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BARR & SUGDEN'S COMPENDIUM 



Used witli marYellous success in tlie Royal Fruit Gardens, Frogmore. 



STANDEN'S GARDENERS' AND AMATEURS' FRIEND MANURE, 



Inodorous, highly concentrated, and exceedingly rich in the most valuable fertilizing qualities. On 

 trial it has proved much more efficient than manure water, guano, or any other artificial manure at 

 present offered for sale. 



Applied to Plants to which stimulants can be given with advantage, it produces a marvelloua 

 effect in a very short time, inducing a free vigorous growth and early maturity. The method of appli- 

 cation is very simple, and involves the least possible labour, as it merely requires to be scattered upon 

 the surface of the soU and watered in. Being inodorous, it may be applied to Plants in a Conservatory 

 or Drawing-room without being in the sUghtest degree offensive. Compared with liquid manuref it will 

 be found incomparably safer and much more economical. The fonner, obtained from a stable or farm- 

 yard tank, varies so greatly in strength that an equal quantity to what may have been given to Plants 

 for weeks or months with advantage, will, at some unexpected time, cause them serious Injury ; and as 

 to cost, there can be no hesitation in saying that when the labour of procuring and applj-ing manure 



I water is taken into accoimt, it ^\'ill be found to be ten times dearer than Staxden's Manure. On these 

 points, however, it may be satisfactory to give the opinion of Mr. Barnes, Nurserj-man. CamberweU, 



j who has long been known as one of the most successful and intelligent Horticultm-ists of the day. He 



1 says : — " We used to brew manure water twice a week. The tank had to be cleaned out every Monday 

 morning, the spent manure wheeled away, fresh put in, water added, the whole stirred up, then allowed 

 to settle, and on Thursday the tank had to be filled up with water, and the procuring and preparing 



I manure had to be attended to ; and all this occupied a considerable amount of labour. Then applying 



the manure water was a great hinderance in watering the Plants, as the man had to have two cans one 



with liquid manure and one with clear water — and was constantly setting down the one and taking up ' 

 the other ; besides, the houses were never sweet. I have now done away with the manure water tank, i 

 and use Standen's Manure only. My Pot Vines were the best last year I have ever grown, and I have 

 found it answer equally well for eveiything to which I had been in the habit of giving manure water; i 

 and now never have any disagreeable smells in my plant houses. Altogether, I consider the manure a ' 

 great boon to plant and fruit growere." j 

 If it were necessary to try to establish the reputation of Standen's Manure by means of testi- i 

 monials, a vast number from high authorities might be published, but the Proprietor prefers that its 

 sale should rest on its own merits. Many of the leading Kurserymen, of whojn we may name Messrs. 

 James Veitch <fc Sons, of Chelsea ; Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough ; Messrs. J. & C. Lee," of 

 Hammersmith : Messrs. E. G. HENDERSON & Son ; Mr. John Standish ; Messi-s. Hugh Lowe & Co., 

 are using it, and many others were so sa'tisfied with the results which they saw it produce last season 

 that they have decided to use it exclusively in futme for all Plants to which they have been in the habit 

 of giving manure water, guano, or any other artificial manure. t 

 Growers of Vines in Pots, Pines, Orchard, House, and Fruit Ti-ees generally, whether under glass or i 

 in the open ground, wiU find that, by the aid of this Manure, they will produce such crops of fruit as ' 

 cannot be obtained by the aid of any other fertilizer. I 

 Roses, whether grown in pots, under glass, or in the open air, are greatly benefited by this Manure : ' 

 it stimulates them to strong %'igorous growth, and enables them to produce large perfectly-coloured 

 blooms, more profusely and for a longer period than if treated with any other manure. 



j Those Plant Growers who have not yet tried this Manure will find it invaluable for CamelUas, Orange 



I Trees, Azaleas, Ixoras, Dracaenas, and all Stove and Greenhouse Plants, which are benefited by manure 

 in any form. They may produce such specimens by its aid as they have never been able to do by any 



I other means, and in a much shorter time. 



1 Amateurs and persons who have small gardens, and not much time to attend to them, but are 

 ! anxious to excel in the cultm-e of Fruit, Vegetables, or Flowering Plants, will find this Manure a great 

 I boon. Its application occupies very little time, and it will bring unexampled crops of Fruits and Vege- 

 I tables. Applied to La^\■ns or Grassplots, where the grass does not thrive, it soon produces a fine dark- 

 i green sward. 



1 THE GARDENERS' AND AMATEURS' FRIEND, No. 1, should be used for most kinds of 

 I Hard Wooded, Stove, and Greenhouse Plants, Koses. Fruit Trees, and Vegetables. Sold in Canisters, 



Is., 2s. ed.. OS. ed.. 10s. 6d., and 'lis. 



THE ■ GARDENERS' AND AMATEURS' FRIEND, No. 2, is suitable for all kinds of Soft 



Wooded, Stove, and Greenhouse Plants, Annuals, Bulbs, &c. Sold in Canisters, U., 2s. 6d., 6s. Gd., 10s. Gd., 



and 21s. 



j Prepared Cocoa-Fibre and Charcoai, for Hyacinth Glasses, China Bowls, small jardinets, 

 ' 4c., 2s. per peck, 6s. per bushel. Directions how to use the Preparation sent jcith each parcel. 

 ' Prepared Cocoa-Fibre and Charcoal for large jardinets, vases, fern cases, kc. Is. Gd. per peck, 

 1 As. Gd. per bushel. Directions how to use the Prepai ation sent tcith e/ick parcel. 



' Suitable Charcoal for placing at the bottom of jardinets, vases, plant cases, &.C., Is. Gd. per peck, 

 I 4s, Gd. per bushel. 



Sifted Cocoa-Fibre, 3s. Gd. per bushel. Common Cocoa-Fibre, price on application. 



Nice green Carpet-moss for coveiing jardinets, &c., in lots of is.. Is. Gd., 2s. Gd., 3s. Gd., and 5s. Gd. 



Peat, Leaf-mould, Sand, and Loam, separate or mixed, 3s. Gd. per bushel. 



The following Notes on the Cultivation of Bulhs have been extracted from our 



"Illustrated Floral Guide": 



THE HYACINTH. 



Time of Planting the Htacinth. 

 This must, to a considerable extent, be regulated by circimistances. Nature has undoubtedly declared 

 i herself in favour of planting the Hyacinth in October and November; yet, without disputing her authority, 

 j we would say to the lovers of this flower, make your first planting as near the 1st of September as possible, 

 and your last about the 31st of December. 



