May 11, 1889. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
575 
$. SHEPPERSON, 
FLORIST and SEEDSMAN, 
PROSPECT HOUSE, BELPER, 
DERBYSHIRE, 
Offers tlie 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. 6 d. 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. 6(2. Also seed 
from above, Is. and 2s. 6(2. 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(2. ; 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(2. Seed, 6(2. 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 PANSIES, unnamed, 6 for Is. ; 12, 
Is. 9(2. ; 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(2. ; 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. 6(2. ; 25, 2s. 6(2. 
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. 6 d. 
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, 
BELPER. 
D AHLIA S. 
My New Catalogue of above, No. 108, 
Is the ninth Catalogue I have published this spring, 
copies of which have been sent to all iny 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. 
CACTUS 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 AMBHION, ASIA, MISS 
JEKYLL, HONORIA, MRS. S. S. LIDDALL, 
ME. GEORGE REID, PROFESSOR BALD¬ 
WIN, PANTHIA, SYDNEY HOLDINGS, and 
SIR TREVOR LAWRENCE. In addition to 
these 
MY 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. 
8 NEW SINGLE DAHLIAS 
Will be 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. 
GANNAS AND MARGUERITES. 
These are two popular families for summer decoration. 
The new Dwarf Cannas are specially fine, and will 
become a favourite group when better known. 
SUNFLOWERS & MICHAELMAS 
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 FA JULIES 
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, 
Mai# Farm Nurseries, 
TOTTENHAM, LONDON. 
NEW DAHLIAS. 
JOHN LAXNGr & SONS 
Have much pleasure in offering a fine stock of plants of the 
newest and choicest Cactus, Pompoues, Single, Show, and 
Fancy Dahlias. 
Descriptive Price List, containing the lest Novelties, post free 
on application'. 
The Nurseries, FOREST HILL, LONDON, S.E. 
DOUBLE PYEETHRUMS. 
FI TILE finest and most beautiful ] tardy border 
JL plants, in different colours, to name ; twelve plants, 4 s. ; 
six plants, 2s. 6d. Free by parcel post to any address. 
W. H. FBETTINGHAM, Beeston Nurseries, NOTTS. 
“A New Plant to English Gardens.” 
EARTLAND’S 2TEW “GOLDEN QUILLED” 
DOUBLE SUNFLOWER. 
u OOLEIL D’OE ”— Strong plants, Is. Gd. 
LD each ; extra clumps, 2s. 6 d.; post free for cash. The 
clumps can be divided for quantity. It is one of the finest things 
introduced to English gardens for years. For cutting purposes 
and harvest festival decorations superb. — WM. BAYLOR 
HARTLAND, Seedsman, 24, Patrick Street, Cork. Special 
terms to the trade on application. 
RAILWAY RATES. 
rip HE PUBLIC MEETING of tbe Trade, 
_l_ called for the 14th inst., will be held in the Large Room, 
“Hotel Windsor,” Victoria Street, Westminster, instead of in 
the Room of the Horticultural Club as advertised last week. 
F. C. GOODCHILD, 
Secretary, Nursery and Seed Trade Association, Limited, 
25, Old Jewry, London, E.O. 
fgg* Terms of Subscription. —Post free from the office to any 
part of the United Kingdom, one copy, ljd.; three months, 
Is. 8 d. ; six months, 3s. 3d. ; twelve months, 6s. 6 d. Foreign 
Subscription to all counties in the Postal Union, Ss. S<2. per 
annum. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, May 13th.—Sale of Orchids at Sudbury House, Ham¬ 
mersmith (and four following days), by Protheroe & Morris. 
Tuesday, May 14th.—Royal Horticultural Society : Meeting of 
Committees at 11 a.m.‘; Lecture at 3p.m. Nursery and{Seed 
Trade : Meeting to discuss the Railway Rates Question at 
the Hotel Windsor, at 3.30 p.in. 
Wednesday, May 15th.—Royal Botanic Society’s Summer Show. 
Thursday, May 16th.—Sale of Orchids in Flower at Stevens’ 
Rooms. 
For Index to Contents & Advertisements, see p.585. 
“ Gardening is tlie purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.” —Bacon. 
SATURDAY , MAY 11, 1889. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
Spring at Last. —It does seem rather late 
it is true, but it is a fact that not until 
we had got into the month of May did we 
have any spring-like weather. The advent of 
the flowery month, as the poet terms it, 
seems to have been the turning point in the 
season, for at the close of last week came 
some really warm sunshine, and under its 
benign influence the trees and the hedgerows 
burst into a glorious wealth of leafage, the 
long sleep of nature ’which had endured in 
the deciduous trees for six months was 
broken at last, and life once more was 
resumed. There are few greater charms in 
nature than those that the unfolding of the 
siiring growth presents. 
The change is not, of course, a rapid one. 
Ours is not a tropical climate, neither is it 
one of sudden changes of temperature, as in 
the northern regions where with the disappear¬ 
ance of the snow comes, as it were, instant 
spring. Ours is a slow-moving climate, and now 
nearly always a laggard one. The better aspect 
comes at last, but so ungraciously that one-half 
the charm incidental to tlie change is lost. 
All the same we would not ignore the beauty 
of real spring weather, and of its effects upon 
vegetable life. Once the movement to a better 
and brighter state of things is begun, then the 
steps in its progress may be distinctly marked 
