July 25, 1896. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
747 
STRAWBERRIES. 
JAMES YEITCH & SONS 
beg to intimate they can now supply all the leading kinds of Strawberries, either in pots or as 
runners. 
SPECIAL LIST, just published, can be had on application 
ROYAL EXOTIC NURSERY, KING S ROAD, CHELSEA, S.W. 
RETARDED 
LILY OF THE VALLEY CROWNS. 
(1895 CROP)- 
Can easily be bad in bloom in 2-3 weeks; no heat 
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— in a room, conservatory, frame, or out of doors. 
For prices, apply to 
T. JANNOCH, 
Lily Nursery, DERSINGHAM, NORFOLK. 
LAINGS’ BEGONIAS 
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Unequalled as a Floral Display. Visitors are cordially 
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Daniels’ Defiance Cabbage. 
ONION—DANIELS’ GOLDEN ROCCA. 
Fine globular shape, golden yellow skin, mild 
flavour, and with careful cultivation comes equal to 
the imported Portugal Onions, and keeps sound till 
June This variety is the best exhibition kind 
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CABBAGE. 
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6 d- and Is- per Packet 
IS- 6d per Ounce 
From Mr. E. BARKER, Loughborough 
Webbs’ Emperor Cabbage was highly recommended to 
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Prize against 34 competitors ” 
Per Ouuee. 
EARLY NONPAREIL CABBAGE 8d 
ENFIELD MARKET do. 6 d 
EARLY RAINHAM - 8d 
RED DUTCH do. ... 9 d- 
ONION. 
Per Pkt. Per Oz 
WEBBS’ RED GLOBE TRIPOLI 6d. Is. 6d 
LARGE FLAT RED TRIPOLI 6d- ... lOd 
GIANT ROCCA. 6d ... lOd 
WHITE LISBON 6d 
All Garden Seeds Free by Post or Rail 
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WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE 
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For Index to Contents see page 758. 
1 Gardening Is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
Ciattl|tt||il(j} 
Edited by J. FRASER F.L.S. 
SATURDAY, JULY 25^,1896. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, July 27th.— . 
Tuesday, July 28th.—Royal Horticultural Society ; meeting 
of committees at 12 o'clock. 
Wednesday, July zgtb.—Birmingham Show (2 days). 
Thursday, July 30th.—Show’s at Gloucester. Newport, and 
Bridgewater. 
Friday, July 31st.—Northwood Show. 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co.'s Great Midsummer Sale of 
Orchids at Messrs. Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms, 67 and 
68, Cheapside, E.C. 
Modern Progress in Carnations.— On 
^ the 21st of July, 1818, Edward 
Barnard,Esq., of Vale Mascal, Kent, exhib¬ 
ited at a meeting of the London Horticult¬ 
ural Society, specimens of what were then 
called Piccatee Carnations, which he had 
raised in his garden from German seed. 
The flowers were of great size and one of 
them in particular had a circumference of 
11 in. They were chiefly yellow, marked 
with crimson, purple scarlet, slate colour, 
and black. The seeds were sown in May, 
planted out when over 2 in. high, and came 
into bloom sometime ^luring the following 
summer. They proved more tender than 
the ordinary English varieties and were 
very difficult to preserve, for a large pro¬ 
portion of the layers died during the follow¬ 
ing spring after they were rooted, and the 
rest were exceedingly difficult to preserve. 
We may therefore take it for granted that 
all these became extinct soon after their 
raiser ceased to propagate fresh stocks. 
The modern champion in the develop¬ 
ment not only of yellow ground but border 
Carnations generally is undoubtably Martin 
R. Smith, Esq., The Warren, Hayes Com¬ 
mon, Kent. He is an enthusiast and his 
skill and attentive care has been well 
