No. 29.—1885. 
SATURDAY, MARCH 21st. 
C Registered at the General I 
t 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. For Schedules 
“fc McKINLAY, Headlev Lodge, Croydon Road, Anerley, 
S.E. ___ 
Proposed Gardeners’ and Foresters’ Benevolent 
Institution for Scotland. 
A T a MEETING of the SCOTTISH HORTICUL¬ 
TURAL ASSOCIATION, held at Edinburgh on the 
6th of February, it was proposed by Mr. John Downie, and 
seconded by Mr. John Methven, and unanimously agreed to, 
that an endeavour should be made to start such an Institution. 
Gardeners’ and Foresters’ opinions for or against the above 
are solicited. 
(Signed) JOHN DOWNIE. 
JOHN METHVEN. 
A SPARAGUS.—This delicious Vegetable does not 
require half the expense often incurred ; for directions 
see Seed List, free. Strong Roots, 2s. 6d. per 100; extra strong 
ditto, two vears old, 3s. fid. per 100 ; forcing, 12s. fid. per 100.— 
RICHARD SMITH & CO., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
Worcester. 
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. 
E OSES, ROSES, ROSES. — Cheapest in the 
world. All have been kept moved back, and will plant 
now with safety. Twenty-four choice Standards or Half- 
Standards, 12s. fid.; 50 choice Dwarfs, 12s. 6d.; 24 choice 
Dwarf Teas and Noisettes. 12s. fid.; 12 choice Climbing, 5s., 
my selection. Cash with order. Hundreds of Testimonials. 
Catalogues Free.—JAMES WALTERS, Rose Grower, Mount 
Radford, Exeter. 
C ARNATIONS and PICOTEES, a speciality for 
over 40 vears.—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. fid.; 12 of each, in 24 varieties, 12s. 6d. 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. 
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. 
C HRYSANTHEMUMS.—Strong plants, best sorts 
only, doz., 2s. fid.; cuttings half price ; Carnations, fine 
Border and perpetual-flowering varieties, extra large, doz., 
3s. fid.; Penstemons, shrubby Veronicas, and Sweet Williams 
(Auricula-eyed), doz., Is.; Calceolarias (yellow and dark), 
100, 5s.; 1,000, 42s.; all free.—J. FAIREY, Florist, Graves- 
nd. 
A GAY GARDEN for a Shilling.—Eighteen packets 
of showy flower seeds post free for Is., such as Stocks, 
Asters, Zinnias, Petunias, Single Dahlias, &c., by which a 
garden may be stocked with flowers summer and autumn. 
A box of “ Heap’s Food for Plants” will be enclosed with 
above for three stamps extra,—J. F. DACE, Florist, High 
Street, Leyton, Essex. 
J OHN KENNARD’S Horticultural Soils, Sundries, 
and Berkshire Pottery Dep6t. Catalogue of all Horti¬ 
cultural Sundries, &e., Post Free. Established 1854.—Swan 
Place, Old Kent Road, London, 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. 
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; 6/- 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. 
T 
T HE CHOICEST FLOWER SEEDS that can be 
supplied—Truffaut’s Paeony-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 6 d. and Is. per packet. 
The GEM COLLECTION of HARDY ANNUALS, includ¬ 
ing the very best kinds, fully described, 16 varieties, Is. 2d. ; 
36 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, Willenhall, Hednesford, and other Shows. 50 finest 
varieties, 10s.; 25 ditto, 6s.; 12 ditto, 3s. 6 d.; strong plants, free. 
Catalogues, two stamps.—W. J. KNIGHT, Seedsman and 
Florist, Bilston. 
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, 2s. per doz. 
S INGLE CHRYSANTHEMUMS.—A few of these 
useful varieties should be in every collection. They 
are very free bloomers and most useful for cut bloom and 
decorative purposes. Rooted cuttings from a choice selection, 
5s. per doz. Catalogue, with full directions as to cultivation, 
the best guide for Amateurs, four stamps.—W. E. BOYCE, 
F.R.H.S., Yerbury Road, Holloway, London. 
Good and Cheap Insecticides. 
OBACCO PAPER and CLOTH (Roll).— 
Thoroughly reliable quality; low prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON & CO., Tobacco Works, Leith, N.B. 
C hoice hardy spring flowers.—j. h. Ley 
can supply in large clumps as follows from open 
ground, each clump equal to about a dozen of the pieces sold 
m London shops and all finest named varieties :— 
s. d. 
4 0 
3 0 
4 0 
3 0 
6 0 
6 0 
4 0 
4 0 
3 0 
6 0 
12 0 
2 6 
4 0 
8 0 
aller quantitities at same rates. Cash 
with order.—JOHN H. LEY, Woodside Green, South Nor¬ 
wood, 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. 6 d. 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, 10<2. 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. 
12 Old Crimson Clove. 
12 „ White Pink . 
12 New White Elephant Pink 
12 Pinks, distinct sorts 
12 Pyrethrums, single and double 
12 Carnations and Picotees, named 
12 Potentillas . 
12 Iris, all distinct . 
12 Anemone japonica alba ... 
12 Roses, choicest sorts, dwarfs 
12 „ standards ,, „ 
12 Primroses, coloured sorts... 
12 Delphiniums, very fine colours 
12 Columbines ,, 
A ; 
J AMES BOYD & SONS, PAISLEY and LON¬ 
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. 
SPARAGUS.—A large quantity of Strong Plants, 
two, three, and four years old. Prices on application to 
J. CHEAL & SONS, Lowfield Nurseries, Crawley. 
Ware’s New, Bare, 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. 
n-| finn OFFERED FOR PRIZES AT 
<5bJLjWWvA DUNDEE INTERNATIONAL EX¬ 
HIBITION, 1884, where Dobbie’s Prize Strains of Leeks, 
Turnips, Parsnips, Beet, Greens, Celery, Asters, French and 
African Marigolds, Cockscombs, Ac., 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, 
‘ DOBBIE — - - 
may now be had from 
& CO., Rothesay, N.B. 
K ELWAY & SON.—TWENTY ACRES OF 
GLADIOLI. 
The largest Collection in Europe. Catalogues free with 
cultural directions. 
LANGPORT, SOMERSET. 
CAMELLIAS or AZALEA INDICA, full of buds, 
6 
choice 
carriage. 
Selhurst, S.E. 
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. 
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. 
ISHURST COMPOUND. — Used by leading 
OT 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 American 
blight. Has outlived many preparations intended to supersede 
it. Boxes—Is., 3s., and 10s. dd. 
G ISHURSTINE keeps Boots Dry and Soft on 
wet ground. Boxes—6 d. and Is., from the trade. Whole¬ 
sale from PRICE'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. 
Notice. 
pOCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE.—Reduced price. 
VJ 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, High St., Battersea, S.W 
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.E. 
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