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, and also for climbing. 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. 6 d. 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. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
Nurserymen & Seed Merchants, 
W ORCESTER. 
OLD ENGLISH GARDEN FLOWERS 
For a constant display of Ilardy Perennial Flowers, 
consult without delay YERTEGANS’ Special List of Old 
English Garden Flowers and Alpine Plants, post free. 
YERTEGANS & CO., 
THE NURSERIES, 
CHAD VALLEY, BIRMINGHAM 
PEIMULASI PRIMULAS!! 
22nd YEAR OF DISTR1BUTIOM. 
William's Superb Strain, Is. G(i. per dozen ; 10s. per 100. 
CINERARIAS same price, also DOUBLE WHITE PRIMULAS, 
Gd. each. Carriage free for cash with order. 
JOHN STEVENS, The Nurseries, COVENTRY. 
CARNATION, “ LIZZIE McGOWAN. ” 
The best pure white Carnation ever introduced. 
Flowers fine and large, pure white, and beautifully 
fimbriated ; the most free-flowering variety known. 
Very valuable for cut-flower purposes, as the buds do 
not burst. 
Strong small plants now ready, price 3s. 6d. 
each ; 30s. per dozen. 
Orders executed. in strict rotation. 
mTcmmm & 
The United States Nurseries, 
HEXTABLE, SWANLEY, KENT. 
For ivliatever is wanted, mentioned or not in these columns, 
please to write immediately to H. CANNELL & SONS, whose 
Seed and Nursery Stock is the most complete and extensive, 
and where nearly everything for the Garden is grown and 
supplied in large quantities, in the finest possible condition, at 
the lowest prices consistent with correctness and superior 
character. 300 Acres. 150 Employes. CATALOGUES FREE. 
SWANLEY, KENT. 
GOING! GOING! 
BEGONIAS. 
I had 50,000 of these, but have sold 10,000 in 14 days, and 
have received numerous testimonials. As 1 am offering them 
for 14 days longer at a low price, all who want Begonias 
lor pots or bedding should avail themselves of this splendid 
opportunity, and secure for a nominal sum plants jnany of 
which are equal to the finest named varieties sold at os. each. 
Nice Plants, Singles, 3/- for 12 ; Doubles, 5/- for 12 ; 
25 of each, 14/-; 50 of each, 25/-. 
*T. JONES, 
RYECROFT NURSERY, LEWISHAM. 
T he best primula — carter’s 
HOLBORN PRIZE MIXED— vide Awards. New Seed. 
In sealed packets, price 2s. 6/. & 3s. i>d. per packet, post free. 
237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. 
T he best cineraria—carters’ 
BRILLIANT PRIZE MIXED— vide Awards. In sealed 
packets, price 2s. 6d. & 3s. 6d. per packet, post free. 
_ 237 & 238 , HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. 
TUIE BEST CALCEOLARIA—CARTERS’ 
JL VICTORIA PRIZE MIXED— vide Awards. In sealed 
packets, price 2s. 6 d. & 3s. 6 d. per packet, post free. 
237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. 
WILLIAMS’ 
GOLD MEDAL STRAINS OF 
CALCEOLARIAS, 
Per Packet, Is. 6 d. and 2s. Gd. 
CINERARIAS, 
Per Packet, Is. Gd. and 2s. Gd. 
CYCLAMEN, 
Per Packet, Is. 6<Z. and 2s. Gd. 
GLOXINIAS, 
Per Packet, Is. Gd. and 2s. 6<Z. 
PRIMULAS, 
Per Packet, Is. 6<Z. and 2s. Gd. 
Illustrated SEED CATALOGUE for 1891, Gratis 
and. Post Free on application. 
B. S. Williams &, Son, 
Victoria, and Paradise Nurseries , 
UPPER HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, June 29th. — Sale of the late Mr. Shirley Hibberd’s 
Library. 
Tuesday, June 30th.—Canterbury Rose Show. Sale of Imported 
and Established Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Wednesday, July 1st.—Brighton Rose Show (2 days) Brockhain 
Rose Show. Croydon Flower Show, Lee, Blaekheath and 
Lewisham Flower Show (2 days) 
Thursday, July 2nd.—Chiswick Flower Show. Farningham 
Norwich, and Woodbridge Rose Shows. 
Fbiday, July 3rd.—Sale of New and Rare Orchids at Protheroe 
& Morris’s Rooms. 
Saturday, July 4th.—National Rose Show atthe Crystal Palace- 
P ENNY PLANTS. -— Begonias, Cyperus, 
Ferns, Abutilons, Ice Plants, Isolepis, Fuchsias, Caly- 
canthus, Maidenhair. Geraniums, Spiraas, Tradescantia, Musk, 
Balsams, Canuas, 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. 
I JEADERS OF THE GARDENING 
b 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. 
CONWAY G. WARNE, 
Successor to JOHN MATTHEWS, 
Royal Potteries, WESTON-SUPER-MARE, 
FOR 
FLOWER POTS 
And HORTICULTURAL P0TTERY of 
all descriptions. 
THE “POTTER” CARDEN HOSE. 
PRICES OF 60-FEET LENGTHS. All hose carriage paid, and 
dispatched same day as order is received. 
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will not uncoil when cut at 
any part; stands ENORMOUS 
pressure and wears for years. 
Look at prices:— 
1-in. diam., Best quality, 31/3 
i „ ,, Ex. stout ,, 37/6 
i „ „ Best ,, 38/9 
% „ „ Ex. stout ,, 45 - 
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ANDREW POTTER, Melbourne Works, Wolverhampton 
THE PATENT INVINCIBLE CROCKS 
FQR FLOWER PQT§, 
A RE giving the greatest satisfaction. All 
plant growers should use them ; they keep worms and 
other vermin from getting into pots. Save time, trouble, and 
annoyance. Are unbreakable, and last for years. A gardener 
writes: “Tour Invincible Crocks are the best things I have 
seen for many a day. Nothing can beat them. They are a real 
gardeners' friend, and are bound to come into general use. 
When known no ‘Mum’ growers will pot a plant without one." 
30 for Is. ; 100 for 3s. ; 1,000 for 20s., free. 
ONLY FROM THE PATENTEE, 
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FERNS A SPECIALITY. 
Awarded R.H.S. Gold Medal, Fern Conference, July, 1890; 
Silver Cup. R.H.S. Show, May, 1S90 ; Silver Medal, Shrewsbury, 
August, 1S90 ; Silver Medal, Edinburgh, September, 1890. 
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, 7 
SALE, MANCHESTER. 
CUTBUSH’S MILLTRACK MUSHROOM SPAWN 
Too well known to require descrip¬ 
tion. Price, 6s. per bushel (Is. extra per 
bushel for package), or Gd. 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 
in the growth of Mushrooms. Price, Gd., 
free by post, 7 d. 
MMJVl. CUTBUSH & SQIST, 
Nurserymen and Seed Mercho.nts, 
HIGHGATE NURSERIES, X.; anil BARNET, HERTS. 
Old English Garden Flower Seeds. 
For a constant display of Hardy Perennial Flowers, 
consult without delay YERTEGANS’ Special Descriptive 
and Illustrated List of Novelties in Seeds, post free on 
application. 
YERTEGANS Sc CO., 
THE NURSERIES, 
CHAD VALLEY, BIRMINGHAM. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”—B acon. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
Cummer at Last. — We cannot complain 
m niucli of the weather now. If the sum¬ 
mer has been long in coming, it is just at 
present very nice and enjoyable. We are 
writing, of course, a few days before this 
number reaches our readers, hut we have some 
faith in the constancy of the sunshine for a 
while at least, although the weather is the 
most erratic thing in nature. The man who 
would back any phase of weather would back 
anything else, and as we have been so often 
told that it is unwise to prophesy until we 
know, so it is not our intention to become 
weather prophets. We had a long cold season 
which should have been spring, but was only 
the ordinary spring months. That cold time 
coining as it did, when the fruit trees and 
bushes were so gloriously in bloom, left its 
impress upon the year’s fruit crop, as the 
returns made later will appreciably show. If 
we could have a real mild traditional spring 
our lot as gardeners would be much pleasanter.- 
Just now the warmth is doing immense 
good, and accelerating plant development 
rapidly. We were to have a late harvest, but 
already the wheat plant is showing ear, and 
with a continuation of sunshine we shall see 
the harvest not so very late after all. The 
warmth is setting the Pea blooms, and sw elling 
the earlier pods; it is ripening the Strawberries ; 
it is making the hav in clover leys and meadows ; 
