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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[July 14, 1888. 



SALES by AUC TION. 



Wednesday Next.-(Saie No. 7709.) 



The remaining portion of the Valuable Collection of ORCHIDS 

 formed by the late JOHN DAY, Esq., of Tottenham. 



TV/TR. J. 0. STEVENS begs to announce that 



JxL he has been favoured with instructions from the 

 Executors of the late John Day, Esq., to SELL by AUCTION, 

 at his Great Rooms. 38, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C., on 

 WEDNESDAY NEXT, July 18, at half-past 12 o'clock precisely, 

 the Eemaining Portion of his valuable COLLECTION of 

 ORCHIDS, comprising— 



Odontoglossum Andersonia- J Cattleya Trianfe, superb forms 

 num lobatum 1 Angrascum caudatum 



„ Wilckeanum | Odontoglossum Alexandra! 



,, Ruckerianum | ,, Pescatorei 



Cattleya Warneri. superb Thyrsopteris elegans, with 



On i 



; of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Wednesday Next— (Sale No. 7709.) 



UNIQUE and VALUABLE WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS 

 of ORCHIDS. 



ME. J. C. STEVENS has been favoured with 

 instructions from the Executors of the late John Day, 

 Esq., of High Cross, Tottenham, to include in his SALE by 

 AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent 

 Garden, W.C., on WEDNESDAY NEXT, July 18, the Unique 

 and Valuable Collection of Life-size WATER-COLOUR DRAW- 

 INGS of ORCHIDS, by Durham, contained in 22 bound volumes, 

 together with 44 loose Drawings, and 5 framed, ditto. 

 On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Wednesday Next— (Sale No. 7709.) 



VALUABLE and EXTENSIVE HERBARIUM. 



MR. J. C. STEVENS has been favoured with 

 instruc' ions from the Executors of the late John Day, 

 Esq., of High Cross, Tottenham, to include in his SALE 

 by AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent 

 Garden, W.C., on WEDNESDAY NEXT, July 18, his splended 

 HERBARIUM, contained in seven well made Pine Cabinets, 

 comprising specimens of Ferns of nearly every known variety. 

 On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Tnursday Next.— (Sale No. 7710.) 



80,000 SEEDS of ARECA BAUERI, just received direct. 



MR. J. C. STEVENS will include the above 

 in his SALE by AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, 

 38, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C., on THURSDAY NEXT, 

 July 19. On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Thursday Next— (Sale No. 7710.) 



SPECIAL SALE of ORCHIDS in FLOWER and BUD. 



MR. J. C. STEVENS will include in his 

 SALE by AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, 38, King 

 Street, Covent Garden, W.C., on THURSDAY NEXT, July 19, 

 a fine Collection of ORCHIDS in FLOWER and BUD, com- 

 prising Oncidium macranthum hastiferum, Anguloa Ruckeri 

 sanguniea, Odontoglossum Alexandra?, O. vexillarium, and 

 O. hybrids; fine Masdevallias, Cattleys, &c. 



' r of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Thursday Next —(Sale No. 7710.) 



VALUABLE ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS. 



MR. J. C. STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION, 

 at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, 

 W.C., on THURSDAY NEXT, July 19, at half-past 12 o'Clock 

 precisely, by order of Mr. F. Sander, a splendid lot of 

 Established ORCHIDS. Amongst those offered for Sale are :— 



Masdevallia Wagnerian 

 Lycaste Earringtonia 



,, Skinneri alba 

 Lselia anceps Hillii 



„ „ Stella 



,, ,, Schroderiana 



„ ,, Veitchii 

 Odontoglossum brevifolii 



„ Schilleriana 

 Phalsenopsis Sanderiana 

 Trichopilia Galleottiana 



„ suavis alba 

 Warscewiezella Wendlandii 



Aerides Sanderiana 

 Cjelogyne cristata alba 



„ „ maxima, St. Albans 

 variety 



„ Forstermanni 



,, Sanderiana 

 Cypripedium albanense 



„ Curtisii 



,, Druryi. 



,, Schomburgkianum 



,, Domiuii rubescens 

 Masdevallia elephanticeps 



,, hieioglyphica 



,, Gelenyana 



„ radiosa 



Also some very fine varieties of Odontoglossum Alexandra 

 in flower, &c. 



On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Tuesday Next. 

 ESTABLISHED and IMPORTED ORCHIDS. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS will 

 SELL by AUCTION, at their Central Sale Rooms, 67 

 and 68, Cheapside, E.C., on TUESDAY NEXT, July 17, at 

 half-past 12 o'clock precisely, a large quantity of well-grown 

 ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS, various IMPORTED ORCHIDS 

 from Messrs. J. W. Steel & Co., consisting of Cattleya velu- 

 tina, Oncidium crispum, O. sarcodes, Leelia cinnabarina, L. 

 purpurata, and Bophronitis grandiflora ; also a small importa- 

 tion of Angrrecum sesquipedale, 6 cases of Cattleya Mendelii* 

 received direct for unreservee Sale, &c. 



On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Friday Next, July 20. 



Important SALE of the whole of the COLLECTION of ESTA- 

 BLISHED ORCHIDS (excepting the Cool-house Orchids), 

 by order of the Executors of the late H. Littleton, Esq., of 

 Westwood House, Sydenham, without reserve. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS are 

 instructed to SELL by AUCTION, at their Central 

 Sale Rooms, 67 and 68, Cheapside, London, E.C., on FRIDAY, 

 July 20, at half-past 12 o'clock precisely, without reserve, the 

 COLLECTION of ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS, formed by the 

 late H. Littleton, Esq. (except the Cool-house Orchids), in- 

 cluding fine specimen Pescatorea Lehmanni, several fine 

 Vandas; about 200 Cattleyas, including gigas, labiata, Men- 

 delii, Mossice, Trianse, and others; fine pieces of Odonto- 



flossum, Uro-Skinneri, Insleayi, Leopoldianum, and Londes- 

 oroughianum ; several large Ccelogyne cristata, Cypripedium 

 venustum, vellosum, hirsutissimum, caudatum, and others; 

 fine piece of Epidendrum prismatocarpum ; specimen Cymbi- 

 dium eburneum and Parishii ; Aerides and Dendrobes in 

 variety; a fine lot of Cypripedium niveum, and Calanthe 

 Veitchii Phaluenopsis; also twelve fine specimen Eucharis 

 amazonica, in splendid health, and four Pancratum fragrans. 

 On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had, 



Friday Next. 



IMPORTED ORCHIDS FOR SALE, WITHOUT RESERVE. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS will 

 include in their SALE by AUCHON, at their Central 

 Sale Rooms, 67 and 68, Cheapside, London, E.C., on FRIDAY 

 NEXT, July 20, without reserve, IMPORTED ORCHIDS, in 

 fine condition, from Messrs. Shuttleworth, Carder & Co., 

 including Odontoglossum crispum (Alexandra), of the best 

 type; O. grande, breaking freely ; Huntleya albido fulva, very 

 rare; Oncidium verucosum Rogersii, O. Brienianum, Cattleya 

 Sanderiana, C. Mendelii, C. Dormaniana, &c. Also (another 

 property) grand masses, in fine condition, of the handsome pure 

 white Epidendrum bicornutum, the large-flowered, free-grow- 

 ing variety. 



On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Friday Next.— Without Reserve. 



EPIDENDRUM BICORNUTUM. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS will 

 inclulde in their SALE of ORCHIDS on FRIDAY NEXT, 

 grand masses, in fine condition, of the handsome pure white 

 Epidendrum bicornutum, the large-flowered, free-growing 

 variety, totally distinct from the small-growing kind which is 

 invariably imported, together with a few lots of Oncidium 

 Lawrenceanum from a new quarter, and a probably new and 

 very floriferous Epidendrum, of the habit of E. Ibaguense, not 

 seen in flower. 



On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



The Downside collection of Orchids. 



SECOND PORTION. 

 HIGHLY IMPORTANT SALE of the whole of this renowned 

 Collection, including many plants matchless in point of 

 rarity, and the whole remarkable culture and condition, 

 embracing unquestionably the most valuable and extensive 

 Collection of 



ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS 

 ever submitted to Public Competition. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS will 

 SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises, Downside, 

 Leatherhead (fifteen minutes' walk from the London and South- 

 western, and London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway 

 Stations). 

 On TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY 

 July 24, 25, 26, and 27, 1888, 

 at half-past 12 o'Clock precisely each day, by order of Wm. 

 Lee, Esq. (who is selling the Estate of Downside, and relin- 

 quishing the cultivation of Orchids), the SECOND PORTION 

 of this extremely valuable Collection of 



ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS. 

 Amongst the plants included in the Second Sale, the follow- 

 be specially mentioned : 



Cattleya Trianse Leeana 



Trianaa General 

 Gordon 

 ,, „ Chelsoni 

 „ „ Edinburghii 

 ,, ,, tricolor 



,, ,, proteus „ ,, Normani 



,, „ formosa ,, ,, Backho 



,, ,, Emilise ,, ,, Victoria Reg 



,, ,, Archduchess ,, „ magnifica 



„ „ Orion ,, ,, Archduke 



,, „ Wallisii 



And many others not yet named, with their portraits by 

 G. Macfarlane, the whole forming probably the grandest 

 collection of fine varieties of the Trianee section ever brought 

 together, many of the plants, moreover, being of the largest 



Cypripedium Morganiee 



,, chloroneurum 



,, Schroderee 



„ Wallisii 



,, tesselatum porphyreun 



,, calophyllum 



„ Harrisianum superbuir 



,, insigne aureum 



„ selligerum majus 



,, superciliare 



,, oenanthum superbum 



„ politum 



,, Ashburtonioa 



„ grande 



,, Godefroyee 



„ Leeanum superbum 



„ Sedeni candidulum 



„ Auguste Regnier 

 Cattleya calummata 



labiata (autumn flower- 

 ing) 



Skinneri, grand speci- 

 mens 



,, alba 



Percivaliana, special 

 varieties 



,, alba 



,, grandiflora 



Mossise alba 



„ Southgatei 



Mendelii, special varie- 

 ties 



Germinyana 



Mardellii 



Mastersonise 



Hardy an a 



Ludd 



■ ■■ .;iu!i. 



tissii 



Leelia callistoglossa 

 „ Amesi ;na 

 ,, Wolstenholmiee 

 ,, anceps Calvertiana 

 „ „ Dawson. i 

 „ elegans Turneri 

 „ purpurata Brysiana 



Oncidium ornithorrhynchum 

 album 



Odontoglossum Leeanum 



Trichopilia suavis alba 



Pachystoma Thomsoni 



Bulbophyllum sarceocephalum 



Masdevallia (the originalBull's 

 Blood), part of the 

 plant certificated, 1873 



Vanda Sanderiana 



,, Denisoniana hebraica 



„ tricolor Patersoni 



„ „ Wamerii 



„ „ Russelliana 



„ „ Downside variety 

 Saccolabium Heathii 



,, Harrisonianum 

 Dendrobium nobile nobilius, 

 the well-known large 

 plant 



„ splendid issi mum grandi- 

 florum 



„ st ratio tes 



,, Kingianum album 



,, Phaleenopsis 



„ Harveyanum 

 Ccelogyne crist.ita alba 



,, Lowii 

 Cymbidium Parishii 

 Maxillaria Sanderiana 



MASDEVALLIA SECTION 

 comprises a grand and complete collection o£ Masdevallias, 

 many of the highest class, and some very rare. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM SECTION. 

 There is a large and very choice collection of the finest 

 varieties in large plants, true to name, which have been 

 grown at Downside for several years, and are models of 

 successful cultivation. 



PHALiENOPSIS SECTION. 

 Amongst the Phalosnopsis are two plants of P. Brymeriana, 

 and one of the true variety Dayana. 



The plants may be viewed any day prior to the Sale, on pre- 

 sentation of card to view. Catalogues are now ready, and may 

 be obtained of Mr. WOOLFORD, the Head Gardener, on the 

 Premises ; and of the Auctioneers and Valuers, 67 and 68, 

 Cheapside, London, E,C. 



Monday, July 23. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS will 

 SELL by AUCTION, at their Central Sale Rooms, 

 67 and 68, Cheapside, London, E.C., on MONDAY, July 23, 

 at half-past 12 o'Clock precisely, by order of Mr. F. Sander, 

 valuable IM PORTED ORCHIDS, including Cattleya Men- 

 delii, a splendid importation, just arrived, among which are 

 some very fine masses, abundantly furnished with healthy 

 foliage ; C. Mossiae, in good condition; C, Bowringiana, large 

 importation of the above in good condition ; Aerides Field- 

 ingii, Cattleya amethystina, C. citrina, the rare Oncidium 

 pyramense, O. undulatum, specially selected masses of O. 

 ornithorynchum, O. Forbesii, Epidendrum ciliolare, specially 

 fine masses of Odontoglossum Cervante&i, O. nebulosum, O. 

 maeulatum, O. Eossii, Saccolabium Blumei majus, S. gutta- 

 tum, Sophronitis grandiflora, &c. 



On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Orchids in Flower.— Special Sale, July 31. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS de- 

 sire to announce that their NEXT SPECIAL SALE 

 of ORCHIDS IN FLOWER will take place as above, for which 

 they will be glad to RECEIVE NOTICE OF ENTRIES as 

 early as possible, 



67 and 68, Cheapside, London, E.C. 



Friday, August 17. 

 The remaining portion of the valuable Collection of Established 

 ORCHIDS, formed by F. A. Philbrick, Esq., Q.C., of Old- 

 field, Bickley. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS beg 

 to give notice that they will SELL the above by 

 AUCTION, at their Central Sale Rooms, 67 and 68, Cheapside, 

 London, E.C, on FRIDAY, August 17. 



Further particulars will appear. 



Kingston, Surrey. 



By order of the Executors of the late Mr. Thomas Jackson . 

 IMPORTANT SALE of VALUABLE FREEHOLD and LEASE- 

 HOLD PROPERTIES. 

 Preliminary Notice. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS are 

 favoured with instructions to SELL by AUCTION, at 

 the Mart, Tokenhouse Yard, Loudon, E.C, on THURSDAY, 

 August 30, (first in one lot, and if not thus sold, then in separate 

 lots), the Valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE known as the Kings- 

 ton Nursery, Kingston, containing a total area of 2 acres, with 

 the modern detached Freehold Residence, 22 Greenhouses and 

 numerous Outbuildings, and the Goodwill of the old-established 

 Nursery and Seed Business, the desirable Freehold House and 

 Shop in Thames Street, Kingston, now utilised as a Seed Shop, 

 with 2 Cottages and Stabling adjoining, also the several Lease- 

 hold Nurseries known as the Kingston Hill Nursery, containing 

 an area of 12 acres 3 roods 10 perches, the Nursery in Park Rood , 

 Norbiton, area 10 acres, and the Long Ditton Nursery, Long 

 Ditton, area 15 acres roods 13 perches. 



The Purchaser or Purchasers will have the option of taking 

 the Stock in the respective lots at a valuation to be made in the 

 usual way. 



May be viewed. Particulars and Plans obtainable at the 

 Mart ; of G. C. SHERRARD, Esq., Solicitor, 26, Lincoln's Inn 

 Fields, W.C.; and of the Auctioneers and Surveyors, 67 and 68, 

 Cheapside, London, E.C, and Leytonstone. 



City of Peterborough. 



HIGHLY IMPORTANT PROPERTY. 



To Innkeepers, Confectioners, Horticulturists, Florists, Seed 

 Merchants, and Others. 



The Old-established, full Licensed RESTAURANT, with large 

 Dining Rooms, Confectioner's, Fruiterer's, and Seed and 

 Flower Shops, situate in Church Street, Peterborough, 

 opposite the Corn Exchange, in which a very extensive 

 business has been carried on for many year3 past. 



Copyhold of the Manor of Peterborough. Fine small 

 and certain. 



Also the Extensive FREEHOLD NURSERY in Eastgate, with 

 twelve Glass Houses, Ice House, Stables with Loft over, 

 Gig House, Office and Potting Sheds, and the excellent 

 newly erected Brick and Slated Residence, with Out- 

 offices at the south end thereof. 



The CONVENIENT YARD on the north side of Ea&tgate, 

 opposite the Nursery, with the long range of Sheds and 

 other Buildings standing thereon, having an area of 

 1 rood 15 perches, of which 25 perches is Freehold, and the 

 remainder Copyhold of the Manor of Peterborough. 



And also a FREEHOLD FIELD containing 3 a. 1 r. p. (more 

 or less), now used as a Nursery Ground, and having an 

 immediate prospective value as Building Land. 



The whole property is in the occupation of Mr. John House, or 

 his Trustee, 



MR. JOHN FOX will SELL the above by 

 AUCTION, by order of the Mortgagees, at the 

 "Angel Hotel," Peterborough, on SATURDY, July 28, 1888, 

 at 3 for 4 o'Clock in the afternoon, in Lots, subject to such 

 Conditions of Sale as will be then produced, and the Trustee 

 under Mr. House's Liquidation will, if desired, concur in the 

 Sale for the purpose of transferring the Goodwill of the 

 Business to the Purchasers. 



A Plan of the Estate may be seen at the Office of the 

 Auctioneer, Bridge Street, Peterborough ; and further informa- 

 tion may be obtained on application either to him or to Messrs. 

 VERGETTE and BUCKLE, Solicitors, Peterborough ; or at my 

 Offices in Whittlesey. JOHN PEED, Vendor's Solicitor. 



Whittlesey, July 2, 1888. 



To Market Growers, Florists, GardenerB, and others. 

 jVTESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 



iyJL have on their Books for Sale several MARKET 

 NURSERIES, the purchase-money varying from £500 to 

 £5000. Also numerous well-established general NURSERY 

 and FLORIST ^BUSINESSES. 



Apply, stating requirements, to Messrs. Protheroe & Morris, 

 67 and 68, Cheapside, London, E.C 



Nurserymen, Florists, and Gardeners. 



FOR SALE (through dissolution of partner- 

 ship), the BLACKHEATH NURSERIES, a going con- 

 cern, in the centre of a wealthy residential neighbourhood, 

 7 miles from Covent Garden. The long Lease of a compact 

 well-established Nursery of 2 acres, with Stand in Covent 

 Garden Floral Market, 6 Greenhouses, 125 by 13 feet; and 

 1 House, 105 by 30 feet ; all exceptionally well built and 

 heated. A good jobbing business could also be done. 



Apply, R. J. SUTER, 6, Eastcombe Terrace, Blackheath. 



