April 1, 1893. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
481 
4 MORE CATALOGUES, 
SECOND ISSUE, JUST PUBLISHED, FORMING 
A VALUABLE WORK 
UPON 
CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS & ILLUSTRATIONS 
OF ONE OF THE 
LARGEST COLLECTIONS 
IN 
THE UNIVERSE, 
And FREE TO ALL APPLICANTS. 
THEY CONSIST OF 
HARDY PERENNIALS, illustrated 
HARDY FLORIST FLOWERS, Illustrated. 
HARDY FERNS & PRIMULAS) illus 
HARDY PEONIES ( 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 plan t well desci ibed, copious notes as to their 
special adaptabilities, where to plant, and many of them 
BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. 
MY CELEBRATED COLLECTION 
OF 
BORDER CARNATIONS & PIGOTEES. 
All described and arranged in sections; also Pyrethrums, 
Phlcxes, Pentstemons, Hollyhocks, Potentillas, Pansies, Pinks, 
and many other important families will be found described in 
above catalogues. 
THOMAS S. WARE, 
HALE FARM NURSERIES, 
TOTTENHAM LONDON. 
MENTION THIS PAPER WHEN WRITING. 
WONDERFUL VALUE. 
TO PRE YEN T DISA PPOIN TMEN T 
SOW 
SEEDS 
AND HAVE 
THE FINEST VEGETABLES 
FOR THE TABLE 
ALL THE YEAR ROUND. 
SUTTON’S COLLECTIONS 
prepared at the following prices, 
contain not only a most liberal 
supply but all the varieties are 
of the very best, of excellent 
quality when cooked, and abun¬ 
dant croppers. 
5/-, 7/6, 10/6, 15/-, 17/6, and 21/- 
Sent Carriage Free on Receipt of Remittance. 
“ I took 25 Prizes with Vegetables grown from one of 
your Collections.” — Mr. J. Stringer, Howgrove. 
SUTTON’S SEEDS 
GENUINE ONLY FROM SUTTON & SONS,READING. , 
Fir Index to Contents see page 490. 
£3 3s. COLLECTION 
contains amongst Various other Vegetable Seeds: 18 qts. 
Peas, 7 qts. JtSeans, 5 pkts. Broccoli, 5 pkts Cabbage, 7 oz. 
Carrot, 4 pkts. Lettuce, 12 oz. Radish. 
£2 2s. COLLECTION 
contains, amongst Various other Vegetable Seeds : 10 qts. 
Peas, 9 pts. Beans, 4 pkts Broccoli, 4 pkts. Cabbage, 4 oz. 
Carrot, 2 pkts. Cauliflower, 3 pkts. Lettuce, 5 oz. onion, 6 oz. 
Raddish. 
£1 Is. COLLECTION 
contains, amongst Various other Vegetable Seeds: 6 qts. 
Peas, 5J pts. Beans, 2 pkts. Broccoli, 2 pkts. Cabbage, 2oz. 
Carrot, 2 pkts. Celery, 3 oz. Mustard, 4 oz. Spinach. 
10s. 6d. COLLECTION for COTTAGE GARDEN 
contains a most Liberal Allowance of various Vegetable Seeds. 
N.B.—All the above are of the Finest Possible Quality and of 
Excellent Sorts ; in the case of Peas, &c., the selection is made 
for succession. For full particulars, see Seed Catalogue, free 
on application. 
RICHARD SMITH & GO., 
Seed merchants &. fiuvsevymen, 
WORCESTER. 
WORLD-RENOWNED STRAINS 
OF 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
POST FREE. 
Balsam, Williams' Superb 
Cockscomb, Williams Prize Strain 
Calceolaria, Williams’ Superb .. 1 
Cinerarias, Williams’ Superb .. 1 
C neraria alba . 
Cyclamen Giganteum (mixed) .. 
Gloxinia, Williams' Superb Erect 
Primula, Williams’ Superb .. 1 
Primula, Williams’ (mixture of 6 vars.) 1 
Primula, Double (mixed) 
Illustrated Seed Catalogue, comprising everything necessa 
and requisite for the Garden, Gratis and Post Free 
application. 
B. S. WILLIAMS & SON, 
UPPER HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 
Per Pkt. s. 
1 6 & 2 
2 
1 6 & 2 
1 6 & 2 
2 
2 
2 
6 & 2 
6 & 2 
2 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, April 4th.—National Amateur Gardeners'Associa¬ 
tion : Meeting at 7 p.m. 
Wednesday, April 5th.—Royal Ca’edonian Horticultural 
Society’s Spring Show (2 days). 
Thursday, April 6ih.—Sale of Stove and Greenhouse Plants 
at Protheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Friday, April 7th.—Sale of Orchids, at Protheroe & Morris’ 
Rooms. 
Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY , APRIL ist, 1893 . 
Whe Frost and the Fruit Bloom.— If 
we are to credit all we have heard with 
respect to the intensity of the frosts that 
prevailed last week, we might expect that 
not only have all wall tree blossoms been 
entirely destroyed, but also that much of 
the undeveloped bloom on standards and 
bushes in the open have been killed also. 
Certainly from 14 0 to 16 0 of frost at night 
following upon days of brilliant sunshine 
and summer-like warmth might be expected 
to work ruin amongst the bloom. Our 
hope is that the figures given are not only 
greatly exaggerated, but also that the very 
dry weather which has prevailed has 
minimised the effects of the frost, and 
that after all no very great harm has been 
done. 
It is hard to complain of such magnifi¬ 
cent weather as we have recently experi¬ 
enced, and which has served to make the 
month of March of the present year a mem¬ 
orable one in history. What splendid op¬ 
portunities have been afforded for the sow¬ 
ing of seeds and the planting of various 
crops, the doing of so much that a wet Feb¬ 
ruary had compelled to be deferred. What 
a glorious time it has been for all who love 
the open air and to revel in the beauty of 
the country. The climate of England has 
been well rescued from discredit, for 
hardly another country in the world has 
had such a splendid March time. Only 
the night frosts have been our bane, and 
these have naturally created much uneasi¬ 
ness. 
We have had a very fine opportunity to 
test the relative values of diverse forms of 
protection for the bloom of wall trees. 
Also of the relative hardiness or otherwise 
of the bloom of certain varieties or kinds of 
wall fruits. Also of seeing how far bloom 
unprotected may have come off, as well or 
worse than what has been protected. A 
very short time will suffice to tell how the 
fruit crops on walls has passed through the 
ordeal. Let us hope that it has suffered 
little and left plenty for our delectation. 
Wurnishing. —Our readers will not fail to 
~ understand that this heading applies 
only in a horticultural sense, and even thus 
limited it is of wide application. All the 
various uses to which plants are put in our 
houses come under this designation, and a 
very wide one it is even thus far. The busy 
season for the trade furnisher in towns is 
at hand. The season for the gardener is 
always with him. It is one of the striking 
features of our domestic life, now that it 
seems to be closely identified with plants, 
and whilst the palace or the mansion must 
have its elaborate ornamentation, the 
poorest cottage rejoices in but two or three 
plants in a window; andhumbleas these are 
they are yet regarded with admiration and 
even with affection, would that our cottages 
could be much more beautified with plants 
than they are. 
But furnishing is for the trade at this 
time of year a serious and important voca¬ 
tion. It affords abundant employment to 
thousands all over the kingdom. Itencour- 
ages plant culture in market establishments 
in a remarkable degree. It calls forth the 
highest artistic skill of the designer, and 
enables combinations and dispositions of 
plants to be made that evoke the warmest 
admiration. Too fleeting as is the 
furnisher’s work, because needed chiefly only 
for temporary occasions, it yet, because of 
the conditions under which required, com¬ 
mands the highest ability, for only an 
artist quick to determine could satisfac¬ 
torily discharge the duties of a skilled 
furnisher. 
In the case of common or ordinary fur¬ 
nishing the work is usually somewhat 
stereotyped and simple. Even that how¬ 
ever might in the hands of a trained taste 
be greatly enhanced, both in interest and 
in beauty. Young men now have to devote 
unusual attention to study of the furnishing 
art, and here some art knowledge and 
training, especially in the proper grouping 
of colour, is found valuable. Still it is 
but one feature of the varied require¬ 
ments of a good gardener. 
Imported Fruits.— Most of our readers 
* will no doubt agree with us in wishing 
that the discussion on Imported Fruits 
as affecting British Fruit Growing, opened 
recently by such eminent authorities on 
the subject as Mr. James Webber and 
Mr. George Monro, of Covent Garden, 
at the Horticultural Club, could have 
been held in a more public place, where it 
would have been open to the fullest pub- 
