December 12, 1891. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
223 
For PLEASURE and PROFIT. 
FRUIT 
Nothing so Profitable and 
Easy to Grow. 
74 ACRES IN STOCK. 
See CATALOGUE for Simple Instructions, and kinds of Tree 
to suit all Soils. 
ROSES. 
BUSHES. 
8s. per dozen, 60s. per 100. 
Hundreds of 
Thousands. 
Packing and Carriage Free for 
Cash with Order. 
ROSES in Pots, from 15s. per dozen. 
ORNAMENTAL TREES, 91 ACRES. 
4 ACRES of GLASS. 
CLEMATIS ( 80 , 000 ), from 15s. per dozen. 
N.B.—Single Plants are sold at slightly increased prices. 
SEEDS & BULBS ; VECET 1 s n B A E » E F H I : 0WER - 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST, FREE. 
RICHARD SMITH&C0„ WORCESTER. 
TRADE OFFER OF PALMS, ETC. 
Kentia Fost and Bal in Thumbs 
,, ,, 60 s 
.7 7, 48)s 
Cocus Wed. ... in Thumbs 
„ ... 6o’s 
Seaforthia E. ... 6o’s 
48’s 
at 20 s. per 100. 
60s. „ 
24s. per doz. 
48s. 
20s. per 100. 
555 . „ 
3 2 s. „ 
IOOS. 
W ICETON has a fine Stock of Aspa- 
• ragus, P. nanus, in 48's and 6o’s, Pandanus Veitchi, 
Dracaena, Lindenii, Ficus elastica. 
W. ICETON, PUTNEY, S.W. 
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, Ming Nursery, 
WOKING. 
ESTABLISHED 1810. 
AREA 150 ACRES. 
TRADE OFFER OF LARGE PALMS. 
W ICETON has a large Stock of the 
• leading kinds of Decorative PALMS, from 6ft. to 
25ft. high, fit for Conservatory and house decorations 
Dracxnas, Bamboos, and other foliage plants. 
Lowest Prices quoted on application. 
W. ICETON, Putney. 
GARDEN. 
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, KEN T. 
JARMAN’S 
^ Fop 
PULPS, 
SPPDS, 
ROSPS, 
FRUIT TRFFS, &c. f 
SHRUPS, 
CLIMP ING PLAN TS, & c . 
Everything of FIRST QUALITY, GENUINE, 
and RELIABLE, 
Our Autumn Catalogue has been posted to our Customers— 
and a copy will be sent to any address on application. 
JARMAN & OO., 
Seedsmen & Nurserymen, 
CHARD, SOMERSETSHIRE. 
Suitable for a New Year’s Gift. 
THE 
Orchid Growers' Manual. 
Sixth Edition, Enlarged and Revised. 
By BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLIAMS, F.L.S., F.R.H.S. 
Post 8vo., cloth, 15 s.; free by parcels post, 15 s. 6 d. 
Profusely illustrated with a large number of page and 
double-page Engravings on wood, together with blocks 
illustrative of types of the various genera. This popular 
work contains descriptions of upwards of 1,470 Species and 
Varieties of Orchidaceous Plants, together with 478 
Synonyms; also authorities for the names and families to 
which the various genera belong, the flowering period, 
native country, and references to figures. 
PUBLISHED BY 
B. S. WILLIAMS AND SON, 
Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, 
UPPER HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS, 
AND HOW TO GROW THEM. By C. E. SHEA, e’q. 
A Practical and Scientific Treatise, that will be of 
great service to the oldest and most successful exhibitor as 
well as to the youngest grower of the Autumn Queen. Mr. 
Shea has by the treatment explained in this treatise had a long 
series of triumphs, to which this season he has added in keen 
competition with our most noted growers at the Kent County, 
Watford, and Crystal Palace, finishing with the difficult feat of 
gaining first honours with forty-eight Japs, at the Royal Aqua¬ 
rium Show on November ioth. 
In addition to the above, a Paper by Mr. H. Shoesmith is also 
included in my new Chrysanthemum Catalogue, which also 
contains the most complete list of new varieties ever brought 
together, and embraces selections from all the known Chrysan¬ 
themum world. 
This valuable work is now ready, post free, seven stamps. 
H . J. JONES, 
RYECROFT NURSERY, Hither Green Lane, LEWISHAM. 
150 , 000 . 
SPECIAL OFFEFTqF KENTIAS. 
W. ICETON, Putney, 
Has a large quantity of the above to offer very reasonable at 
from. £7 10s. per 1000. 
Thumbs, well-established... £10 ,, 
In 6o’s, fine stuff . £30 „ 
FRUIT TR EES A SPE CIALITY. 
APPLES, PEARS, PLUMS, STRAWBERRIES 
And all sorts of small and hardy fruits grown in immense quanti¬ 
ties. All the best of the old and new varieties either to grow for 
market or private consumption. Specialquotations for quantities 
Descriptive Catalogue and Guide, the most complete 
issued, 6d. Ordinary list free. 
JOHN WATKINS, 
IPomona Farm Nurseries, 
W1THINGT0N, HEREFORD. 
MR. DODWELL’S GRAND CARNATIONS. 
The Finest Grown. 
Mr. Dodwell's Specialities. 
Bizarres, Flakes, Picotees, Selfs, Fancies, & Yellow 
Grounds, 10/6 per doz. 
THE COTTAGE, 
STANLEY 1EITD., OZXIFOIRJD. 
12 Hepaticas, sin. blue, dble. red 2 0 
12 Algerian Ivy, peculiar oval leaves . 1 6 
6 red or yellow Primroses, double as Roses. 2 0 
12 dble. white ditto, lovely for pots . 18 
20 Periwinkle, blue, white, forms dense carpet under 
trees. 16 
12 Auricula, edged, plainl all superb colours . 2 6 
20 Choice Polyanths, gold-laced, hose-in-hose, &c. ... 1 6 
3 Solomon’s Seal, exquisite for forcing purposes ... 1 4 
20 Primroses, white, crimson lilac. 1 6 
12 Everlastng Pea, all free. 16 
Mr. LANE, Sydenham, Belfast. 
T 
TO ANTHRACITE CONSUMERS. 
HERE appears no probability of further 
reduction in price of really Best Anthracite, but the 
reverse—Lower quotations mean inferior quality of 
“Best.” This is self-evident, because it will not realise the 
price of that known in the Market as “ Best.” The 
Anthracite I supply can be guaranteed to do 20 per cent, 
(about 4 /- per ton) more work than cheaper kinds, and to be 
three times superior to Gas Coke. It is also weighed by Rail¬ 
way Company. Bona-fide references and testimonials .— 
WILLIAM H. ESSERY, Anthracite Colleries Office, 
Swansea. 
CUTBUSH’S MILLTRACK MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
Too well known to require descrip¬ 
tion. Price 6 s. per bushel (is. extra 
per bushel for package), or 6 d. per 
cake; free by Parcel Post, is. 
None genuine unless in sealed pack¬ 
ages, and printed cultural directions 
enclosed with our signatures attached. 
New publication, “ Mushrooms, and 
How to Grow Them,” by Luke Ellis, 
should be read by everyone interested 
in the growth of Mushrooms. Price 6 d., 
free by post, 7 d. 
WM. CUTBUSH & SON, 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants. 
HIGHGATE NURSERIES, N.; & BARNET, HERTS 
pARTER’S LIST OF THE BEST 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS for 1892 Now Ready, gratis 
and post free "on application to the QUEEN'S SEEDSMEN’ 
2 37 & 238, High Holborn, London, W.C. 
ARTERS’ 
Special Cash Clearance Sale of 
GHEAP HARDY BULBS 
For massing in large quantities in Parks, Promenades, 
Pleasure Grounds, Carriage Drives, Plantations, &c. 
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. 
Carriage and Packing Free jor Cash with Order. 
d. 
DOUBLE DAFFODILS ... 
SINGLE DAFFODILS . 
DOUBLE WHITE NARCISS. 
(Gardenia-like—very sweet scented.) 
PHEASANT’S EYE NARCISS 
MIXED DAFFODILS . 
(A Grand Mixture.) 
BLUEBELLS . 
WINTER ACONITES . 
SNOWDROPS . 
Buyers from this List must please give the price 
with their order. 
All are offered so long as unsold, and for quantities of not 
less than 500 bulbs. 
Suppliers of Bulbs to the Royal London Parks, 
237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. 
price 50 
„ 12 
35 
13 
15 
12 
10 
21 
0 per 1000 
6 
0 
6 
0 
6 
6 
0 
For Index to Contents see page 234. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man,” —Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, Dec. 14 . —Bulb Sales at Protheroe & Morris' 
Rooms. 
Tuesday, Dec. 15.—First Annual Dinner of the National 
Amateur Garoeners’ Association, at the Guildhall Tavern, 
Gresham Street, at 7.30—Bulb Sale at Protheroe & Morris’ 
Rooms. 
Wednesday, Dec. 16.—Sale of Orchids at Seeger & Tropp’s 
Nursery, East Dulwich, S.E. 
Thursday, Dec, 17,—Sale oi Bulbs at Protheroe & Morris’ 
Rooms. 
Friday, Dec. i8.-=-Saie of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’ 
Rooms. 
Saturday, Dec. ig.—Sale ot Bulbs at Protheroe & Morris' 
Rooms. 
Cfo Bo fill, 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY , DECEMBER 12th, 1891. 
Khe Chrysanthemum Shows. —With that 
held this week at the Royal Aquarium, 
Westminster, comes to an end the Chry¬ 
santhemum Shows for the present year. 
They have been many and good, and 
should have amply satisfied the desires of 
all who either love Chrysanthemums or 
trade in them. Already our readers will 
have noticed that committees of some of 
the larger societies have already fixed the 
dates for their exhibitions of next winter. 
That seems to be looking a long way 
ahead, and may also be thought by some 
to be rather sharp practice. In reality it 
is important to every show of any con¬ 
siderable pretensions that they should have 
long antedated fixtures because many 
other shows of less importance have to be 
fixed so that they shall not conflict with ' 
the larger ones, and thus enable committees 
to arrange their dates accordingly. 
We shall expect to find next November 
that more than ever of the prominent 
shows are fixed for the last two days of 
the second week of that month, and thus if 
small ones will not appreciably compete 
with large ones the greater ones will do so 
with each other. That is, however, their 
