October 10, 1891. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
79 
WEBBS 
FREE BY 
POST 
OR RAIL. 
FINEST 
SELECTED 
ROOTS. 
BULBS. 
FOR GREENHOUSE DECORATION. 
, Price, 42s Od 
B, 
„ 282 
,, .. „ 21s. 0d 
C, 
„ 207 
.. ,, 15s. Od. 
D, 
„ 134 
,, .. „ 10s. 6d. 
1; 
E, 
„ 96 
„ .. „ 7s. 6d 
11 
F, 
„ 60 
„ .. ,, 5s. Od 
FOR GARDEN BEDS, BORDERS, k 
J 
Collection M, containing 2,923 Bulbs 
N, 
O , 
P, 
Q, 
R, 
S, 
T, 
1,909 
1,286 
680 
424 
315 
203 
114 
5 per cent. Discount for Cash 
Price, 105s. Od 
63s. Od 
42s. Od 
21s. Od 
15s. Od 
10s. 6d 
7s. 6d 
5s. Od 
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, 
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE, 
To t hose 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, 
WOKING. 
ESTABLISHED 1S10. AREA 150 ACRES. 
COME AND SEE 
The most remarkable and finest display of Early-flowering 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Ever seen in this country. 
Japanese varieties rivalling the best of those that bloom in 
November. 
H. a . JONES 
Respectfully invites all to see his show, which is now open and 
will continue so until the middleof November. Admission free. 
RYECROFT NURSERY, 
HITHER GREEN LANE, LEWISHAM, S.E. 
SPECIAL 
CULTURE 
OF 
FRUIT T REES & ROSES. 
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, SA W BRIDGE WORTH, Herts. 
GARDEN. 
BULBS, ROSES, 
& c 
pOR whatever is wanted, mentioned or 
A 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 
nnest 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 
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. 
SUTTON’S BULBS 
GENUINE ONLY DIRECT FROM READING. 
Bulb Orders value 55. and upwards Carriage Free. 
ciatiii 5 
CHOICE AND CELEBRATED 
HYACINTHS, 
50 
Choice Named Hyacinths 
In 25 sorts, for Cultivation in pots 
or glasses. Carriage Free. 
30 /- 
12 
Choice Named Hyacinths 
in 12 sorts, for Cultivation in pots 
or glasses. Carriage Free. 
8; 
S2 
Fine Named Hyacinths 
in 12 sorts, for Cultivation in pots 
and glasses. Carriage Free. 
6 /- 
CARTERS' ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, containing a 
beautifully Coloured Plate, GRATIS and POST FREE 
to Customers. _ 
Royal Seedsmen ey Sealed Warrants. 
237,238, HIGH HOLBORN. LONDON, 
For Index to Contents see page 90. 
Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, Oct i?.—Bulb sales at Protheroe & Morris' and 
Stevens' Rooms. 
Tuesday, Oct. 13.—Bulb sale at Protheroe & Morris' Rooms. 
Wednesday. Oct. 14.—Autumn Fruit Show at the Royal 
Aquarium. Bulb sales at Protheroe & Morris' and Stevens’ 
Rooms. 
Thursday, Oct. 15.—Annual Dinner of the United Horti¬ 
cultural Provident & Benefit Society at the Cannon Street 
Hotel at 5.30 p.m. Bulb sale at Protheroe & Morris' Rooms. 
Friday, Oct. 16.—Orchid sale at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Saturday, Oct. 17.—Bulb sales at Protheroe & Morris 
and Stevens’ Rooms. 
Cfjif d;1in;ilci|il|t! liWltl, 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10th, 1891. 
f oNiFER/E.— It was once complained that 
gardeners and planters were all going 
mad on Conifers, and without doubt there 
was a phase in tree planting which partook 
somewhat of Coniferse mania, for no place 
was held to be correctly a garden without 
its Pinetum. The fever even extended to 
little plots which front our surburban 
villas and cottages, and with the present 
ludicrous results that a big Wellingtonia, 
or an Araucaria, or a Deodar fills all the 
allotted space, darkens the villa windows, 
and presents to the occupier all the troubles 
incidental to White Elephants. 
We have happily got past all that sort 
of craze, and Conifers now are planted 
moderately, wisely and with judgment. 
Still farther, since the time of the craze we 
have had some experience of Conifers, and 
have found that many of those then in such 
high favour have not, with increasing age, 
proved to be all that could be desired for 
our climate, whilst not a few seem to pre¬ 
sent far more favourable aspects. Practi¬ 
cally, all forms of Conifers seem to be best 
with us when young. In age, many become 
thin and uneven, and lose much of their 
earlier grace and beauty. In some soils 
and localities, the coarsest of growers 
retain all their pristine charms, but that 
is not the rule. The Conifer Exhibition 
and Conference held this week at Chiswick, 
will doubtless help to give to some of the 
newer and less known varieties wider 
popularity, and in many of them there is 
indeed great beaut}' as well as of novelty. 
Planted singly, Conifers wear a funereal 
aspect. Planted in clumps, the outline or 
natural contour of the trees is spoiled in 
the crowding. Very great skill is required 
in order to plant Conifers so that the 
dangers referred to may be avoided. When 
gracefully intermixed with shrubs or 
deciduous trees, Conifers can he made to 
assume a very pleasing form. In no case 
can they be worse employed than in form¬ 
ing Avenues so called, or in dotting them 
like so many pepper boxes with mathe¬ 
matical exactness on lawns. 
|||ctober Fruit Shows. —The month of 
' October is not as a rule prolific in 
exhibitions of any sort, and therefore we 
may hail with satisfaction the few recently 
advertised. The principal one in the 
South is that which is being held at the 
Crystal Palace on the last three days of 
the present week. There are to be seen very 
fine collections of hardy fruits, mostly 
Apples and Pears, of which the October 
Show at the Palace is exceedingly well 
supplied, as also of the very finest samples 
the country can produce. 
Vegetables, too, at the Palace, will form 
interesting subjects for competition, and 
although there will perhaps be not so 
much that is of a very attractive order as 
compared with .Flower Shows, yet to all 
genuine gardeners the exhibits will be of 
exceeding interest. 
Last year the interest in hardy fruits 
centered round the Fruiterers' Company 
in the City of London. This year that 
particular interest is transferred to Man¬ 
chester, for Cotonopolis is to have its 
Conference and Exhibition on the 20th, 
and three following days, that most active, 
energetic and representative body, the 
Botanical Society of that City doing so 
well that which, unhappily, it seems to be 
hardly any one’s business to do in London. 
We very cordially wish the Manchester 
Exhibition all success, and trust that the 
papers read at the Conference will not 
tread over already very hard beaten 
ground, but will present something that 
is in relation to hardy fruit culture, both 
new and interesting. Next week there 
will be a good Fruit and Vegetable Exhibi¬ 
tion at the Westminster Aquarium, and 
which will no doubt prove a great attrac¬ 
tion to Londoners. 
^.ur Potato Crop. —It is satisfactory to 
learn, on conclusive evidence, that 
there is, in spite of some bad reports 
locally, here and there, every prospect, if 
not assurance, that we shall have an 
abundant Potato Crop. Especially does 
this assurance apply to the Northern 
districts, from whence, later in the winter, 
our large urban populations so materially 
draw their Potato supplies. Already, in¬ 
deed, has the nature of the crop been 
made manifest in the low prices at which 
Potatos are offered; indeed, when the poor 
can purchase good tubers at -id. per lb., 
and those who have greater means at from 
2s. to 2s. 6d. per bushel of 56 lbs., it is 
evident that no one can complain, if the 
sample be a sound one. 
Still further a tendency on the part of 
wheat to go upwards in price a few weeks 
since, when it was thought disease was 
rife in the tubers, has been by later reports 
checked, so that bread and Potatos it is 
now certain, will be plentiful and cheap 
all the winter. We have of late become 
so accustomed to a plentiful supply of 
