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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. 



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No. 2,356. 



SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1898. 



oubscxltttlon, 



Pest Free. 



3 months, 3s. Od. 



11 

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5s. 6d. 

 10s. 6d. 



BARR'S ANNUAL CASH CLEARANCE 

 SALE of SPRING - FLOWERING BULBS: 

 HYACINTHS, TULIPS, DAFFODILS, NARCISSI, 

 CROCUSES, IRISES, &c, all in best qua T ity, and at 



greatly reduced prices. 



CLEARANCE LISTS on application. 

 Bakk and Sons, 12 and 13 King St., Co vent Garden, London. 



BARR'S DAFFODILS. — Annual Cash 

 Clearance Sale of Surplus Stock. Special Collections. 

 3 each of 25 Choice Daffodils for pots or borders ... 14s. od. 

 3 each of 15 Choice Daffodils for pots or borders ... 8 6 

 18 each of 20 fine Daffodils for borders or naturalising 15 o 

 All fine strong Flowering Bulbs. Send for Descriptive List. 

 Bark and Sons, 12 and 13, King St., Covent Garden, London. 



J WEEKS and CO. (Limited), HORTI- 

 • 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 

 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 

 sold. Boilers, Valves, Pipes. Medals, 1865, 1881, 1803. Write 

 to inventor. J. Attwood, Stourbridge. 



HENRY HOPE and SONS (Limited), 

 55, Lionel Street, Birmingham.— Conservatories, 

 Hothouses, and Hot- water Apparatus; plans and estimates on 

 application. Send for Catalogue. Established 1818. 



THE THAMES BANK IRON COMPANY, 

 Heating Engineers to H.M. War Department, Science 

 and Art Department, South Kensington, &c, Gold and Silver 

 Medals, Birmingham, 1872; London, 1883. HOT- WATER 

 BOILERS, PIPES, and CONNECTIONS, and all Castings for 

 Horticultural purposes. Price List gratis. Illustrated Catalogue, 

 is. Upper Ground Street, Biackfriars, S.E. 



CARNATIONS .—Strong, well-rooted 

 Layers of the following varieties 

 BLUSH MALMAISONS ... 2s. 3d. per dozen. 



PINK „ ... 4S. 3<j- 



GLOIRE DE NANCY ... is. od. 

 PICOTEE— J. B. BRYANT ... 2s. od. 



DWARF ROSES.- Strong, well - grown 

 plants, in variety at 5S. per dozen. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM CUTTINGS, in best 

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



Send for our Price List. 

 All carefully packed and delivered free for cash with order. 

 C. E. and F. W. Lillwy, Ltd., St. Peters, Guernsey. 



ASPARAGUS for forcing.— Splendid 

 5-yr. old roots, 7s. 6d. per 100. Write at once to secure 



your quantity. * , . , ~ 



GOOSEBERRIES — GOOSEBERRIES. — Rushwick Pro- 

 lific, largest and best Red Gooseberry in cultivation. Strong 

 2-yr. old trees, 25s. per 100. For larger quantities apply. 



RASPBERRY CANES, M Victoria."— The fruit of these is 



very large and very abundant. 



Jos. Cock, Rushwick, Worcester. 



DOBBIES CATALOGUE AND COM- 

 PETITORS' GUIDE, 32nd Annual Edition, 200 lar^e 

 ages, fully illustrated. Ready Christmas. Copies sent by 

 arcel Post for Sixpence (an Abridged Edition can be had 

 Free). 



Dobbie and Co., Seed Growers and Florists, Rothesay. 



By Royal Appointment to Her Majesty. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM CUTTINGS.— Very 

 large Stock of up-to-date varieties. Catalogue free. 

 Duke of Wellington, 4 d. ; Lady E. Clarke, 6d J Lady Isabel, 

 3d.: Mdme. Ferlat, 4 d. ; Ed. Roger, 6d. ; Mary Molireux, 

 8d. ; Mrs. Mease, 8d. ; N.C.S. Jubilee, 4 d ; Mrs. Pa.mer, 

 d. ; Royal Standard, 6d. ; Lady Hanharn, 3d.; Western 



ing, 4 d. 



This Set, 4 s , post free. 

 H. Woolman. F.N.C.S , Acccks Green, Birmingham. 



GEE'S EARLY CABBAGE PLANTS, &c. ; 

 autumn sown ; exceptionally scarce ; very fi*« £«its 

 (now ready) ; best early and late kmds, at 6s. , 



1,200; Fine Red Pickling at 7 s ^l^S^^mi 

 at os.,; and large Cos, especially scarce at 10s. 



per 1,000, on rail for cash, or any of *J»^ *J £ 

 100 of 6 score, by Parcels Post or ofd four 



carriage free. Also Quicks, for hedging, t^t^^J 



J ears, transplanted, at 10s., WJ&&*"Jtt-B& 

 ditto/ evergreen, strong, at 5s., *, 6cL, and 10s. per 100 , L> tto 



oval leaf, strong, at 7% g*i *<*•> * nd I2S ' ClSSSi 

 Rail for cash. *N.B.-Please name paper -when 



Frederick Gee, Seed and Plant Grower &c, Ri.erlortt 



House. Biggleswade, Led*. 



KENT, THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND. 

 —GEORGE BUNYARD and Co. 2 Merchant Nurserv- 

 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. ; ico, 3s. ; Spiraea Japorica, selected, 6, is. od.; 

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

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

 F.R.H.S.. loo. Hieh Road. Kilburn. 



HUDSON'S LILIUM AURATUM. 

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

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

 12, 5s. ; til. Album Kraetzeri, 6, 3s. 6d. ; 12, 6s. ; Kramen, pink, 

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

 Kilburn , London. 



R~~OSES ! ROSES ! ! -Hybrid Perpetuals, 

 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. 

 Carnage paid to nearest railway station for cash with order. 

 Catalogues free. 



Henry Norton, 

 R ose Grower, Louth. Lincolnshire. 



ARN ATIONS. — DOUGLAS for ^AR- 



NATIONS I The new 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 Boo kham. 



EW WHITE BLACKBERRY " ICE- 



BERG," and many other rare hardy plants from 

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

 y rew list, free on application. # 

 Perry's Hardy Plant Farm, Winchmore Hill, 



London, N. . 



various 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND DAHLIAS. 

 —Latest novelties, moderate prices. List free. 

 Devon Chrysanthemum Nursery, Teignmouth. 



HOICE GERMA 



FLOWER and VEGETABLE SEEDS, 

 CATALOGUES free on application. 

 Fred, Rqemer, Seed Grower, Quedlinburg, Germany. 



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PALMS from Stores, Cocos Weddelliana. 

 Grand stuff. 20s. per 100, 10s. 6d. 50, 6s. 25. Seaforthia 

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

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

 C horlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester . 



WEN'S ROYAL CHRYSANTHE- 

 MUMS.— Send for New and Descriptive Catalogue of 

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

 collection in the kingdom. Patronised by her Majesty. 



R. Owen, Maidenh ead. . 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. — Strong, reliable 

 Cuttings, from a large up-to-date collection, including 

 Cal vat's and other novelties. High quality, moderate pnees. 

 List free— E. Colnett, 61, Wyndham Crescent, Cardiff. 



Eight h Season. 



Important to MuBliroom Grower*. 



CUTHBERT'S SPECIALITE MUSH- 

 ROOM SPAWN. Always alike; most productive. 



Hundreds of testimonials. Per bushel, 5s. Merchants 



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



Sou thgate^ N. Established 1797. 



By Appointment to H.B.K. tbo Frlno* 



T^TrTITRFSOUE° f ROCiC FORMATION, 



^LAY'S MANURES, CRUSHED BONES, 



CLAY 



&c. (See page 857.) 

 SUCCESSFUL GARDENING. Price 

 Clay and Sow, Stratford, E. 



CANARY GUANO.— The Best in the world. 



V^r Perfectly clean 



used 



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



CANARY GUANO.— Retail of Florists. 



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 \nartments to Let, whether in town or country, should 

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UTTON'S AMATEUR'S GUIDE IN 



HORTICULTURE FOR 1899 IS NOW READY. 



SUTTON'S AMATEUR'S GUIDE IN 

 HORTICULTURE for 18991s the most complete Seed 

 Catalo gue issued . 



S~ UTTON'S AMATEUR'S GUIDE IN 

 HORTICULTURE for 1899 is profusely illustrated with 

 355 illustrations, principally photographic. 



PRICE is. Post Free. 

 I from 



Gratis to Customers 



SUTTON and SONS, 

 SEEDSMEN, READING. 



THE 



ROYAL 



NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT 

 PiEONIES for flowering next year. Kel way's lovely 

 Pseonies, sweetly scented, and in the most delicate tints ; the 

 Fashionable Flower, and the noblest of hardy herbaceous 

 perennial plants. 



The Royal Horticulturists, Langport, Somerset. 



ELWAY AND SON, THE PREMIER 



HOUSE for Paeonies, Delphiniums, Gaillardias, Pyre- 

 thrums, and all the best Hardy Perennial Border Plants. Col- 

 lection A, 18s. per dozen. Collection D, 42s. per dozen. 115 

 Gold and Silver Medals. Catalogue (" Kelway's Manual of 

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



Kelway and Son, Langport, Somerset. 



LAXTON'S BUSH FRUITS, STRAW- 

 BERRIES and FRUIT TREES, including the new 



l< Comet "Red and Victoria Black Currants^ Loganberry and 

 Cumberland Black Raspberry. Large quantities of fruit trees 

 in all shapes, true to name. Catalogue eratis. 



Laxton Bros., Bedford. 



Special 



Post free 



WELLS' CHRYSANTHEMUMS. - 

 List of very best Novelties is now ready, 

 fro m W. Wells, Earlswood, Surrey. 



FERNS I— In 2jin. pots, 25 sorts, 12s. 100; 

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

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

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

 nums, 5 in. pots, gs. doz. ; Ficus, Palms, Dracaiias, Bouvar- 

 dias Asparagus, Erica hyemalis, and Carnations, in 

 bloom, 48% 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 J unction, London, 5.w, 



CHOICE NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS, 

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

 moderate prices. Catalogue free. 



J. W. Cole, Midland Road Nursery, Peterborough. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS.— All the best new 

 and old varieties, including Cal vat's and all other novelties 

 of 1898 ; early flowering and market varieties a speciality J see 

 our prices. New catalogue now ready, post free. 



Church Bros., Swardeston, Norwich. 



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ORCHIDS.— Clean, healthy plants at low 

 prices. Always worth a visit of inspection. Kindly send 

 for Catalogue. Choice Dendrobes a speciality. 



J auks Cypher, Exotic Nurseries , Cheltenham. 



WANTED, a peal of 15 Second-hand 

 HANDBELLS; Mears and Stainhank's make pre- 

 ferred.-Apply to ftftfe. Wright, ix, Livingstone Street, 

 Lees near Oldh am. 



GISHURST COMPOUND. — Used since 

 18 SO, for Red Spider, Mildew, Thrips, Green Fly, and 

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

 Ma Winter Dressing for Vines and Orchard House Trees, m 

 lmther from cake for American Blight, and al an emulsion when 

 paraffin is used, has outlived many preparations Intended to 

 supersede it. Boxes is., 3s., and 10S. 6d^ 



ISHURSTINE keeps Boots dry and soft, 



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

 r>„.^„v p.-r-D-w-r r»wm r Company (Limited), London. 



GREENHOUSES from £3 8s. VINERIES, 

 conservatories, well-made frames, painted or fjared, 

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

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



POTTER, HAWTHORN, and CO., 



JL Manufacturers, London Works, Reading. 



(Name Paper.) 



AMERICAN TUBEROSES, Mexican 

 Orchids, Palm Seeds, Lily of the Valley, Cacti &c. 

 Wat^ow »nH SLrtfi i„ nn. I^>wer Thames Street. I^ondon. E.C. 



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THOMSON'S CELEBRATED MANURES 

 for VINES and PLANTS. Result of long practical e - 

 perience. Used by all successful growers. London agent, Mr. 

 J.George, 14, Re<i grave Road, Putney; Channel Islands, Mr. 

 Parsons, Guernsey. Sole Makers, Wm. Thomson and boNS 

 (Ltd.). Clovenfords, Galashiels, N.B. Prices on applicatjofi. 



0~ RCHIDS 

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