Octobeb 20, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



433 



VINES and FIGS, 



SUPERIOR DESCRIPTION. 



Thoroughly Ripened without Bottom-heat. 



PARTICULARS O.V APPLICATION. 



DICKSONS 



(LIMITED). 



Nurseries, CHESTER. 



Add Tk{:^" s \Dieksons, Chester. 



Camellias, Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Palms, Orchids, 



&c. Plants grown specially for English use. 



CVUYLSTEKE, Nurseryman, 

 • Loochristy, Ghent, Belgium. 



Wholesale CATALOGUE now ready, and may be had, 

 free on application to 

 Messrs. R. SILBERRAD and SON, 25, Savage Gardens, 

 Crutched Friars, London, E.C. 



ORCHIDS AND PALMS SPECIALTIES. 



The Stock is of such magnitude that without seeing it it is not 

 easy to form an adequate conception of its unprecedented extent. 



FRUIT TREES, ROSES, AZALEAS, CAMELLIAS. 

 BOUVARDIAS. CYCLAMENS. ERICAS, EPACRIS, 



SOLANUMS, TREE CARNATIONS, and other 



WINTER and SPRING BLOOMING PLANTS, 



of fine quality and immense numbers. 



Inspection Invited. 



The Glass covers an area of upwards of 300,000 super, feet. 



HUGH LOW & CO., 



CLAPTON NURSERY, LONDON, N. 



For Market and Private Growers. 



ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 



Descriptive CATALOGUES Post-free. 



I HHEAL Q0NS 



UiM Crawley, W Sussex. 



BULBS 



For Out & Indoor Culture. 



Large Collections of all the very iiest Varieties of 



HYACINTHS, TULIPS, CROCUSES, 



NARCISSI, LILIES, SNOWDROPS, &o. 



*3k* Only the very best kept in stock. 



13" Prices extremely moderate. 



Illu.irati .1 l)c.cri|>iiif Catalogue (No. S4S) 



POST FREE ON APPLICATION. 



ICKSONS 



(Limited) 



| The Royal Nurseries & Seed Establishments, 



Chester. 



GARDEN REQUISITES, 



of best quality, as supplied to the Royal Gardens, $c. 

 BEST COCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE, 10 sacks for 10s., 15 for 



14s., 20 for 18s., 30 for 25s.; two ton truck, 28s. Free on rail. 

 RUSSIA MATS, from 12s. to 18s. per dozen. 

 FINEST ORCHID PEAT. 7s. per sack. 



BEST BROWN FIBROUS PEAT. 5s. per sack, 5 for 22s. 6d. 

 BEST BLACK FIBROUS PEAT, 4s. 6d. per sack, 5 for 20s. 

 COARSE SILVER SAND. Is. 6d. per bushel ; 14s. ±-ton ; 

 PURE LEAF MOULD, 3s. per sack. [25s. per ton, 



YELLOW FIBROUS LOAM, 3s. per sack. 

 BEST MUSHROOM SPAWN, 4s. per bushel. 

 RAFFIA, LABELS, STICKS, from 1 ft. to 5 ft.. BAMBOO 



CANES, 3* ft. to 12 ft., VIRGIN CORK. CHEMICAL 



MANURES, NETTING, &c. 

 SPHAGNUM. MOSS, 6s. per sack. CHARCOAL, 8s. per sack. 

 SPECIALITE TOBACCO PAPER and CLOTH, 10i. per lb. ; 



28 lb. for 21s. Price List free by post. 



W. HERBERT and CO., Hop Exchange Warehouses, South- 

 wark Street. London, S.E. 



EESON'S MANURE. — The Best and 



Cheapest Fertiliser for all purposes. Write for Circular 



containing the Leading Gardeners' and Market Growers' 



Reports. Sold in Tins. Is.. 2s. 6d.. 5s. 6rf., and 10s. 6<2. each, 



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



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



PEAT.— The best in England. First and Second 

 Class. For sale in any quantity. By railway truck load, 

 loose, in casks, or sacks. Prices moderate. 



W. SHORT. Horticultural Depot, Midhurst, Sussex. 



GARDEN 

 REQUISITES. * 



Two Prize Medals. 



Quality, THE BEST in the Market. (All sacks included.) 



PEAT, best brown fibrous ... 5s. per sack, 5 sacks for 22s. 6d. 



PEAT, best black fibrous ... 4s. 6d. ,, 5 sacks for 20s. 



PEAT, extra selected Orchid 7s. 6d. „ 5 sacks for 35s. 



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



LEAF, or PEAT MOULD ... f (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.. Ss. per sack. 



CHUBB'S" PERFECT" FER-Y Is Bags. 



TILIZER (the Best Food for f . < , 



all kinds of Plants, Flowers, ("Tins. 71b. 141b. 281b. 661b. 1 cwt. 

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



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



VIP.GIN CORK (Best Quality only) — 3/- 5,6 10/6 17/- 



RUSSIAN MATS, BAMBOO 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. 6s. each. 



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

 sacks. Is. 3d. each ; 10 sacks, lis.; 15 sacks, 15s.; 20 sacks, ISs.; 

 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, MTLWALL, LONDON, E. 



IMPROVED & ONLY GENUINE 



"Medicated Tobacco Paper 



(READY CUT UP FOR USE), 



Reduced Price I <i per lb.; 



2Slbs. ,V iiui.iirilH-t iii'i'iime Paid. 



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



2 lbs. 3/4, 4 lbs. 6 8, 6 lbs. 9 9, 81 bs. 13 -, 10 lbs. 16/-. 



VOST ErFECTIVE. SAFE & ECONOMICAL. 



IMPEOVED 



Fumigating Pan 



la vastly superior to any other. 



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

 or in Copper. 21,'. 



DICKSON'S Improved 



MUSHEOOM SPAWN 



MOST SUPERIOR, 5/- PER BUS. 



ty> Circulars giving all particulars dr copies of testi- 

 monials, post free on application. 



DICKSONS 



Royal Nursery and Seed Establishment, 



CHESTER 



GARDEN REQUISITES. 



COCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE. 



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

 40s. ; 4-bushel bags, 4<f . each. 



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

 25s. ; sacks, id. each. 



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

 id. each. 



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

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



YELLOW FIBROUS LOAM, PEAT-MOULD, and LEAF- 

 MOULD, Is. per bushel. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS, 8s. 6rf. per sack. 



MANURES. GARDEN STICKS. VIRGIN CORK, TOBACCO 

 CLOTH. RUSSIA 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. 



Protection of Fruit Trees from the 

 Winter Moth. 



NOW IS THE TIME TO APPLY 



PROTECTIVE COMPOSITION, 



AS RECOMMENDED BY MISS ORMEROD. 



Particulars on application. 



DICKSONS, The Nurseries, CHESTER. 



(Limited) 



PEAT FOR ORCHIDS, 



CHOICE PLANTS, FERNS, HEATHS, AZALEAS, &c. 

 EPPS & CO. are now prepared to offer PEAT, as above, 

 of tirst-class quality, at lowest prices. Send for Samples, Price 

 List and Testimonials. Dep6t for HORTICULTURAL 

 SUNDRIES. LOAM. SAND, LEAF-MOULD, SPHAGNUM, 

 COCOA FIBRE REFUSE. 



PEAT MOSS LITTER. 



EPPS & CO., Ring-wood, Hants. 



PASTUPLANTA, the best Artificial Manure. 

 it enriches the soil with the fertilisers drawn from it by 

 plants; no unpleasant smell; admirably adapted for all pot 

 plants. In bags : 112 lb., 19s. ; 56 lb., lis. 3d. ; 28 lb., 6s. 9d. ; 

 141b., 4s. ; 71b., 2s.3rf. In tins. Is. each. Sole Manufacturers, 

 PHILIP HARRIS AND CO. (Limited), 9. Bull Ring, Birmingham. 



GISHURST COMPOUND, used by leading 

 Gardeners since 1859 against Red Spider, Mildew, 

 Thrips, 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 10s. 6d. 



GISHURSTLNE keeps Boots dry and soft on 

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

 Wholesale from PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE COMPANY 



(Limited), London. 



21-OZ. Foreign of the above sizes, in 100 and 200 feet boxes. 

 3rds and 4ths qualities, always kept in stock. 



A lartre stock of similar current sizes of 15-OZ glass in 

 20o feet boxes. 



English Glass, cut to buyer's sizes, at lowest prices, including 

 free delivery in the emmtry in quantities, 



GEORGE FARMILOE & SONS, 



34, St. John Street, West Smithfleld, London, E.C. 



•Stock List and Prices on application. Price List of Colours, 



Varnishes, Designs o f i>ta;ned & Leaded Glass. Quote Chronicle. 



RUSSIA MATS— RAFFIA. — 

 NEW ARCHANGEL MATS and all kinds of 

 ST. PETERSBURG MATS, RAFFIA FIBRE, TOBACCO 

 PAPER and RAG. BAMBOO CANES, &c.. supplied at Lower 

 Prices than any other Firm. The Trade only supplied. 

 MARENDAZ and FISHER, JamesStreet, Co'vent Garden, W.C. 



QPEARMANS 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; thev 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. 



STOVES. 



Terra-Cotta ! Portable ! For Coal ! 



ROBERTS'S PATENT (IMPROVED), 



for Greenhouses, Bedrooms, &c. 



GREENHOUSES Heated 24 Hours for about One Penny, 



without attention. ROBERTS'S PATENT TERRA-COTTA 



STOVES for COAL give pure and ample heat with common 



coal, or coal and coke. For Greenhouses. Bedrooms, &c. 



Pamphlets, Drawings, and authenticated Testimonials sent. 



See in use at Patentee^, 



THOMAS ROBERTS, 



112, Victoria Street, Westminster. S.W. 



DEANE & CO.'S No. 9 RANGE OF HOUSES. 



Prices given are for ERECTING COMPLETE (with brick- 

 work), within 15 miles of London Bridge. 

 Proportionate prices in any part of the Country. 

 Length. Width. Centre Part. Price. Estimates 

 24 ft. ... 8 ft. ... 10 ft. ... £43 10 for Heating 

 36 ft. ... 12 ft. ... 14 ft. ... £67 10 Apparatus on 

 60 ft. ... 12 ft. ... 14 ft. ... £100 application. 

 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of HoRTICUtTVRAI. BUILD- 

 INGS, with Prices for Erecting and Heating. FREE. 



SURVEY'S MADE IN ANY PART OF THE COUNTRY 

 FREE OF CHARGE. Des gns and Estimates FREE. 



DEANE & CO., 



Hortki 

 46A. King William I 



and Hot-water Engii 



LONDON BRIDGE. 



