September 3, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
5 
SUTTON’S 
FLOWERING 
BULBS 
FOR THE 
CARDEN AND CONSERVATORY. 
For Full Particulars and Descriptions of the best 
NARCISSI or DAFFODILS 
! 
TULIPS, HYACINTHS, CROCUSES, 
ETC., ETC., 
See Sutton’s Bulb Catalogue for 1898. 
SUTTON’S BULBS genuine only direct from SUTTON & SONS, READING. 
Veitch’s Hyacinths, 
FOR ALL PURPOSES. 
Veitch’s Tulips, 
FOR POTS OR BEDS. 
Veitch’s Crocus, 
FOR MASSING AND EDGING 
Veitch’s Narcissi, 
ALL THE LEADING VARIETIES. 
Full Descriptions, see Bulb Catalogue, Post Free 
on Application. 
JAMES VEITCH& SONS, Ltd., 
Royal Exotic Nursery, 
Veitch’s Collections, 
FOR POT CULTURE AND 
PLANTING TO SUIT 
ALL REQUIREMENTS. 
CHELSEA. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”—B acon. 
Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S. 
SATURDAY , SEPT, yd, 1898. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, September 6 th.— Royal Horticultural Society: 
meeting of Comm ttee at 12 doou. 
National Chrysanthemum Society’s Show at the Royal 
Aquarium (3 daysl. 
Wednesday. September 7th.—Glasgow and West of Scotland 
Snow (2 days). 
Derby Show (2 days). 
|^he Popular Aspect of Bulbs and 
Bulbous Plants. —Some natural 
orders consist very largely of species hav¬ 
ing a bulb or a bulbous and more or less 
fleshy rootstock, that tide them over the 
winter months or the dry season, as the 
case may be. They belong to various parts 
of the world, both in temperate and tropi¬ 
cal countries. On this occasion we deal 
solely with plants of temperate or moder¬ 
ately warm countries, most of them being, 
in fact, perfectly hardy in this country. 
All are of easy culture when the details of 
their simple requirements have been 
mastered, and he is most the master of his 
art who grows the subjects in hand to the 
greatest perfection. Many of the most 
popular and best known kinds are now very 
old, and though new varieties of such things 
as Hyacinths and Tulips continue to make 
