A VIEW OP OUR TWO ACRES. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE. 1st February, 1894. 
“Nothing can standstill, it must either go forwarder backward.’’ These words were 
uttered by the genial chairman of a social gathering of horticulturists a few evenings ago ; and 
j the remark to some extent applies to winter flowers. That considerable progress has been 
I _^inade in this direction no one Avill attempt to confute, though were corroborative evidence 
I needed, it may be found in the well-known nurseries of Messrs. II. Cannell & Sons at Swanley 
and Eynsford. This enterprising Arm has certainly gone forward, and simultaneouslv made 
^ vast strides in the production of winter flowers. This applies particularly to such as Primulas, 
Cyclamen, Cinerarias, Begonias, and Zonal Pelargoniums, flowers that for variety of colour 
^ond brilliancy are unequalled. Nowhere can these floral gems be seen in better condition thau 
at the above-mentioned Kentisli nurseries; and while this has been so in the past, a call last 
week convinced the writer that it will be more so in the future. 
Yi'OI/®TS. 
J F there is one flower more than another that can lay claim to the honour of being everybody’s 
favourite, it is the Violet ; it cheers the most saddened spirits, and gladdens the most robust. 
We are pleased to say the hybridisers and the most anxious and hopeful seedling raisers are at 
work, and to those who present flowers double the size of our present kinds, with a perfume 
the whole universe owe at least their thanks. All will admit value and good work which has 
been done. We thank all those who are engaged improving our present productions, for when 
once those improvements are achieved, it is a benefit for ever, more or less, all over the world. 
Violets, like all other flowers, have their wants, and if these wants are not supplied at the right 
time, they become weak and unsatisfactory. Old plants must be divided early in April, and 
replanted in good, deeply-dng, and well-manured soil, sixteen inches from plant to plant for 
large growers; the double and smaller leaf kinds, twelve Inches, with their roots welt down 
BO as not to suffer in dry weather, and at all seasons their runners must be kept cut off' they 
will then produce flowers such as are seldom seen. ’ ^ 
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