March 5, 1892. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
417 
BOXES OF 
VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
WEBBS’ 
Arranged, to produce a constant supply op the 
best Vegetables all the year round. 
WP'PlRQ' RAY Containing 19varieties K 
lI-LlDDO Dl/A, of Vegetable Seeds, Ui 
WEBBS’ BOX Containing^ varieties 
Lj of Vegetable Seeds, 
ieties \ 0 /ft 
>eds, l^/O 
WEBBS’ BOX Containing.^ varieties 
L J 
of Vegetable Seeds 
ieties \ R / 
■eds, 1 \J - 
WRRRQ’ DAY Containing6r varieties 0 \ / 
WliDDu DUA, of Vegetable Seeds, l\ j * 
Acknowledged to be the best value ever offered. 
OTHER BOXES 
At 2/6, 7/6, 3116, 42/-, 63/ , and 105/- each. 
All Carriage Free. 5 per Cent. Discount for 
Cash. 
SEEDS 
For Priced Lists, Descriptions, and Illustrations of 
the best sorts, see Webbs’ Spring Catalogue, post 
free, 1 /-, gratis to Customers. Abridged Edition 
gratis and post free. 
WEBB & SONS, 
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
ORCHIDS. 
THE 
Liverpool Horticultural (Jo. 
(JOHN COWAN) Ltd., 
Have an Immense Stock of 
ORCHIDS, 
Both Established and Semi-established, 
and they are constantly receiving 
IMPORTATIONS 
from various parts of the world. 
INSPECTION IS VERY EARNESTLY INVITED. 
The Company's Prices are all fixed 
as low as possible with the view of 
inducing liberal orders. 
Priced and Descriptive Catalogue 
post free on application to the Co., 
The Vineyard and Nurseries, 
GARSTON nr. LIVERPOOL 
oililliiiinf) 
WORLD-RENOWNED 
If you wish a constant supply all the lyear round of good 
and reliable 
VEGETABLES, 
Order at once one of our 
COLLECTIONS 
At 5/-, 7/6,10/6,12/6,21/-, 31/6,12/-, 63/-, 106/- ea. 
They are suitable for the 
COTTAGE, VILLA or MANSION. 
If you wish your garden resplendent with beautiful 
FLOWERS, 
Order one of our 
COLLECTIONS 
At 1/6, 3/-, 5/-, 7/6, 10/6,15/-, 21/-, 31/6, & 42/- ea. 
Suitable for the 
Open Ground, Greenhouse, or Conservatory. 
Our Seeds are largely grown on the Continents of Europe 
and America, and in the Colonies, where, on account of their 
superior excellence, they have gained the highest reputation. 
UPPER NOLI0 
LONDON. N. 
For Index to Contents see page 425. 
“ Gardening is the purest oi human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.” —Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, March 7.—Sale of Hardy Perennials, Greenhouse 
Plants, &c., at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Tuesday, March 8. —Royal Horticultural Socle ty : Committee 
Meetings at 12 o’clock. 
Wednesday, March 9. —Sale of Hardy Perennials, Green¬ 
house Plants &c., at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Friday, March n. —Sale of Imported Orchids, at Protheroe 
& Morris’ Rooms. 
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Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, MARCH 5th, 1892. 
f ARDENERs’ Situations. —Were the truly 
immense number of applications for 
new places found in the ordinary charn els 
for advertising by gardeners to be as 
numerous all the year round as they are 
just now, we should have reason to fear 
that the gardening vocation was too greatly 
overcrowded, and that of these many ap¬ 
plicants, hundreds must be disappointed. 
We venture to hope, however, that things 
are not so bad as they seem, but ail the 
same may well ask that considei ation be 
given to the question whether too many 
youths are not crowding into gardening, 
and that as a result too many must inevit¬ 
ably .find their chances of obtaining a 
decent livelihood exceedingly remote. 
Young men who determine to make gar¬ 
dening the occupation of their lives, should, 
bearing in mind the sort of competition they 
have to face, realise that the period of youth 
cannot be too zealously utilised for pur¬ 
poses of study and mental improvement. 
To young men the attractions of a very 
useless character are so many, that it is not 
a matter for surprise if some preferthe easy 
to the hard, the pleasant to the laborious. 
However, the time will come to all inevit¬ 
ably when those who have in youth devoted 
the greatest time to study will reap the 
highest rewards, whilst the negligent ones 
will find themselves to be still only hewers 
of wood and drawers of water. Old and 
life-long experienced men constantly be¬ 
wail the apparent impossibility of putting 
old heads on young shoulders, and youth 
pleads that it is the period of enjoyment, 
and therefore should be so spent. 
When the youths become aged they too 
learn to see the shortcomings of their 
juniors, and realise how much they have 
lost through not following the advice of 
their seniors. Whatever may be the case 
with other vocations it is evident that 
gardening will long be none other than a 
stout conflict with necessity. Possibly it 
will be affirmed that all other vocations 
present the same difficulty. All we wish 
to do is not to deter the able but to induce 
unthinking to take stock of the outlook. 
XjtLANTS FOR HOUSE DECORATION. —The 
P announcement that such a veteran 
decorator of houses with plants as Mr. 
John Wills is to read a paper upon the 
above theme, at the Drill Hall, on Tuesday 
next, should help to create more than 
usual interest in a subject which has in 
many directions more than ordinary im¬ 
portance. There can be no doubt but that 
the gardener’s vocation has found of late 
years an important increase in the demand 
for plants and flowers for the floral decora¬ 
tion of dwelling houses, notwithstanding 
the fact that much of what is done in this 
direction is of the crudest kind, if some¬ 
times it be also of an exorbitantly costly 
and splendid description. 
What is hoped for from Mr. Wills is 
that he will be able to furnish ideas which 
of course will be the reverse of crude, but 
will not be too splendid, and well within 
the means and capacities of ordinary 
people. Without doubt we do add greatly 
to the comfort and beauty of our habita¬ 
tions when we decorate them with plants, 
whilst so far as flowers in a cut state are 
concerned there is room for the display of 
taste specially refined, and in relation to 
which most persons of ordinary means can 
share in. So far as house plants are 
referred to we hope considerable attention 
will be bestowed upon those which will 
thrive well in rooms for a long period, and 
in that respect are the best friends of 
amateur decorators, as of the poor who 
love their companionship but hardly 
regard decorative effects. 
A good show of real bouse or room 
grown plants held in conjunction with Mr. 
Wills’ appearance at the Drill Hall would 
be very helpful to a due appreciation of 
what plants are best for the purpose, 
whilst very much of interest would attach 
to them also. 
/JAanures. —It is one of the vi ry valuable 
^ properties of artificial or chemically 
prepared manures, that they suffer little 
from exposure toair, provided theyarekept 
from moisture. Animal manures, on the 
other hand, always suffer more or less from 
exposure, unless absolutely dried by some 
baking process, when they may be kept 
without further loss of manurial or fertilis¬ 
ing properties for a long period. W hat may 
be termed natural manures, although often 
used only as mixtures—such as guanos, 
salt, nitrate of soda, &c.—are all classed as 
chemical or artificial manures, because they 
differ so much from all ordinary or moist 
animal manures. 
