February 19, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
389 
Liberal in Quantity. 
Excellent in Quality. 
FOR 
ONE 
YEARS 
SUPPLY 
WEBBS’ 21s. BOX 
contains 
6 qts. 
Peas, Lr success¬ 
ion. 
3 ozs. & 
i pkt. 
[ Cress. 
3 pints 
Beans, Bread. 
2 pkts. 
Cucumber. 
i pint 
1 pint 
Beans, Dwarf. 
i pkt. 
Endive, best. 
Beans, RunLer. 
3 pkts. 
Herbs. 
t pkt. 
Beet. 
r pkt. 
Leek. 
1 pkt. 
Borecole. 
3 pkts. 
Lettuce. 
3 pkts. 
Broccoli, sue- 
r pkt. 
Melon. 
cession. 
4 ozs. 
Mustard. 
1 pkt. 
Brussels 
4 OZS. 
Onion, best. 
Sprouts, best. 
Cabbage, fer sue- 
I pkt. 
Parsley. 
\ pkts. 
I oz. 
Parsnip. 
cession. 
3 ozs. 
Radish. 
2 OZS. 
Carrot, for sue- 
4 ozs. 
Spinach. 
cession. 
i pkt. 
Salsafy. 
1 pkt. 
Cauliflower. 
i pkt. 
Savoy, best. 
2 pkts. 
Celery, best. 
i pkt. 
Scorzonera. 
1 pkt. 
Corn Salad. 
i pkt. 
Tomato, choice. 
1 pkt. 
Couve Tron- 
3 ozs. 
Turnips, best. 
chuda 
i pkt. 
Veg. Marrow. 
Other Boxes at 5/ 
31/6, 42/-, 63/ 
7/6, 
105/ 
12/6, 15/-, 
- each. 
ALL CARRIAGE FREE. 
See Webbs' Spring Catalogue, post free, is. 
WEBBS, Wordsley, Stourbridge. 
BARR’S 21/- COLLECTION 
OF 
VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Will give a constant supply of Vegetables all the 
year round. The Seeds are all of the most approved, 
varieties, and, a3 will be seen, the utmost liberality 
has been evinced. 
14 pints Peas 
4 „ Broad Beans 
1 pint Dwarf French 
Beans 
1 pint Scarlet Runners 
1 packet Beet 
1 , Borecole 
3 packets Broccoli 
1 packet Brussels 
Sprouts 
3 packets Cabbage 
1 packet Colewort 
1 „ Cabbage Savoy 
2* oz. Carrot 
2 packets Celery 
1 packet Cauliflower 
3 oz. Cress 
1 packet Cress, Amei ican 
or Winter 
1 packet Endive 
4 packets Lettuce 
1 packet Leek 
1 ,. Melon 
4 oz. Mustard 
4 packets Onion 
1 oz. Parsnip 
3| oz Radish 
1 packet Salsafy 
1 „ Scorzonera 
4 oz. Spinach 
3 oz Turnip 
1 packet Tomato 
1 „ Vegetable 
Marrow 
1 packet Thyme 
1 „ Pot Majoram 
1 „ Summer Savory 
1 „ Parsley 
3 packets Cucumber 
Other Collections, 12/6, 42 /-, to 105/-- 
All Seeds sent Carriage Paid on receipt of remittance. 
BARR and SONS, 
12 & 13 KING ST., COYENT GARDEN, LONDON. 
PEAS 
FOR 
PRODUCING CROPS FROM EARLY SPRING 
TO LATE AUTUMN. 
FIRST DIVISION — 
BUTTONS EXCELSIOR, 
Per Quart, 31 - 
'■ For forcing, border and early growing, your 
Excelsior is superb.”—Mr. Albert Prior, Gardener 
to P. Francis, Esq. 
SECOND DIVISION— 
SUTTON’S DWARF DEFIANCE, 
Per Quart, 2/6. 
11 An enormous cropper, well worthy of a place in 
any garden. ’—Mr. H. C. Prinsep, The Gardens, 
Buxted Park. 
THIRD DIVISION— 
SUTTON’S PEERLESS, 
Per Quart, 3/6. 
Peerless is undoubtedly a gem, covered from top 
to bottom with monster pods.”—Mr. G. Lovelock, 
Gardener to the Right Hon. the Earl of Ancaster. 
FOURTH DIVISION— 
SUTTON’S PERFECTION, 
Per Quart, 3/-. 
" Perfection Marrowfat is a splendid variety, and 
a heavy cropper.”—Mr. I. Ilott, Gardener to 
C. Tress, Esq. 
FIFTH DIVISION— 
SUTTON’S LATE QUEEN, 
Per Quart, 3/6. 
11 Your Late Queen is the best Pea I know for 
late crop.”—Mr. H. J. Harvey, Gardener to 
A. B. Sheridan, Esq. 
SUTTON’S COLLECTIONS 
FOR 
SUGCESSIONAL CROPS, 
21 Quarts, 12 excellent sorts, our selection, 34/0 
12 .. 12 ,. „ „ 18/6 
6 6 „ „ 9/6 
12 Pints, 12 „ ,, ,, 10,0 
GE NUINE ONLY FROM SUTTON & SONS,READINC. 
BUN YARD’S 
KENT ROSES. 
Extra fine well-rooted Plants. 
STANDARDS 
DWARFS and 
CUMBERS. 
Descriptive Catalogue Free. 
GEORGE BUNYARD & Co., 
The Royal Nurseries, 
MAIDSTONE. 
Fidlers’ Seeds 
GAINED IN 1896 
IN OPEN COMPETITION, NEARLY 
1,000 FIRST PRIZES. 
If you want to 
Win Prizes, be first in the market, 
and have the Best Selection of 
Vegetables and Flowers. 
BUY FIDLERS’ SEEDS 
Only One Quality 
THE BEST. 
And Prices Lower than other Houses in the 
Trade. 
Fidlers’ give value in Seeds, not in Paper. 
FULL DESCRIPTIVE LIST 
Free to all upon application to 
FIDLER & SONS, GR s o E w E f RS , 
READING. 
" Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
trttltl, 
Edited by J, FRASER, F.L.S, 
SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 19 th, 1898. 
NEXT WEEK S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, February 22nd.— Sale of Orchids, hardy herbaceous 
plants, shrub?, Roses &c.,by Messr*. Protheroe and Morris. 
Wednesday, February 23 rd.—Sale of stove foliage plants, 
Tuberoses, and herbaceous plants, by Messrs. Protheroe 
and Morris. 
Thursday, February 24th —Sale of Roses, Carnati ms, hardy 
Perns, 1 tc. by Messrs. Proiheroe and Morris. 
Friday, February 25 th.—Sale of Impo ted and Established 
Orchids by Messrs. Protheroe and Morris. 
J^OTATO EXPERIMENTS IN WlLTS.* —For 
«F some years past experiments have been 
carried on by the Agricultural Committee 
of the Wilts County Council with the view 
of testing various soils, manures, Potatos, 
the checking of Potato disease, Onion, 
Grass, Peas, Beans and other crops. The 
expeiiments last year were conducted at 
Quemerford and Lickhill in the neighbour¬ 
hood of Caine, Wilts, and the results have 
just been published. The town of Caine is 
situated on the border land between the 
lower cretaceous and the oolites, both being 
limestone formations of different geological 
age. The more we study the experiments 
that are being conducted in different parts 
of the country the more evident it becomes 
that the question of soils, manures,and crops 
is a complicated one, fully necessitating 
local experiments to demonstrate their re¬ 
lative values. No set of experiments, how¬ 
ever carefully conducted, will apply to all 
parts of the country on account of the varia¬ 
tions of soil and climate. A strong feature 
of Potato experiments at the present day is 
the amount of attention that is given to 
varieties that produce tubers of great size 
and give the greatest weight per acre. Of 
this we should have nothing to complain 
provided always that the quality is taken 
’Report on the Calne Agricultural Demon¬ 
strations. Evre and Spottiswoode (Her Majesty’s 
Printers), London—East Harding Street, Fetter 
Lane, E.C. 1898. Price is. 
