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Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them
SPECIAL NOTICE.
SEEDS
IF YOU WANT REALLY GOOD BULBS & SEEDS AT MODERATE PRICES, SEND TO
Mr. ROBERT SYDENHAM,
44, Tenby Street, Birmingham.
No One will serve you Better.
HIS UNIQUE LISTS
Are acknowledged by all to be the Best, Cheapest, and most Reliable
ever published. They contain only the Best VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, AND
BULBS WORTH GROWING.
Being the Selections of the Largest Seed Growers, Market Gardeners, and
the most celebrated Professional Gardeners and Amateurs in the kingdom.
They also contain very useful cultural instructions.
Mr. SYDENHAM'S Bulbs and Seeds were represented and gained First Prizes at
London, Birmingham, Preston, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Shrewsbury, Edinburgh,
etc., etc., in 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900.
SWEET PEAS A SPECIALITY.
No Flowers give so much cut bloom at so little cost and trouble if treated
as instructions sent with each collection.
12 good varieties, 50 seeds of each, 1s. 6d.; 12 choice varieties, 50
seeds of each, 2s.; or the Two Collections for 2s. 6d.; a Third Collection
of the 12 best varieties for Exhibition, 3s.; or the Three Collections,
5s., post free, with a packet each of the four best striped varieties
added free of charge. Generally sold at twice or three times the money.
THE BEST TOMATOES, 3d. per packet of 200 Seeds.
THE BEST CUCUMBERS, 6d. per packet of 10 Seeds.
ALL OTHER SEEDS equally cheap and good.
FULL LISTS POST FREE ON APPLICATION.
=PUT IT ON TOP= of your Fowlhouse, Tool or Bicycle Shed, or anything in
the shape of a shed that you are building. Ask your ironmonger for our
handy booklet, which will help you considerably with useful hints on
building all kinds of structures, and roofing them with =RED HAND ROOFING
FELT=
If your ironmonger has not got it, you can get it free, and name of
nearest holder, from D. ANDERSON & SON, LD., LAGAN WORKS, BELFAST.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
LAXTON'S GRAND NEW LARGE-FRUITED, EARLY STRAWBERRY FOR 1901.
The "Laxton," THE IDEAL AMATEURS' AND MARKET GROWERS' FRUIT.
The Fruit that everyone must Grow!
_A DARKER, FIRMER, AND IMPROVED "ROYAL SOVEREIGN."_
We believe this to be by far the =finest= of our many introductions, and
in it we claim to have combined all the good points of those two fine
varieties from which it was raised, viz, "Royal Sovereign" and "Sir J.
Paxton," and believe it to be the most wonderful Strawberry for earliness,
size, firmness, quality, hardiness, and vigour of plant combined.
=The following are some of its good points--=
=Earliness.=--In earliness it is as early as "Royal Sovereign."
=Size.=--In size it is as large as, if not larger than, "Sovereign," and
certainly larger than "Sir J. Paxton."
=Colour.=--But in colour it is much =darker and brighter= than
"Sovereign," partaking of the rich colour and taking appearance of "Sir J.
Paxton."
=Flavour.=--In flavour it is quite as rich as "Royal Sovereign."
=Firmness.=--It is also =much firmer= than "Sovereign," does not rot on
the ground in damp weather, and is a far better traveller.
=Cropping Qualities.=--Its cropping qualities are prodigious, heavier than
either "Sovereign" or "Paxton," throwing its bold tresses well above the
foliage.
=Constitution.=--A very hardy and vigorous grower, retaining its foliage
well in winter.
=Fast Selling Out for 1901.=--The demand for this variety has been already
very large, and as the stock is small and is fast selling out, we must ask
for early orders or we shall be unable to execute until 1902. =PLANTS IN
POTS ONLY SUPPLIED.=
=PRICE 18s. per doz.; L5 per 100.=
(Not less than 1/2 at the doz. and 100 rates.) As the demand is very
great, and the stock limited, the price cannot be much lower for several
years. A Handsome Coloured Plate, and full descriptive Catalogue published
shortly.
Free on application.
LAXTON BROTHERS, Strawberry Plant Growers and Specialists, BEDFORD.
SMALL GARDENS
[Illustration]
Green's Lawn Mowers
Imitated by Many! Equalled by None! Over 270,000 Sold!
[Illustration]
GREEN'S GARDEN ROLLERS ARE UNSURPASSED!
Known and appreciated throughout the World.
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THOS. GREEN & SON, Ltd.,
Blackfriars Road, LONDON, S.E., and LEEDS.
_Please write for List, S. G., 1901. May be had from Local Ironmongers and
Seedsmen._
Small Gardens and How to make the most of them
By Violet Purton Biddle
London
C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.
Henrietta Street
W.C.
[Sidenote: Patent Coil Stake]
NOTICE.
DON'T STAKE YOUR CARNATIONS
TILL YOU HAVE SEEN THE
Patent Improved Coil Stake.
No Tying required. Stakes last a Lifetime. The Greatest Boon ever
offered to Growers. Only wants seeing.
_Prices (Cash with Order)_:--
20in., = 7/6= per 100, =1/-= per doz.
25in., =10/6= " =1/6= "
30in., =13/6= " =2/-= "
36in., stouter, =17/6= per 100, =2/6= per doz.
=A. PORTER=, Stone House, =MAIDSTONE=.
[Sidenote: Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Seeds, etc.]
THE FINEST APPLE ON EARTH IS UNDOUBTEDLY BRAMLEY'S SEEDLING, Unequalled
for Productiveness and Quality.
ALL KINDS OF FRUIT TREES ON OFFER TO SUIT EVERY PLANTER.
THE ROSE (the Queen of Flowers), All new varieties stocked.
FLOWERING AND ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS A SPECIALITY.
My Flower and Vegetable Seeds cannot be excelled.
Send for my lists which contain valuable remarks on Profitable Fruit
Growing. Free on application to--
Henry Merryweather, The Nurseries, Southwell, Notts.
[Sidenote: Garden Netting]
TANNED GARDEN NETTING.
Protect your Strawberry Beds, Seeds, &c., from the ravages of birds.
NETS OILED AND DRESSED; 36 SQUARE YARDS FOR 1/-.
Can be sent any width or length; carriage paid on orders over 6s.
HENRY ROBINSON, GARDEN NET WORKS, RYE, SUSSEX.
[Sidenote: Plants for Small Gardens]
SMALL GARDENS AND HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF THEM
(_COUNTRY OR SUBURBAN_).
=Send a small Rough Plan of your Garden=, showing points of the compass,
and stating whether in town, country, or suburb, to Mr. WOOD, and he will
give you a list of PLANTS sufficient and suitable for the different
positions. Communication in regard to _Rockeries_ and _Rock Plants_ is
specially invited. List of
ALPINES, Hardy HERBACEOUS PLANTS and AQUATICS
on application to
J. WOOD, Woodville, Kirkstall, LEEDS.
SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
=The General Arrangement of the Garden=
_What to go in for, and what to avoid--Brick walls--Trees, their
advantages and disadvantages, etc._