No. 41.—1885. 
SATURDAY, JUNE 13th. 
f Registered at the General 1 
l Post-Office as a Newspaper.j 
One Penny. 
FLOWER SHOWS. 
Shepperton and District Flower Show. 
Including all places within a radius of Six miles from 
Shepperton Church. 
T HE SECOND ANNUAL SHOW will be held on 
THURSDAY, 2nd JULY, in the grounds of SUXBURY 
COURT, SUNBURY, bv kind permission of Lieut.-Col. 
W. H. Harfield. 
EXHIBITION of Roses and other Blowers, Orchids, 
Foliage Plants, Fruit and Vegetables. 
Special Classes open to all England. Third Prizes will be 
given where considered worthy. 
The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Horse Guards (by kind 
permission of Colonel Milne Home, M.P.) will attend, 
conducted by Mr. Charles Godfrey. 
Further particulars, Schedules of Prizes, and Entrance 
forms to be obtained from ARTHUR E. STEARNS, Hon. 
Sec,, The Lodge, Upper Halliford, Walton-on-Thames. 
Sheffield Botanical Gardens. 
G rand horticultural exhibition, 
17th and 18th JULY, 1885. 
£250 in Prizes. 
Entries close 13th July. 
Prize Schedules may be obtained from the Curator, Mr. JOHN 
EWING. 
J WEEKS & CO., Horticultural Builders and 
. HOT-WATER APPARATUS MANUFACTURERS, 
KING’S ROAD, CHELSEA, S.W. 
“ Book of Designs ” and Estimates post free on application. 
JOHN DOWNIE, BEECHH1LL NURSERIES, 
fJ near EDINBURGH, begs to intimate that his Stock of 
PANSIES, including the newest and best in cultivation, 
ARE NOW’tNAJULL FLOWER, in one section alone there 
being atts^senhover 30,000 fully expanded blooms. Inspection 
G rade vines.—Ireland & Thomson beg 
to announce that their stock of the above is this year 
specially line and now ready for present planting. All' the 
leading sorts from 3s. (id. to 5s each. 
Nurseries : Craigjeith, Comely Bank, and New Golden Acre, 
Granton Road>-Kdinbufgh. 
J)OT ROSES.—IRELAND & THOMSON have a 
-L splendid stock of all the,best H.P. and Tea Roses for 
conservatory decoration or for planting out, from 18s. to 36s. 
per dozen. ' 
Nurseries : Craigleitli, Comely Rank, and New Golden Acre, 
Granton Road, Edinburgh. 
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1 1 TYE 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, published by 
BARR & SON, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden, 
\V ,L, 
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 
1™! 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. “ Teas’’ Noisettes, &c., 18s„ 24s., and 30s. per 
doz. \ery strong H. Perpetuals for forcing, 24s. to 30s. per 
doz.— RICHARD SMITH & CO., Nurserymen and Seed 
Merchants, Worcester. 
H ARDY AQUATICS.—Finest collection in the 
country, Herbaceous, Alpine, and old-fashioned border 
from per doz. in 12 sorts, 4s.; from per 100 in 50 sorts 
60s. Catalogue on application to J. VANDER REES, Exotic 
Nursery, Tooting, S.W. 
pHRYSANTHEMUMS, well-rooted, good, 12 sorts, 
^ oz ’ P 0S L fi' ee ; to name, Is. 6 d. per doz.- 
T. GAA TON, Prospect Nursery, Hornsey, N. 
JOHN LAING & Co. 
GOLD MEDAL BEGONIAS 
NOW IN FULL BLOOM. 
Presenting an unrivalled floral display. 
Visitors are cordially invited. 
Frequent trains from the City and from the 
West End to Catford and Forest Hill Stations. 
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. 
Ferns ! Ferns ! Ferns ! 
H B. MAY offers the following varieties—clean, 
» established plants. Adiantum Paccottii, A. decorum, 
A. grandiceps, Pteris argyrea, P. hastata, Nephiodium corym- 
biferum, Cyrtomium falcatum, Lastrea aristata variegata, 
Gymnogranma Wettenhalliana, 2s. per doz. Pteris albalineata 
cristata, Lvgodium seandens, and Aspidium trifoliatum, 4s. per 
doz. Packing free ; cash with order.—Dyson’s Lane Nursery, 
Upper Edmonton. 
Hoses and Ficus. 
H B. MAY offers fine strong plants of Niphetos 
• and other Tea Roses, clean and full of buds. Price 
per doz. or 100 on application. Ficus elasticus, well furnished 
plants, 20 to 24 inches high, 18s. per doz.— Dyson’s Lane 
Nursery, Upper Edmonton. 
N ew fuchsia, mr. Stephens.—a splendid 
free-flowering variety, and one of the best for training 
or cutting purposes. It is a very robust grower, and a good 
winter-blooming variety, 2s. G d. each. Catalogue, with full 
directions as to cultivation of the Fuchsia (the best guide for 
amateurs), post-free, four stamps.—W. E. BOYCE, E.R.H.S., 
Yerbury Road, Holloway, London. 
F UCHSIAS. — Fine mixed varieties for bedding or 
window display. Is. 3d. doz.—BOYCE, as above. 
L AST OFFER.—A few thousand strong rooted 
plants of CHRYSANTHEMUMS still for sale (see 
previous advertisements), at the following reduced prices:— 
Large-flowering and Japanese varieties, 12, Is. 6d.; 24, 2s. 9 d .; 
Single varieties, 6, Is. 3d. ; 12, 2s.; Early-flowering varieties 
(the best for out-door culture, bloom all the summer), 6, Is. 3d .; 
12, 2s. Cuttings, Is. doz. All correctly named.—BOYCE, as 
above. 
C ACTUS DAHLIAS, Picta Formosissimus, Mr. 
Tait, Cochineal, Prince Imperial, Lord Lyndhurst, and 
Annie Harvey, Is. each; the 6, 5s. Juarezii, Constance, and 
Eire King, Gd. each. Seedling Cactus saved from the above, 
12, 3s. 2d. ; 6, Is. 8 d .; sure to produce some novelties. The 
best Show, Fancy, and Pompon, 12, 3s. 2d. ; 6, Is. 8 d. Single, 
to include several of Ware’s best new varieties, 12, 3s. 2d. ; 
6, Is. 8d. ; 12 seedlings, single, Is. Gd — ZONAL GERA¬ 
NIUMS, single, 12 grand Kinds, to include Cannell’s 
splendid new white “Queen of the Belgians,” 4s.; 12 best 
doubles, to include the very fine new white Le Cygne, 4s.— 
HELIOTROPES, the 5 best, Is. Gd.; White Lady, Swanley 
Giant, President Garfield, Albert Delaux, the beautiful 
golden varieties, and White-eyed Beauty, the prettiest ever 
seen; a unique collection. Mimulus, Tropseolum Fireball 
Improved, Verbenas, Harrison’s Musk, Nicotiana affinis, and 
blue Marguerites, Is. Gd. per dozen; Asters, Phlox Drum- 
mondi grandiflora, French and African Marigolds, Dianthus 
Easter’s Queen and crimson Belle, 6d. per dozen. The above 
are guaranteed thoroughly good plants.—H. J. JONES, Hope 
Nursery, Lewisham. Catalogue free. 
120 Plants for 5s. 
W ILLIAM BADMAN offers his 5s. box of 
plants, containing 60 Geraniums of sorts, 10 Blue 
Lobelias, 10 E’uchsias, 10 Blue Ageratums, 10 Calceolaria, 10 
Scarlet Tropmolums, 10 Sweet Heliotropes. All well rooted, 
and sure to give satisfaction. Half the above for 2s. 6d.; 
post-free Gd. and 9d. extra.—P.O.O. with order.—Cemetery 
Nursery, Gravesend. 
JJREENHOUSES FOR THE MILLION.—Buyers 
Vj can save 25 per cent, in price and workmanship. Green¬ 
houses complete from 50s. Conservatory from £5. Illus¬ 
trated Catalogues post free 3 stamps.—P£l3L & SONS, Steam 
Power Horticultural Works, Wood Green, London, N.; also, 
Windhill, Bradford, Yorkshire. 
Good, and Cheap Insecticides. 
T obacco paper and cloth (Roil).— 
Thoroughly reliable quality; low prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON & CO., Tobacco Works, Leith, N.B. 
Protect your Fruit. 
W HEN you can get 18 square yards of best netting, 
or 24 square yards of second quality netting for Is. By 
the chemical process this netting has gone through to preserve 
it for the sea it is warranted to protect the fruits from the birds, 
wasps, and the dolphin, or small insect. Can be sent any width 
Carriage paid on all orders over 5s.—HY. JOHN GASSON* 
Fish Merchant, Rye, Sussex. 
JAMES BOYD & SONS, PAISLEY and LON- 
U 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. 
ni nnn offered for prizes at 
djllUUU 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, 
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.; 
Cash with order.—H. LEANEY, Upton Nursery, Forest Gate, 
Essex. 
G reenhouses for everybody.—T he Little 
Gems, lean-to, 65s.; span-roof, 75s. A perfect novelty, 
not to be believed until seen; send 4 stamps for photo of 
gems. Cucumber frames, glazed and painted, 20s. — Send 
2 stamps for OGDEN & CO.’S Price List to the Alexandra 
Palace Horticultural Works, Wood Green, London, N. 
W EEDS: HOW TO DESTROY THEM.—Use 
SMITH'S celebrated WEED KILLER, the cheapest 
and most effectual preparation ever invented. Testimonials 
and prices on application to MARK SMITH, Manufacturing 
Chemist, Louth, Lincolnshire. 
JOHN KENNARD’S Horticultural Soils, Sundries, 
O and Berkshire Pottery Dep6t. Catalogue of all Horti- 
cultural Sundries, &c., Post Free. Established 1854.—Swan 
Place, Old Kent Road, London, S.E. 
G ISHURST COMPOUND. — Used by leading 
gardeners since 1859 against Red Spider, Mildew, Thrips 
Green Ely, 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—lx., 3s., and 10s. 6 d. 
G ISHURSTINE keeps Boots Dry and Soft on 
wet ground. Boxes— Gd. and Is., from the trade. Whole¬ 
sale from PRICE’S PATENT CANDLE CO. (Limited) 
London. 
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 Pood for Plants,” with directions foruse 
is printed on salmon-coloured paper on each 2d. box, with reti 
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. 
T O INVENTORS.—Inventions protected by Royal 
Letters Patent at lowest rates. Provisional protection 
for nine months £2 2s. For all information concerning 
Patents address Messrs. LULMAN & CO., Patent Agents 
8, Essex Street, Strand, London, W.C. 
JOHN LAING & Co. 
GOLD MEDAL BEGONIAS. 
Orders now booked for July delivery. 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. 
Laing’s 
Prize 
Begonias 
