March 10, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
431 
WARE’S 
NEW 
Issue of Catalopes 
For* 1834, 
Just Published, containing full Descriptions, Illus¬ 
trations, and notes upon cultivation of the celebrated 
Collections of 
HARDY BORDER PERENNIALS, 
HARDY ALPINE PLANTS, 
HARDY AQUATIC & BOG PLANTS, 
HARDY LILIES,AN IMMENSE COLLECTION 
HARDY IRIS, ALL SECTIONS, 
HARDY FLORISTS' FLOWERS, 
HARDY JAPANESE&OTHER PRIMULAS 
HARDY PEONIES, TREE & HERBACEOUS 
HARDY FERNS, BRITISH AND EXOTIC, 
- HARDYGLIMBERS,A6RANDCaLLECTI0N 
- HARDY CLEMATIS, JESSAMINES, 
HARDY AND OTHER ROSES, 
; HARDY BAMBOOS, GRASSES, &c., 
[ HARDY GAILLARDIAS, 
[ HARDY SUNFLOWERS, 
1 HARDY BORDER CARNATIONS, 
^ HARDY BORDER PIGOTEES, 
HARDY MICHAELMAS DAISIES, 
' HARDY PHLOXES, PENTSTEMONS, 
^ HARDY HOLLYHOCKS, PANSIES, 
PINKS, 
HARDY TRITOMAS, TRILLIUMS, 
HARDY XMAS & LENTEN ROSES, 
HARDY ORIENTAL & OTHER POPPIES, 
* HARDY GISTUS OR ROCK ROSES, 
HARDY ANEMONES IN GREAT VARIETY, 
HARDY POTENTILLAS, PRIMROSES, 
HARDY BRITISH & OTHER ORCHIDS, 
AND 
HUNDREDS OF OTHER FAMILIES 
OF 
HARDY BORDER PLANTS 
CATALOGUES for 1894 
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED 
CONSIST OF 
CHOICE FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS, 
BEGONIAS AND GLOXINIAS, 
GLADIOLUS AND MISGELLANEOUS BULBS, 
AND GHRYSANTHEMUMS, 
All of which may still be had free on application 
TO 
THOMAS S. WARE 
Hale Farm Nurseries, 
TOTTENHAM, LONDON. 
(Please mention this paper in applying for catalogues.) 
MiAxllmnw' 
SHADING 
MATERIALS. 
THE MOST SUITABLE FOR 
SHADING ORCHIDS, FERNS, 
Palms, and Stove and 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
It 
with¬ 
stands 
the wea^ 
ther better 
than any other 
class of Shading, 
and may be bene¬ 
ficially used on account 
of the thickness of its tex¬ 
ture, during cold weather, to 
keep the frost out. The leading 
Orchid and Plant Growers 
the country have used this material ior 
some years, and speak very highly of 
it, pronouncing it to be the very best mate 
rial for plants they have ever used. 
Blinds made op & Fixed complete. 
Sold in pieces, 30 yards long by yards wide, 
Price 40S. each. Samples submitted gratis. 
It is a strong, durable Cotton 
ting, woven in squares so close 
as to exclude the direct rays 
of the sun, but admitting 
the greatest amount 
of light attainabl 
through sbadin_ _ 
This new Shading is in the form of a white powder, 
and is prepared for use by applying boiling water to 
the compound, and allowing it to cool, when it 
can be applied by means of a brush. It dries ^ ^ * 
instantaneously, and can be rubbed off easily 
when moist. 1 his Shading may be used 
for GREENHOUSES, SKYLIGHTS, ^ 
WINDOWS, &c. 
Sold in I lb. packets, with 
directions for use, price is. 
each. I lb. free by parcel 
pest lor IS. 4|d. 
parcel 
■post for 2S. 6d. 
Each 
packet will make 
a gallon of shading 
material when mixed. 
It is a great improvement 
on anything hitherto offered, 
and lasts the whole season. 
B. S. WILLIAMS & SON, 
Victoria & Paradise Nurseries, 
Upper Holloway, London, N. 
DANIELS BRO^ 
Grand New Potato, 
DUKE OF YORK. 
The Most Prolific Early Potato 
ever sent out. 
Potato—Duke of York. 
This superb variety produced last season nearly 
twenty tons per acre of clean handsome tubers of 
splendid cooking quality. A grand variety for 
exhibition, and should be in every collection. 
Price : ylb., 2s. 6d.; iqlb., 4s. 6d.; per cwt., 28s. 
NEW GUGUMBER-THE ROGHFORD. 
A most prolific bearer. The fruit is smooth, slightly spined, 
18 to 20 inches in length, of a beautiful fresh green colour, and 
of the most handsome form. It is a wonderful cropper, pro¬ 
ducing two and three fruits at a joint, and is one of the best 
fiavoured and most profitable sotts with which we are 
acquainted. It is besides very early, and a splendid variety 
for the forcing-house. 
Per packet, is. 6d. and 2 S. fid. 
DANIELS BROS., 
Seed Growers and Nurserymen, 
ITOT^WIOTT. 
Crystal Palace Exhibitions 
OF 
PLANTS, FLOWERS, FRUIT, &c., 
■I 189). 
SPRING EXHIBITION OF PLANTS, FLOWERS, &c., 
Saturday, March 17th. 
Entries close on March loth. 
GREAT SUMMER EXHIBITION, 
Wednesday and Thursday, May nth and loth. 
THE NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY'S GRAND 
EXHIBITION OF ROSES, 
Saturday, July 7th. 
THE NATIONAL DAHLIA SOCIETY’S GRAND 
SHOW, 
Friday and Saturday, September yih and 8th. 
GRAND CHRYSANTHEMUM EXHIBITION. 
Friday and Saturday, November 2nd and 3rd. 
Schedules and entry forms on application to Mr. W. 
G. Head, Superintendent, Gardens Department, Crystal 
Palace, S.E. 
R oyal botanic society 
of MANCHESTER. 
FLOWER SHOW in the TOWN HALL, Manchester, on 
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, the 13th and 14th Inst. For 
particulars apply to the undersigned, 
BRUCE FINDLAY, 
Botanic Gardens, Manchester. 
Scottish Hopticultupal Association. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM EXHIBITION 
Fop MOVFMBFR, 1894. 
Prize Schedule now ready on application to 
ROBERT LAIRD, 
17, Frederick Street, Edinburgh. 
For Index to Contents see page 441. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, March 12th.—Annual Meeting of the United Horti¬ 
cultural Benefit and Provident Society at 8 p.m. 
Tuesday, March 13th.—Royal Horticultural Society; Meeting 
of Committees at 12 o'clock. 
Flower Show in Manchester Town Hail (2 days). 
Wednesday, March r4th.—Royal Botanic Society’s Spring 
Show. 
Preston Sprin? Flower Show. 
Friday, March ifith.—Orchid Sale at Protheroe & Morris' 
Rooms 
Saturday, March 17th.—Spring Show at the Crystal Palace. 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, MARCH loih, 1894. 
^OPULAR Plants. —Last week we referred 
to popular flowers, but to-day our refer¬ 
ence to popular plants is of a very difierent 
nature. There are some plants that are 
hardy, and also to use an expressive term 
“old-fashioned,” that seem, let florists 
produce what they may of beautiful flowers 
in other directions, yet will never be other¬ 
wise than popular. It is one of the highesc 
compliments that can be paid to these 
common plants that their great popularity 
has led to the formation of special societies 
in their interest, and judging by the recent 
demand for the formation of a Pink Society 
or exhibition it would seem as if all our 
old fancies would in time have their special 
exhibitions or Societies. 
If the more recent is the Pink Society, 
we have just older than that the Pansy 
Society, then that for Carnations, and 
earlier those for Roses, Auriculas and 
Tulips; and though not to be classed as 
hardy, how popular are Dahlias and 
Chrysanthemums. It may seem as if in 
the formation of so many different special 
societies there was a great waste of energy 
and strength, but there does not seem at 
present to be any great desire for greater 
