June 13th, 1885. 
THE GARDENING WORLD, 
655 
SPECIALITIES. 
East Lothian Stock, a very hardy race of the ! 
highest value for spring flowering; very sweet-scented, i 
Sow in July and August in open air. Scarlet, Purple] 
and White, each, per packet, Gd. and Is.; three colours] 
Is. (id, and 2s. (3d., post free. 
Carnation Seed, saved from a splendid collection, 
will give 80 per cent, of fine double flowers. Invaluable 
for cutting, being hardy, robust, and free. Sow in open 
air for blooming next year. Bizarres, Flakes. Fancies, 
Cloves, Yellow and White-gi'ound Picotees, each separate 
or all mixed, Is. and 2s. (id. per packet, free. 
Tree Carnation (Winter-flowering), seed saved as 
above. These are easily grown from seed, and will bloom 
freely in any greenhouse. Cultural directions with every 
packet. Sow now in cold frame. Per packet, Is. and 
2s. Gd. free. 
Pentstemon Seed, saved from the finest large- 
flowering varieties of our unrivalled collection. Sow now 
in open air for next year’s flowering. Plants continue to 
flower from Juno to November. Per packet, (id. and Is., 
free. 
Amateur’s Gardening Guide , gratis and post free. 
STUART & MEIN, 
KELSO, SCOTLAND, 
CUTBUSH’S 
MILLTRACK MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
IF ONCE USED no other will be 
willingly taken. Testimonials of high 
merit received every day.— “The Gar¬ 
dens, Sandringham. — I have tried 
all other Mushroom Spawn advertised, 
but none to be compared with yours, 
which I have used for the last twenty 
years without once failing a quick 
and good crop. — Cn.vs. Penny, 
Gardener to H.R.H. The Prince of 
Wales.” — Price Six Shillings per 
bushel, One Shilling extra per bushel 
(for packing). One Shilling per Cake 
free by Parcels Post. 
HIGHGATE NURSERIES, LONDON, N. 
COCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE, 
NE BAG, Is.; 10 bags, 8s.; 15 bags, 12s.; 20 bags, 
16s.: 30 bags, 22s. No charge for bags. 
Cart and Van loads, at Works, from 3s. to 7s. Gd., according 
to size. Truck loads, containing upwards of 2 tons weight, 25s. 
FREE ON RAIL. 
TERMS-STRICTLY CASH AVITH ORDER. 
BULBECK & SON, Manufacturers, 
SUFFOLK PLACE, Snow Fields, Bermondsey, S.E. 
SWISS BAROMETER, 
STORM 
GLASS, 
CLOCK, 
COMBINED, for 
5h 
Handsome carved - wood Clock, 
14 ins. high, with ivory hands and 
figures, works beautifully made in 
brass, goes for thirty hours with 
once winding. 'Will last for twenty 
years. Keeps most accurate time. 
The upper part consists of Weather- 
House; a Swiss male peasant, beauti¬ 
fully modelled, emerges if weather 
is about to be wet, and a female 
peasant, same size, if fine. The 
whole forms an ornament fit for a 
palace. Both weather-house and clock warranted correct. 
Sent free in box to any address in the United Kingdom on 
receipt of postal order for 5s., or two for 9s. Gd. Also fitted 
with a loud Alarum, which can be set to go off at any time, 
and loud enough lo wake the soundest sleeper, for Is. extra. 
Barometer, Clock, and Alarum for 6s. 
A Swiss Microscope for Is. 
Long Nickel Silver case. Magnifies 2000 times. See the 
swimming monsters that are living and doing battle in a 
drop of water! Cheese dust looks like blackbeetles! ! Sent 
free to any address for 12 stamps; two for Is. 9d. 
Note the address—II. G. BAYLY, Sole Agent for Swiss 
Clock and Novelty Company, 85, High Street, Kingsland, 
London (one minute from Dalston Junction, and next door 
to London and County Bank). Established same address 
fifteen years. Agents wanted in every town for sale of our 
Clocks. 
SMYTH’S 
GARDEN REQUISITES. 
COCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE. 
4 cl. per bushel; 100 for 25s.; truck (loose, about 
2 tons), 40s.; 4-bushel bags, 4d. each. 
LIGHT BBOWN FIBROUS PEAT, 5s. 6 d. per sack; 
5 sacks for 25s.; sacks, id. each. 
BLACK FIBROUS PEAT, 5s. per sack ; 5 sacks, 22s.; 
sacks cacti 
COARSE SILVER SAND, Is. 9 d. per bushel; 15s.per 
half ton ; 26s. per ton ; in 2-bushel bags, id. each. 
YELLOW FIBROUS LOAM, PEAT MOULD, and 
LEAF MOULD, Is. per bushel. SPHAGNUM 
MOSS, 8s. 6 d. per sack. 
MANURES, GARDEN STICKS, VIRGIN CORK, 
TOBACCO CLOTH, RUSSIA MATS, &c. 
Write for Free Price List. 
PURVEYOR TO HER MAJESTY. 
21, GOLDSMITHS’ STREET, DRURY LANE, 
LONDON, AV.C. 
This Advertisement appears alternate weeks. 
C. G. FRAZER, 
Horticultural Builder, Norwich. 
Span-roof Greenhouses, fitted complete, made in lights, 
glazed with 21-oz. glass, and painted 3 coats of good oil color. 
Tenant’s Fixtures, 12 ft. by 8 ft., £22 13s. For Irickwork, 
£16. 
Three-quarter Garden Frame, with (registered) set-opes 
lights, 2 ins. thick, glazed with 21-oz. glass, and painted 4 
coats, 4 ft. by 6 ft., £2 17s.; 8 ft. by G ft., £4 10s.; 12 ft. by 6 ft., 
£6 os. G d. Cases, Gs. 
Cheap 
Cucumber 
Frames, 
with sliding 
lights 
complete, 
glazed with 
21-oz. glass, 
and painted 
3 coats, 
8 ft. by 4 ft. 
£1 11s.: 
12 ft. by 4 ft., £2, or fitted with joints and (registered) set-opes 
(as shown above), 8 ft. by 4 ft., 11s. extra, and 12 ft. by 4 ft., 
15s. extra. Cases, 5s. 
The illustration shows the largest of the set of six 
NEW “IMPROVED” HANDLIGHTS. 
Made diminishing sizes, covers 17 square feet; painted three 
coats, and glazed with 21-oz. glass; per set, £2 7s. Gd. 
Carriage paid to any Railway Station in England and Wales; 
also to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, and Belfast. 
Illustrated Catalogues, post free, two penny stamps. 
Price Is., by Post Is. Id. 
COW-KEEPING by FARM LABOURERS. 
BY 
HENRY EVERSHED, 
Author of “ The Supply of Milk to Labourers (Journal 
of the Royal Society of England , 1880J 
Samples and Price Lists Post Free. 
CAMBRIC 
By Appoint¬ 
ments to the 
Queen and 
Crown Prin¬ 
cess of Germany. 
ROBINSON and 
CLEAVER, 
BELFAST. 
Children’s,l/5 & 
Ladies’.2/6 g H> 
Gents’.3/8 
All Pure Flax. 
Hemstitched, g- 
Ladies’..3/11 g/g 
Gents’...6/9 o’ 1 
POCKET 
1 The Cambrics of Robinson 
and Cleaver have a world¬ 
wide fame.”— Queen. 
HANDKERCHIEFS. 
On behalf of the Royal Agricultural Society, the author of 
this pamphlet visited the principal estates where cow-keeping 
by farm labourers is encouraged, including that of Lord 
Tollemache in Cheshire,where nearly 30f labourers and cottagers 
keep cows, and insure them in admirably managed cow clubs, 
presenting the most successful example of eow-keeping on a 
well-organized system in England. The pamphlet contains 
numerous Communications on Cow-keeping, by Land Pro¬ 
prietors, and others, with Plans of Cottages, Cowhouses, and 
Outbuildings. 
HENRY EVERSHED, HURSTMONCEUX, SUSSEX. 
GARDEN NETTING, GREENHOUSE 
BLINDS, AND OTHER SHADING. 
Excelsior Shading. —This shading is stronger and more 
durable than Erigi Domo, and from its make being 
principally manufactured cotton and wool it keeps the morn¬ 
ing frost off and the heat in, as well as forming an eliieient 
shade from the burning sun, 3G ins. wide. Is. per yard. 
Scrim Canvas. —An efficient, durable, and strong shading, 
very much used by Orchid growers, 6 ft. wide, Gd. per yard run. 
Scrim Canvas metallized by the Willesden process, 3G ins. 
wide, 10 Id. per yard run. 
Garden Netting for protection of Fruit Trees and Seed 
Beds from Birds, 2d. per yard run of 2 yards in width. 
Prices for Tennis and other Nettings on application. 
THE TRADE SUPPLIED. 
All Communications and Correspondence to be 
addressed to 
WM. GORDON, 
THE NURSERIES, 
AMYAND PARK ROAD, TWICKENHAM, MIDDLESEX, 
And not to City Office, 10, Cultum Street, London, E.C. 
GARDEN REQUISITES. 
/^lOCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE, 4-bushel bag, 
vJ Is. '3d .; 10 for 11s.; 30 for 30s.; truck (loose) free on 
rail, 28s.; Best Brown Fibrous Feat, 5s. per sack, 
5 for 22s. Gd .; Black Fibrous Peat, 4s. Gd. per sack, 5 for 
20s.; Coarse Silver Sand, Is. Gd. per bushel., 25s. per 
ton; Yellow Fibrous Loam, Leaf, and Peat-mould, Is. per 
bushel; Wood Lattice, Orchid Baskets, Fresh 
Sphagnum Moss, Garden Hose, Artificial Manures, Garden 
Sticks (Bamboos) and Labels. Tobacco Cloth and Paper. 
Write for Price List. 
W. E. WARD & CO., 
11, Union Court, Wormwood Street, London, E.C. (close to 
Broad Street and G.E1.R. Stations.) 
HUGHES’ 
APHICIDE 
Enables the 
operator to 
apply the 
Insecticide 
underneath 
the leaves, the 
superfluous liquid 
falling on the upper 
surface while descending 
One or two tablespoonsful of 
the Fir Tree Oil to a pint of soft 
water will answer for all insects 
on plants. For further directions 
see label on bottle. 
E. GRIFFITHS HUGHES, Operatiue Chemist, 
VICTORIA STREET, MANCHESTER. 
NI COTINE SO AP. 
As an Insecticide, has been proved to be completely 
destructive to insect life, without affecting in the 
slightest degree the most delicate plants. 
Prices, Is. 6 d., 3s., 5s. 6d., and 15s. 6 d. ; 28 lbs., 
25s.; 56 lbs., 50s.; 112 lbs., 95s. 
To be obtained of all 
Nurserymen and Seedsmen. 
SOLE MANUFACTURERS: 
C0RRY, SOPER, FOWLER, & CO. 
(LIMITED), 
18, FINSBURY STREET, E.C. 
SKIPPERS AND SHELLBACKS, 
BY JAMES RUNCIMAN, 
NOW APPEARING IN 
THE WEEKLY DISPATCH, 
Sent post free: 3 months. Is. 8d .; G months, 3s. 3d. ; 
12 months, 6s. Gd.; single copy, post free, lid. 
JOHN P. FULLER, 
19„& 20, Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C. 
