Yo. 48.—1885. 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1st. 
f Registered at the General > 
1 Post-Office as a Newspaper. S 
One Penny. 
FLOWER SHOW. 
W ILTS ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S 
SHOW, SALISBURY, August 20th.—Division “A” 
(Open) : Twelve Stove and Greenhouse Flowering Plants, 
First Prize, £15; Twelve Variegated and Fine-Foliage Stove 
and Greenhouse Plants, First Prize, £13. Schedules on appli¬ 
cation to 
W. H. WILLIAMS, Hon. Sec. 
The Nurseries, Salisbury. 
J WEEKS & CO., Hoeticultural 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 & 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. 
F UCHSIA CUTTINGS strike easily now. Twelve 
strong cuttings from choice named vars., Is. 2 d. Cata¬ 
logue, with full directions as to cultivation (the best guide for 
amateurs), post free, 4 stamps.—W. E. BOYCE, F.R.H.S., 
Yerbury Road, Holloway, London. 
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; plants 2s. 6 d. each, rooted cuttings 
Is. each, cuttings 3 for Is.—W. E. BOYCE (as above). 
C l T7F. NARCISSUS OR 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 
BARR & SON, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden, 
W.C. 
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). 
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 PLAN’TS ” the 
best, sapest, 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. 
G REENHOUSES FOR THE MILLION.—Buyers 
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 A 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. 
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 
A 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. 
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., Ac., Ac., 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. 
Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Lilies, &c. 
C G. VAN TUBERGEN, jun., Haarlem, Holland. 
• Wholesale CATALOGUE now ready,, and may be had 
free on application to 
Messrs. R. SILBERRARD and SON, 25, Savage Gardens, 
Crutched Friars, London, E.C. 
Season 1885. 
N otice to nurserymen, seedsmen, and 
FLORISTS.—Why pay freight from Holland to London 
on DUTCH BULBS when you can buy at a cheaper rate the 
same quality and get them brought over free by ordering from 
M. RAINS A CO., 34, Mansell Street, Aldgate, E.C., the 
old-established firm since 185G. Named Hyacinths, first-size 
bulbs, at £1 0s. lOd. per 100, or 2|d. each ; bulbs true to name 
and colours. Price Lists may be had free on application. Bulbs 
will be found at this establishment from August until the end 
of December in each year. Hyacinths from 8s. per 100 ; Early 
Romans, 8s. per 100. 
T 
Good and Cheap Insecticides. 
OBACCO PAPER and CLOTH (Roll).— 
Thoroughly reliable quality; low prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON A CO., Tobacco Works, Leith, N.B. 
Choice Irish Ferns for Sale. 
QAA SPECIES and VARIETIES, Botanically 
O V-/ V-' named and labelled, at moderate prices. Three 
Maiden-hair Ferns and one of each of Lady Ferns Moulin and 
Rubrum, Black Maiden-hair Spleenwort, evergreen Asplenium 
marinum, Bleehnum Boreale, Ceterach crenatum and Lastrea 
semula, like Parsley, and the beautiful Lastrea thelypteris, 
Cystopteris Diekieana 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; the beautiful New Zealand Fern, and the 
elegant Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense, all large and well 
rooted. The 21 rare and assorted species and varieties, 5s. 6 d., 
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, Eemist, 
Geologist, Ac., 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. 
E EVUE de rHORTI(ftjLTURE BELGE et 
ETRANGERE (Belgian and Foreign Horticultural 
Review). — Among the principal Contributors are:—A. 
Allard, E. AndrC, C. Baltet, E. Burvenich, E. 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.Kick, 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. 
TAMES BOYD & SONS, PAISLEY and LON- 
tj 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.JI.’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. 
fn AAA OFFERED 
G&JLjWWL/ DUNDEE : 
FOR PRIZES AT 
INTERNATIONAL EX¬ 
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Turnips, Parsnips, Beet, Greens, Celery, Asters, French and 
African Marigolds, Cockscombs, Ac., gained First Frizes 
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 A CO., Rothesay, N.B. 
P LANT BUYERS should send for my special offer. 
Very low prices to clear.—ZONAL GERANIUMS, 
Single, 12 grand kinds, to include Caunell’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. 
/T RAND NEW SINGLE FUCHSIA “ GENERAL 
vT GORDON.”—The largest and best Single Fuchsia 
known. Strong Plants, 2s. 6 d. and 3s. 6 d. each, by Parcels Post 
free for P.O. 
See Gardening World, p. 725, July 18th, 1885. 
R. OWEN, FLORAL NURSERIES, MAIDENHEAD. 
REENHOUSES FOR EVERYBODY.—The Little 
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not to be believed until seen; send 4 stamps for photo of 
gems. Cucumber frames, glazed and painted, 20s. — Send 
2 stamps for OGDEN A CO.’S Price List to the Alexandra 
Palace Horticultural Works, Wood Green, London, N. 
/TISHURST COMPOUND. — Used by leading 
vX 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. 6d. 
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. 
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 A CO., Patent Agents 
8, Essex Street, Strand, London, W.C. 
<£ 30 . 
-TOBACCONISTS COMMENCING.— 
An Illustrated Guide (110 pages) “ How to 
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Price Is., by Post Is. Id. 
/T OW-KEEPIN G BY FARM LABOURERS.— 
VJ 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. 
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