THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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May 29, 1897. 
New Strawberry, Veitch’s Perfection 
FIRST-1 LASS CERTIFICATE, ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, JULY 14, 1896. 
Are booking orders to supply, early in August next, plants of this nev' Strawberry, the finest and most richly flavoured 
that has yet been raised. 
It is the result of a cross between British Queen, well known as one of the best flavoured of all Strawberries, and 
Waterloo, a superb late variety of large size and deep colour. 
The following extract is from the official report of the meeting of the Fruit Committee at Chiswick, on June 29th, 
1896, as published in the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, vol. xx., p. lxvi:— 
“ Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, of Chelsea, sent a box of fruit and some growing plants of a magnifi¬ 
cent Strawbeiry, named Veitch’s Perfection, a hybrid raised by Mr. Seden from British Queen and 
Waterloo. It was found to be of marvellous sweetness and flavour, the foliage and flavour .being 
markedly of British Queen type, and the colour of the fruit almost as dark as W aterloo. It was unani¬ 
mously resolved to recommend a First-class Certificate.” 
Plants in small pots, 42 /- per 100 , 6/- per doz ; in 32-size pots, 100 /- per 100 . 
Strong Runners, 21 /- per 100 ; 4 /- per doz. 
ROYAL EXOTIC NURSERY, 544, KING’S RD., CHELSEA, S.W. 
CUTBUSH’S CflftflRTIOflS. 
Awarded Seven Gold Medals, 
Many Silver Cups and Medals at Antwerp, York, London, &c. 
$tU«r (Exit JFlora Jltciml 
RT THE TEMPLE SHOM, LONDON, THIS MEEK, 
For Novelties and General Varieties of Carnations in the best condition, always apply to 
WM. GUTBUSH & SON, HiGHGATE NURSERIES, LONDON, N. 
And Barnet, Herts. 
11 Gardening Is tbe purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. 
fl4 ifloiilil, 
Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S. 
SATURDAY , MAY 29th, 1897. 
Two Geld and many Silver Medals have been awarded to our magnificent collection , 
SILVER CUP AWARDED 
At the R.H.S. Temple Show, 
On May 19th, 1896. 
A New Catalogue of all the best and choicest varieties has just been published, and 
may be had gratis and post free on application. 
Our Selections of Choice named Distinct Varieties, 15/-, 18/-, 24/-, 
30/-, and 42/- per dozen.' 
JOHN PEED AND SONS, 
ROUPELL PARK NURSERIES, 
And at Streatham, S.W. WEST NORWOOD, LONDON, S.E. 
LAINGS’ BEGONIAS 
NOW IN FULL BLOOM. 
The Premier House. Awarded 13 Gold Medals. 
Unequalled as a Floral Display. Visitors are cordially invited ; free admission. 
Frequent trains from the City and West End to Catford Bridge and Forest Hill 
Stations. 
New Descriptive Catalogue post free. Telephone 9,660. 
JOHN LAING & SONS, 
Begonia, Caladium, Ciivia, and Gloxinia Specialists, Seed, 
Plant and Bulb Merchants, &c., 
FOREST HILL, S.E. AND CATFORD, KENT. 
f Glance at the Temple Show. —-The 
tenth great annual show of the Royal 
Horticultural Society in the Inner Temple 
Gardens, is in every way worthy of any 
previous one and a marked advance in 
several respects upon all that have gone 
before. Those who saw the first one in 1888 
will admit this. Changes there have been, 
and that we fully expected in the course of nine 
years. The first show of the series, having 
been inaugurated in a tentative way, found 
the exhibitors unprepared for such an event ; 
but the fact that it was a grand success 
proved plainly the great resources at the 
command of the exhibitors who supported 
it then and have consistently done so ever 
since. As we go to press the three days’ 
show has been opened to the public, and 
will remain so during Thursday and Friday. 
The morning of Wednesday was cloudy but 
dry, though later on there were light 
showers of rain. 
Strong evidence of the growth of the 
Temple Show is furnished by the growing 
annual demand for space over and above 
what is actually available. Many of the 
leading exhibitors have been refused 
hundreds of square ft. of space, and the de¬ 
ficiency, therefore, runs up into three or four 
figures. Duplicates are forbidden, so that 
the groups of certain classes of flowers have 
been restricted, thus allowing of greater 
variety. The real growth of the show, 
however, consists in the select but varied 
character of the exhibits, the greater im¬ 
provement in fruits, flowers, and vegetables, 
particularly florists’ flowers and Caladiums, 
and in the greater evidence of cultural skill. 
Orchids continue to monopolise a great 
amount of table space, and show no falling 
away. Both amateurs and nurserymen are 
well represented, the former even being more 
