January 11, 1890. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
291 
NEW POTATO 
“STOURBRIDGE GLORY." 
The finest main-crop kidney Potato 
ever introduced ; aseediingfrom “Wood- 
stock Kidney.’’ 
From Mr. CHAS. CANNING, College Lodge. 
“ Stourbridge Glory Potato. — 7 planted the 7 lbs., 
and raised 291 lbs. of the finest quality my garden 
ever produced ; admired by all who saw them." 
33. per peels 14 lTes.), 10s. per "bshl. (56 lbs.). 
WEBBS’TPRING CATALOGUE, 
Beautifully Illustrated. Past free, Is. 
SODDY’S 
SEEDS 
CATALOGUE FOB 1890, 
Now Ready, Gratis & Post Free. 
Extract from Letters received lately : — 
“CERTAINLY SPLENDID VALUE.” 
“ I have had wonderful success with your seeds.” 
“ I am highly pleased with the collection.” 
BEN. SODDY, 
Seedsman, 
243, WALWORTH ROAD, LONDON, S.E. 
WITCH'S 
CHOICE NOVELTIES 
Of Proved Excellence. 
VEITCH’S NEW ASTER, EMPRESS 
CRIMSON AND WHITE. 
Two magnificent new varieties, which for size, substance, 
and beauty far surpass all other sorts. 
Each, per packet, Is. 6d. 
VEITCH’S NEW ASTER, DIADEM. 
A lovely and most desirable new type of Aster, of strikingly 
attractive appearance, and the latest-flowering variety. Par¬ 
ticularly valuable for cutting. 
Per packet, Is. 6d. 
KALANGHQE OARNEA (HEW). 
First Class Certificate Royal Horticultural Society. 
A strikingly beautiful winter-blooming plant, bearing large 
clusters of delightfully fragrant pink flowers. 
Per packet, Is. 6d. 
POPPY, HE SHIRLEY, 
Exceedingly graceful and elegant large flowers, of most 
beautiful shades of colour, ranging from blush-white to bright 
crimson. p er pae^e^ 6d. and Is. 
VEITCH’S NEW PRIMULA, 
SNOWFLAKE. 
First Class Certificate Royal Horticultural Society. 
The finest pure white Fern-leaved variety. Flowers large 
of fine form, massive substance, and exquisitely fimbriated at 
edge, well displayed above the dark green, beautifully curled 
foliage. p er packet, 3s. 6d. 
For full descriptions of the above and other Choice Novelties, see 
SEED CATALOGUE for 1S90, forwarded po.tfree on application. 
JAMES VEITGH& SONS, 
Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, S.W. 
ROBERT SYDENHAM, 
NEW TENBY ST., BIRMINGHAM, 
THE CELEBRATED AMATEUR IMPORTER OF BULBS. 
Having been continually solicited by a large number of my Bulb 
friends to keep a select stock of the best and most reliable 
Vegetable and Flower Seeds, I have decided to do so. 
“Quality before Quantity” being my “motto,” I shall 
spare no expense to get the very best strain of every variety 
offered in this list, and send out all fresh new seeds of the latest 
growth. The majority, if not nearly all ordinary Seedsmen say 
they will not be responsible for the failure of any Seeds. I 
cannot guarantee there shall be no failures, but as the best 
guarantee it is possible to give of my wish to sell only genuine 
Seeds, I will undertake to replace, free of charge, any Vegetable 
or Flower Seeds from which a fair proportion fail to germinate 
in due course, under fair and proper treatment, or which do not 
coinc true to name. 
I stall not confuse my friends with a long list of six or eight 
hundred varieties of Flower Seeds, but confine myself to about 
two hundred varieties that will be satisfactory to purchaser as 
well as seller. In Vegetable Seeds, I contend that few want 
more than six or eight varieties of Peas, three or four sorts of 
Cabbage or Broccoli, two or three of Carrots, one of Parsnips, 
and so on, and where the list is much increased, it often contains 
names manufactured to suit a particular locality, or selected 
stocks of old varieties slightly improved under new names. As 
a proof of this, I have often heard of two or three so-called 
varieties of Seeds being taken from the same bag or drawer. 
One gentleman in the trade went so far as to tell me, in his cata¬ 
logue were four varieties of Parsnips, but all were taken from 
one bag. 
TERMS, strictly cash with order from unknown correspon¬ 
dents ; references given if required. 
All Flower Seeds sent post free ; all general Seed Orders over 
10s. carriage paid ; Orders over £3, 5 per cent, discount; Orders 
over £5, 10. per cent, discount. 
My “UNIQUE SEED LIST," entered at Stationers’ Hall and 
Copyright, is the most original and useful List ever published 
for amateurs. It contains only the most select varieties of 
Vegetable and Flower Seeds in cultivation, and gives full cul¬ 
tural directions. This List was sent, post free, to all my Bulb 
friends about the middle of December. To all new applicants 
the price will be 6 d., but this may be deducted from the first 
order of 5s. or over. 
Choice Primula, Calceolaria, Carnation, and Picotee 
Seeds will be of a specially good strain. 
Best white Kaffia Fibre, 6 d. per pound. 
(Please Mention this Paper.) 
Letter Orders have same care as for my own planting. 
ROBERT SYDENHAM, 
NEW TENBY STREET, BIRMINGHAM. 
SUPERB 
(MIXED COLOURS). 
An excellent combination of all 
the best Single Primulas. Certain 
to give the highest satisfaction. 
“The diverse forms, colour of flowers and leaf- 
stems are just as wonderful in their way as aie the 
size and brilliancy of the flowers.—W. W .”—The 
Gardening World. 
-PRI€E- 
3s. Gd. per packet, post free. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, January 13th.—Sale of Dutch Bulbs at Protlieroe & 
Morris's Rooms. 
Tuesday, January 14th —Royal Horticultural Society : Meetiug 
of Fruit and Floral Committees at 12 o’clock. 
Wednesday, January 15th.—Sale of Lily Bulbs at Protlieroe & 
Morris’s Rooms. 
Thursday, January 16th.—Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Insti¬ 
tution : Annual Meeting at 3 p.m., Dinner at 6 p.m. 
Friday, January 17th. — Sale of Orchids at Protlieroe & 
Morris’s Rooms. 
For Indexto ContentsMdYertisements, see p, 302. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1890. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
Uf Hall for Horticulture. —A voice from 
Jr~ Swanley of the true Cannellian ring has 
of late been widely heard proclaiming the need 
of a central hall in London for horticultural 
purposes, and especially for a town home for 
the Eoyal Horticultural Society., In another 
column Mr. Shirley Hibberd also takes up the 
subject, and in his own happy and forcible 
style advocates the same cause, but with wider 
aims in view. The deep enthusiasm which 
always animates the sage of Swanley will excuse 
in the minds of all who read his appeal certain 
defects of style, which after all are so racy of 
Swanley that we would hardly lose them for 
more polished productions. 
Mr. Cannell holds it is a disgrace to us as a 
nation that we have no central hall for horti- 
