March 3, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD, 
415 
ensure a constant supply 
OF THE BEST VEGETABLES 
ill tlie jew rcunii by ordering 
WEBBS' 
GUINEA 
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, i pkt. Corn 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, 40Z. 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 103/- 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 for me his crops have never failed.” 
See Webbs’ Spring Catalogue, post free 1/. 
Abridged Edition Gratis and post free, 
WEBBS', WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDBE. 
FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT 
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 15s. DOZEN. 
N.B.—Single Plants are sold at slightly increased Prices. 
SEEDS 
The best procurable. 
GENERAL 
LISTS FREE. 
CATALOGUE 
(over 140 pages) of Nursery Stock, artistically produced, 
containing some hundreds oi illustrations, and full of 
valuable information sent FREE. 
RID. SIVIITH 61c CO., 
WORCESTER. 
AR TICHOK ESw 
A large quantity of Jerusalem Artichokes, sound 
tubers of fine quality. 
PRICES ON APPLICATION. 
WORLD-RENOWNED 
FLOWER 
SEEDS. 
POST FREE. 
ASTERS, finest mixed ... 
BEGONIA, extra choice 
CARNATIONS, Marguerite . 
CAR ATIONS, extra choice . 
COCKSCORAB, Williams’ Prize. 
CALCEOLARIA, Williams'superb 
CINERARIA, Williams' superb . 
CINERARIA ALBA 
CYCLAMEN CICANTEUM, mixed... 
CYCLAMEN PERS 1CUM, superb strain 
GLOXINIA, erect... ... . 
PANSY, show varieties. 
PETUNIA HYBRIDA . 
PINK, superb mixed . 
POLYANTHUS, choice mixed . 
PRIMULA, Williams' superb. 
PRIMULA, Williams' mixture of 6 vars. ... 
STOCKS, finest mixed. 
VERBENA, choicest mixed . 
ZINNIA ELECANS, double 
Per Pkt. 
s. d 
6 d. to I o 
... I 6 
I 6 
I 6 
... ' 26 
I 6 
... I 6 
... 2 6 
... 2 6 
I 6 
... I 6 
I 0 
... I 0 
... I 6 
... 0 6 
I 6 
I 6 
Cd. to I 0 
... I 6 
... I 6 
COLLECTIONS of HARDY ANNUALS 
is. 6d., 3s., 5s., 7s. 6d., lOS. 6d. 
ILLUSTRATED SEED CATALOGUE. 
Gratis and Post Free on Application, 
UPPER JJOLLOWAY.-^^=^ 
: LOA/DO/M. N. 
DICKSONS’ NURSERIES, CHESTER. 
TREE CARNATIONS. 
Miss Joliffe Improved—Winter Cheer—Mrs. Hemsley—in 48 
pots, fine, bushy stuff in bud. 
PRICE, ETC., ON APPLICAIION. 
H.B.MAY, Dysons Lane Nurseries, 
UPPER EDMONTON. 
ORCHIDS. 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Prices. 
Always worth a visit of inspection. Kindly send for Catalogue. 
CYPHER, 
Exotic Nurseries, CHELTENHAIT 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS ANO HARDY PLANTS. 
FORBES’ CATALOGUE FOR 1894 
Is now Ready, and will be Posted Free to all Intending 
Purchasers. 
It consists of 134 pages of closely printed matter. It is 
profusely illustrated, and gives full and accurate descriptions 
and prices of all the best ANTIRRHINUMS, AURICULAS, 
BEGONIAS, CARNATIONS, DAHLIAS, DELPHINIUMS, 
FUCHSIAS, HOLLYHOCKS, P.EONIES, PANSIES, 
VIOLAS. PELARGONIUMS, PENSTEMONS, PHLOXES, 
PYRETHRUMS, HARDY BORDER, HERBACEOUS and 
ALPINE PERENNIALS, &c., with a special Index of English 
or common names of our Hardy Flowers, with their colour, 
height, months of flowering, and price, together with a mass of 
other valuable information that cannot be met with elsewhere. 
This is the largest, most methodically arranged, most accurate, 
and altogether the best and most complete Catalogue of the 
above ever published. It is even by experts considered so 
indispensable as a Reference Book that it should be in the 
hands of all who love a garden. Free on Application. 
JOHN FORBES, Nurseryman, Hawick, Scotland. 
_: grand exhibition OE - 
AMARYLL IS, IM ANTOPHYL LUMS, &C. 
ROBERT R. KER & SONS 
Respectfully invite your inspection of their 
Splendid Collections of these New 8c Gorgeous Flowers 
now coming into bloom and continuing into April, at 
AIGBURTH NURSERY, GRASSENDALE, near LIVERPOOL. 
hree minutes' walk from Cressington Station ; frequent trains from the Liverpool Central Station. _Gar^onBu^ourly from 
Liverpool Exchange passes the Nursery Gates. Seed Warehouse and Offices—BAbNLi i olKLLit 
TO ENSURE 
SUCCESSIONAL CROPS 
OF 
THE BEST PEAS 
SOW 
SUTTON’S 
COLLECTIONS of PEAS. 
6 quarts of Peas, 6 fine sorts, the best 
for succession, our selection, ii/- 
12 pints of Peas, 12 fine sorts, the best 
for succession, our selection, 11,6 
6 pints of Peas, 6 fine sorts, the best 
for succession, our selection, 6/- 
4 pints of Peas, 4 fine sorts, the best 
for succession, our selection, 4/6 
SUTTON’S Seeds 
GENUINE ONLY FROM SUTTON S SONS,READING. , 
For Index to Contents see page 425. 
‘ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, March 6th.—National Chrysanthemum Society: 
Committee Meeting at 7 p.m. 
Sale of Hardy Plants, Tuberous Roots, etc., at Protheroe & 
Morris' Rooms. 
Wednesday, March 7th—Sale of Lily Bulbs, Plants, etc., at 
Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Thursday, March 8th.—Sale of Lily Bulbs, etc., at Protheroe 
& Morris’ Rooms. . , 
Friday, March gtb.—Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & Moms 
Rooms. 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, MARCH yd, 1894. 
J ;>APERS AT THE Drill Hall. — It would be 
paying but a poor compliment to those 
gentlemen who read papers on different 
subjects of more or less interest at the 
Drill Hall meetings, were it to be assumed, 
as seems to be the case in some quarters, 
that these papers form admirable packing 
for the Royal Horticultural Society’s 
journal. Still, it is evident that as a rule 
these papers receive scant notice, chiefly, 
we think, because the society looks upon 
them as so much of copyright matter for the 
journal, and there is no desire on the part 
of the Horticultural Press to trench upon 
R.H.S. privileges. During the present 
year no less than fifteen papers will be 
read, exclusive of what may be furnished 
