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 761. LV. 



) SATURDAY. APRIL 



1912 



BARK'S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER 

 SEEDS OF FINEST SELECTED STRAINS AND 

 TESTED GROAVTH. Descriptive Catalogue free^ 



AER'S Hardy PERENNIALS, ALPINES, 



AQUATICS, CLIMBERS, ETC., for Spring plant- 

 n^. Descriptive Catalogue, with oultunal notes, free. 



BARR'S BEAUTIFUL LILIES, 

 GLADIOLI, CANKAS, MONTBRETIAS, TIGRI- 

 OIAS, etc POR SPRING PLANTING. Special 

 Catalogue free on application. BAIIR and SONS, 

 II, 13, aind 13, King Street, Oovent Garden, London. 



GIJSHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 

 use; its soluble Sulphur, etc., hae for 40 years 

 oured blight and fungus on plants, and is good for 

 jrashing unhealthy dogs. Gishuretine ke«ps boots 

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

 aefis. Wholesale from 



PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE CO., LIM., LONDON. 



JAMES GRAY, LIMITED. HORTICUL- 

 TURAL BUCLDEK. OHKLSKA, S.W., is now 

 carrying a larg^e etock of British Cloches for French 

 G^trdeiiing. For jmrticuilarfi see March oni the Calen- 

 dar prepar-xl and iesiied by James Gray, Ltd. If yon 

 iia^e not one 'of th-ctse Calendars, write, telephone 

 (•201 Western), or wire " Gray, Chelsea, London.'* 



ALL Growers of BORDER CARNATIONS, 

 PEKPETUAL FLOWERING CARNATIONS, or 

 UOSES are invited to t^end for Special Offer Liist to 

 CARNATION BROWN. Tlie Nurseries, King's Norton, 

 the right firm for quality and keen pricee. 



CARNATION SEED, saved from exhibition 

 flowers only. Border or Perpetuale, Is. Gd. and 

 38. 6d. per -packet. Cultural instructions sent. 

 * A large firm , writer : ** Tour seed gives the 

 best results of any we've bought. Book us 

 10,000." 



CARNATIONS and PICOTBES for Exhibition or 

 Border, 12 lovely varieties for Se. 



ALSO PERPETUALS, to include the New R. F. 

 Felton, Edith Watere, C^arola, etc. Gs, and 

 ^s. 6d. per dozen; all in 3in. pots. 



CHAS. WALL, Carnation Grower, Bath. 



GREENHOUSES and CONSERVATORIES. 

 Difitinctive Deeignis and Finished Workman- 

 6hip. Write now for ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, 

 CARTER and HOWARD, Horticultural Buildere, 

 Ka:^ton-oD-Thames. Phone: 1308 P.O. Kingston. 



pERNS, FERNS, FERNS, etc.— Foliage and 



Blooming Plants for stove, greenhouse, and gar- 

 den. 100,000 large garden Ferns 30s, 100 5,000 easee 

 sent off yearly. Amateur Catalogue free. J. E. SMITH 

 ^igggop^rn Nurser y, Loughborough Junction, S.W. 



pERPETUAL TREE CARNATIONsT^st 



^ varieties strong young plants in small pote, 

 A J"' <^^rriage paid; 20-s. 100, carriage forward; 

 good flowering pLante in Sin. pots, 10s. 6d. doz. G. S. 

 ^ilA>^^J\RjI. g.^Ca T^^ Spec ialifit, Bexley Heath. 



AUTO SHREDS FUMIGANT kills Leaf- 



4'^^ mining maggot & insects in greenhouses, frames, 

 tor 1 000 cubic feet. 6d.; 10,000, 3s. 6d. No appara- 

 tus .-M^^^j^LINGTO^^^ 



AXTON^S NEW SEED CATALOGUE for 



1912. 



I>€ecriptive, and fully illustrated, including grand 

 new Lartonian Pea, and many other Noveltiee, gratis 

 on application. 



LAXTON BROS., Seed Merchajit«, Bedford. 



Fruit 



trUTS FOR THE GARDEN. ~ . 



JLJL Kooms, Potting Sheds, Workshops, Cycle Housee, 

 ^m^. Servants' Mess Rooms. Children*s Piey- 



RnmVo\^- Illustrated Catalogue free.— 



?22LlONa^d PAUL, Ltd., Norwich. ' 



O^orS^^^ FOR ORCHIDS. 



^^^^It^NMENTS ARRITE FORTNIC 

 CAiij^^J^^ bughel; per bag, Ss. 6d. 

 SANDER A>D SONS. ST. ALB AN I 



QREENHOUSE 



per^gall. PU^^C.'^^Ptf.^^^ 



CWt. Pftt.firti,l« 



PAINTINa and GLAZ- 



Plsistine" supers^^lee Putty, 16s. per 



Batterse 



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BEDDING F WOURITE^ 



EBBS' BEDDING AS'IEk.— Roso, Dark 



Crimson, White Purple. Pink. Light.Blue, and 

 mixed c o Lo u. ins . Ea c h Is. \yev ] la k et . Co 1 1 <h' - 

 tion of 6 I'istinct colours, separate, ;ts., ]M>st 

 f rc-e . 



EBBS* BEDDING STOCK. — Scarkt, 



Caniary -Yellow, Purple, Light iBlue, White R<)m\ 

 and mixed coloua'^. Each Is. ]>er packet, ]>f>Kt 

 free Collection of G distinct colours, separate. 

 3«., poet free. WEBB AND SONS, llie King s 

 Seedsmen, Wor^lisley, Stourbridge. 



B 



UNYARD'S CATALOGUES 



Free on Application. 



BORDER CARNATIONS, 50 VARIETIES. 



R0SF;S AND OTHER CLIMBERS IN POTS. 



HERBACEOUS AND AQUATIC PLANTS. 



For Present Planting-. 



ASPARAGUS. 

 Fin.e plants for preisent planting, from 



as. 6d. per 100, according to variety. Write 



for interesting Hfit on culture and cookery. 



GEORGE BUNTARD AND CO., LTD., 



Royal Nurseries, MAIDSTONE. 



Established 17%. 



LAY'S MANURES, CRUSHED BONES 



(See }>age vii.) 



LAY'S FERTILIZER IS 



UNSURPASSED for all Horticultural Parpoe«e. 

 CLAY and SON. Stratford, E. 



DOUGLAS'S CARNATIONS and 

 Border and Perpetual, are noted all over the 

 v/orld. FIVE GOLD MEDALS, R.H.S., 450 Medals 

 and CujiiR. Newest and best varieties at moet reason, 

 able prices. All ready for planting or potting on. 

 Finest hand fertilised Seed only sold. CARNATION 

 and PICOTEE Seed, all types. Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. 

 packets. AURICULA. PINK, and POLYANTHUS, 

 finest strain in existence, all 1911. fine crop, now 

 ready for sowing. Send for latest catalogue. — Eden- 

 side, Great Bookham. 



PERPETUAL - FLOWERING CARNA- 

 TIONS.— Send for Illustrated Catalogue, de- 

 scribing all best novelties. Awarded 18 Gold, 18 

 Silver-gilt 35, Silver Med-als, and 7 Silver Cups 19C6- 

 1910. 



H. BURNETT. Carnation Specialist, Guernsey. 



ORDER TRELLIS-WORK NOW.— Get our 

 Book on Trellis-Work, showine" screens, wall 

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

 free.— BOULTON and PAUL, Ltd., Norwich. 



R 



ITERS' FRUIT TREES, ROSES, VINES. 



FIGS, ORANGES, nnd ORCH A H I)-HOT'- E 

 TREES. A large find <- elect ?^toek alwa vr^ nn vn-w, 

 Illufctrated and descriptive eata'o^ue p(;>t U-n- :Vi. — 

 I'HOMAS RIVERS and SON, SA WBRIDG LvWOUTH, 

 HERT^. Station: Harlow, G-E.R. 



CHARLES SLICK'S CARNATIONS, 

 Famous all over the world. NOW IS THE 

 TIME FOR PLANTING AND POTTING. Sample 

 dozen of the finest varieties ever offered. Seifs, 

 Fancies, and Picotees, 10s. per dozen, carr. paid. 

 Also best up-to-date Perpetual-flowering varieties. 



Finest hand-fertilised seed of all classes, le. 6d. 

 and 2s. 6d. per packet. Send for free Illustrated 

 Catalogue to WARREN. NURSERIES, Hayes. Kent 



THE BEST OF ALPINES, and new and old- 

 fashioned Perennials. ROCK GARDENS. 



BORDERS, WATER GARDENS, and WILD GAR- 

 DENS DESIGNED and PLANTED. Illustrated Cata- 

 logue (free) of Hardy Plants, Trees, Shrube. Roeee, 

 and Climbers. THE GUILDFORD HARDY PLANT 

 NURSERY, Guildford. 



WM. DUNCAN TUCKER and SONS, 

 Lim., 27, Cannon Street, London, E.G.; Workfi, 

 Tottenham. Coneervatories. Winter Gardens, Vineriee. 

 Peach-houses, portable buildings, etc. Catalogue gratis. 



/1 0/6 per Aun. Post Free. \ rpmrk non 



VTo Foreign Countries, ^Bt- } A WUPeilCC. 



UTTON S SUPERB BEDDING ASTERS. 



A sjdendid selection. e]>ecially adapted for 

 producing maseets of colour in beiis. 

 Scarlet Blue, 



Delicate Rose, Lilac (Mauve) 

 Bright n<my, White. 

 Each per packet, le. 

 t^ollection of the six colours, separate. 5r. 



SU TTON S SUPERB BEDDING STOCKS. 

 Selected with great care expresely for bed- 

 ding purpovscs. 



White, Yellow, Blush-Roae, 

 Pa^ch-B?o5eom, Pink, Terra-Cotta, 

 Carmine-l*ink, Scarlet, Mauve, 

 Blue and Purple. 

 Each, per pi^oket, Is. 



SUTTON AND SONS, The King^s Seedsmen, 

 READING. 



K 



ELVVAY'S MANUAL OF HORTICUL- 

 TURE ia the best of all Garden Books. 2fi.. 

 post free, from KELWAY and SON, LANG- 

 PORT. SOMERSET. 



From an article in "The Field,** August 

 12th, 1911, on The Best Gardening Books: 



** I do not know of anything dealing with 

 herbaceous borders more comprehensive than 

 Kel way's Manual.*' 



NOW is the time to plant KELWAY'S 

 DKLPHINirMS— fine, boJd, uj standing i>lante, 

 with a wtalth of hlotjui in all *;had©s of blue and 

 pi;rple. They jire from strong country-grown stock*;, 

 and doiiri-^h und'-r n1':iost ;» i I f<»nd it iorits. 



. . Ka vtn.vfourt I'juk. 



LiindoTi, W. 



" Th*' Delphiniums yen k^vni m« -otm^ years 

 a^o have been a great siiceo^. aiii! liave been 

 m»ich adiuired- 

 Clioice na-ned collections, los. iMs., '.U-.. a ^Inzm. 

 KKJAVAY AND >.ON, The Royal IL rt t- ult ^iri^^t^. 



L';ingport, Somenset. 



HE MODERN HE^BACEOUS^W 



Fu'l particulans and prices of Kelway Bortlers, 

 ]iaeke<l, arranged for planting, to flower in t-asteful 

 scheme^; of colour, from 



KELWAY AND SON The Roval Horticultnrirt^, 



LANGPOUT. SOMKR>ET. 



. K<i{.. Piitm .v. SA\ . 



The Dclphiiiiii'.iis. C';irTiatioTis :ind I'iootetv h-.wv 

 arrived saft'ly. ami l;ctintifn]ly jiaf ked. 'Hirrr were 

 two pla.li*-> ninre than 1 had a riclit to eipwt. 

 E\^rythine' i.-^ olivi nisly in e^pN'iidiil c()n(Iiti(>n. and I 

 thank voa for vhm.- cart'ful aTtniTion to niv humble 

 01 der." 



OW IS THE TIME TO PLANT 



KKIAVAY S NKWh>T GLADIOLI. 



llii'sc N%'u- (. la i i arc re vela t if m. Tliry haVf' 

 t;iken A merira i'V .-Ti t 111 . an-d .-honl l i - ■ ]'la nird in 

 this C( untry hy all win) want ^.-'l^-win j rfl\ ct nf eo]-i»ur 

 in ihe\r l-edis and bonier-, and flowriv tor tlu' houise 

 in July. Au^iK^t. and SeitteinixT. Kelway'*^ large- 

 flowered Gladioli }iavf rrcriv, d move Mrrlal^- and Cvr- 

 tificatf's thai any i^'.atit "1 iiindrrii tinsi--. W riH-oin. 

 uH'nd trial of a r-<dr( ri-ni of our " ( 'n-am nf tlie 

 World " Colk'ctio-i of named vari« tiv>. fl'nvrriu^- 

 bullv ; for instanee. one d<>z<'n fur ?'s. 



Full descrijitivc li.^t -fif this (Mle<'Tion ai'jdica- 

 tion. Pcstage fr.M^ tor rcinitt-aiu-.' with ordrr. 



KELWAl AND SON. rin> Itoyai Hortiin:tiirist*J, 



I. a riLi j'i'rt. iiirir-; t. 



THE POPULARITY OF XL ALL SPE- 

 CIALITIES increases every year. AH gardenera 



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 Dressing Fniit Treet 

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



where this ie used. 

 XL ALL INSECTICIDE WASH B eine Nicotine), best 

 non -poisonous Wash on the Market. No licence 

 required to sell this. Other preparations of gr^t 

 renown aiv \L ALF- WKKD KILLKH. \f. \!.[. 



KKirrn.i-KK. XL Ai.r. uj-k \i \m im;. 



lM(H\Un^" LKKKN Sl'N-H A PC. tin. -t i ^\ < i 

 .■;hndinir tlir niark-t. U. yan ki-t d^M^ KO irrt 

 of i^Ui^"-. i'on't lorpTt to a.^k your NMr-^t-ryuian 

 (,r S'~ed-i'ian tor my --inull i-ink ]ir-t. 



H. li ten Aini-. AlanuiM' Tnr-T. 

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