iE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE, Sept^mbtr 14, 1012. 



EDINBURGH FLOWER SHOW 



Full Report. 



No. 3,072. / Beg. at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper, 



\ and for Canadian Mag^azine Poet. ) 



Vol LV. 



BARR'S GENEEAL BULB CATALOGUE 

 contains a Descriptire List of the best Sprintr and 

 5nmmer-flowering Bulbs, including Hyiacinths Tulips 

 Irises, Lilies, -etc., for forcing and bedding Sent post 

 fiw. * 



AWARDED THIKTY-OXE GOLlT.ArE'DALS 



T>AR.R;S "GOLD MEDAL - DAFFODILS. 



of all the flinest 



in cultivation, for Pots, Exhibition Flower 

 i!^-^^' 7^?^*"rahsing, aad including the finest 

 ««lection of New Seedling Narcissi ever offered Sent 

 free on application 



BAM and SONS, 11, 12, ^nd 13. King Street Cevent 

 Garden, London. 



riSHURST COMPOUND "iT^ha^^i^n 



/^r'A*^ Sulphur, .etc., has for 40 years 



<:ur«l bh<rht and fung-us on plants and k good Tot 

 wadimg unhealthy dvg.s. Gkshurstine keeps hoots 



namejis. Wnole.-ale from 



JAMES GKAY, Ltd., Horticultural Builder 



L l'ni'th't'^ ^^1^*^"^ that this k a 



good month tor painting- and rejiairin- the inside of 



m^y Greenhouses. He has a large number ° 



i« lent workmen, and immedia,te attention mn be 



tnT"" " P"^*"^^^-^' telephone call (4 

 «^«n), te^er, or wire to GRAT, Chelsea. London 



■^^ALLACE'S DARWIN TULIPS 



hints 



on colour schemes: KARLT 



with 



(1 n< 1 



nT.FLOWERING TLLIPS ..nd SPEflKS; 1).\FK0. 



CRocrsrvs, lilies, monthhktias. 



LlMi.MriU, nna other h:,nlv bulbs 



^^ber,, and rlnzonuvs, Li.t free from 



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Colelit vster. 



A TITO SHREDS FUMIGANT^kilis^w' 

 OULTRY and KENNEiTaPPLIANCES 



• latest Cata- 



logue Ir"-^ description. 



BOULTO 



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AXTON'S STRAWBERPTP«5 t?- i 



Catklo^L' 1?ati.^^:'^- .I-or new varieties. 



^ Uf^n'v^^-^Wh.atio. 



BuliK for V 'l"''llity <,„iv. 



■p.-^^^f- Po- ""^v >v:„ly an<l 



ERRY^ ^'r'■^'•^'->^'l"'••• 

 ^^ ^ HARDY PI WT i< \TJM 



^«^^^i^thr7-n';f ROMAN 



Wpti -^^rciss. -nl^^- ' ■Hx^r ^Vhite Double 



^ - Sn\- and ™- "'^P«'al offer. K«r 

 "'O-^, 57 iv*?''^ Autumn !?eed now ready. 



SATURDAY, SEPT. 



H, 1912. 



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^S^^of^ FLOWE,R.S AT OH^?ISTMAS. 



ebbs; white roal^n hyacinths 



Extra large bulbs. 3/- per doz. ; 2C/- per ICO 

 Selected Bulbs 2/- .. Uj. 



Grood 



1/6 



5 ♦ 



lC/€ 



J9 



' POLYANTHUS NARCISSI. 



Pai>er White, 

 Paper White, 



1/- per doz. ; 6/6 per ICO. 

 large flowering^ 

 _l/3 per doz.'; 8/6 per 100 



WEBBS' BULB CATALOGUE for 1912. 

 Beautifully ill.istrated. Post Free 

 5 and SONS, The King's Seedsmen, 



WEBB and 



Word^Iey, StjurbriL^-e. 



KENT, THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND. 



GEOEjGE bunyakd 

 invite INSPECTION 

 NURSERIES at MAIDSTONE 



and CO., LTD., 



of the i r ex ten si v e 



Herbaceous, Alpines, Climbers, Fruit Trees 

 arubs, 10,000 varieties. 



ROSES ARE EXTRA FINE. 

 Nurseriee. 300 acres 



CRUSHED 



vii.") 



BONES 



LAYS MANURES, 



(See page 



AYS FERTLLISER IS 



UNSURPASSED far all Horraeulturtal Puri>oses 

 C LAY a nd SO N , _S t rattod , E. 



T^OUGLAS CARNATIONS ^The^Preiiii^ 



House). —The best are cheapest. Book now to 

 obtain September delivery and the piek of 500 OOO 

 planx-s. Export a speciality. Finest hand-fertilised 

 .seed, Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per packet. New illustrated 

 catalogue now ready, post free. JAMES DOUGL\S 

 Edenside, Great Bookham. 



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SMUNDA FOR ORCHIDS. 



CONSIGNMENTS ARRIVE FORTMGHTLT 

 3s. 6d. per bushel; i>er bag, Ss. (id. 

 _ SANDER AND SONS, ST. ALBANS. 



■piVERS' FRUIT trees"; ROSES, VINES 



^KF^^^i' , OUANGES and OUCHAHD-HOUSE 

 IK.LES. A large and select stock always on view 



TiTAM^iw T^^r^l catalogue i>ost free, 3d.- 



M^RTi^ i!^VEl^S and SON. SAWBRIDGEWOKTH, 

 HERlb. Station: Harlow, G.E.R. 



ERPETUAL cXrnTtIONS 



Our 1^12 Illustrated Catalogue free 

 Bead our "Cultural Treatise," Is 

 YOUNG and CO.. Carnation Specialists 



Hatherley. Cheltenham. 



VKW RnSK.S Jnlu-u Z^bd^Tmr^Ui^, 



1- A. I!. (io.Mlwin, Is. :M ■ ^ 



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Beaute de 



tor b,s:. M-.,(,H, „ ,,.^^J 



DOBBIES CATALOG UE~^f~^BULBS 

 ^ SWKKT I'KAS. HUSKS, VIOLAS etc 

 Autumn I'K-Mitins is now rea<ly. and copies can be 

 had ]m..t trro „n ai.plieation. Knthusiast^ will find 

 .us Lwt valu:ible and helpful on account of its 



B 



E A U T I F U L 



BULBS. 



\\riLLS and SKGAR bpi^ to announce that 



' ^ th.y hrivr j o.<ed their 



T>LTLB CATALOGUE FOR 1912. Should 



-M-W ny ni thrir patrons not have received one a 

 coi>y will b<> s, nt bv return of post 



Otlu^r ENQUIKIKS ,-olieited. 



^riLLS iuid 



Snuth 



VVest Bromwich 



SEC JAR. ( )nsIo\v Crosconr, 



K^nv.dngtni]. London . S.W. 



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Tir^^I. DUNCAN TUCKER and SONS, 



' » bim.. 27. Cannon Street, bonilnn. K.C.; Works, 

 Tottenham. Conservatonefi. Wint. r G:ir<l( ns, Vineries! 

 Peach-hooses, portable building's, etc. Ca alnguo gratis'. 



Ann. Po8tFree.\ rr*... 



I To Foreign Countries, 14/.. j TWOPeilCe 



U T?n V'^'c^^^'^'i^r/'^ CHRISTMAS. 



UITONS WHITE ROMAN 



HYACINTHS. kj m. j\. iM 



Extra larp bulbs, per doz., 3/-; per 100 21/ 



Selected bulb.s ... p^r doz., 2/- ; per IM 14/ 



^'""^ ^'"^^ |X.rdoz..'l/fi; lllZ: Itje 



BUTTON'S PAPER WHITE NARCISST 



Lar,e-flowered,^pure white, per doz.. 



I 



gUTTON'S BULB CATALOGUE FOR 



1912. Beautifully illustrated. Now ready. 



UTTON AND SONS, THE^ING'S 



SEEDSMEN, READING. "^^^^^'^^ 



.^ETISTIC HERBACF:5i^T^i?5ii^. 



T 'V'^ 15<^rpetual comfort 



and delight ot the human heart." 



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THE MOST BKAUTIKl i;^"""''''- 

 COLOUR EFFECTS 

 It is possible to obtain with flowers are those 

 provided by the Kelway Bordern. 



T KT US 

 SUGGEST A SELECTION 

 of plants for the .^pace yeu have, whatever 

 Its size, and we will make it a picture of 

 continual bioom for many year^. 



Write at once for " GardVns of Delio-ht 

 Gd., post free. ' 



**From — , Burden Lane. Belmont. Surrcv 



T., jy , "-^i-<^l August. VJU. 



ihe Bord^ers .hat you arranged for us have done 

 .splendidly. The Lupines and Delphiniums nre still 

 flowering well, and I really believe thev have bloomi^I 

 eontinu-aily since April. The Delphinium., were so 



!^/y'x ^"^ -Vneliu-i wa,? really perfectly beau- 



tiful for a very long tune." 



KELWAY and SOX, The Rovai Hnrriculturists 



LANGPORT, SOAIeRSKT. 



OSES AND THEIR CULTIVATION." 



A new edition of this Standard Book ia now 



R 



ready, and every Rase Grower should secure a copy. 

 Cloth, many illustrations, 3s. lOd., fiost free from 

 Publisher, 149, Aldersgate Street, London, E.G. 



WINTER-BLOOMING SWEET PEAS. 

 The " Telemly " Sweet Peas gained the Gold 

 Medal (1907) of the Hort. Soc. of Algeria, and the 



LARGE NEW WAVED VARIETIES 

 the Gold Medal of 1!)11.— If sown in Auirust or 

 September will flower from December till 5lav in 

 Southern Euroi>e, N. Africa, :\L'ideira. etc. In Eng- 

 land must be sown in pots and protected from frost 

 till the end of February, and will flower in April in 

 the open, or at Christmas in a sunny greenhouse. 

 12 si\\l< ,vu-h of 4 plain and 3 waved varieties will 

 be s<^nt on rcct^pt of 4s 



REV. E. ARK WRIGHT, 36, Seymour Street. W. 



"P d'E. DAY, The Nurserv, Sutton Scot- 



-l-lj. ney, Hants, Spanish Iris Spceialist. Oata- 

 logueB on application. Retail onlv. 



THE POPULARITY OF XL ALL SPE- 

 CIALITIES increases every year. All gardeners 



proclaim that nothing equals tliese celebrated 

 preparations. 



XL ALL NICOTINE VAPORISING COMPOUND, tlie 

 gardeners' favourite Fumigant, both Liquid and 

 Cake. 



XL ALL NICOTINE INSECTICIDE WASH for 

 Syringing, Dipping, and Dressing Fruit TreeiS 

 end Plants. Mealy Bug, Scale, etc., oannot exist 

 where this is used 



XL ALL INSFXTICIDE WASH B isine Nicotine) . be«t 

 non-poisonous Wash on the Market. No iicenc* 

 required to sell this. Other preparations Qfi great 

 renown are XL ALL WEED KILLER XL \LL 

 FERTILISER. XL ALL ROSE MANURE 

 RICHARDvS' GREEN SUNSHADE, finest powder 

 ehading on the market, Is. paoket doee lOt^ feet 

 of glas5. Don't forget to a^k your Nurseryman 

 or Seedsman for mv small pink list 



G. H. RICHARDS, Manufacturer, 

 234, Borough High Stre^-t, London, S.E. 



