No. 25.—1885. 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21st. { 
Registered at the General 1 
Post-Office as a Newspaper, j 
One Penny. 
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. 
O HR YS AN THE MUMS.—Complete collections, 
strong plants, choicest varieties, true to name. 25, 
twelve varieties, 4s.; 50, twenty-five varieties, 7 s. ; 100, fifty- 
varieties, 12s.; 1000, hundred varieties, 100s. Cuttings half- 
price, my selection.—J. FAIREY, Florist, &e., Gravesend. 
PI rtnri OFFERED FOR PRIZES AT 
AIjUUU DUNDEE INTERNATIONAL EX- 
HIBITION, 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. 
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. 6 d.. free per Parcels Post.—J. F. DACE, Florist, 
High Street, Leyton, Essex. 
B UD YOUR OWN ROSES, on strong Seedling 
Briar Stocks, plant now for budding next August, 
carriage free, 5s. per 100. DWARF BUSHY ROSES, finest 
sorts, extra strong, 6s. per doz.; Bushy GLOIRE DE DIJON 
ROSES, 3 ft. to 5 ft. high, i)d. each. APPLE-TREES on 
Paradise Stocks, for small gardens, all free-bearing and very 
best varieties, for pyramids or bushes, 7s. 6 cl. per doz. sorts. 
LAURESTINUS, good rooted bushes, 18 ins. high, 3s. per 
doz. LAURELS, caucasica, and rotundifolia, the hardiest 
and best, two years old, very good rooted bushes, Is. 6<7. per 
doz. All orders must be accompanied by a remittance. 
H. R. ILLMAN, Nurseryman, Hereford. 
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 9d. 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, Eleomb’s 
Improved Parsnip, Scotch Striped French Marigold, Giant 
ten-week Stock, Reid’s Quilled, Truffant’s Perfection, Vic¬ 
toria and Upland Asters; Antirrhinum, 50 colours, all at 6 d. 
and Is. per packet, post free.—W. J. KNIGHT, Seedsman, 
Bilston. 
-| Q CHOICEST EXHIBITION ROSES, 6s. Very 
JL 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). 
“I Q DRACAENAS, 6s.; vigorous little plants in 
_L /<J 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. 6 d .; 6 Azalea Mollia full of buds, very sweet 
scented, Cs. Hampers gratis.—JOHN H. LEY, V oodside 
Green, S. Norwood, S.E. 
O BEAUTIFUL ORCHIDS, 7s. 6 d., two showing 
O plenty of flower, and one will flower in April, Dendro- 
bium nobile, Cuelogyne cristata, and Masdevallia Harryana. 
All for cold house. Box gratis.—JOHN H. LEY, Woodside 
Green, S. Norwood, S.E. 
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. 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. 
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 bestjfor 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 
(J 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. 
T obacco paper and cloth (roll).— 
Thoroughly reliable quality; low prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON & CO„ Tobacco Works, Leith, N.B. 
Chrysanthemums and Begonias. 
T7HNEST EXHIBITION and DECORATIVE 
Jj SORTS, Is. (Sd.. 2s. and 2s. 6 d. per doz. Rooted 
Cuttings, my selection. BEGONIAS, Tuberous, 3s. 6 d., 
5s., 7s. 6 d., and 10s. per doz., (double) varieties, 7s. (d., 
10s., 15s., and 21s. per doz. Tubers, free for cash with order. 
Unsurpassed in quality. Seed, Is. 6 d. and 2s. 6d. per packet. 
—R. OWEN, Floral Nurseries, Maidenhead.—Catalogue one 
stamp. 
Notice. 
/'lOCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE.—Reduced price. 
\J The same as supplied to the Royal Horticultural Society 
of England. Truck.load, loose, of 2 tons, 20s.; Larger 
quantities contracted for. The same in sacks: ten, 8s.; 
twenty, 15s.; forty, 25s., sacks included. Delivered free on to 
Rail. Cash with all orders. Established 1872.—J. STEVENS 
& CO., “ Greyhound Yard,” and 163, High St., Battersea, S.W. 
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, 
&c. Advice on Gardening matters :—Soils, Manures, Lawns, 
Planting, &c. Highest references. Terms per day or week. 
Please note address.— 1 “ 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. 6 d. per sack, 
ten for 12s., thirty for 30s., 2-ton truck, 30s. Coarse Silver 
Sand, Is. 6d. 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 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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
S ELECT PLANTS, Carriage Free.—FUCHSIAS, 
best kinds, Is. 6 d. doz.; GERANIUMS, best singles for 
pots, 2s. 6rf. doz.; CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Japan, large 
flowered and pompon, Is. 0 d. doz.; MARGUERITES, white 
and yellow, 2s. doz.; HELIOTROPES, best dark, Is. 6 d. doz.; 
COLEUS, best kinds, Is. 6 d. doz.; GERANIUMS, best 
doubles for pots, 2s. (d. 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. 
J OHN KENNARD’S Horticultural Soils, Sundries, 
and Berkshire Pottery Depot. Catalogue of all Hortj. 
cultural Sundries, &c., Post Free. Established 1854.—Swan 
Place, Old Kent Road, London, S.E. 
K ELWAY & SON.—TWENTY ACRES OF 
GLADIOLI. 
The largest Collection in Europe, Catalogues free with 
cultural directions. 
LANGPORT, SOMERSET. 
E OSES, ROSES, ROSES. — Wonderfully cheap 
Roses, 100,000 Rose-trees to select from. Best sorts 
and true to name. 20 Choice Standards, 12s. 6 d. ; 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. 
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, 
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 Orchard 
House Trees, and in lather from the cake against Amerioan 
blight. Has outlived many preparations intended to supersede 
it. Boxes—Is., 3s., and 10s. 6 d. 
G ISHURSTINE keeps Boots Dry and Soft on 
wet ground. Boxes—6 d. and Is., from the trade. Whole, 
sale from PRIOE’S PATENT CANDLE CO. (Limited), 
London. 
T O GARDENERS and AMATEURS, —When you 
order from your Seedsman be sure and include 
TEBBS’S FUMIGATOR, a useful addition to the Green, 
house. 
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, it- 
Begonia Growers, Forest Hill, S,E, 
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