Missouri Botanical Garden PETER H. RAVEN LIBRARY Pagination Note: Since many of the items lack a specific page number, the page number dispiayed oniine refers to the sequentiaily created number each item was given upon cataloging the materials. A ^ ^ Missouri Ge'^rg" EK'■■M<^•l -|Q Missouri copyright reserved GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. Cstal>Usl)eti 1841. No. 501.— VoL. XX. {series.} SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1883. Registered at the General 1 Price 5 d. Post-office as a Newspaper. V WITH SUPPLEMENT. Acrostichum magnum . . Anguloa Ruckeri retusa . Campanula carpatica . . Canadian notes . . Carnations, border Cattleya superbum splen- Cypripedium Lawrencia- Fernery, a natural Forestry Fruit crops of 1883 133 Fungi, edible Geranium argenteus . . Gilia aggregata . . Gladiolus Colvillei albus Grass-land experiments . Herbaceous border, the . Kelton Hall Kitchen garden . . Lselia Veitchiana X Mahogany in Honduras . Melons and Cucumbers . Mulleins Obituary Orchids, list of garden . . Phalaris arundinacea Pickles, new Plants in flower „ and their culture . . Potato crop, the . . Primroses, thrum-eyed . . Raspberry, curious dis- Rodgersia podophylla .. Ruta patavina . . Sandersonia aurantiaca . . Slough, a Carnation show Strawberry, a monst Sunningdale Nursery .. Trade groups Tulipa, the species of . . Turner, Charles (with portrait) Valve, the Reliance Rotary Weather, the ! ! ! ! Wild flowers ILLUSTRATIONS. Laelia Veitchiana X . (See Supplementary Sheet.) Phacelia campanularia Portrait of Mr. Charles Turner Rodgersia podophylla Valve, the Reliance R j Rotary S hropshire horticultural SOCIETY’S GREAT SUMMER SHOW, The Quarry, Shrewsbury, WEDNESDAY and THURS- DAY, August 15 and 16. FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS in PRIZES. For best 20 Plants, ;^2S, ;^2o, ;^i5. Schedules and full particulars from Messrs. ADNITT and NAUNTON, Hon. Secs. Shrewsbury. IV/TAIDENHEAD HORTICULTURAL IVX SOCIETY. The ANNUAL SHOW of this Society will be held in Kid- ll's Park, on THURSDAY, August 23. The Band of Her fees in this class). Entries close August 16, except Cottagers, who can enter up to August 20. Admission, as. 6d. ; from z until half-past 3, is. ; from half-past 3 till 6, 6d. Schedules and Rales may be had of ^r. O. KING. Hon. Sec. D undee horticultural SOCIETY. The ANNUAL SHOW will be held in the Drill Hall, on AUGUST 30 and 31 and SEPTEMBER i, being one week later than advertised in Schedule. Entries Close, August 25. DAVID P. SCOTT, Secretary. S PECIAL OFFE R.— PELARGONIUMS, best market varieties ; red and white BOUVARDIAS, ADIANTUM CUNEATUM. Strong plants of each, in thum’ - ' ROBERTS BROS. > JILEGIA GLANDULOSA (true). — Seed, just collected, 2r. 6d. and sj. per packet ; i-yr. Seed- lings, now ready, as. 6d. per dozen. Usual discount to the Trade. R. AND A. MORRISON, The Nurseries. Elgin. A^sYJ Hardy Primrose and Folyantlius Seed. A NTHONY WATERER begs to offer XX SEED of the strain exhibited by him in the Spring at the Meetings of the Royal Horticultural and Royal Botanic Societies of London, and also ^ Manchester, in Packets at 5s. irsery, Woking. Surrey. A QUILEGIA GLANDULOSA XX. (Grigor's Variety).— 10,000 to offer. Plants to bloom next spring, 15J. per 100 ; smaller, lof. Seed, just collected, as. 6d. and sf. per packet. Usual discount to the Trade. R. AND A. MORRISON, The Nurseries, Elgin. "PRIMULAS, CINERARIAS, and CALCEO- Jt LARIAS.— Bull’s choice strain of the above, in good trans- planted Seedlings, at 8f. per 100, 70s. per 1000, package and ' - ' ’ — ders. Good strong Marechal N’ ’ free for cash with ord( riage ti [ other 'Tea ROSES, in 48-pots, at 6oj. per 100. T. FLETCHER andJON, Florists, &c., Chesterfield. For Sowing in August. aUTTONS’ CALCEOLARIA. THE BEST. O From Mr. J. Darbyshire, Gardener to W. Smith, Esq., QUTTONS’ CINERARIA. THE BEST. 0 From Mr. H. K. Ward, Gardener to W. H. Budgett, Esq., Stoke Bishop, April 2, 1883. — “ Your Cineraria is the best strain I have yet seen. I have taken the Premier Prize with them three years in succession. Your strain took the First Prize against fourteen or fifteen competitors, and a finer half- dozen plants could scarcely be got together.” Price, IS. 6d., as. 6d., and SJ. per packet, post-free. QUTTONS’ PRIMULA. THE BEST. 0 From F. J. Walker, Esq., The Priory, Bath, Jan. 3, 1883. — I took First Prize for Primulas at the Bath Chrysan- themum and Primula Show from the seed you supplied us with last year. There was a great competition. Your strain cannot be surpassed.” Price, IS. 6d., as. 6d., ^s. 6d., and 5^. per packet, post-free. QUTTONS’ BEGONIA. THE BEST. Ky “ The Begonias are perfection. I have a small con- servatory entirely filled with them, which are the admiration of all my friends.”— J. Darlington, Esq., Netherwood. Price, is.t is. Sd.^ as. 6d.^ and 5J. per packet, post-free. QUTTONS’ GLOXINIA. THE BEST. 0 From Miss Dunstervillk, Airdie, Malvern Link, Feb. 3, 1883.—“ The Gloxinia seed has produced the finest blooms I have ever seen even in the Crystal Palace Show.” Price, 2^. 6d. and 5s. per packet, post-free. QUTTON AND SONS, 0 The Queen’s Seedsmen READING. BERKS. ^RCHIDS. — We invite intending Purchasers VX to pay us a visit and inspect our Houses. The NEW PLANT and BULB COMPANY. Colchester. Send for our NEW LIST, No. 63. Tea Roses— Tea Roses. rPHE LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL X company (John Cowan), Limited, have this year a splendid stock of Tea and other Roses in pots. Prices and full particulars on application to The MANAGER, The Vineyard, Garston, Liverpool. T^ELWAY AND SON, Langport, Somerset, JLX. offer HERBACEOUS PLANTS, DAHLIAS, single and double ; PYRETHRUMS, single and double ; PHLOXES and TEA ROSES ; CALCEOLARIA and CINERARIA SEED. CATALOGUES gratis and post-free. Hyaclntbs, Tulips, Narcissus, Lilies, ^5c. ■DUDDENBORG BROS., Bulb S-J Growers, Hillegom, near Haarlem, Holland. Wholesale CATALOGUE now ready, and will be sent post- free on application. T3 H. VERTEGANS’ Descriptive Pocket -Li* CATALOGUE of Alpines and Hardy Perennials. Post-free on application. Chad V^alley Nurseries, Edgbaston, Birmingham. F. BOEKEE, Leiden, Holland, has a • large Stock of CONVALLARIA CLUMPS. Price 50s. per ICO. Sample on application. ^EA ROSES IN POTS. — Several thousands to offer, clean, healthy, and full of buds, including a fine lot of Marechal Niel and Niphetos — the latter in several sizes. Prices on application. F. STREET, Heatherside Nurseries, Golden Farmer, Farn- borough Station. ( 1HOICE SELECTIONS of ALPINES and HERBACEOUS PLANTS.— 100 for 28^ ; 200, 60s. ; 300 ico^; 4^, 140J.; soo, 200J. Distinct species, established in pots. SAXIFRAGES-ioo. 28J. ; 200, looj., distinct species and var. CATALOGUE on application. STANSFIELD BROS., Southport. T)INE PLANTS, surplus, for SALE or X EXCHANGE. WANTED, GERANIUM CUT- TINGS, SPECIMEN PLANTS, &c. J. M., 19, Waterloo Place, North Shields. IVTESSRS. SQUELCH and BARNHAM, DX Fruit and Flower Salesmen, Covent Garden Market, W.C.. are open to RECEIVE CONSIGNMENTS of choice FRUIT and FLOWERS. Baskets and Labels supplied. Terms and references on application. TITANTED, SNOWDROPS, Single and * » Double. Sample and price to FREEMAN and FREEMAN, Seedsmen, Norwich. To the Trade. T^ANTED, for Delivery in Autumn, several ▼ ▼ thousands each of SPANISH CHESTNUTS and SCO'TCH FIR, 3 to 4 feet, transplanted. State quantity and To the Trade. TAMES CARTER, DUNNETT and O BEALE’S CATALOGUE of Bulbs, Plants, and Horti- 237 and 238, High Holborn, London, W.C. B ERGMANN and BARTH, Wholesale Seedsmen. Leipsic. Germany, desire to RECEIVE IMMEDIATELY the NEWEST CATALOGUES of SEEDS. A QUILEGIA GLANDULOSA (Grigor’s, guaranteed True). Fine young plants of the above beautiful Columbine, to bloom next spring, 3or. per 100, or 6s. per dozen. Also Seed, just gathered, at as. 6d. and 5^. per packet, from JOHN GRIGOR and CO., The Nurseries, Forres, N.B. The Trade supplied at Wholesale Prices. To the Trade only. E h. KRELAGE and SON, Nursery- • MEN, Seedsmen, and Florists, Haarlem, Holland. The Wholesale CATALOGUE (No. 365 a) of Dutch Flower Roots and Miscellaneous Bulbous and Tuberous- rooted Plants for 1883-84 is now ready, and may be had free on prepaid application by Nurserymen, Florists, and Seedsmen. E ighty thousand clematis, in Pots, of all the finest double and single varieties (some of the flowers of which become 10 inches across, and are of every shade, from pure white to the darkest purple), for climb- ing and bedding, from 12J. to 24^. per dozen, strong plants. Descriptive LIST on application. RICHARD SMITH and CO., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants. Worcester. to; eJ B Now in Full Bloom. HN LAING AND CO.’S TUBEROUS BEGONIAS, Gold Medal Collection, are the grandest floral To the Trade only.— 10,000 ] IX/TESSRS. PERKINS and SONS are now XtX offeringa very fine lot of ADIANTUM CUNEATUM, in 72’s, at 20^. per loo. Sample plant per post (to intending purchasers) sent on application, is. per 100 package. Warwick Road and Park Nurseries, Coventry. Roses on Own Roots. r^tATHERINE MERMET, GLOIRE DE DIJON, ISABELLA SPRUNT, R^;VE D’OR, &c. Strong plants, 12 in. to 15 in. high, 7s. per dozen, carriage paid. M AIRIS AND CO., Weston-in-Gordano, Bristol. ^EA ROSES, fine plants, in 5 -inch pots — X Mardchal Niel, Gloire de Dijon, and others— sor. per 100. BOUVARDIAS, nice bushy plants, in 48-pots, best kinds, including Alfred Neuner, price 40J. per 100. W. JACKSON, Blakedown, near Kidderminster. Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus. Lilies. &c. C G. VAN TUBERGEN, Jun., Haarlem, • Holland. Wholesale CATALOGUE now ready and may be had on application to Messrs. R. SILBERRAD and SON, 25, Savage Gardens, Crutched Friars, London, E.C. To the Trade. TT7AITE, NASH, HUGGINS, and CO.’S VV Wholesale CATALOGUE of Hyacinths and other Bulbs, has been Posted to all their Customers. If not received another Copy shall be sent on application. 79, Southwark Street, London, S.E. B and MOLLIS, ELGIAN PLANTS.— CAMELLIAS, chiefly double white ; AZALEA INDICA . dicksonia an- pREEPERS for WALLS, TRELLISES, &c., in great variety. See Descriptive LIST. Most of these plants being in pots, may be moved now. RICHARD SMITH and CO., Nurserymen and Seed Merchants, Worcester. Double White Sweet Scented IVTARCISSUS BULBS for SALE, £i per 100. Apply to T. MILLS, Market Gardener, Chiswick, Middlesex. STRAWBERRIES. — We are now prepared O to supply strong, healthy Plants, from ground * ' pots, of all the LIST post-free on appli( THOMAS RIVERS worth, Herts. approved kinds. A select 1 ' - - I. SON, The Nurseries, Sawbridge- OTRAWBERRY RUNNERS.— Alpha, Due de Malakoff, Duke of Edinburgh, The Countess, Black Prince, Frogmore Late Pine. Crimson Oiie<»n. T t 01 23 4 56789 10 Missouri Botanical cm copyright reserved garden 130 [August 4, 1883. THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. SALES BY AUCTION. Friday Next. CATTLEYAS and ODONTOGLOSSUMS. VANDA SANDERIANA. IX/TESSRS PROTHEROE AND MORRIS IVJL are Instructed by Mr. F. Sander to SELL by AUCTION, at their Central Sale Rooms, 67 and 63, Cheapside, E. C. , on FRIDAY NEXT, at half-past ii o’Clock precisely, a grand lot of CATTLEYAS and ODONTOGLOSSUMS; also splendid sound plants of VANDA SANDERIANA, in fine specimens; also about fifty lots of ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS, and a quantity of ORCHIDS in flower. On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. Friday Next. LvELIA PURPURATA-S4 Cases. 1\/rESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS ■JLfX have been instructed by Mr. Bells, of Rio de Janeiro, to SELL by AUCTION, at their Central Sale Rooms, 67 and 68, Cheapside, E.C., on FRIDAY NEXT, at half-past 12 o’Clock precisely, 54 Cases of L^LIA PURPURATA, in grand con- dition ; also soma vary fine plants of ZYGOPETALUM “\UTHIERI. The I tion, and will be sold i On view the d and 8, New Brc Dutch Bulhs.— Trade Sales. TV/TESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS TVJL beg to announce that they have made special arrange- ments for very extensive consignments of DUTCH BULBS of he best quality during the ensuing season. The FIRST SALES will take place at their Rooms on ILUGUST 20, 23, 27, and 30, and will consist of lots made up Gentlemen desirous of receiving Catalogues season can have a regular supply on applicati( tioneers, 67 and 68, Cheapside, and Broad Street, E.C., Tuesday Next.— (Sale No. 6439 ) PERIODICAL SALE of POULTRY and PIGEONS. M r. J. C. STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent Garden. W.C., on TUESDAY NEXT, August 7. at half-past 12 o’clock precisely, PRIZE and PRIZE-BRED POULTRY, comprising Silver-spangled and Black Hamburghs, Minorcas and Houdans, from the Honourable Lady Murray : tarns, &c., from several well-l PIGEONS, including Red and Yellow Jacobins, Magpies, Turbits, Checkered Homers, Silver Runts, Yellow Dragons, and a variety of other BIRDS from the yards and lofts of well- known breeders and exhibitors. On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. Wednesday Next.— (Sale No. 6440.) A grand importation of CATTLEYA MENDELII, CATTLEYA GIGAS, CATTLEYA AUREA, ODONTOGLOSSUM VEXILLARIUM, O. CRISPUM, O. PESCATOREI, O. SPECIES, supposed to be new ; MASDEVALLIA MACRURA, rare; M. TROCHILUS and M. HARRYANA : the whole of the above in the best possible condition, M r. j. C. STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C., by order of Messrs. Shuttle worth. Carder & Co., on WEDNESDAY NEXT, August 8, at half- past 12 o’clock precisely, the above fine IMPORTATIONS of ORCHIDS. On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. Thursday Next. ODONTOGLOSSUM, New Species. CATTLEYA SANDERIANA. VANDA SANDERIANA. ly/rR. J. C. STEVENS has received instruc- TYX tions from Mr. F. Sander to SELL by AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, ^8, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C., on THURSDAY NEXT, August 9, at half-past 12 o’Clock precisely, a grand importation of the above. On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. Thursday Next. l\/rR. J. c'^sVeWnS^ will Lciude in his -LYJL SALE on THUBSDAY NEXT, August 9, by order of Messrs. F. Horsman & Co., about 50 lots of selected pieces of the above; all in superb condition. On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. Auction Rooms and Offices, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C. Thursday Next. -(Sale No. 6441.) ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS, &c. lyrR- J- C. STEVENS will SELL by -1-Y-L AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C., on THURSDAY NEXT, August 9, about 300 lots of good ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS from private collec- tions, comprising a quantity of Odontoglossum Alexandrse and O. Pescatorei, Oncidiums, Masdevallias, Cattleyas, Cypripe- diums, Epidendrums, 50 Dendrobium infundibulum in flower, and a small collection of NEPENTHES in variety, a few STOVE PLANTS, &c. On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. M r. j. C. STEVENS will include about 50 lots of the above in his SALE, on THURSDAY, August 9, from the Royal Exotic Nursery, Tooting. On view morning of Sale, and Catalogues had. Auction Rooms and Offices,38,King Street,Covent Garden, W.C. Dutch Bulbs.— Trade Sales. IX/TR. J. C. STEVENS begs to announce lYJL that his first SALES of DUTCH BULBS will take place at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C., on WEDNESDAY, August 15, SATURDAY, August 18, WEDNESDAY, August 22, SATURDAY, August 25, WEDNESDAY, August 29, at half-past -12 o’Clock precisely each day, and will include choice Double and Single HYACINTHS, TULIPS, CRO- CUSES, NARCISSUS, SCILLAS, &c., from well known M^ irpool Hort . . ,, Cowan), Limited, on THURSDAY, August 9, at 12 o’clock prompt, in the Concert Room at the Horticultural Gardens, Leeds, a splendid assortment of ESTABLISHED ORCHIDS, consisting of Dendrobiums crassinode Barberianum, Parishi, Dalhousianum, Wardianum, Dearei, Pierardi latifolia, Jamesi- anum, &c. ; Aerides, Saccolabiums, Vandas, Phalsenopsis, Odontoglossoms, Cattleyas, and many other varieties, all healthy plants making good growth : also a fine variety of Aerides Lobbi from the Indian Archipelago, Thrixspermum Berkeley!, Dendrobium Veitchianum, D. formosum Berkeley!, Phalaenopsis Esmeralda, P. amabilis, and Aerides Emericii, from Lieut. Col. E. S. Berkeley ; and an importation of Cattleya labiata, just to hand, from Rio de Janeiro. Also a fine collection of FLOWERING and ORNAMENTAL PLANTS, consist- ing of Tea Roses, Pelargoniums, Geraniums, Fuchsias, Lilies, Begonias, Maidenhair and other Ferns, Palms, Coleus, Gre- villeas, &c., all in fine health and condition, and suitable for Conservatory, Greenhouse, Table, and Window Decoration. Plants on view at the Concert Room, on the 7th, 8th, and Liverpool. TXTANTED, a SMALL HOUSE, standing Y Y in an acre or more of ground ; with Fruit Trees and Greenhouse or two preferred. Not more than 8 milesf from London. Apply to J. F., 47, Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, W. Investment.— Important to Orebid Growers. 15 miles from London. F or disposal, a small and easily worked HORTICULTURAL BUSINESS-proprietor wishing to devote his whole time to another Business’- mgaged. Capital openii^Jor Growing Orchids Apply Apply to Messrs. PROTHE Broad Street, E.C.— (Folio 5865. which he PROTHEROE and MORRIS, 8, New TTIOR SALE, SIDCUP HILL NURSERY, X' Foot’s Cray, Kent. Established over fifty years, and widely famous for the culture of Ferns. In consequence of the death (without issue) of the late Mr. Robert Sim, the Stock, Leases, Business Structures, &c., of this Nursery are to be immediately disposed of. For particulars apply to Miss SIM, at the above address. T?OR SALE, a NURSERY and FLORIST X BUSINESS, in the North of Spotland. The Grounds extend to n acres, held op it years leases, the greater part of the terms being unexpired. The subjects include 3 Green- houses, with Hot-water Appliances, and a number of Frames. The Stock, which is in first-class condition, consists of several millions of Seedling and Transplanted Forest Trees (for the prime quality of which the nursery is well-known). Ornamental and Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Bushes, and Flowers of every descrip- tion. The sale is rendered necessary by dissolution of partner- ship, and offers a splendid opportunity for acquiring a good going established business. Further particulars from GRIGOR and YOUNG, Solicitors, Elgin, N.B. I NVESTMENT. — A most comfortable, newly erected MODERN RESIDENCE, at Twickenham, close to the Station and the river Thames— Dining-room, 24 X 18 ; Billiard-room same size, two other Reception-rooms, seven Bedrooms, Stabling, Grounds half an acre in extent, tastefully laid out ; fine Orchid and Plant-houses, with all modern im- provements. The whole most suitable to a Gentleman with a taste for horticulture. Price, ;^23oo. Address, D., Messrs. Pottle & Son, Royal Exchange, who will give cards to view. rno GARDENERS AND OTHERS.— An X opportunity occurs for PURCHASING a Plot of FREEHOLD LAND, Propagating and Two Glass Houses, fitted with Hot-water Pipes, Boiler, &c. ; also Goodwill of Florist’s Business, carried on by owner for five years. Leaving to take larger Business. Price for Freehold, Goodwill, and everything, ^^275 (;^20o can remain and be repaid by instalments). Apply, Mr. SALMON, Estate Agent, Kingston-on-Thames. BE LET, ON LEASE, a good JOBBING .nd LOCAL BUSINESS, upon favourable terms. rjiO Apply to Mrs. G. SMITH, Tollington Nursery, Tollington Park, Hornsey Road, N. HORTICULTURAL REGISTER contains full particulars of the above, and can be obtained, gratis, at 8, New Broad Street, E.C. T3R0THER0E and MORRIS, Horti- X CULTURAL Market Garden and Estate Auctioneers and Valuers, 8, New Broad Street, E.C., and at Leyton- stone, E. Monthly Horticultural Register had on application. T MILLINGTON and CO., English • and Foreign Sheet and Plate Glass, White Lead, Milled Lead, Oils, and Colour Merchants, 43, Commercial Street, E. pHADBURY EARLY CABBAGE SEED. —This seed has been grown by careful selection for six- )ARCELS POST.— CARTERS’ SEEDS. "PARCELS POST.— CARTERS’ SEEDS, X Carriage free. . ROOMS and Parcels Post-office r PARCELS POST.-CARTERS’ SPECIAL X VANS and TRUCKS will deliver parcels hourly during the day to the Post-office. o ARTERS, The Queen’s Seedsmen, and by Royal Command to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. 237 and 238, High Holborn, London, W.C. E ARLY FORCING BULBS. P LANT AT ONCE, EARLY FORCING. CARTERS’ BULBS FOR THE DECORATION of the CONSERVATORY, DRAWING ROOM, &c., &c., at. CHRISTMAS TIME. EARLY WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS, 25^. per 100, 3^. (id. per dozen, £,d. each. EARLY WHITE ROMAN HYACINTHS (Blue Skin), xis. 6 d. per 100, 2^. 6 d. per dozen, 2d. each. EARLY BLUE ROMAN HYACINTHS, i2r. 6 d. per 100, xs. gd. per dozen, 2d. each. LIGHT BLUE NEAPOLITAN, 15J. per 100, 2s, per dozen, 2d. each. DARK BLUE NEAPOLITAN, 15^- per 100, 2f. per dozen, ^%ARiY DOUBLE ROMAN NARCISSUS, 2J. 6 d. per ^TaRLY PAPER-WHITE NARCISSUS, w. gd. per dozen, ^ DOUBLE SNOWDROPS, large, 2ij. per 1000, 2^. 6 d. per ^°SINGLE SNOWDROPS, large, 2W. per 1000, 2J. 6 d. per ^°DUC VAnThOL tulips, red and yellow, single, ioj. per 100, xs. 6 d. per dozen. ALLIUM NEAPOLITANUM, lof. per 100, if. 6 d. per NOTE.-These ise prices are not binding^after the public (BARTERS, The Queen’s Seedsmen. By Royal Command to the Prince of Wales. 237 and 238, High Holborn, London , W.C. P OINSETTIA PULCHERRIMA, at 20 s. per 100, per looo ; now ready for 48’s. SMITH AND LARKE, Ashford, Middlesex. Double White Primulas. H B. may has an unusually fine stock to • offer, in large thumbs, fit for immediate potting. Price on application. Dyson’s Lane Nursery, Edmonton. B Specia applicatic To the Trade. AUMFORTH’S SEEDLING RASPBERRY. 1 Prices for Orders before September i may be had on ‘ EDMUND PHILIP DIXON, Hull. Eentia Belmoriana. K entia fosteriana . Offered in clean and healthy plants, with three leaves, in single pots, at ^4 lof. per 100 seeds ; of ARECA SAPID A, &t£x P ARCELS POST.— Mr. WM. GORDON is prepared to give the full benefit of the Parcels Post to his customers, and will forward package and carriage free all orders of Ten Shillings and upwards. This will enable his Customers i» the country to purchase Plants at the same price as is paid at the nursery by those resident in London and Suburbs. The fact that these plants with ordinary care can be grown in a greenhouse has given an impetus to orders, and nearly all lovers of flowers are now Orchid growers and are forming col- lections, which, besides being very interesting, will become valuable as there are no plants which pay better for growing into specimens. The following are a few of the varied and cheap ORCHIDS which are held in quantities : the special ORCHID LIST for August will he forwarded, post-free, on application : — C. denotes Cool, /. Intermediate, and S. Stove Plants. Each— f. d. C. AERIDES JAPONICUM, a beautiful sweet-scented Orchid ; flowers white, spotted with rose colour. Four to six leaves . . . . 26 /. AERIDES VIRENS.-This, one of the best of the Orchids. Six to seven leaves. . . . 3f. (>d. and s o C. BLETIA HYACINTHINA, beautiful free-flowering hardy Orchid ; grows well out-of-doors ; can be left out all the year on a south border. Strong clumps, C. CALANTHE DISCOLOR, very free-flowering Sd ^ ^ C. CALANTHE SIEBOLDI, beautiful evergreen, cool- house species, with large yellow flowers 2s. 6d. and 3 C. CATTLEYA CITRINA, beautiful sweet-scented Orchid, with large yellow flowers .. 2s. 6d. and 3 /. CATTLEYA DOLOSA.— This is a very beautiful little Cattleya, with large flowers, ten and twelve bulbs . . . . 3J. 6d. and 5 /. CATTLEYA MOSSIZE. — This is best of all Cattleyas ; it is a free-grower, very beautiful and free-flowering ; five to ten bulbs . . 2s. 6d. and 3 I. 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