Gardeners' Chronicle— May i8, tgia* 



Established 1341 



No. 1,325.— Vol. LI. 



THIRD 



SERIES 



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For CONTENTS see page 327. 



INTERNATIONAL 



HORTICULTURAL 



EXHIBITION. 



The attention of advertisers is directed to the arrange 

 ments made by the "Gardeners' Chronicle •» 

 (see last issue, 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, 



WOKDSLEY, STOURBRIDGE. 



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II HE Popularity of "XL ALL" Specialities 



_E_ 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" 

 INSliCTICIDE 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 AIT/' 

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

 HOSE MANURE. Richards' GREEN SUNSHADE, finest 

 powder shading on the market, rs. 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. 



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M. DUNCAN TUCKER & SONS, 



. Ltd., 27, Cannon Street, London, B.C.: Works, 

 lottenham. Conservatories, Winter Gardens, Vineries, 

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



FRUITING VINES IN POTS.— Muscat 

 of Alexandria, and leading Market varieties. We 

 make Vines a speciality. 



G. COLEMAN, The Vineries, Burgess Hill, Sussex. 



HUTS FOR THE GARDEN. — Fruit 

 Rooms, Potting Sheds, Workshops, Cycle Houses, 

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

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



BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., Norwich. 



LPINES & 



AMINES & HERBACEOUS PLANTS, 

 v;f . ~~ II,m alayan and other rare Rhododendrons, rare 

 ^nrubs, Construction of Rockeries. Catalogues ready. 



G. REUTHE, Keston, Kent. 



(^ T7vt Rases and Herbaceous Plants. 

 _j_UNN & SONS were awarded the 25 

 T *o • Guinea Challenge Cup in each collection at the 

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



•, Address: Olton, Warwickshire. 



WALTERS & CO., Norland Rd., Croydon, 

 Hm„i„.. Ma * er ? of Lath Roller Greenhouse Blinds; 



Pinoleiims, Scrim Tiffany; also 



Kose Trainers, of best designs. 



Garden Trellis, Arches, 



New Catalogue 10x2, free. 



SUTTON'S FIRE KING WALLFLOWER 

 Vivid orange, a new and beautiful colour 

 in this favourite spring flower. 



Per packet, is. 6d. 



W. G. Burstow, Esq., Curator, 

 Wallasey U.D. Council, writes :— " Your 

 Fire King Wallflower is a great success 

 here. It has been eulogised by our local 

 press, and rightly described as a new 

 departure. We grow over 4,000 of all 

 the leading varieties. 



Post free. 



UTTON & SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



READING. 



GARDEN PESTS.— Cross's " Clubicide " 

 is the Gardeners' Insurance against damage by 

 Eelworm, Wire worm, 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. 



Sow Now. 



BATH'S EMPRESS PANSIES, as grown 

 for the Royal Gardens at Frogmore. The richest 

 and largest-flowered strain of Pansies extant. Per packet, 

 2S. 6d. and is. 6d,, post free for cash. 

 (Dept. A), R. H. BATH, Ltd., The Floral Farms, Wisbech. 



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. 



HOICEST WALLFLOWERS.— 



Dicksons selected Dark Blood Red, Dicksons Golden 

 Beauty, Primrose Dame, Eastern Queen, Ruby Gem, 

 Golden Monarch, Vulcan, and Harbinger— all distinct and 

 beautiful varieties, per packet 6d. and is., post free. 

 DICKSONS, Royal Seed Warehouses, Chester. 



AUTO SHREDS FUMIGANT kills Leaf- 

 mining maggot, insects in greenhouses, frames. For 

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

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



New Phloxes. 



/^UNN & SONS were Awarded 



IT Cup at the Great Show at Olympia. 

 now ready. Address : Olton, Warwickshire. 



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New Lists 



SELECT YOUR ALPINES in FLOWER. 

 —A large collection, in pots, also Aquatics for 

 nresent planting. Visitors cordially welcomed.— THE 

 GUILDFORD HARDY PLANT NURSERY, Guildford. 



BARR'S SEEDS FOR MAY AND JUNE 

 SOWING.— Finest strains of Antirrhinums, Aqm- 

 legias, Campanulas, Canterbury Bells, Calceolarias, 

 Cinerarias, Delphiniums, Hollyhocks, Lupins, Pansies, 

 rtmulas. Stocks, Wallflowers, etc. Special list post free. 

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



~T\ REENHOUSE PAINTING &GLAZING 



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

 'Vlastine" supersedes Putty, i6/-per cwt. Full particulars 

 from W CARSON & SONS, Grove Works, Battersea. 



Agents thro ughout the co untry. 



UNYARTVS CATALOGUES, 



free on application. 

 BORDER CARNATIONS, 50 varieties. 

 ROSES AND OTHER CLIMBERS, in Pots. 

 HERBACEOUS AND AQUATIC PLANTS 



for present planting . 



d^\ EORGE BUNYARD & CO., Ltd., 



IT ^Roy* 1 Nurseries, Maidstone. Established 1796- 



For Advertisement Charges see page viii. 



Now is the time to plant 



KELWAY'S GAILLAKDIAS, which are 

 among the most brilliant and the most easily grown 

 ot the hardy herbaceous perennials; they give abundant 

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

 profusely from June to November. The flowers are on 

 long stems, and last in water for a fortnight. Choice named 

 collections, 12s. a dozen. From pots. Carriage and pack- 

 ing free for remittance with order.— KELW AY & 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 t 

 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. Carriage free 

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

 Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. 



HE MODERN HERBACEOUS, 



BORDER.— Full particulars and prices of Kehvay 

 borders packed, arranged for planting, to flower in tasteful 

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



Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. From , Esq.,. 



, Norwich. " Your case of plants, shrubs, etc., which 



I ordered, arrived here safely, and are row planted. I 

 must congratulate your firm on the really excellent way in 

 which they were packed, as they arrived absolutely fresh, 

 as though they were just dug out of the ground." 



SMUNDA for Orchids. — Consignments 



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

 SANDER & SONS, 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 



J. "a. COOPER, Lissadell (No. 2), Sligo, Ireland. 



f^ ISHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 



VX 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. 



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ARRISON'S "RELIABLE" WEED 



K ILLER.— Best and cheapest. See p. vii. this issue. 



BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE, 

 old variety, also Rothschild var. and Turnford 

 Hall, well-rooted young plants, 2s. 6d. doz., 50 for 6s., 

 10s 6d. per 100; The King, 3s. 6d. doz., $o for 12s.; 

 carriage paid for cash.-H. DUDDERIirOE, The 

 Dorset Nurseries, Blandford. 



UTHBERTS 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, 5«.-R- and G. CUTHBERT, Seed and Bulb Mer- 

 chants,' Southgate, Middlesex. 



SPECIAL OFFER.— Iceland Poppies, 

 in white and yellow, 2s. 100 J Lupinus polyphyllus, 

 mixed, strong plants, 3s. doz 16s. 100 ; ditto roseus 

 4 s. doz., 25s. 100; Saxifraga '• Bathonicnsis, one of 

 the best of the crimsons, 5s. doz., 35s. 100, S. Red 

 Admiral/' new, keeps its colour well, od. 

 doz • Coreopsis grandiflora, strong plants, 

 c^ataJogues free.-BROADHEAD'S, Wooldale 

 Thongsbridge, Huddcrsneld. 



each, 8s. 

 2s. doz. ; 

 Nurseries t 



