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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 Xewspaper. 



No. 2,342 



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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1898. 



Snb scrip tlon, 



Post Free. 



BARR'S Illustrated SEED GUIDE. Free. 

 For the best Vegetables and most beautiful Flowers. 



BARR'S AUTUMN FLOWERS. 

 Send for Descriptive List of Barr's beautiful and rare 

 species of Autumn and Winter-flowering Crocuses, Beautiful 

 Meadow Saffrons, White Flower of the West Wind, Yellow Lily 

 of the Field, Autumn-flowering Scillas and Snowflakes, 

 Cyclamen, &c. 



Plant above during July and August to flower this autumn. 



BARR and SONS, 12, KING STREET, 

 COVENT GARDEN, LONDON. 



FOR THE MILLION. 



3 months, 3s. Od, 

 6 ft 5s. 6d. 

 12 10s. 6d. 



QREENHOUSES 



Complete tor 50s. Fourteen Prize Medals awarded. Quality 

 *ure test of cheapness. Beware of worthless imitations. Send 

 fcr Catalogue (free) to the original Inventors of Portable 

 Greenhouses. 



ALFRED PEEL and SON, 

 HORTICULTURAL WORKS, WOOD GREEN, LONDON. 



Established 20 years. 



KENT, THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND. 

 —GEORGE BUNYARD and Co., Merchant Nursery- 

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

 are now ready : Illustrated Fruit Catalogue, for 6 stamps ; 

 others post free, viz., Rose Catalogue, Price List of Fruit Trees, 

 General Nursery Catalogue, Strawberry List (cultural), Market 

 Growers' Fruit List. — The Royal Nurseries, Maidstone. 



LENT LILIES (Sgl Daffs.).— Plant early. 

 50, is. ; too, is. gd. ; 500, 7s.; 1000, 12s. Colchicums 

 will flower continuously without earth or water, immense bulbs, 

 £ f is. 6d.; 6, 2S. 6d. Amaryllis Balladonna — plant this charm- 

 ing plant early, 3, is. 6d. ; 6, 2s. 6i. Cycas Revoluta, immense 

 roots, 2s. 6d. each, worth 7s. 6d. All carriage paid. W. H. 

 Hudson, F.R.H.S., bulb 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. 



T WEEKS and CO. (Limited), HORTI- 



J . 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 



Plhfic Boildlngs. Patentee of the Duplex Upright Tubular I A AAA 



toilers. 48, Fernshaw Road ; 124, King's Road, Chelsea, S.W. iSllllllll 



Idejraph-Hortulanus, London. Telephone No. 8,728. 1 v » WW 



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. 



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RICHARDSON and CO., Horticultural 



Builders and Heating Engineers, Darlington. 



WNERIES, GREENHOUSES, CONSERVATORIES. 



AND HOTHOUSES, 

 Together with HEATING APPARATUS, &c. 



Best work guaranteed. 



Artistic New Catalogues Free. 



U ENRY HOPE, 55, Lionel Street, Birming- 



1 ham -Conservatories, Hothouses, and Hot-water 



jWratus ; clans and estimates on application. Send for Cata- 

 lofoe. Lstablished 1818. 



HE THAMESBANK IRON COMPANY, 



milrt n ng ^S^ers to H.M. War Department, Science 

 ^y c P^tment, South Kensington, &c, Gold and Silver 



"hO il* v p ^VW^?? 11 ' \*7 2 > London, 1883. HOT-WATER 

 Kh,^r iPES ' and £9NNECTI0NS1 and all Castings for 

 S^w^r P^PJses. Price List gratis. Illustrated Catalogue, 



Upper Ground Street. Rlo^LA-:™ c tt b ' 



Q ARDEN NETTING. - Tanned, Rotless, 



r-<-r!!'l ? ^ for Protecting Buds and Blooms from 

 U m £, * ' 3nd ^ ,n the Ground. No gardener should 

 wide < s L v°° yafd j X - 1 y ard wide - 3S. ; 100 X 2 yards 

 hm ZL r X 3 yard . s , Wlde ' 9S. Any lengths and widths 

 ««Dloifri. a a I e pald on orders over 5S. value. Lists and 

 **rtumi.tnn ~v«i PoTT , ER . Melbourne Netting Works, Wol- 

 ^^Ptw^ajc eTto the Queen and Prince of Wale s ■ 



|;wingV~mildew composition— 



3s. • w!Ti ' certain v and ^ remedy. In bottles, is. 6d. 

 ^□^LoSS'e!": d by *" Seedsm «.-Co K RY and 



O^t^f 1 ^^^^ Plea 



Liit of the Very Best Varie - 



do, 



S T ^ffi E .RRIEsTsTRAWBERRIES I J 



k «^rfcr immediate delfv?™ 65 ' ^ Str ° ng ' UnnerS and in P 0tS - 



r ^^SwTHj utp Co., Worcester. 



I\ I A ^t.;S°N7^NATmN^, in 4 -inch 



w-'f»e<i DlanK 1. Abso ' utel y ^ee from disease, os.per 



"•vSTEdge line 3UZ d ° Z A - Bruce > 



Kewne^Choriton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. 



c HIDS! ORCHID^T; ORCHIDS iM 



SPICE REANUM ( CHARLESWORTHII, and 

 T^ n .~~ ^-Lrr 1 " 1 ^Porters, Rawdon, nea 



near Leeds 



^r^S^r^y BUQDESTROYER. 



!?"»«»in or injury to Sf' 7 tUs P«t 



SoW b? ail s, lage ' I ° bottk *. " - m. 6d., S s., 



, °y all Seedsmen.-CORRY and Co., Ltd. 



^ Sfc Seed 



5* E,d 



TUBEROSES, Mexican 



1 of the Valle y» Cacti, &c. 

 _J^Tham es^Street. London. E.C. 



1 c p? idS xkv^^^ks 



Cg2l Ui * by afi t';^*?- Kcs "It of long practical ex- 



^5Tfc£ A*V^o^ Mr. 

 i iM'n^y. SoU \f { Put!ie y; Channel ' »---■■ " 



^ °^^^h^B^V - TH ° MS< r - 

 TlI^Q^ — TO OM on application 



Mr. 

 Sons 



^^Sr^^ves, Pi^w tx ^ n - Wnts. Over a milUon 



] ^-oo^^st^e: S65, 13811 x8 * 3 - WHtc 



PTERIS TREMULA in 



9 v v w 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. — Henry Pester, Enfield 

 Highway, N. 



Established Over 100 Years. 



CUTHBERTS BULBS FOR EARLY 

 FORCING, &c. Descriptive priced catalogue now ready. 

 Post free on application. 



R. and G. Cuthbert, Importers of New and Rare Bulbs, 



Southgate, Middlesex. 



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. 



Important to Mushroom Growers. 



CUTHBERTS SPECIALITE MUSH- 

 ROOM SPAWN. Always alike; most productive. 

 Hundreds of testimonials. Per bushel, 5s. t 

 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 bulbs will be found 

 in this Catalogue. 



CARNATIONS.— DOUGLAS for CAR- 

 NATIONS 1 The tew 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. 



By Appointment to H.R.H. the Prince 



of Wales. _ _ T 



PICTURESQUE ROCK FORMATION, 

 adapted to LAKES, STREAMS, and CASCADES, 

 ALPINER1ES, FERNERIES, and WINTER GARDENS, 

 as executed in our inimitable naturalistic style at^ hundreds 01 

 places about the kingdom, including at Sandnngliam, ana 

 Battersea and St. James's Parks. m 



Photo Illustrated Book sent for inspection for 12 stamps. 

 Pulham and Son, 5 o, Finsbury Square, E.C, and Broxbourne. 



BONES, 



Price is. 



CLAY'S MANURES, CRUSHED 

 &c. (See page 615.) 



CLAY'S SUCCESSFUL GARDENING 



Clay and Son, Stratford, E. 



BGGITT'S SPECIAlTpLANT FERTI- 

 LISERS. Garden, Lawn, Floral. 

 Sold in is. tins ; 7, 28, and 50 lb. bags, of al S^asngn* 

 Saml. Meggitt and Sons Ltd.), Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. 



■The Best in the world. 



used by a lady. 



CANARY GUANO. 

 Perfectly clean ; may b 



CANARY GUANO.— Tins, 6d. and is. ; bags 

 -14 lb., 4s. 6d. ; 28 lb., 7 s. «. ; 56 lb., 1 25. 6d. ; 1 cwu, 



20s. each. If unobtainable locally, order Q£ cct 1 _ 



CANARY GUANO.-Retail of Florists, or 

 sent free (except 6d. tins) on receipt of " P.O. Wholesale or 

 T HE CHEMICAL UNION, LTD^J ^Wlggi. 



ORMICACIDE, Ant Destroyer- 



_ Thoroughly destroys all Ants and Insects in Greenhouses, 

 and other places troubled with Ants. Sold in bottles, is., is. 

 and 4 s.~ Full particulars from Corky and Co., Lt .V^^ n an i 

 Street, London, E.C. ; and to be obtained from all Seedsmen ana 



Florists, 



SUTTON'S FINE LAWN GRASSES FOR 

 AUTUMN SOWING. To obtain a bright green 

 grassy turf next spring, suitable seeds should be sown 

 immediately rain comes. A top dressing of SUTTON'S 

 A 1 LAWN MANURE applied at the same time will 

 ensure a rapid growth of the gra ss seed. 



SUTTON'S FINE LAWN GRASS SEED? 

 Price, per gallon, 3s. 6d. ; per bofthel, 25s. 



'TON'S A 1 LAWN MANURE. -Tins, 



is., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. Kegs of 28 lbs., 10s. 6d. 



BEAUTIFUL LAWNS- HOW TO MAKE 

 AND KEEP THEM. See Sutton's Pamphlet on 

 Lawns. Price is., post free ; gra tis to custimers. 



SUTTON'S SEEDS GENUINE ONLY 

 DIRECT FROM SUTTON and SONS, THE 

 QUEEN'S 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. 



Kklwav and Son, Langport, Somerset, 

 1 10 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. 



£AUTION. ~~ 

 A NT. ROOZEN and SON 



ill Beg to request their friends, in order to avoid mistakes, 



to address all communications to them in full, 



ANT. ROOZEN and SON, 

 As there are other firms of a similar name in OVERVEEN 



with whom they are in no way connected. 

 ESTABLISH ED 1832. ' 



BATH'S CARNATIONS. -NEW CARNA- 

 TION CATALOGUE, containing full particulars, with 

 Cultural Notes of the best New and Standard Varieties of Car- 

 nations and Picotees (including Mr. Martin Smith's for 1898), is 

 now ready, and will be sent post-free on application. 



R. H. BATH,%Ltd., The Floral Farms, Wisbech. 



BATH S BULBS.— NEW DESCRIPTIVE 

 CATALOGUE of CHOICE HOME-GROWN BULBS, 

 with full Cultural instructions, is now ready, and will be sent 



post-free on application. 



H. Bath. Ltd- The Floral Farms. Wisbech: 



BATH'S ROSES.— NEW FULL DESCRIP- 

 TIVE CATALOGUE now ready. Post free on appli- 

 cation.— R. H. Bath, Ltd., The Floral Farms, Wisbech. 



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

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

 Grevilleas, CyperuS, Aralias, Fuchsias, Geraniums, Selaginella, 

 and Rhodanthe in 48's, 6s. doz. ; Marguerites, Campanulas, and 

 Coreopsi*, in bloom, 5 in. pots, 8s. doz. ; Ficus, Palms, 

 Dracaenas, Pelargoniums, Asparagus, Roses, and Carnations, 

 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, 

 Tendon Fern Nurseries, Loughborough Junction, London, S.W. 



tat*.. * • » r- -* ' ' 



List.— W. Lovel and Son, Strawberry 



LOVEL'S YORKSHIRE STRAW- 

 BERRIES.— Runners, strong, healthy, and well-rooted. 

 Early, mid : season, and late. 4»« 6d. per — * 



carriage paid for cash. 



Gardens, Dri ffield . : — 



ISLES OF SCILLY. — NARCISSI and 



1 DAF FODILS. Bulbs retail at wholesale prices.— Apply 

 T. G. Brow n, Fresco Bulb Garden, Isles of Sctlly. 



T^ARNATlONS. — Surplus Layers; extra 



strong. Malmaison Blush, U. Pike, Ger mania, 4s. 6d, 

 peTdoz , carriage paid, cash with order. Pink Albino, 3s. od. 



per 



W. W11 «on. T,an 



COMPOUND. 



ip, Kent. 



Used since 



GISHURST _ _ ^ 

 ,850, for Red Spider, Mildew, Thrips, Green Fly, and 

 other Blight, 2 ounces to the gallon of soft water, 4 to 16 ounces 

 « a Winter Dressing for Vines and Orchard House Trees, in 

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

 paraffin is used, has outlived many preparations Intended to 

 Jopersedeiu H oses is., 3s., and 10S. 6d« 



ISHURSTINE keeps Boots dry and soft, 



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

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



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 

 call. In bottles, 1 pint, is. ; 1 quart, is. gd. *, \ gall., 2s. 6d. ; 

 1 gall., 4s., including bottles.— CoRRY and Co., Ltd., iinsbury 

 Stree t, London ; and all Seedsmen and Florists. 



/^RCHIDS of every description from is. 



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

 ition. Correspondence invited. New Catalogue 

 reds Orchid Co., Roundhay, Leeds. 



