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THE GARDENING WORLD 
Sept. 13th, 1884. 
SALES BY AUCTION. 
DUTCH BULBS. 
Sales Every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. 
MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 
-1>-L Will SELL by AUCTION at tlieir Central Sale Rooms, 
67 and 68, Cheapside, E.C. (next door but one to Bennett’s 
Clock), every MONDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, at 
half-past 11 o'clock precisely each day, extensive consignments 
of the best named HYACINTHS, TULIPS, CROCUS, 
NARCISSUS, SNOWDROPS, and other ROOTS from Holland, 
in lots to suit the Trade and Private Buyers. 
On view morning of Sale. Catalogues of the Auctioneers, 
67 and 68, Cheapside, E.C. 
Great Horticultural Sale Week. 
IMPORTANT NOTICE to NURSERYMEN and 
FLORISTS. 
MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 
-ILL beg to call special attention to the following SALES of J 
HEATHS and other PLANTS, all of which have been arranged I 
to take place the same week. 
Their Sales for this particular week will comprise in the 
aggregate nearly 8,000 lots, and have been arranged in this 
manner to enable country buyers to attend thorn all during 
one visit to Loudon. 
Offices and Auction Rooms, 67 and 68, Cheapside, E.C. 
Lee, Kent, S.E. 
GREAT ANNUAL TRADE SALE. 
Preliminary Notice. 
The well known collection of ORCHIDS formed by Oscar 
Lamarche, Esq, of Liege. 
MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 
-lvj_ are favoured with instructions by Oscar Lamarche, Esq, 
to SELL by AUCTION at their Central Sale Rooms, 67 and 68, 
Cheapside, E.C, EARLY IN OCTOBER, his entire COLLEC¬ 
TION of ORCHIDS, which enjoys a reputation probably un¬ 
equalled on the Continent. 
BULBS. 
Very long experience enables us to offer the BEST 
QUALITY at a moderate price, as proved by hundreds 
of testimonials. 
ILLUSTRATED LIST, descriptive, select, and com¬ 
prising important NOVELTIES, on application. 
RICHARD SMITH L CO., 
NURSERYMEN AND SEED MERCHANTS, 
WORCESTER. 
To commence punctually at 11 o’clock, in consequence of tlie 
unusually large number of 1,140 lots. 
MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 
are instructed by the Executors of the late Mr. B. 
Mailer, to SELL by AUCTION on the Premises, Tlie Burnt 
Ash Nursery, Lee, Kent, S.E, adjoining the Lee Railway 
Station, on TUESDAY, September 16, at 11 o’Clock precisely, 
20,000 Winter-blooming HEATHS, beautifully grown, and weU 
set with bloom-buds, and which are unsurpassed in the Trade, 
comprising.— 
15,OOo Erica hyemalis 
3,000 „ gracilis 
1,000 „ caffra 
Large quantities of ventricosa, 
gran din osa, melanthera, 
and others 
Thousands of Erica hyemalis 
in small pots for growing 
on 
1,000 Epacris 
1,000 Decorative Palms 
1,000 Grevillea robusta 
Marechal Niel and other 
7,000 Solanum capsicastrum, 
well berried 
2,000 Adiantum cuneatum,gra- 
cillimum, and Pacottii 
1,000 Cyclamen persicum 
1,000 Ampelopsis Yeitchii 
6,000 Bouvardias, including 
the double •white and 
red Alfred Neuner, 
and President Gar¬ 
field 
2,000 Genistas 
dwarf ROSES; 600 PASSION- 
FLOWERS, English grown; AZALEAS and CAMELLIAS, 
double white PRIMULAS, extra strong; STEPHANOTIS, 
HOYAS, GARDENIAS, and other Stock. 
May now be viewed. Catalogues may be bad on the Premises, 
or of the Auctioneers, 67 and 68, Cheapside, London, E.C. 
N.B. The Auctioneers desire to call attention to this Annual 
Sale. The Stock is in unusually fine condition, as in previous 
years, and intending purchasers are invited to inspect it. 
SMYTH’S 
GARDEN REQUISITES. 
COCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE. 
4d. per bushel; 100 for 25s.; truck (loose, about 2 tons), 
40s.; 4-bushel bags, 4d. each. 
LIGHT BROWN FIBROUS PEAT, 5s. 6d. per sack: 
5 sacks for 25s.; sacks, 4d. each. 
BLACK FIBROUS PEAT, 5s. per sack; 5 sacks, 22s.; 
sacks, 4d. each. 
COARSE SILVER SAND, Is. 9d. per bushel; 15s. per 
half ton; 26s. per ton; in 2-bushel bags, 4d. each. 
YELLOW FIBROUS LOAM, PEAT MOULD, and 
LEAF MOULD, Is. per bushel. SPHAGNUM MOSS, 
8s. 6d. per sack. 
MANURES, GARDEN STICKS, VIRGIN CORK, 
TOBACCO CLOTH, RUSSIA MATS, &e. 
Write for Free Price List. 
Lea Bridge Road Nurseries, Leyton, E. 
UNRESERVED SALE. EXPIRATION OF LEASE. 
GREAT ANNUAL TRADE SALE of WINTER FLOWER- 
ING HEATHS and other PLANTS, by order of Mr. John 
Fraser. 
PURVEYOR TO HER MAJESTY. 
21, Goldsmith's St.,DniryLane, London, W.C. 
MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 
J-'-L are instructed to SELL by AUCTION, on the premises, 
The Lea Bridge Road Nurseries, Leyton, E., close to Hoe 
Street Railway Station, on WEDNESDAY, September 17, at 
11 o’clock precisely (in consequence of there being upwards of 
1,100 lots) without reserve many Thousands of Winter Bloom¬ 
ing and other HEATHS, remarkably well-grown, including 
hyemalis, gracilis, hybrida, candidissima, Parmentieria rosea, 
persoluta alba, and others; EPACRIS of the choicest kinds ; 
1,500 AZALEA INDICA, 2,000 CYCLAMEN PERSICUM, 
1,000 GENISTA FRAGRANS, Tea Scented and Noisetta 
ROSES, SOLANUM CAPSICASTRUM in berry, several 
hundreds of well-grown CAMELLIAS well set with bloom; 
CLEMATIS INDIVISA LOBATA and other GREEN¬ 
HOUSE CLIMBERS; 1,500 early flowering CHRYSAN¬ 
THEMUMS, 200 Marechal Niel and other ROSES, from 7 to 
10 feet; a large quantity of fine plants of AMPELOPSIS 
VEITCHII; a variety of GREENHOUSE PLANTS; fine 
healthy young plants of LAPAGERIA ALBA and ROSEA 
SUPERBA, a beautiful lot of about 300 ARAUCARIA 
EXCELSA, CLEMATIS JACKMANNI, a splendid lot of varie¬ 
gated IVIES, and other stock. 
May now be viewed. Catalogues may be had on the Pre¬ 
mises, and of the Auctioneers, 67 and 68, Cheapside, E.C. 
Brunswick Nursery, Tottenham. 
GREAT ANNUAL TRADE SALE of Winter-blooming 
HEATHS and other PLANTS, by order of Mr. John Mailer. 
TY/TESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 
-H-L mil SELL by AUCTION, on the premises. The Bruns¬ 
wick Nursery, Tottenham, on THURSDAY, September 18, 
at 11 o’clock precisely, many thousands of exceptionally well- 
grown Winter-blooming HEATHS and other PLANTS. 
Full particulars of which will appear next week. 
STRAWBERRIES 
ALL THE YEAR SOUND. 
An Essay on the Cultivation of the 
Strawberry, in the open air and 
under glass. 
BY 
WILLIAM HINDS. 
PEICE ONE SHILLING. 
17, Catherine Street, Strand, W.C. 
THE FLORIST AND P0M0L0GIST 
AND SUBURBAN GARDENER. 
Imperial 8vo, Monthly Is., Two Coloured Plates. 
Sidcup, Kent, S.E. 
GREAT TRADE SALE 
Of WINTER-BLOOMING HEATHS and other PLANTS, com¬ 
prising probably one of the largest Stocks ever offered in 
one day. 
M essrs, protheroe and morris 
are instructed by Messrs. Gregory and Evans to SELL 
by AUCTION on tlie premises. The Longland’s Nursery, 
Sidenp (about 10 minutes walk from Pope Road Station, 
S.E.R.), on FRIDAY, September 19, at 11 o’clock punctually, in 
consequence of there being upwards of 1,000 lots. 
40,000 WINTER-BLOOMING HEATHS 
which are particularly well-grown and beautifully set with 
flower consisting of 
15,000 Erica hyemali3 
10,000 
5,000 
5,000 
5,000 
gracalis 
persoluta alba 
Cavendishi 
ventricosa 
and other stock. 
4,000 Genistas 
3,000 Solanums, well berried 
2,000 Adiantums 
2,000 Cinerarias 
1,000 Double Primulas 
May be viewed. Catalogues had on the Premises, and of the 
Auctioneers, 67 and 68, Cheapside, E.C. 
N.B.—Messrs. Gregory and Evans in announcing this, the 
first of their Annual Sales, beg to call the attention of the 
Trade to their unrivalled Stock ox ERICA HYEMALIS, 
GRACILIS, ADIANTUMS, &c., as advertised above, the whole 
being in unusually fine condition. The Stock will be off ered in 
extra large lots and an inspection i= invited. 
The Text forms a Summary of Current Gardening In¬ 
formation ; a Register of Novelties, including New 
Plants, Flowers, Fi-uits, Vegetables, and Garden Books 
and Appliances; and an Annotated Index to the 
Illustrations in Contemporary Publications. 
The Plates, from Drawings by Fitch, Macfarlane, &c., 
are amongst the best and most faithful Illustrations of 
Flowers and Fruits now Published. 
An Elegant Book for the Drawing-room Table. 
A Practical Guide Bool; foe the Amateur Cultivator. 
A Suggestive Aid to the Commercial Gardener. 
.4 Pleasant Remembrancer for the Professional Gardener. 
A Truthful and Convenient Reference Book 
for all. 
A Useful Medium for Advertisements.' 
The Volume for 1883, handsomely,bound in cloth, 14s. 
Cases for Binding may be had at 2s. each. 
The Volumes and Numbers of the Imperial Series, 
1878—1883, man had to complete Sets. 
May be ordered of any Bookseller. 
London : W. KENT & CO., 23, Paternoster Row, E.C. 
FLOWERING PLANTS 
FOR AUTUMN AND WINTER, 
STRONG, HEALTHY, AND FULL OF BLOOM. 
Acacias, 18s. to 30s. per doz. 
Azalea indica, 18s. to 60s. per doz. 
Bouvardias, distinct singles and doubles, 18s. per doz. 
CameUias, 30s. to 60s. per doz. 
Cyclamen persicum (Smith’s superb strain), full of 
buds, 5-inch pots, 18s. per doz. 
Cytisus, 12s. to 18s. per doz. 
Epacris, best sorts, 18s. to 30s. per doz. 
Ericas hyemalis, Willmoreana, caffra, gra¬ 
cilis, autumnalis, &c., 6-inch pots, 18s. to 30s. 
per doz. 
Gardenias, 18s. to 30s. per doz. 
Lapageria alba, 7s. 6d. to 42s. each. 
Lapageria rosea, 2s. 6d. each. 
Libonia Fenrhosiana, 12s. to 18s. per doz. 
Pimeleas, very fine, 30s. per doz. 
Primulas, best doubles, named, 30s. to 423. per doz. 
Primulas, double white and purple, 18s. per doz. 
Tree Carnations, 5-inch pots, 24s. to 30s. per doz. 
Grevillea robusta, 5-inch pots, 12s. to 18s. per doz. 
Ferns, Maiden-hair, &c., in great variety; also 
STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST FREE. 
Selections from above may be made at dozen prices. The 
plants are remai-kably fine and cheap. 
&ICHA&D SMITH & CO., 
NURSERYMEN AND SEED MERCHANTS, 
WORCESTER. 
THE 
GARDENING WORLD 
(ILLUSTRATED.) 
Price Id. By Post ltd. 
Manager, Air. B. Wynne 
(15 Years Sub-Editor of the Gardeners' Chronicle), 
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY 
AT 2 P.M. 
OFFICE 
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C0VENT GARDEN, W.C. 
