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FOR AMATEUR CULTIVATORS. COLLECTORS, AND EXHIBITORS OF PLANTS, FLOWERS, AND FRUITS: 



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

 NATURALISTS, BOTANISTS, BEEKEEPERS, 



FOR 



AND LOVERS OF THE COUNTRY. 



EVERY SATURDAY, TWOPENCE. 



Registered at the Post Office as a Newspaper. 



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SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1898. 



inscription, 



Post Free. 



3 months, 3s. 



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12 10s. 



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PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



I and ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CO. 



Hi Company undertakes to advise as to the laying out of 

 aniens, the general improvement of landed property, and the 

 C5o| KeM- «l boflcfiog estates ; to provide plans and esti- 

 ^ U— , md, for a fixed sum, to carry out all work incidental to 

 ifc nLukg of the smallest Villa garden as well as to the 

 it*zmg and execution of the most extended estate impro ve- 



il has a staff of experienced foremen, and all necessary 



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

 ■■p trt y of the Company unless the work is carried out 



mrntmi cations 



TESTATE DEVELOPMENT CO., 



St. Margaret's Mansions, 



49, Victoria Street, 



London, S.W 



BARR'S Illustrated SEED GUIDE. Free. 

 Kor the best Vegetables and most beautiful Flowers. 



BARR'S AUTUMN FLOWERS. 

 - * * ! d / or Descriptive List of Barr's beautiful and rare 

 EE* °i Autumn and Winter-flowering Crocuses, Beautiful 

 J"** ^1°™' W,,ite Flower of the West Wind, Yellow Lily 

 !J* ** ]d > Autumn-flowering Scillas and Snowflakes, 



Bab o Ve du S n * J l jl y ancI Au gust to flower this autumn. 

 A £* and SONS, ia, KING STREET, 

 COVENT GARDEN, LONDON. 



J!f^ KS and co - (Limited), HORTI- 



*Jh«? u uf !f Ies »?* Ml Government, Admiralty Dept., 



^ ° f the Du P le * U P ri ght Tubular 



tSS^H-f?^ R r° ad I " 4 » K,n *' s Road « Cfelsca, S.W. 



••Vipfe-HortulaJiUS. I^.ni nn T.l-r^ XT* o__r>' 



Ml K ffi.L and d JViONCtm (Llmiud) 



id Heating Engineers. F^««*«-«^ 



H j!in? C A ,tUraI BuJ ^n«s. Pavilions, Summer 

 ;TTT-» «a Heating Apparatus free. Splendid Illustrated 



London Office— 8 



i«t«W wh HEATING APPARATUS, &c. 

 Ajnt-r,- v w Sr k guaranteed. 



**tistic N« w Catalogues Frxk. 



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PES! and CONN VrTi'^l 3 ' HOT-WATER 

 g-» Pttrpo^, ft?? N ACTIONS, and all Castings for 



^^yi S tr«, ^[ik fnS . E UuStrated Catalogue, 



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GUANO. 



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Retail of Florists, or 



C P?K E ,? RATED 



MANURES 



I fc^j growers. London agent. Mr 



G ^hiels.N , p VN ^,I H0MS °N and Sons 



on application. 



Mexican 



^ ^ of the Valley, Cacti 



Street. iindoTE 



^Jw4 NCE COMPANY 



KENT, THE GARDEN OP ENGLAND. 

 —GEORGE BUN YARD 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, 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). 



Hudson's, iqq, 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. 



kes Cypher, Exotic Nurseries, Cheltenham. 



LAXTON'S STRAWBERRIES.— If you 

 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, Bedford. 



DIONiEA MUSCIPULA (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, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. 



50,000 



PTERIS TREMULA in 



v v thumb-pots, and 20,000 PTERIS CRIS- 



TATA m thumb-pots at ias. per dozen boxes of 15 in each. 



Free on rail for cash with order. — Henry Pester, Enfield 

 Highway, N. 



ORCHIDS ! ! ORCHIDS ! ! ! 



QRCHIDS ! 



CYP. BELLATALUM, and THUNIA MARSHALLIANA, 



in Bud or Flower, from is. to 5s. per plant. 

 J* W» Moore, Orchid I mpjrter, Rawdon, near Leeds. 



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CARNATIONS.— DOUGLAS for CAR- 

 m NATIONS! The tew Border Carnations, raised by 

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

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



packet. Catalogues free from 



Jas. Douglas, Edenside, Great Bookham. 



TSLES OF SCILLY. — NARCISSI and 



A DAFFODILS. Bulbs retail at wholesale prices.— Apply 

 1. G. Brown, Fresco Bulb Garden, -Isles of Scilly; 



GLOXINIAS FOR SALE.— A quantity over- 

 stocked ; splendid variety ; can be seen in bloom.— 

 Gardener, 17, The Crescent, S. Tottenham. 



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.S.S. the Prince 



of Wales. 



PICTURESQUE ROCK FORMATION, 



JL adapted to LAKES, STREAMS, and CASCADES, 

 ALPINERIES, FERNERIES, and WINTER GARDENS, 

 as executed in our inimitable naturalistic style at^ hundreds of 



S laces about the kingdom, including at Sandringham, and 

 iattersea and St. James's Parks. 



Photo Illustrated Book sent for inspection for 12 stamps. 

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



r* LAY'S MANURES, CRUSHED BONES, 



CLAY 



&c. (See , „ „ , , _ „ . 

 SUCCESSFUL GARDENING Price 

 Clay and Son, Stratford, E. 



MEGGITT'S SPECIAL PLANT FERTI- 

 LISERS. Garden, Lawn, Floral. 

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

 Saml. Meggitt and Sons Ltd.), Sutton-in-A shfield, flotts. 



HEATING APPARATUS. — Catalogues 

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

 •old. Boilers, Valves, Pipes. Medals, 1865, x88i, 1893. Write 

 to inventor. I. Attwood. Stourbridae. 



GREENHOUSES from £3 8s. VINERIES, 

 conservatories, well-made frames, painted or glazed, 

 from 21s.; illustrated price lists free. Maker to H.M. tne 

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



POTTER, HAWTHORN, and CO., 



Manufacturers, London Works, Reading. 

 (Name Paper.) 



THOSE having Houses to Let or Sell, or 

 Apartments to Let, whether in town or country, shouW 

 send an advertisement to the M CITY PRESS. The paper it 

 acknowledged by all to be one of the best mediums for this pur- 

 pose. Prepaid terms : 32 words, One Shilling ; three tu»eS»r 



Two Shilling!. OffiOH 148 and 149 Aider sgate Street London, 

 E.C, 



CUTTON'S BULB CATALOGUE for 1898. 



Beautifully Illustrated by original photographs, and 

 containing accurate descriptions of the choicest varieties 

 of Bulbous Flowering Roots, with clear hints on their 

 successful cultivation, the whole being bound in ex- 

 quisitely illuminated covers. 



SUTTON'S 

 DIRECT 



QUEEN'S 



BULBS, GENUINE ONLY 



FROM SUTTON and SONS, THE 

 SEEDSMEN, READING. 



NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT 

 DELPHINIUMS, PYRETHRUMS and GAILLAR 

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

 of the best hardy perennials existing. 



Kelway and Son, Langport, Somerset. 

 no Gold and Silver Medals. 



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, ias. 100 ; 

 in 48's, 10 best selling, 6s. doz. ; seedlings, 6s. 100 : 

 Greyilleas, m Cyperus, Aral ias, Geraniums, Selaginella, and 

 Rhodanthe in 48^, 6s. doz. ; Marguerites, Heliotropes, Tropaco- 

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

 Ficus, Palms, Dracasnas, Pelargoniums, Asparagus, Hydrangeas, 

 and Ericas in bloom, 48^, 12s. doz. ; A. cuneatum, 48*8, 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, Loughborough Junction, London, 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 will 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, 

 and will be sent free on application. No charges for packing. 

 Orders of 10s. and above 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 Grower*. 



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 TU BERGEN, 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 bulbs will be found 



in this Catalogue. ^ 



DERBYSHIRE SPAR and TUFA for 

 ROCKERIES, GROTTOS, &c, White Spar Gravel 

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

 Derbyshire. 



FOR SALE, 2,000,000 BULBS of DOUBLE 

 WHITE NARCISSUS (Narcissus Poeticus flore-pleno) 

 assorted in four qualities, at per 1,000 (No. 1 size, x6s. : No. 2, 

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

 can be made on and after August U For further particu r ars 



apply to the Grower,— . _ mm m . 



P. 55 Oluham. Wisbech St Marv. Wholesale onl y. 



GISHURST COMPOUND. — Used since 

 1859, 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 csed, has outlived many preparations intended to 

 supersede it. Roses is., 3s., and 10s. 6d, 



ISHURSTINE keeps Boots dry and soft, 



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

 Price's Patent Candle Company (Limited), London. 



THE PATENT SILICATE MANURE.— A 

 Speciality for Cropping Vines, Tomatos, and Peaches, 

 and for Hardening the Wood and Colouring the Fruit. Used 

 for years by the leading Growers. 12s. 6d. per cwt., carnage 

 paid. Write for pamphlet of particulars, 



EXCELSIOR FERTILIZER.— A Silicated Horticultural 

 Manure, the result of years' experience, containing Ammonia 

 6-7}4% I Phosphates, 24-25% ; Sul.-Potash, 6%— 7%%* Full 

 directions for use, and guaranteed analysis with every bag. % cwt., 



ns. 6d. ; 1 cwt., 21s., carr. pd.-THE PATENT SILICATE 



M ANURE CO.. Ltd.. Hemel HemDstead. Herts. Estab. i33S. 



ORCHIDS 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., Roundhay, Leeds. 



