April 20, 1889. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
527 
Kelw ay& Son. 
HOW isthe TIME TO PLANT 
GLADIOLI, of which we grow 20 acres 
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‘The largest collection in the World,” for which the 
i<rhest awards of the Royal Horticultural and the 
loyal Botanical Societies of London have been given. 
See our Manual for 1889, gratis and post free. 
.ANGPORT, SOMERSET 
CUT SPECIMEN FLOWERS 
CAN NOW BE HAD, CORRECTLY NAMED 
12 Fine Named Sorts, 1 Flower each, 3/6 
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,, 3 Flowers each, 9/6 
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,, 1 Flower each, 6/- 
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„ 3 Flowers each, 15/- 
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„ 3 Flowers each, 30/- 
Sent carefully packed, free by post, 
with Descriptive Catalogue. 
TEA-SCENTED CHINA ROSE 
MA;¥ RI TIES. 
Report of the Royal Horticultural Society, April 4th, 1SSS, 
vhen a First Class Certificate was awarded.—“ Hay Rivers is 
l Tea Rose, with large and deep blossoms, the outer petals 
:reamy white, centre clear lemon-yellow.” 
Strong Plants ready May 1st, 5s. each. 
THOMAS RIVERS dt SON, SA WBRIDGEWORTH. 
Fortes’ Catalogue for 1889 
Is the largest, best, most reliable, and complete ever issued on 
Florists’ Flowers. It consists of 112 pages of closely-printed 
natter, with prices and full descriptions of all the NEWEST 
md 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, 
BU N C u C R L sIm E H s, HAWICK, SCOTLAND. 
CARNATIONS and PICOTEES. 
IGHEST AWARDS wherever Exhibited. 
Choicest named exhibition varieties, 6s. per dozen; 
40s. per 100. 
“MRS. SHARP,” the finest heavy Scarlet-edged Picotee ever 
offered. Two First Class Certificates; unequalled for border 
decoration, and indispensable for exhibition. Six plants, 4s ; 
twelve plants, 7s. 6 d. All carnage paid for cash. Catalogue free. 
ROBT. LORD, Florist, Todmorden. 
FERNS A SPECIALITY. 
The finest, most varied, choice, and interesting collection in 
the Trade. 
1,400 species and varieties of Stove, Greenhouse, and Hardy 
Ferns. 
Partially descriptive Catalogue free on application. 
Illustrated Catalogue (No. 21), containing 120 illustrations, 
wd much valuable information on the cultivation of Ferns, 
Is. 6 d., post free. 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, 
FERN NURSERY, 
SALE, MANCHESTER. 
$. SHEPPERSON, 
FLORIST and SEEDSMAN, 
Prospect House, Beiper, Derbyshire, 
B EGS to inform the readers of this paper that he is 
prepared to execute orders for the following plants, 
all of which are the very finest strains that money can 
buy. They have all been grown on the Derbyshire hills, 
and are hardy and strong. Carriage free. Cash with 
order. Descriptive List, 4 d. ; free to customers. 
PANSIES.—A great speciality. Five Silver Cups 
and other Prizes have been awarded during 1887. 
Probably the best collection in England. The cream 
only of the most noted raisers, the latest new sorts, and 
the winners at all the great shows. Good plants, 
correctly named, show or fancy, 12 for 3s., 25 for os. 6(7., 
free. Also seed from above, Is. and 2s. 6c7. per packet. 
PHLOXES (Special Culture).—The cream 
only from Downie, Laird & Sons, Kelway, Ware, and 
other first-class growers. 6 fine varieties for 2s., 12 
for 3s., true to name. Strong stools to bloom well, 
100 in 50 varieties, 20s. 
CARNATIONS, PICOTEES, & CLOVES. 
— Strong layers to bloom well, finest named varieties, 
12 distinct colours for 4s., 25 for 7s. 6(7. Also seed 
from above, Is. and 2s. 6(7. per packet. 
POLYANTHUS and PRIMROSE (Hy¬ 
brids).—Jack-in-the-Green, Hose-in-Hose, and other 
rare and curious forms, splendid mixed colours, finest 
strain grown. 12 for Is. 6 d. ; 25, 2s. 6 d. ; 100, 9s., 
all good blooming plants. Also seed from above, 6 d. 
and Is. per packet. 
DELPHINIUMS, in all the colours found in 
this deservedly popular class of border plants. Strong 
plants to bloom well, 6 for Is. 6(7. ; 12, 2s. 6 d. Also 
seed from above, 6c7. and Is. per packet. 
The beautiful pure white and pink MALVA 
MOSCHATA, one of the best hardy border plants 
in cultivation. Strong two-year old plants, 12 for 
Is. 6 d. ; 25, 2s. 6(7. 
CANTERBURY BELLS.—Grand new colours 
and new forms ; double and single Telescopes, Cup and 
Saucer, and other varieties. 12 plants to bloom well, 
Is. 6 d ; 25, 2s. 6 d. Also seed from above, 6 d. and Is. 
per packet. 
PRIMULA CORTUSOIDES. — A grand 
spring flower (hardy). Gardening papers say it would 
be difficult to find a more beautiful plant for the rockery, 
greenhouse or window than this. 4 for Is. ; 12, 2s. 
HOLLYHOCKS.— Double named varieties, 6 
for 2s. 6d. ; 12, 4s. free. Also seed from above, Is. and 
2s. 6(7. per packet. 
FANCY PANSIES, unnamed, 6 for Is. ; 12, 
Is. 9 d. ; 25, 3s. ; 100, 10s., all different and first-class 
sorts. 
AQUILEGTAS.—Three splendid varieties of this 
deservedly popular hardy border plant—Siberica, double 
blue ; Glandulosa (Grigor’s), blue sepals, white corolla ; 
and Grandiflora, the largest pure white. 1 each, Is. ; 
3 each, 2s., good blooming plants. 
HOLLYHOCKS.—Warranted double. Chafer’s 
fine select strain, 12 varieties, 2s. 6c7. ; 6, Is. 6 d. 
CARNATIONS, PICOTEES, & CLOVES. 
—Strong plants from finest varieties only, including 
many new sorts, will give a mass of bloom, 12 beautiful 
varieties, 2s. 6 d. ; 6, Is. 6(7. ; 100, 15s. 
POLYANTHUS.—The beautiful pure white 
Snowdrift. 6 good plants for Is. ; 12, Is. 6(7. ; 50, 5s. 
ARMERIA ALBA.—Fine white spring-flower¬ 
ing plant, suitable for edging. 6 for Is. ; 12, Is. 6(7. 
The new DOUBLE SCARLET GEUM.— 
Hardy free bloomer. Strong two-year old plants, 12 
for Is. 6(7. ; 25, 2s. 6(7. 
IRIS.—Rivals of the famed Orchid. Selections 
from Germanica, Siberica, and Pallida, 3 distinct va¬ 
rieties for Is. ; 6 extra, 2s. 
FOXGLOVES. —Gloxinia - flowered. Dean’s 
grand new large spotted varieties, very fine, 12 for 
Is. 6(7., 6 for Is. Also seed from above, 6(7. and Is, 
per packet. 
PYRETHRUMS.—Double and single. One of 
the best hardy border plants in cultivation, and for 
cut flowers a gem. 3 varieties, Is. ; 6 extra, 2s., named. 
TOMATOS.—The three best sorts in Cultivation- 
Abundance, Perfection, and Favourite. See Chiswick 
great Tomato trials. 3 plants of each for Is. 6(7. ; 
6 each, 2s. 6(7. 
Collection of 12 HARDY BORDER PLANTS, 
distinct and useful for decoration and cutting purposes, 
for 2s. 
Collection of 12 varieties of showy free-flowering and 
other WINDOW PLANTS for 2s. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS. —Selected crowns 
for fruiting this year—Black Prince, British Queen, 
Pauline, Sabreur, Yieomtesse H. de Thury, Duke of 
Edinburgh, King of the Earlies, The Captain, and other 
new and extra sorts, 3s. per 100. 
S. SHEPPERSON, 
PERMANENT and BEAUTIFUL LAWNS, 
fl with a velvet surface, can be formed in eight to twelve 
weeks by sowing 
/BARTERS’ INVICTA LAWN SEEDS. 
V.7 Price, 25s. per bushel. 
Price, Is., Is. 0 d., aDd 2s. C d. per packet, post free. 
Price, Is. 3d. per pound, to sow one rod of ground. 
Carters’ Grass Seeds for Tennis and Cricket Grounds, price, 
20s. bushel, Is. per lb. 
All parcels carriage free. 
T AWNS andLAWN-TENNIS GROUNDS: 
_ i how to manage them.—See CARTERS’ PAMPHLET. 
Gratis ancl post free. 
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23S, 
ARTERS, Seedsmen by Royal Warrant to 
H.M. The Queen and H.R.H.the Prince of Wales, 237 and 
High Holborn, London. 
DA AAA CLEMATIS IN POTS, of all 
OU)UUU the finest double and single varieties (some 
of the flowers of which become 10 inches across, and are of every 
shade, from pure white to the darkest purple), for climbing and 
bedding, from 12s. to 24s. per dozen, strong plants. Beauty of 
Woecestek, a magnificent purple, excellent for bedding, recently 
sent out by us ; reduced price, 2s. 6 d. each. Descriptive List on 
application.—RICHARD SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed 
Merchants, Worcester. 
JENSEN’S GUANOS are the most perfect 
tJ Fertilisers. Promote and sustain all growths. Do not 
exhaust, but enrich the soil. Analyses guaranteed. Six Prize 
Medals awarded in 1888.—J. JENSEN & Co. (Lmtd.), 109, 
Fenchurch Street, London. 
B ARR’S SEEDS for PRESENT SOWING 
of FINEST QUALITY ONLY. Full descriptive Cata¬ 
logue, free on application to 
BARR & SON, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden. 
S EEDS for the Vegetable and Flower Garden. 
— Send for Catalogue, gratis and post free, containing list 
of all best varieties and prices.—THOMSON’S, 20, High Street, 
Birmingham. 
SrW Teems of Subscription. —Post free from the office to any 
part of the United Kingdom, one copy, 1 id .; three months, 
Is. S d. ; six months, 3s. 3d. ; twelve months, 6s. 6 d. Foreign 
Subscription to all counties in the Postal Union, 8s. 8d. per 
annum. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Tuesday, April 23rd.—Royal Horticultural Society : Fruit and 
Floral Committees at 11 a.m. National Auricula Society’s 
Show. 
Thursday, April 25th.—Royal Horticultural Society of Irelaud : 
Spring Show. Sale of Imported Orchids at Stevens’ Rooms. 
Friday, April 26th.—Sale of Rare Orchids at Protheroe & 
Morris’s Rooms. 
For Index to Contents & Advertisements, see p.538. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1889. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
T^he Auricula Show.— We may remind our 
^ readers that the annual Southern gather¬ 
ing of the followers of St. Auricula will take 
place at the Westminster Drill Hall, next 
Tuesday. The arrangement, which fixes the 
meeting for the day succeeding Bank Holiday, 
and during the Easter recess, seems to he a 
peculiarly objectionable one ; but, on the other 
hand, so far as visitors are concerned, London 
is a large place, and when most empty may fill 
the Drill Hall with people a thousand times 
over. Londoners, we fear, however, are hardly 
smitten with the charms of St. Auricula, or 
find pleasure in worshiping the pretty Poly¬ 
anthus. Just now we are most concerned 
with the conditions of the weather, which for 
so long has been cold, gloomy, and wet, bidding 
fair to rival the deep gloom and coldness of the 
show day of last year. We sincerely hope for 
better things, but it is certain that if cloud and 
gloom cover the London sky, then is the 
Drill Hall dark and lugubrious indeed. 
Last year, thanks to the Auricula exhibitors 
and their friends, the largest gathering of 
visitors of the whole season was seen at the 
Drill Hall on the Auricula show day. Possibly 
it may be as large this year, although there 
