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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 



[April 13, 191*. 



SALES BY AUCTION. 



Wednesday next, April 17th, at 12 o'clock. 



New and rare Perennials, Herbaceous and Rock 

 Plants iu variety, Japanese Liliums, Gladiolus, 

 Begonias, Tuberoses, Lily of Valley, Iris, Carna- 

 tions, Pinks, &c. 



At 1.30 o'Clock. — 1,000 ROSES in large variety. 

 At 5 o'Clock.— 28 SPECIMEN KENTIAS. 



Also 100 lots of Ornamental and Decorative Palms 

 and Plants, Rhodo T endrons, Dracxnas, Standard 

 Bays, &c, from Belgium. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE & MORRIS 

 will SELL the above by AUCTION" at their 

 •Central Sale Rooms, 67 and 63, Cheapside, E.C. On 

 view morning of Sale and Catalogues had. 



Wednesday next, April 17th, at One o'Clock. 



Trade Sale of thousands of GLADIOLUS in variety, 

 Single and .uouble Begonias, 2,500 erect-flower- 

 ing and other Gloxinias, Cannas, Amaryllis, 

 Hyacinthus Candicans, 2,000 WATSONIA 

 ARDERNEI, 3,000 Tropaolum, Tuberosum, 30,000 

 BERLIN CROWNS LILY OF VALLEY, 3,000 

 Gladiolus " America," Bedding Begonias Worthiana 

 and Bertini, also 



JAPANESE LILIUMS, 



viz., 



4,770 Lilium auratum, 500 L. a. Platyphyllum, 

 2,000 L. longiflorum eximium, 1,000 L. speciosum 

 rubrum and album, 400 L. tigrinum Fortunei, 250 

 L. Hansoni, 500 L. tigrinum splendens, L. gigan- 

 teura, Umbellatum, Pardalinum, and Szovitzianum, 

 750 clumps Japanese Iris Kaempferi, 500 Davallia, 

 Fern balls, and designs, &c. 



A consignment of Liliums, Gladiolus, 

 Holland, Phoenix rupicola and Latania 

 Palm Seeds. 



&c, from 

 borbonica 



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. 



Friday next, April 19th, at 12.45 o'Clock* 



■An importation received direct, comprising Cymbidium 

 insigne and Coelogynes, Mooreana and Law- 

 renceana, together with choice Sophro-Cattleyas, 

 Brasso-Cattleyas, and Odontiodes, also Albinos 

 and rare Hybrid Orchids and species, 500 lots of 

 cool, intermediate, and hothouse Orchids in large 

 variety. Orchids in flower and bud. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE & MORRIS 

 will SELL the above by AUCTION at their 

 Central Sale Rooms, 67 and 63, Cheapside, E.C. On 

 view morning of Sale and Catalogues had. 



Royal International Horticultural Exhibition, 



May, 1912. 



Messrs. PROTHEROE & MORRIS beg to announce 

 that they have arranged to hold a series of im- 

 portant Auction Sales of 



RARE ORCHIDS 



from many of the best known and finest collections 

 in Great Britain and on the Continent, as well as 

 from noted growers, at their Central Sale Rooms, 

 67 and 68, Cheapside, London, E.C, during the 

 period covered by the show as follows : — 



Tuesday, May 21st Tuesday, May 28th 



Thursday, „ 23rd Wednesday, „ 29th 



•Friday, „ 24th Thursday, „ 30th 



Friday, May 31st. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE & MORRIS 

 will be pleased to forward Catalogues of these 

 Sales as soon as published to any applicants. 

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



BUSINESSES FOR SALE, &o. 



FOR SALE, through illness, Old-estab- 

 lished NURSERY SEED and FLORISTS' BUSI- 

 NESS; eight-roomed house; spacious shop; 10 houses 

 (heated) ; three acres ; long lease ; in centre of good 

 residential town, 20 miles from London; all well stocked 

 and in thorough working order; would suit partners.— 

 Particulars G. N., Box it, 41, Wellington Street, 

 Covent Garden, VV.C. 



CjPLENDID LITTLE NURSERY 



r^i. EASINESS for Sale as going concern, near one 

 of ther best riverside residential towns ; 420 ft. run of 

 g} a sshouse; pit and cold frames; potting and packing 

 sheds; excellent water supply; well stocked with 

 Tomatos, Chrysanthemums, and Geraniums ; good eight- 

 roomed house and two-roomed cottage let off; everything 

 in excellent order; net rent £10; 18* years unexpired 

 lease.-— C. N., Box 17, 41, Wellington Street, Covent 

 Garden, W.C. 



OR SALE, the six-years' LEASE of 



_a three-acre NURSERY ; 300 ft. glass; good 



den^v/c.' B °* *' 4X * Wellin S ton Street, Covent Gar- 



GREEXGROCER'S and FLORIST'S. 

 — Exceptional opening in this block of shops ; 

 rent from .£70. Boots', Sainsbury and Express Dairy 

 Co. already open in this established market ; population 

 150,000; immediate possession. — OWNER, 3, Walm 

 Lane, Willesden Green, London, N.W. 



GREENHOUSES, garden, one acre, 

 convenient dwelling house, freehold, for SALE ; 

 450 feet run g:ass, 100 lights ; well stocked ; specialities 

 — Tomatos, Bedding Plants ; excellent opportunity ; 

 satisfactory reasons. — WOODMANSEY, Cambridge 

 Street, Bridlington. 



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ARDENERS AND OTHERS. 



MARKET GARDEN, POULTRY FARM, &c. ; 

 splendid for beginner; nice home; good living ob- 

 tained ; rent low ; strongly recommended ; sale reasons. 

 BASSIL, Reddish Farm House, Sonning Common, 



Reading. 



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ARWICKSHIRE. 



Small XUR- 



SERY with five glasshouses to let, rent ^24 ; 

 stock j£n;o or at valuation ; excellent market centre. — 

 WARRINGTON BENNETT, Kenilworth. 



FREEHOLD NURSERY and 

 FLORIST BUSINESS for Sale; f acre; chiefly 

 Glasshouses ; well-built and heated ; town water ; good 

 opening for active man ; immediate possession. — T., 

 Avenue House, Crediton, Devon. 



FOR SALE, a well-equipped NUR- 

 SERY and FLORIST BUSINESS, situated in a 



busy neighbourhood, within easy reach of the London 

 markets; good local trade; establish. d 30 years; 

 dwelling house on the nursery ; price, including valuable 

 lease, growing crops, outbuildings, 10 glasshouses, 

 frames, lights, &c, and goodwill, ,£1,500; exceptional 

 opportunity for a person wishing to secure a pleasant 

 ready-money business. — For particulars, write to 

 ESSEX, Box 22, 41, Wellington Street Covent Garden, 

 W.C. 



A LEASEHOLD NURSERY for 

 SALE, under exceptional circumstances, within 

 20 miles of London ; 3! acres of land planted with good 

 Apples and Pears; 1,275 feet of modern well-built 

 houses (heated), with about 175 feet heated brick pits ; 

 well stocked; any reasonable offer accepted — Particu- 

 lars, apply to C. BIRTS, Esq., 5, Salter's Hall Court, 

 Cannon Street, London, E.C. 



NURSERY, old-established ; same 

 hands 27 years; main road; home trade; good 

 residence.— G. R. LETCHFORD, Flora Nursery, Thur- 

 ston Road, Lewisham. 



FOR SAL E.— R EDLANDS 

 NURSERY, Emsworth, Hants. SPLENDID 

 OPPORTUNITY in Sunny Hampshire. I am now offer- 

 ing my Nursery at Emsworth, where for twelve years I 

 have carried on an ever-increasing trade. I have divided 

 the same in suitable lots for small buyers. Growers will 

 find this an opportunity such as one rarely meets. Every 

 facility will be given to beginners. They can hsve my 

 assistance free for the season. Including one plot of houses, 

 planted with tomatos, which always do well here; very 

 little capital will be required to work this range. First 

 comer can have my House to live in. Also Propagating 

 Houses for growing Ferns, which are exceptionally well 

 adapted; now stocked with the famous "Glory" Ferns. 

 But stock need not be taken over; I can sell that readi'y 

 myself.— A. A. FABlUi, Redlands Nurse y, Emsworth. 



PUBLISHERS' NOTICES 



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HEADLEY BROTHERS, Bishopsgate, London. 



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OSES AND ROSE GARDENS. 



By Walter P. Wright. A companion volume to 

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 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- 

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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. 



5. 



6. 



7- 



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. 



ROOT & STEM VEGETABLES. By Alexander Dean 

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



CARNATIONS & 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. 



RHODODENDRONS & AZALEAS. By W. WATsoN,wilh 

 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 & 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, post 

 free. Special presentation edition, with beautiful 

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



11.— IRISES. By W. R. Dykes, M.A., with preface by 

 Prof. Bayley Balf jur. 8 full-page coloured plates. 



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THE PUBLISHER, 



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



Covent Garden, London, W.C 



PLANTS, &c, WANTED. 



WANTED, large KENTIA PALMS, 

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

 coloured Dracaenas and Crotons, also Aspidistras ;* for 

 cash or exchange.— ROBERT GREEN (1911), LTD., 2 

 Crawford Street, London, W. 



PLANTS, &c, FOR SALE 



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ERPETUAL CARNATIONS.— Our 



1912 Illustrated Catalogue free. Read our 

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

 Specialists, Hatherley, Cheltenham. 



ERNS ! FERNS ! !— Tree, Climbing, 



Basket, 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. 



INY SEEDLINGS^ for immediate 



pricking ; Storrie's invincible strains as under. 



CYCLAMEN, for winter and spring 

 blooming ; strong from boxes, 100 10s. ; from 

 2-inch pots, 3s. doz. 



URICULA (Border), to bloom next 



spring; choice mixed, 3s. 6d. ; super extra mixed, 

 5s. 6d. per 100. 



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POLYANTHUS, to bloom next 

 spring ; choice mix^d, 4s. 6d. ; super extra mixed, 

 5s. 6d. per 100. 



EXCELSIOR ICELAND POPPIES, 

 in superb art shades ; bloom this summer ; tiny 

 seedlings, 3s. ; advanced plants, 12s. 6d. per 100. 



HOLLYHOCKS, Carnations, Pent- 

 stemons, Pansies, &c, Primula obconica, 

 Gloxinia, &c. Write for catalogue.— 



STORRIE & STORRIE, Glencarse, Perthshire. 



marks 

 100 



STREPTOCARPUS, giant flower, 

 hybrid, extra strong, double Petunias, Coleus in 

 brilliant colours, Lantanas, finest hybrids, and Hydran- 

 geas ; strong plants; is. 6d. doz., carriage paid. 

 KOERING, 110, Brockiey Road, S.E. 



GERANIUMS, verv strong plants.— 

 RASPAIL, 6s. ; W. B. Gem, Hermoine, 8s.; Den- 

 irks, H. Jacoby (true), 10s. ; P. Crampel, 12s. per 

 3 ; MARGUERITES (white), 3s. 100 ; LOBELIA, t. 

 William, AGERATUM (dwarf blue) from cuttings, 

 is. 6d. 100, i 5 s. 1,000; CALCEOLARIAS Golden Oem, 

 2s. 100; 18s. 1,000; packed free; cash with order. 



BURNESS BROS., Vineries, Catford, S.E. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS, early-flower- 

 ing. BRONZE MASSE, HORACE MAR11> 

 (yellow), CARRIE (golden), GOACHER'S CRIMSOW, 

 WHITE DESGRANGE; strong plants; is. 2™*°^ 

 5s. 100; carriage paid on orders of 2s. 6d : casti 

 order.— FURXESS BROS., The Vineries, Catford, &»*• 



