October 3, i80i. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
es 
EARLY FORCING. 
VEITr 
FOR 
POT CULTURE. 
OUTDOOR PLANTING. 
UNEQUALLED for QUALITY, 
AT 
LOWEST PRICES, 
For details see CATALOGUE, foruarded Gratis 
and Post free on application. 
JAMES VEITCH & SONS, 
ROYAL EXOTIC NURSERY, 
CHELSEA, LONDON, S.W, 
CARN ATIONS k P IGOTEES. 
Strong plants of all the best named varieties ready 
in November, 6/- and 9/- per doz. 
Our new varieties, per pair, C. H. Herbert, 7/6; 
R. Thomson, 2/6; Blushing Bride, 5/-; S. S. 
Thomson, 3/6; W. Spinks, 2/-; A. W. Jones, 5/-: 
Mrs. Thomson, 2/-; Annie Sophia, 2/-; Mrs. 
Herbert, 2/-; or the set, 30/-. 
CATALOGUES GRATIS ON APPLICATION. 
THE NURSERIES, 
SPARK HILL, BIRMINGHAM. 
! 
THE 
VERY 
AT 
LOWEST 
BEST RATES. 
LARGE & VARIED COLLECTIONS OF 
HYACINTHS, TULIPS, 
CROCUSES, SNOWDROPS, 
WARCISSI, LILLIES, &c. 
All thoroughly ripened and in excellent 
condition for planting. 
Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue, No- 397- 
post FREE ON APPLICATION. 
D Seed & 
ICK50NS g, b a«. Chester 
To th ose about to P lant. 
A Descriptive Catalogue 
of ROSES, FRUIT TREES, CONIFERS, EVERGREEN 
and FLOWERING SHRUBS. RHODODENDRONS, 
ORNAMENTAL and FOREST TREES, CLEMATIS and 
other CLIMBING PLANTS, in large variety, sent free on 
application to 
GEO. JACKMAN & SON, Woking Nursery, 
"VV OKIN GR 
ESTABLISHED iSio. AREA 150 ACRES. 
The most remarkable and finest display of Early-flowering 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Ever seen in this conntry, 
Japanese varieties rivalling the best of those that bloom in 
November. 
«J. JONES 
Respectfully invites all to see his show, which is now open and 
Will continue so until the middle of November. Admission free. 
RYECROFT NURSERY, 
HITHER GREEN LANE, LEWISHAM, S.B. 
FOR GREENHOUSE DECORATION, 
Collection A, containing 461 Bulbs 
B, „ 262 „ 
C, 
D, 
E, 
F, 
207 
134 
96 
60 
Price, 42s. Od 
21s. Od 
15s. Od 
10s. 6d 
7s. 6d 
5s. Od 
FOR GARDEN BEDS, BORDERS, k. 
iction M, containing 2,923 Bulbs.. Price 
105s. Od 
N, 
1,909 .. 
63s. Od 
0, 
1,286 . 
42s. Od 
P, 
680 . 
21s. Od 
„ Q, 
1 1 
424 „ .. „ 
15s. Od 
R, 
11 
315 . 
10s. 6d 
s, 
203 . 
7s. 6d 
„ T, 
114 . 
5s. Od 
5 per cent. Discount for Cash 
WEBBS’ BULB CATALOGUE, beautifully Illustrated, 
and containing complete Cultural Instructions, Gratis and 
Post Free. 
Seedsmen by Royal Warrants to H.M. the Queen 
and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 
WORQSLEY, STOURBRIDGE, 
TO ANTHRACITE CONSUMERS. 
Further reduction in price of Best Anthracite is improbable, 
whatever inferior quality may be offered at. For guidance I 
beg to notify that my Anthracite can be guaranteed to do 
20 per cent, more work by Durability, Heat, and less Ash 
than cheaper kinds, and this means quite 4/- per ton. It is 
also weighed by Railway Company. 
Bona fide References and Testimonials. 
WILLIAM H. ESSERY, 
Anthracite Colliery Office, SWANSEA. 
CULTURE 
A Large and Select Stock is now offered for Sale. 
The Illustrated & Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits post free 3 d. 
The Descriptive Catalogue of Roses post free. 
THOMAS RIVERS & SON, 
The Nurseries, 5 'A ]/VBRIDGE WOR TH, Herts. 
BULBS, ROSES, &c. 
F OR whatever is wanted, mentioned or 
not in these columns, please to write immediately to 
H. CANNELL & SONS, whose Seed and Nursery Stock 
is very complete and extensive, and where nearly everything 
for the garden is grown and supplied in large quantities in the 
finest possible condition, at the lowest prices, consistent with 
correctness and superior character. Never has there been such 
a complete Autumn Catalogue issued of everything required for 
the garden as the one we are now sending post free. Neither 
has there ever been such a splendid stock of best varieties of 
the many families of plants necessary to keep the garden in 
the highest state of perfection as we are now soliciting orders 
for. Our climate, soil, and facilities give us and purchasers 
many advantages, and we ask all to send for a Catalogue. 
H. CANNELL & SONS, 
SWANLEY, KENT. 
B. S. WILLIAI 
Antumn, Winter Flowering, 
and Forcing Plants. 
PRIME QUALITY IN SPLENDID CONDITION. 
Now ready for delivery. 
For Complete List and Prices see 
ILLUSTRATED BULB CATALOGUE, 
Gratis and Post Free on Application. 
Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, 
UPPER HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 
CHOICE AND CELEBRATED 
HYACINTHS. 
Choice Named Hyacinths 
In 25 sorts, for Cultivation in pots 
or glasses. Carriage Free. 
Choice Named Hyacinths 
in 12 sorts, for Cultivation in pots 
or glasses. Carriage Free. 
Fine Named Hyacinths 
in 12 sorts, for Cultivation in pots 
and glasses. Carriage Free. 
CARTERS ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing a 
beautifully Coloured Plate , GRATIS and POST FREE 
to Customers. 
Royal Seedsmen by Sealed Warrants. 
237,238, HIGH HOLBORN. LONDON. 
For Index to Contents see page 74. 
' Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatesl 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, Oct 5.—Clearance sale at Mr. C. Noble’s Nursery, 
Bagshot (six days). Sales of Bulbs at Protheroe & Morris 
and Stevens' Rooms. 
Tuesday, Oct. 6 . —Royal Horticultural Society:—Meeting of 
Committees at Chiswick at 11 a.m. Aster Conference at 2 p.m, 
Bulb sale at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
' Wednesday, Oct. 7.—Conifer Conference at Chiswick at 
2 p.m. Clearance sale of Plants, &c., at Farm Lane, Walham 
Green. Bulb sales at Protheroe & Morris’ and Stevens’ Rooms 
Thursday, Oct. 8,—Crystal Palace Hardy Fruit Show (three 
days). Conifer Conference at Chiswick at 2 p.m. Sale at 
Lee’s Nursery, Isleworth, by Protheroe & Morris. 
Friday, Oct. 9.—Orchid sale at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Saturday, Oct. 10.—Bulb sales at Protheroe & Morris' and 
Stevens’ Rooms. 
w 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.3. 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER yd, 1891. 
^insect-absorbing Plants.— If we refrain 
~ from using the now common appellation 
for the plants referred to, viz., the carni¬ 
vorous or insect-eating, it is because these 
terms, if in a sense true, are misleading, for 
the simple reason that eating is a term 
applicable only where mouths exist, and 
plants have no mouths. Still there can be 
no question that certain plants such as 
Sundews, Sarracenias, &c., have unques¬ 
tionable insect destruction properties, and 
havingalso considerable nervous irritability 
created by the friction arising from the 
contact of the insects with the tiny but 
intensely sensitive hairs contained in cer¬ 
tain organs of the plants, do, being other¬ 
wise incapable of ejecting the insects, get 
rid of. them by mastication, and then 
absorbing them into the plant system. 
Plants have ample powers of assimila¬ 
ting flesh -when in a decomposing form 
through the roots, but the knowledge that 
so can they do this through vegetable 
organs, does undoubtedly add as it were a 
link in the slight chain which connects 
the vegetable with the animal world. No 
wonder then that the announcement that 
a paper on carnivorous plants would be 
read at the recent meeting of the Royal 
Horticultural Society from the able pen of 
