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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE, 



[February 10, 1912. 



SALES BY AUCTION. 



Monday, Wednesday and Friday next. 



MONDAY and FRIDAY NEXT, FEBRUARY 12th and 

 16th, at 12 o'Clock. — A choice assortment of Hardy 

 Perennials and Herbaceous Plants, Lily of Valley, 

 Spiraeas, Iris, Paeonies, &c, Japanese Liliums, 

 Gladiolus, Begonias, and other Hardy Bulbs. 



At 1.30 o'Clock.— 1,500 ROSES, Standard, Dwarf, 

 Climbing, &c, also Fruit Trees in variety, Azaleas 

 and Rhododendrons. 



WEDNESDAY NEXT, FEBRUARY 14th, at 12 o'Clock. 

 — Japanese Liliums in large variety, Begonias, 

 Gloxinias, Gladiolus, Lily of Valley, Iris, Carna- 

 tions, Pinks, &c, Herbaceous and Rock Plants, 

 and Perennials. 



-At 1.30 o'Clock. — 3,000 ROSES, English, French, and 

 Dutch grown, Standards, Dwarfs, Climbers, &c, 

 Standard, Pyramidal, and other Fruit Trees. 



At 5 o'Clock. — 100 lots of Ornamental and Decorative 

 Palms and Plants, Azaleas indica and mollis, 

 Rhododendrons, Aspidistras, Standard Bays, &c 

 from Belgium, also Stove and Greenhouse Plants. 



-\f ESSRS. PROTHEROi: & MORRIS 



^.?J_ will SELL the above by AUCTION at their 

 Central Sale Rooms, 67 and 68, Cheaps ide, E.C. On 



view mornings of Sale and Catalogues had. 



Rose Trees, Shrubs, Fruit Trees, 



Lilies, Perennials* 



MR. J. C. STEVENS. begs to announce 

 that his Sales by Auction are held every 



MONDAY and WEDNESDAY, at 12-30 



Catalogues post free. 



Lots purchased, packed and forwarded to all parts. 



STEVENS' AUCTION ROOMS, 



(Established 150 years), 

 38, King Street, Covent Garden, London, WC. 



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OSE TREES. — Sales every Tuesday, 



Wednesday, and Friday of Roses, Shrubs, Lilies, 

 Gladioli, &c, at Moorgate Auction Rooms, 23 and 25, 

 Moornelds, E.C. (near Moorgate Street Station). Cata- 

 logues post free. 



BUSINESSES FOR 



<&c. 



through 



FOR IMMEDIATE SALE, 

 death of proprietor, LEASEHOLD MARKET 

 NURSERY, of about a£ acres; 1,150 feet run of well- 

 heated glasshouses in full working order, stocked with 

 a grand lot of Strawberries in pots ready for forcing 

 and stock Chrysanthemums; one minute from station; 

 10 miles from Covent Garden. — For full particulars, 

 app'y TUBBS, " Avondale," Southwood Road, New 

 Klth am, K ent. . 



NURSERY FOR SALE; 1,450"" feet 

 run of glass; practically new; well heated; good 

 house, packing shed, stable, &c. — Particulars, apply, 

 J .W. C, 12, Five Wents Cottage, Swanky, Kent. 



PENRITH (Main line, London and 

 North-We stern Railway).— For Sale, owing to ill- 

 "health of proprietor, a genuine NURSKRY, MARKET 

 GARDEN, and FLORIST'S BUSINESS, with or with- 

 out shop in town ; established 60 years ; grounds of 

 about seven acres; one mile from town; five glass- 

 houses, practically new, modern heating apparatus ; 

 quantity of frames; varied and general stock of grow- 

 ing plants, florists' r:quisites, 5c. ; shop in central 

 position; total valuation, ;£ 1,500; offers invited for 

 quick sale ; splendid opportunity for energetic man 

 ■with moderate capital. — Full particulars from THORN- 

 BORROW & CO., St. Andrew's C hurchyard, Penrith. 



SEED, FLORAL, BULB, SUNDRIES 

 BUSIN'ESS for Sale; stock at valuation; rent 

 £45; Salop; price about ^160.— J. J., Box 13, 41, Well- 

 ington Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 



FLORIST'S BUSINESS (Midland re- 

 sort); splendid central situation; main thorough- 

 tare ; Stock at cost ; low figure ; genuine ; every investi- 

 gation.— N. A., Box 19, 41, Wellington Street, Covent 

 Oard en, W.C. 



FLORIST, SEEDSMAN, &c market 

 town; South of England; old established; low 

 rent ; giving up owing to family bereavement ; stock, 

 fixtures, &c, ^no; furniture could also be taken over, 

 cheap, if desired.—" BUSINESS," Box 17, 41, Welling- 

 ton Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 



v SALE. — A practically newly- 



erected NURSERY of about 1,000 feet run of 

 glass; all produce can be sold locally; within six miles 

 Covent Garden; low price for quick sale.— NURSERY, 

 Bpx 16, 41, Wellington Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 



FREEHOLD NURSERY in rising- 

 residential district Middlesex, comprising 4^ acres 

 land and 15 large glasshouses (well-heated) ; price, in- 

 cluding freehold land, glasshouses, outbuildings, &c, 

 together with Fruit trees, £3,400; part can remain.— 

 Apply, WILLIAM AUBREY & CO., Nurserymen's 

 Agents, io, Duke Street, Charing Cross, London. 



LOUCESTERSHIRE.— For imrae- 



diate sale, owner going abroad, capital little busi- 

 ness of a NURSERYMAN and FRUIT DEALER; 

 rental £26 a year, including house and stabling ; ingoing 

 about £60 ; good opportunity for a man willing to work 

 and increase business ; established about 14 years. — 

 Apply, CORNELIUS & BOULTER, Auctioneers, Chel- 

 tenham. 



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PUBLISHERS' NOTICES. 



KYNOCH'S "Wild Flowers of Bar- 

 mouth," fourth edition, including Salwey's Scarce 

 List, Habitats and Notes, published 1863, pp. 50, price 

 6d.— J. KYNOCH, 8, Colhge Road, Brighton. 



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IRISH GARDENING," monthly; 

 illustrated; 3s. per annum, post free; SIR F. W. 

 MOORE'S account of his recent visit to the United 

 States, dealing with Parks, Gardens, and Orchards, 

 commenced in the January No. Published at 53, Upper 

 Sackville Street, Dublin. 



THE 



HORTICULTURAL 



for 1912. 



1/3 post free. \ 



DIRECTORY 



(53rd year). 



V Cloth Bound, 2/6. 



AN UP-TO-DATE WORK OF REFERENCE. 



A complete Register of the 



Principal Nurserymen, Seedsmen, &c- 



Mansions, their Occupiers and Head Gardeners. 

 Horticultural Builders, Engineers, Sundriesmen, &c 



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Offices: Journal of Horticulture, 4, Mitre Court, 



Fleet Street, London, E.C. 



NOTICES. 



Minehead Urban District Council 



TO LANDSCAPE GARDENERS 



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HE Minehead Urban District Council 



JL invite COMPETITIVE DESIGNS for LAYING 

 OUT the BLENHEIM MEADOWS at MINEHEAD 

 as a PUBLIC PARK and PLEASURE GROUND. 



Plan of the site and conditions may be obtained from the 

 undersigned on deposit of five shillings, which sum will 

 be returned on receipt of bona-fide designs in accordance 

 with the conditions. 



A Premium of £10 10s. (subject as stated in the condi- 

 tions) is offered by the Council for the best design, and 

 the design in respect of which such premium may be 

 awarded shall become the property of the Council. 



Designs, &c, enclosed in a sealed package, as directed in 



the conditions, and endorsed " Blenheim Meadows, 1 ' are to 



be sent to the undersigned on or before the 26th day of 

 February, 1912. 



Dated this 17th day of January, 1912. 



By order, 



L. C. WEBBER-INCLEDON, Clerk. 

 16, Park Street, Minehead. 



PLANTS, &o 



WANTED 



WANTED, large KENTIA PALMS, 

 from 5 feet to 25 feet in height ; large, well- 

 coloured Dracaenas and Crotons, also Aspidistras ; for 

 cash or exchange.— ROBERT GREEN (191 1), LTD., 28, 

 Crawford Street, London , W. 



WANTED, BOX EDGING; good 

 stuff. — Sample and price per running yard to 



WM. HADDOW, Parkwood Cottage, Englefield Gre^n, 

 Surrey. 



ANTED, IRIS.— A large quantity 



of good varieties of either Germanica, Beard- 

 less, or Oncocylus.— A. COBB, Duffryn Gardens, near 



Cardiff. 



WANTED, a quantity of rough 

 boards about 1 foot wide, any length, cheap. — 

 PERRYS Hardy Plant Farm, Enfield. 



PLANTS, &o 



SALE. 



PERPETUAL CARNATIONS.— Our 



J- 1911 Illustrated Catalogue free. Read our 

 Cultural Treatise" is.-YOUNG & CO., Carnation 

 Specialists, Hatherley, Cheltenham. 



UTHBERT'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, Middl 



PERPETUA L-FLOVVERING or 

 American Tree Carnations ; strong, healthy Guern- 

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

 per ioo, carriage forward ; ask for catalogue, 7s 

 varieties, with full directions.— 



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



ERBENAS.— The best sorts are 



Miss Willmott (pink), Princess of Wales (deep 

 blue), Queen of Whites, King of Scarlets, and Lovely 

 Blue (light blue); clean, healthy, strong young plants; 

 carriage paid; 10s. per 100, cash.— H. DTJDDE'RIDGE, 

 The Dorset Nurseri es, Blandford. 



p E R PETUA L TR EXCAVATIONS; 



i best varieties, Strong, young plants out of small 



pots, 20s. 100; good lowering plants in 5-inch pots, 

 tcs. 6d. doz.— G. S. EVANS, F.R.H.S., Carnation 

 Specialist, Bexley Heath. 



EGOXIAS, 



choice 



Liliu 



ms 



named Achimenes, Cannas, Iris, Montbretias' 

 Arums, Gladioli, Gloxinias, Spiraeas, Tritomas, Hippe- 

 astrums, Kerr's strain, 15s. doz. ; choice named ditto 

 5s. ; catalogue free.— ELLISON, 45, West B romwich ' 



AURATUM LILY, special shipn^ 

 large bulbs, n inches to 13 inches round, is. 3d. 

 each, 6s. for six, 10s. doz., £4 100; Lily Valleys, fine 

 crowns, 2s. 6d. 100, 21s. 1,000; Tuberoses, is. 6d., 2s. 

 doz., ios., 12s. 6d. 100. — EL LISON, 45, West Bromwich 



PEDIGREE VEGETABOTSEEDS; 

 choice flower seeds, English grown Sweet Peas 

 recommended by N.S.P. Soc., all at reasonable prices. 

 I give you the value in seeds, not in elaborate catalogues 

 and large adverts.— ELLISON, 45, West Bromwich. 



ERNS ! FERNS ! !— Tree, Climbing, 



Basket, Stove, Greenhouse, and Garden Fei ; 

 catalogues free.— SMITH, London Fern Nurseries', 

 Loughboro' Junction, London, S.W. 



ETTUCE FOR FORCING.— Cos, 



Paris Grey, Cabbage, Little Gott; twice trans- 

 planted; 2s. 4<i. per 100; carriage paid.— Miss MOORE, 

 Tiptree, Essex. 



CUT FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE. 

 A. W. REDFORD, Wholesale Bulb Grower, 

 Stevenage, offers choice Daffodils, Narcissus, and Tulips 

 in variety daily ; boxes free ; price lists forwarded on 

 application. 



CIORDON PEARS; well-spurred fruit- 

 s ing trees, 6 to 8 feet ; varieties and prices on 

 application.— WILL TAYLOR, Hampton, Middlesex. 



ARDEN FERNS, 20s. 100.— Cycla- 



men, Genistas, Acacias, Ericas, Palms, Begonias, 

 Crotons, Dracaenas ; catalogues free. — SMITH, London 

 Fern Nurseries, Loughboro' Junction, London, S.W. 



M ISC ELLA NEO US. 



TURF, suitable for Lawns, Bowling 

 Greens, &c. ; a quantity of splendid old turf for 

 sale ; cheap on rail. — Sample and price, HOLMES, 

 Station Road, Let chworth. 



FOR Garden BIRCH BROOMS, 

 selected Hazel, Sweet Pea sticks, and thatching 

 Heather for summer houses, &c. — Apply to JOHN 

 APPLETON & SONS, Birches, Baughurst, Hants. 



PROTECT FRUIT BLOSSOM from 

 frost. Our Scrim will do this well, and repay its 

 modest cost in one frosty night. Later on, it will come in 

 for shading exhibition sweet peas, greenhouses, etc., and 

 also make excellent soft catching net in the peach house. 

 Price, 2jd. per sq. yd. 36 in. and 72 in. widths stocked. 



f^l REENTWIST.— The neatest and handiest 

 ~F tying material for the garden, 3 balls (about 600 feet 

 each), is. id., postpd. Special quality for greenhouse use, 

 in patent pocket tubes, 2 tubes (about 550 feet each), is. id., 

 post pd. Descriptive Lists post free, 



ROBERTSON IRELAND & CO., Dundee. 



F EXCELLENT ROCKERY STONE. 

 ~A — Yellowish, weathers to light grey, delivered on 

 rail (Bitton, M.R.), us. per ton.— Apply, J. S. PARKER, 

 U pton House, Bitton. , 



iPHAGNUM-MOSS. 



and clean 



Head Gardener, 



Grange, Honiton, can supply any quantity ; good 

 " 2S. per bushel. 



The 



SEVEN BLANCHARD'S LAMPS lor 

 sale ; good order ; cost £7 each. — Apply at 245- 

 Hoxton Street, Hoxton, N. 



ARDENERS' strong- blue Serge 



Aprons, with or without bibs, is. nd., post free, 

 best quality, 2s. 6d., post free; satisfaction guaranteed 

 or money refunded.— R. E. DAVIES, Clothier, ^^ 

 Sq uare, Bishop s Castle, Salop . 



OFFERS wanted for Wright's "Fruit 

 Growers' Guide" in three volumes; cost £3 &'* 

 good as new ; also Chrysanthemum outfit, including 

 five dozen spring Thorpe tub?s, 24 long tubes for ?et *J^ 

 up, good brush and tweezers in case. — G. WADESOV 

 Doveridge, Derby. . 



THOMPSON T S" TT ~Gardeners' Assis- 

 tant," six vols., cost 48s.; Cassell's "Popular 



Gardening," four vols., cost 24s. ; accept half price or 

 offer; urgent.— TED. CONWAY, Barnham, Bognor. 



TREE CARNATIONS. 



Strong Plants in small pots now ready. 



E. J, WOOTTEN, Fairoak, EASTLEIGH-_ 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



70,000 Rooted Plants in Feb,, 600 up-to-date 

 vars.for Exhibition, Decoration, Single and tariy 



Flowering. 



Are finest vars. in Commerce. Purchaser's selection from 

 2/~ per dozen. Descriptive Catalogue post free. 



H. WOOI MAN F.N.C.S., Shirley. Dr. Birmingham 





CHARLESWORTH & CO. 



HAVWARDS HEATH, SUSSEX, 



ORCHID SPECIALISTS, 



IMPORTERS, EXPORTERS, RAISERS & GROWERS. 



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