April 27, 1889. 
THE GARDENING WORLD- 
543 
THE “NONPAREIL” ARTIFICIAL MANURE 
P ERMANENT and BEAUTIFUL LAWNS, 
with a velvet surface, can be formed in eight to twelve 
weeks by sowing 
AS MANUFACTURED BY 
GEO. SYMONDSON, Waltham Abbey, Essex, 
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MARK. 
After 10 years’ practical experience on 600 acres of Land, 
proving it to be a highly concentrated Fertiliser. 
C OMPOSED of the purest ingredients, and particularly 
suitable in its application to the growth of Vegetables, 
Flowers and Fruit, especially Roses, Chrysanthemums, Vines, 
Strawberries, and other gross-feeding Plants. This Manure 
is sold under a guaranteed Analysis, and, while being sent 
out in a perfectly soluble condition, is entirely free from any 
offensive smell, an objection often made by ladies when 
using Artificial Manures. 
SOLD by all NURSERYMEN and SEEDSMEN, in TINS, 6d„ Is., 2s. 6d., 5s., and 10s. each. 
In Larger Quantities by arrangement. 
TEA-SCENTED CHINA ROSE 
MA.Y RIVEli, 
Report of the Royal Horticultural Society, April 4th, 18S8, 
when a First Class Certificate was awarded.— “May Rivers is 
a Tea Rose, with large and deep blossoms, the outer petals 
creamy white, centre clear lemon-yellow.” 
Strong Plants ready May 1st, 5s. each. 
THOMAS RIVERS & SON, S/1 WBRIDGEWORTH. 
Kelway&Son. 
NOW is the TIME TO PLANT 
GLADIOLI, of which we grow 20 acres 
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Royal Botanical Societies of London have been given. 
Sec our Manual for 1889, gratis and post free. 
LANGPORT, SOMERSET 
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MILLTRAGK MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
Too well known to require descrip¬ 
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per bushel for package; or 6d. per cake , 
free by Parcel Post , Is. None genuine 
unless in sealed packages, and printed 
cultural directions enclosed, with our 
signature attached. 
Wm. CTJTBUSH & SON, 
NURSERYMEN A SEED MERCHANTS, 
prxtiHGATi; MUHSERIBS, 
LONDON N. 
W IRE NETTING, BEST GALVANIZED 
NEW, Cash prices, per roll of 50 yards, 2 ft. wide, 
3-in. mesh, 2s. lOd.; 2 in., 4s. ; If in., 4s. 6d.; 
lj in., 6s.; 1 in., 7s. Scl. All other widths 
proportionately cheap. Carriage Paid on 
50s. lots ; English stations. Splendid Lawn 
. - Mowers and Rollers cheap. 
WALLACE PRIEST, Tyne Road, Bristol. 
THE ORCHID FLOWER HOLDER 
(patented). 
A useful invention for Orchid Growers and Floral Decorators. 
Price, per dozen, 3s. 9 d., postpaid. 
TO BE HAD OF 
ALFRED OUTRAM, 
7, MOORE PARK ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, S.W. 
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, 
and much valuable information on the cultivation of Ferns, 
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W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, 
FERN NURSERY, ' 
SALE, MANCHESTER. 
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12 Fine Named Sorts, 1 Flower each, 3/6 
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3 Flowers each, 15/- 
1 Flower each, 11/- 
3 Flowers each, 30/- 
Sent carefully packed, free by post, 
with Descriptive Catalogue. 
Best and Cheapest Manure for Garden use : 
NATIVE GUANO. 
Price, £3 10s . per ton, in bags. Lots under 10 cwt. 4s. per cwt. 
A 1-cwt. sample bag sent carriage paid to any station in England 
on receipt ofP.O. for 5s. 
Extracts irom Thirteenth Annual Collection of Reports. 
NATIVE GUANO for Potatoes, Vegetables, 
Vines, and Fruit.— 
C. FIDLER, Reading, used it for Potatoes, and says: “ I 
found your Manure give very satisfactory results.” 
F. PAY, Gardener to Lord Tennyson, reports : “ Potatoes, a 
good crop; Grapes, coloured well; Strawberries, very fine 
fruit; Chrysanthemums, good flowers and fine foliage ; Celery, 
extra large ; Tomatoes and Cucumbers did well with it. A 
valuable Manure and easily applied. ” 
NATIVE GUANO for Roses, Lawns, &c.— 
A. SLAUGHTER, Steyning, used for Roses. Results : 
“ Fine dark foliage ; good substance and bloom, and strong 
growth. A good stimulant for Roses.” 
G. WOODGATE. Gardener to Lord Wolverton, used for 
Lawns. Result: “ Very satisfactory." 
Orders to— 
The NATIVE GUANO COMPANY (Limited), 
29, NEW BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON, E.C., 
Whei Pamphlets of Testimonials, &c., may be obtained. 
Agents Wanted. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
Strong Roots, 4s. per 100. Plants in small pots, 16s. per 100 ; 
ditto, in large pots, 25s. per 100. Descriptive List free. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
AVorcester. 
NOTICE. 
D ONALD’S PARAFFIN EMULSION is the cheapest and most 
effectual preparation in the market for destroying all insect 
pests, and/or dressing seed beds to prevent the ravages of the grub. 
It is highly recommended by many leading gardeners. One 
gallon of Emulsion makes 160 gallons of solution. Price 3.9. 6d. 
per gallon, with full directions . To be had from seedsmen, or 
direct from the makers, DONALD & Co., Agricultural and 
Horticultural Chemists, New Scone, Perth, N.B., and The Cross, 
Chester. Wholesale from OSMAN & Co., and WATSON & 
SCULL, London. 
ROSES IN POTS. 
All the best New and Old English and Foreign sorts, 
from 18s. to 36s. per dozen. 
Descriptive List free on application. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co„ 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
WORCESTER. 
/CARTERS’ INVICTA LAWN SEEDS. 
VZ Price, 25s. per bushel. 
Price, Is., Is. (id., and 2s. 6d. 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 and LAWN-TENNIS GROUNDS: 
J _ A how to manage them.—See CARTERS’ PAMPHLET. 
Gratis and post free. 
/DARTERS, Seedsmen by Royal Warrant to 
V/ H.M. The Queen and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 237 and 
238, High Holborn, London. i!U 
(EtT Terms of Subscription.— Post free from the office to any 
part of the United Kingdom, one copy, 1 id .; three months, 
Is. Sd. ; six months, 3s. 3d. ; twelve months, 6s. 6d. Foreign 
Subscription to all counties in the Postal Union, 8s. 8d. per 
annum. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Tuesday, April 30th.—Flower Show in the Town Hail, Man¬ 
chester. Exhibition of the National Auricula Society : 
Northern Section. Sale of Orchids in Flowerat Protlieroe & 
Morris's Rooms. 
Wednesday, May 1st.—Sale of Greenhouse Plants, Palms, &c., 
at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. Sale of the late Mr. 
Peacock’s Succulent Plants at Sudbury House, by Protheroe 
& Morris (2 days). Sale of Lily Bulbs, Shrubs, &c., at 
Stevens’ Rooms. 
Friday, May 3rd.— Sale of portion of Mr. Dorman's collection 
of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris's Rooms. 
For Index to Contents ^Advertisements, see p.553. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
SAT UR DA 
Y, APRIL 27, 1889. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
Horticultural Education.— A paper on this 
•V subject, of considerable importance, was 
recently read before the Reading Gardeners’ 
Association. The author was Mr. George 
Stanton, of Park Place, Henley-on-Thames, 
who, as the head of one of the largest horti¬ 
cultural establishments in the midlands, was 
certainly able to treat bis subject from a 
practical point of view. Mr. Stanton laid 
before the meeting a definite plan for the 
advancement of horticulture, the main feature 
of tlie scheme being to adopt the Science and 
Art Department Regulations ; in short, to 
induce the Educational Department to add 
Horticulture to the list of subjects upon which 
grants are made and aid given. Mr. Stanton 
pointed out that Agriculture was already added 
to the list, and some thousands are examined 
annually in that subject. In nearly all trades 
and professions some subject was on the list in 
connection with them, and he thought it a 
right and proper thing that Horticulture should 
be added. Such a subject being on the list, 
would give artizans and others, likely to take 
up allotments, an opportunity of getting in¬ 
struction in the best methods of cultivation, 
the best kinds of fruit, and the best kinds of 
vegetables to grow. 
Coming to the actual details of such a 
scheme, Mr. Stanton pointed out that all 
subjects taught under the Department were 
divided into three stages: 1, elementary; 2, 
advanced ; and 3, the honours stage. The first 
stage he would confine to the consideration of 
fruit and vegetables ; this would be of infinite 
value to the great class of intelligent workmen 
who, there is every probability to anticipate, 
will take advantage of the new Allotment Act, 
and also to young gardeners and lads just 
leaving school. The second stage would he 
floriculture ; and the third stage would be of a 
more advanced nature, and would enable men, 
after a course of good practice and careful 
preparation, to secure an honours certificate. 
The teaching staff, Mr. Stanton said, could be 
