June 1, 1895. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
627 
JACK FROST 
has caused many losses that can be made gaod in 
an easy and cheap manner by purchasing the follow¬ 
ing bulbs and plants which I can recommend as being 
first class. 
BEGONIAS, SINGLE. 
20,000 grand bulbs, mixed colours, finest ever offered 
at the price, 3s. per dozen. 
PELARGONIUMS, SHOW AND DECORATIVE. 
Fine plants in best kinds, 6s., gs., and 12s. per dozen. 
ZONAL PELARGONIUMS. 
Best kinds only, 6 for 2s. 6d., 12 for 4s. 
IVY-LEAF PELARGONIUMS. 
A very choice lot, 6 for 2s. 6d., 12 for 4s. 
DOUBLE PETUNIAS. 
Extra fine new kinds, 6 for 3s. 6d., 12 for 6s. 
Send for Catalogue, Free. 
H. J. JONES, 
Ryecroft Nursery, Hither Green, Lewisham. 
ORCHIDS. 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Prices. 
Always worth a visit of inspection. Kindly send for Catalogue. 
JAMES CYPHER, 
Exotic Nu r series, CHELTENHA M._ 
Carnations! Carnations ! 
Carnations! 
The Choicest Varieties in Cultivation, from the 
late Mr. Dodwell's Garden, 
FROM 6s. PER DOZEN, UPWARDS. 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST ON APPLICATION TO— 
ARTHUR MEDHURST, 
THE COTTAGE, STANLEY ROAD, OXFORD. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS 
AND 
HARDY BORDER PLANTS. 
FORBES’ ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 
for 1895 is now ready, and will be posted to all intending 
Purchasers. 
The new Catalogue for 1895 is enlarged to about 150 pages 
and very materially improved, embracing everything new and 
old worth cultivating in the way of Florists’ Flowers and 
Hardy Plants with accurate description and prices, copious 
notes as to their origin, how, and where best to grow, a full 
index of the common or popular name? of Hardy Border 
Plants and a vast mass of other valuable information that 
cannot be had elsewhere, which renders this the best, most 
reliable, and complete catalogue ever issued on this popular 
class of plants. 
JOHN FORBES, Nurseryman, Hawick, Scotland. 
FERNS SPECIALITY. 
A MAGNIFICENT STOCK IN IMMENSE VARIETY. 
Catalogue (No. 40) Free on Application. 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, F.R.H.S., 
Fern Nurseries, Sale, near Manchester. 
THE ORCHID FLOWER HOLDER 
(PATENTED). 
A useful Invention for Orchid Growers and Floral Deeorators 
Price, per dozen, 8s. yd., post paid. 
TO BE HAD OF 
.A.IL.IF’IRIEID OXTTRAM, 
7, MOORE PARK ROAD, FDLHAM, LONDON, S.W 
STANDEES 
Established §U8 A ffl I IP C 
oyer 30 years. IfBAHUlBbi 
Exceeds all others in general fertilising properties 
and staying powers. 
It promotes a rapid, healthy, and robust growth to 
plants generally. 
It is a clean and dry powder with very little smell. 
The highly fertilising properties of this Manure 
render its money value, in comparison with other 
Manures, at least double ; and users will find that 
very small quantities will produce favourable and 
lasting results. 
THE ANALYSIS SHOWS— 
Insoluble Phosphate. 3574 P e r cent. 
Soluble „ '83 ,, 
Nitrogen. 8'93 ,, 
(Equal to ammonia) . ICY85 „ 
Sold in Tins, Is., 2s. 6d., 5s. 6d., and 8s. each, and in Kegs, 
well secured to prevent loss through exposure, 28 lbs., 
10s. 6d. 56 lbs., 18s.; 112 lbs., 32s. 
To be had from Seedsmen and Florists. 
Manufacturers—CORRY & Co., Ltd., London. 
THE NEW EARLY STRAWBERRY FOR 1895. 
“ Stevens Wonder. 
The earliest variety in cultivation and very prolific, 
solid fruit, good flavour, high perfume. 
Awarded First-class Cert.ficates, Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society and Royal Botanic Society, 1895. 
See Gardeners' Chronicle, March 2 ; Journal of Horti¬ 
culture, March 14 ; and The Garden, March 16. 
Having purchased the whole of the stock of this 
grand new early Strawberry from the raiser, we have 
pleasure in offering it as follows :— 
Strong plants in pots, £5 per 100 ; 15/- per doz. 
,, Runners, £1 per too ; g/- per doz. 
Ready for Delivery Early in July. 
Early Orders requested as stock is limited. 
Further paiticulars upon application 
'WM. CUTBUSH &. SON - , 
Highgate Nurseries, London, and Barnet, Herts. 
For Index to Contents see page 637. 
“ Gardening Is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man "— Bacon. 
I'ljtf ^atttiwua ijMi 
Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S. 
SATURDAY , JUNE ist, 1895. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, June 3rd.—Southampton Spring Show. Exhi- 
btion of Plants, Flowers, and Horticultural Implements 
at Manchester. 
Tuesday, June 4th. —Great Sale of Orchids by Mr. John 
Cowan, at Talbot House School, Old Trafford, Manchtster. 
Wednesday, June 5th.—Sale of Orchids by Mr. John Cowan 
at Old Trafford. 
Thursday, June6th.—Sale ofOrchidsby Mr. John Cowan at Old 
Trafford. 
Friday, June 7th.— Sale of Orchids at Messrs. Protheroe & 
Morris' Rooms. 
OIai.ient Features of the Temple 
^ Show.— Now that the great annual 
event of the Royal Horticultural Society is 
a thing of the past, it may be of interest to 
our readers who have not seen the show, 
nor have had time to sift out the leading 
features of the same from the general mass 
of information detailed in our pages last 
week, to pick out a few of the salient 
features of interest and those giving 
evidence of progress. The tents were 
arranged somewhat differently to what they 
had been at the seven previous exhibitions, 
and we think to the advantage of the general 
public in the greater facility afforded for in¬ 
specting the exhibits without being ex¬ 
cessively crowded. The relatively low 
temperature and absence of drying winds 
enabled the plants to pass through the 
ordeal of a three days’ exposure with less 
injury than on several previous occasions, 
ft was the general opinion as well as ours 
that the quantity of material exhibited was 
greater than ever and the show the best 
that has been held. If there was a falling 
away in some instances, it was more than 
compensated in others. There was more 
finish and artistic effect displayed in the 
make-up of many of the groups and collec¬ 
tions than has hitherto been the case, 
although an accusation of flatness might be 
brought against a few of them, and which 
might be due to the character of the plants 
themselves, to a great extent. The 
uniformly high quality of the exhibits was 
due to the fact that every exhibitor, whether 
amateur or professional, made a feature of 
their own specialities, so that what we miss 
in the large specimens of bygone exhibitions, 
is more than counteracted by the less for¬ 
mal appearance of the plants and a more 
gorgeous display of bloom. 
The Orchids were undoubtedly the 
aristocrats of the floral display, and created 
an unbounded amount of interest. To the 
botanist and connoisseur there was little of 
actual novelty beyond the influx of new 
varieties, but there were several good ex¬ 
amples of cultural skill. For instance the 
Epidendrum Stamfcrdianum, shown by Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, the E. Wallisii, shown 
by J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Laelia Hip- 
polyta, by M. Jules Hye, and the Masde- 
vallia benedicti, in Baron Schroder’s 
collection, and bearing a grand total of 300 
flowers, were triumphs of horticultural skill, 
and,we may presume, of “ the Art that does 
mend Nature.” The specimens protected 
by bell glasses were the objects of special 
attention, and chief amongst these was the 
famous Cypripedium Stonei platytaenium, 
shown by Sir Trevor Lawrence. Many 
were the enquiries for it, and much dis¬ 
appointment prevailed on the third day of 
the show, when it became known that the 
plant had to be taken home to more con¬ 
genial quarters in the Orchid house. One 
old gentleman knew Sir Trevor when the 
latter was a boy, and at the time when the 
flowering ofAmherstia nobiliswas the lead¬ 
ing cause of excitement in the plant world, 
both to botanist and the enthusiastic 
gardener. This first flowering took place 
in the hot-houses of Lady Lawrence, at 
Ealing, so that the love of flowers st 11 runs 
strong in the family. The old gentleman’s 
sore place on this occasion was that the 
famous Cypripedium, the very plant he 
wished to see, had been removed from the 
show before he could afford to attend it. 
What applies to the Cypripedium is also 
applicable to the magnificent Odonto- 
glossum crispum apiatum exhibited by 
Baron Schroder, and whose value was stated 
to run into four figures. We hope that 
these valuable and interesting plants will 
become more democratic, or, in other words, 
more common and less fastidious in their 
requirements in the near future, so that 
every enthusiastic visitor may have an 
opportunity of seeing them. Some of the 
ladies present wished that Christian names 
should be given the Orchids, but on being 
told that such was already the case, they 
seemed tc think that the practice was 
more often honoured in the breach than in 
the observance. 
Amongst foliage plants the Palms were 
good but not so numerous as we have seen 
them, and Cycads were absent or nearly so. 
The latter, though suggestive of a pre- 
adamite vegetation, serve, in conjunction 
with large Palms and tree Ferns, to give 
boldness of contour to the general display, 
to relieve the monotony of dwarf plants, and 
to soothe the eye when dazzled and wearied 
with the blaze of masses of bright colour. 
Here, also, the Caladiums are noteworthy as 
sustaining the reputation of their class and 
the new varieties of fine foliage plants 
showed that novelties may still be looked 
for in this direction. 
Some of the tents, but particularly the 
large marquee, were redolent with the scent 
of Roses, bearing evidence of the quantities 
present, and furnishing a reflection of their 
widespread popularity and cultivation by a 
large section of the community. It was too 
early for Carnations in bulk and variety, 
but that popular class was well represented 
by the Malmaisons, by Uriah Pike and the 
new Blenheim Beauty, with flowers as large 
as the first named, but belonging to a 
different race. Other flowering plants were 
well represented by fine masses or collec¬ 
tions of Gloxinias, Hybrid Streptocarpus, 
large flowered Cacti and tuberous 
Begonias. The flowering trees and shrubs, 
and Japan Maples were also conspicuous 
and effective. The specimens of rock-work 
were better than we have seen them here 
