496 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[NbVE3fBEE 3, 1888. 



VINES and FIGS, 



SUPERIOR DESCRIPTION. 



Thoroughly Ripened without Bottom-heat. 



PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION. 



DIGKSONS 



(LIMITED), 



Nurseries, CHESTER. 



$ Telegrams- 



FRUIT TREES, 



SEVENTY -FOUR ACRES. 



APPLES, PEARS, PLUMS, CHERRCES, PEACHES, 

 NECTARINES, APRICOTS, and other FRUIT TREES, as 

 Standards, Dwarfs, Pyramids, Bushes, Cordon, and Traimd 

 Trees in great variety. 



VINES, excellent Canes, 3s. Sd., 5s., 7s. id., 10s. Sd. 



Orchard House Trees in pots, PEACHES, APKICOTS, NEC- 

 TARINES, &.C., from 5s. FIGS from 3s. Sd. 



DESCRIPTIVE LIST, containing a sketch of the various 

 forms of Trees, with Directions for Cultivation, Soil, Drainage, 

 Manure, Pruning, Lifting, Cropping, Treatment under Glass ; 

 also their Synonyms, Quality, Size, Form, Skin. Colour, Flesh, 

 Flavour, Use, Growth, Duration, Season. Price, &c ,free by post. 



RICHARD SMITH & CO., 



WORCESTER. 



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, 



SOLAN UMS, TREE CARNATIONS, and other 



WINTER and SPRING BLOOMING PLANTS, 



of fine quality and immense numbers. 



Inspectcon Invited. 



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



HUGH LOW & CO., 



CLAPTON NURSERY, LONDON, N. 



FERNS A SPECIALTY. 



Specially low Autumn offer, 



and CATALOGUE of over 1300 species and varieties in stock, 



free on application. 



ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, Is. 6d. Post-free. 



W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, 



FERN NURSERY. SALE, MANCHESTER. 



COLLECTIONS ofROSES 



to suit all classes and all sized gardens. 

 Carriage and package free anywhere in the British Isles. 



HYACINTHS, WHITE ROMAN. 

 NARCISSUS, PAPER WHITE. 

 „ DOUBLE ROMAN. 



SEE OUR 



Special Wholesale Catalogue of Bulbs, 



Containing LIST of all the best varieties of HYACINTHS, 

 TULIPS, CKOCUS, LLLIUM3, DAFFODILS, SNOWDROPS, 

 IRIS, &c, free on application. 



WATKINS & SIMPSON, 



SEED AND BULB MERCHANTS, 



EXETER STREET, STRAND, LONDON, W.C. 



BULBS. 



A FEW REASONS FOR GETTING THEM FROM 



RICHARD SMITH & CO.:— 



We have dealt in them for more than eighty years. 



We have visited the best Bulb Farms and have selected the 

 best roots and the best varieties. 



The Bulbs we have supplied have practically always given 

 satisfaction, and our prices are moderate. 



Illustrated descriptive List of Dutch and Home-grown Bulbs free. 



RICHARD SMITH & CO., 



SEED MERCHANTS and NURSERYMEN, 

 WORCESTER. 



CUTBUSH'S MILL- 

 track MUSHROOM SPAWN. 

 — Too well known to require descrip- 

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

 per bushel for package), or 6d. 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 abd SON 

 (Limited), Nurserymen and Seed 

 Merchants, Highgate Nurseries. N. 



WINTER-F LOWERIN G PUNTS 



HEATHS, CAMELLIAS and other Plants, 

 beautifully set with Flower-buds. 



Prices on application. 



DICKSONS 



(limited). Nurseries, CHESTER. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Strong Roots, 4s. per 100. Plants in small pots, 16s. per 100 ; 

 ditto in large pots, 25s. per 100. Descriptive LIST iree. 



RICHARD SMITH AND CO., Nurserymen and Seed Mer- 

 chants. Worcester. 



PALMS, CLEAN AND HEALTHY. 



WILLIAM ICETON has a very extensive 

 stock of all the leading kinds, in fine condition ; 20 

 houses being devoted to their growth, many being fit for exhi- 

 bition of the following varieties : — Areca lutea, Cocoa flexuosa 

 and Weddelliana, Kentias of all kinds; Seaforthia elegans, 

 Latania borbonica Phoenix reclinata, rupicola; also a very 

 large assortment of Palms in 60's and 48's for table. Inspection 

 invited.— Putney Park Lane, S.W. ; and 129 and 130, Flower 

 Market, Covent Garden, W.C. 



RlHTTR 



For Market and Private Growers. 



ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 



Descriptive CATALOGUES Post-free. 



.SONS 



Crawley, \J Sussex. 



SPECIAL CULTURE OF 



FRUIT TREES AND ROSES. 



A Large and Select Stock is now offered for Sale. 

 The Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of 

 Fruits post-free. 



The Descriptive Catalogue of Hoses post-free. 



THOMAS RIVERS & SON, 



THE NURSERIES, SAWBRIDGEWORTH, HERTS. 



"ONL Y THE B E S T." 



CHEAP BULBS FOR FORCING, &c. 



Per 100.— s. d. 



ROMAN HYACINTHS 16 



DOUBLE ROMAN NARCISSUS 8 



PAPER WHITE NARCISSUS 7 



VAN THOI. TULIPS i 4 6 



SECOND-SIZE NAMED HYACINTHS for forcing, our 



own selection, assorted colours 21 



UNNAMED HYACINTHS for bedding U 6 



15 per cent, discount, cash with order. Carriage paid. 

 NAMED HYACINTHS, best quality, equally cheap. 



GARAWAY CO., 



DURDHAM DOWN, CLIFTON, 



BRISTOL. 





ROSES-20 ACRES, 



Well-rooted, many-shooted, truly named, of 

 matured vigorous growth, and of the best kinds. 

 Bushes, E,. S. & Co.'s selection, 8s. per dozen ; 

 60s. per 100. Packing and carriage free for 

 cash with order. 



These World-famed MOSES cannot fail to 

 give the greatest satisfaction. 



ROSES IN POTS; 



all the best New and Old English and Foreign 



sorts, from 18s. to 36s. per dozen. 



Descriptive List free on application. 



RICHARD SMITH & CO., 



Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 



WORCESTER. 



O R C H I D S I 



Selections of the above, from Borneo, Manilla 

 (Philippines), Bangkok, Java, Rangoon (Burmah), 

 &c, to the extent of £5 and upwards, packed 

 and shipped (at consignee's risk) on receipt of 

 order with remittance. Address, 



THE ORCHID NURSERY COMPANY, 



UPPER WILKS ROAD, SINGAPORE. 

 Special care given in packing. 



NEW VARIETIES ALWAYS ON HAND. 



RHODODENDRONS. 



An immense Stock. 200 Named Sorts, from 1 foot to 5 feet 

 high, including many varieties of our own raising, in addition 

 to the best varieties of other raisers. 



AZALEAS. 



Silver-variegated, Hodgins' and other Hollies. 



Of .hese wehaveasurplus stock, and can offer them at low prices. 



Priced Descriptive CATALOGUE of the above and General 

 NURSERi' STOCK free on application. 



ISAAC DAVIES & SON, Nurserymen, ORMSKIKK. 



CRANSTON'S NURSERIES, 



KING'S ACRE, near HEREFORD. 



Specialties, 



ROSES AND FRUIT TREES. 



FIFTY ACRES UNDER CULTIVATION. 



CRYSTAL PALACE GREAT FRUIT SHOW 



FIRST PRIZE 



awarded us for the finest Collection of Apples 

 (150 dishes). List of sorts, also Descriptive 

 Catalogues, on application to 



JOHN CRANSTON & CO. 



("Black Hamburgh and other varieties. 

 PDA DC l/IUCC ;Suitablefoi'fruitinginpots,10s. Breach 

 UnArt ¥IHtO) Suitable for planting vineries, 5s. and 



(. 7s. id. each. 



Fr j) M Q i A fine stock, in 5-inch pots, 12?. per dozen. 

 L II II O 1 A tine stock, in small pots, is. per dozen. 



Catalogues on application. 



THE LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL 



COMPANY (John Cowan), LIMITED, 



THE VINEYARD AND NURSERIES, GARSTON, 



NEAR LIVERPOOL. 



FENCES— MYROBALANorCHERRY PLUM 



(PRUNUS MYROBALANA) 

 is the best stuff for mending old fences or making new ouei. 

 Grows well on poorest soils. Shoots very hard ami spiny. 

 Prices range from 12s. per 1000 to 10s. per 10'). Full particu- 

 lars on application to EWING & CO., Havant, Hampshire, 



