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Telegraphic Address— *• Gardchron. Leodon." 



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Telephone— Qerrwrd, IR4J. 



For CONTENTS see page 347. 



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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). 

 W'ebbs' 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. 



r|1HE 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 

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

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

 =34. Borough High Street, London, S.E. 



WM. DUNCAN TUCKER & SONS, 

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

 Tottenham. Conservatories, Winter Gardens, Vineries, 

 Peach-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. 



IRON & WIRE FENCING for GARDENS, 

 Tree Guards, Gates, Arches, Espaliers, Rose Stakes, 

 and Ornamental Garden Iron and Wire Work of every 

 description. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, free. 

 BOULTON & PAUL, Ltd., Manufacturers, Norwich. 



\ LPINES & HERBACEOUS PLANTS, 



£*■ —Himalayan and other rare Rhododendrons, rare 

 onrubs, Construction of Rockeries. Catalogues ready. 



G. REUTHE, Keston, Kent. 



( Roses and Herbaceous Plants. 



^ UNN & SONS were awarded the 25 

 M Guinea Challenge Cup in each collection at the 

 i-eamington Show. Up-to-date List for each now ready. 



Address: Olton, Warwickshire. 



WALTERS & CO., Morland Rd., Croydon, 

 „- . Makers of Lath Roller Greenhouse Blinds; 

 S ole T um . s . Scrim, Tiffany; also Garden Trellis, Arches, 

 *ose irainers, of best designs. New Catalogue 1912, free. 



CHOICEST WALLFLOWERS. 

 KMNt Dl( £ sons selected Dark Blood Red, Dicksons Golden 

 gS\, mr ? se Dame, Eastern Queen, Ruby Gem, 

 beantlf 1 lon ^ rch « Vulcan, and Harbinger— all distinct and 

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

 L»i^KbONS, Royal Seed Warehouses, Chester. 



1 REENHOUSE PAINTING &GLAZING 



rLrtSF*™" 8u P erior to White Lead Paint, 9/. per gall. 



from W r\ U £S?M de 5 *255h l6/ " per cwt ' Ful1 Particulars 

 m W - CARSON & SONS, Grove Works, Battersea. 



Agents throughout the country. 







UTTON'S FI RE KING WALLFLOWER 



Vivid orange, a new and beautiful colour 



in this favourite spring flower. 



Per packet, is. 6d. 



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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 ('.escribed 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" 

 ~f is the Gardeners' Insurance against damage by 

 Eelworm, Wireworm, Slugs, Maggot, and all Diteai 

 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. 



COOPS, COOPS, for the season. The 

 Keeper's Coop. Best on the market, 5s. 6d. each ; 

 60s. per dozen, carriage paid. Runs, 2s. 6d. each extra. 

 Send for list, showing numerous other designs. 

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



/~1 ISHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 



lj 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. 



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 post free. 

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



SELECT YOUR ALPINES in FLOWER. 

 —A large collection, in pots, also Aquatics for 

 nresent planting. Visitors cordially welcomed.— THE 

 GUILDFORD HARDY PLANT NURSERY, Guildford. 



UN YARD'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., 



\~f Royal Nurseries, Maid stone. Established 1796. 



ARRISON'S "RELIABLE 7, WEED 



KILLER.— Best and ch eapest. See p. sv. this issue. 



AUTO SHREDS FUMIGANT kills Leaf- 

 mining maggot, insects in greenhouses, frames. For 

 , 000 cubic feet, 6d. : 10,000, «. 6d. No apparatus 

 WM. DARLINGTON & SON S. Patentees. Hackne). N.E. 



LAXTON'S STRAWBERRIES. - New 

 Catalogue now ready, with particulars of three tine 



on aPP llcatlo £XxTON BROTHERS, Bedford. 



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For Advertisement Charges see page xvl. 



Now is the time to plant 



KELWAY'S GA1LLAKDIAS, 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 aie on 

 long stems, and last in water for a fortnight. Choice n itne 1 

 collections, 12s. a dozen. From pots. Carriage aiul 

 ing free ior remittance witii order. — KELW AY & SON, 

 The Royal Horticulturists, J.angport, Somerset. 



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Now is the time to plane 



ELWAY'S NEWEST GLADIOLI. 



These new Gladioli are a revelation. They should 



be planted by all who want glowing effect ol 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. ami 45s. 

 per 100. Full descriptive list on application. Carriage free 

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

 Horticulturists, Lan^port, Somerset. 



THE MODERN HERBACEOUS 

 BORDER.— Full particulars and prices of Kelway 

 Borders packed, arranged for planting, to flower in tasterul 

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



Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. From .Esq., 



-, Exinouth. ■■ I have safely received the plants, 



which, owing to your excellent packing, arrived in perfect 

 condition. For your exceptionally generous treatment in 

 the matter of the Fyrethrums and Gaillardias, please accept 

 the thanks of " 



SM U N DA for Orchids. — Consignments 



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



in 1911. 



J. A. COOPER, LissadeJl (No. 2). Sligo, Ireland. 



New Phloxes. 



GUNN & SONS were Awarded 

 Cup at the Great Show at Olympia. 

 now ready. Address: Olton, Warwickshire. 



a Silver 



New Lists 



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., 50 for 12s.; 

 carriage paid for cash.-H. DUDDERIDGE, The 

 Dorset Nurseries, Blandford. 



UTHBERT'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. 



MARGUERITES (Coronation); best 

 for bedding, in 6o's, 2s. 6d. doz., in 54's, 4s. 6d. 

 doz • Queen Alexandra, in 54's, 6s. doz. ; Etoile d'Or 

 tvellow^ in 54's. 6s. doz.; Mrs. Sander, in flower, in 

 48's, 9 s per doz.-WALSHA W & SON, Scarborough. 



EGHEVERIA, for Bedding, gs'J per 

 100; packed free for cash.— J. QREEN, Reliance 

 Nurseries, March. 



NEW GERANIUM, Salmon Paul 

 Crampel, is. 6d. each, 15s. per dozen; unrivalled 

 for showy bedding.-KELLAWAY & CO., St.. John's 

 Nursery, Blackheath. 



