No. 46.—1885. 
SATURDAY, JULY 18 th. 
Registered at the General 7 
Post-Office as a Newspaper .) 
One Penny. 
WEEKS & CO., Horticultural Builders and 
. HOT-WATER APPARATUS MANUFACTURERS, 
KING’S ROAD, CHELSEA, S.W. 
“ Book of Designs ” and Estimates post free on application. 
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 ft 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 ft CO., Nurserymen and Seed 
Merchants, Worcester. 
1i XTE NABCISSUS OB 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 ft SON. 12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden, 
W.C. 
Six Acres of Florists’ Flowers. 
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 tiam, car, 
and ’bus; admirers of Pansies, Violas, Pentstemons, Phlox, 
Dahlias, &c., &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. 
F UCHSIA CUTTINGS strike easily now. Twelve 
strong cuttings from choice named vars., Is. 2d. Cata¬ 
logue, with full directions as to cultivation (the best guide for 
amateurs), post free, 4 stamps.—W. E. BOYCE, F.R.H.S., 
Y T erbury Road, Holloway, London. 
EW FUCHSIA (Mr. Stephens).—A splendid free- 
flowering variety, and one of the best for training or 
cutting purposes. It is a very robust grow r er, and a good 
winter-blooming variety ; plants 2s. 6d. each, rooted cuttings 
Is. each, cuttings 3 for is.—W. E. BOYCE (as above). 
p EEENHOUSES FOB EVEBYBODY.—The Little 
UT 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. 
P LANT BUYEBS should send for my special offer. 
Very low prices to clear.—ZONAL GERANIUMS, 
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.— 
GERANIUM CUTTINGS, 50 best varieties for 5s., including 
“ Le Cygne ” and “ Queen of the Belgians.”—H. J. JONES, 
Hope Nursery, Loampit Vale, Lewisham. 
P BIMULAS. — PRIMULAS. — PBIMULAS. 
Sixteenth year of distribution. 
WILLIAMS’ SUPERB STRAIN, Is. 6 d. per doz., 10s. 
per 100. 
CINERARIAS same price. Package and carriage free for 
cash with order. Above are strong, and fit for potting into 
3-in. pots. 
JOHN STEVENS, The Nurseries, Coventry. 
G ISHURST COMPOUND. — Used by leading 
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. 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. 
Choice Irish Ferns for Sale. 
QYAYA SPECIES and VARIETIES, Botanically 
O vl W named and labelled, at moderate prices. Three 
Maiden-hair Ferns and one of each of Lady Ferns Moulin and 
Rubrum, Black Maiden-hair Spleen wort, evergreen Asplenium 
marinnm, Blechnum Boreale, Ceterach crenatum and Lastrea 
semula, like Parsley, and the beautiful Lastrea thelypteris, 
Cystopteris Dickieana and fragilis, hard shield Fern, with 
thorns; Crested Lady Fern, and the very rare Polypodium 
semilacerum, Scolopendrium cristatum and marginatum, 
and the exquisite Scolopendrium obtusidentatum, ex¬ 
tremely rare; Ophioglossum vulgatum, soft shield Fern, 
and the elegant Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense, all large and 
well rooted. The 21 rare and assorted species and varieties, 
5s. 6<Z., post free, to any part of the United Kingdom. 
Orchids Botanically named and labelled,12 different, 4s., post 
free, or 10s. per 100. 3 Bee Orchis for Is., or 14s. per 100, 
post free. 200 different Alpine Plants and Shrubs, 2 plants of 
each kind, Botanically named and labelled, 24s„ post free; 
3 Drosera, the wonderful insect killer, for Is., or 10s. per 100, 
post free. 
P. B. O’KELLY, Wholesale and Retail Botanist, Femist, 
Geologist, &c., Glenarra House, Ballyvaughan, co. Clare, 
Ireland. 
Farms, Estates, Residences. 
Any one desirous of Renting a Farm or Residence, or 
Purchasing an Estate, can have copies of the 
M idland counties herald 
supplied free for six weeks on stating the purpose for 
which the paper is required, forwarding name and address, 
and six halfpenny stamps for postage, addressed “ Midland 
Counties Herald Office, Birmingham.” The Midland 
Counties Herald always contains large numbers of advertise¬ 
ments relating to Farms, Estates, and Residences for Sale and 
to be Let, 
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). 
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 ft CO., Patent Agents, 
8, Essex Street, Strand, London, W.C. 
Notice. 
pOCOA-NUT FIBRE REFUSE.—Reduced price. 
VJ 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 153, High St., Battersea, S.W. 
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. 
E EVUE de l’HORTICULTURE BELGE et 
ETRANGERE (Belgian and Foreign Horticultural 
Review). — Among the principal Contributors are :—A. 
Allard, E. AndrC, C. Baltet, F. Burvenich, F. CrCpin, De 
De Jonge van Ellemeet, O. de Kerchove de Denterghem, 
P. E. de Puydt, C. de Vis, J. Gillon, A. M. C. Jongkindt 
Coninck, J.Ki'ck, L. Linden, T. Moore, C. Naudin, B. Ohverer, 
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. 
Price Is., by Post Is. Id. 
f 4 OW-KEEPIN G BY FARM LABOURERS.— 
KJ By HENRY EVERSHED. 
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 300 labourers and cottagers 
keep cows, and insure them in admirably managed cow clubs, 
presenting the most successful example ef cow-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.—H. EVERSHED, Hurstmonceux, Sussex. 
Laing’s 
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Begonias 
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. Complete Catalogue, 3s. 
rn offered for prizes at 
3jl)UUU 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. 
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. 
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. 
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 foruse, 
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. 
p REENHOUSES FOR THE MILLION.—Buyers 
vX 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. 
N.B.—For the convenience of our customers in Scotland, 
we have opened New Works at Canonmills Bridge, Edin¬ 
burgh. 
Good and Cheap Insecticides. 
OBACCO PAPER and CLOTH (Roll).— 
Thoroughly reliable quality; low prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON & CO., Tobacco Works, Leith, N.B. 
OQf) —TOBACCONISTS COMMENCING.— 
<3j /<J • An Illustrated Guide (110 pages) “ How to 
Open respectably from £20,” three stamps.—H. MYERS & 
CO., Cigar and Tobacco Merchants, 109, EustonRoad, London 
Telephone No. 7,541. 
T HE FARMER AND CHAMBER of AGRICUL¬ 
TURE JOURNAL. Every Monday. ONE PENNY. 
This JOURNAL, in its forty-second year, is now published 
at One Penny weekly, and is the largest, cheapest, and best 
Agricultural Paper. It contains all the Agricultural News of 
the Week, the Latest Markets, and numerous original and 
interesting articles on Farming subjects by the leading Agri¬ 
cultural Writers of the day. Should be in the hands of every 
Farmer. Post free, 6s. 6 d. per annum. Specimen copies will 
be sent for one month, post free, for 6d.— Office, 291, Strand, 
London, W.C. 
JOHN LAING & Co. 
GOLD MEDAL BEGONIAS. 
Plants now Ready. 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, 4Ss.; 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 
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Begonias 
