3 19l2.Hi: (.ARDENKES* iJAOAZINE, J,inuary 27, 3912. 



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No. 3,039. /Reg. at the G. P.O. as a Newspaper, 

 Vol. LV. V and for Canadian Magazine Poet. 



SATURDAY, JAN. 2 



1912 



/ 10/6 per Ann. I'ofltFr©*. 

 V To For^irn OomntriM, 16 



Twopence 



"DAERS SEED GUIDE FOR 1912 contains 



LattM-9 a ^dect List of the l>t\st A KOJ-^TABLES. and tht> 

 —most bmutiful AiXXUALS «nd PERENNIALS for 

 [j|*0(i#Gard^?n and Greenhouse, including many fine Novel- 



tipis of Sterling .Alerit. Sent free on applioation. 



BAllR and SONS, 11, 12, and 13. King Street, Oovent 



^r<ien, London. 



DosssTt^^^^'^ REMOVAL SALE OF HARDY 



>* PLANTS.— Clearance List of surplus plants at 



.ti0B^r<'<it]y reduced prices (prior to remoTai of nureerie«s 

 from Surbiton to Tap ow). eent post free on applica- 

 •tion. BARR and SONS, 12 and 13, King Street, 

 ^Oovent Garden, London. 



ir^ISHURST COMPOUND is 



JVJT u.se; \U soluble Sulphur, etc., 



harmless in 



,^ , ,,. , ^ T . ' - ha^ for 40 years 



cored blight and fungus on plants, and is good for 

 ^hing unhealtaiy dogs. Gi.«huretine keeps boots 

 ^Iry m all weathers; they will polish. Good for har- 

 *TiA\*^- wholesale from 



^™ PiaC E'S PATENT CA ND LE CO., LIM., L ONDON. 



TAMES GRAY. LTD., Horticultural Bu:id<^r, 



Ihelsea. is this winter keeping a large stafP 



SOW NOW UNDER GLASS. 



X17EBBS' EARLY FAVOURITE PEA 



▼ ▼ 2is. ]KM- pint; 3s. (>d. per qiia,rt, 



Mr. A. Tummy, Head Gardener to Sir 

 Thonia*; Barclay, writt^s : *'Y6ur NVw Karly 



Favourite EVa is the best Dwarf Pea I have 

 every grown." 



T^T^EBBS' SUPREME DWARF BEAN 



2s. ]>er pint; 'As. (kl. per quaa-t. 

 ilr. G. Hallett. late Head Gardener to Sir 

 T. HeiS'keth, writes : *' Your New Supn-nie 

 is the best forcing Dwarf Bean I have over 

 ha ndled." 



EBBS' NEW EPIC TRE MELON. 



1>. (ffl. mul 2f-. (xl. per jwicket. 

 Mr. A\ . Wi]|ilij>-, Gardener to Colonel Main- 

 wan .laotou. writes : '* Tour Internal: ionial 

 and Epicure .Melons are the beet I liave 

 ever grown." 



WEBB and SONS, The Kings Seedsmen, WORDS- 

 LEY. iSTOUBBRIDGE. 



a r. 



fill*' - T 



UTTON'S DELICIOI S MAI^RJ »\VFAT 

 PEAS. 



Seven 31onths in t! 

 Special colk'ction.^ <<: i 

 eight sorts, our i 

 2 quarts of each 



1 (piart of each 



1 pint of each 



Carria-'c free. 



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UTTON 



AND SONS, THE 



SEEDSMEN. READING. 



KINGS 



w 



-Of hot- water men in th^ shops, in order that they 



i"^"^ immediately to any breakdown of boilers 



Hot-water piping in any part of the country. In 



"tiri ""r'^^'^'rri'^ ^'^^^^ telephone 201 Western, 

 _:^'re, Gray, Chelsea, London." 



UTO SHREDS Fi:AIIGANF~ki]ls Leaf- 



ir.^ mining maggot, and all insects in greenhouses 



frames, etc. f'or 1,000 cubic feet, (kl; 10 OCO Ss Tf 

 N Gs'0Nn?4"n^;3,^5nr ^AELInSoJ- 



BUNYARD'S CATALOGUES 

 Free on Application. 



RUIT TREES, SHRUBS 



HE MODERN HERBACEOUS BORDER. 



full particulars and prices of Ke^vay B^irflers. 

 packed, arranged for planting, to fiowrr in tae-tefiil 

 schemes of colour, from 



KELWAY and SON. The l{..y:il HortirnlTuri^ts, 



LANoroirr. somehskt. 



•■ ^ I'alaro. \\ \ 



** 28th December, 1911 (the year of great dr<iught). 



" The new herbaceous border has done extremely 



well; much better than Her KovaL Highness anti«i- 

 p ated." . ■ , ■ 



ELWAY\S MANUAL OF H(JR1I(JUL- 



TURE is the best of all Garden Books. 2s. 

 post fr^, from KELWAY and SON. KWO- 

 PO-RT, SOMERSET. 



R 



OSES AND 



OTHER 



POTS. 



CLIMBERS IN 



From 



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^p'^^'F^?£inS f^^^^' etc.-Folia^e and 



quatil)deii 1 W ftO^ iL ^ greenhouse, and gar- 



'°L,c;t!^l^i'\^.^''^^-,>"^afeur Catalogue free. J.E.SMITH 



HERBACEOUS AND AQUATIC PLANTS. 

 ^ For Autumn Planting. 



GEORGE BUNYARD AND CO., LTDT, 

 Royal Nurseries, MAIDSTONE. 



Established 1796. 



5,000 cases 



A X T O X F R 



g-hborough Junction. S.W .' 



~U I T TREES. 



reii 



I- 



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-rM ..nlendkl ^"^^'^ ^'^^"^'^ have ever 



'^^^.iWy no ''LTfi^^^ 7:<^ ^nd fine roots. 



FuiiT in^i*.^^ obtania.ble. Trained in ail 



ifiustrated Gatala"-ue o-po+i. 



^^J^A^TONjmo^^ 



-^■^T'»X S NE\V SEED CATa"lOGU 



1912. 



LAY'S MANURES, CRUSHED BONES 



(See page vii.j 



CLAY'S FERTILIZER IS 

 UNSURPASSED for all Horticultural Purposes. 

 CLAY and. SON, Stratford. E. 



BRACKEN ROOTS 

 These quick-growing 



for Naturalisinor. 



E fo 



underground stems, Is. 

 per lb.. 15s. 2eibs. Bluebells L^. Gd. ICC. Eight 

 kinds hardy Ferns, ICe. ICC— CRUMP, Wray, Morton- 

 hami^tead, Devon 



Nnrthw<iod. 

 M i<kl]<vex. 



•2S .M'ljtember. l!)U. 

 1 find that I have never forsva.rded i.s. for 

 your lovely CatMdogiie you sent me some weeks 

 since. It would be cheap at five times the 

 price, and 1 sincerely regr^4 the over s i gh t . 



IDLER'S NEW ILLUSTRATED CATAI 



LOGUE OF CHOICE GAB DEN SEEDS will be 

 sent, post free, to any address, on receipt of post- 

 card. AVrite at once for a copy. It may help j-ou 

 to save 50 per cent, on your seed bill this season, 

 FIDLER and Sods, Royal Berks Set d Store*^. 

 Beiading. 



WEET PEAS.— All best varieties recom- 



mended by the Nat. Sweet Pea Society. Colec- 

 tions. Is. to 30s.— ELLISON, 57, West Bromwich. 



; >*'>v"^;,;^t;;man''p^ ^''^^^ illn^tmted. including grand 

 } » ;.XTonian Pea and many other Noveltie^ 



gratis 



:\lrrchant.^. B«Hlford. 



I 11^" •'Pj>lieation 

 3 15- J^r^ON J3HOS 



J ^ n nnia l-s. T?0CK GARDENS 



and WILD GAl?- 

 Ulustratcfl Cat.i- 



Write 



free. 

 WM. E. 



gs 



cc Dj>■IrVp^^^^ OARDEN.S. an 



*WMe (frr.^y¥^ PLANTED 1 



Do^' cSfc^ Hardy pjf^J^^"^^r n, 



L^TT^ ~— — ^ -IjlJ^j ^-•td.. Norwich. 



IRISH-GROWN SEED POTATOES, 

 for Catalogue of leading varieties, post 

 Prizes offered at English Exhibition. 

 SANDS. E.R.H.S., Potato Specialist (Dept. M), Hilk- 

 borough. Co. Down. 



PERPETUAL-FLOWERING or American 

 Tree Carnations. sti'oiig.hea-lthy Guernsey plants, 

 fi'om pots, -Is. per dox.. earr. pad; 2Us. ],ior 100. carr. 

 t'orw. Arik for catalogue, 7'> var^., with full directions. 

 V \ V DKIf sr. C VS F l! U .S.. Ramee. Guernsey. C.I . 



MINKHKAl) URBAN DISTRICT COl'NCIL, 

 TO LANDSCAPE GARDENKHS. 



HRYSANTHEMUAI CUTTINGS.-^My col- 

 lection conta-ina nea-rly 600 up-to-date vare. 

 Purchaser's selection, from Id. each. Catalogue free. 

 H. WOOLMAN Shiriev. Birnnntrhani. 



BEGONIAS.— Choice Liliums, named Achi- 

 mens . Can n as , G erman a nd J apanese I ri^ . 

 Momtbretias, Arums. Gkdio-li. Glorinias. Spirals. 

 Tritoma^, Hippeastrums.— ELLISON, West Bromwich. 



RUSSELS SPROUl^SOLl D T T Y^ 



The iinest and hardiest Sprout in Britain. Only 

 true in our own sealed packets at Is. Send for a copy 

 of our beautifully illustratt'd Catalo<jue, 140 pages, full 

 of novelties and useful information, ALEXANDER 

 and BHOWN, Se^l Mi^reh'ants. Perth, N.B. 



>ERPETT 



Our Pfp^ 

 Re«d our 

 ^^>^^G a-nd 



T 



A. L CARNATIONS 



Cultural Treatise," Ir 



Hathe^fev Sp^oialTsts 



GRAPE 



Cheltenham, 



VINES, 



planting. 



for fruiting and 



^^n.L T \YVn/'''^^^^^,^^<i prices. 



and Novelty List 



of 



1 



The Cultu 



^_ Mirrey. ■ ^^ELLS and CO., M^rshum, 



--- PLANTS 



re orth?Pnr''°^ ^^'^W^' Book, 

 re of the Chryeanthemum." post 



- I 



,.^'t!?an. '' Puf;, J'Jl^^or to White L 



Pa rticu 

 Batt 



GLAZ- 



I'ia^ine '"'V.rr i« \^ nite Lead Paint, 

 ^.ent^ hrougrhout the country 



HK M[\EHEAD T'RBAN DISTRICT 



COl Ni II. invite COMPKTTTIVF: DF.SIGNS for 

 L A Y 1 \ ( i () I - T t h . ^ B L K N H i: L\ 1 M E A TOWS at 

 MINKilKAl) ii,s a PUBLIC PAKK and PLKASI KK 

 GKOUNi). 



Plan of tlie .^ite aTid cdnditirns niriv be ohtained 

 fr<ini tlie untler>iirned on depc.^it of five .-hi! luiirs. 

 wli it'll .'^ii m will he returned on r^'i-* - 1 1 't df i Ktnn 

 de>iu-ns in acrnrdanOv^ with the i-nnd itiiuv-. 



A Pn miuiu of t'lO lli.s. i subjeot a- stat( il in the 

 condit ion>i is offere^l by the Council for tli-e beist 

 tiesig'U, and the <\-e^ i\L'"n in n\^]>ect of which such 

 premium may bt^ award. hI .dial! lucrraie The proivrty 

 of th*^ Council. 



Dev-:i<rn. ct(\. enclo.-ci! in a >;alrd j^ackaire. a^^ 

 directed in file c^iiiditidii-^, a nd endurst d " Bb-nheini 

 M t :^d^.w■.-.■* arc tn iu- ^rnt to th<' unde}>iL''ncd mi or 



b<'fnrt^ the :.'t)th day of Feb'ruary. PM2. 

 I)ar,d. 17th *dav r.f .1,-inuarv, P)12. 



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1)V ni'dei". 



L. C. \VKBBE1MNCLK1X)N. Clerk. 

 1 ti . Pji r k S t r^:H^ t . Mi neheji d . 



UTS FOR THE G A RDE N . 



Fruit 



Boom = . Potting Sheds, WorkshopvS. Cycle Houses, 

 Boot lleoms, Servants' Me^^s Rooms. Children's Play- 

 room.';, etc. Semi for Illu.^trated Catalogue free. — 

 BOULTON and PACL. Ltd., Norwich. 



SML'NDA FOR OiiCHIDS. 



CONSIGNMENTS AKHlVE f^OBTNIGHTLT. 

 2s. <id. per bushel; per bag, 8s. 6d. 

 SANDER AND SONS. ST. ALBANS. 



^^Y^M. DUNCAN TUCKER and 



SONS, 



Lim., 27. Ca^nnon Street. London. E.C. ; Work^\ 

 Tottenham. Conaexvatories, Winter Gardens. Vineries, 

 Peach-houses, portable buildings. etc. Catalos^ue gratit. 



T!HE POPULARITA^ OF XL ALL SPE- 

 CIALITIES increases every year. Ail grardeners 

 proclaim that nothing equals these celebrated 

 preparations. 



XL ALL NICOTINE VAPORISING COMPOUND, the 

 gardener's favourite Fumigant, both Liquid and 

 Cake. 



XL ALL NICOTINE INSECTICIDE WASH for 

 Syringing, Dipping, and D^e^&sing Fruit Tree* 

 and Plants. Mealy Bug, Scale, etc., cannot exist 

 vfhere thie ie u.«ed. 



XL ALL INSECTICIDE WASH B ivsine Nicotine), best 

 non-poi.sonoiis Wash on the Market. No licence 

 requinxi to ^ell this. Other preparations of great 

 renown Imth poifionoas and non-poieonons. are 

 XL ALL WKK.n KILLER. XL ALL FERTILISER, 

 XL ALL WINTER WASH for Fruit Tree>. 

 RICHARDS' BANDING GRFASE. etc. Don't 

 forget to ask your N. S. or Florist for Richards' 



email pink li.st. 



G. H. RICHARDS, Manufacturer, 

 234. Borous-h High Street, I^ondon, 



