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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
March 23, 1907. 
farmyard manure would be serviceable.. It 
can also be utilised as a substitute for leaf 
mould. It has already been applied to fruits, 
flowers and vegetables, as well as lawns, and 
lias given great satisfaction. The sample was 
sent us" by Messrs. Wakeley, Bros, and Co., 
Ltd., Honduras Wharf, Bankside, London, S.E. 
Death of Sir Thomas Hanbury, K.C.V.O. 
We regret to have to announce the death 
of Sir Thomas Hanbury, which took place 
on the 9th inst., at La Mortola, near Ven¬ 
timiglia, Italy. The late Sir Thomas was 
born at Clapham in 1832 , and will be best 
remembered by horticulturists for his 
munificent gift to the Royal Horticultural 
Society in 1903 of the late Mr. G. F. 
Wilson’s garden at Wisley. At Ventimi¬ 
glia, the deceased knight, in conjunction 
with his brother, established an experi¬ 
mental botanic garden; he also founded 
the Botanical Institute of Genoa. Just 
prior to his death he gave .£2,000 for a 
public garden at A entimiglia. 
DURING the building of the Great Pyra¬ 
mid of Cheops, says Herodotus, 1,600 
talents of silver were spent m Radishes, 
Onions and Garlic for the workmen. 
Flowers. —There is nothing in pictures 
or in ornaments to equal the colours or 
the commonest garden flowers; they baffle 
all reproduction, and beggar all descrip¬ 
tion ; they! are incomparably fine and 
perfect beyond anything that human 
effort can achieve. All the artists in the 
world could not produce anything equal 
to the petal of a Geranium, and the very 
best approaches to Nature which canvas 
or paper can exhibit are inevitably 
dimmed and spoiled by time. Flowers 
themselves only retain their brilliant hues 
while alive and healthy; so long, there¬ 
fore, only is our admiration accorded, for 
dead or withered flowers axe ugly and con¬ 
temptible. Certain gems owe half their 
value or utility to that quality which 
neither flowers possess nor painters can 
■bestow—the quality of perpetual fresh¬ 
ness. Flowers secrete nectar; they also 
possess a sanitary’ advantage connected 
with the absorption of carbonic acid gas ! 
from the air. Putting all these items 
together, they constitute a very small yet 
decided aggregate of utility; and flowers, 
notwithstanding, it will be admitted on 
all hands serve to sustain a very large 
amount of beauty. 
Feed the Plants. 
Harvey's “ Fertilo ” is to plants what food 
is to the body. " Fertilo” is plant food. It 
contains the essential proportions of Nitrogen, 
Potash, and Phosphates, and. acting as a 
fertiliser through the soil, it developes, 
strengthens, and nourishes all plants. Users 
of “Fertilo” confirm our claim, and tell us 
they get healthier and more abundant crops, 
better fruit, and more beautiful blooms than 
before they used it. 
Mr. J. Udale, Droitwich, Gardening Instructor 
to the Worcestershire County Council, says : “ I gave 
a little of your fertiliser to a friend for his Cine¬ 
rarias, and he says it has had a wonderful effect 
upon them.” 
Hundreds of amateur and professional 
gardeners speak just as enthusiastically of 
the wonderful results following the use of 
“Fertilo.’’ It is cheap and economical in use. 
7lb., 2s. ; 141b., 3s.; 281b., 4s. 6d.; 561b., 8s.; 
icwt., 15s. If you cannot get Harvey's 
“Fertilo” from your local seedsman, we will 
send it carriage paid.—J. P. Harvey & Co., 
Dept. 6, Kidderminster. 
WIREWORMS 
Grubs, Lcatherjackets, Beetles, Slugs, 
Centipedes, Woc-dlice, and all such soil 
insects 
KILLED. 
Vaporite sprinkled into the soil as directed 
entirely destroys soil insects without 
the slightest injury to the plants. It is 
non-poisonous to man and beast. No special 
tools required. 
The failures of gardening: frequently have their true cause in soil insects. 
Few hardeners suspect the enormous amount of damage done by these perts. 
deaif vour soil by Vaporite, and see the wonderful difference in your 
fruit and flowers. 
Vaporite is the genuine material (discovered by ourselves many years 
ago.) Its success has led to many plausiole imitations, but ins : st on the 
original genuine Vaporite# 
VAPORITE. 
7lb. size 2s. 281b. 4s. 6d 551b. 6s. 6d. 1 cwt. 10s. 
Ask for interesting booklet No. 19 with 50 specimen testimonials, reports, &c. 
COUPON. 
For Trial of VAPORITE. 
VALUE 6d. 
VALID till MARCH 30, ’07. 
FOR ONE TIN ONLY. 
To ext ml the use of Vaporite 
we will send as trial ordinary 
full-sized 2/- tin Vaporite for 
P.O. 1/6 with this Coupon. 
LONDON 
PARIS. 
AND 
STRAWSONS, 
Sales Office: Dept K 2 , 71a, Queen Victoria St„ London. 
AGENTS will be credited in 
full for above coupon if it is 
sent us by them duly signed by 
cust omer before date of expiry. 
ORCHIDS. 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Prices. 
_ Always worth a visit of inspection. 
^ Kindly send for Catalogue. 
JAMES CYPHER, 
Erotic Nurseries, CHELTENHAM. 
This Insurance is not confined to Railway 
Train Accidents only, but against all 
Passenger Vehicle Accidents. 
FREE INSURANCE. £100. 
The CASUALTY Insurance Company, 
Limited, will pay to the legal representative 
of any man or woman (railway servants on 
duty excepted) who shall happen to meet with 
his or her death by an accident to a train or 
to a public vehicle, licensed for passenger 
service, in which he or she was riding as an 
ordinary passenger in any part of the United 
Kingdom on the following conditions: — 
1 . That at the time of the accident the 
passenger in question had upon him or her 
person this Insurance Coupon or the paper in 
which it is, with his, or her, usual signature 
written in the space provided at the foot. 
2 . This paper may be left at his, or her, 
place of abode, so long as the Coupon is 
signed. 
3 . That notice of the accident be given to 
the Company guaranteeing this insurance 
within seven days of its occurrence. 
4. That death result within one month 
from the date of the accident. 
5 . That no person can claim in respect of 
more than one of these Coupons. 
6 . The insurance will hold good from 6 a m. 
of the morning of publication to 6 a.m. on 
the day of the following publication. 
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POTATOES. 
DUKE OF YORK , ... 4/6 per 112lbs. 
EARLY ROSE ... \ ... 4/6 per 1121bs. 
SIR JOHN LLEWELLYN 3/6 per 112lbs. 
DUCHESS OF CORNWALL 5/- per 1121 bs. 
DALMENY EARLY ... 6 /- per U2lbs. 
UP-TO-DATES ... ... 3/- per 112lbs. 
8END FOR LISTS OF OTHER VARIETIES. 
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NATIVE GUANO. 
Beit and Cheapest Hannre for 
Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers. 
Price £3 10s. per ton, in bags. Lots under 10 cwt., 4s. per 
cwt at Works, or 6s. cwt carriage paid to any Station in 
England. Extracts from 31st Annual Oolleotion of Reports: 
NATIVE CUANO FOR POTATOES, VEGETABLES, ETC. 
L. A. Ohaumbury, Ash vale: “Vegetables, excellent, 
potatoes, splendid crop ; beans, heavy crop.” 
T. Perry, Swanscombe : “Potatoes, onions, etc.,splendid 
crops.” 
NATIVE GUANO FOR FRUIT, R08E8, T0MAT0E8, ETC. 
A. W. BRINKMAN, Hull: “ Cucumbers, tomatoes, ana 
chrysanths., highly satisfactory.” 
0. ACCLETON, Carlisle: “ Finest manure ever used ior 
vines, peaches, roses, carnations, etc.” 
Orders to the NATIVE GUANO Co., LTD., 29, New 
Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, KO, where pampmew 
of testimonials, etc., may be obtained. Agents tcantea. 
