No. 33.—1885. 
SATURDAY, APRIL 18th. 
f Registered at the General 1 
l Post-Office as a Newspaper, j 
One Penny. 
I < -V^E NAECISSUS OE DAFFODYL.” An in- 
Y 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 
J?\RR & SON, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden, 
AV.C. __ 
H ebbaceous 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. 
E OSES, EOSES, EOSES. — Cheapest in the 
world. All have been kept moved back, and will plant 
now with safety. Twenty-four choice Standards or Half- 
Standards, 12s. 6 d. ; 50 choice Dwarfs, 12s. G d. ; 24 choice 
Dwarf Teas and Noisettes. 12s. 6 d. ; 12 choice Climbing, 5s., 
my selection. Cash with order. Hundreds of Testimonials. 
Catalogues Pree.—JAMES WALTERS, Rose Grower, Mount 
Radford, Exeter. 
/CARNATIONS and PICOTEES, a speciality for 
\J 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. 6 d. ; 12 of each, in 24 varieties, 12s. 6 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. 
OFFERED FOE PRIZES AT 
LIjUUU DUNDEE INTERNATIONAL EX- 
HIBITION, 1884, where Dobbie’s Prize Strains of Leeks, 
Turnips, Parsnips, Beet, Greens, Celery, Asters, French and 
African Marigolds, Cockscombs, &e., 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. 
P URE WHITE GERANIUM, “NIPHETOS.”— 
A hybrid nosegay, of a purer white than any we are at 
present acquainted w'ith. 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. 
TOHN KENNARD’S Horticultural Soils, Sundries, 
tJ and Berkshire Pottery Dep6t. Catalogue of all Horti¬ 
cultural Sundries, &e., Post Free. Established 1854.—Swan 
Place, Old Kent Road, London, S.E. 
~D EAUTIFUL FLOWERS.—THE THIRTY 
1 -D PACKETS OF HANDSOME HARDY ANNUALS 
for present sowing in the open borders recommended in 
The Gardening Woeld, April 11th, with six splendid new 
kinds in addition, for 2s. 6 d. ; 12 distinct New Hardy Annuals, 
Is. 6 d. Post free. Unrivalled Show and Fancy PANSIES, 
from the finest collection in the Midlands, 33 prizes last year. 
12 distinct named kinds, 3s.; 25 ditto, 5s.; 50 ditto, 7s. 0 d. 
Catalogues free. W. J. KNIGHT, Seedsman and Florist, 
Bilston. 
A SPARAGUS.— This delicious Vegetable does not 
-1A_ require half the expense often incurred; for directions 
see Seed List, free. Strong Roots, 2s. 6d. per 100; extra strong 
ditto, two years old, 8s. 6 d. per 100 ; forcing, 12s. fi d. per 100.— 
RICHARD SMITH & CO., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, 
vV orcester. 
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, 4/- 
Begonia Growers, Forest Hill, S.E, 
1885. Scotch Florists’ Flowers. 1885. 
B 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. 
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. 
Chrysanthemums. 
“DOOTED CUTTINGS, from a choice collection, 
Lll guaranteed true to name. My selection, 2s. per doz. 
Purchaser’s selection, 2s. 6 d. to 4s. per doz. 
Earlv-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. BOYLE, 
E.R.H.S., Yerbury Road, Holloway, London. 
Now Ready. 
( i /CHRYSANTHEMUMS and their CULTURE,” 
VJ by J. Bradnee, of Arley Hill Nursery, Bristol; who 
has won 112 PRIZES in ten years—74 firsts, 29 seconds, and 
9 thirds. 
Price Is. Post-free, Is. Id . Remittance with Order. 
Full particulars of treatment, from the time of taking 
cuttings to staging plants and blooms for show. 
Published by CLINKER & TITE, Yeovil. 
Irish Ferns for Sale. 
O/W/W SPECIES and VARIETIES Botanically 
O VL vy named and labelled at moderate prices. Three 
Maiden Hair Ferns, and one each of Ceterach crematum, 
Asplenium marinum, Black Maiden Hair Spleenwort, 
Polystichum aculeatum with thorns, Lastrea Simula, like 
Parsley, Cystopteris fragilis, and the rare Polypodium semi- 
laeeruin, Royal Fern, Blechnum spicant, Crested Harts- 
Tongue and marginatum Ferns, &e. 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. 6 d. Post free to any part of the United 
Kingdom. 
P. B. O’KELLY, Botanist and Fern Collector, Ballyvaughan, 
county Clare, Ireland. 
Good and Cheap Insecticides. 
T obacco paper and cloth (Roil).— 
Thoroughly reliable quality; low prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON & CO., Tobacco Works, Leith, N.B. 
120 Plants for 5 s. 
W ILLIAM BADMAN offers his 5s. box of 
plants, containing 60 Geraniums of sorts, 10 Blue 
Lobelias, 10 Fuchsias, 10 Blue Ageratums, 10 Calceolaria, 10 
Scarlet Tropaeolums, 10 Sweet Heliotropes. All well rooted, 
and sure to give satisfaction. Half the above for 2s. 6 d .; 
post-free 6 d. and 9d. extra.—P.O.O. with order.—Cemetery 
Nursery, Gravesend. 
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. VANDER REES, Exotic 
Nursery, Tooting, S.W. 
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. 
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.\Y. 
Illustrated Circulars post free. Complete Catalogue, 3s. 
C LEMATIS, 12s. to 24s. per doz., strong plants in 
pots. List, containing descriptions of best singles and 
doubles of every shade from white to dark purple (some of 
the flowers of which become 10 ins. across), free.—RICHARD 
SMITH & CO., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. 
E OSES IN POTS, “ New of 1885,” 30s. and 36s. 
per doz. “ Peas,” Noisettes, &c., 18s., 24s., and 30s. per 
doz. Very strong H. Penjetuals for forcing, 24s. to 30s. per 
doz.—RICHARD SMITH & CO., Nurserymen and Seed 
Merchants, Worcester. 
N OW IS THE TIME TO TRANSPLANT HOLLIES 
and many other choice Evergreens. For prices of 
beautiful specimens at very low price, see “ Special Offer of 
Surplus Stock.”—RICHARD SMITH & CO., Worcester. 
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., &e., ever brought together, is 
now ready. Should be consulted before buying elsewhere, and 
will be posted on application. JOHN FORBES, Nurseryman, 
Hawick, N. B. 
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 Pood for Plants” will be enclosed with 
above for three stamps extra.—J. F. DACE, Florist, High 
Street, Leyton, Essex. 
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 POOD FOR PLANTS ” the 
best, safest, 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 2 d. box, with red 
air-tight ends. Be sure you get it, don’t he 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. 
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. 
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. 
G ISHURST COMPOUND. — Used by leading 
gardeners since 1859 against Red Spider, Mildew, Thrips, 
Green Ely, and other Blight. 1 to 2ozs. 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. 
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. 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, 
