August, 23 1890. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
803 
SDTTOBPS BULB CATALOGUE 
NOW READY, price 6d. ; post free; Gratis to Customers. 
SUTTON’S BULB CATALOGUE contains accurate descriptions of the Choicest Hyacinths, Narcissi, 
Tulips, Crocus, Lilies, and other Bulbous Flowers, with clear hints on their successful cultivation, 
and is beautifully illustrated with upwards of Fifty Engravings, the whole being bound in ex¬ 
quisitely Illuminated Covers bearing coloured illustrations of Narcissi, Hyacinths, Tulips, and 
Snowdrops. 
SUTTON’S BULBS Genuine only froi SUTTON & SONS, READING. 
U4 B—B— 8 0— 
TUBEROUS BEGONIAS 
We were awarded all the First Prizes*(seven) 
in the open classes for Begonias at the Royal 
Aquarium Show on July 29th & 30th, as 
follows:—For group, 200 sq.ft. 12 Doubles. 
12 Singles. 6 Whites. 6 Yellows. 6 Rose or 
Pink, 6 Scarlet or Crimson. This being 
evidence of quality. 
JOHN LAING & SONS, 
The Nurseries, 
FOREST HILL. 
PRIMULAS! PRIMULAS! PRIMULAS! 
21st YEAR OF DISTRIBUTION. 
Williams’ Superb Strain. Is. 6 d. per dozen ; 10s. per 100. 
CINERARIAS same price, also DOUBLE WHITE PRIMULAS, 
6 d. each. Carriage free for cash with order, 
JOHN STEVENS, The Nurseries, COVENTRY 
DUTCH BULBS 
Carriage Paid to Purchaser’s door in Great 
Britain and Ireland. No Packing Charges. 
Beautifully Illustrated English Amateur’s Catalogue 
gratis and post free from the growers. 
VAN MEERBEEH & Oo.,Hillegom( Holland). 
Mr. DODWELL’S GRAND CARNATIONS 
THE FINEST CROWN, 
5,000 Unbloomed Seedlings, warranted of the highest parentage, 
unrivalled whether for bedding or forcing for Spring flowering. 
White Grounds, 3s. 6d. per doz.; 21s. per 100. 
Yellow Grounds, 5s. per doz.; 31s. 6d. per 100. 
Strong plants of his NEW YELLOWS and KILMURRY 
YELLOW GROUNDS, for late Autumn or Winter 
blooming, 10s. 6d. per dozen. 
THE COTTAGE, STANLEY ROAD, OXFORD. 
FERNS A SPECIALITY. 
R eaders oe the gardening 
WORLD who experience any difficulty in obtaining the 
paper at Railway Bookstalls, or through local agents, are 
respectfully requested to communicate with the Publisher, 
17, Catherine Street, Strand, E C. 
JOSHUA LE CORNU X SON S 
JERSEY 
FRUITTREES 
and ROSE TREES. 
CARRIAGE PAID. PACKED GRATIS. An immense stock 
of strong, healthy, well-rooted trees. Before ordering, be sure 
to write for our Illustrated Catalogue. 
CORDONS A SPECIALITY. 
ROSES WONDERFULLY CHEAP. The finest that money canbuy 
HIGH; VIEW fitUKSESi'ES, JERSEY. 
IF YOU WANT 
REALLY 
Mr. 
D UBS k SEEDS, 
APPLY TO 
ROBERT SYDENHAM, 
Of the firm of Sydenham Brothers , Wholesale Jewellers, 
THE LARGEST AMATEUR IMPORTER IN THE KINGDOM. 
HIS 
UNIQUE BULB LIST, 
With Pamphlet, Now Bevisei and Enlarged, 
“HOW I GAME TO GROW BULBS,” 
The Most Keliahle Guide to the Best Varieties and 
How to Grow them. NOW Ready. Sent Post 
Free on application. 
This List and Pamphlet lues now been posted to all my friends. 
If not received, another copy will be sent on ajtplication. 
Please mention this Paper. 
BULBS FOR CHRISTMAS BLOOMING. 
The following, if ordered and potted at once, will bloom well 
for Christmas. 
EARLY WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS, is. 6d. doz., 
lls. 100 ; or extra selected Bulbs, all averaging over live 
inches round, the finest that can possibly be imported, 2s. doz., 
15s. 100. 
FREE SI A REFRACTA ALBA, the most lovely flower of 
the day. Planted from now until end of August, will bloom at 
Christmas, Is. doz., 7s, 100; or extra selected Bulbs, Is. 6 d. 
doz., lls. 100. 
DOUBLE ROMAN NARCISSUS, Is. doz., 7s. 100. 
PAPER-WHITE NARCISSUS, Is. doz., 7s. 100; or the 
large-flowering variety, Is. 6 d. doz., lls. 100. 
My other Bulbs I hope to have ready for delivery the latter 
part of August, hut orders should be hooked as early as possible 
to secure best quality. Full list sent post free on application. 
Any wanting VEGETABLE or FLOWER SEEDS for autumn 
sowing would do well to send for my UNIQUE SEED LIST and 
GUIDE, free on application. 
The largest, most complete and profusely ILLUSTRATED 
CATALOGUE OF FERNS ever published, containing over 
120 Illustrations and much valuable practical information on the 
cultivation of Ferns, &e., including comprehensive Listof useful 
Gardening Books. 
One Shilling and Sixpence, post free. 
Smaller Catalogue of about 1,400 species and varieties, free on 
application. 
W. & l BIRKENHEAD, 
FERN NURSERY, 
SALE, MANCHESTER, 
MUSHROOM SPAWN. —id. each, 3s. dozen bricks; or sent, 
post free, 1 brick, 9cZ. ; 3 bricks. Is. Sd. ; 6 bricks, 2s. 9 d . 
RAFFIA GRASS.—Best White, for tying. Price, Is. per 
postal lb.; 2 lb., Is. 0 d.; 3 lbs., 2s, If sent with seeds or 
bulbs, 6 d. per lb. _ 
TERMS STRICTLY CASH.— Orders under 10s. carriage extra ; 
orders over £1 carriage paid. For my original guarantee and 
extra discount, see my List, page 2. 
Robert Sydenham, 
New Tenby Street, Birmingham. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, August 25th.—Trade Sale of Bulbs at Protheroe & 
Morris’s Rooms. Sale of Bulbs at Stevens’ Rooms. 
Tuesday, August 26th.—Royal Horticultural Society : Meeting 
of Committees at Twelve o'clock. 
Wednesday, Augu-t 27th.— Flower Shows at Harpenden, 
Reading, and Sherborne. Sale of Bulbs at Stevens’ Rooms. 
Thursday, August 28th .—Trade Sale of Bulbs at Protheroe & 
Morris's Rooms. 
Friday, August 29th.—Flower Shows at Dunfermline and 
Montrose. Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris's Rooms. 
Saturday, August 30th.—Falkirk Flower Show. Sale of Bulbs 
at Stevens Rooms. 
1 ‘ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1890. 
* 
CURRENT TOPICS. 
PThe Potato Disease. —There can he no 
^ doubt now hut that the disease is very 
rife amongst the Potato breadths in Ireland, 
and that grave prospects of poverty if 
not of absolute famine are likely to arise in 
consequence. So far, happily, we have been 
spared those wild and foolish suggestions of 
an assumed remedial kind which have been 
flung before us so very freely in previous 
years. To assume that, once the disease 
is operating badly in the breadths, this 
or that course is likely to check it has so 
frequently been found to be absurd, that 
the absence of these nostrums now is 
refreshing. If remedial measures are not 
of a most practical nature, the Potato 
disease will never be otherwise than a grave 
curse to Ireland. 
Here we are suffering from the fungus 
severely, hut still, so far as is evident, not 
to a degree calculated to produce alarm. 
Without doubt our later breadths are pretty 
safe if the earlier kinds have suffered, and 
we have such numerous disease - resisting 
kinds hi cultivation that the prospect of 
an appalling disaster with Potatos, such as 
seems imminent in Ireland just now, is 
remote. The Government is watching the 
progress of the disease in the Potatos, so it 
