No. 27.—1885. 
SATURDAY, MARCH 7th. 
f Registered at the General > 
L Post-Office as a Newspaper, j 
One Penny. 
T he grand international potato 
EXHIBITION will be held at the Crystal Palace, 
Sydenham, on October 7th, 8th, and 9th. Eor Schedules 
a yfr' y p. McKINLAY, Headley Lodge, Croydon Road, Anerley, 
S.E. 
A SPARAGUS.—This delicious Vegetable does not 
require half the expense often incurred ; for directions 
see Seed List, free. Strong Roots, 2s. 6 d. per 100 ; extra strong 
ditto, two years old, 3s. fid. per 100 ; forcing, 12s. fid. per 100. — 
RICHARD SMITH & CO„ Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
Worcester. 
N ational chrysanthemum society, 
Royal Aquarium, Westminster. 
SCHEDULE OF PRIZES for 18S5 has been posted to all 
Members of the Society and may be had (free) on application 
to the Honorary Secretary. 
Mr. WILLIAM HOLMES, 
Frampton Park Nurseries, Hackney, London. 
National Chrysanthemum Catalogues, 6d. each. 
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. 
A SPARAGUS.—A large quantity of Strong Plants, 
two, three, and four years old. Prices on application to 
J. CHEAL & SONS, Lowfield Nurseries, Crawley. 
pHRYSANTHEMUMS.—Complete collections, 
Y J 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, &e., Gravesend. 
Chrysanthemums. 
T300TED CUTTINGS, from a choice collection, 
_LV guaranteed true to name. My selection, 2s. per doz. 
Purchaser’s selection, 2s. 6d. 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. 
T HE CHOICEST FLOWER SEEDS that can be 
supplied—Truffaut’s Pseony-Flowered Aster, 12 colours; 
Victoria Aster, 12 colours; Concorden Aster, 8 colours ; Reid's 
Quilled Aster, 12 colours; Pyrimidal Giant, 10-week stock, 24 
colours; Phlox Drummondii grandiflora, 12 colours; Poppy, 
new carnation, 10 colours; Larkspur Double Ranunculus 
Flowered, 10 colours; Sweet Peas, 10 colours; Antirrhinum, 
50 colours; Pansy, show and fancy, from an unrivalled collec¬ 
tion ; Carnation striped Exhibition French Marigold, 6 colours, 
never beaten when exhibited; Viola, from a collection of 50 
sorts; all post free at fid. and Is. per packet. 
The GEM COLLECTION of HARDY ANNUALS, includ¬ 
ing the very best kinds, fully described, 16 varieties, Is. 2 d .; 
36 varieties, 2s. fid. ; 100 varieties, 6s. Post free.—W. J. 
KNIGHT, South Stafford Seed Stores, Bilston. 
Mary Morris, Border Carnation. 
S TRONG-ROOTED LAYERS, 2s. a pair, or three 
plants for 2s. fid. Cash with order.—H. G. SMYTH, 
21, Goldsmith Street, Drury Lane, W.C. 
~| 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). 
DRAC2ENAS, 6s.; vigorous little plants in 
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. fid .; 6 Azalea Mollis, full of buds, very sweet 
scented, 6s. Hampers gratis.—JOHN H. LEY, Woodside 
Green, S. Norwood, S.E. 
O BEAUTIFUL ORCHIDS, 7s. 6 d., two showing 
KJ plenty of flower, and one -will flower in April. Dendro- 
bium nobile, Ccelogyne cristata, and Masdevallia Harryana. 
All for cold house. Box gratis.—JOHN H. LEY, Woodside 
Green, S. Norwood, S.E. 
pARNATIONS 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 followsSix of each, in 12 
varieties, 6s. fid .; 12 of each, in 24 varieties, 12s. fid. List of 
varieties, penny stamp. 
ROBERT LORD, Holebottom, Todmorden. 
“Mr. Lord’s plants are the finest I get from any source; 
finer cannot be had.”— E. S. Dodwell, Stanley Road, 
Oxford. 
TOHN KENNARD’S Horticultural Soils, Sundries, 
G and Berkshire Pottery Dep6t. Catalogue of all Horti¬ 
cultural Sundries, &c.. Post Free. Established 1854.—Swan 
Place, Old Kent Road, London, S.E. 
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, Willenhall, Hednesford, and other Shows. 50 finest 
varieties, 10s.; 25 ditto, 6s.; 12 ditto, 3s. fid.-, strong plants, free. 
Catalogues, two stamps.—W. J. KNIGHT, Seedsman and 
Florist, Bilston. 
AAA OFFERED FOR PRIZES AT 
)UUU 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. 
6 CAMELLIAS or AZALEA INDICA, full of buds, 
10s., large healthy plants of either in 5J pots, all different 
choice sorts and colours. Packing gratis, and extra plants for 
carriage.—E. VAN DER MEERSCH, Queen’s Nursery, 
Selhurst, S.E. 
Genuine Garden Requisites as Supplied to the 
Royal Gardens. 
OTTING COMPOSTS, 5s. Per Sack. 
Selected Brown Fibrous Kent Peat, 5s. per sack, five for 
22s. fid. Cocoa-nut Fibre Refuse, best quality, Is. fid. 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). 
TAMES BOYD & SONS, PAISLEY and LON- 
r 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. 
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. 
Garden and Flower Seeds. 
TOHN DOWNIE, SEEDSMAN, 144, PRINCE’S 
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. 
"Ware’s NTew, 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. 
B UD YOUR OWN ROSES, on strong Seedling 
Briar Stocks, plant now for budding next August, 
carnage free, 5 s. per 100. DWARF BUSHY ROSES, finest 
sorts, extra strong, 6s. per doz.; Bushy GLOIRE DE DIJON 
ROSES, 3 ft. to 5 ft. high, 9 d. each. APPLE-TREES on 
Paradise Stocks, for small gardens, all free-bearing and very 
best varieties, for pyramids or bushes, 7s. fid. 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. fid. per 
doz. All orders must be accompanied by a remittance. 
H. R. ILLMAN, Nurseryman, Hereford. 
Carnations and Picotees. 
J BOOTH, Florist, Failsworth, offers the above 
• in choice named exhibition varieties. 12 Carnations, 
6s.; 12 Picotees, 5s., or 24 for 10s. Cash with order. Cata¬ 
logues on application. 
E OSES, ROSES, ROSES.—Wonderfully cheap 
Roses, 100,000 Rose-trees to select from. Best sorts 
and true to name. 20 Choice Standards, 12s. fid. ; 24 
Choice Half-Standards, 12s. fid .; 50 Choice Dwarfs, 12s. fid .; 
24 Choice Teas and Noisettes, 12s. 6d.; 12 Choice Climbing, os., 
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. 
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. 
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. fid., free per Parcels Post.—J. F. DACE, Florist, 
High Street, Leyton, Essex. 
mo GARDENERS and AMATEURS.—When you 
riTrTT,-r,1. I !^ ei U^ r0ln l’ our Seedsman be sure and include 
1BBBS S FXJMIGATOR, a useful addition to the Green¬ 
house. 
JOHN LAING & Co. 
GOLD MEDAL STRAIN from our Prize Plants. 
New crop now harvested. Sealed packets. 
CHOICE M.IXED, 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, SjEi 
Laing’s 
Eegonia 
Seed. 
The Best Hardy Plant Nursery. 
P AUL and SON, THE OLD NURSERIES, 
CHESHUNT. 
Robes, 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, 
JOHN LAING & Co. 
All Good Tubers just starting into Growth, free by Parcels 
Post. Catalogues Gratis, 
OUR OWN UNRIVALLED VARIETIES. 
Named Sorts, per dozen, Singles: A, 42s.; 
B, 36s.; C, 30s.; D, 24s.; E, 18s.; F, 12s. Named 
Sorts, per dozen,Doubles; R, 63s.; S, 48s.; T, 42s. 
Unnamed Sorts, per dozen, Singles: G, 21s.; 
H, 18s.; J, 15s.; K, 12s.; L, 9s. For Bedding, 
per 100: M, 40s.; N, 30s.; O, 24s. Unnamed 
Sorts, per dozen, Doubles: W, 80s.; X, 24s.; 
Z, 18s. 
Begonia Growers, Forest Hill, S.Ei 
Laing’s 
Begonia 
Tubers. 
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