No. 3,051. 

 Vol. LV. 



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/ Reg. at the G.P.O. a« a Newspaper, \ 

 \ and for Canadian Mag'azine Poet. / 



SATURDAY. APRIL 



wr\t n ( per Ann: Poet Free. \ 

 1 9 1 J . VTolFoieign Countries, 15/. } 



Twopence 



BARR'S VEGETABLE AND 

 SEEDS of finest stJected etra-inis 

 ;gTO^vth. Descriptive Catalog-iie free. 



FLOWER 



a n d t&ste-d 



BARR'S HARDY PERENNIALS, 

 ALPI>'P:S aquatics, climbers, etc., for 

 SPRING PLANTING. Deficriptive Catalognie free. 

 BARRand SONS, 11, 12, and 13, King: Street, Covent 



Gar de n , L on d on . 



GiSHUKST COMPOUND is harmless in 

 uee; its soluble Sulphur, etc., ha« for 40 years 

 cured blight and fungus on plants, and is good for 

 washing unhealthy dogs. Gishuretine keeps boots 

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

 nefis. Wholesale from 



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



JAMES GRAY, LIMITED, HORTICUL- 

 TURAL BUILDER, CHELSEA, SAV., now 

 carrying a larg^e stock of Briti-sh ClochBS for French 

 Gardening. For particulars see March on the Calen- 

 dar prepar-^^d and ieisued by James Gray, Ltd. If you 

 have not one *of these Calendars, write, telephone 

 (301 Western), or wir« " Gray, Chelsea, London." 



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ALL Growers of BORDER CARNATIONS, 

 PERPETUAL FLOWERING CARNATIONS, or 

 ROSES ar<^ invited to send for Special Offer List to 

 CARNATION BROWN. The Nurseries, King's Norton, 

 the right firm for quality and keen prices. 



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UTS FOR THE GARDEN. 



Fruit 



Rooms, Potting Sheds, Workshops, Cycle HoUs«e, 

 Boot Rooms, Servauts* Mess Rooms, Children's Play- 

 rooms, etc. Send for Illustrated Catalogue free.— 

 BOULTON and PAUL, Ltd., Norwich. 



GREEKHOUSES and CONSERYATORIES. 

 Distinctive Designij and Finished Workman- 

 ship. Write now for ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, 

 CARTER and HOWARD, Horticultural Builders, 

 Kii:«rtan -on -Thames. Phone: 1308 P.O. Kingston. 



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■pERNS, FERNS, FERNS, etc.— Foliage and 



Blooming Plants for stove, greenhouse, and gar- 

 den. 100,000 large garden Ferns 2as. 100 5,000 cases 

 sent off yearly. Amateur Catalogue free. j. E. SMITH, 

 London Fern Nursery, Loughborough Junction, S.W. 



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ttlLVER-LEAVED PLANTS make ex- 



quisite efforts in garden borders. Many beauti- 

 ^^▼arieti^. Penl foi!^ Catalogue WHIN'S NUR- 

 SFRIES, Chalfoat St. Peter. Bucks. 



ONAL PELARGONIUMS, 



Catalogue of New aid Choicest Varieties. 



From V. SLADE, Zonal Specialist, 

 Staplegrove Nursery, Taunton. 



AHLIAS. 



P^ONY. CACTUS. POM- 



PONE AND SHOW, 



From 46. €d. per dozen. 

 Be«t Tarietieg. only. Catalogiies free. 

 J. T. WEST, Tower Hill, Brentwood. 



A UTO SHREDS FUMIGANT kills Leaf- 



p 1 ^^^^"^ maggot & insects in greenhouses, frames. 



f„ VV!?1*^2}^^« ^-l lO^WX). 3s. 6d. No appam- 



<^ -WM. DARLINGTON a nd SONS. Hackney, N.E. 



AXTON'S NEW SEED CATALOGUE for 



1912. 



Descriptive, and fully illustrated, including grand 



uew Laitoni&n Pea. and many other Novelties, gratis 

 application 



LAXTON BROS., Seed Merchants, Bedford. 



SMUNDA FOR ORCHIDS. 



^^^SIGNMENTS ARRIVE FORTNIGHTLY 

 ae. ed. per bu»h«l; per bag, Ss. 6d. 

 SANDER A^D SONS, ST. ALBANS. 



REENHOUSE 



NTI 



and GLAZ- 



9s n^l 1. ^itrolite,*' superior to White Lead Paint, 

 Mrt^^>^^^- Plastine" sUT>ers^les Puttv, 16s per 



WorV« p 1^^^*^* ^- CARSON and SONS, Grove 



Batt«tv>a. Agents throughout the country. 



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EBBS' PRIZE LAWN GRASS SEEDS. 



For Tennis , Croq net , and Garden La wn s, 

 Bow.'ing and Putting Greens, etc. No. 1 mix- 

 ture, Is. £d. per lb., 5s. per gallon 35e. per 

 bushel; No. 2 mixture. Is. 6d. per lb., 4s, 6d, 

 per gallon. 



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EBBS' LAWN GRASS MANURE. 



specially prepared, 281bs., 6s. ; 56lbs., lOs. Gd. ; 

 1121b8., 2C6. Carriage paid. I^awn Sand ^for 

 eiradicating weeds), 141bs., 4s. Cd. ; 281b6.. Ss. 

 Carriage paid.— WEBB and SONS, The King's 

 Seedsmen, Wordsley, Stourbri<lge. 



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UNYARD'S CATALOGUES 



Free on Application. 



BORDER CARNATIONS, .50 VAKIETIES. 

 ROSES AND OTHER CLIMBERS IN POTS. 



HERBACEOUS AND .\QUATIC PLANTS. 



For Pre*sent Planting. 



ASPARAGUS. 

 Fine plauts for present planting, from 



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



for interestiag list on culture and cookery. 



OEORGE BUNYARD AND CO., LTD., 



Royal Nurseries, MAIDSTONE. 



Established 1796. 



CLAY'S MANURES, CRUSHED BONES 

 (See ]iage iv.) 



CLAY'S FERTILIZER IS 

 UNSURPASSED for all Horticultural Purposes. 

 CLAY and SON, Stratford, E. 



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DOUGLAS S CARNATIONS and PINKS, 

 Border and Perpetual, are noted all over the 

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

 and Cups, Newest and b^^st varieties at most reason- 

 able prices. All ready for planting or potting on. 



Finest hand fertilised Seed only sold. CARNATION 

 and PIOOTEE Seed, all types. Is. 6d. to 26. 6d. 

 packets. AURICULA. PINK, and POLYANTHUS, 

 finest strain in existenoe, all 1911, fine crop, now 

 rc^ady for sowing. Send for latest catalogue. — Eden- 

 side, Great Bookham. 



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ERPETUAL - FLOWERING CARNA- 

 TIONS.— Send for Illustrated Catalogue, de- 

 scribing all best novelties. Award3d 18 Gold, 18 

 Silver-gilt 35, Silver Medals, and 7 Silver Cups. 1906- 

 1910. 



H. BURNETT. Carnation Specialist, Guernsey. 



RIVERS' FRUIT TREES, ROSES, VINES, 

 FIGS. ORANGES, and ORCHARD-HOUSE 

 TREES. A large and select stock always on view. 

 Illustrated and descriptive catalogue post free 3d. — 

 THOMAS RIVERS and SON, SAWBRIDGEWORTH, 

 HERTS. Station: Harlow. G.E.R. 



ORDER TRELLIS-WORK NOW.— Get our 

 Book on Treilis-Work, showing: screens, wall 

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

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



CHARLES BLICK'S CARNATIONS, 

 Famous all over the world. NOW IS THE 

 TIME FOR PLANTING AND POTTING. Sample 

 dozen of the finest varieties ever offered. Selfs, 

 Fancies, and Picoteee, lOs. per dozen, earr. paid. 

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



Finest hand-fertilised seed of all classes Is. 6d. 

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

 Catalogue to WARREN NURSERIES, Hayes, Ken t. 



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, Shrubs. Roses, 

 and Climbers. THE GUILDFORD HARDY PLANT 

 NURSERY, Guildford, 



WM. DUNCAN TUCKER and SONS, 

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

 Tottenham. Conservatories, Winter Gardens, Vineries. 

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



SOW NOW 



UTTON'S CHARMING ANNUALS. 



Beautiful colours : ' easily grown. 

 SUTTON'S ROSY QUEEN E'SCHi>OHOLTZIA, 



Per packet 6d., post free. 



suirroN's giant mignonette. 



Per packet Is., post free. 

 SUTTON'S STOCK-FLOWERED ROSY SCAR- 

 LET LARKSPUR, 



Per packet Is.. T»ost free, 

 SrTTON < lnHULK SALMON CLARKIA, 



Per packet lid., }K>st free. 



UTTON and SONS, The King's Swdsmon, 



READING. 



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ELWAY'S MANUAL OF HORTICUL- 

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

 post free, from KEiLWAY and SON. LANG- 

 PORT, SOMERSET. 

 From , Esq., 



North wood, 

 Middlesex. 



28 September. 1911. 

 " I find that I have never forwarded iis. for 

 your lovely Catalogue you sent me some weelce 

 since. It would be cheap at five times tiie 

 price, and I sincerely regret the oversight." 



NOW is the time to plant KELWAY'3 

 DELPHINIUMS— fine, bold, upstanding plants, 

 with a wealth of bloom in all shades of hiue and 

 purple. They are from strong country-grown stocks, 

 and flourish under almost all conditions. 



, Esq.. , Bolton Percy. 



" I wi^^h to say how pleased I am with the 

 IVIphiuiunis I got off you two years ago. 

 Thty ar*> really splendid. I have never seen 

 anything to touch them." 

 Choice named collections, 15s., 24s.. 34>.. :( dn/.on. 

 KELWAY AND SON, The Royal Horti. ul+un't--, 



I^ a n g 1 K) ■* t , S orn t*rs*'t . 



r£\HE MODERN HERBACEOUS BORDER. 



Full particulars and' prices of Kelway Borders, 

 }xj<'ked arra.»iged for planting, to flower in tasteful 

 schemes of colour, from 



KELWAY AND SON The Roval Horticulturists. 



LANGPORT, SOMKR-KT. 



"I am very much obliged t<> you inr forwarding 

 my order so promptly, and am vrry j.].'ae^<Hi with the 

 plants which vou have s^^nt. Th«\v tire quite strong 

 plants, better than I have Iw t n in tlu^ habit of get- 

 ting from any other firm." 



XTOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT 



1> KELWAY^S NEWEST GLADIOLI. 



These New Gladi>Ii are a revelation. They have 

 taken America by storm, and should be planted in 

 this country by all who want glowing effect of colour 

 in their beds and borders, and flowers for the house 

 in July. August, and S-eptember. Kelway^s large- 

 flowered Gladioli have received more Medals and Cer- 

 tificates thai any plant of moderjl times. reooin. 

 mend trial of a selection of our Cream of the 

 World Oollectio'i of named varieties, flowering 

 bulbs; for instance, one dozen for Ss. 



Full descriptive list of this Collection on applica- 

 tion. Postage ftee for remittance with or<ler. 



KELWAi AND SON, The Royal Horticulturists, 



Langport. Somenset. ^ 



THE POPULARITY OF XL ALL SPE- 

 CIALITIES inoreaees every year. All gardeoeriB 

 proclaim that nothing equals these oelebmted 



XL ALiTmC^^^ VAPORISING COMPOUND, the 



gardeners' favourite Fumigant. both LiquKl anU 



XL ALL NICOTINE INSECTICIDE WASH for 

 Syrincing. Dipping, and Dressing Fruit Tre« 

 and Plants. Mealy Bug, Scale, et«.. cannot exwl 



where this ie used. v \ t 



XL ALL INSECTICIDE WASH B (sine Nicotine), beet 

 1 TT-^^i* MiLrkAT. NO iieenoo 



renown are XL ALL WEED VvAir 

 FERTILLsEH. XL ALL IlO>E MANLRE, 

 RICHARDS' GREEN SUNSHADE. fta^^X^/^ 

 shaditg on the market. Is. packet doe* IGO feet 

 of gla^. Don't forget to a.^k your Nunierymatt 

 or Seedsman for my small pink list. 



G. H. RICHARDS, Manufacturer 

 234 Boroneh High Street, London, iNE. 



