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THE GARDENING WORLD 
March 9, 1889. 
Forbes’ Catalogue for 1889 
Is the largest, best, niostrreliable, and complete ever issued on 
Florists’ Flowers. It consists of 112 pages of closely-printed 
matter, with prices and full descriptions of all the NEWEST 
and BEST PANSIES, VIOLAS, PHLOXES, PENTSTE1IONS, 
ANTIRRHINUMS, HOLLYHOCKS, DELPHINIUMS, PY- 
RETHRUMS, POTENTILLAS, AURICULAS, DAHLIAS, 
FUCHSIAS, PETUNIAS, PELARGONIUMS, BEGONIAS, 
PERENNIALS, STOVE and GREENHOUSE PLANTS, 
FERNS, &c., all of which are made a leading speciality, and can 
consequently be had better than anywhere else. 
The Catalogue itself is a most useful and convenient reference 
book on all sections of Florists’ Flowers, and it should be in the 
hands of all and carefully perused before ordering elsewhere. 
Free on application. 
JOHN FORBES, 
BU Nu C RsI U RfE H s, HAWICK, SCOTLAND. 
SPECIAL CULTURE OF 
FRUIT TREES AND ROSES, 
A. Large and Select Stock is now offered for Sale. 
The Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits 
post free. 
The Descriptive Catalogue of Roses post free. 
THOMAS RIVERS & SON, 
The Nurseries, SAWBRIDGEWORTH, HERTS. 
Price, 
10s. (id. 
each. 
TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN MAY, 1SS9. 
SEND FOR FULL PARTICULARS TO 
KEYNES, WILLIAMS & Co, 
SALISBURY. 
eifiwii’i 
MILLTRAGK MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
Too well known to require descrip¬ 
tion. Price 6s. per bushel; Is. extra 
per bushel for package; or 6 d. per cake, 
free by Parcel Post , Is. None genuine 
unless in sealed packages, and printed 
cultural directions enclosed, with our 
signature attached. 
Wm. CUTBUSH & SON, 
NURSERYMEN 4 SEED MERCHANTS, 
SISBSiTS NURSEH.1SS, 
LONDON N. 
FERNS A SPECIALITY. 
The largest, most complete and profusely ILLUSTRATED 
CATALOGUE OF FERNS ever published, containing over 
120 Illustrations and much valuable practical information on 
the cultivation of Ferns, &c. 
One Shilling and Sixpence, post free. 
Smaller Catalogue of over 1,300 species and varieties free on 
application. 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD. 
FERN NURSERY, 
SALE, MANCHESTER. 
THE SUB GOVEES. 
Glass sides and top, 21 oz, in nests of seven. Largest size 
16 ins. by 12 ins., smallest size 10 ins. by 6 ins. Equally useful 
for Plants, Cuttings, &c. 
Only 10s, Carriage Paid. 
I guarantee to return cash and pay carriage back if they do not 
give satisfaction. Wm. C. begs to thank customers for repeated 
orders and their recommendations. 
They will not go by Parcel Post, as they are over 40 lbs. weight 
when packed. 
Hundreds of Testimonials like the following :— 
“Lion Gate House, Richmond, S.W. 
“ Mrs. Cording would be glad to have another nest of Covers 
as before. She is much pleased with them, and has recommended 
them to several friends.” 
WILLIAM CUTLER. 
CANNON WORKS, CONSTITUTION HILL, BIRMINGHAM. 
P.O.O. piaydble at Snow Hill. 
RICHARDSON’S 
Improved Garden Frames. 
Lights can be instantly removed or fixed open at any 
angle without interfering with the plant. 
Carriage Paid to any Station. 
Price Lists of Frames, Glass Houses, and Ilot-Water Heating 
Apparatus FREE. 
W. RICHARDSON & CO., 
Horticultural Builders and Hot-Water Engineers, 
DARLINGTON. 
FREE DELIVERY. IMMEDIATE DESPATCH. 
ALL SEEDS NEW AND GENUINE. 
Complete CATALOGUE Geatis and Post Fp.ee from 
BEN. SOPPY,Seedsman,Walworth Rd.,LONDON. 
Best and Cheapest Manure for Garden use : 
NATIVE GUANO. 
Price , £3 10s. per ton, in bags. Lots under 10 cwt. 4s. per cwt. 
A 1-cwt. sample bag sent carriage paid to any station in England 
on receipt of P.O. for 5s. 
Extracts irom Thirteenth Annual Collection of Reports. 
NATIVE GUANO for Potatoes, Vegetables, 
Vines, and Fruit.— 
C. FIDLER, Reading, used it for Potatoes, and says: “I 
found your Manure give very satisfactory results.” 
F. PAY, Gardener to Lord Tennyson, reports: “ Potatoes, a 
good crop; Grapes, coloured well; Strawberries, very fine 
fruit; Chrysanthemums, good flowers and fine foliage ; Celery, 
extra large ; Tomatoes and Cucumbers did well with it. A 
valuable Manure and easily applied. ” 
NATIVE GUANO fon Rosss, Lawns, &c.— 
A. SLAUGHTER, Steyning, used for Roses. Results : 
“ Fine dark foliage ; good substance and bloom, and strong 
growth. A good stimulant for Roses.” 
G. WOODGATE, Gardener to Lord Wolverton, used for 
Lawns. Result: “ Very satisfactory.” 
Orders to— 
The NATIVE GUANO COMPANY (Limited, 
29, NEW BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON, E.G., 
Where Pamphlets of Testimonials, &c., may be obtained. 
Agents Wanted. 
THE ORCHID FLOWER HOLDER 
(patented). 
A useful invention for Orchid Growers and Floral Decorators. 
Price, per dozen, 3s. 9 d., postpaid. 
TO BE HAD OF 
ALFRED OUTRAM. 
7, MOORE PARK ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SJ7. 
TOOPE’S PATENT PERFECT PROPAGATOR. 
For raising seeds, striking 
cuttings, &c., for oil or gas. 
Burns One Pint of Oil in 24 
Hours. 
Prices from 25s. upwards. 
Also Garden Frame Heaters, 
all kinds of Greenhouse 
Heating Apparatus, Perfect 
Simplex Fumigators, As¬ 
bestos Hot-water Pipe Pro¬ 
pagators, Water Jackets 
for Flower Pots, Cut Flower 
Holders, &c. 
Illustrated Catalogue free one stamp. 
C. TOOPE & Co., Stepney Square, Stepney, London, E. 
BONE FERTILIZER, 
FOR TRADE 
FLOWERS, 
LAWNS, 
mark 
VINES, 
AND 
VEGETABLES. 
EASILY USED. GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS. 
1-lb. Tin, 9d.; by Parcel Post, Is. 2-lb. Tin, Is. 6d.; by 
Parcel Post, Is. lOd. 28 lbs., 5s.; 56 lbs., 10s., Free to 
Carriers. 
Order from Florists, or direct from the Makers, 
RICHARDSON BROS. 8c CO., 
BELFAST. 
TEE MOST SUITABLE FOR 
SHADING ORCHIDS, FERNS, 
PALMS, 
AND 
STOVE & GREENHOUSE PLANTS., 
sS> 
& 
SK 
It is a strong, durable Cotton 
Netting, woven in squares 
so close as t o exclude the 
direct rays of the sun, 
but admitting the 
greatest amount S 
of light attain- / 
able through 
shading. / £.4 S keep the frost out. 
/ Orchid and Plant 
with- 
the 
better 
other 
4' 
\V 
It 
stands 
weather 
than any 
class of Shading, 
and may be benefi¬ 
cially used, on account 
of the thickness of its tex¬ 
ture, during cold weather to 
The leading 
Growers in 
the country have used this material 
for some years, and speak very highly 
of it, pronouncing it to be the very best 
material for Plants they have ever used. 
Blinds made up and fixed complete. 
Sold in pieces, 30 yaids long by II yards wide, 
price 40s. each. Samples submitted gratis. 
2T 
B. S. WILLIAMS, 
VICTORIA and PARADISE NURSERIES, 
UPPER HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 
“ The Loughborough ” 
These celebrated Boilers have been still further improved for this season 
and are the most economical, cheapest, arid easiest to manage of any boiler 
ever brought out. Nearly 6,000 in use. May be inspected in every county. 
Will burn over twelve hours without attention, the best fuel being coke and 
cinders. 
Prices, Carriage Paid.— No. x,£s 12 s., No. 2, £\, No. 3, £5 ioj.; 
Also made in three larger sizes, heating from 50 to 1,000 feet of pipe. Dis¬ 
count allowed for cash with order. Perfect success guaranteed where our 
directions are followed. Illustrated Price Lists on application. 
CAUTION .—Beware of imitztions, which have had little or no practical 
test, professing to heat a larger amount of piping for about the same cost 
a?id avoid disappouitmetit and loss. 
A Gold Medal (the highest award) has been awarded to us this 
year in open competition for general excellence in Horticultural 
Buildings by the Society of Architects. 
MESSENGER & Go., LOUGHBOROUGH. 
fJBV Harrison 
KNITTER 
K N ITS Stockings ribbed or plain 
KNITS Gloves and every description 
of Clothing in WOOL, SILK, or COTTON 
in 100 different fancy patterns all upon 
one machine. Lists 2d. per post. 
WM. HARRISON, Patentee 
133, Portland St., .Manchester. 
BAYLISS, JONES, & BAYLISS, WOLVERHAMPTON. 
London Offices and Show Rooms : 139 & 141, Cankon St., E.C. 
IRON AND WIRE ESPALIER. 
