XOYEMBEB 17, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



559 



Laxton s Nurserj", Kimbolton Road, Bedford. 



MESSRS. STAFFORD and ROGERS have 

 been favoured with instructions to SELL by AUCTION, 

 on FRIDAY, November 23, 1888, at 11 o'clock punctually, the 

 whole of the valuable Stock of FEVIT TREES, comprising 

 from 4000 to 5000 of the choicest and best sorts of Apples, 

 Pears, Plums, Apricots. Cherries, Peaches, &c. ; 1000 Goose- 

 berries and Currants, Raspberries, Shrubs, &c. ; 500 ROSES, 

 about 80 Bushels of the best sorts of POTATOS, 50 Bushels of 

 White Spanish ONIONS, 7 Bushels ot Seed PEAS. BEANS. &c. ; 

 HERBACEOUS PLANTS, ASPARAGUS PLANTS, HERBS, 

 SEEDS, &c. ; number of TOOLS, and numerous Effects. 



Catalogues may be obtained of Mr. LAXTON, or of the 

 Auctioneers, Bedford. 



WANTED TO PURCHASE, SEED and 

 FLORAL BUSINESS with or without Nursery, or 

 would enter into PARTNERSHIP when mutul confidence 

 established. 



ABSTAINER, 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, suitable 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. 



OR SALE, or TO BE LET, seven nearly new 



and extensive GREENHOUSES, with Heating Apparatus 

 complete. Forcing Pits, and Potting Sheds, conveniently 

 situate in Colchester. There is a good Garden attached. 



For full particulars, apply to Sir. CHAS. E. ISLAND. 

 Crouch Street, Colchester. 



South of England. 



LARGE GARDEN, 20 Acres, with Twenty 

 Greenhouses ami Vineries. £7000 has been spent on the 

 propertv. Seven years' lease. Two Cottages inclusive. £150 

 a year. ELDRIDGE. Portsmouth. 



Important Notice. 



TO BE LET, for a Term of Years, being a rare 

 opportunity for an energetic man with a --mull capital 10 

 take to an old-established busim-ss, a nice compact little 

 NURSERY of 3 acres, with 4 suitable Li las-houses. Seed Shop, 

 Sheds, and Stabling on the same; sufficient with a little out- 

 lay for carrying oo a good Plant and Fruit Trade, together 

 with the Market Garden Business combined, if required. The 

 premises occupy a commanding position, being close to a 

 Railway Station and Market Town, and having other advan- 

 tages. The stock on place not being large could be taken to at 

 a low Trade valuation to suit purchaser, and possession could 

 b? had at once by agreement with Trustees. — Further par- 

 ticulars from A. W. GODWIN". Railway Station, Ashbourn. 



r PO LET, GARDEN, GLASSHOUSES, and 



X LAND. Good Garden, with high walls, several Glass- 

 houses, heated with Hot Watt r ; :■; acres of first-class Tillage, 

 Garden Land, Cottage. Stable, &c. 



A. Z., Gardeners' Chronicle, Office, 41, Wellington Street, 

 Strand, W.C. 



PROTHEROE and MORRIS, Horticul- 

 tural Market Gardes and Estate AucnoyEERS and 

 Valuers, 67 and &3, Cheapside, London, E.C., and at Leyton- 

 stone, E. Monthly Horticultural Register had on application. 



O R CHI D S. 



THE LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL CO. 



(JOHN COWAN), Limited, 



ARE CONSTANTLY RECEIVING 



IMPORTATIONS OF ORCHIDS 



from various parts of the World, 



AXTJ THEV HAVE AX IMMENSE STOCK OF 



Established and Semi-established 



ORCHIDS. 



Full particulars sent free on application. 



THE VINEYARD AND NURSERIES, 

 GARSTON, LIVERPOOL. 



CLOVES.— Look at Prices— C L O V E S . 

 True old Crimson CARNATION', splendidly rooted. strong 

 plants. 2s. doz., 12.5. 100. Ground roots white CACTUS 

 DAHLIA. 4s. doz. ; splendid seeding CARNATIONS, 2s. 6d. 

 doz... 16s. 100; IRIS RETICULATA. 3s. doz.; MADONNA 

 LILY. 2s. 6rf. doz., ; PANTHER LILY, 5s. doz. ; WALL- 

 FLOWERS, Wood, yellow, toe. 3s. per 100 ; GERMAN 

 SCABIOUS. Is. 6d. doz.; all strong, packed free. 



MANAGER, Nurseries, Sandy Lane, Chester. 



O LARGE PLANTERS of THORN 



QUICKS.— 1 to 1 J foot. 9s. per 1000, £10 per 100,000; 

 li to 2 feet, lis. per 1000, £50 per 100,000; 2 to 2J feet, 13s. 

 per 1000 ; 2 to 3 feet, 15s. per 1000 ; 3 to 4 feet. 18s. per 1000. 

 GARLIES MITCHELL, Nurseryman. Stranraer. 



Roses, Fruit Trees. &c. 



CHARLES TURNER'S Autumn CATA- 

 LOGUE, containing full collections of Roses, Fruit 

 Trees, Coniieree, and all kinds of Hardy Trees and Shrubs, is 

 now ready, and may be had free on application. 

 The Royal Nurseries, Slougb. 



Qfi f\(\(\ CLEMATIS, in Pots, of all the 



Ov^V/VV finest Doable and Single Varieties (some 

 of the flowers of which become 10 inches across, and are of 

 every shade, from pure white to the darkest purple), for 

 climbing and bedding, from 125. to 245. per dozen, strong 

 plants ; extra strong plants, repotted into 5^-inch pots, 25. &<f. 

 each ; Beauty of Worcester, a magnificent purple, excellent for 

 bedding, recently sent out by us, reduced price 2s. 6d. each. 

 Descriptive LIST on application.— RICHAUD SMITH and CO., 

 Nurserymen and Seed Merchants. Worcester. 



IME and OTHER TREES. 



The following Trees must be sold, to clear the ground : — 

 330 LLMES, 10 to 13 feet. 

 625 HORSE CHESTNUTS, 12 to 11 feet. 

 380 WALNUTS, 6 to 12, to 18 feet. 

 110 SYCAMORES, 6 to 10 feet. 

 Offers for a part or the whole to be sent to the 

 MANAGER. Calcot Gardens, Reading, Berks. 



LEARANCE SALE (at sacrifice) of 



PALMS, DRAC.ENAS, &c. 

 LATANIA BORBONICA and PHCENIX RECLINATA, 12 



inches high, 4s. per dozen, 30s. per 100. Package and 



carriage free. 

 LATANIA BORBONICA. SEAFOP.THIA ELEGANS. CORY- 



PHA AUSTRALIS. and PHOZNIX RECLINATA, 20 to 



_'l inches high, 1*. 6d. each, 16s. per dozen ; same kinds, 



2 feet 6 to 3 feet high, 3s. to 5s. each. 

 Handsome PALMS. 4 feet high, 18s. each. 



,, „ 6 feet high, 40s. each. 



Twelve assorted PALMS and DRAC.ENAS, averaging, with 



pots, 24 inches high, in wood case, free, 18s. ; six do., 10s. 

 KENTIAS. 3s. to 21s. each. 



DRAC.ENAS, 24 inches to 5 feet high, 2s. to 40s. each. 

 Inspection invited. 

 GARDENER. Holly Lodge. Stamford Hill, H. 



RIED PALM LEAVES.— Immense impor- 



tation of CHAM.EDOREAS and ARECAS.— For Prices, 

 apply to WATSON axd SCULL. HO, Lower Thames Street, 

 London, E.C., where samples can be seen; or direct to the 

 Importers, PETER SMITH AXD CO., Hamburgh. 



LIETZE, Rio de Janeiro.— New PRICE 



• LIST for PALM SEEDS. Post-free to all applicants, 

 from ADOLPH V. ESSEN AND CO., 73, Gr. Reichenstr, 

 Hamburg. 



0(\ i\i\i\ DWARF ROSES.— Cheaper than 



eJV/^Uv/l/ ever: All the best leading varieties. 

 name. The best money can buy. Sample 

 per 100, packing free, for Cash with ore" 



Warranted t 

 dozen from 3s. 

 Send for a List 



A. J. A>D C. ALLEN. St 



■ Hills Nursery. So 



SPECIAL OFFER.— 500,000 LARCH FIR, 

 H to 2 feet, and 15 to 18 inches ; SCOTCH FIR, 1J to 

 2 feet, and 15 to IS inches; THORN QUICK. 4 and 5 inches, 

 toe; Common and Portugal LAURELS, and other General 

 Nursery Stock. For particulars and price applv to 



ISAAC MATTHEWS and SON. Milton. Stoke-on-Trent. 



HALF-SPECIMEN STEPHANOTIS, free- 

 flowering varietv, very fine stuff, 10 to 12 feet ; also 

 25,000 AUCUBAS, all sizes. For particulars apply to 

 G. SMITH. IM1 Nursery. Rock Ferry. Cheshire. 



SPECIAL OFFER. — 50,000 RHODODEN- 

 DRONS, all the early varieties, White and Scarlet, well 

 set with buds tine plants for forcing. Low prices. Apply to 

 ISAAC MATTHEWS AND SON, Milton Nurseries, Stoke- 

 on-Trent. 



P 



'OREST TREES.— Alder, 2 to 2^ feet, 16s. 



-T per 1000 ; Ash, 1£ to 2 fe€t . 12s - P er 100 ° ; 2 to 3 feet, 16s. 

 per 1000; 3 to 4 feet. 20s. per 1000 ; Beech. 1J to 2 feet, 15s. 

 per 1000; 2 to 2| feet. 18s. per 1000; 2J to 3J feet. 22s. per 

 10u0. Spanish Chestnut. 1^ to 2J feet. 2os. per 1000; Bourtree, 

 2 feet, 25s. per 1000; Elm. 3 to 4feet. 18s. per 1000 ; 4 to 3 feet, 

 25s. pier 1000. English Elm. 4 to 5 feet. 40s. per 1000. Larch, 

 H to 2 feet. 16s. per 1000; 3 to 4 feet. 25s. per 1000; 4to5feet. 

 28s. per 1000. Scotch Fir. 1J to 2 feet, 12s. per 1000; 2 to 

 2J feet. 16s. per 1000 ; 3 feet. 20s. per 1000. Spruce Fir, 1 to 

 li feet, 10s. per 1000; 1J to 2 feet, 12s. per lOoO ; 2 to 2J feet, 

 16s. per 1000. Silver Fir. 10 to 15 inches, 18s. per 1000 ; 1 to 

 li foot. 20s. per 1000. Pinus austriaca, 2-yr., 2-yr. trans- 

 planted, 10s. per 1000; 1 to 1£ foot. 15s. per 1000 ; ljto 2 feet, 

 18s. per 1000. Sloe or Blackthorn. 2 to 3 feet. 20s. per 1000; 

 Svcamore. 1 to 1£ foot, 12s. per 1000 ; 2 to 2£ feet, 16s. per 

 1000 ; 6 to 7 feet. 6s. per 100. 



GARLIES MITCHELL. Nurseryman, St] 



C~ REEFERS FOR WALLS.— By planting 

 what is suitable, an ugly object may easily be made 

 beautiful. Most being in pots, can be sent and put out at any 

 time. Descriptive LIST and advice Free.— RICHA RD SMITH 

 AND CO., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants. Worcester. 



Special Cheap Offer. 



WM. PAUL and SOX beg to call the 

 attention of Planters to the following articles, of which 



they hold very large stocks, and are consequently able to offer 



at unusually low prices. The quality of the trees is in all 



respects first-rate, and all are in excellent condition for 



removal : — , , . 



STANDARD VICTORIA PLUMS. 3. 4. and o years old, stout 

 and straight, £5 per 100. £45 per 1000. 



PYRAMIDAL VICTORIA PLUMS, 5 to 6 feet, toe fruiting 

 trees, £5 per 100. 



STANDARD DAMSONS of sorts, clean, well-grown trees, £o 

 per 100. , , 



PAULS' DOUBLE CRIMSON THORN, nice standards, with 

 heads, 75s. per 100; do., stronger, £5 per 100 ; do., extra 

 strong. £6 per 100. 



ACER NEGUNDO VARIEGATA, good standards, £o per 100. 



RHODODENDRON PONTICUM. tine bushes (these are grow- 

 ing on loam near Uckneld, in Sussex), 1 to H foot high, 

 and as much through. 25s. per 100 ; 1} to 2 feet. do.. 35s. 

 per 100 ; 2 to 3 feet, do., extra stout, 100s. per 100 ; 3 to 4 

 feet, do., extra stout. 120s. per 100. 

 Priced Descriptive LIST of Fruit Trees, Hardy Trees and 



Shrubs, Roses, &c. post-free on application. 



PAUL'S Nurseries, Waltham Cross, Herts. 



THE GARDENERS* 



ORPHAN FUND. 



DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS 



WILL BE THANKFULLY RECEIVED BY 



A. F. BARE ON, Hon. Sec, 



Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens, 

 Chiswick, London, W. 



LARGE SHRUBS and CONIFERS. — 

 Aucuba japonica, 1J to 2 feet, 30s. per 100; do.. 2 to 2$ 

 feet, 40s. per 100. Berberis aquifolia, lj to 2 feet, 12s. per 100 ; 

 Box tree, 11; to 2 feet, 12s. per 100 ; 2 to 3 feet, 20s. per 100. 

 Cotoneaster Simonsii, 3 to 3J feet, 10s. per 100 ; Deutzia cre- 

 nata, flore-pleno, strong, 4s. per dozen ; Eseallonia macrantha 

 (pots), strong, 24s. per 100; Grislinia littoralis, 11; to 2 feet, 

 35s. per 100; Honeysuckle (strong), 8s. per 100; Irish Ivy, 



4 feet, 6s. per 100 ; Laurel, common, 1J foot, 6s. perlOO; 2 feet, 

 10s. per 100 ; 3 to 4 feet, 16s. per 100. Colchic Laurel, 1 to lj 

 foot, 12s. per 100; 2 to 2£ feet, 16s. per 100; 3 to 34; feet, 

 bnshy, 20s. per 100. Portugal Laurel. 1 to 1£ foot. 16s. per 

 100 ;*1£ to 2 feet, 20s. per 100. Rhododendron ponticura, 1 to 

 1 J foot, 22s. per 100 ; 1J to 2 feet, 30s. per 100 ; 2 to 2± feet, 

 35s. per 100 ; 3 feet. 50s. per 100; 4 to 4J feet, bushy, 80s. per 

 100. Abies Douglasii. 3 to 4 feet, 35s. per 100 ; 4 to 5 feet, 50s. 

 per 100 ; do., 6 feet, 70s. per 100. Araucaria imbricata, 2 to 2£ 

 feet, 30s. per dozen ; 3 to 31; feet. 48s. per dozen ; 3 to 4 feet, 

 60s per dozen. Cupressus Lawsoniana, 2£ feet, 20s. per 100; 

 3 to 4 feet, 40s. per 100. C. stricta, 2 to 2J feet, 40s. per 100 ; 



5 to 6 feet, extra fine, 18s. per dozen. C. erecta viridis, 1J to 

 2 feet, 25s. per 100; do., 2 to 2£ feet, 35s. per 100. Picea 

 xfordmanniana, 1J to 2 feet, 30s. per 100; do.. 2 to 2J feet, 

 extra, 40s. per 100. Retinospora plumosa, 18 inches, 25s. per 

 100; l£to 2 feet, 30s. per 100; 2J feet, extra, 40s. per 100. 

 R. squarrosa, 1£ foot, bushy, 30s. per 100 ; Thuia Lobbii, 1^ to 

 2 feet, 12s. per 100 ; 2 to 3 feet, 24s. per 100 ; 4 feet, 50s. per 

 100 ; 6 feet, ISs. per dozen. Thuiopsis borealis, 2| to 3 feet, 8s. 

 per dozen ; T. dolobrata. 1 foot, 30s. per 100; 1J to 2 feet, 12s. 

 per dozen ; 2£ to 3 feet (fine), 30s. per dozen. 



GARLIES MITCHELL. Nurseryman. Stranraer. 



C~~ ARNATION "GLOIRE DE NANCY."— 

 We are sending out for the fourth season our true strain 

 of this the grandest White Carnation in cultivation, quite 

 uanly, and lor pot culture for cut bloom it has no equal. 

 Robust and free bloomer. £l per 100, lis. for 50, 6s. for 25, good 

 rooted layers. We have a fine stock of GAKDENIAS. the best 

 sorts in cultivation, from Is. to 40s. each. Cash with Order. 



E COLLINS and SONS, Cumberland Park Nursery, 

 Willesden Junction. 



Having Grown 



ADIANTUM CUXEATUM ELEGANS five 

 years, I have proved its value as a Cut Frond for Market. 

 Will pat on Kail Plants in 8-inch pots, 7s. 6rf. each. cash. 

 E. TUDGEY. Home Farm, Walton-ou-Thames. 



VINES — VINES — VINES.— Good strong, 

 well-ripened planting Canes of Hamburgh, GrosColman, 

 GrosMaroc, Muscat of Alexandria, and Alicante, 5 to 11 ft., from 

 3s. 6d. each ; also a few Glenfield Black RASPBERRY CANES, 

 strong clumps, Is. 6d.— BARTLETT, Chambery, Hampton. 



ENT GROWN FRUIT TREES.— 



Thousands of Standard, Pyramid, Bush and Espalier 

 Fruit Trees, comprising most of the best sorts of Apples, Pears, 

 Plums and Cherries, strong healthy trees with fibrous roots. 

 300 SCUTCH FIKS. 5 to tj feet, well furnished. 

 500 KENT COB NUTS, large bushes, 5 feet. 

 500 LAVENDER, 3-yr. transplanted, very bushy. 

 500 SWEET BRIERS, i feet, well furnished. 

 Price LISTS of above and General Nursery Stock post-free 

 on application to 

 EVES and DALTi'N, Nurse ry men and Fruit Growers. Graresend 



To the Trade. 



ROSES. — A large quantity of Dwarf Roses on 

 Sweet Brier, for Sale, on account of expiration of lease. 

 A good proportion are varieties of recent introduction. Also 

 a quantity of extra-sized Marechal Niel, Perle des Jardina, Ni- 

 nhetos, W. F. Bennett, and The Bride. 



JAMES L. BOYSON, Caen, Calvados, France. 



KEES and SHRUBS suitable for Towns and 



Smoky Districts. CATALOGUE free on application.— 

 RICHARD SMITH and CO., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 

 Worcester. 



EVERGREEN HEDGES. 

 EVERGREEN HEDGES. 

 YEWS, English, 1 J to 2 feet. 30s. per 100; 2 to 2J feet, 45s. per 



100; 2£ to 3 feet, 65s. per 100. 

 HOLLIES, Green, 2 to 2J feet, 40s. per 100 ; 2J to 3 feet, 60s. 



per 100. 

 LAURELS. Common. 1| to 2 feet. 12s. per 100 ; 2 to 3 feet, 



15s. per 100; 2J to 3} feet, 20s. per 100. 

 THUIA LOBBII, 2} to 3 feet. 30s. to 10s. per 100. 



We hold immense stocks of the above, all bushy and well 



rooted Plants. 



Special offer for Covert Plants. &c. free on application. 



JOHN PERKINS AND SON, The Old Established Nursery 



and Seed Business, 52, Market Square, Northampton. 



TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS—" QUICK." NORTHAMPTON. 



Palms, Foliage Plants, Heaths, &sc. 



FRANCIS R. KINGHORN will be pleased to 

 forward LIST of above with low prices. Leading 

 decorative PALMS in all sizes, great quantities, and in finest 

 health. „ , 



Richmond, Surrey; and 191 and 192, Flower Market, Covent 

 Garden, W.C. 



