August 27, 1892. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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ROMNEYA COULTERI 
tt> We have a large stock of this rare and beautiful 
hardy flowering plant. Commendatory notices have 
appeared in the Horticultural Journals, and its 
effectiveness in the Shrubbery is very marked. 
Prices, 3/6 and 5/- each; extra strong, 7/6. 
DICKSON’8,The Nurseries,CHESTER. 
(limited). 
“THE J5f LflWH 
NONSUCH ’’ JT WEEDER. 
The fulcrum is not fixed, as usual, but is 
pivoted to the fork at ^A, so that the teeth are 
naturally pressei for--^^ ward against the root and 
hold it. This makes the work so easy that a child can do 
more work with it than a man can do with any other fork. 
Price 1/6 each, of Ironmongers, Seedsmen, &c.;or post free of 
A. C. STEKRY, 
2, jVI archaise a, Road, London, S.E 
SOLE WHOLESALE AGENTS '. 
Harding & Sons, 25, Long Lane, London, S.E. 
Osman & Co., 132, Commercial Street, London, E. 
For Sale. 
C H AMyEROPS EXCELS A (2 large), 
good large plants, for lawn purposes.—262a, Clapham 
Road, S.W. 
SMYTH’S 
GARDEN SUNDRIES, MANURES, 
SOILS, &c. 
Black and Brown Peat 
Silver Sand and Loam 
Cocoa Nut Fibre Refuse 
Leaf and Peat Mould 
Specially Prepared Mould 
Sphagnum Moss 
Guano and Dissolved Bones 
Bones, £ inch and \ inch 
Bone Dust, guaranteed pure 
Blood and Bore Manure 
highly recommended 
Horticultural Charcoal 
Tobacco Cloth, far superior to 
Paper 
Mushroom Spawn 
Russia and Archangel Mats 
Pot Washing Brushes 
Virgin Cork and Raffia [Twine 
Tanned Netting & Tarred 
Trugg Garden Baskets 
Flower Sticks, from 1 to 5 feet 
Wooden Labels, from 4 to lain. 
Thin Bamboo Canes 
Rose and Dahlia Stakes, about 
5 feet 
Orchid Baskets and Teak Rods 
Patent Bass Brooms 
Folding Postal Flower Boxes 
Smyth’s Orchid and Hothouse 
Shading 
Write for Price List, free by post. 
H. 6. SMYTH, 
21, GOLDSMITH STREET, DRDRY LANE, ®. 
and all other bulbous roots and plants, including 
Gesneracae, Aroideae Aquatics, etc., for the Garden, Green¬ 
house, and Stove. 
ROMAN HYACINTHS, 
NARCISSUS DOUBLE ROMAN, 
NARCISSUS DUBIUS (Paper White). 
Goods Carriage Paid to the door in the 
United Kingdom. 
No Packing Charges 
Superb Complete Collections for In and Outdoor at 
9 s., 12 s., £1 Is., £2 2 s., £3 3 s., and £5 5 s. In ordering, 
please state for which.purpose required. 
Our Outdoor Guinea Box contains over 1,000 bulbs. 
Beautiful English Catalogue (10S pages), newly illustrated, 
Gratis and Post Free from the Growers 
VAN MEERBEEK & CO., 
HILLEGOM, haarlem, HOLLAND. 
Please mention paper. 
SPE I5L NOTICE. 
BULBS 
For Success 
ON THE EXHIBITION TABLE 
SEND TO 
MR. ROBERT SYDENHAM, 
Of the Finn of Sydenham Brothers , Wholesale Jewellers , 
NEW TENBY STREET, BIRMINGHAM, 
THE LARGEST AMATEUR IMPORTER in the WORLD 
No Nurseryman in the country can serve you better 
or cheaper for 
REALLY GOOD BULBS AND SEEDS 
AT MODERATE PRICES. 
LAIPtlC’S BEGONIAS 
NOW IN FULL BLOOM. 
The Four Gold Medals —two Cups Collection. 
Unequalled as a Floral Display. Visitors are cordially in¬ 
vited; free admission. Fiequent trains from the City and West 
End to Catford (S.E. and L.C. & D. Railway Stations ) 
Descriptive CATALOGUES post free. 
JOHN LAING & SONS, 
Begonia Specialists, Seed, Plant, and Bulb Merchants, 
EXTENSIVE COLLECTIONS 
OF 
HYACINTHS, TULIPS, 
NARCISSI, LILLIES, 
SNOWDROPS, „ „ 
Best 
CROCUSES, Qualities 
SCILLAS, 4^ 0nly ‘ 
&c. ^ ALL AT 
CHEAPEST RATES. 
Free by Rail 
or Parcel Post. 
Descriptive Catalogue, No. Hi 
POST FREE ON APPLICATION. 
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TRADE MARK. 
TRADE MARK. 
THESE WELL-KNOWN 
mflHURES 
ARE USED BY THE 
LEADING GROWERS, 
ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
ROYAL PARKS, 
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL, 
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM, 
And in every Quarter of the Globe. 
Sold by Seedsmen, Florists, and Nurserymen, 
In 6d. & Is. Packets & Sealed Bags. 
7 lbs. 14 lbs. 28 lbs. 56 lbs. 1121bs. 
2/6 4/6 7/6 12/6 2 0/- 
Or direct from the Works in Is. Packets, Post Free, or 
Bags of either size, Carriage Paid (as sample), in the 
United Kingdom for Cash with order as above. 
The respective Trade Mark is printed on every Packet 
and bag, and also impressed on the Lead Seal attached to 
the mouth of each Bag. —The only Guarantee of 
Genuineness. 
PRICES OF CRUSHED BONES IN VARIOUS SIZES 
ON APPLICATION. 
CLAY SON, 
Manufacturers & Bone Crushers, 
TEMPLE MILL LANE, STRATFORD, LOUDON, E. 
CATTLEYA TRIAN/E. 
We have just received in excellent 
condition the finest consignment of 
this lovely and most useful Cattleya 
ever imported. They were collected 
from an entirely new district, never 
before explored, and many new, 
distinct, and grand forms are sure 
to be found amongst them. 
We can offer them at exceptional 
low prices, according to the size of 
plants required. 
Particulars post free from 
PITCHER & MANDA, 
THE UNITED STATES NURSERIES, 
HEXTABLE, SWANLEY, KENT. 
For index to Coments see page 826. 
“ Gardening is the purest oi human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, Aug. 29.—Cresswell Flower Show. 
Sheffield Flower Show (2 days). 
Bulb Sale at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms, and every day in 
the week. 
Tuesday, Aug 30. —Brighton and Sussex “New” Horticul¬ 
tural Society’s Show (2 days). 
Harrogate Horse and Horticultural Show. 
Wednesday, Aug. 31. —Bath Floral Fete (2 days). 
Bishop Storiford Flower Show. 
Handsworth Flower Show. 
Eastbourne Flower Show. 
Bulb Sale at Stevens’ Rooms. 
Thursday, Sept. 1.—Oxford Flower Show. 
Stirling Flower Show (2 days). 
Friday, Sept. 2.—National Dahlia Show at the Crystal 
Palace (2 days). 
Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris' Rooms. 
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Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27th, 1892. 
f o-oPERATivE Horticulture.— Whatso¬ 
ever may be the significance of the 
great Co-operative gathering at the Crystal 
Palace last Saturday in a purely trading or 
economic aspect, or in an even wider degree 
upon the burning questions which arise 
from out of the present relations of Capital 
to Labour, at least there can be no doubt 
whatever as to the importance of such a 
display in a purely horticultural aspect. 
The show, which was a remarkably good 
one, and if not quite so extensive as here¬ 
tofore all the better for the absence of 
really inferior articles, illustrated in a 
marked degree the widespread character of 
gardening, and of the influence which com¬ 
petition exerts in the promotion of good 
cultivation. 
With a schedule ot some 250 classes open 
chiefly to workers associated with co-oper¬ 
ative efforts, it was not remarkable that the 
exhibits should run up to several thousands, 
and if some were only moderate in quality, 
especially from new competitors, the best 
were so good that they must have become 
useful and striking object lessons for the un¬ 
learned,and in that manner alone in a public 
way helped them better to understand what 
in the estimation of competent judges con¬ 
stitutes excellence and quality in garden 
products. But apart from the gathering 
which invariably brings together one of 
the largest collections of visitors of the year, 
and mostly of plain practicable teachable 
people, the co-operative movement in its 
