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FOR AMATEUR CULTIVATORS. COLLECTORS, AND EXHIBITORS OF PLANTS, FLOWERS. AND FRUITS: 



FOR GENTLEMEN'S GARDENERS, FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN. AND SEEDSMEN: 

 FOR NATURALISTS, BOTANISTS, BEEKEEPERS, AND LOVERS OF THE COUNTRY. 



EVERY SATURDAY, TWOPENCE. 



Registered at thi Post Offici aj a Newbpipeil. 



No. 2,314 



BARR'S ILLUSTRATED SEED GUIDE 

 contains a select List of all the best Seeds for securing 

 a supply of Vegetables "the Year Round," and a Descriptive 

 List of the most beautiful annuals and perennials, with many 

 practical Hints on Cultivation, free on application. 



pARR'S SPRING BULB CATALOGUE 



D contains a Descriptive List of the best Bulbs and Tubers 

 for planting from February to April, free on application, 



BARR and SONS, 12 and 13, KING 

 STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON. 



WEEKS and CO. (Limited), HORTI- 



• CULTURAL BUILDERS to Her Majesty, H.R.H. 

 the Prince of Wales, H.M. Government, Admiralty Dept., 

 War Dept., Royal Hort. Soc, Royal Botanic Soc, Parks and 

 Public Buildings. Patentees of the Duplex Upright Tubular 

 Boilers. 48, Fernshaw Road ; 124, King's Road, Chelsea, S.W. 

 Telegrap h— Hortulanus, London. Telephone No. 8,728. 



W RICHARDSON and CO., Horticultural 

 • Builders and Heating Engineers, Darlington. 



VINERIES, GREENHOUSES, CONSERVATORIES. 



AND HOTHOUSES, 



Together with HEATING APPARATUS, &c. 



Best work guaranteed. 



Artistic New Catalogues Free. 



MACKENZIE and MONCUR (Limited), 

 Hothouse Builders and Heating Engineers, Edinburgh, 

 London, and Glasgow. BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO 

 H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. Plans and Estimates 

 for all kinds of Horticultural Buildings, Pavilions, Summer 

 Houses, and Heating Apparatus free. Splendid Illustrated 

 Catalogue. 



London Office— 8, Camden Road, N.W. 



HE THAMES BANK IRON COMPANY 7 , 



Heating Engineers to H.M. War Department, Science 

 and Art Department, South Kensington, &c, Gold and Silver 

 Medals, Birmingham, 1872; London, 1883. HOT-WATER 

 BOILERS, PIPES, and CONNECTIONS, and all Castings for 

 Horticultural purposes. Price List gratis. Illustrated Catalogue, 

 is. Upper Ground Street, Blackfriars. S.E. 



GARDEN GRAVEL. — Best Screened 

 Southampton Yellow, in 4 to 10 ton trucks. Apply— 

 Fredk. Sivewright, West Hartlepool. Agents w anted. 



TT EATING APPARATUS. — CatS^gues 



fr. ee « Attwood's Impd. Expan. Joints. Over a million 

 sold. Boilers, Valves, Pipes. Medals, 1865, 1881, 1893. Write 

 to inventor. J. Attwood, Stourbrid ge. 



O ENRY HOPE, 55, Lionel Street, BFrmin^ 



A A ham.— Conservatories, Hothouses, and Hot-water 

 Apparatus ; plans and estimates on application. Send for Cata- 

 logue. Established 1818. 



QWEN'S CHRYSANTHEMUMS.— lierid 



w { °l CA ft T ALOGUE and list of all the latest certificated 

 novelties for 1898. 



R- Owen, Maidenhead. 



BORDER AND ROCK 



PLANTS ! ! ! Unique collection of 



250 00< > 



Pfc-L, ICr ^ ' . "LAN I S ! ! ! Unique collection of 

 Ttiferi \ ?>™ thru ««, Peiitstemons, Begonias, Aster, 

 r hlrinn,; T a' Tnto ^> Carnations, Pinks, Hollyhocks, Dell 

 te "^ Marguerites, &c. Catalogues free 1 11 

 ^PggHV s Hardy Plant Farm. Winchmore Hill, London, N._ 



4000(1 CHRYSANTHEMUM 



cutting'- YcY V • ST . OOLS . for supplying strong, healthy 

 ^ ^laUrt • T Velt,eS ' ! nc . lu <"ng e Calvat^ \ 7 -, early Wring 

 catalo P g^5 t ' fr ee? See our P rices - De^Ptiv! 



Chorch Eros., Chrysanthemum Growers, Swardeston, 

 • — . ; Norw ich. 



B^o?hotU B c L J NDS ! • — WILLIAMS' 



■^^ngXhid? U Fems ISmffe t , n h - C ^ mat ri f0r 



^ m^u^anT^d^mte 



• S. Williams and Son Victoria Nurseries, Upper Holloway, 

 — London, N. 



SOWING 



EEDS FOR SPRING 



EXrFP-Jr 1 ^^ P rocur able at 

 END POP mm L0W PRICES. 



U FO * °UR CATALOGUE. 



\V (Gratis and post free.) 



S>f nd , S , ON ' * ulb Sid Growers, 

 Smallbrook Street, Birmingham 



(CARNATION 



•DOUGLAS for CARNA- 



new and old varieties. A careful 



^tion." aSetttSed!? n - old belies. A 



-dialogues from - . 



Other 



P*r i.ooo of r u y and Late Cabbage at 



» C^.OfllM rail; fine Reds, Lettuces, 



' *~ "io J \X J? > fi °wer, autumn-sc ^ 



too , Shallots, yellow, 



m. 6d. cwT-' W '' Shallots, yelk 



Tl Privet > ? & 4 a d ; H each > <**^ ™ 



r, » »oo. Seeds Piln,' a 2, d IOS - 100 > Aspai 

 ?M reasonable prices % P W> and Riots, best 



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autumn-sown, trans 



15s. \ old 

 to 18 in., i2s. 

 3 s - 6d. 



SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1898. 



KENT, THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND. 

 —GEORGE BUNYARD and Co.j Merchant Nursery- 

 men, Pomologists, &c, beg to say the following CATALOGUES 

 will be sent post free : Illustrated Seed List for 1898. First- 

 class Seeds only. Rpse Catalogue, List of 800 kinds. Fruit 

 Trees. Strawberry List (cultural) ; Market Growers' Fruit List. 



The Royal Nurseries, Maidstone. 



HUDSON'S LILIUM AURATUM. Fine 

 plump bulbs, 12 for 2s. 6d. ; 50, 8s. ; 100, 14s. Larger 

 size (extra fine), 12 for 3s. 6d. ; 50, 10s. ; 100, 18s. Gigantic 

 bulbs, 3 for 2s. 6d. ; 6, 4s. 6d. ; 12, 8s. American Pearl 

 Tuberoses, 12, is. 6d. ; 9s. 100; best bulbs only. Gladiolus 

 Gandavensis Hybrids, beautiful colour combinations, 12, iod. ; 

 100, 6s. Everything finest quality. Lily list free. 



Hudson's Lily Depot, 199, High Road, Kilbur n. 



UDSON'S LILY COLLECTION, com- 



prising two _ bulbs each Auratum, Album, Rubra m, 

 Elegans, Batemanniae, and Longiflorum, the dozen, 3s. ; 

 carriage 8d. extra. 



Hudson's Bulb Depot, Kilburn, Lond on. 



ORCHIDS.— Clean, healthy plants at low 

 prices. Always worth a visit of inspection. Kindly send 

 for Catalogue. Choice Dendrobes a speciality. 



James Cypher, Exotic Nurseries. Cheltenham. 



AZALEA MOLLIS, grandly budded stuff, 

 21s. and 24s. doz. Illustrated Catalogue of Stove and Green- 

 house Plants, Palms, &c, on application.— A. J. A. Bruce, The 

 Nurseries, Edge Lane, Chorl ton -cum- Hardy, Manchester. 



Important to Mushroom Growers. 



CUTHBERT'S SPECIALITE MUSH- 

 ROOM SPAWN. Always alike; most productive. 

 Hundreds of testimonials. Per bushel, 5s. 

 R. and G. Cuthbert, Seed, Bulb, and Plant Merchants, 



Southgate, N. Established 1797. 



LAXTON'S SEEDS.— Our New Catalogue 

 has now^ been issued, and can be had post free ; all the 

 best novelties, including new peas, tomatos, &c. 

 Laxton Brothers , Bedford. 



ARNATIONS AND PICOTEES. 



choice named for exhibition, 5s. ; 12 choice named 

 border, 5s ; 12 choice named yellow grounds, 6s. ; unnai 

 carnations for massing, 3s. 6d. per dozen ; 20s. per 100. All 

 for cash. Catalogues post free. 

 T. Lord, Holebottom, Todmorden. 



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for 

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DUTCH BULBS.— J. J. THOOLEN, Bulb 

 and Plant Grower, OVERVEEN, near HAARLEM, 

 HOLLAND, has the honour to inform that his ILLUS- 

 TRATED PRICE LIST, in English, Spring, 1898, is ready, 

 and will be sent free on application. No charge for packing 

 orders of 10s. and above, entirely free to destination in England, 

 Scotland, and Ireland, &c. Lowest prices. First quality 

 guaranteed. 5 -£ " 



ath;s new spring catalogue, 



containing description, with full cultural directions, of the 

 choicest Carnations, Dahlias, Pansies, Violas, and many other 

 plants, will be sent post free on application. 



R- H. Bath (Limited), The Floral Farms, Wisbech. 



HOOPER'S PANSIES, the finest strain in 

 the world, has been awarded upwards of 50 medals by 

 R.H.S. and R.B.S. of London. 12 Grand Exhibition Varieties, 

 3S. ; 12 Champion, 4s. ; Seed saved from 2,000 Exhibition 

 Varieties, is., as. 6d. packet, free for cash. 

 Hooper, Pansy Grower, Bath. 



By Special Appointment to H.R.H. the Prince 



-of Wales. 



PICTURESQUE ROCK FORMATION, 



X adapted to Lakes, Streams, and Cascades, Alpineries, 

 Ferneries, and Winter Gardens, as executed in our inimitable 

 naturalistic style at hundreds of places about the kingdom, 

 including at SANDRINGHAM, an* BATTERSEA and ST. 

 JAMES'S PARKS. 



Photo Illustrated Book sent for inspection for 12 stamps. 

 Pulham and Son, 50, Finsbury Square, E.C., and Broxbourne. 



LAY'S MANURES, CRUSHED BONES, 



&c. (See pages 145 and 165). 

 CLAY'S SUCCESSFUL GARDENING, Price is. 

 _^ Clay and Son, Stratfo rd, E. 



GISHURST COMPOUND. — Used since 

 1850, for Red Spider, Mildew, Thrips, Green Fly, and 

 other Blight, 2 ounces to the gallon of soft water, 4 to 16 ounces 

 as a Winter Dressing for Vines and Orchard House Trees, in 

 lather from cake for American Blight, and as an emulsion when 

 paraffin is used, has outlived many preparations intended to 

 s upersede it. Boxes is., 3s., and 10s. 6d. 



GISHURSTINE keeps Boots dry and soft, 

 Boxes 6d. and is. from the trade. Wholesale from 

 Price's Patent Candle Company (Limited), London. 



AMERICAN TUBEROSES, Mexican 

 Orchids, Palm Seeds, Lily of the Valley, Cacti, &c. 

 Watson and Scull, 90, Lower Thames Street, London. E.C 



SHADINGS, Tiffany, Scrims, Raffia Grass, 

 Tanned Netting, Bamboo Canes, &c. 

 Greenhouse Blinds a Speciality. 

 Joseph Cookson, Manufacturer, Wellington Mills, Liverpool 



Road, Manchester. 



Subscription, 



Post Free. 



3 months, 3s. Od 

 6 „ 5s. 6d 

 12 „ 10s. 6d 



SUTTON'S BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS. 

 CINERARIA STELLATA. 

 A charming new flower, raised 'from across between our 

 greenhouse Cineraria and the old C. cruenta. The 

 small starry flowers are borne in loose panicles, which 

 are most graceful for table decoration either in pots or 

 cut for vases. The range of colour approaches that of 

 the ordinary Cineraria. This new flower will become 

 quite as popular as is P. stellata among primulas. Per 

 packet, 5s. 



SUTTON'S SEEDS, GENUINE ONLY 

 DIRECT FROM SUTTON and SONS, THE 

 QUEEN'S SEEDSMEN, READING. 



KELWAY'S MANUAL OF HORTICUL- 

 TURE, the best, largest, and most complete Plant, Seed, 

 and Bulb Catalogue is a veritable Gardener's Companion. 200 

 arge pages devoted to the Garden, include the best of everything. 



Kelway and Son, Langport, Somerset. 



NOW READY, KELWAY'S MANUAL; 

 a practical Gardener writes: — "I cannot express how 

 yery pleased ! am with your splendid and charming Catalogue ; 

 it should be in the hands of every Gardener, for a truer Guide 

 cannot be found." Post free to customers ; is. to others. 

 Kelway and Son, Langport, Somerset. 



NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT 

 PiEONIES, with other Hardy Plants. The largest 

 and best collection in the world is Kei way's. Write, saying how 

 many strong plants you require, to Kelway and Son, Langport. 



EGONIAS A SPECIALITY.— Seed saved 



from prize plants. Choicest mixed, single or double 

 varieties, is., 2s. 6d., and 5s. per packet. Collections (seed); 

 single, 12 named varieties, separate, 5s. 6d. ; 6 ditto, 3s. Tubers, 

 named singles, from 18s. to 50s. per dozen ; choicest seedlings, 

 3s. to 30s. per dozen ; bedding, choicest, 3s. to ps. per dozen ; 

 choicest named doubles from 18s. per dozen ; choicest seedlings, 

 6s. to 30s. per dozen ; choicest mixed, for bedding, 9s. to 18s. 

 per dozen. Catalogues free. 



John Laing and Sons, Begonia Growers, &c, Forest Hill, 



London. 



ASPARAGUS.— This delicious vegetable 

 does not require half the expense usually incurred. For 

 simple instructions see SEED LIST, free on application. Strong 

 roots from 2s. 6d. per 100. — Richard Smith and Co., Nursery- 

 men and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 



FERNS ! — In 2^in. pots, 25 sorts, 12s. 100; 

 in 48's, 10 best selling, 6s. doz. ; seedlings, 6s. 100 ; 

 Grevilleas, Cyperus, Aralias, Geraniums, Selaginella, Solanums, 

 48's, 6s. doz. ; Marguerites, Erica gracilis, Solanums, Genistas, 

 48's, 9s. doz., in bloom ; Spireas, in bloom, 9s. and 12s. doz. ; 

 Palms, Ficus, Dracaenas, Crotons, Asparagus, Ericas, Cine- 

 rarias in bloom, Erica hyemalis, Cyclamen, 48 s, 12s. doz. ; 

 A. cuneatum, 48's, value in fronds, 6s. and 8s. doz. ; for potting 

 on, bushy, 16s. and 20s. 100. Packed free. Cash. Trade 

 Drices. List free. — I. Smith. London Fern Nurseries. Loueh- 



BEAUTIFUL GARDEN PATHS.— Shell 

 Gravel, as supplied to Hyde Park, Regent's Park, Vic- 

 toria Park, &c. Free delivery in London radius for is. od. per 

 cwt. ; or 20s. for one ton ; 35s. for two ton lots. Also Silver 

 Sand, same prices. 



L. Sqmmerfelp, 2, Fowkes Buildings, E.C. 



NOOP BROS, Merchant Nurserymen, 



Warmond, near Haarlem, Holland, OFFER a lot of 

 100,000 ROOTS Gladiolus Colvilii alba, white; and Lilium 

 album and rubrum. * ^ 



For Price and Terms address as above. 



JBERT SYDENHAM for SWEET PEAS 



XV Special offer; 10 good varieties, 50 seeds of each, 

 carefully hand picked, and in separate packets, is. 3d. ; 10 very 

 choice varieties, 50 seeds of each, is. 6d. ; or the two collections, 

 2s. 6d., post free, with 25 seeds of White Cupid free of charge ; 

 io* newest and novel varieties, 50 seeds of each, 3s. ; or the three 

 collections post free, 5s., with 25 seeds of White Cupid, and 24 

 seeds of Pink Cupid, free of charge. Full list post free on 

 application. 



Mr. Robert Sydenham, Old Tenby Street, Birmingham. 



CANARY GUANO. The Best in the world. 

 Perfectly clean ; may be used by a lady. 



CANARY GUANO supplies all the nutriment 

 required by the plant* 



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CANARY GUANO in 1/- large tins, 14, 28, 

 56, and 112-lb. bags. Retail of Florists, &c. Manu- 

 factured only by 



The Chemical Union Ltd., Ipswich. 



GARDEN NETTINGS, Hothouse Shadings, 

 Tiffany.— Rigby, Wainwright, and Co., Manufacturers, 

 Nept une Works, Manchester. Cotton Wools and Waddings. 



HOMSON'S CELEBRATED MANURES 



for VINES and PLANTS. Result of long practical ex- 

 perience. Used by all successful growers. London agent, Mr. 

 J. George, 14, Redgrave Road, Putney ; Channel Islands, Mr. 

 Parsons, Guernsey. Sole Makers, Wm. Thomson and Sons 

 (Ltd .), Clovenfords, Galashiels, N.B. Prices on application. 



ORCHIDS of every description from is. 

 each. West's Patent Plant Pot Rims and other Speciali- 

 ties — see large advertisement. 



The Leeds Orchid Co., Roundhay Leeds. 



