September 15, 1888. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
31 
WEBBS’ 
EARLY FORCING 
F LOWER R OOTS 
ROMAN HYACINTHS— 
Early White, selected roots .2s. per doz. 
Ditto .15s. per 100. 
FINEST NAMED HYACINTHS.. .. 6s. to 12s. per doz. 
POLYANTHUS NARCISSUS— 
Double Roman .3d. each, Is. 6 d. per doz. 
Paper White.3d. each, Is. 6 d. per doz. 
EARLY TULIPS— 
Due Van Thol, single, scarlet and yellow, 9d. per doz., 5s. 100. 
Ditto double ditto Sd. per doz., 3s. 6d. 100. 
WEBBS’ BULB CATALOGUE, 
Beautifully Illustrated, and containing complete 
cultural instructions. 
Now ready , Gratis and Post Free. 
Seedsmen by Royal Warrants to H.M. the Queen 
and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
Lilies of th e V alle y at C hristmas I 
All rvho wish to have a good supply of the above in bloom by 
Christmas week should order at once to ensure early delivery. 
To obtain reliable crowns, order direct of the grower. I offer 
the same at 5s. per 100, packing included, for cash with order; 
cheaper by the 1,000 and 10,000. Orders are now booked for 
delivery early in November. 
J. JANNOCH, 
Lily of the Valley^Grower by Special Warrant to H.R.H. 
the Prince of Wales, 
DERS3NGHAM, KINO’S LYNN, NORFOLK. 
■jDOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
IVTOTICE! The next meeting of the Emit 
_L 1 and Floral Committees will be held in the Drill Hall of 
the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers, James Street, S.W., on 
Tuesday, September 25th. 
Open to Fellows at 12 o’clock, and to the public at 1 p.m. 
An Apple and Pear Conference will be held in the Society’s 
Gardens at Chiswick, from the 16th to the 20th of October. 
For particulars respecting the election of Fellows apply to the 
Secretary, 111, Victoria Street, S.W. 
Next Week's Engagements. 
Monday, September 17th.—Sales of Dutch Bulbs at Protberoe 
& Morris’s and Stevens’ Rooms. Annual Trade Pale of 
Greenhouse Plants at the Dyson’s Lane Nursery, Upper 
Edmonton, by Protheroe & Morris. 
Tuesday, September 18th.—Annual Trade Sale of Greenhouse 
Plants at the Burnt Ash Lane Nurseries, Lee, S.E., by 
Protheroe & Morris. 
Wednesday, September 19th.—Annual Trade Sale of Greenhouse 
Plants at the Lea Bridge Road Nurseries, Leyton, E., by 
Protheroe & Morris. Sale of Dutch Bulbs at Stevens’ 
Rooms. Sale of Azaleas from Ghent at Stevens' Rooms. 
Thursday, Sept. 20th.—Annual Trade Sale of Greenhouse Plants 
at the Brimsdown Nursery, Enfield Highway, by Protheroe 
& Morris. Trade Sales of Dutcli Bulbs, and Sale of plants of 
Lilium nepalense at Stevens’ Rooms. Sale of Dutch Bulbs 
at Protheroe & Morris's Rooms. 
Friday, Sept. 21st.—Annual Trade Sale of Greenhouse Plants at 
the Longiands Nursery, Sidcup, by Protheroe & Morris. 
Sale of Established, Semi-established, and Imported Orchids 
at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Saturday, Sept. 22nd.—Sale of Dutch Bulbs at Stevens' and 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
Dutcli Bulbs Cheap l 
French Bulbs Cheap! 
English Bulbs Cheap! 
S EE our Special Wholesale Catalogue of 
Bulbs, containing LIST of all the best varieties of 
HYACINTHS, ;TULIPS, CROCUS, LILIUMS, DAFFODILS, 
SNOWDROPS, IRIS, &c., free on application.—WATKINS & 
SIMPSON, Seed and Bulb Merchants, Exeter Street, Strand, 
W.C. _ ’_ 
KENT: The Garden of England. 
STRAWBERRIES t n r a u ^° 
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New List, embracing Noble, Waterloo, etc., and the 
30 best kinds, may now be had on application. 
Splendid plants in little pots, and runners. 
THE OLD NURSERIES, MAIDSTONE. 
“ONLY THE BEST.” 
Cheap Bulbs for Forging. 
ROMAN HYACINTHS 
DOUBLE ROMAN NARCISSUS ... 
PAPER-WHITE ,, 
VAN THOL TULIPS. 
SECOND-SIZED NAMED HWACINTHS for 
forcing, our own selection, assorted colours ... 
UNNAMED HYACINTHS, for bedding. 
15s. per 100. 
Ss. 
7s. 
4s. 6d. 
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21s. 
14s. 6d. 
15 per cent. Discount Cash with Order. Carriage Paid. 
NAMED HYACINTHS, best quality, equally cheap. 
GARAWAY & Co., 
DUHDHAM DOWN, CLIFTON, BRISTOL. 
JERSEY FRUIT TREES AND ROSES. 
SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 15, 188S. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
The Crystal Palace Fruit Conference.-^- 
Although somewhat lacking that definiteness 
of purpose which should characterise any 
gathering that aims to secure some given 
object, yet the conference of persons in¬ 
terested in fruit culture held at the Crystal 
Palace last week merits warm commeudation. 
In the first place the gatherings were largely 
attended, and the interest evinced undoubtedly 
practical. In the second place the papers 
read and the subjects introduced, with some 
that have already been pretty well considered, 
if covering too much ground, yet included so 
much matter of interest that in helping to 
extend the discussion of the subject in hand, 
and in creating for it greater national interest, 
only good can result. ’Whilst we know 
nearly all that can be told with respect to 
fruit culture in gardens, we have very much 
yet to learn in relation to fruit growing in 
association with agriculture, and to no in¬ 
considerable extent the Conference conduced 
to that end. 
It was perhaps needful, after the discussion 
of some of the topics introduced, to remind 
the Conference that the object in view was 
chiefly the promotion of fruit culture in con¬ 
junction with farming, and we may ivell 
hope also, in connection with cottagers’ 
gardens and allotments. The subject of the 
Carriage paid. Packed gratis. 
Strong healthy trees, the finest that money can buy. 
Roses wonderfully cheap. Cordons a specialite. Before 
ordering be sure to write for our Illustrated Catalogues. 
Joshua Le Cor nu & Son, High View Nurseries. 
SODDY’S 
DOUBLE AND SINGLE SNO WDROPS. 
2s. and 2s. 6 d. per 100. 19s. and 23s. per 1,000. 
carriage freeW 
Complete Catalogue Post Free from 
BEN. SOPPY, Seedsman, Walworth Rd., London. 
S T R AWBERRME S. 
Strong Roots, 4s. per 100. Plants in small pots, 16s. per 100 ; 
ditto, in large pots, 25s. per 100. Descriptive LIST free. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
Worcester. 
most desirable tenure under which land not 
owned by the grower should he held, to 
encourage the planting of fruit trees, was 
naturally the very basis of the topic discussed, 
and it is beginning now to he universally 
admitted that the existing land laws and 
customs of landholding or tenure have proved 
to be the chief obstacles to the wider culti¬ 
vation of hardy fruits by farmers, &c. It 
may be that even after these objectionable laws 
and customs have been altered for the better 
the too well-known obtuseness of the farming 
fraternity may stand in the way for some 
time to come. The Crystal Palace Conference 
has made a good start; it now needs to 
make its aims more defined and clear, and 
eventually it may be productive of great good. 
The National Dahlia Society’s Show.— If 
the number of supporters of this exhibition 
is not large, it is at least certain that there 
is no lack of capacity to grow good hoovers 
amongst them, whilst it is equally certain 
that the general public appreciate Dahlias as 
much as ever. Those famous trade growers, Mr 
Turner and Messrs. Keynes, Williams & Co., 
still continue to fight their battles as of old, and 
when such Greeks as these meet, the tug of 
war is full of excitement and interest. Both 
firms sliOAved grand flowers in spite of a 
miserable season, anti some of the amateurs 
Avho in years past have made good reputations 
were also well to the fore. Whatever 
critics may say with respect to the Cactus 
and single Dahlias, they do not decrease in 
popularity, whilst some of the newer forms 
will assist that popularity. These kinds 
being added to the exhibition classes, they 
conduce appreciably to the beauty and variety 
of the Society’s shows. What the florist 
has accomplished in the improvement of habit 
in the show Dahlia we hope soon to see 
developed in association with the other 
sections, for in excessive height is found 
just now the chief defect of these decorative 
Dahlias. — 
The Crystal Palace Fruit Show.— What¬ 
ever may be the season’s product of fruit, 
we are pretty certain to find some of the 
very best at this exhibition, and such was 
the case last week. The Palace nave 
presents one of the finest places in the 
world in which to hold horticultural ex¬ 
hibitions, and had horticulture that position 
in the United Kingdom which it holds in 
Belgium for instance, we should more often 
see the Crystal Palace the scene of grand 
displays. As it is, gardeners who can exhibit, 
the trade, and the public generally have much 
reason to be grateful to the Directors of the 
Palace for the very fine show of fruits, 
flowers, &c., made, as also for the very 
pleasaut reunion of old friends which thus 
results. Our shows in London have become 
so few that opportunities to foregather in a 
kindly and friendly sense come seldom. We 
shall probably see no other such gathering 
until the Chrysanthemum season is upon us, 
and the National Society holds its annual 
big levee at the Royal Aquarium. We do 
not ignore the Apple and Pear Conference 
at Chiswick next month, but that will hardly 
prove a horticultural festival. 
The Fruit Growers’ Association. —The 
formation from out of the Crystal Palace 
Conference of a Fruit Growers’ Association 
is a capital move if it he broadly and 
efficiently worked. To this end we would 
advise that the association, whilst having its 
business head-quarters in London, should all 
the same assume a peripatetic form, and 
hold meetings or conferences in diverse parts 
of the kingdom. We would advise that at 
least one summer conference should be held 
in the country annually' and one in London 
during the winter - f also, as the special object 
of the association is more national and 
agricultural than local and horticultural, it 
would he well to hold such conferences 
somewhat in conjunction with the Roj'al 
Agricultural or other societies’ summer shows, 
and in accord with the Smithfield Club 
Cattle Show in London in the winter. 
Without doubt the new body will fail very 
much indeed in its purpose if it does not 
get hold of and interest the tenant farmers 
of the country. 
Then there may he a great deal of good 
produced if occasional meetings of the members 
and others interested in fruit culture be held 
in nurseries, gardens, whether private or 
market, or, indeed, anywhere where some 
interesting examples of fruit culture might 
he seen. We publish in another column a con¬ 
densed report of the gathering of Scotch gar¬ 
deners and others held in the gardens atDunkeld. 
