September 14, 1895. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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H. CANNELL & SONS’ Collection, occupying an acre and ten ioo ft. houses, 
are a lovely sight. Our Seedlings this year are a great advance, new colours and 
shapes of great beauty and variety. These, and numerous other plants of the 
choicest of the choice, we cordially invite all to “ COME AND SEE.” Our Aster 
Field of nearly two acres, the like of which has never before been seen in England, 
is well worth the journey. 
SWANLEY, KENT. 
BOLD, BRIGHT BEDDING 
BEGONIAS 
Blooming Beautifully 
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BF.XI.RY HEATH. 
Awarded Three Gold Medals and upwards of 
Fifty other Highest Honours. 
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CARDIFF. 
CALL AND SEE 
THIS 
MAGNIFI CEN T SIGHT. 
Trains run from London Bridge and Cannon 
Street Stations to Bexley Heath (New line) 
or Omnibus from Woolwich. 
THOMAS S. WARE, 
Hale Farm Nurseries, 
TOTTENHAM, LONDON. 
CARNATIONS 
and PINKS 
in great variety. 
Catalogues on Application. 
LAING & MATHER, 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
KELSO-ON-TWEED. 
Carnations! Carnations ! 
Carnations! 
The Choicest Varieties in Cultivation, from the 
late Mr. Dodwell's Garden, 
FROM 6s. PER DOZEN. UPWARDS. 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST ON APPLICATION TO— 
ARTHUR MEDHURST, 
THE COTTAGE, STANLEY ROAD, OXFORD. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM BOOKS. 
I Have a few of my Chrysanthemum Guides left. 
Handsomely bound in cloth boards, gilt edges, 
2s. 6d. each. 
The N.C S. YEAR BOOK, is. 2d. each, contains 
much useful information. 
The AMERICAN CHRYSANTHEMUM ANNUAL 
(a limited number only), 5s. each. 
All Post Free for Cash wkh Order. 
H. J. JONES, 
Ryecroft Nurseries, Lewisham,S.E. 
ORCHIDS. 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Prices. 
Always worth a visit of inspection. Kindly send for Catalogue. 
JAMES CYPHER, 
Exotic Nurseries, CHELTENHAM. 
For Index to Contents see page 35 . 
“ Gardening Is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
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Edited by J. FRASER F.L.S. 
SATURDAY , SEPT. 14 th, 1895. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, September 16th.—Sales of Dutch Bulbs by Messrs. 
Protheroe and Morris and Mr. J. C. Stevens. 
Tuesday, September 17th.—Orchid Sale at Messrs. Protheroe 
and Morris' Rooms. 
Sales of Dutch Bulbs by Messrs. Protheroe and Morris and 
Mr. J. C. Stevens. 
Wednesday, September rSth.—Sales of Dutch Bulbs by 
Messrs. Protheroe and Morris and Mr. J. C. Stevens. 
Thursday, September igth. — Cambridge Horticultural 
Society's Show. 
Banbury Onion and Vegetable Show. 
Sales oi Dutch Bulbs by Messrs. Protheroe and Morris and 
Mr. J. C. Stevens. 
Friday, September 20th.— Orchid Sale at Messrs. Protheroe 
and Morris’ Rooms. 
Sales of Dutch Bulbs by Messrs. Protheroe and Morris and 
Mr. J. C. Stevens. 
&he Gardens at Chiswick.— Reasoning 
w from the references we have made to 
Mr. Barron’s retirement, some of our 
readers are no doubt asking “ What is the 
matter with Chiswick ? ” just as others have 
done personally. This is quite natural to 
those who have been interested in the 
numerous reports we have given, for many 
years past, of the various trials which have 
been conducted at Chiswick. Some of the 
reports we refer to, related to Grapes under 
glass and out of doors, Figs under glass, 
Peaches and Nectarines on open walls, 
Figs in pots, Tomatos under all sorts of 
conditions, Strawberries and hardy fruits 
of all kinds, including Apples, Pears, 
Plums, Apricots, and others. We pointed 
out the many lessons to be gleaned from 
Apples and Pears while in blossom, while 
bearing the young fruits of promise, and 
when laden with the rich harvest of 
maturity. In the vegetable garden again 
we often found ourselves amongst the 
Potatos, Peas, Cabbages, Scarlet Runners, 
Dwarf Beans, Brussels Sprouts, Broccoli, 
Rhubarb, Lettuces, Endive and others too 
numerous to mention. The flowers and 
ornamental subjects often furnished us with 
useful information for the benefit of those 
living in remote corners of the land, and to 
whom a journey to Chiswick was out of 
the question. The trials of China Asters, 
Perennial Asters, Sunflowers, Phloxes early 
and late, Carnations, Chinese Paeonies, 
Sweet Peas, Violas, Ivies, Irises, Poppies, 
Dahlias, and many others, furnished us 
with endless object-lessons in what we may 
term the botany of horticulture; for Chis¬ 
wick has been as replete with useful garden 
subjects for years past as a botanical gar¬ 
den could be with subjects more especially 
relating to the work of the systematic 
botanist. 
Has Chiswick then departed from its 
former traditions, or suddenly degenerated 
to mere symbolism and neglect of its 
legitimate work ? By no means. Nor do 
we remember seeing the gardens at this 
time of the year in better condition, nor 
better supplied with fruit generally. Owing 
to the special restrictions on our space for 
the past two weeks, we have been unable to 
refer to the management and present con¬ 
dition of the gardens ; and some of the 
correspondence that reached us on the 
subject is now matter of common know¬ 
ledge, so that there is little necessity at 
this juncture for a repetition of it. The 
other week we paid a visit principally to 
see the bedding Begonias, the report of 
which got crowded out of our special issue, 
but which will be found in another column. 
The varieties of B. semperflorens type vary 
from eighteen inches to two feet high; 
whereas, in some other establishments we 
have visited, gardeners of reputed horti¬ 
cultural skill have been obliged to abandon 
this section. Since the accession of the 
rain, some gardens have been overrun with 
weeds, but at Chiswick everything is as 
clean as a new pin, notwithstanding the 
limited staff of workers. The lawns are 
soft, velvety and green. 
Some of the trials we reported during the 
past summer, so that there is no necessity 
to repeat them. The early promise of a 
good crop of Apples, particularly on the 
young trees that have been reared during 
the past ten or twelve years, has more than 
equalled the anticipation. It is a fallacy to 
imagine that Pears cannot bear well two 
years in succession. The old pyramidal 
trees, not far from the Sutton Court Road 
entrance to the gardens, give an ocular 
demonstration to the contrary. For several 
years past we have taken special interest 
in the old orchard house which was 
occupied with Tomatos planted out. The 
numerous Tomato diseases were most 
conspicuous by their absence, but the 
plants were marvels of fertility. Young 
vines, chiefly Muscats, were planted in this 
house some years ago and trained up the 
rafters; they now almost solely occupy the 
house and are bearing a heavy crop of fine 
fruit, the bunches being large, clean and 
handsome. A new house constructed in 
another part of the garden to illustrate a 
system of glazing by supporting the glass 
on strained wires, is devoted to Tomato 
culture in pots. The plants for sometime 
past have been ripening a heavy crop of 
fruit which is colouring nicely under the 
influence.of plenty of sunlight and heat. 
In the flower garden on either side of the 
long walk are numerous beds filled with 
modern and popular classes of bedding 
plants, all flowering profusely and including 
a fine bed of the old Fuchsia fulgens. Else¬ 
where, Pelargoniums illustrate their uses 
for pot culture. A house near the entrance 
is gay with a collection of Fuchsias, new 
and old, now in a most floriferous state. 
The unique collection of autumn-flowering 
Phloxes is now a blaze of colour of all 
shades except yellow. The superintendent 
has also amply demonstrated that, with a 
little attention to their peculiar requirements, 
