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THE GARDENING WORLD 
July 20, 1895. 
RICHARDSON’S 
Conservatories, Greenhouses, 
Vineries, Peach Houses, Stove 
and Orchid Houses, 
Parisian Blinds, &c. 
Also Boilers, Pipes, r \\ 
and Fittings. <V rC ,^T 
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only GOLD MEDAL 
for Horticultural Buildings 
and SILVER MEDAL for 
Heating Arparaius at the; Inter¬ 
national Horticultural Exhibition, 
London, and many other Piize Medals. 
W. RICHARDSON & CO., 
DARLINGTON. 
BEDFORDSHIRE 
SILVER SAND, PEAT, LOAM. 
Address only the PROPRIETOR, 
JOSEPH ARNOLD, 
32, St. Paul's Road, Camden Town, LONDON, N.W. 
JOSEPH ARNOLD invites the Attention of the Trade that 
he is now Cutting the Famous Bedfordshire Peat, and Yellow 
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Racers. 22 lbs ; Roadsters, 
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THE ORCHID FLOWER HOLDER 
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A useful Invention for Orchid Growers and Floral Decorators 
Price, per dozen, 3s. 'id., post paid, 
TO BE HAD OF 
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4, Dorset Buildings, Salisbury Square, 
Fleet Street, E.C. 
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Auction Sales. 
Protheroe & Morris. 738 
Bulbs. 
Barr & Son .737 
J. J. Thoolen.737 
Catalogues. 
Barr & Son .737 
Ferns. 
W. & J. Birkenhead .739 
Florists’ Flowers. 
H. J. Jones. 739 
J. Laing & Sons .739 
W. Lovel & Son .737 
A. Medhurst. 73 > 
J. Peed & Sons.737 
J. Stevens .737 
C. Walker.737 
J. Wells .737 
Flower Pots. 
Sankey & Son, Ltd.752 
C- G. Warne, Ltd.750 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
J. Arnold . 750 
Epps & Co.752 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst.... 737 
“ Slugicide ”. 737 
H. G. Smyth .738 
Heating Apparatus. 
Jones & Attwood.752 
Sendall & Co.752 
Thames Bank Iron Co... 737 
Horticultural Builders. 
J. Boyd & Sons .. 737 
]■ Gray . 737 
W. Richardson & Co... 750 
Sendall & Co.752 
I. Weeks & Co. 737 
Hose. 
A. Potter. 752 
Insecticides. 
Clibran & Son .738 
Gishurst Compound. 737 
Manures. 
C. Beeson. 737 
Clay & Son... 737 
W. Colchester.737 
Native Guano Co.737 
W. J. Simpson. 737 
Standen.737 
W. Thomson & Sons ...752 
Miscellaneous. 
Darlington’s Handbooks 750 
Gishurstine. 737 
Juno Cycles . 75 ° 
Outram’s Orchid Flower 
Holder. 75 ° 
Porter’s Crocks. 
. 737 
Roofing Felt. 
. 75 ° 
Shaw’s Shadings. 
. 737 
Netting. 
Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss 752 
Orchids. 
J. Cypher . 
Leeds Orchid Co. ... 
W. L. Lewis & Co_ 
. 737 
F. Sander & Co. 
. 737 
Roses. 
H. Lane & Son. 
Seeds. 
Barr & Son. 
Daniels Bros. 
Dicksons . 
Sutton & Sons. 
Webb & Sons . 
. 73 S 
H. J. Wheeler . 
. 738 
Strawberries. 
H. Cavill. 
W. Cutbush & Son ... 
. 739 
J. Veitch & Sons. 
. 7 j 9 
Weed Killers. 
Tomlinson & Hayward...738 
Acme Chemical Co. 
. 738 
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FLOWER SHOW FIXTURES, 1895. 
July. 
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.—Chesterfield Rose Show. 
24, 25, 26.—Newcastle-on-Tyne Summer Show. 
25. -Trentham Rose Show. 
26. —Wellingborough Flower Show. 
31.—Midland Carnation and Picotee Show, Birming 
ham (2 days). 
31.—Burton-on-Trent Flower Show (2 days). 
31.—Woking Flower Show (2 days). 
August. 
1.—Aberdare Flower Show. 
3, 5.—Southampton Summer Show. 
3, 5.—Liverpool Rose Show. 
5, 6.—Northampton Summer Show. 
6. —Abbey Park, Leicester Flower Show. 
8.—Ramsey Flower Show. 
8.—Great Grimsby Flower Show. 
13.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
13. —West Malvern and Mathon Flower Show 
14. —Salisbury Flower Show. 
14.—Bishop Stortford Flower Show. 
14, 15.—Cardiff Horticultural Show. 
15—Goole and District Flower Show. 
15. —Martock Horticultural Show. 
23, 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. 
28, 29.— Bath Autumn Show. 
September. 
5, 6.—Stirling Flower Show. 
6, 7.—National Dahlia Society's Show at the Crystal 
Palace. 
7, —Dumfries Autumn Flower Show. 
14. —Galashiels Flower Show. 
19. —Cambridge Horticultural Society's 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. D^U 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’? ^bow 
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.—Coventry 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.—B.rmingham 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. 
14, 15, 16.—Edinburgh Chrysanthemum Shew. 
15, 16.—Stockport Chrysanthemum Show. 
November. 
16, —Bacup Chrysanthemum Show 
16 —Barnet Chrysanthemum Show. 
16.—Batley Chrysanthemum Show. 
20, 21, 22.—York Chrysanthemum Show. 
20, —Chesterfield Chrysanthemum Show. 
21, 22, 23,—Norwich Chrysanthemum Show. 
22, 23.—Manchester Chrysanthemum Show. 
26.—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
29, 30.—Alderley Edge and Wilmslow Chrysanthe¬ 
mum Show. 
December. 
3, 4, 5.—National Chrysanthemum Society’s Show 
at the Royal Aquarium. 
10—R.H.S. Drill Hall Meeting. 
