

Gardeners* Chronicle -May ii, ipil 



EXHIBITING. 



Established 



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Vol. LI. 1 



THIRD 1 

 SERIE3, 1 



SATUKDAY, MAY 11, 191 



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For CONTENTS see page 311. 



INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL 



EXHIBITION. 



The attention of advertisers is directed to the arrange 

 ments made by the " Gardeners' Chronicle " (see 

 announcement, p. 318) for reporting the Inter- • 

 national Exhibition. The issues (May 25, June 

 1 and 8) containing the three Exhibition Supple- 

 ments will be sold at the usual price (3d. each). 



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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. 



mHE Popularity of "XL ALL" Specialities 



I increases every year. All gardeners proclaim that 

 nothing equals these celebrated preparations. * 4 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. M 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 renow n 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 by small pink list.— G. H. RICHARDS, Manufacturer, 

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



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DICKSONS Horticultural Manure & other 

 high-class Fertilizers; also Dicksons Improved 

 Mushroom Spawn. Priced Circulars free on application to 

 DICKSONS, Royal Seed Warehouses & Nurseries, Chester 



SMUNDA for Orchids.— Consignments 



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

 SANDER & SONS, St. Albans. 



T ISSADELL ALPINE& HERBACEOUS 



■ J 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. 



IRON & WIRE FENCING for GARDENS, 

 Tree Guards, Gates, Arches, Espaliers, Rose Stakes 

 and Ornamental Garden Iron and Wite Work of ever 1 ; 

 description. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, free. 

 BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., Manufacturers, Norwich. 



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RUTTING VINES IN POTS. 



Muscat 



We 



JL of Alexandria, and leading Market varieties, 

 make Vines a speciality. • 



G. COLEMAN, Th e Vineries, Burgess Hill, Sussex. 



WALTERS & CO., Morlahd Rd., Croydon, 

 Makers of Lath Roller Greenhouse Blinds; 

 also Pinoleum, Scrims and Tiffany Blinds. Prices and 

 samples free. Established 20 years. 



UTTON'S WALLFLOWERS. 



Sutton's Fire King, per packet, is. 6d. 

 Sutton's Giant Blood Red „ is. 6d. 

 Cloth of Gold „ 6d.&is 



BUTTON'S GIANT DOUBLE DAISY. 



Giant White, Giant Pink and Giant 

 Mixed, each per packet, is. 6d, 



UTTON'S ROYAL BLUE MYOSOTIS, 



per packet, is.6d. . 

 . Post free. 



UTTON & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



READING. 



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 tor 

 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 tor 

 catalogue, Edenside, Gt. Bookham. 



UTO SHREDS FUMIGANT kills Leaf- 



mining maggot, insects in greenhouses, frames. For 

 £000 cubic feet, 6d. ; 10,000, 3s. 6d. No apparatus. 

 WM. DARLINGTON & SONS, Patentees, Hackney, N.fc.. 



Mew 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 

 nrese-lt planting. Visitors cordially welcomed.— I HE 

 GUILDFORD HARDY PLANT NURSERY, Guildford . 



.. DUNCAN TUCKER & SONS, 



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

 Tottenham. Conservatories, Winter Gardens, Vmer.es, 

 Mcbho ls, Portable Buildings, etc. Catalogue gratis. 



UNYARD'S CATALOGUES, 



free on application. 

 BORDER CARNATIONS, 50 varieties. 

 ROSES AND OTHER CLIMBERS, in Pots. 

 HERBACEOUS AND AQUATIC PLANTS 

 for present planting. 



(GEORGE BUNYARD & CO., Ltd., 

 T Royal Nurser ies, Maidstone. Established 17Q6. 



ARRISON'S "RELIABLE" WEED 



KILLER.-Best and cheapest. See p. «. this i ssue. 



ARR'S SEEDS FOR MAY AND JUNE 



SOWING.-Finest strains of Antirrhinums Aam- 





^ ARDEN PESTS.— Cross's " Clubicide " 



IT is The Gardeners' Insurance against damage by 

 H-or^^ire wo- S- s ^ »^ 



^^^L^AT^isS ^S, Ltd.. Glasgow, 



Sow Now. 



B m ATH'S EMPRESS PANSIES, as grown 

 1 for the Royal Gardens at Frogmore. The richest 

 and LrgeJnoJered strain "of Pansies extant. Per packet, 



£ept: S? £ £ bS BftCft"- Farms, Wisbech. 







For Advertisement Charges see page xii. 



KELWAY'S "Manual of Horticulture" is 

 the best of a*l Garden Books, 2S., post free. From 



, Esq./Northwood, Middlesex, September 28th, 1911: 



M I rind 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 1 sincerely regret the over- 

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





HE MODERN HERBACEOUS 



I BORDER.— Full particulars and prices of Kelway 

 Borders packed, arranged for planting, to flower in taste u 

 schemes of colour, fiom-KELWAY cV SON, The Royal 



Horticulturists. Langport, Somerset. Horn Airs. •• 



Balls Bridge, Dublin. "Your plants have all done so 

 wonderfully well in my small and smutty garden that I am 

 anxious for your advice as to which of the following 

 climbers will be suitab e for the front wall of my house. 



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Now is the time to plant. 



ELWAY GA1LLAKDIAS— the Gold of 



_ the Garden— will give abundant blossom in the 

 lie year that they are planted. Choice named collections, 

 ._. and 18s. a dozen. From pots. Carriage and packing 

 free for remittance witu order.— KKLWAY & SON, Ine 

 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 ancl 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, A 10s. Other choice collections, 30s. and 45s. 

 per 100. T'ull descriptive list on application. Postage free 

 for remittance with order.-KEL WAY & SON, The Royal 

 Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. 



(^1 REENHOUSE PAINTING &GLAZING 

 T " Vitrolite" superior to White Lead Paint, 9/- per gall. 

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

 from W? CARSON & SOfcS, Grove Works, Battersea. 



Agents throughout the country. 



OOPS, COOPS, for the season. The 



Keeper's Coop. Best on the market, ss. 6d. each ; 

 60s. per dozen, carriage paid. Runs, » 6d. each extra. 

 c pn H f nr list showing numerous other designs. 

 BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd. , Rose Lane Works. Norwich. 



Boses and Herbaceous Plants. 



GIJNN & SONS were awarded the 25 

 Guinea Challenge Cup in each, collection at the 

 Leamington Show. Up-to-date List for each now ready. 



b Address: Olton, Warwickshire. 



ALPINES & HERBACEOUS PLANTS, 

 -Himalayan and other rare Rhododendrons, rare 

 Shrubs, Construction of Rockeries. Catalogues ready. 

 snruDs, <-o G REUTHE, Keston, Kent. 



LAXTON'S STRAWBERRIES. — New 

 Catalogue now ready, with particulars of three fine 

 imorovements for 191 2, including the new "Queen," a gem 

 of fhe tot watS a glorified British Queen. Full paruculars 

 on application. AxToN BRQTHERS- Bedford. 



r^ ISHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 



I T u«e- its soluble Sulphur, &c, has for 40 years cured 

 Blfthts and Funeus on Plants, and is good for washing un- 

 healthy dogs Gishurstine keeps boots dry in all weathers; 

 they will polish. Good for Harness. 

 mey wi v wholesale from— 



PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE CO. Ltd.. London. 



FERNS J FERNS! !— Tree, Climbing, 

 Basket, Stove, Greenhouse, and Garden Ferns; 

 catalogues free.-SMITH. London Fern Nurseries, 

 Loughboro' Junction, London, S.W. 



