COMPETITORS' GUIDE.--224 large quarto pages,
beautifully Illustrated Lists of all Flower and Vegetable Seeds, with most
valuable, cultural notes, times of sowing, colours, heights, &c.; also all
the best flowering plants, including our world-famed Collections of
Dahlias, Pansies, Violas, Early Flowering Chrysanthemums, Herbaceous
Plants, Pentstemons, Pyrethrums, Roses, Fruit Trees, &c., &c.
"Indispensable alike to amateur and professional gardeners." Copies per
Parcel Post on receipt of Sixpence.

DOBBIE & CO., THE ROYAL SEEDSMEN, ROTHESAY.

[Sidenote: Alkan]

"ALKAN" cures in =One Minute= by Inhalation. The Effect is Marvellous.

The ONE MINUTE Cure For Headache, Neuralgia, Toothache, Neuralgia of the
Ear. This simple and perfectly harmless remedy has cured instantaneously
thousands suffering from the above complaints. Of all Chemists and Stores,
prices =2/9= & =4/6= per bottle. Sent post paid to any part of the United
Kingdom on receipt of price. Or of the Proprietors, =B. & G. ALKAN=,
_General Depot_, 150, STRAND, LONDON, W.C.

[Sidenote: Vegetable and Flower Seeds]

SHILLING'S SEEDS ARE THE BEST FOR AMATEURS & GARDENERS
Because they produce the finest Flowers and Vegetables.

CATALOGUE SENT GRATIS AND POST FREE.

C. R. SHILLING, Seedsman,
WINCHFIELD, HANTS.

[Illustration: "Ill Weeds Grow Apace." Root them out!]

A PRESENT PRECAUTION MAY SAVE YOU GREAT FUTURE TROUBLE.

Work in the Garden is Pleasant Work, But it is Hard Work, and every
invention to lessen labour is an advantage!

WITH THE "GNU"

WEEDING FORK

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FLOWER BEDS, &c. may be kept in perfect order with a minimum of Labour.

The Prongs being very close together it loosens the soil and removes weeds
better and quicker than by hand.

No Stooping or Soiled Hands.

Price complete, with 3ft. handle, =1/3 each.=

DAISY FORK

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Such unsightly WEEDS as DAISIES and PLANTAINS can be COMPLETELY REMOVED
from LAWNS, TENNIS COURTS, &c., QUICKER and BETTER than by any other
method.

Having 3 prongs, close together, and a strong lever, the ENTIRE Root is
removed without exertion or without disturbing the surrounding grass.

Price complete with 3ft handle, =1/6 each.=

Manufactured solely by J. LYTLE, 3 BARTON ROAD, WALTON, LIVERPOOL.

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