February 27, 1897. 
rHE GARDENING WORLD. 
403 
WEBBS’ 21s. BOX 
OF 
VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
Arranged to produce a Constant Supply of the Best 
Vegetables all the year round. 
CONTAINS : 
Peas, for succession. 6 qrts. 
Beans, Broad, best. 4 pints. 
Beans, Dwarf, £ pint. 
Beans, Runners, ipint. 
Beet, the best, 1 packet. 
Borecole, best, 1 packet 
Broccoli, 3 packets. 
Brussels Sprouts. 1 packet. 
Cabbage, 3 packets. 
Carrot, for succession, 2 oz. 
Cauliflower, 1 packet. 
Celery, selected, 2 packet. 
Corn Salad, 1 packet. 
Couve Tronchudas, 1 pkt. 
Cress, 307. and 1 packet. 
Cucumber, 2 packets. 
Endive, best, 1 packet. 
Herbs, 3 packets. 
Leek, 1 packet. 
Lettuce, 3 packets. 
Melon, 1 packet. 
Mustard, 4 ounces. 
Onion, best, 4 ounces. 
Parsley, best, 1 packet. 
Parsnip, best, 1 ounce. 
Radish, 3 ounces. 
Salsafy, 1 packet. 
Savoy, best, 1, packet. 
Scorzonera, t packet. 
Spinach, 4 ounces. 
Tomato, 1 packet. 
Turnip, best sorts, 3 oz. 
Vegetable Marrow, 1 pkt. 
Other Boxes, at 5/-, 7/6, 12/6, 15/-, 31/6, $ 2 /-, 
63/-, and 105/- each. 
ALL CARRIAGE FREE. 
SEE WEBBS' SPRING CATALOGUE, POST FREE is. 
WEBB & SONS, Wordsley, Stourbridge. 
ORCHIDS. 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Prices. 
Always wofth a visit of inspection. Kindly send for Catalogue. 
JAMES CYPHER, 
Exotic nurseries, CHELTENHAM. 
DANIELS’ 
Lilium Auratum. 
The beautiful golden-rayed Lily of Japan. Magnificent for 
pots in the greenhouse, or for growing in the open garden. 
Deliciously scented; quite hardy. Planted now will bloom 
splendidly during the summer and autumn. Fine roots, 8 to 9 
ins. circumference, per doz., 4/6; 6 for 2/6; or 25 for 8/6. 
Extra fine roots, 10 ton ins. circumference, per doz., 7/6; 6 
for 4/-; or 25 for 14/-. Grand selected roots, n to 12 ins. cir¬ 
cumference, per doz., 12/-; 6 for 6/6 ; or 25 for 21/-. 
All Post or Carriage Free for Cash with Order. 
DANIELS BROS., Town Close Nurseries, Norwich. 
C ARNATIONS.— SeeFORBES’NEW 
CATALOGUE, 1897, over 140 pages, for the best 
Malmaison. Tree, Border and Show Carnations and Picotees, 
including the oft-certificated “ Buccleuch Clove ” and “ Yule- 
tide. 1 Free on application.—JOHN FORBES. Nurseryman, 
Hawick, Scotland. 
BEGONIASA SPECIALITY 
Seed saved from prize plants. Choicest mixed single or 
double varieties, is., 2s. 6d., and 5s. per packet; collections 
(seed) single, 12 named varieties, separate, 5s. 6d.; 6 ditto, 3s. 
Tubers, named singles, from 18s. to 50s. per doz. ; choicest 
seedlings, 3s. to 30s. per do 7 .; bedding, choicest, 3s. to 9s. per 
doz.; choicest named doubles 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, a& E #8gJV 
FOREST HILL, LONDON, SB. 
bTs/WILLIAMS’ 
Prize Strain of 
CINERARIA 
(extra choice mixed), 
Per Packet, is. 6 1. and 2 s. 6 d. 
A supberb strain of very dwarf 
branching habit and strong con¬ 
stitution, containing a grea* variety 
ot colours. < 
Victoria & Paradise Nurseries, 
Upper Holloway, London, N. 
SEEDS. 
A YEARS VEGETABLES 
FOR 
ONE GUINEA. 
CARTER’S GUINEA BOX 
OF 
GARDE N SEEDS. 
Of tested quality, will produce a constant supply 
of the best Vegetables all the year round. 
It Contains: 
14 pints Peas 
4 pints Broad Beans 
1 pint Runner Beans 
1 pint French Beans 
1 packet Beet 
1 packet Kale 
1 packet B. Sprouts 
3 packets Broccoli 
3 packets Cabbage 
1 packet Savoy 
1 packet Colewort 
2 J oz. Carrot 
1 packet Cauliflower 
2 packets Celery 
3 oz. 1 packet Cress 
2 packets Cucumber 
1 packet Endive 
1 packet Leek 
4 packets Lettuce 
4 oz. Mustard 
1 packet Melon 
4 packets Onion 
1 packet Parsley 
1 oz. Parsnip 
3 J oz. Raddish 
1 packet Salsify 
1 packet Scorzonera 
4 oz. Spinach 
3 oz. Turnip 
1 packet Tomato 
1 packet V. Marrow 
3 packets Herbs 
Forwarded, packing and carriage free, to any 
railway station in England and Wales, and ports 
in Scotland and Ireland, on receipt of cheque or 
postal order for 20/-. Other Boxes, price 2/6., 5/-., 
7/6., 10/-., 15/-., 31/6., 42/-., and 63/-. List of 
contents on Application. , 
A GARDEN OF FLOWERS FOR 10/6. 
Contains Fifty-six packets, comprising all kinds 
of beautiful Flowers, of easy cultivation, sent 
free anywhere within the British Isles on receipt 
of postal order for io/-. Full particulars of 
contents on application. Other Boxes, price 
2/6., 5/--. 15/-■• 21 /-., 31/6., 42/-.. and 63/-. 
LOOK TO YOUR LAWN. 
CARTER’S PAMPHLET, “ How to Manage a 
Lawn or Lawn Tennis Ground," sent on receipt 
of one stamp. 
IMMEDIATE DESPATCH. 
Illustrated. CATALOGUE gratis and post free- 
THE QUEEN’S SEEDSMEN, 
237,238 & 97, HIGH HOLBORN, 
LONDON, W.C. 
CALADIUMS. 
A GREAT SPECIALI 1 V. 
“ Our Collection Leads the Way.” 
Awards: 
At the Manchester Royal Botanical and 
Horticultural Society’s Great Orchid Show, 
held at Old Trafford, from the 19th 
to 25th May, 1893, we were awarded The 
Society’s Gold Medal for a Collection of 
Caladiums, acknowledged by the Press to be the 
finest ever seen. 
At the Arbey Park Show, Leicester, held 03 
August 6th, 1895, we were awarded a Gold 
Medal for a Collection of Caladiums. 
At the Royal Horticultural Society’s Show, 
held at the Inner Temple Gardens, from 19th to 
21st May, 1896, we were awarded a Silver Cup 
fora Collection of Caladiums. 
At the Abbey Park Show, Leicester, held on 
August 6tb, 1896, we were awarded a Silver Cup 
for a Collection of Caladiums. 
DORMANT TUBERS supplied, from October to 
February, PLANTS afterwards. 
Our selections of choice named distinct varieties, 
18s., 24s., 30s , 42s., and 60s. per doz. 
GLOXINIAS 
(roupell park strain). 
Unsurpassed either as seifs or shotted varieties. 
Named varieties, per doz., 24s. and 303. 
Seedlings „ 12s. and 18s. 
Seed, per packet „ 2 s. 6d. and 5s. 
JOHN DEED Sl SONS, 
Roupell Park Nurseries, West Norwood, S,E. 
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, MaldaVale, London W. 
refreshment to the spirit of man."—B acon. 
Edited by J. FRASER F.L.S. 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27th, 1897. 
TI>oyal Gardeners’ Orphan Fund. —The 
* annual general meeting of the sub¬ 
scribers to this charity was held at 
Anderton’s Hotel, Fleet Street, London, on 
the 19th inst. The principal event of this 
meeting was the election by resolution, 
without balloting, of the whole of the 
thirteen candidates to the benefits of the 
Fund. Needless to say, this was a very 
happy commencement of the second decade 
of the existence of the Fund, which was 
instituted in commemoration of Her 
Majesty The Queen’s Jubilee. In like 
manner, the committee on this occasion 
proposed the election of the whole of the 
candidates, by way of commemorating The 
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The chair was 
taken promptly at 4 o’clock by Mr. Wm. 
Marshall, who called upon the secretary, 
Mr. A. F. Barron, to read the minutes of 
the last general annual meeting, and 
of the last ordinary meeting, which in 
both cases were approved. Copies of the 
report of the Executive Committee were 
placed before the subscribers and others 
present; and the chairman while making 
comments upon it, read some letters which 
had been received from the mothers of 
children, who had passed the limit of age 
for receiving benefit from the Fund, showing 
clearly not only the thankfulness of the 
recipients, but the absolute necessity for 
the existence of such a charity. It was a 
pleasing fact to be remembered, that the 
money disbursed by the executive of the 
Royal Gardener's Orphan Fund was doing 
good and useful service. The chairman 
proposed the adoption of the report, which 
