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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
August 13, 1887. 
CONTRACTORS TO HER MAJESTY’S WAR DEPARTMENT. 
THE THAMES BANK IRON COMPANY, 
CAST IRON SADDLE BOILER. 
WITH WATER-WAY END. 
UPPER GROUND STREET, LONDON, S.E. 
TELEPHONE, No. 4703. 
Have the Largest and most Complete Stock in the Trade. 
HOT-WATER BOEERS, PIPES and CONNECTIONS, and all CASTINGS 
for Horticultural Purposes. 
Patent India Ring "EXPANDER " for Jointing Hot-water Pipes. 
Hot-Water and Hot-Air Apparatus Erected Complete, 
or the Materials supplied. 
Illustrated CATALOGUE, 18 th edition, price Is, 
Price List on application Pree. 
Telegraphic Address, “HOTWATER,” LONDON. 
(Front Elevation.) 
Made from 20 ins. to 66 ins. long. 
CAST IRON SADDLE BOILER, 
WITH WATER-WAY END. 
(Back Elevation..) 
Made from 20 ins. to 66 ins. long. 
GARDEN REQUISITES. 
Aux«r&u-*a. 
TWO PRIZE MEDALS. 
Quality, the BEST in the market. 
(All Sacks included.) 
PEAT, best black fibrous, 4s. 6 d. per sack ; 5 sacks for 20s. 
PEAT, best brown fibrous, 5s. ,, 5 „ 22s. 6 d. 
PEAT, extra selected Orchid, 5s. 6d. „ 5 ,, 25s. 
LOAM, best yellow fibrous .. .. ^ , bushel 
PREPARED COMPOST, best .. f o 0 P ®L 
LEAF-MOULD, best only .. .. J fsac is7n C ludedh 
PEAT-MOULD, ditto .. .. ) (sacus included). 
SILVER SAND (coarse) 1/6 per bushel, 14/- half ton, 24/- ton. 
RAFFIA FIBRE, best only .. .. Is. per lb. 
TOBACCO CLOTH, finely imported 8 d. per lb., 28 lbs. 18s. 
TOBACCO PAPER, ditto (Speciality) 8 d. per lb., 28 lbs. 18s. 
MUSHROOM SPAWN (finest Milltrack), 5s. per bushel. 
SPHAGNUM MOSS, all selected, 2s. per bushel, 6s. per sack 
CHUBB'S “PERFECT” FERTILISER (the best food for all 
kinds of Plants, Flowers, Fruits, Vegtables, &c.), tins Is. 6 d. 
Bags, 71bs., 3s.; 14 lbs., 5s.; 28 lbs., 8s. ; 56 lbs. 14s.; 1 cwt.,22s. 
CRUSHED BONES (best quality), 7 lbs., Is. 2d.; 14 lbs., 2s. ; 
28 lbs., 3s. 6rf.; 56 lbs., 6s. ; 1 cwt., 12s. 
VIRGIN CORK (best quality only), 14 lbs., 3s.; 28 lbs., 5s. 6 d.; 
56 lbs., 10s. 6 d .; 1 cwt , 17s. 
HORTICULTURAL CHARCOAL (ditto), 2s. 6 d. per bushel. 
COCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE (by Chubb’s Special Process), 
sacks, Is. each ; 10 sacks, 9s.; 15 sacks, 13s. ; 20 sacks, 17s. ; 
30 sacks, 25s. ; 40 sacks, 30s. Truck-load, loose, free on rail, 
25s. Limited quantities of G special quality, granulated, in 
sacks only, 2s. each. 
Terms strictly Cash with Order. Bankers: Union Bank. 
CHUBB7 ROUND & Co., 
West Perry Road, Millwall, London, E. 
55, LIONEL ST., 
BIRMINGHAM. 
HORTICULTURAL BUILDER £ HOT-WATER ENGINEER. 
ESTABLISHED ISIS. 
2-light Frame, 
8 ft. by 6 ft., 
from 
<£3 5S. Od. 
HENRY HOPE, 
Fourteen Silver 
AWARDED 
Medals 
TO 
TOHN MATTHEWS, The Royal Pottery, 
(J Weston-super-Mare, Manufacturer of TERRA COTTA 
VASES, FOUNTAINS, ITALIAN BASKETS, BORDER 
TILES, GARDEN POTS of superior quality, from 1 to 30 ins. 
diameter, stand the frosts, and seldom turn green; ORCHID, 
FERN, SEED, and STRIKING-PANS, RHUBARB and SEA- 
KALE POTS, &e. 
Price List post free. Book of Designs, Is. 6 d. 
COCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE 
AT REDUCED PRICES. 
/j-BUSHEL BAG, 1*‘.; 10 bags, 9s .; 15 bags, 
13s.; 20 bags, 17s.; 30 bags, 25 s. Bags included. Truck 
load, free to rail, 25s. — T. RICH, Cocoa Fibre Works, 12, 
Redman's Road, Mile End, London, E. 
RON-FOUNDERS, STOURBRIDGE. 
The best and cheapest in the market. 
Write for full particulars, also Illustrated Catalogue of our 
Hot-Water Specialities, free. 
Price Is. ; by Post, Is. Id. 
STRAWBlRRIES 
ALL THE YEAR ROUND, 
IN THE 
OPEN AIR and UNDER GLASS. 
By WILLIAM HINDS. 
An essay on the 
CULTIVATION of the STRAWBERRY. 
Contents: 
1. Strawberry Cultivation in the 
Open Air 
2. When to make Plantations 
3. When to plant Strawberries 
4. Layering Runners 
5. Compost and Potting 
6. Forcing 
7. Varieties for Forcing. 
8. Fruiting Strawberries in 
Winter and Summer 
9. Retarding Strawberries 
10. Packing and Exhibiting 
Strawberries. 
17, Catherine St,, Covent Garden, London, W.C. 
CHEAP HORTICULTURAL CLASS. 
Packages and packing free, and delivered to any London Station. 
100 squares of glass, quality guaranteed:— 
15 oz. 21 oz. 
13J by 8J for 10s. Od. .for 14s. 0d. 
12 by 9 for 10s. Od.. for 14s. Od. 
12 by 10 for 11s. Od. .for 15s. 6d. 
14 by 10 for 13s. Od. .for 19s. Od. 
14 by 12 for 17s. 6d. .for 24s. Od. 
12 by 12 for 13s. Od. .for 20s. Od. 
18 by 12 for 21s. Od. .for 31s. Od. 
20 by 12 for 24s. Od. .for 35s. Od. 
Best linseed oil Putty, Id. per lb. 
in tins of 1 lb. to 14 lbs., at 5d. per 
for large quantities. 
Or 300 squares 15-oz. 8 by 
6, or 250 squares 8£ by 6£, or 
220 squares 9J by 6J, or 170 
squares 9 by 7£, or 150 squares 
10 by 8 for 10s. Glass cut to 
any size at the above propor¬ 
tionate prices. 
. Paints ready mixed for use, 
lb. Special quotations given 
J. B. ROBINSON, 
Wholesale Lead and Glass Warehouse. 
14, Moor Lane, Cripplegate, LONDON, E.C. 
ECONOMY IN THE GARDEN. 
THE BEST AND CHEAPEST 
HORTICULTURAL MANURES. 
, &e. 
For Fruit, Vines, 
For Pot Plants 
For Potatos 
For Lawns and Meadows 
For Kitchen Garden 
For Potting 
For Watering 
“ Le Fruitier.” 
“ Universal Plant Food.” 
Potato Manure “ Success.” 
“ Special Grass Manure.” 
“ Condensed Farmyard Manure.” 
“The Special Compots.” 
“ Liquid Manure Powder." 
Sold in Is. tins, and upwards, by all Seedsmen. 
Wood & Son's CATALOGUE and PRICE LIST, free by 
post, includes best qualities of ORCHID and other PEATS, 
LOAM, SAND, COCOA-FIBRE, MUSHROOM SPAWN, 
BONE MEAL, DRIED BLOOD, POTASH, AMMONIA, and 
all other HORTICULTURAL REQUISITES. Samples free. 
WOOD & SON’S GUINEA CASK 
The Best Value for Money. Carriage Paid. 
Contents :— 
2 bushels of Selected Turves of Brown Fibrous Peat (Orchid 
1 ,, for Hard-wooded and Stove Plants. [quality). 
1 ,, especially prepared for Ferns, free from all waste. 
2 ,, carefully prepared Potting Compost. 
1 ,, rich yellow Fibrous Loam (very fine quality). 
J ,, Coarse Crystal Sand. 
2s. 6 d. bag Graduating Fertiliser, “ Le Fruitier,” the per¬ 
fection of Plant Food. 
Is. tin Liquid Manure Powder. 
N.B. — The contents may be varied to suit the requirements of 
Customers. 
4 THANATOS, 5 the Universal Insecticide, 
Is Certain Death to all Insect Pests— Caterpillars, Green¬ 
fly, Red Spider, Thrips, &c. It also destroys Mildew, and 
may be used either in powder or by dissolving in water, for 
syringing and dipping infested plants. 
W. WOOD & SON, F.R.H.S., 
Sole Manufacturers, 
WOOD GREEN, LONDON, N. 
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Catalogue of all kinds of Iron and Wire Fence, Hurdles, Gates, 
Tree Guards, Poultry, Lawn TeDnis, and Cricket-ground Fence, 
Wire Netting, Stable Fittings, &c., free on application. 
BAYLISS, JONES, & BAYLISS, 
London Office and Show Rooms—139 & 141, CANNON ST., E.C. 
PEAT—A. Speciality I 
GRCHI® 
W WOOD & SOU 
* THE NEW ESTATE— the only estate celebrated for 
its special quality of ORCHID PEAT. Send for Sample. Special 
Quotations.— WOOD GREEN, LONDON, N. 
are now cutting from 
NOTICE TO SU BSCRIBERS, ADVERTISERS AND NEWSAGENTS. 
DURING the RE-BUILDING of the PREMISES, 17, CATHERINE STREET, 
The PUBLISHING OFFICE of THE GARDENING WORLD 
will be temporarily at NO. 44a, opposite. 
Please address all communications until further notice to 
No. 44a, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND, 
W.C. 
Printed forthe Proprietors by H. M. Pollett & Co., Fann Street, Aldersgate Street, E.C., and Published by Brian Wynne, at the Office, 44, Catherine Street Covent Garden, in the Parish of St. Paul's, 
County of Middlesex, Saturday, August 13th, 1887.—Agents for Scotland : Messrs. J. Menzies & Co,, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Agents for Ireland: Messrs. Charles Eason & Son, Dublin and Belfast. 
