April 11,1895. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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Our Violas are unsurpassed. Satisfaction to everyone guaran¬ 
teed. One dozen, as follows, 2s. 6d., post free; 100 in fifty 
varieties, 20s.; exceptional value :—A. Grant, Bullion, Blue 
Cloud, Countess of Hopetoun, Duchess of Sutherland, Colleen 
Bawn, Dorothy Tennant, Picotee, J. B. Riding, Lord Eloho, 
Violetta, Duchess of Pife, York and Lancaster. 
Tills is a sample dozen of the grand named Pansies which we 
send for 3s. 6d., carriage free, 25s. per 100:—Mrs. Mark, Tom 
Travis, A. Mabel, D. Rennie, Lord Hamilton, George Anderson, 
Betsy Kelly, Ellen Patterson, D. Morrison, Dr. Bostock, Crimson 
King, A. Ollar, Lord Rosebery. 
Everyone can grow and everyone can enjoy Phloxes. The 
following dozen, 3s. 6d., post free; 100 for 21s. Borsig, 
Christina Stuart, Chanzy, Oomedie, D. Syme, Evening Star. 
Jas. McBride, Jas. Bennett, John Forbes, Mad. Praill, Oracle, 
Venus. 
We offer the following splendid selection of Dahlias, carriage 
paid, for 5S. per dozen ; the four dozen, carriage paid, for 18s, 
SHOW AND FANCY VARIETIES, 
Canary Bird, Colonist, James Cocker, John Walker, Mrs. 
Gladstone, Mrs. Langtry, Miss Cannell, W. H. Williams, Dandy, 
Matthew Campbell, Prince Henry, Rev. J. B. M. Camm. 
CACTUS. 
Apollo (1893), Bertha Mawley (1893), Oannell’s Favourite, 
Countess of Gosford (1893), Countes-s of Radnor (1893), Delicata, 
Beauty of Eynsford, Kyntrith, Robert Cannell, Sc. Catherine, 
Snowflake, Baron Schroeder. 
POMPONE, 
Admiration, E.F. Junker. Bacchus (1893), Crimson Beauty, 
George Brinckmann, Grace Lilian, Little Frank (1893), Revenge 
(1893), Ringdove (1893), Phcebe, Hector. 
SINGLES. 
Willie Fyfe (1893), Amos Perry, Butterfly, Duke of York, 
James Cook, Kitty, Eclipse, Ciiilwell Beauty, Tenuysoii, White 
Queen, Marion, Mrs. Grant. 
New Sing’le Cactus Dahlias. 
_ The best of all for cut flowers. Our new set for 1895 contain¬ 
ing SIX most beautiful novelties, a grr.at improvement on our 
former introductions, carriage paid for lOs. 6d. 
12 splendid varieties of New Single Cactus, our selection 
carriage paid, for 5s. 
Dahlia Cuttings- 
We can still supply Dahlia Cuttings till the 16th April. Our 
selection Is. lOd. per dozen, post free. All separately named 
and packed in wood boxes. 
1^ SO'W M'O'W. 
CARTER PAGE & Co.’S 
» » » » ii ?♦ » * » 9 a iji i* # a 0 J, ^ ^ J, ,1, 
ECKFORD’S < 
, Per Packet, 300 Seeds, 7d.; 
peas. 2 ozs., 1/2 ; half-pint,2,9; 
Fr68 
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OVER 30 ' Twelve varieties, separate, 
Plnkst VARIETIES AND J Jar^e packets, 3;6. 
Colours. ; 
COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED SPRING CATALOGUE 
Gratis and Post Tree. 
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I (Firm Established 50 Years). 
No. 772.—VOL. XXX., Third Series, 
ROSES! ROSES! 
THE BEST AND CHEAPEST IN THE WORLD. 
GREAT CLEARANCE SALE. 
All have been kept moved back, and will plant now with safety. 
24 Choice Standards, 2 ls.; 26 Half-Standards 21s. ; 12 Standard-J, 
123. Cd.; 12 Half-Standards, 10s. 6d : 50 choice dw.irfs. 21s.; 12 
choice Climbing, Gs.; 12 best Hvbnd I’ernetuals, dwarfs, 78,; 
6 lovely yellow Roses, 4-. CL; 6 Gloire de Dijins, 4“).; 6 choice 
Moss Roses. Ss. 6d.; C old Cabbage Roses, 3s. Gd.; 6 old-fashioned 
Roses, Ss. 6d.; 6 pink Month y Roses, 2 . Cd.; 6 qu.ck-growing 
Climbing Roses, 2s. Gl,; 12 Sweet Briars, Ss. My selection, cash 
with oraer. Thousands of Testimonials. 
CATALOGUES FREE. 
JAMBS WAIiTBRS, Rose Grower, BXBTBR 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS 
HARDY BORDER PLANTS, 
FORBES’ NEW CATALOGUE for 1895 is enlarged to about ISO 
pages,and very materially improved,embracing everything-new 
ana old—worth cultivating in the way of FLORISTS’ FLOWERS 
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 or popular name.s of HARDY BORDER 
PLANTS, and a vast mass of other valuable information ihat 
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. 
DANIELS BROS.’ 
GRAND NEW POTATO, 
DUKE OF YORK. 
The Most Prolifle Early Potato ever sent out. 
POTATO—DUKE OF YORK. 
A superb dwarf-growing variety, producing large smooth, 
oval-shaped tubers of splendid cooking quality. It is wonder¬ 
fully prolific, and has yielded at the rate of 20 tons per acre. 
A first-class variety for exhibition. 
Per Peck, 3s. 6d. ; per cwt., 20s. Bags included 
DANIELS BROS., 
Seed Growers and 
Nurserymen, 
NORWICH. 
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 oSered at the 
price. 3s. per dozen. 
PELARGONIUMS, SHOW & DECORATIVE. 
Fine Plants in Best K-'nds, 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 68. 
Send for Catalogue, Free. 
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JtdL» m Nursery, 
HITHER GREEN, LEWISHAM. 
Joiiiinal of gortiiniltiii’o. 
THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1895. 
EXPRESS GRAPE GROWING. 
—— 
O N page 147, February 25tli, 1892, we published 
an engraving, reduced from a photograph, of 
a bouse of Grapes representing what we thought a 
good crop obtained from Vines the second year 
after planting. 1 he Vines comprised fourteen of 
Black Hamburgh, three Gros Guillaume, and one 
Fester’s Seedling. They were bearing up the 
entire length of one side of the roof of a span- 
roofed house and two-thirds down the side of the 
other. The eighteen Vines carried and finished 
well 400 bunches, or say an average of twenty- 
two bunches per Vine ; the three largest of these 
bunches weighing 7 lbs. 4 ozs., 6 lbs. 3 ezs., and 
5 lbs. G ozs. respectively. The Vines were raised, 
planted, and grown by Mr. Charles Colebrook, 
Royal Nurseries, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, 
and we entitled his accomplishment, ‘'Quick Work 
in Grape Growing.” 
5Ve thought then, and think now, that tiie terms 
of reference were merited, for the crop was photo¬ 
graphed only three and a half years after the Vine 
eyes were inserted, and two and a half years after 
the yearling canes were planted. It is true that 
Mr. H. W. Ward, the accomplished gardener at 
Longford Castle, followed with an example of 
still quicker work—namely, Vines raised from 
eyes in 1881, and bearing a remarkable crop the 
following year (1882) ; one of them, a Groe 
Guillaume, bearing three bunches, excellent in 
shape, colour, and finish, weighing in the aggregate 
30 lbs , other varieties being equally satisfactory 
according to their characteristics. This was quick 
work undoubtedly, and the term sometimes applied 
to the rapid production of Cucumbers would not 
have been inappropriate to the case, nor does ft 
seem to be in the case we have now the pleasure 
to introduce of “ Express ” Grape growing. 
This is another example of Mr. Colehrook’e 
which is, we think, worthy of prominent attention. 
It shows the great productive capacity of the 
Grape Vine when accorded generous and appro¬ 
priate treatment by the skilful cultivator. More¬ 
over, the results achieved are somewhat in 
antagonism with certain preconceived notions on 
two points of practice—namely (1), shaking or 
washing all the soil from the roots when planting, 
and (2) employing “supernumerary” Vines for 
early fruiting in order that the “permanents” 
No. 2428 .— YOL. XCII., Old SERIES. 
