December 26, 189i. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
25 S 
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. 
BOSES. 
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 i VESET a s n B “i™ L0WEB ’ 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST, FREE. 
RICHARD S8¥3ITH&C0-, WORCESTER. 
TRADE OFFER OF PALMS, ETC. 
Kentia Fost and Bal in Thumbs ... at 20s. per 100. 
,, ,, 60’s ... ,, Go s. ,, 
,, „ 48’s ... „ 24S.perdoz. 
» „ 32’s ... „ 48s. „ 
Cocus Wed. ... in Thumbs ... „ 20s. per 100. 
„ — Go's . 55 s- „ 
Seafortkia E. ... 6o's . 32s. „ 
„ ... 48’s ... „ ioos. „ 
YU 7 ICETON has a fine Stock of Aspa- 
W • 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 k 80^5 Woking Nursery, 
WOKIMG. 
ESTABLISHED 1810. 
AREA 150 ACRES. 
TRADE OFFER OF LARGE PALMS. 
VEITCH’S 
GENUINE SEEDS 
JAMES YEITCfl & SONS 
BEG TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEIR 
ILLUSTRATED & DESCRIPTIVE 
Seed Catalogue 
For 1892, 
Containing their Novelties and 
Specialities of 
UNEQUALLED QUALITY, 
is Now Ready and will immediately 
be forwarded post free on 
application. 
ROYAL EXOTIC NURSERY, 
CHELSEA, LONDON, S.W. 
New Chrysanthemums. 
BARTERS’ LIST OF THE BEST 
V_> SORTS for 1892 Now Ready, gratis and post free 
on application to the QUEEN’S SEEDSMEN, 237 & 238, High 
Holborn, London, W.C. 
BARTERS’ “VADE MECUM for 1892” 
has now been posted to Messrs. Carters' customers. 
It contains seven elegant, coloured Illustrations, and 
will be found a most thorough book of reference by 
all who desire to cultivate successfully the choicest 
vegetables and the prettiest flowers. 
Price is., post free, to unknown Correspondents. 
CARTERS’, SEEDSMEN BY ROYAL WARRANTS TO 
H.M. THE QUEEN, AND H.R H. THE PRINCE 
OF WALES. 
237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. 
The Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Institution, 
XT OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 
^ ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the 
Members of this Institution will be held at 
“Simpson’s," ioi, Strand, on FRIDAY, the 15th 
JANUARY NEXT, to receive the report of the 
Committee of Management; to elect the usual 
officers, to transact general business, and to place 
thirteen pensioners on the funds, SEVEN of whom 
will be elected by ballot. 
The Chair will be taken at THREE o’clock, and 
the ballot will close at FIVE o’clock precisely. 
The voting papers have all been issued, but should 
any subscriber not have received a copy early 
intimation is requested to the Secretary. 
GEORGE J. INGRAM, 
Offices, Secretary, 
50, Parliament Street, S.W. 
For Index to Contents see page 265. 
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, atiaey. 
a. G-. wS ts on, 
Fruit & Flower Salesman, Aberdeen. 
Consignments solicited of Pot Plants & Cut Flowers. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
T AINGS’ COLLECTION IS UNSUR- 
PASSED. Strong Cuttings are now being supplied, 
and Orders booked for Strong and Healthy Plants in February 
next. Descriptive Catalogue post free. 
JOHM Xj.S.XCTG <85 SOWS, 
Begonia,Chrysanthemum Specialists,Nurserymen, &c., 
POEBSf KXSlr, S.E. 
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 */- per ton) more work than cheaper kinds, and to be 
three times superior to Gas Coke. It is also weighed by Rail¬ 
way Company. B na-fide references and testimonials .—• 
WILLIAM H. ESSERY, Anthracite Colleries Office, 
Swansea. 
Rovelties for 1892 . 
THE BEST OF THE SEASON. 
Per Pkt. 
Pansy Peacock (new) . 1)6 
Poppy, Mont Blanc (new) .. .. I/O 
Pea, Williams’ Holloway Victory (new) 2/6 
Earley’s Hardy Curled Sprout (new).. I/O 
New Ornamental Leaved Beet, 
McGregor’s Favourite.. .. .. 1/0 
Illustrated Seed Catalogue, for 1892, gratis and fost 
free on application. 
B. S. WILLIAMS & SON, 
Victoria & Paradise Nurseries, 
UPPER HOLLOWAY, LOMDOM, M. 
JARMAN’S SEEDS. 
Jarman’s New Pea, 
“MARKET CROP,” 
Best Early, Height 2J ft. 1/- per pint, 1/9 per qrt. post free. 
From Mr. H. Clifford, Linton, Ross.—,“ I think it my duty to 
send you a testimonial as to the quality of your seeds. I have 
been a market grower of peas for 20 years but I have never had 
one equal to ybur ‘MARKET CROP’ for productiveness 
and quality.” 
From A. D. Paul,Esq.. Bank House, Chard.—“I am writing 
a line to say that the two rows of your * MARKET CROP ’ Peas 
are the best peas I have ever seen. Standing in front one can 
see little else but pods. They are worthy of being photographed.” 
JARMAN’S ONION SEEDS. Prizes again offered this year. 
JARMAN'S NEW TOMATO, “ SUNSET,” Is. Pkt. 
Prizes offered. 
Full particulars see large Illustrated Catalogue. 
Everything of FIRST QUALITY, GENUINE, & RELIABLE 
Our Catalogue has been posted to our Customers, and a 
copy will be sent to any address on application. 
JARMAN 8c CO., 
Seedsmen & Nurserymen, Chard, Somersetshire. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS, 
AND HOY/ TO GROW THEM. By C. E. SHEA, Esq. 
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 addedin 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 10th. 
In additionto 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. 
£5. J O N J52 S 9 
RYECROFT NURSERY, Hither Green Lane, LEWISHAM. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Wednesday, Dec. 30—Sale of Dutch Bulbs, Palms, &c., at 
Protheroe & Morris' Rooms. 
Friday, Jan. 1, 1892.—Sale of Established and Imported 
Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S, 
SATURDAY , DECEMBER 26th, 1891. 
^echnical Horticulture. —There may 
be much or nothing in a name, but in any 
case we are not going to fall out over it. 
It may be proper to term such teaching of 
gardening “ technical,” as is found in books 
and in classes, but to our mind all teaching 
is technical which instructs, as all garden 
practice must instruct, in the very elements 
or rudiments of horticulture. Just now, 
very interesting and we hope useful efforts 
are being put forth by some of the County 
Councils to promote a knowledge of horti¬ 
culture—or if it be thought preferable 
we will call it gardening—among the 
cottagers, allotment holders, and generally 
working class element in rural districts 
who desire to obtain a wider knowledge of 
gardening in its best aspects. 
Generally the result of these efforts have 
been very satisfactory, the attendance at 
the various centres good, and the auditors 
exhibiting in the lectures the deepest possi¬ 
ble interest. Naturally it is very difficult 
in lectures of this sort to give very capable 
demonstrations of a practical kind. In 
any case the most that can be done at the 
first is through the aid of clear but elemen¬ 
tary expositions and diagrams to lead up 
to wider knowledge later. Gardening is 
undoubtedly best taught by practice,but we 
have no public schools in which the science 
