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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
January 30, 1904. 
get ■sufficient money to- relieve every one of their many appli¬ 
cants for assistance. 
The chairman then proposed the health of the secretary, Mr. 
G. J. Ingram, who, in his reply, stated that he and his com¬ 
mittee were able to clo> much work because they worked amicably 
together, and t he would continue to do his utmost for the 
institution. 
During the evening the short speeches were interspersed by 
numerous songs and instrumental music, the; company breaking 
up at an early hour, after having spent a most pleasant evening. 
Trade Notices. 
Seed and Plant Catalogues. 
Messrs, M. Campbell and Sons, Blantyre.—This Lanark¬ 
shire firm sends out a catalogue of new and select florist flowers 
and general nursery stock. As might be expected the catpr 
logue deals largely with Cactus; Dahlias, giving a long list 
of new varieties for 1904. Some of last year’s ones have full- 
page illustrations devoted to- them. Another speciality of the 
firm is Carnations and Picotees. On page 24 we get an 
account of fancy Carnations for 1904, and raised by D. 
Walker, Kay Park, Kilmarnock. Some of these have appeared 
at London, including Nestor, a white ground fancy .splashed with 
scarlet, and suitable for border work. Other new Carnations 
are Lady Houldsworth, Hector, Goldyjacques, Cholmondeley, 
and Bronte. A yellow ground Picotee named Carlton has 
received a First-class Certificate, and was in the winning stand 
at the National Show. Other good things are also mentioned. 
Messrs, Arthur E. Grice and Co.—From Dudley Road, Bir¬ 
mingham, tliis firm sends out a very full seed catalogue, with 
numerous illustrations of vegetables and flowers. Some of the 
vegetables are very well brought out indeed, including photo¬ 
graphic reproductions of Peas, Broccoli April Queen, Brussels 
Sprouts The Wroxto-n, Onions, Lettuces, Tbmatos, etc. 
Amongst flowers the finest illustrations consist of Chrysan¬ 
themum inodorum Snowball, Coreopsis grandiflora, Carnation 
Germania, Physalis Francheti, Sweet Peas, etc. A separate 
list accompanies the above of Sweet Peas, giving selections of 
different colours for various purposes. Novelties in vegetables 
and flower seeds are fairly numerous. 
Messrs. W. Wells and Co., Earlswood, Redhill.—This, firm 
sends out a- special list or supplement to their descriptive ca-ta- 
iogue of Chrysanthemums. This supplement contains the 
“ Wells-Pockett ” set of novelties- for 1904. We note that 
eight varieties are offered on this occasion. Sports; and other 
varieties, novelties from various other sources, and Mr. Weeks’ 
seedlings, together with new single Chrysanthemum®, are 
offered. Accompanying the above is a sheet in black and 
white of pictures of. Chrysanthemum novelties for 1904. Six 
of them are of enormous size, and are here reproduced from 
photographs, and speak for themselves as far - as size and 
outline of the bloom .and form of the petals are concerned. 
There are also two separate: and smaller sheets, giving three 
more of Messrs. Wells’ novelties, -and we recommend our 
readers who are concerned to see these. 
Messrs. Stuart and Mein, Kelso-.—The- above firm, with 
which, our readers will remember, is incorporated Messrs. Laing 
and Mather of the same place, sends out a catalogue under the 
title o-f “ Gardening, Guide,” which deals with vegetables and 
flowers in great variety. It -includes many hardy perennials, 
as well as tender ones, of which seeds are offered. The cata¬ 
logue earns the title of guide from the fact t-liat. a considerable 
amount of information is given concerning the various 
vegetables and flowers. Some of the- specialities of the firm 
are the Lyon Le-ek, Ailsa Craig Onion, and Mein’s No. 1 Cab¬ 
bage. Concerning the first two there is no necessity for making 
eomme-ntsi in their praise, seeing that they are so well known 
to mostly every gardener and exhibitor. The Cabbage is con¬ 
sidered the earliest variety in cultivation. It has, been grown 
and selected by the firm fro-m the very earliest- heading plants 
for upwards of thirty years. It is a shapely, conical Cabbage 
and a very sure hearting variety, and therefore suitable for 
private use and market purpose®. * 
Messrs. Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie., 4, Quai de la Megisserie, 
Par is.—The Spring catalogue of this great French firm is now 
on our table, and inns to 195 pages. I t contains a vast amount 
of information concerning vegetable and flower seeds, which 
are arranged separately, the vegetables occupying the first 
part of the catalogue, as is customary, but occasionally one 
meets with genera, representing varieties o-f Gourds, but, of 
course, they are used for ornamental purposes, and thus find 
their way into flower gardens. The- no-velties are on a sejiarate 
list, inserted in the catalogue, offering a number of new 
vegetables and a new large fruiting jrerpetual Strawberry 
named La Productive. Amongst, flowers is a new Japanese 
China Aster, which has florets somewhat similar to the Co-met, 
but instead of droo-ping they are erect and incurved at the 
tip-s. In the centre o-f the catalogue is a coloured plate of 
fancy Carnations showing a great variety.of colours from pure 
white and yellow t-o purple-, scarlet, and crimson. In this 
country we should regard them as border Carnations. There 
are, however, numerous fancies amongst them, in which the 
flowers are' striped in a variety of ways on a white or yellow 
ground. 
Mr. F. C. Seinemann, Erfurt, Germany.—Some little time 
ago we mentioned the novelty seed catalogue sent out- by this 
firm, but- we may state; that -all those novelties are incorporated 
with the general seed catalogue now on -o-ur table, including 
the coloured pictures on the co-ver. It is- unnecessary to repeat 
what- these were-, as readers; can refer to the back number in 
which they were reviewed. The; catalogue uo-w ou our table 
is very well illustrated throughout, both vegetables and flowers, 
with woodcuts and reproductions from photographs. As the 
text is in English, and well printed on thick glossy paper, 
■there is no difficulty in reading it. Owing to the great number 
of names given, the catalogue is well packed with an immense 
amount, of variety for all phas-e'si of gardening. We note many 
novelties bo-th -amongst vegetables and flowers, but seeing that 
there are so- many we canno-t here attempt, t-o- mention them. 
A large proportion o-f the work of this firm lie-s in the raising 
or procuring o-f new varieties of all s-orts of things for use or 
ornament. 
Garrya elliptica. 
The; s-peciesi of Garrya, a,re closely allied to our Dogwoods, 
but- differ in being evergreen, shrubs and in flowering during 
winter or early spring rather than summer. During the latter 
time they have lit,tie to recommend them beyond the fact that 
they form bushe-s with dark green, and leathery leaves. After 
the fall of the leaf, however, in deciduous trees and shrubs;, the 
Garrya-s a-ss-um-ei the same conspicuous-ness as some o-f the 
Hollies by reason, of their rich dark green foliage. The flowers 
may be; described as more interesting than showy, the male 
flowers bring the most conspicuous. These are; produced in 
long drooping" catkins in bunches, so that a well-furnished hush 
is highly interesting. The catkins in some res-pects may be 
compared t-o- those of the Hazel, which is now ra-pidly advanc¬ 
ing into bloom, but the; similarity is- chiefly superficial. The 
large bracts; on the catkins- of a Garrya- are; opposite and s-o 
closely arranged 1 on the floral axis that they overlap o-ne 
another and form a jointe-d catkin something like a, toy rattle¬ 
snake. They, o-f course;, become a, little mo-re conspicuous 
when the- stamens; are thrown, out, though these are relatively 
cf short duration. The catkins themselves are- very durable, 
however, and last throughout the year. Withered catkins 
may still be seen hanging amongst the young ones now in 
b-loom. The species 1 is. a native of California, and where doubts 
exist- as to- its being perfectly hardy it may be trained against 
a wall, to which it will leu-d a. warm a-speict at tiii-s season of 
the year, with its dark green foliage- and numerous tassels cf 
catkins-. 
Readers’ Competition. —Particulars of Weekly Prize see 
centre page. 
