No. 42.—1885. 
SATURDAY, JUNE 20th. 
( Registered at the General \ 
(. Post-Office as a Newspaper. $ 
One Penny. 
FLOWER SHOWS. 
E oyal horticultueal society.—show 
of PELARGONIUMS, ROSES, and other Plowers in 
the Conservatory, on TUESDAY, JUNE 23rd. Open to 
Fellows of the Society at noon. 
VISITORS to the International Inventions Exhibition 
ADMITTED FREE at One o’clock. 
C RYSTAL PALACE. — GREAT ROSE SHOW 
Of the Season. 
SATURDAY, JULY 4th. For Schedules apply 
Mr. \Y. G. HEAD, Garden Superintendent. 
N.B.—Messrs. \V. PAUL & SONS, of Waltham Cross, will 
hold a SPECIAL EXHIBITION of ROSES (cut and grow, 
ing) at the Crystal Palace, from Saturday, July 4th, till 
Saturday, July 11th (inclusive). 
Sheffield Botanical Gardens. 
RAND HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION, 
\JT 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., Horticultueal Builders and 
. HOT-WATER APPARATUS MANUFACTURERS, 
KING’S ROAD. CHELSEA, S.W. 
“ Book of Designs ” and Estimates post free on application. 
TOHN DOWNIE, BEECHH1LL NURSERIES, 
near EDINBURGH, begs to intimate that his Stock of 
PRIZE SHOW and FANCY PANSIES, including the newest 
and best in cultivation, ARE NOW' IN FULL FLOWER, 
in one section alone there being at present over 30,000 fully 
expanded blooms. Inspection invited. 
/'X RAPE VINES.—IRELAND & THOMSON beg 
VJX to announce that their stock of the above is this year 
specially fine and now ready for present planting. All' the 
leading sorts from 3s. 6 d. to 5s. each. 
Nurseries : Crnigleith, Comely Bank, and New Golden Acre, 
Granton Road, Edinburgh. 
P OT ROSES.—IRELAND & THOMSON have a 
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: Craigleith, Comely Bank, and New Golden Acre, 
Granton Road, Edinburgh. 
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. “Teas,” Noisettes, &c., 18s., 24s., and 30s.per 
doz. Very strong H. Perpetuals for forcing, 24s. to 30s. per 
doz.— RICHARD SMITH & CO., Nurserymen and Seed 
Merchants, Worcester. 
{( ytf NARCISSUS OR 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 
BARR & SON, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden, 
W.C. 
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. 
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. 
Six Acres of Florists’ Flowers. 
E B. LAIRD & SONS (late Downie & Laird), 
• respectfully invite inspection of their famed collection 
during the flowering season. 
Our PINKHILL NURSERY is of easy access by tram, car, 
and ’bus; admirers of Pansies, Violas, Pentstemons, Phlox, 
Dahlias, Ac., &c„ &c., will find it well worthy of a visit. 
Cut Florists’ Flowers correctly named will be exhibited 
during the season at our 
ROYAL WINTER GARDEN, EDINBURGH. 
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. Od. each. Catalogue, with full 
directions as to cultivation of the Fuchsia (the best guide for 
amateurs), post-free, four stamps.—W. E. BOYCE, F.R.H.S., 
Yerbury Road, Holloway, London. 
F 
UCHSIAS.—Fine mixed varieties for bedding or 
window display, Is. 'id. doz.—BOYCE, as above. 
S INGLE CHRYSANTHEMUMS, invaluable for cut 
bloom and decorative purposes. Potted now will bloom 
in November (see previous advertisements), six, Is. 3d .; 
twelve, 2s.—BOYCE, as above. 
P RIMULAS. —PRIMULAS.—PRIMULAS. 
Sixteenth year of distribution. 
WILLIAMS’ SUPERB STRAIN, Is. Gd. per doz., 10s. 
per 100. 
CINERARIAS same price. Package and carriage free f r 
cash with order. Above are strong, and lit for potting into 
3-in. pots. 
JOHN STEVENS, The Nurseries, Coventry. 
C ACTUS DAHLIAS, Picta Formosissimus, Mr. 
Tait, Cochineal, Prince Imperial, Lord Lyndhurst, and 
Annie Harvey, Is. each ; the 6, 5s. Juarezii, Constance, and 
Fire King, 6 d. 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. Sd. ; 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, Tropaeolum Fireball 
Improved, Verbenas, Harrison’s Musk, Nieotiana affinis, and 
blue Marguerites, Is. Gd. per dozen; Asters, Phlox Drum- 
mondi grandiflora, French and African Marigolds, Dianthus 
Easter’s Queen and crimson Belle, Gd. 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 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 Gd. 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. 
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 GASSQN, 
Fish Merchant, Rye, Sussex. 
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 
& CQ., “ Greyhound Yard,” and 153, High St., Battersea, S.W. 
Good and Cheap Insecticides. 
OBACCO PAPER and CLOTH (Roll).— 
Thoroughly reliable quality; law prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON & CO., Tobacco Works, Leith, N.B. 
T 
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.W. 
Illustrated Circulars post free. Comp lete Catalogue, 3s. _ 
p-t f\r\r\ OFFERED FOR PRIZES AT 
ob-LjUwU 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. 
O RCHID BASKETS.—Superior Octagonal Teak- 
wood Orchid Baskets, in various designs, with galvanized 
or copper wire. Send for New Illustrated Price List to 
SIDNEY WILLIAMS, 21, Farringdon Road, E.C. (close to 
the station). 
ZW REENHOUSES FOR THE MILLION.—Buyers 
Or can save 25 per cent, in price and workmanship. Green¬ 
houses complete from 50s. Conservatory from £5. Illus¬ 
trated Catalogues post free 3 stamps.—PEEL & SONS, Steam 
Power Horticultural Works, Wood Green, London, N.; also, 
Windhill, Bradford, Yorkshire. 
YI REENHOUSES FOR EVERYBODY.— The Little 
VL 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. 
J OHN KENNARD’S Horticultural Soils, Sundries, 
and Berkshire Pottery Dep6t. Catalogue of all Horti¬ 
cultural Sundries, &c., Post Free. Established 1854.—Swan 
Place, Qld Kent Road, London, S.E. 
/'"'I ISHURST COMPOUND. — Used by leading 
Or 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. Gd. 
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 Food 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. 
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. ISs.; J, 15s.; K, 12s.; L, 9s. For Bedding, 
per 100; M, 40s.; N, 30s.; O, 24s. Unnamed 
Sorts, per dozen. Doubles: W, SOs. ; X, 24s. j 
Z, 18s. 
Begonia Growers, Forest Hill, S.E. 
