January 4, 1890. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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SELEOT CARDEN SEEDS. 
IRELAND & THOMSON 
BEG TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEIR 
DESCRIPTIVE PRICED CATALOGUE 
OF 
VEGETABLE & FLOWER SEEDS, 
FRENCH HYBRID GLADIOLI AND OTHER GARDEN REQUISITES 
FOR 1890 
Is now ready, and will be s&t Post Free on Application. 
81, PRINCES STREET^ EDINBURGH. 
200,000 
RHODODENDRONS.— 
Fine, healthy, bushy stuff, splendidly 
budded :—SEEDLING?, 12 ins., 4s. per doz.; do., IS ins., 6s. per 
doz.; do., 24 ins , 9s. per doz. 
Finest named HYBRIDS, IS ins., 18s. per doz.; do., do., 21 ins., 
24s. per doz. 
AZALEA PONTICA, loins., 6s.; IS ins., Ss. per doz. Splendidly- 
set with buds. 
LAUREL ROTUNDIFOLIA, 21 ft., 6s. per doz.; 3 ft., 9s. per 
doz. 
IRISH IVIES, from ground, 3 to 4 ft., 25s. and 30s. per 100. 
,, ,, staked, in pots, 4 ft., 6s. per doz.; 5 ft., 9s. perdoz.; 
6 ft , 12s. per doz. All sizes up to 12 ft. 
Packing free for cash with order, or delivered within 10 miles. 
Special Culture of Trees, Shrubs, and Climbers, suitable for 
Town Planting. Special quotations for Parks, Squares, Ac. 
W. FROMOW & SONS, Sutton Court Nursery aud Seed 
Establishment, Chiswick, London, W. 
Catalogues of Plants, Bulbs, or Seeds on application. 
CUCUMBER, 
LOCKIE’S_PERFECTION. 
CHARLES TURNER 
Having purchased the stock of this sterling new variety, has 
much pleasure to introduce it. and can with the greatest con¬ 
fidence recommend it as the best Cucumber ever seDt out. 
FOR LIST OF TESTIMONIALS, Ac., SEE CIRCULAR. 
Price per Packet, Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. 
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The Royal Nurseries, Slough. 
Messrs. HURST and SON, of London, 
are sole 'Wholesale Agents. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, 
Mrs. ALPHEUS HARDY, 
FIRST INTRODUCED TO EUROPE BY 
PITCHER & PANDA, 
UNITED STATES NURSERIES, SHORT-HILLS, Jt.J. 
Who have been awarded very many First Class Certificates and 
Medals for this meritorious novelty. The only hairy white 
Incurved Japanese Chrysanthemum and perfectly unique. 
CuttiDgs, also rooted plants now ready for distribution. For 
price of above and Catalogue of other American Novelties, apply 
to the European Agent: 
A, J. MANDA 
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139, BARRY RD., E. DULWICH, LONDON, S.E. 
FOR PL EASURE and PROFIT. 
rniSIT N othing so profitable and easy to grow. 
rslUlli 74 Acres in Stock. 
See Catalogue for simple Instructions and kinds of 
Trees to suit all soils. 
20 Acres. 
Bushes, 85 . per doz.; 60 s. per 100. 
ggf" Packing and carriage free for cash with order. 
ROSES IN POTS from 15s. per dozen. 
ORNAMENTAL TREES. -91 Acres. 4 Acres of 
Glass. 
CLEMATIS (80,000), 12s., 18s. and 24s. per dozen. 
SEEDS & BULBS. 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST FREE. 
ROSES. 
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RICHARD SMITH & Go. 
WORCESTER. 
OOXJD 
Quite the most Original Catalogue in the Trade. Terms and Prices 
certainly the best. Post Free to every applicant. 
EVERY GARDENER should in 
his own interest see our Cata¬ 
logue, as a number of specially 
good things can only be ob¬ 
tained from us. We specially 
urge gardeners to write for it. 
THE NEW JAPANESE 
PRIMULAS are the most re¬ 
markable flowers in this group 
ever introduced, they will one 
day be as generally grown as 
Primula sinensis. Three 
medals in three weeks. These 
are of such very special char¬ 
acter that every lover of very 
choice flowers should see our 
list. Gems for cutting. 
GOLD MEDAL for Tuberous Be¬ 
gonias, which are the cheapest 
in the trade. Every lover of 
Begonias should see our list. 
We are very strong here. 
SEEDS THAT GIVE SATISFAC¬ 
TION—Our great strength as a 
seed firm, and the cause of our 
extraordinary increasing trade 
is the high quality of our flower 
seeds, and the front position we 
occupy for exhibition vege¬ 
tables. 
The best proof of our confidence 
that our terms and prices are 
the best is that we send our 
grand illustrated descriptive 
practical-note Catalogue post 
free to every applicant. 
£50 AND TWO MEDALS offered 
by us to our customers only on 
so ingenious a method that all 
can compete on fair and equal 
terms wherever they reside. 
All who can grow things well 
should certainly see our 
Catalogue. 
& SON, 
SEED MERCHANTS, 
SALE, MANCHESTER. 
■Ss 
RYDER 
JERSEY FRUIT TREES AND ROSES. 
Carriage paid. Packed gratis. 
Strong healthy trees, the finest that money can buy. 
Roses wonderfully cheap. Cordons a specialite. Before 
ordering be sure to write for our Illustrated Catalogues. 
Joshua Le Cornu & Son, High View Nurseries. 
WEBBS 
The hand- ' 
somest 
Catalogue. I 
SPRING 
The most 
practical 
Catalogue. 
CATALOGUE 
FOR 1890. 
Beautifully illustrated with four coloured plates and numerous 
engravings, and containing complete Cultural Instructions, 
and an Original Article, entitled “Flowers for Home Decoration. 
Now Ready. Post Tree, Is. Gratis to 
Customers. 
The Queen's Seedsmen by Royal Warrant, 
WORDSLEY , STOURBRIDGE. 
HEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
AWARDED SILVER MEDAL and TWENTY CERTIFICATES, 
T/h© Finest Collection in. Europe, 
MRS S COLEMAN (awarded six First Class Certificates) 
golden bronze sport, shaded rose, from Princess of Wales. 
5s. each; 3 for 12s. 6 d. 
ADA SPAULDING, the largest incurved variety ever raised ; 
colour deep rose, with lighter centre. Won Harrison and 
four other Cups and Prizes in America as the best seedling. 
5s. each. 
JOHN LAMBERT, sport from Lord Alcester, a soft creamy 
yellow, shaded rose ; distinct and superior to Emily Dale or 
Golden Queen in build and colour, considered the best of 
the Queen family. 3s. 6 d. each. 
Orders executed in rotation early in March. I hold the stock 
of these three grand novelties. No exhibitor can win in future 
without them. Catalogue of over 100 splendid novelties and 
general stock, in press, price 6 d„ gratis to customers ; culture by 
E. Molyneux, W. Tunnington, and C. Orchard. 
ROBERT OWEN, 
Floral Nursery, 
MAIDENHEAD. 
CUTBUSH'S 
MILLTRAQK MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
Too well known to require descrip¬ 
tion. Price 6s. per bushel; Is. extra 
per bushel for package ; or 6d. per coke, 
free by Parcel Post, Is. None genuine 
unless in sealed packages, and printed 
cultural directions enclosed, with our 
signature attached. 
Wm. CUTBUSH & SON, 
NURSERYMEN A SEED MERCHANTS, 
EEGEGA/TB SUSSBBIES, 
LONDON, N. 
C. JACKMAN & SON 
FRUIT TREES 
CUMBERS 
Beg to offer a large and. well-grown stock of the 
following :— 
Of the leading varieties, suitable for Market 
and Private Gardens. 
gjfjlQEQ —Choice and Exhibition varieties, selected Standards 
ItOuEai and Dwarfs. Also in pots for Forcing. 
DUnnnnCMnDOMO Of the best named sorts, well set with 
nHUUUULiYUnuFia buds. Also Hybrid Seedling and 
Ponticum for Shrubbery and Covert planting. 
CONIFERS _A lar S e colleotion for Lawns and P leasure 
QUDIIRQ —Ornamental and Flowering, adapted for Belts, 
OElnUDCa Shrubberies, Screens, &c. 
TjSCCe —Ornamental and Flowering, for Parks, Avenues, 
I nCLv. Streets, and Private Gardens. 
FOREST TREES For Co ! erts ’ Screens * &0 ' Allgrownty 
in large variety, for Walls. Trellises, Rock- 
work, &c., including their celebrated Clematis. 
G. J. <£• SON have also to offer a 
NFW P.IFMAT13 MRS ' baron veillard, 
■*““** Wts-iBin 1 b wj a ] lan( j s ome variety of the Jackmanni 
type. It is a vigorous grower, bearing a profusion of distinct 
light lilac-rose flowers of medium size from July to October. 
It can be highly recommended for its good qualities, and 
should be added.' to every collection. Price on application. 
LANDSCAPE GARDENING a leading feature. Plans 
made and Estimates given for laying out Estates, Public 
Parks, Cemeteries, Private Gardens, and Pleasure Grounds. 
The New Descriptive and Priced Catalogue free on 
application. 
WOKING NURSERY, 
WOKING, SURREY. 
