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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, 



[May 4, 1912. 



SALES BY AUCTION. 



« Wednesday next, May 8th, 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 3.30 o'Clock. — Japanese Liliums in cases as received, 

 viz., Auratum platyphyllura, speciosum, rubrum, 



At 



Ardernei (Cape grown), 2,000 Anemones various, 500 

 American Pearl Tuberoses, 6,000 double French 

 Ranunculus, white, 5,000 Hyacinthus candicans, 2,000 

 Tropaeolum tuberosum, 250 bedding Begonia 

 Worthiana, 150 Davallia bullata, various designs, &c. 



5 o'Clock. — 100 lots of Ornamental and Decorative 

 Palms and Plants, Rhododendrons, Dracaenas, 

 Standard Bays, &c, from Belgium, Stove and Green- 

 house Plants. 



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, May 10th, at 12.45 oXlock. 



A collection of choice DENDROBIUMS, the property 

 of a gentleman who is relinquishing the cultivation 

 of this species, including some of the finest 

 varieties, many being specimen plants; all in the 

 finest condition. 



By order of Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, an im- 

 portation of CATTLEY* AUREA DOWIANA; 

 splendid pi«t:.ls of this magnificent Orchid, in grand 

 order. From various sources: Imported Orchids, 

 viz., 400 Oncidium varicosum, Laelia flsva and Stan- 

 hopea eburnea, also a quantity oi impoii^i Lycaste 

 Skinneri, Odontoglossum grande, and Oncidiums, 

 new Habenaria Roebelinii, together with choice 

 established Orchids in variety; Ochids in flower 

 and bud. 



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. 



Royal International Horticultural Exhibition, 



May, 1912. 



Messrs. PROTHEROE & MORRIS beg to announce 

 that they have arranged to hold a series of im- 

 portant Auction Sa'ca of 



RARE ORCHIDS 



from many of the best known anu finest collections 

 in Great Britain and on the Continent, as well as 

 from noted growers, at their Central Sale Rooms, 

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

 period covered by the show as follows : — 



Tuesday, May 28th 

 W ednesday, „ 29th 

 Thursday, t , 30th 



Tuesday, May 21st 

 Thursday, ,, 23rd 

 Friday, „ 24th 



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. 



PROPERTY FOR SALE. 



FOR SALE, FREEHOLD; over two 

 acres; stone built, tiled bungalow; five rooms; 

 three greenhouses; sheds, pigsties, poultry houses, 

 wired runs, 90 poultry ; nice garden, crops ; fruit trees ; 

 34*450.— PENTLAND, Carterton, Clanfield, Oxon. 



BUSINESSES FOR 



&c 



Over 100 Nurseries. Market Gardens, Florist & Seed 



BUSINESSES to be DISPOSED OF. 



ESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 1 



_____ HORTICULTURAL REGISTER contains full 

 particulars of the above, and can be obtained gratis at— 

 .____ 67 and 68, Cheapside, London, E.C. 



COMPACT NURSERY in good dis- 

 trict for Sale as going concern ; nine greenhouses 

 and useful buildings ; capital opportunity for all-round 

 man to do sound local business ; price for everything 

 .£350.— Full particulars of Messrs. PROTHEROE & 

 M ORRIS, 67, Cheapside, E.C. 



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 ; established 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. 



OMPACT 



LEASEHOLD 



NUR- 



SERY, freehold house adjoining ; established 23 

 years by present owner who is retiring ; 350 feet run 

 glass; shop; jobbing and retail trade.— SHEAHAN, 

 Hartheld Road Nursery, Wimbledon. 



FOR SALE or to be LET, on lease, 

 FRUITERER'S and FLORIST'S; commanding 

 shop and premises ; situated main road, Hampton 

 Court; low ground rent; owner leaving neighbourhood. 

 —Apply , BA ILEY, Bridg e Road, E. Mole sey. j 



EXCEPTIONAL opportunity to ac- 

 quire FREEHOLD NURSERY with cottages; 



going concern; 17. miles from town; excellently 

 situated ; price £1,500 and stock at valuation ; bargain. 

 —Apply, F. B. WRIGHTSON, Solicitor, 5, Guildhall 



Chambers, London, E.C. 



BUSINESSES WANTED 



WANTED, TO RENT, an acre or two 

 of Land with cottage, two or three green- 

 houses, near a town. — H., Box 3, 41, Wellington Street, 

 Covent Garden, W.C. 



BUSINESSES TO LET 



NURSERY TO LET; splendid posi- 

 tion ; five minutes from rail and trams; 350 ft. 

 Glass ; ij acres Fruit ; good house ; rent .£40. — Further 

 particulars from MILES, Royal Hotel, Sheerness-on- 

 Sea. 



PARTNERSHIPS. 



INTENSIVE GARDENING— Owner 

 of Freehold House and Land in Sussex would like 

 to meet Partner who would give personal labour and 

 share in capital for starting French Gardening, Poultry 

 Culture, &c, for market purposes. — J. P., " Brook- 

 side," Ifield, Crawley. 



NOTICES. 



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. 



3rd Edition. 



Now Ready. 



ii 



Ferns & Fern Culture' 



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By J. BIRKENHEAD. 



Revised by F. Parsons. 



1/3, post free, of 



THE PUBLISHERS, 



H. B. MAY & SONS, Upper Edmonton, N 



2. 



Present-Day Gardening. 



Edited by R. Hooper Fearson, Managing Editor of the 

 Gardeners* Chronicle. .Now Ready. Post free, 1/9 each. 



Numerous Beautifully Coloured Plates 

 are contained in Each Yoiume. 



1— SWEET PEAS. By Horack J. Wright, late Secretary 

 and Chairman of the National Sweet Pea Society. With 

 Chapter on " Sweet Peas for Exhibition," by Thos. 

 Stevenson. 



PANSIES, VIOLAS, AND YIOLETS. By William 

 Cuthbertson, J.P., and R. Hoofer Pearson. 



DAFFODILS. By the Rev. J. Jacob. 



ORCHIDS. By James O'Brien, V.M.H., Secretary of 



the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society. 



ROOT ft STEM VEGETABLES. By Alexander Dean, 

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



CARNATIONS ft 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. 



RHODODENDRONS ft 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. 



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

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



APPLES ft 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. 



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

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



-ANNUALS, HARDY AND HALF HARDY. By C. H. 



Curtis, with 8 coloured plates. 1/9. 



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THE PUBLISHER, 



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



Covent Garden, London, W.C 



EXHIBITIONS, 



ROYAL 



SHOW 



DONCASTER 



f 



July 2nd to 6th, 1912. 



73rd ANNUAL EXHIBITION of Horses, 

 Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry and Farm 

 Prodjce ; Jumping, Sheep Dog Trials, Horsb- 

 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, 



Royal Botanical & Horticultural Society 

 of Manchester & the Northern Counties. 



Founded 1829. 



Grand 



Rose 



and 



ummer 



Show 

 Show 



on July 19th and 20 th, at the 

 White City and Eoyal Botanical Gardens. 



MANCHESTER. 



Schedules and all particulars from — 



Mr. P. WEATHERS, Secretary, 



Royal Botanical Gardens, Old Traflford. 



PLANTS, «&c, WANTED 



WANTED, large KENTIA PALMS, 

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

 coloured Dracaenas and Crotons, also Aspidistras; tor 

 cash or exchange.— ROBERT GREEN (1911), LTD., 28, 

 Crawford Street, London, W. 



COMMON THYME. 

 chase; state quantity and price 

 MxCULLOCH & CO., LTD., Covent Garden Market. 



-Wanted to pur- 



an d nrice.— BUTLER, 



PLANTS, &G. 9 FOR 



INY SEEDLINGS^ for immediate 



pricking; Storrie's invincible strains as under. 



YCLAMEX, 



blooming ; strong 

 2-inch pots, 3s. doz. 



for winter 



from boxes. 



and spring 



100 10s.; from 



AURICULA (Border), 

 spring ; choice mixed, 3s. 6d 

 5s. 6d. per 100. _____ 



POLYANTHUS, to 

 spring ; choice mixed, 4s. 6d 

 5s. 6d. per 100. 



to bloom next 



; super extra mixed, 



bloom next 



; super extra mixed, 



EXCELSIOR ICELAND POPPIES, 

 in superb art shades; bloom this summer, u*7 

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



HOLLYHOCKS^ Orations, Pent- 

 stemons, Pansies, &c. Primula obconica, 



Gloxinia, &c. Write for catalogue.— *_ttf« 



STORRIE & STORRIE, Glencarse, Pertfisniro 



