October 6, 1888. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
79 
SELECTED 
FOR 
BEDS and BORDERS. 
All of finest quality at lowest prices. 
VEITGH’S BRIGHT BLUE 
VEITGH’S DARK BLUE 
VEITGH’S LILAC ••• 
VEITGH’S CRIMSON 
VEITGH’S BRIGHT RED 
VEITCH’S PINK 
VEITGH’S PURE WHITE 
VEITGH’S WHITE-TINTED 
VEITGH’S YELLOW 
Per 
5 . 
12 
12 
15 
15 
15 
!7 
22 
21 
21 
100. Per 
d. s. 
doz. 
d. 
0 2 
G 2 
0 2 
6 2 
6 3 
0 3 0 
For other Bulbs for Forcing , Pot Culture, or Plant¬ 
ing, see CATALOGUE, forwarded, gratis and post 
free, on application. 
JAMES VEITCH& SONS, 
Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, S.I. 
Why Send to Holland for Bulbs 
When Better Quality can be obtained in England 
at Less Prices? Note the Contents and Compare 
Carters’ Box with others. 
CARTERS’ GUINEA BOX 
Contains 1250 Bulbs, 
And is sent, PACKING and CARRIAGE FREE to any station 
in England and Wales on receipt of cheque or postal order for 
20s. It comprises the pick of the world, as follows :— 
50 Hyacinths, named, in 9 
colours 
50 Tulips, double early 
50 Tulips, single early 
100 Narcissus poeticus 
50 Narcissus biflorus 
25 Scilla siberica 
25 Scilla campanulata 
100 Crocus, white 
100 Crocus, purple 
100 Crocus, striped 
Half the Box, 11s., carriage free ; Quarter, 7s., carriage free. 
100 Crocus, yellow 
50 Anemones 
100 Daffodils 
50 Ranunculus, Persian 
50 Spanish Iris 
50 Triteleia uniflora 
50 Snowdrops 
100 Winter Aconites 
36 Star of Bethlehem 
14 Muscari botryoides 
For full particulars of other Boxes from 5s. upwards, see 
CARTERS’ ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of BULBS, 
Gratis and Post Free. 
Seedsmen by Royal Warrants to H.M. the Queen and 
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 
237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. 
“The Flower of the Future.” 
I HE TUBEROUS BEGONIA, ITS 
HISTORY AND CULTIVATION—Now Ready, Demy 
Svo., Cloth Boards, with 25 illustrations, including Portraits of 
Mr. John Laing, Mr. H. Cannell and the late Mr. R. Pearce. 
Price Is.; Post Free, Is. 3 d. Gardening World Office, 17, 
Catherine Street, London, W.C., and all Booksellers. 
'NITED'HORTICULTURAL BENEFIT 
AND PROVIDENT SOCIETY.— The Annual Dinner 
of this Society will be held on Thursday, October 11th, 1888, at 
the Cannon Street Hotel, E.C., at 5.30 p.m. Chairman, Dr. 
Robert Hogg, F.L.S.; Vice-Chairman, H. J. Veitch, Esq., 
F.L.S. Tickets 5s. each; to be obtained of the Secretary, W. 
Collins, 5, Martinhoe Terrace, Balham, S.W. 
A few reasons for getting them from 
RICHARD SMITH & Co.— 
"We have dealt in them for more than 80 years. 
"We have visited the best Bulb Farms, and have 
selected the best roots and best varieties. 
The Bulbs we have supplied have practically 
always given satisfaction, and our prices are moderate. 
Illustrated descriptive List of Dutch and Home-grown 
Bulbs free. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, Oct. Sth.—Sales of Dutch Bulbs at Stevens and 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Tuesday, Oct. 9th. —Royal Horticultural Society: Meeting of 
Fruit and Floral Committees at 11 am. Sale of Nursery 
Stock by Sample at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. Sale of 
Nursery Stock at the Milford Nursery, Godalming, by 
Protheroe & Morris (4 days). 
Wednesday, Oct. 10th.—National Chrysanthemum Society : 
Floral Committee Meeting at the Aquarium. - Sale of Dutch 
Bulbs at Stevens’ Rooms. Sale of Lilies, Plants, &c., at 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Thursday, October 11th.—Fruit Show and Fruit Conference at 
the Crystal Palace (3 days). Annual Dinner of the United 
Horticultural Provident and Benefit Society at the Canuon 
Street Hotel. Sale of Dutch Bulbs at Protheroe & Morris’s 
Rooms. Sale of Orchids from Mr. R. Warner’s collection at 
Stevens’ Rooms. 
Friday, Oct. 12th.—Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’s 
Rooms. 
Saturday, Oct. 13th.—Sales of Bulbs at Stevens’ and Protheroe 
& Morris’s Rooms. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
Seed Merchants & Nurserymen, 
WORCESTER. 
For Index to Contents & Advertisements, see p. 90. 
O A MEDALS for BULBS at London Shows. 
GU Our Illustrated Bulb Catalogue of Hyacinths, Tulips, 
Daffodils, Crocus, &c., also containing a select List of Hardy 
Perennials, sent Gratis. 
IRST PRIZE for DAFFODILS, London, 
18S6, for the finest Collection exhibited, being the premier 
award ever offered for these charming hardy spring flowers. All 
our Bulbs are of the first quality only. 
IRST PRIZE for IRIS, Royai Botanic, 
1887, in open competition, upwards of 1,000 spikes ex¬ 
hibited ; a splendid Collection at moderate prices. 
IRST PRIZE for Hardy Herbaceous Plants, 
Boyal Botanic and Royal Horticultural Society, London, 
18S8. Select List for autumn planting, see Catalogue, free. 
E arly white roman hyacinths, 
2s. dozen; 15s. 100 (2s. 3d. dozen Parcel Post). Early 
Paper-white Narcissus, Is. 3d. dozen ; 9s. 100 (Is. 9 d. dozen Parcel 
Post). Very large and sound bulbs. Valuable for Christmas 
decorations. Delightfully fragrant. Easy of culture. Suited 
to amateurs. Catalogues free. 
COLLINS BROS. & GABRIEL, 
Seed, Bulb, and Plant Merchants, 
39, WATERLOO ROAD, LONDON, S.E. 
JERSEY FRUIT TREES AND ROSES. 
Carriage paid. Packed gratis. 
Strong healthy trees, the finest that money can buy. 
Boses wonderfully cheap. Cordons a specialite. Before 
ordering be sure to write for our Illustrated Catalogues. 
Joshtja Le Cornu & Son, High View Nurseries. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.” —Bacon. 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1888. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
Hardy Fruit Culture.— If the subject of 
hardy fruit culture in the British Isles does 
not become one of burning interest shortly, it 
will not be for Avant of effort on the part of 
those avIio desire to promote national fruit 
culture to make themselves heard. We have 
before us the prospectus of an “ English Apple 
and Fruit Growing Company,” which may, if 
properly conducted, accomplish in time con¬ 
siderable things. Then we have proposals 
which should, in a few days, take practical 
shape—to form a British Fruit Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation, and a National Fruit GroAvers’ League ; 
also to hold yet another conference, though 
chiefly Avith the former object in view, at the 
Crystal Palace, whilst there is coming, no 
further off than the Aveek after next, the 
expectant important Apple and Pear Conference 
at the Royal Horticultural Gardens, ChisAvick, 
and which Avill continue for some five days. 
Some other gatherings and proposals will 
doubtless crop up in other directions, hut these 
four alone indicate Avhich way the Avind is 
hloAving. 
With respect to the company previously 
mentioned, Ave wish it every possible suc¬ 
cess, and certainly it is promoted at Avhat 
Avould seem to be a very auspicious moment. 
The men at the head of it are severely practical 
in their aims, and deserve success, Avhich Ave 
hope they Avill attain. It is difficult to refrain 
from asking Why “‘Apple’ and Fruit 
GroAving Company V’ We have alAA’ays thought 
that Apples Avere the very embodiment of 
fruits, but in this instance they are distinctly 
regarded as otherwise. The title Avould he 
shorter and far more concise if the Avord “Apple” 
Avere eliminated from it. 
The British Fruit Growers’ Association.— 
In another column, p. 88, Ave give the proposed 
rules for the working of this Association, and at 
the outset it is hardly possible to avoid some 
criticism of the title, although that designated 
seems Avide enough. The term “ British ” limits 
the range of the society’s operations to the 
British Isles, and excludes Ireland, whereas these 
operations should fully include the Avhole of 
the United Kingdom. If not too late, we 
hope it may be possible to vary the desig¬ 
nation, so as to include the sister kingdom. 
Then Avhy limit the title to that of “ Fruit 
GroAvers ” when no such limitation is intended ? 
So far as Ave can gather, the association 
proposes the very widest range and the 
broadest aims, and whilst the title “ Fruit 
Association of the United Kingdom” would 
have been short and expressive, it may in the 
estimation of some he thought not sufficiently 
inclusive; Ave therefore hope ere the asso¬ 
ciation is finally floated the term “ Consumers ” 
Avill be included, as without doubt it is of the 
higliest importance that the interests of the 
consumers of fruit should be considered by 
the association as thoroughly as the interests 
of the producer. 
The proposed new body, which it is hoped 
will he fairly floated at the Crystal Palace 
on Thursday next, starts on a broad basis. It 
is no little hole-and-corner affair, promoted 
by persons of doubtful status or lacking 
practical knowledge. It purposes, by having 
a Ioav rate of subscription, to embrace all 
classes of the community interested in fruit 
culture ; to promote conferences respecting 
this noAV vital subject, both in London and 
the proA T inces ; to gather information from 
every available source which may he of 
A T alue, and to disseminate it again widely 
through the instrumentality of the press, 
and, if possible, also by means of annual 
reports. The aims of the association, whilst 
so far national that they are chiefly devoted 
to the encouragement of fruit cultivation in 
the United Kingdom, yet are so purely 
catholic that they will know no distinction 
within that area. That great good may be 
accomplished by such a body in relation to 
fruit there can he no doubt, and Ave cordially 
wish it all possible success. 
The Chiswick Apple and Pear Con¬ 
ference.— The objects of this gathering, 
which bids fair to he one of great interest, 
and marked by particular success, are rigidly 
defined by the above title, as, in addition to 
being practically an exhibition of those fruits, 
it will also he a conference in relation to 
them. The congresses of previous years were 
severely limited to exhibitions of the respec¬ 
tive fruits, but no literary work Avas conducted 
