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THE GARDENING- WORLD 
April 26, 1890. 
S AL ES BY AUCTION. 
SPECIAL SALE, TUESDAY NEXT. 
Orchids in Flower. 
M essrs, protheroe & morris win 
SELL by AUCTION, at their Central Sale Rooms, 67 & 
68, Cheapside, London, E.C., on TUESDAY NEXT, April 20th', 
at Half-past Twelve o'clock, a quantity of ORCHIDS IN 
FLOWER and BUD from various collections; also about SO 
lots of ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS from a private collection. 
On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 
WEDNESDAY NEXT. 
4,000 Lilies from Japan, including Lilium Kranieri, L. Bate- 
mannise, L. album Kratzeri, L. rubrum cruentum, L. Hansoni, 
L. Washingtonianum, L. Huinboldti, L. superburn, L. auratum, 
L. virginale, L. rubro vittatum, L. pictum, L. Japanese 
elegans, L. eordifolium, L. Szovitzianum ; 1,000 Anemone The 
Bride, 500 choice Begonias, 2,000 Gladiolus, Vallotas, and 
Dahlias ; also a consignment of Azaleas, Dracaenas, Palms, 
&c., from Belgium, and a choice assortment of Ferns, and 
Greenhouse Plants. 
M essrs, protheroe & morris will 
SELL the above by AUCTION at their Central Sale 
Rooms, 67 & 68, Cheapside, London, E.C., on WEDNESDAY 
NEXT, April 30th, at Half-past Twelve o'clock precisely. 
On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 
FRIDAY NEXT. 
Imported and Established Orchids. 
Odontoglossum Roezlii. 
Pes catorea Klabochorum. 
Odontoglossum crispum. 
M essrs, protheroe & morris are 
instructed by Messrs. Charlesworth, Shottleworth 
& Co.,of Heaton, Bradford, and 191 Park Road, Olapham, to SELL 
by AUCTION, at their Central Sale Rooms, 67 & 68, Cheapside, 
London, E.C., on FRIDAY NEXT, May 2nd, at Half-past 
Twelve o’clock precisely, a large consignment of Orchids, con¬ 
sisting of O. Roezlii, just received in splendid condition and 
health; also a few remaining plants of Epideridrum Fridricei 
Guilelmi, the last lot we intend offering. These plants are now 
perfectly safe, and just begin to root. Every plant is furnished 
with a young growth. 
The Sale will also include a fine lot of Odontoglossum crispum 
from the best Pacho district, O. citrosmum, the sweet-scented 
Cattleya citrina, a few plants of the valuable Pescatorea 
Klabochorum, Oncidium Kramerianum, O. Weltoni, and Mas- 
devallia polystieta. 
Also a private collection from’Gloucestershire, about 100 lots, 
including several very fine specimens, and a consignment of 
Green Tree Frogs. 
On view morning of Sale,a nd Catalogues had. 
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