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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 



[July 7, 1888. 



BEESON'S MANURE. — The Best and 

 Cheapest Fertiliser for all purposes. Write for Circular 

 containing the Leading Gardeners' and Market Growers' 

 Reports. Sold in Tins, Is., 2s. 6d., Ss. 6d., and 10s. id. each, 

 or 1 cwt. Bags, sealed. 13s. By all Seedsmen, or apply direct to 

 W. H. BEESON. Carbrook Bone Mills, Sheffield. 



SAVE H ALF T H E COST. 



GARSID E'S 



BEDFORDSHIRE 



SILVE 



SAND 



Coarse and Fine, 



Is admitted by the leading Nurserymen to be the Best 

 Quality obtainable in the Trade. 



Consumers should Buy Direct from the Owner of these 

 Celebrated and Extensive Pits, which contain a practically in- 

 exhaustible supply of Splendid Saud, and thus save half the 

 ordinary coat. NO TRAVELLERS OR AGENTS. 



Apply direct to the Proprietor for Samples and Price. 



Free on Rail or Canal. All Orders executed with the utmost 

 promptness and under personal supervision. Special Rail- 

 way Rates in force to all parts. 

 GEORGE GARSIDE, Jun., LEIGHTON BUZZARD. BEDS. 



CERTAIN SUDDEN DEATH 



To all Grubs, Aphis, Lice, Red Spider, Thrip, Mealy 



Bug, Caterpillars, &c, dc. 

 dedcepti V 1 to the Hands and Skin, but will cure 

 rEKI-Eb l Li Ringworm in Animals, and all diseases 

 HARMLESS J produced by parasites. 



Fir Tree OIL 



(soluble) INSECTICIDE 



A combination of Hydrocarbon Oils, made soluble in 

 Water, for destroying ALL INSECTS & PARASITES 

 that infest Trees and Plants, whether at the Roots or 

 on the Foliage. 



Sold by Seedsmen and Chemists, Is. 6d., 2s. 6d., & 4s. 6d,; 

 £ gallon 7s. 6d., 1 gallon 12s 6d., or less in larger quantities. 



A Treatise on FIR TREE OIL as an INSECTICIDE, 

 its application to Plan ts and Animals, sent Post free 

 on receipt of address, by the Manufacturer, 



Throws a fine 

 spray 20 ft., and 

 a jet 30 ft., with 

 great force. 



A splendid 

 substitute for the 

 Syringe for using 

 Insecticide, Price 

 25s. A larger 

 size for watering 

 purposes, 45s. 

 Carriage Paid. 



For 

 Glass Houses. 



HUGHES' 



GREEN & cream color SHADING 



Convenient, Inexpensive — Easily applied — Lasts all the 

 Summer, and can then b e easily washed off. Is., post 1/3. 



E. GRIFFITHS HUGHES, Manchester. 



Wholesale: Hooper & Co. ; Corrt, Soper, Fowler & Co.; 

 C E. Osman & Co.; and from all the London Seed Mer- 

 chants and Wholesale Patent Medicine Houses. NEW 

 YORK— Eolkeu & Sons. 



i^M0fttt£&! 



Supplied by us to Royal Gardens, Kew, the Crystal Palace, &e. 



For Destroying Weeds on Carriage Drives, Garden Walks, 

 Stable Yards, &c. Prices: per gallon, 2a - ., tin included; 5 gal- 

 lons, Is. Hd. per gal. ; 10 to 20 gallons, Is. id. per gal., carriage 

 paid. Special quotation for larger quantities. One gallon makes 

 26 gallons. 



Mr. W. G. Head, Superintendent of the Crystal Palace 

 Gardeos, says : — " We were so satisfied with your Weed Killer 

 and its price, that we have used it absolutely. I have every 

 confidence in recommending it." 



Tne "Invieta" Insecticide. 



For Destroying Mealy-bug, Scale, Thrips, Red Spider, &c. 

 n tins, Is. and 2s. ; per gallon, 9s., carriage paid. 



The "Invieta" Mildew Destroyer. 



An unfailing remedy for Mould and Mildew on Roses, Vines, 

 &c. In bottles. Is. and 2s., per gal. 7s. 6d., carriage paid. 

 Used by Messrs. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, and other Rose Growers. 



Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers, 



THE AGRI-HORTICULTURAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, 



TONBRWGE, KENT. 



Sold by Seedsmen and Florists, 



piSHURST COMPOUND, used by leading 



vJ Gardeners since 1859 against Red Spider, Mildew, 

 Thrips, Green Fly, and other Blight. 1 to 2 ounces to the 

 gallon of soft-water ; 4 to 16 ounces as winter dressing for Vines 

 and Orchard-house Trees ; and in lather from the cake against 

 American Blight. Has outlived many preparations intended 

 to supersede it. Boxes, Is., 3s., and 10s. Gd. 



GISHURSTINE keeps Boots dry and soft on 

 wet ground. Boxes, Qd. and Is., from the Trade. 

 Wholesale from PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY 

 (Limited), London. 



GARDEN REQUISITES. — Sticks, Labels, 

 Virgin Cork, Raffia, Mats, Bamboo Canes, Rustic Workj 

 Manures, &c. Cheapest Prices of 

 WATSON and SCULL, 90, Lower Thames Street, London, E.G. 



GLASS. CHEAP GLASS. 



8s. 6d. per 100 feet 15 oz. 12 X 10, 18 X 12, 18 X 14, 24 X 14, 

 14x12. 20x12, 18X16, 24x16, 

 12s. per 100 feet 21 oz. ... 16x12, 16x14, 20x16, 24x18, &e. 

 Putty, 6s. 6d. per cwt. ; White Lead, genuine, 21s.; Our 

 Speciality, 17s. 6d. perewt. ; Paints ground in Oil. Stone Ochre, 

 20s.; Oxford Ochre, 24s.; Green, J 6s. ; Black, 16s. per cwt. ; 

 Varnish, from 5s. 6d. per gal. — Full Price List on applica- 

 tion to THE CHEAP WOOD COMPANY, 95, Bishopsgate 

 Street Within, London, E.C. 



HY. VAN & CO. 



(The Oldest London House in the Trade, Estd. 1780), 



25, Tooley Street, London Bridge, S.E. 



Illustrated CATALOGUES Post-free. 

 PROTECTION FOE FRUIT AND FLOWERS. 



GARDEN NETTING, 2 yards wide, lid., or per 100 yards, 

 10s. ; ditto, 4 yards wide, 3d., or per 100 yards, 20s. 



SCRIM CANVAS, 1 yard wide, Sd. ; 1£ yard, 4Jd. ; and 

 2 yards, Gd. per yard. 



TIFFANY, 38 inches wide, in 20 yard pieces, 3s. id. per piece. 



SHADING BLINDS made up any size. 



RICK CLOTHS, TARPAULINS, Corn and Potato SACKS, 

 FLAGS, TENTS, &c, for Sale or Hire. 



TOBACCO PAPER, RAFFIA, and Garden MATS of all kinds. 



GREENHOUSE SHADINGS, 



RAFFIA and TOBACCO PAPER (finest quality). 



Flower Sticks and Labels, Bamboo Canes, 



Garden Tools, &c. 



TANNED GARDEN NETTING, 



For Covering Fruit Trees. 

 RICK CLOTHS, TENTS and FLAGS. 



SLY, DIBBLE & CO., 129, Commercial Street, 



Spitalfields, London, E. 



THE NEW 



"ECLIPSE" SHADING 



A GREEN COLOURING WASH 



For Conservatories, Greenhouses, and similar structures. 



The best and most economical Shading before the public. 



Sold in Is. tins sufficient for 100 square feet, is easily applied, 



and one dressing will stand the whole season. 



Trade price on application to the Inventor and Manufacturer, 



E. WILSON SERPELL, 



Seed and Bulb Merchant, 



21, CORNWALL STREET, PLYMOUTH. 



N.E. A Tin with full instructions post-free for Is. 3d. 



21-OZ. Foreign of the above sizes, in 100 and 200 feet boxes, 

 3rds and 4ths qualities, always kept in stock. 



A laxge stock of similar current sizes of 15-OZ. elass in 

 200 feet boxes. 



English. Glass, cut to buyer's sizes, at lowest prices, including 

 free delivery in the country in quantities. 



GEORGE FARMILOE & SONS, 



34, St. John Street, West Smithfield, London, E.C. 



Stock List and Prices on application. Price List of Colours, 

 Varnishes, Designs of Stained 8[ Leaded Glass. Quote Chronicle. 



RUSSIA MATS & RAFFIA 



NEW SEASON'S ARCHANGEL MATS. 



Taganrog, Petersburg, and every other description 



of Russian Mats. 



RAFFIA FIBRE. 



SPECIAL QUOTATIONS on APPLICATION. 



JAMES T. ANDERSON, 



135. COMMERCIAL STREET, LONDON. E. 

 The "Gardener's Friend" 



HOT-WATER BOILER, 



For Greenhouses, "Vineries, Conservatories, Forcing Houses, &c, 

 Advantages 



Equally ap- 

 plicable for Do- 

 mestic or Ware- 

 house Heating. 



Baths, Lava- 

 tories, and 

 Laundries. 



Mini mum 

 Cost of Setting. 

 Free Access to 

 all Flues. 



Certain Con- 

 tinuance of 

 Heating at 



No' Night 

 Watching re- 

 quired. 

 ^ Slow Com- 

 ^g bustion. 

 Ef Minimum 

 j|j Cost for Fuel. 

 T Large Heat- 

 ing Surface. 

 Anthracite Coal. 



Equally Suited for Gas Coke, 



For full particulars and Prices apply to the Manufact 



he Crescent Foi___ 

 j, Cripplegate, E.C, ; 



And The Foundry Works, Wal ton -on-the- Naze, Esafx. 



PORTABLE PLANT FRAMES. 



The above are without exception the most useful kind of 

 Frame for Plant Growing, and every one with a garden should 

 possess one. The sashes turn right over one on to the other, and 

 the boxes are put together with wedges, and can be taken apart 

 in a few minutes. Sizes and prices, carriage paid to any station 

 in England, ready glazed and painted: — 



6 feet long, 4 feet wide, packing cases free £2 15 

 12 feet long, 4 feet wide, „ „ „ 4 15 



6 feet long, 5 feet wide, „ „ ,, 3 15 



12 feet long, 5 feet wide, „ „ „ 6 10 



The glass is nailed and puttied in. 



R. HALLIDAY & CO., 



Hothouse Builders and Engineers, 



ROYAL HOETICDXTURAl WORKS, MIDDLETON, 



MANCHESTER. 



London Agent : Mr. H. SKELTON, Seedsman, ffic, 

 2. Holloway Road. N. 



RICHARDSON'S 



HORTICULTURAL 

 BUILDINGS 



Numerous 

 Prize medals and 

 Certificates of Merit. 



Fixed in any part of the Kingdom 

 with Hot-water Apparatus 

 complete. 



Catalogue 



Free. 



North of England Hortloaltaml Works, 



DARLINGTON. 



