No. 3.—1884. 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th. 
f Registered at the General ^ 
( Post-Office as a Newspaper. J 
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HE ELEVENTH GRAND INTER¬ 
NATIONAL POTATO EXHIBITION will be held at 
the CRYSTAL PALACE, Sydenham, S.E., on the 8th, 9th, 
and 10th October, when upwards of ONE HUNDRED AND 
FIFTY POUNDS will be awarded in prizes. Entries close on 
September 29th. For particulars apply to 
P. M'KINLAY, Croydon Road, Anerley, S.E. 
Special Notice. 
ARDY FLORISTS FLOWERS : Their 
Culture and Management. By JAMES DOUGLAS. 
Price 3s. 6 d„ post free.—Address, Mr. James Douglas, Great 
Gearies, Ilford. 
Opinions of the Press. 
“ We have in ‘ Hardy Florists Flowers ’ not only a trust¬ 
worthy, but a tasteful and presentable little volume.”— 
Gardeners' Chronicle. 
“Mr. Douglas may be said to have presented in ‘Hardy 
Florists Flowers ’ a series of complete treatises—short, pithy, 
and to the point .”—The Garden. 
“ The book opens with a portrait of the veteran Charles 
Turner, of Slough, and closes with a capital index; while 
between the two will be found a directory for the florist, which 
he may follow without fear through every step and stage of 
work and criticism.”— Gardeners’ Magazine. 
A Copy will be sent on receipt of Stamps or Postal Order. 
EARLY FLOWERING BULBS. 
HUEST AND SODST 
Have fine Stocks of the following, and are prepared to 
make Special Offers on application 
Hyacinths, Early White Roman (new arrival, fine). 
Hyacinths, Early Italian. 
Lilium candidum. Anemone fulgens. 
Seed Warehouse: 152, HOUNDSDITCH, LONDON. 
NEW HARDY SWEET SCENTED 
WHITE PASSION FLOWER, 
“CONSTANCE ELIOTT,” 
1st Class Certificate, R.H.S., 1884. 
L UCOMBE, PINCE & Co., The Exeter Nursery, 
Exeter, will be prepared to send out this novelty 
in the Spring of 1885. They have purchased the 
whole stock from the raisers, Messrs. Fuller & Son, 
of Newton Abbott. 
Price 5s. each. 
A few extra-sized Plants, 10s. 6d. each. 
Terms to the Trade on Application. 
DUTCH AND OTHER BULBS. 
CHARLES TURNER'S 
CATALOGUE IS NOW READY. 
The First Consignments are to Hand in 
Excellent Condition. 
The Neiv Bose Catalogue is in the Press. 
THE ROYAL NURSERIES, SLOUGH. 
FERNS A SPECIALITY. 
Now Ready. SPECIAL OFFER, No. 41, of Choice, 
Rare, and Beautiful 
FERNS AND SELAGINELLAS, 
Carriage Paid, embracing many of the most lovely and desir¬ 
able in Cultivation.—ABRIDGED CATALOGUE of over 1000 
Specie s and Varieties free on application.— LARGE CATA¬ 
LOGUE (Price Is.), containing 75 Illustrations of Ferns 
and Selaginellas, valuable “ Hints on Fern Culture,” and 
other useful and interesting information. 
W. & J. BIRKENHEAD, 
FERN NURSERY, SALE, MANCHESTER. 
VIOLAS AND PANSIES. 
A very Large Collection of Choicest. 
PANSIES.— Both Fancy and Show Varieties by name, 
2s. to 4s. per dozen. 
VIOLAS. —True Blue, Mrs. Gray, Lord Darnley, Countess 
of Hopetoun, Queen of Violets, Mrs. Dr. Hornby, Countess of 
Kintore, and many other kinds, 2s. to 3s. per dozen. 
POLYANTHUS. —Dean’s very fine White, Yellow, and 
dark mixed Hybrids, strong plants, ‘2s. per dozen. 
VERY CHOICE PANSY SEED, lS. PER PACKET. 
WILLIAM DEAN, FLORIST, 
WALSALL, STAFFORDSHIRE. 
Special Offer of Belgian Plants. 
A ZALIA INDICA, Camellias, Azalia Mollis, 
Hardy Ghent Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Palms, Orchids, 
&e., &c. Extra fine plants, best varieties, at lowest prices. 
Ch. Vuylsteke, Nurseryman, Looohristi, Ghent, Belgium. 
Catalogues free on application to Messrs. R. SILBERRAD 
SON, 25, Savage Gardens, Crutched Friars, London, E.C. 
Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Lilies, &c. 
fi G. VAN TUBERGEN, Jun., Haarlem. 
\J, 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. 
F LORIST’S FLOWEES.—I beg to intimate 
that my Grand Collection of PANSIES, PHLOXES, 
PENTSTEMONS, ANTIRRHINUMS, DAHLIAS, Single 
and Double, are now in fine flower at the Nursery, Beech Hill, 
near Edinburgh. Inspection invited.—JOHN DOWNIE, 
Nurseryman, 141, Princes Street, Edinburgh. 
on AAA CLEMATIS IN POTS of all the 
014 ) V V finest double and single varieties (some of the 
flowers of which become 10 in. across, and are of every 
shade, from pure white to the darkest purple) for climbing 
and bedding, from 12s. to 24s. per dozen, strong plants; 
descriptive list on application.—RICHARD SMITH & CO., 
Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
PANSY CUTTINGS. PANSY CUTTINGS. 
-L From our splendid Collection. Purchasers own Selection 
2s. Gd. per dozen pairs, free. Seed Is. per packet. Pent- 
stemon Cuttings, Is. per dozen, named.—WM. SANDERS, The 
Gardens, Leek, Stans. 
D OSE TREES, very vigorous and healthy, 
J-l/ Standards, 18s. per dozen ; Dwarfs, 10s. per dozen. 
Catalogues on application.—KEYNES, WILLIAMS & CO., 
The Nurseries, Salisbury. 
LEFTY THOUSAND AZALEA MOLLIS. 
-L Good plants, showing from 15 to 20 buds, £2 10s. per 100; 
10 to 15 buds, £1 15s. per 100; 8 to 12 buds, £110s. per 100. 
Plants ready for forcing m a year’s growing, very best stuff, 20s. 
per 100; smaller ones, 14s. per 100. Planted-out Seedlings of 
the very best growth, £3 10s. per 1000, 7s. Gd. per 100. 
Samples sent free to London till September 15, 1884. 
Ove. BURVENICH-DE WINNE, The Rose and Palm 
Nursery, Gentbrugge, near Ghent, Belgium. 
PANSY CUTTINGS. — Show and Fancv-— 
I Finest Scotch Varieties of 1884, 6s. per dozen; best Older 
Varieties, 2s. to 4s. per dozen ; 12 named sorts, mixed, Is. 3d. 
per dozen, post free. Cash with order. Catalogues free on appli¬ 
cation.—GEORGE WHITE, Carriagehill Nursery, Paisley. 
75 , 000 . 
PINK, largest, hardiest, sweetest, and best 
of all'for cutting from May to November. Plants, 3s., 4s. and 
5s. per dozen. Cuttings, 5s. per 100, or in exchange for other 
good sorts.—W. WEALE, Carnation Gardens, Cliveden Road, 
Taplow, Bucks. 
G arden frames and lights, from 20s. 
GREENHOUSES, 10 ft. by 5 ft. from £6. FRAMES 
OR LIGHTS TO ORDER, any size or shape.—ALBERT 
HARRIS, Wavendon, Woburn, Beds. 
G ISHURST COMPOUND.—Used by leading 
gardeners since 1859 against Red Spider, Mildew, Thrips, 
Green Fly, and other Blight. 1 to 2 oz. to the gallon of soft 
water, 4 to 16 oz. as winter dressing for A : ines 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. Gd. 
piSHURSTINE keeps Boots Dry and Soft on 
V-X wet ground. Boxes— Gd. and Is., from the trade. Whole¬ 
sale from PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE CO. (Limited), 
London. 
ANTIM0NIAL RED RUBBER GARDEN HOSE, 
Lasts four times as long as ordinary white vulcanized hose, 
stands severe Government tests, thus proving superiority of 
quality; lighter in weight, greater in strength, and cheaper in 
tlie long run than any other hose for garden use. A corre¬ 
spondent writes :—“ I have had a length of your Red Rubber 
Hose in use nine years, and it is now as good as ever.” Beware 
of counterfeit red hose, and order direct. Samples and priced 
catalogue of hose, garden engines, and fittings free. 
MERRYWEATHER & SON, 63, Long Acre, London, W.C. 
