No. 438. Vor. XVII. Sans. 
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1895. 
— as a — { PRICE 3d. 
WITH SUPPLEMENT. Post-FREE, 344, 
CONTENTS. 
* notices of— roman new or note- 
Handbook = Syste- oe e 
eon Bota 622 Iris Parkor 612 
Hand- list of ung and Polyanthuses er Hamp- 
Fern 3 N ton Cou 624 
Gardens N 7 . 624 
— Hints fer Hard Poultry, oar - 635 
«+ 620 | Rock plants and others 
Meneg ‘Asses, Zabrat, at — 8 Castle.. 612 
Mules and Mul Schizocod £ol — 
breeding. . 621 loides 624 
Les Plantes Bulbeuses 622 | School garden in Surre 620 
Vine Culture „ 621 | Shrabs, — 618 
Bake glabra 623 | Sibthorpia euro 
lb garden, the gata s „ 624 
Orne giganteum ... 623 | Sccieties— 
—— the best, for Linnean 620 
forcing 62% Roya tani 627 
— Bren x Olenus 613 Royal Horticultural 626 
. g of peoi 611 | Stock king 621 
Sunningdale Park, Or- 
1 4 chids at... was; OS 
Florists’ flow Vegetable products at 
—— Yellow. * ne er 3 
Chrysa Vine-tend rils,&c. . 615 
Forestry, ninem AN tality of seeds, the „ 614 
Fruit prospects . 62s, 626 Velber, Jno., the late. . 625 
Grevillea robusta 624 | Water Lilies bes „ 620 
.. 621 Weather, the * 628 
Laeken, the Royal con- Weeks work, the— 
a ories 615 Flower garden, the. 619 
pete notes — Fruits — gh glass .. 618 
Bull, W., Chelsea 621 Hardy fruit garden .. 619 
Ladhams, E Shirley 616 Kitchen sh a 618 
0 Com notes and glean: Orchid-houses, the `... 619 
„ 613| Plants under glass. 6 
Orchid at Edinburgh ... 634 | Xanthoceras aloe yg 
O. chids at Mr. W. ull's 621 the propagation of ... 621 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Conservato: Gardens, Laeken, Tewi in me * 615 
Cypripedium X Olenus ... * 613 
Devonport Park improvement, plan of 617 
Model of de fowl os 625 
Victoria regia in the gardens of Mr. 8. C. Nash, Elitton, 
New Jersey, U. S.A. p — = 
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. 
In — of the alteration of the hour of 
Press on the large increase 
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FIRST POST THURSDAY MORNING 
at the latest. 
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Best Present for 
VIX! INES AND "VINE, “CULTURE, 
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A. F. n Royal Horticultural Society, Chiswick. 
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amount of Mari r te Neapoli Stock 
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For Present So 
Sen PERFECTION CA CALCEOLARIA. 
packet, 6s. and 3 64. 
UTTON’ 8 * “CLOTH OF 
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of robust yet 2 4. — — with immense trusses of flowers 
a of seed, per packet, 56. and 2s. 6d., 
post 
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UTTON an THE ROYAL 
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INE CULTURE UNDER GLASS,” the 
est Amateur’s 
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Y: 8 ls, ld., 
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ces on applica’ 
EDWARD TAILBY, 78, Sammer Row, Birmingham. 
yan, pei ecw and LATANIAS | a 
00. 
Dahliae, or Bedding G ng Geranium. 
F. RUSS , Merstham, Surrey. 
GUPERB ORCHIDS, CHEAP.—Thousands 
to select from. Write f or LIST, free. 
P. McARTHUR, The London Nursery, 4, Maida Vale, London, W. 
3 8 — cy — — 1 
XL Si SIEBOLDIT, in 60's, ready to pot 
__Camberland Pork Nu ad > A, 100,25 per 1000, London. 
H ENR VL RIDES, — Central 
Proms 
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NA RNA ATION 81 New Malmaisons ! “We 
MRS. VERARD — deep carmin 
PRINCESS III. rich 
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LING CARNATIONS, 3s. 6d. per doz.; 25s. per 100. 
CARNATION and PICOTRE SEED, prec to ae. 6d, per packet, 
Catalogues. post- free, from 
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HOICE TUINW EE SEEDS. — Diokions 
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superb strains „ Primulas, 
sav * —— only. In sealed pac’ 
ls, 6d., 23. 6d., 38. 6d., and 5s,, free by 
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ANTED, Standard & Pyramid iat gen 
ERANIUMS, and HELIOTROPES: large 
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wrence, 
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TEA ROSES in POTS.—Strong plants, finest 
doz, 
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(jSHUBSTINE keeps Boots dry and soft on 
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