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No. 1,316.— Vol. LI. 



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SATUKUAY, MARCH 16, 1912. 



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For CONTENTS see page 163. 



NOTICE. 



In consequence of the decreased Railway facilities 

 caused by the Coal Strike, the distribution of 

 the §l Gardeners' Chronicle" may be delayed, 

 although every effort will be made to prevent 

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Perfect Lawns. 



EBBS' PRIZE LAWN GRASS SEEDS 



Mixtures for Tennis, Croquet, and Garden 

 Lawns, Bowling Greens, etc., is. od. per 

 lb. ; 5s. per gallon ; 35s. per bushel. No. 2 

 Mixture, is. 6d. per lb. ; 4s. 6d. per galion ; 

 30s. per bushel. Carriage paid. Pamphlet 

 on •' Making and Renovating Lawns," 

 post free. ^^ 



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EBBS' LAWN GRASS MANURE. 



Specially prepared, 28 lbs., 6s. ; 56 lbs., 

 10s. 6d. ; 112 lbs., 20s. Carriage paid. 

 Lawn Sand (for eradicating weeds), 14 lbs., 

 4s. 6d. ; 28 lbs., 8s. Carriage paiu. — 

 WEBB & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 

 Worrisley, Stourb-idge. 



ITIIDLER'S GIANT-FLOWERED 

 J SWEET PEAS. Send at once for our collection 

 (C) of 14 named varieties, all separate, containing in all 

 1,000 good plump new seeds. Post free with catalogue for is. 

 F IDLER & SONS, Royal Berkshire Seed Stores, Reading. 



SMUNDA for Orchids. — Consignments 



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



SANDER & SONS, St. Albans. 



IRON & WIRE FENCING for GARDENS, 

 Tree Guards, Gates, Arches, Espaliers. Rose Stakes, 

 and Ornamental Garden Iron and Wire Work of every 

 description. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, free. 



BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd.. Manufacturers, Norwich. 



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DICKSONS Horticultural Manure & other 

 high-class Fertilizers ; also Dicksons Improved 

 Mushroom Spawn. Priced Circulars free on application to 

 DICKSONS, Royal Seed Warehouses & Nurseries, Chester 



THE 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 (situ 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, 

 Manufa cturer, 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 y ears. Write for new 1912 Catalogue. 



BARR'S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER 

 SEEDS of finest selected strains and tested growth. 

 Descrip tive Catalogue, with Cultural Nntpg, fr^ e. 



BARR'S BEAUTIFUL LILIES, 

 f GLADIOLI, MONTBRETIAS, CANNAS, TIG- 

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

 BARR Sf SONS. TT.12 &13. Kin** St., Covent G arden, London. 



BARR'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, 11, 12 & 13. King St„Covent Garden, London. 



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U i TON'S NEW RED INTERMEDIATE 



CARROT. Per packet, is., post free. 



Mr. R. Scott, Gardenei to J. Y. Trotter- 

 Cranstoun, Esq., J. P., writes: — "I won 

 First Prize with your New Red Inter- 

 mediate at the Edinburgh Show held in 

 September with the best Carrots I ever 

 saw. I also gained First Prize at Dalkeith 

 with the same variety." 



UTTON & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



READING. 



DOUGLAS'S CARNATIONS & 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 types, 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. 



ISHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 



use; its soluble Sulphur, &c, has for 40 years cured 

 ghts 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. 







ALPINES & HERBACEOUS PLANTS, 

 — Himalayan and other rare Rhododendrons, rare 

 Shrubs, Construction of Rockeries. Catalogues ready. 



G. REUTHE, Keston, Kent. 



New Phloxes. 



GUNN & SONS were Awarded 

 Cup at the Great Show at Olympia. 

 now ready. Address : Olton, Warwickshire. 



a Silver 



New Lists 



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. 



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. 



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FRUITING VINES IN POTS.— Muscat 

 of Alexandria, and leading Market varieties. We 



make Vines a speciality. 



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



AVENDER.— 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 ioo — THE 

 GUILDFORD HARDY PLANT NURSERY, Guildford. 



M. DUNCAN TUCKER & SONS, 



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

 Tottenham. Conservatories, Winter Gardens, Vineries, 

 Peach-houses, Portable Buildings, etc. Catalogue gratis. 



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 



J. A. COOPER, Lissadell (No. 2), Sligo, Ireland. 



GREENHOUSE 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. 





For Advertisement Charges see page iv 



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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 hnd that I have never forwarded 2s. for your lovely 

 Catalogue yuu sent me some weeks since. It would be 

 cheap at five times the price, and I sincerely regret the over- 

 s ight."— KELWAY & SON, Langport, Somerset. 



THE MODERN HERBACEOUS 

 BORDER. — Full particulars and prices of Kelway 

 Borders packed, arranged for planting, to flower in tasteiul 

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



Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. From , Esq., 



, Derby. " The plants, etc., duly to hand, and I wish 



to thank you for the generous way in which you have 

 treated me. I am more than pleased with the plants, as I 

 fully expected to wait at least a year before I had any show. 

 The plants you sent me are all well-grown, and large roots, 

 and I am looking forward to next summer with every 

 confidence for a fine show of flo wers." 



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"VTOVV is the time to plant Kelway's D_l- 



1^1 phiniums — fine, bold upstanding plants with a wealth 

 or bloom in all shades of blue and purple. They are from 

 strong country-grown stocks, and flourish under almost all 



conditions. From , Esq., Driffield. "My employer had one 



dozen Delphiniums from you last week, which arrived in 

 splendid condition, and have been duly planted, and I hope 

 they will do as well as the other ones he had from you some 

 time ago. They have been a perfect picture of beauty here. 

 I should esteem it a great favour if you would spare me one 

 of your Manuals of Horticulture, as it is always a real treat 

 to read one of so great and unequalled interest. I consider 

 it the most magnificent of all Horticultural Annuals." 

 Choice named collections 15s., 24s., 34s., 56s. a dozen. — 

 KELWAY & SON, The Royal Horticulturists, Langport, 

 Somerset. 



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UNYAKD'S 



CATALOGUES, 



free on aoolication. 



RUIT TREES AND VINES. 



HRUBS AND CONIFERS. 



AND OTHER CLIMBERS, 



in Pots. 



EKBACEOUS & AQUATIC PLANTS 



for present planting. 



EORGE BUN YARD & CO., Ltd., 



Royal Nurseries, Maidstone. Established 1706. 



RITCHIE'S SWEET PEAS.— Uni- 

 versally 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 

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

 free ; Sweet Pea list free on request. — 



A. S. RITCHIE & CO.. Seedsmen, Belfast. 



GARDEN PESTS.— Cross's " Clubicide " 

 is the Gardeners' Insurance against damage by 

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

 Germs and Insect Pests. Kills all harmful Bacteria, 

 reinvigorates the soil, stimulates plant life. In is. 

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

 Sole Manufrs. : A. CROSS & SONS, Ltd., Glasgow. 



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COOPS, COOPS, for the season. The 

 Keeper's Coop. Best on the market, 5s. 6d. each ; 

 60s. per dozen, carriage paid. Send for list, showing 

 numerous other designs. -«.-.«. 



B O U LTO N & PAUL. L?d.. Rpce T.a-P WnrU. Nonytrb, 



Roses and Herbaceous Planes. 



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 : Oiton, Warwickshire. 





