February 13, 1897. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
371 
WEBBS’ 
PRIZE STRAINS OF 
PRIMULAS. 
WEBBS’ NEW DOUBLE WHITE. 
2 b. 6 d. and 5 s. per packet, post free. 
WEBBS’ NEW DOUBLE SALMON. 
2 s. 6d. and 5 s. per packet, post free. 
WEBBS’ NEW DOUBLE RED. 
2 s 6d. and 5 s per packet, post free. 
Where cut flowers are in demand, either for 
table decoration or for button-holes, these hand¬ 
some new varieties will prove of the greatest value. 
Owing to the leDgth of time the blooms last, they 
are also of great service for the conserva'ory. 
WEBBS’ NEW FIREFLY. 
A beautiful Primula of compact habit of 
growth, and very floriferous. Its dark velvety 
crimson blooms are large in size, of good form 
and substance, and finely fringfed. 
2 s. 6d. and 5 s. per packet, post free. 
See Webbs' Spring Catalogue , Post Free is. 
WEBBS’, Wordsley, STOURBRIDGE. 
C ARNATIONS. —See FORBES’NEW 
CATALOGUE, 1897, over 140 pages, for the best 
Malmaison. Tree, Border and Show Carnations and Picotees, 
including tire oft-certificated “ Buccleuch Clove ” and “ Yule- 
tide." Free on application.—JOHN FORBES. Nurseryman, 
Hawick, Scotland. 
BEGONIAS-A SPECIALITY 
Seed saved from prize plants. Choicest mixed single or 
double varielies, is., 2s. 6d„ and 5s. per packet; collections 
(seed) single, r2 named varieties, separate, 5s. 6d.; 6 ditto, 3s. 
Tubers, named singles, from 18s. to 50s. per doz. ; choicest 
seedlings, 3s. to 30s, per do?.; bedding, choicest, 3s. to 9s. per 
doz.; choicest named donbles from 18s. per doz. ; choicest 
seedlings, 6s. to 30s. per doz.; choicest mixed for bedding, 9s. 
to 18s. per doz. Catalogues gratis, 
JOHN LAING & SONS, G & E #ggJV 
FOREST HILL, LONDON, S E. 
GOLD MEDAL BEGONIA SEED. 
I can recommend this with every confidence as the finest 
Begonia Seed ever ottered, being saved from specially selected 
varieties, with sturdy habit, round flowers of good substance, 
and size. I guarantee this to be the same quality that I sow 
for myself, and the packets are made up in liberal quantity 
for money. 
Single .per pkt., i/-, 1/6, and 2/6. 
Double .per pkt., 1/6 and 2/6. 
H. J, JONES, Ryecroft Nursery, LEWISHAM. 
A FEW MORE 
New & Improved Vegetables. 
CARTERS MODEL CUCUMBER. 
Many so-called new Cucumbers are brought for¬ 
ward every season, but little is heard of them after¬ 
wards. This fine variety still maintains its position 
as the handsomest in shape, the best in flavour, and 
the finest in cultivation. 
In sealed pkts., price 2/6 and 3/6 each, post free. 
CARTERS HOLBORN MODEL LEEK. 
Grand, both for exhibition or table. A Welsh 
customer says : “ They are the best we ever had.” 
In sealed pkts., price 2 /- each, post free. 
GARTERS RECORD ONION. 
The largest Onion grown. A customer writes : 
“ I cleared the whole roost in the Onion competition 
with • Record."’ We have seen a specimen bulb 
that weighed 4J lb. 
In sealed pkts., price 2 /- each, post free. 
CARTERS OUTDOOR TOMATO. 
The very best for open-air cultivation we know of. 
Should be grown by everybody. 
In sealed pktf., price 2/6 each, post free. 
CARTERS HOLBORN EXHIBITION 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 
A very fine strain, for colour, solidity, and pro¬ 
ductiveness ; it is prefirred in Covent Garden 
Market to all others. A leading Essex grower told 
us lately that his crop was returning him £70 per 
acre. 
In sealed pkts., price 1/6 each ; 2/6 per oz , post free. 
GARTERS LEVIATHIAN 
BROAD BEAN. 
The longest-podded Broad Bean grown; fine for 
exhibition, and one of the best for cooking purposes. 
We have seen pods 21 inches long. 
In sealed pkls., price 1/9 per pint; 3 /- per quart, 
post free. 
CARTERS RED ELEPHANT CARROT. 
A veritable giant, both in length and rotundity, 
Specimens exhibited at our establishment measured 
2J feet in length. 
In sealed pkts., price 1/6 each, pest free. 
GARTERS EXTRA EARLY 
AUTUMN GIANT CAULIFLOWER. 
This magnificent variety is more dwarf, consider¬ 
ably earlier, and altogether better than the old form. 
Grown in large quantities for Covent Garden 
Market, where nothing but the very best is wanted. 
In sealed pkts., price 2 /- each, post free. 
H.Cannell JkSons, 
CARTERS SOLID IVORY CELERY. 
Still maintains its position as one of the best 
white Celeries in cultivation. A customer writes: 
“ It was the only Celery we found good at the break¬ 
up of the intense frost.” 
In sealed pkts., price 1/6 each, post free. 
The Reason Why 
Godfrey's Chiysanthemcm Cuttings and plants produce better 
results than others, is because of the fact of their being grown 
in an exceptionally favourable climate and situation. The 
stools are kept in Roomy and Un-heated houses within a 
“ stone’s throw ” of the sea. 
With such surroundings can the growth help being strong and 
sturdy? Again manv thousands of strong healthy plants are 
now standing in Un-heated houses ready fer dispatch 
‘‘QUALITY is Godfrey’s Motto, Dot a quantity of weak and 
sickly siuff, quietly propagated in heated houses with the 
object of quoting se mingly low prices. Catalogues Post Free. 
w. J. GODFREY, EXMOUTH, DEVON. 
Illustrated CATALOGUE gratis and post free- 
THE QUEEN'S SEEDSMEN, 
237,238 & 97, HIGH HOLBORN, 
LONDON, W.C. 
Veitch’s Exonian Pea. 
The finest first early wrinkled marrow in cultivation, 
2 /- per Quart. 
Veitch’s Exhibition Long- 
Pod Bean. 
The best for exhibition, 2 /- per Quart. 
Veitch’s Climbing French 
Bean. 
Unequalled for crop and quality as a forcing Bean, 
2 /- per Quart 
Renton’s Monarch Leek. 
The best Leek for ext ibition, 1/6 per Packet. 
The Earl’s Favourite 
Melon. 
Green flesh; a sure prizetaker, sets freely, and 
does we'l in a cool house, 1/6 per packet. 
ALL GROWN AND CAREFULLY SELECTED 
BY OURSELYES. 
Other Novelties of Special Merit. See Catalogue, 
Post Free. 
ROBERT YEITCH & SON, 
Queen’s Seedsmen, 
" Gardening Is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
Edited by J. FRASER F.L.S. 
SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 13 th, 1897. 
Whe Newer Type of Incurved Chry¬ 
santhemums. —We were not a little 
suprised at the attitude takeh by the Floral 
Committee of the National Chrysanthemum 
Society, during the months of November 
and December last, with regard to the 
newer type of incurved Chrysanthemums, 
represented by the popular C. H. Curtis, 
J. Agate, and Mrs. R. C. Kingston. These 
three do not, however, seem to have been 
under dispute ; but we fail to see in what 
particular respect they differ from Duchess 
of Fife, Miss Louise D. Black, Perle 
Dauphinoise, and various others whose 
right to be included amongst incurved 
Chrysanthemums has been seriously 
disputed. We can admire the consistency 
of those who would zealously defend estab¬ 
lished canons and rules against violation by 
innovations that would be productive of 
chaotic disorder, where order should reign. 
The idea seems to have gained ground last 
autumn that a serious innovation was 
being made by the admission of varieties 
having something of the Japanese element 
in them, amongst the true old type of 
incurved Chrysanthemums. There seems 
also to be an impression that members of 
these two sections have been intercrossed 
thereby, breaking down the barrier between 
the two types. We think it hardly neces¬ 
sary to assume that such a thing has been 
done, thereby resulting in intermediates, 
though we do not deny that it might have 
been done. The two sections had one 
origin; or in other words we may say that 
