No. 51.—1885 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd. 
( Registered at the General i r\- Nrc , Prrxrw 
t Post-Office as a Newspaper, j it _L itiN JN I 
FLOWER SHOWS. 
E OYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—Great 
display of Cottagers’ and Artizans’ Garden Produce, 
Prnit, and Vegetables, in the Conservatory, on TUESDAY 
NEXT, AUGUST 25th. 
Visitors to the INTERNATIONAL INVENTIONS EXHI¬ 
BITION admitted PREE at 1 p.m. 
C RYSTAL PALACE ANNUAL FRUIT EXHI¬ 
BITION AND GRAND NATIONAL DAHLIA SHOW, 
September 4th and oth. Eor Schedules, &c., apply to Mr. 
W. G. HEAD, Garden Superintendent, Crystal Palace. 
N.B.—At this Show, the Turner Memorial Prize, a Silver 
Cup, value Ten Guineas, will be competed for by Amateurs 
only, for the Best Stand of 12 Show and 6 Fancy Dahlias. 
Entries to be sent in, before August 28th, to Mr. T. MOORE, 
Hon. Sec., Botanic Gardens, Chelsea, S.W. 
J 
WEEKS & CO., Horticultural Builders and 
HOT-WATER APPARATUS MANUFACTURERS, 
KING’S ROAD, CHELSEA, S.W. 
Book of Designs ” and Estimates post free on application. 
REGORY & EVANS’ GREAT SALE OF 
VJ WINTER FLOWERING HEATHS, &c., will take 
place on September 18th, when they will place before the 
trade one of the largest stocks ever offered. 
LONGLANDS NURSERY, SIDCUP. 
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. 
Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Lilies, &e. 
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. 
/'Y RAND NEW SINGLE FUCHSIA “GENERAL 
LX 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. 
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. J. JONES, 
Hope Nursery, Loampit Vale, Lewisham. 
Good and Cheap Insecticides. 
T obacco paper and cloth (Roil).— 
Thoroughly reliable quality; low prices. Trade supplied. 
RICHARDSON & CO., Tobacco Works, Leith, N.B. 
o-i r\rir\ offered for prizes at 
Sb-LjUUU 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 
(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, 
J £ -DOBBIE & CO., Rothesay, N.B. 
may now be had from DC 
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, Esses 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, &c„ &c„ also Roses, Fruit Trees, 
Shrubs, &c., &c. _..... 
Early Orders are Solicited. 
JOHN LAING & Co., 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, &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. 
The Primula Conference! Be in time! ! 
D ouble white primula, » marchioness 
OF EXETER,” fine strong plants in 60-sized pots, 
20s. per dozen—SINGLE WHITE HARDY PRIMROSE, 
“HARBINGER,” in good plants, 15s. per dozen. Both of 
the above have been honoured with First-Class Certificates at 
“The Royal.”—SEED OF HARBINGER crossed with the 
finest, hardy, coloured varieties, Is. 6 d. per packet. 
R. GILBERT, High Park Gardens, Stamford. 
A FEW WEEKS ONLY.—Fuchsias for winter 
blooming. MR. STEPHENS, Is.; MRS. RUNDELL, 
6 d .; 12 cuttings, choice named Fuchsias, Is. 2d., strike now 
for spring blooming. Catalogue, with full directions as to 
cultivation (the best guide for amateurs), four stamps.— 
W. E. BOYCE, F.R.H.S., Yerbury Road, Holloway, London. 
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 pimple (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. 
< < "\TE 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. 
& REENHOUSES FOR THE MILLION.—The 
best and cheapest makers in the world.—ALFRED 
PEEL & SONS, Wood Green, London; Canonmills Bridge, 
Edinburgh; Windhill, Bradford, Yorkshire. A complete green- 
house from 50s. Illustrated Catalogue, post free, three stamps. 
H B. MAY offers the following, in strong, clean, 
• healthy plants, in the best possible condition; an 
inspection invited:—Tree Carnations, in 48’s and 60’s ; Tea 
Roses, in 48’s ; ditto, very large, from 4 ft. to 6 ft.; Clematis 
indivisa lobata; Ferns, large and small, in great variety; 
Bouvardias set with bloom; ditto, Lemoine’s new doubles. 
—Dyson’s Lane Nursery, Upper Edmonton. Silver Street 
Station, G.E.R. 
Choice Irish Ferns for Sale. 
q Arv SPECIES and VARIETIES, Botanically 
OUU 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 
marinnm, Blechnum Boreale, Ceterach crenatum and Lastrea 
Eemula, 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. Orchis 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, Pemist, 
Geologist, &c., Glenarra House, Ballyvaughan, co. Clare, 
Ireland. 
GQA —TOBACCONISTS COMMENCING.— 
ob AJ U • An Illustrated Guide (110 pages) “ How to 
Open respectably from £20,” three stamps.—H- MYERS & 
CO., Cigar and Tobacco Merchants, 109, Euston Road, London. 
Telephone No. 7,541. 
"TAMES BOYD & SONS, PAISLEY and LON- 
U DON, Horticultural Builders and Heating Engineers 
to Her Majesty the Queen, H.R.H. the Prmce 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.AV. 
Illustrated Circulars post free. Complete Catalogue, 3s. 
Greenhouses, Forcing Houses, Vineries, 
Pi-f-g Sl. O., 
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 airtight. 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 he had at cost price, 5s .; 
or a full-sized light, 6 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. 
F LORISTS, NURSERYMEN, and others will find 
Hawkins’ (Patent No. 2) “ Horizontal Bar ” system of 
glazing for general purposes answer well, and a saving of at 
least 50 per cent, can be secured by its adoption. Although it 
is not absolutely water and air-tight, as the system described 
in the preceding advertisement, yet it is quite as much so as 
any other method excepting the above system. Model lights 
can be had at cost price, os. each, carriage paid; or a full sized 
light, 5 ft. by 4 ft., painted three coats and glazed 21 oz. glass, 
can be had for 10s. 6d.—T. HAWKINS, Patentee, Hillingdon 
Heath, Uxbridge. 
G reenhouses for everybody.—T he Little 
Gems, lean-to, 65s.; span-roof, 75s. A perfect novelty, 
not to be believed until seen; send 4 stamps for photo of 
gems. Cucumber jrames^glazed and^ painted, 20s. — Send 
J stamps for OGDEN & cd ,’S Price List to the Alexandra 
Dolr. oa l-I avH nnlfnpo 1 "Wnnlrc rrPPPTl ^ 
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 LEASE SEND PARTICULARS of any large or 
small Greenhouses for which Hot-Water Apparatus is 
required. Ask for cash estimate, and save 15 to 20 per cent. 
J. JONES & SONS, 42, Farringdon Street, London, E.C. 
(Late of 6, Bankside, S.E.) 
O RCHID BASKETS, RAFTS, BOATS, &e. 
including copper pins and wires 
DOZ. 
INS. 
DOZ. 
INS. 
DOZ. 
INS. 
DOZ. 
45. 6c7. 
4| .. 
. 6s. 6c?. 
7 .. 
10s. 6 d. 
10 .. 
17s. 6c7. 
5s. 
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7s. 6d. 
8 .. 
12s. 6cZ. 
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21s. 6 d. 
5s. 6c?. 
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. 8s. 6c7. 
9 .. 
14s. 6 d. 
12 .. 
24s. 6 d. 
Rafts id., Boats lid.. Cylinders 2d. per inch run. 
Sample of 12 Baskets, Raft, Boat, and Cylinder, 14s. 6d. 
J. E. BONNY, 88, Downs Park Road, Hackney, London, 
Grower of the leading varieties of Orchids. 
This Advertisement appears every Month. 
/'Y 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. 6d. 
/YISHURSTINE keeps Boots Dry and Soft on 
vT wet ground. Boxes—6d. and Is., from the trade. Whole¬ 
sale from PRICE’S PATENT CANDLE CO. (Limited), 
London. 
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 
he sent for one month, post free, for 6d.—Office, 291, Strand, 
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