May 11, 1889. 
THE GABDENING WORLD 
585 
Out Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
Anemone, French, per 
doz. bunches. 1 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms.. 2 
Azaleas .. ..12 sprays 0 
Bouvardias, per bun. 0 
Camellias, white, doz. 2 
— coloured. ,, 0 
Carnations, 12 blooms 1 
Cyclamen.. 12 blooms 0 
Daffodil, single, vars. 4 
Bucharis ..perdozen 3 
Gardenias, 12 blooms. 2 
Heliotropes, 12 sprays 0 
Lapageria, 12 blooms 2 
Lilium longiflorum, 
12 blooms 3 
Lily of the Valley, 
12 sprays 0 
Maidenhair Fern, 12bns.6 
Marguerites, 12 bun. 3 
Mignonette, 12 bun. 4 
Pansies ..12 bunches 1 
s . d . s . d . 
4 0 
4 0 
1 0 
1 0 
4 0 
1 6 
2 0 
0 9 
9 0 
6 0 
4 0 
1 0 
4 0 
0 C 0 
1 0 
9 0 
6 0 
6 0 
3 0 
s d . 
Pelargoniums,12spys. 0 6 
— scarlet ..12sprays 0 4 
Polyanthus, 12 bnchs. 1 6 
Primroses, .doz.buns. 0 6 
s . d . 
Primula, double, bun. 
Ranunculus, French, 
per doz. bnchs. 1 0 
Roses, Tea, per dozen 0 t5 
— Red.per doz. 3 0 
— Red, French.dozen 1 6 
— Saffrano .. per doz. 1 0 
Stephanotis,12 sprays 2 0 
Tuberoses, per dozen. 1 0 
Tulips .. . .12 blooms 0 3 
Violets ..12 bunches 0 6 
— Parme,French, bun. 3 0 
Wallflowers,12 bnchs, 4 0 
White Lilac, French, 
per bun. 3 0 5 0 
White Narciss, French, 
doz. bunches 3 0 6 0 
3 0 
1 0 
6 0 
2 0 
2 0 
4 0 
2 0 
0 4 
1 0 
4 0 
6 0 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s . d . s . d . 
Apples .J-sieve 2 0 4 0 
Grapes .per lb. 2 0 4 0 
Pine-apples, Eng., lb. 10 16 
Canadian and Nova Scotia Apples, per barrel, 7s. to 17s. 
Pine-apples, St. s . d . 
Michaels.each 2 0 
Strawberries., per lb. 2 0 
s . d . 
7 0 
4 0 
WOOD GREEN POTTERIES, 
WALTHAM ABBEY, ESSEX. 
FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF 
GARDEN POTS 
Only first-class experienced workmen employed. The greatest care taken 
in the manipulation of the clay and the process of burning, to insure in all 
respects a perfect pot. The annual make and sale having increased in 
millions, testifies to the appreciation by gardeners and nurserymen of the 
high quality of these goods. 
Art Pottery & Rustic Garden Ware of the most ornamental character. 
ORCHID POTS of approved patterns. 
SEA KAI rM and, RHUBARB ROT'S* &c. 
An immense stock to ensure immediate delivery by rail or van. 
Manager: — GEORGE SYMONDSON. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Amateurs’ Garden.578 
Anthracite Coal. 582 
Auriculas, Alpine . 580 
Auricula Show, Manchester 580 
Balsams, two fine. 582 
Begonias, tuberous . 5S2 
Caladiums at Maida Vale.. 5S2 
Chrysanthemum culture .. 577 
Cineraria cruenta . 5S2 
Datura Knightii. 582 
Easter Duddingston Lodge 579 
Flora of Scotland . 57S 
Fruiterers’ Company. 576 
Fruit crops .579 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 5S3 
Gardeners’ holidays . 5S2 
Hesperis matronalis. 577 
Horticultural Societies.... 5S4 
Law notes. 5S3 
PAGE 
Lilies of the Valley. 5S0 
Market, an impromptu_576 
Masdevallia Veitchiana .. 583 
Orchid-Growers’ Calendar. 5S3 
Orchid prices . 583 
Pansies, bedding. 580 
Pelargoniums, Regal and 
decorative. 581 
Pinks, florist’s laced. 5S0 
Polyanthuses . 580 
Railway rates. 576 
Spring at last. 575 
Street planting . 577 
Streptosolen Jamesoni,... 582 
Syringing. 581 
Vegetables, notes on. 579 
Violet, a red.. 576 
Wexham Park. 577 
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Auction Sales, &c, 
Protheroe & Morris 
J. C. Stevens . 
Bulbs. 
P. McArthur . 
Siebreeht & Wa dley. 
Catalogues. 
Barr & Son . 
R. W. Beachey . 
J. Forbes . 
Ryder & Son. 
J. Veitch & Sons . 
Chrysanthemums. 
De Reydellet . 
Turner . 
Creepers for Walls. 
Wm. Henrys . 
R. Smith & Co. 
Cut Flowers, Wreaths. 
W. Strike. 
Ferns. 
W. & J. Birkenhead. 
P. B. O’Kelly. 
Florists’ Flowers. 
A. J. A. Bruce. 
J. Downie . 
W. H. Frettingham . 
J. Galvin. 
J. Laing & Sons. 
R. B. Laird & Sons . 
R. Owen . 
H. J. Pouting. 
S. Shepperson. 
J. Wallace. 
T. S. Ware . 
W. K. Woodcock. 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
J. Arnold. 574 
Carson & Sons. 574 
Deighton & Co. 587 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst... 585 
Kendall & Shortland. 573 
Merryweather & Sons ... 586 
A. Outram . 585 
W. Priest. 5S5 
R. Sankey & Son . 588 
H. G. Smyth. 574 
Sphincter Grip Armoured 
Hose Co. 588 
Taylor & Son . 573 
Wood Green Potteries ... 585 
Heating Apparatus. 
Jones & Attwood . 588 
Messenger & Co.. 587 
Thames Bank Iron Co.... 588 
Toope & Co. 588 
Herbaceous Plants. 
Barker & Co. 573 
W. H. Frettingham . 575 
W. B. Hartland. 575 
Kelway & Son. 585 
R. Smith & Co. 585 
PAGE 
J. Boyd & Sons . 573 
W. Cooper . 586 
C. Frazer . 573 
J. Gray. 573 
H. Hope . 588 
A. Peel & Sons . 573 
G. Preedy. 588 
W. Richardson & Co. ... 573 
J. Weeks & Co. 573 
Insecticides. 
Bridgford’s Antiseptic... 573 
Fir Tree Oil. 586 
Gishurst Compound. 573 
Paraffin Emulsion. 5S8 
Picrena. 580 
Iron Fencing, &c. 
Bayliss, Jones, & Bayliss 588 
Lawn Mowers. 
Follows & Bate . 587 
Manures. 
Adams, Webster & Adams 587 
W. H. Beeson. 573 
Jensen’s Guanos. 585 
Native Guano Co. 585 
Richardson Bros. & Co.. 587 
Standen’s. 573 
G. Symondson. 586 
W. Thomson & Sons. 573 
Miscellaneous. 
Epps’s Cocoa . 588 
Gishurstine. 573 
Smyth’s Orchid Baskets 573 
Mushroom Spawn. 
Wm. Cutbush & Son. 587 
Orchids. 
J. Cypher... 573 
W. Gordon . 574 
P. McArthur . 573 
Roots. 
R. Smith & Co . 573 
Roses. 
H. English . 573 
R. Smith & Co . 574 
Seeds. 
R. W. Beachey . 573 
Sutton & Sons. 573 
Societies’ Announce¬ 
ments . 574 
Strawberries. 
R. Smith & Co. 585 
Trees and Shrubs, &c. 
R. Smith & Co. 573 
page | Horticultural Ruilders, 
574 
574 
573 
585 
573 
573 
585 
574 
574 
573 
573 
573 
573 
573 
588 
573 
573 
574 
585 
573 
573 
573 
573 
585 
575 
573 
575 
573 
SCALE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Small Advertisements, solid type, 6 d. per line of about nine 
words. Displayed Advertisements, per inch, 6s. ; per column 
(12 ins. long), £3 5s.; per half-page, £5; per page, £9. Special 
quotations given for a series. Gardeners and others Wanting 
Situations, thirty words for Is. 6 d., prepaid. 
Postal and Money Orders to be made payable to B. Wynne, 
at the Drury Lane Post Office, W.C. 
17, QATHgRiNg St., Covent Garden. London, W.C. 
100 Herbaceous# Alpine Plants for 25s. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co.’s selection, as above, contains a 
most interesting and valuable assortment of beautiful and Hardy 
Plants for the Border or Rockwork, which produce flowers and 
render the garden attractive all through the year. 
Descriptive Catalogue post free for 6 stamps. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
Nurserymen & Seed Merchants, WORCESTER. 
Forbes’ Catalogue for 1889 
Is the largest, best, most reliable, and complete ever issued on 
Florists’ Flowers. It consists of 112 pages of closely-printed 
matter, with prices and full descriptions of all the NEWEST 
and BEST PANSIES, VIOLAS, PHLOXES, PENTSTEMONS, 
ANTIRRHINUMS, HOLLYHOCKS, DELPHINIUMS, PY- 
RETHRUMS, POTENTILLAS, AURICULAS, DAHLIAS, 
FUCHSIAS, PETUNIAS, PELARGONIUMS, BEGONIAS, 
PERENNIALS, STOVE and GREENHOUSE PLANTS, 
FERNS, &c., all of which are made a leading speciality, and can 
consequently be had better than anywhere else. 
The Catalogue itself is a most useful and convenient reference 
book on all sections of Florists’ Flowers, and it should be in the 
hands of all and carefully perused before ordering elsewhere. 
Free on application. 
JOHN FORBES, 
B Ks!S HAWICK, SCOTLAND. 
THE ORCHID FLOWER HOLDER 
(patented). 
A useful invention for Orchid Growers and Floral Decorators. 
Price, per dozen , 3s. 9 d., postpaid. 
TO BE HAD OF 
ALFRED OUTRAM, 
7, MOORE PARK ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, S.W. 
VA7IRE NETTING, BEST GALVANIZED 
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NEW, Cash prices, per roll of 50 yards, 2 ft. wide, 
3-in. mesh, 2s. 10 d .; 2 in., 4s. ; If in., 4s. 6 d .; 
1J in., 6s.; 1 in., 7s. 8 d. All other widths 
Wi'feizji proportionately cheap. Carriage Paid on 
50s. lots ; English stations. Splendid Lawn 
Mowers and Rollers cheap. 
WALLACE PRIEST, Tyne Road, Bristol. 
F lower shows, fetes, enter¬ 
tainments, &c.—Ventriloquial, Conjuring, Italian 
Marionettes, &c.—For particulars address PROF. BOURNE, 
Ventriloquist, Hoxton, London. Proved such an attraction that 
two extra performances were given at the Town Hall, West 
Brighton Flower Show, 18S8. 
Best and Cheapest Manure for Garden use: 
NATIVE GUANO. 
Price, £3 10s. per ton. in hags. Lots under 10 cwt. 4s. per cwt. 
A 1-cwt. sample hag sent carriage paid to any station in England 
on receipt of P.O. for 5s. 
Extracts Irom Thirteenth Annual Collection of Reports. 
NATIVE GUANO for Potatoes, Vegetables, 
Vines, and Fruit.— 
C. FIDLER, Reading, used it for Potatoes, and says: “ I 
found your Manure give very satisfactory results.” 
F. PAY, Gardener to Lord Tennyson, reports : “ Potatoes, a 
good crop; Grapes, coloured well; Strawberries, very fine 
fruit; Chrysanthemums, good flowers and fine foliage ; Celery, 
extra large ; Tomatoes and Cucumbers did well with it. A 
valuable Manure and easily applied.” 
NATIVE GUANO for Roses, Lawns, &c.— 
A. SLAUGHTER, Steyning, used for Roses. Results: 
“ Fine dark foliage ; good substance and bloom, and strong 
growth. A good stimulant for Roses." 
G. WOODGATE, Gardener to Lord Wolverton, used for 
Lawns. Result: “ Very satisfactory.” 
Orders to— 
The NATIVE GUANO COMPANY (Limited.), 
29, NEW BRIDGE STREET, BLAGKFRIARS, LONDON, E.C., 
Where Pamphlets of Testimonials, &c., may be obtained. 
Agents Wanted. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
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, 
Kelway & Son. 
NOW isthe TIME TO PLANT 
GLADIOLI, of which we grow 20 acres 
DAHLIAS ,, „ ,, 2 ,, 
PYRETHEUMS ,, ,, 3 „ 
DELPHINIUMS „ „ 3 „ 
GAILLARDIAS „ „ 2 „ 
“ The largest collection in the World,” for which the 
highest awards of the Royal Horticultural and the 
Royal Botanical Societies of London have been given. 
See our Manual for 1889, gratis and post free. 
LANGPORT, SOMERSET 
POLYANTHUS PRIMROSES. 
AWARDED A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, 
MANCHESTER SPRING SHOW, 1888. 
Twelve fine roots in different shades of colour free by parcel 
post on receipt of Two Shillings Postal Order. Seed of the 
same, Is. per packet. 
1. H. FRETTINGHAM, Beeston Nurseries, NOTTS. 
Cheap and Cood Plants. 
PACKAGE AND CARRIAGE FREE. s . a. 
6 IVY-LEAF GERANIUMS, distinct .16 
6 Best Single or Double GERANIUMS for pots, distinct 1 3 
2 Best Bedding GERANIUMS .. per 100, 7s. 6 d. 1 3 
6 Best PELARGONIUMS, distinct.16 
2 Best FUCHSIAS or 12 COLEUS, distinct .. ..16 
2 Best CHRYSANTHEMUMS, distinct, Japanese, In¬ 
curved, Reflexed, or Pompon, true to name, well 
rooted. per doz., 2s.; per 100 12 0 
6 MARGUERITES, White, Yellow and Blue .. ..16 
6 CTCLAMEN, strong plants.16 
6 EVERGREEN BEGONIAS, 3 varieties.19 
6 DAHLIAS, true to name, Pompons, Fancy, Show, or 
Single.19 
20 Seedling DAHLIAS, Single or Double.16 
6 HELIOTROPES, 3 varieties, or 6 SALVIAS, 3 varieties 1 3 
6 Single or Double Herbaceous PYRETHRUMS.. .. 13 
6 Single or Double SUNFLOWERS.. .. .. ..13 
25 HARDY' PERENNIALS, grand selection, 2s. 9 d.; 50 5 0 
25 GREENHOUSE PLANTS, distinct, for 3s. 3d .; 50 5 6 
H. J. PONTING, 
WOOD NORTON HALL, 
FAST DTETAI t M, NORFOLK. 
J 
ENSEN’S GUANOS are tlie most perfect 
exhaust, but enrich the soil. Analyses guaranteed. Six Prize 
Medals awarded in 1888.—J. JENSEN & Co. (Lmtd.), 109, 
Fenchurch Street, London. 
P URE WOOD CHARCOAL, specially pre¬ 
pared for Horticultural use. Extract from The Journal 
of Horticulture “ Charcoal is invaluable as a manurial agent; 
each little piece is a pantry full of the good things of this life. 
There is no cultivated plant which is not benefited by having 
Charcoal applied to the soil in which it is rooted.” Apply for 
pamphlet and prices to the manufacturers—HIRST, BROOKE & 
HIRST, Leeds. 
O RCHID PEAT, best quality in the Market ; 
also Fibrous Loam, Brown Fibrous Peat, and all other 
descriptions at the POLYGON ORCHID PEAT STORES. 
Loose Peat, on rail in London, 2 and 4 Ton Trucks, at from 12s. 
per yard. Sold also in Sacks.—Address, JOSEPH ARNOLD, 
32, Polygon, N.W. _ 
BERMUDA LILIES. 
LILIUM HARRISII (warranted true). 
Send for Trade Price List. 
SIEBRECHT & WADLEY, 
409, FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, U.S.A, 
