THE 



FOR AMATEUR CULTIVATORS, COLLECTORS, AND EXHIBITORS OF PLANTS, FLOWERS. AND FRUITSi 



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. 2,348. {j7 



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1898. 



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6d 



■nARRS BULB CATALOGUE 



D contains a Descriptive List of HYACINTHS, TULIPS, 

 CROCUSES, and all the best Bulbs and Tubers for in or outdoor 

 rlanting. Free on application. 



DARR'S ILLUSTRATED DAFFODIL 



\j CATALOGUE, contains a Descriptive List of all the 

 best Daffodils with many useful hints on culture. Free on 

 application. 



DARR'S HARDY PLANT CATALOGUE 



D (free) contains Descriptive List of the best IRISES, 

 PEONIES and other Herbaceous Plants for present planting. 



DARR and SONS, KING STREET, 



D COVENT GARDEN, LONDON. 



QREENHOUSES FOR THE MILLION. 



Complete for 50S. Fourteen Prize Medals awarded. Quality 

 jare test of cheapness . Beware of worthless imitations. Send 

 lor Catalogue (free) to the original Inventors of Portable 

 Greenhouses, 



ALFRED PEEL and SON, 

 HORTICULTURAL WORKS, WOOD GREEN, LONDON. 



Established 20 years. 



T WEEKS and CO. (Limited), HORTI- 



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

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



Wtr Dept., Royal Hort. Soc., Roval Botanic Soc., Parks and 

 Public Buildings. Patentees of the Duplex Upright Tubular 

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

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



RICHARDSON and CO^THorticultural 



# Builders and Heating Engineers, Darlington. 



VINERIES, GREENHOUSES, CONSERVATORIES. 



AND HOTHOUSES, 



Together with HEATING APPARATUS. &c. 



Best work guaranteed. 

 Artistic New Catalogues Free. 



U EATING APPARATUS. — Catalogues 



f * free. Attwood's Impd. Expan. Joints. Over a million 

 * • Boilers, Valves, Pipes. Medals, 1865, 1881, x8ga. Write 

 inventor. J. Attwood, Stourbridge. 



UENRY HOPE, 5 5 ,l,ionellstrec*, Birming- 



. 1 ham.— Conservatories, Hothouses, and Hot-water 

 speratus ; plans and estimates on application. S 5nd for Cata- 



•ope. Established 1818. 



THE THAMES BANK IRON COMPANY, 



- j » noting Engineers to H.M. War Department, Science 



En ^P** 1 ™ 11 ** South Kensington, &c, Gold and Silver 



Bm^PoTT^^ 11 ' 1872 ; L °ndon, 1883. HOT-WATER 

 WlLLRS, PIPES, and CONNECTIONS, and all Castings for 

 f^wttund purposes. Price List gratis. Illustrated Catalogue, 



Ground Street, Blackfriars. S.E. 



TH0MSON 7 SCELEBRATED MANURES 



^ncT T T ^ ™ d PLANT S. Result of long practical ex- 

 Gmmm tse ^ b 7 a11 successful growers. London agent, Mr. 

 ran r 14 ' Red Srave Road, Putney ; Channel Islands, Mr. 



'L^ri 2^?' ~ Sole Mak «rs, Wm. Thomson and Sons 

 '^^^^ Prices on application^ 



pAULAND SON'S ROSE^ATALOGUE, 



r q<-ete wuh information and novelties. Post free from 



^ £he^j l D Nurseries, Ch eshunt. 



AND SON'S NEW~TREE AND 



x „ • LI ST. New edition. Republished after some 

 An epitome of the Stock. Post free for two stamps. 

 — iij! L~ LD Nurse ries 1 ^hesh unt> 



QARNATIONS.-New Carnation Catalogue 



fcSnot I^ y j. AH the finest Show an d Bcrder varieties. 

 V* « other disease in this high and dry locality . 



Cirrar . Charles Phii.iips, 



and Auricula Specialist, Bracknell, Berks. 



^HiH^"- DOUGLAS for CAR- 



>!«rtui R £S?L lhe rew Border Carnations, raised by 

 * ready §?• ' are full y described in new Catalogue, 



fckt a ui nCSt r Carna ^on seed, is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per 

 ^talogues free from 



O^PQV^ <y: ^ Edens5de » Great Bookham. 



f Z ^°SES ! ! - Hybrid Perpetual 



H *nd\n?I . 1 planls ever offered. Extra strong, well- 



ZtLa. nam ^*. Hybrid Perpetuus, 6s. per doz. ; 



tofues 



EE'S 

 ■atum, 



;.^);best 



r Henry Norton, 



Kose Grower. T.n,,»K T -J. 



wer, L ou th, L incol n sh ire . 



EARLY CABBAGE PLANTS ; 



; very fiae plants 



ickli 



per 



r^.ttron£, at ee° ' J!? 20S> P^ 1 " J >°°° \ Privet, ditto. 



&t7 M ' 7 ' 64 ' and IOS - Per 100 ; Ditto, oval 

 7».<w.. 10s., and 12s. 6d.£er 1:0; all on Rail 



^Pi?i Plltt J Gfow ' &c ■ Radford 



KENT, THE GARDEN OP 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. 



L ILIUM RUBELLUM. — Japanese New 

 Krameri variety ; dwarfer and flowers more freely than 

 Krameri ; created immense attention at last great Temple Show . 

 Fine Bulbs imported direct, true, 3, 2s. 6d.; 6, 4s. 6d. ; 12, 

 7s. 6d. Carriage paid. Greatest acquisition f>r many years. 

 Buy direct from W. H. Hudson, F.R.H.S., Direct Japanese 

 Importer, Kilburn, London. 



HUDSON'S BULB CATALOGUE has 

 been posted to all past customers ; copy sent free to all 

 applicants ; Prices, Rock Bottom ; quality, The Best. Cultural 

 Hints — write to-day for a copy.— Hudson's, wholesale bulb 

 importers, Kilburn, London. 



ORCHIDS.— Clean, healthy plants at low 

 prices. Always worth a visit of inspection. Kindly send 

 for Catalogue. Choice Dendrobes a speciality. 



Tames Cypher. Exotic Nurseries. Cheltenham. 



MALMAISON CARNATIONS, in 4-inch 

 pots. Grand stuff. Absolutely free from disease. QS.j>cr 

 doz. ; picked plants 12s. per doz. — A. J. A. Bruce, The 

 Nurseries, Edge Lane, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. 



DERBYSHIRE SPAR and TUFA for 

 ROCKERIES, GROTTOS, &c , White Spar Gravel 

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



Derbyshire . 



TRY HARDY TREES 

 from Chalk Hills, 400 feet high. 

 FRUIT TREES.— Largest stock in the county, transplanted, 

 vigorous, true to name, and free from Americ an Blight. 



FOREST and ORNAMENTAL TREES, CONIFERS, 

 ROSES, &c. New and Rare Hardy Trees and Shrubs, &c. 



See Planters' Guide and Tree Catalogue (56 pages), post free. 

 Rail carriage paid (up to 65 miles) on Fruit and Rose Trees value 

 £■2 and upwards. 



Edwin Hillier and Son, 

 Nurserymen, Landscapists, and Contractors, Winch ester. 



EACHES and NECTARINES may be 



produced in quantity, and of high quality, in the Southern 

 Counties by planting the right varieties in the open as Standards. 

 A few suitable trees may be had. Grand stock of I) war! and 

 Standard-trained trees, well rooted and well ripened. 

 CORDON APPLES AND PEARS. Well-spurred fruiting 



trees, 4 to 6 feet. Lists had. 



Will Tayler, Hampton, Middlesex. 



50.000 



Industry Goose- 

 ear old. 100, to/- ; 



Mint and Sage, 2/- 100. Rasp- 



Whinham's 



berry Bushes, three 

 5,coo, for £20. Roses 24/- 100. Mint and - 

 berry canes, 3/- 100. Rhubarb 2/6 doz. Narossus Pinks, Lily of 

 Valley, 2/6 100. Cas h.-WM. Muckle, 17 , N orth PI., Morpe th. 



DOUBLE PRIMROSES, 9 v *r. Double 

 Polyanthus, Myositis, Coreopsis, Pyrethrums, Carna- 

 tions, &c. All best named. Cheap in quantity. 



Pekcival, Rose Lea, L atchford, Cheshire. 



Important to Mushroom Growers. 



CUTHBERT'S SPECIALITE MUSH- 

 ROOM SPAWN. Always alike; most productive. 



Hundreds of testimonials. Per bushel, 5s. jj^hm 

 R. and G. Cuthbert, Seed Bulb, and Plant Mercna. 



Southgate, N. Established 



By Appointment to H.R.H. the Prince 



places about the kingdom, mcluding at Sandnngnam, a t u 

 Eattersea and St. James's Parks. . . , ump «. 



Photo Illustrated Book sent for insj*c"on «j r " 

 Pulham and Son, 50, Finsbury Square, ^and^rMbour^. 



BONES, 



f* LAY' S MANURES, CRUSHED 



5 successful Gardening 



Pt av *nd S0M. Stratford, JS» 



CLAY 



Price 



AN AR YGUANO^Th^Best in the world. 



Perfectly clean ; may be used by a lady. 



^NARY^G^N^Tlns^d. and xj. ; bags 



-14 lb., 4s. 6d. ; 28 lb., n. 6d. ; «• ■ 1 cwu ' 



«,s. each. If unobta inable locally, order direct. 



r ANARY GUANO -Rctail of £*g*%« 

 A ME R I C A N TUBEROSES Mexican 



BRILLIANT DISPLAY OF CROCUSES 



AND TULIPS 

 Can be obtained in the open ground in the early days 

 of spring by planting now. 



SUTTON'S LARGE BLUE CROCUS, 

 per ioo is. od. ; per i.ooo 15s. 

 Sutton's Large White Crocus,^ per 100 is, oxL, per 

 1,000 15s. ; Sutton's Large Striped Crocus, per ioo 

 is. od., per 1,000 15s. ; Sutton's Large Yellow Crocus, 

 per 100 2S., per 1,00 0 17s. 6d. 



UTTON'S FINEST MIXED SINGLE 



TULIPS, per 100 ^s. 6d., per 1,000 32s. 6d. ; Sutton's 

 Finest Mixed Double Tulips, per ic 4s. 6d., per 1,000 

 42s. ; Sutton's Finest Mixea Single and Double Tulips, 



per 100 4.S., per i f ooo 37s. 6d. 



SUTTON'S BULBS GENUINE ONLY 

 DIRECT FROM SUTTON and SONS, THE 

 ROYAL SEEDSMEN, READING. 



NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT 

 P/EONIES for flowering next year. Kelwa/s lovely 

 Pannios, sweetly scented, and in the mo?t delicate tints; the 

 Fashionable Flower, and the noblest of hardy herbtotous pe- 

 renni.il plants. 



The Royal Horticulturists, I*ngf>nrt, Somerset. 



KELWAY AND SON, THE PREMIER 

 HOUSE for P»onies, Delphiniums, Gmliardiai, Pyre- 

 thrums, and all the Ust Hardy PrrrnniaJ rorderPUntft. 115 f*old 

 and Silver Mflalt. Cat.il. ■■gur ( " Kclway's Manual of H« riicul- 



ture ") free to cuttomert, One Shilling to others. 



Kkiway.ii,! S«.n, Ijing|)ort, Somerset. 



QAUTION. 



ANT. ROOZEN and SON 

 Beg to request their friends, In order to tv mistake^ 

 to address all communication* to them in full, 



ANT. ROOZEN and SON, 



As there are other firms . f .1 similar name in OVERVEEt 



with whom they are in no way connected. 



ESTABLISHED 183a. 



BATH'S CARNATIONS -NEW CARNA- 

 TION CATALOGUE, containing full particulars, wuh 

 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 



K. H. Bath, Ltd., The Kl ral I- arms, 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 a; >; H an n. 



1 R H. Bath. Ltd.. The Floral Farms, ^ :-bech: 



BATH S ROSES—NEW FULL DESCRIP 

 TIVE CATALOGUE now ready. Post free on apph 

 d M Hi 1 if l.tH. 'I 'hp Flora farms. Wisbech. 



T AXTON'S BUSH FRUITS, STRAW- 



L i;ERRIES and FRUIT TREES, including the new 

 ,« Comtt Red and Victoria Black Currants, Loganlierrj and 

 C m) -erland Black Raspberry. Large quantities of fruit trees 

 in all shape* truc to mUTl€ - Catalogue gratis. 



10 a ^ Laxtqw Bros. , Bedford. 



FERNS '.—In aiin. pots, 2$ sorts, ias. 100; 

 in A ,0 best selling 6s. dot.; seedling, 6s. toe; 

 ft«villea». Cyperus, Ara!ia S Fuchsias, Geraniums, SeUgmeHe. 



MwS* 48% i» ; Marguente*. Chrmtaums 

 Frka '^SE Sotnumf, 5 in- pots. OS. dos. ; lTicus, Palm^, 

 Dra^^r^vardias, Asoarajrus, kosej and Caniauonv, 

 in b^om, 48s 1 as. do*.; A. cuneatum, 48 s, value in fronds, 

 E^£? 8J. doz. ; for pr>ttin ? on, bushv t6s. and 20s. 

 r« Packed free. Ca*h. TraSe prices. 1*1 free.- J. Smith. 

 iWon Fern Nurseries, Ix^hborou S h Junction, London, S.W. 



P R I N G T H O R P E TUBES.-Ordcrs 



promtHly attended to.— Apply— 



a Sprihcthokte, West Lei g h Knrsary, Lescestar. 



GISHURST COMPOUND. - Used since 

 ,»«, for Red Spider, Mild.w Thript, Green Fly. 

 Riioht » ounce* to the gallon of »oft w.ter. 4 to t6 ounce, 

 « b , S' bXk for VS- md Orchard rfo«. Tree, « 

 Uther hCcake for American Blight, and a. an «nnl«on wh 

 J^S a fr i, u*cd, ha, outlived many preparatloul Intwded 

 *^ZLi»k. Po«e« »t.. y., tm — *- 



GISHURSTINE keeps Boots dry and toft, 

 Bo,e» 6d. and 1^ from the trade. Wholes from 

 Prici s Patk itt Cawplk CowPAJtr (LinrTKD), Loo*op- 



/Greenhouses from £3 as. vineries, 



I _ 11 ~.~a- fnm.L rented or z lazed , 



* - conisfvatofies, well-made frames, painted 

 rZL .... illustrated price lists free. Maker to 

 nT-n and H.R.H. the HHnce of Waies. 



nOTTER. HAWTHORN, and CC 



I liacufacturers, London Works, Readin« 



(Name Paper.) 



the 



CHIDS of every description from ; 



each. Rare plants at low prices. Pjf^V^L 

 ^ Corres^>oden<:e inv,ted. New CataUDftM rrMI 



LWDS 0*chid Co., Roundhay, Leeds. 



