Deceoteb 8, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



059 



CHEAP OFFER OF 



Beautifully Hard// 



FLAG IRISES, 



IN MANY BEAUTIFUL SHADES. 



BLUES. BLUE aud WHITE, LLLACS, MAUVES, 

 ROSES. CRIMSONS, BRONZES. GOLDEN YELLOW, 

 PRIMROSE, WHITE. &o. Invaluable for shrubbery 

 borders and to surround lakes, Sec. 



LARGE CLUMPS (each Clump worth 

 5 to 7 plants), per 100 Clumps, 45s. 



Nut less than 50 Clumps supplied at this price. 



BARB, & SON, 



12 and 13, KING STREET, GOVENT 

 GARDEN, W.C. 



TREES, FLOWERS, AND SEEDS 



PAUL'S NURSERIES, WALTHAM GROSS, 



For the Best ROSES. 



PAUL'S NURSERIES, WALTHAM CROSS, 



For the Best SEEDS, BULBS, &c. 



PAUL'S NURSERIES, WALTHAM CROSS, 



For the Best FRUIT TREES and GRAPE VINES. 



PAUL'S NURSERIES, WALTHAM CROSS, 



For the Best EVERGREENS, Park and Roadside TREES. 



PAULS NURSERIES, WALTHAM CROSS, 



For the Best CAMELLIAS, AZALEAS, LAPAGERIAS, &c. 



PAUL'S NURSERIES, WALTHAM CROSS, 



close to the Waltham Cross Station, Great Eastern Railway 



(half an hour from London). 



INSPECTION INVITED. 



Prices low as possible. Priced Catalogues free. 



Goods Parked 6y experienced hand* for all parts of the World. 

 Observe the Christian name. 



WM. PAUL & SON, 



Rose Growers by Appointment to Her 



Majesty the Queen, 

 Tree, Plant, Bulb, and Seed Merchants. 



ROSES-20 ACRES, 



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

 matured vigorous growth, and of the best kinds. 

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

 60.?. per 100. Packing and carriage free for 

 cash with order. 



These World-famed ROSES cannot fail to 

 give the greatest satisfaction. 



ROSES IN POTS; 



nil the best New and Old English and Foreign 



sorts, from 18«. to 36s. per dozen. 



Descriptive List free on application. 



RIGHARD SMITH & CO., 



Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 



WORCESTER. 



[ A grand stock, in 7-in. pots, 21s. & 30s. doz. 

 (Black Hamburgh and other varieties. 

 PDA nC WIUCO ' Suitableforfruitinginpot8.10s.6d. each 

 UriArt VIHtOl Suitable for planting ' 

 (. 7s. <bd. each. 

 A fine stock, iu 5-inch pots, 

 A fine stock, in small pots, 4s. per dozen. 



Catalogues on application. 



THE LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL 



COMPANY (John Cowan), LIMITED, 



THE VINEYARD AND NURSERIES, GAJRSTON, 



NEAR LIVERPOOL. 



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I TREES L !& PLANTS, I 

 I Eve rgreens, Ros es, &c. f 



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i Largest & Finest Stocks in Europe. | 



= INSPECTION EARNESTLY INVITED. § 



Priced Catalogues Gratis & Post Free. 

 ESTIMATES * all Particulars on Application. 



ICKSONS 



(Limited), 



Tlie Nurseries, 



Chester. 



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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. 

 BOIYARDIAS, 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. 



ANTHONY WATERER 



INVITES AX INSPECTION FROM INTENDING 

 PLANTERS TO 



THE FOLLOWING TREES, 



Having stout straight sterns, fine heads, and splendid roots. 

 All have been transplanted within tn.0 years: — 

 ACACIA BESSONIANA. 12 to 14 feet; A. SEMPERFLO- 

 RENS, 12 to 14 feet; ACER DASYCARl'UM, 12 to 16 feet; 

 A. DASYCARI'UM VVIEKII LACINIATA. 10 to 14 feet; A. 

 NEGUNDO VARIEOATA, Standards, 8 to 10 feet; A. LEO- 

 POLDII, 12 to 14 feet; A. REITENBACH1I. 12 to 11 feet ; A. 

 SCHWEDLERH, 12 to 16 feet: A. WURLEYII. Standards, 12 

 to 14 feet. ASH. Mountain, 10 toll feet. BEECH, Common, 

 10 to 12 feet; Purple, Pyramids and Standards, 10 to 10 feet. 

 BIRCH. .Silver, 12 to 10 feet. CHESTNUT, Horse, 14 to 16 feet. 

 Double White. 10 to 16 feet; Scarlet, 12 to 16 f et; Spanish, 

 12 feet. ELMS, English, 10 to 12 feet; Guernsey, 12 feet. 

 LIMES, 12 to 16 and 20 feet; Silver-leaved, 10 to 14 feet. 

 LKJUIDAMHAlt, 6 to 10 feet. MAPLE, Norway. 14 to 16feet. 

 OAK", English, HI to 11 feet; Scarlet American, 12 to 11 feet; 

 PLANES, 12 to 16 feet. POPLAR BOLI.EANA, 10 to 16 feet ; 

 P. CANADENSIS NOVA (the true variety). 12 to 16 feet; 

 SYCAMORE, Common, 14 to 16 feet; Purple, 11 to 16 feet. 

 THORNS, Double Scarlet, 8 to 10 feet; White, 8 to 10 feet. 

 WALNUTS, Common, 10 to 12 feet. 



Weeping Trees. 



BEECH. Weeping. Pyramids and Standards. 8 to 12 feet ; 

 Weeping. Purple, Pyramids and Standards, 7 to 12 ft. BIRCH, 

 Young's Weeping, pyramids and Standard-, 8 to lift. ELMS, 

 Weeping, Pyramids and Standards, 7 to 14 feet. LARCH. 

 Weeping, Pyramids, 8 to 10 feet. OAK. Weeping, English, 

 Standards. 10 to 12 feet. POPLAR, Weeping. Pyramids, and 

 Standards, 10 to 12 feet. SOPHORA JAPONfCA PENDULA, 

 Standards. 8 to 9 feet. 



KNAP HILL NURSERY, 



WOKING. SURREY'. 



RHODODENDRON PONTIGUM, 



For Parks, Plantations, and Coverts. 



AN IMMENSE STOCK OF ALL SIZES. 

 VERY LOW QUOTATIONS. 



JOHN CRANSTON & CO., 



KING'S ACRE NURSERIES, near HEREFORD. 



NEW FORGET-ME-NOT, 



BLUE PERFECTION. 



The Queen of Spring Bedding Plants. 

 No Garden should be without this grand improvement on 

 the old M. dissitiflora. Now is the time to plant to produce 

 a sensntional display next spring. 



Strong plants. Is. each, 10s. per doz. Seed. 2s. M. per packet. 

 Trade Price on application. 



J. H. VIRGO, Florist, walton-ln-Gordano, Clevedon, 



SOMERSET. 



As a Supplement 



TO THE 



Gardeners' Chronicle 



FOR 



Next Week, December 15, 



WILL BE 



Published an Ink Photograp7i 



OF A FEW 



FIGS f Fir US ROXBURGIIIJ, 



CALCUTTA BOTANIC GARDENS. 



THE 



barters' d{hrMkk 



SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1888. 



NOVEMBER IN THE GARDEN. 



TIOYV* good the saints have been to us this 

 -*--*- year ! One after the other they have 

 given us their little summers; St. Michael, St. 

 Luke, and St. Martin (only that St. Martin's 

 seems to have begun earlier than usual), so that 

 now, in the middle of November, its dark hours 

 are quite lit up by the blossoms in the garden. 



Although sharp frost, with snow in many 

 parts on October l,took from us all tender plant?, 

 yet the soft sunlit days that succeeded enriched 

 and prolonged the blossoming of all hardy 

 flowers. 



To-day, after a wild storm from the south, 

 the air is soft and balmy. The robin sings in 

 the old Apple tree, among whose yet unfallen 

 amber leaves are twisted sprays of purple 

 Clematis. The crested wren darts here and 

 there among the branches, resting still a moment 

 or two to warble forth her few low, flute-like 

 notes. The thrushes hop leisurely over the close 

 mown grass, and the blackbirds hurry from the 

 fragrant Escallonia bushes with their noisy, 

 startled cry. Let us look around and see what 

 flowers are left us in the heart of November. 



Being constantly wind-swept, the walk down 

 the middle of the garden affords the most shelter, 

 for wherever the wind strikes the walls and 

 rebounds with added force there is bhekness and 

 destruction to plant life. Thus, in the very 

 centre, are placed our greatest treasures, sure 

 that there they will find the most protection, 

 and utmost calm that is possible on a storm- 

 beaten lull. 



On either side of this walk is a broad border 

 filled with old-fashioned flowers, arranged in 

 large groups of colours. Although the position 

 of each plant has been thought over, and planned 

 with regard to its neighbour, the whole effect is 

 that of the most natural and simple possible, no 

 trace of design remaining apparent ; on the con- 



