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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[March 9, 1912. 



SALES BY AUCTION. 



Monday, Wednesday and Friday next. 



MONDAY and FRIDAY NEXT, MARCH nth and 

 15th, at 13 o'Clock. — A choice assortment of Hardy 

 Perennials and Herbaceous Plants, Lily of Valley, 

 Spiraeas, Iris, Paeonies, &c, Japanese Liliums, 

 Gladiolus, Begonias, and other Hardy Bulbs. 



At T.30 o'Clock.— 1,500 ROSES, Standard, Dwarf, 

 Climbing, &c, also Fruit Trees in variety. 



WEDNESDAY NEXT, MARCH 13th, at 12 o'Clock. 



Japanese Liliums in large variety, Begonias, 

 Gloxinias, Gladiolus, Tuberoses, Lily of Valley, 

 Iris, Carnations, Pinks, &c, Herbaceous and Rock 

 Plants, and Perennials. 



Con- 

 &c, 



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

 tinental, Standards, Dwarfs, Climbers, 

 Standard, Pyramidal, and other Fruit Trees. 



At 5 o'Clock.— 100 lots of Ornamental and Decorative 

 Palms and Plants, Azalea indica, 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, Cheapside, E.C On 

 view mornings of Sale and Catalogues had. 



Friday Next, March 15th, at 12.13 o'Clock. 



400 lots of choice established Orchids, partly the pro- 

 perty of a private gentleman and from various 

 sources, including a quantity of large plants of 

 Cattleya Trianae, C. labiata, C. Schroderae, C. 

 Gaskelliana, C. Harrisoniae, Laelia purpurata, and 

 Oncidium splendidum, Cypripedium Earl of Tanker- 

 ville, C Lord Ossulston, C. minos Youngii, and 

 others, and 100 strong bulbs of Calanthe W. 

 Murray and Veitchii ; 150 lots of imported Odonto- 

 glossum grande, Oncidium t leucochilum, Laelias 

 anceps and Skinned, also Disa grnndiflora tubers. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE & MORRIS 

 will SELL the above by AUCTION at their 

 Central Sale Room-, 67 and 68, Cheaps e, E.C. On 

 view morning of Sale and Catalogues had. 



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



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



by AUCTION 



are held every MONDAY and WEDNESDAY at 12.30. 



Catalogues t>osi free. 

 Lots purchased, packed, ana forwarded to all parts. 





STEVENS' AUCTION ROOMS 



(ESTABLISHED 150 YXABS), 



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



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). ( talogues post free. 



BUSINESSES FOR SALE, Ao. 



WORTHING.— FOR SALE with 

 possession, by order of Executors. Maybush 

 Nurseries, about 3$ acres; Freehold 'and : 12 glass- 

 houses, 3,000 feet ; large packing shed ; artesian well ; 

 Vines, Cucumbers, Tomatos, 573 good Apple trees, 



Flowers, &c— POLLARD & POLLARD, Solicitors, 



Brighton. 



O GARDi:\ T F.RS. 



ket Garden, Poultry Farn 



Beautiful Mar- 



&c. ; splendid 



Poultry 



scope; nice luine; good living; very cheap; rent low. 

 — BA SSIL, Reddish Farm, Sonning Common, Reading. 



TO BE SOLD, Owner &oing abroad, 

 capital NURSERY BUSINESS, situate in river- 

 side town and within easy reach of London markets; 

 good local trade ; five greenhouses, outbuildings, 

 lights, &c. ; dwelling house and shop on main road; 

 rent ^50 ; extra ground if desired, £22; price for stock 

 and goo nil, {"400. — Particulars of 

 Messrs. PROTHEROE & MORRIS. 67, Cheapside, E.C. 



BUSINESSES TO LET 



NURSERY, close to high road; three 

 greenhouses and show house ; could add Fruit ; 



rent ros. weekly.— CORNWALL NURSERIES, Devon- 

 shire Road, Balham. 



BUSINESS CARDS. 



AGEXTS WANTED for New Manure; 

 will sell itself; liberal commission— BIRD BROS., 

 Duxford, Cambs. 



PA R TNERSHIPS. 



R 



ETIRING GARDENERS, 



&c. 



Employment and small investment; suit married 

 man. — Write. H. E., Box 21, 41, Wellington Street, 

 Covent Garden, W.C. 



EXHIBITIONS. 



The Perpetual Flowering Carnation Society. 



GREAT SPRING EXHIBITION, 



THURSDAY and FRIDAY, MARCH 21st and 22nd, 1912, 

 Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, 



9 Silver-Gilt and Silver Challenge Cups offered for 

 competition. Special Classes for Amateurs. Also Con- 

 ference on Carnations (First day of Show), March 21st, at 

 3.30 p.m. Admission 1/- For Schedules, etc, apply— 

 E. F. H AWES, " Ulysses," Fortune Green, London, N.W. 



Southampton Royal Horticultural Society. 

 GREAT JUBILEE SHOW, 



JULY 16th and 17th. 



£250 in Prizes for Carnations, Sweet Peas, Plants, 

 Miscellaneous Cut Flowers, Fruit and Vegetables. 



Schedules of C. S. FUIDGE, Secretary, 7i Silverdale 



Road, Southampton. 



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. 



IRISH GARDENING," monthly; 

 illustrated ; 3s. per annum, post free ; SIR F. \V. 

 MOORE'S account of his recent visit to the United 

 States, dealing with Parks, Gardens, and Orchards, 

 ommenced in the January No. Published at 53, Upper 

 Sackville Street, Dublin. 



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 M 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 ; Tames Douglas, V.M.H.,and 

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

 Contains 8 full-page coloured plates. 



7.— 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. 



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

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



9 —Apples and Pears. By George Bunvard, V.M.H. 

 Contains 8 coloured plates. 



10.— 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 



THE PUBLISHER, 



" Gardeners* Chronicle " Offices, 41, Wellington St., 



Covent Garden, London, W.C. 



PLANTS, &c, WANTED. 



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ANTED, 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. 



ANTED at 



two large Vitis 



Wt\,\ LF.D at once, 

 Coignetae or V. Thunbergii in po*s. — State size 

 and price to H. R. WHITELAW, The Gardens, Hever 

 Castle, Hever, Kent. 



PLANTS, Ac, FOR SALE 



PERPETUAL CARNATIONS.— Ou. 

 1912 Illustrated Catalogue free. Read our 

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

 Specialists, Hatherley, Cheltenham. 



SPECIAL1TE 



CUTHBERT'S SFECIAL1TE MUSH- 

 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, 5s.— R and G. CUTHBERT, Seed and Bulb Mer- 

 chants, Southgate, Middlesex. 



ERPETUAL FLOWERING CAR- 



NATIONS ; strong, established plants ia pots, 

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

 forward : illustrated catalogue, describing 75 leading 

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

 PER SLUYS, F.R . H.S., Ramee, Gue rnsey. 



AZALEA INDICA, named, well set 

 . with buds, 18s., 24s., 30s., 36s. doz.; Azalea 

 mollis, grand plants, 21s. doz. ; Lilacs for forcing, very 

 fine, 3s. 6d. each; Deutzia Lemoinei and gracilis, pot 

 grown, 9s. doz. — MORLE & CO., LTD., 156, Finchley 

 Road, London, N.W. 



ALL JAPANESE and other LILIUMS 

 at lowest prices ; Spiraea Queen Alexandra, 6s. ; 

 Gladstone, 5s. ; H lleborus niger maximus, ine 

 clumps, 4s. doz. — MORLE & CO., LTD., as above. 



GLADIOLUS, early-flowering, all best 

 sorts, 2s. ; Brenchleyensis, top size, very fine, 

 8s.; fine bulbs, 6s.; Gandavensis, 6s.; Childsii, 7s. 6d., 

 all per 100 ; Begonias., erect flowering Gold Medal 

 strain, singles, in six separate colours, 2s. doz., 14s. 

 100; doubles, ditto, 2s. 6d. doz., 18s. 100; Gloxinias, 

 hybrids of crassifolia, in eight named varieties, as. 

 doz., 14s. 100.— MORLE & CO., LTD., as above. 



L ILIUM GIGANTEUM, the finest 

 Lily grown, superb bulbs, 2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. 

 each ; Amaryllis, Veitch's and Kerr's hybrids, mixed, 

 12s. per doz., named varieties showing flower in pots, 



5s. each.— MORLE & CO., LTD., as above. 



AWN GRASS SEED.— Morle's cele- 



brated special mixture for all classes of Lawns, 



is. per lb., 17s. per bushel of 21 lbs. ; special for 



>hady places, is. 6d. per lb. Write for our general 



ualogue, post free.— MORLE & CO., LTD., 156, 



Finchley Road , London, N.W. 



TRNS ! FERNS ! !— Tree, Climbing, 



Jasket, 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 Grower, 

 Stevenage, offers choice Daffodils, Narcissus, and Tulips 

 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 Lovely 

 Blue (light blue) ; clean, healthy, strong young plants; 

 carriage paid ; 10s. per roo, cash. — H. DUDDERIDGt, 

 The Dorset Nurseries, Blandford. 



CALCEOLARIAS, Golden Gem. ^ 

 Strong cold grown plants 2s. 100; free on rail. 

 ENGLAND & FURNESS, Freelands Road Nurseries, 

 Bromley, Kent. ^ ___ 



GARDEN FERNS, 20s. too.— Cycla- 

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



Crotons, Dracaenas ; catalogues free.— SMITH, London 

 Fern Nurseries, Loughboro* Junctio n, London. S. ■>•_ 



JAPANESE IRIS.— Imported Clumps, 

 24 all different choice varieties, named, 15s. ; choice 

 named Gladioli, six each America, Augusta, » ar0B 

 Hulot, Holland!, King of Yellows, Pink Beauty, 

 Princeps, 9s.— ELLISON, 45, West Bromwich. 



HEAD GARDENERS who do not 

 exhibit will save their employers money by pur- 

 chasing Ellison's Pedigree Vegetable Seeds. OT 

 the value in Seeds, not prizes, large adverts, 

 elaborate catalogues.— ELLISON, 45> West Bromwicn. 



BEGONIAS.— Choice Liliums, named 

 Achimenes, named Cannas, named Ins. . na "^ 

 Montbretias, Arums, Gloxinias, Spira-as, Tritoma . 

 Tigridias, Tuberoses, is. 6d., 2s. doz., 10s. 6d., US- 

 Catalogue free.— ELLISON, 45, West Bromwich. 



ONIONS, LEEKS, 



as long as »y 



PEAS, BEANS, 

 CARROTS are dear this season, ~- — - ., 

 stock lasts I can offer the above at most reason a. 

 prices; quality is absolutely reliable. — ELLISUJN* 

 West Bromwich. 24 Gold and Silver Medals. 191 1 



ONDON PLANES.— Specimen trees, 



15 to 25 feet, straight stems, symmetrical hea 

 grood roots, S s. to 21s. each.— W. FROMOW & SO>* 

 Sutton Court Nursery, Chiswick, W. 



PECIMEN PALMS. 



Six Kentia 



Fosteriana, 10 to 15 feet; two K. ^^p^ns 

 Ccelogyne Russelliana ; also "20,000 Norway Spru^,- 



in 



tubs; ia Bamboo aurea, 9 to 10 feet: six 



9 to 12 inches ; nominal price to clear. 

 The Nurseries, Saltaire, Yorks. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 

 rooted, 17s. 6d. per 1,000, 

 sorts.— Apply, THE MANAGER, 

 Braintree. Esse*. 



W. KERSHA* 



5,000 



12 good 

 Glazenwood, 



Well- 

 market 

 near 







