April 9, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
501 
STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 
R. B. LAIRD & SONS 
HORTICULTURAL AUCTIONEERS AND VALUATORS, 
BEG TO DIRECT ATTENTION TO THEIR VERY FINE STOCK OF THE ABOVE. 
THE BEST COLLECTION IN SCOTLAND. 
Their Nurseries, at Pinkhill, Murrayfield, 
Will at all Seasons be found attractive and of interest to Horticulturists. 
CATALOGUES FREE. 
PINKHILL NURSERIES, MURRAYFIELD, MIDLOTHIAN. 
DAVID W. 
Vegetable Seed Specialities. 
THOMSON’S IMPROVED PROLIFIC LONG POD BEAN. 
Thomson's t>uptHB red beet 
THOMSON'S SELF-PROTECTING BROCCOLI. 
THOMSON S IMPROVED HORN CARROT. 
THOMSON'S MARKET CARROT. 
THOMSON'S INCOMPARABLE WHITE CELERY. 
THOMSON’S MAMMOTH GREEN COS LETTUCE. 
THOMSON’S SUPERB CURLED PARSLEY. 
THOMSON’S EXCELSIOR TOMATO. 
THOMSON’S DUKE OF YORK MELON. 
THOMSON’S 
Flower Seed Specialities. 
THOMSON’S DWARF ANTIRRHINUM. 
THOMSON’S DALKEITH CALCEOLARIA. 
THOMSON’S SUPERB BEGONIA. 
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Forest Trees, an extensive col'ection of Seedling and Transplanted Forest Trees, comprising Scots Fir, 
Spruce Fir, Larch Fir, Abies Douglasii, etc., etc. 
Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, Rhododendrons, etc., in fine condition for removal, 
having been all recently transplanted. 
Roses and Fruit Trees. —My stock of the above includes all the best varieties grown, in fine condition 
for removal. 
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. . SPECIALITIES . . 
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STOVE * & * GREENHOUSE * PLANTS. 
Visitors to the Show should not fail to notice my Circular Table 
of Spring: Flowering: Plants. 
HARDY CUMBERS. 
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FOR PILLARS, ARCHES, WALLS, 
PERGOLAS, TREES, &c. 
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Beg to say their List of the above may now 
be had free, from 
THE ROYAL NURSERIES, MAIDSTONE. 
NEW DOUBII VIOLET, 
MRS. J. J. ASTOR. 
This beautiful Violet, of a deep rosy-heliotrope is 
meeting with a most cordial reception, and as the 
stock is getting very limited, and we have already 
many orders booked for April and May, we beg all 
intending purchasers will please apply at once to 
prevent disappointment. 
The Managers, Hood Gardens, Totnes, 
" Gardening Is the purest of human pleasures, and the greates 
refreshment to the spirit of man."— Bacon. - 
144, PRINCES STREET, EDINBURGH. 
Cfa Inttjilgijiitj liqitl, 
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flowering, and price of all the best Hardy Border Plants, 
together with their English or Common Names, and a mass of 
other Valuable Information that cannot be had else¬ 
where. 
It Is In fact a veritable reference-book, invaluable to all 
growers of these plants, and should be in the hands of all 
intending purchasers. Free on application. 
JOHN FORBES, 
ESTABLISHED 1870. 
Nurseryman, Hawick, Scotland. 
M anures and their appli- 
CATION.” A Lecture delivered to the Cheshunt 
Wormley, &c. f Horticultural Society, by W. Dyke. 6d. each 
13.3d. for three.—PUBLISHER, i, Clement’s Inn, Strand, 
London. 
Glass . A Wt A *. Her 
Manufacturers Majesty 
to The Queen. 
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SHOW VASES and TUBES 
AS SUPPLIED TO THE 
Royal Scottish Horticultural Association. 
Plain and Decorative Flower Pots and Pedestals. 
The largest Stock and choicest assortment from all 
the leading makers, Prices on application. 
ROSES, strong H.P's., competition varieties 6/- doz. 
VIOLAS, s'rong plants, bedding varieties, 1/9 doz., to/6 too. 
VIOLAS, strong plants, competition varieties, 2/6 doz. 
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many of recent Introduction, 3/6 doz. 
All Post Free for Cash with Order, from— 
J. GRIEVE & SONS, 
REDBRAES NURSERIES. 
BROUGHTON ROAD, EDINBURGH. 
SATURDAY , APRIL gth, 1898. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, April 12th.—Royal Horticultural Society : meeting 
of Committees at 12 noon. 
Wednesday, April 13th.—Sale of Llliums, Roses, Gladioli, 
and herbaceous plants by Messrs. Protheroe & Morris. 
Thursday, April 14th.—Sale of stove, greenhouse, and hardy 
herbaceous plants, and Roses by Messrs. Protheroe & 
Morris. 
Friday, April 15th.— Sale of Imported and Established 
Orchids by Messrs. Protheroe & Morris. 
Saturday, April 16th.—Opening day of the Ghent Quin¬ 
quennial Show (8 days). 
^he Flora of Berkshire.* —We have 
seen a number of county floras, that 
is, books on the subject, but must give the 
palm to this one for completeness and 
general excellence. The book is very 
appropriately dedicated to and by per¬ 
mission of Her Most Gracious Majesty, 
* The Flora of Berkshire, being a Topographical 
and Historical Account of the Flowering Plants and 
Ferns. By George Claridge Druce, Hon. M.A., 
Oxon. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1897. 
