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DRA CTICAL LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



I and ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CO. 



Ufa Company undertakes to advise as to the laying out of 

 A- t bc general improvement of landed property, and the 

 ESooient- of building estates ; to provide plans and esti- 

 ZlJ^iDd. for a fixed sum, to carry out all work incidental to 

 tk making of the smallest Villa garden as well as to the 

 il< t'nwic w<i tx^^ 011 of tne most extended estate improve- 

 aents. 



It has a staff of experienced foremen, and all necessary 



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

 the pwpcrty of the Company unless the work is carried out 



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j;STATE 



DEVELOPMENT CO., 



St. Margaret's Mansions, 



49, Victoria Street, 



London, S.W 



ARR'S Illustrated SEED GUIDE. Free. 



r r the best Vegetables and most beautiful Flowers. 



BARR'S AUTUMN FLOWERS. 

 _ Send for Descriptive List of Barr's beautiful and rare 

 of Autumn and Winter-flowering Crocuses, Beautiful 

 titttfev Saffron*, White Flower of the West Wind, Yellow Lily 

 of the Field, Autumn-flowering Scillas and Snowflakes, 

 Cyclamen, &c. 



Ptac above during July and August to flower this autumn. 



T)ARR and SONS, 12, KING STREET, 



I) COVENT GARDEN, LONDON. 



WEEKS and CO. (Limited), HORTI- 



• CI I TUBAL BUILDERS to Her Majesty, H.R.H. 

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

 *ir Dept., Royal Hort. Soc., Royal Botanic Soc., Parks and 

 Mb i otkiings. Patentees of the Duplex Upright Tubular 



Wen. A Fcrnshaw Road ; 124, King's Road, Chelsea, S.W. 

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



MACKENZIE and MONCUR (Limited), 



1U Hothouse Builders and Heating Engineers. Edinburgh 

 u ^ 5ri^I ow - BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO 



9*'h?*} E fRJNCE OF WALES. Plans and Estimates 

 kinds of Horticultural Buildings, Pavilions, Summer 

 ^irriwin HeaUn * Apparatus free. Splendid Illustrated 



London Office— 8, C amden Road, N.W. 



\V ^pHARDSON and CO., Horticultural 



vi vV-D tSr er 5 and Heatin f Engineers, Darlington. 

 VINERIES, GREEN HOUSES, CONSERVATORIES, 



- t AND HOTHOUSES, 



Together with HEATING APPARATUS, &c. 



Best work guaranteed. 



A*tistic New Catalogues Free, 



UENRY HOPE, 55, Lionel Street, Birming- 



A P4ratn^!l^ n !f rVa . torics » Hothouses, and Hot-water 



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• ^CL En ff r \ to , H * M - War Department, Science 



P&' S °o Uth K T ensin gton, &c, Gold and Silver 



fcO I L K R SViPb^l n Jmv xrSnSV ^v 1 8 8 3 " HOT-WATER 

 H»SSai 1 1 ur^ ONNECTIONS, and all Castings f or 



C^rfi? , GUA NO.-The B^sTi^thTv^. 



2^^ectly clean ; may be used bv a ladv. 



C AN ARY GUANO.-Ti ns,6d. and is. 



^t^TpSwTc^ . Wh ° ICSal<i ° f 



^"OMSON'S CELEBRATED MANURES 



. * V > ES and PLAMT, Rcsu]t of lQng practica £* 



owcrs. London agent, Mr. 

 Channel Islands. \fr. 



<W , *t *" successful 

 ,^G^ 8r *?, R ?>d. Putney, _ 



G E ;^^^-J«^rwii^now supplied 



SSS*^ Purr's " 5 •• ; £nissels Sprouts, Sav oys 



•« «• : and™ Sprouting Broccoli, all at 3 s. ; White 



thousand Heads, at 2 s.6d!; CeW 



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SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1898. 



KENT, THE GARDEN OP ENGLAND 

 -GEORGE BUNYARD and Co., 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. Rose Catalogue, List of 800 kinds. Fruit 

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



The Royal Nurseries, Maidstone. 



MANURES, &c — Sulphate Ammonia, 

 Kainit, Borte Meal, Nitrate of Soda, Dried Blood 

 Peruvian Guano, Dissolved Bones, Food for Lilies, Tomato 

 Manure, Rose Manure, Superphosphate of Lime, Tobacco 

 Powder, Green Shading, Tobacco Paper. All is. per large tin 

 postage 4d. extra (three tins post free). ' 



Hudson's, 1Q9, High Road, 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. 



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. 



CARNATIONS.— DOUGLAS for CAR- 

 , NATIONS! The r.ew Border Carnations, raised by 

 Martin R. Smith, Esq., are fully described in. new Catalogue, 

 now ready. Finest Carnation seed, is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per 

 packet. Catalogues free from 



Jas. Douglas, Edenside, Great Bookham. 



PRIMULAS, PRIMULAS, PRIMULAS.— 

 Williams' and other superb strains ; also Primula Obconica, 

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

 Double White Primula*, 6d. each. All the above fit for 3 and 

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



John Stevens, The Nurseries, Coventry. 



DERBYSHIRE SPAR and TUFA for 

 ROCKERIES, GROTTOS, &c, White Spar Gravel 



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

 Derbyshire. 



BULBS. BULBS. BULBS.— Narcissus 

 Ornatus. The early variety, Price 15s. per thousand, 2s. 

 per hundred. Warranted true.— Arthur Huxley, Bewdley 

 Street, Evesham. 



QAHiAHA CELERY PLANTS, the 



rJxJxJ'XjKJXJ very best sort, Clayworth Pride, Pink, 

 all transplanted, strong, fully fit for trenches. Sample 100, post 

 free, is. 3d. ; i,oco, 5s. 6d. ; 5,000 25s. ; 10,000, 45s., on rails, 

 packed in boxes. Lyon Leek and Chive Plants, is. per 100, 

 post free. — George York, Plantist, Retford. 



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LAXTON'S STRAWBERRIES.— If you 

 wish for the best, write for our new Illustrated Catalogue 

 with descriptions of Laxton's new Fillbasket, Mentmore, j 

 Monarch, Leader, and Royal Sovereign, the largest cultures 1 

 specially for runner plants. | 



Laxton Brothers, Bedford. 



DIVIDED MUSEIPULA VENUS FLY 

 TRAP PLANTS, with strong traps, 3s-, post free. 

 Illustrated Catalogues of Stove and Greenhouse, and other new 

 and rare plants, on application.— A. J. A. Bruce, The Nurseries, 

 Edge Lane, Cnor It on -cum- Hardy, Manchester. 



CLAY'S MANURES, CRUSHED BONES, 

 &c. (See page 450.) 

 CLAY'S SUCCESSFUL GARDENING Price is. 



Clay and Son, Stratford, E. 



MEGGITT'S SPECIAL PLANT FERTI- 

 LISERS. Garden, Lawn, Floral. 

 Sold in is. tins ; 7, 14, 28, and 50 lb. togs, of al Seedsmen. 

 Saml. Meggitt and Sons Ltd.), Sutton^n-A shfield, Kotts . 



HEATING APPARATUS. — Catalogues 

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

 told. Boilers, Valves, Pipes. Medals, 1865, 1881. 1803. wm* 

 to inventor. J. Attwood, Stourbridge.' 



AMERICAN TUBEROSES, Mexican 

 Orchids, Palm Seeds, Lily of the Valley, Cacti 

 Watson and Srrri ... no. Lower Thames Street. London. 



ubsoription, 



Post Free. 



3 months, 3s. Od 

 6 „ 5s. 6d 

 « „ 10s. 6d 



E.C. 



GREENHOUSE SALE, half-price (Off 

 season).-7 X 5, *8/6, 38/6 ; 10 X 6, 42/-, ^ 

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

 ZsIUfr Frames, 8/9, 14/6, 22/6. Fowl Houses, 8. 9, *#» 

 14/6. — Approval, Hypolite, Deptford. 



GREENHOUSES from £3 8s. VINERIES, 

 conservatories, well-made frames .painted or glazeo, 

 from 2 is. ; illustrated price lists free. Maker to tt.w. 

 Queen and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 



POTTER, HAWTHORN, and CO., 

 Manufacturers, London Works, Reading. 



(Name Paper.) 



CUTTON'S FLOWER of SPRIN,, 



UJ BAGE.— One of the finest varieties in cultivation for 



bpnng use. Of compact habit, having few outer leaves 

 firm heads of excellent quality. Mr. A. Stevens! 

 Oardener to O. S. Stemman, Esq., says:-" I have 

 grown your Flower of Spring for the last three years, 

 and have never had one bjt, or hst any, through the 



,rost - F"ce of Seed is. per ounce, post free 



CUTTON'S SEEDS, GENUINE ONLY 



° FR0M SUTTON and SONS, THE 



QUEEN'S SEEDSMEN, READING . 



MOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT 



11 GAILLARDIAS, to flower this year from now to 

 November. Kelways improved Perennial varieties are the 

 most brilliant^ of flowers for the garden, and the m>st splendid 

 subjects existing fur cut flowers, lasting a very Ion* time in 

 water. . * 



K el way 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 J in. pots, 25 sorts, 12s. 100; 

 in 48'^ 10 best selling, 6s. dor. ; seedlings, 6s. 10c : 

 Grevilleas, ^ Cyperus, Aralias, Geraniums. Selaginella, and 

 Rhodanthe in 48s, 6s. dox. ; Marguerites, Heliotropes, Trope> 

 lums, 8s. ; Spiraeas, and Fuch>ias in 48s, in bloom, 8s. dot. ; 

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

 and Ericas in bloom, 48'$, las. doz. ; A. cuncatum, 48't, valiw in 

 fronds, 6s. and 8s. doz. : for potting on, bushy, 16s. and tot* 

 100. Packed free. Cash. Trade prices. List free.— I. Smith, 

 London Fern Nurseries, Loughborough Junction, \ ndfai. S.W. 



ASPARAGUS FALCATUS syn. Sprcngcri. 

 —Good plants, in 60- pots, 6s. \>ct doten ; stronger, 9s. 

 per dozen ; a few dozen extra ii/cd specimens at 5s. each. 

 ASPARAGUS DECUMBENS.— Dormant tul>crs, will bloom 

 in November, 6s. per dozen ; young plants from seed- 

 boxes, 5s. per 100 ; seeds, fresh gathered, *s. 6d. per too. 

 ASPARAGUS COMORENSIS.— Strong plants, 6s. and ot.dox. 

 POINSETTIA PULCHERRIMA.— Strong, m 60% 3s. per 

 doz. ; 20s. per ioo. All packing free for cash with order. 

 T. Janmoch, Lily Nursery, Dersingham, Norfolk. 



ORCHIDS! ORCHIDS!! 10,000 must go. 

 — This being the end of the m porting 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. ; $0, 35s. ; 100, 60s. Every 

 plant guaranteed sound and true to name. 



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



SPLENDID COLLECTION of FUCHSIAS 

 to include Mr. Gladstone, M. Carnot, Royal Purple, and 

 many other new sorts. I will send 40 distinct grand varieties ; 

 good strong plants, worth more than twice the money, 4s. 6d., 

 ?'ree. also will send 30 distinct zonals, 15 of each double and 

 single Magnificent, None More, two to three years old. Good 

 plants, ss. Free. Send for List— John Bore, Barrow Hill, 

 Chest erfield. ___ 



CLEARANCE SALE.— 100,000 BEGONIA 

 TUBERS. Large, erect flowering. Singles, ra, 7*. 



25.3s.6d.; 50, 6s.; 100, us. Doubles same price. Smaller, 



\l is. 6d.; \ 5 , «. 6d.; too, 8s., for cash.- John V\ ell*, 

 Begonia Nursery, Ryarsh 



A~VAN KONIJNENBURG and Co.. 



# Bulb Growers, NOOR V WI J K (HOLLAND). Ltrgtt 

 Culdvators of Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Dfo^ LMnm»s 

 hi A-jSum fte kc. Cau ogue free on application. Adding 

 JJfSS. to InW. AmoZ, or p.ylDr -sh, we .enu Bulb, 

 rarriagepaid. 



GISHURST COMPOUND. — Used since 

 ,8co for Red Spider, Mildew. Thrips, Green Fly, and 

 other I :i$,Tounces toThe'gallon i^MMlD «« 

 01 iT K ..„ Tw ; • f.,r V, !..:■> and Orchanl House li 



Llher from cake for American Blight, inlea aed 

 Baffin is ased, has outlived many preparation! tnten^eC 



Hpenede i t. Po«« »»♦. 3> > "»*• M ' 



_ keeps Boots dry and solt, 



P^ce s pWt Candle Comfakt (Umitp), U»don. 



^the~patent silicate manure.-a 



1 Speciality for Cropping Vines, Tonutos, arxl Pea 

 a „d for Crenfng the WEd and ^ 

 foTyearsby the leading Growers, is. 6d. per o»t., carnage 

 Sd. Write for pamphlet of pwticulari. 

 cvriri SIf)R FERTILIZER -A Sflicated Horticultwal 



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