March 11, 1893. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
433 
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WEBBS’ BOX, of Vegetable Seeds, 12/6 
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HIED DO’ DAW Containing 6i varieties fJI /_ 
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= PER CENT. DISCOUNT FOR CASH. 
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From the Rev. W. T. BARKER, Silkstone Vicarage 
“ The Guinea Box ot Vegetable Seeds was more than 
sufficient to give me a good round of crops for rather 
over half an acre of kitchen garden. The Carrots and 
Turnips were particularly good, but the chief advantage 
was in the judgment shown, selection of seeds, and 
their proportion to each other.” 
WEBBS’ SPRING CATALOGUE, 
Beautifully Illustrated, post free Is , gratis to 
customers. 
Abridged edition gratis and post free. 
4 MORE CATALOGUES, 
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A VALUABLE WORK 
UPON 
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HARDY FLORIST FLOWERS, Illustrated. 
HARDY FERNS & PRIMULAS! illus 
HARDY P/EONIES ( Herbaceous ) ^ TRATED. 
HARDY CLIMBERS, ROSES, ETC., 
ILLUSTRATED. 
AND TO BE FOLLOWED IN APRIL BY 
NEW DAHLIA CATALOGUE. 
The above Catalogues are beautifully got up, carefully arranged 
in sections, every plant well described, copious notes as to their 
special adaptabilities, where to plant, and many of them 
BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. 
MY CELEBRATED COLLECTION 
OF 
BORDER CARNATIONS & PICOTEES. 
All described and arranged in sections; also Pyrethrums 
Phloxes, Pentstemons, Hollyhocks, Potentillas, Pansies, Pinks,’ 
and many other important families will be found described in 
above catalogues. 
THOMAS S7WARE, 
HALE FARM NURSERIES, 
TOTTENHAM LONDON. 
MENTION THIS PAPER WHEN WRITING. 
BEAUTIFUL LAWNS 
AND 
Tennis Grounds 
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Fir Index to Contents see page 412. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, March 13th.—United Horticultural Provident and 
Benefit Society ; Annual Meeting. 
Sale of Plants, Roots, &c., at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Tuesday, March 14th —Royal Horticultural Society ; Meeting 
c f Committees at 12 o’clock. Flower Show in Manchester 
Town Hall. 
Sale of Border Plants at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Wednesday, March 15th.—Sale of Bulbs and Hardy Plants, 
at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Thursday, March 16th.—Sale of Lily and other Bulbs, at 
Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Friday, March 17th.—Sales of Orchids and Hardy Plants 
at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
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Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, MARCH nth , 1893. 
as changeable in reference to floral favour¬ 
ites as they are to fashions in dress, or in 
relation to other things which for a period 
powerfully operate upon the public mind. 
And yet, it must be said, a Dahlia show 
is always popular. Visitors look upon the 
large, finely moulded, brilliantly or delicately 
hued blooms of the Show varieties and 
wonder at their marvellous development 
and superb beauty, for dislike as some may 
“ the lumpish and inelegant Dahlia,” as 
Dr. Lindley once termed it, there is yet a 
grandeur and at the same time a refinement 
about it which compels admiration. The 
exhibitions of the National Dahlia Society * 
have done so much towards the develop¬ 
ment of the flower of late years that we 
should greatly regret if the danger which 
appears to beset it in the immediate 
future—a falling off in its funds—was to 
be realised. Whatever may sometimes be 
said as to the waste of power in the 
multiplication of special societies in the 
floral world, rightly regarded they are a 
necessity. They are powerful, as far as 
their limited means will allow, in keeping 
a particular flower prominently before 
those who find in flowers so much to 
fascinate, that we shall be very sorry 
indeed i f the future operations of the 
National Dahlia Society become crippled 
for want of means. All who have a kindly 
regard for the Dahlia, even if one type is 
preferred before another, should support 
the National Dahlia Society. Its existence 
is a guarantee—and a most substantial 
one—for the improvement of the flower, 
and we have by no means reached the 
ultima thule which bars the way to the 
future march of progress. 
If it were only for what the society has 
accomplished with such signal success, viz. 
the marked improvement in the Cactus, 
Pompon and decorative types—it demands 
wide support. It has laid open to the 
view of the flower-loving public a marvel¬ 
lous wealth of beauty and variety in the 
form of decorative material of an almost 
priceless character. The development of 
the new Cactus type during the past year 
was remarkable in the extreme, and with 
an active society encouraging future en¬ 
terprise the possibilities of lurther develop¬ 
ment are boundless. This being so the 
National Dahlia Society can lay fair claim 
to a wide spread and generous support. 
Whe Future of the Dahlia.— There is 
just a possibility, from the growers’ and 
exhibitors’ point of view, that the Dahlia is 
in danger of falling somewhat into neglect 
as an exhibition flower. Perhaps it is only 
natural. The introduction of the Cactus 
type, and its wonderful development, took 
a deep hold upon the public taste, and this, 
added to something like a floral furor over 
the single varieties, operated to infuse a 
large amount of energy into the production 
of new and improved forms, which also 
acted favourably towards the Show and 
Fancy types. The rush of enthusiasm 
appears to be sensibly declining, for these 
fluctuations come periodically and they 
serve to show that the general public are 
Whe Chrysanthemum Trade.— Those of 
A our readers who are privileged at this 
season of the year to visit some of the lead¬ 
ing Chrysanthemum nurseries will have 
perhaps gained a keener perception of the 
extent of the trade in these plants, and of 
the wonderful extent to which they are 
grown, not only in this country, but also 
all over the world, than can in any other 
way be furnished. Hardly have the plants 
begun to bloom in the autumn than the 
process of propagation is begun too, and 
thus it goes on for some six months—almost 
practically all the winter. During that 
time, in one nursery alone, some one 
hundred thousand young plants are rooted 
and put into commerce, sometimes more. 
The demand begins early in the winter, 
and goes on till the spring. It is not so 
much a matter for wonder how so many 
young plants are produced. That is com¬ 
paratively easy work. It is rather a matter 
for surprise that when everybody seems to 
have an abundance there should still be so 
great a demand for others. We can count 
these Chrysanthemum nurseries, large ones 
by the score, small ones by the hundred. 
They are found all over the kingdom. The 
large establishments lead the w r ay with 
novelties, because with them enterprise 
and willingness to keep pace with the times 
constitutes the life blood of their existence. 
