THE COTTAGE GARDENER—ADVERTISEMENTS. 
IVTEW DAHLIAS; E. Foster’s, 
Esq., Choice Pelargoniums ; Picotees, 
Carnations, Hollyhocks, Pansies, &c. 
WILLIAM BRAGG, Star Nursery, Slough, 
begs to say his Catalogue of the above Flowers 
is now ready, and can be had on application. 
His choice SEEDLING DAHLIAS will be sent 
out the first week in May, at 10s 6d each, viz.— 
Admiral, rich lilac, very constant, gained 
first Seedling prize, 25s, at the Royal South 
London Exhibition ; 21s Shacklewell Open 
Shows, &c., fourteen first-class certificates ; the 
most successful flower of the year. 
Carmina, rich carmine, constant show flower, 
gained six first-class certificates, &c., shown in 
several winning stands. 
The Hon. Mrs. Ashley, waxy white, tipped 
with rose, splendid show flower, &c. W. B. 
thinks it the best Dahlia of the season; was 
awarded by Dr. Lindley a certificate of merit at 
the Horticultural Society, &c. Gained five 
first-class certificates. 
Queen of Fairies, Domeyer. W. Bragg 
has purchased the stock of this fine and con¬ 
stant fancy Dahlia, from the above amateur, 
who will give £5 in prizes the next season for 
this flower. It gained a Seedling prize and 
first-class certificate, with Edwards’s Mrs. Han¬ 
sard ; at the Royal South London Open Show 
Exhibition five first-class certificates. 
W. B.’s stock of Picotees, Carnations, and 
Pinks are strong and good. The best Holly¬ 
hock Seed ever sent out can be had in 2s 6d and 
5s packets, post paid, for prepayment. 
T\JEW~ DAHLIA. —YELLOW 
•1' GEM. The most useful (in the present 
dearth of good yellows) that has been shown, 
having received a certificate at the great trial 
show of the Metropolitan Dahlia Society, and 
also at the Stoke Newington Exhibition, will 
be sent out in May, at 10s 6d per plant. Usual 
allowance to the trade. W. GURNEY, 36, 
Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green. 
rjlHE LONDON MANURE COM- 
X PANY beg to offer as under :— 
Corn Manure, most valuable for spring dress¬ 
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Peruvian Guano, guaranteed the genuine im¬ 
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per ton, or £9 5s in quantities of five tons or 
upwards. EDWARD PURSER, Secretary, 
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or with the plates coloured £9 8s 6 d, com¬ 
prising Illustrations of Sixteen Hundred and 
Twenty - five Species of British Flowering 
Plants and Ferns, 
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W &c., Edge End, Marsden, near Burnley, Lancashire, begs to offer the following at the 
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