No. 21.—1885. 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24th. 
f Registered at the General ) 
l Post-Office as a Newspaper, j 
One Penny. 
Garden Seed. 
E 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. 
/CHRYSANTHEMUMS.—JOHN FAIREY (Secre- 
tary of North Kent Chrysanthemum Association) 
offers strong, hardy cuttings, choicest varieties, Japanese, 
Incurved, Rellexed, Anemone, and Pompone, true to name. 
25, twelve varieties, 2s. 6 d .; 50, twenty-five varieties, 4s.; 
100, fifty varieties, 7s. (id. free.—J. EAIREY, Florist, Old 
Dover Road, Gravesend. 
EL WAY & SON.—TWENTY ACRES OF 
GLADIOLI. 
The largest Collection in Europe. Catalogues free with 
cultural directions. 
LANGPORT, SOMERSET. 
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. 6c7.; 50 Choice Dwarfs, 12s. (id.; 
24 Choice Teas and Noisettes, 12s. 6d. ; 12 Choice Climbing, ts., 
my selection. Cash with order. Hundreds of Testimonials. 
Catalogues free.—JAMES WALTERS, Rose Grower and 
Nurseryman, Mount Radford, Exeter. 
"I Q CHOICEST EXHIBITION ROSES, 6s. Very 
JL /O strung, healthy plants on own roots, far superior to 
huddpd plants; 50 best known sorts, Hybrid Perpetuals, Teas, 
and Bourbon. Twelve Standards, fine heads, 12s. and 15s.— 
JOHN H. LEY, Woodside Green, S.E. (Norwood Junction 
or Woodside Stations). 
1 Q DRACiENAS, 6s.; vigorous little plants in 
-L TV 3-in. pots, fit to pot on at once and make fine speci¬ 
mens for spring, 20 or 30 best sorts. Hamper gratis.—JOHN 
H. LEY, Woodside Green, S.E. 
6 CAMELLIAS, full of buds, 10s. 6 d., finest named 
sorts, bushy plants in 5-in. pots; 6 Azalea indica, 26 or 
more buds, 10s. (id. ; 6 Azalea Mollis, full of buds, very sweet 
scented, 6s. Hampers gratis.—JOHN H. LEY, Woodside 
Green, S. Norwood, S.E. 
3 BEAUTIFUL ORCHIDS, 7s. 6 cl., two showing 
plenty of flower, and one will flower in April. Dendro- 
bium nobile, Coelogync eristata,' and Masdevallia Harryana. 
All for cold house. Box gratis.—JOHN H. LEY, Woodside 
Green, S. Norwood, S.E. 
Garden Requisites at Reduced Prices. 
C OCOA-NUT Fibre Refuse, four-bushel sack, 
Is. 3d., 10 sacks, 11s., sacks free; truck lead, free on rail, 
80s.; best brown Fibrous Peat, 5s. sack, 5 for 21s.; black 
Fibrous Peat, 4s. 6 d. sack, 5 for 18s. C 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, Raffia, &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. 
B ENNETT’S SAFETY LIGATURES for 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. 2d. Of all 
Nurserymen, or of W. E. BENNETT, Patentee, Condover, 
Shrewsbury, and Thurstones, Leyland, near Preston. 
G ISHURST COMPOUND. — Used by leading 
gardeners since 1869 against Red Spider, Mildew, Thrips, 
Green Iiy, and other Blight. 1 to 2ozs. to the gallon of soft 
water, 4 to 16 ozs. as winter dressing for Vines 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. 6d. 
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_ „ „__ _____Whole¬ 
sale from PRICE’S PATENT CANDLE CO. (Limited), 
London. 
niSHURSTINE keeps Boots Dry and Soft 
vJ wet ground. Boxes—6d. and Is., from the trade. Wh 
JOHN LAING & Co.’S 
GENERAL CATALOGUE of Kitchen Garden, 
Flower, and Agricultural Seeds, Plants, Roses, 
Vines, &c., Implements, Garden Requisites, &c., is 
now ready. Free to Customers. 
Stanstead Park, Forest Hill, S.E. 
Chrysanthemums. 
E 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, 
Yerbury Road, Holloway, London. 
Thomson’s Vine and Plant Manure. 
T HIS MANURE is now solely Manufactured 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. 
Choice Vegetable and Melon Seeds. 
E GILBERT’S PRODUCTIONS are all stamped 
• with the Hall-mark of Superiority, commonly called 
PIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
Chou de Burghlev, Is. 6 d. per packet ; Universal Savoy, 
2s. 6 d. per packet; Gilbert’s Burgliley Pet Melon, which does 
not canker, 3-year old seeds, 2s. 6 d. per packet.—Trade supplied 
on liberal terms. Apply to R. GILBERT, High Park Gardens, 
Stamford. Stamps with order. Post free. 
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 ilth, 1884. Sir,—I was greatly pleased 
with the Fruit-trees and Roses. They were well fpacked and 
arrived safe. I will recommend you to my friends, who will 
have an opportunity of seeing my show of Roses, &e., next 
year, Yours very faithfully, John Hawthorne.”— JAMES 
SMITH, The Nurseries, Newark. 
Garden Flower Seeds and Spring Bulbs. 
C G. VAN TUBERGEN, Jun., Bulb Grower 
• and Seedsman, Haarlem, Holland, begs to announce 
that 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. 
Cutbbertson’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 
undernoted, 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 
packets;—Cuthbertson’s Competition Leek, 6 d. and Is. 
‘Aster, Globe Quilled, Gd. and Is., mixed; 10 varieties, 
2s. Gd. ; 6 varieties, Is. 6d. ‘Antirrhinums, 6 d. and Is. 
‘Giant Snowflake Candytuft, Gd. ‘Marigold, French Striped, 
Is. and 2s. Gd. ‘Marigold, African, lemon and orange, each, 
Gd. and Is. ‘Marigold, Scotch Striped, Gd. ‘Marigold, New 
Orange Scotch, 1884, Is. Pansy, Show or Fancy, saved from 
prize flowers, Is. and 2s. Gd. Parsley, finest extant, Gd. and Is. 
Parsnip, Gd. Illustrated Catalogue, proving them the best, 
free from M. CUTHBERTSON, Florist, Rothesay, 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. Gd. Cocoa-nut Fibre Refuse, best quality, Is. Gd. per sack, 
ten for 12s., thirty for 30s., 2-ton truck, 30s. Coarse Silver 
Sand, Is. Gd. 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, 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 Riant Nursery. 
P 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. 
TAMES BOYD & SONS, PAISLEY and LON- 
(J 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 Mall, S. W. 
Illustrated Circulars post free. Complete Catalogue, 3s. 
G ” LASS FOR GREENHOUSES, &e„ in cases of 
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. 
n-| /T/T/T OFFERED FOR PRIZES AT 
SjllUUU DUNDEE INTERNATIONAL EX¬ 
HIBITION, 1884, where Dobbie’s Prize Strains of Leeks, 
Turnips, Parsnips, Beet, Greens, Celery 7 , 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. 
B OSES, ROSES.—Clearance Sale of 25,000 Dwarf 
H. P. Rose-trees, in 300 best-named kinds, 6s. per doZ., 
40s. per 100, Carriage paid for Cash with orders. 
A. MOFFAT & SON, Botanic Nurseries, Biggleswade, Beds. 
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. Gd., free per Parcels Post.—J. F. DACE, Florist, 
High Street, Leyton, Essex. 
E emarkably cheap offer.— 
6 Camellias, full of buds, li ft. high, 5I-in. pots 10s. Gd. 
0 Azalea indica, full of buds, 54-m. pots ... 9s. and 10s. Gd. 
6 Azalea Mollis, full of buds . . 6s. and 7s. 6d. 
6 Ericas or Epacris, full of buds, 54-in. pots . 7s. Gd. 
6 Bouvardias, full of buds, 51-in. pots . 7s. Gd. 
6 Rhododendrons, full of buds (8 to 12buds), named sorts 12s. 
6 Tea Roses, 2 ft. high, 5£-in. pots . 6s. and 7s. Gd. 
G Sweet-scented plants, Jasmmum, Gardenias, 54-in. pots 9s. 
12 Spiriea japonica, large clumps . 3s. Gd. 
25 Choice Greenhouse Ferns, different sorts, 4-in. pots 10s. Gd. 
E. VAN DER MEERSCH, Queen’s Nursery, High Street, 
Selhurst, S.E. 
OSES.—ROSES.—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. 
J OHN KENNARDS, Horticultural Soils, Sundries, 
and Berkshire Pottery Dep6t. Catalogue of all Horti¬ 
cultural Sundries, &c., Post Free. Established 1854,—Swan 
Place, Old Kent Road, London, S.E. 
/TOCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE, newly made, 
VA same as supplied to the IRoyal Horticultural Society of 
England. Truck-load of 2 tons, 25s., free on to the following 
rails:—Great Western, Great Northern, Great Eastern, 
London and North-Western, and Midland ; other lines, 30s.; 
in sacks, Is.; 30 sacks, £1 5s. ; 15 sacks or more free on to rail. 
Cash with all orders will oblige.—J. STEVENS & CO., 
“Greyhound” Yard, and 153, High Street, Battersea, S.W. 
Established 1872. 
Good and Clieap Insecticides. 
T obacco paper and cloth (roll).— 
Thoroughly reliable quality; low prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON & CO., Tobacco Work s, Leith, N.B. 
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 6/- per packet. 
COLLECTIONS, 12 named varieties, separate, 7/6 
6 named varieties, separate, 47- 
Begonia Growers, Forest Hill, S.E. 
