THE 



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. 



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No. 2,354 



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SATURDAY, DECEMBER io, 1898 



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ARR'S BULB CATALOGUE 



contains a Descriptive List of HYACINTHS, TULIPS, 

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

 planting. Free on application, 



B ARR'S ILLUSTRATED DAFFODIL 

 CATALOGUE contains a Descriptive List of all the 

 best Daffodils with many useful hints on culture. Free on 

 applicarion. 



BARR and SONS, KING STREET, 

 CO VENT GARDEN, LONDON. 



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, 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, 



W RICHARDSON and CO., Horticultural 

 • Builders and Heating Engineers, Darlington. 

 VINERIES, GREENHOUSES, CONSERVATORIES, 



AND HOTHOUSES, 

 Together with HEATING APPARATUS, &c. 



Best work guaranteed. 

 Artistic New Catalogues Free. 



HEATING APPARATUS. — Catalogues 

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



Wd, Boilers, Valves, Pipes. Medals, 1865, 1881, 18Q3. Write 

 to inventor. J. Attwood, Stourbridge. 



LIENRY HOPE, 55, Lionel Street, Birming- 



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

 Apparatus ; plans and estimates on application. Send f yr Cata- 

 logue. Established 1818. 



THE THAMES BANK IRON^OMPANY, 



A Heating Engineers to H.M. War Department, Science 

 S j 1 department, South Kensington, &c, Gold and Silver 



Jmr^r^ lrmingham » l8 7 2 ; London, 1883. HOT- WATER 

 cOlLLRS, PIPES, and CONNECTIONS, and all Castings for 

 Horticultural purposes. Price List gratis. Illustrated Catalogue, 

 i. Upper Ground Street, Blackfriars. S.E. 



Q WEN'S ROYAL CHRYSANTHE- 



, ML r MS.— Send for New and Descriptive Catalogue of 

 •U the leading varieties in commerce. Finest "up-to-date" 

 collection in the kingdom. Patronised by her Majesty. 

 — . R. Owen, Maidenhead. 



% Choice Beooiative Palms. 



U ORLE and Co. offer splendid plants of 



1 . Kentias, Latanias, Coryphas, Seaforthias, Arecas, &c, 

 ■«'"*POtsat 18s to 24s. per dozen ; larger in 32s at 30s, 

 pr dozen. Samples in six varieties sent to any address for 12s. 

 ^OMermcnes, 152, Firxhley R ad, N W. 



rooted 



CARNATIONS. -Strong, 



t>» » T<fcT J' a y ers of the following varieties :— 

 PINK M ALMAISONS ... 2s. 3d. per dozen. 



fefDE NANCY Z it ft 



D&SSFEPr-l B BRYANT ... 2s od. 

 WARP ROSES. - Strong, well - grown 



r^ziTixr* Pfe?i5» in ^nety at 5s per dozen. 



( HRYSANTHEMUM CUTTINGS, in best 



varieties, from 3s. per 100 (6d. per dozen). 

 • H . Send for our Price List, 



^carefully packed and delivered free for cash with order. 

 _^-J^wd F . W. Ltlley, Ltd., St. Peters, Guernsey. 



A S P A rTaTgu S for forcing.— Splendid 



lotrou 5 y *'° ld roots » 7S. 6d. per 100. Write at once to secure 



pwSE BERRIES — GOOSEBERRIES. — Rushwick Pro- 

 1 ^gest and best Red Gnnseherrv in cultivation. Strong 



ASPft*% t?S' F r IO °' For lar * er 'luantities 

 ASPBERRY CANES, " Victoria.' -The fr 



and very abundant. 



Jos. Cock, Rushwick, Worcester. 



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COM- 



HOBBIE'S CATALOGUE AND 



PFTITORS' GUIDE, 32nd Annual Edition, 200 la r 

 July illustrated. Ready Christmas. Copies sent - 7 

 r<xt for Sixpence (an Abridged Edition can be had 



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by 



2jLCo*i Seed Growers and Florists, Rothesay 



*>y Royal Appointment to Her Majesty. 



Qhrysanthemums. —All the best new 



*ltaP 1 v ^ ctics i including CaKat's and ail other novelties 

 ^^j^ny flowering and market \arieties a specialitj : see 



^ IS ew catalogue now ready, post free. 



-^ESHggg Bros., Swardeston, Norwich. 



E 5'S EARLY CABBAGE PLANTS, &c 



by Parce/s Post or Rail, packag* 

 ( v hucks, f v r hedging, two, three, and 



01 6 score. 

 ***fret. Alsc 



rvmSE? > al ,0 * > »5S , and 20s. per 1,000, 

 T^'ten, strong, at 5s , 7 s. 6d, and 10*. per 100 



j lot., and 1 as. 6d, per sx> 



Please name pap.r when 

 — and Plant Grower, 1 

 House, Biggleswade. Beds, 



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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. 



SACRED LILIES, for growing in basins 

 with sand, Stones, and water, 3, is. 3d. ; 6, 2s. 3d. Yellow 

 Turk's Cap Lily, exhibition bulbs, 6, is. od. Lily of the Valley 

 crowns, 25, is. ; 100, 3s. ; Spirasa Japorica, selected, 6, is. od.; 

 Compacta, 6, 2s. ; jPalmata, pink, 6, 2s. ; Gladiolus, The Bride, 

 2s. 100. All chcice quality. List free, W. H. Hudson, 

 F.R.H.S., 199, High Road, Kilburn. 



HUDSON'S LILIUM AURATUM.- 

 Splendid Bulbs just received, 6, 3s. 6d. ; 12, 6s. ; L. 

 Rubellum, new, 3, 2s. 6d. ; Lil. Longiflorum Giganteum, 6, 3s.; 

 12, 5s. ; Lil. Album Kraetzeri, 6, 3s. 6d. ; 12, 6s. ; Krameri, pink, 

 6, 3s. ; 12, 5s. All freshly imported. — Hudson's Lily Depot, 

 Kilburn, London. 



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. 



ROSES ! ROSES ! !- Hybrid Perpetuate, 

 , __ Teas, &c. Best plants ever offered. Extra strong, well- 

 rooted, and true to name.^ Hybrid Perpetuals, 6s. per doz. ; 

 Teas, &c,, 9s. per doz. Price per 100 or 1,000 on application. 

 Carriage paid to nearest railway station for cash with order. 

 Catalogues free. 



Henry Norton, 

 Rose Grower. Louth, Lincolnshire* 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND DAHLIAS. 

 — Latest novelties, moderate prices. List free. 9 

 Devon Chrysanthemum Nursery, Teignmouth. 



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NEW WHITE BLACKBERRY " ICE- 

 BERG," and many other rare hardy # plants frrm 

 various parts-of the world, just to hand from their native wilds. 

 See my rew list, free on aoplication. 



Perry's Hardv Plant Farm, Winch more Hill, 



London, N. 



PALMS from Stores, Cocos Weddelliana. 

 Grand stuff. 20s. per 100, ios. 6d. 50, 6s. 25. Seaforthia 

 Elegans, 3s. doz. ; Phcenix Reclinata, 2s. 6d. ; Phcenix Cycadi- 

 folia, 3s. per doz.— J. A. Bruce, The Nurseries, Edge Lane, 



Chorl ton-cum- Hardy, Manchester. . 



CARNATIONS.— DOUGLAS for CAR- 

 NATIONS! The new Border Carnations, raised by 

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

 now ready. Finest Carnation seed, is. 6d. and as. 6d. per 

 packet. Catalogues free from _ 



Tac nnirrzi.AS. Edenside. Great Bockharn. 



TREES, 3 to 12 feet, suitable for blinds; 

 Green Hollies, 2 to 8 feet ; Aucubas, 2 to A feet; 

 Portugal Laurels, 2 to 5 feet ; Ccmmon I Laurels, 3 [to 4 feet ; 

 Privet, 3 to 5 fe :t ; Standard Roses, Dwarf Roses, t run I rees, 



&c. 



application. Address— 



Joseph Spoonf.r, Goldsworth, W oking. 



Double 



DOUBLE PRIMROSES, 9 var. 

 _ Polyanthus, Myosotis, Coreopsis, Pvrethrums, Carna 

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



Percival, Rose Lea, Latchford 9 Cheshir e* 



CLAY'S MANURES, CRUSHED BONES, 

 &c. (See page 81 r 



CLAYS SUCCESSFUL GARDENING. Price is. 



Clay and Son, Stratford, E. 



^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ~^ mm ^^^ m __ ^ ■ ■ ■ * 1 ■ ■ 1 ■ 



By Appoint meat to H.R.H. tha Frlno* 



PICTURESQUE 0 ROCK FORMATION, 

 adapted to LAKES, STREAMS, and CASCADES, 

 ALPIM RIES, FERNERIES, and WINTER GARDENS, 

 as executed in our inimitable naturalistic style at hundreds o 

 places about the kingdom, including at Sandnngham, am 

 Battersea and St. James's Parks. , , _ w%r- 



Photo Illustrated Book sent for inspection for ij * tam P*- 

 Pulham and Son, 50, Finstwry Square, E.C.. and Broabourne. 



A _ ME RICA N TUBEROSES, Mexican 

 Orchids, Palm Seeds, Lily of tr« Valle y, C* :ti, ^c. 

 Watsow and Scui.L. 00. I^wer Thamev Street, I-ondon. t -^ 



THOMSON'S CELEBRATED MANURES 

 for VINES and PLANTS. Result of long P™£W' X ' 

 perience. Used by ail succ C s ? fulgrowers : ► Lowkin J^frjg- 



). George 14, Re/grave Road Putney ; ^^^^Sot, 

 Parsons, Guernsey. Sole Makers, ^m. # IHOMSun aww 

 (Ltd.). Clovenfords, Galashiels N.B. Prices on application^ 



ANARY GUANO. 



Perfectly clean ; may b 



The Best in the world. 



sed by a lady. 



ANARY GUANO.— Tins, 6d. & is. ; bags, 14 



_ !b. f 4*. 6d^28 lb., 7*. 6d. ,6 lb., .as 6<L : t cwt., *» each. 



CANARY GUANO.--Retail of Florists. 

 Whgtoale of 7 n« CHEMICAL UNION, Ltd^ Ipswick. 



Tot Present Sowiugr. 



UTTON'S PRIZE CYCLAMEN. 



Awarded Gold Medal at the Birmingham Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society's Show, 1898. Also Gold Medal at the 

 York Chrysanthemum Show, 1898. 



UTTON'S PRIZE CYCLAMEN. 



It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of 

 Cyclamens for winter decoration, and the foliage is now 

 S3 beautifully marked that the plants are available for 

 ornamental purposes long before the flowers expand. 

 Mixed colours, per packet, 2s. 6d. and 5s., post free. 



SUTTON'S SEEDS GENUINE ONLY 

 DIRECT FROM SUTTON and SONS, THE 

 QUEEN'S SEEDSMEN, READING. 



NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT 

 PiEONIES. Kelway's lovely Pa^onies, sweetly 

 scented, [and in the most delicate tints ; the Fashionable 

 Flower, and the J noblest of hardy herbaceous perennial 

 plants. 



The Royal Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset* 



KELWAY AND SOnTtHE PREMIER 

 HOUSE for Pawnies, Delphiniums, Gail I an lias, Pyre- 

 thrums, and all the best Hardy Perennial Border Plants. 115 Gold 

 and Silver Medals. Catalogue ( M Kelway's Manual of Horticul- 

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



Kklwav and Sow, La ngport, Somerset. 



LAXTON'S BUSH FRUITS, STRAW- 

 BERRIES and FRUIT TREES, including the new 

 " Comet " Red and Victoria Black Currants^ Loganlierry and 

 Cumberland Black Raspberry. Large quantities of fruit trees 

 in all shapes, true to name. Catalogue era t is. 



Lax ton Bros*, Bedford. 



CYCLAMEN SEED?— We can offer a few 

 ounces of our well-known strain, the surplus from cur own 

 §owing.—-Hu< it Low and Co.. Bush Hill Park Nursery t 

 Miditt 



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

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

 Grevilleas, Cyperus, Aralias, Selaginella, and Solanums. in 48's, 

 6s. doz. ; Marguerites, Chrysanthemums, Erica gracilis. Sola- 

 rium!*, 5 in. pots, 9s. doi. ; Ficus, Palms, Dracaenas, Bouvar- 

 dias, Asparagus, Erica hyemalis, and Carnations, in 

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

 6s. and 8s. doz. ; for potting on, bushv, 16s. and 20s. 

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

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



ROSES, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Fruit 

 Trees, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Climbers, and every 

 description of a Hardy Nursery Stock, covering about 125 acres, 



in prime condition. 



Descriptive catalogues on application. 

 W.Fkomow and Sons, Sutton Court Nurseries, Chiswick,W, 5 



•too Ba g shot. Hounslow, and Acton Grrr n. 



HOICE NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS, 



750 vara., including finest novelties of 1898, at very 

 moderate prices. Catalogue free. 



I. W. Cole. Midland Road Nurserv. Peterborough. 



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CATA- 



W. Wells, 



ELLS' CHRYSANTHEMUM 



LOGUE is now ready. Post free. From 

 Earlswood, Surrey. 



HOLLIES, common English, well grown, 

 bushy, well rooted, selected purposely for Hedges ; any 

 size from 1 to 3 feet. YEWS Knglish, i| to 3 feet, perfect, well- 

 rooted plants, suitable for Hedge* and Ornamental Planting. 

 Also large stock of AUCU'AS, | aw LAURELS, variegated 

 HOLLIES* and general NURSERY STOCK. Samples and 



prices on application. 



Fredk. Peek ins, Regent Street, Leamington. 



SALE— GREENGAGE TREES, on own 

 roots, Standard and Half -Standard, ?-yr.-o'd trees, 60s. 

 t<r 100 J 4»yr.-old, transplanted, is. ea< h. Half-Siandard 

 DAMSONS, 6d. each. Strong tree*, will come into bearing at 



once.— Geo. Palmer, McMreth, Caml*. 



GISHURST COMPOUND. — Used since 

 1850, for krd Spider, Mildew. Thrips, Green Fly, and 

 otber Blignt, a ounces t • the gallon of %»>h water. 4 to 16 ounces 

 as a Winter Dreasing for Vines and Orchard House Trees, in 

 lather from cake for American Blight, and as an emulsion wben 



• used, has outlived many |>reparations Intended to 

 it. Koxea is., 3s., and xot. 6d« 



GISHURSTINE keeps Boots dry and soft, 

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

 Prick's Patestt Candle Cowr ant (Limited), London. 



G~ REENHOUSES from £3 8s. VINERIESj 

 conservatories, well-made frames, painted or glazed, 

 from a is. ; illsaa: rated price Usu free. Maker to H.M. the 

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



HOTTER, HAWTHORN, and CO. f 



A Manufacturers London Works, Reading. 



(Name Paper.) 



FLOWER GRIP-HOLDER — WEST'S 

 PATl Vi SELF BUTTON -HOLK K LOWER 

 MAKKK, holdtog the flowers firmly ami water-tight, also for 

 khow and »i«<orative purpose*. Price 61* from all Florins, &c 

 Sec large advertisement. 



