April  S,  1897. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
285 
FINEST  SELECTED  STRAINS 
eaOF  TESTED  GROWTHS 
BARRS 
BARR’S 
BARRS 
“  LIGHTNING”  RUNNER  BEANT 
A  valuable  acquisition,  bearing  in  abundance 
clusters  of  pods, remarkably  early, and  of  delicate 
flavour.  Per  Half  Pint,  2/-. 
MONSTROUS  LONG -PODDED  BROAD  BEAN. 
The  earliest,  largest,  and  most  productive  of  long- 
podded  Broad  Beans,  and  of  fine  delicate  flavour. 
Per  Quart,  2/6  ;  per  Pint,  1/6. 
“LEMON  GLOBE”  ONION. 
A  grand  exhibition  Onion,  handsome  in  form,  of 
large  size,  mild  in  flavour,  and  a  good  keeper. 
Per  Packet,  1/-;  per  Ounce,  2/6. 
FLOWER  SEEDS.— Barr’s  Specialities  for  1897. 
NEW  LARGE-FLOWERED  CRESTED  BEGONIA. 
A  splendid  novelty,  the  large  handsome  flowers 
having  crested  combs,  colours  brilliant  and  varied 
Per  Packet,  3/6  and  5/-. 
SUPERB  FRINGED  PETUNIAS. 
Flowers  of  immense  size  and  deeply  fringed, 
colours  rich  and  varied.  Per  Pkh.,  2/6  &  3/6. 
Extra  Selected  LONG-SPURRED  COLUMBINES, 
Mixed,  flowers  of  great  beauty  in  form  and 
colour.  Per  Packet,  2/6. 
BARRS 
BARRS 
BARRS 
NEW  SEED  GUIDE  FOR  1897 
will  be  sent  free  on  application. 
BARR  &  SONS,"  12  cove  ntN GARDEN/^'*  LONDON. 
Nurseries  at  Long  Ditton,  Surrey,  near  to  Surbiton  Stn.,  S.W.R 
BEGONIAS. 
100.000 
BEGONIA  TUBERS.— Large, 
_  _  _  _  erect  flowering ;  Single^  mixed,  per  doz., 
2s.  fid. ;  per  100, 18s.  Doubles,  same  price.  Send  for  list,  free — 
J.  WELLS,  Begonia  Nursery,  Kyarsh,  Mailing,  Kent. 
pHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
\J  Healthy  Plants.  24  distinc 
5,000  Good  Strong 
Healthy  Plants.  24  distinct  Exhibition  Varieties,  4s. 
Winners  of  the  highest  prizes  ever  offered. 
DROVERS,  F.R.H.S.,  N.U.S,  Nurseries,  FAREHAM. 
POTATOES  FOR  SEED.— Myatt’s  Ashleaf 
X  Kidney,  Early  Puritan,  SnowdroD,  Beauty  of  Hebron,  Read¬ 
ing  Giant,  imperator,  Sutton’s  Abundance,  Up  to  Date,  Saxonia, 
Magnum  Bonum,  Colossal,  Bruce  or  Stourbridge  Glory.  Large 
or  small  quantities.  Popular  Price3.  Special  terms  to  Seedsmen, 
send  lor  List.— KENNELLY,  Smithfield  Market,  Birmingham. 
VIOLAS. — For  Exhibition,  2s.  6d.  per  dozen 
varieties.  For  Bedding,  including  such  fine  things  as 
White  Duchess,  Blue  Gown,  Sylvia,  Goldfinch,  and  Christiana, 
10s.  per  100,  in  one  or  more  varieties  as  desired.— W.  BAXTER, 
The  Nurseries.  Woking. 
IMPORTANT  to  MUSHROOM  GROWERS. 
1  -CUTHBERT’S  8PECIALITE  MUSHROOM  SPAWN. 
Always  alike;  most  productive.  Hundreds  of  Testimonials. 
Per  Bushel,  5s.—  R.  &  G.  CUTHBERT,  Seed,  Bulb,  and  Plant 
Merchants, Southgate,  N.  Established  1797. 
HEATING  APPARATUS.— Medals  1875  and 
1881.  Catalogue  of  Boilers,  Pipes,  and  Fittings  free.  W.  Jones' 
Treatise,  «•  Heating  by  Hot  Water,’*  second  edition,  216  pages, 
2s. fid.;  post  free, 2s.  10d.— JONES  <&  ATTWOOD,  Stourbridge. 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL, SpeciallyPrepared 
for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  of  Horti¬ 
culture:  “Charcoal  Is  invaluable  as  a  manurlal  agent;  each 
little  piece  Is  a  pantry  full  of  the  good  things  of  this  life.  There 
is  no  cultivated  plant  which  is  not  benefited  by  having  Charcoal 
applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rooted.”  Apply  for  Pamphlet 
and  Prioes  to  the  Manufacturers  . 
HIRST.  BROOKE,  *  HIRST.  Ltd., Leeds 
ORCHIDS. 
CLEAN  HEALTHY  PLANTS  AT  LOW  PRICES. 
Alto  ay  t  worth  a  vitit  of  intpection.  Kindly  tend  for  Catalogue. 
Exotic  Nurseries,  CHELTENHAM. 
FERNS 
SPECIALITY. 
uf  llarticttltaip. 
THURSDAY,  APRIL  8,  1897. 
DAHLIA  ANALYSIS— 1883-1896. 
THE  effect  of  dry  and  unfavourable  seasons  i* 
clearly  to  be  traced  in  tbe  total  number 
of  blooms  staged  at  our  National  Dablia  Show, 
as  compared  with  the  display  to  be  seen  there 
in  anything  like  an  average  year.  For  instance, 
in  recent  year*  the  two  poorest  exhibitions  were 
those  of  1893  and  1896.  Now,  if  we  take  the 
three  most  important  months  as  regards  the 
growth  of  the  Dahlia — May,  June,  and  July — 
we  find  that  in  those  years  they  were,  at  all 
event*  when  taken  together,  extremely  dry, 
whereas  for  a  moisture-loving  plant  like  the 
Dahlia,  the  weather  during  that  particular 
period  cannot  very  well  be  too  showery.  The 
influence  of  unfavourable  seasons  is  more  clearly 
to  be  traced,  as  might  have  been  anticipated,  in 
Double  and  Single,  Gold  Medal  Collection,  for  Conservatory  and 
Exhibition,  the  largest  and  best  in  the  trade.  See  Catalogue. 
BEGONIAS  FOR  BEDDING,  superb  quality,  Double,  6s.  and 
9s.  per  dozen ;  Single,  to  colour,  5s.  per  dozen,  35s.  per  100  ; 
10  colours  mixed,  4s.  and  28s. ;  fine  mixed,  3s.  and  2is. 
B.  R.  DAVIS,  NURSERIES,  YEOVIL,  SOMERSET, 
Strong,  healthy  three  year  ASPARAGUS  roots,  TRUE  GIANT, 
6s.  per  liiO,  packed  and  carriage  paid.  Every  garden  should 
contain  an  Asparagus  bed.  They  are  easily  made,  and  now 
is  the  season  to  make  them. 
BIRD  k  VALLANC  E, 
Nurserymen,  DOWNHAM,  NORFOLK. 
SEARCHERS  AFTER 
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)F  SEEDS. 
We  have  an  immense  stock  of  all  kinds  of  Ferns,  Stove,  Green¬ 
house,  Filmy,  Hardy  Exotic,  and  British,  including  many  very 
beautiful  varieties,  rarely  seen  but  which  ought  to  be  more 
generally  grown.  Catalogue  free  on  application. 
W.  &  J.  BIRKENHEAD,  F.R.H.S., 
FERN  NURSERIES,  SALE,  near  MANCHESTER. 
LILIUM  AURATUM. 
The  beautiful  golden-rayed  Lily  of  Japan.  Magnificent  for 
pots  in  the  greenhouse,  or  for  growing  in  the  open  garden. 
Deliciously  scented,  quite  hardy.  Planted  now  will  bloom 
splendidly  during  the  summer  and  autumn.  Extra  fine  roots, 
10  to  11  inches  circumference,  per  doz.,  7s.  fid. ;  6  for  4s. ;  or  25 
for  14s.  Grand  selected  roots,  11  to  13  inches  circumference, 
per  doz.,  12s. ;  6  for  6s.  6d. ;  or  25  for  21s.  All  post  or  carriage 
•free  for  cash  with  order. 
DANIELS  BROS.,  Town  Close  Nurseries,  NORWICH. 
CARNATIONS.-Clearance  Sale. 
A  grand  collection  of  choice  named  double  flowered,  in 
beautiful  variety,  including  all  the  finest  sorts.  Strong  plants 
from  single  pots,  correctly  named,  per  doz..  4s.  6d. ;  six  for 
2s.  6d. ;  or  25  for  8s.  Double  crimson  Glove,  deliciously  scented, 
per  do*.,  3s.  6d. ;  six  for  2s.;  or  25  for  6s.  6d.  Packing  and 
carriage  free  for  cash  with  order. 
DANIELS  BROS.,  Town  Close  Nurseries,  NORWICH. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
CLEARANCE  SALE. 
A  splendid  collection,  including  all  the  most  beautiful  and 
popular  of  the  Japanese  and  incurved  varieties;  strong,  well- 
rooted  cuttings,  correctl  y  named,  per  doz.,  Is.  6d. ;  per  100, 10s.  6d. 
Extra  choice  sorts,  per  doz.,  2s.  6d. ;  per  100,  15s.  Six  grand 
new  exhibition  varieties  splendid,  the  set  8s.  6d.  All  post  free. 
DANIELS  BROS.,  Town  Close  Nurseries,  NORWICH. 
FUCHSIAS.— Clearance  Sale. 
A  magnificent  collection  of  superb  double  and  single  flowered 
varieties,  including  the  newest  and  most  beautiful  sorts  in 
cultivation.  Splendid  for  pot  culture  or  the  garden.  Strong 
young  plants,  from  single  pots,  correctly  named,  per  doz.,  2s.  6d. ; 
six  1  or  Is.  ed. ;  or  25  for  4s.  6d.  Extra  choice  sorts,  per  doz., 
3s.  6d. ;  six  for  2s.;  or  25  for  68.  fid.,  post  free. 
DANIELS  BROS.,  Town  Close  Nurseries,  NORWICH, 
the  number  of  Show*  aDd  Fancies  tabulated, 
although  all  sections  will  be  seen,  from  the 
following  short  table,  to  have  been  more  or 
less  seriously  affected.  The  summer  of  1896, 
although  not  quite  as  disastrous  as  that  of  1893, 
proved  in  many  ways  an  extremely  trying  one, 
owing  to  the  scanty  falls  of  rain,  its  dry  atmo¬ 
sphere,  and  great  heat  ;  moreover,  it  was  pre¬ 
ceded  by  a  remarkably  dry  spring  ;  then  toward* 
the  end  of  August  heavy  rains  set  in,  which, 
falling  on  the  heated  ground,  caused  the  plant* 
to  start  vigorously  into  growth  when  all  their 
energies  were  required  to  perfect  their  flowers. 
The  number  of  blooms  set  up  in  competition 
at  the  last  five  exhibitions  has  been  a*  follows  : — 
1892  1898  1894  1895  1896 
Shows  (No.  of  blooms) .  879  720  894  827  798 
Fancies  „  340  270  301  287  276 
Pompons  (No.  of  bunches) ...  267  168  192  210  192 
Cactus  and  Decorative,  ditto...  209  264  246  280  220 
Singles  (No.  of  bunches)  ...  138  128  138  102  126 
In  the  above  table  the  number  of  flowers 
shown  in  the  classes  set  apart  for  three  or  more 
blooms  of  any  one  variety  is  not  included. 
It  will  thus  be  seen  that  the  National  Dahlia 
Society’s  Show,  which  was  held  at  the  Crystal 
Palace  in  September  last,  was  an  unusually 
small  one,  the  total  number  of  blooms  in  all 
sections  falling  short  of  the  average  for  the 
previous  four  exhibitions,  except  in  the  case  of 
the  Singles,  which  were  fairly  well  represented. 
No.  2532.— VOL.  XOVL,  OLD  SERIES. 
No.  876.— VOL,  XXXIV.,  Third  Series. 
