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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[July 21, 1888. 



SALES by AUCTION. 



Monday Next— Special Sale of Orchids. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS will 

 SELL by AUCTION, at their Central Auction Rooms, 

 67 and 68, Cheapside, London, E.C., on MONDAY NEXT, 

 July 23, at half-past 12 o'clock precisely, by order of Mr. F. 

 Sander, valuable IMPORTED ORCHIDS, including Cattleya 

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

 some very tine masses, abundantly furnished -with healthy 

 foliage ; C. Mossise, in good condition ; large importation of 

 C, Bowringiana, in good condition; Aerides Fieldingii, Catt- 

 leya amethystina, C. citrina, the rare Oncidiuni pyramense, 

 O. undulatum, specially selected masses of O. ornithoryn- 

 chuni, O. Forbesii, Epidendruni ciliolare, specially tine masses 

 of Odontoglossuni Cervantesi, 0. nebulosum, O. maculatum, 

 O. Rossii, Saccolabium Bluniei majus, S. guttatum, and 

 Sophronitia grandifiora. Also 19 cases of ORCHIDS received 

 direct for unreserved Sale, including 3 cases of Oncidium, 

 luridum, 700 Cattleya intermedia, Leopoldii, and ame- 

 thystina, &c. 



On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 

 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday Next. 



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 for 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 NEXT, 



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- 

 ing may be specially mentioned 



Cattleya Trianee General 

 Gordon 

 ,, ,, Chelsoni 

 ,, ,, Edinburghii 

 ,, ,, tricolor 

 „ ,, proteus 

 ,, „ formosa 

 „ „ Emilias 

 ,, „ Archduchess 

 „ .. Ori 



Cattleya Trianon Leeana 

 „ „ Dodgsoni 

 ,, ,, Osmani 



,, „ regina 



Eackhousiana 

 Victoria Regii 

 magnifica 

 Archduke 



Wallisii 



And many others not yet named, with their portraits by 

 G. Macfarlane, the whole forming probably the grandest 

 collection of tine varieties of the Trianee section ever brought 

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



l maju* 



a superbu 



Cypripedi 



,, chloroneurum 



,, Schroderee 



„ Wallisii 



,, tesselatum porphyreum 



,, calophyllum 



,, Harrisianum superbum 



,, insigne i 



,, selligerui 



,, supercilic 



,, oenanthu 



,, poli turn 



,, Ashburtoniee 



„ grand e 



,, Godefroyee 



,, Leeanum superbum 



,, Sedeni candidulum 



,, Auguste Regnier 

 Cattleya calummata 



,, exoniensis 



,, labiata (autumn flower- 

 ing) 



,, Skinneri, grand sped- 



„ „ alba 



„ Percivaliana, special 



varieties 



,, ,, alba 



,, „ grandifiora 



,, Mossise alba 



„ „ Southgatei 



,, Mendelii, special varie 



Germinyana 

 Mardellii 

 Mastersonise 

 Hardyana 

 Luddemannia 

 tissima 



l brillian- 



Lo±lia callistoglossa 



,, Wolstenholmiifi 

 ,, anceps Calvertiana 

 „ „ Dawson i 

 ,, elegans Turneri 

 „ purpurata Brysiana 



Oncidium oinithorrhynchum 

 album 



Odontoglossurn Leeanum 



Tricliopilla sua vis alba 



I ';■ r ] i y stoma Thomsoni 



Bulbophvllum sarceocephalum 



Masdevallia ((he original Bull's 

 Blood), part of the 

 plantcertificated,1873 



Vanda Sanderiana 



,, Denisoniana hebraica 



,, tricolor Patersoni 



,, „ Warnerii 



,, ,, Russelliana 



,, ,, Downside variety 

 Saccolabium Heathii 



„ Harrisoniarmm 

 Dendrobium nobile nobilius, 

 the well-known large 

 plant 



,, splendidissimum grandi- 

 florum 



„ stratiotes 



,, Kingianum album 



,, Phalsenopsis 



,, Harveyanum 

 Ccelogyne crista ta alba 



,, Lowii 

 Cvmbidium Parishii 

 Maxillaria Sanderiana 



MASDEVALLIA SECTION 

 comprises a grand and complete collection of MasdevalHas, 

 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 rame, which have been 

 grown at Downside for several yeais, and are models of 

 successful cultivation. 



PHALiENOPSIS SECTION. 

 Amongst the Phalaenopsis 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. Gatnlo^ne^ are now ready, and may 

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

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

 Cheapside, London, E.C. 



Orchids In Flower— Special Sale, July 31. 

 TVfESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS de- 



ItX 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 63, Cheapside, London, E.C. 



Friday, August 3.— Important to Large Buyers. 

 Preliminary Notice. 

 2000 ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDRAS, Pacho varieties, 

 compact masses ; 300 CATTLEYA SANDERIANA, all in 

 splendid condition, collected and brought home by Mr. 

 Schmidtzen, for Sale, without reserve. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS are 

 instructed to SELL the above by AUCTION, at their 

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

 FRIDAY, August 3, at half-past 12 o'clock precisely. 

 On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had, 



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, London, 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 Resilience, 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 

 au area of 12 acres 3 roods 10 perches, the Nursery in Park Road, 

 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 iu the 

 usual way. 



May be viewed. Particulars and Plans obtainable at the 

 Mart ; of G. C. SIIERRARD, 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 years past, Copyhold 

 of the Manor of Peterborough, Fine Small and Certain; 

 also the extensive FREEHOLD NURSERY in Eastgate, 

 with 12 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 Eastgate, opposite the Nursery, with the 

 long range of Sheds and other Buildings standing thereon, 

 having an area of 1 rood 15 perches, oi" which 25 perches is 

 Freehold and the remainder Copyhold of the Manor of 

 Peterborough ; and also a FREEHOLD FIELD, containing 

 3 a. lr, Op. (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 by AUCTION, 

 by order of the Mortgagees, at the "Angel" Hotel, 

 Peterborough, on SATURDAY, 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 Auc- 

 tioneer, Bridge Street, Peterborough ; and further informa- 

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

 VERGETTE AMD BUCKLE, Solicitors, Peterborough; or at my 

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



Whittlesey, July 2, 3888. 



Town Hall, Northampton. 



To the Nobility, Gentry, Florists, and Others. 



A Collection of 100 VALUABLE ORCHIDS and STOVE 



PLANTS. 



MESSRS. MACQUIRE and TARRY, 

 favoured -with instructions from Mrs. Seymour, of 

 Norton Hall, will SELL by AUCTION, at the Town Hall, 

 Northampton, (whither they will be removed for convenience 

 of sale), on TUESDAY, July 31, an exceedingly valuable 

 COLLECTION of ORCHIDS including Aerides odoratum, 

 Brassavola glauca, Brassia cordata.Calanthe veratri folia, Ccelo- 



fyne cristata, Cypripedinm insigne, C. longifolium, C. bar- 

 atum, Cattleya Skinneri, Dendrobium calceolus, densi- 

 florum, chrysanthum, thyrsiflorum, speciosa, and nobile ; 

 Lycaste omenta and Harrisoui ; Oncidium splmce)atum, 

 flexuosum, ampliatum, and catifolia ; Odontoglossum 

 triumphans, cirrosum and Alexandras, Phaius grandifolius. 



Vauda tricolor, and many other important 



will be sold a few lots o: STOVE PLANTS, including Cycas 



revoluta, Ixora, Anthurium majesticum, &c. 



The Sale will commence at 1 o'clock in the Afternoon. 

 Catalogues, containing full particular's, may be obtained of the 

 Auctioneers, Northampton, 



Wednesday, August l. 



FINE IMPORTATIONS of ODONTOGLOSSUM CSISPUM (best 

 type), O. GRANDE, CHYSIS AUREA, C. BRACTESCENS, 

 COMPARETTIAS, MASDEVALLIAS, White LiELIA 

 ANCEPS. &c, from Mi-i». Shutllewurth, Carder & Co. 



MR. J. C. STEVENS will SELL the above 

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

 Covent Garden, W.C., on WEDNESDAY, August 1. 



On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Thursday, August 2. 



Valuable IMPORTED and ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS, from 

 Mr. F. Sander. 



MR. J. C. STEVENS will SELL the above 

 by AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, 38, Xing Street, 

 Covent Garden, W.C, on THURSDAY, August 2. 

 Further particulars in next Advertisement. 



Hillington Nurseries, New Eoad, Hillington, near 



Uxbridge, Middlesex. — By order of the Mortgagees. 

 To Florists, Market Gardeners, Growers, and Others. 



MESSRS. TAPLIN are favoured with instruc- 

 tions to SELL by AUCTION, on MONDAY, July 30, at 

 the Mart, Tokenhouse Yard, City, E.C, at 1 o'clock, the 

 above valuable Old-established NURSERY and POULTRY 

 FARM, with Two Villas, and about 12,000 feet of Glass, Out- 

 buildings, Sheds, &c., covering a space of 2\ Acres. Held at a 

 Low Rent. 



Particulars and Orders to View of C H. T. WHARTON, 

 Esq., Solicitor, 31, John Stre. t, Bedford Row, W.C. ; and the 

 Auctioneers, 68, St. John's Wood Road, N.W. ; and Hayes, 

 Middlesex. 



ANTED to HIRE, small NURSERY with 



Glass. Advertiser has his own Stock. 

 State full particulars to ORCHID, Gardeners' Chronicle 

 Office. 41, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. 



In the Suburbs.— (Foi. 6391.) ~~ 



Specially recommended. 



TO BE SOLD, in consequence of the retire- 

 ment of the owner, an old-established, thoroughly genuine 

 and very lucrative NURSERY and FLORIST BUSINESS, nu- 

 meronsGreenlib*uses,Dwelling-Huuse. Lease 20 years. Reul£75. 

 Price about £2000, half of -which could remafn. Full par- 

 ticulars of 



Messrs. PROTHFROE AND MORRIS, 67 and 68, Cheapside, 

 London, E.C. 



Esher and Claremont Park. 



TO BE SOLD, CLIVE HOUSE, for many years 

 the residence of the Hon. Mr. Justice Wills, with 5^ or 

 10j Acres, Freehold, on the hill 125 feet above sea level, and 

 facing Claremont ; 3 Attics, 11 Bedrooms, 4 Reception Rooms, 

 and Offices; beauiful Gardens and Grounds; Outbuildings. 



Messr3. LOFTS AND WARNER, 130, Mount Street, W.; or 

 Messrs. DEBENHAM, TEWSON, FARMER and BRLDGE- 

 WATER, BQ, Cheapside, E.C. ( 1 2,473.) 



r PO BE SOLD, small compact NURSERIES 



JL situated at Watford and Bushey ; good Greenhouses upon 

 them, heated by hot-water. Near stations, and easy distance 

 from London. Apply to 



Mr. J. H. EVES, House Agent, 120, High Street, Watford. 



FOR DISPOSAL, a FLORIST'S BUSINESS. 

 — Main Road , opposite Addison Road Station and 

 Olympia. Long Lease, Stock, Fixtures. Good jobbing con- 

 nection. Everything, £200. 



9, Hammersmith Road, W. 



To Florists and Small capitalists 



Seeking a pleasant and remunerative occupation. 



THE LEASE and GOODWILL of a well- 

 established BUSINESS, successfully carried on for over 

 50 years, the present owner retiring. Every investigation 

 courted in personal application. Price £300. Stock at 

 valuation. — W. A. CLINGO, Nurseryman and Florist, 18, 

 Finchley Road, St. John's Wood, N.W. 



South of England. 



LARGE GARDEN, 20 Acres, with Twenty 

 Greenhouses and Vineries. £7000 has been spent on the 

 property. Seven years' lease. Two cottages inclusive. £150 

 a year. ELDRIDGE, Portsmouth. 



Manor Park, E.— Freehold or Lease. 



TO BE LET or SOLD, a Double-fronted 

 HOUSE, containing 8 Rooms, Bath Room, fitted with 

 hot and cold water, and Scullery ; 3 Greenhouses at back fitted 

 with hot- water apparatus, and back entrance. 



Apply on premises, Avenue House, Third Avenue, Manor 

 Park, Essex, E. No agents. 



TO LET, a Small JOBBING and FLORIST'S 



X NURSERY, consisting of 4 Houses and several Pits, 

 excellently situated, in most fashionable part of Leicester. An 

 advantageous opportunity for an energetic and enterprising 

 man.— Apply, HARRISON and SONS, Royal Midland Seed 

 Establishment, Leicester. 



Durant's Arbour Estate, Ponder's End, Middlesex. 



To NURSERYMEN, FLORISTS, and OTHERS. 



TO BE LET, on Lease, for 21, 60, or 80 years, 

 1 to 50 acres of excellent MEADOW LAND, from £3 to 

 £11 per acre, with the option of the purchase of the freehold 

 within the first 9 years. No tithe or land tax. 

 Apply to A. and G. GUTVER, Land Agents, Sec, Ponder's End. 

 N.B. Several Nurseries established on the estate. 



PROTHEROE And MORRIS, Horticul- 

 tural Market Garden and Estate Auctioneers and 

 Valuers, 67 and OS, Cheapside, Loudon, E.C, and at Leyton- 

 stone, E. Monthly Horticultural Register bad on application. 



FERNS.— FERNS.— FERNS.— Gonophlebium 

 subauriculatum. — A fine stock of this elegant Basket 

 Fern, strong established plants, in 3-inch pots. My stock of 

 Ferns is by far the largest in the kingdom, including immense 

 quantities of all the leading and popular sorts, in various sizes ; 

 also a great number of ehoice species and varieties. An 

 inspection is respectfully invited. Prices on application. 

 H. B. MAY, Dyson's Lane Nursery, Upper Edmonton, 



