April 23, 1892. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
527 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Thousands of Strong Plants, established in pots, 
ready for immediate delivery. Send for my Illus¬ 
trated Catalogue. 
HARDY CLIMBERS. 
A Grand Collection of all the leading kinds, 
Clematis, Passifloras, Jessamines, Honeysuckles, and 
scores of other families. 
MALMAISON 
CARNATIONS. 
Blush, Pink, and Crimson, and many others for 
borders and pots. 
BEGONIAS. 
Can still supply most of the Sections, tubers still 
dry, just fit for starting. 
MARGUERITES AND 
GAILLARDIAS. 
Two very important families for Summerdecoration. 
PENTSTEMONS& PHLOX. 
Two of the very finest of our Autumn blooming 
families, both now ready for planting out. 
HOLLYHOCKS, 
PYRETHRUMS, AND 
DELPHINIUMS. 
A fine stock still on hand, these, and kindred other 
families are all described in my Florist Flower 
Catalogue. 
HARDY PERENNIALS. 
An immense stock, and a most unique collection, 
plants adapted for every soil and situation, for 
cutting, for bedding, for the rockery, and many 
other families. 
CANNAS. 
A Grand Collection of tall and dwarf varieties, all 
established in pots, just ready for planting out. 
Catalogues of any of the above can still be sent. 
DAHLIAS. 
My Catalogue of Dahlias is in the press, and will 
be issued shortly, it will contain as usual all the 
novelties up to date. Along with this Catalogue will 
be issued a list of 
STOCKS, ASTERS, 
ZINNIAS, 
And other choice annuals for Summer flowering. 
Seeds for Amateurs. 
GARTERS’ 
BOXES OF TESTED 
SEEDS, 
FOR SMALL GARDENS. 
Carters^ 2/6 Box of Vegetable Seeds 
contains 13 Varieties, and is sent post free on 
receipt of remittance. 
Carters’ 5/- Box of Vegetable Seeds 
contains 22 Varieties, and is sent post free on 
receipt of remittance. 
Carters’ 7/6 Box of Vegetable Seeds 
contains 30 Varieties, and is sent post free on 
receipt of remittance. 
Carters’ 9/- Box of Vegetable Seeds 
contains 35 Varieties, and is sent post free on 
receipt of remittance. 
Other Boxes, 10/6, 14/-, 17/6, & 21/-. 
Full List of Contents Lost Free. 
Seedsmen by Royat. Warrants to THE QUEEN and 
THE PRINCE OF WALES. 
237 & 238, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. 
SPECIAL 
Strong Grape Vines in variety. 
Specially large stocks of the 
following kinds :— 
OFFER 
OF 
Buckland Sweetwater. 
Duke of Buccleugh. 
Alicante. 
Gros Colmar. 
VINES. 
Gros Maroc. 
Special prices upon application. 
DIM 
Q NURSERIES fiUBCTI? I) 
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to Slugs, fertilises the soil, perfectly harmless to plants 
and domestic animals. The greates boon to Gardeners ever 
invented, is. 6d per box, of all seedsmen.—Trade terms, 
“THE SLUGICIDE” Co., 6, Maryleport Street, Bristol. 
THOMAS S. WARE, 
Hale Farm Nurseries, 
TOTTENHAM, LONDON. 
'EFtNS^PECIALITY - 
| The finest & pstjferesting Collection^ the Trade. 
BCti ES C & VAR I ETIES 
I Stove.Greenhouse,Hardy Exotic & British 
EVERYONE interested in Ferns SHOULD 
SEND FOR OUR partially descriptive. I 
1 Catalogue free on Application. 
j also our ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE N£21. | 
Price 1/6 post free. 
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NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
FROM AMERICA. 
A. Ladenber^ 
Ada H. Le Roy 
Ethel Paul 
Mamie Craig 
Ruth Cleveland. 
All Prize Winners, and the fii est lot ever introduced at one 
time. Strong plants now ready, as. each, the set, 18s., of 
H. J. JONES, 
Ryecroft Nursery, Lewisham, 
FORBES 
Catalogue for 1892 
Is the largest, best, and most comprehensive ever 
issued on 
Florists’ Flowers & Herbaceous Plants. 
It contains full and accurate descriptions of all the 
best Antirrhinums, Begonias, Carnations, Dahlias, 
Delphiniums, Fuchsias, Paeonies, Pansies, Violas, 
Pelargoniums. Pentstemons, Petunias, Phloxes, 
Pinks, Potentillas, Primulas, Pyrethrums, Verbenas, 
Herbaceous Plants, &c., &c. Also of my true and 
reliable strain of 
which, by the force of their merit, are now justly 
celebrated all the world over. In 5 distinct sorts : 
Crimson, Purple, Scarlet, White, and Wall-flower¬ 
leaved White. 
Each sort 1/-, 2/6, & 5/- per packet. 
It is anindispensable REFERENCE BOOK on all sections 
of Florists' Flowers, and should be carefully perused by all 
buyers of Flowers. Free on application. 
JOHN FORBES, 
fiarseryman, 
HAWICK, SCOTLAND. 
LAWNS 
AND 
TENNIS GROUNDS. 
PRIZE 
MIXTURES, 
Either with or without Clovers, rapidly produce 
ihe most beautiful and enduring turf for Garden 
Lawns, Bowling Greens, Tennis and Cricket 
Grounds, &c A warded the Gold Medal at the Liver¬ 
pool Exhibition, 1886, and Prize Medal at Paris 
Exhibition, 1878, &-c. 
First Quality, 1/3 per lb., 24/- per bsh. 
Second do. 1/0 „ 20/- „ 
From THOMAS YATES, Esq., Padgate. 
“Webbs’ Lawn Grass Seeds rapidly produced a most 
splendid Lawn, and its luxuriant appea r ance is admired by 
every one that sees it. I am so much pleased with its fine 
texture and compact growth that I purpose extending it 
next year.” 
From THOS. KIDNER, Esq., Montserrat Road. 
“ The Lawn Grass Seed you sent for a rood of ground has 
dene remarkably well. It was sown on the 14th June, and 
mown for the first time on the 18th J uly. I hope to be able to 
use it for Croquet before the season ends.” 
WEBBS’jWORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE, 
For Index to Contents see page 538. 
“ Gardening is the purest 01 human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”—B acon. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, April 26. — Flower Show in the Town Hall, 
Manchester. Nati nal Auricula Society’s Show, Northern 
Section, at same place. Sale of imported Odontoglossum 
crispum at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Wednesday, April 27.—Royal Botanic Society’s Second 
Spring Show. Sale of Greenhouse and Hardy Plants, &c., at 
Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Friday, April 29.—Sale of imported Orchids, at Protheroe 
& Morris’ Rooms. 
f-f(4 Crat|i(gnil|iJ ifbvW. 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY , APRIL 2yd, 1892. 
Rational Emblematic Flowers.— We 
are told in the papers that our Ameri¬ 
can cousins are pining for a national 
flower. We beg pardon of our Canadian 
compatriots; they object to these sweeping 
terms being applied to the denizens of the 
United States, as being too comprehensive. 
We will rather term the aspirators after a 
national flower as our brethren the “ Yan¬ 
kees,” for it seems absolutely impossible to 
find for them any more expressive appella¬ 
tion that is at once so short and so gene¬ 
rally accepted. 
Now England has its floral emblem in 
the Rose, and yet having about the most 
popular and beautiful of flowers seems to 
regard it as a national emblem with about 
the same respect that a donkey would. 
Our Scottish neighbours on the other 
