No. 24.—1885. 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14th. 
f Registered at the General 1 fK-™ T}_- T , T _ r 
l Post-Office as a Newspaper. J ONE PENNY. 
N EW EXHIBITION PEAS.—Duke of Albany, 
Paragon, Stratagem, Pride of the Market, Telephone, 
Sander’s Marrow, Hawkins’s Wonder of the Age, Lichfield 
Hero, Staffordshire Marrow, President Garfield, in sealed trial 
packets, 6 d. and Gd. each; Six best kinds, post free, 2s. 6d.— 
W. J. KNIGHT, Seedsman, Bilston. 
E XHIBITION SEEDS, Warranted Genuine.— 
Lyon Leek, Wright’s Grove Red Celery, Elcomb’s 
Improved Parsnip, Scotch Striped French Marigold, Giant 
ten-week Stock, Reid’s Quilled, Truffant’s Perfection, Vic¬ 
toria and Upland Asters; Antirrhinum, SO colours, all at Gd. 
and Is. per packet, post free.—W. J. KNIGHT, Seedsman, 
Bilston. 
p HEY SAN THE MUM S .—Complete collections, 
Vj strong, hardy cuttings, choicest varieties, true to name. 
25, twelve varieties, 2s. Gd .; 50, twenty-five varieties, Is.; 
100, fifty varieties, 7s. Gd .; 1000, hundred varieties, 50s. free. 
JOHN FAIREY, Florist, &c., Old Dover Road, Gravesend. 
£1,000 
OFEEBED FOB PBIZES AT 
DUNDEE INTERNATIONAL EX- 
HIBITION, 1884, where Dobbie’s Prize Strains of Leeks, 
Turnips, Parsnips, Beet, Greens, Celery, Asters, French anil 
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. 
pLIVIA (IMANTOPHYLLUM) with 
large flowers :— 
BEST SEEDLINGS, 1 year, 60s. per 100. 
„ ,, 2 vear, 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. 
P AINE’S PATENT VENTILATING GEAR for 
Greenhouses.—120 Ventilators can be opened and closed 
in one minute. No cords required; can be worked by a boy, 
and cannot get out of order. Information and references on 
application to 
G. PAINE, Machinist, Broadwater, Worthing. 
E OSES, BOSES, BOSES. —Wonderfully cheap 
Roses, 100,000 Rose-trees to select from. Best sorts 
and true to name. 20 Choice Standards, 12s. Gd. ; 24 
Choice Half-Standards, 12s. Gd. ; 50 Choice Dwarfs, 12s. 6tf.; 
24 Choice Teas and Noisettes, 12s. Gd. ; 12 Choice Climbing, 5s., 
my selection. Cash with order. Hundreds of Testimonials. 
Catalogues free.—JAMES WALTERS, Rose Grower and 
Nurseryman, Mount Radford, Exeter. 
E OSES.-BOSES.—BOSES. —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. 
"TOHN KENNABD’S Horticultural Soils, Sundries, 
U and Berkshire Pottery Dep&t. Catalogue of all Horti¬ 
cultural Sundries, &c., Post Free. Established 1854.—Swan 
Place, Old Kent Road, London, S.E. 
T O GABDENEES and AMATEURS.—When you 
order from your Seedsman be sure and include 
TEBBS’S FUMIGATOR, a useful addition to the Green¬ 
house. 
Notice. 
pOCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE.—Reduced price. 
The same as supplied to the Royal Horticultural Society 
of England. Truck-load, loose, of 2 tons, 20s.; 4 tons, 35s. 
Larger quantities contracted for. The same in sacks: ten, 8s. j 
twenty, 15s.; forty, 25s., sacks included. Delivered free on to 
the following railways:—Great Western, Great Northern, 
South-Western, Great Eastern, London and North-Western, 
and Midland; other lines, 5s. extra per truck. Cash with all 
orders. Established 1S72.-J. STEVENS & CO., “ Greyhound 
Yard,” and 153, High Street, Battersea, S.W. 
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. 
Garden Seeds. 
E B. LAIBD & 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. 
Ferns for Sale. 
PPP SPECIES and varieties, duly named and 
W \ J U labelled, at moderate prices, carriage paid. 
Adiantum Capillus-Veneris, Ceteraeh in variety, and 
Asplenium marinum, Polypodium Semilacerum, and Laktrea 
annuls, all large and well rooted plants, at 6s. Gd. per 100, post 
free.—P. O’KELLY, Botanist and Fern-dealer, Ballyvaughan, 
co. Clare, Ireland. 
Chrysanthemums. 
E OOTED CUTTINGS, ready in a few weeks, 
from a choice collection, guaranteed true to name. 
Satisfaction guaranteed, and none better can be had. My 
selection, 2s. per doz. For purchaser’s selection see Catalogue, 
which gives full directions as to cultivation, and will be found 
the best guide for amateurs. Post free, four stamps. 
Early-flowering varieties. The best;for out-door cultivation. 
Rooted cuttings ready in March, 2s. per doz. 
S INGLE CHRYSANTHEMUMS.—A few of these 
useful varieties should be in every collection. They are 
very free bloomers and are most useful for cut bloom" and 
decorative purposes. For full particulars how to grow them 
see Catalogue, post free, four stamps.—W. E. BOYCE, 
F.R.H.S., Yerbury Road, Holloway, London. 
Garden and Flower Seeds. 
"TOHN DOWNIE, SEEDSMAN, 144, PRINCE’S 
O STREET, EDINBURGH, begs to intimate that he is 
now sending out the finest stock of the above that money can 
buy, and as J. D. is now in business solely on his own account 
the most of the flower seeds have been saved under his own 
supervision, and may be thoroughly relied upon. 
Good and Cheap Insecticides. 
OBACCO PAPER and CLOTH (ROLL).— 
Thoroughly rehable quality; low prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON & CO., Tobacco Works, Leith, N.B. 
T 
Chrysanthemums and Begonias. 
F inest exhibition and decorative 
SORTS, Is. 6c?., 2s. and 2s. Gd. per doz. Rooted 
Cuttings, my selection. BEGONIAS, Tuberous, 3s. Gd., 
5s., 7s. Gd., and 10s. per doz., (double) varieties, 7s. 6d., 
10 s., 15s., and 21s. per doz. Tubers, free for cash with order. 
Unsurpassed in quality. Seed, Is. Gd. and 2s. Gd. per packet. 
—R. OWEN, Floral Nurseries, Maidenhead.—Catalogue one 
stamp. 
To Amateurs and Owners of Greenhouses and 
Gardens. 
A n EXPERIENCED PRACTICAL BOTANIST, 
Florist, and Fruit Grower will undertake to trim and 
work up,Vines, Fruit-trees, andiPlants; Propagating, Potting, 
&e. Advice on Gardening matters :—Soils, Manures, Lawns, 
Planting, &c. Highest references. Terms per day or week. 
Please note address.—“ HORTUS,” 1, Clifton Villas, Denmark 
Road, South Norwood, S.E. 
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. 6d. 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, 10d. 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. 
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- 
U 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. 
LASS FOB GREENHOUSES, &c„ in cases of 
VA 300ft. 15ozs., 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, Pern Cases, Aquariums, &e. 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. 
S ELECT PLANTS, Carriage Free.—FUCHSIAS, 
best kinds, Is. Gd. doz.; GERANIUMS, best singles for 
pots, 2s. Gd. doz.; CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Japan, largo 
flowered and pompon. Is. Gd. doz.; MARGUERITES, white 
and yellow, 2s. doz.; HELIOTROPES, best dark. Is. Gd. doz.; 
COLEUS, best kinds, Is. 6 d. doz.; GERANIUMS, best 
doubles for pots- 2s. Gd. doz. ; ACHEMENS, best kinds, 2s. 
doz.; PENTSTEMONS, best hardy kinds, 3s. doz.; PELAR¬ 
GONIUMS, very fine, 3s. doz.; PANSIES, Cliveden, blue, 
white, and yellow, Is. doz.; VIOLETS, best sweet-scented, 
3s. doz.; TEA ROSES, six fine varieties on own roots, 3s.; 
NEW VICTORIA DAISIES, immense large flowers, mixed. 
Is. doz., 5s. ■per 100, from B. W. KNIGHT, Florist, Battle, 
Sussex. 
E OSES, BOSES.—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. 
K ELWAY & SON.—TWENTY ACRES OF 
GLADIOLI. 
The largest Collection in Europe. Catalogues free with 
cultural directions. 
LANGPORT, SOMERSET. 
“! Q CHOICEST EXHIBITION EOSES, 6s. Very 
JL i<J strong, healthy plants on own roots, far superior to 
budded 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 O DRAC2ENAS, 6s.; vigorous little plants in 
-L 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. Gd. ; 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 d., two showing 
plenty of flower, and one will flower in April. Dendro- 
bium nobile, Coelogyne cristata, and Masdevallia Harryana. 
All for cold house. Box gratis.—JOHN H. LEY, Woodside 
Green, S. Norwood, S.E. 
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. 
G ISHURST COMPOUND. — Used by leading 
gardeners since 1859 against Red Spider, Mildew, Thrips, 
Green Fly, and other Blight. 1 to 2 ozs. to the gallon of soft 
water, 4 to 16 ozs. as winter dressing for Vines and Orohard 
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, 
ISHURSTINE keeps Boots Dry and Soft on 
vDT wet ground. Boxes— Gd. and Is., from the trade. Whole, 
sale from PRICE’S PATENT CANDLE CO. (Limited), 
London. 
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, 4/- 
Begonia Growers, Forest Hill, S,£, 
