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Telephone— Garrard, 1543. 



For CONTENTS see page 291. 



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EBBS' WALLFLOWERS. 



The finest strains in existence. 



Webbs' Canary Bird (golden-yellow). 

 Webbs' Ruby Gem (ruby-violet). 

 Webbs' Vulcan (deep velvety crimson). 

 Webbs' Eastern Queen (salmon shaded). 

 Webbs' Universal (single mixed). 

 Webbs' Double (mixed ; very fine). 

 Each, is. per packet, post free. 



Webbs' Kinver Favourite (blood-red). 

 Webbs' Primrose Dame (primrose). 

 Webbs' Belvoir Castle (yellow). 



Each, 6d. per packet, post free. 



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EBB & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



WORDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 



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. 



• New Phloxes. 



GUNN & SONS were Awarded 

 Cup at the Great Show at Olympia. 

 now ready. Address : Olton, Warwickshire. 



a Silver 



New Lists 



SELECT YOUR ALPINES in FLOWER. 

 — A large collection, in pots, also Aquatics for 

 present planting. Visitors cordially welcomed.— THE 

 GUILDFORD HARDY PLANT NURSERY, Guildford. 



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 ign fine crop, now ready for sowing. Send for 

 catalogue, Edenside, Gt. Bookham. 



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. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 

 u ^' JNNES STUCKEY, Landscape Gardener, 

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

 Mr. H. E. Milner). 



ARDEN PESTS.— Cross's "Clubicide" 



~J is the Gardeners' Insurance against damage by 

 £eiworm, Wireworm, Slugs, Maggot, and all Disease 

 ^erms and Insect Pests. Kills all harmful Bacteria, 

 reinvigorates the soil, stimulates plant life. In is. 

 nasks and i-gall. and 1 gall, drums. From all Seedsmen. 

 __ b Qle M *nuf rs. : A. CROSS & SONS, Ltd., Glasgow. 



T\TM. DUNCAN TUCKER & SONS, 



TnttL>,« Ltd ' , ^ 27, Cann o° Street, London, E.C. ; Works, 

 iottenham. Conservatories, Winter Gardens, Vineries, 

 ^ac^ouses ^ortab^ Buildings , etc. Catalogue gratis. 



UNYARD'S CATALOGUES, 



free on application. 



BORDER CARNATIONS, 50 varieties. 



ROSES AND OTHER CLIMBERS, in Pots. 



HERBACEOUS AND AQUATIC PLANTS 

 tor pres ent planting. 



EORGE~BUNYARD & CO., Ltd., 



Koyal Nurseries, Maidstone. E stablished 1706. 



A ?i?t ISON ' S "RELIABLE" WEED 



KILLER.— Best and cheapest. See p. v. this issue. 



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BUTTON'S GIANT DOUBLE DAISY. 



Enormous flowers, might well be taken 

 for Asters. 



GIANT WHITE, per packet, is. 6d. 



GIANT PINK, „ „ is. 6d. 



GIANT MIXED, „ „ is. 6d. 



UTTON'S MYOSOTIS, 



SUTTON'S PERFECTION, Blue, 

 Rose, White and Pale Blue, each 

 per packet, is. 



SUTTON'S ROYAL BLUE, per 

 packet, is. 6d. 



UTTON & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



READING. 



BARR'S SEEDS FOR MAY AND JUNE 

 SOWING. — Finest strains of Antirrhinums, Aqui- 

 legias, Campanulas, Canterbury Bells, Calceolarias, 

 Cinerarias, Delphiniums, Hollyhocks, Lupins, Pansies, 



Primulas, Stocks, Wallflowers, etc. Special list on 

 application. 



BARR&SONS, ii,I2 & 13, King St.,Covent Garden, London. 



DICKSONS Horticultural Manure & other 

 high-class Fertilizers; also Dicksons Improved 

 Mushroom Spawn. Priced Circulars free on application to 

 DICKSONS, Royal Seed Warehouses & Nurseries, Chester 



UTS FOR THE GARDEN. 



Fruit 



I I Rooms, Potting Sheds, Workshops, Cycle Houses, 

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

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



BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., Norwich. 



/^IISHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 



\JC use; its soluble Sulphur, Ac, 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. 



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ALTERS & CO., Morland Rd., Croydon, 



Makers of Lath Roller Greenhouse Blinds; 

 also Pinoleum, Scrims and Tiffany Blinds. Prices and 

 samples free. Established 20 years. 



GREENHOUSE PAINTING &GLAZING 

 " Vitrelite" 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. 



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 {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 

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

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

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



SM U N D A for Orchids.— Consignments 



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

 SANDER & S ONS, St. Albans. 



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 



m X9 J. X A. COOPER, Lissadell (No. 2). Sligo, Ireland, 



For Advertisement Charges see page iv. 



KELWAY'S "Manual of Horticulture " is 

 the best of all Garden Books, 2s., post free. From 



, Esq., Northwood, Middlesex, September 28th, 191 r: 



" I 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 forplanting, to flower in tasteful 

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



Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. From , Esq., 



The Orchard, Hairow. " Everything seems to me most 

 excellent, and your care in packing and sending is remark- 

 able. I beg you to accept my best thanks for all the 

 trouble you have taken Once more my best thanks." 



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Now is the time to plant. 



KELWAY GAILLARDIAS are 

 the most brilliant, the hardiest, and the most 

 easiiy-grown herbaceous perennials; they give abundant 

 bloom in the same year that they are planted, and blossom 

 profusely from June to November. Choice named collec- 

 tions, 12s. and 18s. a dozen. From pots. Carriage and 

 packing free for remittance with order.— KELWAY & 

 SON, The Royal Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. 



Now is the time to plant. 



KELWAY'S NEWEST GLADIOLI. 

 These new Gladioli are a revelation. They should 

 be planted by all who want glowing effect of colour in their 

 beds and borders, and flowers for the house in July, 

 August and September. We recommend trial of a selec- 

 tion of our "Cream of the World" collection of named 

 varieties, flowering bulbs, for instance, one dozen for 9s. ; 

 per 100, £3 10s. Other choice collections, 30s. and 45s. 

 per 100. Full descriptive list on application. Postage free 

 for remittance with order.— KELWAY & SON, The Royal 

 Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset, 



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. COLEMAN, The Vineries, Burgess Hill, Sussex, 



ALPINES & HERBACEOUS PLANTS, 

 — Himalayan and other rare Rhododendrons, rare 

 Shrubs, Construction of Rockeries. Catalogues ready. 



G. REUTHE, Keston, Kent. 



Edin 

 H.M, 



ACKENZIE and MONCUR, Limited, 



Hothouse Builders and Heating Engineers, London, 

 urgh, and Glasgow, By Special Appointment to 

 The King. 

 London Office: 8, CAMDEN ROAD, N.W, 



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 N urseries, Blandford. 



SPARAGUS. — Now is the time to 



make an Asparagus bed ; strong two year roots, 

 per 100, packed and carriage paid.— BIRD & 



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VALLANCE, Nurserymen, Downham, Norfolk. 



