May 4, 1889. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
559 
S. SHEPPERSON, 
FLORIST and SEEDSMAN, 
PROSPECT HOUSE, BELPER, 
DERBYSHIRE, 
Offers the following Plants all well rooted 
and strong. Carriage free for cash with 
orders. 
INDIAN PINKS. —Double, beautifully striped, 
and blotched all colours. Strong plants to bloom well, 
12 for 2s. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. —The cream only, 
including new varieties of 1888. 12 distinct sorts, 
named 2s. 
SWEET WILLIAMS. -Light and dark, 
double and single. Strong plants to bloom well, 
Is. 6d. per dozen. 
FUCHSIAS. —Best varieties only, including new 
ones of 1888. 12 distinct varieties, named, 2s. 
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. Qd. Also seed 
from above, Is. and 2s. 6 d. 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. 
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 d. Seed, 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. 
FANCY PANSIE3, unnamed, 6 for Is. ; 12, 
Is. 9 d. ; 25, 3s. ; 100, 10s., all different and first-class 
sorts. 
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 d. ; 100, 15s. 
POLYANTHUS. — The beautiful pure white 
Snowdrift. 6 good plants for Is. ; 12, Is. 6 d. ; 50, 5s. 
The new DOUBLE SCARLET GEUM.— 
Hardy free bloomer. Strong two-year old plants, 12 
for Is. U. ; 25, 2s. 6d. 
TOMATOS. —The three best sorts in cultivation— 
Abundance, Perfection, and Favourite. See Chiswick 
great Tomato trials. 3 plants of each for Is. 6d. ; 
6 each, 2s. 6d. 
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. 
S. SHEPPERSON, 
Florist* 
BELPER. 
DAHLIAS. 
Mj New Catalogue of above, No. 108, 
Is the ninth Catalogue I have published this spring, 
copies of which have been sent to all my customers. 
It contains a number of 
NEW VARIETIES, 
Now offered for the first time, all of which are vast 
improvements upon all existing varieties, and such as 
will please the public. 
CAOTUS OR DECORATIVE 
VARIETIES. 
The following new varieties I am now offering for 
the first time, all of which I have every confidence in 
recommending, they are AMPHION, ASIA, MISS 
JISEYLL, HONQEIA, MRS. B. S. LSBBALL, 
MU. GEORGE REID, PROFESSOR BALD¬ 
WIN, PANTHXA, SYDNEY HOLDINGS, and 
SIR TREVOR LAWRENCE. In addition to 
these 
W GENERAL COLLECTION 
Contains every variety worthy of cultivation, both old 
and new. They are all fully described, and. many of 
them beautifully figured. 
POMPONE OR BOUQUET VARS. 
This is a very popular section, especially for cutting. 
The flowers are perfection in shape, and every shade of 
colour will be found among them. 
SHOW & FANCY VARIETIES. 
These are the large-flowered varieties, the kinds 
usually seen on the exhibition table. The flowers are 
of immense size and of every shade, and of the easiest 
cultivation. My collection is a very large one, and 
contains every variety up to date worth cultivating. 
3 NEW SINGLE DAHLIAS 
Will he found fully described in this Catalogue, and I 
have every confidence in offering them, as I feel certain 
they are quite equal to my previous introductions, and 
will be sure to PLEASE EVERYONE. My 
collection is a very comprehensive one, and contains 
every variety of note. 
STELLATE VARIETIES. 
These are very useful for bedding, and are held in high 
esteem for cutting on account of their dwarf character 
and wonderfully free-flowering habit. This Catalogue 
also contains 
ABRIDGED COLLECTIONS 
OF 
CARNATIONS, PICOTEES, AND 
PINKS, 
Of which I have a grand collection. Although my 
stock of some kinds is exhausted, yet I can still supply 
a number of really beautiful kinds. 
CANNAS AND MARGUERITES. 
These are two popular families for summer decoration. 
The new Dwarf Gannas are specially fine, and will 
become a favourite group when better known. 
SUNFLOWERS & MIDHAELMAS 
DAISIES. 
Two of the most popular of our autumnal perennials, 
and are indispensable either for border decoration or for 
cutting purposes. There are also 
MANY OTHER FAMILIES 
Of really useful plants, adapted for present planting, 
particulars of which will he found in my 
NEW CATALOGUE, just published, 
Copies of which can be had on application to 
THOMAS S. WARE, 
Hale Farm, I^urseries 5 
TOTTENHAM, LONDON. 
P ERMANENT and BEAUTIFUL LAWNS, 
with a velvet surface, can he formed in eight to twelve 
weeks by sowing 
r BARTERS’ INVICTA LAWN SEEDS. 
VU Price, 25s. per bushel. 
Price, Is., Is. Oct,, and 2s. 6ct. per packet, post free. 
Price, Is. 3ct. 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: 
-Li how to manage them.—See CARTERS’ PAMPHLET. 
Gratis and post free. 
C ARTERS, Seedsmen by Royal Warrant to 
H.M. The Queen and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 237 and 
238, High Holborn, London, 
RAILWAY RATES. 
A PUBLIC MEETING of the Trade will be 
-A\_ held (by kind permission), at the Horticultural Clue, 
Hotel Windsor, Victoria Street, Westminster, on Tuesday, 
the 14th May, 1889, at 3.30 p.m., to take into consideration the 
proposed Railway Rates and Charces, with a view to lodging 
objections thereto with the Board of Trade, in pursuance of 
the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 188S. 
The last day for lodging objections is the 1st June, 1889, after 
which date the rates and charges (unless altered by the Board 
of Trade) will have the force of an Act of Parliament. 
It is hoped that Members of the Nursery and Seed Trade from 
all parts of the country will attend and protect their interests, 
which are seriously threatened. 
A Meeting of the Committee will be held on the same day, at 
5 o’clock, to formulate the objections. 
Any information required can be obtained of 
F. C. GOODCHILD, 
Secretary, Nursery and Seed Trade Association, Limited, 
25, Old Jewry, London, E.O. 
t9W Terms of Subscription. —Post free from the office to any 
part of the United Kingdom, one copy, 1J4; three months, 
Is. 8 d .; six months, 3s. 34 ; twelve months, 6s. 64 Foreign 
Subscription to all counties in the Postal Union, 8s. 84 per 
annum. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Tuesday, May 7th.—Sale of the late Mr. Bath’s Orchids at 
Protherce & Morris’s Rooms. 
Wednesday, May 8th.—Scottish Auricula and Primula Show in 
Edinburgh. Sales of Greenhouse Plants, Palm Seeds, &c., 
at Protherre & Morris’s Rooms. Sale of Mr. H. J. Buchan’s 
Orchids at Stevens’ Rooms (2 days). 
Saturday, May 11th.—Crystal Palace Flower Show. 
For Index to Contents & Advertisements, see p.569. 
11 Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
SATURDAY , MAY 4, 1889. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
Tij^ARLY-B LOOMING RHODODENDRONS.— -Whilst 
« late summer-flowering Rhododendrons 
will give but a very moderate bloom, the early- 
flowering hybrids, and notably the rich scarlets, 
are blooming profusely. Thus these furnish 
double gain, for they give flowers in rich 
abundance in the spring, when other bloom out¬ 
doors is somewhat rare ; and because of the 
early blooming they make early growth, and 
that is fully matured and well ripened to 
produce flower-buds for the succeeding year. 
In those favoured localities where Rhododen¬ 
drons grow luxuriantly, not only are dense banks 
or masses of green foliage permanent, hut a 
glorious bloom is invariably produced also. 
Of all hardy shrubs, whether evergreen or 
deciduous, ive have none which can excel in 
splendour and richness the Rhododendron ; but 
it is almost certain that plants in flower, 
especially the florid scarlets just now, seem to 
bear the palm for beauty, because they show 
such contrasting beauty with the greenery 
almost universal. Later on, when summer 
bloomers of every hue and colour are in flower, 
grand as many are, they have not only them¬ 
selves, hut Azaleas, Kalmias, and many other 
rich-flowering shrubs, as well as trees to 
compete with. Where soils are specially 
favourable to American plants, there is rather 
too much tendency to plant them and little 
