January 26, 1889. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
335 
MITCH’S 
CHOICE NOVELTIES 
OF PEOVED EXCELLENCE. 
VEITCH’S NEW ASTER, EMPRESS 
CRIMSON AND WHITE. 
Two magnificent new varieties, which for size, substance, 
and beauty far surpass all other varieties. 
Each, per packet, Is. 6d. 
YEITCH’S NEW ASTER, DIADEM. 
A lovely and most desirable new type of Aster of strikingly 
attractive appearance, and the latest-flowering variety. Par¬ 
ticularly valuable for cutting. 
Per packet, Is. 6d. 
KALANCHOE GARNEA (new). 
First Class Certificate Royal Horticultural Society. 
A strikingly beautiful winter-blooming plant, bearing large 
clusters of delightfully fragrant pink flowers. 
Per packet, Is. 6d. 
POPPY, THE SHIRLEY. 
Exceedingly graceful and elegant large flowers of most 
beautiful shades of colour, ranging from blush-white to bright 
crimson. p er packet, Is. 
YEITCH’S NEW PRIMULA, 
SNOWFLAKE. 
First Class Certificate Royal Horticultural Society. 
The finest pure white Fern-leaved variety. Flowers large, 
of fine form, massive substance, and exquisitely fimbriated at 
edge, well displayed above the dark green, beautifully curled 
foliage. p er packet, 3s. 6d. 
For full descriptions of the above and other Choice Novelties, see 
SEED CATALOGIJEfor 1889, forwarded post free on application. 
JAMES VEITGH& SONS, 
Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, S.W. 
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SEEDS. 
FOR THE GARDEN AND THE FARM. 
Unsurpassed for Quality, Purity, and Germination. 
CARRIAGE PAID. 
Descriptive Priced Catalogue post free. 
DICKSON & ROBINSON 
SEED MERCHANTS and NURSERYMEN, 
12, OLD MILLGATE, 
MANCHESTER. 
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FRUIT TREES. 
SEVENTY-FOUR ACRES. 
APPLES, PEARS, PLUMS, CHERRIES, PEACHES. 
NECTARINES, APRICOTS, and other FRUIT TREES, as 
Standards, Dwarfs, Pyramids, Bushes, Cordon, and Trained 
Trees in great variety. 
VINES, excellent Canes, 3s. 6 d., 5s,, Is. 6k, and 10s. 6 d. 
Orchard House Trees in pots, PEACHES, APRICOTS, NEC¬ 
TARINES, &c., from 5s. FIGS from 3s. 6 d. 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST, containing a sketch of the various 
forms of Trees, with Directions for Cultivation, Soil, Drainage, 
Manure, Pruning, Lifting, Cropping, Treatment under Glass • 
also their Synonyms, Quality, Size, Form, Skin, Colour, Flesh’ 
Flavour, Use, Growth, Duration, Season. Price, &c., free by 
post. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
WORCESTER. 
THE BEST CABBAGES 
For Spring Sowing. 
SUTTON’S 
LITTLE GEM CABBAGE. 
Per Packet, Is., post free. 
“ Sutton's Little Gem Cabbage is the earliest and most 
delicate-flavoured Cabbage I know ; it is a treat to partake of 
a dish of that variety. All the plants not required for planting 
out, and left in the seed bed, produced small and beautifully 
compact heads a few days in advance of those transplanted.— 
J. UDALE, Elford .”—Journal of Horticulture, Feb. 2, 1888. 
SUTTON’S 
ALL HEART CABBAGE. 
Very quick in growth, of moderate size, with few 
outer leaves and a splendid heart, somewhat pointed, 
of delicate flavour. 
Per Packet, Is., post free. 
“All Heart is a spring sort of marked type, having a 
habit of early maturity. Ail Heart, in fact, received its 
name from its habit of losing the outside leaves when 
mature, so that it then stands out of the ground a Cabbage all 
heart! It may be noted, too, that its shape is oblong, and on 
that account the plants may he set thickly in the bed.— 
H. E ."—The Field , January 7, 1S88. 
SUTTON’S 
IMPERIAL CABBAGE. 
Pep Ounce, Is., post free. 
“ Sutton’s Imperial Cabbage is one of the best early varieties 
I have ever grown ; indeed, grown side by side with four other 
sorts, I may say that it is by far the earliest and best. 1 have 
been cutting beautiful heads since the first week in May ; and 
to get Cabbages fit for table at that date in Carnarvonshire is 
very good work.—G. TYLER, Gardener to General Hugh 
Rowlands, V.C., C.B., Plastirion .”—Gardening World. 
GENUINE ONLY FROMSUTTON 5S0.NS, READING 
Orders Value 20s. Carriage Free. 
SANKEY’S FAMOUS GARDEN POTS. 
Best, cheapest, lightest, strongest. 
SANKEY’S FAMOUS GARDEN POTS. 
Best colour, shape, and finish ; enormous stocks. 
SANKEYS FAMOUS GARDEN POTS. 
No waiting; orders executed within one hour of letter or 
telegram. Thirty different sizes. Carriage and breakage 
free on £10 orders ; half carriage on £5. 
RICHARD SANKEY & SON, Bulwell Potteries, Nottingham 
Having purchased the entire Stock of Peas (which contains 
many excellent sorts and crosses) raised by Mr. T. Laxton, oi 
Bedford, we wish to inform the Trade and Gardening Public 
that it is our intention to develop all the advanced sections, 
and after the most careful and complete culture, introduce 
them as soon as stocks are sufficiently large. 
HARRISON & SONS, 
Royal Midland Seed Warehouse, 
LEICESTER, 
I T is a settled question that our seeds (200 acres), 
owing to our sunny position, warmer and better 
soil, are a lot the best; the difference between them and 
those grown farther north, bought and sold half-a-dozen 
times by those who never grow a grain, is immense. 
Have them direct from us, the actual growers, at 
nearly Wholesale Prices, effecting a great saving. 
Numerous First Class Certificates the last quarter of a 
century stamps ours the best strains. All seeds carriage 
free except heavy kinds. Send for ours, the best 
Illustrated Catalogue ever issued. 
Mrs. O'Reillv, Colamber, Rathowen, October 16th, 1S88. 
“ I wish to say that having tested most of the seeds supplied 
in England and Ireland for years, I found your supply more 
generous, the yield better and more certain than the others, and 
have this year decided on getting all the garden seeds from you.'’ 
Mr. A. W. Child, Botanic Avenue, Belfast. 
“ The seeds I had from you last year gave every satisfaction. 
I got fearful rubbish from Germany. Serves me right for trying 
foreigners." 
Seed Growers and Merchants, 
SWANLEY, KENT. 
WEBBS’ 
Kinver Globe Savoy. 
THE EARLIEST SAVOY.—Is. per pkt., post free. 
From. Mr. R. GREENFIELD, The Priory Gardens. 
“ Webbs’ Kinver Globe Savoy is undoubtedly the best 
Savoy in cultivation, being dwarf in habit, with immense 
heads, and wonderfully early.” 
WEBBS’ SPRING CATALOGUE, 
Beautifully Illustrated. 
Post free , Is. Gratis to customers. 
T ILIUM AURATUM, THE GOLDEN- 
J —1 RAYED LILY OF JAPAN, can now he purchased in 
cases containing 50 fine Bulbs, just as received from the Japanese 
Bulb Farms, unopened and unexamined, at 25s. per case, sent 
free to any Railway Station in England and Wales on receipt of 
Postal Order for 23s. 9 d.; cases containing 100 fine Bulbs, price 
40s. Fine and sound Bulbs, per dozen, 4s., 6s., 9s., 12s. and ISs. 
Mammoth Bulbs, 2s. 6 d. and 3s. 6 d. each. All sent packing and 
carriage free.—CARTERS’, Royal Seedsmen by Sealed Warrants, 
237 and 23S, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. 
fgy Terms of Subscription. —Post free from the office to any 
part of the United Kingdom, one copy, 1J<J.; three months, 
Is. 8 d .; six months, 3s. 3d. ; twelve moDths, 6s. 6k Foreign 
Subscription to all counties in the Postal Union, 8s. 8d. per 
annum. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, Jan. 2Sth.—Sale of Lily Bulbs at Protheroe & Morris’s 
Rooms. 
Tuesday, Jan. 29fch.—Sale from Samples at Protheroe & Morris’s 
Rooms. 
Wednesday, Jan. 30th.—Annual General Meeting of Northern 
Florist’s Societies at Manchester. Sale of Lilies, Stove and 
Greenhouse Plants, &c., at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Sale of Bulbs, Fruit Trees, &c., at Stevens’ Rooms. 
Thursday, Jan. 31st.-—Annual general meeting of the National 
Chrysanthemum Society, at Anderton’s Hotel, Fleet Street, 
E.C. 
Friday, Feb. 1st.—Sale of the second portion of the Barvins 
Park collection of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
For Index to Contents 8 l Advertisements, see p. 346. 
‘ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1S89. 
HfHE Proposed Manure Trials at Chiswick. 
—The Council of the Royal Horticultural 
Society has resolved to conduct during the 
present year a series of trials of patent or 
artificial manures at Chiswick. The suggestion 
is an excellent one, provided that the plot of 
ground selected for the purpose—an exhausted 
Straw’berry bed—is now so far deficient in 
manurial properties that every manure tested 
will start fair; and ive should be hopeful of the 
experiments being carried out to a practical 
conclusion, but for the startling announcement 
that every entry of a manure must he accom¬ 
panied by a fee of £10, a charge so heavy that 
we fear it will defeat the object in view. As the 
