March 16, 1895. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
451 
IF YOU WANT 
REALLY GOOD SEEDS 
AT MODERATE PRICES apply to 
Mr. ROBERT SYDENHAM, 
Tenby Street, BIRMINGHAM. 
No Nurseryman will serve you better in quality, 
quantity, or price. 
THE SIX BEST TOMATOS 
In cultivation, often sold under ether names to get fancy prices. 
Each packet contains nearly 200 seeds. Perfection, 3d.; Ham 
Green Favourite, 3d.; Hackwood Park Prolific, 3d.; Challenger, 
3d.; Roseleigh Gem, a grand new large smooth selection, 3d.; 
Golden Perfection, the best yellow. 3d. Collection, is. 8d., post 
free ; singly, id. each extra for postage. 
THE FOUR BEST CUCUMBERS. 
Eacb packet contains io seeds, Lcckie’s Perfection, Rollisson's 
Selected Telegraph, Epicurean, and Covent Garden Favourite, 
6d. each ; or the collection, 2S., post free ; singly, id. extra for 
postage. 
SWEET PEAS—A SPECIALITY. 
ECKFORD’S and other choice varieties at a third 
or a fourth usual prices. 
Nothing gives so much cut bloom at so small a cost, or so 
ittle trouble. To get best results SOW AT ONCE, as 
directions sent with each collection. 
SPECIAL VERY CHEAP OFFER. 
8 Really Good Yarieties— Queen of England, 
white; Blanche Ferry, pink and white; Princess 
Beatrice, pale pink; Apple Blossom, apple blossom 
tint; Orange Prince, orange pink ; Splendour, rich 
deep rose ; Cardinal, bright cardinal ; Countess of 
Radnor, pale heliotrope, 25 seeds of each, is. 3d. 
7 Extra Choice and Newer Yarieties—Emily 
Henderson,fine large white; Venus, pale lemon flushed 
with pink; Mrs. Gladstone, delicate pink; Her 
Majesty, soft rosy-pink ; Lady Penzance, bright pale 
rose; Firefly, bright glowing crimson ; Monarch, 
large bronzy-purple. 25 seeds of each, is. 6d. 
The Two Collections, 2 s. 6d.— Postage 2d. each 
Collection extra ; or the two 3d. extra. 
Extra Choice Mixture, 3d. per 100 seeds; postage Id. extra. 
ALL OTHER SEEDS EQUALLY MODERATE. 
FULL LISTS POST FREE ON APPLICATION. 
Please mention this Paper. 
H. DEVERILL, 
The Onion Specialist, 
BANBURY, 
offers his well-known varieties of 
PEDIGREE ONIONS in is. and 2s. 6d. H 
packets. Specimens grown from his 
seed "have been known to weigh from 
3 lbs. to 4 lbs. each. 
VEGETABLE l FLOWER SEEDS 
OF UNSURPASSED QUALITY. 
The above have been awarded hundreds 
of Prizes at the various Horticultural 
Shows. 
Catalogue Free upon Application. | 
VfW\LD-WIDE REROWN* STRIKING flOl/ELTIES 
CATALOGUE POST FREE3^ 
c/. 
Carnations! Carnations ! 
Carnations! 
The Choicest Varieties in Cultivation, from the 
late Mr. Dodwell's Carden , 
FROM 6s. PER DOZEN, UPWARDS. 
descriptive list on application to— 
ARTHUR MEDHURST, 
THE COTTAGE, STANLEY ROAD, OXFORD. 
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LAWNS 
AND 
TENNIS GROUNDS. 
PRIZE 
MIXTURES, 
Either with or without Clovers, rapidly 
produce the most beautiful and enduring turf 
for Garden Lawns, Bowling Greens, Tennis 
and Cricket Grounds, etc. 
Is. 4d. per lb., 25s. pep bushel. 
. WEBBS' MIXTURES, 
FOR GOLF LINKS, RECREATION GROUNDS, &c. 
1st per pound, 20s. pen* bushel. 
From Mr. F. REEYE, Gardener, Town Gardens, 
Old Swindon. 
“ Webbs’ Lawn Grass Seeds supplied to the Old Swindon 
Local Board for the Town Gardens were sown at 
Easter ; since then the grass has been mown nine times 
with the scythe, producing a good crop each time, and 
the Lawn has now an excellent foundation. In my 
experience of twenty years I have never known Grass 
Seeds to make such wonderful progress ; in fact, the 
Lawn Ins been the talk ot Swindon, and looks as though 
it had been laid down for years. I shall certainly 
recommend your Seeds, as they are simply perfection.” 
Webbs, Wordsley, Stourbridge. 
E. D. SHUTTLEWORTH & Co, Limited. 
Awarded 20 Medals in 6 Months. 
Nothing is too small or too much trouble ! ! ! 
HERBACEOUS 
HARDY PERENNIALS &c. 
Roses, Fruits, 
Shrubs, Stocks &c. 
PELARGONIUMS, FUCHSIAS &c. 
FERNS. Pflltms &e. 
CARNATIONS, 
DAHMAS, 
Stamps or P.O. for Sample or trial order. 
TRADE. 
Write us:— 
SHUTTLEWORTH, Limited, 
FLEET, HANTS. 
THE NATIONAL CHRYSANTHE- 
1 MUM SOCIETY’S YEAR BOOK FOR 1895. Edited 
by C. Harman Payne, F.R.H.S. Just published. Price One 
Shilling. Post free is. ijd. from the Publisher of the 
Gardening World, i, Clement’s Inn, Strand, W.C. 
SUTTON’S 
EARLIEST 
CABBAGE 
if sown now in gentle heat will come 
in to take the place of the Autumn 
Sown Cabbages which have been 
almost entirely ruined by 
the Frost. 
“SUTTON’S EARLIEST IS THE 
EARLIEST AND QUICKEST 
GROWING CABBAGE I KNOW. 
Seed sown in a gentle heat early in the 
spring will produce good heads earlier and 
better than many varieties sown in the 
Autumn.” — Mr. R. Lye, Sydmonton 
Court Gardens, 
Price of Seed, per packet Is, and is. 6d., 
POST FREE. 
SUTTON’S SEEDS 
GENUINE ONLY FROM SUTTON & SONS,READING. 
For Index to Contents see page 428. 
11 Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
reireshmtnt to the spirit of man "—Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, March 18th.—Sale of Lilies, Greenhouse Plants, etc., 
at Messrs. Protheroe & Morris' Rooms. 
Tuesday, March 19th.—Sale of Orchids at Messrs. Protheroe 
& Morris’ Rooms. 
Wednesday, March 20th.—Royal Botanic Society's Spring 
Show. 
Exeter Hyacinth and Spring Flower Show. 
Sale of Lilies, Palms, etc., at Messrs. Protheroe & Morris' 
Rooms. 
Thursday, March 21st.—Sale of Ferns and Greenhouse Plants 
at Messrs. Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Friday, March 22nd.— Sale of Orchids at Messrs. Protheroe 
& Morris’ Rooms. 
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Edited by BRIAN WYNNE. 
SATURDAY , MARCH 1895. 
J|bject Lessons as a means of Instruc- 
^ tion. —The idea of object lessons is 
doubtless familiar to every schoolmaster 
and to a large proportion of his pupils ; hut 
the same idea differing slightly in detail 
might well be introduced to horticulture in 
its widest sense. The question at issue is 
how it is to be done, and the method of it. 
A well-kept cottage garden might serve as 
an object-lesson'; but what is more particu¬ 
larly desirable is a piece of ground, large or 
small, according to requirements and 
financial resources, in the neighbourhood 
of every town or large community of men, 
where trials and experiments might be 
carried on with a view to the benefit of any 
and everyone connected with the cultivation 
of the soil. The purpose cf this should be 
