January 20, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
319 ^ 
The Best of the Season. 
mmE 
RELIABLE 
NOVELTIES. 
For Descriptions and Full Particulars, see 
WEBBS’ 
Spring Catalogue. 
Beautifully Illustrated with 5 Coloured Plates, &o., 
post free, Is., which is allowed off subsequent orders. 
Seedsmen by Royal Warrants to H.M. the Queen and 
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
NOW REAOY. 
DANIELS’ 
lllnstrated Gnide and Seed Catalogue 
for Amateur Gardeners, 
SPRING, 1894 , 
Containing 132 pages, imperial size, of beautifully illustrated 
letterpress, three supeib coloured plates, a select list of Choice 
Kitchen Garden and Flower Seeds, Seed Potatos, Fruit Trees, 
Roses, Clematises, Carnations, and other florists’ flowers, with 
copious notes on cultivation, and a list of the best novelties of 
the season. The whole enclosed in a charmingly printed 
coloured wrapper. This will be found by far the best and 
most complete Garden Catalogue yet published, and should 
certainly be in the hands of all who are interested in horti¬ 
culture, ___ „ 
PRICE Is,, POST FREE, 
The Shilling to be deducted from first order of 5s, or upwards, 
DANIELS BROS., 
Royal Norfolk Seed Establishment. 
NORWICH. 
BURMESE LILIES. 
1 - FOR FULL PARTICULARS 
1 SEE j LLUSTRATED SEED CATALO G U E . 
1^ ifrrT:_:TlRAt/:S & POST FREE 
B.S.WILLIAMS^SON 
"VlctoFlaz^JPaicadLsc JTurscrlcs, 
UPPER HOLLOWAY, LONDON.N. 
Gold Medal 
Chrysanthemums. 
Q - - 
My Collection has been awarded this season 2 Gold 
Medals, 2 Silver Gilt, i Silver, and i Bronze—the 
highest Award in each case. The National Chry¬ 
santhemum Society’s Gold Medal being the only 
one ever awarded to a collection of cut blooms. 
VEITCH’S 
GENUINE SEEDS. 
NEW MELON-Frogmore Seedling. 
An exceedingly fine Melon, raised by Mr. Owen Thomas, 
Royal Gardens, Frogmore, The fruit is of medium size, 
having white iesh ot unusual thickness, very juicy, and 
exceedingly sweet; the rind is thin and delicately netted, 
and pure yellow. 
Per Packet, 2s. 6d. 
NEW PEA—Veitch's Main Crop, 
A valuable addition to the mid-season varieties. 
Per Packet, 2s. 6d. 
LETTUCE— VEITCH'S PERFECT Geni. 
A very distinct and compact-growing kind. Crisp and 
tender, and withstanding drought better than any other kind. 
Per Packet, Is. 6d. 
All Seeds Carriage Free, except parcels of 
Peas and Beans under los. in value. 
fl^’For full descriptions of the above and other 
Choice Seeds, see CATALOGUE for 1894, for¬ 
warded Post Free on application. 
JAMES VEITCH k SOBS, 
Royal Exotic Nursery, CHELSEA, S.W. 
For Index to Contents see pa^e 328, 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, January 23rd.—Sale of Lilium auratum and other 
Lilies, also Pearl Tuberoses, Gladioli, Begonias, Spiraeas, 
&c., at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Wednesday, January 24th.—Sale of Lilium Auratum in variety, 
L. Brownii, L. Krameri, L. speciosum, Callas, Camellias. 
Azaleas, Auracarias, Macrozamias, &c., at the Rooms of 
Messrs. Protheroe & .Morris. 
Friday, January 26th.—Sale of Cypripedium Charlesworthii, 
Vanda Kimballiana, and other Orchids, also Lily of the 
Valley, Gladioli, double Begonias, Carnations, Dielytras, 
Amaryllis, &c., at the Rooms of Messrs. Protheroe & Morris. 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20th, 1894. 
HUGH LOW & CO. 
Have just received per s.-s, Yorkshire a grand Consignment 
of L. NEPALENSE and L. SULPHUREUM 
(WALLICHIANUM SUPERBUIW), which they 
propose to offer at greatly reduced prices. The bulbs vary 
very much in appearance, and new varieties may be confi¬ 
dently expected. 
CLAPTON NURSERY, LONDON, N.E. 
My stock is in fine condition, and all who are 
interested in Clirysanthemums should secure a copy 
of my new descriptive and illustrated Catalogue (the 
most useful and complete ever published), which 
contains cultural articles by Mr. Charles E. Shea 
and Mr. H. Shoesmith, also cultural notes by Mr. 
E. Beckett. Post free, seven stamps. 
H. J. JONES, 
Ryecroft Nursery, Hither Green, Lewisham, S.E. 
Catalogues post free on application to 
THOMAS S. WARE, 
HALE FARM NURSERIES, 
Tottenham, London. 
FOR PLEASURE AND FDORT 
FRUIT 
ROSES 
Nothing so profitable and easy 
to grow. 
80 Acres in Stock. 
Hundreds of 
Thousands. 
Bushes in variety. Packing and Carriage Free for cash 
with order, 8s. per dozen, 60s. per 100. All other Nursery 
Stock carriage forward. 
ROSES IN POTS FROM 15s. doz. 
ORNAMENTAL TREES, 91 ACRES. 
4 ACRES OF GLASS. 
CLEMATIS ( 80 , 000 ) FROM 15 s. DOZEN. 
N.B.—Single Plants are sold at slightly increased Prices. 
SEEDS 
The best procurable. 
LISTS FREE. 
GENERAL CATALOGUE 
(over 140 pages) of Nursery Stock, artistically produced, 
containing some hundreds ot illustrations, and full of 
valuable information sent FREE. 
RX>. SMIXH Sc CO., 
WORCES TER. 
■^ORTICULTURAL DEPRESSION.— It lias 
^ been said so well of the human frame 
that if one member suffers all the other 
members suffer with it. Just so is it with 
trade and gardening. We are passing 
through a long period of trade depression, 
but it is exhibiting what we hope is the 
lowest point of the curve now, and with 
the advent of spring may there come an 
ascending line up which the nation will 
climb to a high point of activity and 
prosperity once more. We do not profess 
to be economists, capable of fully under¬ 
standing the wave theory as applied to 
trade and commerce, but still we should 
prefer a normal, and it may be a mono¬ 
tonous evenness, rather than these varying 
fluctuations which may have pleasant 
aspects sometimes; but the unpleasant ones 
such as we are now experiencing are, or 
seem to be, very hard to endure. 
The present character of the national in¬ 
come shows too plainly, alas ! how great is 
the pressure on personal incomes, and how 
seriously many other vocations must be 
adversely influenced. This pressure, as we 
too well know, comes more heavily on gar¬ 
dening than on any other vocation as a 
rule. The moment reductions have to be 
made because of restricted income, the 
garden staff suffers; somehow the garden 
