No. 26.—1885. 
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28th. {fflKVweSSS.} One Penny. 
T he CHOICEST FLOWER SEEDS that can be 
supplied—Truffaut's Pseony-Elowered Aster, 12 colours; 
Victoria Aster, 12 colours; Concorden Aster, 8 colours ; Reids 
Quilled Aster, 12 colours: Pyrimidal Giant, 10-week stock, 24 
colours; Phlox Drummondii grandiflora, 12 colours; loppy, 
new carnation, 10 colours; Larkspur Double Ranunculus 
Plowered, 10 colours; Sweet Peas, 10 colours; Antirrhinum, 
50 colours; Pansy, show and fancy, from an unrivalled collec¬ 
tion ; Carnation striped Exhibition French Marigold, (i colours, 
never beaten when exhibited; Viola, from a collection of oO 
sorts; all post free at 6(7. and Is. per packet . 
The GEM COLLECTION of HARDY ANNUALS, mclud- 
ing the very best kinds, fully described, 16 varieties, 15. 2a.; 
3fi varieties, 2s. 6 d. ; 100 varieties, 5s. Post free.—W. J. 
KNIGHT, South Stafford Seed Stores, Bilston. _ 
O verstock of choice hardy plants for 
Clearance.—New Double Potentillas, 12 best sorts, 3s.; 
Phloxes, 12 superb kinds, 3s.; Hardy Perennials, 50 most hand¬ 
some kinds, 10s.; Violas in 10 colours, 5s. per 100; Bedding 
Pansies, best named sorts, 8s. per 100; strong plants, free. 
SHOW AND FANCY PANSIES.—The largest Stock in the 
Midlands. Prizes were won last year in the Open Classes in 
the face of heavy competition at the Birmingham, Bilston, 
Walsall, 
varieties, 
Catalogues, 
Plorist, Bilston. 
£1,000 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, free, of Dobbie’s Choice Pansies, Seeds and 
Plants, containing an Election of Pansies, the Culture thereof, 
with Remedies for the Prevention of the Pansy Disease, the 
True Secret of Growing Leeks and Onions for Competition, 
may now be had from DOBBIE & CO., Rothesay, N.B. 
C ARNATIONS and PICOTEES, a speciality for 
over 40 years. —I can offer unusually fine Plants of above, 
in all the leading exhibition varieties, true to name, my selec¬ 
tion, carriage paid for cash, as follows:—Six of each, in 12 
varieties, 6s. fi d. ; 12 of each, in 24 varieties, 12s. 6 d. List of 
varieties, penny stamp. 
ROBERT LORD, Holebottom, Todmorden. 
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, 12 s. 6 d. ; 24 
Choice Half-Standards, 12s. 6 d .; 50 Choice Dwarfs, 12s. 6 d .; 
24 Choice Teas and Noisettes, 12s. 6 d .; 12 Choice Climbing, 5s., 
my selection. Cash with order. Hundreds of Testimonials. 
Catalogues free.—.TAMES 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. 
Z ONAL GERANIUMS for early Spring Bloom. 
Nothing can excel these easily groxvn 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. 
Chrysanthemums 1 Chrysanthemums!! 
"I Q SHOW VARIETIES, post free, 2s.; Hardy 
-L (<J sorts for planting out, Is. per doz. CLOVES, PINKS, 
and PICOTEES, 4s. per doz.—Apply, R. J. GATER, Florist, 
288, High Holbom, London. 
B luebells or wild hyacinths.—now in 
leaf, 200, 2s. 6 d.\ 500, 5s.; carefully packed and delivered 
free,—FREDK. LARRAD, Horbury, Yorkshire. 
JOHN LAING & Co.'S 
GENERAL CATALOGUE of Kitchen Garden, 
Flower, and Agricultural Seeds, Plants, Roses, 
Vines, Ac., Implements, Garden Requisites, &e., 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. 
Ware’s New, Rare, and Choice Flower Seeds. 
T HE most complete list of Miscellaneous FLOWER 
SEEDS ever published, including Hardy Perennials, 
Hardy Florists’ Flowers, Greenhouse Seeds, Hardy Orna¬ 
mental Grasses, Hardy Annuals, &c., free upon application. 
HALE FARM NURSERIES, TOTTENHAM, LONDON. 
Garden and Flower Seeds. 
TOHN DOWNIE, SEEDSMAN, 144, PRINCE’S 
fj STREET, EDINBURGH, begs to intimate that lie 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. 
Chrysanthemums. 
E OOTED CUTTINGS, from a choice collection, 
guaranteed true to name. My selection, 2s. per doz. 
Purchaser’s selection, 2s. 6 d. to 4s. per doz. 
Early-flowering varieties. The best for out-door cultivation. 
Rooted cuttings ready shortly, 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. Rooted cuttings from a choice selection 
ready shortly, 5s. per doz. Catalogue, with full directions as 
to cultivation, the best guide for Amateurs, four stamps, from 
W. E. BOYCE, F.R.H.S., Yerbury Road, Holloway, London. 
Lilium auratum. 
S PECIAL CHEAP OFFER. — Splendid sound bulbs 
6 ins. to 8 ins. round, 5s. doz., 7 cl. each; 8 ins. to 10 ins., 
7s. 6(7. doz., 9(7. each, post free. Genuine reliable seeds at 
popular prices. Catalogue free.—SMAIL & CO., Seedsmen, 
23, Lime Street, London, E.C. 
Chrysanthemums and Begonias. 
THINEST EXHIBITION and DECORATIVE 
Jj SORTS, Is. 6 d., 2s. and 2s. 6 d. per doz. Rooted 
Cuttings, my selection. BEGONIAS, Tuberous, 3s. t! d., 
5s., 7s. 6 d., And 10s. per doz., (double) varieties, 7s. (id., 
10s., 15s., and 21s. per doz. Tubers, free for cash with order. 
Unsurpassed in quality. Seed, Is. 6 d. and 2s. 6 d. per packet. 
—R. OWEN, Floral Nurseries, Maidenhead.—Catalogue one 
stamp. 
Notice. 
YYOCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE.—Reduced price. 
VA 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 153, HighSt., Battersea, S.W. 
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. 6(7. Cocoa-nut Fibre Refuse, best quality. Is. 6(7. 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<2. 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. 
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. 
B UD YOUR OWN ROSES, on strong Seedling 
Briar Stocks, plant now for budding next August, 
carriage free, 5s. per 100. DWARP BUSHY ROSES, finest 
sorts, extra strong, 6s. per doz. ; Bushy GLOIRE DE DIJON 
ROSES, 3 ft. to 5 ft. high, 9(7. each. APPLE-TREES on 
Paradise Stocks, for small gardens, all free-bearing and very 
best varieties, for pyramids or bushes, 7s. 6(7. per doz. sorts. 
LAURESTINUS, good rooted bushes, 18 ins. high, 3s. per 
doz. LAURELS, caueasica, and rotundifoli", 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. 
C HRYSANTHEMUMS . —Complete collections, 
strong plants, choicest varieties, true to name. 25, 
twelve varieties, 4s.; 50, twenty-five varieties, 7s.; 100, fifty 
varieties, 12s.; 1000, hundred varieties, 100s. Cuttings half- 
price, my selection.—J. FAIREY, Florist, &c., Gravesend. 
-1 Q CHOICEST EXHIBITION ROSES, 6s. Very 
I 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). 
“| Q DRACAENAS, 6s.; vigorous little plants in 
_L AJ 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(7.; 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. 
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. 
J OHN KENNARD’S Horticultural Soils, Sundries, 
and Berkshire Pottery Depdt. Catalogue of all Horti¬ 
cultural Sundries, &c., Post Pree. Established 1854.—Swan 
Place, Old Kent Road, London, S.E. 
T O GARDENERS and AMATEURS.— When you 
order from your Seedsman be sure and include 
TEBBS’S EUMIGATOR, a useful addition to the Green¬ 
house. 
ISHURST COMPOUND. — Used by leading 
vX gardenei'S since 1859 against Red Spider, Mildew, Thrips, 
Green Ely, 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 American 
blight. Has outlived many preparations intended to supersede 
it. Boxes—Is., 3s., and 10s. 6(7. 
G ISHURSTINE keeps Boots Dry and Soft on 
wet ground Boxes—6(7. 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, 47- 
Begonia Growers, Forest Hill, S.E. 
