THE 



GARDENERS' 



MAGAZINE. 



March 



OHDAT, 



1TJBSW. WBOHBSDAT. and 



FETDAY HEX . „ op p T q 



PROTHEROE and MOKKlb 



* "Tlv. . . iiUmXr Pfwtral Sale 



M "SI^L ^^fcTE.d. « follows :- 

 Rooms, 67 akd 68, C™"™^ 12 O . cloo r. 



Monday Bext, GERMANICA, home- 



Thousand* of Hardy I' e r«nma! , IRl^ ONS L1LY QF 

 grown LIU ^.choice : border <; A , K ^pi R .. E A S, double and 

 THK VALLEY. SLAKALEard hMK ^ PompOM 



.ingle exh.bu.on B ^°£'£V^ 



DAHLI AS, 300 dwarf ROSES, ^c. -,_ loek 



Tuesday B«t. March 15. at 12 o olcolc. 



-iuo»u»jr PINKS, GLADIOLI, 300 



w ar f ROSE sf T U B E R O S E S EG 0 N I A S , MONT- 

 BRETIAS, CANNAS, &c. rfalook ■ 



Wednesday Bext. March 16, at 12 s ^J.^Vr M 



„,o8o I ILIUM AWATUM 14,0,0 ^SPEagSUM 



ALBUM, i,44' »*• 11UK r !i CAC Utc* received from 



feLEA SglCA ^l^i^Sk vK 

 .tandard and Dwarf ROSES , PALM ^ ^ yAJ . 



LOTAS GLAD IOU, Hybrids of GANDAVENSIS 

 and LEM 01 N E I , PEARL TUBEROSES, &c 



Friday Bext, March 18. at 12.30 o'cl"-^ 



IMPORTED and ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS fro: 

 sources. 



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G R E A'l^l' WO *^A YS *SA L e'cTf "r OS ES ,™H R U BS , 



PLANTS &c. 



MR. J. C. STEVENS will SELL BY 

 AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, 

 Covbnt Garden, as above, at Half-past Twelve precisely 

 each day, several thousands English and foreign KObHo, 

 OrnamentalShrubs Trees, Climbers, &c. \ Border Plants in 

 great variety ; Palms from Ghent ; Fruit Trees, Bulbs, Lilies, Uc. 

 On view mornings of sale, and catalogues had. 



various" 



ORCHIDS ! 



ORCHIDS ! ! 



IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. 



The True Albino 



Of the Magnificent Orchid 



PURPUR 



Has at last been found, 



And is offered by 



JOHN COWAN and CO., Ltd., 



In their Catalogue which is published this week. 



The Company also offer 



CATTLEYA INTERMEDIA ALBA 



Several grand natural hybrid Cattleyas^ 



And one of the most splendid lots of 



L/ELIA ELEGANS 



Ever seen. Also 



A Fine Private Collection of Orchids, including 



numerous SPECIALITIES. 



The entire lot will be on Sale at the Company's 



GATEAGRE NURSERIES, 6ATEACRE. 



Near Liverpool. 

 Cataloguts Post Free on Application, 



O R 



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Of every Description from Is. each. 



RARE PLANTS AT LOW PRICES. 



Every Plant sent on approbation. Correspondence invited. 



NEW CATALOGUE FREE. 



THE LEEDS ORCHID CO., Roondhay, Leeds. 



agents for 



THE WEST'S PATENT 

 TEAK BASKETS, 



Which from experience with 

 them we can strongly recom- 

 mend, as they do not burn the 

 outside roots like dry pots (see 

 the testimonials in Illustrated 

 Price Lists, free on application), 



and are much the Cheapest in 

 the Market. 



CSV* also our advertisement 



NOW 1° 



Prudential 



Assurance 



LIMITED. 



Company 



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Chief Office— H O L B O B N BARS, LONDON. 



SUMMARY OF THE REPORT PRESENTED AT THE FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETiv 



HELD ON 3R» MARCH, 1898. ' N( * 



ORDINARY BRANCH. 



producing 



Annual 



ad 



009 



The Premiums received during the year were £2, 774,264, being an increase of £231 

 the year 1896. 



The Claims of the year amounted to £707,643. The number of deaths was 5,038 and fifii 



Endowment Assurances matured. ' ™ 



The number of Policies in force at the end of the year was 497.327- 



INDUSTRIAL BRANCH. 



The Premiums received during the year were £4,793,591, being an increase of £214,798. 



The Claims of the year amounted to £1,8231338. The number of deaths was 192,359 

 1,876 Endowed Assurances matured. 1 



The number of Free Policies granted during the year to those Policyholders of five years' standi* 

 who desired to discontinue their payments was 60,848, the number^ in force being 549,889 



number of Free Policies which became Claims during the year was 10,716. 



The total number of Policies in force at the end of the year was 12,546,132 : their a 



,438,337. 



I the vain 



duration exceeds eight and a quarter years. 



The Assets of the Company, in botl 

 being an increase of £3,379,226 < 

 investments is published with this report. 



Having regard to the growth of the Company, and also with a view to afford relief to the Mama 

 and Secretary, the Directors have made certain rearrangements and alterations in the Chief Office Soft 



Messrs. Dewey, Hughes, and Fisher will in future be Joint General Managers, and certain duties d 

 administration have been entrusted to a number of senior officials, whose long and intimate acquaintaaa 

 with the management has qualified them for promotion. The Directors believe that the traditions c< 

 management which have produced such successful results in the past will thus be continued in the htm. 



Messrs. Deloitte, Dever, Griffiths, 

 nded to the Balance-Sheets. 



and Co. have examined the Securities, and their certilkate i 



THOS. C. DEWEY, 

 WILLIAM HUGHES, 

 FREDERICK FISHER, 



Joint 

 General Mana jo.. 



W. J, LANCASTER, Secretary. 

 The full Report and Balance- Sheet can be obtained upon application to the Secretary 



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W8i. PAUL &SON, 



ROSE GROWERS 



By Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen. 

 Cm, giant, Bulb & rreti fHerrtjants. 



SPECIALITIES: 



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ROSES in all forms 

 FRUIT TREES of all kinds 



• • • 



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Priced Catalogue free. 

 Priced Catalogue free. 



HARDY TREES AND SHRUBS. Priced Catalogue ire*. 



HERBACEOUS PLANTS Priced Catalogue tm. 



BULBS AND CAMELLIAS ... Priced Catalogue fret. 



SEEDS & GARDEN SUNDRIES Priced Catalogue fm 



OUR UP-TO-DAT 



MEW 



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CAT 



that our prices are far below any others. We guarantee our Seeds to 



GENUINE, and RELIABLE- . nor h m o* 



In dealing with us great benefit is derived, as we do not spend our clients' money incostly adverti ^ g» 



5f?f» SSLSCJ"* en, L a,1,n e enormous expense (needless to ask who pays for this). We have snow lb *~~ 

 BULB TRADE on the score of economy and excellence, and we shall supply our Seeds on tne 5— 

 send for our Catalogue (free), and judge for yourselves. _-■[, -rpV 



ALL FLOWER SEEDS CARRIAGE FRfi*' 



Tuberoses, Excelsior Pearl, 1st Sise Bulbs, 4s. » er *° * rii 34 

 T- U A TUTCf J Air* Bulb and Seed 0*ow*r». ES 



the time to flant MICHAEL BAINS and 



1UID anu - p 



treet, London, 



ALL THE LEADING VARIETIES 



Standards, Dwarfs, Climbers, also 



qualities. 



Successful Gardening 



or 



PRICED C ATALOG UES POST 



BICKSONS 



CHESTER. 



Nurseries, 



Fertilizer, Invi^orator, 

 Bones, Mineral S uper 

 Nitrate of Soda 

 Dried 



Crushed ^ixed sizes 



Badr Slag. Peruvia n Uuai 

 ^ Urate ut^utasn. 



a Hi 



ospha 



K)d, Fisn iju ano 

 hips, Tobacco Cloth 



„nn r. a rden bait, ^' T ^' ' . .7^^ 

 . lohacco Paper . &c, W. _lti g 



^mps, Jioaacco Cloth, i obacco ^a^e.. - — g 



CLAY AND SON, STRATFORD, LONDON, 



