February 17, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
383 
ENSURE A CONSTANT SUPPLY 
OF THE BEST VEGETABLES 
All tlie year rcnnd by crdering 
'CUIMEA 
BOX OF 
SEEDS 
CONTENTS: 
Six quarts Peas, for succession, 4 pints Beans (Broad), 
I pint Beans (French Runner), J pint Beans (French Dwarf), 
I pkt. Beet, i pkt. Borecole cr Kale, 3 pkts. Broccoli, i pkt. 
Brussels Sprouts, 3 pkts. Cabbage, 2 oz. Carrot, i pkt. Cauli¬ 
flower, 2 pkts. Celery, 1 pkt. Cor.n Salad, i pkt. Couve 
Tronchuda, 3 oz. and i pkt. Cress, 2 pkts. Cucumber, i pkt. 
Endive, 3 pkts. Herbs, i pkt. Leek, 3 pkts. Lettuce, i pkt. 
Melon, 4 oz. Mustard, 3 oz. Onion, i pkt. Parsley, i oz. 
Parsnip, 3 oz. Radish, 4 oz. Spinach, i pkt Salsafy, i pkt. 
Savoy, I pkt. Scorzonera, i pkt. Tomato, 3 oz. Turnip, i pkt. 
Vegetable Marrow. 
Other Boxes at 2/6, 5/-, 7/6,12/6, 15/-, 42/-, 
63/-, and 105/- each. Carriage Free. Five per 
cent, discount for Cash. 
From JAS. BLACKHAM, Esq., The Mount, Fillongley, 
“ Please send me a box of Garden Seeds. My Gardener 
takes one each year; he says Webbs’ Garden Seeds are 
always ot uniform quality, and during the last ten years he 
has sown them lor me bis crops have never failed.” 
See Webbs’ Spring Catalogue, post free 1/. 
Abridged Edition Gratis and post free, 
WEBBS’ WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
Wliams’ 
WORLD-RENOWNED 
GOLD MEDAL STRAINS 
OF 
riimiliT 
POST FREE. 
Per Packet, 1 / 6 , 2 / 6 , 3 / 6 , & 5 /- 
ILLUSTRATED SEED CATALOGUE, 
comprising everything necessary and requisite for the 
Garden, gratis and post free on application. 
UPPER 
LO/\/DON. N. 
THE 
HEAVIEST CROPPING 
TOMATO 
smoirs 
MAGNUM BONUM. 
The most prolific Tomato of the early 
class, and by far the heaviest cropper of 
all. The plants are literally burdened 
with immense red clusters. Fruit ready 
to gather immediately after the first yield 
of our Earliest of All, which is the 
quickest variety known. , 
" Magnum Bonum Tomato yielded a splendid 
crop of fruit of good size and flavour. It carried 
a remarkably heavy crop, which was admired by 
all who saw it.”—Mr. A. G. Frampton, Gardener 
to W. Dealtry, Esq. 
Price of seed. Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d per packet, 
post free. 
SUTTON’SSEEDS 
GENUINE ONLY FROM SUTTON S S0NS,READ1NG. 
DANIELS BRO^ 
Choice Vegetable Seeds. 
CARRIAGE FREE. 
OUR 12 6 COLLECTION 
FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT- 
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. 
Of Choice Vegetable Seeds contains the following 
liberal assortment, all guaranteed of finest stocks and 
best growing quality. Packing and Carriage Free 
to any address in the British Isles on receipt of 
Cheque or P.O.O. 
SEVEN PINTS PEAS 
I pint Broad Beans. i 
I pint French Beans. 2 
I pint Runner Beans. 
I pkt. Beet, dark red. 3 
I pkt. Borecole, curled. i 
1 pkt. Brussels Sprouts. 2 
2 pkts. Broccoli,earlyandlate. 
2 pkts. Cabbage, best sorts. i 
I pkt. Savoy, dwarf Drum- i 
head. 
oz, Carrot, Intermediate, 2 
&c. I 
I pkt. Cauliflower, Giant. I 2 
1 pkt. Celery, best sorts. ,2 
4 ozs. Cress, plain. i 
2 pkts. Cucumber, frame and 3 
ridge. 2 
I pkt. Endive, moss curled. 
I pkt. Gourd 01 Pumpkin. 
for succession, and 
pkt. Leek, Ayton Castle, 
pkts. Lettuce, Cos and 
Cabbage. 
ozs. Mustard, white, 
pkt. Melon, choice, 
ozs. Onion,WhiteSpanish, 
&c. 
pkt. Parsley, fine curled, 
oz. Parsnip, hollow- 
crowned. 
ozs. Radish, long and 
turnip, 
ozs. Spinach, 
ozs. Turnip, Snowball,&c. 
pkt. Vegetable Marrow, 
pkts. Herbs, Sweetand Pot. 
pkts. Tomato, Scarlet Per¬ 
fection, &c. 
OTHER COLLECTIONS OF 
CHOICE KITCHEN GARDEN SEEDS, 
All the best kinds for succession to ensure 
A YEAR’S SUPPLY OF VEGETABLES. 
63 /-, 42 /-, 31 / 6 , 21 /-, 7 / 6 , 5 /-, & 2 / 9 . Carriage Free. 
‘‘ I could scarcely believe myself when I saw the splendid 
Collection you sent me for the amount charged (i2s. 6d.). 
Why, where is your profit ? 47 packets, say 2d. per packet. I 
have known the time when I should have readily paid £z 2S. 
for such an assortment, and thought I had got off cheaply.”— 
Mr. T. HALE, Claydon. 
DANIELS BROS., 
Seed Growers and Nurserymen, 
ROSES IN POTS FROM 15s. doz, 
ORNAMENTAL TREES, 91 ACRES. 
4 ACRES OF GLASS. 
CLEMATIS (80,000) FROM 15s. 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. 
SMXTH & CO., 
WORCESTER. 
Catalogues post free on application to 
THOMAS S. WARE, 
HALE FARM NURSERIES, 
Tottenham, London. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, February 19th —Annual Meeting of the National 
Chrysanthemum Society, at 7 p.m. 
Tuesday, February 20th.—Sale of established and imported 
Orchids at Protheroe & Morris' Rooms. 
Wednesday, February 21st.—Sale of Lily Bulbs, Hardy 
Plants, &c., at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Thursday, February 22nd.—Sale of Bulbs and tuberous 
roots, &c., at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Friday, February 23rd.—Sale of imported and Flowering 
Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ifth, 1894. 
Whe Modern Canna.— Rapid progress is 
being made at present in the improve¬ 
ment of Cannas for the sake of their flowers. 
The plants are much dwarfer than those 
with which gardeners were acquainted 
about ten or twelve years ago. At that 
time considerable stress was laid upon the 
beauty of the foliage in various shades of 
colour, the bronzy kinds being considered 
very ornamental. Such is the case now, 
where gardeners make a display with Cannas 
in bedding arrangements. That is a feature 
of several of the London parks at present. 
The new varieties that have arisen during 
the past few years are characterised by 
