February 9, 1889. 
THE GABDENING WORLD 
367 
VEITCH’S 
New Poppies 
Are most beautiful and desirable acquisitions, 
and should be grown in all gardens. 
POPPY, THE SHIRLEY. 
Exceedingly graceful and elegant large flowers, of the most 
beautiful shades of colour, ranging from blush-white to bright 
crimson. Per packet, Is. 
PAPAVER (Iceland Poppies). 
Per pkt.—s. d. 
NUDICAULE, beautiful clear yellow.0 6 
-ALBUM, pure white .. .. .. .. -.10 
- MINIATUM, brilliant orange-scarlet .. ..10 
For full descHptions of the a,hove and other Choice 
Novelties, see SEED CATALOGUE for 1889, forwarded Post 
Free on application. 
James Veitoh & Sons, 
ILrujaf Jxxdk ttr$cr% 
CHELSEA, S.W. 
Orders value 20s. carriage free. 
SUTTON’S 
PRIZE CARNATION. 
(MIXED.) 
Including Bizarre, Fancy, Self, and other flowers. Plants 
raised from this strain are not only robust in growth, but they 
produce flowers in such abundance as to astonish those who 
have never before seen a display of seedling Carnations. The 
flower-stems rise in a great sheaf, literally hundreds on a 
plant, and the colours are charmingly bright and fresh. 
Per packet, 2s. 6d. & 5s., post free. 
“ I have now a plant of Carnation, raised from seed I purchased 
from you, with considerably more than a thousand blooms upon 
'it, a gorgeous sight."—hit. W. SHELDON, Scarborough. 
WEBBS’ 
SHOW PAHSI. 
Per packet. Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d., post free. 
From Mr. CLARK, gardener to tire Marquis of Ripon.— 
“ Webbs' Show Pansy is a very fine strain, producing beautiful 
flowers in great variety.” 
WEBBS’ 
BOXES OF FLORAL GEMS, 
Containing Assortments of Seeds of Beautiful Flowers 
FOR THE GARDENS OF LADIES & AMATEURS. 
2/6,5/ -, 7/6,10/6,15/-, & 21/- each. Post free. 
■Webbs’ Spring Catalogue, post free, Is. 
Abridged Edition, gratis and post free. 
i 
THE 
DANIELS 
is 
THE COMING POTATO. 
A cross between the White Elephant and the Magnum 
Bonum, having the unexcelled qualities of both. Ready 
to lift same time as the White Elephant. An immense 
Cropper and of splendid Table Quality. 
Price, per Peck, 3s. 6d.; per Bushel, 12s. 6d. 
TEE DANIELS 'WON THE SILVER CUT. 
From Mr. W. Brockwell, Chatham, February 13th. 
“ I forward you my list with cheque which I had the honour 
of winning with your Seed Potatos, also winning the SILVER 
CUP with your DANIELS POTATO, and I don’t know, in all 
my experience, that I ever grew a better kind. They are an 
excellent cropper and a good keeper, and I can’t put them out 
of their place for cooking purposes." 
From the Gardeners' Chronicle, September 1st. 
“THE DANIELS POTATO.—A few weeks ago you kindly 
made mention of a Potato called DANIELS, and how well the 
variety looked when growing, giving great promise. We had a 
small local exhibition here the other week, and I was tempted 
to dig up my DANIELS. They exceeded my expectations. I 
staged two dishes, and was awarded two Prizes, in a strong 
competition with different varieties in both classes. A friend of 
mine was present when I took up two roots to he weighed, on 
one of which we found twenty-one Potatos, and twenty on the 
other. On weighing the best root it was found to turn the scale 
at 6 lb., all good, sound tubers, clean and free from scab. After 
exhibiting at Keighley they were put to the test of being cooked 
for the table, and they were found to be all that could be 
desired.—F. G. Epworth.” 
A CHANGE OF SEED ALWAYS PAYS. 
BEFORE ORDERING YOUR SUPPLY SEND FOR 
DANIELS’ ILLUSTRATED POTATO CATALOGUE, 
Containing valuable hints on Potato Culture. 
Nearly 200 Sorts in Stock, including Latest Novelties. 
Gratis and Post Free to all Applicants. 
DANIELS BROS ,, Seed Growers, NORWICH. 
Robert Neal, 
The Nurseries, TRINITY ROAD, 
WANDSWORTH, S.W., 
Begs to call the attention of Gentlemen and others planting to 
his large and varied stock of ®ORLST and ORNAMENTAL 
TREES, also FRUIT TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES, CLIMBING 
PLANTS, &c., which are in fine condition for transplanting, and 
being grown near London, are especially adapted for Town and 
Suburban planting. Also extra fine SEA KALE and RHUBARB 
for forcing. 
All goods delivered free by own vans within a radius of 6 miles. 
Catalogues free on application, and a personal inspection of the 
stock solicited. 
CHOICE VEGETABLES 
ALL THE YEAR ROUND. 
P/y C* 
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CARTERS’^ 
WORLD pnvcc\ 
(RENOWNED DUACuj 
TESTED SEEDS, 
freeX^OIVeR free 
PACKING. — ^ CARRIAGE. 
Containing Vegetable Seeds Only, 
Price, 2 / 6 , 5 /-, 7 / 6 , 9 /-, 17 / 6 . 
Containing Flower Seeds Only, 
Price, 2 / 6 , 5 /-, 10 / 6 , 15 /-, 
21 /-, 31 / 6 , 42 /-, 63 /-. 
Containing Vegetable & Flower Seeds, 
Price, 10 / 6 , 14 /-, 22 / 6 , 30 /-, 
Sent to any address in Great Britain 
on receipt ox Cash. 
FULL LIST OF CONTENTS GRAT IS St POS T FREE. 
Royal Seedsmen by Sealed Appointment, 
5, HIGH HGL6QRN, LONDON. 
N EW INCURVED CHRYSANTHE¬ 
MUM—ALFRED LTNE, two F. C. C„ 2s. 6 d. each. 
L’AUTOMNE, F. C. C., N. C. S., 2.s. tid. each. Descriptive 
Catalogues on application.—G. STEVENS, Chrysanthemum 
Grower, St. John’s Nursery, Putney, S.W. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, Feb. 11th.— Annual Meeting of the United Horti¬ 
cultural Provident and Benefit Society. Sale of Lily Bulbs 
at Protheroe and Morris’s Rooms. 
Tuesday, Feb. 12th.—Royal Horticultural Society : Meeting of 
Fruit and Floral Committees at 11 p.m. ; Annual Meeting at 
3 p.m. Sale of Imported Pieces of Oncidiuni macranthum 
at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Wednesday, Feb. 13th.—Sale of Orchids, Roses, Shrubs, &c., 
at Stevens’ Rooms. 
Thursday, Feb. 14th.—Sale by Sample at Protheroe & Morris's 
Rooms. 
Friday, Feb. 15th.— Sale of the Barvins Park Collection of 
Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
For Index to Contents & Advertisements, see p. 378. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1889. 
“tpRivATE Mar ket Gardens. —It is with ex- 
<r ceeding regret that we have learned 
recently of more than one leading private 
garden being practically converted into a 
market gardening establishment. Death, loss 
of income, or other grave causes have from 
time to time seriously affected the financial 
status of many of our old county families; 
and many a grand garden, of which it had long 
been the pride of both owner and gardener to 
be enabled to say that they sent a pound of 
nothing to market, have been driven by sheer 
necessity into the vortex of trade, and become 
market gardens pure and simple. Obviously, 
this change from that which wms distinctly 
noble to that which is almost venial is an 
exceedingly painful one. Some sentiment 
must, of course, cluster round those stately 
homes of England, which financial necessities 
have driven from their high estate into the 
plebeian courses of petty trading. What we 
fear is, that sentiment, however powerful, will 
hardly be strong enough to save any of our fine 
and beautiful gardens from a similar fate but 
a few years hence. 
To those lond fide market gardeners whose 
very life and prosperity is existent upon trade, 
all these private gardens present problems full 
