February 24, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
399 
ENSURE A CONSTANT SUPPLY 
OF THE BEST VEGETABLES 
All the year round hy ordering 
CONTENTS: 
Six quarts Peas, for succession, 4 pints Beans (Broad), 
I pint Beans (French Runner), i 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. (ielery, i pkt. Corn Salad, i pkt. Conve 
Tronchuda, 3 oz. and i pkt. Cress, 2 pkts. Cucumber, i pkt. 
Endive, 3 pkts. Herbs, i pkt. Leek, 3 pkts. Lettuce, 1 pkt. 
Melon, 4 oz. Mustard, 3 oz. Onion, 1 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 bos 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 tor me his crops have never failed.” 
See Webbs’ Spring Catalogue, post free 1/. 
Abridged Edition Gratis ajid post free, 
WEBBS’, WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
DANIELS BRO^ 
ORCHIDS. 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Prices. 
Always worth a visit of inspection. Kindly send for Catalogue. 
CYJPUER, 
Exotic llnrseries, CHELTENHAM. 
LIWXJIVi: AURATXJIVI. 
NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT. 
Splendid Bulbs .4/-, 6 j-, and 10/- per dozen. 
Lilium Album Kraetzerii ... 61 - to 9/- ,, ,, 
,, Rubrum Cruentum ... 6/- ,, ,, 
,, Melpomene . 10/- ,, „ 
,, Kramerii. 6/- ,. 
And all other Lilies at equally low prices. American Pearl 
Tuberoses 6/- per 100. Thousands of Orchids in stock. Please 
write for List to:— H. A. TRACY, F.R.H.S., Lily and 
Orchid Nursery, TV/ICKENHAM. 
WILL BE READY END OF FEBRUARY. 
In CLOTH (Crown 8vo, 5 by 7J), price 2(6; Post Free, 2,9. 
The AMATEUR ORCHID GROWER’S GUIDE BOOK. 
By ri. A. BURBERRY, F.R.H.S., 
Orchid Grower for the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain^ M.P., 
Highbury, Birmingham. 
This book will contain sound, practical information and 
advice for Amateurs, giving a List with Cultural Descriptions 
of those most suitable for Cool-house, Intermediate-house, 
and Warm-house Culture, together with a Calendar of 
Operations and Treatment for each Month of the Year. 
Can be obtained from the Author, Ethel House, King’s 
Heath, Birmingham; Blake & Mackenzie, Publishers, 
School Lane, Liverpool; Cornish Brothers, High Street, 
Birmingham; and all Nurserymen and Seedsmen. 
SPSCIAX^ CUlLi^URS 
OF 
FRUIT TREES & ROSES. 
A Large and Select Stock is now offered for Sale. 
The Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits post free. 
The Descriptive Catalogue of Roses post free. 
THOMAS RIVERS & SON, 
The Nurseries, WBRIDGEWORTH, Herts. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
CARNATIONS and PICOTEES, finest named sorts, 
from 6s. per doz.; without names, to colour, 4s. per doz. Laced 
and Self PINKS, from 3s. per doz. PYRETHRUMS, 
Double and Single, to name, from 5s. per doz. Show and 
Fancy PANSIES, from as. fid. per doz. DAHLIAS in all 
the classes. Cuttings Irom is. fid. per doz. Catalogues Free. 
m;. 
FLORIST, 
Choice Vegetable Seeds. 
CARRIAGE FREE. 
OUR 12/6 COLLECTION 
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 for succession, and 
I pint Broad Beans. , i 
I pint French Beans. 2 
I pint Runner Beans. i 
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. 
ij oz. Carrot, Intermediate, 2 
&c. 
r pkt. Cauliflower, Giant. 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 or Pumpkin. 
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, Sweet and 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 (12s. 6 d.). 
Why, where is your profit ? 47 packets, say 2d. per packet. I 
have known the time when I should have readily paid £2 2S. 
for such an assortment, and thought I had got off cheaply.”— 
Mr. T. HALE, Claydon. 
HIGH BLANTYRE, N.B. 
A 
SPECIALITY. 
We have the finest, most varied, and interesting Trade 
Collection of Ferns in the' world, comprising over 1,000 
different kinds ot Stove, Greenhouse, and Filmy Ferns, and 
over 400 kinds of Hardy Ferns. Every Fern lover should 
have our Illustrated Catalogue (No. 22J, the best ever 
published. It contains 150 illustrations, and a large amount 
of valuable information, price 2S., post fiee. We send our 
smaller partially descriptive Catalogue free on application. 
We now offer r2 beautiful kinds of Stove and Greenhouse 
Ferns for 3s.; 25 varieties for 8s. fid.; 50 for 21s.; roo, in 12 
varieties, 21s.; too, in 25 varieties, 30s.; 100, in 50 varieties, 
40s.; 100 different kinds, 63s. 
Hardy Ferns, 12 varieties for 3s.; 25 for 8s. fid,; 50 for 25s.; 
100, in t2 varieties, 21s.; 100, in 23 kinds, 30s.; 100, in 50 kinds, 
45s,; 100, in 100 varieties, 75s. 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, F.R.H.S., 
Fern Nurseries, Sale, near Manchester. 
Catalogues post free on application to 
DANIELS BROS., 
Seed Growers and Nurserymen, 
THOMAS S. WARE, 
HALE FARM NURSERIES. 
Tottenham, London. 
VINES! VINES! 
Fine, well-ripened, short-jointed canes of all best kinds. In 
perfect health, and a( moderate prices. 
Black Hamburgh 
Black Alicante 
Muscats 
Lady Downes 
Gros Colmar 
Madresfield Court, &c. 
All popular kinds, also all newer soils of merit. Prices on 
application. 
DICKSON’S NURSERIES, CHESTER. 
TREE CARNATIONS. 
Missjoliffe Improved—Winter Cheer—Mrs. Hemsiey—in 48 
pots, fine, bushy stuff in bud, 
PRICE, ETC., ON APPLICATION. 
H.B. MAY, Dysons Lane Nurseries, 
UPPER EDMONTON. 
For Index to Contents see page 409. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, February 27th.—Sale of Bulbs, Hardy Plants, etc., 
at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Wednesday, February 28th.—Sale of Lily Bulbs, at 
Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Thursday. March rst.—Sale of Hardy Plant=, etc., at 
Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Friday, March 2nd—Sale of established Orchids at 
Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1894 . 
]||ooT Fibres in Winter.— The question 
^ whether the young fibres of the roots 
of plants do, or do not, die on the approach 
of winter is one which appears to be of 
perennial interest to gardeners. In another 
column a correspondent explains the cir¬ 
cumstances under which the subject was 
recently debated by the Preston and Ful- 
wood Horticultural Society. It would be 
too sweeping an assertion to state without 
reserve either that they do or that they do 
not die, because circumstances alter cases, 
and roots die or live according to their 
natural durability and the conditions of 
their environment. In the case of annuals, 
deciduous bulbs, tubers, and other plants 
of that nature, the whole system of roots 
perishes annually, as do those of biennials 
during the second year. With perennial 
plants the case is different, and might be 
said to vary with each specific case. 
Even root hairs, which are the finest and 
ultimate ramifications of roots, may or 
may not die completely away the first 
winter, although it may be assumed that 
in most cases they do. 
Supposing we take fruit trees, such as 
Apples, Pears, and Peaches, as an example. 
If it were an admitted fact that the young 
roots of these trees habitually and natu¬ 
rally die in winter, the condition of the soil 
as to moisture would be compai atively 
immaterial. On the contrary, we know 
that it is of the utmost importance. Lind- 
ley and other good physiologists considered 
that the roots of trees were not even dor¬ 
mant in winter except when actually frozen. 
Our own experience, and that of observant 
gardeners generally, is that trees make a 
considerable amount of fresh growth after 
