Gardeners* Chronicle— April 20, 19121 





Established 



No. 



321 



Vol. LI 



THIRD 

 SERIES 



SATUKDAY. APRIL 20, 191 



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Telephone— Qerrard, 1543. 



For CONTENTS see page 251. 



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Perfect Lawns. 



EBBS' PRIZE LAWN GRASS SEEDS 



Mixtures for Tennis, Croquet, and Garden 

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

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

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

 30s. per bushel. Carriage paid. Pamphlet 

 on 4i 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 paid.— 

 WEBB & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 

 Wordsley, Stourbridge. 



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. 



GARDEN PESTS.— Cross's " Clubicide " 

 is the Gardeners' Insurance against damage by 

 Eelworm, Wireworm, Slugs, Maggot, and all Disease 

 Germs and Insect Pests. Kills all harmful Bacteria, 

 reinvigorates the soil, stimulates plant life. In is. 

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

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



DUNCAN TUCKER & SONS, 



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

 Tottenham. Conservatories, Winter Gardens, Vineries, 

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



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 : Olton, Warwickshire. 



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. 



FRUITING VINES IN POTS.— Muscat 

 of Alexandria, and leading Market varieties. We 

 make Vines a speciality. 

 _ G. C OLEMAN, The Vineries, Burgess Hill, Sussex. 



ALPINES & HERBACEOUS PLANTS, 

 — Himalayan and other rare Rhododendrons, rare 

 ohrubs, Construction of Rockeries. Catalogues ready. 



G. REUTHE, Keston, Kent. 



UNYARD'S 



CATALOGUES, 



free on application. 



BORDER CARNATIONS, 50 varieties. 



ROSES AND OTHER CLIMBERS, in Fots. 



HERBACEOUS AND AQUATIC PLANTS 

 for present planting. 



(GEORGE BUNYARD & CO., Ltd., 



* M Royal Nu rseries, Maidstone. Established 1796. 



ICKSONS Horticultural Manure & other 



Mi k high-class Fertilizers; also Dicksons Improved 

 nTr^Mo Spawn ' Priced Circulars free on application to 

 ^^>ONS, R °y al Seed Warehouses & Nurseries, Chester 



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ARRISON'S 



KILLER,- 



"RELIABLE" WEED 



Best and cheapest. See p. iii. this issue. 



Sow Now. 



SUTTON'S CHARMING ANNUALS. 

 Beautiful colours; easily grown. 



SUTTON'S ROSY QUEEN ESCH- 

 SCHOLTZIA, per packet, 6d., 

 post free. 



SUTTON'S GIANT MIGNONETTE, 

 per packet, is., post free. 



SUTTON'S STOCK - FLOWERED 

 ROSY SCARLET LARKSPUR, 

 per packet, is., post free. 



SUTTON'S DOUBLE SALMON 

 CLARKIA, per packet, 6d., post 

 free. 



SUTTON & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 

 READING. 



THE Popularity of "XL ALL" Specialities 

 increases every year. All gardeners proclaim that 

 nothing equals these celebrated preparations. M 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 {sine Nicotine), best non-poison- 

 ous Wash on the Market. No licence required to sell 

 this. Other preparations of great renown are: — "XL ALL" 

 WEED KILLER, "XL ALL" FERTILISER, " XL ALL" 

 ROSE MANURE. Richards' GREEN SUNSHADE, finest 

 powder shading on the market, is. packet, does 100 feet of 

 lass. Don't forget to ask your Nurseryman or Seedsman 

 jor my small pink list.— G. H. RICHARDS, Manufacturer, 

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



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), Sligo, Ireland. 



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. 



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UTS FOR THE GARDEN. — Fruit 



Rooms, Potting Sheds, Workshops, Cycle Houses, 

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



Boot Rooms 



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



BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., Norwich. 



/^IISHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 



IT 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. 



THE BEST OF ALPINES, and new and 

 old-fashioned Perennials, Rock Gardens, Borders, 

 Water Gardens, and Wild Gardens designed and planted. 

 Illustrated Catalogue (free).-THE GUILDFORD HARDY 

 PLANT NU RSERY, Guildford. 



ARR'S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER 



SEEDS of FINEST SELECTED STRAINS and 

 TESTED GROWTH. Descriptive Catalogue free. 



ARR'S HARDY PERENNIALS, 



ALPINES, AQUATICS, CLIMBERS. ETC., for 

 Spring planting. Descriptive Catalogue, post free. 

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



n REENHOUSE PAINTING &GLAZING 



IT " Vitr#lite" superior to White Lead Paint, 9/- per gall. 

 'MPlastine " supersedes Putty, 16/- per cwt. Full particulars 

 from W. CARSON & SONS, Grove Works, Battersea. 



Aeents throughout the country. 



For Advertisement Charges see page viii. 



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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: 



11 1 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 I sincerely regret the over- 

 sight."— KELWAY & SON, Langport, Somerset. 



THE 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 -, Gorton, 



near Manchester, " The goods which you despatched on 

 Thursday arrived here sately on Saturday. After reading 

 the numerous letters of thanks and congratulation which 

 you.have received from all quarters and classes, it almost 

 seems like presumption on my part to attempt to say any- 

 thing further, and yet I feel so grateful to you for your 

 kind attention to my small order, and the courteous treat- 

 ment which I have received from you, that I felt it requisite 

 that I should express it in some way. The extreme care 

 which has been taken in packing, labelling, etc., and the 

 kind help afforded me in the arrangement of my small 

 garden, deserve and receive my warmest thanks. If there 

 should be any way in which I can show it, either by recom- 

 mendation or personal orders, you may be assured that I 

 will do so." 



"VTOW is the time to plant Kelway's Del- 



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

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

 strong country-grown stocks, and flourish under almost all 



conditions. From , Esq., , Bolton Percy: "I 



wish to say how pleased I am with the Delphiniums I got 

 off you two years ago. They are really splendid. I have 

 never seen anything to touch them." Choice named collec- 

 tions 15s., 24s., 34s., 56s. a dozen. — KELWAY & SON, The 

 Royal Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. 



SMUNDA for Orchids. — Consignments 



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

 SANDER & SONS, St. Albans. 



New Phloxes. 



GUN N & SONS were Awarded 

 Cup at the Great Show at Olympia. 

 now ready. Address: Olton, Warwickshire. 



a Silver 



New Lists 



WALTERS & CO.,Morland Rd., Croydon, 

 Makers of Lath Roller Greenhouse Blinds; 

 also Pinoleum, Scrims and Tiffany Blinds. Prices and. 

 samples free. Established 20 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING.— 

 W. INNES STUCKEY, Landscape Gardener, 

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

 Mr. H. E. Milner). ^ 



CUTHBERT'S SPECIALITE 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. 



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 100, cash.— H. DUDDERIDGE, 

 The Dorset Nurseries, Blandford. 





PERPETUAL FLOWERING CAR- 

 NATIONS ; strong, established plants in 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 

 DER SLUYS, F.R.H.S., Ramee, Guernsey. 



