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FOR AMATEUR CULTIVATORS, COLLECTORS, AND EXHIBITORS OF PLANTS, FLOWERS. AND FRUITSj 



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

 FOR NATURALISTS, BOTANI8TS, BEEKEEPERS, AND LOVERS OF THE COUNTRY. 



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No. 2.33° 



SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1898. 



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T)RACTICAL LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



I and ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CO. 



This Company undertakes to advise as to the laying out of 

 dens t j, e general improvement of landed property, and the 

 developir.ent of building estates ; to provide plans and esti- 

 mates and for a fixed sum, to carry out all work incidental to 

 [he making of the smallest Villa garden as well as to the 

 designing and execution of the most extended estate improve- 

 ments. 



It has a staff of experienced foremen, and all necessary 



plant. , 



No charge whatever is made for plans, which, however, remain 

 the property of the Company unless the work is carried out 



by it, [' 

 All communications to be addressed to — 



ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CO., 

 - • St. Margaret's Mansions, 



49, Victoria Street, 



London, >.W. 



BARR'S Illustrated SEED GUIDE. Free. 

 For the best Vegetables and most beautiful Flowers. 



BARR'S CHOICE PRIMULA, the Finest 

 Covent Garden strain; of rcbust habit, and beautiful 

 colours. Per packet, is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. 



DARR'S FIRST PRIZE CALCEOLARIA. 



±3 A magnificent strain, large flowers, and gorgeous colours. 

 Per packet, 2s. 6d. 



tVaRRS PLANT CATALOGUE. Free. 



LJ describes the best Hardy Perennials and Alpines, and a 

 choice List of Per.tstemons and Phloxes for present planting. 



BARR and SONS, 12 and 13, KING 

 STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON. 



J 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. 

 Telegraph— Hortulanus, London. Telephone No. 8,728. 



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. 



Lond on Office — 8, Camden Road, N.W. 



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. 



HENRY HOPE, 55, Lionel Street, Birming- 

 ham. — Conservatories, Hothouses, and Hot-water 

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

 logue. Established 1818. • 



THE THAMES BANK IRON COMPANY, 

 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. 



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CANARY GUANO.— The Best in the world. 

 • Perfectly clean ; mav be i'«ed hv a lady. 



(^ANARY GUANO. -Tins, 6d. and is.; bags 



—14 lb., 4s 6d. ; 28 lb., 7s. 6d. ; 56 IK, 12s 6d. ; 1 cwt., 



20s each. If un< btainab'e local' v. < rder direct 



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CANARY GUANO.— Retail of Florists or 

 sent free (except 6d. tirs) on receipt of P O. Wholesale of 

 THE CHEMUAL UNION, Ltd., IPSWICH. 



(WWW)A VEITCH'S AUTUMN 



vVfAMl V GIANT CAULIFLOWER, 3s. 6d. 

 rer 1,000; Early London, 3s. 6d. ; Late Italian, 4s. ; Ki.ighVs 

 protecting Brfccoli, 3 s. 6d. ; Drumhead Savoy, Myatt's Cab- 

 c\l Daikeith Brussels Spr. ut, 2s. 6d. ; Drumhead Castle 

 labba ge, 2s.— W. Hornk, ClifTe, near Rc Chester. 



f^EE'S (Spring-sown) Plants now supplied 



V" as under, of best kinds, at per 1,000 of 1,200, on rail for 

 J"$n : Cabbage, either Autumn or Sprine-sown, at 2s. 6d. ; Cauli- 

 flower, Spring-sown, early or late, from finest proved stocks, 

 « 5S. ; Brussels Sprouts, Savoys, Scotch Kale, and Purple 

 sprouting Broccoli, all at 3 s. ; White Broccoli, at 4s ; ami 

 1 nousand Heads, at 2s. 6d. ; Celery, nice, stiff, transplanted, 

 21m- htsGrove Red and White, 7 s. 6d. per 1,000; do., good 

 !zri m ?'„ at 5 s - (Any of the above, post free, is. 6d. per 

 »»S } °y ier ^dfordshire grown Plants and Seeds cheap 

 ™ good. See Catalogues. Special prices to large buyers on 



J2S ^^•nts. Please name paper. 



*eedk. Gee, Seed and Plant Grower, &c, Riverford House, 



Biggleswade. Bedfordshire. 



KENT, THE GARDEN OP ENGLAND. 

 —GEORGE BUNYARD and Co. t Merchant Nursery- 

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

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

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

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



The Royal Nurseries, Maidstone. 



KAKI- PERSIMMON (or Date Plum). 

 Grown largely in Riviera, Chan. Is., and South England. 

 Japanese Imported Trees, in 10 choice sorts, 10 for 6s. (worth 

 3s. 6d. each). Cycas Revoluta (Sago Palm), large dormant 

 roots, is. 6d. and 2s. each. Dbl. Pearl Tuberoses, large bulbs, 

 50, 3s. ; 100, 5s. Vallota Purpurea (Scarboro' Lily), 12, 2s. 6d. ; 

 Amaryllis Equestris, scarlet and white, immense bulbs, 6, 3s. ; 

 12, 5s. Order early.— W. H. Hudson, F.R.H.S., Rare Lily 

 Importer, Kilburn, London. 



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. 



Important to Mushroom Growers. 



CUTHBERTS 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. 



PETUNIAS for EXHIBITION, &c— Grand 

 New Fringed Varieties to name, from 4s. 6d. per doz. 

 Illustrated Catalogue of New, Rare, and other Stove and Green- 

 house Plants on application. — A. J. A. Bruce, The Nurseries 

 Edge Lane, Chorlton -cum- Hardy, Manchester. 



LAXTON'S STRAWBERRIES.— If you 

 wish for the best, write for our new Illustrated Catalog le 

 with descriptions of La (ton's new Fillbasket, Mentmore, 

 Monarch, Leader, and Royal Sovereign, the largest cu'tures 

 specially for runner plants. 



Laxton Brothers, Bedford. 



LOVEL'S YORKSHIRE STRAW- 

 BERRIES.— Rooted Runners of Royal Sovereign and 

 others, for potting or planting, 6s. per 100. Sample dozen, is. 

 List. 



W. Lovel and Son, Strawberry Gardens, Driffield. 



PRIMULAS, PRIMULAS, PRIMULAS.— 

 Williams' and other superb strains ; also Primula Obconica, 

 Cinerarias, and Begonias, is. 6d. per dozen, 10s. per 100. 

 Double White Primula*, id. each. All the above fit for 3 and 

 4 in. pots, and carriage free for cash with order. 



Tohn Stevens. The Nurseries, Coventry. 



PAUL AND SON'S CHESHUNT ROSES. 

 —The Single and Garden Roses are now fairly in bloom, 

 rendering the Old Nursery well worth a visit — Cheshunt Station, 



G.E.R. 



SA. VAN KONIJNENBURG and Co., 

 # Bulb Growers, NOORDWIJK (HOLLAND). Largest 



Cultivators of Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Daffodils, Liliums, 

 Gladiolus, &c, &c. Catalogue free on application. Adding 

 5 per cent, to Invoice's Amount, or paying cash, we send Bulbs 

 carriage paid. , 



DERBYSHIRE SPAR and TUFA for 

 ROCKERIES, GROTTOS, &c, White Spar Gravel 

 for Drives and Walks.— John Bond, Beeley, near Rowsley, 

 Derbyshire, v 



By Special Appointment to E. H H. the Prince 



of Wales 



PICTURESQUE ROCK FORMATION, 

 adapter' to Lakes, Streams, and Cascades, Alpmenes, 

 Ferneries, and Winter Gardens, as executed in our inimitable 



naturalistic style at hundreds of P 1 a ceS A ^J?^ )C t ^^ kln 5 d S^S , 

 including at SANDRINGHAM, and BA1TERSEA and ST. 



JAMES'S PARKS. . > . ' 



Photo Illustrated Book sent for inspection for 12 stamps. 

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



BONES 



CLAY'S MANURES, CRUSHED 

 &c. (See page 4 



CLAY'S SUCCESSFUL GARDENING Pnce is. 



Clay and Son, Stratford, E. 



MEGGITT'S SPECIAL PLANT FERTI- 

 LISERS. Garden, Lawn, Floral. 

 Sold in is. tins ; 7, U, »8, and 50 lb. f Setdsn^n. 



c xf. J~a ca«c J tt\ \ Smton-in-Ashheld, .Notts. 



AMERICAN TUBEROSES, Mexican 



I\ Orchids, Palm Seeds, Lily of the Valley, Cacu &c. 

 Watson and Scull, go, Lower Thames Street, London. K>U 



HEATING APPARATUS. — Catalogues 

 free. Artwood's Impd. Expan. Joints. Over a million 

 sold. Boilers, Valves, Pipes. Medals, 1865, 1881. 18Q3. Write 

 to inventor. J. Attwood, Stourbnuge. 



SOW NOW. 



UT TON'S LARGE RED ALPINE 



STRAWBERRY.— From seed sown now fruit of a 

 delicious flavour may be gathered in large quantities 

 from plants in the open ground next year, not merely 

 during the strawberry season, but as late as the end of 

 September, or even the beginning of October. Ag 

 seedlings bear the finest fruit sowings should be made 

 each year. Fruit twice the size of the ordinary Alpine 

 Sti aw berry and of bright red colour. Price of seed, 

 2S. 6d. per packet, post free. 



SUTTON'S SEEDS, GENUINE ONLY 

 DIRECT FROM SUTTON and SONS, THE 



QUEEN'S SEEDSMEN, READING. 



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NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT 

 GAILLARDIAS, to flower this^ year from June to 

 November. Kelway's improved Perennial varieties are the 

 most brilliant of flowers for the garden, and the most splendid 

 subjects existing for cut flowers, lasting a very long time in 

 water. 



Kelway and Son, Langport, Somerset. 



KELWAY AND SON, THE PREMIER 

 HOUSE for Gladioli, Paeonies, Delphiniums, Pyre- 

 thrums, Gaillardias, and all Hardy Herbaceous Perennials. 

 The Royal Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. 



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

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

 Grevilleas, Cyperus, Aralias, Geraniums, Selaginella, and 

 Rhodanthe in 48's, 6s. doz. ; Marguerites, Heliotropes, Tropaeo- 

 lums, 8s. ; Spiraeas, and Fuchsias in 48's, in bloom, 8s. aoz. ; 

 Ficus, Palms, Dracaenas, Pelargoniums, Asparagus, Hydrangeas, 

 and Ericas in bloom, 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 prices. List free.— J. Smith, 

 London Fern Nurseries, Louehborough Junction. London. S.W. 



BOX'S BEAUTIFUL BEGONIAS. 

 11 Quality and Quantity." Pot Plants now ready. Double 

 hybrids for greenhouse, per dozen, 9s., 12s., 18s. to 56s. Single 

 hybrid?, 6s., 9s., 12s., 18s. per doz. For bedding to colour, 12, 

 3s ; ico, 2 is. Mixed, 12, 2s. 6d. ; 100, 18s. Illustrated price 

 list and pamphlet gratis. — John R. Box, Begonia Grower, 

 Croydon^ 



TSLES OF SCILLY NARCISSI and DAF- 



A FODILS. Bu*bs retail at wholesa e prices. — Apply T. G. 

 Brown, Tresco Bulb Gardens, Isles of Scilly. 



O" RCHIDS ! ORCHIDS!! 10,000 must go. 

 —This being the end of the importing season, I must 

 clear off my surplus Stock, regardless of cost. I have, therefore, 

 decided to make the following unprecedented offer : 6 assorted 

 Orchids for 6s. ; 12, 10s. ; 25, 20s. ; 50, 35s. ; 100, 60s. Every 

 plant guaranteed sound and true to name. 



J. W. Moore, Orchid Importer. Rawdon, near Leeds. 



CLEARANCE SALE.— 100,000 BEGONIA 

 TUBERS. Large, erect flowering. Singles, 12, 2s.; 

 25 3s. 6d.; 50, 6s.; 100, us. Doubles same price. Smaller, 

 12] is. 6d.; 25, 2s. 6d.; 100, 8s., for cash.— John Wells, 

 Begonia Nursery, Ryarsh, Mailing, Kent. 



GREENHOUSE SALE, half-price (Off 

 season).— 7 X 5» 28/6, 38/6 ; 10 X 6, 42/-, 5<V- ; 14 X 6, 



52/6, 65/-; toX 8, 52/6, 58/6; 14 X 10, 75/-, 88/6 ; 20 X 10, 87/6, 

 £ 5 /i 5 /-. Frames, 8/9, 14/6, 22/6. Fowl Houses, 8/9, 10/9, 

 14/6.— Approval, Hypolit e, Deptford. ^ 



T^HOMSON'S CELEBRATED MANURES 

 for VINES and PLANTS. Result of long practical ex- 

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

 T George, 14, Redgrave Road, Putney | Channel Islands, Mr. 

 Parsons Guernsey: Sole Makers, Wm Thomson and Sons 

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



GISHURST COMPOUND. — Used since 

 i8 ,q, for Red Spider, Mildew, Thrips, Green Fly, and 

 Blieht, 2 ounces to the gallon of soft water. 4 to 16 ounces 

 » f W inter Dressing for Vines and Orchard House Jrees tt 

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

 p^ffinls used, has outlived many preparation, intended « 



supersede it. 



Boxes is., 3s., and ios. 6d. 



GISHURSTINE keeps Boots dry and soft, 

 Boxes 6d. and is. from the trade. \Vholesale from 

 Price's Patent Candle Company ^Limite d), London. 



xifORKMEN'S COMPENSATIONS under 



V V the Act coming into force on the ist July. 



POT ICIES to cover THE WHOLE OF THE EMPLOYER'S 

 P0LICI EXCEEDINGLY HEAVY LIABILITY. 



AddIy for full particulars to the ^__.__ A , /N .. T . A XT -. 



ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY 



/A (Limited). 



Business Founded 1849. CLAIMS PAID, £i,ooo,ooo» 

 tfusinesb r w THOS. POTTER, Man. and Sec. 



10, St. Swithin's Lane, London, E.C. _ 



ORCHIDS of every description from is. 

 each. Rare plants at low prices. Every plant sent on 

 aDDrotation. Correspondence invited. New CVaiogUe free.— 

 The Leeds Orchid Co., Roundhay, Leedn 



