CONTENTS: 
Apples, the colouring of 144 | Nursery N 
Apricot culture under Iceton, W. pk as *. 146 
ooo ove 1 Veitch, Jas., & Sons, 
Aristolochia gi var. elsea 146 
Sturtevanti ering Orchid notes and ele. 
in — — is * ings 133 
Book notice Plant nomenclature 145 
A ‘Popular Treatise on Plants new or note- 
testy onc of orthy— 
137 Aspidium basiattenua- 
Wild Flowers in Art tum 132 
and N: 143 Lycaste Skinneri, Mad- 
Caetus. — a pro- ame Steinmetz . 1183 
as asd 140 | Poultry, our ote in O EO 
Calendars of ning standard fruit 
operations, old and new 145 * 
Californian — . Rhododendrons, the 
135 Ormskirk hybrid sweet- 
Ceylon T: 148 scen * soe . 145 
Conservatory at t Birdsall 141 aac rel re 
pe * malform 135 
weet 144 | Rose*, on e Abbitte ng 131 
Epiphytes ‘of Amboina .. 132 | eg Dianas industry of 
lorists’ flow 147 | rmany 
Taa | Se edema! s qualifica- 
Quality of British- | 145 
grow: 98 | 8 at Grimston 
timbers 136| Park, the great 145 
Gloziners x Brilliant —, 144 to, food requi 
Growth of MERES ts ot tnße . „ 134 
Hybrids by grafting, o = g hemes pet E 134 
on ne, oo 
Abe 140 Viola Blue Bell“ „ 145 
fibre 144 Wasps, early * 1 
Ia — 9 at... 147 | Week’s work, th 
* cuttin Flower Garden, the ,,, 138 
„ 144 Fruits under a. „ 
123 143 Hardy Fruit Garden 138 
Luculia 3 . 145 Kitchen Garden, th 139 
Mi — 4 5 — * 147 Orchid Houses, the 39 
Oncidium 146 Plants under glass 138 
LUSTRATIONS. 
Conservatory, a 2 Tork 141 
Glass shed for cultivating N at Birdsall 133 
Gloxinera x 145 
Mignonette, Golden Gem “we pod. At, 
Richardia ethiopica with malformed ‘spadices? i eee AAD 
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going to Press, co 
in the e. it is ngage that all Copy 
or Adv ved BY 
FIRST PO POST THURSDAY MORNING 
at the latest. 
UR PRIMULAS, " ‘CINERARIAS, and 
F fascinating appear: 
ance is a great acq should grow it. 
Cuas. W. Horrr, Esq., Nashua, N.H., U.S nes À Si, 
1893. I saw your at the World's Fai found 
them much a 
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rig retin. their Culture ever ct aa 
A. F. BARRON. Royal Horticultural Soci 015 Gierik 
To ee and 
— — „in manly #68105 
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Marks PROLIFIC POTATOS for Sale.— 
for 2-ton lots, 100s. Lj Aeon 
True. 1 
G. F. YOUNG, Swineshead Abbey, 
No. 423.—Vor. XVII. Saum 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1895. 
PRICE 
Regt. as a Ne r. 3d 
(Regt na Ete Post * TREE, Od. 
02.7.0 he ER. IM ULL A SB. 
—Numberless varieties. 
S ULT O Ni S CYCL 
ost beautiful colours. 
SUTTONS PRIM UL AS. 
Flowers of 2.104 size 
UTTON’S CYCLAMENS 
—A marvellous display at— 
UTTON anv SON'S, DANON 
— 1 READIN 
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ag TATE MR. DODWELL’S GRAND 
CARNATIONS.—No collection complete without these 
choice varieties. Write for List. 
ARTHUR MEDHURST, Stanley Road, Oxford. 
ICKSONS HARBINGER — veal ges 
KSONS, Seed Gro 
J ARGE 5 aoe * 
Korders, at greatly reduced prices. The choicest Green 
9 s trom 4 to 12 ft. ‘Perfect Specimens and 
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— e 2 
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n LES TURNER. ER can aks — strong 
rom ground, 8 to 10 
The Roya 
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se een. — — 
ARNATIONS.—For the Best po and Old 
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ificates an ward 
CARNATION and 2100 Tf SRE D, 28. to 3s. 6d. per packet. 
AURICULA 3 wo bt * and Alpine, to name. 
AURICULA, nd POLYANTHUS SEED, 1s. 
ites 
CARNATIONS, _ Seedlings to flower * Nr hy 
poop es, 3s. 6d. per dozen; 258. per 100. 8 
ape Send for CATALOGUE, free. 
Jams DOUG S. F. R. H. S., Edenside, Gt. Boo! 
40. 000 LILY OF THE “Jay. 0 an be ad 
= l A to July 
. per gross; 
s of Merit in 1894. 
Surrey. 
out or on roots. i — 1 
per gross. Apply 
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„Somerset. 
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urst & Son, In OUR Pm 
Packets ONLY). General Seed. ) — 
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K. RAD E — yi y RYSANTHEMUMS— 
Lady Canning, a ppal 
30s. Lady —.—.— 25 ed 
FOREMAN, Nightingale N Bath 
We rice o! about 2000 COMMON HOLLY, 
fr. BRIEANT. « 
to Mr. Cholderton, near 2 
, in a few weeks’ tim 
B. 8. WILLIAMS. "ND "BUN have a fine 
stock of Extra Strong IRISH IVY in 9-inch o 
with nume a siege Ap t; y dei N Be. 
42s. per 
Victoria and Paradise p it a Upper Holloway, London, N. 
RBES’ EAST LOTHIAN STOCKS.— 
A tame Desa sg pg distinct poets viz partis — mag 
arlet. white, crimson Wallflower-leaved, and i Wali. 
flower-leaved Each sort, 1s., 5 6d., and packet. Cata- 
logues free. —JOHN FORBES, N awick, Scotland. 
LE AURATUM, grand stuff, only 4s., 
and 7s. 6d. per doz. Extra large, ls. to ls. 64. each. 
— other . Lilies at lowest ra e gpa to large 
alms, ! Tatanias, — 10s. per 100, 
— 5 5 S.—Quality 
— ney ls., 28. “. ma 5s. wd 
pkt.; sow 
pr Bedding, from om 5100. Choice Ap bride —— 
pots, 6d. * oe. Illustrated Price List and 
Pamphlet Gratis.—JOHN R. BOX, Begonia Grower, — 
Wholesale Vegetable and Agricultural 
5 to give 
fine selected stocks 
SHARPE are 
. “SPRCIAL QUOTATIONS for: their fine 
of VEGET. AGRICULTURAL | 1 — 
WING myne WISBECH. 
179 BEAUTIFUL 
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to Mushroom Growers. 
SPÉCIALITÉ MUSHROOM 
3 aiias most producti 
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m auratum. 
Mona ORLE AND 80. have received another im- 
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large. and immense ( 
25s. per Fade extra > size (bulbs 
seldom met with), 50s. per 100; 4s., . 9s. per dozen 
respectively, em other good and scarce Lilies in ow. 
b Pilberts and 
ME. t. COOPER having left thi shb “neighbourhood 
pe Powis is Sock of Pra it Trees, to be removed this 
May be viewed at = time, ani 
GEORGE WAITE, the Foreman, Calcot, near Reading, 
HARLES E. COOPER, WHOLESALE 
Street, Covent Garden, and 
Stand 40. — Market, Covent Garden, W. O., is open 
to receive = ngomen ts of CHOICE CUT FLOWERS, 
FOLIAGE, &c., for Sal orf particu- 
urthe 
are, 3 as abov: ve. Bankers, The National Bank, Charing 
TELEGRAMS: ‘‘LAPAGERIA, LONDON,” 
; | 50, 000 £! re em —— and Golden, 
ts.—- GREEN, 12 in. 
to 15 to, at 80s, per 100 „ at 40s. per 109; 
— . to 21 in., at per 100 ins to 8 ins at 40. per 109; 
200 EDEN, Sin, 1al inat pa a a dozen. Cash with 
r = in. Dan 
order. . J. CLARK, Goldstone, Brighton, 
ISHURST COMPOUND, used since fined 
a winter dressing for Vi Vines and O. 
from Slight. 
EK rtioultural Builders 
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