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No. 1,309.— Vol. LI. 



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SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1912. 



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For CONTENTS see page 19. 



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Sow Now Under Glass* 



EBBS' Seld. AILSA CRAIG ONION. 



is. and 2S. 6d. per packet, post free. 

 Awarded First Prize, Great Shrewsbury 

 Floral Fete, 1911, open to the Kingdom. 



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EBBS' HARBINGER DWARF BEAN 



2s. 6d. per quart, post free. Mr. H. E. 

 . Mill ward, Gardener to Mrs, Macdonald, 

 writes: — " Webbs' Harbinger is a grand 

 forcing Bean, and invaluable for early 

 supplies/'— WEBB & SONS, The King's 

 * Seedsmen, Wordsley, Stourbridge. 



BARR'S SEED GUIDE FOR xgiacontains 

 a select List of the best VEGETABLES, and the 

 most beautiful ANNUALS and PERENNIALS forGarden 

 and Greenhouse, including many fane Novelties of Sterling 

 Merit. Sent free on application. 



BARR&SUNS, 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 trom 

 Surbiton to Taplow), sent post free on application. 

 BARR & SONS, n, 12 & i3,King St„Covent Garden, London. 



DICKSONS Horticultural Manure & other 

 high-class Fertilizers; also Dicksons Improved 

 M ushroom Spawn. Priced Circulars free on application to 

 DICKSONS, Royal Seed Warehouses & Nurseries, Chester 



rilSHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 



\J 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. 



THE Popularity of "XL ALL" Specialities 

 ™,h; » ncrea f es u every year. All gardeners proclaim that 

 nothing equals these celebrated preparations "XL ALI' 

 NICOTINE VAPORISING CoVoUND%he gaTdeners' 

 favourite Fumigant, both Liquid and Cake "XI 'AT T •■ 



ni£° TI ,l N £ IN ?ECTICIDE q WASH for SyringLt^p 

 ping and Dressing Fruit Trees and Plants; Mealy Bug" 

 Scale, etc., cannot exist where this is used "XT ATT - 

 INSECTICIDE WASH B (sine NicotSeK'sl no^poLn 



S£ n?h° n the Market ' r No licenc « required P to se" 

 ™«' ^° ther P. re P aratlons of great renown, both poison- 

 pus and non-poisonous, are :— "XL ALL" WEED KIT T PR 

 "XL ALL/' FERTILISER, "XL ALL" WINTER WASH 

 for Fruit Trees, RICHARDS' BANDING GREASE etc 



for R irffi t0 aSk y n Ur Nurseryman, Seedsman or Flor si 

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



Manufacturer, 23 4, Borough High Street, London, Se' 



ORDER TRELLIS-WORK NOW.-Get 

 .. , ^. b , ook cn Trellis. work, showing Screens Wall 



W M - DUNCAN TUCKER & SONS, 

 r~f. u 'V ? 7 ' Cannon Street, London, E.C • Work* 

 I ottenham. Conservatories, Winter Gardens; Vineries' 

 Peac^house^Port^ I e B uildings, etc. Caul ogue gratTs ' 



~RUITING VINES IN POTS.-Muscat 



•ke Vh^TS&l^ ****** M * rket Varieties ' We 

 O : _C0LEMa n^ The Vineries, Burgess Hill, Susses. 



UTO "SHREDS FUMIGANT kills LeaT 



I.™ SfffOffl [ToZ 5 5 g 6 r d eenh0 



WM. DARLINGTON & SONS,' Pa 



. frames. 

 No apparatus. 



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Sow Now Under Glass. 



UTTON'S FORCING FRENCH 



BREAKFAST RADISH. 



Mr. H. Arlett, Upper Shirley, 

 writes: — "Your Forcing French 

 Breakfast Radish is the earliest I have 

 ever grown. I sowed on a gentle hot- 

 bed February nth, and pulled the first 

 Radishes on March nth." 



Per ounce, 8d.; Pint, 3s. 6d., post free. 



SUTTON & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 

 _____ READING. 

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TT UTS FOR THE GARDEN. — Fruit 



X_L Rooms, Potting Sheds, Workshops, Cycle Houses, 

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

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

 BQULTQN & PAUL, Ltd., Norwi ch. 



LPINES AND PERENNIALS. rI^ 



Rhododendrons and other Shrubs, Daffodils and 

 ous Plants; Construction of Rockeries. Catalogues ready 

 ___^__ G. REUTHE, Keston, Kent. 



UNYARD'S 



CATALOGUES. 



free on application. 



TjlRUIT 



TREES AND VINES. 



HRUBS AND CONIFERS. 



OSES AND OTHER 



CLIMBERS, 



in Pots. 



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ERBACEOUS & AQUATIC PLANTS 



for Autumn planting. 



f^ EORGE BUNYARD & CO., Ltd., 



VT Royal Nurseries, Maidstone. Established 1796. 



ELLS' CATALOGUE 0~F 



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. 



VV. 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. 



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. 



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. 



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BATH'S SELECT SEEDS.— New I II us- 

 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. 



Patentees, Hackney, N.E. 



(GARDEN PESTS.— Cross's " Clubicide " 

 ~f is the Gardeners' Insurance against damage by 

 Eelworm, Wireworm, Slugs, Maggot, and all Disease 

 Germs and Insect Pests. Kills all harmful Bacteria, 

 reinvigorates the soil, stimulates plant life. In is. 

 flasks and £-ga!l. and 1 gall, drums. From all Seedsmen. 

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



For Advertisement Charges see page vi. 



KELWAY'S "Manual of Horticulture" is 

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



, Esq., Northwood, Middlesex, September 28th, 1911: 



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

 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 narticulars and prices of Kelway 

 Borders packed, arranged for planting, to flower in tasteful 

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



Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. M Palace, VV., 



December 28th, 191 1 (the vearof great drought). The new 

 herbaceous border has done extremely well — much better 

 than Her Royal Highness anticipated." 



THE BEST OF ALPINES, and new and 

 old-fashioned Perennials, Rock Gardens, Borders, 

 Water Gardens, and Wild Gardens designed and planted. 

 IllustratedCatalogues(free), of Hardy Plants,Trees, Shrubs, 

 Roses, and C nbers. — THE GUILDFORD HARDY 

 PLANT .NURSERY, Guildford. 



N URSERYMEN. — THE NEW 



PATENT MULTI-DIBBER. Indispensable to 

 ail who raise seedlings in boxes, frames, or in the open 

 ground. Send for special list with prices. 



BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., Norwich. 



HRYSANTHEMUM S.— Descriptive 



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

 list for 1912, sent free. Apply 



H. W. THORP, Durrington, Worthing. 



JOHN McKERCHAR has posted his Seed 

 Catalogue for 1912 to all his customers. Another 

 copy will be sent on application to any who may not yet 

 have received one. 

 1 35» Giesbach Road, Upper Holloway, London, N. 



New Phloxes. 



GUNN & SONS were Awarded 

 Cup at the Great Show at Olympia. 

 now ready. Address: Olton, Warwickshire. 



a Silver 



New Lists 



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, Safifron Walden. 



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ITCHIE'S SWEET PEAS.— Uni- 



versally acknowledged to be the best procurable ; 

 Exhibition collection, containing the best 12 Spencers, 

 viz., Asta Ohn, Clara Curtis, Edna Unwin, Elsie 

 Herbert, Gladys Burt, Jno. Ingman, Marj. Linzee, 

 Maud Holmes, Mrs. Sykes, Mrs. Breadmore, Prince 

 Asturias, Tennant Spencer, 30 seeds each, 2s. 6d., post 

 free ; Sweet Pea list free on request. — 



A. S. RITCHIE & CO., Seedsmen, Belfast. 



ri REENHOUSE PAINTING &GLAZING 



44 Plast 



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



Agents throughout the country. 



M Vitrolite" superior to White Lead Paint, 9/- per gall, 

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



C ROLL'S ROSES— Catalogues now ready, 

 and post free on application, 

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



SMUNDA for Orchids. — Consignments 



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



SANDER & SONS, St. Albans, 



