August 25, 1888.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



205 



NOTICE 



TO THE 



HORTICULTURAL TRADE. 



TTAVING for some years past, owing to the 

 particular nature of my business as a 

 Horticultural Agent, recognised to the fullest 

 extent the absolute importance of securing speedy 

 transit and quick delivery, in the case of all 

 plants sent from the Continent to England and 

 vice versa ; and having myself suffered great in- 

 convenience, annoyance, and loss from causes 

 which could easily have been avoided, had the 

 shippers entrusted with plants possessed any 

 practical knowledge of their nature and require- 

 ments, I beg to inform you that, my business 

 with the Continent having become so extensive, 

 I am now obliged, in self defence, to take up the 

 business of a 



SHIPPING AND FORWARDING AGENT. 



I am so well aware of the serious consequences 

 of a few hours frost in the case of plants left on 

 the wharf for a night — as frequently happens — 

 and which by a little care in warehousing can be 

 easily avoided, to the great benefit of sender and 

 buyer, that I have determined in future to give 

 all such details my closest personal attention, and 

 beg you to recognise the advantages which will 

 thus be gained by your shipping all your con- 

 signments to this country through me. 



I have secured admirable premises for this 

 branch of my business at 12, Cooper's Row, 

 Crutched Friars, London, E.C., and with the 

 available accommodation at the various wharves 

 for the proper and prompt warehousing of the 

 most tender plants, am in a position to assure you 

 that I possess every facility for conducting the 

 business in a manner that I am sure will give 

 satisfaction to those who may favour me with 

 their patronage and support. 



WILLIAM DENMAN, 



7, Catherine Street, Covent Garden, 

 London, W.C. 



The Business will be carried on under the style of 



DENMAN & CO., 



HORTICULTURAL, SHIPPING, AND 

 FORWARDING AGENTS, 



12, COOPERS ROW, CRUTCHED FRIARS, 



LONDON, E.C. 



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SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1888. 



THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



n^HE Times of the 21st inst. published the 

 -*- text of the Ministerial Bill for establishing 

 a Board of Agriculture, which was read a first 

 time just before Parliament adjourned. Our 

 great concern in this Bill is due to the fact that 

 in this Act " the expression ' agriculture ' in- 

 cludes horticulture and forestry." This recog- 

 nition of the importance of horticulture as a 

 national industry is, we believe, due to the well- 

 timed interposition of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, through its President, Sir Trevor Law- 

 rence. In any case, an excellent opportu- 

 nity is now offered for the Society to follow 

 up the matter, and bring home to the public 

 and the Government the fact, that horticulture 

 has claims on their estimation comparable only 

 with those of agriculture itself. Moreover, that 

 the prosperity of agriculture in the future de- 

 pends, so far as the rearing of crops is concerned, 

 on the inculcation of the scientific principles 

 and on the adoption of the practical methods 

 which render horticulture a progressive art, able 

 to confront new conditions as they arise. Horti- 

 culturists can benefit the State very materially, 

 and although the State of itself, unsupported by 

 public opinion, can do little good, and may do 

 harm, yet it is certain that if practically worked 

 and not fettered and cramped with officialism 

 and red tape, the Board of Agriculture may 

 stimulate and encourage progress. But the first 

 thing is to get the publio to look on horticul- 

 ture as something more than recreation — some- 

 thing beyond a means of supplying the luxu- 

 ries of the rich. Our readers do not need to 

 be told that horticulture is beneficial in other 

 ways than those named, and they will not dis- 

 sent from our statement that our power for good 

 is incalculable. To enable us to do this we 

 require a wider general scheme of instruction 

 in the principles and in the technicalities of ov.r 

 art ; we stand in need of laboratories and ex- 

 perimental gardens ; we want competent in- 

 structors to visit our villages and gardens ; 

 we demand a much more comprehensive sen^i* 

 of duty and a more active propaganda on tl e 



