February 2 , 1907. THE GARDENING WORLD. 
(STD. 1832. Pre-eminent through Merit. 
J Vo connection trith any other firm of a gimi'ar name. 
Successors to the late BARON VAN PALLANDT. 
New Hybrid Tea Rose 
‘QUEENof SPAIN.’ 
T^HIS grand flesh-colcured Rose is un- 
doubtedly . . . 
THE ROSE OF THE SEASON. 
j It is a seedling from Antoine Rivoire, with 
the scent of Souvenir de la Malmaison, very 
full and beautiful form, an ideal exhibition 
SPLENDID 
VEGETABLE 
AND 
FLOWER SEEDS 
BULBS and PLANTS 
FOR SPRING PLANTING. 
Famed! for Sterling Worth. 
rose, a good opener, and robust grower. 
We staged 68 perfect blooms at the Royal 
Horticultural Society's Show at Holland 
House, July gth and 10 th, and after two days’ 
show were as good as when first set up, and 
were admitted to be in better condition than 
any other variety in the show. 
Awarded tho Card of Commendation 
National Rose Society, Botanic 
Gardens, July 5th. 
Award of Merit, Holland House Show. 
A Plate of this tine Rose appears on 
page 91 of this Number. 
Strong Plants ready in pots in April. 
Price 7/6 each, 84/- doz. 
FULL DETAILED LIST will be s nt free on 
application to their offices at OVERVEEX, 
haarleai, Holland, or to their 
General Agents 
MERTENS & GO., 
3, Gross Lane, London, e . c . 
S. BIDE & SONS, 
ROSE GROWERS & NURSERYMEN, 
ALMA NURSERIES 
FARNHAM, SURREY. 
Drop us a line for our new SEED LIST 
now ready. We sol'cit a trial of our genuine 
stock of POTATOES, YEGETABLES, 
and FLOWERS of all kinds, which are not 
only true, but very lowest prices, and finest 
p-ocurable. We shall be glad to post you a copy 
of our List on application. 
R 
We have also a splendid lot of Roses to clear at 
a very low price, within the teach of all, so 
WHY NOT TRY OUR COLLECTIONS 
wh : ch we can guarantee are all English grown? 
1 dozen Hybrid Teas and Teas, robust stuff, 
Standards, 15/6 dozen ; Bushes, 4/6 dozen. Half 
quanti'y same rate. Any sorts can be picked out 
of list singly. Standards, 1/6 each ; and 
bushes 6d. each. 1 dozen Hybrid Perpetuals, 
all the best sorts grown. Half, same rate. Stan¬ 
dards, 12/G dozen ; BusheB, 4/- dozen. 
RED, BLACK, and WHITE CURRANTS, strong 
plants, at 2/9 dozen to clear. 
All above sent, wall packed & carriage paid for cash. 
Catalogues free on application, for Bulbs, Roses, 
Fruit' Trees, cto. 
r ucsiin le of Cat a oyut Cover. 
FREE 
COPY. 
Winners of 60 Cold 
Medals, 
Tills is almost a 
record for the last 6 
years. This is the 
number that w e have 
won during that 
period. 
Our Specialities 
are Roses and 
Dahlias. 
O.ir Nurseries are 70 acres in extent, and comprise 
the besc of Everythin] for 'he Garden. 
Send for free Copy of this valuable Horticultural 
Catalogue. 
COLD MIDAL ROSES. 
Plant How. Our Roses lift with plenty of fibrous 
roo s. an essential to success. We will send 6 Hybrid 
Perpetual blooming dwarf Roses, together with our 
3 j page illustrated Rose Culture Guide, carriage free 
to your nearest Ra lway Station for 3/3. These Roses 
are too long to send by Parcel Post, there ore the 
nearest Railway Station must be named. 
COLD MEDAL SWEET P£A8. 
Choose the first fine day for sowing for early blo*m- 
ing. We are winners of the National Sweet Pea 
Society's gold medal fora successive years. One packet 
each of 00 plump well-matured seeds of each of the 
following 12 new giant flowered varieties, post f ee for 
Is. Id : America, Duke of Westminster, Grade 
Greenwood, Hon. Sirs. E. Kenyon,Lady Qrisel Hamil¬ 
ton, Lovely, Mont Blanc, Navy Blue, Othello, Prince 
of Wales, Sadie Burpee, and Salopian. 
LILIUM3 D1R10T FROM JAPAN. 
Lilium auratum, or the golden-rayed lily, is queen 
of all liliums. We have imported an exceptionally fine 
lot of bulbs direct from Japau. By importing in such 
huge quantities we are in a position to offer at un¬ 
precedentedly low prices. Heavy bulbs, from 7 to 8 
inches in circumference, 3s. 9d. per dozen, post free ; 
6 post free for 2s. For prices of larg.r bulbs see our 
catalogue, copy of which will be sent free on appli¬ 
cation. Hobbies Limited, Norfolk Nurseries, Der.’— 
London Depot, 17, Broad Stieet Place, E.C 
r.liam. S 
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BATH’S 
Hew Giant Sweet Peas. 
We grow the Newer Sweet Peas in very large 
quantities, and supply Seed to many of the 
leading houses, both Wholesale and Retail ; 
consequently we are able to offer the following 
collections containing only the best varieties 
obtainable, as voted by the members of the 
National Sweet Pea Society, at least 25 per 
cent, lower than many other first-class firms. 
Collection J, price 1/-> 
12 Splendid Varieties (CO seeds of each). 
Cocclnea— Dark salmon-scarlet 
Dorothy Tennant.— Purplish-mauve 
Duchess of Sutherland —White, shaded blush 
Flora Morton — Clear light blue 
Gladys Deal. —Pale blue self 
Jan8t Scott.— Deep pink 
Lady Mary Ormsby-Core.— Tale buff, tinted pink 
Miss Wiilmott. -O.nnge-pink 
Navy Blue. — Dark blue 
Sadie Burpee — Fure white 
Scarlet Gem —Bright .scarlet 
Ti iumph -Orange-pink, wings white, flushed purple 
kin.lv packets of any variety from the above, 2d. each. 
Collection K, price 1/6. 
j 12 Very Fine Varieties (60 seeds of each). 
Agnes Johnson.— Bright rosy-pink. 2d. 
Black Michael. Deep maroon. 3d. 
| Blanche Burpee. —One of the best pure whites. 2d. 
Bolton’s Blue —Dark blue. 3 t. 
Bolton’s Pink —Bright pink. 2d. 
Clady3 Unwin. -Rose-pink. 2d. 
Grade Greenwood.— Creamy-white, shaded pink. 2d. 
Hon. Mrs. Kenyon.— Deep primrose. 2d. 
; King Edward VII —Bright crimson. 2d. 
1 Lady C. Hamilton.— Lavender. 2d. 
Lord Rosebery.— Dark rosy-crimson. 2d. 
Unique —White, with nale blue flake. 2d. 
Collections J and K complete'for 2/3. together with one 
packet each ot Miss Phillbrlck and Shasta, gratia. 
Collection L, price 2/3. 
12 Extra Fine Varieties (60 seeds of each . 
Black Knight —Deep maroon self. 2d. 
Dainty. —White, pink edge. 2d. 
Dora Breadmore. —Buff, shaded pink. 4d. 
Dorothy Eckford. —Pure white. 2d. 
Florence Spencer —Rose-pink. 4d. 
Helen Lewi3 -Orange-pink. 4d. 
Helen Pierce. —White, mottled blue. 4d. 
Jeannie Cordon. —Bright rose, shaded cream. 2d. 
John Ingman —Deep rose, tinged crim-on. 3d. 
King Edward VII.- Bright crimson. 2d. 
Miss Phillbrick.— Clear bright blue. 3d. 
Mrs- V/ Wright.— Beautiful mauve. 3d. 
Single packets of any of the above varieties at the 
price named after eacli one. 
Collections K and 1, if purchased tog-t or 3/-, together 
with 1 packet of Cyril Breadmore, deep rose, and 1 packet 
of Beacon, gratis. 
To purchasers of the above three Collections, the following 
will be sent gratis: 1 packet of Henry Eckford. 6d. ; i 
packet Zoe, bright navy i lue, 6d. : and i packet each of the 
three best striped rari ties, America. Jessie Cuthbertson, 
and Princess of Wales, making a total ot 43 packet . 
Collection M, price 4/-. 
12 Newest Varieties. 
The number of seeds in this collection are Indicated 
after each variety. 
Beacon. —Pink and buff_(50). 3d. 
D. R. Williamson — Rich deep blue (50). 4d 
Eric Hinton —Pink, with paler base (50). 4d. 
Evelyn Byatt. —Orange, very rich (25!. 3d. 
Henry Eckford —Salmon, a grand novelty (25). 6.1. 
Paradise.— Rich rose, very luge (50). 6d. 
i Phenomenal.— White, edged blue, very fine (23). 6d. 
Phyllis Un.vln. —l’ale pink (50). 41. 
Queen Alexandra —Crimson, dees not burn (20). 6J. 
Rcmolo Piazzani.—De p blue. large (50). 4d. 
Shasta.— White, very large (50). 6d. 
Sybil Eckford.— Buff, flushed pink 25). 4d. 
tingle packets of any of the above at the price 
named after each one. 
The h u- complete collections for 7,- post paid, together 
with uine a Iditional packets, making it the cheapest collec¬ 
tion ever offered. 
BATHS SELECT VEGETABLE AND 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
Complete Illustrated. Catalogue post free on application. 
R. H. BATH, Ltd , 
The Floral Farms, WISBECH. 
