September 26, 1896. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
61 
WEBBS 
BULBS 
WEBBS’ 21/- BOX 
FOR 
GREENHOUSE DECORATION, 
&c 
i Amaryllis Formosissima. 
ioo Crocus, five choice 
variet es. 
12 Chionodoxas. 
6 Freesias. 
18 Hyacinths, choice 
named varieties. 
9 Jonquils, sweet-scented. 
6 Narcissus Bulbocodium. 
9 Polyanthus Naicissus. 
25 Scilla Siberica. 
ioo Snowdrops. 
6 Tulips, Due Van Thol, 
scarlet. 
18 Tulips, early single, six 
varieties. 
6 Tulips, Rex Rubrorum, 
double. 
6 Tulips, Tournesol, 
double. 
OTHER BOXES from 5s. to 105s. each 
WEBBS' BULB CATALOGUE, 
Beautifully Illustrated, and containing complete cultural 
instructions, Post Free, 6d, Gratis to customers. 
Seedsmen by Royal Warrants to H.M. the Queen and 
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
CINERARIA 
Grandiflora, prize medal strains, flowers 2 ins. 
across. Strong Seedlings i/- per doz. 
PRIMULA Seedlings, 2/- per doz. 
CYCLAMEN Seedlings, 2/- per doz. 
SMILAX Plants, good stuff in pots, 3/- per doz. 
YOUNG & DOBINSON, 
Holmesdale and Highfield Nurseries, 
STEVENAGE, HERTS. 
" Gardening Is the pnrest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon, 
Edited by J. FRASER F.L.S. 
SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 26 th, 1896. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, September 28th.—Sales of Bulbs by Messrs. Protheroe 
& Morris. & Mr. J. C. Stevens, 
Tuesday, September 29th.—Sales of Bulbs by Messrs. 
Protheroe & Morris, & Mr. J. C. Stevens. 
Wednesday, September 30th.—Sales of Bulbs by Messrs. 
Protheroe & Morris. & Mr. J. C. Stevens. 
Thursday, October 1st.—Opening of the R.H.S. three days’ 
exhibition of fruit at the Crystal Palace. Sales of Bulbs by 
Messrs.Protheroe & Morris & Mr. J. C. Stevens. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
THE RYECROFT SET OF DRESSING- 
INSTRUMENTS. 
Three pairs of Forceps, Brush and Case complete, 10/6; 
Large Forceps, for pulling centres 3/9; Smaller ditto for 
Dressing, 2/9. Free tor cash. 
The BEST CUPS and TUBES are- 
THE BECKETT .—AH sizes, both lor Japanese and 
Incurved, at 9/- per dozen ; or, with additional tube for raising 
the bloom 3 inches higher than the ordinary one, 12/- per doz. 
THE SPRINGTHORPE- - For Japanese and In¬ 
curved, all sizes, 9/-per dozen. 
W All Free for Cash with Order, 
H. J. JONES, 
Ryecroft Nursery, Hither Green, LEWISHAM. 
GRAPE VINES and ROSES. 
JOHN COWAN & CO. have this season a 
large and splendid Stock of Grape Vines suitable 
for fruiting in pots and planting vineries. 
Also a large and splendid Stock of Tea and other 
Roses in pots. 
Descriptive and priced catalogue post free on 
application to the Company. 
THE VINEYARD & NURSERIES, 
Garston, near Liverpool. 
CUTBUSH’S MILLTRACK MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
Everyone can readily grow Mush¬ 
rooms, and by using this Spawn will 
ensure success. All growers speak 
in high praise of the quality. Numer¬ 
ous testimonials. None genuine 
unless In sealed packages and printed 
cultural directions enclosed, with our 
Signature attached. Price 6s. per 
bushel, is extra for package, or is. 
per cake, free per parcels post. 
WM. CUTBUSH & SON, 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
Highgate Nurseries, London, N., & Barnet, Herts. 
THE ORCHID FLOWER HOLDER 
(PATENTED). 
A useful Invention for Orchid Growers and Floral Deoorators 
Price, per dozen, 3i. 91., post paid, 
TO BE HAD OF 
ALFRED 
7, MOORE PARK ROAD, FULHAM, LOKDOM, S.W. 
O RCHIDS of the highest quality, every 
plant guaranteed true to name, from 2/6each. Please 
send for free list.—P. McARTHUR, The London Nurseries, 
4, Maida Vale, London, W. 
Friday, October 2nd.—Sales of Bulbs and Orchids by Messrs. 
Protheroe & Morris, and of Bulbs by Mr. J. C. Stevens. 
J^urford Lodge, Dorking. —All those 
—V who have seen this residence of Sir 
Trevor Lawrence, Bart., could not have 
failed to be struck with its romantic situa¬ 
tion, located as it is close under the western 
escarpment of the chalky and beautifully- 
wooded ridge of Box Hill, about a mile 
from Dorking in Surrey. A visit to this 
establishment long made famous by its fine 
collection of Orchids soon convinces the 
observant eye that flowers, not merely 
Orchids, but of a varied description are as 
popular as ever at Burford Lodge under 
the fostering care of their worthy owner 
who is come of a family long notable in 
the annals of horticulture. 
We made a hasty survey of the establish¬ 
ment the other week under the escort of 
Mr. W. Bain, the gardener, who is affable, 
courteous and ready to explain the why 
and the wherefore of everything. Enter¬ 
ing the conservatory, we could not but 
admire the elegant and showy drapery 
suspended from the roof, and consisting of 
a fine form of the white Lapageria and L. 
rosea White’s var., with long, rich, rosy- 
carmine flowers. The main stems were 
trained under the roof, but the flowering 
shoots were allowed to hang freely and 
gracefully. Such an arrangement consti¬ 
tutes an excellent foil to the flaming glow 
of the numerous Cannas of the most 
recent and best improvements in cultiva¬ 
tion. We singled out a few of the 
greatest decorative value, including 
Souvenir de Madame Crozy, a rich crim¬ 
son-scarlet with a broad yellow margin, 
and Anthony Barton, a golden-yellow 
variety, richly spotted with scarlet. But 
where the new, large-flowering sorts were 
all so excellent, it would be futile in the 
space at command to make a selection. 
They are grown in small pots, yet keep up 
a succession for a long period by throwing 
up suckers from the base, which flower in 
due time. Indeed, they would flower all 
the winter, said Mr. Bain, provided the 
temperature were kept sufficiently high to 
enable them to go on growing. Lilies 
were also a feature of this house, par¬ 
ticularly L. auratum rubrum and L. 
speciosum witli its varieties. The best 
of the several white forms of the latter 
is L. s Kratzeri with large flowers of 
good substance, and having yellow instead 
of brown anthers. Blandfordia nobilis 
grows like a weed here, but the present 
is not its time of flowering. Caryopteris 
Mastacanthus is a blue flowered Verben- 
aceous plant which Mr. Bain is trying 
both under glass and out of doors. 
Tuberous Begonias were still gay, but 
of more special interest were the single, 
semi-double and double forms of the sweet- 
scented Begonia odorata, which are only 
in the initial stages of improvement, 
and as yet little known and less frequently 
cultivated. A double rose variety was 
recently honoured with an Award of 
Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society, 
but a rich carmine variety which we con¬ 
sider even finer has not yet received the 
recognition which it deserves. A single 
white variety is distinct with regard to 
colour. 
Anthuriums, but especially hybrid forms, 
are also a speciality at Burford Lodge, as 
they have been for many years. The 
Anthurium house is mostly devoted to the 
cultivation of the white forms as well as 
the crushed-strawberry types belonging to 
A. schroderianum. We arrived at a time 
of the day when the house had been shut 
up and we felt the heat and moisture of the 
growing atmosphere to which the plants 
were being subjected. Here, as in the stove, 
where another collection is located, the 
plants had newly been repotted. This is 
an operation to which they are subjected 
annually, when every particle of the old 
soil is removed, even if it is necessary to use 
tepid water with which to wash the roots. The 
latter were again active, though the opera¬ 
tion had only been accomplished a week. 
The stove contained A. andreanum and 
allied hybrid forms, including the crimson- 
scarlet A. a. sanguineum, and a very distinct 
flesh-coloured form as yet unnamed. The 
collection can boast of many fine forms 
which have received certificates within the 
last few years. Here also is A.warocqueanum 
with velvety-olive leaves about a yard long. 
Another rare foliage variety is A. splendens, 
in another house and protected by a frame, 
and Mr. Bain says it refuses to thrive any¬ 
where else. Its corrugated, olive-green 
leaves are very striking. Very few culti¬ 
vators can surmount the difficulties atten¬ 
dant upon the growing of this beautiful but 
fastidious species. 
There are two grand masses of the Witch 
Plant (Ataccia cristata) which grows like a 
weed here. They are throwing up their 
flower spikes for the third time this season. 
Other foliage plants bespeak a skilful atten¬ 
tion on the part of the cultivator, and 
include such things as Schizocasia sanderi- 
ana and Alocasia thibautiana. The lamina 
of the leaf of the latter attains the magni¬ 
ficent proportions of ft. by 20 in wide, 
and would have been large enough for a 
Roman shield. Their texture suggests 
leather, and their beautiful colour is fault¬ 
less. Here also may be seen the best and 
the latest forms of Bertolonia in 60-sized or 
even smaller pots, and thriving beautifully 
in a frame. Madame Van Houtte is 
reckoned the best of those having large 
leaves and rosy and olive markings. One 
of the most lecent is Harry Veitch, having 
dark olive leaves marked all over with 
minute pink spots. 
The Pelargonium house is kept cool and 
airy, and is filled with a large assortment of 
single and double varieties, already a blaze 
of colour, but which are intended for keep¬ 
ing up a supply of cut flowers till November 
or December. Both flowers and trusses 
are in many cases of great size. Here also 
