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No. 105.— Vol. IV. { S T E H ™.} SATURDAY, DECEMBEE 29, 1888. 



[Regt. as a Newspaper./ PRICE 3d* 



Aloe longifiora 



Apiarv, the 



Ardisia mamillata 



Art at Christmas- tide ... 



Birmingham Horticul- 

 tural Society 



Bulb garden 



Coal, anthracite 



Cocoa-nut refuse 



CjpripediumTaulzianum 

 var lepidum x 



D^vuiHhire g irdens 



Eucharis amazonica 



Figs in the open air 



Florists" flowers 



Flower garden 



Fruits under glass 



Gardening appointment 



Glasneviu Gardens 



Hardy fruit garden 



Herl aoeous burder 



,, plants, planting ... 



Horticultural decorating 



Kew. specimen trees in . 



KitcheU garden, the 



Lilians candulum for 

 forcing 



CONTENTS 



... 75b Oncid 



i crispuru sub- 

 Iceve ochraceum 



Pentas carnea 



Piuus Coulteri 



Plant portraits 



Plants and their culture 



Pleurothallis punctulata 



Plum, red grub of the ... 



Primula Chelsea Blue ... 



Ranunculus, the 



Khudoehiton volubile ... 



Rhododendron balsamiee- 

 florum alburn 



Rhododendrons, green- 

 house 



Rodriguezia fmgrans ... 



Koval Horticultural So- 

 "ety 



Stachvs tuberifera 



Stocktaking 



Svmphyandra Hoffmann! 

 Tunisian Dates and Cork 

 Year, work of the 



Illustrations. 



Pinus Coulteri 



Plum, red grab of the 



Bodrigue; i i Era ri ms 



Symphjandra Hoffmann 



Advertisers are specially requested to note, that, 

 under no circumstances whatever, can am/ 

 particular position be guaranteed for ad- 

 vertisements occupying less space than an 

 entire column. 



XTATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM 



±\ SOCIETY. 



MID-WINTER EXHIBITION. 



ROYAL AQUARIUM, WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY. 

 January 9 and 10. Cyclamen, Primulas, Solanums, &c. 

 Schedules free of 



WILLIAM HOLMES, Hon. Sec, Frampton Park Nurseries, 

 Hackney, London, E. 



Special awards will be made to Miscellaneous Exhibits, 

 especially forced plants. 



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The Best Present for a Gardener. 



IKES and VINE CULTURE. 



The most complete and exhaustive Treatise on 



Grapes and their Culture ever published. 



New Edition. 



Price 55., post-free 55. &d. 



A. F. BARRON, Royal Horticultural Society, Chiswick. 



E W BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 



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IXON'S PRESIDENT CARNOT.' 



Price 2s. 6<£. per Packet, post-free. 



JOHN ETHERINGTON DIXON, 

 SEED MERCHANT. Lord Street. GAINSBOROUGH. 

 For further particulars, see Advertisement in December 1, 138S. 

 Wholesale Agents— Messrs. HURST and SON. 15:.', Hounds- 

 ditch, London, E. ; and Messrs. COOPER. TARER a>d CO. 

 (Limited), 90, Southwark Street, London, S.E. 



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RCHIDS a SPECIALTY.— See New Inter- 

 leaved CATALOGUE, post-free on application. 

 FRED HORSMAN and CO., Colchester. 



FOR SALE, 10,000 GENISTAS, in 3-inch 

 pots, at 10s. per 100. Prices to the Trade on application. 

 20.000 well-rooted cuttings of Genistas, at 5s. per 100. FERN, 

 Lomaria gibba, out of thumb-pots, 5s. per 100 ; out of boxes, 

 2s. 6d. per 100, sent on by Parcel Post. 



Money Orders payable at Leyton Green. 

 T. BALDWIN* AND SON, Edi'th "Sursery.Biu-chall Road, Leyton. 



THE GARDEN ANNUAL, ALMANACK, 

 and ADDRESS BOOK for 1S89. The most Complete and 

 Accurate Reference Book for the use of all Interested in Gardens 

 yet published. The Alphabetical Lists of all Branches of the 

 Horticultural Trade have been corrected up to the 10th of 

 November. The Lists of Gardens and Country Seats (contain- 

 ing over 79U0), have been very carefully and extensively 

 revised, and are admitted to be the most complete ever pub- 

 lished. Price Is. ; post-free Is. 3d — Of all Booksellers, News- 

 agents, Nurserymen and Seedsmen, or from the Publishing 

 Office. 37. Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C. 



SJUTTON'S AMATEUR'S GUIDE for 1889. 



O — Now ready: price Is., post-free. Beautifully Illus- 

 trated with Coloured Plates of Sutton's Gloxinias, Sutton's 

 Primulas, Sutton's Tomatos, and a Photograph of a House of 

 Sutton's Hero of Lockinge Melon (grown from Sutton's Seed 

 by Mr. J. H. Goodacre. The Gardens, Elvastou Castle). The 

 book contains also the most complete List, with accurate 

 descriptions of the best Vegetables, Potatos, and Flowers, 

 including many Novelties of proved merit. 

 SUTTON axd SONS, Royal Seed Establishment. Reading. 



TARGE TRAINED PEACHES 



-Li an I NECTARINES, in full bearing, for immediate 

 furnishing of Peach-houses. Particulars ou application. 

 DICKSONS (Limited). The Royal Seed Warehouse, CHESTER. 



UONYMUS (Green).— 50,000, all nice bushy 



well-grown Specimens. 9 to 36 inches, £1 to £10 per 100. 

 J. J. CLARK, 

 Goldstone Farm. Brighton. 



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Palms, Foliage Plants, Heaths, &c. 



FRANCIS R. KINGHORN will be pleased to 

 forward LIST of above with low prices. Leading 

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

 health. 



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

 Garden. W.C. 



pLEARANCE SALE 0~F 



\J SPRING FLOWERING BULBS. 



Hyacinths. Daffodils (Narcissi), Tulips. Crocus, Snowdrops, 

 Winter Aconites, Chionodoxa, Scillas, Spanish Irises, early 

 (lowering Gladioli. Alliums. Star of Bethlehem, Alstrffimerias, 

 &c. All in splendid condition, at reduced prices. 



LIST free on application to 

 IUKR axd SON. 12 and 13, King SHre-t, Covent Garden. W.C. 



SPECIMEN CONIFERS.— Trees for Avenues, 



O Evergreens, and Forest Trees in great variety. CATA- 

 LOGUE free on application.— RICHARD SMITH AXD CO., 

 Nurserymen and Seed Merchants. Worcester. 



RICE and CO. will be pleased to RECEIVE 



and DISPOSE of any quantity of Choice CUT FLOWERS 

 at best Market Prices. 60, Castle S'treet, Long Acre, W.C, and 

 Flower Market. Covent Garden, W.C. Reference : London and 

 County Bank. Telegraphic Address— Adiaxtum, London. 



Surplus Cut Flowers. 



HOOPER and CO. (Limited) RECEIVE and 

 DISPOSE of any quantity of above at best Market 

 Prices. Boxes, &c, supplied. — Address, Commission Depart- 

 ment, HOOPER and CO. (Limited). Covent Garden, W.C. 



QUELCH and B A R N H A M , 



North Row, Covent Garden, W.C, are OPEN TO DIS- 

 POSE OF any quantity of MUSCATS and BLACK GRAPES, 

 TOMATOS, CUCUMBERS, FRENCH BEANS, STRAW- 

 BERRIES, CHOICE FLOWERS. &c. Highest Market Prices 

 obtained. Account Sales daily ; cheques weekly, or as preferred 

 by Sender. Baskets and Labels supplied. References given. 



MESSRS. GREGORY and EVANS, 



J-TJL Nurserymen. Sidcup, and 2S5, 286, 287, 288, Flower 

 Market, Covent Garden, London, W.C. are open to RECEIVE 

 ii INSIGNMENTS of Choice CUT FLOWERS in any quantity 

 for their Commission Department. Boxes aud Labels supplied. 

 Telegraph Address — " COMMISSION, SIDCUP." 



\\T ANTED, CUT FLOWERS and CHOICE 



V V GRAPES.— The West of England Cut Flower and Fruit 

 Supply are now in a position to give the highest possible prices 

 for Ch'jice Cut Flowers and Grapes.— The West of England Cut 

 Flower and Fruit Sup ply. 5 and 6. Barrs Street. Bri-t.il. 



WANTED, JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES. 

 —State quantity, with lowest price per ton for c;ish, 

 to D., Gardeners' Chronicle, 41, Wellington Street, Strand.W.C. 



pARTER'S VADE MECUM for 1880 



\J is Now Ready, and has been posted to Messrs. CARTER'S 

 Customers. Price ONE SHILLING (post-free) to unknown 

 Correspondents. It contains 7 elegant Coloured Illustrations, 

 and will be found a mo-t thorough Book of Reference by 

 all who desire to cultivate successfully the choicest Vegetables 

 and the prettiest Flowers. 



JAMES CARTER axd CO.. The Queen's Seedsmen by Koval 

 Warrant, 237 and 238. HIGH HOLBORN, W.C. 



T ILIUM A U R A T U M — 



-Li THE GOLDEN-RAYED LILY OF JAPAN can now be 

 purchased in Cases containing 50 fine Bulbs, just as received 

 from the Japanese Bulb Farms, unopened and unexamined, 

 at 25s. per Case ; sent Free to any Railway Station in England 

 and Wales on receipt of Postal Order for 23s. 9d. Cases con- 

 taining 100 fine Bulbs, price 40s. Fine and sound Bulbs per 

 dozen, 4s., 6s., 9s., 12s., and 18s. Mammoth Bulbs, 2s. 6a\ and 

 3s. ijd. each. All sent packing and carriage free. 



CARTERS'. Roval Seedsmen by Sealel Warrants, 237 and 

 23S. HIGH HOLBORN, W.C. 



Full of Useful Information— No Charge. 



BARR'S 1889 SEED CATALOGUE, now 

 ready. In addition to the usual valuable information, 

 will be found special remarks on the Culture of the TOMATO 

 and TOBACCO as INDUSTRIES, with a Special LIST of HIGH- 

 CLASS POTATOS. handsome in form, pleasant in flavour, and 

 bountiful croppers. CATALOGUE free on application to 

 BARR AXD SON, Kiug Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 



NGLISH YEWS, 3, 4, 5, and 6 feet. 



BOX, Green, 3, 4, 5, and 6 feet. 



Variegated, 3, 4, 5, and 6 feet. 

 PIXUS AUSTRIACA, 3, 4, 5, and 6 feet. 

 All well furnished, and finely rooted. Many thousands 

 ANTHONY WATERER. Knap Hill Nursery. Woking, Surrev. 



To the Trade. 

 pOOPER TABER and CO. (Limited) have 



\J Posted their General Wholesale CATALOGUE to all 

 their Customers, If uot received another Copy will be sent 

 ou application. 



90, Southward Street, London, S.E. 



Palms, Healthy, in Quantity. 

 J 1CETON, Putney, S.AV., has a very tine 



' • Stock of the above tooffer in all sizes; also a few fine 

 extra large fruiting PEACH TREES, &c. 



129 and 130. Flower Market Covent Garden, W.C. 



REES and SHRUBS suitable for Towns and 



Smoky Districts. CATALOGUE free on application.— 

 RICHARD SMITH AXD CO., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 

 Worcester. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS, in small pots. 

 Splendid stuff of all best kinds, and true to name. Price 

 List on application. 

 FRANCIS R. KLNGHORN, Nurseryman, Richmond, Surrey. 



~N T H R A C I T ET 



Best quality. Horticultural and general purposes. 

 HOCKADAY AND CO., Colliery Proprietors, LYDNEY. 



/CHRYSANTHEMUM CULTURE.— 



V_^ Standen's Manure, admitted by growers to be unrivalled 



for this purpose ; in tins. Is., 2s. 6rf., 5s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each. 



Sold by all Seedsmen. 



SULPHIDE of POTASSIUM (Harris).— A 

 certain cure for Mildew ou Plants. Red Spider, Aphis, 

 &c. Enough to make 32 gallons of solution, free for Is. 2d. 

 The only kind to use is " Harris's specially prepared Sulphide 

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



HOMSON'S IMPROVED VINE and PLANT 



MANURE.— This valuable Manure is made only by us. 



Every bag and tin has our name on it. To be had of all Nursery 



and Seedsmen, and direct from us. 1 cwt. and over carriage 



paid. London Agent— Mr. GEORGE, 10, Victoria Road, Putney. 



WM. THOMSON AND SONS. Clovenfords, Galashiels, N.B. 



1 1 00 000 GARDEN POTS, 3£ in. diam., 



1 •) I \_'v'«) \J \.'\J in stock, ready for immediate delivery; 

 carriage and breakage free on £10 orders; half carriage on £o. 

 Acknowledged by the Irade to be the best pots manufactured. 

 Lnrvest Stock and Largest Manufacturers in United Kingdom. 

 RICHARD SANKEY and SON, Bulwell Potteries, Nottingham. 



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