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311. — Vol. LI 



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SATUKDAY, FE13RUABY 10, 191 



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4ii Wellington Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 



Telegraphic Address— *' Gardchron. Lsndon." 



Telephone— Qerrard, 1543. 



For CONTENTS see page 81. 



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Sow Now Under Glass. 



EBBS' CHAMPION PRIZE LEEK, 



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



Mr. W. Waterton, Head Gardener to 

 R. H. Comyns, Esq., writes: — " I am 

 pleased to inform you of my success in 

 winning First Prize at the National Vege- 

 table Show, London, tqii, with your New 

 . Champion Prize Leek. It is the best I 

 can find either for exhibition or table use, 

 being very fine grained and of splendid 

 habit." 



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EBB & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 



BARR'S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER 

 SEEDS of finest selected strains and tested growth. 

 Descriptive Catalogue, with Cultural Notes, free. 



DARR'S 



LILIES, 



™w BEAUTIFUL lili^, 



RUMaq 1 ^ 01 ^ MONTBRETIAS, CANNAS, TIG- 



Rarb rf \£&l°' pTl P g P\™ tin g- Special Catalogue free. 

 BARR & SONS, 11, i 2 & i 3 . King St.,Covent Garden, Lond on. 



~ ARR'S REMOVAL SALE OF HARDY 



5?^ivriA AN ^ S-— Cl2 f rance List of su «-P ] us plants at 

 S it™ , ¥ P nC > es (pno / t0 reraoval of nurseries from 



burbiton to Taplow), post free. 



BARR & SONS, 11, i 2 & i 3 ,King St.,Covent Garden. London. 



TO NURSERYMEN. — THElEW 



all whn r^I ENT ,, MU ^ T [- DIBBER - Indispensable to 



ground l. S n^ S f eedllng ^ l , n ,- boxes * f™«nes, or in the open 

 ground. Send for special list with prices. 



. B OULTON & PAUL. Ltd.. Norwich. 



(^.ISHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 



rJ^j,. J i ts soluble Sulphur, &c, has for 40 years cured 

 Shy 6o d J U ^Ur »W' an l U eood f or* w y as a hing un 



IggS^ggNgg^Sg oL,,., London. 



fl LARK'S GARDEN SHEARS (Patent). 



faff ssss s^sisfeM 



rjlHE Popularity of "XL ALL" Specialities 



n^inreSfhlir^elSed^L 8 ^- 5 ^Slt^t 

 NICOTINE VAPOrTsINg%w^mk?^ S v'' XL ALL " 

 favourite Fumigant both , ? i«,Z ^ °a U £?' the gardeners' 



NICOTINE IlfsECTlCiD^WA a SH f^ " XL ALL " 

 P'ng and Dressing Fruit Trees anH p?*. S ' n ^«f Di P- 



ous and non-poisonous are- ««vj a /?"?, T^ both P° ison ' 

 " XL ALL" FERTIMSFR 7. £ L ^t L t L , WEED KILLER, 



for Fruit Trees, RICHARDS' £. a wm m TC TER WASH 

 Don't forget to ask vonrM.Tr? BANDI NG _ GREASE, etc. 

 for Richards' small U JIl ™ e / y . ma ?! Seeds ™n or Florist 

 Manufacturer, zTbI^u^P-. ?' RICHARDS. 



^^^^ 



UNYARD'S 



CATALOGUES, 



free on application. 



KUH^TREE^^ 



™^^ cumbers: 



( i E GroT-BUNY^^ 



\ J Royal Nurseries, Maidstone. 



& CO., Ltd., 



Established 1796. 



UTTON'S DISCOVERY PEA. 



Per pint, 2s. ; quart, 3s. 6d., post free. 

 Mr. M. Nicholls. Gardener to Sir 

 Mark Collet, Bart., writes: M Here on 

 the chalk soil and in a dry season 

 Sutton's Discovery Pea gave grand 

 results. Pods long, mostly in pairs, 

 and plenty of them. Flavour every- 

 thing one could desire, and when grow- 

 ing among other sorts it was a very 

 easy first. Haulm stout and con- 



spicuous. 



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UTTON & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



READING. 



SMUNDA for Orchids.— Consignments 



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

 SANDER & SONS, St. Albans. 



AUTO SHREDS FUMIGANT kills Leaf- 

 mining maggot, insects in greenhouses, frames. For 

 1,000 cubic feet, 6d. ; 10,000, '3s, 6d. No apparatus. 

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



ALTERS & CO., Morland Rd., Cr^d^ 



Makers of Lath Roller Greenhouse Blinds; 

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

 Established over 20 years. Catalogue s free. 



New Phloxes. 



GUNN & SONS were Awarded a Silver 

 Cup at the Great Show at Olympia. New Lists 

 now ready. Address: Olton, Warwick shire. 



ALPINES & HERBACEOUS PLANTS, 

 —Himalayan and other rare Rhododendrons, rare 

 bhrubs, Construction of Rockeries. Catalogues ready. 

 G. REUTHE, Keston, Kent. 



X 1SSADELL ALPINE& HERBACEOUS 



I J PLANTS.— Write for our new illustrated and 

 enlarged List, containing many beautiful novelties at 

 moderate prices. Also List of Seeds collected from above 

 in 1911. 



J. A. COOPER, Lissadell (No. 2), Sligo, Ireland. 



G1ARDEN PESTS.— Cross's » Clubicide " 

 I is the Gardeners' Insurance against damage by 

 Eel worm, Wireworm, Slugs, Maggot, and all Disease 

 Germs and Insect Pests. Kills all harmful Bacteria, 

 reinvigorates the soil, stimulates plant life. In is. 

 flasks and J-gall. and r gall, drums. From all Seedsmen. 

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



RDER TRELLIS- WORK NOW.— Get 



_ our book en Trellis-work, showing Screens, Wall 

 Panels, Window Surrounds, Arches, Arbours, &o.« post free. 



BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., Norwich 



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 Se ed Stores, Reading. 



ATH'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. BAT H, Ltd., The Floral Farms, Wisbech. 



ACKENZIE and MONCUR, Limited, 



Hothouse Builders and Heating Engineers, London, 

 Edinburgh, and Glasgow. By Special Appointment to 

 H.M. The King. 



London Office: 8, CAMDEN ROAD, N.W. 



&c. 



VENUE TREES, large girth, 10 by 12, 



12 by 14 feet. Chestnuts, Sycamore, Limes, Birch, 

 Enquiries solicited. 



HARGREAVES, Sunnyside, Lancaster. 



WM. DUNCAN TUCKER & SONS, 

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

 Tottenham. Conservatories, Winter Gardens, Vineries! 

 Feach-houses, Portable Buildings, etc. Catalogue gratis. ' 



For Advertisement Charges see page viii 



K 



ELWAY'S "Manual of Horticulture" is 



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



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



11 1 tind 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. 



11HE MODERN HERBACEOUS 

 BORDER.— Full particulars and prices of Kelway 

 Borders packed, arranged for planting, to flower in tasteful 

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



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



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

 herbaceous border has done extremely well — much better 

 than Her Royal Highness anticipated." 



NOW is the time to plant Kel way's Del- 

 phiniums—fane, bold upstanding plants wiih a wealth 



ot bioom in all shades of blue and purple. They are from 

 strong country-grown stocks, and flourish under almost all 



conditions. From , Morristown, N.J., U.S.A. : ■• We 



have had clumps of your Larkspurs, enduring frost down 

 to 40 (below zero) F., for ten successive winters. It is 

 true that they have had sometimes a covering of several 

 feet of snow, and sometimes none at all." Choice named 

 collections, 15s., 24s., 34s., 56s. a dozen.— KELWAY & 

 SON, The Royal Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. 



RUITING VINES IN POTS.— Muscat 



of Alexandria, and leading Market varieties. We 

 make Vines a speciality. 



G. COLEMAN, The Vineries, Burgess Hill, Sussex. 



H 



UTS FOR THE GARDEN. 



Fruit 



Rooms, Potting Sheds, Workshops, Cycle Houses, 

 Boot Rooms, Servants' Mess Rooms, Chill. en's Play- 

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



BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., Norwich. 



THE BEST OF ALPINES, and new and 

 old-fashioned Perennials, Rock Gardens, Borders, 

 Water Gardens, and Wild Gardens designed and planted. 

 IllustratedCatalogues(free).— THE GUILDFORD HARDY 

 PLANT NURSERY, Guildford. 



Roses and Herbaceous Plants. 



CI UNN & SONS were awarded the 25 

 JT Guinea Challenge Cup in each collection at the 

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



Address: Olton, Warwickshire. 



HRYSANTHEMUM S.— Descriptive 



Catalogue of choice up-to-date varieties and novelty 

 list for 19 12, sent free. Apply 



H. W. THORP, Durrington, Worthing. 



GREENHOUSE PAINTING &GLAZING 

 11 Vitrolite** superior to White Lead Paint, 9/- per gall. 

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

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



Agents throughout the country. 



LAN 

 w. 



Piccadilly 

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DSCAPE GARDENING. 



INNES STUCKEY, Landscape Gardener, 

 Mansions, Piccadilly Circus, W. (With the late 

 Milner). 



DICKSONS Horticultural Manure & other 

 high-class Fertilizers; also Dicksons Improved 

 Mushroom Spawn. Priced Circulars free on application tc 

 DICKSONS, Royal Seed Warehouses & Nurseries, Chester 



ITCHIE'S SWEET PEAS.— Uni- 



R 



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, Princt 

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

 free ; Sweet Pea list free on request. — 



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



