June 1, 1889. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
623 
SPECIAL CHEAP OFFER 
OF 
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BEDDING, BORDER, 
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BY 
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Myosotis dissitifloTa, the best Forget-me-not ; Pe¬ 
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6 1VY t -LEAF GERANIUMS, distinct .16 
6 Best Single or Double GERANIUMS for pots, distinct 1 3 
18 PETUNIAS, best Fringed .. .. .. .. ..16 
18 MIMULUS, Single or Double .16 
2 Best FUCHSIAS or 12 COLEUS, distinct .. ..16 
2 Best CHRYSANTHEMUMS, distinct, Japanese, In¬ 
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6 MARGUERITES, White, Yellow and Blue .. ..16 
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6 GREENHOUSE BEGONIAS, 3 varieties .. ..19 
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6 Single or Double Herbaceous PY’RETHRUMS.. ..13 
6 Single or Double SUNFLOWERS.. .. .. ..13 
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NOW isthe TIME TO PLANT 
GLADIOLI, of which we grow 20 acres 
DAHLIAS „ „ „ 2 „ 
PYRETHRUMS „ „ 3 „ 
DELPHINIUMS ,, ,, 3 „ 
GAILLARDIAS ,, ,, 2 „ 
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Next Week's Engagements. 
Tuesday, June 4th.—Sale of the Foston Hall Collection of 
Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms (two days), 
Friday, June 7th.—Grand National Horticultural Exhibition at 
Manchester opens. Bale of Imported and Establishe l 
Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Saturday, June 8th.—Show at Manchester continued. 
For Index to Contents & Advertisements, see p.634. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.” —Bacon. 
SATURDAY , JUNE 1, 1889. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
J Drecocious Summer. —The remarkable heat 
' for the time of year Yvhich prevailed last 
week Yvas too precocious to be enduring. To 
have had a Yvholc Yveek of really hot Yveather in 
the month of May Yvas a matter so unusual, as 
to call forth the observation that nothing like it 
had been experienced at that time of the year 
since 1873. It was indeed an odd experience 
to have one of the coldest and dullest of Aprils, 
and one of the warmest, brightest, and most 
beautiful of May months in the same year. 
Naturally the recent heat Yvas productive of 
unusually rapid growth on the part of vege¬ 
tation, and some loss of time previously YY T as 
recouped. 
Practically Yve are not more behind-lrand 
appreciably, hut it is not to be assumed that a 
long period of repression of growth as existed 
during April, followed by unusual heat and 
excitability, forms the most desirable of weather 
conditions for vegetable life. The heat of last 
week, for instance, caused the rich and abundant 
Apple bloom to fall someYY'hat rapidly, due 
perhaps as much to sudden development of sap 
activity, as to withering of the petals of the 
bloom in the sun’s rays. That, it is probable, 
will prove harmful to the setting of the flowers, 
although there was such a wealth of bloom 
that five-sixths of it could very well be spared. 
We may not conclude that because we have 
had such heat in May, Yve shall have a hot 
summer, but Yve may at least hope for an 
enjoyable one. 
I^sTell Washed. —We referred last week to the 
prevalence of insects amongst our fruit 
trees and bushes. The great heat previously 
noted, materially helped to increase these pests, 
although Yve must do the small birds justice, 
the mucli-maligned sparrows especially, that 
they worked hard to clear the trees of the 
maggots, and with considerable success. But 
still, not only were myriads left, but also a big 
lot of aphis, which soon began to show itself 
after the warmth set in. But aphis, maggot, 
caterpillar, and spider must, indeed, have been 
tenacious to have withstood the steady downpour 
of rain which fell during Sunday night and 
on Monday morning—a rain which, unlike 
ordinary thunder-storms, was not the outburst 
of an hour, and then over, but began Yvitli a 
steady determination, and increased in force as 
morning came on, until a thorough downpour 
was the product. 
Such a rain-fall should have thoroughly 
cleansed and purified all vegetation, as even the 
most profusely foliaged trees could not have 
been impervious to its foice. It has beaten the 
soil very much, and that was undesirable, but 
labour can to some extent remedy that evil, 
whilst human labour could never afford trees 
and hushes such a Yvashing and purification as 
they have received, and the soil should be so 
thoroughly saturated as to set up everything 
