August 11, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



147 



EARLY WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS, 



Double Roman and Paper-white Narcissus. 



JAMES VEITCH & SONS 



BEG TO ANNOUNCE THEY HAVE RECEIVED THEIR USUAL CONSIGNMENTS OF 



THE ABOVE VALUABLE BULBS FOR EARLY FORCINC, 



And will be pleased to receive Orders for immediate delivery. 



ROYAL EXOTIC NURSERY, KING'S ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, S.W. 



By Special ^j£r*||||b^33 Sealed Warrants. 



EARLY WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS, 



EARLY FLOWERING NARCISSUS, 



AND ALL OTHER BULBS FOR EARLY FORCING. 



SEEDS OF ALL SORTS FOR PRESENT AND LATER SOWING. 



FINEST QUALITIES. DELIVERED CARRIAGE FREE. 



Illustrated Descriptive Catalogues post-free. 



D I C K S O 



ROYAL 



NURSERIES 



( LIMITED ), 



AND SEED 



N S 



ESTABLISHMENTS, 



CHESTER. 



Protect your Fruit by using 



MADDOGK'S KILL-WASP. 



Mr. C. Pennt\ Head Gaodener to H.R.H. the Prince of 

 Wales, says :— " Your Kill- Wasp is simply marvellous for its 

 quick destruction of this our greatest enemy." 



Mr. H. H. Ward, Head Gardener to the Right Hon. the 

 Earl of Radnor : — " I have given it a trial, and found it to be 

 everything you represent it to be. It does its work most 

 effectually." 



To be had of all Chemists, price Is. Gd., or post-free' Is. Qd., 

 and from the 



OLD ENCLISH LAVENDER WATER CO., 



PULBOROUGH. SUSSEX. 



Sold in Packets, 6d. and Is. each, and in 



SEALED BAGS ONLY, 



7 lb- 14 lb. 28 lb. 56 lb. 1 cwt. 



2/6 4/6 7/6 12/6 20/- 

 CLAY & LEVESLEY, 



TEMPLE MILL LANE, 

 STRATFORD, LONDON, E. 



C. & L. also supply Crushed Bones, Bone Dust. Peruvian' Guano, 

 Sulphate of Ammonia, and Nitrateof Soda, inbest qualities only. 



GARDEN 

 REQUISITES. 



Two Prize Medals. 



Quality. THE BEST In the Market. (All sacks included.) 



PEAT, best brown ribrous ... 55. per sack, 5 sacks for 22s. id. 



PEAT, best black fibrous ... 4s. id. „ 5 sacks for 20s. 



PEAT, extra selected Orchid 7s. id. ,, 5 sacks for 35s. 



LOAM, PREPARED COMPOST I Is. per bush., 3s. per sack 



LEAF, or PEAT MOULD ... ( (sacks included). 



SILVER. SAND, coarse, Is. id. per bush., 14s. half-ton, 24s. ton. 



RAFFIA FIBRE, best only Is. per lb. 



TOBACCO CLOTH, or PAPER Is. lb.; 28 lb., 27s. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS, all selected, 3s. per bush., 8s. per sack. 



CHTJBB'S " PERFECT" FER-") IN Bags. 



TILLZER (the Beat Food for f . * , 



all kinds of Plants, Flowers, (Tins. 71b. 141b. 2Slb. oblb. 1 cwt. 

 Fruits. Vegetables, &c. ...) 1/6 3/- 5/- 8/- 14/- 22/- 



CRtJSHED BONES, or Bone Dust 1/2 2/- 3/6 6/- 12/- 



VIRGLN CORK (Best Quality only) — 3/- 5/6 10/6 17/- 



RUSSIAN MATS, BAJIBOO CANES, PERUVIAN GUANO, 

 NITRATE of SODA, HORTICULTURAL CHARCOAL, &c. 



PEAT MOSS LITTER, cheapest and best Bedding for Horses and 

 Cattle, £2 per ton. Extra large Sample Bales, is. each. 



COCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE (by Chubb's special process), 

 Backs, Is. 3d. each ; 10 sacks, lis.; 15 sacks, 15s.: 20 sacks, 18s.; 

 30 sacks, 25s. ; 40 sacks, 30s. ; Truck-load, loose, free on rail, 

 28s. Limited quantities of G., special quality granulated, 

 in sacks only, 2s. each. Terms, strictly Cash with order. 

 (Bankers, Union Bank of London.) 



CHUBB, ROUND & CO., 



WEST FERRY ROAD, MLLWAIX, LONDON, E. 



GARDEN REQUISITES. 



COCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE. 



4a*. per bushel ; 100 for 25s. ; truck (loose, about 2 tons), 



40s. ; 4-bushel bags, 4d. each. 



LIGHT BROWN FLBROUS PEAT, 5s. id. per sack ; 5 sacks, 



BLACK FIBROUS PEAT, 5s. per sack, 5 sacks, 22s. ; sacks, 

 Ad. each. 



COARSE SILVER SAND, Is. 9d. per bushel; 15s. per half 

 ton ; 26s. per ton, in 2-bushel bags, id. each. 



YELLOW FLBROUS LOAM, PEAT-MOULD, and LEAP- 

 MOULD, Is. per bushel. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS, 8s. id. per sack. 



MANURES. GARDEN STICKS. VIRGIN CORK, TOBACCO 

 CLOTH, RUSSL1 MATS, &c. Write for Price LIST.— 

 H. G. SMYTH, F.R.H.S., 21, Goldsmith's Street, Drury 

 Lane (lately called 17a, Coal Yard). W.C. 



^LVER SAND, PEAT, and LOAM.— The 



O best iu England, for Sale, in Railway Truckloads, loose, 

 or in sacks, at moderate quotations. 



W. SHORT, Horticultural Co., Midhurst, Sussex, 



UQST EFFECTIVE, SAFE & ECONOMICAL, 



IMPROVED & ONLY GENUINE 



"Medicated Tobacco Paper 



(READY CUT UP FOR USE), 



Parcels for trial, sent Free by Parcels Post, viz.: 

 2 lbs. 3/4, 4 lbs. 6/8, 6lbs.9/9, 8108.13/-, I0lbs.16/-. 



IMPROVED 



Fumigating Pan 



Is vastly superior to any other. 



Price 6/6 (in iron with heater) each, 

 or in Copper, 21/- 



DICKSON'S Improved 



MUSHROOM SPAWN 



MOST SUPERIOR, 6/- PER BUS. 



t> Circulars giving all particulars d- copies of testi- 

 monials, post free on application. 



DICKSONS 



CHESTER. 



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, 1*., 2s. 6d., bs. 6rf., and 105. 6d. each, 

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

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



ISHURST COMPOUND, used by leading 



Gardeners since 1859 against Red Spider, Mildew, 

 Thripa, 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 105. <od. 



GISHURSTINE keeps Boots dry and soft on 

 wet ground. Boxes, 6d. and 15., from the Trade. 

 Wholesale from PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY 

 (Limited), London. 



TO Horticulturists.— Great economy in Fuel, and other 

 advantages secured by the use of our 



CMOKELESS ANTHRACITE.— For infor- 



O mation as to the mode of using this coal, and prices 

 delivered to any railway station, apply to the TRLMSARAN 

 CO. (Limited), 62, Leadenhall Street. London, E.C. 



PATENT TUBULAR FLOWER STANDS 

 for Artistic Grouping of Cut Flowers, have attracted 

 much attention at recent Horticultural Exhibitions. 



Manufactured and Sold by GEORGE SMITH and CO., 

 Commercial Road. Pimlico. S.W. Trade supplied. 



SPHINCTER GRIP 



GARDEN HOSE. 



The Sphincter Grip Spring Steel Galvanised Armoured Hos 



is the most valuable improvement in Hose since 1S4U. Its hi>t 111,4 

 qualities are ten times greater than any Hose not armoured. 



Its complete success has caused some parties to infringe th. • 

 Patents owned and controlled solely by us; and we therefor.' 

 notify all such that the making, vending, or use of any armoured 

 wire-wound Hose not of our manufacture is an infringement of 

 one or more of our several Patents, any violation of which will 

 be promptly prosecuted. Brass plates set between the Hose 

 and wire denote our Manufacture and the Patents. 



For Price Lists and particulars of 



The Original and Only Genuine Sphincter Grip 

 Armoured Hose, 



APPLY TO THE 



S.G.A. HOSE CO. (Ltd.), 



63, FORE STREET, LONDON, E.C. 

 ( Unprecedentedly low prices.) 



Established, a.d. 1818. 



Experienced Work 



HENRY HOPE, 



Horticultural Builder and 



Hot-water Engineer, 



05, Lionel St., Birmingham. 



Plans and Estimates on 



application. 



ft to any part of the Kingdom. 



To Nurserymen, Seed Merchants, and Florists. 



J BLACKBURN and SONS are offering Aroh- 

 • angel Mats lower than any other house in the trade: also 

 Petersburg Mats and Mat Bags, Raffia Fibre, Tobacco Paper, 

 and Shading. Pries free. -4 and 5, Wormwood Street, E.C. 



