February 4, 1893. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
353 
W EBBS’ 
‘ SENATOR, ’’ 
Now Offered for 
the first time. 
Across between the varieties 
— Prince of Wales and Culvt-r- 
well Giant Marrow, and a re¬ 
markable cropper, the pods be¬ 
ing produced mostly in pairs ; 
they are of good size, and con¬ 
tain on an average about 9 a* ge 
peas,which are sweet in flavour; 
2 \to 3 feet in height. 
5s. per pint. 
See 
WEBBS’ 
SPRING 
CATALOGUE 
Post 
Free, 
Is. 
WEBBS’, WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDCE. 
T TINES AND VINE CULTURE.—The 
V best book on Grapes. By Archibald F. Barron, Superin¬ 
tendent of the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden, Chiswick ; 
Secretary of the Fruit Committee. Demy 8vo., Handsomely 
boundin Cloth. Price, 5s.; post free, 5s 3d.—1, Clement's Inn- 
Strand, London. W.C. 
IF YOU WANT 
Really Good Seeds and Bulbs 
At Moderate Pricer, apply to 
MR. ROBERT SYDENHAM, 
Of die Firm of Sydenham Brothers, Wholesale Jewellers, 
TENBY STREET, BIRMINGHAM, 
THE LARGEST AMATEUR IMPORTER IN THE KINGDOM 
No Nurseryman in the country can serve you better 
or cheaper. 
His Unique Seed List, 
Which is acknowledged to be the Best, Cheapest, Most Reliable 
and Unique List ever published, 
POST FREE ON APPLICATION. 
SEEDS 
ABSOLUTELY THE 
BEST PROCURABLE, 
At Moderate Prices. 
Illustrated Catalogue, 
Descriptive, and Alphabetically arranged, 
with ORDER SHEET, free on application. 
RICHARD SMITH & CO., 
Seed Merchants and Nurserymen, 
WORCESTER. 
(Established 1804.) 
SUPERB 
onions 
THE BEST FOR EXHIBITION, TABLE 
USE AND PROFIT. 
VE ITCH’S 
MAIN CROP. 
This is a most de-irable and per.ect strain for 
exhibition or table use. It is very quick in growth, 
and when fully' developed attains a large size and 
heavy weight; the bulb is very smooth, clean- 
skinnel, and of a beautiful pale straw colour. 
Per Ounce Is. 6d. 
VEITCH’S 
SELECTED GLOBE. 
A very handsome globe-shaped variety, selected 
and grown for several years at our Seed barm, and 
now quite fixed in character. It is a heavy cropper 
and excellent keeper, and will form an excellent 
companidn to our Main Crop, and prove to be one 
of the best Onions in cultivation. 
Per Ounce Is. 6d. 
For full descriptions of the above and many 
OTHER CHOICE NOVELTIES AND SPECI¬ 
ALITIES see SEED CATALOGUE for 1893, for¬ 
warded gratis and post free on application. 
JAMES YE1TCH I SONS, 
Royal Exotic Nursery, CHELSEA, S.W. 
Thomson’s Seeds. 
WORLD-RENOWNED 
GOLD MEDAL STRAINS 
OF 
rhratla 
Per Packet, 1 6, 2 6, 3 6 and 5/-. 
FLOWER SEEDS—POST FREE. 
ILLUSTRATED SEED CATALOGUE, comprising every¬ 
thing necessary and requisite for the Garden, gratis 
and post free on application. 
UPPER NOLLOWAY.^^ 
* Z ( 9 / 1 / D O/V. N. 
F r Index to Contents see page 382. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, Feb. 6th.—Sale of Greenhouse Plants at Protheroe & 
Morris’ Rooms. 
Tuesday, Feb. 7th.—National Amateur Gardeners’ Associa¬ 
tion, meeting at 7 p.m. 
Special Sale of Imported Orchids, Camellias, Azaleas, &c., 
at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Wednesday, Feb. 8th.—Sale of Tuberous Roots, Bulbs, &c., 
at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Thursday, Feb. 9th.—Sale of Plants from Belgium at 
Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Friday, Feb. 10th.—Sale of Orchids and Hardy Plants, at 
Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
^tl^iiM ijibrld. 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
BEGONIA, Thomson's Superb Single and Double. 
— Saved from selected plants of a very choice 
collection. Per Packet, is. & 2 s. 6 d. 
CALCEOLARIA, Thomson's Dalkeith Park. —A 
well-known and popular strain; saved from 
plants of dwarf and compact habit. Per Packet, 
25 . td. 
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. & 
is. 6 d. 
PANSY, Thomson's Choice Mixed —Saved from tbe 
finest named sorts. Per Packet, is. 
POLYANTHUS, Thomsons 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. 
VEGETABLE 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 new in cultivation. 
Per oz., ttd 
LEEK, Musselburgh. — True stock; Scotch saved. 
Per oz., 2s. <5d. 
PARSLEY, Thomson’s : uperb 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 tf. 
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 W. THOMSON 
(SEED MERCHANT), 
24, FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH. 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY \th, 1893. 
||V,ur Amateurs. —To the horticultural 
^ journalist there are, perhaps, few 
garden associations of a more pleasing 
kind than are those connected with the 
amateur element found in gardening. The 
practical gardener is always a very practical 
minded man, some few may be enthusiastic, 
but only in a mild way. To him the work 
of gardening is only a means to an end. 
It is a struggle all through for a livelihood, 
and no wonder if in his case the sentiment 
gives place to more grovelling considera¬ 
tions. With the true amateur things are 
very’ different. It is his great enthusiasm, 
his intense sentimental regard for his 
flowers, or whatsoever he makes in horti¬ 
culture his particular fancy, that keeps 
him an amateur. 
Remove the sentiment, and the amateur's 
gardening would soon collapse. So far 
from finding it profitable, he generally finds 
the hobby expensive ; yet it so in a pecu¬ 
niary sense, he is, in the exceeding pleasure 
derived fr m pursuing his fancy, tar more 
than repaid. The ordinary practical gar¬ 
dener cannot at all realise the peculiar 
delight with which the true amateur enters 
into horticulture. The latter may be so 
fvr human that he may like to win prizes, 
because, after all, few human souls soar so 
lofty as to be utterly indifferent to hard 
cash. Still our amateur most probably 
does but regard his hard won spoils as 
something to be spent in furtherance of his 
pet objects. In any case our amateur loves 
to score honours, and most of them who 
exhibit may consider that honour is after 
all their chief reward. 
