March 16, 1889. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
447 
I have issued this spring 
8 CATALOGUES 
and am now preparing another, 
which will complete my Catalogue 
FOIL THE 
SPRI N G of im. 
They arc all well done, full of information, use¬ 
ful to everyone, and beautifully illustrated. To 
enumerate every family would be impossible, but 
I will mention a few of the most popular families 
contained in them. 
IRIS. 
Consisting of Germanics, purnila, Olbiensis, Kaemp- 
feri, Siberiea, and a great number of most beautiful 
species and varieties. 
HARDY ORCHIDS. 
Grand collections of Cypripediums, Orchis, Ophrys, 
Habenarias, Bletias, Disas, Satyiium, and many other 
allied families. 
AQUATIC & BOG PLANTS. 
The most complete collection in the country, con¬ 
taining every plant that is hardy and beautiful, for 
deep or shallow water, running or stagnant water, and 
on the margins thereof. 
CARNATIONS & PICOTEES. 
Over 100,000 of these are cultivated every season, 
and contain all the finest varieties in cultivation. 
PYR ET H R U M S, P E N TSTE M 0 N S <6 PHLOX 
Three favourite families, and are indispensable in 
every garden. 
POPPIES. 
A special catalogue is devoted entirely to this popular 
group, containing all the best, both annual and peren¬ 
nial, also several novelties never offered before. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
An entire catalogue is devoted exclusively to this 
interesting family, and several pages are devoted to 
soils, cultivation, and other matters necessary to its 
successful cultivation. Every known variety worthy 
of cultivation will be found in its pages, all of which 
are fully described, Ac. 
PYEONIES. 
My collection is a superb one, and is one of the great 
attractions of my Nurseiies. My Tree Freonies will be 
in flower about the end of April, and will be a si»ht 
unequalled iu this country. The Chinese section are 
cultivated by thousands, and should be seen by every¬ 
one fond of this family. 
SUNFLOWERS. 
All the finest of the perennial varieties are cultivated 
in large quantities, and I am offering tor the first time 
this season the new double Soleil d'Ur. 
HARDY CLIMBING PLANTS 
A grand collection of climbing and training plants 
for conservatory or out-door decorations. Clematis, 
Jessamines, Honeysuckle, and other popular families 
are grown by thousands. My catalogue of these is an 
interesting one, and should be seen by everyone. 
GLADIOLUS, GLOXINIAS & BEGONIAS. 
These and many other allied families are fully 
described, and will be found very interesting to every¬ 
one fond of a garden. 
HARDY FERNS AND PRIMULAS. 
A most comprehensive list of both of these families 
fully described, and containing a vast amount of most 
useful information. 
Catalogues of any or- all of above may be 
had free on application to 
THOS.S.WARE, 
HALE FARM NURSERIES, 
TOTTENHAM. 
The BEST in the WORLD. 
“CHANCELLOR.’ 
For the Main Crop ; height 3 ft. 
Ss. pen quart. 
From Mr. E. TATE, Gardener to Sir Coutts Lindsay, Bart. :— 
“ Tour New Pea, ‘ Chancellor,' has been fine with me this 
season ; it is a distinct variety, of good flavour, very prolific 
and conveniently dwarf; each pod is well tilled with largel 
sized peas.’ 
“WORDSLEY WONDER.” 
The Earliest Blue Wrinkled Marrow ; height 2i ft. 
3s. 6d. per quart. 
From Mr. J. BEST, Gardener to His Grace the Duke of 
Hamilton :— 
“I was very pleased with the ‘ Wordsley Wonder’ Pea. I 
must say that it is a grand Pea, a very prolific bearer, and of 
excellent flavour.” 
WEBBS’ SPRING CATALOGUE, 
Post Free, Is. 
Abridged Edition Gratis and Post Free. 
S ANKEY’S “MARKET POT” or LONG 
TOMS, the best “Garden Pot” for Bedding Plants and 
Market Work. The 3-in. Market Pot holds a-t much soil as an 
ordinary 3^-in. pot, thus saving half an inch in room for each pot. 
Five sizes, 3-in, 3^-in., 4-in., 4^-in , 4|-in.; no rims, nearly 
upright, 1 in. to 14 in. deeper thau usual, very strong and much 
lighter in weight—the very pot for Market Growers ; great 
economy in room and weight. Largest, Stock in United Kingdom. 
RTCHARD SAN KEY A SO N, Bill well Potteries, Nottingham. 
SPECIAL CULTURE OF 
FRUIT TREES AND ROSES. 
A Large and Select Stock is now offered for Sale. 
The Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits 
post free. 
The Descriptive Catalogue of Roses post free. 
THOMAS RIVERS & SON, 
The Nurs erie s, SA WBR IDGEWORTH, HERTS. 
FRUIT ' TREES. 
Special Culture. Eighty acres. Stock QUITE UNEQUALLED. 
Write for Catalogues. Inspection invited 
DICKSONS, The Nurseries, 
(LIMITED) CHESTER. 
SEEDS, 
Vegetable, Flower and Farm, 
CAREFULLY SELECTED, 
AND FROM WHICH MAY BE EXPECTED 
THE BEST RESULTS 
EVER YET ATTAINED. 
ILLUSTRATED LIST, 
Containing Copious, Interesting, and Reliable Infor¬ 
mation, Free. 
RICHARD SMITH & Oo., 
Seed Merchants and Nurserymen, 
WORCESTER. 
CHOICE VEGETABLES 
ALL THE YEAR ROUND. 
4 $. 
V *>A, 
CARTERS’^ 
WORLD 
(RENOWNED 
FREE 
PACKING. 
BOXES 
TESTED SEE OS 
COYJ ER FREE 
CARRIAGE. 
Containing Vegetable Seeds Only, 
Price, 2/6, 5/-, 7/6, ©/-, 17/6. 
Containing Flower Seeds Only, 
Price, 2/6, 5/-, 10/6, IS/-, 
21/-, 31/6, £2/-, 63/-. 
Containing Vegetable & Flower Seeds, 
Price, 10/6,14/-,22/6, 30/-, 
Sent to any address in Great Britain 
on receipt ot Cash. 
FULL LIS T nr nnNTEijrs GRATIS & PCS T FREE. 
Royal Seedsmen by Sealed Appointment, 
238, HIGH H2LB0RN, LONDON. 
&W Terms of Subscription. —Post free from the office to any 
part of the United Kingdom, one copy, l£<2.; three months, 
Is. S d. ; six months, 3s. 3d. ; twelve months, 6s. 6d. Foreign 
Subscription to all counties in the Postal Union, 8s. 8 d. per 
annum. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, March ISth. — National Chrysanthemum Society: 
Meeting of the General Committee at 7 p.m, Lily Sale at 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Tuesday, March 19tli.—Flower Show in the Town Hall, Man¬ 
chester. 
Wednesday, March 20th.—Royal Botanic Society : First Spring 
Show. Preston and Fulwood Horticultural Society's Spring 
Show (2 days). Bath Bulb Show (2 days). Sale of Lilium 
auratum, &c., at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Thursday, March 21st.—Richmond (Surrey) Horticultural 
Society’s Spring Show. 
Friday, March 22nd.—Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’s 
Rooms. 
Saturday, March 23rd.—Crystal Palace Flower Show. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
@at|^0mugIC[ijijb. 
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1889. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
TY Brilliant Proposal.— To the crowd of 
T young men who continue to press into 
the ranks of the gardeners of the country, 
some conception as to the nature of the prizes 
open to them later on in life can hardly 
fail to be interesting. Here is one which 
opens to any intelligent man a prospect of 
white slavery, from which he may well recoil. 
A lady in the home counties writes to an 
eminent nurseryman to this effect:—“ Can 
you recommend me a good gardener? I 
should be much obliged if you could do so. 
I want a man for my garden. Three acres, 
fruit, vegetables, flowers, hot-house, a bog to 
help. Wages JS1. A single man preferred. 
I prefer honesty to ability or experience, but 
honesty in gardeners is rare.” The italics are 
the writer’s own. 
Here is a new turn for the thoughts of 
young men: “honesty is the medium, ‘blow’ 
knowledge of gardening.” The man who has 
the ancient axiom, “honesty is the best 
policy,” writ large on his forehead is the man 
for this female applicant. Whilst we are sur¬ 
prised that her magnificent wage of £1 per 
