THE GARDENING WORLD. 
469TT 
March 26, 1898. 
GOLDEN KING GALLI0PSI8. 
A most effective variety, its bright golden yellow 
flowers beiDg very useful for cutting. 6d. per 
packet. Post free. 
The Queen’s Seedsmen, 
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
JADOO FIBRE 
FOR 
CAR NATIO NS, 
Important Certificate from Mr. ALBERT M. 
HERR, the Secretary of the American Carnation 
Society. 
" Lancaster, Pa., 
February 11th, 1898. 
I have experimented with Jadoo Fibre in a small 
way for propagating Carnations, and find that they 
root with ordinary care 100 per cent. Next season 
I shall use it almost exclusively for propagating my 
Carnations. 
(Signed) ALBERT M. HERR.” 
Jadoo suits all kinds of Plants. 
Testimonials and directions for use 
post free. 
Price Bushel, 3/6; 3 Bushel Sack, 8/- 
Obtainable through any Nurseryman, or from 
JADOO, LIMITED, EXETER. 
” Gardening Is the purest of bnman pleasnres, and the greates 
refreshment to tbe spirit of man."— Bacon. 
Mi} 4§j(di}n»|fl Ipoiilil, 
Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S. 
NEW DOUBLE VIOLET, 
MRS, J. J. ASTOR, 
This beautiful Violet, of a deep rosy-heliotrope is 
meeting with a most cordial reception, and as the 
stock is getting very limited, and we have already 
many orders booked for April and May, we beg all 
intending purchasers will please apply at once to 
prevent disappointment. 
The managers, Hood Gardens, Totnes. 
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FOR PILLARS, ARCHES, WALLS, 
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THE ROYAL NURSERIES, MAIDSTONE. 
(Over 150 Pages. Nearly 150 Illustrations.) 
of Florists’ Flowers and Hardy Border Plants 
is got up regardless of trouble or expense, with the result that 
it is by unanimous consent pronounced the most comprehen¬ 
sive, most accurate, most reliable, most complete and beet 
extant. 
It gives full and accurate descriptions of everything in the 
way of Florists' Flowers, also colour, height, time of 
flowering, and price of all the best Hardy Border Plants, 
together with then English or Common Names, ana a mass of 
other Valuable Information that cannot be had else¬ 
where. 
It is in fact a veritable reference-book, invaluable to all 
growers of these plants, and should be in the bands of all 
intending purchasers. Free on application. 
JOHN FORBES, 
ESTABLISHED 1870. 
Nurseryman, Hawick, Scotland. 
SATURDAY, MARCH 26 th, 1898. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, March 29th.—Shropshire Horticultural Society's 
SpriDg Meeting. 
Royal Horticultural Society of Southampton’s Show (two 
days). 
Brighton Spring Show (two days). 
Wednesday, March 30th.—Liverpool Show. 
Royal Botanical Society's Spring Show at Regent’s Park. 
f ONTINUITY IN THE SPRING GARDEN.- 
Within the four corners of this island, 
and the smaller islands immediately adja¬ 
cent, we have, on the average of winters, 
an opportunity for a lengthened display of 
bulbs and other early flowers in the open 
ground that greatly excels the blaze of 
summer bedding for durability. This 
would, of course, include both winter and 
spring-flowering subjects, which, when 
analysed, really amounts to a question of 
temperature, and not to a difference in the 
subjects themselves. The greatest differ¬ 
ences between the early spring and the 
summer display proper consists of a differ¬ 
ence of kind, and a more limited range of 
colour and quantity of bloom at any given 
time in the spring garden. Another and, 
perhaps, the greatest drawback to the 
spring, or shall we say winter and early 
spring, bedding is that it is limited to the 
more favoured parts of the south and west 
coast including the islands, all of which are 
more or less directly influenced by the 
warm waters of the Atlantic. As we 
approach the Midland and northern parts 
of the island as well as the east coasts we 
find the spring creeping gradually onwards, 
it may be months after the inhabitants of 
the more favoured parts have been enjojing 
it. Winter and spring flowers are liable to 
injury from frost and snow; summer 
flowers are also liable to injury, but 
happily such an occurrence is more rare. 
Should autumn and early winter prove 
mild the flower buds begin to make their 
appearance during October and November 
in the Scilly Islands. The more favoured 
parts of the mainland are distinctly behind 
this, although decidedly early compared 
with more inland parts, unless we take into 
account the prolongation of the previous 
season’s flowers, particularly Tea Roses, 
which may and are often prolonged till 
Christmas, at various points along the 
coast from Devon and Cornwall almost to 
Cape Wrath. The great production of 
flowers in the Scilly Isles consists almost 
solely of Narcissi, and that of very few 
varieties; for although something like a 
hundred sorts are grown under trial to de¬ 
termine their capabilities, the bulk of the 
produce sold consists of about six varieties. 
Three of these are varieties that originally 
grew wild in St. Mary’s, and were trouble¬ 
some weeds to farmers on whose land they 
occurred, till the islanders began the culti¬ 
vation of Daffodils for a livelihood. It may 
be doubted whether they are really natives; 
but all the same their long sojourn has 
enabled them to get so thoroughly acclima¬ 
tised that they hold their own against most 
comers for hardiness and general utility. 
The season is of about three months dura¬ 
tion, and during that period about 400 tons 
of flowers are sent over to the mainland. 
The industry commenced about thirty-two 
years ago, and ousted the Potato which 
had become unprofitable owing to the com¬ 
petition with the more favoured Channel 
Islands. 
In the counties around and within easy 
reach of London Daffodils are by no means 
the earliest of flowers, though a few strag¬ 
gling members of the large Daffodils may 
have been seen in gardens for some weeks 
past. The smaller Daffodils of the Hoop 
Petticoat section as well as Narcissus minor 
and N. minimus have been flowering for a 
month past or more. The Truro Daffodil 
show of last week will indicate the climax 
of the display in Cornwall; very soon it 
will be here. Independently of Christmas 
Roses and wall shrubs, the spring season in 
the London district is ushered in by the 
Snowdrops, which are really effective when 
planted in sufficient quantity either in bor¬ 
ders or on the grass. They may commence 
flowering in January or February, accord¬ 
ing as the winter is mild or otherwise, the 
latter month being usually spring-like in 
several respects. 
Th6 Snowdrops are quickly followed by 
the Winter Aconite, Chionodoxa sardensis, 
Scilla bifolia, and the Dutch yellow Cro¬ 
cuses. Some weeks ago one of our daily 
contemporaries was led into error by the 
blue Squills and their allies, which were 
described as Bluebells. That name, how¬ 
ever, is more correctly applied to Scilla 
nutans, which usually keeps very quiet and 
undemonstrative till May. The above de¬ 
light in mild but essentially cool weather, 
which we have had for weeks past. As 
soon as really warm weather arrives their 
flowers quickly pass off the scene. Besides 
being lovers of cool weather, each well 
developed bulb, corm or tuber gives rise to 
a number of flowers which follow one 
another in succession. The Daffodils will 
be in full bloom in the course of a few days 
forming a succession to the early ones, as 
well as to the varieties of the vernal Cro¬ 
cuses, Scilla sibirica, Chionodoxa Luciliae, 
&c. Primroses and Polyanthuses have been 
flowering all the winter, but will reach theit 
climax in a few weeks. Hyacinths and 
Tulips will follow in this order, the different 
sections of the latter keeping up a display 
till the end of May. The latest, forms- of 
the Poet’s Narcissus also bring the display 
of the latter genus up to that period, or 
even to the beginning of June. Inter- 
