May 21, 1898 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
595 
NEXT 
WEEKS 
NUMBER 
OF THE 
“GARDENING WORLD” 
WILL CONTAIN A 
Full & Descriptive Account 
OF THE 
GRAND SHOW 
IN THE 
TEMPLE GARDENS, 
INCLUDING 
Orchids, Begonias, Roses, 
Caladiums, Hardy Trees 
and Shrubs, Herbaceous 
Plants, &c., &c. 
WITH 
ILLUSTRATIONS 
OF 
Several 
New Plants 
Exhibited. 
IT WILL BE 
PUBLISHED 
at 9 a.m., on 
THURSDAY, 
MAY 26th 
PRICE 
ONE PENNY. 
VIOLAS. 
Best bedding varieties. The following at 1/6 perdoz., io/-per 
ioo Ada Adair, Arebie Grant, Ardwell Gem, Border Witch, 
Bridesmaid, Blue Gown,Blue Stone,Bullion,Councillor Waters, 
Cecilia, Countess of Hopetoun, Devonshire Cream, Florizel. 
Favourite,Intrepid,Jackanapesjohn Shires,J.B. Riding,Leezie 
Lindsay. Lord Elcho, Mrs. Baiter, Maggie, Mary Jack, Mrs. 
Charles Turner, Marchioness, Max Kolb, Pembroke, Priocess 
Louise, Prince of Wales, Princess Beatrice, Rosea Pallida, 
Sunset, Sulphur Gem, Sovereign, Skylark, Sylvia, True Blue, 
The Mearns, Violetta, White Empress, William Neil. Many 
other varieties in stock, including the newest introductions, 
Joseph, Hamlet, Kitty Bell, Iris, &c. Special prices to the 
trade. 
Managers, HOOD GARDENS, TOTNES. 
KEYNES CACTUS DIE 
Best Plants. Best YarietieB. Moderate prices. 
Send Post Card for Catalogue. 
About half the good varieties in commerce were raised here. 
KEYNES, WILLIAMS & COMPANY, 
Dahlia Growers, SAIjIBBURY. 
BOUGAINVILLEA CYPHER!!. 
Grand new plant, largest and best coloured 
Bougainvillea ever offered, a splendid grower and 
remarkably free bloomer. Awarded First Class 
Certificate at the Wolverhampton Floral Fete, 1S96, 
and also at the Oxford Commemoration Show, 1896, 
and also the Gold Medal at Shrewsbury Great Royal 
Commemorative Snow, 1897, f° r the best new plant 
in the exhibition. 
James Cypher has great pleasure in offering this 
grand novelty. Plants ready end of May, price 10/6 
Gcictl. 
Exotic Nurseries, CHELTENHAM. 
LISTER’S SPECIALITIES. 
PANSIES, Fancy and Show.— Our unrivalled com¬ 
petition vars. are now offered at 3 /- per doz.; 2 doz., 5/6. All 
the latest and best vars. only grown, all sure prizewinners any¬ 
where. With every doz. Is enclosed new vars of 1898. VIOLAS, 
1 doz. Champion vars., 1 / 6 ; 2 doz.’, 2/6. Blue, White and 
Yellow, seperate or mixed colours, 25, 2/6 ; 50, 4/6 
DAHLIAS, from any section of our world-renowned 
collection, Show, Fancy. True Cactus, Pompone and SiDgle, 
1 doz. superb plants and vars. 3 / 6 ; 2 doz., 6/6- 
Summer CHRYSANTHEMUMS, 1 doz. best selected 
vars , 2 / 3 . Every plant ottered is in the best of health, true to 
name and carriage paid. Cash refunded if unsatisfactory in 
anyway. Our NEW BOOK on the PANSY, DAHLIA, 
etc., 7d.; free on all orders of 5/-. New Plant List free. 
LISTER & SON, Florists, ROTHESAY. 
Caladiums 
FINEST COLLECTION 
in the World. We make 
a speciality of CALA¬ 
DIUMS. Gold Medals 
Manchester& Leicester. 
1 1 — Silver Cup, R.H.S., &c. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. JOHN PEED AND SONS, 
' West Norwood. London. 
ORCHIDS. 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Prices. 
Always worth a visit of inspection. Kindly send for Catalogue, 
Eiotic Nurseries, CHELTENHAM. 
1898, catawm^ue 1898, 
(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 best 
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 their English or Common Names, and a mass of 
ether 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, 
Nurseryman, Hawick, Scotland. 
ESTABLISHED 1870. 
GLOXINIAS 
JOHN PEED & SONS, 
FINEST MEDAL COLLECTION 
* IN THE WORLD. & 
Send for CATALOGUE to 
West Norwood, London 
VIOLAS ! VIOLAS ! VIOLAS ! 
20,000 of the three following vars. to offet cheap :— 
Blue Gown. Best Blue. 
Christiana. Best White. 
Oriole Best Yellow. 
5/-per 100; 1 /- per doz.; post free. Special price per r,000 
on application. 
J. J. UPTON, 
The Nurseries, IRLAM, near MANCHESTER. 
THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S 
ELEVENTH GREAT ANNUAL 
FLOWER SHOW, 
IN THE INNER 
TEMPLE GARDENS, 
(Thames Embankment). 
May 25th, 26th and 27th, 1898. 
R. H. S. Office, 117, Victoria St., Westminster. 
R0SE8, strong H.P's., competition varieties 6/- doz. 
VIOLAS, strong plants, bedding varieties, 1/9 doz., 10/6 too. 
VIOLAS, strong plants, competition varieties, 2/6 doz. 
FANCY PANSIES, best varieties for competition, including 
many of recent introduction, 3/6 doz. 
All Post Free for Cash with Order, from— 
J. GRIEVE & SONS, 
REDBRAES NURSERIES. 
BROUGHTON ROAD, EDINBURGH. 
O RCHIDS of the highest quality, every 
plant guaranteed true to name, from 2/6 each. Please 
send for free list.—P. McARTHUR, The London Nurseries, 
4, Malda Vale. London W. 
11 Gardening Is the purest of tinman pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."—B acon. 
Edited by J, FRASER, F.L.S. 
SATURDAY , MAY 21 st, 1898. 
NEXT WEEK'S-ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, May 23rd.—Sale of Lilies, bedding and ornamental 
plants, by-Messrs. Protheroe & Morris. 
Tuesday, May 24th.—Sale of Orchids by Messrs. Protheroe & 
Morris. 
Wednesday, May 25th,—Royal Horticultural Society—Temple 
Show (3 days). 
Friday, May 27th.—Manchester Whitsuntide Exhibition (6 
days). 
Sale of Orchids by Messrs. Protheroe & Morris. 
|g[ Salt-water' Flood on Cultivated 
«/ ! js Land.— Those living on the coasts of 
thesouth-eastern counties of England aswell 
as on the tidal reaches of the rivers, will re¬ 
member the high flood that occurred owing 
to the strong up-channel gale that resulted 
in heaping up the waters in the German 
Ocean on the 29th November last. Many 
parts of the low coast line of Essex were 
flooded with the briny waters of the sea, the 
calculation being that 50,000 acres of land 
were covered, and damaged in proportion 
to the time that elapsed before the waters 
drained away. On some farms this occurred 
in six hours, while in other cases it varied 
from twenty four hours to six or eight days. 
In one district the water remained on the 
land for eight weeks, and elsewhere it has 
been flooded continually ever since. Much 
of the sea wall was broken down and where 
the damage has not been repaired, the land 
gets flooded at high tide every day. The 
damage done consists chiefly in the satura¬ 
tion of the land with a deposit of salt. An 
examination of the state of the land has 
been undertaken by the County Council of 
Essex ; and a report is drawn up by Mr. 
T. S. Dymond, which appears in the 
issue of The Journal of the Technical 
Laboratory, Chelmsford, just to hand. 
Crops of Peas and Tares have suffered 
severely, even where the land was only 
flooded for a few hours. Half a crop of 
wheat will be obtained from land that was 
flooded, so that this crop has suffered less 
than the leguminous subjects. Grass 
pasture has suffered least of all and may 
ultimately show that it has benefited. All 
the crops are dead on land that has been 
flooded periodically since the high tide of 
November last. The outlook is hopeful for 
