March 15, 1890. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
435 
BOXES of GARDEN SEEDS. 
Celebrated for Quality. 
UfCDDG’ Containing 19 varieties of (T I 
if tPUw DUA Vegetable Seeds O /* 31 
WEBBS’ 
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DUA Vegetable Seeds 
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UldSQQ’ Containing 47 varieties of -f / 
VYEDBO DUA Vegetable Seeds AO/’ 
WEBBS’ 
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Carriage Free. List of Contents on application 
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DOBBIE’S 
SPECIAL OFFER. 
DAHLIA CUTTINGS. 
We hold one of the finest Collections of all the different 
classes in the country, and make a speciality of Cuttings, which 
we are prepared to offer for a short time only at Is. 10<i. per 
dozen ; os. 6 d. per 50 ; 10s. per 100, our selection, post free; all 
carefully named. Plants from pots in April and Hay, our 
selection, os. per dozen, post free. 
wrAK 
GLADIOLI 
For Present Planting. 
CHOICE HYBRIDS 
OF 
GLADIOLI CANDAVENSES. 
s. d. 
12in 6 named showy vars... ... ... 5 0 
12 in 6 named flue vars. 7 6 
12 in 12 named choice vars. .. ... ... 10 0 
CHOICE MIXED SEEDLING 
GLADIOLI. 
Per 100. Perdoz. 
BRENCHLEYENSIS, large spikes of 
brilliant vermilion-scarlet flowers 5 0 10 
ALL COLOURS, extra fine mixed ... 12 6 19 
SCARLET GROUND VARIETIES, 
extra fine mixed ... ... ... ... 2 6 
ROSE GROUND VARIETIES, extra 
fine mixed... ... ... ... ... 2 6 
WHITE GROUND VARIETIES, extra 
fine mixed... ... ... ... ... 2 6 
For •particulars of the above and other 'varieties, see 
CATALOGUE, forwarded gratis and jjost free on 
application. 
JAMES YEITCH k SONS, 
Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, S.W. 
ALL SEEDS WARRANTED. 
ROBERT SYDENHAM, 
HEW TENBY ST, BIRMINGHAM, 
THE CELEBRATED AMATEUR IMPORTER OF BULBS. 
SCARLET RUNNER 
BEAN, 
Of the many types of Scarlet Runner this is decidedly 
the best. The pods have a smooth and silky surface, 
and as they grow perfectly straight and to a great 
length, they are very attractive on the exhibition 
table. Both in hot and dry, and also in cold and wet 
seasons, this Bean has yielded remarkable results. 
“ Your Scarlet Runner is the best I have ever grown. Some 
of the spikes produced from ten to fifteen Beans, many of 
which were 10 inches long.’’—Mr. E. SHEPPARD, Gardener 
to H. Cox, Esq. 
Price of Seed, 3s. 6d. per Quart. 
SUTTON’S 
ABUNDANCE RUNNER 
BEAN. 
Although the individual pods are frequently 12 to 
16 inches long, they are produced in extraordinary 
abundance, and have the same smooth appearance as 
Dwarf French BeaDS. Exceedingly tender when 
cooked, and very early. 
“ We have pods 11 inches in length, and abundance of them. 
The quality is of the best, being tender even when the pods 
look old.’’—Mr. W. WILDSMITH, The Gardens, Heckfield. 
Price of Seed, 3s. 6d. per Quart. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, March 17th.— Sale of Lily and other Bulbs, Greenhouse 
Plants, &c., at Protlieroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Tuesday, March ISth.—Flower Show in the Town Hall, Man¬ 
chester. Richmond Horticultural Society’s Spring Show. 
Wednesday, March 19th.—Sale of Lily Bulbs, Greenhouse 
Plants, &c, at Protheroe & Morris's Rooms. 
Thursday, March 20th.—Sale of Nursery Stock and Greenhouse 
plants from Sample at Protheroe & Morris's Rooms. 
FRfDAY, March 21st—Sale of a large importation of Cattleyas 
at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
EARLY-FLOWERING 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Good plants of all the best varieties, 3s. per dozen, post free, 
our selection. Cuttings, half price. 
FUCHSIAS. 
Cuttings of the most esteemed Single and Double sorts, all 
named, our selection, 2s. per dozen, post free. 
PHLOXES. 
Our Collection is well known in the trade to be one of the 
best. Cuttings, all best named sorts, our selection, Is. 10d. per 
dozen; os. Gd. for 50; 10s. per 100, post free. Plants, 4s. per 
dozen ; 12s. 6 d. for 50 ; 22s. Gd. per 100, carriage paid. 
PYRETHRUMS. 
A splendid Collection of named Double and Single sorts, our 
selection, 4s. Gd. per dozen ; 15s. for 50 ; 25s. per 100, carriage 
paid. 
ROSES. 
To clear ground, we offer a few thousands of very strong 
plants—leading Hybrid Perpetual varieties—at the extremely 
low price of 5s. dd. per dozen ; 21s. for 50 ; 40s. per 100, carriage 
paid ; all our selection. 
VIOLAS. 
Selections from our renowned Collection as follows :—Very 
finest varieties for exhibition, 3s. Gd. per dozen. Very fine 
varieties for bedding, 2s. Gd. per dozen ; do., 15s. per 100 ; all 
our selection ; all carriage paid. 
Send for our DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE and 
COMPETITORS’ GUIDE, 128 pages, Gratis and 
Post Free. Should be in the hands of every grower. 
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. 
11 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 
some true to name. 
I shall 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. 
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 coutains only the most select varieties of 
Vegetable and Flower Seeds in cultivation, and gives full cul¬ 
tural directions. 
This List sent Post Free on application. 
Choice Primula, Calceolaria, Carnation, and Picotee 
Seeds will be of a specially good strain. 
Best white Raffia Fibre, 6<Z. per pound. 
(Please Mention this Paper.) 
Letter Orders have same care as for my oivn planting. 
For Indexto Contents & Advertisements, see p.445. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
SATURDAY , MARCH 15, 1890. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
^sThe Hall for Horticulture.— We should 
like to learn that Baron Schroder’s ad¬ 
mirable scheme for the erection of a horticul¬ 
tural hall in London had been taken up with 
more zest. The latest report shows that 
somewhere about £5,000 has been promised, 
but still, that sum, considerable as it may be, 
is a long way from being the amount originally 
mentioned. We have no desire to see the 
scheme mutilated, and the result a makeshift, 
which would be a discredit to horticulture and 
DO B B I E & Co., 
Seed Growers and Florists, 
ROTHESAY, SCOTLAND. 
Robert Sydenham, 
NEW TENBY STREET , BIRMINGHAM. 
to the City of London. That Baron Schroder 
can, on the part of horticulturists, exercise 
more influence amongst monied people than 
perhaps anyone else is certain, and it is most 
obvious that only through the aid of merchant 
