July 4, 1891. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
695 
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, SMITH S SNOW WHITE 
JACKMANII. 
The flowers are paper-white, about the same size as those of 
the old purple Jaekmanii, but produced in even greater pro¬ 
fusion. It is unrivalled for beds, and also for climbing. Ready 
in August. 7s. Gd. 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. bd. each. 
We now have a very fine lot of the best 
varieties of CLEMATIS ready for planting out, 
also BEDDING PLANTS, and shall be pleased 
to send particulars. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
Nurserymen & Seed Merchants, 
W ORCESTER. 
OLD ENGLISH GARDEN FLOWERS 
For a constant display of Hardy Perennial Flowers, 
consult without delay VERTEGANS' Special List of Old 
English Garden Flowers and Alpine Plants, post free. 
VERTEGANS & CO., 
THE NURSERIES, 
CHAD VALLEY, BIRMINGHAM 
CARNATION, “LIZZIE McGOWAN.” 
The best pure white Carnation ever introduced . 
Flowers tine 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 3/6 each ; 30/- doz. 
Orders executed in strict rotation. 
PITCHER & MANDA, 
The United States Nurseries, Hextable, Swanley, Kent. 
PRIMULAS! PRIMULAS!! 
22nd YEAR OF DISTRIBUTION. 
William’s Superb Strain, Is. Gd. 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. 
Mr. DODWELL’S 
GRAND CARNATIONS. 
THE FINEST GROWN. 
UNBLOOMED SEEDLINGS, warranted of the 
jLHJU highest parentage, uni ivailed whether for beddiDg 
or forcing for Spring flowering. 
3s. 6d. per doz.; 25s. per 100. 
Special Terms for Quantities. Particulars on Application. 
THE COTTAGE, STANLEY ROAD, OXFORD. 
THE “POTTER” CARDEN HOSE. 
PRICES OF 60-FEET LENGTHS. All hose carriage paid, and 
dispatched same day as order is received. 
ARMOURED. 
EXCELSIOR Wire Armoured 
Hose secures a PERFECT grip, 
will not uncoil when cut at 
any part; stands ENORMOUS 
pressure and wears for years. 
Look at prices :— 
J-in. diam., Best quality, 31/3 
i ,, ,, Ex. stout „ 37/6 
f „ ,, Best ,, 38/9 
f ,, ,, Ex. stout ,, 45/- 
i ,, „ Best „ 45/- 
| ,, ,, Ex. stout ,, 52/6 
PLAIN. 
Unkinkable smooth-surface 
hose ; will not crack ; is made 
of pure rubber and canvas. 
Quality guaranteed. 
J-in. diam.,specially cheap,14/- 
i „ ,, Best quality, 19/- 
h ,, j> Ex. stout ,, 24/6 
f ,, ,, Best ‘ „ 25/- 
S „ ,, Ex. stout ,, 29/6 
I „ „ Best „ 29/6 
f „ ,, Ex. stout ,, 36/9 
Fitted with Brass Nozzle, Branch Pipe, Rose & Jet. 
Catalogues of above and all kinds of Hose and Belting post 
free from 
Oldest and most reliable 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 
WEBBS’ 
EMPEROR CABBAGE. 
THE EARLIEST AND BEST. 
Gd. and Is. per packet; 
Is. Gd. per oz. 
“Webbs' Emperor Cabbage is a 
very good fast-growing sort, of large 
size and good quality.” — Mr. E. 
SIMPSON, Gardener to the Right 
Hon. Lord Wrottesley. 
- Per oz. 
Early Nonpareil Cabbage. 8d. 
Enfield Market Cabbage . 6d. 
Early Rainliam Cabbage. 9d. 
Large Red Dutch Cabbage . 9d. 
ONION. 
Webbs' Red Globe Tripoli 
Large Flat Red Tripoli . 
Giant Rocea. 
White Lisbon . 
Post Free. 
Per pkt. 
Gd. Is. Gd. 
Gd. lOd. 
Gd. Is. Od. 
Sd. 
GOING-! GOING! 
BEGONIAS. 
I had 50,000 of these, but have sold 10,000 in 14 days, and 
have received numerous testimonials. As 1 ain offering them 
for 14 days longer at a low price, all who want Begonias 
tor pots or bedding should avail themselves of this splendid 
opportunity, and secure for a nominal sum plants many of 
which are equal to the tinest named varieties sold at 5s. each. 
Nice Plants, Singles, 3/- for 12 ; Doubles, 5/- for 12 ; 
25 of each, 14/-; 50 of each, 25/-. 
J. JO WES, 
RYECROFT NURSERY, LEWISHAM. 
THE PATENT INVINCIBLE CROCKS 
FOR FLOWER POTS, 
A EE 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: “ Your 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 1 Mum ’ growers will pot a plant without one.” 
30 for Is. ; 100 for 3s. ; 1,000 for 2Qs.,free. 
ONLY FROM THE PATENTEE, 
A. PORTER, STONE HOUSE, MAIDSTONE. 
FERNS A SPECIALITY. 
Awarded R.H.S. Gold Medal, Fern Conference, July, 1890 ; 
Silver Cup, R.H.S. Show, May, 1890; 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, 
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; 
free 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, 6 d., 
free by post, 7<Z. 
WM. CUTBUSH <SS SON, 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
HIGHGATE NURSERIES, N.; and BARNET, HERTS. 
T he best primula — carter’s 
HOLBORN PRIZE MIXED— vide Awards. New Seed. 
In sealed packets, price 2s. 6i. & 3s. Gd. 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. Gd. & 3s. Gd. per packet, post free. 
237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. 
T he best calceolaria—carters’ 
VICTORIA PRIZE MIXED— vide Awards. In sealed 
packets, price 2s. Gd. & 3s. Gd. per packet, post free. 
237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. 
STRAWBERRIES, 
HOW TO GROW THEM, HOW TO PROTECT THEM, HOW TO 
GATHER THEM, AND HOW TO EAT THEM. 
By 'W. H. HARRISON, M.A., Shrewsbury. 
LONDON: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. ; 
W. H. Smith & Son ; and of all Booksellers. 
ONE SHILLING NET. 
“ It is no mere dry catalogue of varieties of the plant and of 
recipes and methods, bat he blends his practical and scientific 
information with a light and pleasant and often quaint humor¬ 
ousness that renders his work no less enjoyable than it is 
instructive.”— Shrewsbury Chronicle. 
“ If you had never grown a Strawberry in your life, you would 
be interested and amused by Mr. Harrison’s ‘ Strawberries.’ 
Shropshire Guardian. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Tuesday, July 7th.—Royal Horticultural Society's Conference 
at Chiswick (2 days). Gloucester Rose Show. Sale of 
Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Wednesday, July Sth.—Gardener*’ Royal Benevolent Insti¬ 
tution : Annual Festival at the Hotel Metropole. Royal 
Botanic Society’s Evening Fete. Sutton Rose Show. 
Flower Shows at Portsmouth (3 days), and Enfield. 
Thursday, July 9th.—Bath Rose Show. Woodbridge Flower 
Show. 
Saturday, July 10th.—Galashiels Flower Show. 
For Index to Contents ^Advertisements, see p. 705. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, JULY 4th, 1891. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
TThe Chiswick Conferences. — "We hail 
with satisfaction the first of the Chis¬ 
wick Conferences of the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society for the present season, which 
takes place 011 Tuesday and Wednesday next, 
but could have wished that the topics selected 
had been of a rather more exciting or heroic 
nature. However, it is not possible always 
to be feeding on heavy diet; and the topics 
to he discussed next week, viz., hardy 
perennials and small fruits, may act as 
useful sedatives to over-wrought systems. 
It is to be feared that the conferences 
will hardly awaken any considerable interest, 
but they will materially, help the editors 
of the society’s journal with useful matter. 
The Council have issued a series of queries 
addressed to a large number of Fellows and 
others, inviting information respecting certain 
things appertaining to the conference subjects. 
Many of these questions are trivial, and in 
too many cases can have satisfactory replies 
only from the comparatively few who have 
special facilities for growing large quantities or 
numbers of varieties of the things referred 
to. The objections to this form of inquisition 
aie that it puts the society to an expense 
without any adequate return ; that it implies 
all those addressed have ample time and 
knowledge to reply ; and further, that when 
the replies, whatever they may he worth, are 
received, the information is virtually buried 
in the society’s journal, and comes to the 
public far too late to he of any service to 
horticulture generally. 
