THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



EXPIRATION of LEASE of the CLAPTON NURSERY 



UNRESERVED THREE~DAYS* SALE 



«SEs« I ORCHIDS, PALMS, and GENERAL NURSERY STOCK 



DAHLIAS, CARNATIONS, PICOTEES HARDY » f " ,lt| V | UU|\ 



MONDAY and FBI DAT NEXT. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 

 will SELL BY AUCTION, at their Central Sale 

 Rooms, 67 and 68, Cheaps ide, London, E.C., as follows : - 



Monday next, May 16, at 12 o'clock. 



D AH LIAS] C AR N AT IONS, PICOTEES, % HARDY 

 PERENNIALS, GLADIOLI, Double and Single BE- 

 GONIAS; a consignment of ORNAMENTAL PALMS, 

 LATANIAS, SEAFORTHIAS, and CORYPHAS from 

 the Continent; PHLOXES, Double HOLLYHOCKS, 

 Stove and ( Jreenhouse FERNS, ROSES in Pots, &c. ; also 

 250 cases of Kentia Seeds, principally BELMOREANA. 



Prlday next, May 80, at 12.30 o'clock. 



IMPORTED and ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS from Messrs. 



F. Sander and Co. 

 On view mornings of sale, and c atalogues had. 



Surbiton. 



CAPITAL FREEHOLD NURSERY AND BUILDING 



LAND. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 

 will SELL BY AUCTION, in one or three lots, on the 

 Premises, The Surbiton Nurseries, Ewell Road^ Sur- 

 151TON, on TUESDAY next, May 17, at 12 o'clock, imme- 

 diately preceding the first day's sale of Stock, the valuable 

 FREEHOLD PROPERTY known as the SURBITON 

 NURSERIES, Ewell Road, comprising about 2 acres, with 

 valuable frontage of 378 feet or thereabouts, together with 5 

 substantial Greenhouses of recent construction, and fitted with 

 about 3,000 feet of 4-inch Hot-water Piping, and 3 Kinnell's 

 Saddle Boilers, numerous Pits, Timber-built Potting-shed, and 

 excellent supply of water. 



Also the well-built LEASEHOLD HOUSE and SHOP, 

 No. 7, Victoria Pavement, Brighton Road, Surbiton, close to 

 the railway-station. Together with the valuable Goodwill of 

 the Florist Business. Fixtures at valuation. 



Particulars and conditions of sale may be had on the 

 Premises; of Messrs. Wainwright and Co., Solicitors, 9, Staple 

 Inn, Holborn, W.C. ; and of the Auctioneers, 67 and 68, Cheap- 

 side, London, E.C. 



rbiton. 



CLEARANCE SALE of PLANTS, HORSE and UTENSILS 



in TRADE. 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 

 will SELL BY AUCTION, on the Premises, The 

 Surbiton Nurseries, Ewell Road, Surbiton, on TUES- 

 DAY and WKDNESDAY next, May 17 and 18, at 12 

 o'clock each day (immediately following the Sale of the Free- 

 hold X'-rsery and Shop), the whole of the well-grown STOVE 

 PLANTS, SPECIMEN PALMS, 1,000 LATANIA BOR- 

 BONICA, a,ooo TEA ROSKS, 5,000 BEDDING PLANTS, 

 ,.■25™ 7/KVSANTHEMUMS, a large Assortment of 



C J?.?.5S , ?i )lJSE PLANTS > a,s ° SHOP FIXTURES and 

 HllINGS, useful HORSE, VAN, and HARNESS, and 



other erfecLs. 



May be viewed three days prior to the sale. Catalogues as 

 in preceding advertisement. 



COME 



AND 



OUR NURSERY, full of the most useful 

 ami serviceable PLANTS for the season perhaps ever 

 existed, and we shall be pleased to send Catalogues and quote, 

 Our Wallflowers, Polyanthus Calceolarias, Zonals, French 

 i clargunmms, Begonias, Streptocarpus, Gloxinias especially 

 for seed, and will I* found the most delightful and edifying to 

 ail fond of them, and doubly pay for the journey. 



" Kilton Vicarage, Bridtrewater, 



. ... "April 23, 1808. 



vm/JT much pleased with the beautiful lot of Zonals 

 >ousentme. I shall certainly recommend your firm to mv 

 friends. Yours truly, (Rev.) S. H. Shedden. Y 



H. CANNELL and SONS 



SWAN LEY. 



IF YOU ARE A BUYER OF 



SEED PEAS 



POTATOES 



Please send us a List of what you require, when we will quote 



you, when YOU WILL SAVE MONEY. 



CO., seedsmen, Tiyniug, Tewkesbury. 



T^Y^s yoricshire straw- 



l.hRKlKS.-rruitmg Plants of Royal Sovereign and 

 others, 3ft. per ioo, carriage paid for cash ; sample dozen, 6d. 



^wherry 



f »^ i™c*ung rruit t ree., Seed 

 &c. Inch mesh lanned Waterproof 



100 yds. by 2 yds., 50 yds. by 4 yds./o, 



each, carnace naiH- ™ JL2~ZT* 

 rubbi 



6s 



laid .-Abbott %Jt h 2 5 ° yds ' h * « y ds '» 

 ^ _ -^=^~flgggIlL ji ct Manufac turer. Lowestolt . 



pOTTER HAWTHORN, and CO 



HE &SJ£« 8 ^j*^W£15^ 



,WI ' »rl04»8/.. 



1. * l. «„, m , m k m>mmmmL Londo. 



By order of HUGH LOW and CO 



MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS beg to announr 



they have received instructions from Messrs. Hugh Low and Co who f 

 years have carried on business at the world-renowned Nurseries, at Claoton t ^v, 10 "* 

 AUCTION, on the Premises, on MAY 17, 18, and 19, the FIRST POrtiov , * 

 EXTENSIVE and VARIED STOCK so well known to all those interested in Honied ** 

 This Sale at Clapton will not in any way interfere with the ordinary business of tl^U* 

 the Headquarters being now at the New Nurseries, outside Bush Hill Park Station G E R 



CATALOGUES ARE NOW READY; FREE ON APPLICATION 



67 AND 68, Cheapsidk, E.C. 



BEST LAWN MOWERS 



in 

 the 



MARKET 



THE 



INVINCIBLE 



(Saml. Edwards' Patent.) 



also 



The 



VICTOR 



REDUCED 



PRICES 



May be had from all Ironmongers, or the 



Sole Makers, 



JOHN CROWLEY 



LIMITED, 



SHEFFIELD 



PROTECT YOUR GARDENS from ravages 

 ( of birds. Tanned Netting, 35 sq. yards for is. Will not 

 rot if left out in all weather. Send any width, carriage paid on 

 all orders over 5s. As supplied to the Royal Gardens. 

 Commoner Netting at 50 sq. yards, is. 



From H. J. Gasson, Netting Works Rye. 



NEW TWINE NETTING, 2 yds. wide, 3d. 

 per yd. ; 4 yds. wide, 6d. per yd. 1 inch mesh Tanned 

 Netting, 2 yds. wide, id. per yd., 8s. 100 yds. ; 4 yds. wide, 16s. 

 per 100 yds. Suitable for seed-beds and lawn tennis courts. All 

 kinds of nets made to order. Established 50 years.— W. 

 Cullingford, 177, Markhouse Road, Walthamstow. 



A HANDY DAILY REFERENCE BOOK 



ONB SHILLING. 



GARDENING 



YEAR - BOOK 



AND GARDEN ORACLE 



CONTENTS. 



A YEAR'S WORK IN THE GARDEN. 



NEW FRUITS, PLANTS, AND VEGETABLES. 



BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND HOW TO GROW 

 THEM. 



BRITISH AND EXOTIC FERNS. 



CONSERVATORY AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 

 STOVE PLANTS. 



ORCHIDS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



CHOICE VEGETABLES AND HOW TO GROW 

 THEM. 



PROFITABLE FRUITS. 



LIST OF HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES OF THE 

 UNITED KINGDOM. 



THE PUBLIC PARKS AND GARDENS OF THE 

 UNITED KINGDOM. 



Recipes for the : Garden ; Useful Tables j Weights and Measures 



and other information of particular value to all 



interested in Horticulture. 



.zinb Office, 4, Ave Maria Lane 

 London. 



of all Booksellers. 



FOWLER'S 



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LBWH 



(INTRODUCED IN 1877). 



A Certain and Effectual Destroyer 0/ Dauby 

 Plantains, and Weeds generally, so troubUsom i*t 

 unsightly on Lawns. A renovator also of fU m 

 decayed Lawns, 



All Lawns should be dressed at least once a jreir 

 with this article, its fertilizing properties btrg t n i 

 if not superior, to anything at present offered. 



PRICES— In Tins, Is., 2 s 6d., 5b. each 

 In Casks, i cwt aV 8s. 6d. ; \ cwt, I61 1 cvt, 



30s. each. 



Manufacturers. 



CORRY & C0. 9 Ltd, 



FINSBURY STREET, LONDON, BX 



To be had of the Seed and Nursery Trade ftwljf. 



Stock 

 BUea. 

 8X10 

 8X12 

 9X12 

 BX1S 

 9X14 

 10X12 

 10X14 

 12X12 

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 reliable quality, to be cleared at the toUowisf to* 



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f stock sixes as rtated 

 50 ft. (margin, 8X10 to 12X1 



100 ft. 1 stock Bixea as ^J"* ^IS 

 200 ft J margin. 12X14 to 18X24 tat 



4tha 21 d. . 



100 ft.) "took Bixea ' " ^ ta J 

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3rds 21 -oi. MrM § 



, 100 ft.) stock ri«ei « ^ mg *y m 



12X18 200 ft. J margin, 8X12 to OJCUi i ■* ^ 



12X20 100 ft. I ■took **"Jfi^\* 2S- 

 12X24! 200 ft. 1 mawn, 12X14 to ihx» 



wotb -Ho Box oan be divided, •J£oa* 

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The abore Glaw ia offered ™^£Jt 

 on receipt of order. The V*™^"JmL 

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ROCKWORK 



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PROTECT your rru» ^ «i*^3» 



-Garden Noting, M * V* 



N.B.— Carriage 



High 

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