March 80, 1901. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
487 
VEITCHS 
COLLECTIONS OP 
FLOWER SEEDS 
TO SUIT ALL REQUIREMENTS, 
At 5/-, 10/6, 15/- 21/-, & 42/- 
each. 
FREE BY POST. 
Thesfe Collections comprise the most showy 
and best varieties, carefully selected to ensure a 
constant succession cf the most brilliant ccloured 
and attractive flowers. 
COLLECTIONS OP 
VEGETABLE SEEDS 
TO SUIT ALL REQUIREMENTS, 
At 5/-, 7/6, 12/6, 15/-, 21/-, 31/6, 
42/-, & 63/- each. 
Carriage Paid to any Station in the United Kingdom. 
FULL PARTICULARS POST FREE ON 
APPLICATION. 
y (Pdc&etxj. 
All who wish to produce a 
brilliant display of beauti~ 
ful flowers 
Sow . . 
WEBBS 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
WEBBS’ DOUBLE WALLFLOWER. 
A magnificent strain, which produces massive spikes 
of beautifully-shaped and exquisitely-scented flowers, that 
form a splendid addition to the border at a time when 
flowers are of the greatest value ; mixed, ijft. 
Per Packet, 1/- post free. 
WEBBS’ Spring Catalogue, Post Free, Is, 
Abridged Edition. Gratis and post free. 
WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 
THOMPSON & MORGAN, Seedsmen, 
5, Carr Street, Ipswich, 
Beg to invite the attention of Amateurs to their extensive 
collection of FLOWER and VEGETABLE SEEDS for the present 
season. It will be found replete with valuable Novelties and 
Rare Seeds, and is especially rich in HARDY PERENNIALS and 
ALPINES. Priced Catalogue, sent post free to any addres3. 
R eaders of the gardening 
WORLD will greatly oblige the Publisher by 
mentioning this Paper when writing to Advertisers. 
ORCHIDS. 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Priees. 
ilnays worth a visit ol inspection. Kindly send for Catalogue , 
JAMES CYPHER, 
Exotic Norsories, CHELTENHAM. 
SPECIAL LINES. 
Our supplementary 3lpp. Plant List will be sent to any 
applicant post free. 
Illustrative Lines of our charges. 
A Good Collection of Giant Sweet Peas.— 
Ten distinct varieties, 50 seeds of each, post free for 1/2. All 
new sorts and all plump seeds (500 seeds in all): Navy Blue, 
deep violet-blue ; Blanche Burpee, the finest white ; Captiva¬ 
tion, bright rosy-rlaret; Lady Marie Currie, large orange- 
pink; Lady Nina Baliour, delicate mauve, shaded dove-grey ; 
Lovely, large flowered, delicate rose and flesh ; Mars, extra 
large scarlet; Senator, a shiwy striped chocolate ; Triumph, 
orange-pink and white; Salopian, true scarlet. The 500 seeds 
for 1 /a. 
Potatos One pound each of the following seven ex¬ 
hibition varieties of Potatos, carriage free to nearest railway 
station, for 2/3. Sharpe’s Early Victor (earliest kidney), Duke 
of York (Early), Green's Favourite (New), The Sirdar (New), 
General Roberts (New), Up-toDate (New), Abundance (New). 
Seven pounds each ol the seven sorts carriage free to nearest 
railway station for 9/6; fourteen pounds of each of the above 
named seven varieties, carriage free for 17/6. 
Established hardy trees, not scraggy cuttings. 
Tea Roses. —The following twelve varieties, carriage 
free lor 5/-; Homer, Devoniensis, Maman Cochet, Fracoisca 
Kruger, Belle Lyonnaise, Catherine Memet, Papi Gontier, 
Ernest Metz, Mdme. Falcot, G. Nabonnand, Marie Van 
Houtte, Hon. Edith Giflord. 
„ ®® e our Soccial Offer in this week's 
HOBBIES.” Obtain a specimen copy from 
your newsagent, and participate in our ofFer. 
HOBBIES, LIMITED, 
With which is incorporated JOHN CREEN, F.R.H.S , 
Norfolk Nurseries, OEREHAM. 
Dicksons 
Vegetable & Flower 
Seed Potatos, Garden Tools & Sundries, 
AU of BEST QUALITIES, 
At Most Moderate Prices, 
Delivered Free by Rail or Parcel Post. 
'1IIIISIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII11IS 
ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
No. 543, Post Free on application. 
ROYAL SEED WAREHOUSES 
12 ACRES OF ROSES 
THE BEST AND CHEAPEST IN THE WORLD. 
All Goods CARRIAGE PAID. 
Catalogues Free. 
Choice Standards and Half-Standards for 21/-; 50 
choice Dwarf Perpetuals, 21/-; 50 unnamed Dwarfs, 
15/-; 6 new Rambler Roses, 4/-; 12 Teas and Noisettes, 9/-; 
12 choice Climeing, 6/-; 12 best Hybrid Perpetual Roses, 6/-; 
6 Gloire de Dijon, 4/6 ; 6 Fairy Roses 4/-; 6 Moss Roses, 3/-; 
6 Pink Monthly Roses, 2/6 ; 12 Sweet Briars, 3/-. Roses, How 
to Grow Them, 4d. 
All for Cash with Order. Thousands of Testimonials. 
JAMES WALTERS, EXETER. 
ASTERS 
FOR SUMMER GARDENING. 
SUTTON’S SUPERB BEDDING. 
A splendid selection of dwarf varieties, specially 
adapted for producing masses of colour in beds. 
per pkt. per pkt. 
Scarlet .. .. 1/- Blue. 1/- 
Oelicate Rose 1/- Lilac.1/- 
Bright Rose .. 1/- White.1/6 
Collection of six colours, separate, 5/-. 
"I had between fourteen and fifteen thousand 
Asters in flower at one time, and every one who 
saw them said it was one of the most perfect 
shows of bloom they had ever seen.”— Herman 
K. Bicknell, Esq., Northam. 
(Buttons Seeds! 
GENUINE ONLY FROM SUTTON & SONS,READING. J 
Cornwall Daffodil & Spring Flower Society. 
The ANNUAL SHOW of the above Society will be 
held on Thursday and Friday, April rah and rath, in the 
Concert Hall, Truko. 
Schedules and Entry Forms, also Rule9 for Certificates for 
New Spring Flowers, can be had from— 
Hon. JOHN BOSCAWEN, Hon. Sec., 
Tregye, Perranwell. 
“Gardening is the prrest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man ”—Bacon. 
l|Mld 
Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S., F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY, MARCH loth, 1901. 
The Editorial and Publishing Offices are 
now removed to 4, Dorset Buildings, 
Salisbury Square, Fleet St., London. 
Editorial matters are to be addressed to 
the Editor. 
All other communications and Remit¬ 
tances must be addressed direct to the 
Proprietors— 
HICKS, WILKINSON & SEARS. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Wednesday, April 3rd. — Royal Caledonian Horticultural 
Society’s Show, Edinburgh (2 days.) 
Thursday, April 4th.—Linnean Society’s Meeting. 
Saturday, April 6th.—Royal Botanical Society Meeting; 
Societe Francaise d'Horticulture de Londres Meeting. 
f oHN Claudius Loudon— A Sketch.— In 
1803 Mr. Loudon turned his face 
southwards, arriving in London. The next 
day he called upon Mr. Sowerby, Mead 
Place, Lambeth, whose museum of minera- 
Pgical specimens greatly impressed Loudon 
on account of their admirable arrangement, 
