June 10, 1898 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
639 
ORCHIDS. 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Prices. 
Alivays worth a visit of inspection. Kindly send for Catalogue. 
JAMES v 
Exotic Nurseries, CHELTENHAM. 
FERNS! FERNS! TRADE. Stove & Greenhouse, 
25 best sorts in 2j-in. pots 12s. 100, large in 10 best sorts 5-in. 
pots 6s. per doz. Seedlings in variety 6s. 100. Palms, Ficus, 
Hydrangeas, Marguerites, Pelargoniums, Dracaenas, in 5-in. 
pots is. each. Cyperus, Auralias, Grevellias, and Rhodanthe, 
in 5-in. pots 6s. dozen. A. Cuneatum, large, in 5-in. pots, value 
in fronds, 6s. and 8s. dozen. Pteris Tremula and A. Cuneatum 
for making large plants quickly, 16s. and 20s. loo. Packed, put 
on rail, free for Cash. J. SMITH, LONDON FERN 
NURSERIES, LOUGHB 3 RO JUNCTIO.'l, S.W. 
MR. DODWELL’S 
GRAND CARNATIONS. 
THE FINEST GROWN 
All Classes, 10/6 per dozen. 
Mr. Dodwell’s List of Specialties is now ready. 
Send Stamp and get copy. 
Thf. Cottage, Stanley Road, Oxford. 
TRADE 
MARK. 
And for all Glass Structures that require Shading. 
Sold in packets, is. each, containing 8 ozs. each, sufficient for 
125 ft. of glass ; or in bags, 7 lbs., 10s. 6d.; 14 lbs., 20s. Be sure 
to ask for “Summer Cloud,’’it being the original and only 
genuine article. Each packet should bear the Trade Mark as 
above. 
MANUFACTURERS— 
CORRY Sc CO., Ltd., 
Horticultural Sundries Merchant, 
Offices and Show Rooms, 
13, 15, & 16, Finsbury Street, London, E-C. 
Sold by all Seedsmen and Florists. 
SOW NOW FOR SPRINC FLOWERING. 
Myosotis dissitiflora ) ~ 
Myosotis dissitiflora alba j Forget-me-nots. 
Silene pendula compacta 
Silene pendula compacta alba. 
Wallflower, Dickson's Golden Beauty. 
Wallflower, Dickson’s Selected Dark Blood Red. 
Wallflower, Dickson's Superb Mixed Single. 
Wallflower, Choice Double German. 
Stocks, Brompton and East Lothian. 
Papaver nudicaule } 
,, album The Favourite Iceland Poppies. 
,, miniatum ) 
Primrose, Choice Hybrids, 
Polyanthus, Choice Mixed and Gold-laced. 
Pansies, Choice Show and Fan y Strains. 
Per Packet, 6d., 1/-, and 1 / 6 , post free; or in larger quantities . 
By making Sowings of above now, beautiful displays may be 
obtained next Spring. 
For all other Flower and Vegetable Seeds see Catalogue 
sent post free, on application— 
Dicksons ssf Ch ester 
(LIMITED) * *“ 1 1 
NOTHING is too small. 
NOTHING is too much trouble. 
Inspection Invited. The Trade Supplied. 
You will NOT be worried to order. 
E. D. 8HUTTLEW0RTH & CO. 
[LIMITED), 
Albert Nurseries, 
Palms, Ferns, Stove & Greenhouse Plants, &c., 
PECKHAM RYE, LONDON, S.E. 
Herbaceous Plants, General Nursery Stock, 
Bulbs, &c. 
FLEET, HANTS. 
BEDDING BEGONIAS. 
All the Choicest Colors, & best quality, 
4/- per dozen. 
POST OR PACKAGE FREE. 
H. J. JONES, Ryecroft Nursery, Hither Green, 
LEWISHAM, S.E. 
FERNS 
SPECIALITY. 
A magnificent stock of all kinds of Ferns. Abridged 
Catalogue of 1,400 varieties free on application. 
Illustrated Catalogue of Ferns (No. 22) 
The most beautiful and complete 
ever published, 2 J- post free. 
It contains 150 Illustrations, and an immense 
amount of interesting and instructive matter of great 
value to all Fern cultivators. 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, F.R.H.S., 
Fern Nurseries, Sale, near Manchester. 
THE CARNATION: 
Its History, Properties, and Management; 
WITH 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE BEST VARIETIES IN CULTIVATION 
BY 
E. S. 
Hon. Secretary and Treasurer of the Carnation and Picotee Union. 
A NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION, 
With Supplementary Chapter on the Yellow Ground. 
Is. 6d. Post Free, Is, 7d. 
“GARDENING WORLO” OFFICE, 1, CLEMENT’S INN, STRAND, W.C. 
ALOC ASIA 
WATSONIANA. 
A handsome new species. One of the six new j lants 
with which we won the First Prize at Ghent. 
Price on application. 
RANUNCULUS 
CORTUS/EFOLIUS. 
The Giant Buttercup. A splendid foliage and 
flowering plant for the conservatory. Has been 
awarded First-class Certificate. 
GLORIOSASUPERBA 
(The Climbing Glory Lily). Each, i/-; per doz., 
io/-; per ioo, 70/-. 
F. SANDER & CO., 
ST. ALBANS. 
For Index to Contents see page 649. 
1 Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, June 13th.—Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris' 
Rooms. 
Wednesday, June 14th.—Grand Floral Fete at York (3 days). 
Rose Show at Earl's Court (2 days). 
Thursday , June 15th.—Newport Rose Show. 
Friday, June 16th.—Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’ 
Rooms. 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, JUNE 10 th, 1893. 
^fNHONOURED Horticulture. — Looking 
over the long list of honours bestowed, 
as is customary, on Her Majesty’s birth¬ 
day, we seek in vain for any granted 
to representatives of horticulture. But 
then we have yet to learn that horticul¬ 
ture ever has been so considered. Of 
course we have our own opinions as to the 
real nature of the “honour” done to any 
body or profession, when titles, prefix or 
affix, are granted by the Government; but 
those are not now under discussion. We 
are rather thinking of not only what is 
very widely thought in horticulture, but 
also of what is thought in relation to these 
honours in other callings. 
Somehow, although horticulture is the. 
oldest and most honourable of professions, 
yet we cannot recall one single instance in 
which anyone has received honours of the 
kind we are considering as a gardener. 
Some eminent men have been honoured as 
botanists, and as such Mr. D. Morris, 
of Kew, obtains a K.C.M.G. Sir Joseph 
Paxton was a very distinguished gardener, 
but he was knighted because he was also 
an eminent architect. Sir James Mackay, 
of Dublin, was also knighted, but not be¬ 
cause he was an eminent seedsman. There 
could be no difficulty whatever in finding a 
score of men, all of whom as horticulturists 
are as worthy of honours as are the highest 
representatives of science, medicine, law, 
agriculture, or any other profession. 
Perhaps no one has represented the 
claims of horticulture in the proper quarter; 
perhaps no one has cared, and yet we can¬ 
not doubt but that the same appreciation 
for these public honours characterises hor¬ 
ticulturists as much as they do any other 
class. Not for one moment do we, or' 
