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VOL. Vi. - IN 0. j covent Garden, W.C. f 
SATURDAY, MARCH 15th, 1890. 
Registered at the General Post | 
Office as a Newspaper. j 
ONE PENNY. 
Post Free ljd. 
S UPERB ORCHIDS, CHEAP.—Thousands 
to select from. Write for list, free.—P. McARTHUR, 
The London Nursery, 4, Maida Vale, London, W. 
W ANTED, with flower spikes, in bud, 
Cyinbidium Lowiannm for cash, or in exchange for 
nfirnr Dvnlnrl o All nnrUnnlnw. LI T A* TV. « AfK «« .. i' it rni _ 
The 
other Orcliids. All particulars to H. J. V., The Office of' 
Gardening World.” 
P ALMS AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
Wanted for Cash. State lowest price and full particulars 
to SIMMONDS BROS., Ltd., 3a, Sloane Street, S.W. 
P LATYCODON GEANDTFLOEA, grand 
novelty from Japan, producing star-shaped flowers 3 ins. 
across, blue and white, exquisitely veined ; grows 3 ft. high, and 
will give abundance of flowers in open border all summer. Six 
strong roots, 2s. 6 d., free.—FREDERICK BULL, Wormingford, 
Colchester. __ ’ 
P ANSIES.—100 stout, well-rooted, autumn- 
transplanted plants, in S separate named varieties, care¬ 
fully packed, free for 3s.—J. GALVIN'S Nurseries, Roscommon. 
F IEST PRIZE NOVELTIES. — Bean, 
Bunyard’s Exhibition Longpod, the finest ever sent out, 
pkts. Is. 2d., post free. Bean, The Czar Runner, the finest pole 
Bean, enormous pods, fine flavour, pkts. Is. and 2s. 6 d., post 
free, from the growers, GEORGE BUNYARD & Co., Maidstone. 
Ferns! Ferns 11 Ferns 111 
T EADE OFFEE, in 20 most'saleable sorts, 
at 12s. per 100. Adiantum cuneatum, Pteris, Polypodium, 
Lygodium, Onychium, Polystichum, Cyrtomium, &c„ &c. 
Packed free for cash. Few sorts from stores, at 6s. per 100, 
or 50s. per 1,000.—J. SMITH, London Fern Nursery, 140, 
Loughborough Road, Brixton, S.W, 
E NTEEPEISE.—My noted “Eeform ” Col¬ 
lection of Vegetable Seeds, 23 varieties, including Beans 
and Peas, free. Postal Order, 2s. 6<f.—ALLEN, Seed Grower, 
Mildenhall. 
A DIANTUM WALTON IE DIFFUSUM, 
jLJL First Class Certificate, much superior to Adiantum 
fragrantissima, nice plants, direct from the raiser, Is. each, 
G for os., post free. Choice named Auriculas and Pelargoniums. 
Lists on application.—WILLIAM GOLBY, Edgend Nursery, 
Brierfield, Burnley, Lanes. 
Q K SWEET WILLIAMS (Hooper’s Victoria) 
& O for Is. 3d.; 12 Pansies, 9<i,—R. NASH, West End Road, 
High Wycombe. 
R 
OSES ! ROSES !! EOSES !!!—The best 
and cheapest in the world ; 40 choice Perpetuals for 21s. 
Purchasers’ selection from 400 best varieties. Catalogues free on 
application. Ten acres of Roses, 100,000 grand plants to select 
from; plant now.—JAMES WALTERS, Rose Grower, Exeter. 
pHR Y S ANTHEMUM CULTURE/— 
YO Standen’s Manure admitted by growers to be unrivalled 
for this purpose. In tins, Is., 2s. 6d., 5s. 6 d. and 10s. 6d. each. 
Sold by all Seedsmen. 
I ) OSES, on own roots, 6, 2s. 6d. ; 12, 4*'. ; 
V 50, 15s. Violets, best varieties, 12, 2s. ; 50, 5s. Green¬ 
house Ferns, IS for 2s. 6 d. Clematis montana, white, 6 for 2s. 
Large-flowering Clematis, 4 for 2s. 6 d. All true to name. Car¬ 
riage paid. Catalogue gratis.—H. ENGLISH, Clevedon Nur¬ 
series, Clevedon. 
M ~ ESSRS. GREGORY & EVANS,~Nur- 
serymen, Sidcup, and 2S5, 2S6, 2S7, 2SS, Flower Market, 
Covent Garden, London, W.C., are open to RECEIVE CON¬ 
SIGNMENTS of Choice CUT FLOWERS in any quantity for 
their Commission Department. Boxes and Labels supplied. 
Telegraph Address—“COMMISSION, SIDCUP.” 
pHRYSANTHEMUMS —NOVELTIES for 
VJ 1890.—Having obtained at the Special Exhibitions of la*t 
season a Gold Medal, two Silver-gilt Medals, and four Silver 
Medals. Send for Catalogue to M. DE REYDELLET, a Valence, 
Drome, France. 
F OUR-BUSHEL SACK OF BEST LEAF- 
MOULD (Pure Oak Leaf), carriage paid to London, for 
3s. 6d.—E. VANDER MEERSCH, Queen's Nursery, Selhurst,S.E. 
YAECHID PEAT, best quality in the Market; 
V_/ 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. 
L awn mowers.—T he “excelsior” 
(Patent) has the largest sale in the World, and is 
pronounced by all gardeners to be the very best for keeping the 
lawn in prime condition. The Patent “NEW MODEL" is 
guaranteed to be the easiest working machine in the Market. 
Can be had of all Ironmongers and Seedsmen. Price Lists post 
f ™ m the Manufacturers, CHADBORN & COLDWELL 
M (g. Cn., 223, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C. 
_Th e largest makers of Lawn Mowers in the World. 
T AINGS’ CHRYSANTHEMUMS.— Two 
9rv LD * IEDALS aD< i SIX FIRST PRIZES awarded in 
The ’ r Descriptive Catalogue, containing all the best 
novelties, should be read by all lovers of these beautiful flower- 
mg Plants. Early orders solicited to secure good plants. 
JOHN LAING & SONS, Chrysanthemum Specialists, 
Forest Hill, S. E. 
: AIRD’S GARDEN SEEDS are the best 
J—4 for Competition and General use. Specialties—Laird's 
Craigo Brussels Sprouts, MeCombie’s Beet (Ornamental and 
Culinary), Laird’s Prize Moss-curled Parsley—per pkt., Is., post 
free. Catalogues on application.—R. B. LAIRD & SONS, 
Seed Merchants, Edinburgh. 
Sole Agents in Scotland for Bason’s Wonderful New Milltrack 
Mushroom Spawn. 
S UTTON’S IMPROVED CAMELLIA- 
FLOWERED BALSAM.—This magnificent strain sur¬ 
passes in extraordinary size, perfect form, and brilliancy of 
colour, any hitherto introduced. Mr. H. Collins, Gardener to 
the Rev. J. Hill, says “ I never saw better Balsams; they 
were admired by everyone.” Six varieties, separate. 30 seeds 
of each, 5s. ; four varieties, separate, 20 seeds of each, 2s. 6 d. ; 
mixed, Is. 6 d. per packet, post free. 
BUTTON'S SEEDS GENUINE ONLY 
DIRECT FROM SUTTON & SONS, The Queen’s Seeds¬ 
men, READING. 
New Chrysanthemums for 1890. 
TAMES CARTER & Co. have one of the 
ts largest and most perfect stocks in the country. For full 
particulars, see Carters’ beautifully illustrated CATALOGUE, 
Gratis and Post Free to intending customers. 
Royal Seedsmen by Sealed Warrants. 
_ 237 & 23S, High Holb qrn, London, W.C. 
B EGONIA SEED — Sow now. The best 
and cheapest is Box’s Strain—surest of germination, finest 
of flowers. Single varieties, half packet, 6d. ; per packet, Is. 
Double varieties, half packet, KM. ; per packet, Is. 6 d. 
TUBERS, grand, for pot growth, six choice Singles and six choice 
Doubles, superior to named sorts, colours include red, crimson, 
scarlet, pink, rose, white, yellow, orange, salmon, 21s. the 12; 
half quantity, 10s. 6d. ; post free. Most complete LIST in the 
Trade, gratis.-JOHN R. BOX (for 10 years J. Laing’s Sole 
Partner), Seedsman and Begonia Grower, Croydon. (Quote this 
Paper.) 
TRIS KZEMPEERI.—Superb new unnamed 
-L varieties. Purchased by me at Tokio, Japan, from a 
Japanese Florist. Plants well established and hardy. Have a 
small number to dispose of at Is. per root. Japanese CATA¬ 
LOGUE of these new Iris, with coloured plates of flowers, sent 
for inspection post free for three stamps.—Address to GERALD 
WALLER, Esq., Belmont House, Wragby, Lincolnshire. 
Wanted. 
f ARGE PALMS, DRACAENAS, 
1—i CROTONS, ASPIDISTRAS, AZALEAS, ASPARAGUS 
TENUISSIMUS, and A. PLUMOSUS NANUS, for cash or 
exchange. Small stuff for growing.—Apply to the MANAGER, 
Peacock Nurseries, Great Church Lane, Hammersmith, W 
S IX CAMELLIAS or AZALEA INDICA, 
full of buds, r s. 6d. ; large healthy plants of either 
in 5-inch pots ; larger specimens in 7-inch pots, 2s. 6d. each. 
Six Azalea Mollis, lull of buds, 7s. 6d. Twelve choice green¬ 
house Ferns, 3s.—E. VANDER MEERSCH, Queen’s Nursery, 
Selhurst, S.E. 
PPO BE DISPOSED OF, on account of a 
_L gentleman making alterations in his gardens, a number of 
greenhouse plants, consisting of a pair of Tree Ferns, trunks 
3| ft. high A pair of Palms, Latania borbonica (large). Twelve 
Camellias (all choice varieties). Azalea indiea, besides numerous 
other plants. For further particulars apply to Mr. TROTTER, 
Fenton, Wooler. 
T WO NEW and RARE HARDY PEREN- 
NIAL PLANTS. — Golden Quilled Double Perennial 
Sunflower, “Soleil d’Or," rare, splendid plant for autumn bloom¬ 
ing, florets distinctly quilled to the centre, each, Is. ; doz. 10s. 
Harpalium rigidum semi-plenum, long narrow golden florets, 
incurved when fully expanded, semi-double, strong plants, 
each, 6 d. ; doz., os.—BLAIR, Florist, 73, Patrick Street, Cork. 
Abridged List of Herbaceous Plants gratis and post free. 
B ARR’S Descriptive List of VEGETABLE 
and FLOWER SEEDS, Free. Full of useful informa¬ 
tion.—Selections of Vegetable Seeds, 12s. 6d., 21s., 31s. 6d., 42s., 
63s. and upwards. Selections of Flower Seeds, 2s. 6d., 3s. 6d., 
5s. 6d., 7s. Qd., 10s. 6d., 15s., 21s. and upwards. Gladioli, 
Hyacinthus candicans, Tigridias, Anemone fulgens, Tuberoses, 
&c , for Spring planting. Descriptive list free on application.— 
BARR & SON, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden, London. 
Silver Sand!! 
/COARSE and FINE BEDFORDSHIRE.— 
YO 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 Buzzard for cash), ready for quick despatch. 
Send to JOSEPH ARNOLD, “only address ” as above, to the 
Polygon. 
WEN’S CHRYSANTHEMUMS.—Finest 
collection of Novelties in Europe. Owen’s Imperial 
Tuberous BEGONIAS, best strain in the Kingdom, seed, Is., 
Is. 6d., and 2s. 6d. pkt; Tubers, 3s. 6d., 5s., 7s. 6d., 10s. 6d. doz. 
Owen’s Imperial PRIMULAS, certificated and commended by 
R.H.S., seed, mixed. Is., Is. 6d., and 2s. 5d. pkt. List free.— 
R. OWEN, Florist, Maidenhead. 
o 
Wanted. 
OOKS FOR A GARDENER’S LIBRARY. 
New or Second Hand.—Apply to the Hon, Secretary, 
10, London Road, Reading. 
B 
TAMES BOYD & SONS, PAISLEY, Horti- 
tt cultural Builders and Heating Engineers. Illustrated 
Circulars, Plans and Estimates free on application. Complete 
Catalogue, 3s. 
T WEEKS & Co., Horticultural Engineers 
fJ • to Her Ma jesty, H.R.H, the Prince of Wales, H.Mi 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 ] 
s, 
HIE THAMES BANK IRON COMPANY, 
J_ Heating Engineers to II.M. War Department, Science and 
Art Department, South Kensington, &c. Gold and Silver 
Medals, Birmingham, 1872; London, 18S3. 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.—ALFRED 
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 be 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. 
TAMES GRAY, HORTICULTURAL 
t) BUILDER AND HOT-WATER ENGINEER.—Apply for 
Catalogue and Estimates to Danvers Street, Chelsea. S.W. 
C. CLAY’S INVIGORATORfor PLANTS 
—Quick, lasting, economical.- Marsh Island, Stratford 
New Town, London, E. 
T OOPE’S patent propagators, 
FUMIGATORS, FRAME - HEATERS, HOT-WATER 
BOILERS. Catalogues free.—C. TOOPE (F.R.H.S) & Co„ 
Stepney Square, London, E. 
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 all kinds at the lowest prices. Awarded numerous 
Prize Medals. Catalogue free. 
T OBACCO PAPER.—Superior, Genuine 
Roll Paper, 9d. per lb. ; 14 lbs, 10s. Send 5s. 3d. for 
sample 7 lb. packet. Reduction for quantities. SHORLAND 
& Co., 26, Southwell Street, Kingsdown, Bristol. 
P URE 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. 
EESON’S MANURE —The Best and 
1 Cheapest Fertiliser for all purposes. Write for Circular 
containing the leading Gardeners' and Market-growers’ reports. 
Sold in Tins, Is., 2s. 6d., 5s. 6rf., and 10s. 6d. each, or 1-cwt. Bags, 
sealed, 13s., by all Seedsmen, orapply direct to W. H. BEESON, 
Carbrook Bone Mills, Sheffield. 
P EAT, SAND, LOAM, GARDEN 
NETTING, &c„ at special low prices. Price List post 
free on application.—BRTNKWORTH & SONS, Reading. 
H eating apparatus. —Write for 
Illustrated Catalogue to the Inventors, JONES & 
ATTWOOD, Stourbridge. 
R oofing felti roofing feltm— 
Best quality Asphalte Roofing Felt, in rolls 25 yds. long, 
32 ins, wide, No 1, 4s. 1(M. per roll : No. 2, 6s. 6d. per roll; No. 3, 
9s. per roll ; carriage paid. Nails, Is. per 1000. Over 5000 rolls 
in stock. Awarded 10 Gold and Silver Medals.—ANDREW 
POTTER. Melbourne Works, and Snow Hill, Wolverhampton. 
G ISHURST COMPOUND.— Used by lead- 
ing gardeners since 1859 against Bed Spider, Mildew, 
Thrips, Green Fly, and other Blight. 1 to 2 ozs. to the gallon 
of soft-water, 4 to 16 ozs. as a winter dressing for Vines and 
Orchard House Trees, and in lather from the cake against 
American Blight. Has outlived many preparations intended to • 
supersede it. Boxes, Is., 3s., and 10s. 6 d, 
G ISHURSTINE keeps Boots Dry and Soft 
on wet ground. Boxes. Od. and Is., from the trade. 
Wholesale from PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE Co. (Limited), 
London. 
B RIDCtFORDS’ ANTISEPTIC LIQUID. 
The best and safest Insect Destroyer. Sold by all Seeds¬ 
men and Nurserymen. In bottles, at Is. 6<f. and 3s. each, and 
wholesale of Sole Proprietors, JAMES CARTER, DUNNETT & 
BEALE, 23S, and 372 High Holborn, London. Each bottle 
bears full instructions for application. 
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