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THE GARDENING WORLD 
Nov. 22nd, 1884. 
SALES BY AUCTION. 
Dutch. Bulbs. 
Great UNRESERVED SALES every MONDAY, WEDNES¬ 
DAY and SATURDAY. 
MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 
ill will SELL by AUCTION, at their 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 mornings of Sale. Catalogues of the Auctioneers, 
67 and 68, Cheapside, E.C. 
Ascot.—Important Sale. 
TO THE TRADE AND OTHER LARGE BUYERS. 
MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 
ill are instructed by Messrs. .T. Standish & Co. to SELL by 
AUCTION, on the Premises, the Royal Nurseries, Ascot, on 
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, November 26th and 27th, 
at 12 o’clock precisely each day, several acres of remarkably 
well-grown NURSERY STOCK, including 40,000 Finns 
Austriaca and 30,000 P. laricio, two years transplanted and 
seedlings; 1,500 seedlings, 2 ft. to 4 ft.; 6,000 Spruce, 1 ft. to 4 
ft.; 15,000 Seedling Scotch Eir; 12,000 ditto, 2 ft. to 5 ft.; 3,500 
Weymouth Pines; 6,000 Ornamental Trees, 6 ft. to 9 ft. 
3,000 Green Hollies, 2 ft.; 15,000 common Laurels, 1 ft. to 3 ft. 
6,500 Lauras caucassicum, 1 ft. to 3 ft.; 2,000 Retinosporas 
1,000 named Rhododendrons, budded; 500 Border Shrubs 
650 Cupressus Lawsoniana alba and compacts,, 11- ft. to 21 ft. 
Retinospora plumosa alba; 3,000 Conifers of sorts, 2 ft, to 7 ft. 
1,000 Standard, Pyramid, and Trained Fruit Trees; 1,000 
Standard, Half-Standard, and Dwarf Roses, and a quantity of 
GREENHOUSE PLANTS in variety. 
May now be viewed. Catalogues may be had on the Premises, 
and of the Auctioneers and Estate Agents, 67 and 68, Cheap¬ 
side, London, E.C. 
The Fallowfield Collection of Orchids. 
MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 
-LVJL beg to announce that they will SELL the remaining 
g ortion of the well-known Collection of ORCHIDS at their 
entral Sale Rooms, 67 and 16S, Cheapside, London, E.C., on 
TUESDAY, December 2nd, at half-past- twelve o’clock pre¬ 
cisely. 
Further particulars will appear next week. 
TUESDAY NEXT. 
Orchids in Flower. 
MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS 
JxL will SELL by AUCTION, at their Central Sale Rooms, 
67 and-68, Cheapside, London, E.C., on TUESDAY next, 
November 25th, at half-past twelve o’clock precisely, 
ORCHIDS in Flower and in Bud, from various well-known 
Collections, and including seven Rare and Valuable Species, 
in all about 300 Lots. 
On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. 
MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS’S 
1VJL SALES for NEXT WEEK 
MONDAY. November 24th—Sale of DUTCH BULBS at 
Protheroe and Morris’s Rooms. 
TUESDAY, November 25th.—Special Sale of FLOWER¬ 
ING ORCHIDS at Protheroe and Morris's Rooms.—Sale of 
ROSES, BULBS, &c., at the City Auction Rooms, by 
Protheroe and Morris. 
WEDNESDAY, November 26th.—Sale-of JAPANESE 
LILIES, PLANTS, ROSES, &e„ at Protheroe and Morris’s 
Rooms.—Sale of NURSERY STOCK at the Royal Nurseries, 
Ascot, by Protheroe and Morris, two days. 
THURSDAY, November 27th.—Sale of DUTCH BULBS 
at Protheroe and Morris’s Rooms. 
FRIDAY, November 2Sth.—Sale of Imported ORCHIDS at 
Protheroe and Morris’s Rooms. 
SATURDAY, November 29th.—Sale of DUTCH BULBS at 
Protheroe and Morris’s Rooms. 
Bulbs.—Mondays, Wednesdays, and 
Saturdays. 
ME. J. C. STEVENS will SELL by AUC- 
_LVL TION, at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent 
Garden, regularly three times a week, as above, large consign¬ 
ments of first-class Dutch flower roots lotted to suit both 
large and small buyers. 
The Sales commence at half-past Twelve, finishing generally 
about Five o’clock. 
On view mornings of Sale and Catalogues had. 
Farms, Estates, Residences. 
Any one desirous of Renting a Farm or Residence, or 
Purchasing an Estate, can have copies of the 
MIDLAND counties herald 
Hi- supplied 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 advertise, 
ments relating to Farms, Estates, and Residences for Sale and 
to be Let. 
SAMPLES AND PRICE LlSIS POST FEEE. 
CAMBRIC 
Children’s,1, S 
Ladies’....2/il 
Gents’.3,11 3 ~ 
Hemstitched, g* 
Ladies’ ..5 6 g S 
Gents’...!,3 s' 1 
By Appoint- All Pure Flax. 
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Crown Prin- ^ ^ A V Lj 1 and Cleaver have a world- 
cess of Germany. ‘wide fame. Queen, 
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cle bSast. handkerchiefs. 
SMsYTH’S 
GARDEN REQUISITES. 
1 
CGCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE. 
M. per busbel; 100 for 25s.; truck (loose, about 
2 tons), 40s.; 4-bushel bags, 4cl. each. 
LIGHT BROWN FIBROUS PEAT, 5s. 6 d. per sack; 
5 sacks for 25s.; sacks, 4c7. each. 
BLACK FIBROUS PEAT, 5s. per sack ; 5 sacks, 22.s.; 
sacks 4d each. 
GOARSH SILVER SAND, Is. 9 d. per bushel; 15s. per 
half ton ; 26s. per ton ; in 2-bushel bags, M. each. 
YELLOW FIBROUS LOAM, PEAT MOULD, and 
LEAF MOULD, Is. per bushel. SPHAGNUM 
MOSS, 8s. 6 d. per sack. 
MANURES, GARDEN STICKS, VIRGIN CORK, 
TOBACCO CLOTH, RUSSIA MATS, &c. 
: Write for Free Price List. 
PURVEYOR TO HER MAJESTY. 
21, Goldsmiths’ St., Drury Lane, London, W.G. 
PojffjtfkLdh mu ahaue *, Post/ Free ,. 
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w&mmm acres , 1 
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FRUIT & 
Forest - _ 
Priced Catalogues .PostFree. 
J CHEAP C OM 5 
Crawley , ’Sussex. 
FERNS A SPECIALITY. 
Now Ready. SPECIAL OFFER, No. 41, of Choice, 
Bare, and Beautiful 
FERNS AND SELAGINELLAS, 
Carriage Paid, embracing many of the most lovely and desir¬ 
able m Cultivation.—ABRIDGED CATALOGUE of over 1000 
Species and Wirie ties free on application—LARGE CATA- 
LOGIJE (Prrce Is.) containing 75 Illustrations of Ferns 
and Selagmellas, valuable “ Hints on Fern Culture,” and 
other useful and interesting information. 
W» & J. BIRKENHEAD, 
FERN NURSERY, SALE, MANCHESTER, 
NEW SEASON BOOKS. 
Messrs. GODFREY & SLATTER, 
50, HOLYWELL STREET, STRAND, LONDON, 
Supply all New Books at 25 o o Discount for Cash. New and 
second-hand Catalogues forwarded on .Application, 
All Gardening Boolcs at discount prices. 
List on Application. 
“PROPHET’S MANTLE,” 
By FABIAN BLAND, 
Now Appearing in 
THS WEEKLY BISPATCH, 
ONE PENNY. 
Sent post free : 3 months. Is. Sd.; 6 months, 3s. 3 d. ■ 
12 months, 6s. 6c7. 
JOHN P. FULLER, 
20, Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C. 
CUTB US 13’S 
MILLTRACK MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
IF ONCE USED no-other .will be 
willingly taken. Testimonials of high 
merit received every day.— ’’The Gab- 
dens, Sandringham’.—I have tried 
all other Mushroom Spawn advertised, 
but none to be -compared with yours, 
which I have used for the last twenty 
years without once failing a quick 
, and good crop. — Ch.vjs. Penny, 
% Gardener to H.R.H. The Princ-e of 
; Vales.” ,—Pric-e - Six Shillings per 
s,-J busheL'One Shilling extra per bushel 
Sr for--packing:. One S hi lling per Cake 
free _by Parcels Post. 
HIGHGATE NURSERIES, LONDON, N. 
STOVES. 
Many attempts having been made to produce a good stove for 
greenhouses, &c., A. H. SMITH wifi send you a No. 1 stove 
and 10 feet of 3-inch pipe carriage paid to any 
Railway Station for 25s. All made of fire-clay, 
'|TY with gas burner and cock, as shown in drawn) g 
L '^ ' on its own merits. If not approved of, return 
, within two months, and he will return the 
money in full. 
Further parti¬ 
culars can be 
obtained on 
application to 
the Patentee. 
A. H. SMITH, Victoria Street, CHfton. 
PAWEES’ 
Slow-Combustion Boiler. 
Most efficient and cheapestHeat- 
ing Apparatus in existence. 
The only hot-water apparatus on true 
slow-combustion principles manufac¬ 
tured : will burn house cinders; costs 
nothing for fuel; will last all night; 
is a tenant’s fixture. 
No. 1 will heat 55 ft. 4-inch 
pipe, 50s. 
No. 2 will heat 110 ft. 4-inch 
pipe, 75s. 
Price oi COMPLETE APPARATUS, 
consisting of No. I Boiler and Fittings, 
8-feet smoke pipe, down-draught-pre¬ 
vention cap, stove-pipe stay, two rows 
(equivalent to 24 feet) 4-inch pipe, 
syphon feed cistern and cover, and India- 
rubber ring joints, delivered free to any 
goods railway station in England, 
£412s. 6 d. 
This is a more 
complete appara¬ 
tus than given by 
any other maker. 
New Illustra¬ 
ted revised and 
reduced Price 
List, also price of 
Apparatus for 
lieatingany sized 
house, post free 
on application to 
CROMPTON 
AND 
FAWKES 
(late T. H. P. 
Dennis & Co.), 
H ortieultur al 
Builders 
and Heating 
Engineers, 
CHELMSFORD. 
London Office :— 
Mansion House 
Buildings. 
The “FINSBURY” BOILER. 
EFFICIENT! ECONONICAL ! 
Advantages— 
Vrought Iron. Not likely to crack 
through exposure. 
No stoke-hole required. 
Fire entirely surrounded by- 
waterway of Boiler, which stands in 
Greenhouse, with front flush with out¬ 
side wall. 
Prices and Particulars Free. 
WILLIAM J* FOX, 
Hot- TTater JEnginecr , 
12, SOUTH PLACE, FINSBURY, LONDON, E.C. 
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