November 5, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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BARR’S DAFFODIL CATALOGUE, Illustrated, with 
original photographs taken at the Long Dltton Nurseries, and 
containing a Descriptive List of all the finest Daffodils in 
cultivation, and the Ltest Novelties for 1898. Free on applica¬ 
tion, 
A FEW FINE SORTS 
For Pots or Outdoors. 
EMPEROR, petals primrose, trumpet full yellow, large 
flower of great substance, per 100, 30/-; per doz., 4/6. 
GOLDEN SPUR, a fine, large, deep golden-yellow variety, 
per roo, 21/-; per doz., 3/-. 
HENRY IRVING, one of the earliest, very large flower, 
fine, deep golden-yellow, per 100, 2:/-; per doz., 3/-. 
CANNELL’S CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
COME AND SEE 
An enormous amount of evidence confirming our special 
system (first adopted and recommended by us) o( propagating 
from properly prepared stock, from pure, clean, healthy, open- 
field grown stocks, free from fungi, has come to light, and is 
still crming, proving more and more that ours are far the best, 
the key to success, and win more victories than perhaps all 
others put together. 
Please remember our forte and aim is stock of the best 
quality, carrying satisfaction all over the world. 
The following is unmistakable 
MR. H. ADAM, Hon. Sec., 
Dunedin Chrysanthemum Club, 
Sept. 13 tli, 1898 . New Zealand. 
We received the Chrysanthemums, i am instructed by 
my committee to thank you vrry much for you- liberal 
treatment. The plants arrived in splendid condition, only 
two died out of the forty-four. 
Forward me your catalogues, as you can rely on orders. 
H. CANNELL & SONS, Swanley, Kent. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
QUEEN OF SPAIN, very beautiful, delicate soft yellow, 
with reflexing petals, per 100, 17/6: per doz., 2/6. 
BICOLOR HORSFIELDII, petals pure white, trumpet 
golden, handsome, very early, per too, 17/6; per doz., 2/6. 
INCOMPARABILIS SIR WATKIN, a very handsome 
large flower; petals sulphur, cup rich orange-yellow, per 100, 
25/-; per doz. 3/6. 
BARRII CONSPICUUS, broad yellow petals, cup con¬ 
spicuously edged bright orange-scarlet, a beauty and a general 
favourite, per 100, 17/6 ; per doz., 2/9. 
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Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S. 
SATURDAY, NOV. 5 th, 1898. 
LEEDSII M. M. de GRAAFF, broad white 
white cup suffused orange, very beautiful, per doz., 8/-. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS 
TRIANDRUS ALBUS (Angel’s Tears’, agem onrockwork, 
pretty cream-coloured flowers, petals reflexed, per ioo, 8/6; 
per doz., 1/3. 
POETICUS POETARUM, the most beautiful of the 
white Poet’s Daffodils, per 100, 12/6; per doz., 1/9. 
BARR'S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, 
Containing a Descriptive List of the best Bulbs and Tubers 
for autumn planting, and a List of Bulbs and Plants for early 
forcing. 
Free on application. 
BARR & SONS, 
12 h 13, King St., Covent Garden, London, W.C. 
HE BEST and CHEAPEST in the 
WORLD.—12 acres of Roses. 100,000 grand plants to 
select from. 40 choice Dwarf Perpetuals for 21s. 20 choice 
Standards or Half-Standards for 21s. Purchaser's selection, 
50 Dwarfs, unnamed, 12s. 6d. The following are my selection, 
carriage free; 12 choice Teas and Noisettes, gs.; 6 Marecbal 
Niels, 5s.; 12 choice Climbing, 7s.; 12 best Hybrid Perpetuals, 
dwarfs, 7s.; 6 lovely Yellow Roses, 5s.; 6 Gloire de Dljons, 
4s. 6d.; 6 beautiful Fairy Roses, 4s.; 6 choice Moss Roses, 4s.; 
6 old-fashioned Roses, 4s.; 6 crimson Monthly Roses, 3s. 6d.; 
6 pink Monthly Roses 2S. 6d.; 6 white Monthly Roses. 3s. 6d.; 
6 quick-growing Climbing Roses, 2S. 6d.; 12 Sweet Briers, 3s. 
All for Cash with Order. Thousands of Testimonials. Cata¬ 
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LILY OF THE VALLEY! 
Retarded Crowns for immediate delivery. 
Non-retarded Crowns for October and 
November delivery. 
Also large quantities of one and two years Crowns 
for planting out, of the true large flowering variety grown here 
at Dersingham. Ditto., of the French variety. Fortin, 1, 2 
and 3 years Crowns, and striped leaved variety. 
It you want the best of everything in Lilies of the Valley, ask 
me for particulars, and I shall be pleased to quote bottom 
prices by return of post. 
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Dersingham, Norfolk. 
ORCHIDS 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Prices. 
Always worth a visit of inspection. Kindly send for Catalogue, 
JAMES CYFSIER, 
Exotic Kurseries, CHELTENHAM. 
Monday, November 7th.—Chrysanthemum Shows (2 days): 
St. Neots, and Sevenoaks and West Kent. 
Tuesday, November 8th.—Royal Horticultural Society; meet- 
of committees at 12 noon. 
National Chrysanthemum Society’s Show at the Royal 
Aquarium (3 days). 
Chrysanthemum Shows (2 days): Coventry, Yeovil, Kidder¬ 
minster, Clevedon, Bexley Heath, and Sutton; (3 days): 
Highgate, and Birmingham. 
Wednesday, November 9th.—Chrysanthemum Shows (1 day): 
Bodmin; 12 days): Hanley. Southgate and District. Berk- 
hampstead, Wimbledon, Melton Mowbray, Cardiff, Wis¬ 
bech, Bromley, Cranbrook, Gloucester, Northampton, 
Stoke Newington, Carlisle, Dublin, Bournemouth, and 
Liverpool. 
Thursday, November 10th.—Chrysanthemum Shows (1 day): 
Chichester and West Sussex ; (2 days): Sidcup and Dis¬ 
trict, Maindee, Colchester (St. Boltoph’s), Southport and 
Birkdale, Windsor and Etoo, and Bury St Edmunds. 
Friday, November nth—Chrysanthemum Shows (2 days): 
Waterford, Huddersfield and District, Altrincham, Bow- 
don, Sale and District, Sheffield, Wellingborough, Dalkey, 
Carnarvon, Blackburn, Bradford, and Nottingham. 
Saturday, November 12th.—Chrysamhemum Show at Bacup 
(2 daj s). 
SFscott, Leighton Buzzard, in Autumn. 
jm, —The mildness of the autumn has been 
phenomenal in the southern counties of 
England, and with the exception of 
occasional rainy days, which have been 
advantageous rather than otherwise, 
flowerland and woodland have had it all 
their own way ; and neither of them seem 
inclined to give place to winter. Last week 
we enjoyed a ramble over the gardens and 
pleasure grounds of Leopold de Rothschild, 
Esq., Ascott, Wing, Leighton Buzzard, 
under the guidance of his genial and 
courteous gardener, Mr. John Jennings, 
This part of Bucks is beautifully undulated, 
and well clothed with trees in many places. 
Just before descending upon the gardens 
of Ascott the elevation is little under 500 
ft. above the level of the sea, so that grand 
views are obtainable over the county till 
the eye rests upon the next range of hills 
that bounds the horizon. The gardens 
being the goal of our journey, we shall 
deal with them as they appeared to us like 
a combination of summer and autumn. 
As we entered one sheltered area large 
collections of Montbretias, Heucheras, 
Violets, Lily of the Valley, the double 
white Dames’ Violet or Rocket, Delphin¬ 
iums, Phloxes, Paeonies, Lilies and 
perennial Asters, spoke of the riches of the 
place in the way of popular and useful 
hardy herbaceous plants that dominate 
their respective seasons of the year. 
Aubrietias are still in the reserve garden, 
because the summer bedding is still in its 
glory. There is a large circular bed in the 
middle of this garden, with wire arches 
covering the walks to and from it. The 
bed itself is occupied with tuberous Be¬ 
gonia seedlings that, as we write, are still 
flowering profusely at the fag end of 
October, and appearing quite anomalous 
for the season. The wire arches are 
covered with Moss Roses, Crimson 
Rambler, and all the best of the climbing 
varieties, including Gloire de Dijon and 
other Teas, many of the latter and allied 
sorts flowering freely. Neatly trimmed 
Yew-hedges are everywhere, and presently 
we had a glimpse of a skating pond recently 
constructed, and surrounded by nigh, 
sloping banks covered with Mahonias and 
that ever bright shrub, the broad-leaved 
Golden Privet, the contrast being very 
conspicuous. 
Proceeding in the direction of the flower 
garden proper we passed the front entrance 
of the mansion, the walls of which are 
everywhere covered with a wealth of 
climbers, some of which, including Ampe- 
lopsis Veitchi, have put on their glorious 
autumn tints, while others are dark green, 
glossy and clean by comparison with those 
within the London smoke area. Some beds 
at the end of the house are aglow with 
tuberous and fibrous rooted Begonias, and 
blue Ageratums, while the foliage of Coleus 
Verschaffelti is finer than ever. Already 
all evidence of the severe drought has 
disappeared as if it had not been. The 
grassy slopes and terraces, stretching down 
from the other front of the mansion, are 
as smooth and verdant as if it were the 
month of June. The view from this point, 
over the wooded lowlands of Bucks, is 
superb, the numerous villages scattered 
over this rich agricultural country being 
mostly hidden by their groups and hedges 
of tall ancestral trees. The hills beyond of 
500 ft. elevation bound the view on the 
west, and the Chiltern Hills extend away to 
the south, ten miles distant as the crow 
flies. 
The tuberous Begonias in the long beds 
on the terrace are as bright as they were 
in summer, the effect being finest when 
viewed from either end of the central walk. 
Standards of the sweet-scented Verbena, 
and Heliotropes, used as centres, are still 
floriferous and delightfully fragrant. Stan¬ 
dard and pyramidal Fuchsias have not 
given over blooming, while the Imperial 
Dwarf Ageratums are as blue as they 
could be in July. Mr. Jennings has been 
unwilling to pull them up, notwithstauding 
the fact that it is now high time to do so in 
order to make way for East Lothian 
Stocks, Wallflowers, Aubrietias, Myosotis 
and other spring flowering subjects now in 
the reserve garden. Amongst some 
shrubbery we noted Lilium auratum still 
in full bloom. Verdant banks, clumps, 
mounds and beds of shrubbery are indeed 
everywhere, the evergreen kinds retaining 
their beauty all the winter. Golden 
Retinosporas, Yews and Thuyas are a 
marked feature of the grounds at Ascott, all 
the year round, but more particularly for 
some time after they have put on their full 
summer dress. Ulmus campestris Reidii 
is an erect habited golden Elm of great 
beauty in spring and summer. A bed of 
Lobelia Queen Victoria still holds out 
bravely. The Strawberry Tree is laden 
with flowers and fruit. 
A sheltered, quadrangular area is used 
as a lawn tennis ground in winter, and is 
now being put in order. The bottom is 
filled with brickbats, over which is a layer 
of gravel, the latter being covered with 
ashes, and the whole rolled down firmly. 
A cap of red gravel surmounts the ashes, 
thus making a convenient playground that 
keeps dry and firm, however it may rain. 
A temple has just been built in one corner 
of this area. From here a winding, shady 
walk has been constructed, leading to 
another part of the grounds, and being 
overhung with tall trees, as well as thickly 
