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Now Ready. 



SPRING CATALOGUE for 1912 



Beautifully illustrated, and contains par 

 ticulars of the Newest and Best varieties 

 of Vegetables and Flowers, Potatos, etc. 

 A copy will be sent gratis and post free to 

 all who have gardens. . 



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EBBS'SEEDS FOR PRESENT 



SOWING.— Webbs' Selected Ailsa Craig 

 Onion, 2s. 6d. per packet ; Webbs' Early 

 Favourite Pea, 2s. per pint, 3s. 6d. quart'; 

 Webbs' Peerless Melon, 2s. 6d. per packet ; 

 Webbs' Wonderful Carrot, is. 3d. per 

 ounce; Webbs' Supreme Dwarf Bean, 

 2s. per pint. 



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GOLD MEDALS & SILVER CUPS 



awarded to Webbs' Vegetables & Flowers 

 at the leading Exhibitions during the past 

 three years —WEBB & SONS, The King's 

 Seedsmen, Wordsley, Stourbridge. 



IRON & WIRE FENCING for GARDENS, 

 Tree Guards, Gates, Arches, Espaliers. Rose Stakes, 

 and Ornamental Garden Iron and Wire Work of every 

 description. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, free. 

 BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., Manufacturers, Norwich. 



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GREENHOUSE PAINTING &GLAZING 

 •■ r»i " VltroIite " superior to White Lead Paint, 9/- per gall. 

 Plastine" supersedes Puttv, 16/- per cwt. Full particulars 

 from W. CARSON & SONS, Grove Works, Battersea. 



Agents throughout the country. 



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AKING OF GARDENS. — Practical 



advice given. Plans prepared. Planting a speciality. 

 Many years with leading landscape firms. 



HUBBARD, Ardingly, Sussex. 



UTO SHREDS FUMIGANT kills Leaf 



i, 000 



mining maggot, insects in greenhouses, frames, 

 cubic feet, 6d. ; 10,000, 3s. 6d. No apparatus. 



For 



WM. DARLINGTON & SONS, P atentees" Hackney, N.E. 



BARR'S SEED GUIDE FOR 1912 contai^ 

 a select List of the best VEGETABLES and the 

 most beautiful ANNUALS and PERENNIALS forGarden 

 and Greenhouse, including many line Novelties of Sterling 



p f do ent free 0li aPP^cation. 



BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & 13, King St.,Covent Garden, London 



ARR'S REMOVAL SALE OF HARDY 



irr^ f K f r L i AN1 i S, ~" Cl3arance List of surplus plants at 

 &S2 e 7 u 2? d ? nces (pr,or to removal of nurseries trom 



R A pr * n c^iJl plow)f o Sent P° st free on application. 



BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & i 3 ,King St„Covent Garden, London. 



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aTtTIk °o lvu,Mtci »i aiso ±>icKsons improved 



DICKSONS P R WD 1 JKftS Circulars free on application to 

 LHCKSONS, Royal Seed Warehouses & Nurseries, Chester 



FLOWERING 



C ENGELMANN, Saffron Wald 



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VINES. VINES. VINES. 

 Canes in pots of all leading varieties, 

 booked for immediate delivery. 



G ^CQLEMAN, The Vineries, Burgess Hill, Sussex. 



Fruiting 



Orders now 



G New PWoxes. 

 UNN & SONS were Awarded 

 Cup at the Great Show at Olympia 

 now ready. Address : Olton, Warwickshire.' 



a Silver 



New Lists 



P E £EmJV, AL * l uwering carna 

 1 IONS— My stock is the largest in Europe : Insner 



free r iSuSiT l ° thC COl ° nief a -Pec-H^CaiSffife 



Sow Now Under Glass. 



BUTTON'S NEW CUCUMBER, KING 



GEORGE.— When exhibited at the 

 R.H. Society's Great Temple Show, this 

 fine Cucumber won the admiration of 

 crowds of visitors. Very handsome 

 form, with dark green skin, slight ly- 

 nched and practically without a handle 

 Per packet, 2s. 6d., post free. 



UTTON & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



READING. 



F IDLER'S NEW ILLUSTRATED 

 CATALOGUE of CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS 

 will be sent post free to any address on receipt of postcard. 

 Write at once for a copy ; it may help you to save 50 per 

 cent, on your seed bill this season. 

 FIDLER & SONS, Royal Berkshire Seed Stores, Reading. 



BATH'S SELECT SEEDS.— New Illus- 

 trated Catalogue of Choice Vegetable and Flower 

 Seeds, with full cultural notes, is now ready, and will be 

 sent post free on application. 

 (Dept. A), R. H. BATH, Ltd., The Floral Farms, Wisbech. 



("^ ARDEN PESTS.— Cross's " Clubicide " 

 ~f is the Gardeners' Insurance against damage by 

 Eeiworm, Wireworm, Slugs, Maggot, and all Disease 

 Germs and Insect Pests. Kills all harmful Bacteria, 

 reinvigorates the soil, stimulates plant life. In is. 

 flasks and |-gall. and 1 gall, drums. From all Seedsmen. 

 Sole Manufrs. : A. CROSS & SONS, Ltd., Glasgow. 



ORDER TRELLIS-WORK NOW.— Get 

 our book en Trellis-work, showing Screens, Wall 

 Panels, Window Surrounds, Arches, Arbours, &c, post free. 



BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., Norwich. 



Roses and Herbaceous Plants. 



GUNN & SONS were awarded the 25 

 i Guinea Challenge Cup in each collection at the 

 Leamington Show. Up-to-date List for each now ready. 



Address: Oiton, Warwickshire. 



To the Trade. 



COOPER, TABER 

 Southwark Street, 

 WHOLESALE CATALOGUE to all their customers, 

 not received another copy will be sent on application. 



& CO., Ltd., go & 92. 



London, have posted their 



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SMUNDA for Orchids. — Consignments 



arrive fortnightly. 2s. 6d. per bushel ; per bag, 8s. 6d. 



SANDER & SONS, St. Albans. 



CHRYSANTHE M U M S.— Descriptive 

 Catalogue of choice up-to-date varieties and novelty 

 list for 1912, sent tree. Apply 



H. W. THORP, Durrington, Worthing. 



LAN 

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Piccadilly 

 Mr. H. E. 



DSCAPE GARDENING.— 



INNES STUCKEY, Landscape Gardener, 

 Mansions, Piccadilly Circus, W. (With the late 

 Milner). 



ALPINES AND PERENNIALS. Rare 

 Rhododendrons and other Shrubs, Daffodils and 

 Bulbous Plants; Construction of Rockeries. Catalogues ready 



G. REUTHE, Keston, Kent. 



C ROLL'S ROSES.— Catalogues now ready, 

 and post free on application, 

 D. & W. CROLL, 63, Commercial Street, Dundee. 



ISHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 



use; its soluble Sulphur, &c, has for 40 years cured 

 Blights and Fungus on Plants, and is good for washing un- 

 healthy dogs. Gishurstine keeps boots dry in all weathers; 

 they will polish. Good for Harness. 



Wholesale from — 

 PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE CO. Ltd., London. 



For Advertisement Charges see page xvi. 



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UNYARD'S 



CATALOGUES, 



free on application. 



RUIT TREES AND VINES. 



HRUBS AND CONIFERS. 



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OSES AND OTHER CLIMBERS, 



in Pots. 



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ERBACEOUS & AQUATIC PLANTS 



for Autumn planting. 



(~1 EORGE BUNYARD & CO., Ltd., 

 T Royal Nurseries, Maidstone. Established 1796. 



WELLS' CATALOGUE OF 

 CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Perpetual Carnations, 

 Herbaceous Plants, Alpine and Rock Plants, now ready, 

 post free on application. Wells' Book, "The Culture of 

 the Chrysanthemum, " post free, is. 6d. 



W. WELLS & CO., Merstham, Surre y. 



HUTS FOR THE GARDEN. — Fruit 

 Rooms, Potting Sheds, Workshops, Cycle Houses, 

 Boot Rooms, Servants' Mess Rooms, Children's Play- 

 rooms, &c. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, free. 



BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., Norwich. 



WALTERS & CO., Morland Rd., Croydon, 

 Makers of Lath Roller Greenhouse Blinds; 

 Trellis Screens and Fences, Arches, Arbours, Rose Pillars. 

 Established over 20 years. Catalogues free. 



JOHN McKERCHAR'S LILIUM 

 AURATUM for planting, per dozen, 6s. to 12s.; for 

 Exhibition, per dozen, 18s. to 30s. Special prices quoted 



per ico on application. 



35, Giesbach Road, Upper Hollo way, London, N. 



WM. DUNCAN TUCKER & SONS, 

 Ltd., 27, Cannon Street, London, E.C. ; Works, 

 Tottenham. Conservatories, Winter Gardens, Vineries, 

 Peach-houses, Portable Buildings, etc. Catalogue gratis. 



CUTHBERT'S SPECIALITE MUSH- 

 ROOM SPAWN.— NEW SPAWN NOW READY. 

 We continue to receive the most gratifying testimonials as 

 to the productiveness and good quality of our Spawn. Per 

 bushel, 5S.-R. and G. CUTHBERT, Seed and Bulb Mer- 

 chants, Southgate, Mid dlesex. 



NEW BEGONIAS, Lorraine Type. 

 Begonia Gloire of Cincinnati (awarded A.M. on 

 Dec. 5th, 191 1), Begonia Konkurrent— the above group 

 awarded Silver Flora Medal at R.H.S., Dec. 5th, 1911. 

 Prices on application to — 

 J. BRUCKHAUS, Orleans Nursery, Twickenham, Middx. 



PERPETUAL-FLOWERING or 

 American Tree Carnations ; strong, healthy Guern- 

 sey plants from pots, 4s. per doz., carriage paid; 20s. 

 per ioo, carriage forward ; ask for catalogue, 75 

 varieties, with full directions.— 

 VAN DER SLUYS, F.R.H.S., Ramee, Guernsey, C.L 



CANTERBURY BELLS, in blue, white 

 and rose, strong plants, is. dozen, 75. 100; Rock 

 plants, good collection of strong plants in 3i inch pots, 

 8d. each, 4s. 6d. dozen ; Hollies maderiensis, i| foot to 

 2 feet, is. each, 9s. dozen ; 2 feet to 25 feet, is. 6d. and 

 2s. each ; 2^ feet to 3 feet, 2s. and 2s. 6d. each ; strong 

 bushy Privet, ready to make hedges at once, 3 feet to 



5 feet high ; Rhubarb, strong forcing roots, 7s. 6d. per 

 dozen; Daw's Champion, 12s. dozen.— S. BROADHEAD 



6 SONS, Wooldale Nurseries, Thongsbridgc, Hudders- 



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