

Established 





No. 



314.— Vol. LI 



THIRD 

 SERIES 



SATUKDAY, MAECH 2, 1912 



SUBSCRIPTION-Inland, /J/-; Foreign, 1716 [22ft. lOe.t 

 Pajtal Address— 4i, Wellington Street, Co vent Garden, W.C 



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(Registered as a Newspaper. J PRICE 

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Entered at the New York Post Office as second-class matter. 

 Telegraphic Addresa— "Oardchron. Landoo." Telephone— Oarrard, 1543. 



Ear For CONTENTS Bee page 131. 



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EBBS' NEW " KING GEORGE " PEA. 



Introduced in 1911. is. per packet ; 2s. 6d. 

 per pint. Post free. 



Mr. A. R. Searle, Head Gardener to the 

 Marquis of Northampton, writes : " • King 

 George ■ Pea did very well with me this 

 past season. I grew it for exhibition, and 

 it was the finest we had. The pods 

 measured 7£ in. in length, and were well 

 filled. I think it a grand variet y. " 



EBBS' ALDENHAM PRIZE PINK 



CELERY.— An excellent variety; most 

 strongly recommended. Grown by the lead- 

 ing exhibitors, and awarded First Prizes at 

 Shrewsbury, Birmingham, and other lead- 

 ing Shows.— is. and is. 6d. per packet, 

 post free — WEBB & SONS, The King's 

 Seedsmen, Wordsley, Stourbridge. 



BATH'S SELECT SEEDS.-New Illus- 



AJ t rated Catalogue of Choice Vegetable and Flower 



L, , ' T f th fuU cu,t " ral n °tes, is now ready, and will be 

 sent post free on application. 



(Depjt^^R^ji^ATl^Ltd., The Floral Farms, Wisbech. 



IRON & WIRE FENCING for GARDENS, 

 , n A n ree Guards . Gates, Arches, Espaliers, Rose Stakes, 

 and Ornamental Garden Iron and Wire Work of every 



MM?, T?w S . en 2 f0r Illustr ^d Catalogue, free. * 



__BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd.. Manufacture. Norwich. 



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UNN 



Roses and Herbaceous Plants. 



& SONS were awarded 



the 



„ . were awaraea tne 25 



L¥amin^ ea c 1 P alle ?, ge Cu P in each collection at the 

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



— A ddress: Olton, Warwickshire. 



A VEN DER._ Common, Giant and Dutch, 



varietv 3 V< ! P ?, r .. d ? Zen ' 21s - per Ioo; aIso the dwarf Compact 

 very sweet" & J ?°5 e "' 35 *i per I0 °' and the White-flowered, 



^ib^jORDj HARDY PLANT NURSERY, Guildfo rd. 



WM. DUNCAN TUCKER & SONS, 



Tottenham 'r 7 ' Cannon . Street . London, E.C. ; Works, 

 Pearh h*. C ° nservator,es > Winter Gardens, Vineries 

 i^Wiouses^onab^Bui ldings, etc . Catalogue gratis 



HRYSANTHEMUM S— Descriptive 



HsTfor^fslnlFree^TppT; 10 ^^ 6 " 65 and ^^ 



H- W. THORP, Durrington, Worthing. 



F r oVaT in ?- vlNE sH[irTOfs3^icrt 



^e Vines e a Xa s n p < e r c, a a , 1 ity ld ' eading Market VadetieS - We 

 glCOLEMA N, The Vineries, Burgess Hill, Sussex. 



CATALOGUES, 



free on application. 



UNYARD'S 



RUITTREES AND VINES; 

 HRUBS~AND CONIFERS. 



OSES AND OTHER 



CLIMBERS, 



J-f ekbaceous & AQUATIC"PLAWl 



/<~p7Td7^ ?; for present planting. 



( 1EORGE BUNYARD S^CO Dflf 



^J-_ggYalNu rseries, Maidstone. Estab lished i 7q6 



TflDLER-SNEW ILLUSTRATFli 



wSlhe < ; AT . ALO ? UE of CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS 

 WrlteV^ c P e°f TcoVy ny if d m reS h , n "^^ P^ 



s&iSkSS^ sL " you save 50 per 



TAv D ? CAPE gardenTngT^ 



Mr. H. 1 >fi "ner" P ' CCad,1,y C,rcus » W - (With the late 





2! UTTON'S 



MAGNUM BONUM 



CAULIFLOWER. Per packet, 

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



Mr. W. Davies, Foot's Cray, 

 writes : — " Your Magnum Bonum 

 is the only Cauliflower that has 

 done well with me throughout this 

 terrible drought. From each plant 

 of Magnum Bonum I cut a nice 

 well-formed white Cauliflower." 



UTTON & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



READING. 



DOUGLAS'S CARiNATIONS & 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 typ , 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 . 



DICKSONS Horticultural Manure & other 

 high-class Fertilizers; also Dicksons Improved 

 Mushroom Spawn. Priced Circulars free on application to 

 DICKSONS, Royal Seed Warehouse s & Nurseries, Chester 



OULTRYand KENNEL APPLIANCES 



of every description. Write for latest Catalogue 

 free on application. 



BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., Norwich. 



fTl HE Popularity of "XL ALL" Specialities 



■ . increases every year. All gardeners proclaim that 

 nothing equals these celebrated preparations. " 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. 



ALTERS & CO., Morland Rd., Croydon, 



Makers of Lath Roller Greenhouse Blinds- 

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

 Established over 20 years. Catalogu es free. 



RITCHIE'S SWEET PEAS.— Uni^ 

 yersally 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. Ingraan, Marj. Linzee, 

 Maud Holmes, Mrs. Sykes, Mrs. Breadmore, Prince 

 Asturias, Tennant Spencer, 30 seeds each, as. 6d., post 

 free ; Sweet Pea list free on request. — 



A. S. RITCHIE & CO.. Seedsmen, Bel f ast. 



fi ISHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 



\TT 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 . 



SMUNDA tor Orchids. — Consignments 



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



SANDER & SONS, St. Albans. 



ALPINES & HERBACEOUS PLANTS, 

 —Himalayan and other rare Rhododendrons, rare 

 Shrubs, Construction of Rockeries. Catalogues ready. 



G. REUTHE, Keston, Kent. 



For Advertisement Charges see page xiv. 



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ELWAY'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/*— KE LWAY & SON, Langpor t, Somerset. 



fXIHE MODERN HERBACEOUS 



_A BORDER.— Full particulars and prices of Kelway 

 1 orders packed, arranged for planting, to flower in tasteful 

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



Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. From > Esq,, 



, East Mersea, nr. Colchester : "The box of plants 



has arrived safely. It was so carefully packed each plant 

 came out looking perfectly fresh. It was a pleasure to 

 unpack the box." 



IVTOW 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., , Bolton Percy: "I 



wish to say how pleased I am with the Delphiniums I got 

 oft you two years ago. They are really splendid. I have 

 never seen anything to touch them." Choice named collec- 

 tions 15s., 24s , 34s., 56s. a dozen.— KELWAY & SON, The 

 R oyal Ho rticulturists, Langport, Somerset. 



" " ' ■ ''■ " ■■-■ — ■■■ .111, — » I , ■ ■ ■ I ^ — — »^— , 



To the Trade. 



COOPER, TABER & CO., Ltd., have posted 

 their Wholesale Catalogue of Agricultural Seeds to 

 all their customers. If not received, another copy will be 

 sent on application.— 90 & 92, Southwark Street, London. 



GREENHOUSE PAINTING &GLAZING 

 M 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 count ry. 



BARR'S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER 

 SEEDS of finest selected strains and tested growth. 

 Descriptive Catalogue, with Cultural Notes, free. 



BARR'S BEAUTIFUL LILIES, 

 GLADIOLI, MONTBRETIAS, CANNAS, TIG- 

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

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



ARDEN PESTS.— Cross's " Clubicide " 



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.. Clammy. 



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. 



New Phloxes. 



GUNN & SONS were Awarded a Silver 

 Cup at the Great Show at Olympia. New Lists 

 now ready. Address: Olton, Warwicksh ire. 



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. 



N URSERYMEN.— T HE NEW 



PATENT MULTI-DIBBER. Indispensable to 

 raise seedlings in boxes, frames, or in the open 



Send for special list with prices. 



BOULTON Sl PAUL, Ltd., Norwich. 





