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THE GARDENING WORLD 
June 7, 1890. 
SALES BY 
A 
AUCTION. 
FRIDAY 
r NEXT. 
Established Orchids. 
M essrs, protheroe & morris win 
SELL by AUCTION, at their Central Sale Rooms, 
67 & 68, Cheapside, London, E.C., on FRIDAY NEXT, June 
13th, at Half-past. Twelve o'clock, a further portion of the col¬ 
lection of ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS of Messrs. J. W. Steel & 
Co., also a large number of valuable Orchids from Messrs. 
Seecer & Tropp. 
Also the collection of Orchid drawings by Durham, instead of 
Friday, June Cth, as advertised. 
On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 
WITHOUT RESERVE. 
The Collection of ORCHIDS and GREENHOUSE PLANTS of 
the late George Firth, Esq., J.P., Manningham Thorpe, 
Toller Lane, Bradford. 
No Plant of any description will be sold previous to the Sale. 
M essrs, t. s. best & iiarris respect¬ 
fully beg to give notice that they have received instruc¬ 
tions from the Exors. of George Firth, Esq., to SELL by 
AUCTION, on FRIDAY, the 6th day of June, 1S90, the Col¬ 
lection of GREENHOUSE PLANTS, amongst which will be 
found specimen plants, of the' followingRhododendrons 
Veitchii, Japonica, Duchess of Connaught^ Duke of Edinburgh, 
Countess of Haddington ; Amaryllis Empress of India, Mrs. 
George Firth, George Firth, John Heal, Mrs. W. Lee; Imanto- 
phyllums in great variety. 
On TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, the 10th and 11th days of 
June, 1890, the Extremely Valuable Collection of ORCHIDS, 
which have been bought principally in flower, and which in¬ 
clude the following plants :— 
Cattleya Gaskelliana alba 
,, Mendelii Firthii 
,, Mossife Claptoniensis 
,, ,, Reineckiana 
,, Brymeriana 
Odontoglossum Andersonia- 
num 
,, hebraiemn 
,, Ruckerianum 
,, Wilekeanum 
,, Skinneri alba 
,, Uro-Skinneri 
,, Wagneri 
,, vexillarium Cobbianum 
Cypripedium Morganiae 
,, ,, insigne 
,, Schroaerse 
Lielia aneeps Scliroderie 
,, oenanthum superhum 
„ „ alba 
,, grande 
,, - Dawsoni 
,, bellatulum roseum 
,, elegans prasiata 
Dendrobium nobile nobilius 
,, purpurata 
,, splendidissimum grandi- 
Coelogyne cristata alba 
11 'rum 
Cymbidium Dayanum 
,, Weltoni 
,, Philbrickianum 
Plialsenopsis Schilleriana alba 
Vanda Sanderiana 
,, Brymeriana 
,, coerulea 
,, tetraspis 
,, snavis Veitchii 
,, Marire 
,, planilabris 
Odontoglossum nebulosum can¬ 
Sobralia xantholeuca (sixty 
did ulum 
growths), 
Together with many other valuable varieties. 
Catalogues may be had gratis on Monday, the 2nd of June, 
at the Auctioneers' Offices, The Britisli Gallery, Bradford, 
Yorkshire, and the collection may he viewed at any time by 
applying to the Head Gardener, Mr. Collier. 
Sale to commence each day at Eleven o'clock. 
SHOW A N NOUNC E M EN TS. 
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