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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 the Post Office as a Newspaper 



So. 2,335 



DRACTICAL LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



1 and ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CO. 



Tlis Company undertakes to advise as to the laying out of 

 «nfcns,the general improvement of landed property, and tl e 

 ' ."e'"me';t of building estates; to provide plans and esti- 

 2S?tDdi for a fixed sum, to carry out all work incidental to 

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

 Signing and execution of the most extended estate improve- 

 Dents. 



It has a staff of experienced foremen, and all necessary 



plant. * » 



So charge whatever is made for plans, which, however^ remain 

 the property of the Company unless the work is carried out 



All communications to be addressed 



t;state DEVELOPMENT CO., 



1 J St. Margaret's Mansions, 



49» Victoria Street, 



London, S.W. 



ARR'S Illustrated SEED GUIDE. Free, 



For the best Vegetables and most beautiful Flowers. 



BA R R ' S A U TUM N FLOWERS. 

 Send for Descriptive List of Barr's beautiful and rare 

 Kccies of Autumn and Winter- flowering Crocuses, Beautiful 

 Mttdow Saffron.*, White Flower of the West Wind, Yellow Lily 

 if the Field, Autumn-flowering Scillas and Snowflakes, 

 Cyclamen, &c. 



Riant above during July and August to flower this autumn. 



BARR and SONS, ia, KING STREET, 

 COVENT GARDEN, LONDON. 



T WEEKS and CO. (Limited), HORTI- 



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

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



^•T.',- oyal t! ort ' Soc '» Ro 7 aI Botanic Soc., Parks and 

 I™* Brings. Patentees of the Duplex Upright Tubular 

 Kouen. 4 Mermhaw Road j 124, King's Road, Chelsea, S.W. 

 lel^rai.h-Hortulanus, London. Telephone No. 8,728. 



Vf ACKENZIE and MONCUR (Limited), 



AfX Hothouse Builders ,ind Heating Engineers, Edinburgh 



H I u ruv { ITZ'^HK KC1AL APPOINTMENT TO 

 <« aU kffi* ^NCK OK WALES. Plans and Estimates 

 ■ J~ o H .™ltural Buildings, Pavilions, Summer 



£S* L- Hcaun K Apparatus free. Splendid Illustrated 



London Office-8, Camden Road. N.W. 



W ¥S HAI 5^ S0N and co - Horticultural 



^ISE^^fv^^^^^ Darlington. 

 VINLRILS, GREENHOUSES, CONSERVATORIES. - 



•» . . AND HOTHOUSES, ' ! 



Together with HEATING APPARATUS, &c. 



Best work guaranteed. 



Artistic New Catalogues Free. 



n k^ -^ ' 5S ' ^ lonel Street, Birming- 



ApiitiSu^"^J° ncs ' Hothouses, and Hot-waTer 

 SSTe^^J^ 61 on Nation. Send for Cata- 



IRON COMPANY. 



BiSS S ^ ut h Kensington, &c, Gold and Silver 

 fcOlLFRS p |« ' ,7> 2 * London. 1883. HOT-WATER 

 ■"SyjSS^ CONNECTIONS^ and all Casti™ 



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PANARY 



— TJ Ik 



and is. ; bags 



of Florists, or 



SSSlf^J. Poles, ma « R an 1 ?J ,rPOSCS ' f ° feet in 

 SS?) ^ tents are !lr ' es 1 c ? ra P Ie t« (with tent bag 

 H « MaieMv' r lte ' and fcav « only b— - —- J - 

 *• ' £nd onV >Vern T nt ' and originally 



bul tews whtrh *, quant,t y °f tents from i_ „ 

 l**- «**. Carafe ">y customers are those I send 

 ■HUT*- * «0 no? ,1 P i lCe Llst of marquees (any 



an d "J2: l »« Payment till > on 



H - J. Gas, " v5 VOd °X the tent fron » 

 ■ _J^^_^ernn»ent Contractor, Rye. 



R 0 R M I P a /Tt I ' 



-Jft!* troubled w^t K a^II. a 2 d . « Greenhouses. 



jury 



and 



be sent on 

 5s. to 20s. 



SATURDAY, JULY 30, 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 1808. First- 

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

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



The Royal Nurseries, Maidstone. 



Subscription, 



Post Free. 



onths, 3s. Od. 



5s. 6d. 

 10s. 6d. 



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ft/TANURES, &c- Sulphate Ammonia, 



Kainit, Bone 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). 1 



Hudson's, 109, High Road y Kilbur n, 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. 



PRIMULAS, PRIMULAS, PRIMULAS. 

 Williams' and other superb strains ; also Primula Obconica. 

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

 Double White Primulas, 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, Beeley, near Rowsley, 

 Derbyshire. 



50,000 



LAXTON'S STRAWBERRIES.— If you 

 b wish for the best, write for our new Illustrated Catalogue 

 with descriptions of Laxton's new Fillbasket, Mentmore, 

 Monarch, Leader, and Royal Sovereign, the largest cultures 

 specially for runner plants. 



Laxton Brothers, Bed r ord. 



ION^A MUSCIPULA (VENUS FLY 



TRAP).— PLANTS, with strong traps, 3 s., post free. 

 Illustrated Catalogues of Stove and Greenhouse, and other new 

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

 Edge Lane, Chorlton -cum- Hardy, Manchester. 



KRELAGE'S DUTCH BULBS. 

 CATALOGUE now ready, and may be had free on 

 application^ E. H. Krelage and Son, Haarlem, Holland. 



Special Novelty Supplement. Most advantageous termf. 

 £1 coll. for outdoor, 1,450 bulbs ; £1 collection for indoor, 340 

 bulbs, &c. 



PTERIS TREMULA in 



thumb-pots, and 20,000 PTERIS CRIS- 

 TATA in thumb-pots at 12s. per dozen boxes of 15 in each. 

 Free on rail for cash with order. — Hei^ ry Pester, Enfield 

 Highway, N. 



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. 



By Appointment to H.R.H. tlie Prince 



of Wales. 



BALUSTRADES, TERRACES, FOUN- 

 TAINS, VASES, JARDINIERRE, KERBING, 



Quaint SUNDIALS, and other gardenesque objects, in haid 

 durable TERRA COTTA, of various colours. Durability 

 guaranteed. Photo Illustrated Book sent for inspection for 

 12 stamps. A great variety of Vases, Figures, Pedestals, &c, 

 may be seen at our London Showroom. Inspection invited. 

 Pulham & Son, 50, Finsbury Sq., London, E.C.; & Broxbourne. 



Illustrated Price List of Vases free on application. 



TOBACCO POWDER— Corry s, Fowlers, 

 or Pooley's. Introduced 1866, and manufactured at our 

 Bonded Stores, Shad Thames, S.E. Free of duty. Tins of 

 increased size, is., 2s. 6d., 5s. each. Tobacco Juice, 42 oz. tothe 

 gall. In bottles, 1 pint, is. ; 1 quart, is. gd. ; \ gall., «. 6d. ; 

 1 gall., 4 s„ including bottles.— Corrv and Co., Ltd., Finsbury 

 Street. London : and all Seedsmen and Florists. 



CLAY S MANURES, CRUSHED BONES, 

 &c. (See page 501.) 



CLAY'S SUCCESSFUL GARDENING Pnce is. 



Clay and Son, Stratford, E. 



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MEGGITT'S SPECIAL PLANT FERTI- 

 LISERS. Garden, Lawn, Floral. 

 Sold in is. tins : 7. 14, 28, and 50 lb. bags, of al Seedsmen. 



HEATING APPARATUS, 

 free. Attwood's Impd. Expan. JoL 

 sold. Boilers, Valves, Pipes. Medals, 1865, 

 to inventor. J. Attwood, Stourbridge. 



Catalogu 



THOMSON'S CELEBRATED MANURES 

 for VINES and PLANTS are largely used both at he - 

 and abroad. They are Perfect Plant Foods and Stimulants. 

 All who wish the best cultural results should try them, r or 

 terms apply to Wm. Thomson and Sons (Ltd.), Tweed vine- 

 yards, Clovenfords, Galashiels, N.B. Sold by most seedsmen. 



CUTTON'S FLOWER of SPRING CAB- 



BAGE.— One of the finest varieties in cultivation for 

 ^pnng use. Of compact habit, having few outer leaves 

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

 Uardener to G. S. Steinman, Esq., says:— "I have 

 grown your Flower of Spring for the last three years, 

 and have never had one b;lt, or hst any, through the 

 trost. I rice of Seed 15. per ounce, pot t free. 



SUTTON'S 

 DIRECT 



QUEEN'S 



SEEDS, GENUINE ONLY 



FROM SUTTON and SONS, THE 

 SEEDSMEN, READING. 



NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT 

 mAC DELPHINIUMS, PYRETH RUMS and GAILLAR 

 DIAb, to become established for next season's flowering ; three 

 of the best hardy perennials existing. 



Kblway and Son, Langport, Somerset. 



no Gold and Si'v er Medals. 



KELWAY AND SON, THE PREMIER 

 HOUSE for Gladioli, Paeonies, Delphiniums, Pyre- 

 thrums, Gaillardias, and all Hardy Herbaceous Perennials. 

 The Ro yal Horticulturists. La ngport, Somerset. 



T^ERNS !— In 2\ in. pots, 25 sorts, ias. 100; 



X fa 48^ 10 best selling, 6s. doz. ; seedlings, 6s. 100; 

 Grevilleas, Cyperus, Aralias, Geraniums, Selaginella, and 

 Rhodanthe m ^'s, 6s. doz. ; Marguerites, Heliotropes, Trop.-eo- 

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

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

 and Ericas in bloom, 48's, 12s. doz. ; A. cuneatum, 48s, value in 

 fronds, 63. and 8s. doz. : for potting on, bushy, 16s. and 20s. 

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

 London Fern Nurseries, Loughborough Junction, I,ondon, S.W. 



DUTCH BULBS.-J. J. THOOLEN, Bulb 

 and Plant Grower, begs to inform his very numerous 

 patrons that he has now REMOVED his Export Packing 

 Stores from Overveen to his more commodious Premises and 

 Nurseries at Heemstede, where, in future, all orders should 

 be addressed, and which wi'l receive, as before, his prompt and 

 personal care and attention. The new nurseries are in direct 

 communication by rail with Haarlem, Rotterdam, and Amster- 

 dam, so that the delivery of all orders will be much accelerated. 

 The Illustrated Price List in English, Autumn 1898, is ready, 

 a»:d will be sent free on application. No charges for packing. 

 Orders of 10s. and ab^ve entirely free to destination in England, 

 Scotland, and Ireland. Lowest prices, first quality guaranteed. 



Ask Price List to 

 J. J. THOOLEN, the Export Bulb and Plant Nurseries, 



HEEMSTEDE, HOLLAND, 



(formerly at Overveen). 



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. 



HYACINTHS, TULIPS, CROCUS, 

 LILIES, &c.-C. G. VAN TUBERGEN, Junr., 

 Haarlem, Holland. Wholesale catalogue now ready, and may 

 be had free on application to — Messrs. R. Silberrad and Son, 

 25, Savage Gardens, Crutched Friars, London, E.C. N.B. — 

 Many new, rare, and interesting plants and bu:bs will be found 

 in this Catalogue. 



FOR SALE, 2,000,000 BULBS of DOUBLE 

 WHITE NARCISSUS (Narcissus Pocticus flore-pleno) 

 assorted in four qualities, at per 1,000 (No. 1 size, 16s. : No. 2, 

 12s. ; No. 3, 8s. ; No. 4 4s.) Liberal discount for cash. Delivery 

 can be made on and after August 1. For further particulars 



apply to the Grower, — 



E. S. Oldham. Wisbech St Marv. Wholesale only 



E WING'S MILDEW COMPOSITION. 

 The original, certain, and safe remedy. In bottles, is. 

 and 3s. ; per gallon, 12s. Sold by all Seedsmen.— Corry j 

 Co., Ltd., London, E.C. 



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 tstd, has outlived many preparations intended to 

 supersede it. Boxes is., 3s., and us. 6<L 



GISHURSTINE keeps Boots dry and soft, 

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

 Price s Patent Candle Company (Limited), London. 



U N D R I E S .—Sticks, Labels, Bamboos, 2(6 



per 100. Mats, Peat, &c. Cocoa Fibre, 1/3 per sack. PriceList 

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



OWLER'S MEALY BUG DESTROYER. 



—Effectually and instantly destroys this troublesome pest 

 without stain or injury to the foliage. In bottles, is , 2s. 6d., 5s., 

 10s. each. Sold by all Seedsmen.— Corry and Co f Ltd. 

 London, E.C. 



ORCHIDS of every description from xs. 

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

 approbation. Correspondence invited. New Cata'ogue free.— 

 The Lrbds Orchid Co.. Foundhay, Leedf. 



