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THE GARDENING WORLD 
June 80, 1894. 
FERNS SPECIALITY. 
We have the finest, most varied, and interesting Trade 
Collection of Ferns in the world, comprising over 1,000 
different kinds of Stove, Greenhouse, and Filmy Ferns, and 
over 400 kinds of Hardy Ferns. Every Fern lover should 
have our Illustrated Catalogue fNo. 22;, the best ever 
published. It contains 150 illustrations, and a large amount 
of valuable information, price 2s., post free. We send our 
smaller partially descriptive Catalogue free on application. 
We now offer 12 beautiful kinds of Stove and Greenhouse 
Ferns for 3s.; 25 varieties for 8s. 6d.; 50 for 21s.; 100, in 12 
varieties, 21s.; 100, in 25 varieties, 30s.; 100, in 50 varieties, 
40s. too different kinds, 63s. 
Hardy Ferns, 12 varieties for 3s.; 25 for 8s. 6d.; 50 for 25s.; 
TOO, in 12 varieties, 21s.; 100, in 25 kinds, 30s.; 100, li 50 kinds, 
45s. 100, in 100 varieties, 75s. 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD7 F.R.H.S., 
Fern Nurseries, Sale, near Manchester. 
CUTBUSH’S MILLTRACK MUSHROOM SPAIN. 
Everyone can readily grow Mush¬ 
rooms, and by using this Spawn will 
ensure success. All growers speak 
in gh praise of the quality. Numei. 
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. 
SiTIVIL. CUrrBUSH & SOM', 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants^ 
Highgate Nurseries. London, N., & Barnet, Herts 
“EUREKiL ” 
WEED KILLER 
Safe, Effective, and Cheap. 
There is no risk of poisoning birds or animals if directions are 
followed when applying this preparation. Guaranteed to 
clear all weeds, mixes atonce, no sediment, leaves the paths 
bright and clean, with out stains. 
J gall.. Is. 9 d.; t gall., 3 s. (tins included). 2 gall, drums, 
2 s. 9 d. per gall.; 5 gall, drums, 2 s. 6d. per gall.; 10 gall, 
drums, 2 s. 3 d. per gall.; 40 galls, at 2 s. per gall. 
Double strength, mixes 1 to 50 . 
Sample Half Gallon tin post free for stamps, 2S. 6 i. 
Only Address— TOMLINSON & HAYWARD, 
MINT STREET CHEMIC.AL WORKS. LINCOLN. 
Wholesale London Agents— 
OSMAN & Co., 132, Commercial Street, E. 
Ask your Chemist or Seedsman for this make. 
SHYTH’S 
SOILS, 
SELECTED 
SPECIALLY 
Black and B'own Peat 
Silver Sand and Loam 
Cocoa Nut Fibre Reuse 
Lea and Peat Mould 
Specially Prepared Mould 
Sphagnum Moss 
Guano and Dissolved Bones 
Bones, J inch and J inch 
Bone Dust, guaranteed pure 
Blood and Bone Manure 
highly recommended 
Horticultural Charcoal 
Tobacco Cloth, are superior to 
Mushroom Spawn [Paper 
Russia and Archangel Mats 
&c. 
ORCHID PEAT. 
Pot Washing Brushes 
Virgin Cork and Raffia [Twine 
Tanned Netting & Tarred 
Trugg Garden Baskets 
Flower Sticks, rom i to 5 eet 
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 
Writefor Price List, free by post. 
H. e. SMYTH, 
21. GOLDSMITH STREET, DRHRY lAHE, 
W.C. 
HUGHES’ Vapour Roll 
FUMIGATORS 
ONE SHILLING EACH. 
For Houses, 1,200 cubic feet. Can be dlsided for 
erMoll^Vt I^AneaC 
They burn with a pleasant aromatic smell, kill green fly, 
thrip, &c., and are the safest ever made. Sample rolls, post 
free, twelve stamps. Sold by all Seedsmen. 
Patentee — 
E. CRIFFITHS HUGHES. Victoria St., Manchester 
SILVER SAND, BEDFORDSHIRE. 
Coa.x*se and Fine. 
SEND DIRECT to the Proprietor of the Pits, at First Cost 
JOSEPH ARNOLD, 
32, ST. PAUL'S RD., CAMDEN SQ-, LONDON, N.W. 
{Late the Polygon). 
SPECIAL TRADE NOTICE. 
20,000 TOHS SPLENDID COARSE POTTING SAND, from 68. 
per Ton, cash (free on Rail at Leighton Buzzard), address in 
full as above to JOSEPH ARNOLD. Established over 30 years. 
Rates to all pai ts. ORCHID PEAT of the best quality, and all 
other descriptions in sacks and truck. Send for sample sack 
and prices before purchasing elsewhere 
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 an^» 
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, RIHGWOOD.HJHT^ 
“AMERICAN GARDENING.” 
An illustrated Journal ot Horticulture, published in the 
interests of the amateur in the Garden, the Conservatory, the 
House, the Fruit and Vegetable Grower, Tree-;, Shrubs, and 
Flowers. 
The Leading American Horticultural Authority. 
Issued semi-monthly, and mailed, postage paid, twenty-four 
times in the year to English subscribers for a 6s. money order. 
Address, “AMERICAN GARDENING,’’ 170, Fulton Street, 
New York, U.S.A. 
FLOWER SHOW FIXTURES, 1894. 
July. 
3.—Farningham Flower Show. 
3.—Bagshot Flower Show. 
3. —Diss Flower Show. 
4, —Croydon Flower Show. 
4.—Reigate Rose Show. 
4.—Royal Botanic Society. 
4.—Tunbridge Wells Flower Show. 
4.—Ealing Rose Show. 
4, 5.—Bristol, Clifton and West of England Zoo¬ 
logical Society’s Show. 
4, 5.—Lee, Blackheath, and Lewisham Horticultural 
Society’s Show. 
5. —Bedford and Beds. Horticultural Society's 
Show. 
5.—Aylesbury Flower Show. 
5.—Hereford Rose Show. 
5. —Norwich Rose Show. 
7.' -National Rose Show at the Crystal Palace. 
10 —Gloucester Rose Show. 
10, 24.—R.H.S., Drill Hall. 
10, II, 12.—Wolverhampton Floral Fete, 
ni 12.—Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society’s 
Show. 
12.—Hitchin Rose Show. 
12. —Worksop Rose Show. 
ig,—National Rose Show at Halifax. 
19.—Halesworth Rose Show, 
ig.—Trentham Flower Show. 
21. —Rose Show at Old Trafford 
25, 26.—Burton-on-Trent Show 
26. —Southwell Flower Show. 
26.—St. Ives Flower Show. 
August. 
4, 6.—Southampton Flower Show. 
6. —Mansfield Flower Show. 
6,7.—Northampton Flower Show. 
7. —Abbey Park, Leicester, Show, 
g.—Taunton Flower Show. 
14.—Blagdon Flower Show. 
14. 28.—R.H.S.. Drill Hall. 
13. —Wilts Horticultural Society’s Show. 
15. —Cuckfield Flower Show. 
15.—Sevenoaks Flower Show. 
15. 16.—Cardifl Flower Show. 
16. —Sherborne Flower Show. 
17. —Exeter Flower Show. 
18.—Great National Co-operative Flower Show 
at the Crystal Palace. 
19,—Nuneaton Flower Show. 
22. —Kingswood, S. George, and W. Gloucester Show 
22, 23.—Shrewsbury Great Floral Fete. 
29.—Nailsea Flower Show. 
September. 
7 8 —National Dahlia Show at the Crystal Palace. 
II, 25.—R.H.S.. Drill Hall. 
11. —Woodstock Show. 
12, 13.—Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society’s 
Show. 
NOW READY. DEMY 8vo. 
Price Three Shillings. By post, gs. jcl. 
“ Hardy Ornamental Flowering 
Trees and Shrubs.” 
By ID. WJ±!:BST.E]I?/, 
Attthor of Practical Forestry," British Orchids," &c., &c. 
London: “G-ardening World” Office, 1, Clement’s Inn, 
_ STiE^j^isrr), w.o. _ 
Ferns a.n.dL Fern. Cnl.txi.re. 
By J. BIRKENHEAD, F.R.H.S. 
How to gpow Fenns, with selections for stove, warm, cool and cold green¬ 
houses; for baskets, walls, wardian cases, dwelling houses, &c. 
Price, 1s.; by post, Is. 3d. 
“THE GARDENING WORLD,’’ 1, CLEMENT’S INN, STRAND, W.C. 
THE CARNATION: 
Its History, Properties, and Management; 
WITH 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE BEST VARIETIES IN CULTIVATION, 
BY 
F. S. FOIDWFILIL. 
inih Supplementary Chapter on the Yellow Grouna. 
Price, Is. 6d. Post Free, Is. 7d. 
“GARDENING WORLD ” OFFICE, 1, CLEMENT’S INN, STRAND, W.C. 
October. 
9, 23.—R.H.S., Drill Hall. 
10, II, 12.—N.C.S. at the Royal Aquarium. 
November. 
2, 3.—Chrysanthemum Show at the Crystal Palace. 
2, 3.—Battersea Chrysanthemum Show. 
6,7.—Leeds Paxton Society’s Chrysanthemum 
Show. 
6, 8.—N.C.S. at the Royal Aquarium, 
y, 8.—Bournemouth Chrysanthemum Show, 
y, 8.—Hereford Fruit and Chrysanthemum Show, 
y, 8.—Wolverhampton Chrysanthemum Show. 
8.—Buddleigh Salterton Chrysanthemum Show. 
9 —Exeter Chrysanthemum Show. 
13, 27.—R.H.S., Drill Hall. 
13, 14.—Kingston Chrysanthemum Show. 
14, 13.—Aylesbury Chrysanthemum Show. 
14, 13.—Birmingham Chrysanthemum Show. 
14, 13.—Bristol Chrysanthemum Show. 
14, 13.—Hull Chrysanthemum Show. 
14, 13—Tunbridge Wells Chrysanthemum Show. 
15I 16, 17.—Edinburgh Chrysanthemum Show 
16 , 17. — Bolton Chrysanthemum Show. 
15, ly,—Bradford Chrysanthemum Show. 
i5_ ly.—Stockport Chrysanthemum Show. 
i6.iy.—Sheffield Chrysanthemum Show. 
20, 21.—Chrysanthemum Show in the Town Hall 
Manchester. 
December. 
4, 5, 6.—N.C.S. at the Royal Aquarium. 
II.— R.H.S.. Drill Hall. 
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