July 11, 1891. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
711 
TWO GRAND NOVELTIES. 
A PURE WHITE BEDDING CLEMATIS, ami the FERN 
which lias lately received so many ol’ the highest 
awards and proofs of admiration. 
CLEMATIS,SMITH’SSNOW 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. 6d. 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 SMITE & So., 
Nurserymen & Seed Merchants, 
WORCESTER. 
. CARNATION, “LIZZIE McCOWAN.” 
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 MAMDA, 
The United States Nurseries, Hextable, Swanley, Kent. 
PRIMULAS! PRIMULAS!! 
22nd YEAR OF DISTRIBUTION. 
Winiam's Superb Strain, Is. G d. 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’sT 
GRAND CARNATIONS. 
THE FINEST GROWN. 
2 nfin UNBLOOMED SEEDLINGS, warranted of the 
UvJ highest parentage, unrivalled whether for bedding 
or forcing for Spring flowering. 
4s. per doz.; 25s. per 100. 
Special Terms for Quantities. Particulars on Application. 
THE COTTAGE, STANLEY H0AS, OXFORD. 
BAMBOOS 
As Flower and Tree Supports, for 
Garden and Greenhouse, are far 
superior to the old-fashioned and 
unsightly wooden stakes, arid, 
having a naturally glazed surface, do not rot in the ground. 
IS iD. 
Jin. thick 
2/6 gross 
5 ft., 
$ in. thick.. 
2/6 dozen 
24 „ 
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- 3/ „ 
6 „ 
5 
8 Sf 
3/- „ 
27 „ 
£ ? > 
.. 3/6 ,, 
1 5 J 
6 
3/6 „ 
45 „ 
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5/- „ 
9 „ 
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4/- „ 
45 „ 
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■■ 7/- „ 
12 „ 
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45 „ 
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9/- .. 
17 „ 
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3/- each. 
All sizes up to 35 ft. long and G ins. thick. 
FULL DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST on application. 
SPECIALITY.—Our Popular 5s. Bundle of 12 dozen Canes, 
assorted, from IS inches to 7 feet long, most useful garden 
assortment. 
FISHER & SHARPE, 172, Queen Victoria St., London. 
THE “POTTER” CARDEN HOSE. 
PRICES OF GO-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 
I „ Best ,, 38/9 
I „ „ Ex. stout , 45/- 
-i ,, ,, Best ,, 45/- 
J ,, ,, 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/- 
Best quality, 19/- 
Ex. stout 
Best 
Ex. stout 
Best 
Ex. stout 
24/6 
25 /- 
29/6 
29/6 
36/9 
Pitted 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 Beltfng post free from 
ANDREW POTTER, Melbourne Works, Wolverhampton 
WEBBS’ 
EiPEIOS CABBAGE. 
THE EARLIEST AND BEST. 
6(1. and Is. per packet; 
Is. 6d. 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. 
. 8 ( 1 . 
. 6 ( 1 . 
. 9(1. 
. 9(1. 
Early Nonpareil Cabbage... 
Enfield Market Cabbage ... 
Early Rainham Cabbage ... 
Large Red Dutch Cabbage 
ONION. 
Webbs’ Red Globe Tripoli 
Large Flat Red Tripoli ... . 
Giant Roeca. 
White Lisbon . 
Post Free. 
Per pkt. 
6(1. 
Is. 6d. 
6(1. 
10(1. 
6(1. 
Is. Od. 
8d. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS! 
I have a few strong plants in best varieties ready for shifting 
into flowering pats, 7s. 6 d. per dozen ; 50s. per 100. A good 
chance to form a collection or repair losses. 
PRIMULAS! PRIMULAS!! 
Good plants in all colours just ready for potting, Double and 
Single, 12, Is. 3d.; 24, 2s.; 100, Gs. C£?., post free. 
H. J, JONES, 
RYECROFT NURSERY, 
LEWISHAM. 
THE PATENT INVINCIBLE CROCKS 
FQI FLOWER F@fS. 
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: “ 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 ‘ Mum ’ growers will pot a plant without one.” 
30 for Is. ; 100 for 3s. ; 1,000 for IDs., free. 
ONLY FROM THE PATENTEE, 
A. PORTER, STONE HOUSE, MAIDSTONE. 
FERNS A SPECIALITY. 
Awarded R.H.S. Gold Medal, Fern Conference, July, ISilO ; 
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 aud 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, 1 
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 6 d. 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 d, 
■Wivr. CUTBUSH &, SON, 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
HXGHGATE NURSERIES, N.; aiul BARNET, HERTS. 
COMWAY G. WARNE, 
Successor to JOHN MATTHEWS, 
Royal Potteries, WESTON-SUPER-MARE, 
FOR 
FLOWER POTS 
And HORTICULTURAL POTTERY of 
a// descriptions, 
T 
HE BEST CINERARIA—CARTERS’ 
packets, price 2s. G d. & 3 s. Gd. per packet, post free. 
237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. 
r PHE BEST CALCEOLARIA— CARTERS’ 
-L VICTORIA PRIZE MIXED —vide Awards. In sealed 
packets, price 2s. Gd. & 3s. Gd. per packet, post free. 
237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. 
ORCHIDS. orchids. 
WILLIAMS’ for Cheap ORCHIDS 
WILLIAMS’ „ New & Rare ORCHIDS 
WILLIAMS’ „ Specimen ORCHIDS 
WILLIAMS’ „ Cool ORCHIDS 
WILLIAMS’ „ Warm ORCHIDS 
WILLIAMS’ „ Imported ORCHIDS 
WILLIAMS’ „ Books on ORCHIDS 
WILLIAMS’ „ Growers of ORCHIDS 
WILLIAMS’ „ Houses for ORCHIDS 
An inspection of our Stock invited. 
We received the Highest Award (Silver Cup and Silver Floral 
Medal) for our Group of Orchids and other Plants, at the Temple 
Show of the R.H.S., held on the 28th and 29th ult. 
B. 8. WILLIAMS & SON, 
Victoria & Paradise Nurseries, 
UPPER HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 
Nest Week’s Engagements. 
Tuesday, July 14th.—Wolverhampton Floral Fete (3 days). 
Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Wednesday, July loth. — Framlingham Flower Show. 
Thursday, July IGth. —National Rose Society’s Show at Here¬ 
ford. Highgate Flower Show. Helensburgh Rose Show. 
Feiday, July 17th.—Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’s 
Rooms. 
Saturday, July lStli.—Rose and Pink Show at the Botanieal 
Gardens, Old Trafford. 
For Index to Contents & Advertisements, see p. 722. 
‘ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, JULY 11th, 1891. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
|The Crystal Palace Fete.—So important 
is the proposed Rose Fair and Floral 
Fete to be held at the Crystal Palace on 
Wednesday next, July 15th, in aid of the 
Gardeners’ Orphan Fund regarded, that no 
apology is needed here for thus again drawing 
our readers’ attention to it, and soliciting their 
earnest help and support. The fete is largely 
an experiment, and its success depends of 
course upon the support given by the gardening 
profession as well as by the general public. 
We need now hardly plead the cause of the 
orphans, because it is not possible any gardener 
exists who does not realise their necessities. 
The children have come to their sorrow and 
poverty through no faults of their own, and 
that is far more than can be said of all 
recipients of benevolence; neither can it be 
possible for the charity of the Orphan Fund 
to be in any way prostituted by those it is 
purposed to benefit. The help given, even 
though it be not great, is yet timely. It 
can make the life of a human being, just as 
its absence may mar that life. 
But we may now plead the cause of the. 
executive of the Fund, which body lias 
assumed very heavy responsibilities towards 
the thirty-nine orphans in receipt of benefits 
from the Fund, and for other responsibilities 
which orphan needs and the votes of the 
subscribers will presently impose upon them. 
So far as the coming fete is concerned, 
immense aid can be given to the committee 
by presents of flowers, &c. These we know 
it is not always in the poiver of any private 
