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MAGAZINE, .]une 15. liHi. 



NEW SWEET PEAS AND CARNATIONS 



Illustrated 



No. 3,059. 

 Vol. LV. 



{ R-cgr- at the G.P.O. as a. Newepa-per, \ 



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SATURDAY, JUNE 15,1912. (irFo?e"nOo"nt.-^^^^ 



/10/6per Ann. Post Free. ^ 



Twopence 



BAER'S SEEDS for JUNE SOWING. 

 Finest strains of Antirrhinums. AquilegraiS, 

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 Primulas Stocks Wallflowers, leto. S-peoial li>st on 

 application. BAK.R and SONS, 11, 13. and 13, King 

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EBBS' CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. 



Latest Award: LARGE GOLD MEJ3AU a,t 

 the lioyal International Horticultural Exhi- 

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GISHURST COMPOUND is harmless iu 

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



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EBBS' CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS. 



ILlustrated Price List of Flower Seede for 

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UrrON'S ROYAL BLUE MYOSOTIS. 



Famous for its intensely d*'ep colour. 

 - . per iJCuciket. Is. lul. 



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LUPINUS POLYPHYLLUfi, SUTTONS 

 HYBRIDS. 



Give a. very wide ran^e of beautiful shades, 

 with perfect fo rm. ]^r pa<^kg^-_^s.' 



UTTON AND SONS, tlie King's Seedsmen, 



KKADING. 



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UN YARD'S CATALOGUES 



Free on Application. 



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for Gentlemen and their Gardeners is 



"201 WESTERN." 



.LIMES GRAY, LIMITED, 

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BORDER CARNATIONS. 50 VARIETIES. 

 ROSES AND OTHER CLIMBERS IN POTS. 



HERBACEOUS AND AQUATIC PLANTS. 



Foir Present Planting. 



ORDER TRELLIS-WORK NOW.— Get our 

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 Pull particulars and estimates for HaTdy 

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 KFLWW <in<l SON The Hoy4i-l Horticulturiists, 



lanoimVht. somehset. 



. Chepstow. 



"You v^uppli<:Mi me with an ' -iirtistic h.-rl luemu-; 

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 very pleas^^l with it. It looked so lowly l:i>t y-ar 

 tluit I am thinking of ha-ving a samilar l)i>rd.'r 

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FERNS, FERNS, FERNS, etc.— Foliage aud 

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 <len. 1<X>,(HK> krce o-arden Ferns. 20s. 100. 5,000 oases 

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NEW DEC OR ATI YE DAHLIA, 

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 per do^en. 



J. T. WEST, Tower Hill, Brentwood. 



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LANURES, CRUSHED BONES [ ]NJ 



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FERTILIZER IS 



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ROSES AND THEIR CULTIVATION.' 

 A new edition of this StaJidard Book is n. 

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GARDEN NETTING (best tanned only).- 

 25 yds. X 8 yds. 50 x 4 yds.. 100 x 2 yds, 8e 

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 All other sizes made at id. square yard. EVANS. 

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AUTO SHREDS FUMIGANT kills Leaf- 

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AXTON'S NEW SEED CATALOGUE for 



1912. 



Deecriptive, and fully illustrated, including ^rand 

 new Laxtonian Pea, and many other Novelties, gratifi 

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LAXTON BROS. Seed Merchante, Bedford. 



DOUGLAS'S CARNATIONS and PINKS, 

 Border and Perpetual, are noted aU over the 

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 and Cupfi. Newest and beet vanetiee at moet reason- 

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 Finest hand fertilised Seed only eold. CARNAllON 

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 p^kets. AURICULA, PINK, and POLYANTHUS, 

 tinest stmin in existence, all 1911, fine crop now 

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IGS FOR IMMEDIATE FRUITING. 



GRAPE VINES for present planting. 

 Please writ© for sizes and prices. 

 WILL TAYLER, Hampton, Middlesex. 



OW IS THE TIME TO PLANT 



K EL WAY ' S G AI L L AR DI AS , which are 

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Carriage and packing free for remittance w^th 



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PERPETUAL - FLOWERING CARNA- 

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^^h' BURNETT. Carnation Specialist, Guernsey. 



DAFFODILS. — Surplus Bulbs, clioice 

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 GARDE'NP:R, Cliaddlewood, Plympton, Devon. _ 



ORCHIDS FOR AMATEURS.— A practical 

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 houee Orchids, adapted for Small ^i*^ Greenhousee 

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

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RIVERS' FRUIT TREES, ROSES, VINES, 

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TRAWBERRY NETS, best, stout, small 



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