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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[Octobeb 13, 1888. 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



Scale of Charges for Advertising. 



Head Line charged as two. 



4 Lines . . £0 3 



15 Lines . . £0 8 6 



5 „ ..036 



16 ,, ..090 



6 „ ..040 



17 .096 



7 „ ..046 



18 . 10 



8 „ ..050 



19 ,, . . 10 6 



9 „ ..056 



20 ,, . . 11 



10 „ ..060 



21 „ . . 11 6 



11 „ ..066 



22 „ . . 12 



12 „ ..070 



23 . 12 6 



13 „ ..076 



24 „ . . 13 



14 „ ..080 



25 „ . . 13 6 



AND SIXPENCE FOR EVERY ADDITIONAL LINE. 



If set across two Columns, the lowest charge will be 20s. 



If set across three Columns the lowest charge will be 30s. 



Page, £8; Half Page, £4 10s.; Column, £3. 



Gardeners and others Wanting Situations. 



26 words, including name and address, Is. 6d., 



and Qd. for every additional line (about 9 words) or part 



of a line. 



THESE ADVERTISEMENTS MUST BE PREPAID. 



This scale does not apply to announcements of Vacant 

 Situations, which are charged at the ordinary scale. 



IMPORTANT NOTICE.— Advertisers are cautioned 

 against having Letters addressed to Initials at Post-offices, as 

 ail Letters so addressed are opened by the authorities and 

 returned to the sender. 



Births, Deaths and Marriages, 5s. each insertion. 



Advertisements for the current week MUST reach the Office by 



Thursday noon. 



All Subscriptions Payable in Advance. 



The United Kingdom : 12 Months, 15s. ; 6 Months, 



7s. 6d. ; 3 Months, 3s. 9d. 



Foreign (excepting India and China); including Postage, 



17S. 6d. for 12 Months; India and China 19s. 6d. 



Post office Orders to be made payable at the Post Office, 



42, DRURY LANE, W.C., to W. RICHARDS. 



Publishing Office and Office for Advertisements, 

 41, ■Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C. 



J^* JAS. BOYD & SONS, 



PAISLEY. 



HORTICULTURAL 

 STRUCTURES 



of every description, 



in either Wood or Iron, 



or both combined. 



Wooden Chapels, 



Shooting Lodges, Cottages, 



Tennis Courts, Verandahs, &c. 



Hot-water Apparatus 



for warming Churches, 



Schools, Public Buildings, 



Mansions, Harness Rooms, 



Drying Rooms, Hothouses, and 



Buildings of every Description. 



Illustrated Circulars 



Post-free. 



Complete Catalogue, 3s. 



PORTABLE PLANT FRAMES. 



The above are without exception the moat useful kind of 

 Frame for Plant Growing, and every one with a garden should 

 possess one. The sashes turn right over one on to the other, and 

 the boxes are put together with wedges, and can be taken apart 

 in a few minutes. Sizes and prices, carriage paid to any station 

 in England, ready glazed and painted : — 



6 feet long, 4 feet wide, packing cases free £2 15 



12 feet long, 4 feet wide „ 4 15 



6 feet long, 5 feet wide, „ ,, ,, 3 15 



12 feet long, 5 feet wide, „ „ „ 6 10 



The glass is nailed and puttied in. 



B. HALLIDAT & CO., 



Hothouse Builders and Engineers, 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL WORKS, MXDDLETON, 



MANCHESTER. 



London Agent : Mr. H. SKELT0N, Seedsman, &c„ 

 2, Holloway Road, N. 



ROOT PRUNING can be better and more 

 scietifically performed with the new Patent "MYTI- 

 CUTTAH " than by any other means. Send for Price Lists of 

 this novel invention and of our other new and well-known 

 Pruning Tools.— STANDARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 

 St. Alkmund's Churchyard, Derby. Sold by Seedsmen and 

 Ironmongers at home and abroad. 



ORCHID BASKETS, 

 RAFTS, BOATS, AND CYLINDERS, 



AND ALL GARDEN SUNDRIES. 



SEND FOB A 



PRICE LIST 



from the Largest Manufacturer in the Trade, 



H. G. SMYTH, 



21, GOLDSMITH STREET, 



D RURY LANE. W.C. 



HORTICULTURAL GLASS. 



A large quantity of all descriptions and 

 sizes in stock, at the lowest possible prioes. 



Nl CHOLLS & C L A R K E, 



SHOREDITCH, LONDON, E. 



POSTAL BOXES, for Plants and Flowers, &c. ; 

 light wood ; cheapest andbest. WOOD TRAYS for Sow- 

 ing Seed, StrikingCuttings,&c. Sam pie with Price List 6 stamps. 

 CASBON axd CO., Box Makers, Peterborough. 



CPEARMAN'S SERGES.— THE BEST IN 



O THE WORLD.— Pure INDIGO DYE, ROYAL NAVY 

 BLUE, WOADED BLACK. Also in all other colours and 

 FANCY WEAVINGS. Low quotations. No draper or tailor 

 sells SPEARMAN'S renowned Serges; they can only be 

 obtained direct from SPEARMAN, SPEARMAN, PLYMOUTH. 

 No material manufactured is so useful for Ladies' Autumn 

 and Winter Wear or Gentlemen's Suits. Send for patterns, 

 and select at home for yourselves. Parcels carriage paid in 

 Great Britain and Ireland. Goods packed for export at lowest 

 freights. 



ROCKERIES, FERNERIES, 



WINDOW CASES, CAVES, WATERFALLS, WUSDOW 

 BOXES, AQUARIA, ARTIFICIAL ROCKWORK for Ball- 

 rooms, Halls, Staircases, &c, designed and cou-structed, under 

 personal superintendence of 



HABPHAM AND HOWES, 



Horticultural Depot, 107, Church Street, Edgware Road, N.W. 



Estimates and Illustrated Lists Free. 



GARDEN REQUISITES. — Sticks, Labels, 

 Virgin Cork, Raffia, Mats, Bamboo Canes, Rustic Work., 

 Manures, &c. Cheapest Prices of 

 WATSON and SCULL, 9U, Lower Thames Street, London, E.C. 



MADE WITH BOILING WATER. 



E P P S ' S 



GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. 



COCOA 



MADE WITH BOILING MILK. 



Accidents all the Year Round. 



Provide against them by Policy of the 



RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE 

 COMPANY, 64, Cornhill, London, E.C. 

 Hon. Evelyn Ashley, Chairman. 

 Annual Income, £248,000. 

 Invested Capital and Reserve Fund, £275,000. 

 Compensation Paid for 126,000 Accidents, £2,500,000. 

 Moderate premiums — Favourable conditions — new concessions. 

 Prompt and Liberal Settlement of Claims. 

 West End Office :— 8, Grand Hotel Buildings, W.C. 

 Head Office :— 64, Cornhill, London, E.C. 



WILLIAM J. VIAN, Secretary. 



FREDERICK L. MAY & CO., 



(Publishers, of May's Press Guide,) 

 ADVERTISING AGENTS, 



162, PICCADILLY, 

 London, W., 

 RECEIVE ADVERTISEMENTS for all London, Provincial, 

 Continental, Colonial, and American Newspapers and other 

 Publications, for one or any number of insertions, and are pre- 

 pared to open accounts with Solicitors, Auctioneers, and 

 others on approval of references. 

 Special advantages to Large Advertisers. 

 Established 1850. 

 Only Address— 159, Piccadilly, London, W. 



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OLOURED ILLUSTRATION, 



Drawn from Nature. 



PHLOX DRUMMONDI FIMBRIATA ) Highest 



„ „ CTJSPIDATA > Prize Medals 



„ STAR OF QUEDLINBUPvGH ) Awarded. 



Greatest Sensation Novelty, Grashoff , 1888. 



Special offer with Coloured Plate. 



Wholesale Prices Gratis and Free. 



General CATALOGUE shortly. 



MARTIN GRASHOFF, 



Quedlinhurgh, Germany. 



Estate Sales. 



The best County medium for Advertising Sales of 



THE WORCESTER HERALD, the largest 

 and leading County paper. Extensive circulation among 

 the upper and middle classes in Worcestershire and adjoining 

 counties. Advertisers would do well to forward for reference 

 and distribution, plans and particulars of Estates, Catalogues 

 of Machinery, Furniture, Books, and other property advertised 

 in the columns of the Worcester Herald. Specimen copies sent 

 free. Published Friday for Saturday, price 2d. 



Offices, 72, High Street, Worcester. 



Sales of Stock and Agricultural Effects. 



THE WORCESTER HERALD is the most 

 effective organ for giving publicity to announcements of 

 this class. It is the largest and leading Agricultural paper in 

 the county, and circulates most extensively among Agricul- 

 turists in and around Worcestershire. Specimen copies free. 

 Published Friday for Saturday, price 2d. 



Offices, 72, High Street. Worcester. 



Farms to lie Let. 



LAND AGENTS, ESTATE MANAGERS, and all having Farms 

 to Let. would do well to Advertise in 



THE WORCESTER HERALD, the Largest 

 and Leading County Paper. Specially adapted for 

 bringing such notices before Tenant Farmers. Large Circula- 

 tion, moderate charge. Specimen free. Price 2d. Published 

 Friday for Saturday. 



Offices, 72, High Street, Worcester. 



Belgian. 



BULLETIN d' ARBORICULTURE, 

 de FLORICULTURE, et de CULTURE MARAI- 

 CHERE. A monthly horticultural work, with superb Coloured 

 Plates and Illustrations. Published since 1865, by F. Burve- 

 NICH, F. PAYNAERT, E. RODIGAS, and H. J. VAN HULLE, 

 Professors at the Horticultural School of the Belgian Govern- 

 ment at Ghent. Post-paid, 10s. per annum. 



H. J. VAN HULLE, Botanical Gardens, Ghent, Belgium. 



GrAKDJENINGr APPOINTMENTS. 



Mr. J. F. Smith, at present Gardener at 

 Dunecht House, Aberdeenshire, has been ap- 

 pointed Head Gardener and Manager to the 

 Dowager Countess of Seafield, Cullen House, 

 Banffshire. 



Mr. Thomas Down, late of Headington Hill 

 Hall Gardens, Oxford, has been appointed Head 

 Gardener to the Right Hon. Lord Cloncurry, 

 Lyons, Hazelhatch, co. Kildare. 



Mr. H. Barnes, Foreman at the Gardens, 

 Belvoir Castle, Grantham, has been appointed 

 Head Gardener to A. Chibnside, Esq., Werrilee 

 Park, Melbourne, Australia. 



Gardener and Wife. 



WANTED, a GARDENER, who thoroughly 

 understands his work, and can Cultivate an Acre 

 (including Lawns). Wife as Cook. First-class characters. — 

 Apply, stating ages, wages, and full particulars, to M., 

 Humphreys, Ascot. 



ANTED, a married GARDENER, without 



family, to live at Lodge, in Single-handed place, with 

 assistance as required. Must thoroughly understand Flowers, 

 Vegetables, and Fruit, the Management of Cows and Pigs, and 

 look after a few Dogs. Wife must undertake Poultry. Most 

 satisfactory references required. Apply on Saturday, or by 

 letter, with full particulars, G. KINAHAN, Failthe, Eagshot. 



ANTED, a good WORKING GAR- 



DENER (about 30) where another man is kept. Must 

 be experienced in Vines, Fruits, Vegetables, and Greenhouse 

 Flowers. Wages 18s. and cottage. — H. FUSSELL, Amroth, 

 Begelly, R.S.O., Pembrokeshire. 



ANTED, WORKING FOREMAN, for 



Market Work only. Yorkshire, Market Town. Must 

 be well up in Grapes, Tomatos, Mushrooms, Flowers, and 

 Nursery Work generally. Preference to one who could invest 

 £200 by way of partnership.— Address, BOX B37, Leeds. 



WANTED, a steady and industrious MAN, 

 who has been used to Nursery. Able to Water, and 

 make himself useful. Will be required to attend to Fires. 

 Wages, 155. per week. — H. GODFREY, Nurseryman, 

 Stourbridge. 



WANTED, an active young MAN, accustomed 

 to Budding, Grafting, and General Nursery Work.— 

 Apply to W. SHAND, Nurseryman, Lancaster. 



WANTED, a young MAN, thoroughly com- 

 petent in Making Wreaths, Crosses, Sprays, Button- 

 holes, &c. State where experience gained, wages required. 

 THOMSON'S, Spark Hill Nurseries, Birmingham. 



