October 26, 1889. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
115 
BEGONIAS A SPECIALITY. 
AWARDED FOUR C OLD MEDALS. 
LAING’S Double and Single collec¬ 
tion is the largest, finest, and the 
most complete in existence. New 
seed just harvested. 
Price Lists free on application. 
JOHN IlAINGs & SONS, 
nAALs, FOREST HILL, LONDON, S.E. 
FRUIT 
TREES. 
Immense Stock of remark' 
ably well-grown Trees. In* 
spection invited. 
New Descriptive CATALOGUE 
on application* 
DICKSONS THE NURSERIES, 
(Limited) CHESTER. 
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
Roses, Fruit Trees, Rhododendrons, Conifers, Deciduous and 
Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, Forest Trees, Ivies, Clematis, 
&c., on application. 150 Acres devoted to Nursery Stock. 
IT. LANE & SONT, 
The Nurs e ries,B ERKHAMSTED, HERTS. 
THE NEW EARLY DESSERT APPLE, 
POOLING’S BEAUTY OF BATH, should 
be added to every collection. It is the best flavoured and 
handsomest early Apple yet introduced, and will be indispen¬ 
sable as an early dessert fruit when it becomes known. Strong 
Maiden Trees, 2s. 6 d. each, 24s. per doz. ; 2-year Trees, 3s. 6rf. 
each, 36s. per doz. ; Pyramids, 5s. each ; Dwarf Trained, Ts. 6 d. 
each. New Rose and Fruit Tree List free by post. 
GEO, COOLIHG <S SOffS, The Nurseries, BATH. 
BULBSTbULBST BULBSH 
Best Quality. Lowest Prices. Carriage Free. 
60 selected bulbs, Is. 6cZ.—2 Hyacinths, 15 Crocus, 6 Tulips, 
3 Narcissus, 6 Scillas, 8 Ixias, S Iris, 6 Aconites, G Snowdrops. 
160 in 9 varieties, 3s. Narcissus : Paper White. Is. ; Double 
White, 9d.; Poeticus, 6d., all per doz. Lilium Harrisii, 9 cl. each. 
Special cheap Bulb Catalogue of Dutch Bulbs and choice 
Hardy Lilies gratis and post free. 
J. W. WQO0W4S9, 
23, HARGRAVE PARK RPAD, LONDON^ N. 
Lilies of the Valley at Christmas! 
All who wish to have a good supply of the above in bloom by 
Christmas week, should order at once to ensure early delivery. 
To obtain reliable crowns, order direct of the grower. I offer 
the same at os. per 100, packing included, for cash with order ; 
cheaper by the 1,000 and 10,000. Orders are now booked for 
delivery early in November. 
T. JANNOCH, 
Lily of the Valley Grower by Special Warrant to H.R.H. 
the Prince of Wales, 
DERSINGHAlVIj KING’S LYNN, NORFOLK. 
SPECIAL CULTURE OF 
FRUIT TREES A MBROSES. 
A large and Select Stock is now offered for Sale. 
The Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits 
post free. 
The Descriptive Catalogue of Roses post free. 
THOMAS RIVERS & SON, 
The Nurseries , SAWBRIDGEWORTH, HERTS. 
MV. GORDON’S 
FIRST CONSIGNMENT OF 
LILIUM AURATUM 
HAS ARRIVED, 
PRICES—4d., 6d., 9d., Is., and Is. 6d. each. 
Per 100, 30s., 35s., 45s., 55s., and 70s. 
Liberal allowance to the trade-. Apply for Catalogue to 
THE NURSERIES, 
mm PARK ROAD, TWICKENHAM. 
“KELWAY’S GLADIOLI 
AT THE 
PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHI¬ 
BITION, less, 
Gained in Open Competition, each time shown’, the 
F X JR S T PRIZE. 
CAT ALOGUER GRA TIS, 
LANCPORT, SOMERSET. 
QUESTIONS 
Addressed to Mr. S. Ryder, the 
Managing Partner of Ryder & 
Son, Saie, Manchester, intended to 
convey an idea of the style and 
advantage of our Rose business, &c. 
So you sell many Hose trees? —We sell an 
immense number every year. I don’t think any firm 
distributes their Roses more widely than we do. 
Do you send any abroad ?—Most certainly; to 
all parts. Last spring, for instance, we sent a great 
case to H.R.H. Prince Bijet, in Siam. 
■Whom do you cater for in England ?—For 
private buyers. We lay ourselves out to serve amateurs 
and gardeners well, especially such as need flowers for 
exhibition. 
So you succeed ia pleasing' your Customers ? 
—We sell more Roses every year. That is a sufficient 
answer, is it.not ? 
What special feature is there about your 
Hoses ?—They are grown to do well when the customer 
gets them. All the culture tends to make them 
healthy, hard) 7 , and full of vitality. They are. not fed 
with liquid manure, &c., to produce show flowers for 
us this year and no flowers at all next year for the 
customer. 
Will your Loses do well—will they grow? 
—They will. I am not surprised at this question, for 
I am afraid many Roses do badly. I am confident in 
saying (so careful are we) that if Roses will do at all 
ours will. Buy my little book, 7 d. post free. 
What is the special feature of your Gol- 
leetion ? —We don’t catalogue a long and bewildering 
list of sorts. We just select the best only—the cream. 
An amateur, therefore, can’t go wrong. He knows 
every Rose is a good one, and every good one is 
included. 
So you offer many new Boses?— We offer 
just a few. The number of bad kinds sent out as new 
and good kinds every year is one of the scandals of the 
trade. There are now between 400 and 500 different 
kinds of Roses said to be new, and offered to the public 
as new. Not a dozen of these are really good ; all the 
rest will in a few'years be heard of no more. I always 
have spoken against the "present system, and only offer 
those I know to be good. 
How do you decide which is a good new 
Bose? —Let me see it excelling the old sorts at the 
shows. It must do this before it gets into our List. 
Do you take much trouble with your Eoso 
Catalogue ?—I do, indeed. It is the result of almost 
incalculable labour. At the shows, &c., I carefully 
look over all the kinds to find out which are doing 
well. My record of the winning kinds is simply in¬ 
valuable to exhibitors. It is published always in our 
Rose Catalogue. 
What other [features of interest has your 
Collection ?—We have a very choice lot of old 
favourites—Roses one seldom meets with ; old-fashioned 
favourites that should not be lost. Our Catalogue is 
said to be very interesting. We sell a great number 
of pot Roses. 
You have a Book on Hoses? —Yes ; and it 
has done well. I am sure it has had the widest cir¬ 
culation of all popular Rose books ; 7 d. post free. 
RYDER <k SON assure the readers of The Gar¬ 
dening World that their exceedingly useful Catalogue 
will be sent post free with the greatest pleasure to all 
who apply for it. Besides Roses, it contains offers of 
Fruit, Bulbs, etc., etc. Those who do not care to ask 
for the larger book may have a Catalogue of Roses alone, 
post free, with pleasure. 
Prices of Dwarf Roses from 5s. 6d. 
per dozen, carriage paid. 
mm a 
Seed Merchants, &c„ 
SALE, MANCHESTER. 
BULBS 
EVERY BUEB WARRANTED. 
ROBERT SYDENHAM, 
NEW TENBY ST„ BIRMINGHAM, 
The celebrated importer of Bulbs, will send his revised 
Pamphlet, “ How I Came to Grow Bulbs,” and the 
cheapest Price List for reliable Bulbs ever issued, 
free on application. 
I can guarantee my best Bulbs to be the finest that come from 
Holland, and will undertake to replace, at half price next year, 
any which, with fair treatment, do not flower satisfactorily ; 
or any bulbs that are not perfectly satisfactory when received 
may he returned and the money refunded, as my great aim is to 
send out nothing but the best at moderate prices. 
White Roman Hyacinths, 2s. doz., 15s. 100; or 
a very grand sample, 2s. 6d. doz., 19s. 100. 
Ereesia refracta alba, the coming Flower of the Day, 
planted now, will bloom at Christmas, Is. doz., 7s. 6d. 100 ; 
extra selected Bulbs, Is. 6d. doz., 11s. 100. 
S iVIAKE A SPECIALITY OF HYACINTHS. 
One dozen, first size and named, for pots or glasses, 4s. 
A splendid dozen, unnamed, for pots, 3s., for water, 3s. 6d. 
Capital second-size Hyacinths, quite equal to what are often 
sold as first size, 2s. 3d. doz., or 16s. 100. 
A choice collection of all the best Hyacinths for Exhibition 
purposes from 3d. to 8d. each. 
Splendid Bedding Hyacinths, Blue, 9s. ; Red, 13s. ; White, 
16s. ; or mixed, all colours, 11s. per 100. 
Tulips will be dearer and scarcer this year, owing to the 
great increased demand, hut having made very advantageous 
purchases, my prices will he hut little above those oflast year. 
I shall have a very select collection of Narcissi at reduced 
prices, and I shall have a grand lotof Seilla sibiriea, Chionodoxa 
Luciliae, Snowdrops, Crocuses, Winter AcoDites, Ixias, English 
and Spanish Iris, Ranunculus, Lilium Harrisi, &c., &c. 
A full list now ready, and sent post free on application. 
(Please Mention this Paper.) 
Letter Orders have same care as for my own planting. 
ROBERT SYDENHAM, 
NEW TENBY STREET, BIRMINGHAM. 
To Chrysanthemum Growers. 
THU NATIONAL OH&YSANTEEMYM 
SOSISTY’S CATALOGUE. — A classified and 
descriptive list of the varieties in cultivation, prepared 
by a specially selected Committee of the Society. 
With the new Supplement, complete. Price, Is. ; 
post free, Is. Id. 
17, Catherine Street, Strand, W.C. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, October 2Stli.—Sales [of Dutch [Bulbs at Protheroe & 
Morris's, and Stevens’ Rooms. 
Wednesday, October 30th.—Sales of Bulbs at Protheroe & 
Morris’s, and Stevens’ Rooms. 
Thursday, October 31st.—Bulb Sale at Protheroe & Morris’s 
Rooms. 
Friday, November 1st.—Havant Chrysanthemum Show. Sale 
of Orchids at Protheroe & Monis’s Rooms. 
Saturday, November 2nd.—Sales of Bulbs at Frotheroe & 
Morris's, and Stevens’ Rooms. 
For Indexto Contents & Adyertisements, see p. 126. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1889. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
jTudges’ Liabilities.— The County Court case 
© to which ive recently referred as being of 
so odd a character, Avas heard in the County 
Court of Brentford on Friday of last week. 
The plaintiff AA T as a by-no-means unknoAvn 
resident of Hounslow, Mr. Winfield, whose 
eccentricities afford ample food for amusement, 
and Mr. A. Dean—Avho, with Mr. Cole, of 
Feltham, and Mr. W. Bates, of Twickenham, 
Avas one of the judges at the HouusIoav Flower 
Show in August last—Avas defendant. The 
plaintiff alleged that he Avas the only exhibitor 
of a model garden at that show, but Avas soon 
corrected by tlie judge who informed him that 
there Avere several, that the plaintiff was placed 
third, and that he, the judge, had no juris¬ 
diction in the matter. He at once nonsuited 
the plaintiff, and awarded the defendant costs. 
