July 3, 1897. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
691 
ORCHIDS. 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Prices. 
Always worth a visit 0/ inspection. Kindly send /or Catalogue. 
JAMES CYPHER, 
Exotic Nurseries, CHELTENHAM. 
CALADIUMS AND GLOXINIAS. 
All interested in the above will be amply repaid by 
a visit to our nursery. 
JOHN PEED & SONS, 
Norwood Ed., West Norwood, S.E. 
BEGONIAS 
For Bedding or Conservatory. 
I HAVE a large Stock in fine condition. The 
quality is Ai, and really worth double the money. 
Finest Single mixed in all shades of colour, 12, 3/6 ; 
50, 13/-; 100,24/-. Finest Single mixed in shades of 
bronze, orange, copper, fawn, etc., 12, 3/6 ; 50, 13/-: 
100, 24/-. Finest Singles in 10 distinct colours, 12, 
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or out of pots as the purchaser may desire. 
H. J. JONES, Ryecroft Nursery, Lewisham. 
♦ OUR ROYAL STARLIT ERA. ♦ 
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Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S. 
SATURDAY , JULY 3 rd, 1897. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesdav, July 6th.—Diss Rose Show. 
City of Ely Flower Show. 
Trade Sale of Imported Orchids by Messrs. Protheroe & 
Morris at 67 and 68, Cheapside. 
Wednesday, July 7th.—Glasgow Rose Show, 
Hitchin Rose Show. 
Reigate Rose Show. 
Tunbridge Wells Rose Show. 
County Borough of iL3niey Fete. 
Blackheath, Lewisham, and West Kent Show (3 days). 
Leeds Gala (3 days.) 
Thursday, July 8th.—Farningham Rose Show. 
Bath Ro-e and Begonia Show. 
Bedford Rose Show. 
Gloucester Rose Show. 
Harrow Rose Show. 
Woodbridge Rose Show. 
Newcastle Show 13 days). 
Friday, July 9th.—Sale ot Orchids by Messrs. Protheroe & 
Morris at 67 and 68, Cheapside, E.C. 
Saturday, July 10th.—Manchester Rose Show and Cottagers' 
Exhib.tion. 
H. CANNELL & SONS’ 
Cannas, Begonias, Pelargoniums, 
Carnations, Gloxinias, &c., &c- 
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making themselves thoroughly acquainted with 
our firm. All kinds of Bedding Plants are ready 
and sent off at an hour’s notice. 
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FISH AND SOOT MANURE. 
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4, Malda Vale, London W, 
f ARDENiNG at Devonhurst. —The town 
residence of E. H. Watts, Esq., 
Devonhurst, Chiswick, has the reputation 
of having been once a portion of the 
gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society 
at Chiswick ; but in the early days of the 
latter, the situation was practically open 
country, which it is very far from being 
now. Houses there were to the north even 
in early times, but now they have crept 
round the other three sides, while close up 
to the wall at the northern end, a paper 
manufactory consisting of several high 
buildings are injurious, not only by shutting 
out the light on that aspect, but by prevent¬ 
ing a circulation of air which is of the 
utmost impoitance to healthy growth. 
Nevertheless, under these conditions it is 
surprising what Mr. James Gibson, the 
gardener can produce from such a confined, 
over-sheltered, and over-shaded area, with 
all the other evils concomitant with the 
proximity of houses and a dense population. 
Within the last few years a great develop¬ 
ment has taken place in the cultivation of 
fruits under glass. One long house or 
Peach-case was recently built for this 
express purpose, but at present there is an 
overflow of fruit trees in pots in several of 
the other houses. There are no old vines 
here now. One vinery was cleared and re¬ 
planted with young vines exactly two years 
ago, and the latter are now practically in 
full bearing except towards the top of the 
house, and carrying some splendid bunches. 
Another vinery planted a year ago now 
carries a few bunches towards the bottom. 
The canes in both houses have made 
wonderful progress in the time. The 
original Peach house carries a full crop of 
Peaches and Nectarines now rapidly be¬ 
coming fit to gather. The fruits of 
Nectarine Lord Napier are almost as 
large as those of Peaches usually are, and 
show unmistakeably that the proper treat¬ 
ment is accorded them. Mr. Gibson has a 
great belief in the all-sufficiency of water 
for good results in the cultivation of fruits, 
and never stints the supply even while the 
fruits are ripening. The other week Grosse 
Mignonne Peach bore an excellent crop of 
large fruits, but they were very pale by 
comparison with those of Violette Hative 
though said to be earlier, yet the latter 
were highly coloured The house in which 
they are grown is a wide one, and the trees 
are trained only up to a certain height. 
Some staging towards the back of the house 
is therefore occupied with pyramidal trees 
of Peaches and Nectarines in pots. All are 
in excellent health and bearing a crop of 
fruit that would have had a telling effect if 
exhibited at the Temple Show. The fruits 
are not required here at that early period, 
and accordingly are only now being 
gathered. The trees are still very young in 
the recently built house, and are growing 
too strongly to produce full crops of fruit, 
but Mr. Gibson will presently correct them 
in this respect. 
Cordon Apple and Pear trees and pyra¬ 
midal Plums, all in pots, have ousted the 
usual collection of plants in one of the 
largest houses, and now occupy the wide 
staging on the left side of the pathway. 
Both Pears and Apples are heavily set with 
fruit which has been extensively thinned. 
Seldom have we seen so even and regular a 
set of fruit upon pot trees. The fruits are 
now about the size of a pigeon’s egg, and 
some of the earlier varieties of Pears, such 
as Clapp’s Favourite, are even more 
advanced. A great number of varieties are 
grown so as to give a succession as well as 
a-chance of fruit every year. The peculiar 
conditions under which cultivation has to 
be carried on would also necessitate a sort 
of experiment in order to prove which sorts 
give the greatest amount of satisfaction. 
The variety of colour, size, and flavour 
for table purposes cannot be ignored. 
Tomatos in pots have to be accommodated 
in several of the houses where they can get 
the proper amount of light and air. Austin’s 
Eclipse, Sutton’s Eclipse, and Chemin are 
some of the varieties favoured for pot 
culture, but more are planted outside than 
usual. All bear medium-sized fruits of rich 
colour, but the first two named are very 
fruitful, producing large bunches on short- 
jointed stems. Sutton’s Eclipse is the most 
shapely fruit, being everywhere smooth and 
rounded. A large quantity has already 
been gathered, and the fruits are fitted for 
exhibition purposes as well as for the table. 
A splendid crop of Melons including 
Blenheim Orange, Countess, and several 
others, may be seen in one compartment of 
a span-roofed house. The gardener believes 
in keeping them watered at all times even 
when ripening their fruits, and the results 
testify to the soundness of the practice. 
Early planted Cucumbers after bearing for 
some time were cut back to the harder 
wood, and are fruiting a second time 
better than ever. A short fruited and 
smooth-skinned Vegetable Marrow of excel¬ 
lent quality is fruiting freely in various 
positions. 
Fruit trees in the open air are much less 
satisfactory than those under glass, a fact 
that may be accounted for in various ways 
including the injurious effects of late spring 
frosts. The Apple trees in the open are 
generally thinly furnished, but Queen 
Caroline and Lord Suffield are fairly satis¬ 
factory. Some of the Pear trees on an east 
aspect wall are fairly well laden, and by the 
time the fruits are full grown they will show 
up effectively. Several of the fan-trained 
Cherries on walls have afforded a good 
harvest now mostly gathered. 
Mr. Gibson has got together a consider¬ 
able number of varieties of Strawberries 
with the object of determining the best 
varieties that will furnish a supply of fruit 
over the longest period of time. He is 
