May 30,1S96. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
465 
DICKSONS’ 
N E 'W 
IRISH ROSES. 
ALEX. DICKSON & SONS 
Have pleasure in announcing for distribution in May a further 
series of their 
CELEBRATED PEDIGREE ROSES, 
HELEN KELLER (H.P.), Rosy Cerise, superb .. 10/6 each 
MAVOTJRNEEN (H.P.), Silvery Flesh, first rate 10, 6 „ 
MAR JORIE (H .T.), White, Pink centre, very pretty 7/6 ,, 
ALSO 
The Best of the NEW FRENCH & BRITISH ROSES. 
Descriptive Catalogue Post Free on application, 
NEW (H.T.) ROSE 
BELLE SIEBRECHT (Mrs. W. J. Grant). 
Raised by Alex. Dickson & Sons, distributed by Siebbecht 
and Wadley, New York. 
The most valuable introduction of the past ten years. This 
superb variety has gained the highest awards wherever exhibited 
lu Great Britain and America, chief among these being the 
National Rose Society’s Gold Medal. 
Valuable alike for exhibition, decorative, and forcing purposes. 
No collection, however small, complete without it. 
PLANTS IN POTS IN MAY, 10/6 EACH. 
Full Descriptive Particulai's Post Free on application to 
ALEX. DICKSON & SONS, 
ROYAL NURSERIES, 
NEWTOWNARDS, Co. DOWN, 
SOLE AGENTS FOR EUROPE. 
THE HERCULES. —Design Registered. 
TENANT’S FIXTURE PDRTABLE SPAN-RDQF CURVILINEAR 
CDNSERVATORY or GREENHOUSE 
No brickwork required. These houses are made of the best 
materials, painted four coats, and glazed with 21oz. clear sheet 
glass, a flat painted stage is fixed on each side and one end, and 
slatted path up centre. 
Cash price, Carriage Paid to*earesl Station in England X- Wales, 
within 100 miles of Tunbridge Wells—fixed free 
Length 9 ft.. Width, 6 ft., £15 0 0 -Width 8 ft , £19 0 0 
» 12 ft., „ „ 19 0 0— „ „ 24 0 0 
>• 15 ft.„ „ 29 0 0 
CUCUMBER & MELON FRAMES, 
Painted three coats, and Glazed with 21oz. Glass. 
1 Light Frame, 4 ft. by 6 ft.£110 0 
2 , .. „ 8 ft. by 6 ft. 2 10 0 
Violet Frame, 4 ft. by 6 ft. 17 6 
Carriage Paid on Orders amonnting to iOs. and upwards to any 
Goods Station in England and TFufw. 
No. 779.—VoL. XXX., Third Series. 
THE NEW EARLY 
STRAWBERRY n895, 
STEVENS’ WONDER. 
The earliest variety in cultivation and very prolific ; solid fruit, 
good flavour, high perfume. 
Aicarded Eirst-class Certificates, Royal Horticultural Society, and 
Royal Botanic Society, 189.5. eee Gardeners' Chronicle, March 2; 
Jounuil of Uorliculiure, March 14; and The Garden, March 16. 
Having purchased the who'c of the stock of this grand new 
early Strawberry from the raiser, we have pleasure in offering 
it as follows :— 
STRONG PLANTS, in Pots, £5 per 100, 15/- per doz. 
„ RUNNERS .. .. £3 „ „ 9/- „ „ 
Ready for de ive>y eaHy in July. Early Orders requested as 
stock is limited. Further particulars upon application. 
WM. CUTBUSH & SON, 
KIGHGATE NURSERIES, LONDON, N., AND BARNET, HERTS. 
GATHER HONEY FROM YOUR FLOWERS/ 
WHY NOT COMMENCE BEE-KEEPING? 
Fruit trees to which Bees have access bear the most abundant crops 
GEO. NEIGHBOUR & SONS’ 
BEE-HIVES 
ilnd APFI.Xil.N’CES. 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE POST FREE. 
127, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C. 
(Corner of Southampton Street.) 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS 
AND 
HARDY BORDER PLANTS. 
FORBES’ NEW CATALOGUE for 1895 is enlarged to about 150 
pages, and very materially improved, embracing every thing—new 
and old—worth cultivating in the way ot FLORISTS’ FLO VVERS 
and HARDY PLANTS, with accurate descriptions and prices. 
Copious notes as to their origin, how and where best to grow, a 
full index of the common orpopu ar names of HARDY BORDER 
PLANTS, and a vast mass oi other valuable information that 
cannot be had elsewhere, which renders this the BEST, MOST 
RELIABLE, and complete CATALOGUE ever issued on this 
popular class of plants. Free on Application. 
JOHN FORBES, Nurseryman, 
HAWICK, SCOTLAND. 
JACK FROST 
Has caused many losses that can be made good in an easy and 
cheap manner by purchasing the following Bulbs and Plants, 
which I can strongly recommend as being first class : — 
BEGONIAS, SINGLE, 
20,000 Grand Bulbs, Mixed Colours, finest ever offered at the 
price. 3s. per dozen. 
PELARGONIUMS, SHOW & DECORATIVE. 
Fine Plants in Best Kinds, 6s., 9s., and 12s. per dozen. 
ZONAL PELARGONIUMS, 
Best Kinds only. 6 for 2s. 6d., 12 for 4s. 
IVY-LEAF PELARGONIUMS. 
A very Choice Lot. 6 for 2s. 6d., 12 for 4s. 
DOUBLE PETUNIAS, 
Extra fine New Kinds. 6 for 3s. 6d., 12 for 6S. 
Send for Catalogue, Free. 
S3:. J. Nursery, 
HITHER GREEN, LEWISHAM. 
Special low 
quotations for 
quantities for 
market grow¬ 
ing. In small pots for fruiting first year. Open-air runners 
very cheap. All the leading varieties, new or old. 
FRUIT TRRRS 
OF ALL KINDS. SEND FOR LIST. 
Pomona Farm Nurseries, 
WITHINGTON, HBHEFOIIH. 
Joiiiinal of 
THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1805. 
HARDY FLOWER NOTES. 
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S O fair and beautiful are the hardy flowers in 
the bright days of early summer that it is a 
constant delight to be among them. Long as we 
waited for winter to depart we have since been 
recompensed with no churlish hand, and since 
early in May the attractions of the garden have 
been almost bewildering. 
Tulips, which seem to have stolen from the 
most radiant sunsets their brilliant hues, up- 
reared themselves above the galaxy of gems 
with which they were surrounded. Alpine 
Phloxes have been mounds of bloom from 
white through lilac and blush and pink to the 
bright red-purple of one of the hardiest of all— 
P. setacea atro-purpurea. The great clumps of 
Alyssum saxatile compactum which, when winter 
was but passing away, seemed forlorn and holding 
forth little hope of beauty, blossomed forth into 
masses of purest gold. White Saxifrages and 
purple Aubrietias have allied themselves together 
and combined to take our hearts by storm. 
Violets and the more brilliant Violas nestled 
here and there among other flowers in the 
borders or stood boldly out from more con¬ 
spicuous places on the rockwork. 
Specially noteworthy among these have been 
Violas William Niel and that sweet and refined 
flower Pride of Etal. Primulas and Auriculas, 
too, have made charming pictures ; the varieties 
of P. Sieboldi, of which I have now some good 
clumps, having been specially favoured with 
calm weather to enable them to yield us longer 
pleasure by their elegance. A few of the best 
Alpine Auriculas, the gift of an old florist whose 
acquaintance I have the honour of having, have 
been very charming ; although grown in a 
border and not cultivated in a frame in the 
orthodox manner. These are flowers to study 
and not to glance at; refined creations of the 
taste and skill of men who have done much to 
advance the noble and gentle art of gardening. 
But besides these flowers, which from their 
numbers attracted a greater share of attention, 
there have been many others which in the eyes 
of the true lover of flowers have been no less 
delightful, and one would like for once to cast 
aside all considerations of space and utility and 
roam from flower to flower, saying a little about 
STRAWBERRIES 
No. 2435.—Ton. XCIL, OLD SERIES. 
