October 27, 1888. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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SAVE 15 to 25 PER, CENT. 
BY PURCHASING 
(OAKSHOTT & MILLARD.) 
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Sixth consignment now arrived. 
EVERY¬ 
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PLEASED. 
E. M. B. writes “ The 1,300 Hyacinths (and 
Double Tulips) you sent last autumn gave every 
satisfaction. The Hyacinths were remarkably fine, 
and the Tulips were the admiration of all who saw 
them." 
HYACINTHS (Named), 3/-, 5/6 and 9/- dozen. 
HYACINTHS (Bedding), 10/6 to 15/- per 100. 
TULIPS, Double and Single ... from 3/6 per 100. 
CROCUS ... ... ... from 8/6 per 1000. 
SPECI AL LINE. 
1,200 be s“Iot u e l o ly BULBS 
FOR 
ONE GUINEA, c r,r 
ILLUSTRATED BULB ANNUAL Gratis and Post Free. 
DIRECT BULB IMPORTERS, 
BBABXTO, BEBSS. 
First Prize ROSES, CARNATIONS, k. 
80,000 OF THE VERY BEST GROWN. 
12 Grand H.P. ROSES .6s. Od. 
12 Grand TEA ROSES .. .. .. .. 10s. Od. 
12 Grand CARNATIONS and PICOTEES, named 
varieties.6s. Od. 
12 Grand CARNATIONS, in 6 varieties .. .. 3s. 6d. 
Many other good things are offered equally cheap. Write 
for Catalogue to 
R. W. PROCTOR, 
Nurseryman, ASHGATE RD., CHESTERFIELD. 
Mr. DODWELL’S Grand CARNATIONS. 
®BE SSSBSf @EOW|i, 
5,000 Unbloomed Seedlings, warranted of the highest parentage, 
unrivalled whether for bedding or forcing for Spring flowering. 
3s. 6d. per doz.; 21s. per 100. 
SPECIAL TEEMS FOE QUANTITIES. PARTICULAES ON APPLICATION. 
THE COTTAGE, STANLEY RD., OXFORD. 
CARNATIONS and PICOTEES. 
H IGHEST AWARDS wherever Exhibited. 
Choicest named exhibition varieties, 6s. per dozen ; 
40s. per 100. 
“ MRS. SHARP,” the finest heavy Scarlet-edged Pieotee ever 
offered. Two First Class Certificates; unequalled for border 
decoration, and indispensable for exhibition. Six plants, 4s. ; 
twelve plants, 7s. 6 d. All carriage paid for cash. Catalogue free 
ROBT. LORO, Florist, Toomorden. 
ORNAMENTAL TREES , SHRUBS, Etc., 
FOR MARKET AND PRIYATE GROWERS. 
Descriptive Catalogues Post Free. 
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. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
Seed Merchants & Nurserymen, 
W ORCESTE JTl. 
Amateurs’ Oolleetieas of 
Flower Roots 
114 BULBS FOR 
Ss. 0d. 
12 ANEMONES 
24 CROCUS 
6 HYACINTHS 
6 IRIS 
6 NARCISSUS 
12 RANUNCULUS 
24 SNOWDROPS 
12 TULIPS 
12 ACONITES. 
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12 ANEMONES 
100 CROCUS 
12 HYACINTHS 
12 IRIS 
6 JONQUILS 
18 NARCISSUS 
25 RANUNCULUS 
50 SNOWDROPS 
30 TULIPS 
50 ACONITES. 
Other Collections at 7s. 6d., 15s., 21s., 42s., 63s., 
and 105s. each. Delivered free. Five per cent, 
discount for cash. 
W EBBS’ BOLE C ATALOGUE 
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. 
'F YOU CANNOT GET FRUIT TREES 
. TRUE TO NAME, 
_ Write to GEORGE BUNYARD & Co. 
"F YOU WANT ANY CHOICE SORTS 
_ that your Local Firms cannot Supply, 
__ Write to GEORGE BUNYARD & Co. 
OR FRUIT TREES by the Dozen, Hun¬ 
dred, or Thousand, 
Write to GEORGE BUNYARD & Co. 
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1END INTO KENT and get the FINEST 
TREES—No Starvelings, No Blight—at 
_GEORGE BUNYARD & Co.’s. 
TLLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF FRUIT 
JL TREES, S00 Kinds, Six Stamps. 
SKELETON LIST—Names and Prices, also all Outdoor 
Stock—Gratis 
ROSE LIST, CONIFER and SHRUB LISTS, Free. 
One Hundred Acres Nursery. Liberal terms. 
S COTCH GARDENERS are reminded that 
Fruit Trees from these Nurseries succeed grandly in the 
North (see Testimonials). 
TRISH GARDENERS — See Testimonials 
for quality of Stock as supplied to the Emerald Isle. 
EORGE BUNYARD & Co., 
POMOLOGISTS and GENERAL NURSERYMEN, 
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AIDSTONE, KENT. 
QA AAA CLEMATIS IN POTS, of all. 
A Vy 9 A/ vy vz the finest double and single varieties (some 
of the flowers of which become 10 inches across, and are of every 
shade, from pure white to the darkest purple), for climbing and 
bedding, from 12s. to 24s. per dozen, strong plants. Beauty of 
Worcester, a magnificent purple, excellent for bedding, recently 
sent out by us ; reduced price, 2s. 6 d, each. Descriptive List on 
application.—RICHARD SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed 
Merchants, Worcester. 
Dutch Bulbs Direct from the Growers. 
A NT. ROOZEN and SON’S CATALOGUE 
for 18S8, containing details of their immense Collections 
of New, Rare, and fine Bulbs and Plants (S6 pages in English) is 
now ready, and will, as usual, be sent post free on application 
to themselves or their Agents. 
Messrs. MERTENS and CO., 3, Cross Lane, St. Mary-at-Hill, 
London, E.C., from whom also can be obtained 
ANT. ROOZEN and SON’S New Work, “Notes on the 
Cultivation of Dutch and Cape Bulbs.” Price Is., post free. 
4 6 T3AUL ENGLEHEART.”—Rooted layers 
JL of the above fine Crimson Bedding CLOVE CARNA¬ 
TION are now ready to lift. The variety can be confidently 
recommended as CoSessiDg all the good qualities of the “ Old 
Clove,” with much greater vigour of constitution, and a dwarf 
sturdy habit, which REQUIRES NO STICKS. Price, 2s. each, 
ISs. per dozen, 9s. half-dozen.—GILBERT DAVIDSON, Amman¬ 
ford, R.S.O., Carmarthenshire. 
/AAMELLIAS, AZALEAS, RHODODEN- 
DRONS PALMS, ORCHIDS, &c.—Plants grown specially 
for English use. C. VUYLSTEKE, Nurseryman, Loochristy, 
Ghent, Belgium. WHOLESALE CATALOGUE now ready, and 
may be had free on application to Messrs. R. SILBERRAD & 
SON, 25, Savage Gardens, Crutehed Friars, London, E.C. 
The only complete Collection of Daffodils existing'. 
B ARR’S NEW DAFFODIL CATALOGUE 
for 188S can be had free on application. 
Contains a full Descriptive List of HIGH-CLASS and 
DISTINCT DAFFODILS only, and also a Descriptive List of 
BEAUTIFUL HARDY DAFFODILS, at GREATLY RE¬ 
DUCED PRICES. This Catalogue also contains Barr’s Specialty 
Collections of Iris, Lilies, Paeonies, Michaelmas Daisies, Plantain- 
Lilies, Day-Lilies, and a select List of Showy Hardy Herbaceous 
Plants. 
BARR & SON, 12 and 13, King Street,Covent Garden, W.C. 
O LD-FASHIONED HEDGES. — English 
Yews, bushy, and with a profusion of fibrous roots, 1 \ to 
2 ft., 6s. per doz., 35s. per 100 ; 2 to 2J ft., 8s. per doz., 50s. per 
100; 21 to 3 ft, 0s. per doz., 60s. per 100 ; 3 to 3| ft., 12s. per 
doz., 84s. per 100. Prices of larger sizes and other Evergreens 
suitable for Hedges (e.g., Tree Box, Holly, Laurel, Privet, 
Cypress, Juniper, Thuja, &c.) on application. — RICHARD 
SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
TNTENDING PLANTERS are invited to 
X inspect our Stock of ROSES, RHODODENDRONS 
FRUIT TREES of all descriptions, ORNAMENTAL TREES 
and SHRUBS, FOREST TREES, etc., etc , extending over 150 
acres. Descriptive Catalogue free on application.—H. LANE & 
SON, Nurseries, Berkhamsted, Herts. 
E VERYONE Entitled to Compensation for 
the Cultivation of his Garden, under 50 and 51 Vic., c. 26. 
By A. E. B. Soulby, Solicitor, Malton (Honours, 1885). Post 
free, 3£<Z.—G. B. RUSSELL, Castlegate, Malton. 
“The Flower of the Future.” 
T HE TUBEROUS BEGONIA, ITS 
HISTORY AND CULTIVATION.—Now Ready, Demy 
8vo., 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. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, Oct. 29th.—Sales of Dutch Bulbs at Stevens’, and 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. Sale at the Osborn Nursery, 
at Sunbury, by Protheroe & Morris (2 days). 
Tuesday, Oet. 30th. 
Wednesday, Oct. 31st.—Sale at the Abbey Wood Nursery, 
Kent, by Protheroe & Morris. Sale of Bulbs, &c., at Stevens’, 
and Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Thursday, Nov. 1st.—Sale, at the American Nurseries, Leyton, 
stone, by Protheroe & Morris (2 days). Sale of Bulbs at 
Protheroe & Morris's Rooms. 
Friday, Nov. 2nd. 
Saturday, Nov. 3rd.—Sales of 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. 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1888. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
Chiswick Redivivus.— In all discussions which 
crop up in relation to the welfare of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, Chiswick, and its 
future will as constantly be the theme as does 
a certain question in Imperial politics. But 
the late remarkably interesting exhibition of 
Apples and Pears, with the added and 
singularly enjoyable Conference, have done 
very much indeed to attract attention to the 
undoubted advantages which Chiswick pre¬ 
sents as a horticultural centre, and as a 
home for the old Society. The undoubted 
superiority of the noble vinery there as a place 
for gathering and for exhibitions over the 
huge, cold, cheerless barn in James’ Street, 
Westminster, was so clearly established, that 
everyone was set wondering why it was the 
Council should have ignored the Society’s own 
gardens for the miserable meeting-place in the 
vicinity of A r ictoria Street. 
Still further, the excellent attendance at 
the Conference each day—attendances which 
would, in our experience, appear to be big 
crowds at the Drill Hall—plainly evidenced 
that, in spite of all that may he said to the 
contrary, people will go to Chiswick if so 
required. The ordinary attractions of the 
gardens, in addition to the delight of meeting 
in such a splendid building as the great 
vinery, are so numerous that the Drill Hall 
and its surroundings have no case whatever 
in comparison. We fervently trust that the 
rumour may be true that the Council have 
resolved to hold half of their summer meetings 
next year in the gardens. 
The suggestive resolution which wound up 
the business of the Conference, and which was 
so ably proposed by Mr. Malcolm Dunn, of 
