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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[August 25, 1888. 



SALES by AUC TION. 



Bulbs from Holland. 



Sale* every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and SATURDAY, . in 

 Large and Small Lots, to suit all Buyers. 



MR, J. C. STEVENS will SELL by 

 AUCTION, at his Great Booms, 38, King Street, 

 Covent Garden, W.C., every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and 

 SATURDAY, a t half- past 12 o'clock precisely each day, first 

 class consignments of HYACINTHS, TULIPS, CROCUSES, 

 and other BULBS, arriving daily from -well-known Farms in 

 Holland. 



On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had, 



Tnursday Next.-(Sale No. 7728.) 

 VALUABLE IMPORTED and ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS. 



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

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

 W.C., on THURSDAY' NEXT, August 30, at half-past 12 

 o'clock precisely, a COLLECTION of WELL-GROWN 

 ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS, including some fine varieties, 

 many in flower and bud. Al*o a valuable Importation of 

 ORCHIDS from Borneo, many collected in quite a new district, 

 including: — Cypripedium Dayana, C. HookertB, C. Law- 

 renciauum, Saccolab-ium Hendersonianum, Phaius species, &c. 

 On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Special Sale of Orchids in Flower and Bud. 



MR. J. C. STEVENS begs to announce that 

 his NEXT SPECIAL SALE of ORCHIDS in FLOWER 

 and BUD will take place at his Grfat Rooms, 38, King 

 Street, Covent Garden, W.C., on THURSDAY, September 13, 

 at half-past 12 o'clock precisely, and he will be glad if gentle- 

 men desirous of entering plants for this Sale will SEND 

 LIST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 



Valuable Established Orchids. 



MR. J. C. STEVENS begs to announce that 

 he has received instructions from. Robt. Warner, Esq., 

 of Chelmsford, to offer for SALE by AUCTION, at his Great 

 Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C., about the 

 MIDDLE OF OCTOBER, a portion of his well-known 

 COLLECTION of ORCHIDS, comprising many fine specimens 

 of Vandas, Cypripediums, Lselias, Cattleyas, Odontoglossums, 

 Masdevallias, &c. 



Further particulars in future Advertisements. 



Dutch Bulbs. 



Every MONDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY. 

 Great Unreserved Sales. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS will 

 SELL by AUCTION, at the Central Sale Rooms, 67 and 

 68, Cheapside, London, E.C., every MONDAY. THURSDAY, and 

 SATURDAY, at half-past 11 o'clock precisely, extensive con- 

 signments of first-class HYACINTHS, TULIPS, CROCUS, 

 NARCISSUS, and other BULBS, from Holland, lotted to suit 

 the Trade and Private Buyers. 



On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Tuesday Next. 



ORCHIDS IN FLOWER. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS will 

 SELL by AUCTION, ut their Central Sale Rooms, 67 

 and 68, Cheapside, E.C., on TUESDAY NEXT, August 28. at 

 half past 12 o'clock precisely, a large quantity of ORCHIDS 

 in FLOWER, from various collections, including Cattleyas, 

 Odontoglossums, Oncidiums, Cypripediums, Masdevallias, &c. 

 Also Oncidium macranthnm, grand variety, 45 flowers just 

 opening. 



On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Tuesday Next. 



Direct Importation of ORCHIDS for uureserved Sale, just 



received in fine condition. Nine cases. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS will 

 include the above in their SALE on TUESDAY NEXT, 

 August 28, consisting of— 



Four cases of EPIDENDRUM BICORNUTUM, including 

 several large masses. 

 250 Odontoglossum Percatorei I 100 Oncidium serratum 

 200 „ triumphans 100 Odontoglossum hastila- 



100 „ nebulosum ! bium 



Maxillarias, Ada aurantiaca, &c. 

 On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Stamford Hill, N. 



EXPIRATION OF LEASE.— CLEARANCE SALE. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS will 

 SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises, the Nursery, 

 High Road, Stamford Hill, N., near Stoke Newington Railway 

 Station, on TUESDAY, August 28, at 1 o'clock, without 

 reserve, by order of Mr. W. Chitty, the stock of well-grown 

 GREENHOUSE PLANTS, 1000 FERNS of sorts. 100 White 

 AZALEAS, 1000 CHRYSANTHEMUMS, 2000 IVIES in pots, &c. 

 May be viewed one week prior to the Sale. Catalogues may 

 be had on the Premises, and of the Auctioneers, 67 and 68, 

 Cheapside, London, E.C. ; and Leytonstone, E. 



Belsfleld. Windermere. 



IMPORTANT CLEARANCE SALE, by order of the Executors 

 of the late H. W. Schneider, Esq., without reserve. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS will 

 SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises, Belstield, Bow- 

 neB3-on-Windermere, about 1£ mile from the Windermere 

 Station, on WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, August 29 and 30, 

 at 12 o'Clock precisely each day, the whole of the well-known 

 collection of STOVE and GREENHOUSE PLANTS, including 

 many large and handsome specimen Crotons. Camellias and 

 Azaleas, 100 large Eucharis in splendid condition, handsome 

 Palms and Ferns, a few choice Orchids, Fruiting and Succes- 

 sion Pines, a considerable number of Table and Decorative 

 Plants, together with the erections of 4 span-roof Greenhouses 

 and hot-water piping. 



May be viewed the day prior to the Sale. Catalogues had 

 of Mr. NICOL, the Head Gardener, on the Premises, and of the 

 Auctioneers and Estate Agents, G7 and 68, Cheapside, London, 

 E.C, and Leytonstone. 



N.B.— The very elegible FREEHOLD ESTATE of about 

 9 acres, with noble Mansion and extensive Stabling, delight- 

 fully situate on the borders of the lake, is FOR SALE, with 

 possession. 



Wednesday Next, August 29. 



SPECIAL SALE of NEW ORCHIDS, consisting of a very 

 grand lot of a new golden-yellow Orchid, CATTLEYA 

 CHRYSOTOXA, a most superb novelty of great beauty and 

 elegance. A splendid importation of CATTLEYA SAN- 

 DERIANA VARIETY in superb order with fine leaves and 

 dormant eyes among them extra masses. A simply grand 

 lot of the very magnificent CYPRIPEDIUM CURTISI 

 just to hand in excellentcondition, with large and splendid 

 growths and leaves, and in finest masses. 



Also the lovely new ONCIDIUM FORSTERMANNI, a new 

 species carrying great spikes of yellow, chocolate barred 

 and spotted flowers. The sale will include fine growing 

 plants well-established of the new LiELIA EYERMANNII, 

 the rare ONCIDIUM CURTUM, and the almost unique 

 ONCIDIUM BRUNLEESIANUM, together with a splendid 

 . lot of SOBRALIA XANTHOLEUCA, the noblest and finest 

 species of the genus. A grand lot of the rare and fine 

 ORNITKOCEPHALUS GRANDIFLORUS,, and a large 

 importati on of ODONTO GLOSS UM VEXILL ARI U M 

 VARIETY, of which the dried flowers will be shown ; and 

 many other rare and fine Orchids in splendid condition. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 

 beg to call special attention to the above which they 

 have received instructions from Mr. F. Sander to SELL by 

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

 London, E.C. on WEDNESDAY NEXT, AUGUST 29, at 

 half-past 12 o'Clo k precisely. 



ig of Sale and catalogues had. 



Kingston-on-Thames. 



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

 IMPORTANT SALE of VALUABLE FREEHOLD and LEASE- 

 HOLD PROPERTIES. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS are 

 favoured with instructions to SELL by AUCTION, at 

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

 August 30, at 2 o'Clock precisely (first in one lot, and if not thus 

 sold, then in separate lots), the VALUABLE FREEHOLD 

 ESTATE known as the Kingston Nursery, Kingston, Surrey, 

 having important building frontages to Fife Road and Clarence 

 Street, of 600 feet, and containing an area of about 2 acres, 

 with the whole of the Trade Buildings, comprising 20 Green- 

 houses, all heated by hot-water piping. Counting-house, 

 Stables, and Sheds. The Goodwill of the old-establi^hrd 

 Nursery and Seed Business, will be included in this lot; 

 the substantially-built Freehold Detached Residence adjoin- 

 ing, containing 8 Bedrooms, fitted Bath-room, 3 Reception- 

 rooms, Kitchen, and offices. 



For SALE, with vacant possession, also the desirable FREE- 

 HOLD HOUSE, double fronted Shop and Premises, No. 13, 

 Thames Street, Kingston, with Stabling and two Cottages in 

 the rear ; together with the several Leasehold Nurseries known 

 as the Kingston Hill Nursery, containing an area of 12 acres 

 3 roods 10 perches ; the Nursery in Park Road, Norbitou, 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 ; but if not thus taken, 

 the vendors reserve the right of disposing of the same on the 

 Premises by Auction or otlierwise. 



May be viewed. Particulars, Plan, and Conditions of Sale 

 may be had at the various Nurseries; at the Mart, E.C; of 

 Mr. W. G. SUDBURY, Estate Agent. Market Place, New 

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

 Inn Fields, W.C., and Kingston-on-Thames ; or of the Auc- 

 tioneers, Estate Agents, and Surveyors, 67 and 68, Cheapside, 

 London, E.C, and Leytonstone. 



Friday Next. 

 Fine importation of CATTLEYA TRIANJE just to hand in 

 splendid condition ; ODONTOGLOSSUM CRLSPUM, 

 Pacho variety, and an assortment of semi-established un- 

 flowered ORCHIDS, by order of Mr. G. T. White, of 

 Winchmore Hill. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS will 

 include the above in their SALE by AUCTION, at their 

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

 FRIDAY NEXT, August 31, at half-past 12 o'Clock, precisely. 

 On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Friday Next. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS are 

 instructed by Messrs. Seeger & Tropp, of Lordship 

 Lane, S.E., to SELL by AUCTION, at their Central Sale 

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

 NEXT, August 31, at half-past 12 o'clock precisely, a grand 

 importation of LiELIA PURPURATA, nearly all with sound 

 flower-sheaths, the largest specimens having over 200 bulbs, of 

 which a great quantity are furnished with healthy leaves and 

 20 flower-sheaths; the beautiful SOBRALIA LEUCOXANTHA 

 (true), as figured in the Orchid Album, vol. vi., and in the 

 Journal of Horticulture, August 8 last ; a fine plant of MAX- 

 LLLARIA SANDERIANA, a splendid specimen of VANDA 

 SANDERIANA, with 4 strong healthy 'growths, well estab- 

 lished ; the rare and beautiful CCELOGYNE LENTIQINOSA, 

 bulbs; a new hybrid CYPRIPEDIUM (C SEEGERIANUM), 

 a cross between C. Spicerianum and C Harrisianum, now 

 offered for the first time ; the very rare ONCIDIUM TN- 

 CURVUM ALBUM in bloom; and many other ORCHIDS. 

 On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



Peterborough. 



PRELIMINARY NOTICE. 

 TWO DAYS' UNRESERVED SALE of :the whole of the remark- 

 ably well-grown STOVE and GREENHOUSE PLANTS, 

 nearly new Exhibition Plant VAN, NURSERY STOCK, 

 &c, the Freehold Nursery having been disprsed of. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS are 

 instructed to SELL the above by AUCTION, on the 

 Premises, The Fastgate Nurseries, Peterborough, on TUES- 

 DAY and WEDNESDAY, September 11 and 12. Further par- 

 ticulars will appear next week. 

 Auction and Estate Offices, 67 and 68, Cheapside, Loudon, E.C. 



Edmonton. 



ANNUAL TRADE SALE of GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS are 

 instructed by Mr. H. B. May to SELL by AUCTION, on 

 the Premises, the Dyson's Lane Nursery, Upper Edmonton, on 

 MONDAY, September 17, thousands of GREENHOUSE 

 PLANTS, &o. 

 Fuller particulars will appear in future advertisements. 



The Ascot Nurseries, Berks. 



(Opposite the Racecourse, and about 15 minutes'" walk from 

 the Railway Station.) 



Important to Gentlemen, Nurserymen, and Others, desirous of 

 securing one of the most valuable and celebrated NUR- 

 SERIES in the Trade, with all the thriving STOCK, as a 

 going concern, in one Lot, for SALE, by order of the 

 owner, who is relinquishing the business in consequence of 

 ill-health. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 

 are instructed to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, 

 Tokenhouse Yard, London, E.C, on FRIDAY, September 7, 

 at 2 o'clock p.m. punctually, in one Lot, the valuable 

 long LEASEHOLD ESTATE distinguished as the ROYAL 

 NURSERIES, ASCOT, together with the Goodwill of the 

 old-established Nursery Business so successfully carried on 

 by the late Mr. John Standish and the present Proprietor. 

 The Nursery contains an area of about 22 Acres, cropped 

 with a General Assortment of Nursery Stock; also 36 Green- 

 houses, containing a total superficial area of about 44,000 feet, 

 heated by about 10,000 feet of hot- water piping, and numerous 

 Pits all stocked with an extensive collection of Hard and Soft- 

 wooded Greenhouse and Stove Plants. The Leasehold Resi- 

 dence, containing 10 Rooms, 3 well-built Cottages, and suitable 

 Trade Buildings for carrying on a large Business. 



May be viewed prior to the Sale. Particulars, Plans, and 

 Conditions of Sale may be obtained on the Premises ; at the 

 Mart, E.C. ; of Messrs. MACKNELL, MATON, AND GODLEE, 

 Solicitors, 21, Cannon Street, E.C. ; and of the Auctioneers, 

 Surveyors, and Estate Agents, 67 and 68, Cheapside, London , E.C. 



Swanley Junction, Kent. 

 GREAT UNRESERVED SALE of immense quantities of un- 

 usually well grown GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS are 

 instructed by Mr. P. Ladds to SELL by AUCTION, on 

 the Premises, The Nurseries. Swanley Junction, Kent (adjoin- 

 ing the Swanley Junction Railway Station), on THURSDAY, 

 September 13, at 11 o'clock punctually in consequence of the 

 unusually large number of lots, immense quantities of 



GREENHOUSE PLANTS, including the following :— 



24,000 winter flowering 



Heaths 

 20,000 Genistas 

 6000 Solanums 

 12,000 winter-flowering Carna- 

 tions 

 7000 Adiantum Cuneatum 

 10,000 Tea Roses (all best 

 varieties) 

 1000 Clematis Jackmanni 



21 00 Crotons 

 1000 Palms 

 1000 Dracsenas 

 5000 Zonal Geraniui 

 Queen of Whites ; 

 proved 

 2000 Ferns in variety 

 300 specimen Gardenias 

 Quantity of small Heaths 

 600 White Primulas 



Variety of other stock. 

 The Stock may now be viewed. Catalogues had of Mr. P. 

 LADDS, on the premises, and of the Auctioneers and Valuers, 

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



Lee, Kent, S.E. 



GREAT ANNUAL TRADE SALE, to commence punctually at 

 11 o'Clock, in consequence of the large number of lots. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS are 

 instructed by Messrs. B. Mailer & Son, to SELL by 

 AUCTION, on the Premises, The Burnt Ash Lane Nurseries, 

 Lee, S.E., adjoining the Railway Station, on TUESDAY, 

 September 18, at 11 o'Clock punctually, without reserve, 



25,000 Winter-blooming HEATHS, 



beautifully grown, and remarkably well set with bloom buds, 



including :■ 



15,000 Erica hyemal 

 5,000 ,, gracilis 

 Large quantities of Melan- 



thera, ventricosa, per- 



spicua, erecta, Caven- 



dishii, Caffra, and 



other kinds 

 15,000 Small E. hyemalis and 

 5,000 Small E. gracilis, for 



growing on 

 8,000 Solanum capsicastrum, 



in berry 

 6,000 Bouvardias, single and 



double 

 2,000 Genistas, very fine 

 Cyclamen persicum 

 2,000 Adiantum cuneatum 

 3,000 Lomaria gibba, true, 



compact variety, and 



other Ferns 



Alsophilla australis, in 

 24 and 16- pots 

 500 Epacris, well grown. 

 Boronia megastigma 

 Quantity of extra strong Mare- 

 chal Niel and other 

 Tea Roses 

 4,000 Grevillea robusta 

 Palms 



Ficus elastica 

 Greenhouse Passion- 

 flowers 

 Poinsettiaa 

 Ampelop3is Veitchii 

 Stephanotis 

 Plumbago capensia flore 



alba 

 Large Gardenias for cut- 

 ting 

 500 Clematis Jackmanni 



Beautifully Coloured Crotons, &c. 



May be viewed. Catalogues maybe had on the Premises, 

 or of the Auctioneers and Valuers, 67 and 68, Cheapside, E.C, 

 and Leytonstone, E. 



N.B. — Messrs. P. & M. desire to call the attention of intend- 

 ing purchasers to the Stock to be offered as above. The 

 Plants are remarkably well grown, fit for immediate Sale, and 

 the whole will be found in an equally good condition as former 

 years. 



Lea Bridge Road, Leyton, £, 

 ANNUAL TRADE SALE of GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS are 

 instructed by Mr. J. Fraser to SELL by AUCTION, on 

 the Premises, the Lea Bridge Road Nurseries, Leyton, E., on 

 WEDNESDAY, September 19, thousands of GREENHOUSE 

 PLANTS, &c. 



Fuller particulars will appear in future Advertisements. 



Sidcup. 



ANNUAL TRADE SALE of GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS are 

 instructed by Messrs. Gregory & Evans, to SELL by 

 AUCTION, on the Premises, The Longlands Nursery, Sidcup, 

 on FRIDAY, September 21, thousands of GREENHOUSE 

 PLANTS, &.C. 



Fuller particulars will appear in future advertisements. 



Sales by Auction continued on p. 204. 



