March 22, 1890. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
453 
CATALOGUE OF 
SPECIAL CULTURE OF 
WEBBS’ 
WORDSLEY WONDER PEA, 
Grows ft. high, of strong and vigorous habit, and is 
the earliest blue wrinkled marrow. The pods—produced 
in pairs at every joint—are of medium size, slightly 
curved, and each pod is literally packed with from 10 
to 12 large peas, which are of the finest flavour. 3s. 6d. 
per quart, - 
From Mr. W. PRATT, Gardener to the Most Noble the 
Marquis of Bath, Longleat. 
“ I can speak in the highest terms of your ‘ Wordsley Wonder ’ Pea. 
The pods are wonderfully well filled, and the Pea is one of the very 
best croppers I know of. The favour is excellent." 
WEBBS’ 
CHANCELLOR PEA. 
This new blue wrinkled marrow Pea is one of the finest 
main-crop varieties in existence. It is a continuous 
hearer, and commences podding close to the ground. 
Height, 3 ft. 3s. per quart. 
From Mr. H. W. WARD, Gardener to the Right Hon. the 
Earl of Radnor. 
“ The Pea 1 Chancellor' has prpved an excellent variety, the haulm 
being heavily laden with handsome pods, well filled with peas of 
excellent flavour 
WEBB & SONS, WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
Ferns, Fine Foliage Plants, &c, 
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ALL SEEDS WARRANTED. 
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. lOd. per 
dozen ; 5s. 6d. per 50 ; 10.s. per 100, our selection, post free ; all 
carefully named. Plants from pots ill April and May, our 
selection, 5s. per dozen, post free. 
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. lOd. per 
dozen; 5s. 0 d. for 50; 10s. per 100, post free. Plants, 4s. per 
dozen ; 12s. Gel. for 50 ; 22s. 6cl. per 100, carriage paid. 
PYRETHRUMS. 
A splendid Collection of named Double and Single sorts, our 
selection, 4s. 6 d. 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 vu-ieties—at the extremely 
low price of 5s. 9d. per dozen ; 21s. for 50; 40s. per ICO, carriage 
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Selections from our renowned Collection as follows :—Very 
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varieties for bedding, 2s. Qd. per dozen ; do., 15s. per 100 ; all 
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Send for our DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE and 
COMPETITORS' GUIDE, 128 pages, Gratis and 
Post Free. Should be in the hands of every grower. 
DOBBIE & Co., 
Seed Growers and Florists, 
ROTHESAY, SCOTLAND. 
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, 1 will undertake to replace, free of charge, any Vegetable 
or Flower Seeds from which a fair proportion Tail 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 Order, 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 sent Post Free on application. 
Choice Primula, Calceolaria, Carnation, and Picotee 
Seeds will be of a specially good strain. 
Best white Raffia 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. 
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/ Packet of each, Post Free, for 4s. 6cL 
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utswsSeeds 
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Nest Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, March 24th.— Sale of Lily Bulbs, 5c., at Protheroe & 
Morris’s Rooms. 
Tuesday, March 25th.—Royal Horticultural Society: Meeting 
of Committees at 12 noon. 
Wednesday, March 26th.—Royal Botanic Society : First Spring 
Show — Glasgow and West of Scotland Horticultural 
Society’s Show. Sale of Lily Bulbs, Greenhouse Plants, 
&c., at Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
Thursday, March 27tli.—Paisley Horticultural Society’s Show. 
Friday, March 2Sth — Falkirk Spring Show. Sale of Established 
Orchids at Protheroe & Morris's Rooms. 
Saturday, March 29th.—Crystal Palace Spring Show. 
For Indexto Contents & Advertisements, see p.462. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
Horfo. 
SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1890. 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
Tt Vegetable Octopus. —Not so long ago the 
L great vegetable sensation was found in 
insectivorous plants, and for a time these little 
harmless things were almost worshipped. There 
seemed to be some powerful attraction for small 
minds in witnessing the gradual extinction of 
a tiny fly in the grip of Venus’s Fly Trap, or 
to gaze with fascinating joy upon the frantic, 
efforts of other insects to escape from the viscid 
secretion on the foliage of Sundews, &c. The 
excitement incidental to this mild form of 
enjoyment, however, soon died out, and insec¬ 
tivorous plants are well nigh forgotten. 
But we have, so runs the story in one of 
our magazines, to thank a veracious traveller, 
one Mr. Dunstan, for' having discovered away 
in Nicaragua, a real living vegetable octopus, 
