October 14, 1893. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
SI*ECIAI-< CUIiTURE 
OF 
FRUIT TREES &J0SE8. 
A L^rge and Select Stock is row offered for Sale. 
The Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits post free. 
The Descriptive Catalogue of Roses post free. 
THOMAS RIVERS & SON, 
The Nurseries, SA WBRIDGEWORTH, Herts 
fernT SPEcfALITY. 
A Magnificent Stock at remarkably low prices. 
SPECIAL AUTUMN LIST NOW READY, 
Free on Application. 
Illustrated Catalogue, 21- post free. 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, F.R.H.S., 
Fern Nurseries, Sale, near Manchester. 
NOTHINGr is too small. 
NOTHING is too mnch trouWe. 
Inspection Invited. The Trade Supplied. 
You will NOT be worried to order. 
E. D. 8HUTTLEW0RTH & CO. 
(LIMITED). 
Albert Nurseries, 
Palms, Ferns, Stove & Greenhouse Plants, &c., 
PECKHAM RYE, LONDON, S.E. 
Herbaceous Plants, General Nursery Stock, 
Bulbs, &c. 
FZjSST', HANOTS. 
HUGH LOW & CO. 
Invite inspection of the magnificent Stock of Stove and Green¬ 
house Plants, Roses, Fruit Trees, and Vines growing in their 
Nurseries at Clapton and Bush Hill Park, Enfield ; all of the 
finest possible quality. Especially worthy of notice are the 
following:— 
ACACIAS in variety. 
AMPELOPSIS. 
ARALIAS. 
„ VARIEGATA. 
ARAUCARIAS. 
ASPIDISTRAS. 
AZALEAS. 
BORONIAS. 
BOUVARDIAS. 
CLEMATIS. 
CYCLAMENS. 
EPACRIS. 
ERICAS of all kinds. 
FERNS. 
FICUS ELASTICA. 
„ VaRIEGATA. 
GENISTAS. 
GREVILLEAS. 
PALMS of all kinds. 
ROSES, MARECHAL NIEL 
and other extra strong 
climbers, &c., &c. 
CLAPTON NURSERY, LONDON, N.E, 
ORCHIDS. 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Prices. 
Always worth a visit of inspection. Kindly send for Catalogue, 
Exotic nurseries, CHELTEHHAM. 
TO CHRYSANTHEMUM EXHIBITORS 
Now is the time to use H. J. Jones’ Special 
Chrysanthemum Manure, the very best to give size 
and substance to the bloom. Carriage free for 
Cash with order. 7 lb., 3s. 6d.; 14 lb. 6s.; 28 lb., 
los. ; 56 lb., i8s. ; 112s., 32s. 
THE BECKET CUP & TUBE 
IS STILL THE BEST. 
STRONG, SIMPLE. AND EASILY ADJUSTED. 
FOR JAPANESE BLOOMS. 
No. I, 3 in., gs. doz. No. 2, 2| in. 8s. lod. 
FOR INCURVED BLOOMS. 
No. 3, 2in , 8s. 6d No. 4, 2jin., 8s. 6d. 
Free for cash, with order, of 
H. J. jroN£:s, 
Rye Croft Nursery, Hither Green, Lewisham, S.E. 
MIXED 
HYACINTHS. 
RED, all shades 
WHITE, all shades .. 
BLUE, all shades 
MIXED, all colours .. 
Per TOO. Per Doz. 
13s 6d. .. 2s. Od 
133. 6d. .. 2s. Od. 
133. 6d. .. 2s. Od. 
12s. 6d. .. Is. 9d. 
VEITCH’S MIXED TULIPS. 
Per 1000. Per loo. 
SINGLE, finest mixed .. 36s. Od. .. 4s Od. 
DOUBLE, finest mixed 36s Od. .. 4s. Od. 
VEITCH’S 
MIXED POLYANTHDS NARCISSUS 
Comprising manv beautiful shades of colour 
55s. per 1000: 6s. per 100. 
CARNATIONS. 
Our extensive coileciions embrace ali ihe best and t e^rest 
varieties in the ' aiious sections of Border, Ciovf'.V’eilow Ciomid 
Carnations and Picotees. Siiow Carnations and Picwt Pi iks, 
Tree and Winter flowering Carnation' (including the now 
f-iinous “ Deep Pink ” and oiher Maimaisons). Qiir Ha dbook, 
“Carnations and iheir Cui ure,’’ viih full Descriptive Cct»- 
logue; can be had free on application. 
LAING & MATHER, Nurserymen, Kelso on Tweed, 
FERNS! FERNS!! and Deeorative Plants ! 
TRADE GREAT ANNUAL SALE of Surplus StocL 
200,000 Ferns, Stove and Greenhouse, in 7I pots, Pteris. 
Adiantums, Polypodiums, Aspleniums, Nephrbdiums, Loml 
arias, Polystichums, &c. Good stuff, ns. 100, 20s. 200. Large 
Ferns in 48 pots in variety, very large stuff, 5s. 6d. doz. Strong 
Seedling Ferns in variety, 5s. 100. Palms, Ficus, and 
Dracenas. is. each, grand plants. Aralias, Cyperus. Grevellias 
and Solanums, 6s. doz. Packed free and put on 
Rail for Cash with order. J. SMITH, London Fern Nursery, 
Loughboro’Junction, LONDON, S.W. 
For Index to Contents see pa^e 106 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
VEITGH’S DUTCH CROCUS. 
Per 1000. 
Per 100. 
LARGE YELLOW 
15s. Od. 
.. Is. 9d. 
LARGE BLUE .. 
12s. 6d 
.. Is. 6d. 
LARGE STRIPED .. 
12s. 6d. 
.. Is. 6d. 
LARGE WHITE 
12s. 6d. 
.. Is. 6d. 
MIXED, all colours .. 
10s Od. 
.. Is 3d 
For other Bulbs see Catalogue, forwarded gratis and 
post free on application. 
JAMES VEITCH & SOMS 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, October i6ih.—Bulb Sale at Protheroe & Morris’ 
Rooms, and every day in the week. 
Tuesday, October 17th.—Sale of Nursery Stock at Milford 
Nursery, Godaiming (four days). 
Wednesday, October i8th.—Sale of Bulbs at Steven.o’ 
Rooms. 
Sale of Established Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Thursday, October 19th.—Sale of Bulbs at Stevens’ Rooms. 
Sale of Hardy Plants at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
F'riday, October 20th.—Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & 
Morris' Rooms. 
ROIAL EXOllC SDRSERY, CHELSEA, S.W. 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1893. 
MR. DODWELL’S 
GRAND CARNATIONS. 
THE FINEST GROWN. 
All Classes, 10/6 per dozen, 
Mr. Dodwell’s List of Specialties is now ready. 
Send Stamp and get copy. 
The Cottage, Stanley Road, Oxford 
DUTCH & GAPE BULBS 
Axid [PLANTS, 
Direct from the Growers at Growers’ Prices, 
ROOZEN BROTHERS, 
Ovepveen, aaplem, Holland. 
Delivered entirely free in Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, 
Cardiff, Cork, Dover, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, 
Gloucester, Goole, Grangemoi’Th, Greenock, Grimsby, 
Guernsey, Harwich, Hull, Isle of Man, Leith, Limerick, 
Liverpool, London, Londonderry, Middlesboro’, New- 
castle-on-Tyne, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Southampton 
or any other port in direct communication with Rotterdam or 
Amsterdam. 
Orders above £2 los. sent free to destination to any place in 
England, Scotland, or Ireland. Club (joint) orders for the 
same amount also delivered free to destination. No charge 
for packing or packages. 
Full particulars of our enormous Collection of BULBS, with 
List of SPLENDID NOVELTIES, will be found in our New 
List for 1893, 87 pages in English, which will be sent to all 
applicants, post free. 
ROOZEN BROTHERS, 
OVERVEEN, Haarlem, HOLLAND. 
Please name this Paper. 
HE Autumn. —We are glad to learn that 
frequent showers have been verj^ 
general of late and that there is a rapid 
development of growth on the part of all 
hardy winter greens, Spinach, Turnips, &c., 
as well as a real revival of pastures, so that 
the long half-famished cattle are enabled 
at length to get a good bite of sweet, suc¬ 
culent grass. Of course grass does not 
make rapid growth so late in the autumn, 
but at least it does so during an open 
October. It is out of the question to 
suppose that trees and shrubs or any deep¬ 
rooting things have yet been materially 
benefited, but it is something to have even 
a few inches of the thirsty soil fairly 
moistened, as that will enable heavier rams 
to pass through into the yet so very much 
dried up subsoil all the more rapidly later 
on. 
We shall need an immense rainfall to 
counterbalance what has been so long 
wanting during the summer, and shall have 
to put up with all the inconvenience inci¬ 
dental to it, should it come during the 
winter. However, it is not at all certain 
that we shall get such a flooding as that, 
and whilst a heavy rainfall is needed, a 
flooding, literally a soaking winter, is a con- 
tingenc}^ we would gladly avoid. In spite 
of these now frequent showers it is truly 
wonderful to find how pleasant the weather 
remains. We are even hopeful that as 
October has begun so it will continue, and 
whilst the rich tints of autumn maj^ he seen 
in all their glory, we hope also to find ere 
the month has closed that the soil will have 
become so far moistened that all descrip¬ 
tions of planting may go on apace. 
We shall be pleased to learn also that an 
open season will enable plenty ot labour to 
be employed. There is great need for such 
employment, indeed the one sad feature of 
