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BARR & SUGDEN’S COMPENDIUM 
Used with marvellous success in the Royal Fruit Gardens, Frogmore. 
STANDEN’S GARDENERS’ AND AMATEURS’ FRIEND MANURE, 
Inodorous, highly concentrated, and exceedingly rich in the most valuable fertilizing qualities. On l 
trial it has proved much more efficient than manure water, guano, or any other artificial manure at 
present offered for sale. 
Applied to Plants to which stimulants can be given with advantage, it produces a marveUous 
effect in a very short time, inducing a free vigorous growth and early maturity. The method of appli- 
cation is very simple, and involves the least possible labour, as it merely requires to be scattered upon 
the surface of the soil and watered in. Being inodorous, it may be applied to Plants in a Conservatory 
or Drawing-room without being in the slightest degree offensive.' Compared with liquid manure, it will 
be found incomparably safer and much more economical. The former, obtained from a stable or farm- 
yard tank, varies so greatly in strength that an equal quantity to what may have been given to Plants 
for weeks or months with advantage, will, at some unexpected time, cause them serious injury ; and as 
to cost, there can be no hesitation in saying that when the labour of procuring and applying manure 
water is taken into account, it will be found to be ten times dearer than Stan dun’s Manure. On these 
pomts, however, it may be satisfactory to give the opinion of Mr. Barnes, Nurseryman, Camberwell, 
who has long been known as one of the most successful and intelligent Horticulturists of the day. He 
says : — “We used to brew manure water twice a week. The tank lmd to be cleaned out every Monday 
morning, the spent manure wheeled away, fresh put in, water added, the whole stirred up, then allowed 
to settle, and on Thursday the tank had to be filled up with water, and the procuring and preparing 
manure had to be attended to ; and all this occupied a considerable amount of labour. Then applying 
the manure water was a great hinderance in watering the Plants, as the man bad to have two cans— one 
with liquid manure and one with clear water— and was constantly setting down the one and taking up 
the other; besides, the houses were never sweet. I have now done away with the manure water tank, 
and use Standen’s Manure only. My Pot Vinos were the best last year I have ever grown, and I have 
found it answer equally well for everything to which I had been in the habit of giving manure water; 
and now never have any disagreeable smells in my plant houses. Altogether, I consider the manure a 
great boon to plant and fruit growers.” 
If it were necessary to try to establish the reputation of Standen’s Manure by means of testi- 
monials, a vast number from high authorities might be published, but the Proprietor prefers that its 
sale should rest on its own merits. Many of the leading Nurserymen, of whom we may name Messrs. 
James Veitch & Sons, of Chelsea ; Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough : Messrs. J. & C. Lee, of 
Hammersmith; Messrs. E. G. Henderson 4 Son ; Mr. John Standish ; Messrs. Hugh Lowe & Co., 
are using it. and many others were so satisfied with the results which they saw it produce last season] 
that they have decided to use it exclusively in future for all Plants to which they have been in the habit 
of giving manure water, guano, or any other artificial manure. 
Growers of Vines in Pots, Pines, Orchard, House, and Fruit Trees generally, whether under glass or 
in the open ground, will find that, by the aid of this Manure, they will produce such crops of fruit as 
cannot be obtained by the aid of any other fertilizer. 
Roses, whether grown in pots, under glass, or in the open air, are greatly benefited by this Manure : 
it stimulates them to strong vigorous growth, and enables them to produce large perfectly-coloured 
blooms, more profusely and for a longer period than if treated with any other manure. 
Those Plant Growers who have not yet tried this Manure will find it invaluable for Camellias, Orange ! 
Trees, Azaleas, Ixoras, Dracaenas, and all Stove and Greenhouse Plants, which are benefited by manure 
j in any form. They may produce such specimens by its aid as they have never been able to do by any 
j other means, and in a much shorter time. 
Amateurs and persons who have small gardens, and not much time to attend to them, but are 
anxious to excel in the culture of Fruit, Vegetables, or Flowering Plants, will find this Manure a great 
boon. Its application occupies very little time, and it will bring unexampled crops of Fruits and Vege- 
tables. Applied to Lawns or Grassplots, where the grass does not thrive, it soon produces a fine dark- 
green sward. 
THE GARDENERS’ AND AMATEURS FRIEND, No. 1, should be used for most kinds of 
Hard Wooded, Stove, and Greenhouse Plants, Roses, Fruit Trees, and Vegetables. Sold in Canisters I 
Is., 2s. Gd., 5s. G d., 10s. 6 d,, and 21s. 
THE GARDENERS’ AND AMATEURS’ FRIEND, No. 2, is suitable for all kinds of Soft 
Wooded, Stove, and Greenhouse Plants, Annuals, Bulbs, 4c. Sold in Canisters, Is., 2s. Gd. 5s. Gd. 10s. Gd. 
and 21 s. 
Prepared Cocoa-Fibre and Charcoal for Hyacinth Glasses, China Bowls, small jardincts 
4c., 2s. per peck, Gs. per bushel. Directions how to use the Preparation sent milk each parcel. 
Prepared Cocoa-Fidue and Charcoal for large jardiuets, vases, fern cases, 4c., Is. Gd. per peck 
4s. Gd. per bushel. Directions how to use the Prepaiation sent with each parcel. 
Suitable Charcoal for placing at the bottom of jardiuets, vases, plant cases, &c 1 « Gd per neck 
4s. 6d. per bushel. 1 * ’ 
Sifted Cocoa-Fibre, 3s. Gd. per bushel. Common Cocoa-Fibre, price on application. 
Nice green Carpet-moss for covering jardiuets, 4c., in lots of Is., Is. Gd., 2s. Gd., 3s. Gd., and 5s. Gd. 
Peat, Leaf-mould, Sand, and Loam, separate or mixed, 3s. Gd. per bushel. 
The following Notes on the Cultivation of Bulbs have been extracted from our 
“ Illustrated Floral Guide ” : 
THE HYACINTH. 
Tinie op Planting the Hyacinth. 
This must, to a considerable extent, be regulated by circumstances. Nature has undoubtedly declared 
herself in favour of planting the Hyacinth in October and November ; yet, without disputing her authority, 
we would say to the lovers of this flower, make your first planting as near the 1st of September as possible, 
and your last about the 31st of December. 
