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SATUKDAY, JANUAEY 20, 191 



Registered as a Newspaper. (PRICE 3d. 



WITH SUPPLEMENTS 





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Postal Address— 41, Wellington Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 



Telegraphic Address— " (iardchron. London. 



Telephone— Garrard, 1543 



For CONTENTS see page 33. 





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EBBS' 



Sow Now— Under Glass. 



EARLY FAVOURITE PEA, 



2s. per pint ; 3s. 6d. per quart. 



Mr. A. Tummey, Head Gardener to 

 Sir Thomas Barclay, writes :—«' Your 

 New Early Favourite Pea did remarkably 

 well with me. It is a strong, robust 

 grower and very heavy cropper, whilst the 

 flavour is excellent. It is the best Dwarf 

 Pea I have ever grown." ^^ 



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BOUNTIFUL CUCUMBER, 



is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per packet. 



Mr. W. Strugnell, Head Gardener to 

 The Right Hon. W. H. Long, M.P., 

 writes: — "Bountiful Cucumber has a 

 beautiful outline, refreshing colour, and 

 handsome shape, as good for table as it 

 is for exhibition. " 



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EBB & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 



BARR'S SEED GUIDE FOR 1912 contains 

 a select List of the best VEGETABLES, and the 

 most beautiful ANNUALS and PERENNIALS for Garden 

 and Greenhouse, including many fine Novelties of Sterling 

 Merit. Sent free on application. 

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



BARR'S REMOVAL SALE OF HARDY 

 PLANTS. — Clearance List of surplus plants at 

 greatly reduced prices (prior to removal of nurseries from 

 Surbiton to Taplow), sent post free on application. 

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



PERPETUAL FLOWERING CARNA- 

 TIONS — My stock is the largest in Europe ; Inspec- 

 tion invited. Export to the Colonies a speciality. Catalogue 

 free on application. 



C. ENGELMANN, Saffron Walden. 



(21 ISHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 

 "X 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. 



HE Popularity of "XL ALL" Specialities 



increases every year. All gardeners proclaim that 



nothing equals these celebrated preparations. " XL ALL" 



NICOTINE VAPORISING COMPOUND, the gardeners' 



favourite Fumigant, both Liquid and Cake. " XL ALL" 



NICOTINE INSECTICIDE WASH for Syringing, Dip. 

 ping and ^ ' *»—*..«. . — - 



*Sc«il6 etc 



INSECTICIDE WASH B (sine Nicotine), best non~po"ison- 

 ous Wash on the Market. No licence required to sell 

 this. Other preparations of great renown, both poison- 

 ous and non-poisonous, are :— "XL ALL" WEED KILLER, 

 " XL ALL" FERTILISER, " XL ALL" WINTER WASH 

 for Fruit Trees, RICHARDS' BANDING GREASE, etc. 

 Don't forget to ask your Nurseryman, Seedsman or Florist 

 for Richards' small pink list— G. H. RICHARDS, 

 Manufacturer, 234, Borough High Street, London, S.E . 



T30ULTRY and KENNEL APPLIANCES 



JL of every description. Write for latest Catalogue 

 free on application. 



BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., Norwich. 



WM. DUNCAN TUCKER & SONS, 

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

 Tottenham. Conservatories, Winter Gardens, Vineries, 

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



^ mo^nbiuc vv/\on ior syringing, uip- 



Dressing Fruit Trees, and Plants; Mealy Bug, 



., cannot exist where this is used. ** XL ALL" 



AUTO SHREDS FUMIGANT kills Leaf- 

 mining maggot, insects in greenhouses, frames. For 

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

 WM. DARLINGTON & SONS, Patentees, Hackney, N.E, 



Sow Now Under Glass. 



SUTTON'S Seld. AILSA CRAIG ONION. 

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



Mr. A. W. Letts, Leamington, 

 writvrti: — "I have grown your Selected 

 Ailsa Craig Onion tor 14 years, winning 

 many prizes, and having |no failures. 

 The keeping qualities are all that can 

 be desired." 



UTTON & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



READING. 



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. 



PRIVATE COLLECTION OF ORCHIDS 

 for Sale, property of Executors of the late James 

 Douglas, V.M.H., containing over 70 Cypripediums, about 

 150 Laelio-Cattleya and Cattleyas, 50 Laelio anceps, includ- 

 ing fine varieties of Chamberlainiana, Sanderiana, Schro- 

 denana, Bull's alba, etc., about 60 various Dendrobiums, 

 Vandas, etc. On view by appointment. 



JAMES DOUGLAS, Edenside, Gt. Bookham. 



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ALPINES AND PERENNIALS. Rare 

 Rhododendrons and other Shrubs, Daffodils and 

 Bulbous Plants; Construction of Rockeries. Catalogues ready 



G. REUTHE, Keston, Kent. 



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. 



(^ EORGE BUNYARD 



\~JT Royal Nurseries, Maidstone. 



& CO., Ltd., 



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, Surrey. 



Roses and Herbaceous Plants. 



GUNN & SONS were awarded the 25 

 Guinea Challenge Cup in each collection at the 

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



Address: Olton, Warwickshire. 



SMUNDA for Orchids. — Consignments 



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



SANDER & SONS, St. Albans. _____ 



LAN 

 vy. 



Piccadill 

 Mr. H. 



DSCAPE GARDENING.— 



INNES STUCKEY, Landscape Gardener, 



Mansions, Piccadilly Circus, W. (With the late 



Milner). 



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ALTERS & CO., Morland Rd., Croydon, 



Makers of Lath Roller Greenhouse Blinds; 

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

 Esta biished over 20 years. Catalogues free. 



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. 

 F1DLER & SONS, Royal Berkshire Seed Stores, Reading. 



For Advertisement Charges see page xii. 



KELWAY'S " Manual of Horticulture " is. 

 the best of all Garden Books, 2s., post free. From 



, Esq., Northwood, Middlesex, September 28th, iqii : 



" I find that I have never forwarded 2s. for your loyely 

 Catalogue you sent me some weeks since. It would be 

 cheap at five times the price, and I sincerely regret the over- 



sight." 



KELWAY & SON, Langport, Somerset 



THE MODERN HERBACEOUS 

 BORDER.— Full particulars and prices of Kelway 

 Borders packed, arranged for planting, to flower in tastefu 

 schemes of colour, from— KELWAY & SON, The Royal 



Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. " — Palace, W., 



December 28th, 191 1 (the year of great drought). Ihe new 

 herbaceous border has done extremely well—much better 

 than Her Royal Highness anticipated." 



HRYSANTHEMUM S.— Descriptive 



_^ Catalogue of choice up-to-date varieties and novelty 



list for 1912, sent free. Apply 



H. W. THORP, Durn ngton, Worthing. 



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New Phloxes. 



GUNN & SONS were Awarded a Silver 

 Cup at the Great Show at Olympia. New Lists 

 now ready. Address : Olton, Warwickshire. 



DICKSONS Horticultural Manure & other 

 high-class Fertilizers; also Dicksons Improved 

 Mushroom Spawn. Priced Circulars free on application to 

 DICKSONS, Royal Seed Ware houses & Nurseries, Chester 



f^ REENHOUSE PAINTING &GLAZING 



\T " Vitrolite" superior to White Lead Painty/- per gall. 

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

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



Agents throughout the country. 



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. „.. , o , 



(Dept. A), R. H. BATH, Ltd. , The Floral Farms, W i sbech. 



C ROLL'S ROSES.— Catalogues now ready, 

 and post free on application. 

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



LAXTON'S NEW SEED CATALOGUE 

 for iqi2, descriptive and fully illustrated, including 

 grand new " Laxtonian Pea," and many other novelties, 



gratis on application. D , f . 



LAXTON BROS., Seed Merchants, Bedford. 



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ARDEN PESTS.— Cross's " Clubicide 



m ■ is the Gardeners' Insurance against damage by 

 Eelworm, Wireworm, Slugs, Maggot, and all ^ease- 

 Germs and Insect Pests. Kills all harmful Bacteria, 

 reinvigorates the soil, stimulates plant Me. In is. 

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

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



IN POTS. 



Muscat 



We 



FRUITING VINES 

 of Alexandria, and leading Market varieties 

 make Vines a speciality. 



G. COLEMAN, The Vineries, Burgess Hill, Sus-ex. 



THE COMING OF THE SPRING reminds 

 you of the importance of sowing the Best Seeds. 

 These are John K. King & Sons', grown on their great 

 Essex Seed Farms. 



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HE COMING OF THE SPRING — 



Send for John K. King & Sons' Manual of Gardening 

 for iqi2, the best Seed Book of the year, replete with 

 cultural instructions, charming illustrations, and correct 

 descriptions-post free on application. 

 JOHN K. KING & SONS, Seed Growers to H.M. The King, 



Coggeshall, Essex. 



