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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[August 18, 1888, 



THE GARDENERS" 



ORPHAN FUND. 



DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS 



WILL BE THANKFULLY RECEIVED BY 



A. F. BARRON, Hon. Sec. 



Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens, 

 Chiswick, London, W. 



P^BONY ARBOREA — P. SINENSIS.— 

 'The unique and very best selected collection in the 

 world. — 300 varieties of P. arborea ; 350 of P. sinensis, including 

 new, rare and very rare varieties ; also Japanese and Chinese 

 sorts. Ask for the Descriptive CATALOGUE of Prices, 

 printed in English, to 



L. PAILLET, Nurseryman, Chatenay (Seine), near Paris, 

 France. Established 1827. 



NOTE. — Best season to plant P. sinensis, August, September, 

 and October, but Peeonies may be planted also up to April. 



BMALLER and SONS beg to offer to the 

 • Trade a very extensive and unusually "well-grown 

 stock of ERICAS (Hyemalis and other varieties), EPACBIS, 

 SOLANUMS, GENISTAS, CYCLAMEN, BOUVARDIAS, ADI- 

 ANTEUM CUNEATUM, and other FERNS ; GARDENIAS, 

 STEPHANOWS, BORONIA MEGASTIGMA, FICUS ELAS- 

 TICA, CROTONS, GREVILLEAS, Tea ROSES, &e. 

 An inspection invited. 

 Trade CATALOGUES forwarded on application. 

 The ANNUAL SALE by AUCTION will be held on TUES- 

 DAY, September 18. 



Burnt Ash Lane Nurseries, Lee, S.E. 



i! MATS SPECIALTIES. 



• FERNS. 



All the leading and most useful sorts; immense quantities 

 in various sizes; also many new and rare species and varieties. 

 TREE CARNATIONS. 

 Including Mdlle. Carle, A. Alegatiere, Miss Joliffe, Dr. Ray- 

 mond, Andalusia, Lucifer, and all the best sorts. The plants 

 are unusually fine this season. 



CROTONS. 

 A great variety, all beautifully coloured. 



CLEMATIS. 

 A fine stock of all the best sorts. 

 IVIES. 

 Madrensis variegata. Lee's New Silver, rhomboidea obovatn, 

 and other popular sorts. 



PRIMULAS, DOUBLE WHITE. 

 An immense stock : plants very healthy and vigorous. 

 Special low prices to the Trade. An inspection respectfully 

 invited. 



OA flOO CLEMATIS, in Pots, of all the 



OV/^V/V/V/ finest Double and Single "Varieties (some 

 of the flowers of which become 10 inches across, and are of 

 every shade, from pure white to the darkest purple), for 

 climbing and bedding, from 12s. to 24s. per dozen, strong 

 plants ; extra strong plants, repotted into 5|-inch pots, 2s. 6d, 

 each; Beauty of Worcester, a magnificent purple, excellent for 

 bedding, recently sent out by us, reduced price 2s. 6d. each. 

 Descriptive LIST on application.— RICHARD SMITH AND CO., 

 Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 



ALL IN POTS 



For Immediate Planting. 



variety 



Clematis. 



Ivies, do. 



Honeysuckles, do. 



Wistarias 



Brambles, pink and white bark 



Hops 



Spanish Gorse 



CHARLES NOBLE 



Pyracantha 

 Garrya elliptica 

 Pyrus japouiea 

 ,, ,, nivalis 



Virginian Creeper 



Bagshot. 



CUTBUSH'S MILL- 

 track MUSHROOM SPAWN. 

 —Too well known to require descrip- 

 tion. Price, 6s. per bushel (Is. extra 

 per bushel for package), or Qd. per 

 cake ; free by parcel post, Is. 



None genuine unless in sealed pack- 

 ages and printed cultural directions 

 enclosed, with our signature attached. 



WM. CUTBUSH AND SON 

 (Limited), Nurserymen and Seed 

 Merchants, Highgate Nurseries. N. 



S trawberries a Specialt y 



Select List Free . 

 Sample of Plants 3 - 



LOVEL & SON, DRIFFIELD 



QILVEJR SAND, PEAT, and LOAM.— The 



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

 or in sacks, at moderate quotations. Established 1862. 

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



B y S p e c i a I 



Sealed Warrants. 



EARLY WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS, 



EARLY FLOWERING NARCISSUS, 



AND ALL OTHER BULBS FOR EARLY FORCING. 



SEEDS OE ALL SORTS FOR PRESENT AND LATER SOWING. 



FINEST QUALITIES. DELIVERED CARRIAGE FREE. 



Illustrated Descriptive Catalogues post-free. 



DICKSONS 



( LIMITED ), 



" ROYAL " NURSERIES AND SEED ESTABLISHMENTS, 



CHESTER. 



EARLY WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS, 



Double Roman and Paper-white Narcissus. 



JAMES VEITCH & SONS 



BEG TO ANNOUNCE 



.YE RECEIVED THEIR L'Sl'AL CONSIGNMENTS OF 



THE ABOVE VALUABLE BULBS FOR EARLY FORGING, 



And will be pleased to receive Orders for immediate delivery. 



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



rWKfiXftbEB:! 



_ - . ----- CJ^3'J$ fija ^XM8& 



For Destroying Weeds 

 on Garden Walks, 

 Carriage Drives, sta- 

 ble Yards, &c. Saves 

 more tnan twice its 

 cost in labour. No 

 Smell. No Disturb- 

 ance of the Gravel. 



Used in tbe CRYSTAL PALACE GARDENS, the ROYAL GARDENS, KEW, and other Public and Private Gardens. 

 Mr. W. G. Head, Superintendent of the Crystal Palace Gardens, says :—" We were so satisfied with jour Weed Killer and its 



price, that we have used it absolutely. I have every confidence in recommending it." 

 Mr. J. Bell, the Duke of Wellington's Gardener, says :— " Your Weed Killer will prove to be a great boon. It not only destroys 



every form of weed but leaves the gravel bright and clean." 

 Mr. W. Edwards, Gr. to the Right Hon. Earl Cadogan, says: — "I have used it (the Acme Weed Killer) on the walks, and plantains 



on cricket ground. It seems to answer well." 

 Mr. James Myers, Gr. to the Earl of Sandwich, says : — " I must say it does its work very effectually." 

 Mr. R. Irwin Lynch, Curator, Botanic Garden, Cambridge, says : — " There can be no question with regard to its efficacy." 

 T. Hewitt & Co., Nurserymen, Solihull and Birmingham, say :— " We find it excellent." 



Price per Gallon, 2s. (tin included) ; 5 Gallon lots, Is. 6d. per Gallon; 10 to 20-Gallon lots. Is. -id. per Gallon. 



Carriage paid on 10 gals, and upwards. Used in the proportion of 1 gal. to 25 gals, of water. Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers — 



Tne AGRI-HORTICULTURAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, Tonbridge, Kent. Depot :-Bolton, Lancashire. 



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