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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 



[March 2, 1912. 



SALES BY AUCTION. 



Monday, Wednesday and Friday next. 



MONDAY and FRIDAY NEXT, MARCH 4 *h and 

 8th, at 12 o'Clock. — Japanese Liliums, Gladiolus, 

 Montbretias, Begonias, Gloxinias, Lily of Valley, 

 &c, Herbaceous Plants, Flowering and Decorative 

 Shrubs, Spiraeas, Iris, Pseonies, ike. 



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

 Climbing, &c, also Fruit Trees in variety. 



WEDNESDAY NEXT, MARCH 6th at 12 o'Clock.— 

 Choice Herbaceous Plants, Perennials, and Rock 

 Plants, Lily of Valley, Gladiolus, Begonias, 

 Japanese Lilies and Iris, Carnations, Pinks, 

 Paconies, &c. 



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

 Dutch grown, together with Standard, Pyramidal, 

 and Dwarf-trained Fruit Trees. 



At 5 o'Clock.— Azaleas indica and mollis, Rhododen- 

 drons, Aspidistras, Standard Bay, Ornamental, and 

 Decorative Palms and Plants from Belgium, also 

 Stove and Greenhouse Plants in variety. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE & MORRIS 

 will SELL the above by AUCTION at their 

 Central Sale Rooms, 67 and 08, Cheapside, E.C. On 

 view mornings of Sa le and Catalogues had. 



Wednesday Next, March 6th, at 12 o'Clock. 



20,500 Gladiolus in variety, 3,500 Begonias, many 

 thousands of Gloxinias, Tuberoses, Montbretias, 

 Spiraeas, Hyacinthus candicans, Tree and Herba- 

 ceous Paeonies, Cannas, &c, 70,000 Lily of Valley 

 Berlin Crowns, 1,500 choice young Fruit Trees, 

 70,000 Phoenix rupicola Palm seeds, and 30,000 

 Latania borbonica Palm seeds. 



At 2.30 o'Clock 

 a consignment of 



667 CASES JAPANESE LILIUMS. 



comprising 



17,075 LILIUM AURATUM. 

 2,830 „ „ PLATYPHYLLUM and 



MACRANTHUM. 



590 „ „ RUBRO-VITTATUM. 



3,755 „ LONGIFLORUM. 



6,010 „ TIGR1NUM FORTUNEI. 



2,300 „ SPECIOSUM ALBUM. 



1,200 „ „ RUBRTM. 



500 „ „ RUBRUM 



MAGNIFICUM. 

 75o », „ MELPOMENE. 



880 IRIS SIBERICA and KiEMPFKRI, 450 HER 

 BACEOUS PEONIES, 700 ACER PALMATUM, 



900 LYCORIS SQUAMIGERA, and 140 FERN 

 BALLS. 



1,359 LILIUM LONGIFLORUM, Natal grown. 

 7,500 VVATSONIA ARDERNEI from the Cape. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE & MORRIS 

 will SELL the above by AUCTION at their 

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

 view morning of Sale and Catalogues had. 



STEVENS* AUCTION ROOMS. 

 MONDAY AND WEDNE 



ESTAB. 1760. 



MR. J. G. STEVENS 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 

 Pur chased, packed and forwarded to al l 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 



Catalogues post free. 

 Lots purchased, packed, and forwarded to all parts. 



STEVENS' AUCTION ROOMS 



(ESTABLISHED 150 TXJLBS), 



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



R 



OSE TREES.- 



Wednesday, and 



Sales every Tuesday, 



Friday of Roses, Shrubs, 



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

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

 Station). Catalogues post free. 



GLASGOW. 



Mr. JOHN COWAN, off LIVERPOOL, 



will sell by AUCTION in the 



Trades Hall, Glassford Street, Glasgow, 



On MONDAY, MARCH nth, 1912, at 12.30, a large & 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 b* 

 had at the Flail, or post free from the Liverpool Orchid and 

 Nursery Co. (Cowan's), Ltd., Gateacre Nurseries, Gateacre, 

 near Liverpool. Telephone: 70 Gateacre. Telegrams; 

 ♦• Cowan, Gateacre." 



BUSINESSES FOR SALE, Ac. 



Over 100 Nurseries. Market Gardens, Florist & Seed 



BUSINESSES to be DISPOSED OF. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS' 

 HORTICULTURAL REGISTER contains full 

 parnculars of the above, and can be obtained gratis at— 

 67 an d 68, Cheapsi de, London, E.C* 



FREEHOLD NURSERY for SALE, 

 as a going concern, chiefly glasshouses, j acre ; 

 well built and heated ; tuwn water supply ; good open- 

 ing for active man; immediate possession. — Avenue 

 House, Crediton. 



FOR 



SALE 



with 



WORTHING.- 

 possession, by order of Executors, Maybush 

 Nurseries, about 35 acres ; Freehold land ; 12 glass- 

 houses, 2,000 feet ; large packing shed ; artesian well ; 

 Vines, Cucumbers, Tomatos, 573 good Apple trees, 

 Flowers, &c— POLLARD & POLLARD, Solicitors, 

 Bri ghton. 



NURSERY, with good Dwelling- 

 house, to be Sold ; greenhouses recently rebuilt ; 

 good open position ; well heated and near to station ; 

 will be offered at low figure ; failing health of present 

 occupier reason of disposal.- — Apply, STEVENSON, 

 The Nurseries, Stockport Road, Timperley. 



FLORIST'S BUSINESS (Midland re- 

 sort) ; splendid central situation ; main thorough- 

 fare ; stock at cost ; low figure ; genuine ; every investi- 

 gation. — N. J., Box 6, 41, Wellington Street, Covent 

 Garden, W.C. 



SMALL NURSERY in centre of large 

 town for DISPOSAL; long lease; old established; 

 genuine business ; every investigation ; good eight- 

 roomed house. — Particulars, C. B. A., Box 7, 41, Welling- 

 ton Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 



NURSERY, Middlesex, close to sta- 

 tion, about 11 acres; eight large heated green- 

 houses, windmills, and tanks, packing sheds, &c. ; two 

 good cottages let off, leaving rent only £39 ; price, 

 complete, ^600.— H. D., Box 14, 41, Wellington Street, 

 Covent Garden, W.C. 



ALHAM. 



high road ; three 



New NURSERY, close 



greenhouses and show 

 house; rent £28.— Apply, CORNWALL NURSERIES, 

 Devonshire Road, Balham. 



to 



TO LET. 



TO LET, on Lease, NURSERY with 

 glasshouses, also grass land for poultry farm, 

 in best residential suburb of Leeds.— HODGSON, 

 Estate Agent, Oakwood Offices, Roundhay, Leeds. 



BUSINESS CARDS. 



AGENCY in the U.S. and Canada.— 

 Mr. H. YOUELL, 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. 



EXHIBITIONS, 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY, 



GREAT EXHIBITION 



at Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster 



July 9th and loth. 



Join now. Minimum Annual Subscription 5/- Schedules 

 on application. "Sweet Pea Annual" free to members 

 2s. post free to non-members. "List of Sweet Pea Names" 

 free to new members. Charles H. Curtis, Hon. Sec, 

 Adelaide Road, Brentford, Middlesex. 



North of England Horticultural 



Society. 



SPRING 



SHOWS 



BRADFORD :— Central Baths, 

 Thursday, March 14th. 



LEEDS: — Corn Exchange, 

 Wednesday, April 24th. 



Secretary, (Rev.) J. BERNARD HALL, Rawdon, 



NOTICES 



WILL H. WILLERTON, formerly 

 of Apley Park, Salop, write to F. MOUNCY, 

 Keyfield Nursery, St. Albans 



PUBLISHERS' NOTICES. 



KYNOCH'S " Wild Flowers of Bar- 

 mouth," fourth edition, including Salwey's Scarce 

 List, Habitats and Notes, published 1861, pp c n r ir* 

 6d.— J. KYNOCH, 8, College Road, Brighton. ' 



ALPINE FLOWERS AND ROCK 

 GARDEN'S. By Walter P. Wright. A practical 

 book containing magnificent colour and half-tone plates of 

 the flowers as they grow. The most beautiful book on 

 the subject yet produced. 12s. 6d. net. 



HEADLEY BROTHERS, Bishopsgate, London. 



ROSES AND ROSE GARDENS. 

 By Walter P. Wright, A companion volume to 

 above. The Sphere says: u Buy the book this winter and 

 you will have a fine rose garden next June and July." 12s. 6d. 

 net. Write for illustrated booklet post free. 



HEADLEY BROTHERS, Bishopsgate, London. 



AMONG THE HILLS. By Reginald 

 Farrer, being an account of the Author's wander- 

 ings in search of Alpine Flowers. Profusely illustrated 

 in colour. " Mr. Farrer has won for himself a unique 

 place among writers on Alpine Plants.*' — The Gardentr'i 

 Chronicle. 10s. 6d. net. Prospectus post free. 



HEADLEY BROTHERS, Bishopsgate, London. 



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. 



3.— Daffodils. By the Rev. J. Jacob. 



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

 the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society. 



5.— Root and Stem Vegetables. By Alexander Dean, 

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



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

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

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

 Contains 8 full-page coloured plates. 



7- 



8. 



10 



Rhododendrons and Azaleas. By W. Watson, will 



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, P oS J 

 free. Special presentation edition, with beautiful 

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



THE PUBLISHER, 



" Gardeners* Chronicle " Offices, 41, Wellington St 



Covent Garden, London, W.C 



PLANTS, &c, WANTED. 



WANTED, large KENTIA PALMS, 

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

 coloured Dracaenas and Crotons, also Aspidistras , 

 cash or exchange.— ROBERT GREEN (191 0, LTU.. 2 °' 

 Crawford Street, London, W. 



WANTED, 3,000 Black Champion 

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

 properly packed for export. — Address, J. S., car 

 Street's, 30, Cornhill, E.C. 



WANTED, collection of Rock Gar- 

 den and Alpine Plants, to value of about as- 

 Apply, stating varieties, to H. WHEELER, Wenw 

 Castle Gardens, near Cardiff. 



IOO 



plant 



in£ 



WANTED, several 

 clumps Ins Germanica purpurea (com m 

 purple Flag).— Quote price per 100 to RIDQU1* 

 Gardens, Paultons, Romsey, Hants. 



WANTED, BOX EDGING (Tree 

 variety); must be good stuff.— State he^n • 

 price per nursery yard, to COUTTS, Fairlawne, 

 bridge. 



WANTED to Purchase, second hand, 

 double light garden frames and Kale F 

 with lids; good order.— Apply, with full parties* 

 B., Bookstall, Surbiton. 



