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THE GARDENING WORLD 
March 19, 189y. 
DIRECT FROM COLLIERY . PATRONISED BY HIS GRACE EARL WINCHIL3EA. 
GUARANTEED 25 PER CENT MORE DURABLE THAN CHEAPER SORTS. 
Used at the Mansions and Gardens of the NOBILITY and GENTRY, and at the principal MaltiDgs in United Kingdom. 
(DOWSON’S PLANT) AND WATER GAS FOR STEAM HOP AND ORCHID GROWERS AND NURSERYMEN. 
ESSERY’S ORIGINAL ANTHRACITE. 
Machine Cut. Three sizes ready.for use. Hard and Large, entirely without Smoke, superseding Coke in every respect. Effecting a very important 
Saving by constant combustion. Much greater Heat, Durability, Cleanliness, and Diminution of Labour. Autograph Certificates. 
References. First Cost Prices. 
Can had only from W ILLtlAM H. ESSERY, Pantyffynon Collieries, SWANSEA. 
Established 1848 . N.B.—Not my Coal unless delivered in trucks painted “ William H. Essery." 
W. COOPER, Ltd., Horticultural Providers, 755, OLD KENT ROAD, LONDON, S.E. 
AMATEUR 
SPAN-ROOF 
GREENHOUSE. 
Everything Complete, 
and Heady for erect¬ 
ing. 
From £2 16s. 
Improved 
Span-Roof 
Poultry House. 
For other Sizes see List, 
Post Free. 
“COOPER” CYCLES. 
Latest design frame, large 
weldless steel tubes, ball bear¬ 
ings, tangent wheels, and 
break and mudguards. Gent’s 
from JE 5 10 s ; Ladies’, with 
dress and gear guards, from 
£ 6 . 
Twelve Months’ Warranty. 
AGENTS WANTED. 
Estimate for every descrip¬ 
tion of Horticultural Work 
Free on Application. 
Span-Roof 
Conservatory- 
Substantially and 
Handsomely 
Built. 
See No. 19 in List. 
Safety 
Chicken Coop. 
Coop only, 4/3 each, 
6 for 24 /-; 12 for 46 /-- 
3 ft. Movable Wire Kun, 
2/3 each extra. 
Latest Designs in 
Cucumber 
Frames. 
One Light. 
4 ft. x 3 ft.. 17 /- 
6 it x 4 ft, 28 /- 
Two Lights. 
6 ft. x 4 ft., 30 /- 
8 ft. x 6 ft., 50 /- 
lllustrated Catalogue, containing 364 Pages and 1,200 Illustrations, post free on application. 
“VINES AND VINE CULTURE,” ™ ce 5S - „ 
By ARCHIBALD F. BARRON. Post Free 5s ’ 3d ' 
Late Superintendent of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens, Secretary of the Fruit Committee, &c. 
Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. “The Best Book on Grapes and their Culture,’ 
THE “GARDENING WORLD,” 1, CLEMENT’S INN, STRAND, W.C. 
The Gardening World 
ESTABLISHED 1884. 
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every nine words after. Displayed Advertisements, per inch 6s. 
per column (ra ins. long), £3 5*• i Per half-page, £5/per page 
fa Special quotations given for a series. Gardeners and 
others Wanting Situations thirty words for is Sd., prepaid. 
Messrs. Dicksons, Limited, Chester, write; ” The Flower Pots you have so largely supplied us with are light 
strong, and well made, and in every respect highly satisfactory. 
.. Worcester; write: ' We beg to say that we are highly satisfied with your Garden 
Pc“. e The S y S'mwSrSa^fightfye*?t^~*JTl!ke them better tl?an any other we have ever used.” 
Lrt Handsworth Nurseries, Sheffield, write: “ We have pleasure in testi- 
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WHISKERS AND MOUSTACHES 
(Luxurious Growth and Heavy) Rapidly produced. 
Invaluable in the Nursery. Baldness positively 
cured by using 
“MEDICA” HAIR FQRCER. 
Post Free, securely packed under cover, 1/6 and 3/- 
per bottle, from the sole proprietors :— 
The “MEDICA” Manufacturing Co , CARDIFF. 
THE "LOUGHBOROUGH” 
PATENT GREENHOUSE BOILER. 
The most economical, cheapest, and easiest to manage. 
No. 1 , £2 17 s. Od.; No. 2 , £4 2 s. 6d.; 
Mo. 3 , £ 5 . 10 s. Od. 
Also made in larger sizes. 
Complete Apparatus from £4 16s. od. 
MESSENGER & COMPANY, 
Horticultural Builders and Heating Engineers, 
LOUGHBOROUGH. LEICESTERSHIRE. 
LONDON OFFICE: 96 a, Victoria St, Westminster. S.W. 
“ AMERICAN GARDENING.” 
An illustrated Journal of Horticulture, published in the 
Interests of the amateur in the Garden, the Conservatory, the 
House, the Fruit and Vegetable Grower, Trees, Shrubs, and 
Flowers. 
The Leading American Horticultural Authority. 
Issued weekly, and mailed, postage paid, to English subscri¬ 
bers for a 6s. money order. 
Address, “AMERICAN GARDENING,” 170, Fulton Street 
New York. U.S.A. 
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