No. 20.—1885. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17th. 
f Registered at the General 1 
l Post-Office as a Newspaper. J 
One Penny. 
Birmingham Chrysanthemum Society. 
T he next exhibition of chrysanthe¬ 
mums and FRUIT, in connection with this Society, 
,vill be held on WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, NOVEM¬ 
BER 18th and 19th, 1SS5. 
Garden Seed. 
E B. LAIRD & SONS (successors to Downie 
. & Uaird), will have much pleasure in posting their 
lescriptive priced List of 
GARDEN, FLOWER and AGRICULTURAL SEEDS 
free on application, 
17 SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, and ROYAL WINTER 
GARDEN, EDINBURGH. 
/CHRYSANTHEMUMS. — JOHN FAIREY (Secre- 
U tar.v of North Kent Chrysanthemum Association) 
offers strong, hardy cuttings, choicest varieties, Japanese, 
Incurved, Reflexed, Anemone, and Pompone, true to name. 
25 , twelve varieties, 2s. C d .; 50, twenty-five varieties, 4s.; 
100, fifty varieties, 7s. 6d. free.—J. FAIREY, Florist, Old 
Dover Road, Gravesend. 
0"! OFFERED for prizes at 
il)UUU DUNDEE INTERNATIONAL EX¬ 
HIBITION, 18S4, where Dobbie’s Prize Strains of Leeks, 
Turnips, Parsnips. Beet, Greens, Celery, Asters, French and 
African Marigolds, Cockscombs, &c., gained First Prizes 
■espectively. 
Catalogues of Dobbie’s Choice Pansies Seeds and Plants, con¬ 
fining an Election of Pansies, Remedies for the Prevention of 
he 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. 
Garden Flower Seeds and Spring Bulbs, 
p G. VAN TUBERGEN, Jun., Bulb Grower 
Vk. and Seedsman, Haarlem, Holland, begs to announce 
hat his CATALOGUE of the above is NOW READY, and 
may be had free on application to Messrs. R. SILBERRAD & 
SON, 25, Savage Gardens, London, E.C. 
E OSES, BOSES.—Clearance Sale of 25,000 Dwarf 
H. P. Rose-trees, in 300 best-named kinds, 6s. per doz., 
10s. per 100 , Carriage paid for Cash with orders. 
A. MOFFAT & SON, Botanic Nurseries, Biggleswade, Beds. 
R emarkably cheap offer.— 
6 Camellias, full of buds. 14 ft. high, 54-in. pots 10s. P.d. 
<; Azalea indica, full of buds, 51-in. pots ... 9s. and 10s. Pd. 
G Azalea Mollis, full of buds . 6s. and 7s. Pd. 
6 Ericas or Epacris, full of buds, 54-in. pots . 7s. 6(7. 
G Bouvardias, full of buds, 54-in. pots . 7s. Qd. 
G Rhododendrons, full of buds (8 to 12 buds), named sorts 12s. 
G Tea Roses, 2 ft. high, 54-in. pots . 6s. and 7s. fief. 
G Sweet-scented plants, Jasminum, Gardenias, 54-in. pots 9s. 
12 Spiraea japonica, large clumps . 3s. Pd. 
25 Choice Greenhouse Ferns, different sorts, 4-in. pots 10s. 6(7. 
E. VAN DER MEERSCH, Queen’s Nursery, High Street, 
_ Selhurst, S.E. _ 
Z ONAL GERANIUMS for early Spring 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. C d., free per Parcels Post.—J. F. DACE, Florist, 
High Street, Leyton, Essex. 
B ENNETT’S SAFETY LIGATURES for Bose 
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. 
E OSES, BOSES, BOSES. — Wonderfully cheap 
Roses, 100,000 Rose-trees to select from. Best sorts 
and time to name. 20 Choice Standards, 12s. 6 d. ; 24 
Choice Half-Standards, 12s. 6 d .; 50 Choice Dwarfs, 12s. Pd .; 
24 Choice Teas and Noisettes, 12s. Pd .; 12 Choice Climbing, os., 
my selection. Cash with order. Hundreds of 'Testimonials. 
Catalogues free.—JAMES WALTERS, Rose Grower and 
Nurseryman, Mount Radford, Exeter. 
Garden Requisites at Seduced Prices. 
LJOCOA-NUT Fibre Refuse, four-bushel sack, 
\J Is. 3d., 10 sacks, 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. Pd .; coarse Silver Sand, 
Is. 3d. per bushel, 13s. half-ton, 24s. ton; yellow Pibrons 
Loam, Leaf and Peat Mould, Is. per bushel; Potting and Bulb 
Composts, is. 3d. per bushel, 4s. Pd. sack, sacks 4d. each; 
Russia Mats, Manures, Raffia, &c. Tobacco Cloth, 8d. lb., 
28 lbs. 18s. SpOcialitd paper, 10(7. lb., 28 lbs. 20s., best im¬ 
ported. Write for free price list. Terms cash with order.— 
V. WARREN & CO., 8, Whitecross Place, Wilson Street, 
Finsbury Square, close to Liverpool Street and Moorgate 
Street Stations. 
i )^.}i 1 1 Tubsrs 
A LL THE BEST VARIETIES of the following 
XjL sections:— 
DOUBLE SHOW and FANCY DOUBLE POMPONES; 
CACTUS and SEMI-CACTUS, and SINGLES. 
Full Descriptive List on Application. 
THOMAS S. WARE, 
Hale Eakm Nurseries, Tottenham, London. 
Special Offer to Clear the Ground. 
S TANDARD and HALF-STANDARD ROSES, 
splendid variety, strong trees, 9s. per dozen; Dwarfs, 
strong and bushy, 5s. dozen. Pyramid Apples, set with 
fruit-buds, 4 ft. to 5 ft., 9s- dozen. Common Laurels, 18 ins., 
bushy, 13s. 100. Oval leaved Privet, 3 ft., very bushy, 6s. 100. 
Hollies, 1 ft. 6 ins. to 2 ft., bushy, splendid for hedges, 20s. 
100. Packing included, cash with order. Unsolicited testi¬ 
monial : From John Hawthorne, Esq., M.D., Banbridge, 
Ireland :—“ December 27th , 1884. Sir,—I was greatly pleased 
with the Fruit-trees and Roses. They were well packed and 
arrived safe. I will recommend you to my friends, who will 
have an opportunity of seeing my show of Roses, &c., next 
year, Yours very faithfully, John Hawthorne.”— JAMES 
SMITH, The Nurseries, Newark. 
Choice Vegetable and Melon Seeds. 
E GILBERT’S PRODUCTIONS are all stamped 
• with the Hall-mark of Superiority, commonly called 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Chou de Burghlev, Is. Pd. per packet; Universal Savoy, 
2s. Pd. per packet; Gilbert’s Burghley Pet Melon, which does 
not canker, 3-year old seeds, 2s. Pd. per packet.—Trade supplied 
on liberal terms. Apply to R. GILBERT, High Park Gardens, 
Stamford. Stamps with order. Post free. 
Chrysanthemums. 
B 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, 
Y^erbury Road, Holloway, London. 
Cuthbertson’s Specialities for Exhibition. 
A T the GREAT INTERNATIONAL SHOW 
in Dundee last September, and at Glasgow, FIRST- 
CLASS CERTIFICATES of MERIT were awarded to the 
undemoted, marked *. Anyone wishing to take prizes cannot 
procure better strains, being an old competitor myself I know 
exactly what is wanted, and beg to offer the following in 
packetsCuthbertson’s Competition Leek, Pd. and Is. 
’Aster, Globe Quilled, 6 d. and Is., mixed; 10 varieties, 
2s. Pd. ; 6 varieties, Is. 6(7. ’Antirrhinums, Pd. and Is. 
’Giant Snowflake Candytuft, Pd. ’Marigold, French Striped, 
Is. and 2s. 6(7. ’Marigold, African, lemon and orange, each, 
Pd. and Is. ’Marigold, Scotch Striped, Pd. ’Marigold, New 
Orange Scotch, 1884, Is. Pansy, Show or Fancy, saved from 
prize flowers, Is. and 2s. Pd. Parsley, finest extant, Pd. and Is. 
Parsnip, Pd. Illustrated Catalogue, proving them the best, 
free from M. CUTHBERTSON, Florist, Rothesay, N.B. 
Good and Cheap Insecticides. 
OBACCO PAPER and CLOTH (ROLL).— 
Thoroughly reliable quality; low prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON & CO., Tobacco Works, Leith, N.B. 
Genuine Garden Requisites as Supplied to the 
Royal Gardens. 
P OTTING COMPOSTS, 5s. Per Sack. 
Selected Brown Fibrous Kent Peat, 5s. per sack, five for 
22s. 6c7. Cocoa-nut Fibre Refuse, best quality, Is. Pd. per sack, 
ten for 12s., thirty for 30s., 2-ton truck, 30s. Coarse Silver 
Sand, Is. 6(7. per bushel, 25s. per ton. Yellow Fibrous Loam, 
Leaf Mould, and Peat Mould, each Is. per bushel. Best 
Tobacco Cloth, 8(7. per lb.; and Paper, 10(7. per lb., 28 lbs. for 
21s. Manures, Virgin Cork, Garden Sticks and Labels, Russia 
Mats, Raffia, &c., Sacks and Bags, 4d. each. List free.— 
W. HERBERT & Co., Hop Exchange, Southwark Street, 
London, S.E. (late New Broad Street). 
The Best Hardy Plant Nursery. 
-AUL and 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. 
T 
TAMES BOYD & SONS, PAISLEY and LON- 
Cj DON, 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 Mali, S.W. 
Illustrated Circulars post free. Complete Catalogue, 3s. 
f "1 LASS FOB GREENHOUSES, &c., in cases of 
vT 300 ft. 15 ozs., and 200 ft. 21 ozs. (large sheets). Also 
a large assortment of various sizes, from 8 by 6 to 24 by 
18 in 100-ft. boxes always in stock. Propagating Glasses, 
Cloches, Fern Cases, Aquariums, &c. White Lead, Putty, 
Oils, and Colours. Illustrated and Priced Catalogues on appli¬ 
cation.—JAMES PHILLIPS & CO. (established 60 years), 
6 and 7, Half-Moon Street, Bishopsgate Street Without, 
London, E.C. 
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, Earringdon Street, London, E.C., late 
of 6, Bankside, S.E. 
TOHN KENNABDS, Horticultural Soils, Sundries, 
t) and Berkshire Pottery Depot. Catalogue of all Horti¬ 
cultural Sundries, &c., Post Free. Established 1854.—Swan 
Place, Old Kent Road, London, S.E. 
nLIVIA (I M A N T O P H Y L L U M) with 
vJ large flowers :— 
BEST SEEDLINGS, 1 year, 60s. per 100. 
„ ,, 2 year, 120s. per 100. 
PLANTS ABLE TO FLOWER, 240s. per 100. 
VERY STRONG PLANTS, 400s. per 100. 
Apply for special price LIST to ED. PYNAERT, Ghent, 
Belgium. 
ELWAY & SON.—TWENTY ACRES OF 
GLADIOLI. 
The largest Collection in Europe. Catalogues free with 
cultural directions. 
LANGPORT, SOMERSET. 
£7 YY BEAUTIFUL AND CHOICE FEBNS for 21s. 
tJ vJ Suitable for cold greenhouse, in 50 distinct sorts, 
forming a select and interesting collection for an amateur. 
100 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. 
A Q NEW AND BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN - HAIR 
JL z<J FERNS, 6s., very good plants in small pots of 12 
distinct varieties, as follows : Adiantum Pacotti, A. farleyense, 
A. intermedia, A. Victoria;, A. lunulata, A. caudatum, A. graeil- 
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. 6(7. each. Hamper gratis for cash with order. 
—J. H. LEY, Woodside Green, Norwood, S.E. 
"J Q CHOICEST EXHIBITION EOSES, 6s., fine 
JL z<J 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._ 
6 GARDENIAS full of buds, 7s. 6 d. Fine bushy 
plants, perfectly clean and healthy, in 5-in. pots. Ferns 
gratis to pay carriage.—J. H. LEY, Woodside Green, South 
Norwood, S.E. _ 
I Q HALF-HABDY FEBNS, 6s. —Strong plants 
JL from cold pit of the new Lastrea aristata variegata, 
Cyrtomium lucidum, Tree Ferns, crested Scolopendriums, 
and a great variety of others; all distinct. Box gratis for cash 
and one Fern gratis.—JOHN H. LEY, Woodside Green, S.E. 
6 DAVALLIAS, 5s. — Hare’s-foot, Squirrell’s-foot, 
D. Tyermanni, D. tenuifolia, D. immersa, D. Novse- 
Zelandiae. Box gratis, or by post for 6(7. extra.—J. H. LEY, 
Woodside Green, S.E. 
B OSES.—BOSES.—ROSES. — Fifty choice Per- 
petuals 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. 
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, 47- 
Begonia Growers, Forest Hill, S.E, 
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