No. 19.—1885. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10th. (p ^ S ^^ SSSS .) One Penny. 
m H E GARDENERS’ EOYAL 
1 BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. 
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ANNUAL 
GENERAL MEETING of the Members of this Society will 
be held at the BEDFORD HOTEL, COVENT GARDEN, 
on WEDNESDAY, the 14th of January next, for the purpose 
of receiving the Report of the Committee and the Accounts of 
the Institution for the past year, and electing Officers for the 
ensuing year; also for the Election of Six Pensioners on the 
Funds. 
The Chair will be taken at Four o’clock, and the Ballot wall 
close at Seven o’clock precisely.—By order, 
EDW. R. CUTLER, Sec. 
14, Tavistock Row, Covent Garden .—December SOth, 1884. 
P.S.—The Voting Papers have all been issued, any Subscriber 
not having received one is requested to make immediate appli¬ 
cation to the Secretary. 
Garden Seed. 
R B. LAIRD & SONS (successors to Downie 
• & Laird), will have much pleasure in posting their 
descriptive priced List of 
GARDEN, FLOWER and AGRICULTURAL SEEDS, 
free on application. 
17, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, and ROYAL WINTER 
GARDEN, EDINBURGH. 
T7ELWAY & SON.—TWENTY ACRES OF 
JA GLADIOLI. 
The largest Collection in Europe. Catalogues free with 
cultural directions. 
LANGPORT, SOMERSET. 
PI AAA OFFERED FOR PRIZES AT 
X/ltUUv DUNDEE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBI- 
TION, 1884, where Dobbie’s Prize Strains of Leeks, Turnips, 
Parsnips. Beet, Greens, Celery, Asters, French and African 
Marigolds, Cockscombs, &c., gained First Prizes respectively. 
Catalogues of Dobbie’s Choice Pansies Seeds and Plants, con¬ 
taining an Election of Pansies, Remedies for the Prevention of 
the Pansy Disease, the True Secret of Growing Leeks and 
Onions for Competition, may now be had for Three Penny 
Stamps from DOBBIE & CO., Rothesay, N.B. 
70NAL GERANIUMS for early Spring 
Li Bloom. Nothing can excel these easily grown plants for 
the decoration of the greenhouse or conservatory all the year 
round. One dozen strong plants in twelve of the choicest 
varieties, true to name, selected from a collection of over 100 
sorts, 2s. 6 d., free per Parcels Post.—J. F. DACE, Florist, 
High Street, Leyton, Essex. 
■DOSES.-ROSES.—ROSES.— Fifty choice 
It Perpetuals sent on receipt of remittance for 21s.; pur¬ 
chaser’s selection from 400 best varieties. List of names on appli- 
cation. Twenty-four choice Standards, or Half-standards, 21s. 
—JAS. WALTERS, Mount Radford Nursery, Exeter, Devon. 
Dahlia Tubers. 
A LL THE BEST VARIETIES of the follow- 
-£». ing sections :— 
DOUBLE SHOW and FANCY DOUBLE POMPONES; 
CACTUS and SEMI-CACTUS, and SINGLES. 
Full Descriptive List on Application. 
THOMAS S. WARE. 
Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, London. 
Thomson’s Vine and Plant Manure. 
riYHIS MANURE is now solely Manufactured 
-1- by us, on our Premises here, and can be had through all 
Nurserymen and Seedsmen, or direct from us. 
We will be happy to forward descriptive Circulars in reply 
to applications containing terms, &c. 
WM. THOMSON & SONS, Tweed Vineyard, Clovenfords, 
by Galashiels. Jan. 5th, 1885. 
Fruit Trees by the 100, 1,000, 10,000, or 
20 , 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. 
Chrysanthemums. 
OOTED CUTTINGS. —Why be at the 
trouble of striking your Cuttings now and run the risk 
of losing them, when you can have well-rooted Cuttings in 
February from a choice Collection of all the best varieties 
guaranteed true to name, FOR WHICH ORDERS ARE 
NOW BEING BOOKED. My selection, 2s. per doz. For 
purchasers’ selection, see Catalogue, which gives full directions 
as to cultivation, and will be found the best guide for Amateurs. 
—Post free, four stamps, from W. E. BOYCE, F.R.H.S., 87, 
Yerhury Road, Holloway, London. 
Choice Vegetable and Melon Seeds. 
GILBERT'S PRODUCTIONS are all 
• stamped with the Hall-mark of Superiority, commonly 
called 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Chou de Burghley, Is. 6 d. per packet; Universal Savoy, 
2s. 6tZ. per packet; Gilbert’s Burghley Pet Melon, which does 
not canker, 3-year old seeds L 2s. 6 d. per packet.—Trade supplied 
on liberal terms. Apply to R. GILBERT, High Park Gardens, 
Stamford. Stamps with order. Post free. 
TAMES BOYD & SONS, PAISLEY 
U 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. 
P LEASE SEND PARTICULARS of any large 
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. 
E O. DAWSON, Horticultural Builder, 
vX Heating Engineer, &c., Whifcington Works, Highgate 
Hill, London, N., has a large Stock of GREENHOUSES of 
every description to select from; also all sizes Made to Order. 
All kinds of Hot-Water Heating Apparatus kept in Stock. 
Experienced workmen sent to all parts of the kingdom. Cata- 
logues free on application. 
"DENNETT’S SAFETY LIGATURES 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, and Thurstones, Leyland, near Preston. 
Genuine Garden Requisites, as Supplied to 
the Royal Gardens. 
POTTING COMPOSTS, 5s. per Sack. 
J- Selected Brown Fibrous Kent Peat, 5s. per sack, five for 
22s. 6 cl. Cocoa-nut Fibre Refuse, best quality, Is. 6 d. per sack, 
ten for 12s., thirty for 30s., 2-ton truck, 30s. Coarse Silver 
Sand, Is. 6 d. per bushel, 25s. per ton. Yellow Fibrous Loam, 
Leaf Mould, and Peat Mould, each Is. per bushel. Best 
Tobacco Cloth, 8 d. per lb.; and Paper, lOd. per lb., 28 lbs. for 
21s. Manures, Virgin Cork, Garden Sticks and Labels, Russia 
Mats, Ratfia, &c„ Sacks and Bags, 4s. each. List free.— 
W. HERBERT & Co., Hop Exchange, Southwark Street, 
London, S.E. 
R emarkably cheap offer.— 
6 Camellias, full of buds, 14 ft. high, 54-in. pots 10s. 6 d. 
6 Azalea indica, full of buds, 54-in. pots ... Sis. and 10s. 6 d. 
6 Azalea Mollis, full of buds . 6s. and 7s. 6d. 
6 Ericas or Epacris, full of buds, 54-in. pots . 7s. 6d. 
6 Bouvardias, full of buds, 54-in. pots . 7s. 6 d. 
6 Rhododendrons, full of buds (8 to 12 buds), named sorts 12s. 
6 Tea Roses, 2 ft. high, 54-in. pots . 6s. and 7s. Gd. 
6 Sweet-scented p ants, Jasminum, Gardenias, 54-in. pots 9s. 
12 Spiraea japonica, large clumps . 3s. 6d. 
25 Choice Greenhouse Ferns, different sorts, 4-in. pots 10s. 6 d. 
E. VAN DER MEERSCH, Queen’s Nursery, High Street, 
Selhurst, S.E. 
50 
BEAUTIFUL and choice ferns 
for 21s. Suitable for cold greenhouse, in 50 distinct 
sorts, forming a select and interesting collection for an amateur. 
1U0 in 100 rare sorts, 42s., 63s., including many extra large 
plants. All above are strong, vigorous plants, well-rooted in 
3-in. and 4-in. pots, and will make a good decoration for 
winter. Hampers gratis. All named correctly. — JOHN 
H. LEY, Woodside Green, South Norwood, S.E. 
19 NEW AND BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN- 
I rJ HAIR F’ERNS, Gs., very good plants in small pots of 12 
disitnet varieties, as follows ; Adiantflm Pacotti, A. farleyense, 
A. intermedia, A. Victorise, A. lunulata, A. caudatum, A. gracil- 
limum, A. Sancta Catharinse, A. cultratum, and many others 
equally choice. Double size, very fine, in 4-in. and 5-in. pots, 
12s. dozen, Is. Qd. each. Hamper gratis for cash with order. 
—J. H. LEY, Woodside Green, Norwood, S.E. 
10 CHOICEST EXHIBITION ROSES, 
LhJ 6s., fine bushy plants on own roots, far superior to 
budded plants, all best-known sorts. Standards, five heads, 15s. 
dozen, one plant over in each dozen and packages gratis for 
cash with order.—JOHN H. LEY, Woodside Green, South 
Norwood, S.E. 
P GARDENIAS full of buds, 7s. 6 d. Fine 
y bushy plants, perfectly clean and healthy, in 5-in. pots. 
Ferns gratis to pay carriage.—J. H. LEY, Woodside Green, 
South Norwood, S.E. 
To HALF-HARDY FERNS, 6s. — Strong 
L tj plants from cold pit of the new Lastrea aristata varie- 
gata, Cyrtomiumlucidum, Tree Ferns, crested Scolopendriums, 
ana a great variety of others ; all distinct. Box gratis for cash 
and one Fern gratis.—JOHN H. LEY, Woodside Green, S.E. 
R DAVALLIAS, 5s .— Hare’s-foot, Squirrel’s- 
w foot, D. Tyermanni, D. tenuifolia, D. immersa, D. Novee- 
nelandia;. Box gratis, or by post for 6 d. extra.—J. H. LEY, 
Woodside Green, S.E. 
Garden Flower Seeds and Spring Bulbs. 
/T G. VAN TUBERGEN, Jun., Bulb Grower 
\Jt and E Seedsman, Haarlem, Holland, begs to announce 
that, his CATALOGUE of the above is NO# READY, and 
may be had free on apphcation to Messrs. R. SILBERRAD & 
SON, 25, Savage Gardens, London, E.C. 
Garden Requisites at Reduced Prices. 
riOCOA-NUT Fibre Refuse, four-bushel sack, 
Is. 3d., 10 saoks, 11s., sacks free; truck load, free on rail, 
30s.; best brown Fibrous Peat, 5s. sack, 5 for 21s.; black 
Fibrous Peat, 4s. 6d. sack, 5 for 18s. 6 d. ; coarse Silver Sand, 
Is. 3d. per bushel, 13s. half-ton, 24s. ton; yellow Fibrous 
Loam, Leaf and Peat Mould, Is. per bushel; Potting and Bulb 
Composts, Is. 3d. per bushel, 4s. 6d. sack, sacks 4d. each; 
Russia Mats, Manures, Ratfia, &c. Tobacco Cloth, 8d. lb., 
28 lbs. 18s. Speciality paper, lOd. lb., 28 lbs. 20s., best im- 
ported. Write for free price list. Terms cash with order.— 
W. WARREN & CO., 8, Whitecross Place, Wilson Street, 
Finsbury Square, close to Liverpool Street and Moorgate 
Street Stations. 
The Best Hardy Plant Nursery. 
P AUL & SON, THE OLD NURSERIES, 
CHESHUNT. 
Roses, in all ways; 
Fruit-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. 
„ BROXBOURNE STATION, G.E.R. 
„ HIGH BEACH STATION, Chingford, G.E.R. 
Carefully prepared, illustrated, and fully-priced descriptive 
Catalogue, post free. 
R OSES, ROSES, ROSES. — Wonderfully 
cheap Roses, 100,000 Rose-trees to select from. Best 
sorts and true to name. 20 Choice Standards, 12s. 6d.; 24 
Choice Half-Standards, 12s. 6d.; 50 Choice Dwarfs, 12s. 6d.; 
24 Choice Teas and Noisettes, 12s. 6d.; 12 Choice Climbing, 5s., 
my selection. Cash with order. Hundreds of Testimonials. 
Catalogues free.—JAMES WALTERS, Rose Grower and 
Nurseryman, Mount Radford, Exeter. 
Watson’s Boiler. 
ipHE BEST of all Boilers for Amateurs is 
i WATSON’S GUINEA SUSPENSION BOILER, most 
Economical, Effective, Substantial, and easily managed, from 
21s. each.—Apply for Prospectus, enclosing stamp, to J, 
WATSON, Patentee, The Nurseries, St. Albans. 
Directions for Setting, with Prospectus, any size, to heat 
from 40 to 2,000 ft. of 4-in. Pipe. 
Good and Cheap Insecticides. 
mOBACCO PAPER and CLOTH (Roll).— 
A Thoroughly rehable quality; low prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON & CO., Tobacco Works, Leith, N.B. 
TOHN KENNARDS, Horticultural Soils, 
U Sundries, and Berkshire Pottery DepOt. Catalogue of all 
Horticultural Sundries, &c., Post Free. Established 1854.— 
Swan Place, Old Kent Road, London, S.E. 
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; 5/- extra large packets; double 
varieties, 2/6 and 5/- per packet. 
COLLECTIONS, 12 named varieties, separate, 7/6 
,, 6 named varieties, separate, a 
Begonia Growers, Forest Hill, S.E, 
Laing’s 
Begonia 
Seed. 
