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THE GARDENING WORLD 
February 3, 1894 
ISAAC MATTHEWS and SON have for 
J_ immediate disposal as follows, all of first-class quality, in 
full health and vigour;— 
RHODODENDRONS, White, full of buds. 
„ Scarlet and other varieties, full of buds. 
,, Hybrid Seedlings and Ponticum varieties, from i to 4 
feet, at remarkably low prices, all bushy fine plants. 
PRIVET, Oval-leaf, from 2 to 4 feet, fine; ASH, Common, 
and MOUNTAIN BEECH; HAZEL, HORSE CHEST¬ 
NUTS, ELM, LARCH, AUSTRIAN PINE, POPLARS 
(various), EVERGREEN PRIVET, THORN QUICK. 
SCOTCH FIR, SPRUCE, SYCAMORE, and WILLOWS, 
all good, well-grown Trees, from to 4 feet, and upwards. 
ROSES. AUCUBAS, BERBERIS," AQUIFOLIA, BOX, 
CUPRESSUS, DOGWOOD, GOLDEN ELDERS, HOL¬ 
LIES, IVIES. LAURELS, RETINOSPORAS, English 
and Irish YEWS, AZALEAS (various), and many other 
varieties. For Price List, apply to— 
The Nurseries, Milton. Stoke-on-Trent. 
BURMESE LILIES. 
HUGH LOW & GO. 
Have just received per s.-s. Yorkshire a grand Consignment 
of L. NEPALENSE and L. SULPHUREUM 
(WALLICHIANUM SUPERBUM ), which they 
propose to offer at greatly reduced prices. The bulbs vary 
very much in appearance, and new varieties may be confi¬ 
dently expected. 
Illustrated. Free. 
©ATALOGU E. 
Mention this Paper. 
Nothing is too smail or too mncli trouble. 
Correspondence Invited. The Trade Supplied. 
E. D, Shuttleworth & Co., 
Limited, 
PEGKHAM RYE, LONDON, 8.E. 
AND 
FLEET,, HANTS. 
CLAPTON NURSERY, LONDON, N.E. 
MR. DODWELL’S 
GRAND CARNATIONS. 
THE FINEST GROWN. 
All Classes, 10/6 per dozen. 
Mr. Dodwell’s List of Specialties is now ready. 
Send Stamp and get copy. 
Thr Cottage, Stanley Road, Oxford. 
SPdCIAXa CUXa'TUiRE: 
OF 
FRUIT TREES & ROSES. 
A Large and Select Stock is now offered for Sale. 
The Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits post free. 
The Descriptive Catalogue of Roses post free. 
THOMAS RIVERS & SON, 
The Nurseries, S/1 WBRIDGEWORTH, Herts 
FIRMS 
A 
SPECIALITY. 
Our Stock is immense, consisting of over i,ooo different kinds 
of Stove and Greenhouse Ferns, and over 400 kinds of Hardy 
Ferns. Every Fern lover should have our Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue, containing 150 illustrations, price 2S. We forward our 
smaller Catalogue free on application. We now offer 12 
beautiful kinds of Stove and Greenhouse or Hardy Ferns for 
3s.; 25 varieties for 8s. fid.; 50 for 21s.; 100, in 12 varieties, 21s.; 
100, in 25 varieties, 30s.; 100, in 50 varieties, 40s.; too different 
kinds, 63s. All nice plants, larger at proportionately higher 
prices. _ 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, F.R.H.S., 
Fern Nurseries, Sale, near Manchester, 
CDTBUSH’S MILLTRACK MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
Everyone can readily grow Mush¬ 
rooms, and by using this Spawn will 
ensure success. All growers speak 
in high praise of the quality. Numer¬ 
ous testimonials. None genuine un. 
less in sealed packages and printed 
cultural directions enclosed, with our 
Signature attached. Price 6s. per 
bushel, IS. extra for package, or is. 
per cake, free per parcels post. 
'ISTIVI. CUTBUSH & SON, 
Nurseryme^n and Seed Merchants^ 
Highgate Nurseries, London, N., & Barnet, Herts. 
Gardening Charities, &c. 
ARDENERS’ ROYAL BENEVO- 
LENT INSTITUTION.—Secretary,GEO. J. INGRAM 
50, Parliament Street, S.W. 
OYAL GARDENERS’ ORPHAN 
FUND.—Honorary Secretary, A. F. B. 4 RR 0 N, Royal 
Horticultural Society's Gardens, Chiswick, W. 
T TNITED HORTICULTURAL 
LJ PROVIDENT and BENEFIT SOCIETY.—Secretary, 
WILLIAM COLLINS, 9, Martindale Road, Balhara, S.W. 
Notice to Subscribers. 
T^HE TENTH VOLUME of THE 
1 GARDENING WORLD commenced with September. 
Readers requiring back Numbers to complete Volumes 
can obtain same, post free, for ijd. each, direct from the 
Publisher. 
Handsomely bound Volumes, I. to IX., 6 s. 6d. each 
All back Volumes and Numbers kept in stock. 
Publishing Offices:— 
1, CLEMENT’S INN, STBIAND, LONDON, W.C. 
GARDEN SEEDS. 
IMPLEMENTS and SUNDRIES. 
W We offer the very best of everything, including the 
FINEST NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON in Vegetables 
and Flowers. If you have not ordered your supplies for 
the present season, send a post card at once for our New 
Illustrated Catalogue, gratis to all, and give us a trial 
order. Our prices are fixed as low as possible for genuine 
reliable quality, and we are sure you cannot be served 
better by any respectable house. 
WM. GLIBRAN & SON, 
10 d 12, Market Street, MANCHESTER. 
Also at Altrincham, Bowdon, Llandudno, &c. 
c: £: :KrHO u s s s. 
Everything complete, made in sections, can be easily erected. 
Lean-to’s from 48s. Span Root's from 565. Largest and best 
show of Greenhouses in London. Inspection invited. 
Also Manufacturer of Garden Frames, Ladders, Barrows, 
&c., &c. 
Write for 
ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST 
Free, to 
G. HAYWARD, 
359, Brockley Road, Brockley, London, S.E. 
SMYTH’S 
SOILS, &o. 
SPECIALLY SELECTED ORCHID PEAT. 
Black and B^own Peat 
Silver Sand and Loam 
Cocoa Nut Fibre Refuse 
Leaf and Peat Mould 
Specially Prepared Mould 
Sphagnum Moss 
Guano and Dissolved Bones 
Bones, J inch and | inch 
Bone Dust, guaranteed pure 
Blood and Bone Manure 
highly recommended 
Horticultural Charcoal 
Tobacco Cloth, far superior to 
Mushroom Spawn [Paper 
Russia and Archangel Mats 
Pot Washing Brushes 
Virgin Cork and Raffia [Twine 
Tanned Netting & Tarred 
Trugg Garden Baskets 
Flower Sticks, from i to 5 feet 
Wooden Labels, from 4 to I2in. 
Thin Bamboo Canes 
Rose and Dahlia Stakes, about 
5 feet 
Orchid Baskets and Teak Rods 
Greenhouse Blinds made to 
order 
Patent Bass Brooms 
Smyth's Orchid and Hothouse 
Shading 
Write for Price List, free by post. 
m. S. SMYTH, 
21. GOLDSMITH STREET, DRDRY LME, W.C. 
COMPLETE ERADICATION of all IN¬ 
SECT PESTS in GREENHOUSES and 
FRAMES is thoroughly ensured by using 
the 
LETHORION (VAPOUR GONE). 
They are now universally 
admitted to be the only 
reliable Fumigators, being 
thoroughly uniform in 
strength, and are not liable 
to deterioration from atmos¬ 
pheric changes. They cannot 
injure the most delicate 
flower or plant. 
Scale and mealy-bug may 
be completely eradicated by 
using the Cones double 
strength. 
Prices :—For frames of 50 
to 100 cubic feet, No. i Cone, 
reduced to fid. each ; 500 to 
700 feet. No. 2. IS. ; 1,000 feet 
to 1,500, No. 3, IS. fid. 
To be had from the Nursery and ^eed Trade throughout 
the Kingdom. 
ManufacturersCORKY & Co., 
LIMITED, 
13,15, & 16, Finsbury St., London, E.C. 
EPPS’S Selected PEAT 
For ORCHIDS, Stove Plants, Hardwood ditto. Ferns and 
Rhododendrons, by Sack, Yard, Ton or Truck Load. 
SPECIAL ORCHID PEAT, in Sacks only. 
Rich Fibrous Loam, superior Leaf-mould, crystal coarse and 
fine Silver Sand, Charcoal, Cocoa-nut Fibre Refuse, Fresh 
Sphagnum, Patent Manures, Fertilizers, Insecticides, and all 
other Garden Requisites. PEAT MOSS LITTER. 
THE ORIGINAL PEAT DEPOT, RINGWOOD,HANTS. 
DON’T FORGET! 
That worms and all vermin are kept out of plant pots bv simply 
placing one of PORTER'S PATENT INVINCIBLE CROCKS in 
the pot. Hundreds of thousands are in use, and they are 
acknowledged by all to be one of the simplest, cheapest and 
most useful articles ever oftered to the horticulturaj world. 
Fits any pot and lasts many years. 
30 , 1 /-; 100 , 3 /-; 1 , 000 , 25 /-; carriage paid. 
A. PORTER, Stone House, MAIDSTONE. 
BREAKFAST—SUPPER. 
EPPS’S 
GRATEFUL-COMFORTING 
COCOA 
BOILING WATER OR MILK. 
THE ORCHID FLOWER HOLDER 
(PATENTED). 
A useful invention for Orchid Growers and Floral Decorators. 
Price, per dozen, 3 s. 9 d., postpaid. 
TO BE HAD OF 
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