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THE GARDENING WORLD 
April 27,-1895. 
NEW WORKS ON GARDENING. 
PUBLISHED BY 
BLAKE AND MACKENZIE, 
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The Amateur’s Handbook on Gardening.—A handy volume 
of 192 pages, brimful of useful information on gardening 
matters, with articles on Roses, Chrysanthemums, Carna¬ 
tions, Begonias, Plants for an Amateur's Greenhouse, &c., 
specially written for this book by eminent horticulturists. 
Price, in cloth covers, 2 6 net. Post Free, 2 9 . 
How to Grow Vegetables and Fruit for Profit and 
Exhibition, by George Garner, Silver Medallist for 
high-class Vegetable and Fruit Culture, and for many years 
a prominent and successful exhibitor at the leading shows. 
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Marketing, Exhibiting, &c. Grapes, Peaches, Tomatos 
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F£RNS & F£RN CULTURE, 
By J. Birkenhead, F.R.H.S. 
How to grow Ferns, with selections for Stove, 
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INDEX TO 
Anthracite Coal. 
W. H. Essery .56c 
Auction Sales. 
Protheroe & Morris. 546 
Catalogues. 
Barr & Son .543 
W. Clibran & Son .545 
H. J. Jones. 547 
Chrysanthemums. 
Turner. 545 
T. Turner .546 
Ferns 
W. & J. Birkenhead .547 
Florists’ Flowers. 
J.Cheal&Sons .547 
Daniels Bros.547 
J. Forbes.547 
H. J. Jones. 547 
A. Medhurst. 546 
S. Pye. 547 
Theodore Turner .546 
Turner .545 
J. Wells .545 
Flower Pots. 
Sankey & Son, Ltd.560 
C- G. Warne, Ltd.559 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
J. Arnold . 560 
Epps & Co.559 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst,... 545 
A. Outram .559 
A, Porter.546 
“ Slugicide ”.545 
Heating Apparatus. 
Jones & Attwood.560 
Thames Bank Iron Co... 545 
Herbaceous Plants. 
Barr & Son .545 
Kelway & Son .545 
Horticultural Builders 
J. Boyd & Sons. 545 
J- Gray . 545 
W. Richardson & Co... 545 
J. Weeks & Co... . 545 
ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Insecticides. 
Clibran & Son . 
Gishurst Compound.... 
•• 545 
Lawn Mowers. 
Follows & Bate . 
Ransomes, Sims & 
Jefferies . 
Manures. 
C. Beeson. 
•• 545 
Clay & Son... 
W. Colchester . 
• •■559 
B. W. Colebrook. 
...558 
Icthemic Guano . 
—5+5 
Native Guano Co. 
—545 
Standen’s . 
W. Thomson & Sons 
-559 
Miscellaneous. 
Darlington’s Handbooks 558 
Epps' Cocoa . 558 
Fleet St. Printing Stores 559 
Gishurstine. 545 
Juno Cycles .558 
Smyth’s Orchid Baskets 545 
Netting. 
Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss 560 
H. J. Gasson.545 
Orchids 
J Cowan & Co., Ltd.546 
J. Cypher .545 
Leeds Orchid Co.545 
W. L. Lewis & Co.545 
P. McArthur. 545 
F. Sander & Co.545 
Seeds. 
Barr & Son.545 
Sutton & Sons.545 
Turner.545 
T. Turner.546 
Strawberries. 
W. Lovel & Son .545 
Tiles.545 
Weed Killers. 
Tomlinson & Hayward...560 
FLOWER SHOW FIXTURES, 1895. 
May. 
14. —R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
15. —Royal Botanic Society's Summer Show. 
21. 22, 23.—R.H.S. Temple Show. 
29, 30.—Birmingham Pansy and Viola Show. 
31.—Whitsuntide Exhibition at Manchester opens. 
June. 
3.—Southampton Spring Show. 
11. —R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
12. —Royal Botanic Society’s Floral Fete. 
19, 20, 21.—York Grand Floral Fete. 
22. —Canterbury Rose Show. 
25.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
25.—Cowes (Isle of Wight) Rose Show. 
27. —National Rose Society at Gloucester. 
28. —Exeter Flower Show. 
29. —Windsor Rose Show. 
July. 
3.—Southampton Spring Show. 
2. —Sutton Rose Show. 
3. —Ealing Rose Show. 
3.—Croydon Rose Show. 
3.—Farningham Rose Show. 
3, 4 —Lee, Blackheath and Lewisham Flower Show, 
4. —Norwich Rose Show. 
4.—Eltham Rose Show. 
6.—National Rose Society at Crystal Palace. 
6.—London Pansy and Violet Society at the Crystal 
Palace. 
9.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting and Rose Show. 
9, 10, 11.—Wolverhampton Floral Fete. 
10. —Reigate Cottagers’ Flower Show. 
10.—Chelmsford Rose Show. 
10.—Redhill Rose Show. 
10. —Hitchin Rose Show. 
11. —Helensburgh Rose Show. 
11.—Woodbridge Flower Show. 
11. —Worksop Rose Show. 
12. —Royal Botanic Society’s Evening Fete. 
13. —Galashiels Flower Show. 
17. —National Rose Society at Derby. 
18. —Halifax Rose Show. 
20, —Rose Show at Old Trafford. 
23. —R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
23. —Tibshelf Flower Show. 
24. —Beckenham Summer Show. 
24.—National Carnation and Picotee Society’s Show 
at the Crystal Palace. 
24, 25, 26.—Newcastle-on-Tyne Summer Show. 
25, —Trentham Rose Show. 
31.—Midland Carnation and Picotee Show, Birming¬ 
ham (2 days). 
31.—Burton-on-Trent Flower Show (2 days). 
August. 
1.—Aberdare Flower Show. 
3, 5.—Southampton Summer Show. 
13.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
13. —West Malvern and Mathon Flower Show. 
14. —Bishop Stortford Flower Show. 
15. —Martock Horticultural Show. 
17 or 24.—National Co-operative Flower, Fruit, and 
Vegetable Show at the Crystal Palace. 
21, 22.—Shrewsbury Floral Fete. 
21.—Kingswood St. George Flower Show. 
27.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
September. 
6, 7.—National Dahlia Society’s Show at the Crystal 
Palace. 
14. —Galashiels Flower Show. 
26, 27, 28.—R.H.S. Fruit Show at the Crystal 
Palace. 
October. 
8, 9, 10.—National Chrysanthemum Society’s Show 
at the Royal Aquarium. 
15. —R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
29.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
29, 30.—Havant Chrysanthemum Show. 
30, 31.—Royal Jersey Chrysanthemum Show. 
31, —Highgate Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
November. 
1, 2.—Chrysanthemum Show at the Crystal Palace. 
4, 5.—Battersea Chrysanthemum Show. 
5, 6, 7.—National Chrysanthemum Society's Show 
at the Royal Aquarium. 
5, 6.—Brighton and Hove Chrysanthemum Show. 
5, 6.—Southampton Chrysanthemum Show. 
6, 7.—Brixton Chrysanthemum Show. 
6, 7.—Bromley (Kent) Chrysanthemum Show. 
6, 7.—Wolverhampton Chrysanthemum Show. 
7. 8.—Exeter Fruit and Chrysanthemum Show. 
12.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
12, 13.—Croydon Chrysanthemum Show. 
12, 13.—Sevenoaks Chrysanthemum Show. 
12, 13.—West of England Chrysanthemum Society's 
Show at Plymouth. 
12, 13, 14.—Bristol Chrysanthemum Show. 
13. —Cranbrook Chrysanthemum Show. 
13, 14.—Birmingham Chrysanthemum Show. 
13, 14.—Bournemouth Chrysanthemum Show. 
13, 14.—Banbury Chrysanthemum Show. 
13, 14.—Barnsley Chrysanthemum Show. 
13, 14.—Hull Chrysanthemum Show. 
13, 14.—Rugby Chrysanthemum Show. 
14, 15.—Lincoln Chrysanthemum Show. 
14, 15.—Bradford Chrysanthemum Show. 
15, 16.—Stockport Chrysanthemum Show. 
16, —Bacup Chrysanthemum Show. 
i6.»Barnet Chrysanthemum Show. 
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