No. 14.—1884. 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6th. 
f Registered at the General 1 /W. T _, T3 
l Post-Office as a Newspaper, j v/NE l ENSY. 
flOMTE BEAZZAS’ NEW DOUBLE 
\J WHITE VIOLET, White Neapolitan, very large, 
pure white, sweetly-scented flowers. Without question the 
finest Violet in cultivation. For full description see new 
Catalogue of Roses, Trees, Shrubs, and Florists’ Flowers, 
free on application to THOMAS S. WARE, Hale Farm 
Nursery, Tottenham, London. 
PLANTS AND BOOTS FOE FOECING.— 
X Azaleas indiea, Ghent and Mollis, Lily of Valley, Spiraea 
and Dielytra, Lilacs, Rhododendrons and Kalmias.Laurestinus; 
Liliums and Bulbs in variety; Asparagus and Seakale; extra 
strong Vines, Roses (Teasand H.P.’s). Ourstoekof theabove 
have all been specially prepared for early forcing, and are this 
year extra fine. Catalogues free on application.—IRELAND 
& THOMSON, Edinburgh. Nurseries: Craigleith. Conily 
Bank, and New Golden Acre, Granton Road. Seed Ware¬ 
houses : 20, Waterloo Place. 
■DENNETT'S SAFETY LIGATUEES for 
-D Rose and Fruit Trees, consisting of copper wire, and the 
part in contact with tree is covered with indiarubber. Price 
per; doz.; No. 1, lid.; No. 2, Is.; No. 3, Is. 2 d. Of all 
Nurserymen, or of 
W. E. BENNETT, Patentee, Condover, Shrewsbury. 
T OUISA 
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ASHBUETON, PEEPETUAL 
FLOWERING CARNATION. Thousands of flowers 
and buds now to be seen at our Nursery. The best Carnation 
ever sent out for supply of sweet-scented white flowers, 
summer and winter. See Gardeners’ Chronicle, p. 600, 
October 18th. Plants 3s. Gd. each. 
THE GOVERNOR, 18s. per dozen. GLOIRE DE NANCY, 
9s. per dozen, good white. Usual Discount to the Trade. 
CROSS AND STEER, Salisbury. 
D OSES.—Dwarfs on Manetti, 5 s. doz. Pyramid 
XL Apples and Pears, Os. doz. Specimen Yews, 50s. 100. 
Larch, 20s. 1,000.—T. J. CAPARN, Winthorpe Road, Newark- 
on-Trent. 
R ASPBEEEY CANES. — An 
immense quantity of the choicest Carters’ Prolific and 
Fastolf for disposal. 
The Advertiser being the most extensive cultivator of Rasp¬ 
berries in England, special care will be taken to select Canes 
most suitable for a vigorous growth and an early fruiting. 
Lowest cash terms on application to 
R. BATH, Crayford, Kent. 
OWEET-SCENTEJ) PLANTS.-Six of the 
D most delicious of all flowers for perfume are Stephanotis 
flonbunda (fine variety), Is. 6 d. each; Gardenia florida, 
Is. 6 d .; Gardenia citriodora, 2s. 6 d .; Pancratium fragrans, 
2s. 6 d. ; P. speeiosum, 2s. 6 d. ; Jasminum Maid of Orleans, Is. 
The six fine strong plants for flower this winter for 10s. Pack¬ 
ages gratis and Ferns extra to pay carriage.—JOHN H. LEY, 
Woodside Green, South Norwood, S.E. 
P MOST ELEGANT PALMS for 6s.—Three 
w pairs of Cocos V eddelliana, Areca lutescens, Cocos plu- 
rnosa; pretty plants in small pots; hamper gratis.—JOHN H. 
LEY, Woodside Gr een, S.E. 
I O DEAOENAS, 4-in. pots, 12s.—All finest 
and distinct sorts, just showing colour; in 5-in. pots, 
1, it. to 2 ft. high, 21s. dozen. Packages gratis for cash with 
order.—J. H. LEY, Woodside G reen, S.E. 
1 2 HALF-HAEDY FEENS, 6s. — Strong 
■VY plants from cold pit of the new Lastrea aristata varie- 
gata, Lyrtomiumlucidum, Tree Ferns, crested Scolopendriums 
ana a great variety of others; all distinct. Box gratis for cash 
andone Fern gratis.-JOHN H, LEY, Woodside Green, S.E. 
A DAVALLIAS, 5s. —Hare’s-foot, Squirrel’s- 
r V, foot, D - Tyermanni, D. tenuifolia, D. immersa, D. Novm- 
zelamte. Box gratis, or by post for 6 d. extra—J. H. LEY, 
Woodside Green, S.E. 
1 O CBOTONS, highly coloured, 12s.—Fine 
riirfi P, lants in pots of the best sorts in cultivation; all 
uisunct (any sort not required excluded). Double size, very 
Eancisome plants in 5-in. and 6-in. pots, for 21.9 Packages 
gratis.—JOHN H. LEY, Woodside Gleeh, S.E S 
JOHN LAING & Co. 
GOLD MEDAL STRAIN from our Prize Plants. 
New crop now harvested. Sealed packets. 
CHOICE MIXED, from single varieties, 1/- and 
2/6 per packet; 6/- extra large packets; double 
varieties, 2/6 and 5/- per packet. 
COLLECTIONS, 12 named varieties, separate, 7/6 
„ 6 named varieties, separate, 4/- 
Begonia Growers, Forest Hill, E.C. 
Scotch Florists’ Flowers. 
R B. LAIED & SONS (Successors to Downie 
* & Laird) are now sending out strong plants from their 
unrivalled collection of PANSIES,VIOLAS,PENTSTEMONS, 
PHLOXES, CARNATIONS, DELPHINIUMS, &c„ &c. De- 
scriptive Priced Catalogue may be had free on application. 
Seeds saved with great care of all the choicest kinds.—See 
Seed Catalogue. 
ROYAL WINTER GARDEN, EDINBURGH. 
Maiden, 60s. per 100; £27 10s. per 
Fruit Trees offered to the Trade by 
H ugh low and co. 
APRICOTS, Dwarf Maiden, 60s. per 100; £27 10s. per 
1,000. 
,, Dwarf-trained, 24s. and 30s. per dozen; £9 per 100. 
CHERRIES, Dwarf Maiden, 40s. per 100. 
,, Dwarf-trained, 18s., 21s., 24s. per dozen. 
,, 2-yr., feathered, 60s. per 100. 
NECTARINES, Dwarf 
1 , 000 . 
,, Dwarf-trained, 24s„ 30s. per dozen; £8 10s. per 100. 
,, Standard Maiden, 30s. per dozen. 
PEACHES, Dwarf Maiden, 60s. per 100 ; £27 10s. per 1,000. 
,, Dwarf-trained, 24s., 30s. per dozen ; £8 10s. per 100. 
Standard Maiden, 30s. per dozen. 
PEARS, Dwarf Maiden, on Pear and Quince, 40s. per 100. 
„ Dwarf-trained, 21s., 24s. per dozen. 
,, Pyramids on Quince, 50s., 60s. per 100. 
,, 2-yr„ feathered, on Pear stock, 50s. per 100. 
PLUMS, Dwarf Maiden, 40s. per 100. 
,, Dwarf-trained, 18s., 21s., 24s. per-dozen; £7 per 100. 
,, 2-yr., feathered, 50s., 60s. per 100. 
The trees offered above are all of very fine quality. 
Clapton Nursery, London, E. 
Choice Vegetable and Melon Seeds. 
D GILBEET’S PEODUCTIONS are all 
XL, stamped with the Hall-mark of Superiority, commonly 
called 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Chou de Burgliley, Is. 6 d. per packet; Universal Savoy, 
2s. Gd. per packet; Gilbert’s Burghley Pet Melon, which does 
not canker, 3-year old seeds, 2s. Gd. per packet.—Trade supplied 
on liberal terms. Apply to R. GILBERT, High Park Gardens, 
Stamford. Stamps with order. Post free. 
Aquatics. 
T V. BEES (late Eobert Parker) has the 
i finest Collection of above in the country, and can supply 
Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Plants, in 100 showy varieties, 
from 50s. New CATALOGUE now ready. 
Exotic Nursery, Tooting, Surrey, S.W. 
Fruit Trees by the 100, 1,000, 10,000, or 
30,000. 
H UGH LOW & CO- invite inspection by 
intending purchasers of their very large and unusually 
fine stock of APRICOTS, CHERRIES, DAMSONS, NEC¬ 
TARINES, PEACHES, PEARS, and PLUMS, growing at 
their Nursery, near Enfield, about five minutes’ walk from 
the Bush Hill Park Station of the Great Eastern Railway. 
Also ROSES, Standards and Dwarfs, POT ROSES, GRAPE 
VINES, in large quantities. Thirty-three large houses and 
numerous ranges of pits filled with choice stock, largely winter 
and spring flowering.—Clapton Nursery, London, E. 
Dahlia Tubers. 
A LL THE BEST VAEIETIES of the follow- 
ing sections—SHOW, EANCY, and POMPONES, 
SINGLES; also CACTUS and SEMI-CACTUS VARIETIES. 
Special offer may be had upon application to THOMAS S. 
WARE, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, London. 
Good and Cheap Insecticides. 
mOBACCO PAPEE and CLOTH (Boll).— 
A Thoroughly reliable quality; low prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON & CO., Tobacco Works, Leith, N.B. 
The Best Hardy Plant Nursery. 
PAUL & SON, THE OLD NUESEBIES, 
X CHESHUNT. 
Roses, in all ways: 
Feuit-trees for Orchards and Garden Walls; 
Gooseberries, Currants and Strawberries ; 
Trees ; Shrubs ; Evergreens ; Climbing Plants ; 
Rhododendrons and other American Plants ; 
Alpine, Rock and Hot-house Plants ; 
Bulbs and Seeds. 
NURSERIES AT CHESHUNT STATION, G.E.R. 
„ BROXBOURXE STATION, G.E.R. 
„ HIGH BEACH STATION, Chingford, G.E.R. 
Carefully prepared, illustrated, and fully-priced descriptive 
Catalogue, post free. 
MES BOYD & SONS, PAISLEY 
and LONDON, Horticultural Builders and Heating 
Engineers to Her Majesty the Queen, H.R.H. the Prince of 
Wales, H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, H.R.H. the late Duke 
of Albany, H.M.’s Board of Works, London and Dublin, 
H.M.’s Colonial Department, the Royal Horticultural Society, 
the Royal Botanic Society, and the Royal Dublin Society. 
Gold Medal, Paris, 1878.—London Office, 48, Pall Mall, S.W. 
Illustrated Circulars post free. Complete Catalogue, 3s. 
n AEDEN FEAMES AND LIGHTS, from 20s. 
VT GREENHOUSES, in ft. by 5 ft., from £6. FRAMES 
OR LIGHTS TO OP^DER, any size or shape.—ALBERT 
HARRIS, Wavendon, Woburn, Beds. 
rpHE BUEGHLEY PEESIDENT STEAW- 
X. BERRY is the largest and one of the earliest and best 
flavoured in commerce; also Selected Stock of Sir Charles 
Napier, fine strong runners, 3s. 6 d. per 100.—R. GILBERT, 
High Park Gardens, Stamford. 
YTEEY large importations from the Cape, 
V California, the Caucasus, and the United States fust 
to hand. For particulars see WARE’S New Oiler of these 
and other NEW, RARE, and CHOICE BULBS. Gratis and 
post free on application, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, 
London. 
pAETEB’S EASPBEEEY CANES, 3s. per 
v/ 100, or 25s. per 1000, strong and well rooted; plant now. 
—T. MAY, St. Paul’s Cray, Kent. 
"D OSES.— EOSES.—EOSES.— Forty choice 
XL Perpetuals sent on receipt of remittance for 21s.; pur¬ 
chaser’s selection from 300 best varieties. List of names cn 
application. Twenty choice Standards, or Half-standards, 21s. 
—JAS. WALTERS, Mount- Radford Nursery, Exeter, Devon. 
UOUVENIB DE LA MALMAISON CAB- 
hj NATION.—Strong Plants in o-in. pots to flower in spring 
and for bedding out, 12s. and 18s. per dozen.—IRELAND & 
THOMSON, Nurserymen, Edinburgh. 
TVTEW YELLOW CAENATION.—“Pride of 
LM Penshurst.” A marvellously free-bloomer and vigorous 
grower; perfectly hardy, forces well. Plants ready about 
October, price 5s. a pair. Cash with order. Trade price on 
application.—F. BRIDGER, Penshurst Place, Penshurst. 
EOSES, EOSES.—25,000 Dwarf- 
Roses, H.P., strong Plants, in all the leading varieties, 
true to name, 5s. per dozen; 30s. per 100 ; £14 per 1,000. 
TEA-ROSES from 5-in. pots, best varieties only, 6s. per 
dozen; 45s. per 100; my Selection. Send for sample dozen. 
Manetti Stocks for budding next season, 5s. per 100, packages 
included. 
C. ALLEN, Stone Hill Nursery, Heigham, Norwich. 
T OOK HEEE. The produce of Dobbie’s 
XJ Select Seeds gained 10 First Prizes, 9 Seconds, and 3 
Thirds at the Great International Flower Show, Dundee, 
1884. 
DOBBIE & Co., ROTHESAY. Catalogues in January, 
1885, for three penny stamps, containing fists of Seeds and 
Plants, Election of Pansies, instructions on growing Leeks, 
Onions, Asters, Marigolds, Phloxes, Pansies, &c., with 
remedies for prevention of Pansy disease. 
DOSES, 
XX Roses, 
PLEASE SEND PAETICULAES of any large 
JL or small Greenhouse for which Hot-water Apparatus is 
required. Ask for cash estimate, and save 15 to 20 per cent.— 
J. JONES & SONS, 42, Farringdon Street, London, E.C., late 
of 6, Bankside, S.E. 
pBEENHOUSES.CONSEBVATOBIES, &e., 
O' heated on most approved principles, and Repairs to 
Ilot.Water Pipes, Gas Stoves, &c., promptly attended to, in 
Town or Country, at reasonable charges.—WILLIAM HOWE, 
Grayshott Road, Clapham Junction, S.AV. 
Ask for, and see you get it. 
pEOEGE’S BOLL TOBACCO PAPEE 
O' and CLOTH, the best in the Market. Wholesale and 
retail—trade price very low, samples sent on application.— 
J. GEORGE, 10, Victoria Road, Putney, Surrey. 
Laing’s 
Rose 
Trees. 
JOHN LAING & Co. 
B-oses for Removal in 
November. Per doz. 
Standards, choicest and best sorts ... ISs. and 21s. 
Half-Standards „ „ „ ... 15s. „ ISs. 
Dwarfs „ ,, „ ... 9s. ,, 12s. 
Our selection of above Perpetuals. 
Vigorous growth, well-rooted, unequalled quality. 
Rose Growers, Forest Hill, S.E. 
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