ADVERTISEMENTS. 



, R, PEARSON & SONS, 



BULBS! BULBS! BULBS! 



The cheapest off er of First Class Bulbs ever 

 submitted to the Public. 



DURING the past 10 years we have laboured to make the cultivation of Spring - 

 flowering Bulbs more general and more popular, and we are glad to say that our 

 efforts have not been without success. By offering to the Public the finest quality 

 of Bulbs obtainable, at the lowest profitable prices (for we do not wish to pose as 

 philanthropists doing business only for the pleasure resulting therefrom), we have 

 enormously increased our sales of these most charming plants. There are, however, 

 we find, still some prejudices to overcome in the mind of the Garden-loving Public 

 before we can carry this business to the limits which it ought to reach. 



Firstly, many people write saying that our Bulbs are too cheap to be good, and 

 it takes time and experiment to convince them to the contrary. Again, we find that 

 many people send their orders to Dutch firms, under the impression that, by so 

 doing, they are dealing direct with the producer and obtaining the best value for 

 their money. To a certain extent this is true, but to how small an extent few are 

 aware; the fact is, one gets into the habit of talking and writing about early- 

 flowering Bulbs under the title of " Dutch Bulbs," without ever considering the 

 question of whether there is any justice in such a title, but a very little inquiry will 

 show how extremely small is the percentage grown in Holland. All the earliest 

 forcing Bulbs, as Roman Hyacinths, Paper White and Roman Narcissus, Freesias 

 and Lilium candidum, are grown in the South of France and Italy, and Lilium 

 Harrisii in the Bermudas. To order these from a Dutch firm is to pay carriage 

 from their place of growth into Holland and thence in small consignments to this 

 country. Then, again, take the Daffodils and Garden Narcissi, so deservedly 

 popular : we can produce far better and more healthy bulbs in this country than 

 elsewhere ; and who, with any knowledge of this subject, would order Snowdrops 

 from Holland whilst our home-grown roots were obtainable? We might pile 

 example upon example, but space fails. Suffice it to say that, without doubt, 

 Holland is the home, and ever will be, of the Hyacinth (the best growers do not, 

 however, export retail). Tulips also are grown very largely in Holland, and at 

 present command the market, but English Tulips are rapidly coming to the front. 

 Setting aside Tulips and Hyacinths, we could supply all other Bulbs usually 

 employed for early flowering if Holland closed her ports for ever. Under these 

 circumstances, we fail to see why general orders for Bulbs should be sent to 

 Holland instead of encouraging home industry. 



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IFI&IEIE TJIPOItT 



ESTABLISHED 1782. 



J. R. PEARSON & SONS, 



Chilwell Nurseries, Notts. 



