Gardeners' Chronicle— February 17, 1912.. 



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No. 1, 312. — Vol. LI. 



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Ear For CONTENTS see page 97. 



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"GOLD MEDAL" COLLEC- 

 TIONS OF VEGETABLE SEEDS.— 

 Best value obtainable. Arranged to 

 produce a constant supply of delicious 

 Vegetables throughout the year. Ex- 

 cellent selec ion. 



63s. Collection contains 

 42s. 



21s. 



12s. 6d. 



ios.6d. Special Exhibitors' Collection con- 

 tains 32 varieties to grow for exhibition. 



Carriage Free, 

 Contents on Application. 



EBB & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 



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107 varieties. 



66. 



45 ,, 



25 „ 



LILIES, 



ARR'S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER 



__ . SEEDS of finest selected strains and tested growth. 

 Descriptive Catalogue, with Cultural Note?, free. 



ARR'S BEAUTIFUL 



wTTw.c 1 '^ 01 ^ MONTBRETIAS, CANNAS, TIG- 

 ni uir.'c^KJo 01, S P nn « Panting. Special Catalogue free. 

 BARR & SONS, 11,12 & i3. King St.,Covent Garden, London. 



B ARR'S REMOVAL SALE OF HARDY 

 „. ri PL . AN TS.— Clearance List of surplus plants at 

 grsatly reduced prices (prior to removal of nurseries from 

 Surbiton to Taplow), post free. 

 BARR & SON S, n, ia & n.King St.,Covent Garden, London. 



TO NURSERYMEN. — THE NEW 

 a ii „v*A TEN T MULTI-DIBBER. Indispensable to 



ground r |' S nH S f eedhn ^ n ,. bo «s, frames, or in the open 



ground. Send for special list with prices. 



. BOULTON & PAUL. Ltd.. Nnrwi.h 



(^.ISHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 



fe y th winoiish G,sh G ri n ftr ke ^^ dry ia a » ^-" 

 ^EspAT^^ir C o. LTD .. London . 



SMUNDA for Orchids.— Consignments 



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THE Popularity, of "XL ALL" Specialities 

 increases every vear All mr £Z„ ^ , . alltles 



nothing equals these cellbrat^H ^ ." erS V"* ] ™*a that 



NICOTINE VAPORISING Cf?M Jnnvn 5 '., XL ALL " 

 favourite FumiganY, both i LimS K U ^?' th ? liners' 



for Richlrds- smaU pfok 1iL ma ?» Se fS»s<*an or Florist 



UNYARD'S 



CATALOGUES. 



R I fTf — TDcr? 1 — L free on appli cation'. 



KUil . TREKS AND VINEST~ 



W j bs~an3"TconifersT" 



JKOSES—AND-Ol-HER CLIMBERS; 

 R^O^GFr-BimYA^D- J p^T L£ T^^' 



IT RoyaLNurseries. Maidstone. E^buSs ,£ TD " 



UTTON'S WHITE GEM CELERY. 



Per packet, is. and is. 6d., post free. 

 Mr. C. H. Hagram, Gardener to W. 

 H. Norris, Esq., writes : — "I shall never 

 attempt to grow any other Celery than 

 your White Gem. For earliness, crisp- 

 . ness, and good flavour, it is unequalled." 



UTTON & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



READING. . 



DOUGLAS'S CARNATIONS & PINKS, 

 border and perpetual, are noted all over the world. 

 5 Gold Medals, R.H.S., 450 Medals and Cups. Newest and 

 best varieties at most reasonable prices, all ready for 

 planting or potting on. Finest hand fertilized seed only 

 sold. Carnation and Picotee seed, all types, is. 6d, to 2s. 6d. 

 packet. Auricula, Pink, Polyanthus, finest strain in exist- 

 ence, all 1911 fine crop, now ready for sowing. Send for 

 catalogue, Edenside, Gt. Bookham. 



CLARK'S GARDEN SHEARS (Patent). 

 — The most ingenious garden invention. Holds in 

 position the object to be cut, and stops it slipping away. 

 Marvellous value at 5s. per pair. Send P.O. to-day to 

 W. CLARK, Limited, 2, Stourcliffe Street, London, W. 



UTO SHREDS FUMIGANT kills Le^ 



mining maggot, insects in greenhouses, frames. For 

 1,000 cubic feet, 6d. ; io,ooo, 3s. 6d. No apparatus. 

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



ALTERS & CO., Morland Rd., Croydon, 



Makers of Lath Roller Greenhouse Blinds ; 

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

 Established over 20 years. Catalogues free. 



New Phloxes. 



GUNN & SONS were Awarded 

 Cup at the Great Show at Olympia. 

 now ready. Address: Olton, Warwickshire. 



a Silver 



New Lists 



ALPINES & HERBACEOUS PLANTS, 

 —Himalayan and other rare Rhododendrons, rare 

 Shrubs, Construction of Rockeries. Catalogues ready, 

 G. REUTHE, Keston, Kent. 



LISSADELL ALPINE& HERBACEOUS 

 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. 



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

 3T 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 J-gall. and 1 gall, drums. From all Seedsmen. 

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



T>OULTRYand KENNEL APPLIANCES 



JL of every description. Write for latest Catalogue 



free on application. 



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 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. 



VENUE TREES, large girth, 10 by 12, 



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

 Enquiries solicited. 



HARGREAVES, Sunnyside, Lancaster. 



&c. 



WM. DUNCAN TUCKER & SONS, 

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

 Tottenham. Conservatories, Winter Gardens, Vineries, 

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



For Advertisement Charges see page viii. last issue. 



KELWAY'S "Manual of Horticulture" is 

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



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



" I 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. 



"TVT.OW is the time to plant Kelway's Del- 



1^1 phiniums — fine, bold upstanding plants with a wealth 

 of bloom in all shades of blue and purple. They are from 

 strong country-grown stocks, and flourish under almost all 



conditions. From , Esq., . Ravenscourt Park* 



London, W. : "The Delphiniums you sent me some years 

 ago have been a great success, and have been much, 

 admired." Choice named collections 15s., 24s., 34s., 56s. a 

 dozen.— KELWAY & SON, The Royal Horticulturists* 

 Langport, Somerset. 



POTS, 



FRUITING VINES IN 

 of Alexandria, and leading Market varieties, 

 make Vines a speciality. 



Muscat 



We 



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



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. 



AVENDER. — Common, Giant and Dutch* 



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3s. per dozen, 21s. per 100; alsolthe dwarf Compact 

 variety, 5s. per dozen, 35s. per 100, and the White flowered, 

 very sweet-scented, 7s. 6d. per doz., 55s. per 100. — THE 

 GUILDFORD HARDY PLANT NURSERY, Guildford. 



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. 



HRYSANTHEMUM S.— Descriptive 



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

 list for 1912, 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. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 

 W. INNES STUCKEY, Landscape Gardener, 

 Piccadilly Mansions, Piccadilly Circus, W. (With the late 

 Mr. H. E. Milner). 



DICKSONS Horticultural Manure & other 

 high-class Fertilizers; also Dicksons Improved 

 Mushroom Spawn. Priced Circulars free on application to 

 DICKSONS, Royal Seed Warehouses & Nurseries, Chester 



HE 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. ^ 



THE COMING OF THE SPRING. 

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

 for 



cultural 



descriptions— post free on application. 



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



Coggeshall, Essex. 



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. 



1912, the best Seed Book of the year, replete with 

 ural instructions, charming illustrations, and correct 



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