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313.— Vol. LI 



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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 191 



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For CONTENTS see page 113. 



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EBBS' 



PINK" 



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Floral Novelties for 1912. 



"PERFECTION 



ASTER. — A mid-season variety of a 

 distinct new beautiful blush pink colour. 

 Height 2 to 2% feet. Per packet, 2s. 6d.; 

 smaller packet is., post free. 



EBBS' "SCARLET QUEEN" 



ANTIRRHINUM.— A fine new colour 

 in the class of the tall, large-flowering 

 Antirrhinums. Flowers of a bright 

 cinnabar red, with a yellow blotch on 

 the under lip. Per packet, is., post 

 free. — WEBB & SONS, Wordsley, 

 Stourbridge. 



GARDEN PESTS.— Cross's " Clubicide " 

 is the Gardeners' Insurance against damage by 

 t-etworm, 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 i gall, drums. From all Seedsmen. 

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



AUTO SHREDS FUM1GANT kills LeaT 

 mining maggot, insects in greenhouses, frames. For 

 II??? £. u . blc feet ' 6d - ; 10,000, 3s. 6d. No apparatus. 

 WM. DARLINGTON & S ONS, Patenteesf&ackn^N.E. 



GIZTI New Phloxes. 



UNN & SONS were Awarded a Silver 

 Cup at the Great Show at Olympia. New Lists 

 now_ready^ Address : O lton, Warwickshire. 



ALPINES & HERBACEOUS PLANTS; 

 ^hr, K~J? lma,aya . n and other rare Rhododendrons, rare 

 Stirubs, Construction of Rockeries. Catalogues ready. 



- G. REUTHE, Keston, Kent. ? 



T i IS u, ADELL ALPINE & HERBACEOUS 



sSlTrwJ ^ L .A N Tb.— Write for our new illustrated and 

 ZdemtP nr ' containing many beautiful novelties at 

 modeiate prices. Also Ust of Seeds collected from above 



J^_COOP ER, Lissadell (No. 3 ), Sligo, I reland. 



TAOUGLAS'S CARNATIONS & PINKS, 



5Gold M /£u^P? petual . , , are noted a11 over the world. 



belt variS" * ,S " 45 ° Medals and Cups - Newest and 

 p'antina or no,* m ° St r l asonab ' e P rices . a " ready for 

 sold &?L?- otNn « J "- F'nest hand fertilized seed only 



paclet Aur c ,l an p- Wf &eed ,> Mt J pes ' IS " 6d - t0 2S - 6d ^ 

 ence all t I J,a ' Plnk ' Pol yanthus, finest strain in exist- 



jgg axoa. for sowing - send f - 



LARK^S GARDEN SHEARS (Patent). 



position th»nhiL S \ '"^nious garden invention. Holds in 

 M»™?ru e ol V ect t0 be cut ' and st °P s ^ slipping away. 

 WCLA^TKVs. per pair. Send P.6. to^to 

 ^^i^gK, Limi ted, 2, Stourcliffe Stre et, London, W 



T.ANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



pkr„vii J NN ! ES STUCKEY, Landscape Gardener 

 KK£r' Piccadilly Circus, W. Whthelat'e 



TVSS?9 NS Horticultural Manure & other 



Slilfhrrmmc S Fertilizers; also Dicksons Improved 



DICKSONS f P uZ n \ / r !, C & Cir , cu,ars f r <* °" application to 

 ^nauiV b, Royal Seed Warehouses & Nurse ries. Chester 



RDEK TRELLIS -WORK NOW.— Get 



prn.1. ^ j c cn Trellis-work, showing Screens Wall 



T H y?u C o? I l IING ° FTP 5 E SPRING ^minds 



ffese Te johnV Tr^TV* ?° Wing the Best Seeds - 

 gggexjgd jfens: g ' gr ° Wn ° n their « reat 



T"iE~COMlNG OF THE SPRING^ 



r ,„,," 1 f °r John K. King & Sons' Manual of Gardening 



JOHN K. K.M; a SON S, Sgt :C^ „ H . u . Tha ^ 



for 



UTTON'S EARLY GEM CARROT. 



Per packet, is., post free. 

 Mr. A. Hobbs, Gardener to E. 

 Woodward, Esq., writes : — " I have had 

 a beautiful crop of your Early Gem 

 Carrot, and consider it one of the best 

 for table use." 



UTTON & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



READING. 



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 F l oral Farms, Wisbech. 



VENUE TREES, large girth, 10 by 12, 



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

 Enquiries solicited. 



HARGREAVES. Sunnyside, Lancaster. 



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M. DUNCAN TUCKER & 



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



SONS, 



mmmm » Works 



Tottenham. Conservatories, Winter Gardens, Vineries) 

 Peach-houses, Portable Buildings, etc. Catalogue g ratis. 



HRYSANTHEMUM S.— Descriptive 



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

 list for 19 12, sent free. Apply 



H. W. THORP, Durrington, Worthing. 



FRUITING VINES IN POTS.— Muscat 

 of Alexandria, and leading Market varieties. We 

 make Vines a speciality. 



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



UTS FOR THE GARDEN. — Fruit 



Rooms, Potting Sheds, Workshops, Cycle Houses, 

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

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

 . BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., Norwich. 



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. 



AVENDER.— Common, Giant and Dutch, 



3s. per dozen, 21s. per 100; also the 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. 



REENHOUSE PAINTING &GLAZING 



" Vitrelite" 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. 



BARR'S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER 

 SEEDS of finest selected strains and tested growth. 

 Descriptive Catalogue, with Cultural Notes, free. 



DARR'S BEAUTIFUL LILIES, 



JL> GLADIOLI, MONTBRETIAS, CANNAS, TIG- 

 RIDIAS, etc. for Spring planting. Special Catalogue free. 

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



ARR'S REMOVAL SALE OF HARDY 



PLANTS.— -Clearance List of surplus plants at 

 greatly reduced prices (prior to removal of nurseries from 

 Surbiton to Taplow), post free. 

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



f± ISHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 



VJT 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. 



For Advertisement Charges see page Yili. 



KELWAY'S "Manual of Horticulture" is 

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



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



M I tind that I have never forwarded 2s. for your lovely 

 Catalogue you sent me some weeks since. It would be 

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

 sight."— KELWAY & SON, Langport, Somerset. 



riIHE MODERN HERBACEOUS 



__L BORDER.— Full particulars and prices of Kelway 

 Borders packed, arranged for planting, to flower in tasteful 

 schemes of colour, from— KEL WAY & SON, The Royal 



Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. From Mr. , 



Bridge of Weir, N.B. : " I desire to inform you that the lot 

 of Herbaceous Plants got from you last Autumn have turned 

 out splendidly, and in every way superior to the much 

 advertised so-called cheaper sorts." 



1VTOW is the time to plant Kelway's Del- 



Xl phiniums— fane, bold upstanding plants with a wealth 

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

 strong country-grown stocks, and flourish under almost all 

 conditions. From , Worcester, Mass.; "Your Del- 

 phiniums have proved to be the finest we ever grew, and 

 for variety of beautiful shades they cannot be excelled." 

 Choice named collections, 15s., 24s., 34s., 56s. a dozen. 



-KELWAY & SON, The Royal Horticulturists, Langport, 

 Somerset. 



UNYARD'S 



CATALOGUES. 



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free on application. 



KUIT TREES AND VINES. 



HRUBS AND CONIFERS. 



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OSES AND OTHER 



CLIMBERS, 



in Pots. 



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ERBACEOUS & AQUATIC PLANTS 



for present planting. 



EORGE BUN YARD & CO., Ltd., 



Royal Nurseries, Maidstone. Established 1796. 



O NURSERYMEN. — THE NEW 



PATENT MULTI-DIBBER. Indispensable to 

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

 ground. Send for special list with prices. 

 ^ BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., Norwich. 



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. 



SMUNDA for Orchids. — Consignments 



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

 SANDER & SONS, St. Albans. 



FT1HE Popularity of "XL ALL" Specialities 



I increases every year. All gardeners proclaim that 

 nothing equals these celebrated preparations. u XL ALL" 

 NICOTINE VAPORISING COMPOUND, the gardeners' 

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

 NICOTINE INSECTICIDE WASH for Syringing, Dip. 

 ping and Dressing Fruit Trees and Plants; Mealy Bug, 

 Scale, etc., cannot exist where this is used. " XL ALL" 

 INSECTICIDE WASH B (sine Nicotine), best non-poison- 

 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" ROSE MANURE, 

 "XL ALL" WINTER WASH for Fruit Trees, 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. 



ITCHIE'S SWEET PEAS.— Uni- 



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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 oa request. — 



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



