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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 



[Febkuaby 24, 1912. 



SALES BY AUCTION. 



Monday, Wednesday and Friday next. 



MONDAY and FRIDAY NEXT, February 26th and 

 March 1st, at 12 o'Clock.— Choice 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. 



WEDNESDAY NEXT, February 28th, at 12 o'Clock. 

 —Japanese Liliums in large variety, Begonias, 

 Gloxinias, Gladiolus, Tuberoses, Lily oi Valley, Ins, 

 Carnations, Pinks, &c, Herbaceous and Rock 

 Plants, and Perennials. Peat and Leaf Mould. 



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

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

 Standard, Pyramidal, and other Fruit Trees. 



At s 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. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE & MORRIS 

 will SELL the above by AUCTION at their 

 Central Sale Rooms, 67 and 68, Chcapside, E.C. On 

 view mornings of Sale and Catalogues had. 



Friday Next, March 1st, at 12.45 o'Clock. 



By order of Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher, Ltd., 



A consignment of Cattleya Trianae in fine condition, to- 

 gether with choice cool, intermediate, and hot-house 

 Orchids, from various sources. Orchids in flower 

 and bud. 



ESSRS. PROTHEROE & MORRIS 



will SELL the above by AUCTION, at their 

 Central Sale Rooms, 67 and 68, Cheapside, E.C. 

 view morning of sale and Catalogues had. 



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Bristol. 



MR. JOHN COWAN, of Liverpool, 

 will SELL by AUCTION in the Grand Motel 

 (front Stock Room), Broad Street, Bristol, on Thurs- 

 day, February 29th, 1912, at 12.30, a large and grand 

 collection of Orchids, including numerous specialities 

 and many in flower and showing for flower, also many 

 lots of newly-imported Orchids. On view morning of 

 Sale. Catalogues may be had at the Hotel, or post 

 free from the Liverpool Orchid and Nursery Co. 

 (Cowan'|), Ltd., Gateacre Nurseries, Gateacre, near 

 Liverpool. Telephone : 70 Gateacre. Telegrams : 

 M Cowan, Gateacre." 



ROSE TREES. — Sales every Tuesday, 

 Wednesday, and Friday of Roses, Shrubs, 

 Lilies, Gladioli, &c, at Moorgate Auction Rooms, 23 

 and 25, Moorfields, E.C. (near Moorgate Street 

 Station). Catalogues post free. 



STEYENS' AUCTION ROOMS. 



ESTAB. 1760. 



JESDAY NEXT. 



MONDAY AND W 



MR. I. C. STEYENS will SELL by 

 AUCTION at his rooms, 38, King Street, 

 Covent Garden, London, W.C. At 1.15. — Standard, 

 Dwarf and Climbing Roses, Liliums, &c. At 3 o'clock. 

 — Standard and Half-standard Roses, Standard, 

 Pyramid, and Espalier-trained Fruit Trees, Standard 

 and Pyramid Bay Trees, Box Trees, also Latanias, 

 Kentias, Aspidistras, &c. At 3.45. — Splendid consign- 

 ment of Hybrid Tea and Hybrid Perpetual Roses, 

 including many of the latest varieties. On view morn- 

 ings of Sale. Catalogues on application. Goods 

 purchased, packed and forwarded to all parts. 



ROSE TREES, FRUIT TREES, PERENNIALS, LILIUMS, etc. 



Mr. J. C. STEVENS begs to announce that his 



by AUCTION 



are held every MONDAY and WEDNESDAY at 12.30. 



Cat alogucs post free. 

 Lots purchased, packed, and forwarded to all parts. 



STEVENS' AUCTION ROOMS 



(ESTABLISHED 150 TX1BS), 



38, King St., Covent Garden, London, W.C. 



BUSINESSES FOR SALE, Ac. 



ILLIAM AUBREY & CO., Nur- 



serymen's Agents, 10, Duke Street, Charing 

 Cross, London, offer NURSERY, Surrey ; about acre 

 land, four glasshouses, packing sheds, ,&c. ; good house 

 and cottage let off, leaving rent only £$ 9s. ; price com- 

 plete, £350. 



WILLIAM AUBREY & CO. also 

 offer prosperous FLORIST'S BUSINESS in 

 busy coast resort, Essex ; doing .£2,000 yearly ; two shops 

 in grand positions ; very suitable to add Fruit and 

 Vegetables ; price complete, .£375, or would be sold 

 separately. 



EXCEPTIONAL OFFER TO GAR- 

 deners and others.— Splendid FRUITERERS; 



well situated centre of town; same hands 15 years; 

 Rood home ; sound living ; only £65. — AICHARD, 22, 

 Caversham Road, Reading. 



BUSINESSES TO LET 



TO BE LET OR SOLD.— Compact 

 FREEHOLD NURSERY; cottage; about one 

 acre land; five glasshouses, each 60 feet, all fully 

 heated; Rochford's tubular boiler; large potting shed; 

 withm easy distance Reigate, Redhill.— Particulars, 

 THOMPSON, Hookwood, Horley, Surrey. 



BUSINESS CARDS. 



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GENCY in the U.S. and Canada. 



Mr. H. YOUILL, Financial Secretary, American 

 Gladiolus Society, solicits correspondence from a re- 

 liable house wishing to establish an Agent in the U.S. 

 and Canada.— Address, 538, Cedar Street, Syracuse, 

 N.Y. 



PARTNERSHIPS. 



IMPROVER. — GENTLEMAN, one 

 year and six months' training in large Nursery 

 under Glass, would like place as above; Floral work; 

 might entertain Partnership.— E. R. M., Box 16, 41, 

 Wellington Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 



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, College Road, Brighton. 



Present-Day Gardening. 



Edited by R. Hooper Pearson, Managing Editor of the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle. Now Ready. Post free, 1/9 each. 



Numerous Beautifully Coloured Plates 

 are contained in Each Volume. 



1— Sweet Peas. By Horace J. Wright, late Secretary 

 and Chairman of the National Sweet Pea Society. With 

 Chapter on " Sweet Peas for Exhibition," by Thos. 

 Stevenson. 



2 — Pansies, Violas, and Violets. By William 

 Cuthbertson, J. P., and R. Hooper Pearson. 



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6. 



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10. 



Daffodils. By the Rev. J. Jaco 



Orchids. By James O'Brien, V.M.H., Secretary of 

 the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society. 



Root and .Stem Vegetables. By Alexander Dean, 

 V.M.H., CSairman of the National Vegetable Society. 



Carnations and Pinks. By T. H. Cook, Head Gar- 

 dener at Sandringham ; Tames Douglas, V.M.H., and 

 J. F. McLeod, Head Gardener to Mr. Pierpont Morgan. 

 Contains 8 full-page coloured plates. 



Rhododendrons and Azaleas. By W. Watson, with 



preface by Sir F. W. Moore, M.A, (the first popular 

 volume published on this subject). Contains 8 full 

 page coloured plates. 



Lilies. By A. Grove, F.L.S., with preface by 

 H. J. Elwes, F.R.S. Contains 8 coloured plates. 



Apples and Pears. By George Bunyard, V.M.H. 

 Contains 8 coloured plates. 



-Roses. By H. R. Darlington, with 8 full-page 

 coloured plates. A double volume, price 2/10, post 

 free. Special presentation edition, with beautiful 

 cover design, in cloth gilt, gilt top, price 3/10, post free 



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THE PUBLISHER, 



Gardeners* Chronicle " Offices, 41, Wellington 



Covent Garden, London, W.C. 



St., 



County Borough of St. Helens. 



THE Corporation of St. Helens are 

 prepared to receive Designs, Specifications and 

 Tenders from specialist firms for the erection of a new 

 Conservatory at the Victoria Park within the borough. 

 Particulars and site plan may be obtained on applica- 

 tion to Mr. Arthur W. Bradley, M.Inst.C.E., the 

 Borough Engineer, on payment of £i t which sum will 

 be returned upon receipt of a bona fide tender and 

 return of drawings and particulars. Tenders must be 

 delivered not later than 12 o'clock noon on the 

 13th March, 1912, addressed to the " Chairman of the 

 I Parks and Public Buildings Committee, Town Hall, 

 St. Helens," and endorsed " Tender for Conservatory, 

 Victoria Park." The Corporation do not bind them- 

 selves to accept the lowest or any tender. 



W. H. ANDREW, 



Town Clerk. 

 Town Hall, St. Helens. 



rpHE Corporation of Grimsby invite 



JL Tenders by the 1st March for the laying out 

 of a Bowling Green, 2,100 square yards in area. — Par- 

 ticulars may be obtained from the undersigned. 



H. GILBERT WHYATT, A. M.Inst.C.E., 



Borough Engineer and Surveyor. 

 Municipal Buildings, 170, Victoria Street, 

 Grimsby. 20th February, xoxa. 



PLANTS, &c, 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 (1911), LTD., 28, 

 Crawford Street, London, W. 



WANTED, 3,000 Black Champion 

 Currant Bushes two year, 5,000 one year ; to be 

 properly packed for export. — Address, J. S., care of 

 Street's, 30, Cornh i ll, E.C. 



WANTED, CUTTINGS, rooted or 

 unrooted, of Chrysanthemum " Mrs. J. 

 Drabble"; small or large quantities.— Offers to 

 JOHN PEED & SON, Nurserymen, West Norwood, 



S.E. 



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ANTED, ORANGE TREES, in 



tubs or pots ; state price and size. — GAR- 

 DENER, Water-mouth Castle, Berrynarbor, N. Devon. 



WANTED, a few good Cypripe- 

 diums, Odontoglossums, Vandas Coerulea, 

 Oncidiums, &c— Particulars and prices to E. DYSON, 

 Cherryhinton Ha ll Gardens, Cambs. 



WANTED, BOOK on CARPET 

 BEDDING; second-hand or otherwise.— GEO. 

 W. HAGON, 33, Granville Street, Leamington Spa. 



PLANTS, &o- f FOR SALE 



PERPETUAL CARNATIONS.— Our 

 1912 Illustrated Catalogue free. Read our 

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

 Specialists, Hatherley, Cheltenham. 



I^IUTHBERT'S SPECIALITE MUSH- 



\J 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, ss.-R. and G. CUTHBERT, Seed and Bulb Mer- 

 chants, Southgate, Middlesex. 



PERPETUAL FLOWERING CAR- 

 NATIONS ; strong, established plants in pots, 

 from 4s. per doz., carriage paid; 20s. per 100, carnage 

 forward; illustrated catalogue, describing 75 leading 

 varieties with cultural hints, post free.— C. F. A. VAN 

 DER SLUYS, F.R.H.S., Ramee, Guernsey. 



BEGONIAS, choice Liliums, 

 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 Bromwich. 



AURATUM LILY, special shipment, 

 large bulbs, 11 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., 105., 12s. 6d. 100.— ELLISON, 45, West Bromwich. 



PEDIGREE VEGETABLE SEEDS, 

 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 Bromwicn. 



FERNS ! FERNS ! !— Tree, Climbing, 

 Basket, Stove, Greenhouse, and Garden Ferns; 

 catalogues free— SMITH, London Fern Nurseries, 

 Loughboro/ Junction, London, S.W. 



CUT FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE. 

 A. W. REDFORD, Wholesale Bulb Grow«r, 

 Stevenage, offers choice Daffodils, Narcissus, and luiip* 

 in variety daily; boxes free; price lists forwarded on 

 application. , 



VERBENAS.— The best sorts are 

 Miss Willmott (pink), Princess of Wales (deep 

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

 Blue (light blue); clean, healthy, strong young P 1 ** 1 ;,' 

 carriage paid ; 10s. per 100, cash.— H. DUDDERILK^' 

 The Dorset Nurseries, Blandford. 



GARDEN FERNS, 20s. 100.— Cycla- 

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

 Crotons, Dracaenas; catalogues free.— SMITH, Lona° 

 Fern Nurseries, Loughboro 1 Junction, London, &•**; 



ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM. 

 The finest type obtainable ; fine, healthy, beauti- 

 ful-grown plants, of which we hold a stock ot 

 hundred thousand; owing to their natural increases 

 size, and the want of space requisite thereby, * e 

 offering a few thousands at the following specially 

 prices, packing included :— Fine plants, flowered 

 unflowered (of which a large proportion are inspire/, 



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afforded every facility for a thorough inspection. 

 H. WHATELEY, Spring Gardens, Ken ;l — t h 



PERPETUAL TREE CARNATIONS, 

 best varieties, strong young plants out^ of sma^ 

 pots, 20s. 100; good flowering plants in 5-incn p • 

 10s. 6d. doz.i-G. S. EVANS, F.R.H.S., Carnation 

 Specialist, Bexley Heath. 



