August 22, 1891. 
807 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
TWO GRAND NOVELTIES. 
A PURE WHITE BEDDING CLEMATIS, and the FERN 
which has lately reoeived so many of the highest 
awards and proofs of admiration. 
CLEMATIS, SMITH 8 SNOW WHITE 
JACKMAN!!. 
The flowers are paper-jvliite, 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, ys. 6 d, each. 
PTERIS TREMULA 8MITHIANA. 
This is a very valuable and distinct Fern- No collection 
should be without it. Illustration and description free. 
5s. to ios. 6 d. each. 
BULBS, THE BEST PROCURABLE. 
STRAWBERRIES, all leading kinds. 
ALSO ALL THE BEST VARIETIES OF 
CLEMATIS, READY FOR PLANTING OUT 
descriptive Lists free. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
Nurserymen & Seed Merchants, 
1ST ORCESTER. 
Unite for For mug. 
i. 8, WSLLIS18 & SON’S 
WELL RIPENED AND HEAVY BULBS OF 
ROMAN iKYJLCXISr'r'EIS, 
Early White, from 5 inches to 5| inches in circumference, 
PAPER-WHITE NARCISSUS, 
From 5 inches to 6 inches in circumference, 
DOUBLE ROMAN NARCISSUS, 
From 5 inches to 6^ inches in circumference. 
LILIUM CANDIDUM, Pure White. 
Extra strong. 
LILIUM HARRISII, Fine Bulbs. 
Early orders solicited. 
VICTORIA & PARADISE NURSERIES, 
UPPER HOLLOWAY. LONDON, N. 
“JOHN BUSKIN” 8 TBAWBERRYr 
THE EARLIEST STRAWBERRY CF THE CENTURY. 
Trials North and South prove it extraordinary 
for earliness, productiveness, flavour, size, and 
worthy to be classed with " Sir Joseph Paxton,’’ 
"Garibaldi,” ” President,” &e. 
Order now. Extra strong Runners, 4s. per 
dozen, 20s. per 100, delivered in August. 
TRUE FROU THE INTRODUCERS, 
LITTLE & BALLANTYNE, 
THE ROYAL SEED & NURSERY ESTABLISHMENT, 
CARLISLE. 
Mr. DODWELL’S 
GRAND CARNATIONS. 
THE FINEST GROWN, 
Q (")(■}(") UNBLOOMED SEEDLINGS, warranted of 
the highest parentage, unrivalled whether for 
bedding or forcing for Spring flowering. 
3s. 6d. per doz.; 25s. per 100. 
Special Terms far Quantities. Particulars on Application. 
THE COTTAGE, STANLEY ROAD, OXFORD. 
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, jd. 
WM. CUTBUSH & SOW, 
Nurserymen and SeicLXlerchnnts. 
HIGHGATE NURSERIES, N.; & BARNET, HERTS 
TO ANTHRACITE CONSUMERS. 
Further reduction in price of Best Anthracite is improbable, 
whatever inferior quality may be offered at. For guidance I 
beg to notify that my Anthracite can be guaranteed to do 
zo per cent, more work by Durability, Heat, and less Ash 
than cheaper kinds, and this means quite 4/- per ton. It is 
also weighed by Railway Company. 
Bona fide References and Testimonials. 
WILLIAM H„ SSSSRY, 
Anthracite Colliery Office , SWANSEA. 
ARTERS’ TESTED SEEDS for 
Present Sowing. 
f^ABBAGE.—CARTERS’ EARLY 
V_> HEARTWELL.—Pronounced to be the finest early 
Cab bage incultivation. Very distinct. The heads are extremely 
firm, weighing from 4 to 6 lbs. In sealed packets only—price 
per pacnet, is. and 6 d.; per ounce, is. 6 d. Post free. 
I ETTUCE.—Carters’ Giant White Cos, 
price 2s. 6 d. per ounce, is. per packet; Dunnett’s Giant 
Winter Cos, price 2s. 6 d. per ounce, is. per packet; Carters’ 
Longstander Cabbage Lettuce, price 2$, 6 d. per ounce, is. per 
packet; All the Year Round Cabbage Lettuce, price is. 6rf. per 
ounce, 6 d, per packet. All post iree. 
O NION.—Carters’ Golden Globe Tri- 
poli, price 2s. 6 d. per ounce, is. 6 d. per packet; Giant 
Rocca, price is. per ounce, 6 d. per packet; Giant White Tripoli, 
price is. per ounce, 6 d. per packet; Early White Naples, price 
9 d. per ounce ; Giant Madeira, price is. per ounce. All post tree. 
ARTERS’, Seedsmen by Royal War- 
rants to H. M. the Queen and H. R. H. the Prince of 
Wales.—237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. 
For Index to Contents & Advertisements, see p. 819 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, Aug. 24th. — Bulb Sale at Protheroe & Morris 
Rooms. 
Tuesday, Aug. 25th.—Royal Horticultural Society : Meeting 
of Committees at 12 o'clock. Alveston Flower Show. 
Wednesday, August 26th.—Newcastle-upon-Tyne Flower 
Show (3 days). 
Thursday, Aug. 27th. — Bulb Sale at Protheroe & Morris’ 
Rooms. 
Friday, Aug. 29th.—Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’ 
Rooms. 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY , AUGUST 22nd, 1891 . 
|The coming Dahlia Shows. —W’ith the 
^ month of August comes the Dahlia. 
W T e noticed at the Drill Hall meeting on 
the 14 th, about the first display of seedling 
and named Cactus Dahlias, that we have 
seen this season. Not a particularly early 
date, but still, early for the season. From 
this time forth to the end ot September, 
and if the frosts be considerate even later, 
we shall have a glorious Dahlia bloom, 
colour of the most exquisite kind, in 
wondrous variety, and on flowers of diverse 
yet exceedingly charming form. So far 
some anticipations with respect to the 
speedy decadence of the single varieties 
have not been realised. 
In spite of the heavy denunciations flung 
at those who saw beauty and pleasure in 
these primitive forms, it is a fact none the 
less that their general cultivation has done 
wonders in helping to popularise the Dahlia 
in its entirety, and the grand autumn flower 
finds more admirers at the present time 
than it has known for many years. We 
have made the Dahlia a garden flower. 
That is a great gain. For too long it was an 
exhibition flower only, and for some time 
even in that respect its place had become 
a low one in the estimation of the flower 
loving public. Now, what with singles, 
Cactus, and Pompon flowers, we have a 
fine selection other than the huge exhibi¬ 
tion or Show flower presents, and still 
even these are wondrously attractive, when 
grown as ordinary border plants because 
now so comparatively dwarf and compact 
habited, as compared with the habits of the 
same section not so many years ago. 
The singles were at first too tall, and 
these are now being dwarfed so materially 
that there is danger of their becoming too 
insignificant. Whilst we may object to 
five feet in height, some eighteen inches 
seems absurdly low for such flowers as 
Dahlias, and the preferable height is found 
at about thirty inches, because well-grown 
Dahlias develope stoutness also, and if 
dwarf plants be too broad then they bear 
a squat ungainly aspect. The Cactus form 
specially needs some dwarfing, and that 
desideratum will soon come. Generally 
our Dahlia varieties now are wondrously 
good and beautiful. 
Q.ut-door Peaches. —Whilst we are wail¬ 
ing over the difficulty said to exist in 
securing good out-door Peaches on walls, 
which after all is only a difficulty in cold 
sunless summers, a very remarkable proof 
of the possibility of securing good fruits of 
Peaches on standard trees in the open-air 
has been furnished by Mr. R. D. Blackmore, 
the famous novelist fruitist of Teddington, 
who the other day exhibited at a meeting 
of the Fruit Committee of the Royal 
Horticultural Society a basket of well- 
coloured, fairly ripened and good sized 
fruits of Alexander, Early Canada, and we 
believe one other variety gathered from 
standard trees in the open-air, and which 
are carrying heavy crops of fruit. 
This is for the season—which so far has 
not been a brilliant one—a very remark¬ 
able fact, and shows that some of the more 
recent American Peach introductions have 
hardy, precocious features of great value. 
What a revolution might be wrought in 
fruit culture in this country could we but 
grow Peaches on standard trees as we do 
Apples, and in that way be able to offer 
them at per bushel instead of as now at 
per dozen, and at what are to the masses 
prohibitory prices. There is at Bexley 
Heath a grower of Peaches under glass, 
Mr. Burton, who produces enormous 
quantities of fruit annually from standard 
trees, but still the process of production is 
far too costly to enable the Peaches to be 
sold cheaply. 
Even fruits grown on wails are expected 
to sell from is. 6 d. to 5 s. 6 d. per dozen if 
plentiful, and at double those prices when 
scarce. Thus it is evident that a Peach 
millenium for the masses is yet remote. 
We will not hastily build up a superstruc¬ 
ture of hope from what Mr. Blackmore has 
accomplished, but still when it is remem¬ 
bered that his fruits were ripe in the 
middle of August, there seems no reason 
why we may not have such fruits in 
abundance later. There may be many of 
the American Peaches hardly good enough 
for house culture, which would yet do well 
in the open-air for cheap fruit production. 
Information on this subject from an}' of the 
many English gardeners in America would 
be especially interesting just now. 
Exhibition Vegetables. —Thegreat com¬ 
petitions insingledishes and collections 
of Vegetables which take place at all our 
late summer and autumn Shows, testify as 
to the popularity of these products with 
committees, exhibitors and the public. 
It is indeed doubtful whether any feature 
of a great Show commands more attention 
all round than the Vegetables do, especially 
where, as is usually the case, the competi¬ 
tion is keen, and it is rare that it runs closer 
or excites more the attention of the judges, 
who find in collections and single dishes 
wonderful nearness of merit. 
It is not merely satisfactory to find that 
the public takes so much interest in Vege¬ 
table competitions, it is especially so to 
know that gardeners find in the cultivation 
of Vegetables such pleasure, and can 
produce them in such great excellence. A 
finely displayed collection set up with all 
