No. 32.—1885. 
SATURDAY, APRIL 11th. 
f Registered at the General 1 y\. T _ l)T..r.T,r 
X Post-Office as a Newspaper. J WNE X ENNY. 
< 1 ■\7"E NARCISSUS OR DAFFODYL.” An in- 
JL 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, pubhshed by 
BARR & SON, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden, 
Vf.C. 
H erbaceous 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.—RICHARD SMITH & CO., Worcester. 
Ware’s New, Rare, and Choice Flower Seeds. 
T HE most complete list of Miscellaneous FLOWER 
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. 
fn nnn OFFERED for prizes at 
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. 
H ARDY AQUATICS.—Finest collection in the 
country, Herbaceous, Alpine, and old-fashioned border 
plants, from per doz. in 12 sorts, 4s. ; from per 100 in 50 sorts, 
30s. Catalogue on application to J. YANDER REES, Exotic 
Nursery, Tooting, S.W. 
N EW CATALOGUE FOR 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, &c , &c., ever brought together, is 
now ready. Should be consulted before buying elsewhere, and 
will be posted on application. JOHN FORBES, Nurseryman, 
Hawick, N.B. 
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Border and perpetual.flowering-varieties, extra large, doz., 
3s. 6d .; 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. 
^CHRYSANTHEMUMS.—Strong plants, best sor 
W only, doz., 2s. 6 d .; cuttings half price ; Carnations, fn 
(X CAMELLIAS or AZALEA INDICA, full of buds, 
V-/ 10s., large healthy plants of either in 5i pots, all different 
choice sorts and colours. Packing gratis, and extra plants for 
carriage.—E. VAN DER MEEESCH, Queen’s Nursery, 
selhurst, S.E. 
pARNATIONS and PICOTEES, a speciality for 
over 40 years.—I can offer unusually fine Plants of above, 
m all the leading exhibition varieties, true to name, my selec¬ 
tion, carriage paid for cash, as follows:—Six of each, in 12 
varieties, 6s. G <1 .; 12 of each, in 24 varieties, 12s. 6 d. List of 
varieties, penny stamp. 
ti ROBERT LORD, Holebottom, Todmorden. 
“Mr. Lord’s plants are the finest I get from any source: 
oSord^ 11110 * be s - Dodwell, Stanley Road, 
rjlO GARDENERS and AMATEURS.—When you 
TED DM 61 !, Seedsman be sure and include 
hou?e BS ^ FCMIGATOR, a useful addition to the Green. 
A GAY GARDEN for a Shilling.—Eighteen packets 
a Y„ 0 U !ho F y fl ° wer seeds post free for Is!, such as Stocks, 
Zinnias, Petunias, Single Dahlias, &c., by which a 
garaen may be stocked with flowers summer and autumn. 
nhm£ X f 0f ,‘ Hea P’ s Food * or Plants ” will be enclosed with 
ft Mm&SS ® 8 eXtra '“ J ’ DACB ’ Blorist > Hi ^ h 
JOHN LAING & Co. 
GOLD MEDAL STRAIN from our Prize Plants. 
„N.ew 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 5/- per packet. 
COLLECTIONS, 12 named varieties, separate, 7/6 
,, 6 named varieties, separate, 4/- 
Begonia Growers, Forest Hill, S.E. 
1885. Scotch Florists’ Flowers. 1885. 
R B. LAIRD & SONS (successors to Downie 
• & 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. 
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, 
E.R.H.S., Yerbury Road, Holloway, London. 
Irish Ferns for Sale. 
ROO SPECIES and VARIETIES Botanieally 
O Unamed and labelled at moderate prices. Three 
Maiden Hair Eerns, and one each of Ceterach crematum, 
Asplenium marinum, Black Maiden Hair Spleenwort, 
Polystichum aculeatum with thorns, Lastrea aemula, like 
Parsley, Cystopteris fragilis, and the rare Polypodium semi- 
lacerum, Royal Fern, Blechnum spicant, Crested Harts- 
Tongue and marginatum Ferris, &c. All large and well 
rooted. The Twelve rare and assorted species and varieties, 
3s. 6d., post free ; or 8s. per 100. 
The Beautiful Mountain Avens, Yellow Rook Rose, Trailing 
Arbutus, Sundew, the insect killer, Crowberry, Bloody 
Cranes Bill, Pinguicula, Orchis mascula, and Lady’s Mantle. 
The selection 3s. 6d. Post free to any part of the LTnited 
Kingdom. 
P. B. O’KELLY, Botanist and Fern Collector, Ballyvaughan, 
county Clare, Ireland. 
Carnations and Pieotees. 
J BOOTH, Floeist, Failsworth, offers the above 
• in choice named exhibition varieties. 12 Carnations, 
6s.; 12 Pieotees, 5s., or 24 for 10s. Cash with order. Cata¬ 
logues on application. 
Notice. 
C OCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE.—Reduced 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 
& CO., “ Greyhound Yard,” and 163, HighSt., Battersea, S.W. 
Good and Cheap Insecticides. 
T obacco paper and cloth (Roil).— 
Thoroughly reliable quality; low prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON & CO., Tobacco Works, Leith, N.B. 
E EVUE de l’HORTICULTURE BELGE et 
ETRANGERE (Belgian and Foreign Horticultural 
Review). — Among the principal Contributors are :—A. 
Allard, E. AndrC, C. Baltet, E. Burvenich, E. Crepin, De 
De Jonge van Ellemeet, O. de Kerchove de Deriterghem, 
P. E. de Puydt, C. de Vis, J. Gillon, A. M. C. Jongkindt 
Coninck, J.Kick, L. Linden, T. Moore, C. NaudLin, B. Oliverer, 
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, 8vo., 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. 
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 despriptiye 
Catalogue, post free, '. F 
"TAMES BOYD & SONS, PAISLEY and LON- 
O 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. 
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. 6 d. per 100 ; forcing, 12s. 6d. perlOO.— 
RICHARD SMITH & CO., N . ‘ 
Worcester. 
■ f"*. 1 XbU, 111*, 1UU. 
.Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
P URE WHITE GERANIUM, “NIPHETOS.”— 
A hybrid nosegay, of a purer white than any we are at 
present acquainted with. It differs from all other white 
varieties in that it remains pure white to the very last, and 
never under any circumstances becomes tinted with pink, or 
any other colour. The trusses are of immense size, producing 
in nearly every case upwards of a hundred flower pips each. 
It is of a strong, robust, dwarf habit, free flowering, and 
whether for Winter or Summer flowering, or for cultivating 
indoors or out, will be found invaluable. Price 6s. per doz.— 
H. LEANEY, Upton Nursery, Forest Gate, Essex. 
R 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. 6d.; 50 choice Dwarfs, 12s. 6 d .; 24 choice 
Dwarf Teas and Noisettes. 12s. 6 d .; 12 choice Climbing, 5s., 
my selection. Cash with order. Hundreds of Testimonials. 
Catalogues Free.—JAMES WALTERS, Rose Grower, Mount 
Radford, Exeter. 
P ROTECT YOUR FRUIT FROM THE FROST 
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. 
JOHN KENNARD’S Horticultural Soils, Sundries, 
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 outlav of two. 
pence, and prove “ HEAPS’S FOOD FOR PLANTS ” the 
BEST, SAEEST, and most CONVENIENT to use of all artificial 
manures. “ Heaps’s Pood for Plants,” with directions for use, 
is printed on salmon-coloured paper on each 2d. box, with red 
air-tight ends. Be sure you get it, don’t be persuaded to take 
any 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 1869 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 oake against American 
blight. Has outlived many preparations intended to supersede 
it. Boxes—Is., 3s., and 10s. (id. 
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. 
JOHN LAING 8i Co. 
All Good Tubers just starting into Growth, free by Parcels 
Post. Catalogues Gratis. 
OUR OWN UNRIVALLED VARIETIES. 
Named Sorts, per dozen, Singles: A L 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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