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THE GABDENING WORLD. 
May 3, 1890. 
KTO'5Bf (and when the plants have commenced to 
grow' is an excellent time to plant 
HOLLIES, CONIFERS, YEWS, 
and almost all EVEROrloEEN SHETTBS, also 
ASPARAGUS (TiiTi\T) 
CLEMAT IS may b M a r° ted ln 
Descriptive Lists of the above and following free. 
CREEPERS far WMli. 
R. B. LAIRD & SONS’ 
CHOICE FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
Our Catalogue for 1890 is now issued, and will be forwarded on 
application. It includes all the most desirable New Varieties, as well 
as the older and thoroughly-established kinds. 
PflQITQ IM DOTQ Best New and Old 
llU0C,0 I IN lUI 0 English and Foreign sorts. 
RICHARD SSVIITH & GO., 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
WORCEBTE R. 
Our Collection of PANSIES, VIOLAS, BEGONIAS, HOLLYHOCKS, 
DAHLIAS, ANTIRRHINUMS, PENTSTEMONS, CARNATIONS, PELAR¬ 
GONIUMS, PETUNIAS, &c., &c., is unsurpassed. 
ROYAL WINTER GARDENS, EDINBURGH. 
qw ’gww mm* m 
MILLTRACK MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
Too well known to require descrip¬ 
tion. Price 6s. per bushel; Is. extra 
per bushel for package ; or 6d. per cake, 
free by Parcel Post, Is. None genuine 
unless in sealed packages, and printed 
cultural directions enclosed, with our 
signature attacked. 
Wm. CUTBUSH & SON, 
NURSERYMEN <S SEED MERCHANTS, 
BIQHGATg girgSBBlES, 
LONDON, N. 
“DON’T BREAK YOUR BACK” 
CLIMBING TO WATER POTS ON HANGING BASKETS, 
SHELVES, &c. A HIGH LEVEL WATERING POT, 4s. 
(G. R. King’s Patent), does it in a tenth the time, without risk or 
straining.—Seedsmen, Ironmongers or Patentee, Torquay. 
THE 
“PERFECT” 
SUMMER SHADING 
Supersedes all Others 
WITHOUT WHICH 
NONE IS GENUINE. 
FOR.SHADING GLASS ROOFS OF ALL KINDS. 
Is the Cheapest. Goes four times as far as the 
old preparations. Note its merits described 
below. 
Messrs. Carlton, Contractors for the painting 
of the Glasgow Exhibition of 1888, write :— 
“ By order of the Directors we applied this Shading to the 
-floss roofing of the Glasgow Exhibition, and found it pos¬ 
sessed great advanto.ges over all other preparations we had 
met with. Being applied cold it w>s most convenient to use, 
i nd white it resisted the action of the rain the whole season 
it was at once easily removed by gentle rubbing after wetting. 
ft afforded a cool and pleasant shade, at same time admitting 
m abundance of light." 
Price. — 1-lb. tin, 1/-; 2-lb. tin, 2/-; Post free, 4 \d. extra. 
1 lb. makes half a gallon for use. _ 
THE 
“PERFECT” 
WEED KILLER 
Trial sample post free. without which 
-- —-- - NONE IS GENUINE. 
Maintains its Superiority over ail n, vais 
for permanently destroying vegetation on Walks, Carriage 
Drives, Ash Tennis Courts, Stonework grown green, <fcc. 
Used at Keic Gardens, Royal Horticultural Maidens, d rc., dec. 
COMPLETE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 
to all using Weed Killer bearing our Trade Mark, 
without which none is genuine. Refu e Imitations. 
Price— Gallon 2/-, 5 gals. 1/9 per gal., 10 gals. 1/6 per gi.l, 
40 gals. 1/4 per gal. Special quotations for quantities. 
Carriage paid on 10 gals, and upwaids. 
Used in the proportion of 1 gallon to 25 gallons of Water. 
DISTRIBUTOR for 
‘ ‘ Perfect ” Weed Killer. 
Holds 40 gallons. Wrouglit-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 
H3RTICULTURAL &. AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL COY- 
Works: 97. MILTON ST., GLASGOW. 
Principal Agents:—BLACKLEY, YOUNG & Co., 
103, HOLM STREET, GLASGOW. 
NOTICE- We originally had our Works at Tonbridge, 
Kent, but removed them to GLASGOW in January, 
1887, since which time our ONLY ADDRESS has been 
1LASGOW. - 
SOLD BY SEEDSMEN AND FLORISTS. 
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I 
CHEAL’S dahlias. 
WINNERS of the GREAT CENTENNIAL PRIZE. 
Celebrated strain of Singles, Cactus, Pompon, 
Show, and Fancy varieties. 
New Descriptive CATALOGUE now ready, post free. 
J. CHEAL & SOINS, 
The Nurseries, CRAWLEY. 
VIOLAS. YIO X^S. 
Skylark, white, edged blue, Is. 3 d. per doz. ; The Dove, dove 
colour, per doz., Is. 3d. ; Hardwick Yellow, Sovereign, Jafrana, 
Admiration, Pilrig Park, Blue King, Countess of Hopetoun, 
Mauve Queen, Countess of Kintore, Peach Blossom, &c, 12 in 
12 varieties, Is. 3d. ; 100 in 14 varieties, 8s. 6 d. Carriage paid to 
any address. 
STARKIE BALDWIN, 
WOODBINE NURSERY, BURNLEY. 
PROTECT YOUR PLANTS 
BY USING 
“FRICI 0010” CANVAS, 
A Cheap Substitute for Mats. 
To be had of all Nurserymen and Florists, or 
BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, LD„ LONDON BRIDGE, S.E. 
Bentley’s Insecticide. 
Mr. G. Wythes, Syon House, writes :— 
“ Bentley’s Insecticide is a great saving in comparison to 
others. We use it largely, and it never fails to thoroughly 
eradicate all insect pests.” In sample bottles, 4/1, 2/4, postage 
paid ; ^-gallon, 51- ; 1 gallon, 9/-. 
To he had of the Trade or Sole Manufacturer, 
JOSEPH BENTLEY, 
CHEMICAL WORKS, BARROW-ON-HUMBER, HULL. 
FERNS A SPECIALITY. 
The largest, most complete and profusely ILLUSTRATED 
CATALOGUE OF FERNS ever published, containing over 
120 Illustrations and much valuable practical information on the 
cultivation of Ferns, &c., including comprehensive List of useful 
Gardening Books. 
One Shilling and Sixpence, post free. 
Smaller Catalogue of about 1,400 species and varieties, free on 
application. 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, 
FERN NURSERY, 
SALE. MANCHESTER. 
FORBES’ CATALOGUE 
OF 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS 
FOR 1890 (116 pages), 
Is the LARGEST. BEST, MOST RELIABLE and COMPLETE 
ever issued on Florists’ Flowers. It gives accurate des¬ 
criptions of THOUSANDS of VARIETIES of Florists’ Flowers 
that cannot be had elsewhere, besides a very full List, giving 
colour, HEIGHT, MONTH of FLOWERING, and price ofnearly 
ONE THOUSAND varieties of PERENNIAL and HARDY 
BORDER PLANTS, with a mass of other USEFUL INFOR¬ 
MATION indispensable to all who would excel in the culti¬ 
vation of Flowers. 
This Catalogue is a most useful and convenient reference 
Book on ail Sections of Florists' Flowers, and should be in the 
hands of all who love a Garden. 
FREE ON APPLICATION. 
JOHN FORBES, 
NURSERYMAN, * 
HAWICK, SCOTLAND. 
Now Ready. Price Sixpence. Post Free for Seven Stamps. 
THE FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT QF THE 
CARNATION AND PICOTEE UNION. 
A HISTORY OF THE CARNATION FOR 1889. 
Should be in the hands of every Lover of the Flower. 
Address, the Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, 
MR. DODWELL, 
THE COTTAGE, STANLEY ROAD, OXFORD. 
PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS— Full value forall Subscriptions 
returned annually in Plants from the surplus growth of Mr. 
Dodwell’s unrivalled Collection. 
STERLING VALUE. 
Hartland’s “APRIL QUEEN” BROCCOLI, sealed packets, 
Is. 6 d. For purity, weight aud quality not to be equalled. 
*** Y T ear Book of “ RARE SEEDS” for 1890. A few partly 
reserved copies are now disposable, post free. Everyone seems 
to want this, in conjunction with my “ ILLUSTRATED BOOK 
OF DAFFODILS.” I shall be lifting the Daffodil crop about 
the end May, particularly “ ARD-RIGH,” to fill Colonial orders, 
and shall be happy to give market growers, special offers for 
large quantities. 
Hartland's New Double Quilled Perennial SUNFLOWER 
“SOLEIL D'OR,” plants, each, Is. 3d,, post free_. 
WM. BAYLOR HARTLAND, Old Established’Garden Seed 
Warehouse, 24, Patrick Street, Cork. 
“NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT TREES.” 
R OBERT NEAL begs to call the attention of 
Gentlemen, Local Boards, Builders, and others 
who intend planting this season, to his large and varied 
stock of Shrubs, Standard and Ornamental and Forest 
Trees, Fruit Trees, Roses, and Climbing Plants, &c., 
which, being well transplanted, are in fine condition 
for removal, and having been grown in the vicinity of 
London, are specially adapted for Town and Street 
Plantings. Special quotations for large quantities. 
Delivery free within a radius of six miles of the 
Nursery. Inspection of the stock solicited. Cata¬ 
logues free on application. “Also to offer extra fine 
Forcing Sea Kale and Rhubarb.” 
THE NURSERIES, 
TRINITY ROAD, 
WANDSWORTH COMMON. 
NOTE THIS—PANSIES. 
rpHE largest and most select Collection of 
I SCOTCH PANSIES ever brought together. I will send 
for 10s. 1 doz. First Class Competition var , including the famous 
new var., “ Lord Hamilton.” It obtained the highest certi¬ 
ficate at the Scotch Pansy Society in June last, as also at 12 
other societies. Other very fine varieties for exhibition or 
decoration, 2s. 6 d,, 4s., 6s., and Ss. per doz. Violas in 12 fine 
varieties fur Is. 6 d. My “Treatise on the Cultivation of the 
Pansy ” (every grower should have it), Id .; cloth, Is. Id., post 
free. Seed (show and fancy), Is. and 2s. 6d. per packet. Pansy 
and Seed List on application. 
ALEX. LISTER, Pansy Specialist, Rothesay, N.B. 
“PLANT FEEDERS.” 
(BOOTY’S PATENT.) 
A cheap, scentless, portable, and most effective application of 
Artificial Manure to all Plant, Tree, and Vegetable life. They 
are compressed, Cone shape, and pushed into the soil out of 
sight. 
The “Plant Feeders” produce surprising health, luxuriant 
growth, and abundance of bloom, to which is imparted extra¬ 
ordinary brilliancy, with increased size and beauty to the flowers. 
The “ Feeders ” can also be given to Fruit Trees, Vines, Roses, 
and Vegetables, either indoors or out in the open. 
2s. 2d. per 100, in Tin Boxes. Carriage Paid. Case 
of 12 Boxes, fil Is. 
ARTHUR BOOTY 8c Co., 
Florists. HIGH HARROGATE. 
