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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 



[April 20, 1912. 



SALES BY AUCTION. 



Wednesday next, April 24th, at 12 o'clock. 



•Choice Herbaceous and Border Plants, new and rare 

 Perennials, Japanese Liliums, Gladiolus, Begonias, 

 Gloxinias, Lily of Valley, Iris, Carnations, Pinks, 

 &c. , Liliums Nepalense and Sulphureum. 



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

 Palms and Plants, Rhododendrons, Dracaenas, 

 Standard Bays, &c, from Belgium, Stove and 

 Greenhouse Plants, a consignment of Brunsvigias, 

 Vallottas, Watsonias, Richardias, Nerines, and 

 other Bulbs from the Cape. 



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. 



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Friday next, April 26th, at 12.45 o'Clock. 

 By order of Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans. 



An importation of CATTLE YA LABI ATA, the finest 

 type, in splendid condition, including many large 

 masses, also a fine lot of imported CATTLEYA 

 DOVVIANA. 



•From various sources : — 100 lots of Cattleyas, Lselias, 

 Brasso-Cattleyas, Brasso-Laclias, including C. 

 HARRISONI/E ALBA, C. GASTCELLIANA ALBA, 

 C. MISS WILLMOTT, C. CONSPICUA, L.-C. 

 GLORIOSA, L.-C. CANHAMIANA ALBA, L.-C. 

 BELLA, BRASSO-CATTLEYA DANTE, &c, all in 

 excellent condition, together with three plants of 

 CATTLEYA MENDELII, Clae's variety, in flower, 

 exhibited at R.H.S. meeting, April 16, 1912. Im- 

 ported plants of Odontoglossum grande, Oncidiums 

 leucochilum, splendidum, oblongatum, and Caven- 

 dishianum, Lycaste Skinneri, Laelia anceps, Cym- 

 bidium insigne, and Coelogyne Mooreana, together 

 with 150 lots of choice established Orchids. Orchids 

 in flower and bud. 



ESSRS. 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 Catalo gues had. 



THE WHOLE OF THE COLLECTION OF ORCHIDS 



formed by H. J. Adams, Esq., deceased, of 

 Rosencath, London Road, Enfield. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE & MORRIS 

 will SELL the above by AUCTION at their 

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

 THURSDAY and FRIDAY, MAY 2nd and 3rd, at one 

 o'Clock. On view mornings of Sale and Catalogues 

 foad. 



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. 



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PROPERTY FOR SALE. 



REEHOLD, best part of Kent, nearly 



Orchard, with seven-roomed Brick 



an acre 



House, &c. ; in going order; possession at once: 

 cheap.— Write, W. G., care of J. W. Vickers & Co., Ltd., 

 5, Nicholas Lane, E.C. 



BUSINESSES 



&.C 



€OMPACT NURSERY in good dis- 

 trict for Sale as going concern ; nine greenhouses 

 and useful buildings; capital opportunity for ail-round 

 man to do sound local business ; price for everything 

 ^350.— Full particulars of Messrs. PROTHEROE & 

 MORRIS^t, Chea pside, E.C. 



GREENGROCER'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. 



A LEASEHOLD NURSERY i^v 



-IX. SALE, under exceptional circumstances, within 

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

 Apples and Pears; 1,275 feet of modtrn 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 Stree t, London, E.C. 



FOR DISPOSAL, NURSERY in main 

 thoroughfare ; large town ; five greenhouses ; 

 large shop ; eight-roomed house ; long lease ; suit good 

 gardener with sons and daughters ; same hands over 

 20 years.— Particulars, A. T., Bo* xa, 41, Wellington 

 Street, Covent Garden, W.C 



ORSAL 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 have 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 readily 

 myself.— A. A. F ABIUS, Redlands Nursery, Emsworth. 



ITlIAM AUBREY & CO., Nursery- 



men's Agents, 10, Duke Street, Charing Cross, 

 London, offer splendid GROWERS' NURSETY, within 

 15 miles of Covent Garden, consisting of 10 acres, good 

 Dwelling House, and 14 large Glasshouses, all fully 

 stocked. Price complete, ^1,4/xx 



A UBREY & CO. also offer CARNA- 



-TjL TION NURSERY, Hants, consisting of 17I acres, 

 Dwelling House, and n Glasshouses, all stocked with 

 choice varieties, many prize-winners. Price ,£3,000. 



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BUSINESSES TO LET 



TO MARKET GARDENERS, FRUIT 

 GROWERS and OTHERS.— TO BE LET, from 

 September 1st, large Kitchen Garden, eight acres, 14 miles 

 from main line station, on G.N.R., six miles from important 

 Midland Market Town of Grantham. The garden com- 

 prises five acres walled garden, including 700 feet glass- 

 houses, well stocked with vines, peaches, etc. ; three acres 

 apple orchard ; Gardener's house ; two cottages, bothy for 

 single men ; ample water supply ; all necessary appoint- 

 ments for the management of a large garden on the most 

 economical lines ; an exceptionally low rent would be taken 

 from a desirable tenant. — For futher particulars apply 

 (C. S. ORWIN), Panton Estate Office, Wragbv, Lincolnshire 



NURSERY to LET; splendid position; 

 five minutes from rail and trams ; 350 ft. glass, 

 i£ acres fruit ; good house, rent ^40. — Further particu- 

 lars from MILES, Royal Hotel, Sheerness. 



BUSINESS CA RDS. 



PROTHEROE and MORRIS, Horticul- 

 tural, Market Garden, and Estate Auc- 

 tioneers and Valuers, 67 and 68, Cheapside, London, 



E.C, and at Leytonstone, E. Monthly Horticultural 

 Register had on application. 



NO TICES. 



THE RHODODENDRONS planted in 

 Rotten Row, Hyde Park, are supplied by 

 ANTHONY WATERER, Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, 

 Surrey. Kindly note Christian name and address. 



PUBLISHERS' NOTICES. 



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, YIOLAS, AND YIOLETS. 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 & STEM VEGETABLES. By Alexander Dean, 

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



6.— CARNATIONS & 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 & 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. 



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

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



9 —APPLES & PEARS. By George Bunyard, 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. 



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

 Prof. Bayley Balfour. 8 full-page coloured plates. 



12.— ANNUALS, HARDY AND HALF HARDY. By C. H. 



Curtis, with 8 coloured plates. 1/9. 



THE PUBLISHER, 



" Gardeners * Chronicle " Offices, 41, Wellington 



Covent Garden, London, W.C 



St., 



EXHIBITIONS, 



ROYAL 



SHOW 



DONCASTER 



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July 2nd to 6th, 1912 



73rd ANNUAL EXHIBITION of Horses, 

 Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry and Farm 

 Produce ; Jumping, Sheep Dog Trials, Horse- 

 shoeing and Butter-Making Competitions, 

 Agricultural Education, Forestry and 

 Horticulture. 



HORTICULTURE 



ENTRIES CLOSE 



MAY 31st. 



LIVE STOCK entries close May 20th. 



Prize-sheets and Entry Forms will be forwarded on 



application to 



THOMAS McROW, Secretary, 



Royal Agricultural Society of England, 

 16, Bedford Square, London, W.C. 



PLANTS, «£c, WANTED. 



WANTED, 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 (191 0, LTD., 28, 

 Crawford Street, London, W. 



PLANTS, «fcc., FOR SALE. 



PERPETUAL CARNATIONS.— Our 

 1912 Illustrated Catalogue free. Read our 

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

 Specialists, Hatherley, Cheltenham. 



FERNS ! 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. 



1YCLAMEN, for winter and spring 



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

 2-inch pots, 3s. doz. 



AURICULA (Border), to bloom next 

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

 5s. 6d. per 100. _ 



POLYANTHUS, to bloom next 

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

 5s. 6d. per 100. 



XCELSIOR ICELAND POPPIES, 



in superb art shades; bloom this summer; tiny 

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



OLLYHOCKS^ C^ations, Pent- 



stemons, Pansies, &c, Primula obconica, 



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Gloxinia, &c. Write for catalogue. — 



STORRIE & STORRIE, Glencarse, Perthshire 



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ERBERAS. 



all 



Adnet's Hybrids, 



plants ios., 15s. do *' 



nable 



colours; seed 6d., is. 

 choice Flower and Vegetable Seeds, all at r<aso 

 prices. I give value in Seeds, not in elaborate caia 

 logue or large adverts.- «" ««« - ™~* Bromwich. 



ELLISON, 45, West Bro 



JAPANESE IRIS.— Imported clumps, 

 24 different choice varieties (named), JS*- ; 

 LILIUM AURATUMS, 9 to 10 in., 4s. 6d . *£. 

 TUBEROSES, is. 6d., 2s doz.; BEGONIAS, choice 

 LILIUMS, GERMAN IRIS, TCONTBRETIAS. 

 GLOXINIAS, &c— ELLISON, 45 > West Bromwic^ 



PAUL CRAMPEL, KING EDWARD 

 JACOBY, WEST BRIGHTON'S, autumn 

 potted, from large 6o's, good stuff, 16s. 100, 

 cuttings half price; also Hydrangea Hortensis, w s 

 pots, 30 to 50 flower-buds, 5s. to ios. each. , 



HENRY HUXTABLE, Caxton House, lunon 5 

 W«-lls. --— 



Cvcla- 



GARDEN FERNS, 20s. 100. 

 men, Genistas, Acacias, Ericas, P^f^H ¥ ondoii 

 Crotons, Dracaenas; catalogues free.— SMI i«» . . 

 Fern Nurseries, Loughboro' Junction, London, a.* • 



