No. 31.—1885. 
SATURDAY, APRIL 4th. 
f Registered at the General \ 
X. Post-Office as a Newspaper .j 
One Penny. 
i i -xrv. NAECISSUS OE DAFFODYL.” An in- 
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teresting history of the Daffodil, covering a period 
of the 300 years, with its poetry, and notes on hybridization, 
with many illustrations. Price one shilling, published by 
BARE A SON, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden, 
W.C. _ 
H eebaceous and alpine plants.— 
Catalogue of 50 pages, containing full information as 
to colour, height, situation, time of flowering, &c,, free on 
application. A capital collection for Rocks, Stumps, and 
Borders, from 25s. per 100, or 4s. per doz. Most of the plants 
being in pots] may be despatched at any time, or by Parcels 
Post when fit— EICHARD SMITH & CO., Worcester. 
Ware’s New, Rare, and Choice Flower Seeds. 
T HE most complete list of Miscellaneous FLOWEE 
SEEDS ever published, including Hardv Perennials, 
Hardy Florists’ Flowers, Greenhouse Seeds, Hardy Orna¬ 
mental Grasses, Hardy Annuals, &c., free upon application. 
HALE FARM NURSERIES, TOTTENHAM, LONDON. 
p-f r \ r \ r \ offeeed foe peizes at 
il)UUU DUNDEE INTERNATIONAL EX- 
HIBITION, 1884, where Dobbie’s Prize Strains of Jjeeks, 
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. 
K ELWAY & SON.—TWENTY ACEES OF 
GLADIOLI. 
The largest Collection in Europe. Catalogues free with 
cultural directions. 
LANGPORT, SOMERSET. 
N EW CATALOGUE FOE 1885,containingprobably 
the largest and best collections of Pansies, Violas, 
Phloxes, Pentstemons, Antirrhinums, named Hollyhocks, 
Mimulus, Double Potentillas,Delphiniums, Pyrethrums, Hardy 
border Herbaceous and Alpine plants, Dahlias, Pelargoniums, 
Fuchsias, Double Begonias, Ac., Ac., ever brought together, is 
now ready. Should be consulted before buying elsewhere, and 
will be posted on application. JOHN FORBES, Nurseryman, 
Hawick, N. B. 
C HEYSANTHEMUMS.—Strong plants, best sorts 
only, doz., 2s. 6 d. ; cuttings half price ; Carnations, fine 
Border and perpetual-flowering varieties, extra large, doz., 
3s. 6 d. ; 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¬ 
end. 
6 CAMELLIAS or AZALEA INDICA, full of buds, 
10s., large healthy plants of either in 5^ pots, all different 
choice sorts and colours. Packing gratis, and extra plants for 
carriage.—E. VAN DER MEERSCH, Queen’s Nursery, 
Selhurst, S.E. 
pAENATIONS 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. G d. ; 12 of each, in 24 varieties, 12s. G d. 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. 
T O GAEDENEES and AMATEUES.—When you 
order from your Seedsman be sure and include 
TEBBS’S FUMIGATOR, a useful addition to the Green¬ 
house. 
A GAY GAEDEN for a Shilling.—Eighteen packets 
of showy flower seeds post free for Is., such as Stocks, 
Asters, Zinnias, Petunias, Single Dahlias, Ac., 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. 
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, 2/0 and 5/- per packet. 
COLLECTIONS, 12 named varieties, separate, 7/6 
„ 6 named varieties, separate, 4 J- 
Begonia Growers, Forest Hill, S.E. 
1885. Scotch Florists’ Flowers. 1885. 
E B. LAIBD & SONS (successors to Downie 
• A Laird), will have much pleasure in posting their 
new Catalogue of the above. 
OUR COLLECTION has been well known for many years 
to be the largest and best in Scotland. 
ROYAL WINTER GARDEN, EDINBURGH. 
Lilies of the Valley. 
C UT BLOOMS, fine spikes, Is. 3 d. per doz. 
Crowns for forcing, 5s. 6 d. per 100; 40s. per 1,000. 
Crowns, from whicb blooms have been cut, for planting out to 
obtain stock, 10s. per 1,000. 
“ Practical hints on the cultivation of this favourite flower,” 
by T. Jannoch, 6Id. post free. Cash with order. 
T. JANNOCH, The Lily Nursery, Dersingham, King’s 
Lynn, Norfolk. 
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 CHEYSANTHEMUMS.—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. 
Ferns for Sale. 
/Z* /W /W SPECIES and varieties, duly named and 
U V_/ U labelled, at moderate prices, carriage paid. 
Adiantum Capillus - Veneris, Ceterach in variety, and 
Asplenium marinum, Polypodium Semilacerum, and Lastrea 
scmula, all large and well rooted plants, at 6s. 6 d. per 100, post 
free.—P. O’KELLY, Botanist and Fern-dealer, Ballyvaughan, 
co. Clare, Ireland. 
Notice. 
C OCOA-NUT FIBEE EEFUSE. — Eeduced price. 
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 
A CO-, “ Greyhound Yard,” and 153, High St., Battersea, S.W. 
R evue de phoeticultuee belge et 
ETRANGERE (Belgian and Foreign Horticultural 
Review).—Among the principal Contributors are :—A. 
Allard, E. AndrC, C. Baltet, F. Burvenich, F. Crdpin, De 
De Jonge van Ellemeet, O. de Kerchove de Denterghem, 
P. E. de Puydt, C. de Vis, J. Gillon, A. M. C. Jongkindt 
Coninck, J.Kick, L. Linden, T. Moore, C. Naudin, B. Ohverer, 
H. Ortgies, B. Pynaert, E. Rodigas, A. Siraux, O. Thomas, 
A. van Geert Son, H. J. van Hulle, J. van Volxem, H. J. 
Veitch, A. Wesmael, and P. Wolkenstein. 
This illustrated Journal appears on the 1st of every month, 
in Parts of 24 pages, Svo., with Two Coloured Plates and 
numerous Engravings. 
Terms of Subscription for the United Kingdom ;—One year, 
14s., payable in advance. 
Publishing Office : 136, Rue de Bruxelles, Ghent, Belgium. 
Post Office Orders to be made payable to M. E. PYNAERT, 
Ghent. 
Farms, Estates, Hesidences. 
Any one desirous of Renting a Farm or Residence, or 
Purchasing an Estate, can have copies of the 
M idland counties heeald 
supplied free for six weeks on stating the purpose for 
which the paper is required, forwarding name and address, 
and six halfpenny stamps for postage, addressed “ Midland 
Counties Herald, Office, Birmingham.” The Midland 
Counties Herald always contains large numbers of advertise, 
ments relating to Farms, Estates, and Residences for Sale and 
to be Let. 
The Best Hardy Plant Nursery. 
P AUL and SON, THE OLD NUESEEIES, 
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. 
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Carefully prepared, illustrated, and fully-priced descriptive 
Catalogue, post free. 
TAMES BOYD & SONS, PAISLEY and LON- 
t) 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 PABTICULAES 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. 
A SPABAGUS.—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 years old, 3s. 6a. per 100 ; forcing, 12s. (id. per 100.— 
RICHARD SMITH & CO., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
Worcester. 
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. 
R OSES, BOSES, BOSES. — Cheapest in the 
world. All have been kept moved back, and will plant 
now with safety. Twenty-four choice Standards or Half- 
Standards, 12s. 6d.; 50 choice Dwarfs, 12s. 6d.; 24 choice 
Dwarf Teas and Noisettes. 12s. 6d.; 12 choice Climbing, 5s., 
my selection. Cash with order. Hundreds of Testimonials. 
Catalogues Free.—JAMES WALTERS, Rose Grower, Mount 
Radford, Exeter. 
P BOTECT YOUB FBUIT FBOM THE FEOST 
AND BIRDS, when you can get Netting 18 square 
yards for one shilling, and this netting has only been used a 
little by our fishermen. Of course will last longer than 
new, as it has been preserved for the sea, and will resist the 
rain from rotting it. Like new, and yet so cheap. Carriage 
paid on all parcels over 5s. 
HENRY JOHN GASSON, Fish and General Merchant, 
Rye, Sussex. 
TOHN KENNARD’S Horticultural Soils, Sundries, 
(J and Berkshire Pottery Dep6t. Catalogue of all Horti¬ 
cultural Sundries, &c., Post Free. Established 1854.—Swan 
Place, Old Kent Road, London, S.E. 
W HAT IS IT ? A FACT, that all Spite, Prejudice, 
and Menace can be overcome by an outlay of two- 
pence, and prove “ HEAPS’S FOOD FOR PLANTS ” the 
best, safest, and most convenient to use of all artificial 
manures. “ Heaps’s Food for Plants,” with directions for use, 
is printed on salmon-coloured paper on each 2 d. box, with red 
air-tight ends. Be sure you get it, don't be persuaded to take 
anv other. Sold everywhere; a sample free, 3d. One doz. 
will be sent, carriage paid for 2s. Trade terms on application. 
HEAPS & SON, Lordship Lane, London, 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 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 d. 
ISHURSTINE keeps Boots Dry and Soft on 
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wet ground. Boxes—6 d. and Is., from the trade. Whole¬ 
sale from PRICE’S PATENT CANDLE CO. (Limited), 
London. ____ 
Good and Cheap Insecticides. 
OBACCO PAPER and CLOTH (Roll).— 
Thoroughly reliable quality; low prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON & CO., Tobacco Works, Leith, N.B. 
JOHN LAING & Co. 
All Good Tubers iust 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.; 
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Begonia Growers, Forest Hill, S.E, 
