GARDENERS' MA GAZINE. 



August 



i 



3. 1898. 



9 



Designers and Manufacturers of Ranges, Lonservatories, 

 the smallest. Beat waik. lowest prices. Every Modern 



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Vineries, Forcing Houses, Greenhouses, and every description of Glasshouses from the largest Is 

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 Catalogue post free on application. 



CROMPTON AND FAWKES, CHELMSFORD, 



FOUR-INCH EXPANSION 

 JOINT HOT- WATER PIPES, 



9 ft. long, 4s. 3d. each Large quantities m 

 stock. Also 2-inch and 3-mch. Likewise 

 Common Socket Hot-water Pipes Coil 

 Wrought-iron Boilers, Gold Medal, Finsbury, Economic, VarioM 

 Saddle and Tubular Boilers. Complete Apparatus, with wroopfct* 

 iron Independent Boiler, Smoke Pipe, two 9 it. 4 in. Pipes, 

 Improved Feed Box, necessary Joints, Rubbers and Pins, 

 £3 ios., delivered any Goods Railway Station England or 

 Wales. Lists on application. Special terms for quantioei.— 



HENRY ROBINSON, STEWKINS IRONWORKS, 

 AUDNAM, STOURBRIDGE. 



Messrs. Dioksons, Limited, Chester, write; " The Flower Pots jou hare bo largely mpplied us with are light, 



atr >ng, and well made, and in every respect highly satisfactory." 



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GARDEN NETTING. — Tanned, Rotlcss, 

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 Frost and Birds, and Seed in the Ground. No gardener ihodtf 

 be without it. 100 yards X 1 yard wide, 35. ; 100 X * jr** 

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 samples free.— A. Potter, Melbourne Netting Works, Wol- 

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Ask your Nurseryman or Seedsman for 



RICHARDS' NOTED PEAT. 



THE Stock for 1898 is exceptionally fine. 

 Choice selections for Orchids, Stove and Greenhouse 

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Amateurs Kitchen Garden. 



Frame-Ground and Forcing Pit. 



By SHIRLEY HIBBERD. 



A Handy Guide to the Formation and Mtr.agemal «f * 

 Kitchen Garden, and the CultivaUon of useful \ «|«N» 



and Fruits. _ 



Contents. 



Formation of Kitchen Garden. Tap-rooted Veget. 

 Amateur in Kitchen Garden. 

 Pits and Frames. 

 Selecting for Kitchen Garden. 



Peas and Beans. 



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 The Potato. 



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 The Turnip. 



Rhubarb, 

 The Cucumber. 



The Melon. 



Squashes, Gourds, Marroww 

 The Mushroom. 

 The Herb Garden. 

 The Storage of Roots. 

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