January 21, 1893. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
319 
Thomson’s Seeds. 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
BEGONIA, Thomson's Superb Single and Double. 
—Saved from selected plants of a very choice 
collection. Per Packet, is & 2s. 6(1. 
CALCEOLARIA, Thomson's Dalkeith Park. — A 
well-known and popular strain ; saved from 
plants of dwarf and compact habit. Per Packet, 
2 s. tcL. 
CINERARIA, Thomson's Superb Mixed.— A very 
carefully selected stock. Per Packet, is. & 2s. 6 d. 
CELOSIA Pyramidalis, Thomson’s —Best strain in 
cultivation ; still unrivalled. Per Packet, is. & 
2s. 6 d. 
PANSY, Thomson's Choice Mixed. —Saved from the 
finest named sorts. Per Packet, is. 
POLYANTHUS, Thomson's Superb Hybrid.— 
Saved from the choicest varieties. Per Pkt, is. 
STOCK, East Lothian (Scarlet, Purple, White, 
Crimson and White, Wall-leaved).—Saved from 
2 year old plants, specially selected. Per Packet, 
is., 2s. 6 d. and 5s. 
YEGE’X'.H.SIL.IE SEEDS. 
BEET, Thomson’s Superb Red.— Unsurpassed for 
garden and decorative purposes. Per oz., is. 6d. 
BROCCOLI, Thomson’s Self-protecting’.— One of 
the hardiest Broccolis grown. Per Pkt, is. 6 d. 
BROCCOLI, Snow's Winter White .—An extra select 
Stock. Per Packet, is. 6 d. 
CARROT, Thomson’s New Improved Horn.— Su¬ 
perior to the Horn Carrots now in cultivation. 
Per oz., 8 d. 
LEEK, Musselburgh. —True stock; Scotch saved. 
Per oz., 2s. 6 d. 
PARSLEY, Thomson’s Superb Curled.— Dwarf and 
compact; beautifully curled. Per oz , is. 
TOMATO, Thomson’s Excelsior. —Undoubtedly one 
of the best for general use ; smooth-skinned, and 
of fine flavour. Per Packet, is. 6 d. 
THOMSON'S Vines, Thomson-s Styptic. 
THOMSON'S Vine and Plant Manure 
THOMSON’S Book on the Vine, the Pine, the 
Flower Garden, & Fruit Culture under Glass. 
CATALOGUE of SELECT GARDEN SEEDS, forwarded on 
application. All goods carriage paid. 
DAVID AaTtHOMSON 
(SEED MERCHANT ), 
SUPERB 
CAULIFLOWERS 
Should be Grown in all Gardens. 
VESTCH’S 
EXTRA EARLY FORGING. 
First-class Certificate Royal Horticultural Society. 
Of dwarf compact habit, beautifully close and 
white. Comes into use earlier than any other 
variety. Highly recommended for forcing. 
Per Packet 2s. 6d. 
VEITCH’S PEARL. 
The best Main Crop Variety. 
The pure white heads are of medium size and 
finest quality. 
Per Packet Is. 6d. 
VEITCH’S AUTUiH GIANT. 
The grandest Variety in cultivation. 
Magnificent, large, pure white heads, of splendid 
quality ; indispensable for autumn use. 
Per Ounce 2s. 
For full Descriptions of the above and 
many other choice novelties and speciali¬ 
ties see SEED CATALOGUE for 1893, for¬ 
warded gratis and post free on application. 
JAMES YEITCH & SONS, 
Royal Exotic Nursery, CHELSEA, 
S.W. 
H. CAHILL i SONS 
CATALOGUE OF BULBS, 
And ALL THINGS NEEDED DURING the SEASON. 
POST FREE. 
It is of the highest importance to all who are 
desirous to obtain the greatest possible satisfaction 
from the garden, that they should not only give care¬ 
ful attention to every page of this book of “ Reference 
in Horticulture,” but should immediately make them¬ 
selves acquainted with the advantages of our firm 
and its facilities, etc., whose whole and sole aim is 
to make all gardens they stock far excel those 
otherwise supplied. 
SW^LHSTHiElT, U<L T±i 1 ST T. 
NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
TTOK/JNdIJLTT IMAUVIS 
Begs to intimate that he has among the New Chrysanthemums of the present season, several of exception¬ 
ally fine quality, including the two magnificent New Crimson Japanese 
AND 
The finest introductions oi recent years, and which will be distributed by him during the coming Spring. 
Catalogue on application. 
CHRYSANTH EMUM NUR SERI ES, Lilford Road, Camberwell, London,_S,E. 
NOW READY. 
^fSfllARPE'K ILLUSTRATED 
Sit , 893 . Descriptive Catalogue 
POST-FREE OK APPUCATfOS TO 
CHARLES SHARPE Sl Co., 
SEED FARMERS AND MERCHANTS, SLEAFORD. 
Primulas s 
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL. 
SUTTON’S 
Superb Single, 
MIXED COLOURS, 
Per Packet, 3s. 6d., post free. 
“ Your Superb Primulas have been in bloom for 
months, and are still adorning the conservatory 
with enormous trusses of beautiful flowers.” 
SUTTON'S 
COLLECTION OF 
PRIMULA SEEDS, 
Containing’ a Packet of each of 14 
varieties, 21s., post free. 
Sutton’s Seeds! 
GENUINE ONLY FR OM SU TTON 5 SONS,REA DING. / 
Fir Index to Contents see page 339. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, Jan. 23rd.—Bulb and Root Sale at Protheroe & 
Morris’ Rooms. 
Tuesday, Jan. 24th.—Sale of Gladioli, hardy plants, See., at 
Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Wednesday. Jan. 25th.—Sale of Lily Bulbs at Protheroe & 
Mo ris’ Rooms. 
Thursday, Jan. 26th.—Sale of Hardy plants and Bulbs at 
Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Friday, Jan. 27th.—Sale of Orchids at Protheroe & Morris’ 
Rooms. 
fl|c ^birhl. 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE. F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21 st, 1893. 
f ARDENERS and Birds. —An eminent natu¬ 
ralist, writing in an Irish publication, 
has classed gardeners with gamekeepers, 
bird-catchers,etc.,amongst the chief enemies 
to birds. We cannot accept that classifica¬ 
tion by any means, as, so far as our know¬ 
ledge goes, we never met with a gardener 
who was an enemy to any bird except such 
few as proved to be wanton depredators, 
and these they would endeavour to destroy 
simply as a means of self defence. The 
gamekeeper is a wanton destroyer of bird 
life, the champion disturber of Nature’s bal¬ 
ance ; and in a lesser degree so, too, is the 
professional bird-catcher. The gardener, on 
the other hand, rather likes birds. He is al¬ 
ways living or working amongst them; they 
become the cheerful companions of his early 
labours. 
