No. 3.041: 

 Vol. LV. 



/ Begv at the G.P.O. as a Newepaper, 

 \ aiid for Cattadiian Magazine Post. 



BARE S VEGETABLE & FLOWER SEEDS 

 i)f finest saleoted strains and tested growth. De- 

 .-criiitive^C^^ataJog-iie j(Tith^niany_caltii;ra.I notes, free. 



BARR'S BEAUTIFUL LILIES, GLADIOLI, 

 Cannas. Montbretisus, Tig-ridias, etc for eprin^ 

 planting-. Specdal Cataiogue free.— BAR,]{' and SONS, 

 J^--"*"^ .^^"g St reet, Covent Garden, Londo n. 



T>ARR'S REMOVAL SALE OF HARDY 



-L9 PLANTS.— Clearance Li.st of surplus Border 

 flmi Hock Plants, Climbers, etc., at greatly reduced 

 1 rices (prior to remova.1 of nuraerieis' from Siirbiton 

 TO Taplow), post free.— BARE and -SONS, 11 12, and 

 ]:!, King Street, Covent Garden, London. 



("HSUUKST COMPOUND is harmless in 



^ use; its soluble Sulphur, etc., ha-s for 40 yeans 

 cured blight and fungus on plants, and is good for 

 washing- unhealthy dogs. Gishurstine keeps boots 

 dry in all weathers; they will polish. Good for har- 

 ne*s. Wholesale from 



PRICES PATENT CANDLE CO., LIM.. LONDON. 



AUTO SHREDS FUMIGANT kills Leaf- 



i. ininino- maggot & in.sects in gneenihoibsies, frames 

 lor 1 (KKJ cubic feet, 6d. ; 10,0f)0. 3s. 6d. No appara- 

 t u:::^;Ani^Vmj^>^^ ^^O N S^H a.ckney E . 



ERNS, FERNS, FERNS, etc.— Foliage and 



Blooming Plants for stove, greenhouse, and gar- 



.p'"; i -""l*"" J'erns. m. 100 5,(100 cases 



t nnH yearly. Amateur Catalogue free. J. E. SMITH 

 l^n^n Fern Nursery, Loughborough Junction, S.w'. 



AXTON FRUIT T R E iTs. 



r.ft^.J'^ immense stock, the finest trees we have ever 



f P'^'^t'^, well-ripened wood and fine roots. 



fom= fT.ii"*'*!!*'*'!^''! ?btaiaa,ble. Trained in all 

 lonas. Fully illustrated Catalogue gratis 



_LAXTON_BllOS., Bedfo rd 



AXTON'S NEW SEED~CATALOGUB for 



1912. 



new^Sw' ^""H illustrated, including grand 



"^apS^lon" '"'^ "'""^ gratis 

 yJl4pOji >ROS.. Seed Merchants. B edford. 



rl FOR THE GARDEN - HVuit 



£i iToZ 't'''^^^.''^^' Work.hoplr Cycle Kon^' 

 rZJ etT- ^Room^. Children's Play^ 



J|OXTBEETIAS.-I)AYISON'S LOVELY 

 , , NOVELTIES. 



<■ ■ Th "W''^ foLhMving, fid., car. paid: 



"'""^it , -.n vT''^''' Bo'tolph. Hereward. Lady 



«^>-ong /a mi , >" "'";. beautiful hybridi, 



•^"las. 2 <fi'^"; paid. 1-2 large Auri- 

 ^' magnifi^nt in 1 • / h'-y^a'nthemum Cuttings, 



■ NVrfX" ^T^KSKRIES, DownQiam Jlar- 



]Vl-\!3lij^^ CAWfTONS-ZTsl^ 



'^'aiitifid tori ?- ' One doz.. in 



" l<^d5 ^ort. L "PP'Tti^O- o4.rna- 

 ^I'P.SERlFs n' -il.. Cash.plca.se. EAGLE 



._^__^ilES. Downham Market. Norfolk 



van..ti,. 'Ih 7^^-^^^ ^'ARXATIONSTbiit 



.- aow;; 'n. -,d:Jr- = -'^*- forward 



JA\IP« yk i Bexley Heath. 



CV.l?¥ . LTD. , HortieultT. raf Bttllde?. 



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-^^tend imm^uJH^^^P^V^^ order that they 

 '^-^vater pS^'t y breakdown of boiler^ 



YO^G^Bd Treatise," l^. 



l«-r gall. fiin ^"P'""" I^ad Paint 



^'irtiVular; Tro^V cTlTS^Tt'^ PHtt-vT"l8s: l^^r 

 . Batt^r^a. Zents tw ^ ^ONS, Grove 



Agents throu.^hout the country. 



SATURDAY, FEB. lo, 1912 



/ 10/6per Ann. t^<MtFr(«.i ffl— ^ ^ 



UoFcrufuOomntriM, 15/-, ) -L WOpeilC6 



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SOW NOW UNDER GLASS 



EBBS' CHAMPION PRIZE LEEK, 



Is. ftd. and 2s. <kl. iier pack^. pojsrt fre^. 



Mr. W.. Watertoii, H<>;nl Gardem>r to R. H. 

 Comyms, Esq.. writr^ : '1 am pleaiS^^l to 

 in-form you of my sut'(u\->s in winning Firtit 

 Plriae lat the National Veg-ertable Show, Lon 

 don, 1911, with your New Champion Priz<^ 

 Ee-ek. It i& the best I can find either for 

 exhibition or ta.ble use. bein^ very fine 

 grainetl, and of splendid habit." 



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EBBS' NEW EPICURE :\IELON, 



Is. ftd. and Sis. 6d. per pia-oket, ]>ost fne. 



Mr. H. S. Foster, Gardener to F. K. Muntz, 

 Esq., writes : I won Fi-reit. Prize at the 

 Wolverha-mpton Show with your Epieure 

 Melon in tJie cliatss for tscarlet-fleshed variety. 

 It was of grand flavour." WEBB and SONS. 

 Tha King-'fc Seedsmen. WordLsley. Stourbridge. 



UNYARD'S CATALOGUES 



Free on Application. 



RUIT TEEES, SHEUBS 



OSES AND OTHER 



POTS. 



CLIMBERS IN 



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:OUS AND AQUATIC PLAN 



For Autu 



n Planting. 



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EORGE BUNYARD AND (JO., 



Royal Nurseries, MAIDSTONE. 



Establiehed 1796. 



LTD., 



CLAY^S MANURES, CRUSHED 

 (See page vii.) 



BONES 



LAY'S FERTILIZER IS 



UNSURPASSED for all Horticultural Purpoee>s. 

 CLAY and SON, Stratford, E. 



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RACKEN ROOTS for Naturalidncr. 



These qniek-oTowing underground stems. Is. 

 per lb., 156. 201bs. Bluebells Is. 6d. 1€<1. Eight 

 kinde hardy Ferns, ICe. 100.— CRUMP, Wray, Morton- 

 hampstead, Devon 



PERPETUAL-FLOWERING or American 

 Tree Carnations, strong, healthy Guernsey plants, 

 from pots, 4fi. per doz., carr. paid; 20s. per 100, cair. 

 forw. Ask for catalogue, 75 vars., with full directions. 

 VAN DER SLUYS. F.R H.S.. Ramee, Guernsey, C.I . 



BEGONIAS. — Choice Liliums, named Achi- 

 mene, Cannas, German and JapanieEe Iris, 

 Montbretia^. Arume, Gladioli, Gloxiniafl, Spirssaa, 

 Tritotnas, Hippeastrums.— ELLISON. West Bromwich. 



EEDS. 



Seeds 



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Pedigree Vegetable, Choice Flower 



a t re a so na b i e p r i c r . I ir i ve ym i the 



value in Seedis, n«t in large a<lvi rT iMUH nts or elalx>r- 

 ate Catalogues. — ELLISON. 5Z. Wo.-t Bromwich. Estb. 

 18 90. Cat alo gue Free. _ 



SWEET PEAS.— 25 each, 13 choice named 

 varieties, l6. ; 25 each, do., do., Is. 6d. ; 2.5 

 ojtch 33 do,, do., 2is. 6d., og. paid.— ELLISON, 57, West 

 B ro m w icli . 



MINEHEAD URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. 



TO LANDSCAPE GARDENERS. 



THE MINEHEAD URBAN DISTRICT 

 COUNCIL invite COMPETITIVE DESIGNS for 

 LAYING OUT the BLENHEIM MEADOWS at 

 MINEHEAD as a PUBLIC PARK and PLEASURE 

 GROUND. 



Plan of tJie site and conditions may be obtained 

 from the undersigned on deposit of five shillings, 

 which sum will be returned on receipt of bona-fid«e 

 designs in accordance with the conditions. 



A Premium of £10 10s. (subject m stated in the 

 conditions) is offered by the Council for the beet 

 design, and the design in respect of which eueh 

 premium may be awarded shall become the property 



of the Council. 



Design, etc., enclosed m ft sealed package, 

 directed in the oonditions, and endorsed " Blenbeim 

 Meadowe,'* are to be sent to the undersigned on or 

 before the 36th day of February, 1912. 

 Dated, thie 17th day of January. 1912. 



By order, 

 L. C. WEBBER-INCLEDON, Clerk. 



_1 6, Park Street, M inehead. 



WM. DUNCAN TUCKER and SONS, 

 Lim., 27. Cannon Street. London. E.C. ; Worfes, 

 Tottenham. Cont;erv:\tories. Winter Gardens, Vineries, 

 lVach-hou.^e<. portable bu!lditig>, etc. Catalogue gratis. 



UTTON'S WHITE GEM CELERY. 



Per packet. Is. and Is. (>d.. \x)sf inw 



Mr. C. H. Agram, Gardoner. W. H. Norris, 

 Esq., writes: I *^hall never attempt to 

 grow any other Celery than your A\1iite Gem. 

 For ear.int :^c5, crispntis-s, and' goo<l flavour it 

 is unequ alled." 



UTTON AND SONS, THE KING'S 



SEEDSMEN. READING. 



rjIHE MODERN HERBACEOUS BORDER. 



Full particulars and pricee of Kelway Borders, 

 packed, arranged for planting to flower in ta^t^ful 

 schemes of colour, from 



KELWAY and SON, The Royal Horticulturists, 



LANGPORT. SOMERSET. 



" , Palace. \V. 



28th December 1911 (the year of great drought). 



" The new herbaceous border h&s done extremely 



well; much better than Her Royal Highneee antici* 

 pated.*' 



IVrOW is the bimo to plant KEL WAY'S 



11 DELPHINIUMS—ftne. bold, upstanding plants, 

 with a wealth of bloom in all e-rbados of blue and 

 purple. They are from strong cnunrry -grown .^tookrf^. 

 nm\ flourish unde-r almost all c-oTuIition-. 



Morristown, N..I., I'.s.A. 



" We have had <^lumps of your L:irk>jiiir'. 

 enduring frost down to 40 dt^,. (bel<.vv ^^ro) 

 F„, for ten successive winters. It is tnu- tlu-jr 

 they have had sonietinxv a. covrnnu: of 

 several feet of ^snow. niid .-onit^tim > r.nue at 

 all." 



choice named collections, l.js.. 'iis. ;U>., 'S^., n -doEen. 

 KELWIAY AND SON, The Royal Horticulturists, 

 Lan gporrt, Somerset. 



ELWAY'S MA"NL^m)F HORTICUL- 



TURE ie the beet of all Garden Booke. 2te., 

 po^t free, from KELWAY and SON, LANG- 

 PORT, SOMERSET. 



From Messrs. , 



Grahamstown, 

 Gape Colony, 

 '* The * Manual * is unique, and is an exceed- 

 ingly attractive book, and a most interesting 

 work on Horticulture, and we are very 

 pleased to poe^es^ this copy.'* 



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F IDLER'S NEW ILLUSTRATED CATA- 

 LOGUE OF CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS will be 

 sent, po^st free, to any address, on receipt of poet- 

 card. Write at once for a copy. It may help you 

 to sa V e 50 y>or ee n t . on your s e ed bill this season . 

 FIOLER and Sons, Royal Berke Seed Stores, 

 Reading. 



rilHE BEST OF ALPINES, and now and <^ld- 

 X fa.shioned Perennial^:. ROCK GAIJDENS. 

 BORDERS, WATER GARDENS, and WILD GAR- 

 DENS DESIGNED and PLANTED. Illii<«trated Cata- 

 logue (free) of Hardv Plants, Trees, Shrule R<>se«s, 

 and Climbcre. THE GUILDFORD HARDY PLANT 

 NUR^ERY^Guildford. 



CHRYSANTHEMU:\I CUTTINGS.— My col- 

 lection contains nearly 600 up-to-date vans. 

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



H. WOOLMAN Shirley. Birmingham. 



ORDER TRELLIS- WORK NOW.— Get our 

 Book on Trellis- Work, ehowinc screen*, wall 

 panels, window surrounds, arches, arbours, etc., poist 

 -BOULTON and PAUL. Ltd., Norwich. 



free. 



SMUNDA FOR ORCHIDS. 



CONSIGNMENTS ARRIVE FORTNIGHTLY. 

 2e, 6d. per bushel; per bag, Ss. 6d. 

 SANDER A^D SONS, ST. ALBANS. 



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THE POPULARITY^ OF XL ALL SPE- 

 CIALITIES increases every year. All gardeners 

 procl ai m that n oth in g equals th eee ce lebrat ed 

 preparations. 



ALL NICOTINE VAPORISING COMPOUND, the 

 gardener's favourite Fumigant, both Liquid and 



Cake. 



ALL NICOTINE INSECTICIDE WASH for 

 Syringing, Dipping, and Dressing Fruit Treee 

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

 where thie is ui^ed. 



ALL INSECTICIDE WASH B ffiine Nicotine), betst 

 noB-poisonous Wash on the Market, No lioence 

 required to sell this. Other preparations of grea-t 

 renown, both poisonoua and non-poifionou«. are 

 XL ALL WEED KILLER. XL ALL FERTILISER. 

 XL ALL WINTER WASH for Fruit Treee, 

 RICHARDS' BANDING GREASE, et^ Don^t 

 forget to ask your N. 8. or Floriet for Richards 



emaR pink list. ^ . 



G. H. RICHARDS. Manufacturer, 

 234, Borough High Street, London, 



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