No. 50.—1885. 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15tii. {pS^mNeS.} One Penny. 
FLOWER SHOW. 
C RYSTAL PALACE ANNUAL FRUIT EXHIBI¬ 
TION and GRAND NATIONAL DAHLIA SHOWS, 
September 4th and 5th. For Schedules apply 
Mr. W. G. HEAD, Garden Superintendent. 
r WEEKS & CO., Horticultural Builders and 
. HOT-WATER APPARATUS MANUFACTURERS, 
KING’S ROAD, CHELSEA, S.W. 
“Book of Designs ” and Estimates post free on application. 
F lorists, nurserymen, and others win 
find for general purposes HAWKINS’ (Patent No. 2) 
HORIZONTAL BAR SYSTEM of GLAZING the very best, 
and a saving of 50 per cent, will be secured by its adoption. 
Mpdel light, complete and carriage paid, can be had at cost 
price, 5s.; or a full-sized light, 5 ft. by 4 ft., painted three 
coats, and glazed 21-oz. glass, can be had for 10s. Gel.— 
T. HAWKINS, Patentee, Hillingdon Heath, Uxbridge. 
G reenhouses for the million.—B uyers 
can save 25 per cent, in price and workmanship. Green¬ 
houses complete from 50s. Conservatory from £5. Illus¬ 
trated Catalogues post free 3 stamps.—PEfiL & 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. 
s 
OW AT ONCE. 
C ABBAGE.—CARTERS’ HEART - WELL.— Pro¬ 
nounced to be the finest early Cabbage in cultivation. 
Very distinct. The heads are extremely firm, weighing from 
4 lb. to 6 lb. In sealed packets only. Per packet. Is. and 6d.; 
per ounce, 2s., post free. 
C ABBAGE. — CARTERS’ MAMMOTH BEEF- 
HEART.—The best main-crop Garden Cabbage in cul¬ 
tivation; very large, firm heads of exquisite flavour, very few 
outside leaves, and does not readily run. The finest Summer 
Cabbage known. In sealed packets. Per packet, Is. and 6 d .; 
per ounce. Is. 6 d., post free. 
C ARTERS, Seedsmen by Royal Warrant to H.R.H. 
the Prince of Wales, 237 and 238, HIGH HOLBORN, 
London. 
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, &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. 
T he best yellow carnation, “pride of 
PENSHURST.”—A marvellously free bloomer, a 
vigorous grower, forces well. Plants ready about September. 
Price 2s. 6 d. each, 4s. a pair. Cash with Order. Trade price 
on application.—F. BRIDGER, Penshurst, Kent. 
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. 
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. 
£ 1,000 
OFFERED FOR PRIZES AT 
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 LANT BUYERS 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. 1. JONES, 
Hope Nursery, Loampit Vale, Lewisham. 
G rand new single fuchsia “general 
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 18lh, 1885. 
R. OWEN, FLORAL NURSERIES, MAIDENHEAD. 
Good and Cheap Insecticides. 
T obacco paper and cloth (Roil).— 
Thoroughly reliable quality; low prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON & CO., Tobacco Works, Leith, N.B. 
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. 
Bulb Catalogue. 
L AING & Co.’s NEW PRICE LIST FOR THIS 
SEASON IS NOW READY, free on application, 
containing all best selections of HYACINTHS, TULIPS, 
NARCISSUS, CROCUS, Ac., &c., also Roses, Fruit Trees, 
Shrubs, &c., &c. 
Early Orders are Solicited. 
JOHN LAING & Co., FOREST HILL, S.E. 
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). 
Choice Irish Ferns for Sale, 
ft OH SPECIES and VARIETIES, Botanically 
O Unamed 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, Blechnum Boreale, Ceterach erenatum 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; 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. Orcbis pyramidalis, Gymnadenia 
conopsea, and Epipactis palustris for Is., or 10s. 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. 
Price Is., by Post Is. Id. 
Y'lOW-KEEPING 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- 
S rietors, and others, with Plans of Cottages, Cowhouses, and 
•utbuildings.—H. EVERSHED, Hurstmonceux, Sussex. 
TAMES 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. 
Greenhouses, Forcing Houses, Vineries, 
Pits, &c. 
H AWKINS’ (Patent No. 1) “ PERFECTION ” 
SYSTEM of GLAZING, ONCE SEEN WILL BE 
ALWAYS ADOPTED. It is the only method of glazing 
(without putty) that is absolutely water and air tight. Besides 
these all important features, it is neater, more durable, 
broken glass can be reinstated by a novice in a few moments, 
and it is much cheaper than any other system. A model 
light, complete and carriage free, can be had at cost price, 5s.; 
or a full-sized light, G ft. by 4 ft., made best 2-in. yellow deal, 
painted three coats, and glazed 21-oz. glass, can be had for 15s. 
—T. HAWKINS, Patentee, Hillingdon Heath, Uxbridge. 
/T REENHOUSES FOR EVERYBODY.—The Little 
VX 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. 
TTTHAT IS IT ? A FACT, that all Spite, Prejudice, 
VV 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. 
< i T7'E 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, 
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). 
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 & CO., 34, Mansell Street, Aldgate, E.C., the 
old-established firm since 1856. Named Hyacinths, first-size 
bulbs, at £1 0s. lOd. per 100, or 2 id. each; bulbs true to name 
and colours. Price Lists maybe 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. 
G ISHURST COMPOUND. — Used by leading 
gardeners since 1859 against Red Spider, Mildew, Thrips, 
Green Fly, and other BUght. 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. 
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 
& CO-, “ Greyhound Yard,” and 153, High St., Battersea, S.W. 
GQA —TOBACCONISTS COMMENCING.— 
oU/QUi An Illustrated Guide (110 pages) “How to 
Open respectably from £20,” three stamps.—H. MYERS & 
CO., Cigar and Tobacco Merchants, 109, Euston Road, London. 
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