THK OAKDKNKl^S' MAGAZINE-, I)e^-ember T, ISl:!. 



POT CULTURE OF PEACHES 



No, 3,084. / Jleg. at til© G.P.O. as a Newspaper, 

 Vol. LV. V and. for Ca-nadian ^^Fagazine I'o^t. J 



SATURDAY, DEC 7, 1912 



B ARE'S GENERAL BULE CATALOGUE 

 contains a Descriptive List of the best Spring and 

 Sunnner-flowering" Bulbs, including Hyiacintlis, Tulips, 

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

 free. 



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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 Ncirciasi ever offered. Sent 

 free on application. 



BARE and SONS, 11, 12, and 13, King Street, Oovent 



Garden, London. 



GISHURST COMPOUND is harmless in 

 use; 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. Wholesale from 



PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE 00., LIM.. LONDON. 



JAMES GRAY, LTD., HORTICULTURAL 

 BUiLI)K;H, 1^1 ih:>< winter keei^itnji- a lar?e ^itaff 

 of hot-w,ati-r men in the .'^hops, in oriler that tht\v 

 may attend iinnnMliatt'l y to any lireakdown of Boilers 

 or Hot-watcr JMpinL^' in any part of th.' i-niiiitry. 

 In. ca-se of enii^ryuiirirs iilt n^r tt-Ieplione 2C1. \Vt>teni. 

 or wire " GRAY, Ch.d.-.-a. l.ondon.'' 



UTS FOE THE GAEDEN. 



Fruit 



H'^J-O ±: yjSX iJTLEi VjrJrtiV-l^J^^^ . JL 1.1.11 u 



Rooms, Potting Slu'dfi, Workshops, Cycle Houses, 

 Boot UooMi.s, Servants' Mess Hooms, Children's Play, 

 room.^, rrc. Send lor Illustrated Catalogue, free.— 

 BOULTON and PAUL, Ltd. Norwich. 



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ELLS' CATALOGUE of Chrysanthe- 



inuius, IVrjuMual C<irnatione, Phloxes. Michael- 

 ma.^ Dais^ivs. ILrbaceoue and Alpine Plants 

 now rea<[y. Poist free on application. 



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ELLS' BOOK, "The Culture of 



Chrvrsa.nthoniuin," Is. *>d.. po^t free. 

 W. WKLLS and CO., Mer&tham. Surrey. 



the 



PERPETUAL CARNATIONS. — Strong 

 youn^-- plants, in pots. is. doz. ; liOd. 100. Plower. 

 lag i>lants. in 5in. pots llliS (xl. doz.. carriage paid. 

 Best \iiv\vr us. Cat4ilogut' free. G. S. K VANS, 

 i^MMi.S., C;iruation Specialist, Bexk-y Heath. 



LAXTON'S FRUIT TREES and ROSES.— 

 Highest honours at the International Exhibition. 

 Beautifully rooted; carefully trained in all shapes. 

 Ulustrated Catalogue gratis. LAXTON BHOTHEllS, 

 Bed ford . 



BECKETT'S NEW BOOK.— The most prac- 

 tical an<l Up-to-d4Ue Book on yegetrtbk^s. Price 

 ^s.; post free. 3s. Gd. EDWIN KKCKETT. Aldenhani 

 House Gardens, KLstrt^, Hrrts. 



RICHAR[)S()XS for GLASSHOUSES ami 

 HElAIING APL'AH.ATI'S. for fuU adverti.M- 

 laent f.pe iXTg"Of viii, P'urHnirton. 



AAA JAPANESE, AMERICAN, 



yVf^UUl/ Hu.s-i;m, and other ElLlEv in the 



^no^st Ss<i})]f condition. Catalogue fret\ 



)KI!1! Y S HA1M)Y IM. \ N P FAKM, ENFIELD. 



GREENHOUSE PAINTING and GLAZ- 

 ING " Vitrolite." superior to White Lead Pamt, 

 ^. per galL " Plastine supersedes Putty, 16s. per 

 2^^t. Particulars from W. CARSON and SONS, Grov© 

 '^orks, Battersea. Agents througrhout the country. 



EBBS^ HYACINTHS FOR MASSING. 



Specially selected bulbs. Crimeon, Pink, Dark 

 Blue, Light Blue, White tinted" Hose, Pure 

 White, and Yellow. Eaeh colour, 3s. per 

 dozen ; 21s. per 100. 



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EBBS' MIXED BEDDING TULIPS. 



SINGLE, 4^. per 100; 35s. i>er 1,000. 

 DOUBLE, is. 6d. per 100; 40s. per 1,000. 



WEBBS' MIXED NARCISSI for extensive 

 pla-nting. 33. per 100; 37fi. 6d. per imi 

 WEBB AND SONS, The King's Seedsman, Wordsley, 



Stourbridge. 



KENT, THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND. 



GEORGE BUNYARD and CO., LTD., 

 invite INSPECTION of their «.xt«n«ive 

 NURSEfRIBS at MAIDSTONE. 



Herbaoeoufl, Alpines, Climberfi, Fruit Tre«*, aad 

 irubs, 10,000 varietiee. 



ROSES ARE EXTRA FINE. 

 Nurseri€«. 300 acres. 



"WrORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD.' 



▼ ▼ Such is a Reader's opinion of THE ENCY- 

 CLOPiEDIA OF GARDENING, by T. W. Sanders. 

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

 14S-9. Alder&gate Street, London , E.C. 



~ FLOWERS AT CHRISTMAS. 



TlfTARGRAVE RETARDED LILY OF 



11 VVLLEY CPOWNS if iilanted now -vvi]] flower 

 at Ohri^tmas. Per liiO. a.. <ki. : 2o Inr -^^y. V^^' 

 doz U. fid. Our s,pec;ally-prepare<l lil)rc lor Grow- 

 in 'the above in Bowl?, 2s. 6d. per lu:..hel ; Sd. per 

 peck. 



WARGRAVE ALPINE AND ROCKERY 

 PL YNTS Herl>iiceous iMant.^, Plants for 

 Moraine.^ Borders. Colour Schemes, iukI Landscape 

 Gardening carefully carried out. Con^^truction of 

 Rockeries a special feature. Particulars free. 



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ARGRAVE PLANT FARM, LIMITED, 



The Arcade, Liverpool Street. London, E.G. 

 NurserievS, Twyford, Berks. 



Purposes. 



CLAY'S MANURES, CRUSHED BONEiS 

 (See pag-e v.) 



r^AY'S FERTILISER IS 



UNSURPASSED far all Horticultural 



CLAY and SON. Stratford, £. 



SMUNDaTO RT OR C H I^^ . 



CONSIGNMENTS ARRIVE FORTNIGHTLY. 

 'Is. f>d. pt^r bushel; per bag, 8s. 6d. 

 SANDER AND SONS, ST. ALBANS. 



IRON and WIRE FENCING for GAR- 

 DKNS, TriM' Guard,^, Gates, Arclwe. Espaliers. 

 Hose Stakes, iuid Ornamental Garden IiN>n and Wire 

 Work of (verv <!.seription. S<'nd for lllu^stratixl 

 Catalogue BOrLTON iuul IVVUL, Ltd., Manufa^-- 

 turersT Norwicli. 



ORCHIDS are neither expensive or diffi- 

 cult to grow. If you have a greenhouse heated 

 to keep out froet write for our " Amateur's Guide," 

 4th edition, free.' MANSELL and HATCHER, Lim., 

 il awdon, Yorks. ^ 



USHROO-MS : -l';ni he easily grown ail 



the vear rnuiiil. A iKlersim'.^ Mushroom Spawn 

 for Amateurs. I'ack.t ount-unini>- 4 eakes with direc, 

 tinn- \'*)c 'MMnvin^- Is. Si>reial quntations for quan- 

 tities. ANDKHSON an.l ^(^NS. Hayes. Middlesex. 



A"otoshreds^uWgaot'^ 

 mining maggot & insects in greenhouses, framefi. 

 For 1 000 cubic feet. 6d. ; 10.000, 3s. 6d. No appara- 

 tus.— AVM. DARLINGTON and S ONS. Hockney , N.E. 



M; DUNCAN TUCKER and SONS, 



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

 Tottenham 'Conservatone* Wint^^r Gardens, Vmenefi, 



Peach-house s, p-^rtaMv 1 uiMin-s. . te. Catalogue gratis. 



/ 10/6 per Ann. Post Free. \ ^ jmf g\r\ £kr\ n ^ 



V To Foreign Oouutries. 14/-./ W%3y^XL\^t^ 



criDK AND CATAL()(;rK 



I -I \ rurt M I "](^ ;k lid K lower Sec<lfi, P<>t :it i n-.- . 



etc., lur lltilJ. will Ix* publifih<»d shortly. 



UTTON'S GUIDE AND CATALOGUE 



of A'egetable and Flower Se^xlip. Potatw?^, 

 etc., for 1913. All lovers of their gard^'U 

 ishould secure a c^opy. Omtaining ov4^r 2^i0 

 IjeeutifuJ illuistr:itinii.s of t \\v ))r>t varirti-c-: 

 of Flowers and \ * l'< t i i >]- 



UTTON and SONS, The King's Sfv.lsinoiu 



REWDIXG. 



A RTISTIC HERBACEOUS BORDERS. 



- V ■■ ('(dour i< meant for the ]xTiietual comfurt 



a nd <N'l iL.'-lit <>! T he human h-eurt." 



— iRvSKIN. 



T\\\: MOSJ' BEAT'TIFI'L 

 I'OLont EFFKCT.'^ 

 1* |M)s.sili],> t(i olit:iin with flowera are thc^^e 

 p^llvi^l^■^! liv thi- K-'hvav lionle-ns. 



i.KT "rs 

 sr(;(;i-;sT \ ski.k; riox 



of pla.nt.s, \*^\' the spa(v you h;tvr wii tlo;^ r 

 it* ■size, au'd we will make r m i ioTui^' -o' 

 continual bloom for many yo;i i ^ 



Write 4it once for " Gar^h-ny - f Dt lip-hi. 

 f»d. . ]iest f HM'. 

 KKLWAV um\ SON. Tli- H. rt-r-nlnir .^t-^. LA \(i lM)|;'r. 



From . K-fj.. .1 a rii:i ira Str^'rt, (ija-'ji'^v. 



" i ]i;iv(' ro ihriTik tor tho jiiiuit- ! 



ri'.-ri>-iMi if'oin in -the ^iirniL''. l-'.v* rytliiiiL' 



\v il lioii t -oXfi ■} it ion . dotif jdrinl i" i iy . jui' 



my h.or'^li'r at t]io jir^ -mt tiinr is iui]'i> 

 Lirann]." 



KEIAVAY !ind SON. Thi- IJov.-i] }rorticultun^t<. 



LANGPOirr s'>\ii:usKT. 



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ELWAY'S PEONIES. 



NOW IS THK TLME TO PLANT No 

 ga-nlen is I'omjileto witliour the nou I', t^' ~ 

 (E) as lii'inL'" ri']>re.-ent4itive of tlu-ii- 

 (E) a> lirinL'' roprr>ent.ati\<' of tlieir 

 varieties. They will give great i^at i-: ;u i ;ori, 

 and be a credit to any gar<h'n. 



COLLECTION OF P.liONIES.- Agenoria, 

 Amalthea, Czarina, Due de AVeliington, 

 Formov^a, Lottie Collins, Nycletius, Princess 

 31 aude , S p lend i da , Tessa . The La n c as t e r . 

 Zephyrus. 



36s. the dozen; good plan's, truo to namt'. 

 Im med i ate del ivery . Ca r ria i;e a nd i >ae k iit g 

 free for remittance with order (mentiouiuij: 

 thia advertiiyt'inent). 



K' <nii . K in'_^'^vl)od K]fSom. 



All t]t<' l*aonif\, I havt^ hatl at ^i;t1'. t nt tiino.- 

 from LaiiL! i^'irt a re <!niii^ well/" 



KELWAY AND SON. The iioval Horticulturists, 



LANGl'Oirr. SOMKHSl-r. 



DAWKS" (liALLKNGE R1IU13AR]]. — 

 I hi- varitty li.U'« ^rainoii 12 Mt J.u- and \\v:tj--N. 

 il.-.o niplouia of H(Hi- ur H.I.ILI\ ^t]Mnj r-" t^ 



irady. \aM-.< free. 

 ,-t(»n'. . Norfolk. 



DAWK-' NrUH:iMi->. -vd^ r- 



rriHE POPULARITY OF XL ALL SPE- 



X CIALITIES increases every year. All «Tardeners 

 proclaim that nothing" equals the.-e ceieLrate^i 

 prei>a.ration£. 



XL ALL NICOTINE TAPOUISING COMPOUND, the 

 g-ardener's favourite Fumig-ant, both Liquid and 



C'ake 



XL ALL NICOTINE INSECTICIDE WASH for 

 Syringing Dipping, and Dressing Fruit Trees 

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

 where this is us<xl. 



XL ALL INSECTICIDE WASH B (sine Nicotine), best 

 non-poisonous Wa^h on the Market. No licence 

 reciuired to sell this. Oth'-v preparation.s of o^reat 

 renown are RICHARDS" XL ALL WINTER 

 W A SH f o r dor ntian t F ni i t T ^e^^s a n<l B u s he« ; 

 XL ALL GARDEN FERTILISER; XL ALL 



Lawn sand, etc. ^ 



Don't forg-ot to ask your Nurseryman or seedsman 



for my small pink list. 



G. H. RICHARDS, Manufaeturer, 

 234, Boroug-h High Street, London, S.E. 



