WEEKLY-ONE PENNY. 
Vol. VI.—No. 262. 
( Office: 17, Catherine St., ) 
| Covent Garden, W.C. f 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 1889. 
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T HE SIXTH VOLUME of THE gar¬ 
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The INDEX to VOL. V. #vas published with the number for 
August 31st, 
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Publishing Office: 17, Catherine Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 
C REEPERS FOR WALLS. — By planting 
what is suitable, an ugly object may easily be made beau¬ 
tiful. Descriptive List and advice free. N.B.—Most being in 
pots, can be sent and planted out at any time.—RICHARD 
SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
S UPERB ORCHIDS, CHEAP.—Thousands 
to select from. Write for list, free.—P. McARTHUR, 
Tlie London Nursery, 4, Maida Vale, London, W. 
S trawberries. — strong roots, 4 s. per 
100. Plants in small pots, 16s. per 100: ditto, in large 
pots, 25s. per 100. Descriptive LIST free.—RICHARD SMITH & 
CO., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
A URICULAS. — Show varieties in surplus 
stock for sale i likewise other leading prize kinds.—MISS 
WOODHEAD, Norwood Green, Hipperholme, near Halifax. 
F RESH CUT FLOWERS in any quantity. 
Wreaths and Crosses on the shortest notice.—W. STRIKE, 
Florist, Stockton-on-Tees. 
S TRAWBERRIES.-—Early, medium, late ; 
best sorts, true to name. GEORGE BTJNYARD & Co.’s 
New Catalogue, now ready.—The Old Nurseries, Maidstone. 
R OSES OX OWN ROOTS, Violets, shrubs 
and herbaceous plants, also greenhouse and decorative 
plants. All offered at exceptionally low prices. Catalogues 
gratis.—H. ENGLISH, Clevedon Nurseries, Clevedon. 
H yacinths, tulips, liliums, Etc. 
Best quality. List free. Compare prices. 
HORTICULTURAL CO., LEVENSHULME. 
P ANSIES.—100 stout, well-rooted, autumn- 
transplanted plants, in 8 separate named varieties, care¬ 
fully packed, free for 3s.—J. GALVIN’S Nurseries, Roscommon. 
A NEW FORGET-ME-NOT. — Myosotis 
Rehsteineri. A free grower and of very dwarf habit, 
only growing one inch or so high, flowers clear blue with yellow 
eyes; a true perennial and continuing a long time in bloom, each 
Is., Is. 6 d., and 2s. 6 d. —T. SMITH, Daisy Hill Nursery, Newry. 
S OW NOW ! Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli, 
Onion, Black Spanish Radish, Wallflower, Digitalis, 
Canterbury Bell, Antirrhinum, Sweet William, Pansy. Seeds 
are carefully selected and certain to please. Collection free, Is. 
“THE REFORM SEEDSMAN,” Mildeuhall, Suffolk. 
S TRAWBERRY PLANTS from store beds 
of Elton Pine, President and Garibaldi, true to name, at 
2s. per 100, or 14s. per 1,000. Samples free. — MATTHEW 
POLLOCK, Crodin Nursery, Newmilns, Ayrshire. 
N urserymen « the patent glaz¬ 
ing," 12s. 6<L cost for roof, 10 ft. long by 10 ft. wide, or 
18s. 9 d. for roof, 15 ft. by 10 ft.—W. CLARK’S, Reading, Berks. 
W ORTH £1 EACH.—“Amateurs’ Garden 
Guide How and When to Grow Everything.” 64 
pages, 100 illustrations; post free 7 d., not catalogue Every 
amateur, by reading this, will become a practical gaidener. 
Coleus, Heliotrope, Calceolarias, Double Petunias, and Verbenas, 
12 for Is. 3d., free.—TURNER, Thatto Heath, St. Helens. 
UTCH BULBS DIRECT FROM THE 
GROWERS. 
A NT. ROOZEN & SON, of Overveen, 
Haarlkm, beg to state that their CATALOGUE FOR 
1SS9, containing details of their immense Collections of New, 
Rare, and Fine Bulbs and Plants (94 pages in English) is now 
ready, and will, as usual, ha sent, post free, on application to 
themselves or their agents, Messrs. MERTENS & Co., 3, Cross 
Lane, St. Mary-at-Hill, LONDON, E.C. 
B EFORE BUYING BULBS this season read 
Sydenham's revised Pamphlet, which gives the names 
of all the best Bulbs worth growing, and how to grow them, 
post free, with Price List, on application. Mr. R. Sydenham is 
acknowledged by all to be the largest importer in the country 
of genuine Bulbs ; none but the best for good bloom sold, and 
every Bulb is warranted. Money returned if the Bulbs are not 
perfectly satisfactory when received. Mention this paper. 
ROBERT SYDENHAM, New Tenby Street, Birmingham. 
D 
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Florists’ Flowers from Scotland. 
O UR FAMED COLLECTIONS 
PANSIES, VIOLAS, PENTSTEMONS, PHLOXES, 
ANTIRRHINUMS, CARNATIONS, DAHLIAS, HOLLY¬ 
HOCKS, &c., &c., are unsurpassed in the Trade. The plants 
this year are remarkably strong and healthy, and we catalogue 
such varieties only as are fit for an exhibition table. Try them.— 
R. B. LAIRD & SONS (late Downie & Laird), Florists to the 
Queen, Edinburgh. 
UTTON’S BULBS.—Tbebostof tbe season. 
I think your Hyacinths beat all others.”— 
Mrs. FRANK STERICKER, Danby House. 
UTTON’S HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NAR- 
CISSUS, CROCUS, SNOWDROPS, LILIES, and other 
Spring-flowering Bulbs are now ready for delivery. Orders 
value 5s. Carriage Free. 
S UTTON’S BULBS GENUINE ONLY 
DIRECT FROM SUTTON & SONS, ; The Queen’s 
Seedsmen, READING. 
Begonias. 
I BEO to intimate that my superb collection 
of the above is now in full flower at my Beech Hill Nursery 
They have just been awarded four First Class Certificates. 
Inspection invited.—JOHN DOWNIE, Seedsman, 144, Princes 
Street, Edinburgh. 
P ANSIES. — One gentleman writes: “I am 
pleased to tell you I have taken over forty first prizes 
with Pansies had from you in the spring.” My Autumn List is 
now ready, post free. Only useful exhibition varieties offered. 
Sample dozen, named, carriage paid, 3s.—WM. SYDENHAM, 
Water Orton, near Birmingham. 
L ATE TULIPS.—An Amateur who has a 
quantity of flowering Bulbs of finest prize late-blooming 
Tulips, all named sorts and Breeders, but mixed, has some for 
disposal. 100 for 10s., 50 for 6s., post free. Also splendid 
Fancy Pansies by name, finest exhibition varieties, 2s. 6d. per 
dozen, post free,—W. DEAN, Solihull, Warwickshire. 
Strawberries. 
/CHARLES TURNER’S New and Descriptive 
VD LIST may he had free on application.—The Royal Nur¬ 
series, Slough._ 
F ~OUR BUSHEL SACK OF BEST LEAK 
MOULD (Pure Oak Leaf), carriage paid to London, for 
3 s. Qd. —E. VANDER MEERSCH,Queen’s Nursery,Selhurst,S.E. 
S IX CAMELLIAS OR AZALEA INDICA, 
full of buds, 10s. 6d.; large healthy plants of either in 
5-inch pots ; larger specimens in 7-inch pots, 2s. 6d. each. Six 
Azalea Mollis, full of buds, 7s. 6 d. Twelve choice greenhouse 
Ferns, 3s.—E. VANDER MEERSCH, Queen’s Nursery, Selhurst, 
S.E._ 
H yacinths, tulips, crocus, 
LILIES, &c.—C. G. VAN TUBERGEN, Junr , Haarlem, 
Holland. Wholesale Catalogue now ready, and may he had free 
on application to Messrs. R SILBERRAD & SON, 25, Savage 
Gardens, Crutched Friars, London, E.C. 
AXTON’S NEW STRAWBERRIES 
Must be grown by all. 
Descriptive LIST, with prices of “Latest of All” (new, 
18S9), “Noble," “A. F. Barron,” “Commander," &c , now 
ready. Six First Class Certificates. 
THOMAS LAXTON, Seed Grower, Bedford. 
B ulbs i bulbs \ \ bulbs \! i — The 
Cheapest offer of first-class BULBS ever submitted to 
the public. Tbe finest produced in Holland (selected by us on 
the spot), being offered at auction prices. Many people last year 
doubted the possibility of really First-rate Bulbs—true to 
name—being offered at the rates we quoted, and only gave us 
half their orders in order to compare the blooms with those pro¬ 
duced from Bulbs supplied by other firms. Our Bulbs stood 
the test in every case, and we have received many testimonials 
of a most flattering character. Catalogues now leady. 
J. R. PEARSON & SONS, Chilwell Nurseries, Notts. 
B ARR’S CATALOGUES, free on application. 
LIST of AUTUMN - FLOWERING CROCUS and 
MEADOW SAFFRON. BULB CATALOGUE of cheap, rare, 
beautiful hardy bulbs, &c., for all seasons. DAFFODIL CATA¬ 
LOGUE, illustrated, contains the only complete list of these 
beautiful hardy spring flowers. PLANT CATALOGUE of free- 
flowering, beautiful hardy perennials, for flower borders and 
as cut flowers. SEED CATALOGUE, ready 1st January, 1890. 
BARR & SON, 12, King Street, Covent Garden, London. 
CLEMATIS IN POTS, of all 
the finest double and single varieties (some 
of the flowers of which become 10 inches across, and are of every 
shade, from pure white to the darkest purple), for climbing and 
bedding, from 12s. to 24s. per dozen, strong plants. Beauty of 
Worcester, a magnificent purple, excellent for bedding, recently 
sent out by us ; reduced price, 2s. 6 d. each. Descriptive List on 
application.—RICHARD SMITH & Co., Nurserymen and Seed 
Merchants, Worcester. 
L 
80,000 
TAMES BOYD & SONS, PAISLEY, Horti- 
¥/ cultural Builders and Heating Engineers. Illustrated 
Circulars, Plans and Estimates free on application. Complete 
Catalogue, 3s. 
J WEEKS & Co., Horticultural Engineers 
• to her Majesty, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, H.M Govern¬ 
ment, Admiralty Dept., War Dept., R. Horticultural Society, R. 
Botanic Society, Parks and Public Buildings. Patentees of the 
Duplex Upright Tubular Boilers, King's Road, Chelsea, S.W. 
T HE THAMES BANK IRON COMPANY, 
Heating Engineers to H.M. War Department, Science and 
Art Department, South Kensington, &c. Gold and Silver 
Medals, Birmingham, 1872; London, 1883. HOT-WATER 
BOILERS, PIPES and CONNECTIONS, and all Castings for 
Horticultural purposes. Price Lists gratis. Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue Is. Upper Ground Street, Blackfriars, S.E. 
G reenhouses for the million.— 
The best and cheapest makers in the world.—ALFREB 
PEEL & SONS, Wood Green, London, Canon Mills Bridge, 
Edinburgh; Phibsborough Road, Dublin. A complete green¬ 
house from 50s. Illustrated Catalogue, post free, three stamps. 
T HOMSON’S IMPROVED VINE AND 
PLANT MANURE.—This valuable Manure is made up 
solely on our Premises here. Every bag and tin has our name 
on it. It can he had from all Nursery and Seedsmen, and direct 
from us. 1 cwt. and over carriage paid. Our London Agent is 
Mr. George, 10, Victoria Road, Putney. 
WM. THOMSON & SONS. Clovenfords, Galashiels N.B. 
H ENRY HOPE, 55, Lionel Street, Bir¬ 
mingham, designs estimates for Conservatories, Hot¬ 
houses, Hot-water Apparatus, &c., New Priced Illustrated 
Catalogue on application. Established 1818. 
TAMES GRAY, HORTICULTURAL 
fj BUILDER AND HOT-WATER ENGINEER.—Apply for 
Catalogue and Estimates to Danvers Street, Chelsea, S.W. 
S MYTH’S TEAK ORCHID BASKETS, 
BOATS, RAFTS, AND CYLINDERS.—Largest manu- 
facturer in the trade. Price List free.—H. G. SMYTH 21, 
Goldsmith Street, Drury Lane, W.C. 
W RICHARDSON & Co., Horticultural 
• Builders and Hot-water Engineers, Darlington. 
Glasshouses of al 1 kinds at the lowest prices. Awarded numerou 5 
Prize Medals. Catalogue free. See p. 14. 
G arden nettings, hothouse 
SHADINGS, TIFFANY.—RIGBY, WAIN WRIGHT & 
Co., Manufacturers, Neptune Works, Manchester. Cotton Wool 
and Wadding for Florists. Send for samples and prices. 
N ICOTINE SOAP.—An effectual eradi- 
cator of all Insect Pests on Plants without injury to 
foliage. Jars, Is. 6 d., 3s., 5s. 6 d. Tins, 15s. 6 d., 25s., 95s. All 
Seedsmen and Florists. 
Silver Sand 11 
/COARSE and FINE BEDFORDSHIRE.— 
vD For Direct Supply send to the Proprietor of the Pits, 
JOSEPH ARNOLD, 32, Polygon, London, N.W. Established 
nearly 30 years. Telegrams: Alloquy, London. TRADE 
SUPPLIED at lowest terms for cash. Special Notice, 20,000 
Tons of Splendid Coarse POTTING SAND from 6s. per ton (free 
on rail at Leighton Buzzird for cash), ready for quick despatch. 
Send to JOSEPH ARNOLD, “only address” as above, to the 
Polygon. 
B EESON’S MANURE.— The Best and 
Cheapest Fertiliser for all purposes. Write for Circular 
containing the Leading Gardeners’ and Market-growers’ reports. 
Sold in Tins, Is., 2s. 6 d., 5s. 6 d., and 10s. 6<L each, or 1-ewt. Bags, 
sealed, 13s., by all Seedsmen, or apply direct to W. H. BEESON, 
Carhrook Bone Mills, Sheffield.__ 
ISHURST COMPOUND.—Used by lead- 
ing gardeners since 1859 against Red Spider, Mildew, 
Thrips, Green Fly, and other Blight. 1 to 2 ozs. to the gallon 
of soft water, 4 to 16 ozs. as winter dressing for Vines and 
Orchard House Trees, and in lathar from the cake against 
American Blight. Has outlived many preparations intended to 
supersede it. Boxes, Is., 3s., and 10s. Qd. 
G ISHURSTINE keeps Boots Dry and Soft 
on wet ground. Boxes, 6 d. and Is., from the trade. 
Wholesale from PRICE’S PATENT CANDLE OO. (Limited), 
London. 
B RIDGFORDS’ antiseptic liquid: 
The best and safest Insect Destroyer. Sold by all Seeds¬ 
men and Nurserymen, In bottles, at Is. 67. and 3s. each, and 
wholesale of Sole Proprietors, JAMES CARTER, DUNNETT & 
BEALE, 237 and 23S, High Holbom, London. Each bottle 
bears full instructions for application. 
