No. 3,052. 

 Vol. LV. 



/ Reg. at the G.P.O. &a a Newgpaper, A 

 V and for Canadian Magazine Post. / 



SATURDAY. APRIL 27, 1912. aTo,^r;„ JXtS [bT ) . Twopence. 



BARR'S VEGETABLE AND 

 SEEDS of finest selected strains 

 growth. Descriptive Catalogue free. 



FLOWER 



arid te*st-ed 



BARR'S HARDY PERENNIALS, 

 ALPINES. AQUATICS, CLIMBERS, etc., for 

 SPRING PLANTING, Descriptive Catalogue free. 

 BARK and SONS, 11, 12, and 13, King Street, Coveat 



Gardon, London . 



GiSHUKST COMPOUND is harmless in 

 nee; its soluble Sulphur, etc., ha*s for 40 years 

 cared blight and fungus on plants, and is good for 

 washing unhealthy dogs. Gishuretine keeps boots 

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

 ness. Wholesale from 



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



JAMES GRAY, LIMITED, HORTICUL- 

 TURAL BUILDER, CHELSEA, S.W., is now 

 carrying a large stock of British Cloches for French 

 Gardming. For particulars eee March on. the Calen- 

 dar prepap^l and istsiied by James Gray, Ltd. If you 

 have not one of th-eise Calendars, write^ telephone 

 f?Cl Western), or wire Gray, Chelsea, London." 



\ LL Growers of BORDER CARNATIONS, 



PERPETUAL FLOWERING CARNATIONS, or 

 ROSES are invited to tend for Special Offer List to 

 CARNATION BROWN. The Nurseries, King's Norton, 

 the rig ht firm for quality and keen prices. 



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COOPS, COOPS for the Season.— The 

 Keepers' Coop. Best on the Market, as. 6d. 

 er^ch; eCs. per dozen, carriage paid. Runs, 2s. €d. 

 ea^h extra. Send for List showing numerous other 

 designs. BOULTON and PAUL, LTD., Rose Lane 

 Works, Nor wich . 



GREENHOUSES and CONSERVATORIES. 

 Distinctive Designb and Finished Workman- 

 ship. Write now for ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, 

 CARTER and HOWARD, Horticultural Buildens, 

 Kmgigton-on-Thames. Phone: 1308 P.O. Kingston. 



PERNS, FERNS, FERNS, etc.— Foliage and 



^ Blooming Plants for stove, greenbouise, and gar- 

 den. 100,000 large garden Ferns 20s. 100 5.000 ca^ee 

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

 London Fern Nursery, Loughborough Junction, S.W.' 



QILVER-LEAVED PLANTS make ex- 



quisite effects in garden borders. Many beauti. 



r«7^:^'^*^'''^- ^^"^^ Catalogue WHIN'S NUR- 



>IRIES, Chalfont St. Peter Bucks 



ONAL PELARGONIUMS. 



Catalogue of New ajid Choicest Tarietics 



From T. SLADE, Zonal Specialist, 

 Stapleg rove Nursery, Taunton. 



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AHLIAS 



P^ONY, CACTUS, POM- 

 PONE AND SHOW, 



From 4s. €d. per dozen. 

 Best varieties only. Catalogues free. 

 •T. T. U-EsT^ Tower Hill, Brentwood. 



MlOMsox's C^ELERRATED^ xMAXURKti. 



full ik'irtifulars see page v.) 



AUTO SHREDS FUMIGANT kills Leaf- 



For 1 ."^aggot & ineects in greenhouses, frames. 



tus ''^i'i.H^^^ ^^^^^ 38- ^- appar«- 



lH:i:^ji ^ARLL\GTON and SONS. Hackney, N.K. 



T AXTON'S NEW SEED CATALOGUE for 



1912. 



1 

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n^^rJS^'''^' ^"^^y ilhi^trated, including grand 



<>n apph^^on"^ ^""^ ""^"^ Novelties, gratis 



HH Oy BROS.. Seed Merchants, Bedf ord. 



S^^UxNDA FOR ORCHIDS. 



i"'^^^^^ ARRIVE FORTNIGHTLY. 

 crl-^\,P^^ bushel; per bag, Ss. 6d. 

 SAN^D KR AND SONS. ST. ALBA NS. 



G^I^HHOU^ and~GLAZ- 



^s- per ei'I " p?'*t'" ^^.P^'-i*^^ Lead Paint, 



p»^^;** , ^7^^'^%^ supersedes Putty, 16s per 



^orke R*^^^^ W. -CARSON and SONS, G^^^e 



^oatteroea. Agents throughout the oountry. 



WEBBS' BEAUTIFUL ANNUALS, 

 for Pretsent Sowing. 

 WEBBS' DOUBLE SCARLCT CLARKIA, 



Is. per packet, poit free. 

 WEBBS' DOUBLE ROSE GODETIA. 



Is. pe r pac k e t , past f r ee . 

 WEBBS" CARMINE GEM KSOHSfCHOLTZIA, 



Is. per packet, jxxst f ree. 

 WEBBS'' &ELBCTKD SHIRLEY POPPY. 



Is per packet, post free. 

 WEBB AND SONS, The King's S^dsmen, Wordsley. 



Stourbridge. 



B 



UNYARD'S CATALOGUES 



Free on Application. 



BORDER CARNATIONS, 50 VARIETIES. 

 ROSES AND OTHER CLIMBERS IN POTS. 



HERBACEOUS AND AQUATIC PLANTS. 



For Present Planting. 



ASPARAGUS. 



Fine plants far present planting, from 



3s. 6d. per 100, according to variety. Write 



for interesting list on culture and cookery. 



GEORGE BUNYARD AND CO., LTD., 



Royal Nurseries, MAIDSTONE. 



Established 1796. 



CLAY'S MANURES, CRUSHED BONES 

 {See page iv.) 



CLAY'S FERTILIZER IS 

 UNSURPASSED for all Horticultural Purpoeec. 

 CLAY and SON, Stratford, E. 



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DOUGLAS'S CARNATIONS and PINKS, 

 Border and Perpetual, are noted all over the 

 v'crld. FIVE GOLD MEDALS. R.H.S.. 4n0 Medals 

 and Cujis. Newest and brst varietiei^ at most reason, 

 able prices. All ready for planting or potting on. 



Finest hand fertilised Seed only sold. CAHNATION 

 and PIOOTEE Seed, all typos, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. 

 packets. AURICULA. PINK, and POLYANTHUS, 

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

 ready for sowing, .^end for latest catalogue. — Eden- 

 side, Great Bookham. 



ERPETUAL - FLOWERING 



CARNA- 



TIONS.— Send for Illustrated Catalogue, de- 

 scribing all beet novelties- Awarded 18 Gold, 18 

 Silver-gilt 33, Silver Medals, and 7 Silver Cups 19C6- 

 1910. 



H. BURNETT. Camation Specialist, Guernsey. 



RIVERS' FRUIT TREES, ROSES, VINES, 

 FIGS. ORANGES, and ORCHARD-H0U.-:E 

 TREES. A large and t elect stock always on view, 

 [ilufetrated and descript've catalogue post free 3:1. — 

 THOMAS RIVKRS and SON, SA WBRIDGEWORTH, 

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



IRON and WIRE FENCING for Gardens, 

 Tree Guards, Gates, Arches, Espa'iere, Rose 

 Stakes, and Ornam3ntal Garden Iron and Wire Work 

 of every description. Send for Illmstrated Catalogue, 

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

 Norwich. 



ERPETUAL CARNATIO 



Our 1912 Illustrated Catalogue free. 

 lU';id our " Cultural Treatise." li-. 

 YOUNG and CO., Carnation Specialists, 



Hatherley, Cheltenham. ____ 



N S. 



RICHARDSON'S for GLASSHOUSES and 

 HEATING APPARATUS, for full advertise- 

 ment V e e page ^ i i i . . Da r 1 ingto n. _ 



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, Guildfo-rd. 



WM. DUNCAN TUCKER and SQNS, 

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

 Tottenham. ConservatorieB, Winter Gardens, Vineriefi, 

 Peach house«s, portable buildings, etc. Catalo'gue gratis. 



To c ns u r e fine b u sh v plants, 



SOW NOW," 



UTTON'S WALLFLOWERS. 



SUTTON'S FIRE KING (vivid nriuig^')- 



}>er i).ackot. 1/6. 

 SUTTON - (. [ \NT BLOOD RED, 



]H'r iwicket. 1/6. 

 CLOTH OK CiOl.n. ]ier i.rir-k. t. <id. and 1/-. 

 ^SUTl'ON'S srPlvRR. MIXKD. ]H.r packet, 1/-. 



UTTON and SONS, Ihe King's Seedsmen, 



rf:ading. 



K 



ELWAY'S MANUAL OF HORTICUL- 

 TURE is the best of all Garden Books. 

 post free, from KELWAY and SON, LANG- 

 POHT, 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 

 Kelway's Manual." 



HE MODERN HERBACEOUS BORDER. 



Full 1 ::irt ifuUirs and prictvs fif K*dw;iy BDrders. 

 jvaekrd arranged for planting, to flower in ta*steful 

 schemes of colour, from . _ 



KELWAY AND SON, The Royal Horticulturists, 



LANGPORT, SOMBlK,S*ET. 

 , lu>q., Peninon, Beaumaris. An^rlet-ey. 



*' I shall probably want some more Herbace<iu;^ 

 things, as those we got from you last year have 

 done splendidly. I do not know whether it is the 

 excellence of your plants or the season, but some 

 of them have grown enormous." 



NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT 

 KELWAVS NEWEST G LADIOLL— These 



new GK^ilinli .uf a nvclation. They should 

 ])lantiii liy all wlio want glowing effect 

 ■of coKnir in tlit'ir lunls and lx>rders, and 

 fidw+^r.s inr the lnm-e in July, August, and 

 SrptcnilM'r. W(^ iee'i>inuii'n(l trial of a selec- 

 tion of our ■■('r.'Hni (f tlif World*' Collec- 

 tion of n.nin^l v-.i rii T tioWi-ring bulbs, for 

 inst.uuM', om- (inzcn f<>r f?s. ; per ICO £3 ICs. 

 Otlirr rhoicc i-.iilcctioiis, .HCV. and -4.1.*. i>er ICO. 

 Kiill i!oi-rri]iTivf !i.~t on ^i]i]ili('ntion. Postage 

 t't'rr t ,>r r< Ml iTtanct-- w Ah urdt r. 

 KKIAVAV \MI SON. Tii ■ Roval Horticulturists, 



OW IS THE TIME TO PLANT 



KEEWAY OAl LI-AHOl A< aro very enduring 

 on the i)UiTit. evtu in <lry \vt\itln'r. and as 

 cut flowers thev rf^tain their t rtvhncss and 

 brilliance for a long tiinr s^ft.r cutting. 

 Oho ice na med col 1 ee t i o n \'X<. and 1 8e . a 

 dozen ; from pots. 



Carriage and packing free for remittance 

 with order. 



KELWAY AND SON. The Roj-al H-r^: t ! -ns 



1,;i'il:i 'ii't. Somen-et. 



OlRCHIDS FOR AMATEURS.— A practical 

 guide to the Cultivation of Cool and Warm- 

 house Orchids, adapted for Small Mixed Greenhouses. 

 The author is C. Alwyn Harrison, F.R.H.S., and the 

 book can be obtained, by post, for 2e. lOd., from 

 Publisher. 149, Aldersgate Street, London. 



THE POPULARITY OF XL ALL SPE- 

 CIALITIES in(yre«i6e6 every year. All gardeners 

 proclaim that nothing equals these celebrated 

 preparations. 



XL ALL NICOTINE VAPORISING COMPOUND, the 

 gardeners' favourite Fumigant, both Liquid and 

 Ca ke 



XL ALL NICOTINE INSECTICIDE WASH for 

 Syringing, Dipping, and Dressing Fruit Tre«i 

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

 w he re th ie \a us ed . 



XL ALL INSECTICIDE WASH B (sine Nicotine), best 

 non-poisonous Wash on the Market. No iioenc* 

 required to sell this. Other preparations of greAt 

 renown are XL ALL WEED KILLEH, XL ALE 

 FERTILISER. XL ALL ROSE MANURE, 

 RICHARDS' GREEN SUNSHADE, finest powder 

 shading on the market. Is. pack*'t do^-^ ICfl feet 

 of glass. Don't forget to a.'^k your Nurseryman 

 or Seedsman for my small pink list. 



G. H. RICHARDS, Manufaeturer, 

 334. Borough High Strftt, London, S*.E. 



