No. 1,315.— Vol. LI. 



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For CONTENTS see page 147. 



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The Best Potatos. 



EBBS' COLONIST (First Early). 



4s. per peck ; 14s. per bushel. 



Mr. M. Bailey, Hindlip Park Gardens, 



writes :— " Your ■ New Colonist ■ is a 



marvellous cropper, of good size, and 



without disease." 



GUARDIAN (Second Early). 



3s. 6d. per peck ; 12s. per bushel. 



Mr. E. Beckett, Aldenham Gardens, 



writes : — '* Unquestionably one of the very 



finest potatos yet raised; the heaviest 



cropper and best disease-resister we grew." 



EBBS' 



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EBBS' GOLDFINDER (Main Crop). 



1, ^ 3S - 6d * P er P eck *» «*•■ Per bushel. 



Mr. T. H. Bolton, Powderham Castle 

 Gardens, writes :— •• By far the best main- 

 crop variety I grow ; good quality, entirely 

 . tree from disease, and a great cropper." 



cropper 



fEBB & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 



RITCHIE'S SWEET PEAS.— Uni- 

 ., Xersally 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 

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

 tree; Sweet Pea list free on request.— 



A. S. RITCHIE & CO., Seedsmen, Belfa st. 



UTS FOR THE GARDEN. — Fruit 



r„ * D Rooms, Potting Sheds, Workshops, Cycle Houses, 

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

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



BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., N orwich. 



DICKSONS Horticultural Manure & other 

 iv, u hl Sh-class Fertilizers; also Dicksons Improved 



nTr^Q nMc Sp o Wn, i / riced Circulars free on application to 

 LUiKSONS, Royal Seed Warehouses & Nurseries, Chester 



THE Popularity of "XL ALL" Specialities 

 increases every year. All gardeners proclaim that 



v°Tr?J??T e x^S. al , s A nese cel ebrated preparations. " XL ALL" 

 NICOTINE VAPORISING COMPOUND, the gardeners' 



MT^^TfxK? 1 ?^ ant ' both Li( iuid and Cake. M XL ALL" 

 2£° T !i N £ IN ?ECTICIDE WASH for Syringing, Dip. 

 ping and Dressing Fruit Trees and Plants ; Mealy Bug, 



fMcl?^?^ T ^ annot exist where this is used - M XL ALL" 

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



cms Wash on the Market. No licence required to sell 



tnis. Other preparations of great renown, both poison- 



°, u s a nd non-poisonous, are:— "XL ALL" WEED KILLER, 

 ^ ALL" FERTILISER, -XL ALL" ROSE MANURE 

 XL ALL" WINTER WASH for Fruit Trees, etc. 



V ° n r»-°£ get to ask y° ur Nurseryman, Seedsman or Florist 

 tor Richards' small pink list.— G. H. RICHARDS, 

 Manufacturer, 234, Borough High Street, London, S.E. 



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**- x ui\o ut ks\j.> lviunaiiu i\a., v^royaon, 



t" if c Makers of Lath Roller Greenhouse Blinds; 

 i?f i!f- ~. cr ? ens and Fences > Arches, Arbours, Rose Pillars. 

 established over 20 years. W rite for new 1912 Catalogue. 



DOUGLAS'S CARNATIONS & PINKS, 

 rP1J border and perpetual, are noted all over the world. 

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

 oest varieties at most reasonable prices, all ready for 

 planting or potting on. Finest hand fertilized seed only 

 ^ot . Ca ™ at . lo n and Picotee seed, all types, is. 6d, to 2 s. 6d. 

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

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

 ca talogue, E denside. Gt. Bookham. 



™~~" ^^^^M.— ^M^ — _J I__| 



ACKENZIE and MONCUR, Limited, 



Hothouse Builders and Heating Engineers, London, 



urgn, and Glasgow, By Special Appointment to 

 The Kmg t 



London Office: 8, CAMDEN ROAD, N.W. 



Edin 

 H.M. 



BUTTON'S CENTENARY PEA. 



Per pint, 2s. ; quart, 3s. 6d., post free. 



Mr. W. Easthope, Gardener to Miss 



Pittar, writes :— " Centenary as a Mid- 



Season Pea is very hard to beat. I had 



a fine crop, some pods containing 11 or 



12 peas of excellent flavour." 



SUTTON & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 

 READING. 



r± ISHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 



VX 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. 



For 



4LPINES & HERBACEOUS PLANTS, 

 — Himalayan and other rare Rhododendrons, rare 

 lbs, Construction of Rockeries. Catalogues ready. 



G. REUTHE, Keston, Kent. 



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. 



AUTO SHREDS FUMIGANT kills Leaf- 

 mining maggot, insects in greenhouses, frames. 

 1,000 cubic feet, 6d. ; 10,000, 3s. 6d. No apparatus. 

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



BARR'S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER 

 SEEDS of finest selected strains and tested growth. 

 Descriptive Catalogue, with Cultural Notes, free. 



ARR'S BEAUTIFUL LILIES, 



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 

 graatly reduced prices (prior to removal of nurseries from 

 Surbiton to Taplow), post free. 

 BARR & SONS,n, 12 & i3,King St.,Covent Gard en, London. 



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. 



REENHOUSE PAINTING &GLAZING 



" 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. ___^_ 



TTl IDLER'S NEW ILLUSTRATED 



JJ 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. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 

 W. INNES STUCKEY, Landscape Gardener, 

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

 Mr. H. E. Milner). 



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. 



FRUITING VINES IN POTS.— Muscat 

 of Alexandria, and leading Market varieties. We 

 make Vines a speciality. 



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



For Ad Yerti semen t Charges Bee page 



KELWAY'S "Manual of Horticulture" is 

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

 — -, Esq., Northwood, Middlesex, September 28th, 1917 : 

 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 1 sincerely regret the over- 

 sight."— KELWAY & SON, Lang port, Somerset. 



HE MODERN HERBACEOUS 



BORDER.— Full particulars and prices of Kelway 

 Borders packed, arranged for planting, to flower in tasteful 

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



Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. From , Esq,, 



Pittsburg, Pa., U.S.A. " I take pleasure in advising you 

 that I have had some very excellent results from the flowers 

 shipped." 



NOW is the time to plant Kel way's Del- 

 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 nourish under almost all 



conditions. From , Callander, « It is gratifying 



to find that plants raised so far south do so well here, but 

 the climate evidently suits Delphiniums," Choice named 

 ^•lections, 15s., 24s., 34s., 56s. a dozen.— KELWAY & 

 bON, The Royal Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. 



UNYARD'S 



CATALOGUES, 



free on application. 



RUIT TREES AND VINES. 



HRUBS AND CONIFERS. 



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OSES AND OTHER CLIMBERS, 



in Pots. 



ERBACEOUS & AQUATIC PLANTS 



for present planting. 



rVEORGE BUNYARD & CO., Ltd., 



\M Royal Nurseries, Maidstone. Established 1 796. 



RDER TRELLIS- WORK NOW.— Get 



our book en Trellis-work, showing Screens, Wall 

 Panels, Window Surrounds, Arches, Arbours, &c, post free. 



BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd.. Norwich. 



ARDEN PESTS.— Cross's " Clubicide " 



is the Gardeners' Insurance against damage by 

 Eel worm, Wire worm, Slugs, Maggot, and all Disease 

 Germs and Insect Pests. Kills all harmful Bacteria, 

 reinvigorates the soil, stimulates plant life. In is. 

 flasks and _-gail. and 1 gall, drums. From all Seedsmen. 

 Sole Manufrs.; A. CROSS £ SONS. Ltd., Glasgow. 



New Phloxes. 



GUNN & SONS were Awarded 

 Cup at the Great Show at Olympia. 

 now ready. Address : Olton, Warwickshire. 



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a Silver 



New Lists 



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), Slitro, Ireland. 



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: Qlton t Warwickshire. 



A VENDER. — 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. 



M. DUNCAN TUCKER & SONS, 



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

 Tottenham. Conservatories, Winter Gardens, Vineries, 

 P«aeh«houEes, Portable Building*, etc. Catalogue gratis. 



