June 6, 1896. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
635 
Two Gold and several Silver Medals have been awarded to our magnificent collection. 
SILVER CUP AWARDED At T„Ma^Kl how 
A New Catalogue of all the best and choicest varieties has just been published, and 
may be had gratis and post free on application. 
Our Selections of Choice named Distinct Varieties, 15/-, 18/-, 24/-, 
30/-, and 42/- per dozen. 
JOHN PEED AND SONS, 
ROUPELL PARK NURSERIES, 
And at Streatham, S.W. WEST NORWOOD, LONDON, S.E. 
THE ROYAL GARDENERS’ ORPHAN FUND. 
(Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions). 
The Annual Festival Dinner 
Will take place at the HOTEL METROPOLE, on THURSDAY, JUNE i8tb, 1896, when 
His Grace the Duke of Bedford (President of the Fund) 
HAS KINDLY CONSENTED TO PRESIDE. 
The Committee will gratefully receive any contributions, and have pleasure in already announcing 
the following:— 
J. Bertram 
£ 
5 
S. 
5 
d. 
0 
W. J. Nutting 
£ 
3 
s. 
3 
d. 
0 
W. Coleman 
2 
2 
0 
J. Reynolds 
• • . • 
I 
1 
0 
R. A. Milligan Hogg. 
I 
1 
0 
N. N. Sherwood .. 
25 
0 
0 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart 
5 
5 
0 
Arthur W. Sutton 
• • • 
5 
0 
0 
W. Marshall 
2 
2 
0 
Robert Tait 
• • 
50 
0 
0 
Market Gardeners', Nurserymen, and 
Farmers’Association 
10 
10 
0 
J. T. Taylor 
.. 
2 
2 
0 
June 2 nd. 
A. F. BARRON, 
Secretary, Chiswick, 
London. 
For Index to Contents see page 646. 
11 Gardening Is the purest of hnman pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
BOX'S BEGONIAS 
Received the highest award 
(a SILVER GILT FLORA MEDAL 
for Begonias exclusively) at the Temple Show on the 19th 
May. The exhibition under glass at the West Wickham 
Nurseries is easily reached by Mid-Kent Railway S.E.R. 
Station, only five minutes from Nurseries. Visitors are wel¬ 
come all the summer. Two acres in b oom outdoors in Sep¬ 
tember. The best Begonias for quality and quantity in the 
trade. 
JOHN R BOX, 
West Wickham Nurseries, near 
Beckenham, S.E. 
*** Letters to Croydon. 
DAHLIAS. DAHLIAS. 
1 EACH the following 6 beautiful large 
doubles: Mrs. Gladstone, Mrs. Langtry, Goldfinder Pea¬ 
cock, John Bennett, Duke of Edinboro’, for P.O. 2S. ; r2 var., 
3S. 6d.; or 6 splendid named show Cactus, is. 9d.; 6 choice 
named Pompones, is. gd.; 6 choice named singles, is. 9d., all 
post free; or 2 dozen splendid, my selection of all the best 
sorts named, 7s., car. pd. All strong plants from single pots. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Catalogue Post Free. 
WILLIAM WELCH, Rush Green, Romford, Essex, 
ORCHIDS. 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Prices. 
Always worth a visit of inspection. Kindly send for Catalogue. 
l ift ijlojltL 
Edited by J. FRASER F.L.S. 
SATURDAY, JUNE 6 th, 1896. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, June 9th. — Royal Horticultural Society: meeting 
committees at|i2 o'clock. 
Sale of the Arddarroch collection of established Cattley: 
and Laelias at Arddarroch, by Messrs. Protheroe & Morr 
(2 days). 
Wednesday, June ioth.— Royal Botanic Society’s Spec! 
Floral Fete in Regent's Park. 
Friday, June 12 h.—Royal Botanic Society’s Lecture. 
Sale ot duplicate and surplus Orchids from the collectic 
of the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P., by Messr 
Protheroe & Morris. 
JAMES 
Exotic Nurseries, CHELTENHAM. 
|||tove and Greenhouse Plants. —Mai 
^ gardeners have long been familiar wi 
the above name as the title of the bo< 
written by the late Mr. Thomas Baine 
The author was, of course, well known 
every gardener, of any standing, either 1 
reputation or personally. Indeed, M 
Baines was a familiar figure at many 
flower show and at the best of them over 
great part of the country, when big specimt 
plants were in vogue, and annually caust 
a great amount of sensation and exciteme: 
amongst competitors when the great wa^ 
of spring and summer exhibitions made i 
round of the country. Mr. Baines knew, 
and was conversant with a large number of 
gardeners, who were his friends, although 
stern rivals on the show boards. He was a 
champion at this particular kind of work, 
and the premier honours of the day were 
pretty well a foregone conclusion, when his 
vans with their redoubtable contents 
turned up at the gates of the various exhi¬ 
bitions. His fellow competitors knew the 
strength of their antagonist and took their 
defeat with as good grace as they could com¬ 
mand, well knowing it was no disgrace to be 
beaten in such eminently distinguished 
company. As far as practical experience 
was concerned, it may, therefore, be taken 
for granted that Mr. Baines was well 
qualified to write a book on the subject of 
his favourite stove and greenhouse plants, 
the cultivation of which was at once his 
hobby and occupation. 
The day of large plants is a thing of the 
past at the present day with its daily 
requirements in the way of cut flowers for 
every imaginable purpose. There is no 
space for large plants, though smaller ones 
in greatly increased numbers are indispens¬ 
able in every establishment. These require 
careful cultivation, just as did the larger 
ones ; and young gardeners of to-day could 
do worse than follow in the footsteps of a 
master of the past. A new and illustrated 
edition of Mr. Baines’ book is the raison 
d’etre of these remarks. The wood-cut 
illustrations are so numerous, and on 
separate sheets of paper, that they have the 
effect of almost doubling the thickness of 
the original edition of the book. It forms, 
therefore, a compendious volume ot 362 
pages of text, exclusive of the illustrations 
which are not paged. The figures of 
Eucharis grandiflora, Dipladenia amabilis, 
Croton Warrenii, Ataccia cristata, Alla- 
manda Hendersonii and Achimenes, repre¬ 
sent well-grown exhibition specimens, the 
sight of which, nowadays, would make Mr. 
Baines’ mouth water, were he alive. We well 
remember with what pleasure he looked 
upon groups that contained any well-grown 
samples ot his own favourites at the Temple 
Show. These illustrations recall the portly 
and magnificent specimens which have 
practically disappeared from our midst. 
Reverting to the subject matter of the 
book, we may state precisely that the 
arrangement is strictly alphabetical 
throughout; but notwithstanding this, fact, 
there is a good index, by which the con-, 
tents of the volume may be seen at a glance. 
Flowering and fine-foliaged plants, includ¬ 
ing Palms, Ferns, and Lycopods are mixed 
up promiscuously to facilitate reference. 
None is easier than the alphabetical 
arrangement, which for that reason finds 
favour with the great mass of gardeners. 
The book embraces what Mr. Baines 
describes as 500 familes of plants—a purely 
garden term—but we should imagine he 
means genera. The word family, spoken 
of purely from a gardener’s point of view, 
means a set of plants of more or less evi¬ 
dent affinity, and though differing from one 
another in minor details, yfct presenting to 
the mind of the gardener a group of plants 
capable of producing certain characteristic 
effects. 
Though built up on the plan of a dic¬ 
tionary, the book gives no botanical details 
but confines itself strictly to the giving of 
cultural details that will enable the young 
gardener to profit from the experience of 
those who have been successful cultivators. 
Hints are given of the more important of 
the insect pests, with which the gardener 
has to contend, and the methods of accom¬ 
plishing their destruction. The plan of pro¬ 
cedure is to head each article with the 
name of the genus, then to give the general 
aspect of the plants to which reference is 
