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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23023, 13 August 1949, Page 3

PLANTS. TREES ETC. CITRUS Trees in variety, strong, well branched. Also few fruiting age. List and culture guide. Sainsbury's Nursery, Otahuhu. 823 CITRUS. Fruit Trees and Seedlings in variety. See our selection. Marmalade Oranges now ready, 8d lb. At Hardy’s Fruit Exchange, 34 Peel St. DAZZLING Phlox: Hardy perennials in brilliant scarlets, purples, pinks, blues etc., 6 for 8/6. Griffiths Ltd., Mt. Eden, Auckland. MICHAELMAS Daisies, for massed displays, in rich reds, mauves, pinks etc. 6 for 8/6. Griffiths Ltd., Mt. Eden, Auckland. MONEYMAKER Peas: First early, prolific: well-filled pods of luscious peas, 3/- lb. 31b. for 7/6. Griffiths, Mt. Eden, Auckland. PUKEKOHE Onion Plants (any quantity), Choice Selection of Healthy Seedlings, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Lettuce Plants, Lyons Vegetable and Flower Packet Seeds, Asparagus, Rhubarb. Wildish’s Auction Mart. PLANTS ready now: Calendulas, Canterbury Bells, Cinerarias, Cornflower, Delphiniums, Dianthus, Lobelia, Livingstone Daisy, Nemesia, Primulas, Stocks, Scabious, etc. D. S. Thompson &_Co. RARE. Unusual: Write today for free book of Spring Novelty Plants and Seeds. Griffiths Ltd., Mt. Eden, Auckland. .

SPECIAL Carnations from Burpee’s Hand Pollenised Choice Seed. Good plants, 5/- per dozen. D. S. Thompson & Co. SALVIAS: New introductions in shades of mauves. rose, blues, etc. 6 for 11/-. Griffiths Ltd., Mt. Eden, Auckland. SPRING Seeds: These 6 for 2/6: Aster, Phlox, Zinnia, Petunia, French, African Marigold. Griffiths, Mt. Eden, Auckland. SEBAGO, the best cropping potato of them all. Now on sale at Te Hapara Nursery, 271 Gladstone Rd. Phone 2302, “TETRASNAPS,” the new change from Antirrhinums. These are a novelty and worth trying. Plants 2/6 per dozen. D. S. Thompson & Co. ROSES

STANDARDS 8/6 ea.; Climbing and Polyantha, 2/9 ea. Good selection Choice Shrubs and Flowering Trees, from 4/6 ea. Inspection invited. Pukekohe and Spanish Onion Plants, 1/6 100, 12/6 1000. Any quantity. D. T. ENGLISH & SON, 30 Gordon St. Phone 5386. TTS FRUIT TREES IN QUANTITY AND QUALITY ARBOR NURSERIES (Previously E. J. Bettelheim) ASPARAGUS AND HOW TO GROW IT ! SOLID 2-year Crowns of Mary Washington, biggest and tastiest of them all —with fullest details how to make the bed, manure it, plant it, grow it into delicious inch-thick nuggets of healthful goodness. 20 Crowns 10/-; 50 Crowns £l. Post free. From—- ■ JOHN BRIGHT, the QUALITY Seedsman, 9 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North, 784 IT'S NEW IT’S A WINNER ! ROYAL CRIMSON RHUBARB HUGE healthy crowns of tangy, juicy, double-season Rhubarb, producing two prolific crops of massive stems each full season. The best Rhubarb in commerce. Fullest planting, bed-making, growing instructions with every order. Five crowns 10/-; 12 crowns £l, post free. From JOHN BRIGHT, the QUALITY Seedsman, 3 Rangitikei St., Palmerston North. 1000 NEW ELITE POLYANTHUS PINK and Rose Shades. An entirely new variety eclipsing all other strains. The enormous delightfully frilled and ruifled blooms are of good texture and heavy substance in shades of palest creamy pink to rose and rosy claret. These Huge Perfect Champions delight in deeply dug soil with plenty of well decayed manure. 7/6 doz.; 3doz. £l, post free. Write now. D. J. LIDDLE, 80 Lintcn St., Palmerston North. 836

PETUNIAS & ASTERS NOW READY Full Selection of Spring and Summer Flowering Seedlings. Tomato Plants in Quantity & Quality. FRUIT TREES NECTARINES: Twyfords Surprise, New Boy, Goldmine. PEACHES: Million Dollar, Hobb’s Late, Black Boy, Prizetaker, Paragon. Golden Queen, La Vainquer. PLUMS: Satsuma, Burbank, Elephant Heart, Giant Prunes, Greengages. APPLES & PEARS, early and late, in many varieties. Shrubs in many varieties. Hedges and Forest Trees. TE lIAPARA NURSERY ' LIKE HUGE, BLOOD-RED ORCHIDS 1 THE lovely Jacobean Lily is one of the finest lilies. Big reflexed petals are gorgeous self-colours of richest ox blood red with an icy, satiny Sheen that enhances the depth of colour. Blooms up to Gin. across, are similar in shape to the more exotic orchids. Bulbs increase fairly rapidly, and are hardy enough to thrive in the most arduous climate. A perfect cut flower, and only 1/6 each; 4 for 5/-. From JOHN BRIGHT, the QUALITY Seedsman, 9 Rangitikei St., Palmerston North. 997 FRUIT TREES FRUIT TREES THE New Peach, “Gisborne Golden,” is excellent for all purposes, ripening April when most peaches are finished. Twenty other varieties of peaches from which to choose. Also in stock: Plums and Pears in variety, Walnuts, Feijoas, Black and Red Currants, Cherries, Grape Vines, Figs. Guavas, Loganberries, Boysenberries, Raspberries. Tree Tomatoes, red and yellow. Strawberry Plants, 1/6 dozen, 10/- per 100, or the new Strawberry. “Melody.” which is blight proof. 2/6 dozen, 15/- per 100. D. S. THOMPSON & CO. Gladstone Road, Gisborne.