Vol. VI.-No. 305. !°SfiS“K'! SATURDAY, JULY 5 th, 1890. 
j Registered at the General Post | 
( Office as a Newspaper. j 
ONE PENNY. 
Post Free 1 \d. 
OUPERB ORCHIDS, CHEAP.—Thousands 
hD to select from. Write for list, free.—P. McARTHUR, 
The London Nursery, 4, Maida Vale, London, W. 
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. 
rpo ORCHID GROWERS.—SPHAGNUM 
JL MOSS, fresh and clean, 5s. per sack. Collected as ordered. 
—G. CARRADICE, Monument Place, Kendal. 
/CHRYSANTHEMUM CULTURE.— 
\.J Standen's Manure admitted by growers to be unrivalled 
for this purpose. In tins, Is., 2s. 6 d., 5s. 6 d. and 10s. 6 d. each. 
Sold by all Seedsmen. 
B uyers of black currants and 
SHALLOTS (Dutch) please send your Address and 
References to JE. AR. VAN DEN BLINK, Brielle (Holland), 
who is now open to book orders. Moderate prices. First 
quality of Fruits. 
East Lothian Intermediate Stocks. 
f I THOMAS METHYEN & SONS offer their 
choice strain of the above, in five varieties—viz., Scarlet, 
Purple, White, Crimson, and White Wall-leaved, at Is., 2s. 6d., 
and os. each colour. Price to the Trade on application. 
By Royal Warrant, Nurserymen and Seedsmen to the Queen, 
Edinburgh. 
R oses, clematis, greenhouse, and 
HARDY PLANTS.—New and Descriptive Catalogue 
now ready, containing a full list of New Roses, post free upon 
application. All reasonably priced.—H. ENGLISH, Clevedon 
Nurseries, Clevedon. 
B ulbs eor autumn flowering.— 
Summer Planting List now ready of RARE CROCUS 
SPECIES for Autumn and Spring flowering, Beautiful and 
Rare COLCHICUMS, STERNBERG!A (Lily of the Field) 
ZEPHYRANTHES (Flowers of the West Wind), PYRETH- 
RUMS for Autumn planting, &c., &c. List free on application. 
—BARR & SON, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden. 
KA non MAIDENHAIR FERNS—8, 
t/V)OOU Is. 'ili. ; 50 fronds, Is. 3d. 6 Greenhouse 
Ferns, Is. 3d. Penny Plants (Fuchsias, Geraniums, Coleus, 
Heliotropes, Abutilons, Marguerites, Verbenas, Cyperus, Bal¬ 
sams. Passion Flowers, Honeysuckles, Ferns, Isolepis), 12 for 
Is. 3d. Carriage paid. Our Guide is the best book published 
for amateurs ; one sent free with every order for one month._ 
TURNER, Thatto Heath, St. Helens. 
B edding plants for sale.— 
GERANIUMS, Scarlet, White, Crimson, and Pink, best 
sorts, 10s. per 100 ; Silver edge, Bronze, Crystal Palace Gem 
12s. per 100. VEBBENAS, 10s. per 100. HELIOTROPES Ss 
per 100. FUCHSIAS, Ss. per 100. CALCEOLARIA, 6s. per 100.’ 
LOBELIA, best, 3s. per 100. AGERATUM, Dwarf Blue, 5s. per 
100. PELARGONIUMS, 2s. per dozen. All good strong plants. 
Terms cash.—T. BOX, Perry Street Nursery, Gravesend, Kent. 
R OSES, on own roots, 6, 2s. 6cl. ; 12, 4s. ; 
50, 15s. Violets, best varieties, 12, 2s. ; 50, 5s. Green¬ 
house Ferns, 18 for 2s. 6 d. Clematis montana, white, 6 for 2s 
Large-flowering Clematis, 3 for 2s. 6d. All true to name. Car¬ 
nage paid. Catalogue gratis.—H. ENGLISH, Clevedon Nur¬ 
series, Clevedon. See also Advt. p. 690. 
QLUGICIDE (Registered).—Certain Death 
kl? to Slugs, Fertiliser to Soil, perfectly harmless to Plant, 
Vegetable and Animal Life. Delicate Seedlings are absolutely 
secure if sprinkled with Slugicide. Price, 1 s.'dd. per box, Post 
Free.—THE SLUGICIDE COMPANY, 6, Mary-le-Port Street, 
Bristol, and all seedsmen. 
Ferns ! Ferns I! Ferns 1! I 
T RADE OFFER, in 20 most saleable sorts, 
at 12s. per 100. Adiantums, Pteris, Polypodiums, Lygo- 
dium, Onychinm, Polystichum, Cyrtomiums, &c. Adiantuni 
cuneatmn, large stuff, ready to pot at once, in 5-in. pots, 16s. 
and 20s. pi r 100. Pteris cretica. P. cristata, and few other sorts, 
from stores, at 6s. per 100, or 50s. per 1000. Packed free, cash 
with order.—J. SMITH, London Fern Nursery, Loughborough 
Road, S.W. 
ipHE FARMER and CHAMBER of AGRI- 
-L CULTURE JOURNAL. Every Monday. ONE PENNY. 
This JOURNAL, in its forty-fifth year, is now published at 
One Penny weekly, and is the largest, cheapest, and best Agri¬ 
cultural Paper. It contains all the Agricultural News of the 
Week, the latest Markets, and numerous original and interesting 
articles on Farming subjects by the leading Agricultural Writers 
of the day. Should be in the hands of every Farmer. Post free, 
6s. 6d. per annum. 
Advertisements and all enquiries relating thereto to be sent 
addressed to the 
Farmer Office, Warrington. 
G loxinias i gloxinias ! i — our 
GREAT SUMMER SHOW will be held on Wednesday 
and Thursday, July 9th and 10th, at the Roupell Park Nurseries 
(Tulse Hill Station). All lovers of this beautiful genus cordially 
invited. Admission by card free on application. Will be posted 
in course to all our customers. Bulbs, 12s. to 42s. per dozen. 
Seed, 2s. 6 d. and 5s. per packet. 
Our new house of ANTHURIUMS and SARRACENIAS now 
in full beauty. 
JOHN PEED & SONS, Roupell Park Nurseries, Norwood 
Road, S.E. Nursery Grounds : Mitcham Road, Streatham. 
L AIRD’S FLORISTS’ FLOWERS are the 
best for Competition. Our collection of Pansies, Violas, 
Begonias, Hollyhocks, Dahlias, Antirrhinums, Pentsteinons, 
Carnations, Pelargoniums, and Petunias is unsurpassed.— 
R. B. LAIRD & SONS, Royal Winter Gardens, Edinburgh. 
Sow in July. 
QUTTON’S PRIZE BEGONIAS.—Saved 
from the richest and most varied flowers grown in our own 
immense collection. All shades of colour are included, from the 
deepest, crimson to the lightest pink, as well as oraDge, yellow, 
and white. The plants are compact in habit, and possess a 
robust constitution. Mr. Jno. Price, gardener to Mrs. Hall, 
writes:—“ The finest Begonias I ever saw.”—Price of Seed, 
2s. 6d. and 5s. per packet, post free. 
S UTTON’S SEEDS GENUINE ONLY 
DIRECT FROM SUTTON & SONS, READING. 
Kent—The Garden of England. 
G EO. BUNYARD & Co., Old Nurseries, 
Maidstone, can supply any kind of Fruits you may note 
during the Fruiting season. Catalogues 6 cl. 
YACINTHS, TULIPS, CROCUS, 
LILIES, &c.—C. G. VAN TUBERGEN, Jun., Haarlem, 
Holland. Wholesale Catalogue now ready and may be had free, 
on application to Messrs. R. SILBERRAD & SON, 25, Savage 
Gardens, Crutched Friars, London, E.C. 
130 Bedding Plants for 5s. 
J WALLACE’S unrivalled Box contains GO 
. Geraniums. 10 Lobelia, 10 Heliotrope, 10 Iresine, 10 
Petunias, 10 Pyrethrum, 5 new double Tropteolums, 5 Dahlias, 
5 Verbenas, 5 Fuchsias. All good plants, well hardened. If 
carriage paid, 9 d. extra.—J. WALLACE, Rose and Exotic 
Nurseries, Abbots Langley, Herts. 
R oofing felt j roofing felt j i— 
Best quality Asphalte Roofing Felt, in rolls 25 yds. long, 
32 ins. wide, No. 1, 4s. 10d. per roll; No. 2, 6s 6cZ. 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 Woiks, and Snow Hill, Wolverhampton. 
R eaders of the gardening 
WORLD, when ordering articles advertised in its pages, 
will greatly oblige the publisher by mentioning the paper, and 
in case of any difficulty or irregularity, by communicating with 
him at once. 
T 
HE NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM 
SOCIETY'S CATALOGUE.—A classified and descriptive 
list of the varieties in cultivation, prepared by a specially 
selected Committee of the Society. With the new Supplement, 
complete. Price, Is.; post free, Is. Id.—IT, Catherine Street, 
Strand, W.C. 
R eaders of the gardening 
WORLD who experience any difficulty in obtaining the 
paper at Railway Bookstalls, or through local agents, arc 
respectfully requested to communicate with the Publisher, 
17, Catherine Street, Strand, W.C. 
F lower shows, fetes, enter¬ 
tainments, &c.—Ventriloquial, Conjuring, Italian 
Marionettes, &c.—For particulars address PROF. BOURNE, 
Ventriloquist, Hoxton. London. Proved such an attraction that 
two extra performances were given at the Town Hall, West 
Brighton Flower Show, 1S8S. 
P ROTECT your Gardens from Ravages of 
Birds.—Tanned Netting, 35 square yards for Is. Will not 
rot if left out in all weather. Sent, any width, carriage paid on 
all orders over 5s. As supplied to the Royal gardens. Sent on 
approval. Commoner Netting, at 50 square yards, Is. Hundreds 
of testimonials. Established 170 years.—HY. JOHN GASSON, 
Fish Merchant, Rye, Sussex. 
Silver Sand 11 
C OARSE and FINE BEDFORDSHIRE.— 
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. 
T TINES AND VINE CULTURE.—The 
V best, book on Grapes. By Archibald F. Barron, Superin¬ 
tendent of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Garden, Chiswick ; 
Secretary of the Fruit Committee.—A New and Cheaper Edition, 
Revised and Enlarged. Demy Svo., Handsomely Bound in 
Cloth. Price, 5s.; post free, 5s. 3d. —17, Catherine Street, 
Strand, W.C. 
G REENHOUSES, CONSERVATORIES, 
VINERIES, &c .—MELLOWES & Co. (formerly Prim¬ 
rose & Co.) Sheffield, Prize Medal, South Kensington, 1SS2, for 
“Eclipse" Imperishable Glazing, especially suitable for Green¬ 
houses . Maximum of light, and the only Patent TIGHT Glazing 
preventing ingress of cold air. Best work. Estimates given. 
Architect to inspect site and advise. 
Prize Medals—Manchester and Doncaster, 1883 ; International 
Health Exhibition, International Fisheries Exhibition, &c., &e. 
Address—Corporation Street, Sheffield. London Office—53, 
King William Street, E.C. 
Telegrams—“Eclipse, Sheffield,” 
T 
TAMES BOYD & SONS, PAISLEY, Horti- 
tf cultural Builders and Heating Engineers. Illustrated 
Circulars, Plans ami Estimates free on application. Complete 
Catalogue, 3s. 
J WEEKS & Co., Horticultural Engineers 
• to Her Majesty, II. R.H, the Prince of Wales, H.M. Govern¬ 
ment., Admiralty Dept., War Dept., 11. Horticultural Society, R. 
Botanic Society, Parks and Public Buildings. Patentees of the 
Duplex Upright Tubular Boilers, King’s Road, Chelsea, S.W. 
T HE THAMES BANK IRON COMPANY, 
Heating Engineers to H.M. War Department, Science and 
Art Department, South Kensington, &c. Gold and Silver 
Medals, Birmingham, 1872: London, 1SS3. 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. 
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 
f ' BUILDER AND HOT-WATER ENGINEER—Apply for 
Catalogue and Estimates to Danvers Street, Chelsea, S.W. 
Q C. CLAY’S IN VIGOR ATO R for PLANTS 
kD • Quick, lasting, economical.—Marsh Island, Stratford 
New Town, 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 Engineer's, Darlington. 
Glasshouses of all kinds at the lowest prices. Awarded numerous 
Prize Medals. 
B EESON’S MANURE —The Best and 
Cheapest Fertiliser for all purposes. Write for Circular 
containing the ieading Gardeners’ and Market-growers’ reports. 
Sold in Tins, Is. ,2s. 6d., 5s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each, or 1-cwt. Bags, 
sealed, 13s., by all Seedsmen, orapply direct to W. H. BEESON, 
Carbrook Bone Mills. Sheffield. 
G REENHOUSES. —-Everything complete, 
made in sections, can be easily erected, simply screwed 
together. No. 14. Lean-to, from 4Ss. ; No. 13. Span-roof, from 
56s. Lists free.—HAYWARD, Builder, Broekley, London. 
TMPORTANT TO GARDENERS AND 
OTHERS —Guaranteed pure Tobacco Ash, from the 
Queen's Customs Warehouses. A substitute for tobacco water 
and paper; destroys all insects and nourishes the plant. 
Guaranteed not to injure the foliage. 7-lb. samples, 2s. 6 cl. ; 
1 cwt., 20s. Carriage paid. P. O. to— 
J. EDWARDS, 31, Scotland Road, Liverpool. 
Farms, Estates, Residences. 
Any one desirous of Renting a Farm or Residence, or 
Purchasing an Estate, can have copies of the 
M idland counties herald sup¬ 
plied free for six weeks on stating the purpose for which 
the paper is required, forwarding name and address, and six 
halfpenny stamps for postage, addressed “ Midland Counties 
Herald Office, Birmingham.” The Midland Counties Herald 
always contains large numbers of advertisements relating to 
Farms, Estates, and Residences for Sale and to be Let. 
O RCHID PEAT, best quality in the Market; 
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. 
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. 
G ISHURST COMPOUND.—Used bylead- 
ing gardeners since 1859 against Red 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, 6d. and Is., from the trade. 
Wholesale from PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE Co. (Limited) 
London. 
B RIDGEORDS’ ANTISEPTIC LIQUID. 
The best and safest Insect Destroyer. Sold by all Seeds¬ 
men and Nurserymen. In bottles, at Is. 6<i. and 3s. each, and 
wholesale of Sole Proprietors, JAMES CARTER, DUNNETT & 
BEALE, 237 and 238, High Holborn, London. Each bottle 
bears full instructions on application. 
