rHE GARDENING WORLD. 
467 
March 27, 1897. 
NEW BEDDING ASTER. 
Specially recommended for bedding purposes, 
producing a magnificent effect when planted in 
masses of separate colours in the open garden. 
The plants are dwarf and compact in habit of 
growth, and the varieties uniform in time of 
flowering. Mixed or separate colours, 1 /- per 
packet, post free. 
WEBBS’ NEW PEERLESS ASTER. 
A chaste variety, of neat habit of growth, 
suitable for bedding or pot culture. The flowers 
are of good size, beautifully imbricated, and of 
pale sulphur or cream colour; i ft. 1/6 per 
packet, post free. 
See Webbs’ Spring Catalogue, post free, is. 
WEBBS’, WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
BEGONIAS A SPECIALITY 
Seed saved from prize plants. Choicest mixed single or 
double varieties, is., 2 S. 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 doz.; 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, gr b o e ^ a &c . 
FOREST HILL, LONDON, SB ._ 
C ARNATIONS.—SeeFORBES’NEW 
CATALOGUE, 1897, over J40 pages, for the best 
Malmaison. Tree, Border and Show Carnations and Picotees, 
including the oft-certificated “ Buccleuch Clove” and “Yule- 
tide. ' Free on application.—JOHN FORBES. Nurseryman, 
Hawick, Scotland. 
ORCHIDS. 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Prices. 
Always worth a visit of inspection. Kindly send for Catalogue. 
JAMES CYPHER, 
Exotic Nurseries, CHELTENHAM. 
ROSES. ROSES. 
The Best and Cheapest in the World. 
GRE/tT © L E/c R A JM © E SALE. 
All have been kept moved back, and will plant now with 
safety. 50 Dwarfs 21s., 26 Half-Standards, 21s., 12 Half-Stand¬ 
ards, unnamed, 9s. 6d., 50 Dwarfs, unnamed, 12s. 6d. The 
following are carriage free:—12 Climbing 7s., 12 Best Dwarfs 
7s., 6 Gloire de Dijons 4s. 6d., 6 Lovely Fairy Roses 4s., 6 
Austrian Briars 3s., 6 Mrs. Bosanquet 3s. 6d., 6 Moss 
Roses 3 6d., 6 Cabbage Roses 4s., 6 Old Fashioned Roses 
3s. 6d 6 Crimson Monthly 3s., 6 Pink Monthly 2s. 6d. 
6 Wt.ie Monthly 3s., 6 Quick ClimbiDg 2S. 6d, 12 Sweet Briar, 
3s. All my selection for cash with order. Thousands oi 
Testimonials. Catalogues Free. JAMES WALTERS, Rose 
Grower, Exeter. 
HARPE’S 
Illustrated 
Descriptive 
Catalogue, 
Post Free on Application to 
CHARLES SHARPE k CO., LTD. 
SLEAFORD. 
INYICTA 
GRASS SEED: 
FOR 
Garden Lawns, Tennis Lawns, 
Croquet Grounds, Bowling’ Greens 
For Shaded Places. 
Entirely Supersedes Turf, which is always full of 
vile weeds. 
Old, worn out, and mossy pieces of Grass can 
be renoYated at little expense, if the following 
directions are attended to: 
Lightly scratch the surface with a rake, to make 
a bed for the Seed, which sprinkle over the ground 
at the rate of 1 lb. (cost is. 3d.) to every 500 square 
feet, and the contents of a 3s. box of Carter's Lawn 
Manure (No. 1 prescription) ; cover the whole with 
a barrowful of good, clean, loamy soil. Brush it 
over the ground, then thoroughly well roll down. 
Choose a dry day for the work, and where the Grass 
is very thin do not stint the Seed. If there is no 
rain within a few days after sowing, and dry winds 
prevail, a good watering is desirable. Do not cut 
too closely at the first two mowings. 
Estimates for Quantities on Application. 
CARTER’S PAMPHLET 
ON THE MANAGEMENT OF LAWNS. 
Beautifully Illustrated. 
Free for One Stamp. 
Special 5/- Box of 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
If sown early, according to the directions on the 
packets, many of these flowers will be in full beauty 
during the Jubilee celebrations in the early summer. 
The box is sent packing and postage free, and 
contains : 
Aster, choice mixed 
Antirrhinum, choice 
Candytuft, crimson 
Marguerites 
ConvolYulus major, 
mixed 
Convolvulus minor 
Dahlia, best single 
Dianthus Heddewigi 
Erysimum Perowski- 
anum 
Everlasting Flowers 
Linum, scarlet 
Lobelia speciosa 
Lupinus nanus 
Marigold, French 
Mignonette 
Nasturtium, Tom 
Thumb, Scarlet 
Nemophila insignia 
Petunia, choice mixed 
Phlox Drummondi 
Poppy, all varieties 
Stock, German 
Sweet Pea 
Sweet William 
Sunflower, Giant 
Tagetes pumila 
Wallflower, dark red 
Zinnia, best mixed 
ROSES from SEED in a few weeks. 
CARTER’S ANNUAL ROSE. 
This delightful little plant is one of the greatest 
curiosities we have handled for some time, and the 
pleasure it affords, on this account alone, makes it 
well worth growing, especially by ladies who take 
pleasure in watching the progress of a seedling plant 
from its birth. 
We were recently told by an eminent gardener 
that it was the greatest novelty he had grown for 
many years, indeed out of eighteen plants only one 
remained on the Conservatory stage, for he added 
“ all the ladies who come here beg to take one away 
with them.” Our exhibit at the Temple Exhibi¬ 
tion last spring was a great attraction to the lady 
visitors. 
Price, in sealed packets, 1/6 & 2/6 each. 
Illustrated CATALOGUE post free- 
THE QUEEN’S SEEDSMEN, 
237,238 & 97, HIGH HOLBORN, 
LONDON. 
BARR’S GOLDEN DWARF BUTTER BEAN. 
remarkably early and productive; the long fleshy 
pods require no stringing, and when boiled are a 
great delicacy. Per Pint, 1/3. 
BARR’S “BEST OF ALL ” AUTUMN CABBAGE. 
a fine distinct liitle Cabbage, remarkably early and 
dwarf, and of specially fine cocking quality. 
Per oz 1/6, per packet 6d. 
BARR’S “ FIRST OF ALL ” RADISH. 
remarkably early, short leaved little radishes, coming 
into use very quickly, flesh ctisp, and of delicate 
flavour, scarlet or white. Per pint 3/6, per oz 8d. 
FLOWER SEEPS. 
BARR’S SPECIALITIES FOR 1897 . 
Antirrhinum, Barr’s “Queen of the 
North,” the most beautiful white Snap dragon ever 
raised, flowers large and abunduntly produced, greatly 
prized for cutting, of graceful habit, and a grand 
bedder. Per Packet 6d. and 1/-. 
Delphihium, saved -From Barr’s mag¬ 
nificent new varieties, at their Long 
Ditton Nurseries. Choice mixture, per pkt., 1/6 
& 2 / 6 . 
Polyanthus,Barr's Long Ditton, highly 
coloured varieties, seed saved from flowers 
of extra selected quality. Per packet, 2/6. 
Barr’s New Seed Guide for 1897, 
WILL BE SENT FREE ON APPLICATION. 
BARR & SONS, 
12 & 13, KING ST., COYENT, GARDEN, LONDON. 
Nurseries: Long’ Ditton, Surrey (Surbiton Station, S.W.R.) 
" 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, MARCH 27 tli, 1897. 
Weatures of Spring Shows. —Taking it 
altogether we have had a good season 
for early spring] flowers, though many 
declaim loudly on the sunless aspect of our 
skies. Hardy flowers have not suffered in 
any way, though plants under glass may be 
lacking somewhat in substance and colour. 
The spring shows that have already taken 
place in various parts of the country are 
declared to have been successful, and par¬ 
ticularly in the case of certain classes of 
plants which vary from district to district. 
Orchids were the feature of the Manchester 
spring show held on the 16th andiyth inst., 
where they were stated to have excelled those 
of any previous show held at this season of 
the year, whether for quantity or quality. 
The honours of the day fell to the lot of 
E. Ashworth, Esqr., of Harefield Hall, 
Wilmslow, in the shape of a Gold Medal. 
Other well known exhibitors of Orchids 
were also very successful. At Aigburth, 
not far off, the spring show turned 
largely upon Dutch bulbs and the various 
seasonable occupants of the conservatory 
and greenhouse, such as Cinerarias, 
Cyclamen, Deutzias, Primulas, Azaleas, 
Freesias, Cytisus, Violets, and Lily of the 
