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THE GARDENING WORLD 
September 14, 1889. 
SALES BY AUCTION. 
Dutch Bulbs. 
GREAT UNRESERVED SALES, every MONDAY, WEDNES¬ 
DAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY. 
M essrs, protheroe & morris win 
SELL by AUCTION, at their Central Sale Rooms, 67 & 
6S, Cheapside, London, E.C., every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, 
THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, at Half-past Eleven oblock 
earh day, extensive consignments of first-class HYACINTHS, 
TULIPS, CROCUS, NARCISSUS, and other BULBS from 
Holland, lotted to suit the Trade and Private Buyers. 
On view mornings of Sale, and Catalogues had. 
WEDNESDAY NEXT. 
3,000 AZALEA INDICA, from Belgium, including 500 
Deutsche Perle. 
100 CAMELLIAS 
200 AZALEA MOLLIS, and 400 lots of DUTCH BULBS. 
ESSRS. PROTHEROE & MORRIS will 
SELL the ABOVE at their Central Sale Rooms, 67 & 68 
Cheapside. E.C., on WEDNESDAY NEXT, September ISth, a 
Half-past Eleven o’clock precisely. 
On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 
FRIDAY NE1T. 
Special Sale of Established and Imported 
Orchids, 
Important to the Trade. 
M essrs, protheroe & morris are 
instructed by Messrs. F. Sander & Co. to SELL BY 
AUCTION, at their Central Sale Booms, 67 & 6S, Cheapside, 
E.C., on FRIDAY, September 20th, at Half-past Twelve o’clock, 
a large quantity of IMPORTED and ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS. 
On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 
Great Annual Sales of Greenhouse Plants. 
ESSRS. PROTHEROE & MORRIS desire 
to announce that the GREAT ANNUAL SALES of 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS will take place as follows at Eleven 
o’clock each day 
MONDAY, SEPT. 16th.—At the DYSON’S LANE NURSERY, 
Upper Edmonton, liy order of Mr. H. B. May. 
TUESDAY, SEPT. 17th.—At the BURNT ASH LANE 
NURSERIES, Lee, S.E., by Order of Messrs. B. Maller 
& Soxs. 
WEDNESDAY', SEPT. 18th.—At the LEA BRIDGE ROAD 
NURSERIES, Leyton, E., by order of Mr. John Fraser. 
THURSDAY, SEPT. 19th.—At the BRIMSDOWN NURSER Y, 
Enfield Highway, by order of Mr. John Maller. 
Catalogues of the Auctioneers, 67 & 68, Cheapside, E.C. 
TheLiverpool Horticultural Co. 
(JOHN COWAN), LIMITED, 
MAKE SPECIALTIES OF THE FOLLOWING :— 
ORCHIDS, of which they have an immense stock, 
and are constantly receiving fresh importations from various 
parts of the world. 
ORCHID BASKETS.—Made of best Teak and 
Copper Wire. 
COWAN’S PATENT ORCHID POTTERY, 
which should be used for all Orchids. 
ORCHID PEAT of best quality. SPHAGNUM MOSS. 
Best Wood CHARCOAL. 
TEA and other ROSES in Pots.— The Com¬ 
pany have a large and splendid stock, all healthy and 
vigorous. 
FERNS.—A large and fine stock of the leading kinds. 
GRAPE VINES.—The Company’s stock is, as 
usual, unsurpassed by any in the country: StroDg Vines, 
raised from eyes this season, and fit for immediate planting. 
ROMAN HYACINTHS.—First size, 5 to 6£ 
ins. circumference, 17s. 6d. per 100; Second size, los. per 
100 ; Third size, 12s. 6 d. per 100. 
The Company offer the above at the lowest possible prices. 
New illustrated descriptive list post free on application to 
th a e nd v 'n n 5!Ses, CARSTON, LIVERPOOL. 
THE 
“PERFECT” 
WEED KILLER 
Maintains its Superiority over all Eivals 
for permanently destroying vegetation on Walks, Carriage 
Drives, Ash Tennis Courts, Stonework grown green, &c. 
Used at Kew Gardens , Royal Horticultural Gardens , ttc., dtc. 
COMPLETE SATISFACTION GU ARANTEED 
to all using Weed Killer hearing our Trade Mark, 
without which none is genuine. Re fuse Imitations. 
Price— Gallon 2/, 5 gal. 1/9, 10 gal. 1/G, 40 gal. 1/4 per gal. 
SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR QUANTITIES. 
Splendid Bulbs from Holland. 
SALES every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and SATURDAY, 
in Large and Small Lots, to suit all Buyers. 
M R. J. C. STEVENS win SELL by AUC¬ 
TION, at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent 
Garden, W.C., every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and SATUR¬ 
DAY, at Half-past Twelve o’clock precisely each day, first-class 
consignments of choice named HYACINTHS, TULIPS, CRO¬ 
CUSES, NARCISSUS, SCILLAS, and other BULBS, arriving 
daily from well-known farms in Holland. 
On view mornings of Sale and Catalogues had. 
Carriage paid 5 gats, and upwards. Trial sample post free. 
DISTRIBUTOR for 
“Perfect” Weed Killer. 
Holds 40 gallons. Wrought-iron 
frame-work neatly painted. Gal¬ 
vanized tubes with tap to regulate 
flow. Gives spray 36 ins. wide. 
Price £4 net on rail Glasgow. 
Sole Manufacturers: The 
HORTICULTURAL & AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL COY- 
H B. MAT’S great ANNUAL TRADE 
« SALE, Dyson’s Lane Nursery, Upper Edmonton, 
MONDAY, September 16th, 1SS9. FERNS, immense quantities, 
in all sizes. TREE CARNATIONS, BOUYARDIAS, and 
CYCLAMEN, in splendid condition for winter flowering. 
CROTONS, DRACAENAS, and other STOVE PLANTS. 
MARECHAL NIEL and other TEA ROSES, unusually fine this 
season. AMPELOPSIS, IVIES, CLEMATIS, GENISTAS, and 
a great variety of other useful plants. 
Frequent trains from City (Liverpool Street, G.E.R.) to 
Angel Road and Silver Street. 
SOCIETIES’ ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
I JOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
l CHISWICK GARDENS. 
NATIONAL VEGETABLE CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 
OF VEGETABLES, 
September 24th, 25th, and 26th. 
NOTICE TO EXHIBITORS. 
Entries Close on Friday, September 20th. All exhibits 
should be addressed to Mr. A. F. BARRON, Royal Horticultural 
Society’s Gardens, Chiswick. 
I )OYAL BOTANICAL AND HORTI- 
V CULTURAL SOCIETY OF MANCHESTER. 
Exhibition of Fruits and Flowers, September 20th and 21st. 
For Schedules apply to the undersigned :— 
BRUCE FINDLAY. 
Botanic Gardens, Manchester. 
SIvl YT H’S 
GARDEN SUNDRIES, MANURES, 
SOILS, &c. 
Black and Brown Peat 
Silver Sand and Loam 
Cocoa Nut Fibre Refuse 
Leaf and Peat Mould 
Specially Prepared Mould 
Sphagnum Moss 
Guano and Dissolved Bones 
Bones, J inch and 4 inch 
Bone Dust, guaranteed pure 
Blood and Bone Manure, highly 
recommended 
Horticultural Charcoal 
Tobacco Cloth, far superior to 
Paper 
Mushroom Spawn 
Russia and Archangel Mats 
Pot Washing Brushes 
Virgin Cork and Raffia 
Tanned Netting & Tarred Twine 
Trugg Garden Baskets 
Flower Sticks, from 1 to 5 feet 
Wooden Labels, from 4 to 12 in. 
Thin Bamboo Canes 
Rose and Dahlia Stakes, about 
5 feet 
Orchid Baskets and Teak Rods 
Patent Bass Brooms 
Folding Postal Flower Boxes 
Smyth’s Orchid and Hothouse 
Shading. 
Write for Price List, free by post. 
m, g> _ „ 
21, GOLDSMITH STREET, DRURY LAKE, W.C. 
Principal Agents: BLACKLEY, YOUNG & CO., 
103 HOLM STREET, GLASGOW. 
SOLD BY SEEDSMEN AND FLORISTS. 
NEW FERN, 1889-Adiantum Waltocii diffusum, 
This fine variety of A. Waltonii (T. Moore) is now being 
offered for the first time, and which we have every confidence 
in recommending to the general public, to whom we feel 
certain it will give every satisfaction, either as a specimen 
plant or for cutting, the Fronds being light and graceful, 
triangular in form, three to five times divided, from 2 to 2^ ft 
in length, and when mature are of a pleasing shade of glaucous 
green. All who have seen the parent plant have pronounced 
it to he a great acquisition. 
First Class Certificate was awarded by the Royal Horticultural 
Society on the 9th October, 1SS8. 
Strong Plants, now ready, price 3s. 6d. each. 
Apply Executors of 
H. WALTON, Edgend Nursery, Brierfield, nr. Burnley. 
See Opinions of the Horticultural Press, Oct. 11 and 13. 
DUTCH 
AND ALL OTHER 
FLOWERING 
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HYACINTHS, TULIPS, CROCUSES, 
SNOWDROPS, NAKCISSI, LILLIES, &c. 
IN GREAT VARIETY. 
tS’Best Qualities only. t5S*Prices most moderate. 
Inscriptive Priced Catalogue (No. 363) 
POST FREE ON APPLICATION. 
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A/A'Ui&.eJV'lN ^Seed Establishments 
(Limited). 
ROSES in POTS. 
All tlie best New and Old English and Foreign sorts, 
from 18s. to 36s. per dozen. 
Descriptive List free on application. 
RICHARD SMITH & Co., 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
WORCESTER. 
SODDY’S BULBS 
“BE ST ONL Y.” 
FINEST NAMED HYACINTHS (for glass or pot 
culture), 3s. 6d., 4s. 6 d., 5s. 6 d., 6s. 6 d., and 7s. 6d. 
per dozen ; 25s., 27s., 30s., and 35s. per 100, and 
upwards. 
BEDDING HYACINTHS (in separate names and 
colours), Is. 6 d. to 2s. 6 d. per doz. ; 11s. to 19s. per 100. 
BEDDING HYACINTHS, all blue shades, mixed, 
Is. 3d. per doz. ; 9s. 6 d. per 100. All red shades. 
Is. 6d. per doz. ; 12s. per 100. All white and tinted 
shades, Is. 10c?. per doz. ; 14s. per 100. All colours, 
mixed, Is. 6 d. per doz. ; 11s. per 100. 
ROMAN HYACINTHS, early white, 2s. and 2s. 6 d. 
per doz. ; 14s. and 18s. per 100. 
CROCUS, finest named varieties, 2s. 3d. and 2s. 6 d. 
per 100. Blue, purple, striped, or white, Is. 2d. per 
100; 10s. 6d. per 1,000. Yellow, Is., Is. 6c?., 2s., 
and 2s. 6c?. per 100 ; 9s., 12s. 6c?., 18s. 6c?., and 
22s. 6c?. per 1,000. All colours, mixed, Is. and 2s. 
per 100 ; 9s. and 18s. 6c?. per 1,000. 
SNOWDROPS, double or single, 4c?. and 6c?. per doz. ; 
2s. and 2s. 6c?. per 100 ; 19s. and 23s. per 1,000. 
DOUBLE TULIPS, finest named varieties, 6c?. to Is. 3c?. 
per doz. ; 3s. 6c?. to 9s. 6c?. per 100. Mixed, 6c?. and 
10c?. per doz. ; 4s. and 6s. per 100. 
SINGLE TULIPS, finest named varieties, 6d. to 2s. 
per doz. ; 4s. to 15s. per 100. Mixed, 6c?. and Is. 
per doz. ; 4s. and 7s. per 100. 
NARCISSUS, Paper White, Double Roman, and 
mixed Polyanthus, Is. per doz. ; 7s. 6c?. per 100. 
Poeticus, 6c?. per doz. ; 3s. 6c?. per 100. Double 
White, 9c?. per doz. ; 5s. per 100. 
DAFFODILS —Double, 6c?. and 9c?. per doz. ; 4s. and 
5s. 6c?. per 100. Single, 3c?. per doz. ; Is. 9c?. per 100. 
Mixed, English varieties, Is. per doz.; 7s. per 100. 
LI LIU MS —Candidum, old-fashioned white Lily, 2s. 3c?. 
per doz. ; 16s. per 100. Harrisii, the Bermuda or 
Easter Lily, 6c?., Is., and Is. 6c?. each ; 5s. 6c?., 8s. 6c?., 
and 15s. per doz. Tiger Lily, 2s. 3c?. per doz. ; 16s. 
per 100. 
BULB COLLECTIONS. —The most liberal in the 
trade, and for hundreds of other items see Catalogue. 
POST AND RAIL FREE. 
Send for complete Catalogue, gratis and post free from 
BENJAMIN SODDY, 
Bulb Importer, WALWORTH RD., LONDON, S.E. 
P UKE WOOD CHARCOAL, specially pre¬ 
pared for Horticultural use. Extract from The Journal 
of Horticulture Charcoal is invaluable as a manurial agent; 
each little piece is a pantry full of the good things of this life. 
There is no cultivated plant which is not benefited by having 
Charcoal applied to the soil in which it is rooted.” Apply for 
pamphlet and prices to the manufacturers—HIRST, BROOKE & 
HIRST, Leeds. 
O RCHID PEAT, best quality in the Market; 
also Fibrous Loam, Brown Fibrous Peat, and all other 
descriptions at the POLYGON ORCHID PEAT STORES. 
Loose Peat, on rail in London, 2 and 4 Ton Trucks, at from 12s. 
per yard. Sold also in Sacks.—Address, JOSEPH ARNOLD, 
32, Polygon, N.W. 
P ROTECT YOUR GARDENS.—GARDEN 
NETTING supplied by H. J. GASSON at 3-5 square yards 
for Is.; is oiled and dressed ; will not rot if left out in all 
weathers. Sent any width, carriage paid on all orders over 5s. 
Can he sent on approval. Commoner Netting at 50 square 
yards, Is. Hundreds of testimonials.—HENRY JOHN GASSON, 
Fish Merchant, Rye, Sussex. Established 170 years. 
The New 
PLANT COLLAR, 
_S_ No more Pot-hound 
Plants. Beale's New Imper¬ 
ishable Terra Cotta Metal Ex¬ 
panding Plant Collar for ex¬ 
tending the Rooting Space in 
Flower Pots without Re-pot¬ 
ting. This Collar is invaluable 
for" Tomato Plants in pots, 
Pot Vines and Fruiting Trees, 
Roses, &c., and also for large 
pot-bouud Stove riants, 
Palms, Chrysanthemums, and 
all other plants that require 
surface feeding. It fits any 
size and shape of pots. All 
sizes, from (5 to 12 ins., kept 
in stock ; any other sizes cut 
to order, per instructions. 
For 6-in. pots, 4s. 6d, per do 2 .; 
S-in.,5s.perdoz.; 10-in.,5s. 0 d. 
Carriage paid.—Sole Manu¬ 
facturers', R. BEALE & Co., New Southgate, London, N. 
CARSON’S PAINT 
Patronised by 16,000 of the Nobility, Gentry, 
and Clergy, for all kinds of 
OUTDOOR WORK, CONSERVATORIES, 
Greenhouses, Frames, &c. 
1 Cwt., and Oil Mixture, Free to all Stations. 
Liquid Non-Poisonous Paints for Inside of Conservatories, &c. 
Prices, Pattenis, and Testimonials, Post Free. 
LA BELLE SALVAGE YARD, LL’DGATE HILL. E.C. 
BACHELOR’S WALK, DUBLIN Discount for Cash. 
