Septembeb 22, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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Cheap Bulb Sales. 



MESSRS. SMA1L and CO. will SELL by 

 AUCTION, at 123. Fenchurch Street, City. E.C.. on 

 MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY NEXT, Sep- 

 tember 24, 26, and 2S, at 12 o'Clock each day, large 

 CoiiM^nments of Fir>t-clas3 HYACINTHS, TULEPS, 

 CROCUS, and other DUTCH BULBS, specially lotted to suit 

 all Buyers. 



Addresses of intending Purchasers Booked for Catalogues of 

 these Weekly Sales. 



Fleet Nursery. Hants. 



The Nursery is close to Fleet Station, on the London and South- 

 western Railway, 5 miles from Aldershot, 3 from Farn- 

 borough, and 12 from Guildford. 



FOUR DAYS' NURSERY SALE. 



MR. H. J. E. BRAKE will SELL by 

 AUCTION, at the Fleet Nursery, Fleet, Hants, on 

 MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY." and THURSDAY, 

 Octobers, 9, 10, and 11. 1888, at 12 o'Clock each day, a large 

 quantity of thriving NURSERY STOCK, comprising Abies 

 Douglasii, Araucaria imbricata, Austrian Pine, Arbor vi toe, 

 Aucuba japonica, Ailantus glandulosa, Berberis Darwinii, 

 Birch, and new Purple-leaf Birch, Biota elegautissima, Cu- 

 pressus Lawsoniann, Cedrus Deodara, Cornus muscula, Deutzia 

 crenata, fl.-pl., Golden Hollies, Retinospora, Juniperus vir- 

 giniana. Rhododendron pontieum, choice named Rhododen- 

 drons. Azalea mollis, Kalmia latifolia, Spirt-as in variety. 

 Black Italian Poplars, Standard Canadian Poplars, new White 

 Poplar Bolleana, Mountain Ash, Limes, Norway Maples, 

 Laburnums, 13,000 Apple, Paradi-e and Pear Stocks; Straw- 

 berries, several 100,000 transplanted Forest Trees, such as 

 Ash, Birch, Beech, Alder, Austrian Pine, Scotch Fir, Silver 

 Fir, Sycamore, Spruce Fir, Oaks, Prunus myrobolano. Quick; 

 Standard and Dwarf Roses, Gooseberries, Black and Red Cur- 

 rants, Pears, Walnuts; two GREENHOUSES and contents, 

 quantity of Herbaceous Plants, &c; several loads of BURRS, 

 suitable for Rock-work; a large quantity of Scotch Fir, from 

 2 to 6 feet. 



May be viewed, and Catalogues had, at the Nursery, and of 

 the Auctioneer, Lynchford House, Farnborough, Hants. 



Wliittiiigton Nurseries, near Lichfield. 



IMPORTANT SALE of NURSERY STOCK. 



MESSRS. WIXTERTON and SONS are 

 instructed by Mr. Ed ward Holmes to submit for 

 UNRESERVED COMPETITION at the above well-known 

 Nurseries, on TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY, 

 October 9, 10, and 11, a large quantity of FRUIT TREES of 

 the best sorts, in Standards, Pyramids, and Dwarfs; FOREST 

 TREES, including Scotch, Aus'trian, Larch, and Sprnce Firs ; 

 a complete collection of EVERGREEN, DECIDUOUS, and 

 ORNAMENTAL TREES and SHRUBS, viz., Box, Laurels, 

 Hollies, Aucubas, Lilacs, Spirceas, Syringas. Sec; a grand col- 

 lection of Coniferce, in many varieties, suitable for pots and 

 boxes ; a quantity of named Rhododendrons, Ghent mollis 

 Azaleas, and other American Plants; Herbaceous and Rock 

 Plants, in lots to suit all purchasers. 



Particulars in Catalogues to be obtained from the place of 

 Sale, or the Auctioneers, Lichfield and Walton Warren, 

 Burton-on-Trent. 



WANTED TO RENT, a small FLORIST'S 

 BUSINESS, in or near a Tow n. 

 Full particulars to A., 5, New Cottages, Wit hy combe, Exmouth. 



OR SALE, a NURSERY, SEED, and CUT 



FLOWER BUSINESS, situated in a rising town in 

 Yorkshire. The Nursery is 6 acres, and is well stocked with a 

 first-class General Nursery Stock. There are 4 Plant Houses 

 and a Dumber of Pits, all well suited for Market work. The 

 shop trade is mostly cash, and satisfactory reasons will be given 

 or shown why disposing. This is a rare opportunity for a 

 retiring Gardener.— Apply to S., Gardeners' Chronicle Office, 

 41, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. 



To Market Gardeners, Florists, Nurserymen, &c. 



HAMPTON-ON-THAMES. 



FOR SALE, choice FREEHOLD LAND, 

 in Acre Plots, stable for above. Rich Garden Soil with 

 gravel and sand sub-soil. The land is considered by the Trade 

 the finest near London for Grapes and all other Market Products. 

 Apply, SECRETARY, Estates Investment and Villa Farm 

 Company, Estate Office, Tangley Park, Hampton-on- Thames. 



To Florists, Nurserymen, and Others. 



TO BE SOLD, by Tender, the LEASE and 

 BUSINESS of a FLORIST and SEEDSMAN, for some 

 years past carried on by Mr. J. C. Hawke, at Newington next 

 Sittingbourne. The Premises include a 6-roomed Dwelling- 

 house, 7 capital Greenhouses, about 50 by 11 feet ; and a 2-stall 

 Stable. Held under Lease, of which 17 years is unexpired, at 

 the nominal rental of £18 per annum. 



Sealed Tenders to be delivered at Mr. HEWETT, Newington, 

 Kent ; or to Mr. F. CLEAVER. 4S, West Street. Sittingbourne, 

 not later than Tuesday, October 2, and of whom full particulars 

 may be obtained. 



OR SALE, FREEHOLD BUILDING 



LAND, suitable for Fruit Growing and Garden Purposes, 



adjoining station at Ashford, Middlesex, near Richmond and 



Twickenham. 20 ft. frontage. 120 ft. deep; £20 a plot, or 6,'. 



per month. Water, gas, roads made — free conveyance — plans. 



lb. FIELD. 3, Bucklersbury, E.C. 



O BE SOLD, or would be LET, a NURSERY, 



2 acres of Ground, Glasshouses, and small comfortable 

 House. Between Putney and Wandsworth. Fifty years' lease 

 at £50 a year. Suitable for a London Seedsman. Apply to 

 Mr. FRED. W. GLAZIER, 1, Park Side, Hyde Park Corner, W. 



South of England. 



LARGE GARDEN, 20 Acres, with Twenty 

 Greenhouses and Vineries._ £7000 has been spent on the 

 property. Seve 

 a year. 



TO LET, a Small JOBBING and FLORIST'S 

 NURSERY, consisting of 4 Houses and several Pits, excel- 

 lently situated, in most fashionable part of Leicester. An ad- 

 vaiit;iL''*ous opportunity for an energetic and enterprising man. 

 Apply, HARRISON asd SONS, Royal Midland Seed Estab- 

 lishment, Leicester. 



LILIUM NEPALENSE. 



CYPRIPEDIUM BELLATULUM. 



CYPRIPEDIUM LAWRENCEANUM. 



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



AT HIS 



GREAT ROOMS, 38, KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C, 

 On THURSDAY, September 27, 



By order of Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., growing plants of 

 IjILITJM NEPALENSE — a grand species, to which a First-class Certificate was awarded by the 

 Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, on September 11, and which may be considered 

 one of the very finest and most distinct New Plants of recent introduction. 



Upwards of a dozen flowers were counted on an old stem in its native habitat, where the 

 temperature falls many degrees below freezing point. It is described in the various Gardening 

 Papers of the loth inst., and a plant in flower will be on view. 



At the same time will be offered 600 CYPRIPEDI TJM LAWRENCEANUM — grand 

 plants, in the finest possible condition, recently imported : the leaves are beautiful in the extreme, 

 and there is every probability of fine varieties being amongst them, as from an importation from the 

 same locality, sent home by the same collector, Cypripedium Heyeanum appeared. Fine plants of 

 CYPRIPEDIUM BELLATULUM, amongst them fine specimens ; C. SANDERIANUM and 

 C. NIVEUM. On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



TO LET, VINERY and GLASSHOUSE 

 abcut 100 yards long, 8 yards wide, 14 feet wide. 150 

 Vines.— Address, Cliffe Cottage, Idle, near Bradford. 



Surrey. 



TO BE LET, on moderate terms, about 

 One Acre of GROUND, with numerous Glass Houses. 

 Full particulars and terms of Messrs. PROTHEROE AXI) 

 MORRIS, Auctioneers, 67 and 68, Cheapside, E.C. 



O E CHI D S. 



THE LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL GO. 



(JOHN COWAN), Limited, 



Have just received a fine Importation of 



VAN DA LAMELLATA BOXALLI 

 SCHOMBURCKIA THOMSONIANA, New, 



and now offered for the first time. 

 Circular with full particulars of these and other Importa- 

 tions, also copy of their new Illustrated and Descriptive 

 CATALOGUE of ORCHIDS, will be sent free on application. 



THE VINEYARD AND NURSERIES, 

 GARSTQN, near LIVERPOOL. 



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. 



Royal Parks, &c— Grass Seeds. 



THE COMMISSIONERS of H.M. WORKS, 

 &c, are prepared to receive TENDERS for the supply of 

 GRASS SEEDS for use in the Royal Parks, &c. during the year 

 1889. Forms of Tender, containing full particulars, may be 

 obtained at this Office any day, excepting Saturday, between 

 the hours of 12 and 3. Tenders are to be delivered lefore 

 12 o'Clock, noon, on TUESDAY, the 2nd proximo, addressed to 

 '•The Secretary, H.M. Office of Works, tec, 12, Whitehall 

 Place, Lo: don, S. W.," and endorsed " Tender for Grass Seeds, 

 Royal Parks, &c." 



The Commissioners do not bind themselves to accept the 

 lowest or any Tender. H w pRIMR0SE Seoretarv . 



H.M. Office of Works, &c, 12, Whitehall Place, S.W. ' 

 September 12. 



" EVERGREENS." 



Stock quite unequalled for superior quality. 



Immense variety and great extent. 



Inspection earnestly invited. 



DICZSONS Nurseries, Chester. 



(Limited) 



TO ORCHID GROWERS.— Live SPHAG- 

 NUM MOSS, 5s. per sack. Large Rockery FERNS, 

 matured roots, including Lastrea riglda, moutaua, colina, 

 eemula, erosa, dilatata, Filix mas ; Athyrium, Polystichum 

 lobatum, angulare, aculeatum, Robertianum ; Scolopendrium** 

 Beech, Oak, Parsley, &c. Fifty, 5s. id. ; 100, 10s: 

 Botanically named. Carriage paid for Ferns. 



JOHN BURNS, Fellside, Kendal. 



VALLOTA PURPUREA (Scarborough. 

 Lily). 



NARCISSUS Incomparabilis plenus. 



,, Double White, sweet-scented. 



IXIA CRATEROIDES (Crimson). 



SEE OUR 



Special Wholesale Catalogue of Bulbs, 



IRIS, &c, free on application. 



WATKINS & SIMPSON, 



