January 13, 1900. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
S07 
VEITCH’S 
CHOICE NOVELTIES. 
NEW 
SPROUTING KALE 
Award of Merit, R.H.S., April 25 th, 1898. 
A distinct aod valuable addition to this useful 
class of winter Greens, producing abundantly 
numerous side Sprouts, which are very tender 
and of excellent flavour when cooked. 
Per Packet, 1/6. 
NEW MELON, 
GUNTON SCARLET, 
Award of Merit, R.H S., October iith, 1898. 
Fruit of very attractive appearance, medium 
size, beautifully netted, and of a very pleasiDg 
colour, while the flesh is of great thickness and 
delicious flavour. 
Per Packet, 2/6. 
NEW PEA, ACME. 
Award of Merit, R.H.S., July 5TH, 1898. 
A valuable addition to the first early section. 
Pods freely produced in pairs, and contain seven 
to nine Peas. Height, 3J ft. 
Per Half-Pint Packet, 2/6. 
(2Ae&e<x>. 
WEBBS 
GRAND NEW 
CUCUMBERS. 
WEBBS' COMMANDER. 
As an exhibition variety this valuable new 
Cucumber is unsurpassed, 24 in. to 30 in. being 
the usual length to which it may be grown. Its 
quality, too, is quite <qual to its handsome 
appearance. 2/6 per packet, post free. 
WEBBS’ UNIVERSAL. 
As an all-round Cucumber, whether for summer 
or winter cultivation, market-gardening, or 
private use, this grand new variety is pre-eminent. 
It is a most persistent cropper, bears a con¬ 
tinuous supply of handsome, dark green, 
medium-sized fruits of the finest quality. 
2/6 per packet, post free. 
See Webbs’ Spring Catalogue, post free, Is. 
WEBBS’, Wordsley, Stourbridge. 
SEE 
SUTTON’S 
Amateur’s Guide 
. . IN . . 
HORTICULTURE FOR 1900. 
Beautifully Illustrated. 
Price One Shilling, post free; gratis to 
Customers from 
Sutton & Sons, Reading. 
. . FOR . . 
THE BEST PEAS 
OF THE YEAR 
NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
YELLOW MUTUAL FRIEND.— Having 
secured the whole of two English sports (both primrose) of 
this fine variety—probably the largest—stock in the trade, can 
guarantee good plants for early delivery. 
WEEK’S NEW VARIETIES. —As usual, I 
control the who’e of these fine novelties—they are finer 
than ever this year—but owing to the great demand orders 
should be given early to secure plants from the earliest 
batches. 
New List and General Catalogue now ready. Post Free 
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AND 
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at most 
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Delivered Free 
by Bail or Parcel Post. 
Illustrated 
Descriptive Catalogue, No. 508, 
Post Free on application. 
H. J. JONES 
Has much pleasure in drawing attention to his fine stock of 
Azalea Ind ca and Mollis. Having made a personal visit to 
Belgium, and bought very largely, he is in a position to give 
extra good value ; this will be a grand opportunity for those 
requiring Azaleas to seoure good plants for a moderate sum ; 
quite one-third less than usual prices. 
AZALEA INDICA.— Best named kinds In all colours, covered 
with flower buds, 1/-, 1/6, and 2/- each, 11 /-, 16/-, and 
20/- per doz. 
AZALEA MOLLIS, in great variety of colours, 9d., 1/-, and 
1/6 eacn, 8/-, 10/-, and 14/-per doz. 
Package Free for Cash only. 
H. J. JONES’ Catalogue of Novelties in Chrysanthemums 
and other plants, also Seed Catalogue, will be ready shortly, 
post free on application. 
Ryecroft Nursery, Lewisham. 
LILIES! LILIES!! LILIES!!! 
Special Offer of 
JAPANESE LILIES. 
Lilium auratum, magnificent bulbs, 9/-, 6/-, and 4/- per 
d' 7. 
Lilium longiflorum, magnificent bulbs, 3/6 and 2/6 per 
doz. 
Lilium longiflorum eximium, magnificent bulbs, 6/- 
per dor. 
Lilium longiflorum giganteum, magnificent bulbs 
61 - per doz. 
Lilium speciosum album Kraetzerii, 6/- and 4/- 
per doz. 
Lilium speciosum rubrum, 6/- and 4/- per doz. 
Lilium lancifolium album, 5/-per doz. 
H. A. TRACY, F.R.H.S., 
Orchid & Lily Importer, 
AMYAND PARK ROAD, TWICKENHAM. 
DER HANDELSGARTNER, 
Commercial Journal for the German Horticulture 
PUBLISHED BY 
Bernhard Thalacker, Leipzig-Gohlis. 
Subscription puce [one year). Foreign Countries, 8s. 
copies free from expenses. 
CUTHBERT'S GARDEN GUIDE 
And Illustrated Seed Catalogue for 1900 
Is now ready, and may be hod free on application. 
R. & G. CUTHBERT, Seed Merchants, 
S OU THGATE, N. 
ESTABLISHED 1787, 
‘ 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 , JANUARY 13th, 1900. 
Practical Instructions to Procure 
» r Shelter.*— Before retiring from bus¬ 
iness Mr. James Dobbie, the founder of the 
firm of Messrs. Dobbie & Co., had 55 years 
of practical experience. It is, however, 
hard for a man, who has pursued an active 
career for so long, to remain in idleness. 
His garden affords Mr. Dobbie both rest 
and recreation, paradoxical as the terms 
may seem. In addition to this he has 
written, and quite recently published, a 
pamphlet of some 32 pages dealing with 
some of his observations and experiences 
during his long careerof horticultural work. 
Under the heading of the "sheltering and 
supporting of fruit,” he deals with some of 
his observations made as far back as 1851. 
A horticulturist of Dunse complained to him 
of the dropping of his Apples about a fort¬ 
night previous to a flower show at which 
he was going to compete. Mr. Dobbie 
* Practical Instructions to Procure Shelter for the 
Animal and Vegetable Kingdom, aod Kill Cater- 
p 11 ,rs, Snails, Worms, Insects, Green 11 , Parasites, 
&c., that Destroy Plants. By Junes Dobbie. Price 
CH. Rothesay: Printed at me Buteman Office, 
Castle Street. 
