THE GARDENERS* MAGAZINE, November 2, 1912. 



NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW 



Full Illustrated Report. 



No. 3,079. / at the G.P.O. a-i *. Aewspa.per, \ 

 Vol. LV. ^ and for Oan^diAn Maipazin* Post. J 



SATURDAY, NOV 



1912 



/10/6per Ann. Pofit Free. \ m /%rft A nn ^ 



V To Foreign OountrieF,! 4/.. y Mm WVJJVU\i/C 



BARR^S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE 

 contains a Descriptive List of the best Spring and 

 Summer-flowering Bulbs, including Hjnacinths, Tulips, 

 Irisee, Lilies, etc., for forcing and bedding. Sent post 

 free. 



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IBBS' HYACINTHS FOR MASSING. 



Socially seleet-ed bulbs. Orim^-on. Pink. J>ark 

 Blue Ligkt Blue, White tintt^^l 1?(um . run> 

 White, and Yellow. Eaeh colour, t.. per 

 dozen ; 21s. per 100. 



AWARDED THIRTY-ONE GOLD MEDALS. 



BARR'S *'GOLD MEDAL'' DAFFODILS. 

 Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue of all the finest 

 sorts in cultivation, for Pots, Exhibition, Flower 

 Borders, or Naturalising, and including the finest 

 selection of New Seedling Narcissi ever offered. Sent 



free on application. 



BARR and SONS, 11, 12, and 13, King Street, Covent 



Garden, London. 



GISHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 

 U5e; its soluble Sulphur, etc., has for 40 years 

 cured blight and fungus on plants, and is good for 

 washing unhealthy dogs. Gishurstine keeps boots 

 dry in all weathers ; they will polish. Good for 

 harness. W^holesale from 



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



AMES GRAY, LTD., Horticultural Builder, 



_ Chelsea, S.W\, hsi^& tsome excellent Pit Lights and 

 Frames of various size.s and descrii^tionis. Aniy gar- 

 dener requiring anytiiing of tlie kind is invited to 

 send for Priee List-s by m*'ans of Postcard Telephone 

 Call (201, Western), letter, or wire to GRAY, Chel- 

 sea, London. 



HUTS FOR THE GARDEN- — Fruit 

 Roomfi, Potting Sheds, Workshops. Cycle Honeee. 

 Boot Rooms, Servants' Mees Boomfi. Children's Play- 

 rooms, etc. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, free.— 

 BOULTON tfuid PAUL. Ltd.. Norwich. 



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EBBS' MIXED BEDDING TULIPS. 



SINGLE, 4ws. per 100; 35s. per l,miO. 

 DOUBLE, 4,s. ed. per 100; 40s. ix^r lj:00. 



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WEBB 



EBBS' MIXED NARCISSI for extensive 



planting. 3s. per 100; 27s. 6d jxt l/!00 

 AND SONS, The King'e SeedsmV.'n, Wordsley, 



Stourbridge. 



KENT, THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND. 



GEORGE BUNYARD and CO.. LTD., 

 invite IN8PEOTI0N of their extensive 

 NURSEJRIBS at MAIDSTONE. 



WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD."- 

 Such is a Reader's opinion of THE ENCY- 

 CLOPAEDIA OF GARDENING, by T. \\\ Sanders, 

 F.L.S. Price 3s. lOd. post free, from the Publishers 

 U8-9, Aldersgate Street, London, E.C. 



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LAXTON'S FRUIT TREES and ROSES.— 

 Highest honours at the International Exhibition. 

 Beautifully rooted; carefully trained in all ^--hapes. 

 Illustrated OataWue gratis LAXTON BROTHERS, 

 Bedford. 



Herbaceoufl, Alpines, Climbers. Fruit Tre«« 

 irubs, 10,000 varietiee. 



ROSEfi ARE EXTRA FINE. 



Nurseriee. 300 a«refl. 



DOUGLAS CARNATIONS (the Premier 

 Hou«e) —The b<^st are cheapest. 500,000 plants 

 now ready. The finest border Carnations in existence, 

 winter-flowering sorts, specially low rates. Fines, 

 haud-fertilised seed, Is. 6d. and 2s. Gd per pa«ket 

 New illustrated Catalogue post free. JAMh-b 

 DOUGLAS Edentdde, Gieat Bookham. Surrey. 



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^EW ROSES. 



-i^l Foley Hobbs is.; 

 Juliet. 1^. 6d.; Lady Pirrie, Is, Od. ; 



Edward Mawley, 2s. 6d. ; Mrs 



Mrs. H. Stevens, Is. 6d. ; 

 _ _ „ _ _ _ Aviateur Ble- 



riot, Is. '3d'.;"\lonkheer""jV L. Mook,' Is.; Souv. de 

 Gustave Prat, Is. 6d. The eight for 12s., carr. i^id. 

 Sent for List. LEIGH, Rose Grower, Ar<len Nur- 

 series, Hanipton-in-Aixleu. 



WARGBAVE ALPINE AND ROCKERY 

 FL VN T"^ ^t w and rare Herbaceous Plants. 

 Borders and coUmr sc-licmes arttetically arranged. 

 Lan<tec«i3e Gardening efficiently carnixl nut. 

 struetion of liockeritis a speciaJ teature. 



AR.GR4.VE BULBS of finest qualities 



T T at rtaK>nable pric-^. Hyacintlis for Bedding, 

 namwl varietie^s Whioe. IMnl.. Crimson Light •Blue, 

 and Dark B'.ue. select.-a 1 ulb,. ,:aeh e., lour, per doz 

 1 6d • per 100. bl-. (M. Nar..,,--;,.s K.nperor. Kkl. 

 r 'r doz ; (is. 6d. p. r luM. Narr>.u- Ibu ri rons,ncniu., 

 xtm Tar-e 5tl per doz. ; 2s. lid. \m. iliswl -N«r- 

 cksu., far naturaliing, 3a. 100; 21.. 1,000. IX..enp- 



tive Catalogues free. _ rr^^ 



WARGRAVE PLANT FARM, LIMITED, 

 The \rcade, Liverpool Strt>et^ London, E.G. 

 Nurseriefi, Twyford, Berks. 



ULIPS, TULIPS.— KX) choice named 



varieties now in stock, from 2s. ^1. MK); *;ix^cia-l 



umpU- colloetion, 10 each 40 sorts, correctly nanui . 

 arriag-e paid, lie.; Darwin TuJii>s, 100 choice nanit^j 



10 sorts, fe.,' carriage i>aid; line Mixed Tul . 

 floweriiiL'- si7x>, 15s. 1,000. 36-pag^^ Cat§. Free. 



57 West Bromwich. 



r^LAY'S MANURES, CRUSHED BONES 



1/ (See pa?e vi.) 



i^AY^S FERTILISER IS 



UNSURPASSED far all Horticultural 

 CLAY and SON, Stratford. E. 



Purposes. 



^MTTNDA. FOR ORCHIDS. 



CONSIGNMENTS ARRIVE FORTNIGHTLY 



iSs. 6d. per bushel; P^'V i^^^r x^* 

 SANDER AND SONS, ST. ALBANs. 



IDEAL BORDER CARNATIONS.— Varie- 

 ties that have won all over England this year, 

 of strong constitution and tree growth, producing 

 flowers of magnificent and gorgeous colours on 

 strong, etiff fiteni*>, with non-bur^tin^^ calyx and 

 I>etak which do not reflex. From CARNATION 

 BROWN,*' King'** Norton. Worcestershire. Cata- 

 logue and guide on application, ^'ole si>ecialitie6, 

 Carnations and Ro^e-s 



"PRACTICAL GUIDANCE IN G^B-SEN- 



r ING.-Complete catalogue «f 

 Phases of Horticulture will be sent PO»T FRKi!. upK)ii 

 riplfcation t., the Publisher of the Gabpei^x^ Maqa. 

 ziNE, 148-9, Aldersgate Street, London, E.C^^ 



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ALOGU 



E R R Y ' S NEW CAT 



BULB CATALOGUE. 

 PERENNIAL CATALOGUE. 

 DELPHINIUM CATALOGUE. 

 IRIS CATALOGUE. 



FERN CATALOGUE. ^ 

 E H R Y ' 5, HARDY PLAN T I" A 1 f M . N 1" M* J .D . 



UTO SHREDS FUMIGANT Idlls I>a^^^ 



GREENHOUSE PAINTING and GLAZ- 

 ING *' Vitrolite/' superior to White Lead Paint, 

 9^. per gail. Plastine " sui^en^ea Putty, Ife. per 

 ^^'t. Particulars from W. CARSON and SONS. Grove 

 *^orka, Battersoa. Affcnt^ througrhout the country. 



y-wT?rTTTDS are neither expensive or diffi- 



to keep out frot^t. wntr tor our 

 4th edition, free. 

 Rawdon. Yorks. 



VntaTeiir's Guide, 

 A/vN^KIJ^nTKl HAirHKR. Lini., 



DUNCAN 



and 



W^'^l'im '27Tok^non Stn^^t, London, E.G.; 

 Tottenhanu CoAservatorie., Wrnter Garden^Jj 

 Peaoh-hoases, porta^bl^ 



SONS, 



Worke, 



SI TION'S NAMED HYACINTHS FOR 

 POTS AND GLASSES. 



12 named Hyacinths, in 12 good varieties. 5, 

 2+ unnuHi Hyacinths, in 12 go&d varieties, 10,6. 

 50 named Hyacinths, in 25 g-ood varieties. 21 -. 

 - Air. A. Stevens, The Gardens, Old Park, 

 writes: **. The Hyacinths you supplied are 

 now flowering- splendidly; ^ome of the spikes 

 are immen-*'. .My i-inployer Ls delig^ited with 

 them." 



UTTON AND SONS, THE KING "S 



SEEDSMEN. li.EADING. 



PERENNIAL GARDEN .AJ E AXS 



_ PERENNIAL I*LKASURE, if eompos^^d, in 



whole or in ]>art, uf Kelway Arctic Colour 

 Boixlers. Quotations for any ar<*|^ by return 

 of iK).st' with full imrtieular.--. ^A' copy 

 ' Gardens of De.liorht " for ik\. (poet freei. 



Now is the time to pUin. 

 From . Esq., — , Foxeombe Hill. 



nrar Oxford. 

 I imvc rtu-eivtMl the ' Artistic Border.' and Planted 

 it. 1 am d^'iiKhtt'd with all the phint.s. juid they all 



look very healthy." 



KELWAY and SON, The Royal Harnculturist.^. 



LA N G PO KT. SO MER S ET . 



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KELWAY'S PEONIES. 

 NOW IS THE TlilE TO PLANT Paeonies— 

 the best- time in the whole year. No garden 

 is complete without the new Pfeonies. Kei- 

 waj-e recommend the following coliectwn tE> 

 as being representative of their celebrati-d 

 varieties. They will give great satisfaction, 

 and be a credit to any garden. 



COLLECTION OF P.EONIBS.-Agenoria, 

 Amaltht^a, Cza-rina Due de ^^elllngton. 

 Formosa, Lottie Collins. Nycletius, Prinoic-s 

 Maude, Splendida, Xe^ea. The Lanea6tei. 



Zephyrus. , , . . 



36s the dozen; good plants, true to name. 

 Immwiiate delivery. Carriage and i>acking 

 free for remittance with order (mentioning 

 this advertisement). - • * 



KFIWVY VXD SON. The Royal Horticulturists, 



LANG PORT, SOMERSET. 



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ELLS' CATALOGUE of Chrysanthe- 

 mum's, PeriHMUal Carnation.?. Phloxrs, M'^^^^^^- 

 miv Daisie.-^ Herbaceous, and Alpine 1 lauts 

 now ready. Pwt free on :ii>pli^':i^i"^»- 



ELLS' BOOK, "The Cnlturc of the 



Chrvvsanthfinuni." Is. Irft-. 

 W. WELLS and fO.. .M.u's, !i:nn . Surrey. 



ECKETT'S Xi:\V BOOK.— The m.^^t ])iac- 



tic-il -u'd rn-to-.hite H<iok on A eti- tai . I'nee 

 ^ j„!.t ine. :J. ir:\. EDWIN BECKETT. Aid.nh.uu 

 Hou.^e Gaidius. Kl--trre, Herts. 



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neries, 

 C*raloffue gratia. 



ROSES AND THEIR CULTIVATiO.N." 

 V new edition of this Standard Book is now 

 TPidv and every Rose Grower should secure a copy. 

 Cloti' many illustrations, ^. KKi post free_^ from 

 Publisher, i49, Aldersgate Street, London, E.C. 



rraFToPULARITY OfIcL ALL SPE- 



X CI\L1TIKS Hu-rta.^es every year. All gardeners 

 proclaim that nothing wiuals the.^e celebra,<-<l 



XLiTrN^OTINE Y.APORISING COMPOrND the 

 gardener's favourite Fumigant, both Liquid and 



vT ^xfj MCOTINE INSECTICIDE WASH for 



S^lii^g I>%P^ '^-^^^^^"^ Fruit Trees 



iCnts. M^aly Bug, Seale, etc., cannot exi.t 



whtre this is usih!. 

 XL III INSECTICIDE WASH B ...no N - 



' non-poi6CKnou^ Wash on the Mark 

 requirU to 5*11 this. Otl.-T prepai 



WVSH for aurn^ant Fruit T,.... .nul H..slu|*. 

 XI ALL OAliUKN F l.ltTl I.ISEU : XL ALL 



D^^.^r£l'\o^;sk your Nur..,y,n.u or Seedsman 

 for my .n.aU P^^l^^li^tjj Monufa^-turer 



■334 Borough High Stre<>.T, London. i-E. 



