January 5, 1895. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
291 
SPRING 
CATALOGUE 
FOR 1895. 
Beautifully Illustrated with five Coloured 
Plates (Illustrating Potatoes and Flowers) and 
hundreds of Engravings. Also containing 
complete Cultural Instructions, an article on 
“Floral Facts and Fancies,” List of Novel¬ 
ties, &c., &c. 
NOW READY, POST FREE, Is. 
Which may be deducted off subsequent Orders. 
ABRIDGED EDITION, ready on FEBRUARY r, 
Gratis and Post Free. 
SEEDSMAN BY ROYAL WARRANTS, 
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
ORCHIDS. 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Prices. 
Always worth a visit of inspection. Kindly send for Catalogue. 
JAMES CYPHER, 
Exotic Nurseries, CHELTENHAM. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
NORMAN DAVIS has much pleasure 
in announcing that his new Catalogue of 
Chrysanthemums is now ready, and can 
be had free by post. This Catalogue is 
issued simply as a guide, such as a Cata¬ 
logue should be, and will be found com¬ 
prehensive and useful. You are welcome to 
a copy, even if not a purchaser. 
NORMAN DAVIS, 
Chrysanthemum Nurseries, 
LILFORD ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, S.E. 
SUPERB 
CELERIES. 
YEITCH’S EARLY ROSE. 
A beautiful rose-coloured selection of robust, 
compact growth, forming very solid hearts, which 
are crisp and of a fine flavour. 
Per Packet, Is 6d. 
YEITCH’S SUPERB WHITE. 
The most perfect type of White Celery for table 
use, being a pure white counterpart of the well- 
known Major Clarke’s Solid Red. 
Per Packet, Is 6d. 
YEITCH’S DWARF RED. 
A distinct variety of dwarf growth and fine colour, 
very solid and crisp. 
Per Packet, Is. 6d. 
SEED CATALOGUE for 1895 has now been 
posted to all customers. If not received, kindly notify, 
and another copy will be sent. 
JAMES VEITCH & SONS, 
Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, S.W. 
The Late MR. DODWELL’S 
GRAND CARNATIONS. 
THE FINEST GROWN. 
All Classes, 10/6 per dozen. 
List ot Specialties can be obtained of— 
Mr. A. MEDHURST, 
The Cottage, Stanley Road, Oxford. 
Amateur’s Guide 
In Horticulture, 
For 1895 
IS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH 
m EX(tKH¥IN(5S 
AND 
CONTAINS FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF 
ALL THE BEST 
VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS, 
WITH 
complet price lists 
OF 
EVERY SEED for the GARDEN. 
Price 1 /-, post free; Gratis to 
Customers, from — 
SUTTON & SONS, 
®lj t Kotml $ui>snmt, 
READING. 
For Index to Contents see page 301. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greates', 
refreshment to the spirit of man ”— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, Jan. 7th.—Sale of Hardy Plants and Bulbs a 1 
Protheroe & Morris' Rooms. 
Tuesday, Jan. 8th.—National Amateur Gardeners’ Associa¬ 
tion, at 7 p.m. 
Special Sale of Plants, Bulbs, Roots, &c.. at Protheroe & 
Morris’ Rooms. 
Wednesday, Jan. 9th.—Sale of Lily Bulbs, Plants, &c., at 
Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Friday, Jan. nth.—Orchid Sale at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
ijWid, 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 5th, 1895. 
To our numerous readers and supporters 
in all parts of the world, we tender 
a most cordial New Year’s Greeting. 
We thank them most heartily for their 
generous appreciation of our efforts to be 
useful to them during the past twelve 
months, and most sincerely wish them all a 
very Happy and Prosperous New Year. 
HOTOGRAPHY AND HORTICULTURE. -It is 
but reasonable to suppose that horti¬ 
culture will profit like all other professions 
or trades by the improvements that are 
constantly being effected in the arts, in¬ 
cluding that of photography. We are all 
familiar with the statement that gardening 
SUPERIOR GARDEN SEEDS. 
DICKSON, BROWN & TAIT’S 
New ILLUSTRATED PRICED CATALOGUE °f VEGETABLE and 
FLOWER SEEDS is now published, and may be had free on application. 
A Copy has been posted, to each of their Customers ; should anyone not 
have received it they will be pleased to forward another copy. 
ROYAL SEED ESTABLISHMENT, Corporation Street, Manchester. 
NOW READY. 
HARPES’ ILLUSTRATED 
Descriptive Catalogue 
Post Free on application to 
CHARLES SHARPE & Co., Ltd., 
SEED FARMERS AND MERCHANTS, SLEAFORD. 
