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NEW PUBLICATION. 
Now ready, cloth, 8vo., price 5s . ; Post free, 5s. 5d., 
CHOICE STOVE AND GREENHOUSE FLOWERING 
PLANTS, 
Comprising Descriptions of upwards of One Thousand Species and Varieties, accompanied by 
Instructions for their Cultivation and Mode of Management. 
By BENJAMIN S. WILLIAMS. 
With COLOURED PLATE by J. N. PITCH. 
In reviewing this book, the Gardeners' Chronicle of July 10th, 1869, says “ This neat and handy 
volume will supply a real want in horticultural literature, that of a reliable modern treatise on the 
cultivation of the most beautiful flowering plants, whether for exhibition or for the decoration of 
the stove and greenhouse. We see from the preface that it is to be followed by a similar volume 
devoted to plants with ornamental foliage, and this second portion will be equally welcome. Mr. 
Williams’s well-known success as a grower and exhibitor gives force and reality to his teaching, and 
stamps his cultural instructions with the authority of experience. The book is divided into two 
parts, respectively devoted to stove plants and greenhouse plants ; there are chapters on various 
general questions, as structures, ventilation, soils, potting, watering, propagation, and so forth ; and 
then follows a description of the best species and varieties under their generic headings, a para- 
graph being added where necessary, to explain any peculiarities of treatment required. The 
volume, which is nicely printed and has a good index, will be just the kind of guide which will 
meet the wants of amateurs and inexperienced cultivators, and for this reason, not less than for its 
sound practical sense, we give it a hearty welcome.” 
McDOUGALL'S PH0SPHAT1C MANURE, 
Specially prepared for Gardeners and Amateurs. 
The ingredients consist only of the richest Fertilizing Agents, so that the Manure will be found 
one of the most nutritious foods possible for Plants in Pots in the Conservatory, Greenhouse 
and Stove; for Vine Borders, Vine3 in Pots, Peach Borders, Peaches in Pots, Orchard 
Houses, Roses in Pots, Vineries, &c., also for Flower Borders, Roses, Kitchen-Garden 
Crops, and for Improving Lawns. 
It is far more effective in its action than Farm-yard Manure or Guano. Its effect is more 
permanent in the soil, while souring is avoidod on the one hand and over-stimulation on the other • 
so that plants to which it is applied will very soon exhibit a marked improvement. The foliage will 
assume a richer green ; the flowers will be larger, deeper in colour, and more perfect in form than 
those of plants which have been manured from the farm-yard tank, or by Guano. Fruiting plants 
to which it is applied show a marked difference in their produoe, the fruit being larger, and much 
finer in flavour. 
Owing to the portable character and simplicity of application of the Phosphatio Manure, a savin" 
of labour is effected equivalent to its value. 
Sold in Sample Canisters, Is. and 2s. 6d. each; in 14 lb. Bags, 5s. 6d.; in i cwt. ditto, 
10s. ; in J cwt. ditto, 18s.; in 1 cwt. ditto, 35s. 
FOREIGN ORDERS. 
Plants, Seeds, &c., for transmission abroad, selected and packed with the greatest 
possible care in Wardian Cases, or close boxes, according to the nature of the goods, 
and shipped to any part of the world. 
Cheques to he crossed “ London Joint Stock Bank.” 
Post-office Orders to be made payable at KING’S ROAD, CHELSEA, S.W. 
